EX-10.1






Exhibit 10.1




     GOODYEAR



 





AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE

GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT




Dated 10 December 2004 as amended on 23 May 2005 and on 26 August 2005




 




DATED 23 JULY 2008




between




ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION




as Purchaser




EUROFACTOR




as Agent




CALYON




as Joint Lead Arranger and as Calculation Agent




NATIXIS




as Joint Lead Arranger




THE SELLERS




listed in SCHEDULE 1




GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GMBH




and




DUNLOP TYRES LIMITED




as Centralising Unit acting on its own behalf and on behalf of certain Sellers




GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FINANCE EUROPE B.V.




as Former Centralising Unit















 



 




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TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	page	 
	1. DEFINITIONS
	 	 	5	 
	 
	2. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	5	 
	 
	3. PURPOSE
	 	 	5	 
	 
	4. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
	 	 	7	 
	 
	5. TERM
	 	 	10	 
	 
	6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE EXECUTION OF THIS THIRD AMENDMENT
	 	 	10	 
	 
	7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	10	 
	 
	8. RECOURSE – NO PETITION
	 	 	11	 
	 
	9. NO NOVATION
	 	 	11	 
	 
	10. SIGNATURES AND REGISTRATION
	 	 	11	 
	 
	11. GOVERNING LAW - JURISDICTION
	 	 	12	 






LIST OF SCHEDULES




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	page	 
	SCHEDULE 1 LIST OF SELLERS
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SCHEDULE 2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SCHEDULE 3 AMENDED AND RESTATED GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SCHEDULE 4 FORM OF CALCULATION NOTICE FOR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
	 	 	21	 












 



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THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN:





	1.	 	ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION, a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a credit
institution (établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 9 quai du Président
Paul Doumer, 92920 Paris La Défense Cedex, France, registered with the Trade and Companies
Registry (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 414 886 226,
whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Third Amendment (“Ester
Finance” or the “Purchaser”);
	 
	2.	 	EUROFACTOR, a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a credit institution
(établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 1-3 rue du Passeur de Boulogne
Immeuble Bord de Seine, 92130 Issy Les Moulineaux, France, registered with the Trade and
Companies Registry (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 333 871
259, whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Third Amendment
(“Eurofactor” or the “Agent”);
	 
	3.	 	CALYON, a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a credit institution
(établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 9 quai du Président Paul Doumer,
92920 Paris La Défense Cedex, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry
(Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 304 187 701, whose
representatives are duly authorised for the purpose of this Third Amendment (“CALYON”, “Joint
Lead Arranger” or the “Calculation Agent”);
	 
	4.	 	NATIXIS, a limited company (société anonyme) incorporated under French law and duly
authorised as a credit institution (établissement de crédit), having its registered office at
30, avenue Pierre Mendès France 75013 Paris, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry
(Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Paris under the number 542 044 524, whose
representatives are duly authorised for the purpose of this Third Amendment (“NATIXIS” or
“Joint Lead Arranger”);
	 
	5.	 	DUNLOP TYRES LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company
number 1792065 whose registered office is situated at Tyrefort, 88-89 Wingfoot Way, Birmingham
B24 9HY, whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Third Amendment (the
“Centralising Unit”);
	 
	6.	 	The companies listed in SCHEDULE 1 (each of them as a “Seller” and collectively the
“Sellers”);
	 
	7.	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GMBH, a company incorporated under the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany, having its registered office at Dunlopstrasse 2, 63450 Hanau, Germany,
registered with the commercial register of the local court in Hanau under number HRB 7163,
whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Third Amendment (“Goodyear
Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH”).





and





	8.	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FINANCE EUROPE B.V., a company incorporated under Dutch law, having its
registered office at Deboelelaan 7, 1083 HJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, registered with the
Companies Registry of Amsterdam under the number 34197964, whose representative is duly
authorised for the purpose of this Third Amendment (the “Former Centralising Unit”).




All individually referred hereinafter to as an “Amendment Party” and collectively referred to as
the “Amendment Parties”.










 



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WHEREAS:





	(A)	 	The Purchaser, the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Former Centralising Unit, the Sellers
(as defined at such time) and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH entered into, a general
master purchase agreement, on 10 December 2004 (the “General Master Purchase Agreement”) to
set out the general conditions of the acquisition and collection of the receivables trade
receivables to be transferred by the Sellers to the Purchaser.
	 
	(B)	 	As of 23 May 2005, the Purchaser, the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Former
Centralising Unit, the Sellers (as defined at such time) and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany
GmbH agreed to amend the General Master Purchase Agreement, to integrate Goodyear Dunlop Tires
OE GmbH, as Seller, to the Securitisation Transaction (the “First Amendment”).
	 
	(C)	 	At the same time under the First Amendment, a new Issuer, Quasar, a conduit of KBC Bank N.V.,
a company incorporated under Belgian law and authorised as a credit institution (établissement
de crédit), having its registered office at Havenlaan 2, B-1080 Brussels, Belgium, entered
into the transaction to subscribe to units in the French fonds commun de créances (the “Fund”)
set up in accordance with articles L. 214-43 to L.214-49 of the Monetary and Financial Code
(Code monétaire et financier) and to which a receivable held by the Depositor over the
Purchaser in connection with the repayment of the Senior Deposit has been assigned. Each
Issuer funds the subscription of units, by issuing commercial paper (the “Notes”).
	 
	(D)	 	As of 26 August 2005, Goodyear Dunlop Tires OE GmbH, which became a party to the
Securitisation Transaction on 23 May 2005, was in a position to assign cross border
receivables under the German Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Purchaser, the Agent, the
Joint Lead Arrangers, the Former Centralising Unit, the Sellers (as defined at such time) and
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH agreed to enter into a second amendment (the “Second
Amendment”) in order to (i) amend the provisions of the General Master Purchase Agreement and
(ii) acknowledge and accept the amendments to the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and
the other Receivables Purchase Agreements.
	 
	(E)	 	On the date hereof, the Securitisation Transaction will be restructured to enable the
Purchaser to acquire future receivables, to withdraw the Italian Seller from the General
Master Purchase Agreement, to include the UK Seller and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH as
a new Seller, to increase the maximum amount of financing under the Securitisation Transaction
and to replace the Former Centralising Unit by the Centralising Unit.
	 
	(F)	 	The Purchaser, the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Centralising Unit, the Former
Centralising Unit, the Sellers and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH have agreed to enter
into this third amendment (the “Third Amendment”) in order to (i) amend the provisions of the
General Master Purchase Agreement in order to set out the conditions under which existing and
future trade receivables will be purchased by the Purchaser from the Sellers on an ongoing
basis, (ii) withdraw the Italian Seller from the scope of the General Master Purchase
Agreement, (iii) include the UK Seller and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH as a new Seller,
(iv) increase the maximum amount of financing under the Securitisation Transaction up to
€450,000,000, (v) replace the Former Centralising Unit by the Centralising Unit and (iv)
acknowledge and accept the amendments or supplements to other documents related to the
Securitisation Transaction, on or about the date hereof.










 



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IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:





	1.	 	DEFINITIONS
	 
	 	 	Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms and expressions used in this Third
Amendment shall have the same meaning as ascribed to such terms and expressions in the
General Master Purchase Agreement appended to this Third Amendment, as amended and
restated by this Third Amendment.






	2.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	 	 	The titles of the Chapters, the Schedules and the Articles (including their paragraphs)
used herein and the table of contents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not
be used to interpret this Third Amendment.
	 
	 	 	In this Third Amendment, except if the context calls for another interpretation:






	 	(a)	 	references to “Chapters”, “Articles” and “Schedules” shall be construed as
references to the chapters, articles and schedules of this Third Amendment and
references to this Third Amendment include its recitals and schedules;
	 
	 	(b)	 	headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Third Amendment;
	 
	 	(c)	 	words in the plural shall cover the singular and vice versa;
	 
	 	(d)	 	references to the time of the day shall refer to Paris time, unless
otherwise stipulated;
	 
	 	(e)	 	words appearing in this Third Amendment in a language other than English
shall have the meaning ascribed to them under the law of the corresponding
jurisdiction and such meaning shall prevail over their translation into English, if
any;
	 
	 	(f)	 	references to a person shall include its permitted assignees, transferees
and successors or any person deriving title under or through it;
	 
	 	(g)	 	references to a document shall mean such document, as amended, replaced by
novation or varied from time to time; and
	 
	 	(h)	 	references to any Securitisation Document shall be construed to mean such
securitisation document, as amended and restated on the date hereof and as may be
amended and supplemented from time to time thereafter.





3. PURPOSE





	3.1	 	The purposes of this Third Amendment and the other Securitisation Documents entered into on
the date hereof include:






	 	-	 	amending the provisions of the General Master Purchase Agreement in order
to set out the conditions under which existing and future trade receivables will be
purchased by the Purchaser from the Sellers on an ongoing basis;
	 
	 	-	 	withdrawing the Italian Seller from the scope of the General Master
Purchase Agreement;
	 
	 	-	 	including the UK Seller and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH as a new
Seller;










 



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	 	-	 	increasing the maximum amount of financing under the Securitisation
Transaction up to €450,000,000;
	 
	 	-	 	replacing the Former Centralising Unit by the Centralising Unit; and
	 
	 	-	 	acknowledging and accepting the amendments or supplements to other
documents related to the Securitisation Transaction, on or about the date hereof.






	3.2	 	The General Master Purchase Agreement shall be amended and restated to conform to the
agreement set forth in SCHEDULE 3. Therefore, as from the date of this Third Amendment, the
terms and conditions of the General Master Purchase Agreement, as such terms and conditions
are set out in SCHEDULE 3 to this Third Amendment, shall apply to the relevant Amendment
Parties.
	 
	3.3	 	This Third Amendment is being executed simultaneously with certain amendments or supplements
to other documents related to the Securitisation Transaction and with new documents related to
the Securitisation Transaction, including:






	 	(a)	 	an amendment to the French Receivables Purchase Agreement dated 10 December
2004 entered into between the French Seller, the Purchaser, the Agent and the
Centralising Unit, as amended from time to time;
	 
	 	(b)	 	an amendment to the German Receivables Purchase Agreement dated 10 December
2004 entered into between, inter alia, the German Sellers, the Purchaser, the Agent
and the Centralising Unit, as amended from time to time;
	 
	 	(c)	 	a new Data Protection Trust Agreement;
	 
	 	(d)	 	a termination agreement with respect to an Italian receivables purchase
agreement dated 10 December 2004 (as amended from time to time), entered into
between, inter alia, an Italian subsidiary of the GOODYEAR Group (the “Italian
Seller”), the Purchaser, the Agent and the Former Centralising Unit (the “Italian
Termination Agreement”);
	 
	 	(e)	 	termination and release letters with respect to the Collection Account
Agreements executed by such Italian Seller;
	 
	 	(f)	 	a new Spanish Receivables Purchase Agreement, governed by French law;
	 
	 	(g)	 	a termination agreement with respect to a Spanish receivables purchase
agreement dated 10 December 2004 (as amended from time to time), entered into
between, inter alia, the Spanish Seller, the Purchaser, the Agent and the Former
Centralising Unit (the “Spanish Termination Agreement”);
	 
	 	(h)	 	amendments and supplements to the Collection Accounts Agreements;
	 
	 	(i)	 	a new UK Receivables Purchase Agreement;
	 
	 	(j)	 	a new Collection Account Agreement with respect to the UK Seller;
	 
	 	(k)	 	a new Master Complementary Deposit Agreement entered into between the
Purchaser, the Agent, CALYON and the Centralising Unit; and
	 
	 	(l)	 	a new Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement entered into between the
Purchaser, the Agent, CALYON and the Centralising Unit;










 



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	 	 	and each Amendment Party hereby acknowledges and accepts the terms and conditions of the
agreements and letters mentioned above in this Article 3.3.






	3.4	 	Each of the Amendment Parties has entered into this in accordance with and subject to the
terms and conditions provided for under this Third Amendment and subject to the provisions of
article 35 of the General Master Purchase Agreement. Each Seller (with the exception of the
German Sellers) has appointed the Centralising Unit as its agent, to act in its name and on
its behalf, to negotiate and execute this Third Amendment.






	4.	 	TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS






	4.1	 	Intermediary calendar
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding the provisions of the General Master Purchase Agreement (as amended and
restated on the date hereof) and as a consequence of the amendments contemplated under
this Third Amendment, the Amendment Parties agree that:






	 	-	 	any defined date falling in July 2008 and used for the management of the
Securitisation Transaction shall be defined in accordance with the provisions of the
General Master Purchase Agreement (before being amended and restated on the date
hereof);
	 
	 	-	 	by way of exception, the first “Funded Assessment Date” after the date
hereof shall take place on 30 July 2008; and
	 
	 	-	 	then after, each defined date used for the management of the Securitisation
Transaction shall be defined in accordance with the provisions of the General Master
Purchase Agreement (as amended and restated on the date hereof).






	4.2	 	Termination of the existing subordinated deposit and complementary deposit






	4.2.1	 	As a consequence of the replacement of the Former Centralising Unit by the Centralising
Unit, the Amendment Parties decide and agree that, on the Settlement Date of 30 July 2008:






	 	-	 	any Complementary Deposit (as defined in the General Master Purchase
Agreement before being amended and restated on the date hereof) made by the Former
Centralising Unit in accordance with the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement (as
defined in the General Master Purchase Agreement before being amended and restated on
the date hereof) (the “Existing Complementary Deposit”); and
	 
	 	-	 	any Subordinated Deposit (as defined in the General Master Purchase
Agreement before being amended and restated on the date hereof) made by the Former
Centralising Unit in accordance with the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement (as
defined in the General Master Purchase Agreement before being amended and restated on
the date hereof) (the “Existing Subordinated Deposit”);






shall be reimbursed in accordance with, but subject to, the terms and conditions of this
Third Amendment.









 



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	4.2.2	 	The Amendment Parties decide and agree that the Existing Complementary Deposit and the
Existing Subordinated Deposit shall become due and payable on the Settlement Date of 30 July
2008 and that Ester Finance shall reimburse those deposits on such date as follows:






	 	(i)	 	the Former Centralising Unit and Ester Finance decide and agree that a
first part of the Existing Complementary Deposit and the Existing Subordinated
Deposit shall be reimbursed by way of set-off (compensation) with the purchase back
price due by the Former Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the
Italian Seller, in accordance with the Italian Termination Agreement (the “Payment by
Way of Set-off”), it being provided that, if the amount of the purchase back
price due by the Former Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the
Italian Seller, in accordance with the Italian Termination Agreement exceeds the
amount of the Existing Complementary Deposit and the Existing Subordinated Deposit,
the amount of such excess shall be entered on the debit of the Current Account on the
Settlement Date of 30 July 2008, by way of exception to the provisions of article
6.4.2 of the General Master Purchase Agreement (before being amended and restated on
the date hereof);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	with respect to any sums due under the Existing Complementary Deposit and
the Existing Subordinated Deposit and which have not been paid under the Payment by
Way of Set-off (the “Remaining Sums”), Ester Finance delegates the Centralising Unit,
and the Centralising Unit and the Former Centralising Unit accept such delegation,
for the payment of any sums due by the Centralising Unit under the Master
Complementary Deposit Agreement and the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement in
favour of the Former Centralising Unit in accordance with articles 1275 et seq. of
the French Code civil, to the extent and up to the amount of the Remaining Sums. This
delegation shall be construed as a délégation parfaite within the meaning of article
1275 of the French Code civil.






	4.2.3	 	Upon the Payment by Way of Set-off and payment of the Remaining Sums in accordance with
Article 4.2.2, the Former Centralising Unit, the Purchaser, CALYON and the Agent acknowledge
and agree that the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement (as defined in the General Master
Purchase Agreement before being amended and restated on the date hereof) and the Master
Subordinated Deposit Agreement (as defined in the General Master Purchase Agreement before
being amended and restated on the date hereof) shall be terminated and the Former Centralising
Unit, the Purchaser, CALYON and the Agent shall not have any rights and obligations under the
Master Complementary Deposit Agreement (as defined in the General Master Purchase Agreement
before being amended and restated on the date hereof) and the Master Subordinated Deposit
Agreement (as defined in the General Master Purchase Agreement before being amended and
restated on the date hereof).






	4.3	 	Termination of the appointment of Former Centralising Unit






Each Amendment Party herein acknowledges and expressly agrees that as from the date
hereof:




	 	-	 	the appointment of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FINANCE EUROPE B.V as
“Centralising Unit” shall be terminated;
	 
	 	-	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FINANCE EUROPE B.V shall not have any rights and
obligations under the General Master Purchase Agreement and any other Securitisation
Documents;
	 
	 	-	 	any and all rights and obligations of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FINANCE EUROPE
B.V under the General Master Purchase Agreement (before being










 



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	 	 	 	amended and restated on the date hereof) and any other Securitisation Documents
shall be transferred to DUNLOP TYRES LIMITED under the General Master Purchase
Agreement as amended hereby and any other Securitisation Documents.






	4.4	 	Withdrawal of the Italian Seller
	 
	 	 	The Former Centralising Unit, in the name and on behalf of the Italian Seller, has
declared to the Purchaser and the Joint Lead Arrangers that the Italian Seller intends to
withdraw from the General Master Purchase Agreement (before being amended and restated on
the date hereof) and the Transaction Documents.
	 
	 	 	The Amendment Parties confirm that:






	 	-	 	the request of withdrawal presented by the Former Centralising Unit and
mentioned in this Article 4.4 above is acceptable and have agreed irrespective of the
form required under Schedule 8 of the General Master Purchase Agreement (before being
amended and restated on the date hereof); and
	 
	 	-	 	any other condition of article 39 of the General Master Purchase Agreement
(before being amended and restated on the date hereof) has been complied with or
waived.






By way of derogation to article 39.2 of the General Master Purchase Agreement (before
being amended and restated on the date hereof), each Amendment Party herein acknowledges
and expressly agrees that, as from the date hereof, the Italian Seller shall not have any
rights and obligations under the General Master Purchase Agreement (before being amended
and restated on the date hereof).




The provisions of this article 4.4 are without prejudice to the obligations of the
Centralising Unit under article 39.3 of the General Master Purchase Agreement (before
being amended and restated on the date hereof).




	4.5	 	By way of exception to the provisions of article 12.3.1 (v) of the General Master Purchase
Agreement (before being amended and restated on the date hereof) and in order to take into
account the specificities of the transitional operations to be conducted on or about on the
Settlement Date of 30 July 2008, the Agent shall give notice before 5.00 pm on the Calculation
Date preceding such Settlement Date to the Centralising Unit acting, as the case may be, on
its own behalf or on behalf of the Sellers, of the relevant calculations (with supporting
details) carried out pursuant to the General Master Purchase Agreement (before being amended
and restated on the date hereof) and this Third Amendment, in order to provide the information
needed, as the case may be, for the payment to be made on the following Settlement Date
pursuant to article 6.3 of the General Master Purchase Agreement (before being amended and
restated on the date hereof) and this Third Amendment. Such notice shall be in the form of
SCHEDULE 4.






	4.6	 	If there is any conflict between (i) the provisions of the General Master Purchase Agreement
(before being amended and restated on the date hereof), the Master Complementary Deposit
Agreement (as defined in the General Master Purchase Agreement before being amended and
restated on the date hereof), the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement (as defined in the
General Master Purchase Agreement before being amended and restated on the date hereof) and
any Receivables Purchase Agreement and (ii) the provisions of this Third Amendment, the
provisions of this Third Amendment shall prevail.










 



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	5.	 	TERM
	 
	 	 	This Third Amendment shall take effect on the date hereof provided that all conditions
precedent set out in SCHEDULE 2 and Article 6 hereto have been fulfilled.
	 
	 	 	By way of exception, the Third Amendment shall only take effect vis-à-vis the UK Seller
upon the execution and entry into force of a Collection Account Agreement with respect to
such UK Seller.






	6.	 	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE EXECUTION OF THIS THIRD AMENDMENT
	 
	 	 	Prior to the execution of this Third Amendment:






	 	(a)	 	the Rating Agencies have:






	 	(i)	 	been informed of the contemplated amendment;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	confirmed that the amendments contemplated therein will
not entail a downgrading or withdrawal of the current ratings of the Notes
issued by the Issuer in accordance with the provisions of article 35 of the
General Master Purchase Agreement (before being amended and restated on the
date hereof); and






	 	(b)	 	each Issuer and each Liquidity Bank has given its prior written consent to
such Third Amendment.






	7.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	 	 	Each Seller, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH, the Centralising Unit and the Former
Centralising Unit represents and warrants to the Purchaser, on the date hereof, that:






	     (a)	-	 	 in the case of the French Seller, it is a limited company (société
anonyme) duly incorporated and validly existing under French law,






	 	-	 	in the case of the German Parties, it is either a limited
partnership (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung & Co
Kommanditgesellschaft) or a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit
beschränkter Haftung), duly established and validly existing under German
law,
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the Spanish Seller, it is a corporation
(sociedad anónima) duly incorporated and validly existing under Spanish law,
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the Former Centralising Unit, it is a
limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing under Dutch
law, or
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the Centralising Unit, it is a limited
company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of England and
Wales;






	 	(b)	 	it has the capacity (i) to carry on its business, as currently conducted,
and to own all of the assets appearing on its balance sheet, except where failure of
such capacity would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
and (ii) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Third Amendment;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the execution of this Third Amendment (i) does not require any corporate or
other authorisation that it has not already obtained and provided to the Purchaser,
unless, in the case of any Governmental Authorisation, the failure to obtain such
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	 	 	 	and (ii) in the case of the Centralising Unit, it has been appointed and has
obtained all necessary corporate authorisations and powers from each Seller
(other than the German Sellers) to execute this Third Amendment on its behalf;






	 	(d)	 	except to the extent that no Material Adverse Effect would be reasonably
likely to result, the execution of the Third Amendment and the performance of its
obligations under the Third Amendment will not contravene (i) any of the provisions
of its articles of association or of any other of its constitutional documents,
(ii) any laws or regulations applicable to it, or (iii) any contractual obligations,
negative pledges, agreements or undertakings to which it is a party or by which it is
bound; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	the Third Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations
and is enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally.






	8.	 	RECOURSE – NO PETITION
	 
	 	 	Each of the Sellers, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH, the Centralising Unit, the Former
Centralising Unit, CALYON, NATIXIS and the Agent:






	 	(a)	 	waives any right that it may have to initiate any proceeding whatsoever in
relation to the liability of ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION, except in the event of ESTER
FINANCE TITRISATION’s gross negligence (faute lourde) or wilful misconduct (faute
dolosive); and
	 
	 	(b)	 	irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes and agrees:






	 	-	 	not to exercise any right of contractual or other
recourse which it may have against ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION in the event of
a breach by ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION any of its obligations under this
Third Amendment, except in the event of gross negligence (faute lourde) or
willful misconduct (dol) of ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION; and
	 
	 	-	 	not to institute any legal proceedings, take other steps
or institute other proceedings against ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION, the
purpose of which is the appointment of a conciliator or an ad hoc agent, or
the opening of receivership proceedings or insolvency proceedings or any
other similar proceedings.






	9.	 	NO NOVATION






	9.1	 	The Third Amendment does not create any novation of the General Master Purchase Agreement.
The Amendment Parties agree that the provisions of the General Master Purchase Agreement, as
amended and restated by this Third Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect.
	 
	9.2	 	The Amendment Parties accept that any reference to the General Master Purchase Agreement in
another contract entered by one Third Amendment Party is interpreted as a reference to the
General Master Purchase Agreement as modified by the Third Amendment.






	10.	 	SIGNATURES AND REGISTRATION
	 
	10.1	 	In order to simplify the signatures formalities of the Third Amendment, the Amendment Parties
agree to execute each original copy without initialling each page.










 



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	10.2	 	The Amendment Parties hereby agree not to register this Third Amendment with the French tax
administration, although if one Amendment Party elects to do so, it shall carry out such a
registration at its own expense.
	 
	11.	 	GOVERNING LAW — JURISDICTION
	 
	11.1	 	This Third Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, French law.
	 
	11.2	 	Any dispute as to the validity, interpretation, performance or any other matter arising out
of this Third Amendment shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Paris.
The choice of this jurisdiction is entirely for the benefit of the Purchaser which shall
retain the right to bring proceedings in any other competent court.





Made in Paris, on 23 July 2008 in fourteen (14) originals by:




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FRANCE

Acting through Dunlop Tyres Limited.	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES ESPAÑA, S.A.

Acting through Dunlop Tyres Limited.	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DUNLOP TYRES LIMITED	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GMBH	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	GOODYEAR GmbH & Co. KG

Acting through Dunlop Tyres Limited	 	FULDA REIFEN GmbH & Co. KG

Acting through Dunlop Tyres Limited	 	 












 



13.


	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	DUNLOP GmbH & Co. KG

Acting through its general partner
RVM Reifen Vertriebsmanangement GmbH	 	M-PLUS MULTIMARKENMANAGEMENT GmbH &

Co. KG

Acting through its general partner
RVM Reifen Vertriebsmanangement GmbH	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FINANCE EUROPE B.V.	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	 












 



14.


	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EUROFACTOR	 	ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 





CALYON




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	 






NATIXIS




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	Duly authorised for the purpose of
executing this Third Amendment	 	 












 



15.


SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF SELLERS




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Country of the
	Seller	 	Register number	 	Seller
	 	 	 	 	 
	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FRANCE S.A.

	 	RCS NANTERRE

330 139 403
	 	FRANCE
	 	 	 	 	 
	FULDA REIFEN GMBH & CO. KG

	 	HRA 1525 (FULDA)
	 	GERMANY
	 	 	 	 	 
	M-PLUS MULTIMARKENMANAGEMENT GMBH
& CO. KG

	 	HRA 5601 (HANAU)
	 	GERMANY
	 	 	 	 	 
	GOODYEAR GMBH & CO. KG

	 	HRA 1508 (FULDA)
	 	GERMANY
	 	 	 	 	 
	DUNLOP GMBH & CO. KG

	 	HRA 5595 (HANAU)
	 	GERMANY
	 	 	 	 	 
	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH

	 	HRB 91597 (HANAU)
	 	GERMANY
	 	 	 	 	 
	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES ESPAÑA, S.A.

	 	REGISTERED WITH THE

COMMERCIAL REIGSTRY

OF MADRID UNDER

SHEET 110718
	 	SPAIN
	 
	 	 	 	 
	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TYRES UK LTD

	 	223064 (Birmingham)


	 	UNITED

KINGDOM
	 
	 
	 	Mercantil)	 	 












 



16.


SCHEDULE 2

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT



This Third Amendment shall not take effect unless and until the Purchaser, the Issuers and the
Liquidity Banks have received, on the Amendment Date:





	 	(a)	 	the following documents and have determined that the same are satisfactory
in form and substance:






	 	(i)	 	from each Seller or German Party, a copy of (x) the
current organisational documents of the Seller or German Party, and (y) any
regulatory or governmental licence, authorisation, consent or approval
necessary or advisable for the execution of and performance of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
certified to be true, complete and up-to-date by a duly authorised
representative of the Seller or German Party;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	from each Seller (except the UK Seller) or German Party,
an extract:






	 	(1)	 	in the case of the French Sellers,
from the Trade and Companies Registry (Registre du Commerce et des
Sociétés);
	 
	 	(2)	 	in the case of the German Parties,
from the Commercial Register of the local court (Amtsgericht)
pertaining to it;
	 
	 	(3)	 	in the case of the Spanish Seller,
from the Commercial Registry (Registro Mercantil);
	 
	 	in each case dating from less than thirty (30) days prior to the
Amendment Date, certified up-to-date by a duly authorised
representative of the Seller or the German Party;






	 	(iii)	 	from the UK Seller a copy, certified true by a duly
authorised representative of the UK Seller of:






	 	(1)	 	its latest annual accounts on a
consolidated and non consolidated basis (balance sheet, profit and
loss accounts and annexes), as published and certified by its
statutory auditors, if any;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the report of its board of directors
and statutory auditors relating thereto, if any; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	an extract of the minutes of the UK
Seller’s shareholders’ annual general meeting approving the said
accounts;






	 	(iv)	 	a certificate issued by a duly authorised representative
of the UK Seller to the effect that, between the closing date of the
accounts specified in paragraph (iii) above and the Amendment Date, no event
has occurred to its knowledge which is reasonably likely to adversely and
materially affect its business, assets, economic or financial situation, or
which is










 



17.


	 	 	 	reasonably likely to adversely affect its ability to perform its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;






	 	(v)	 	a certificate issued by a duly authorised representative
of the UK Seller to the effect that no claim has been raised or, to its
knowledge, is threatened to be raised against the UK Seller, which would be
reasonably likely to prevent or prohibit the execution or performance of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	a list of the names of those persons who would be
authorised to execute and to act for the performance of its obligations
under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (with specimen
signatures);
	 
	 	(vii)	 	(1) a copy of any powers of attorney for the authorised
signatories of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (notarised,
as necessary, for the Spanish Seller and the German Parties); and (2) all
corporate authorisations that might be required in respect of the execution
and performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
certified to be true by a duly authorised representative of the Seller or
German Party;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	a UK Seller’s Solvency Certificate drawn up on the Amendment Date;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	a legal opinion from each Seller and German Party’s
external legal counsel in agreed form;
	 
	 	(x)	 	in the case of the Spanish Seller, (1) a notarised power
of attorney in favour of the Centralising Unit in order to enable the latter
to deliver and to execute the Transfer Deeds, to make and to receive
payments and more generally to do all things and perform all acts incidental
or reasonably necessary in connection with the Transaction Documents
(including, without limitation, the giving or the receipt of instructions)
in the name and on behalf of the Spanish Seller, (2) a notarised irrevocable
power of attorney in favour and for the benefit of the Purchaser which may
be sub-delegated, in order to enable the Purchaser to make effective the
transfer of any security interest related to the Sold Receivables vis-à-vis
the relevant debtor/guarantor and third parties, and (3) evidence that the
Bank of Spain has duly delivered the required “número de operación
financiera” (financial transaction number);
	 
	 	(xi)	 	an in-house legal opinion of the internal counsel of each
Seller or German Party in agreed form;










 



18.








	 	(b)	 	the following documents from the Former Centralising Unit and has
determined that the same are satisfactory in form and substance:






	 	(i)	 	a copy of (1) the current articles of association of the
Former Centralising Unit, and (2) any regulatory or governmental licence,
authorisation, consent or approval necessary or advisable for the execution
of and performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to
which the Former Centralising Unit is a party, certified to be true,
complete and up-to-date by a duly authorised representative of the Former
Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	an extract from the Chamber of Commerce (kamer van
koophandel) dating from less than thirty (30) days prior to the Amendment
Date, certified to be up-to-date by a duly authorised representative of the
Former Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a certificate issued by a duly authorised representative
of the Former Centralising Unit to the effect that (1) from its
incorporation, no event has occurred to its knowledge which is reasonably
likely to adversely and materially affect its business, assets, economic or
financial situation, or which is reasonably likely to adversely affect its
ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party and (2) a certificate issued by a duly authorised
representative of the Former Centralising Unit to the effect that no claim
has been raised or, to its knowledge, is threatened to be raised against the
Former Centralising Unit, which would be reasonably likely to prevent or
prohibit the execution or performance of the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a copy of any powers of attorney for the authorised
signatories of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (notarised
and apostilled pursuant to the Hague Convention, dated October 5, 1961 for
the purposes of the execution of the Receivables Purchase Agreement to be
entered into with the Spanish Seller and the German Receivables Purchase
Agreement) as well as all corporate authorisations that might be required in
respect of the execution and performance of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, certified true by a duly authorised representative of
the Former Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(v)	 	a legal opinion from the Former Centralising Unit’s
external legal counsel in agreed form;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	the Former Centralising Unit’s Solvency Certificate drawn
up on the Amendment Date;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	an in-house legal opinion of the internal counsel of the
Former Centralising Unit in agreed form;






	 	(c)	 	the following documents from the new Centralising Unit and has determined
that the same are satisfactory in form and substance:






	 	(i)	 	a copy of (1) the current articles of association of the
Centralising Unit, and (2) any regulatory or governmental licence,
authorisation, consent or approval necessary or advisable for the execution
of and performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to
which the










 



19.


	 	 	 	Centralising Unit is a party, certified to be true, complete and
up-to-date by a duly authorised representative of the Centralising
Unit;






	 	(ii)	 	a certificate issued by a duly authorised representative
of the Centralising Unit to the effect that (1) from its incorporation, no
event has occurred to its knowledge which is reasonably likely to adversely
and materially affect its business, assets, economic or financial situation,
or which is reasonably likely to adversely affect its ability to perform its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (2) a
certificate issued by a duly authorised representative of the Centralising
Unit to the effect that no claim has been raised or, to its knowledge, is
threatened to be raised against the Centralising Unit, which would be
reasonably likely to prevent or prohibit the execution or performance of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a list of the names of those persons who would be
authorised to execute and to act for the performance of its obligations
under the Transaction Documents to which the Centralising Unit is a party
(with specimen signatures), certified true by a duly authorised
representative of the Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a copy of any powers of attorney for the authorised
signatories of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (notarised
and apostilled pursuant to the Hague Convention, dated October 5, 1961 for
the purposes of the execution of the Receivables Purchase Agreement to be
entered into with the Spanish Seller and the German Receivables Purchase
Agreement) as well as all corporate authorisations that might be required in
respect of the execution and performance of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, certified true by a duly authorised representative of
the Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(v)	 	a legal opinion from the Centralising Unit’s external
legal counsel in agreed form;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	the Centralising Unit’s Solvency Certificate drawn up on
the Amendment Date;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	an in-house legal opinion of the internal counsel of the
Centralising Unit in agreed form;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	an original copy of a letter executed by the Sellers and the other
signatories thereto in relation to the limitation of recourse of creditors
of Ester Finance Titrisation regarding the Goodyear Securitisation
Transaction in form and substance satisfactory to Ester Finance Titrisation;






	 	(d)	 	the Comfort Letter; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	the Performance Letter.










 



20.







SCHEDULE 3

AMENDED AND RESTATED GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT










 





GOODYEAR




 






GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT




IN RELATION TO THE SECURITISATION OF TRADE RECEIVABLES OF CERTAIN 




EUROPEAN
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE GOODYEAR GROUP




 






DATED 10 DECEMBER 2004




AS AMENDED AND RESTATED ON 23 MAY 2005, ON 26 AUGUST 2005 AND ON 23 JULY 2008




between




ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION

as Purchaser




and




EUROFACTOR

as Agent




and




CALYON

As Joint Lead Arranger and as Calculation Agent




and




NATIXIS

as Joint Lead Arranger




and




DUNLOP TYRES LIMITED

as Centralising Unit




and




THE SELLERS

listed in SCHEDULE 9




and




GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GMBH
















 



 




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TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	page	 
	CHAPTER I INTERPRETATION
	 	 	8	 
	 
	1. DEFINITIONS
	 	 	8	 
	 
	2. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	8	 
	 
	CHAPTER II PURPOSE — TERM — CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	 	 	9	 
	 
	3. PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT
	 	 	9	 
	 
	4. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT
	 	 	12	 
	 
	5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT
	 	 	13	 
	 
	CHAPTER III CURRENT ACCOUNT — DEPOSITS
	 	 	13	 
	 
	6. CURRENT ACCOUNT
	 	 	13	 
	 
	7. AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASER’S FUNDING
	 	 	16	 
	 
	8. SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT
	 	 	18	 
	 
	9. COMPLEMENTARY DEPOSIT
	 	 	19	 
	 
	CHAPTER IV FEES
	 	 	20	 
	 
	10. FEES
	 	 	20	 
	 
	CHAPTER V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES — GENERAL COVENANTS
	 	 	21	 
	 
	11. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	21	 
	 
	12. GENERAL COVENANTS
	 	 	24	 
	 
	CHAPTER VI EARLY AMORTISATION
	 	 	33	 
	 
	13. EARLY AMORTISATION
	 	 	33	 
	 
	CHAPTER VII TAXES — CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES
	 	 	38	 
	 
	14. TAXES
	 	 	38	 
	 
	15. CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES
	 	 	40	 
	 
	CHAPTER VIII ORDER OF PRIORITY — PAYMENTS
	 	 	41	 
	 
	16. ORDER OF PRIORITY DURING THE AMORTISATION PERIOD
	 	 	41	 
	 
	17. PAYMENTS
	 	 	43	 
	 
	CHAPTER IX PURCHASE OF ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES
	 	 	44	 
	 
	18. CONDITIONS IN RELATION TO ANY PURCHASE OF ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES
	 	 	44	 
	 
	19. CONFORMITY WARRANTIES FOR ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES
	 	 	46	 
	 
	20. IDENTIFICATION OF THE CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SOLD RECEIVABLES — ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
	 	 	47	 
	 
	CHAPTER X COLLECTION OF SOLD RECEIVABLES
	 	 	47	 
	 
	21. COLLECTION OF SOLD RECEIVABLES
	 	 	47	 
	 
	22. ASSESSMENT REPORT AND BACK-UP SERVICER REPORT
	 	 	51	 












 



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	 	 	page	 
	23. APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS AND PAYMENTS OF COLLECTIONS
	 	 	52	 
	 
	24. RENEGOTIATION
	 	 	52	 
	 
	25. REPRESENTATION MANDATE
	 	 	53	 
	 
	26. OBLIGATIONS OF CARE
	 	 	54	 
	 
	27. COMMISSION FOR AND COSTS OF COLLECTION
	 	 	54	 
	 
	CHAPTER XI DEEMED COLLECTIONS
	 	 	56	 
	 
	28. DEEMED COLLECTIONS
	 	 	56	 
	 
	CHAPTER XII MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	57	 
	 
	29. FEES AND EXPENSES
	 	 	57	 
	 
	30. SUBSTITUTION AND AGENCY
	 	 	57	 
	 
	31. CONFIDENTIALITY
	 	 	58	 
	 
	32. NOTICES
	 	 	59	 
	 
	33. EXERCISE OF RIGHTS — RECOURSE — NO PETITION
	 	 	59	 
	 
	34. TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT
	 	 	60	 
	 
	35. AMENDMENT TO THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
	 	 	60	 
	 
	36. INDEMNITIES
	 	 	61	 
	 
	37. INDIVISIBILITY
	 	 	63	 
	 
	38. EXECUTION AND EVIDENCE
	 	 	63	 
	 
	39. WITHDRAWAL OF SELLERS
	 	 	63	 
	 
	40. ACCESSION OF NEW SELLERS
	 	 	64	 
	 
	CHAPTER XIII GOVERNING LAW — JURISDICTION
	 	 	65	 
	 
	41. GOVERNING LAW — JURISDICTION
	 	 	65	 












 



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LIST OF SCHEDULES *




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	page	 
	SCHEDULE 1 MASTER DEFINITIONS SCHEDULE
	 	 	66	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT
	 	 	97	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 3 FORM OF ASSESSMENT REPORT
	 	 	100	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 4 FORM OF SELLER’S AUDITORS CERTIFICATE
	 	 	101	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 5 FORM OF SELLER’S AND CENTRALISING UNIT’S SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
	 	 	102	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 6 FORM OF THE SELLER’S AND THE CENTRALISING UNIT’S LEGAL COUNSEL OPINION
	 	 	103	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 7 LIST OF ADDRESSEES
	 	 	104	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 8 FORMS OF NOTIFICATION OF WITHDRAWAL OR ACCESSION OF ONE OR MORE SELLER(S)
	 	 	105	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 9 LIST OF SELLERS
	 	 	106	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 10 FORM OF COMFORT LETTER AND PERFORMANCE LETTER
	 	 	107	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 11 LIST OF CALENDAR DATES OF THE TRANSACTION
	 	 	108	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 12 REPORTING DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE SOLD RECEIVABLES (ARTICLE 12.3.3)
	 	 	109	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 13 CONFORMITY WARRANTIES FOR REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES
	 	 	110	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 14 LIST OF EXCLUDED DEBTORS
	 	 	111	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 15 FORM OF CALCULATION LETTER
	 	 	112	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 16 FINANCIAL COVENANTS DEFINITIONS
	 	 	113	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 17 FORM OF LETTER IN RELATION TO THE LIMITATION OF RECOURSE OF CREDITORS OF ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION REGARDING THE GOODYEAR SECURITISATION TRANSACTION
	 	 	123	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 18 CALCULATION FORMULAE OF THE DISCOUNT RESERVE AND OF THE ASSIGNMENT COSTS
	 	 	124	 
	 
	SCHEDULE 19 FORM OF ANNUAL NOTICE FOR MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASER’S FUNDING
	 	 	125	 








 




			
	*	 	Certain schedules have been intentionally omitted from this filing. The Company hereby agrees to
furnish a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.










 



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BETWEEN





	1.	 	ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION, a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a credit
institution (établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 9 quai du Président
Paul Doumer, 92920 Paris La Défense Cedex, France, registered with the Trade and Companies
Registry (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 414 886 226,
whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Agreement (the “Purchaser”);






	2.	 	EUROFACTOR, a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a credit institution
(établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 1-3 rue du Passeur de Boulogne
Immeuble Bord de Seine, 92130 Issy Les Moulineaux, France, registered with the Trade and
Companies Registry (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 333 871
259, whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Agreement (the “Agent”);






	3.	 	CALYON, a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a credit institution
(établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 9 quai du Président Paul Doumer,
92920 Paris La Défense Cedex, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry
(Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 304 187 701, whose
representatives are duly authorised for the purpose of this Agreement (“CALYON”, “Joint Lead
Arranger” or the “Calculation Agent”);






	4.	 	NATIXIS, a limited company (société anonyme) incorporated under French law and duly
authorised as a credit institution (établissement de crédit), having its registered office at
30, avenue Pierre Mendès France 75013 Paris, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry
(Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Paris under the number 542 044 524, whose
representatives are duly authorised for the purpose of this Agreement (“NATIXIS” or “Joint
Lead Arranger”);






	5.	 	DUNLOP TYRES LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company
number 1792065 whose registered office is situated at Tyrefort, 88-89 Wingfoot Way, Birmingham
B24 9HY, whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Agreement (the
“Centralising Unit”);






	6.	 	The companies listed in SCHEDULE 9 (each of them as a “Seller” and collectively the
“Sellers”);






	7.	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GMBH, a company incorporated under the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany, having its registered office at Dunlopstrasse 2, 63450 Hanau, Germany,
registered with the commercial register of the local court in Hanau under number HRB 7163
(“Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH”).




The Purchaser, the Centralising Unit, the Calculation Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Agent,
the Sellers and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH are hereafter referred to each as a “Party” and
together as the “Parties”.










 



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WHEREAS:





	(A)	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES France S.A., (the “French Seller”), FULDA REIFEN GmbH & Co. KG, M-PLUS
MULTIMARKENMANAGEMENT GmbH & Co. KG, GOODYEAR GmbH & Co. KG, DUNLOP GmbH & Co. KG, GOODYEAR
DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH (the “German Sellers”), GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES Italia SPA (the “Italian
Seller”), GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES España, S.A. (the “Spanish Seller”) and GOODYEAR DUNLOP TYRES
UK Ltd (the “UK Seller”) are in the business of manufacturing and/or supplying tyres and
activities relating thereto, and hold receivables over certain customers. The German Sellers
and Gooyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH shall be referred to herein as “German Parties” and each
as a “German Party”.






	(B)	 	In order to provide financing to certain European subsidiaries of GOODYEAR, CALYON and
NATIXIS have proposed to set up a securitisation transaction by way of the sale, on an ongoing
basis, of trade receivables resulting from the ordinary business of the Sellers in Belgium,
the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain (the “Securitisation Transaction”).






	(C)	 	Pursuant to the Securitisation Transaction and with respect to the French Seller, the German
Sellers (except GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH), the Spanish Seller and the UK Seller, existing
and future trade receivables will be purchased by the Purchaser from those Sellers on an
ongoing basis and in accordance with the receivables purchase agreements governed by French
law, German law and/or English law (the “Receivables Purchase Agreements”). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH will assign domestic receivables governed by
German law and cross border receivables governed by French law, English law, Belgian law,
German law, Italian law or Spanish law under the Receivables Purchase Agreement to which it is
a party, in each case in accordance with the provisions of the law applicable to such
receivable (and, as regards the receivables sold by the Spanish Seller, under French law).






	(D)	 	The Purchaser has agreed to acquire certain existing trade receivables (the “Remaining
Purchasable Receivables”) and future trade receivables (the “Ongoing Purchasable Receivables”)
held and to be held by the Sellers subject to the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement and in the Receivables Purchase Agreements.
	 
	(E)	 	The Purchaser shall fund the acquisition of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, Remaining
Purchasable Receivables, Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Refinanced Remaining
Purchasable Receivables:






	 	 (i)	 	partly out of a senior deposit (the “Senior Deposit”) effected by the
Depositor with the Purchaser in accordance with a master senior deposit agreement
(the “Master Senior Deposit Agreement”); and
	 
	 	 (ii)	 	partly by way of set-off against any amount due and payable by the
Centralising Unit to the Purchaser in connection with (a) a subordinated deposit (the
“Subordinated Deposit”) to be effected by the Centralising Unit with the Purchaser in
accordance with the terms and conditions of a master subordinated deposit agreement
(the “Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement”) and (b) a complementary deposit (the
“Complementary Deposit”) to be effected by the Centralising Unit with the Purchaser
in accordance with the terms and conditions of a master complementary deposit
agreement (the “Master Complementary Deposit Agreement”).






	(F)	 	The receivable held by the Depositor over the Purchaser in connection with the repayment of
the Senior Deposit shall be assigned to a French fonds commun de créances (the “Fund”) set up
in accordance with Article L.214-5 and Articles L.214-43 to L.214-49 of the Monetary and
Financial Code (Code monétaire et financier) which shall issue related units to be subscribed
by LMA S.A., Elixir Funding Limited, Quasar and any other Issuer which










 



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	 	 	participates in the Securitisation Transaction. Each Issuer shall fund the subscription of
units, by issuing commercial paper (the “Notes”).






	(G)	 	The Centralising Unit shall be appointed by the Sellers to act as their agent (mandataire)
for the purposes of carrying out certain activities, in accordance with the provisions of this
general master purchase agreement, including the execution of certain amendments hereto (the
“General Master Purchase Agreement” or the “Agreement”).
	 
	(H)	 	For the purposes of the General Master Purchase Agreement and the relevant Receivables
Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser shall appoint the Sellers for the recovery of collections in
accordance with a Collection Mandate (the “Collection Mandate”).
	 
	(I)	 	Due to the number of Sellers and the different Receivables Purchase Agreements under which
Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables will be purchased by the
Purchaser, the parties have agreed to enter into this General Master Purchase Agreement in
order to set out a Master Definitions Schedule, common terms, representations and warranties,
general covenants and all other provisions provided for by this General Master Purchase
Agreement that will apply in respect of the Receivables Purchase Agreements.
	 
	(J)	 	GOODYEAR has decided to re-organize the German sub-group as follows (together, the “German
Re-organisation”):






	 	-	 	in a first re-organization step, each of Fulda Reifen GmbH & Co. KG, M-Plus
Multimarkenmanagement GmbH & Co. KG, Dunlop GmbH & Co. KG and Goodyear GmbH & Co. KG
are intended to enter into an “atypical” business management agreement (unechter
Betriebsführungsvertrag, each a “BMA”) with a German limited liability company (each
a “Nominee Company”). Under each of these BMAs, each of such German Sellers (as
principal) are intended to authorize the respective Nominee Company (as business
manager) to conduct its business in the Nominee Company’s own name but for account
(im eigenen Namen und für fremde Rechnung) of such German Seller. The BMAs are
currently scheduled to become effective on 1 September 2008. The period of time
between the implementation of this first re-organization step and the implementation
of the second re-organization step referred to below shall be referred to as
(the “Intermediate Structure”);
	 
	 	-	 	in a second re-organization step, RVM Reifen Vertriebsmanagement GmbH
(“RVM”) is intended to be merged into Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH, with
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH being the surviving entity. As a consequence of
this merger, each of Fulda Reifen GmbH & Co. KG, M-Plus Multimarkenmanagement GmbH &
Co. KG, Dunlop GmbH & Co. KG and Goodyear GmbH & Co. KG shall cease to exist without
liquidation and all of their assets and liabilities (including their respective
rights and obligations under the BMAs with the Nominee Companies) shall pass to
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH by operation of law (Anwachsung) with legal effect
as of the registration of the merger with the commercial registers, which is
currently scheduled for 1 October 2008. The period of time following the
implementation of this second re-organization step shall be referred to as the “Final
Structure”. As a consequence of the implementation of the Final Structure, Goodyear
Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH and Goodyear Dunlop Tires OE GmbH shall be the sole German
Sellers, save further application of Article 40 (Accession of New Sellers).










 



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NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:




CHAPTER I

INTERPRETATION





	1.	 	DEFINITIONS
	 
	 	 	Capitalised terms and expressions used in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as
ascribed to such terms and expressions in the Master Definitions Schedule set out in
SCHEDULE 1 hereto. The schedules hereto shall form an integral part of this Agreement.
	 
	2.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	 	 	The titles of the Chapters, the Schedules and the Articles (including their paragraphs)
used herein and the table of contents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not
be used to interpret this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	In this Agreement, except if the context calls for another interpretation:






	 	(i)	 	references to “Chapters”, “Articles” and “Schedules” shall be construed as
references to the chapters, articles and schedules of this Agreement and references
to this Agreement include its recitals and schedules;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Agreement;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	words in the plural shall cover the singular and vice versa;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	references to the time of the day shall refer to Paris time, unless
otherwise stipulated;
	 
	 	(v)	 	words appearing in this Agreement in a language other than English shall
have the meaning ascribed to them under the law of the corresponding jurisdiction and
such meaning shall prevail over their translation into English, if any;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	references to a person shall include its permitted assignees, transferees
and successors or any person deriving title under or through it;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	references to a document shall mean such document, as amended, replaced by
novation or varied from time to time;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	references to any Securitisation Document shall be construed to mean such
securitisation document, as amended and restated on the date hereof and as may be
amended and supplemented from time to time thereafter.










 



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CHAPTER II

PURPOSE — TERM — CONDITIONS PRECEDENT





	3.	 	PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT






	3.1	 	Pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the relevant Receivables Purchase
Agreements and, where applicable, the relevant Transfer Deeds, the Sellers shall sell Ongoing
Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables to the Purchaser and the
Purchaser shall purchase Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables
from the Sellers on each Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period.






	3.2	 	The parties agree that the Purchaser shall fund the acquisition of Ongoing Purchasable
Receivables, Remaining Purchasable Receivables, Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and
Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables as follows:






	 	(i)	 	partly out of a Senior Deposit effected by the Depositor with the Purchaser
in accordance with the Master Senior Deposit Agreement, for an amount which shall not
exceed the Maximum Amount of the Program, as determined in accordance with Article 7
(Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	partly by way of set-off against any amount due and payable by the
Centralising Unit to the Purchaser in connection with (a) a Subordinated Deposit to
be effected by the Centralising Unit with the Purchaser in accordance with the
provisions of the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and (b) a Complementary
Deposit to be effected by the Centralising Unit with the Purchaser in accordance with
the provisions of the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement, for an amount which
shall not exceed the Maximum Amount of the Complementary Deposit.






	3.3	 	The parties hereby acknowledge that the Centralising Unit is acting for the purposes of this
Agreement, in its own name and behalf, but also in the name and on behalf of the Sellers,
pursuant to the terms of a mandate (mandat) expressly granted by each of the Sellers to the
Centralising Unit and which the Centralising Unit hereby accepts. By virtue of this mandate,
the Sellers appoint the Centralising Unit to act in their name and on their behalf and to
perform the following obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Transaction
Documents: (i) receive all Payments due by the Purchaser to the Sellers in respect of the Sold
Receivables, (ii) make any payment due by the Sellers to the Purchaser and the Agent pursuant
to the Transaction Documents, such payments covering inter alia the amount due in respect of
Actual Collections or Adjusted Collections, (iii) enter into the Current Account relationship
set forth in Article 6, (iv) negotiate with the Purchaser, in particular upon the occurrence
of any of the events set out in Articles 13, 14 and 15, such negotiation to be conducted
outside the UK (v) deliver to the Purchaser on each Funded Settlement Date during the
Replenishment Period, the Transfer Deeds received from the Sellers or executed by the
Centralising Unit and, on each Information Date, the List of Purchasable Receivables, (vi)
receive or give any notices, mails, or documents provided pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, (vii) exercise any rights arising in respect of the Transaction Documents (with the
exception of the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and the Master Complementary Deposit
Agreement, in respect of which the Centralising Unit acts in its own name and on its own
behalf), (viii) deliver to the Purchaser the Assessment Reports substantially in the form set
out in SCHEDULE 3 and (ix) to carry out any powers it has as agent of the Seller as set out in
Articles 35 and 40, including the negotiation and execution of any amendments provided for
under Articles 35 and 40, provided that nothing in this Agreement shall give the
Centralising Unit authority to act on behalf of the Purchaser and in particular it will not
perform the obligations of the Sellers under Articles 24 and 25.










 



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	 	 	The Sellers and the Centralising Unit have entered into the Intercompany Arrangements,
which provide, among other things, for the allocation of all sums due and/or received in
connection with the Transaction Documents to which each Seller and the Centralising Unit
is a party. Such Intercompany Arrangements shall provide inter alia that each Seller has
an effective recourse against the defaulting Seller, the other Sellers and GOODYEAR DUNLOP
TIRES EUROPE BV for any payment that any Seller or the Centralising Unit may be required
to make under the joint and several liability provisions provided for under Article 3.6.
The Sellers and the Centralising Unit hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertake to
refrain from exercising any rights of recourse against the Purchaser, the Agent, CALYON
and/or NATIXIS in connection with such allocation.
	 
	3.4	 	The parties agree that the Purchaser shall appoint the Sellers to act as collection agents
for the servicing of the Sold Receivables, in accordance with the provisions of Article 21.
	 
	3.5	 	This Agreement shall apply automatically to any Transfer Deed delivered by the Centralising
Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of a Seller to the Purchaser or any other similar
document agreed between a Seller and the Purchaser, pursuant to the relevant Receivables
Purchase Agreement.
	 
	3.6	 	Joint and several liability
	 
	3.6.1	 	The parties agree that the obligations of each Seller under this Agreement shall be several
but not joint, and shall be construed as if each Seller had entered into a separate agreement
with the Purchaser.
	 
	3.6.2	 	By way of exception to the foregoing, each Seller, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH and
the Centralising Unit shall be jointly and severally liable to the Purchaser for the payment
by a Seller, GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV and/or the Centralising Unit of (i) any sums due
under the Transaction Documents and notably (without limitation) for the transfer of Adjusted
Collections on the due date to the Purchaser, in accordance with the provisions of Article 23,
and (ii) any claim for damages against a Seller for breach of its representations and
warranties or for failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
	 
	 	 	Each Seller hereby acknowledges and accepts that the benefit of any joint and several
liability between Sellers party to the Securitisation Documents shall be extended to any
New Seller, without any need for additional written consent under this Agreement (other
than by the Centralising Unit as contemplated by Articles 35 and 40).
	 
	3.6.3	 	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that any
claim enforceable under Article 3.6.2 above against any of the German Parties shall on any
date on which payment is requested pursuant to Article 3.6.2 be limited to the amounts
calculated as follows (the “Free Equity Amount”):






	 	 (a)	 	in the case of a German Party that is organised as a GmbH (a “GmbH Party”),
the amount of its Net Assets less its Registered Share Capital as of such date;
	 
	 	 (b)	 	in the case of a German Party that is organised as a GmbH & Co.KG (a “GmbH
& Co. KG Party”), the amount of its respective Net Assets as of such date, provided
that such amount shall be reduced to the extent payment thereof would result in the
Net Assets of its general partner (in each case the “General Partner”) falling short
of the Registered Share Capital of such General Partner as of such date.






	 	 	For the purpose of this Article 3.6, “Net Assets” means, in respect of any entity as of
any date, the result of (a) the sum of the amounts shown under the balance sheet positions










 



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	 	 	pursuant to § 266 (2) (A), (B) and (C) of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch),
with the exception of any loan repayment claims against any of such entity’s affiliates
(other than such entity’s subsidiaries) (or other, economically equivalent claims,
including recourse claims against a defaulting Seller under the Intercompany
Arrangements), less (b) the sum of the amounts of liabilities shown under the balance
sheet positions pursuant to § 266 (3) (B), (C) and (D) of the German Commercial Code, in
each case as determined as of such date; and “Registered Share Capital” means, in respect
of any entity as of any date, the amount shown under the balance sheet position pursuant
to § 266 (3) (A) I of the German Commercial Code as determined as of such date.
	 
	 	 	The calculation of the Free Equity Amount shall be made as of the date of any payment
request pursuant to Article 3.6.2 above.
	 
	3.6.4	 	If, upon a payment request to any German Party under Article 3.6.2 above, such German Party
is of the reasonable opinion that the amount requested exceeds the Free Equity Amount at the
time of such request, such German Party shall provide evidence to the Purchaser that the
payment in full of the amount requested would result:






	 	 (a)	 	in the case of a GmbH Party, in the amount of its Net Assets falling below
the amount of its Registered Share Capital;
	 
	 	 (b)	 	in the case of a GmbH & Co. KG Party, in the amount of the Net Assets of
its General Partner falling below such General Partner’s Registered Share Capital,






	 	 	including, without limitation, plausible calculations made by such German Party and all
supporting documents reasonably requested by the Purchaser, and a written statement from
the statutory auditors of such German Party (in case of Article 3.6.3(a)) and or of the
relevant General Partner (in the case of Article 3.6.3(b)) to the Purchaser to the effect
that the amount of the payment requested exceeds the Free Equity Amount of such German
Party (in case of Article 3.6.3(a)) and/or of the General Partner (in the case of Article
3.6.3(b)).
	 
	3.6.5	 	For the purposes of calculating the Free Equity Amount, loans and other contractual
liabilities incurred in negligent or wilful violation of the provisions of this Agreement
shall be disregarded.
	 
	 	 	In the event that a payment is requested under Article 3.6.2 above, the relevant German
Party and/or its General Partner (in the case of Article 3.6.3(b)) shall realise, to the
extent (i) the Free Equity Amount falls short of the amount so requested, (ii) required to
enable the relevant German Party to make the requested payment, and (iii) legally
permitted, assets that are shown in the balance sheet with a book value (Buchwert) that is
significantly lower than the market value of the assets at the time of such request if
such assets are not necessary for the business of such German Party and/or its General
Partner (in the case of Article 3.6.3(b)) (betriebsnotwendig).










 



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	3.6.6	 	None of the above restrictions on enforcement shall apply if and to the extent such
enforcement relates to any obligations of the German Parties other than under Article 3.6.2.






	3.6.7	 	The parties expressly agree that the Sellers and the Centralising Unit shall not have any
responsibility for any non payment by any Debtor of any sums due in respect of the Sold
Receivables, except to the extent that the Purchaser may exercise recourse for such non
payment against the Subordinated Deposit and, as the case may be, the Complementary Deposit,
as provided herein and, for the avoidance of any doubt, to the extent of any Deemed
Collections in accordance with the provisions of Article 28.






	4.	 	TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT






	4.1	 	This Agreement shall commence on the Closing Date and end on the Program Expiry Date. For the
purposes of this Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the parties agree that
there shall be two periods:






	 	 (i)	 	the Replenishment Period, which commences on the Closing Date and ends on
the Commitment Expiry Date (excluded); and
	 
	 	 (ii)	 	the Amortisation Period, which commences on the Commitment Expiry Date and
ends on the Program Expiry Date.






	4.2	 	The parties expressly agree that, in the event that there are any Sold Receivables
outstanding on the Program Expiry Date:






	 	(a)	 	until such time as (i) any sums due under the Master Senior Deposit
Agreement have been paid, or (ii) the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on
behalf of the Sellers, has repurchased all such Sold Receivables from the Purchaser:






	 	(i)	 	the Centralising Unit shall make a payment to the
Purchaser for an amount equal to any collections actually received by the
Sellers arising in relation to those Sold Receivables which are outstanding;
and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Conformity Warranties set out in Article 19
(Conformity Warranties for Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and Remaining
Purchasable Receivables) and the relevant Seller’s covenants in relation to
the Sold Receivables as set out in Articles 12 (General Covenants), 16
(Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period), 21 (Collection of Sold
Receivables), 23 (Application of Payments and Payments of collections), 24
(Renegotiation), and 25 (Representation Mandate) shall remain in force ;






	 	(b)	 	thereafter, up to an amount equal to any portion of the Complementary
Deposit and/or the Subordinated Deposit that was not reimbursed on the Program Expiry
Date plus any Deferred Purchase Price that remained outstanding on such date, any
Adjusted Collections shall be refunded to the Centralising Unit.






	 	 	In any event, the parties expressly agree that, even after the Program Expiry Date, the
provisions set out in Articles 14 (Taxes), 15 (Changes in Circumstances), 29 (Fees and
expenses), 31 (Confidentiality), 33 (Exercise of Rights – Recourse- Non Petition), 36
(Indemnities), 41 (Governing law – Jurisdiction) shall remain in force.
	 
	4.3	 	The Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, may, upon written
notice given to the Purchaser at least nine (9) Business Days before a Funded Settlement Date
during the Amortisation Period or at any time after the Program Expiry Date, offer to
repurchase all outstanding Sold Receivables from the Purchaser, at a price equal to the










 



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	 	 	nominal value of such Sold Receivables or such other price as the parties may agree. Such
purchase price shall be applied towards the payments and in the order specified in Article
16 and, to the extent applicable, shall be set off against any amounts due to the
Centralising Unit in accordance with said Article 16.






	5.	 	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT
	 
	 	 	This Agreement shall not take effect unless and until the Purchaser has received, on the
Closing Date, all the documents referred to in SCHEDULE 2, and has determined that the
same are satisfactory as to form and substance.





CHAPTER III

CURRENT ACCOUNT — DEPOSITS





	6.	 	CURRENT ACCOUNT
	 
	6.1	 	Current Account agreement
	 
	6.1.1	 	The Purchaser and the Centralising Unit hereby agree to enter into a current account
relationship (relation de compte courant) (the “Current Account”).
	 
	6.1.2	 	Subject to the daily set-off or netting mechanism for the payment of the Initial Purchase
Price of Originated Ongoing Purchasable Receivables provided for under the Receivables
Purchase Agreements, any sum due either by (i) the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit, acting
in its own name or in the name of the Sellers pursuant to the Transaction Documents and/or by
(ii) the Sellers or the Centralising Unit, acting in its own name or in the name of the
Sellers, to the Purchaser pursuant to the Transaction Documents shall be recorded respectively
as credit or debit on the Current Account. Any mutual debit or credit that does not arise from
the Transaction Documents shall be excluded from the Current Account.
	 
	6.2	 	Automatic Set-off
	 
	 	 	The parties hereby agree that any debit and credit recorded on the Current Account shall
be automatically set-off (compensés).
	 
	6.3	 	Balance
	 
	6.3.1	 	On each Calculation Date, the Agent shall calculate the balance of the Current Account, in
accordance with the provisions of Article 12.3.1, on the basis of information it has received
pursuant to such Article 12.3.1, and shall forthwith provide the Centralising Unit and the
Purchaser with such calculation.










 



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	6.3.2	 	In the case of a debit balance of the Current Account on a Calculation Date, as stated in
the Current Account statement communicated in accordance with the provisions of Article
6.3.1., the Centralising Unit shall pay to the Purchaser’s Account in immediately available
funds an amount equal to such debit balance, on the Funded Settlement Date or on the
Intermediary Settlement Date in relation to which the Current Account statement is drawn up,
in accordance with the provisions of Article 17.5.
	 
	6.3.3	 	In the case of a credit balance of the Current Account on a Calculation Date, as stated in
the Current Account statement communicated in accordance with the provisions of Article
6.3.1., the Purchaser shall pay to the Centralising Unit’s Account in immediately available
funds an amount equal to such credit balance on the Funded Settlement Date or on the
Intermediary Settlement Date in relation to which the Current Account statement has been drawn
up, in accordance with the provisions of Article 17.5.
	 
	6.3.4	 	Once the payment referred to in Article 6.3.2 or in Article 6.3.3 has been made, the Current
Account shall be balanced at zero (0).
	 
	6.4	 	Entry on Current Account
	 
	6.4.1	 	On the Initial Settlement Date, the Purchaser shall record:






	 	(i)	 	on the debit of the Current Account, an amount equal to the Subordinated Deposit calculated
as of the Initial Settlement Date in accordance with Article 8 (Subordinated Deposit);






	 	(ii)	 	on the debit of the Current Account, an amount equal to the Complementary
Deposit calculated as of the Initial Settlement Date in accordance with Article 9
(Complementary Deposit);
	 
	 	(iii)	 	on the debit of the Current Account, the amount of the Adjusted
Collections calculated in respect of such Initial Settlement Date; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	on the credit of the Current Account an amount equal to the Initial
Purchase Price of the Sold Receivables sold on the Initial Settlement Date within the
limits provided for by Article 12.3.1 (i).






	6.4.2	 	On each Intermediary Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the Purchaser shall
enter:






	 	(i)	 	on the debit of the Current Account,






	 	(a)	 	an amount equal to any Increase in the Subordinated
Deposit on such date,
	 
	 	(b)	 	an amount equal to any Increase in the Complementary
Deposit on such date,
	 
	 	(c)	 	the amount of the Adjusted Collections calculated in
respect of such date, less the amount of Collections for Set-off which has
been set-off during the last Intermediary Settlement Date Reference Period
in accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreements,
	 
	 	(d)	 	the amount of any payment due with respect to the
repurchase of Doubtful Receivables on such date, and
	 
	 	(e)	 	any other sums due by the Centralising Unit acting on its
own behalf or on behalf of the Sellers, to the Purchaser pursuant to the
Transaction Documents, and not paid otherwise.










 



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	 	(ii)	 	on the credit of the Current Account,






	 	(a)	 	an amount equal to the part of the Initial Purchase Price
of the Sold Receivables due and payable on such date in accordance with the
Receivables Purchase Agreements and within the limits set out in Article
12.3.1 (i),
	 
	 	(b)	 	an amount equal to any Reduction of the Subordinated
Deposit on such date,
	 
	 	(c)	 	an amount equal to any Reduction of the Complementary
Deposit on such date, and
	 
	 	(d)	 	any other sums due by the Purchaser to the Centralising
Unit acting on its own behalf or on behalf of the Sellers pursuant to the
Transaction Documents, and not paid otherwise.






	6.4.3	 	On each Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the Purchaser shall enter:






	 	(i)	 	on the debit of the Current Account,






	 	(a)	 	an amount equal to any Increase in the Subordinated
Deposit on such date,
	 
	 	(b)	 	an amount equal to any Increase in the Complementary
Deposit on such date,
	 
	 	(c)	 	the amount of the Adjusted Collections calculated in
respect of such date, less the amount of Collections for Set-off which has
been set-off during the last Funded Settlement Date Reference Period in
accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreements,
	 
	 	(d)	 	the amount of any payment due with respect to the
repurchase of Doubtful Receivables on such date, and
	 
	 	(e)	 	any other sums due by the Centralising Unit acting on its
own behalf or on behalf of the Sellers, to the Purchaser pursuant to the
Transaction Documents, and not paid otherwise.






	 	(ii)	 	on the credit of the Current Account,






	 	(a)	 	an amount equal to the part of the Initial Purchase Price
of the Sold Receivables due and payable on such date in accordance with the
Receivables Purchase Agreements and within the limits set out in Article
12.3.1 (i),
	 
	 	(b)	 	an amount equal to any Deferred Purchase Price payable on
such date,
	 
	 	(c)	 	an amount equal to any Reduction of the Subordinated
Deposit on such date;
	 
	 	(d)	 	an amount equal to any Reduction of the Complementary
Deposit on such date,
	 
	 	(e)	 	any sum due and payable on such date as Complementary
Deposit Fee and Subordinated Deposit Fee, and
	 
	 	(f)	 	any other sums due by the Purchaser to the Centralising
Unit acting on its own behalf or on behalf of the Sellers pursuant to the
Transaction Documents, and not paid otherwise.






	 	 	The parties hereby agree that all entries on the Current Account are calculated, for any
Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, on the Calculation Date preceding such










 



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	 	 	Settlement Date, and that, once entered in the Current Account, such entries shall
constitute payments for the purposes of the Transaction Documents.
	 
	6.5	 	Termination of the Current Account
	 
	 	 	The current account relationship shall terminate, and the Current Account shall be closed,
on the Commitment Expiry Date.
	 
	7.	 	AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASER’S FUNDING
	 
	7.1	 	Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding
	 
	7.1.1	 	The Purchaser shall fund Payments:






	 	 (a)	 	first, out of the applicable Refinanced Received Net Amount, if any;
	 
	 	 (b)	 	second, out of a Senior Deposit (the “Purchaser’s Funding”), up to the then
applicable Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding.






	 	 	The Senior Deposit shall create an indebtedness of the Purchaser to the Depositor in
relation to the repayment of such Senior Deposit.
	 
	7.1.2	 	The Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding shall be communicated by the Centralising
Unit, acting in the name and on behalf the Sellers, to the Purchaser and to the Agent, on an
annual basis, within the limit of the Maximum Amount of the Program. For such purpose, at the
latest on 30 September of each year as from 30 September 2008 (included), the Centralising
Unit, acting in the name and on behalf the Sellers, shall send to the Purchaser and the Agent
a notice (in the form of SCHEDULE 19) indicating the new amount of the Maximum Amount of the
Purchaser’s Funding for each Funded Settlement Date during the period between the Funded
Settlement Date of November (included) following such 30 September and the Funded Settlement
Date of November the following year (excluded) (the “Annual Notice for Maximum Amount of the
Purchaser’s Funding”).
	 
	 	 	By way of exception at the latest on the Amendment Date, the Centralising Unit, acting in
the name and on behalf the Sellers, shall send to the Purchaser and the Agent a notice
indicating the new amount of the Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding for each Funded
Settlement Date between the Funded Settlement Date of July 2008 (included) and the Funded
Settlement Date of November 2008 (excluded) (the “First Notice for Maximum Amount of the
Purchaser’s Funding”)
	 
	 	 	As a consequence, on any Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the
Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding shall be equal to the lower of the following
amounts:






	 	-	 	the Maximum Amount of the Program; and
	 
	 	-	 	the amount indicated in the corresponding Annual Notice for Maximum Amount
of the Purchaser’s Funding (or in the First Notice for Maximum Amount of the
Purchaser’s Funding),






	 	 	it being provided that, if any amount of Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding
indicated in an Annual Notice for Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding or in the
First Notice for Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding is below the Minimum Amount of
the Program, the Commitment Expiry Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the Funded
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	7.1.3	 	In the event that any Liquidity Agreement is not renewed as a result of a Liquidity
Commitment Non Renewal, the Maximum Amount of the Program shall be partially and automatically
reduced by an amount equal to the commitment of the relevant Liquidity Bank.
	 
	 	 	Such reduction of the Maximum Amount of the Program shall take effect on the Funded
Settlement Date following the date upon which an event described above has occurred and
shall be definitive and irrevocable.
	 
	7.2	 	Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding on the Initial Settlement Date
	 
	 	 	On the Initial Settlement Date, the amount of the Purchaser’s Funding shall be equal to






	 	 (i)	 	the lower of the following amounts:






	 	(a)	 	the Outstanding Amount of Eligible Receivables to be
purchased by the Purchaser on such date, multiplied by the excess of:






	 	-	 	one (1) less;
	 
	 	-	 	the sum of the Overcollateralisation
Rate and the Discount Reserve Rate; and






	 	(b)	 	the Requested Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding;






	 	(ii)	 	less the amount of the Excess Foreseen Collections for such Initial
Settlement Date, rounded down to the nearest whole multiple of € 1,800.






	7.3	 	Change in the Purchaser’s Funding
	 
	 	 	On each Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period other than the Initial
Settlement Date, the Purchaser’s Funding shall be adjusted as follows:






	 	(a)	 	if:






	 	(i)	 	the lower of the following amounts:






	 	(x)	 	the sum of (α) the Outstanding Amount
of Eligible Receivables on such date and (β) the Outstanding
Amount of Refinanced Eligible Receivables on such date, multiplied
by the excess of:






	 	-	 	one (1) less;
	 
	 	-	 	the sum of the
Overcollateralisation Rate and the Discount Reserve Rate;
and






	 	(y)	 	the Requested Amount of the
Purchaser’s Funding;






	 	 	 	less, except if any Early Amortisation Event defined in the Article
13.3. has occurred before the Assessment Date preceding such Funded
Settlement Date, the amount of the Excess Foreseen Collections for such
Funded Settlement Date,
	 
	 	 	 	rounded down to the nearest whole multiple of € 1,800;
	 
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	 	(ii)	 	the amount of the Purchaser’s Funding outstanding on the
preceding Funded Settlement Date;






	 	 	 	then the Purchaser’s Funding shall be increased by an amount equal to such excess
(the “Increase in the Purchaser’s Funding”); and
	 
	 	(b)	 	if:






	 	(i)	 	the lower of the following amounts:






	 	(x)	 	the sum of (α) the Outstanding Amount
of Eligible Receivables on such date and (β) the Outstanding
Amount of Refinanced Eligible Receivables on such date, multiplied
by the excess of:






	 	-	 	one (1) less;
	 
	 	-	 	the sum of the
Overcollateralisation Rate and the Discount Reserve Rate;
and






	 	(y)	 	the Requested Amount of the
Purchaser’s Funding;






	 	 	 	less, except if any Early Amortisation Event defined in the Article
13.3. has occurred before the Assessment Date preceding such Funded
Settlement Date, the amount of the Excess Foreseen Collections for such
Funded Settlement Date,
	 
	 	 	 	rounded down to the nearest whole multiple of € 1,800;
	 
	 	 	 	is lower than
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the amount of the Purchaser’s Funding outstanding on the
preceding Funded Settlement Date;






	 	then the Purchaser’s Funding shall be reduced by the amount of such difference
(the “Reduction in the Purchaser’s Funding”).






	7.4	 	Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding in the event of a Potential Early Amortisation Event
	 
	 	 	In the event that a Potential Early Amortisation Event occurs, and as long as such
Potential Early Amortisation Event is continuing, the amount of the Purchaser’s Funding
shall be limited to the amount of the Purchaser’s Funding on the Funded Settlement Date
before such Potential Early Amortisation Event has occurred.
	 
	8.	 	SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT
	 
	 	 	Pursuant to the terms of a Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement entered into between the
Centralising Unit and the Purchaser on the Amendment Date, the Centralising Unit shall
make a Subordinated Deposit with the Purchaser. The main provisions of the Master
Subordinated Deposit Agreement are as follows:
	 
	8.1	 	Subordinated Deposit
	 
	 	 	On the first Settlement Date following the Amendment Date, the Subordinated Depositor
shall make a Subordinated Deposit in Euro with the Purchaser and on each following
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	 	 	shall be increased or decreased in accordance with the calculations made by the Agent on
each Calculation Date in accordance with the provisions of schedules 1 and 2 of the Master
Subordinated Deposit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	On each Calculation Date, during the Replenishment Period, the Agent shall calculate the
difference between (i) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit to be made on the following
Settlement Date, and (ii) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit made on the preceding
Settlement Date.
	 
	8.2	 	Pledge of the Subordinated Deposit
	 
	 	 	The Subordinated Deposit shall be pledged as cash collateral (affecté à titre de
gage-espèces) by the Centralising Unit in favour of the Purchaser, to secure the payment
of (i) any sum due by the Debtors to the Purchaser in respect of the Sold Receivables and
the Refinanced Sold Receivables and (ii) any sum due to the Purchaser by any Seller, the
Centralising Unit or the Refinanced Seller pursuant to the Transaction Documents.
	 
	8.3	 	Repayment of the Subordinated Deposit
	 
	 	 	The repayment of the Subordinated Deposit shall be carried out in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth in the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and Article 16
(Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period).
	 
	9.	 	COMPLEMENTARY DEPOSIT
	 
	 	 	Pursuant to the terms of a Master Complementary Deposit Agreement entered into between the
Centralising Unit and the Purchaser on the Amendment Date, the Centralising Unit shall
make a Complementary Deposit with the Purchaser. The main provisions of the Master
Complementary Deposit Agreement are as follows:
	 
	9.1	 	Complementary Deposit
	 
	 	 	The Centralising Unit shall make a Complementary Deposit with the Purchaser in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	On each Calculation Date during the Replenishment Period, the amount of the Complementary
Deposit shall be calculated by the Agent in accordance with the provisions of schedule 1
of the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.
	 
	9.2	 	Pledge of the Complementary Deposit
	 
	 	 	The Complementary Deposit shall be pledged as cash collateral (affecté à titre de
gage-espèces) by the Centralising Unit in favour of the Purchaser, to secure the payment
of (i) any sum due by the Debtors to the Purchaser in respect of the Sold Receivables and
the Refinanced Sold Receivables and (ii) any sum due to the Purchaser by any Seller, the
Centralising Unit or the Refinanced Seller pursuant to the Transaction Documents, provided
that no party shall be entitled to receive, as a result of such pledge, any amounts in
addition to those that it is entitled to receive pursuant to Article 16.
	 
	9.3	 	Repayment of the Complementary Deposit
	 
	 	 	The repayment of the Complementary Deposit shall be carried out in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth in the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement and
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CHAPTER IV

FEES





	10.	 	FEES
	 
	10.1	 	On each Funded Settlement Date (except the Initial Settlement Date), the Centralising Unit
shall pay to the Agent, the Management Fee which is due to compensate the Agent for its
services under this Agreement.
	 
	10.2	 	Such Management Fee shall be equal to €21,782.42 per month (V.A.T. excluded), increased by
the applicable V.A.T ; provided that if the Securitisation Transaction is terminated by the
Centralising Unit during the first two years of the Securitisation Transaction (other than a
termination after there has been an Early Amortisation Event or a drawing under a Liquidity
Agreement or a Liquidity Bank Letter), then the minimum amount of the Management Fee for the
year in which the Securitisation Transaction is terminated shall be equal to €261,389
(V.A.T. excluded), increased by the applicable V.A.T (Such amount of Management Fee due being
the sum of €248,889 (VAT excluded) as general management fee, €9,000 (VAT excluded) as a
fee for notarisation procedure in Spain and €3500 (VAT excluded) as a fee for the
calculations under the separation of flows procedure under the Collection Account Agreements).
As from the beginning of the third year until the fifth year of the Securitisation
Transaction, in the event that the Centralising Unit decides to terminate the Securitisation
Transaction and repurchases the Sold Receivables upon such termination (other than a
termination after there has been an Early Amortisation Event or a drawing under a Liquidity
Agreement or an Liquidity Bank Letter) and does not inform the Agent at the latest three
months beforehand, the Centralising Unit undertakes to pay an amount upon such termination
equal to the lesser of (i) the Management Fee for three months (€65,347) (VAT excluded),
increased by the applicable V.A.T, from the date on which the notice of termination is
delivered minus any Management Fee otherwise paid after notice of termination is delivered and
(ii) the Management Fee for the period from such termination until the expiration date of the
Liquidity Agreements.
	 
	10.3	 	The Agent shall notify the amount of the Management Fee to the Centralising Unit, at the
latest before 5.00 pm on the Calculation Date immediately preceding any Funded Settlement
Date.
	 
	10.4	 	On each Funded Settlement Date, the Centralising Unit shall pay the Management Fee by
crediting the Agent’s Account before 12.00 (noon), for an amount equal to the Management Fee,
as determined in accordance with 10.2 The parties acknowledge that the payment of such
Management Fee by the Centralising Unit to the Agent shall be expressly excluded from the
Current Account mechanism.
	 
	10.5	 	In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to pay such Management Fee on a Funded
Settlement Date, the Purchaser shall proceed forthwith with the payment of such Management
Fee, on the Centralising Unit’s behalf to the extent of the Adjusted Collections received. As
such, the Purchaser shall be, upon delivery of a subrogation notice by the Agent, subrogated
in the rights of the Agent against the Centralising Unit to the extent of the sums paid to the
Agent in respect of the Management Fee.
	 
	10.6	 	For the purposes of carrying out the biannual audits referred to in Article 12.1.1(vi), the
Agent shall be entitled to receive a fee equal to €5,000 (VAT excluded) per audit plus the
amount of expenses relating to the German, French, Spanish and UK audits (which shall be based
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	 	 	the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers on the Funded
Settlement Date immediately following the relevant biannual audits.





CHAPTER V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES — GENERAL COVENANTS





	11.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES






	11.1	 	Each Seller, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH and the Centralising Unit represents and
warrants to the Purchaser at the date hereof as follows:





(i)





	 	-	 	in the case of the French Seller, it is a limited company (société anonyme)
duly incorporated and validly existing under French law, or
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the German Parties, it is either a limited partnership
(Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung & Co Kommanditgesellschaft) or a limited
liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung), duly established and
validly existing under German law, or
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the Spanish Seller, it is a corporation (sociedad anónima)
duly incorporated and validly existing under Spanish law,
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the UK Seller, it is a limited liability company duly
incorporated and validly existing under the laws of England and Wales,
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the Centralising Unit, it is a limited liability company
duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of England and Wales;






	(ii)	 	it has the capacity (a) to carry on its business, as currently conducted, and to own all of
the assets appearing on its balance sheet, except where failure of such capacity would not be
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) to enter into and perform
its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;






	(iii)	 	it does not require any power or authorisation to execute the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party or to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, that it has not
already obtained, unless, in the case of any Governmental Authorisation, the failure to obtain
such authorisation would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;





(iv)





	 	-	 	except to the extent that no Material Adverse Effect
would be reasonably likely to result, the execution of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations
under the Transaction Documents will not contravene (a) any of the
provisions of its articles of association or of any other of its
constitutional or organisational documents, (b) any laws or regulations
applicable to it, or (c) any contractual obligations, negative pledges,
agreements or undertakings to which it is a party or by which it is bound;
	 
	 	-	 	the execution of the Transaction Documents to which it is
a party and the performance of its obligations under the Transaction
Documents will not contravene (x) if such concept is applicable in the
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	 	 	 	relevant Seller and (y) in the case of each of the German Parties, § 30
and seq. of the German Limited Liability Companies Act (Gesetz
betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung);






	(v)	 	the Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitute its legal, valid and binding
obligations and are enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ right
generally;
	 
	(vi)	 	all of the documents that it has provided to the Purchaser pursuant to the Transaction
Documents are accurate and correct in all material respects as of their respective dates and
as of the date of their delivery, and the audited, certified annual accounts were prepared in
accordance with the relevant Accounting Principles and give, in all material respects, a true,
accurate and fair view (comptes réguliers, sincères et qui donnent une image fidèle) of its
results for the relevant fiscal year;
	 
	(vii)	 	it carries on its business in compliance with all of the relevant laws and regulations
applicable to it, except where failure to do so would not be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	(viii)	 	there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to its knowledge, threatened to be
raised or brought against it, which are reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, or any material litigation that challenges or seeks to prevent the Securitisation
Transaction;
	 
	(ix)	 	except as specifically disclosed in writing to the Purchaser before the Closing Date, no
event has occurred since the closing date of its last fiscal year that is reasonably likely to
adversely and materially affect, impede or prohibit the execution or the performance of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or that is otherwise
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Affect;
	 
	(x)	 	no Early Amortisation Event of the type described in Article 13.3 has occurred and is
continuing;
	 
	(xi)	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV holds directly or indirectly 100% in the Centralising Unit’s
share capital and voting rights and more than 50% in each Seller’s share capital and voting
rights and as such exercises effective control over the Centralising Unit and the Sellers
within the meaning of Article L.511-7.3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code
monétaire et financier);
	 
	(xii)	 	it has received on the Amendment Date, a certified true copy of the Transaction Documents
and has full knowledge of the same;
	 
	(xiii)	 	it has carried out its own legal, tax and accounting analysis as to the consequences of the
execution and performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, and agrees that
the Purchaser, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Issuers and the Liquidity Banks shall have no
liability to any of the Sellers or the Centralising Unit in that respect;
	 
	(xiv)	 	it has entered into intercompany arrangements with the Centralising Unit and the other
Sellers, pursuant to which it has undertaken (a) to reimburse the Centralising Unit for
certain fees, including any amount paid on its behalf and any losses arising under the
Transaction Documents, (b) to pay the Centralising Unit a direct and sufficient consideration
for the making of the Subordinated Deposit and the Complementary Deposit and compensate the
Centralising Unit as is appropriate in respect of all losses incurred by the latter arising
from the making of the Subordinated Deposit and the Complementary Deposit, and (c) to ensure
that fees and expenses or any other sums due by the Sellers under the Transaction Documents
are allocated among the Sellers in accordance with their respective corporate interest, if
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	(xv)	 	it has entered into intercompany arrangements which shall, inter alia, (a) if complied with,
ensure due compliance of each of the German Parties, GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV, GOODYEAR
and/or any other shareholder or affiliate of the German Parties with the relevant applicable
corporate capital maintenance provisions, including, without limitation, § 30 of the German
Limited Liability Companies Act (Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter
Haftung), and (b) ensure that none of the German Sellers supports, directly or indirectly, the
uncollectability of any Sold Receivables purchased by the Purchaser from any other German
Seller without any required consideration therefor;
	 
	(xvi)	 	no Lien exists (other than any Liens contemplated by the Transaction Documents) (with
respect to receivables originated or to be originated by the UK Seller only, as from the
Amendment Date) (a) in relation to any Sold Receivables (and related rights) assigned by it
prior to their respective assignment to the Purchaser or in respect of the Collection
Accounts, with the exception of those Liens which arise by operation of applicable laws and
regulations, or (b) over the Subordinated Deposit and/or the Complementary Deposit;
	 
	(xvii)	 	its obligations under the Transaction Documents rank and will rank at least pari passu with
all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations (with the exception of
those preferred by law generally);
	 
	(xviii)	 	it is not entitled to claim immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other legal
process in any proceeding taken in the jurisdiction of its incorporation in relation to any
Transaction Documents;
	 
	(xix)	 	it is not subject to Insolvency Proceedings and is not insolvent within the meaning of
applicable laws;
	 
	(xx)	 	in the case of each German Seller, (a) such German Seller has, to the extent permissible,
opted for payment on a monthly basis of self-assessed or assessed VAT, (b) such German Seller
having applied for a permanent extension for the filing of monthly returns
(Dauerfristverlängerung) has posted a special advance estimated tax payment to the relevant
tax office and (c) any such self-assessed or assessed VAT owed by such German Seller in
accordance with applicable German VAT laws and regulations, has been paid to the relevant
German tax administration when due;
	 
	(xxi)	 	in the case of each German Seller, there is no dispute, action, suit or proceeding pending
or, to its knowledge, threatened to be raised or brought against it, except for disputes,
actions, suits or proceedings that such German Seller disputes in good faith, by any German
tax administration in relation to any VAT tax payment or the calculation of such VAT; and
	 
	(xxii)	 	in the case of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH: (a) all commercial contracts in relation to
the Sold Receivables, whether they are master agreements, general conditions of sale or other
documents have been either executed between GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH and the relevant
Debtors, or executed between another Seller and the relevant Debtors and transferred to
GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH, and the relevant Debtors are situated in Belgium, England,
France, Germany, Italy or Spain, (b) each commercial contract is concluded with either a
single Debtor or Debtors that are Affiliates of each other, and (c) each commercial contract
is governed by an Eligible Law, and (d) the jurisdiction clause, if any, of each commercial
contract attributes jurisdiction to the competent courts of the jurisdiction whose laws are
one of the Eligible Laws.
	 
	11.2	 	The above representations and warranties shall be deemed to be repeated by each Seller and
the Centralising Unit, as applicable, on each Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period.
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	12.	 	GENERAL COVENANTS
	 
	 	 	The following general covenants shall remain in force from the date hereof until the
Program Expiry Date.






	12.1	 	Sellers






	12.1.1	 	Affirmative covenants:
	 
	 	 	Each Seller undertakes:






	 	(i)	 	to provide the Purchaser without undue delay, on a non consolidated basis,
with:






	 	(a)	 	its annual accounts (balance sheet, profit and loss
accounts and annexes), as published and certified by its statutory auditors,
the report of the board of directors and statutory auditors relating thereto
and an extract of the minutes of the shareholders’ annual general meeting
approving the said accounts, no later than forty-five (45) calendar days
following the holding of its shareholders’ annual general meeting;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all published interim financial information ;
	 
	 	(c)	 	all other information, reports or statements as the
Purchaser may at any time reasonably request in so far as is permitted by
applicable laws and regulations, and depending on the type of information
requested, in accordance with the different procedures applicable to the
communication of information under this Agreement;






	 	(ii)	 	to request promptly any authorisation as may become necessary for the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep
in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits,
privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business, except to the
extent that failures to keep in effect such rights, licenses, permits, privileges and
franchises would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	upon knowledge by the relevant Seller that (a) an Early Amortisation Event
defined in Article 13.3 has occurred, to notify or cause to be notified forthwith the
Purchaser and provide a copy of the same to the Joint Lead Arrangers and (b) a
Potential Early Amortisation Event has occurred, to notify or cause the Purchaser to
be notified forthwith and provide a copy of the same to the Joint Lead Arrangers and,
where applicable, of actions which the Seller has taken and/or proposes to take with
respect thereto in order to prevent such Potential Early Amortisation Event from
becoming an Early Amortisation Event;
	 
	 	(v)	 	to carry on its business in all material aspects in accordance with all
applicable laws and regulations, except where failure to do so would not be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	upon the Purchaser’s request, which shall be subject to a reasonable prior
notice, to arrange forthwith for bi-annual audits to be carried out by the Purchaser
or by any other entity appointed by the Purchaser for such purposes, of its
receivables and collection procedures. The audits shall be conducted at the expense
of and paid by the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the
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	 	-	 	the main bi-annual audit shall be carried out at the
latest two (2) months before the anniversary date of the Closing Date (with
the exception of a New Seller acceding to the Securitisation Transaction in
accordance with the provisions of Article 40, in relation to which the first
audit carried out before the entry into the Securitisation Transaction of
the New Seller shall be sufficient to satisfy the bi-annual requirement
referred to above for the first anniversary date of the Closing Date falling
after its accession);
	 
	 	-	 	prior to the carrying out of the second bi-annual audit,
the Agent shall ask the Purchaser, the Liquidity Banks and the Back-Up
Servicer whether and the extent to which a second bi-annual audit is
necessary;






	 	 	 	this second bi-annual audit will not be carried out in the event that the Agent,
the Purchaser, the Liquidity Banks and the Back-Up Servicer (if and when
appointed) unanimously confirm in writing that such a second bi-annual audit is
unnecessary;






	(vii)	(1)	 	with respect to any Seller (except for the UK Seller), commencing on
the Amendment Date, to deliver to the Purchaser an Auditors Certificate within twelve
(12) calendar months after the date of delivery of the previous Auditors Certificate
in the form set out in SCHEDULE 4;
	 
	 	(2)	 	with respect to each German Seller (without prejudice to
the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above), to deliver to the Purchaser an
Auditors Certificate in the form set out in SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4with
respect to the corresponding Nominee Company provided that this undertaking
shall become effective as of the later of (a) six (6) months after it has
appointed a statutory auditor (if any) and (b) the first date following the
Amendment Date on which the other Sellers deliver an Auditors Certificate
under this Agreement, and provided that the form set forth in SCHEDULE 4
shall be adapted mutatis mutandis;






	 	(viii)	 	to notify forthwith the Purchaser, promptly upon becoming aware, of any material
adverse change in relation to any Sold Receivable, and to promptly respond to any
reasonable written request of the Purchaser, the Agent, any Back-Up Servicer (if and
when appointed) concerning any event in relation to any Sold Receivable which is
reasonably likely to endanger the payment of a sum under such Sold Receivable;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	to keep the Purchaser fully informed of the existence and progress of (a)
any material litigation relating to a Sold Receivable, (b) any claim or litigation
relating to the Sold Receivables before the courts or in arbitration for the purposes
of recovering material sums due under such Sold Receivables, (c) any claim or
litigation relating to the Sold Receivables before the courts or in arbitration for
the purposes of recovering sums due under such Sold Receivable, upon written request
of the Purchaser, the Agent or any Back-Up Servicer (if and when appointed), and (d)
any action, suit or proceeding described in Article 11.1 (viii);
	 
	 	(x)	 	to submit to the Purchaser, as soon as practicable, on the Purchaser’s
reasonable request and subject to the provisions of Article 20 (Identification of the
contractual documentation for the Sold Receivables — Access to documents) and Article
31 (Confidentiality), all documents which enable the latter to verify that the Seller
has properly fulfilled its contractual obligations concerning the collection of sums
due under the Sold Receivables, to the extent permitted by applicable laws or
regulations and in particular, in the case of the Protected Debtors, by the
provisions of the Data Protection Trust Agreement;
	 
	 	(xi)	 	to transfer or cause to be transferred to the Purchaser all Adjusted
Collections in accordance with the provisions of Article 23 (Application of payments
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	   (xii)	  (1)	 	with respect to any Seller (except for the UK Seller), commencing on
the Amendment Date, to deliver to the Purchaser a Solvency Certificate (on a date
which shall be a Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period) on a semiannual
basis in accordance with the form set out in SCHEDULE 5;






	 	  (2)	 	with respect to the UK Seller, commencing on the
Amendment Date, to deliver to the Purchaser a Solvency Certificate (on a
date which shall be a Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period) on a
quarterly basis in accordance with the form set out in SCHEDULE 5;
	 
	 	  (3)	 	with respect to any German Seller (without prejudice to
the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above), (A) on the date on which the
Intermediary Structure is implemented with respect to any Nominee Company
and thereafter (B) on each date on which a Solvency Certificate is to be
delivered with respect to any German Seller in accordance with sub-paragraph
(1) above, to deliver to the Purchaser a Solvency Certificate with respect
to such Nominee Company substantially in accordance with the form set out in
SCHEDULE 5;






	 	(xiii)	 	to execute any and all further documents, agreements and instruments, and take all
such further actions, as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser in order to
ensure that the sales of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable
Receivables to the Purchaser under the Receivables Purchase Agreements constitute
valid and perfected sales of such Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining
Purchasable Receivables and the security interests created over the Collection
Accounts for the benefit of the Purchaser constitute valid and perfected security
interests;
	 
	 	(xiv)	 	to inform the Purchaser, as soon as possible and in so far permitted by
applicable laws and regulations, of its intention to restructure such Seller leading
to GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV ceasing to hold directly or indirectly more than
50% in the voting rights of such Seller;
	 
	 	(xv)	 	to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the performance of the billing
and recovery procedures and accountancy methods in relation to the customer account
(compte client) of such Seller, with the same degree of skill and care as evidenced
during the audits carried out on behalf of the Purchaser or any of their agents
during the structuring phase of the Securitisation Transaction;
	 
	 	(xvi)	 	to ensure that any information transmitted by the Centralising Unit or
such Seller during the term of this Agreement and pursuant to the Transaction
Documents is true and accurate in all material respects;
	 
	 	(xvii)	 	to maintain effective and in full force at all times the Intercompany Arrangements
with the Centralising Unit and the other Sellers, and not to change such Intercompany
Arrangements in any way that may adversely affect the rights of the Purchaser under
the Securitisation Transaction;
	 
	 	(xviii)	 	to maintain effective and in full force at all times, such internal arrangements
between the German Parties, GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV, GOODYEAR and/or any
other shareholder or affiliate of the German Parties which are necessary to (i) if
complied with, ensure due compliance of each of the German Parties, GOODYEAR DUNLOP
TIRES EUROPE BV, GOODYEAR and/or any other shareholder or affiliate of the German
Parties with the relevant applicable corporate capital maintenance provisions,
including, without limitation, § 30 of the German Limited Liability Companies Act
(Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung), and (ii) ensure that
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	 	 	 	directly or indirectly, the uncollectability of any Sold Receivables purchased by
the Purchaser from any other German Seller without any required consideration
therefor;
	 
	 	(xix)	 	to keep any Bill of Exchange relating to a Sold Receivable as custodian of
the Purchaser for collection purposes unless the Sellers’ Collection Mandate has been
terminated and it has received notification from the Purchaser to deliver such Bill
of Exchange to the Purchaser or any third party appointed by the Purchaser;
	 
	 	(xx)	 	in the case of the Spanish Seller, to take such steps and do all things as
to notarise before a Spanish Notary Public (x) on the Amendment Date, the French law
governed Receivables Purchase Agreement entered into by the Spanish Seller, the
termination letter agreement with respect to the Spanish law governed receivables
purchase agreement executed by the Spanish Seller on the Closing Date and any
amendment to the Spanish Collection Account Agreements and (y) on each Funded
Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, any Transfer Deed executed and
delivered pursuant to the French law governed Receivables Purchase Agreement executed
by the Spanish Seller (specifying in such Transfer Deeds any promissory notes which
must be transferred in accordance with this Agreement and such Receivables Purchase
Agreement), it being understood at all times that the costs of such notarisation
shall be borne by the Spanish Seller;
	 
	 	(xxi)	 	in the case of the German Sellers, to take such steps and do all things as
to notarise before a Spanish Notary Public (x) on the Amendment Date, the Receivables
Purchase Agreement executed by the German Sellers and (y) on each Funded Settlement
Date during the Replenishment Period, any Transfer Deed executed and delivered
pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement executed by the German Sellers and
which related to Spanish law governed receivables and/or Spanish Debtors, it being
understood at all times that the costs of such notarisation shall be borne by the
relevant German Seller;
	 
	 	(xxii)	 	(a) to instruct any Debtor, which has not been already informed, to pay any sum due
under a Sold Receivable to the relevant Collection Account(s) and, from the date
hereof, to collect any sums due under a Sold Receivable exclusively on the relevant
Collection Account(s), and (b) to promptly transfer to the relevant Collection
Account(s) any sums paid by a Debtor in a different manner than to the relevant
Collection Account(s);
	 
	 	(xxiii)	 	in the case of each German Seller,






	 	(a)	 	(w) to opt or continue to opt at all times for payment of
self-assessed or assessed VAT on a monthly basis, (x) having applied for a
permanent extension for the filing of monthly returns
(Dauerfristverlängerung) post and maintain posted a special advance
estimated tax payment to the relevant tax office, (y) to calculate and
self-assess VAT on a monthly basis in accordance with German VAT laws and
regulations and (z) to pay any VAT when due to the relevant German tax
administration on a monthly basis;
	 
	 	(b)	 	to provide the Purchaser on each Information Date with
(x) a monthly report detailing the calculation of VAT due in relation to the
preceding calendar month in accordance with German VAT laws and regulations,
and (y) evidence of the payment of any amounts of VAT when due to the
relevant German tax administration, as described in such monthly report;
	 
	 	(c)	 	to submit promptly upon request of the Purchaser a
statement and/or evidence in respect of any VAT payment;
	 
	 	(d)	 	to ensure that, promptly upon request of the Purchaser at
any time and in any event semi annually (x) its auditors or any qualified
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	 	 	 	payment in accordance with applicable law and regulations, detailing
the calculation and the payment of VAT during the period since the
previous audit or (as relevant) during the last six (6) calendar months
and (y) the results of such audit are forthwith communicated to the
Purchaser, whereby the costs of such audit shall be borne by such
German Seller;
	 
	 	(e)	 	at the latest on the implementation date of the
Intermediate Structure, to execute and implement any related BMA; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	to provide the Purchaser with certified true and
up-to-date copies of any BMA upon its execution, as well as any amendment to
a BMA that may adversely affect the position of the Purchaser, promptly upon
such amendment.






	12.1.2	 	Negative covenants
	 
	 	 	Each Seller undertakes:






	 	(i)	(a)	 not to sell, lease, transfer or dispose of, the whole or a substantial
part of its business or assets whether in a single transaction or by a number of
transactions. Such prohibitions do not however apply to: (w) disposals in the
ordinary course of the business of the Centralising Unit or of any Seller; (x)
disposals between the Centralising Unit and any Seller(s) or between any Sellers or
within the GOODYEAR Group; (y) disposals for arm’s length consideration on normal
commercial terms; or (z) other disposals which are not reasonably likely to
materially prejudice the rights of the Purchaser hereunder or adversely and
materially affect the collectibility of the Sold Receivables; and






	 	 	(b) 	except for any intra-group mergers or reorganisations
within the GOODYEAR Group, not to purchase all or part of the assets of any
individual, undertaking or company, and not to enter into any merger
(fusion), demerger (scission) or proceeding of a similar nature, which is
reasonably likely to materially prejudice the rights of the Purchaser
hereunder or adversely affects such Seller’s ability to collect the Sold
Receivables;






	 	(ii)	 	not to vary any of its collection procedures currently in operation on the
date it becomes a Seller under the Transaction Documents, without the prior written
consent of the Purchaser if such a variation is reasonably likely to adversely affect
the quality of such collection procedures;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	not to deliver to the Purchaser any document containing information
concerning the Sold Receivables which it knows to be inaccurate or incomplete;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	not to deliver to the Purchaser any document containing information
concerning the Sold Receivables which it, in the exercise of reasonable diligence,
should reasonably have known to be inaccurate or incomplete, in any material respect;
	 
	 	(v)	 	not to use any software for the management of the Sold Receivables unless
the software user licence allows it to be used to monitor the Sold Receivables,
except in cases that would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	to abstain from varying the corporate purposes or changing the legal form
of such Seller, except to the extent related to any intra-group mergers or
reorganisations within the GOODYEAR Group or to the extent that such variation or
change would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	not to endorse, transfer or deliver to any person a Bill of Exchange
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	 	 	 	benefit of the Purchaser and, upon request of the Purchaser, to endorse, transfer
or deliver, to the Purchaser or any third party designated by the Purchaser,
acting pursuant to a power of attorney provided by a separate agreement, any and
all Bills of Exchange corresponding to Sold Receivables and take all such
measures deemed necessary by the Purchaser in order to preserve its rights
hereunder;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	not to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Liens (other than any Liens
contemplated by the Transaction Documents) (a) in relation to any Sold Receivables
(and related rights) or in respect of the Collection Accounts, with the exception of
those Liens required by applicable laws and regulations, or (b) over the Subordinated
Deposit and/or the Complementary Deposit; and
	 
	 	(ix)	 	not to vary or change any BMA without the prior written consent of the
Purchaser, except to the extent that such variation or change would not be reasonably
likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.






	12.2	 	Centralising Unit






	12.2.1	 	Affirmative covenants
	 
	 	 	The Centralising Unit undertakes:






	 	(i)	 	to provide the Purchaser without undue delay, on a non consolidated basis,
with:






	 	(a)	 	its annual accounts (balance sheet, profit and loss
accounts and annexes), as published and certified by its statutory auditors,
the related report of the board of directors and statutory auditors, and an
extract of the minutes of the shareholders’ annual general meeting approving
the said accounts, no later than forty-five calendar days (45) following the
holding of its shareholders’ annual general meeting;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all published interim financial information; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	all other information, reports or statements as the
Purchaser may at any time reasonably request and depending on the type of
information requested, in accordance with the procedures applicable to the
communication of information under this Agreement;






	 	(ii)	 	to request promptly any authorisation as may become necessary for the
performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep
in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits,
privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business, except to the
extent that failure to keep in effect such rights, licenses, permits privileges and
franchises would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	upon knowledge by the Centralising Unit that (a) an Early Amortisation
Event has occurred, to notify forthwith the Purchaser of the same and (b) a Potential
Early Amortisation Event has occurred, to notify forthwith the Purchaser of the same
and, where applicable, of actions which the Centralising Unit has taken and/or
proposes to take with respect thereto in order to prevent such Potential Early
Amortisation Event from becoming an Early Amortisation Event;
	 
	 	(v)	 	to carry on its business in accordance with all applicable laws and
regulations, except where failure to do so would not be reasonably likely to result
in a Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	commencing on the Amendment Date, to deliver to the Purchaser (on a date
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	 	 	 	Certificate within six (6) calendar months after the date of delivery of the
previous Solvency Certificate, in accordance with the form set out in SCHEDULE 5;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	(a) to provide the Agent two (2) Business Day before each Information Date
preceding the applicable Funded Settlement Date (before 9.00 a.m.) with (x) a copy of
the List of Purchasable Receivables in the form agreed between the parties to this
Agreement and a copy of the Assessment Report (with the following tables filled:
table 1, table 2, table 3, table 9 and table 11); (b) to provide the Agent on each
Information Date preceding the applicable Funded Settlement Date (before noon) with a
copy of the Assessment Report filled with the remaining tables left; and (c) to
provide the Agent on each Information Date preceding the applicable Intermediary
Settlement Date (before 11.00 p.m.) with a copy of the Assessment Report and a List
of Purchasable Receivables in the form agreed between the parties to this Agreement;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	to provide the Purchaser (or the Agent acting in the name and on behalf of the
Purchaser) on each Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period before 9.00
a.m., with the Transfer Deeds;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	to transmit to the Agent and the Purchaser a certificate evidencing
compliance with the Financial Covenants at the time of delivery of such financial
information described in points (a) and (b) of section 5.01 of the European Credit
Facility;
	 
	 	(x)	 	to inform the Purchaser, as soon as possible, and in so far as is permitted
by applicable laws and regulations of any restructuring leading to GOODYEAR DUNLOP
TIRES EUROPE B.V. ceasing to hold directly or indirectly 100% in the voting rights of
the Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(xi)	 	to ensure that any information transmitted by the Centralising Unit or any
of the Sellers during the course of the Securitisation Transaction and pursuant to
the Transaction Documents is accurate and true in all material respects;
	 
	 	(xii)	 	to maintain effective and in full force at all times the Intercompany
Arrangements with the Centralising Unit and the other Sellers, and not to change such
Intercompany Arrangements in any way that may adversely affect the rights of the
Purchaser under the Securitisation Transaction.






	12.2.2	 	Negative covenants
	 
	 	 	The Centralising Unit undertakes:






	 	(i)	 	to abstain from changing its legal form, its corporate existence and
varying its corporate purposes, except to the extent that such variation or change
would not be reasonably likely to adversely affect the performance of its obligations
under the Transaction Documents;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	not to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Liens in relation to
any of its assets, except (x) for Liens provided under the Transaction Documents, (y)
to the extent such Liens do not relate to any assets in relation to the Securitisaton
Transaction, for Liens created or permitted by the European Credit Facility, or (z)
to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations.






	12.3	 	Agent
	 
	12.3.1	 	The Agent hereby agrees with the other parties that it shall, at the latest on each
Calculation Date:






	 	(i)	 	identify a selection in the List of Purchasable Receivables sent by the
Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers and of the
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	 	(a)	 	the Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables title to
which has passed and which have been transferred to the Purchaser from the
Refinanced Seller between the last two (2) Assessment Dates and the
Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables which shall be purchased by the
Purchaser from the Refinanced Seller on the next Settlement Date during the
Replenishment Period,
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Ongoing Purchasable Receivables title to which has
passed and which have been transferred to the Purchaser from the Sellers
between the last two (2) Assessment Dates, and then
	 
	 	(c)	 	if such Calculation Date precedes immediately a Funded
Settlement Date, the Remaining Purchasable Receivables which shall be
purchased by the Purchaser from the Sellers on the next Funded Settlement
Date during the Replenishment Period,






	 	 	 	so that the Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold
Receivables (taking into account the Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Ongoing
Purchasable Receivables title to which has passed and which have been transferred
to the Purchaser from the Refinanced Seller between the last two (2) Assessment
Dates, the Outstanding Amount of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables title to which
has passed and which have been transferred to the Purchaser from the Sellers
between the last two (2) Assessment Dates, the Outstanding Amount of Remaining
Purchasable Receivables to be purchased on the following Funded Settlement Date
during the Replenishment Period and the Outstanding Amount of Refinanced
Remaining Purchasable Receivables to be purchased on the following Funded
Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period) shall not exceed the sum of the
Requested Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding, the amount of the Subordinated
Deposit, the Maximum Amount of the Complementary Deposit and the Discount
Reserve;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	identify among the Remaining Purchasable Receivables, the Ongoing
Purchasable Receivables, the Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables and the
Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables selected in accordance with point
(i) above, Eligible Receivables and Refinanced Eligible Receivables, which shall be
selected so that the Outstanding Amount of Eligible Receivables and Refinanced
Eligible Receivables due by Debtors of the same Group on the following Settlement
Date shall not exceed the Maximum Concentration Rate multiplied by the Outstanding
Amount of the Eligible Receivables and the Refinanced Eligible Receivables on such
date;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	if such Calculation Date immediately preceeds a Funded Settlement Date,
send to the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers,
before 5.00 pm on such Calculation Date a list containing the Remaining Purchasable
Receivables (and identifying specifically the Eligible Receivables) as at the next
Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, along with the Outstanding
Amount of Remaining Purchasable Receivables and the Outstanding Amount of Eligible
Receivables;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	calculate, with respect to the following Settlement Date, and on the basis
of the information received on the preceding Information Date:






	 	(a)	 	the balance of the Current Account;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Discount Amount;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the amount of the Discount Reserve;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables, the
Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Sold Receivables, the Outstanding Amount of
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	 	 	 	Receivables and the Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Eligible
Receivables, globally and for each Seller individually and for the
Italian Seller;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the amount of the Purchaser’s Funding, including any
increase or reduction in the level of such funding if such Calculation Date
precedes immediately a Funded Settlement Date;
	 
	 	(f)	 	the amount of the Subordinated Deposit;
	 
	 	(g)	 	the amount of the Complementary Deposit;
	 
	 	(h)	 	as the case may be, the amount of the Foreseen
Collections and Foreseen Collections Adjusted ;
	 
	 	(i)	 	the amount of the Adjusted Collections and the Refinanced
Adjusted Collections; and
	 
	 	(j)	 	any other amounts agreed between the Agent and the
Centralising Unit.






	 	(v)	 	give notice before 5.00 pm on such Calculation Date to the Centralising
Unit acting, as the case may be, on its own behalf or on behalf of the Sellers, of
the calculations (with supporting details) carried out pursuant to the above
paragraph (iv) in order to provide the information needed, as the case may be, for
the payment to be made on the following Settlement Date pursuant to Article 6.3, in
accordance with the Calculation Letter described in SCHEDULE 15;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	communicate the calculation of any Increase in the Purchaser’s Funding or
any Reduction in the Purchaser’s Funding in accordance with the provisions of Article
7.3 to the Depositor.






	 	 	The parties agree that, in the event that any party becomes aware of any error in the
calculation carried out by the Agent pursuant to the present Article 12.3.1, such party
shall forthwith notify the Agent in order to rectify such an error.
	 
	12.3.2	 	At the latest on each Calculation Date, the Agent shall, at the request of any Joint Lead
Arranger, forthwith transmit a copy of the Assessment Reports, the Lists of Purchasable
Receivables or any reporting documents relating to the Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold
Receivables and provide the Joint Lead Arrangers with any information relating to the amount
of Adjusted Collections and Refinanced Adjusted Collections received by the Purchaser on such
Calculation Date.
	 
	12.3.3	 	On each Calculation Date before 5.00 pm, the Agent undertakes to deliver forthwith, to the
Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, a document relating to the
Sold Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables, in the form attached hereto as
SCHEDULE 12.1, as modified from time to time by the parties to this Agreement, and to provide
a copy of such document to the Joint Lead Arrangers.
	 
	 	 	After each Settlement Date, the Agent undertakes to deliver forthwith to each Issuer, a
report document relating to the Sold Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables, in
the form attached hereto as SCHEDULE 12.2, as modified from time to time between the
Agent, the Purchaser and the Issuers.
	 
	 	 	For the purposes of the relevant reporting documents, the parties agree that CALYON shall
be responsible for ensuring that such reporting requirements are carried out.
	 
	12.4	 	Failure to deliver Assessment Report or List of Purchasable Receivables
	 
	12.4.1	 	In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to provide the Agent with a copy of the
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	 	 	after an Information Date, or provides the Agent with a copy of the Assessment Report
and/or a List of Purchasable Receivables, that is incomplete in relation to one or several
Sellers or Italian Seller (with respect to any Seller or to the Italian Seller, a
“Delivery Failure”), the Agent shall carry out the identification and the calculations
referred to in Articles 12.3.1 and 12.3.2 as follows:






	 	   -	 	in relation to Sellers or the Refinanced Seller for which there is no
Delivery Failure, on the basis of the Assessment Report and the List of Purchasable
Receivables provided to the Agent on such Information Date; and
	 
	 	   -	 	in relation to Sellers or Refinanced Seller for which there is a Delivery
Failure, on the basis of the Assessment Report and the List of Purchasable
Receivables provided to the Agent on the preceding Information Date;






	 	 	provided that the Centralising Unit has sent to the Agent a single consolidated Assessment
Report and a single List of Purchasable Receivables. If the Agent has not received such
single consolidated Assessment Report and such List of Purchasable Receivables, it shall
make its calculations on the basis of the single consolidated Assessment Report and single
List of Purchasable Receivables received on the previous Information Date.
	 
	12.4.2	 	In the event of any failure to comply with the provisions of Article 12.2.1 (vi), the
Centralising Unit shall comply with such provisions with respect to the documents required to
be delivered on or before the next Information Date.
	 
	12.4.3	 	The Centralising Unit shall provide, on each Information Date, (i) the list of Sold
Receivables which are Doubtful Receivables and to be retransferred to the relevant Seller in
accordance with article 4.2 of the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement and (ii) the list
of Refinanced Sold Receivables which are Refinanced Doubtful Receivables and to be
retransferred to the Refinanced Seller in accordance with article 3 of the Refinanced
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
	 
	12.5	 	Purchaser
	 
	 	 	Other than as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Purchaser undertakes not to
(a) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Sold Receivables or any Refinanced Sold
Receivables or (b) create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Liens over any Sold
Receivables or any Refinanced Sold Receivables (and related rights), with the exception of
those Liens required by applicable laws and regulations.





CHAPTER VI

EARLY AMORTISATION





	13.	 	EARLY AMORTISATION
	 
	13.1	 	Early Amortisation Events in relation to the Securitisation Transaction:
	 
	 	 	The fact that the Purchaser’s Funding falls below the Minimum Amount of the Program shall
constitute an Early Amortisation Event with respect to this Agreement and the Receivables
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	13.2	 	Early Amortisation Event in relation to the Purchaser:
	 
	 	 	If any event occurs, which is not an event that is due to CALYON or that could have been
prevented by CALYON, and which, in the Rating Agencies’ opinion, jeopardises the
“bankruptcy remote character” of the Purchaser, the Purchaser may terminate its Commitment
to purchase Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables from the
Sellers subject to notice made in writing to the Centralising Unit. In such an event, the
Commitment Expiry Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the thirtieth (30th)
calendar day following receipt by the Centralising Unit of the Purchaser’s Termination
Notice. Such Purchaser’s Termination Notice shall state the reasons for the Rating
Agencies’ opinion.
	 
	13.3	 	Early Amortisation Events in relation to any Seller or the Centralising Unit:
	 
	 	 	Each of the following events shall constitute an Early Amortisation Event with respect to
this Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreements:






	 	(i)	 	the Centralising Unit requests the termination of the Replenishment
Period ;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any Seller, any Nominee Company, the Centralising Unit, GOODYEAR DUNLOP
TIRES EUROPE BV, GOODYEAR or any Material Subsidiary has entered into Insolvency
Proceedings;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any failure by a Seller, the Centralising Unit or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES
EUROPE BV to make a payment (including any deposit or transfer of Adjusted
Collections to the Purchaser) when due under the Transaction Documents:






	 	(w)	 	which is not remedied within two (2) Business Days,
provided that such failure is due to a technical reason which affects the
means of payment in the banking system used by such Seller or by the
Centralising Unit and is not otherwise covered by clause (y) below;
	 
	 	(x)	 	which is not remedied within four (4) Business Days,
where such failure arises in relation to the payment of the Management Fee
or the Stand-By Fee;
	 
	 	(y)	 	which is not a scheduled payment under the Transaction
Documents and which is not remedied within two (2) Business Days after
written notice received from the Purchaser or, if earlier, after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware thereof;
	 
	 	(z)	 	which is a scheduled payment (including a payment due
pursuant to Article 6.3.2) and is not otherwise covered by clause (w) or (x)
above;






	 	(iv)	 	any restructuring of (a) a Seller leading to GOODYEAR ceasing to hold
directly or indirectly more than 50% in the share capital and voting rights of such a
Seller, or (b) GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV leading to GOODYEAR ceasing to hold
directly or indirectly more than 50% in the share capital and voting rights of
GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV, or (c) the Centralising Unit leading to GOODYEAR
DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV ceasing to hold, directly or indirectly, 100% in the share
capital and voting rights of the Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(v)	 	any default by any Seller, the Centralising Unit or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES
EUROPE BV (including any material default in the collection obligations set forth in
Articles 21, 24, 25 and 26) other than the defaults referred to in paragraph (iii)
above or paragraphs (vi) and (vii) below, in relation to any of their obligations
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	 	-	 	which is not remedied within one (1) Business Day after
written notice received from the Purchaser or, if earlier, after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware thereof, if such default is in relation
to their respective obligations under Article 12.2.1 (vii), and the
Centralising Unit does not comply with Article 12.4.2;
	 
	 	-	 	which is not remedied within one (1) Business Day after
written notice received from the Purchaser or, if earlier, after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware thereof, if such default is in relation
to their respective obligations under 12.2.1 (vii);
	 
	 	-	 	which is not remedied within fifteen (15) Business Days
after written notice received from the Purchaser or, if earlier, after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware, if such default is in relation to their
respective obligations under 12.1.1 (iv), (x), (xiii), (xiv), (xxi), and
12.2.1 (iv), (xii);
	 
	 	-	 	which is a default of the obligations arising under
12.1.2 or 12.2.2, which (a) if capable of remedy, is not remedied within
fifteen (15) Business Days after written notice received from the Purchaser
or, if earlier, after a Responsible Officer becoming aware, or (b) if not
capable of remedy, has not been waived by the Purchaser within five (5)
Business Days after written notice received from the Purchaser or, if
earlier, after a Responsible Officer becoming aware;
	 
	 	-	 	which is not remedied within thirty (30) Business Days
after written notice received from the Purchaser, or, if earlier, after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware;






	 	(vi)	 	any failure by any Seller (other than the UK Seller) to deliver an Auditors
Certificate with respect to such Seller and/or, if relevant, any Nominee Company,
complying with the relevant form attached as SCHEDULE 4 (adapted mutatis mutandis in
the case of a New Seller or, in any, a Nominee Company), as provided for under
Article 12.1.1 (vii), which is not remedied within fifteen (15) Business Days after
written notice received from the Purchaser or, if earlier, after a Responsible
Officer becoming aware;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	any failure by any Seller or the Centralising Unit with respect to such
Seller, the Centralising Unit and/or, if relevant, any Nominee Company, to deliver a
Solvency Certificate, complying with the relevant form attached as SCHEDULE 5
(adapted mutatis mutandis in the case of a New Seller or, in any, a Nominee Company),
as provided for under Article 12.1.1 (xii) and 12.2.1 (vi), which is not remedied
within ten (10) Business Days after written notice received from the Purchaser or, if
earlier, after a Responsible Officer becoming aware;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	any representation and warranty made by any Seller, the Centralising Unit or
GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV under the Transaction Documents (other than under
Article 19), or any information contained in any document delivered by any Seller or
the Centralising Unit or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV to the Purchaser pursuant
thereto, is found to have been inaccurate on the date on which it was made or
delivered, if such inaccuracy (a) is not remedied or waived accordingly within thirty
(30) days after written notice received from the Purchaser, or, if earlier, after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware and (b) is reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	any Material Indebtedness of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV, or any of its
subsidiaries, or GOODYEAR (a) has not been paid or repaid when due (after giving
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	 	 	 	payable before its stated date of payment as a result of a declared default and
after the expiry of any applicable grace period provided that, in each case, such
default has not been waived pursuant to the terms of the relevant agreement;
	 
	 	(x)	 	there is an attachment, freezing or seizure (saisie) order against all or
any material part of the property, assets or revenues of the Centralising Unit, any
of the Sellers or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV or in the event that the
Centralising Unit, any of the Sellers or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV has become
subject at any time to any court order or other court process having similar effect
and such attachment, seizure (saisie), court order or court process remains in effect
and is not discharged during a period of forty-five (45) calendar days following the
date on which it was served;
	 
	 	(xi)	 	any change of any kind in any Seller’s or Centralising Unit’s articles of
association, business or assets, which would be reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	 	(xii)	 	the validity of the Transaction Documents or a Transfer Deed issued
pursuant to any Receivables Purchase Agreement or any Payment hereunder or thereunder
is successfully challenged by any enforcement order issued or judgment obtained as a
result of proceedings before any court (including arbitration proceedings) (except in
the case of a Transfer Deed delivered by GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH, where any
such challenge does not affect the validity under another Transfer Deed of the sale
of the receivables sold pursuant to the Transfer Deed that is so challenged);
	 
	 	(xiii)	 	whenever on three (3) successive Funded Settlement Dates, the Overcollateralisation
Rate is higher than the Maximum Overcollateralisation Rate;






	      (xiv)	(a)		 any of the Transaction Documents becomes illegal or, cannot, for any
reason whatsoever, be performed pursuant to their respective terms, and such
illegality or inability to be performed is reasonably expected to prejudice the
rights of the Purchaser in any material respect;
	 
	 	(b)	 	a Transfer Deed becomes illegal or, cannot, for any
reason whatsoever, be performed pursuant to its terms, and such illegality
or inability to be performed is reasonably expected to prejudice the rights
of the Purchaser;






	 	(xv)	 	the ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter of (x) Consolidated Net J.V.
Indebtedness to (y) Consolidated European J.V. EBITDA for the most recent period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been prepared
(as contemplated under the European Credit Facility), is greater than 3.00 to 1.00,
and there has been no Applicable Waiver or Amendment on or prior to the 60th calendar
day after the occurrence of any such event.  In addition, this General Master
Purchase Agreement shall be automatically deemed amended, with no further actions
required by the parties hereto, to reflect the changes made in any Applicable Waiver
or Amendment).
	 
	 	 	 	Capitalized terms used in this Article 13.3 (xv) and not defined in SCHEDULE 16
shall have meanings set forth for such terms in SCHEDULE 1;
	 
	 	(xvi)	 	if all Sellers withdraw from the Agreement in accordance with the
provisions of Article 39;
	 
	 	(xvii)	 	the three-month rolling average of the Delinquency Percentage exceeds 3.5 %, and
such event is not waived within thirty (30) days after notice received from the
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	 	(xviii)	 	the three-month rolling average of the Default Percentage exceeds 2.5 %, and such
event is not waived within thirty (30) days after notice received from the Purchaser,
or, if earlier, after a Responsible Officer becomes aware thereof;
	 
	 	(xix)	 	the three-month rolling average of the Dilution Percentage exceeds 10.5 %,
and such event is not waived within thirty (30) days after notice received from the
Purchaser, or, if earlier, after a Responsible Officer becomes aware thereof;
	 
	 	(xx)	 	with respect to any Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and/or Remaining
Purchasable Receivable assigned to the Purchaser on any Funded Settlement Date (for
the purposes of this clause, the “Reference Funded Settlement Date”), the Initial
Purchase Price has not been paid in full at the latest on the third Funded Settlement
Date following such Reference Funded Settlement Date, it being provided that,
on the Calculation Date preceding the third Intermediary Settlement Date following
such Reference Funded Settlement Date, the Agent shall have communicated to the
Centralising Unit the amount of the Initial Purchase Price of the Ongoing Purchasable
Receivable and/or Remaining Purchasable Receivable sold on such Reference Funded
Settlement Date that would remain unpaid on the second Intermediary Settlement Date
following the Reference Funded Settlement Date, should the Maximum Amount of
Complementary Deposit not be increased.






	13.4	 	Consequences of Early Amortisation Events
	 
	 	 	Except for the Early Amortisation Event described in Article 13.2, the effect of which is
set out in such Article, the consequences of the Early Amortisation Events shall be as
follows:
	 
	(i)	 	If an Early Amortisation Event referred to in Articles 13.1 or 13.3 occurs and has not been
waived, the Purchaser may or, if all the Liquidity Banks (which shall be consulted by the
Purchaser upon the occurrence of such an Early Amortisation Event) instruct the Purchaser to
do so, shall terminate by notice in writing to the Centralising Unit (the “Purchaser’s
Termination Notice”), its Commitment to purchase Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining
Purchasable Receivables from the Sellers. Upon knowledge by the Purchaser of the occurrence of
an Early Amortisation Event and provided such Early Amortization Event has not been waived and
as soon as the Purchaser has determined that such an occurrence shall entail the occurrence of
the Commitment Expiry Date, a Purchaser’s Termination Notice may be sent forthwith. In such an
event, the Commitment Expiry Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of receipt of
the Purchaser’s Termination Notice by the Centralising Unit.






	 	 	 	However, if upon consultation of the Liquidity Banks in accordance with the above
paragraph, such Liquidity Banks cannot agree among themselves as to the
termination by the Purchaser of its Commitment, and where the Purchaser has not
already decided in its own discretion to terminate its Commitment, the relevant
Liquidity Bank (the “Terminating Liquidity Bank”) may decide to terminate its own
commitments under the Liquidity Agreement, upon notice in writing to the
Centralising Unit, the Purchaser and the other Liquidity Bank(s) no later than
the Information Date preceding the Funded Settlement Date on which such
termination is to be effective.
	 
	 	 	 	In the event of the termination of its(their) commitment by the Terminating
Liquidity Bank(s), the Maximum Amount of the Program shall be partially and
automatically reduced by an amount equal to the commitment of such Terminating
Liquidity Bank(s). Such reduction of the Maximum Amount of the Program shall take
effect on the Funded Settlement Date following the date upon which the
termination of its(their) commitment by the Terminating Liquidity Bank(s) has
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	(ii)	 	By way of further exception to the foregoing, if an Early Amortisation Event set forth in
Article 13.3 (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (x), (xi), (xii), and (xiv) occurs exclusively in
relation to certain but not all Sellers, the Purchaser shall give notice thereof to the
relevant Seller(s) and the Centralising Unit. The parties hereby agree that upon receipt by
the relevant Seller(s) and the Centralising Unit of such notice, the Purchaser shall not be
entitled to purchase any further Ongoing Purchasable Receivable or Remaining Purchasable
Receivable from the relevant Seller(s) (the “Excluded Seller(s)”). The Purchaser’s Commitment
shall not otherwise be affected, except that if the aggregate amount of Sold Receivables
assigned by the Excluded Seller(s) on the preceding six (6) Settlement Dates represents more
than 45% of the aggregate amount of Sold Receivables assigned by all Sellers on such dates,
the Commitment Expiry Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of receipt of the
notice referred to above.
	 
	 	 	For the avoidance of doubt, if any Potential Early Amortisation Event occurs, the parties
agree that such event shall not constitute an Early Amortisation Event if a suitable
agreement between the parties has been reached within the grace period (if any) provided
for the related Early Amortisation Event in Article 13.3.





CHAPTER VII

TAXES — CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES





	14.	 	TAXES
	 
	14.1	 	All payments to be made by each Seller, acting as Seller or as servicer of the Sold
Receivables, or by the Centralising Unit, to the Purchaser under this Agreement, the
Receivables Purchase Agreements, the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and the Master
Complementary Deposit Agreement, shall be made free, clear of and without deduction for or on
account of tax (not being tax imposed on the general income of the Purchaser), unless the
relevant Seller or the Centralising Unit is required by mandatory provisions of law to make
such a payment subject to the deduction or withholding of tax, in which case the sum to be
paid by the relevant Seller or the Centralising Unit in respect of which such deduction or
withholding is required to be made shall, to the extent permitted by law, be increased to the
extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of the required deduction or withholding,
the Purchaser receives and retains (free from any liability in respect of any such deduction
or withholding) a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received and so retained had no
such deduction or withholding been made or required to be made.
	 
	 	 	In the event that any payment made by the Centralising Unit or any of the Sellers
hereunder is subject to any withholding or deduction, the Purchaser shall use reasonable
efforts to recover any tax credit that it may be entitled to on account of such
withholding or deduction and shall remit to the Centralising Unit any amounts so
recovered, up to the amount necessary for the Seller to be (after that payment) in the
same after-tax position as it would have been if such withholding or deduction had not
been made, but such amount shall in any event not exceed the sums so recovered by the
Purchaser.
	 
	 	 	If the increase referred to above is contrary to any applicable law, the Purchaser and the
Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, shall work together as
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	 	 	 	If no suitable agreement has been reached within thirty (30) calendar days following the
coming into force of such deduction or withholding of tax, the Commitment Expiry Date
shall be deemed to have occurred on the thirtieth day after such deduction or withholding
comes into force. The parties hereby agree that during the thirty-day period provided in
the foregoing sentence, no Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and no Remaining Purchasable
Receivable shall be sold to the Purchaser by the Sellers concerned by such deduction for
or on account of tax or by all the Sellers if such deduction for or on account of tax
relates to the Centralising Unit, on a Funded Settlement Date.
	 
	 	14.2	 	Each Seller shall bear any VAT (a “VAT Payment”) to which any transaction contemplated under
the Securitisation Transaction may be subject or give rise and which applies to any party
having entered into the Securitisation Transaction (other than the Sellers and the
Centralising Unit); and each Seller shall fully indemnify the Purchaser or any party having
entered into the Securitisation Transaction (other than the Sellers or the Centralising Unit),
in respect of any liability to pay such VAT Payment and from and against any losses or
liabilities which any of them may properly incur or otherwise suffer as a result of any delay
in paying or omission to pay such VAT Payment.
	 
	 	 	 	If a Seller makes a VAT Payment and a credit against, relief or remission for, or
repayment of taxes is attributable to that VAT Payment (a “VAT Credit”), the Purchaser
shall use reasonable efforts to obtain the repayment of such VAT Credit, and once the
Purchaser has obtained the repayment of such VAT Credit, the Purchaser shall transfer such
amount to the relevant Seller so that the Seller will be (after that payment) in the same
after-tax position as it would have been in had the VAT Payment not been made by the
Seller, but such amount shall in any event not exceed the sums actually paid to the
Purchaser under the repayment of such VAT Credit.
	 
	 	14.3	 	In the event of any Insolvency Proceedings opened against any German Seller, if the
insolvency administrator is involved in the enforcement of any pledge over the Collection
Account(s) for the benefit of the Purchaser and if such insolvency administrator is entitled
to claim a deduction of fees (“Enforcement Fees”) from the credit balance recorded on such
Collection Account(s) at the date of institution of such Insolvency Proceedings, the relevant
German Seller and/or the Centralising Unit shall pay to the Purchaser any sums corresponding
to such Enforcement Fees.
	 
	 	14.4	 	In the event that the Purchaser, the Refinanced Seller, a Liquidity Bank, the Issuers, the
Management Company, the Custodian, the Fund, the Depositor or the Agent (each a “Tax
Indemnified Party”) has to bear any new tax or withholding tax or any other tax related charge
not yet in force on any sum which it owes and in relation to the Securitisation Transaction,
the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, undertakes to
indemnify such Tax Indemnified Party up to the amount of this new taxation or withholding tax
or other tax charge, in the currency in which such deduction, withholding or other tax charge
must be paid.
	 
	 	 	 	In the event that the Purchaser or the Refinanced Seller (each a “Refinanced Tax
Indemnified Party”) has to bear any deduction or withholding tax or any other tax related
charge on any sum which it owes and in relation to the Refinanced Receivables Purchase
Agreement, the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers,
undertakes to indemnify such Refinanced Tax Indemnified Party up to the amount of this
taxation or withholding tax or other tax charge, in the currency in which such deduction,
withholding or other tax charge must be paid.
	 
	 	 	 	In the event that any payment is made by the Centralising Unit to the Purchaser pursuant
to this Article 14.4, the Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to recover any tax credit
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	 	 	 	amounts so recovered up to the amount necessary for the Seller to be (after that payment)
in the same after-tax position as it would have been if such new tax had not been paid,
within the limit of the sums so recovered by the Purchaser.
	 
	 	14.5	 	In the event that any Tax Indemnified Party (including, in particular, the Purchaser) has
incurred any losses or liability resulting from or in relation to any recourse by any German
tax administration against the Purchaser with respect to any Sold Receivable, the relevant
German Seller shall indemnify such Tax Indemnified Party up to the amount of such losses or
liability incurred and in the currency in which such loss or liability has been incurred,
provided that the recourse by such German tax administration against the Purchaser is based on
section 13c of the German VAT Act or on any related or equivalent provision of German law.
	 
	 	14.6	 	Nothing in this Article 14 shall be construed so as to oblige the Purchaser to bear costs and
expenses of whatever nature or to disclose confidential information relating to, inter alia,
the organisation of its activities nor affect in any way its right to organise its tax affairs
in a manner which it considers most beneficial.
	 
	 	15.	 	CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES
	 
	 	15.1	 	To the extent not already indemnified under Article 14, if, as a result of (i) the
implementation after the Closing Date of this Agreement of any change in the applicable laws,
regulations, accounting standards or regulatory requirements or any change in the
interpretation or application of the aforementioned and/or (ii) the implementation after the
Closing Date of this Agreement of any applicable directive, request or requirement (whether or
not having the force of law) of any central bank, self-regulating organisation, governmental,
fiscal, monetary or other authority (including inter alia directives, requests, instructions,
accounting standards or requirements which affect the manner in which any bank is required to
maintain equity capital (own funds), taking into account its assets, liabilities, contingent
liabilities or commitments):






	 	(i)	 	the cost of the Purchaser, the Refinanced Seller, any Liquidity Bank, any
Issuer, the Management Company, the Custodian, the Fund, the Depositor or the Agent
making available, agreeing to make available, maintaining or funding any Payment
and/or assuming or maintaining their Commitment or otherwise giving effect to this
Agreement shall be increased; and/or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any sum received or receivable by the Purchaser, the Refinanced Seller, any
Liquidity Bank, any Issuer, the Management Company, the Custodian, the Fund, the
Depositor or the Agent under the Transaction Documents shall be reduced (except for
tax imposed on the general income of the Purchaser or default of a Debtor under any
Sold Receivables or Refinanced Sold Receivables); and/or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Purchaser, the Refinanced Seller, any Liquidity Bank, any Issuer, the
Management Company, the Custodian, the Fund, the Depositor or the Agent shall become
liable to make any payment on account of tax (except for tax imposed on its general
income), or shall be compelled or obliged to forego any interest or other return, on
or calculated by reference to the Commitment or any payment under this Agreement, the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and/or the Refinanced Receivables Purchase Agreement;






	 	 	as soon as such event has occurred and provided that such information is publicly
available, the Purchaser, the Refinanced Seller, any Liquidity Bank, the Issuer, the
Management Company, the Custodian, the Fund, the Depositor or the Agent shall be entitled
to claim from the Centralising Unit, acting as the case may be on its own behalf or on
behalf of the Sellers, an indemnity equal to (a) the increased costs referred to in (i)
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	 	 	effect, the Purchaser shall give notice to the Centralising Unit, by delivering to the
latter a certificate specifying in sufficient detail the occurrence of the changes in
circumstances and, if possible, the estimated amount and the actual amount and the
reason(s) for the indemnity payable under this Article.
	 
	15.2	 	In the event of any dispute as to the amount of such an indemnity, the Purchaser and the
Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, shall work together as soon
as possible and in good faith to seek a solution acceptable to the parties; in the event of a
dispute, such indemnity shall nevertheless be paid by the Centralising Unit, acting on its own
behalf and on behalf of the Sellers, who shall make the payment of such indemnity forthwith
following receipt of the notice sent by the Purchaser.
	 
	 	 	If no suitable agreement has been reached within thirty (30) calendar days following the
coming into force of such event, the Commitment Expiry Date shall be deemed to have
occurred on the thirtieth day after such an event. The parties hereby agree that during
the thirty-day period provided in the foregoing sentence, no Remaining Purchasable
Receivable or Ongoing Purchasable Receivable shall be sold to the Purchaser on a
Settlement Date.





CHAPTER VIII

ORDER OF PRIORITY — PAYMENTS





	16.	 	ORDER OF PRIORITY DURING THE AMORTISATION PERIOD
	 
	16.1	 	Without prejudice to Article 16.2, on each Settlement Date during the Amortisation Period,
the Purchaser shall apply the Distributed Amounts, in the following order:






	 	1.	 	to the payment of any of the following sums that are due and payable on
such date in accordance with the provisions of the Master Senior Deposit Agreement:






	 	1.1	 	the Margin due to ESTER FINANCE;
	 
	 	1.2	 	the Immobilisation Indemnity due pursuant to article 8.1
of the Master Senior Deposit Agreement;
	 
	 	1.3	 	the Deposit Fee due pursuant to article 8.2 of the Master
Senior Deposit Agreement;






	 	 	 	until their full payment;
	 
	 	 	 	provided that on each Intermediary Settlement Date, the sums referred to in this
point 1. to be paid on the next Funded Settlement Date, calculated prorata
temporis, shall be excluded from the Distributed Amounts available on such
Intermediary Settlement Date and shall be reserved by the Purchaser in order to
be paid on such Funded Settlement Date;
	 
	 	2.	 	to the payment of any sum due and payable prior to such date, by the
Sellers or the Centralising Unit to the Purchaser under the Transaction Documents and
which remains unpaid on such date, until its full repayment;
	 
	 	3.	 	to the payment of any sum due and payable in respect of the Purchaser’s
Funding, in accordance with the provisions of the Master Senior Deposit Agreement
and, pari passu, in respect of the Complementary Deposit, in accordance with the
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	 	 	 	provided that on each Intermediary Settlement Date, the sums referred to in this
point 3., due in respect of the Purchaser’s Funding and to be paid on the next
Funded Settlement Date shall be excluded from the Distributed Amounts available
on such Intermediary Settlement Date and reserved by the Purchaser in order to be
paid on such Funded Settlement Date;
	 
	 	4.	 	to the payment to the Centralising Unit of any amount equal to the Excess
Forseen Collections, outstanding as of the last Settlement Date before being reduced
to zero (unless otherwise reimbursed);
	 
	 	5.	 	to the payment of any outstanding Initial Purchase Price to be made
pursuant to the provisions of each Receivables Purchase Agreement and which has not
been made before the Amortisation Period;
	 
	 	6.	 	to the payment of any outstanding Deferred Purchase Price to be made
pursuant to the provisions of each Receivables Purchase Agreement;
	 
	 	7.	 	to the repayment of the Subordinated Deposit.






	16.2	 	On each Settlement Date during the Amortisation Period, if any Seller and/or the Centralising
Unit fail(s) to make a payment when due under the Transaction Documents in respect of the
Adjusted Collections and, pursuant to the provisions of Article 21.3, the collection mandate
given to the Sellers has been terminated, the Purchaser shall apply the Distributed Amounts,
in the following order:






	 	1.	 	to the payment of any sums due and payable on such date in respect of the
Purchaser’s Funding, in accordance with the provisions of the Master Senior Deposit
Agreement, as follows:






	 	1.1	 	the Margin due to ESTER FINANCE;
	 
	 	1.2	 	the Immobilisation Indemnity due pursuant to article 8.1
of the Master Senior Deposit Agreement;
	 
	 	1.3	 	the Deposit Fee due pursuant to article 8.2 of the Master
Senior Deposit Agreement;






	 	 	 	until their full payment;
	 
	 	 	 	provided that on each Intermediary Settlement Date, the sums referred to in this
point 1. to be paid on the next Funded Settlement Date, calculated prorata
temporis, shall be excluded from the Distributed Amounts available on such
Intermediary Settlement Date and reserved by the Purchaser in order to be paid on
such Funded Settlement Date;
	 
	 	2.	 	to the payment of any sum due and payable prior to such date, by the
Sellers or the Centralising Unit to the Purchaser under the Transaction Documents and
which remains unpaid on such date, until its full repayment;
	 
	 	3.	 	to the payment of any sum due and payable in respect of the Purchaser’s
Funding, up to an amount equal to the sum due under the Transaction Documents in
respect of the Adjusted Collections and which any Seller and/or the Centralising Unit
has failed to pay (the “Priority Amount”);
	 
	 	 	 	provided that on each Intermediary Settlement Date, the sums referred to in this
point 3. to be paid on the next Funded Settlement Date shall be excluded from the
Distributed Amounts available on such Intermediary Settlement Date and be
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	 	4.	 	to the payment of any sum remaining due and payable in respect of the
Purchaser’s Funding, in accordance with the provisions of the Master Senior Deposit
Agreement and, pari passu, in respect of that portion of the Complementary Deposit
that exceeds the Priority Amount, in accordance with the provisions of the Master
Complementary Deposit Agreement, until their full payment;
	 
	 	 	 	provided that on each Intermediary Settlement Date, the sums referred to in this
point 4., due in respect of the Purchaser’s Funding and to be paid on the next
Funded Settlement Date shall be excluded from the Distributed Amounts available
on such Intermediary Settlement Date and reserved by the Purchaser in order to be
paid on such Funded Settlement Date;
	 
	 	5.	 	to the repayment of any residual sum due in respect of the Complementary
Deposit;
	 
	 	6.	 	to the payment to the Centralising Unit of any amount equal to the Excess
Foreseen Collections, outstanding as of the last Settlement Date before being reduced
to zero (unless otherwise reimbursed);
	 
	 	7.	 	to the payment of any outstanding Initial Purchase Price to be made
pursuant to the provisions of each Receivables Purchase Agreement and which has not
been made before the Amortisation Period;
	 
	 	8.	 	to the payment of any Deferred Purchase Price to be made pursuant with the
provisions of each Receivables Purchase Agreement;
	 
	 	9.	 	to the repayment of the Subordinated Deposit.






	17.	 	PAYMENTS
	 
	17.1	 	For the purpose of the payment of any sum due under this Agreement, the Agent, the Purchaser,
each Seller and the Centralising Unit acting, as the case may be, on its own behalf or on
behalf of the Sellers, expressly agree to use exclusively the following bank accounts:






	 	(i)	 	the Purchaser’s Account;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Centralising Unit’s Account;

	 
	 	(iii)	 	
the Collection Accounts;

	 
	 	(iv)	 	the Purchaser’s Collection Accounts; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	the Agent’s Account.






	 	 	The parties hereunder acknowledge that such accounts shall be used exclusively for the
purposes and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
	 
	17.2	 	The Euro is the currency of payment for each and every sum due at any time under the
Transaction Documents.
	 
	17.3	 	Without prejudice to other provisions of the Transactions Documents related to set-off, the
Purchaser shall be entitled to set-off (i) any amount due and payable by the Purchaser to the
Centralising Unit on its behalf or on behalf of the Sellers under the Transaction Documents
and (ii) any amount due and payable by the Centralising Unit on its behalf or on behalf of the
Sellers to the Purchaser under the Transaction Documents.
	 
	 	 	Without prejudice to other provisions of the Transactions Documents related to set-off,
the Centralising Unit, acting on its behalf or on behalf of the Sellers, shall be entitled
to set-off (i) any amount due and payable by the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit on its
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	 	 	by the Centralising Unit on its behalf or on behalf of the Sellers to the Purchaser under
the Transaction Documents.
	 
	17.4	 	For the purposes of this Article, any payments falling due on a day which is not a Business
Day shall instead fall due on the following Business Day.
	 
	17.5	 	The Centralising Unit acting, as the case may be, on its own behalf or on behalf of any
Seller, shall give to its bank before 12.00 (noon) on the Business Day following each
Calculation Date, an irrevocable instruction to transfer (ordre de virement irrévocable), from
the Centralising Unit’s Account to the Purchaser’s Account, any amount due to the Purchaser on
the following Settlement Date in accordance with the Transaction Documents, to be credited
with immediately available funds, before 12.00 (noon), on the said Settlement Date.
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser shall give to its bank one Business Day before any Settlement Date, before
10.00 am, an irrevocable instruction to transfer (ordre de virement irrévocable), from the
Purchaser’s Account to the Centralising Unit’s Account, any amount due, as the case may
be, to the Centralising Unit on such Settlement Date, in accordance with the Transaction
Documents, to be credited with immediately available funds, before 12.00 (noon), on the
said Settlement Date.
	 
	17.6	 	Any default by the Centralising Unit acting, as the case may be, on its own behalf or on
behalf of any Seller, in the fulfilment of its payment obligations under this Agreement shall
automatically entitle the Purchaser, without having to give prior notice, to receive interest
on any amounts payable and remaining unpaid (excluded), calculated from the date when such
payment was due (included) until the date of actual payment, at a rate of EURIBOR 1 month + 2%
per annum payable on the date of actual payment (excluded).





CHAPTER IX

PURCHASE OF ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES





	18.	 	CONDITIONS IN RELATION TO ANY PURCHASE OF ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING
PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES
	 
	18.1	 	Conditions precedent in relation to any purchase of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and
Remaining Purchasable Receivables
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser shall not be obliged on any Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment
Period, to purchase from any Seller, Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and/or Remaining
Purchasable Receivables unless each of the following conditions have been fulfilled on
such Funded Settlement Date:






	 	(i)	 	the representations and warranties made by the Seller and the Centralising
Unit referred to in Article 11 (Representations and Warranties) remain valid and
accurate on such Funded Settlement Date;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Centralising Unit has transmitted the Assessment Report to the Agent
and delivered the List of Purchasable Receivables to the Purchaser on the Information
Date immediately preceding such Funded Settlement Date and on the Information Date
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	 	(iii)	 	the amount of the Subordinated Deposit, the Complementary Deposit and any
Increase in the Subordinated Deposit and any Increase in the Complementary Deposit
applicable on such Funded Settlement Date and on the preceding Intermediary
Settlement Date, has been recorded on the debit balance of the Current Account;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the Payment to be made and the Transfer Deeds to be delivered pursuant
hereto do not violate any law or regulation in force on such Funded Settlement Date;
	 
	 	(v)	 	such Funded Settlement Date is not later than the Commitment Expiry Date;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	the Purchaser has received to its satisfaction, on or before such Funded
Settlement Date, (a) an Auditors Certificate in relation to each of the Sellers
(except for the UK Seller) and/or, if relevant, any Nominee Company, not older than
twelve (12) calendar months, (b) a Solvency Certificate in relation to the
Centralising Unit, in relation to each of the Sellers (except for the UK Seller) and,
to the extent that the Intermediate Structure has been implemented with respect to
any Nominee Company, in relation to such Nominee Company, in each case not older than
six (6) calendar months and (c) a Solvency Certificate in relation to the UK Seller
not older than three (3) calendar months;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	no Early Amortisation Event has occurred on such date;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	the selection of the Remaining Purchasable Receivables and Refinanced Remaining
Purchasable Receivables to be purchased from the Sellers by the Purchaser on such
Funded Settelement Date has been carried out in accordance with the selection
procedure set forth in Article 12.3.1; and
	 
	 	(ix)	 	the Centralising Unit, acting on behalf of the Sellers, has transferred the
Adjusted Collections to the Purchaser, to the extent required by Article 23
(Application of payments and payments of collections).






	18.2	 	Conditions subsequent to any Purchase of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining
Purchasable Receivables on a Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period
	 
	 	 	In the event that any of the following conditions have not been fulfilled on any Funded
Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, such a failure shall constitute an
automatic and immediate termination (condition résolutoire de plein droit) of the
assignment by the Sellers to the Purchaser of the Sold Receivables sold on such Funded
Settlement Date:






	 	(i)	 	the Centralising Unit has not credited the Purchaser’s Account for an
amount equal to any debit balance of the Current Account in accordance with the
provisions of Article 6.3.3. on such date before 12.00 (noon);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Depositor has not duly made or increased the Senior Deposit in respect
of its commitment to effect a Senior Deposit in accordance with and subject to the
terms of the Master Senior Deposit Agreement;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Purchaser has not received from the Refinanced Seller any Refinanced
Received Net Amount to be paid by the Refinanced Seller to the Purchaser on such
Funded Settlement Date, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Refinanced
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	19.	 	CONFORMITY WARRANTIES FOR ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING PURCHASABLE
RECEIVABLES
	 
	19.1	 	Each Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that:
	 
	(i)	 	as of the Assessment Date preceding the Funded Settlement Date on which a Remaining
Purchasable Receivable shall be sold (the “Reference Funded Settlement Date”), such Remaining
Purchasable Receivable (other than a Net Miscellaneous Receivable or with respect to the
Initial Settlement Date a Defaulted Receivable) shall exist, and, to its knowledge, except as
specifically identified on the Assessment Report preceding such Reference Funded Settlement
Date (it being provided that even if such Remaining Purchasable Receivables are so identified,
this shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Purchaser to exercise any recourse
against the relevant Seller as provided for under this Agreement and, in particular, shall not
prevent the Purchaser from exercising any recourse in connection with Article 28) shall
conform with the description as it appears on the Transfer Deed and the electronic support
relating to such Transfer Deed and with the applicable characteristics specified in
SCHEDULE 14; and
	 
	(ii)	 	on the day on which title to an Ongoing Purchasable Receivable shall pass and shall be
transferred to the Purchaser in accordance with any Receivables Purchase Agreement, such
Ongoing Purchasable Receivable shall, to its knowledge and except as specifically identified
on the last Assessment Report drawn up on the Information Date following such Assessment Date
(it being provided that even if such Ongoing Purchasable Receivables are so identified, this
shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Purchaser to exercise any recourse against the
relevant Seller as provided for under this Agreement and, in particular, shall not prevent the
Purchaser from exercising any recourse in connection with Article 28), shall conform with the
description as it appears on the Transfer Deed and, when originated, with the applicable
characteristics specified for Remaining Purchasable Receivables in SCHEDULE 13 (mutatis
mutandis).
	 
	 	 	Each Seller and the Purchaser agree that the Conformity Warranties set out in this
Article:
	 
	(i)	 	shall be given by each Seller to the Purchaser and shall apply to all of its Ongoing
Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables designated on any Transfer Deed
and the related support;






	 	(ii)	 	shall take effect upon the mere transfer by each Seller or the Centralising
Unit to the Purchaser of a Transfer Deed and the related supports, in accordance with
and subject to the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	shall be valid (x) for any Ongoing Purchasable Receivable on the
Information Date following the date on which title to such Ongoing Purchasable
Receivable shall pass to the Purchaser in accordance with any Receivables Purchase
Agreement and (y) for any Remaining Purchasable Receivable on the Information Date
preceding the Funded Settlement Date on which such Remaining Purchasable Receivable
shall be sold;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	shall remain in force until the Purchaser’s Funding has been repaid in
full.






	19.2	 	For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any other provision of the Transaction Documents,
no term of this Agreement, and more generally of any other Transaction Document, shall oblige
the UK Seller or Goodyear Dunlop Tires OE GmbH to sell or assign to Purchaser any receivable
or contract providing for any prohibition or restriction in respect of the sale or assignment
of such receivable or contract to the Purchase (to the extent such prohibition or restriction
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	20.	 	IDENTIFICATION OF THE CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SOLD RECEIVABLES — ACCESS TO
DOCUMENTS
	 
	 	 	The Parties irrevocably agree that each purchase of Sold Receivables carried out pursuant
to this Agreement and the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement shall entitle the
Purchaser or any other agent appointed in a discretionary way by the same, solely in order
to protect and/or to enforce its right in connection with the Securitisation Transaction,
to access the original copies of the contractual documentation or the computer or paper
information underlying the Sold Receivables and, the support listing the Sold Receivables
and to make duplicate copies of such documents; provided that (i) the Purchaser or its
agent shall have the right to obtain the original copies of such documents to the extent
required to enforce their rights under the Transaction Documents and (ii) in respect of
the Protected Debtors, the provisions of the present Article shall only apply if the
conditions set forth in the Data Protection Trust Agreement are met.
	 
	 	 	Each Seller irrevocably agrees to allow the Purchaser or any other person appointed by it
unrestricted access to the said documents provided that (i) such Seller has been given two
(2) Business Days prior notice thereof, (ii) the Purchaser or any other person, whom the
Purchaser appoints undertakes not to disclose any confidential information except where
permitted in the circumstances provided for by Article 31 (Confidentiality) and (iii) in
respect of the Protected Debtors, subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Trust
Agreement.
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser or any other person, whom the Purchaser appoints, shall in no way be obliged
to reimburse the Centralising Unit or the Sellers, for any expense incurred by the
Centralising Unit or the Sellers when allowing access to use the relevant documents, nor
to compensate the Centralising Unit or the Sellers for any loss which such access or use
might cause, other than any loss resulting from the gross negligence (faute lourde) or
willfull misconduct (dol) of the Purchaser or such other person or the breach by the
Purchaser of its material obligations under the Transaction Documents.





CHAPTER X

COLLECTION OF SOLD RECEIVABLES





	21.	 	COLLECTION OF SOLD RECEIVABLES
	 
	21.1	 	Seller’s Collection Mandate
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser hereby appoints each Seller, who accepts, to act as the Collection Agent for
the purposes of the collection of Sold Receivables under a Collection Mandate in
accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and the relevant
Receivables Purchase Agreement. Each Seller hereby irrevocably renounces resigning from
its role as Collection Agent for the duration of this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Each German Seller (other than Goodyear Dunlop Tires OE GmbH) shall have the right to
sub-delegate, in accordance with the related BMA, to the respective Nominee Company the
whole or certain tasks relating to the collection of Sold Receivables, provided that:






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	 	(ii)	 	as a result of such sub-delegation, such Nominee Company has undertaken to
comply with all obligations binding upon such German Seller under this Agreement and
the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement with respect to the collection of Sold
Receivables.






	 	 	In addition, the Purchaser hereby appoints the Sellers, who hereby accept to act on its
behalf for the purposes of Articles 24 and 25 or where expressly provided for in this
Agreement or any of the Receivables Purchase Agreements.
	 
	 	 	No Seller shall have any authority to act on behalf of the Purchaser except as provided in
this Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreements.
	 
	21.2	 	Collection Support
	 
	 	 	Upon the occurrence of a Collection Rating Trigger Event, the Purchaser may request any
Stand-by Servicer(s) to provide the relevant Sellers with logistic support to carry out
the collection of Sold Receivables with greater efficiency, provided that the Stand-by
Servicer(s) shall not be obliged to provide such logistic support. If the Centralising
Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, accepts such offer and the relevant
Stand-by Servicer(s) accept(s) to provide such logistic support, the Centralising Unit
shall reimburse the Stand-by Servicer(s) with any duly documented costs incurred in
connection with the setting up of such logistic support.
	 
	21.3	 	Termination of the Collection Mandate
	 
	21.3.1	 	Solely in the event of:






	 	 (i)	 	any Early Amortisation Event under Article 13.3 (xv);
	 
	 	 (ii)	 	any failure of any of the Sellers to comply with their respective
obligations under Article 12.1.2 (vi), which is not remedied within fifteen (15)
Business Days after written notice received from the Purchaser, or, if ealier, after
a Responsible Officer becoming aware;
	 
	 	 (iii)	 	entry of any Seller, any Nominee Company, the Centralising Unit, GOODYEAR
DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV, GOODYEAR or any Material Subsidiary into Insolvency
Proceedings;
	 
	 	 (iv)	 	any failure by a Seller or the Centralising Unit or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES
EUROPE BV to make a payment (including any deposit or transfer of Adjusted
Collections to the Purchaser) when due under the Transaction Documents:






	 	(w)	 	which is not remedied within two (2) Business Days,
provided that such failure is due to a technical reason which affects the
means of payment in the banking system used by such Seller or by the
Centralising Unit and is not otherwise covered by clause (y) below;
	 
	 	(x)	 	which is not remedied within four (4) Business Days,
where such failure arises in relation to the payment of the Management Fee
or the Stand-by Fee;
	 
	 	(y)	 	which is not a scheduled payment under the Transaction
Documents and which is not remedied within two (2) Business Days after
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	 	(z)	 	which is a scheduled payment (including a payment due
pursuant to Article 6.3.2.) and is not otherwise covered by clause (w) or
(x) above;






	 	(v)	 	any restructuring of (a) a Seller leading to GOODYEAR ceasing to hold
directly or indirectly more than 50% in the share capital and voting rights of such a
Seller, or (b) GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV leading to GOODYEAR ceasing to hold
directly or indirectly more than 50% in the share capital and voting rights of
GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV, or (c) the Centralising Unit leading to GOODYEAR
DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV ceasing to hold directly or indirectly 100% in the share
capital and voting rights of the Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	any failure by any Seller (except the UK Seller) to deliver an Auditors
Certificate, complying with the relevant form attached as SCHEDULE 4 (adapted mutatis
mutandis in the case of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH), as provided for under Article
12.1.1 (vii), which is not remedied within fifteen (15) Business Days after written
notice received from the Purchaser or, if earlier, after a Responsible Officer
becoming aware thereof;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	any failure by any Seller or the Centralising Unit to deliver a Solvency
Certificate, with respect to such Seller and/or, if relevant, any Nominee Company,
complying with the relevant form attached as SCHEDULE 5 (adapted mutatis mutandis in
the case of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH), as provided for under Article 12.1.1
(xii) and 12.2.1 (vi), which is not remedied within ten (10) Business Days after
written notice received from the Purchaser or, if earlier, after a Responsible
Officer becoming aware thereof;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	any Material Indebtedness of GOODYEAR TIRES EUROPE BV or any of its subsidiaries,
or GOODYEAR (a) has not been paid or repaid when due (after giving effect to any
applicable grace period) or (b) has become due and payable before its stated date of
payment as a result of a declared default and after the expiry of any applicable
grace period, provided that, in each case, such default has not been waived pursuant
to the terms of the relevant agreement;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	any change of any kind, in any Seller’s or Centralising Unit’s articles of
association, business or assets, which would be reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	 	(x)	 	any representation and warranty made by any Seller, the Centralising Unit
or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV under the Transaction Documents (other than under
Article 19), or any information contained in any document delivered by any Seller or
the Centralising Unit or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV to the Purchaser pursuant
thereto, is found to have been inaccurate on the date on which it was made or
delivered, if such inaccuracy (a) is not remedied or waived accordingly within thirty
(30) days after written notice received from the Purchaser or, if earlier, after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware thereof, and (b) is reasonably likely to result in
a Material Adverse Effect;
	 
	 	(xi)	 	there is an attachment, freezing or seizure (saisie) order against all or
any material part of the property, assets or revenues of the Centralising Unit or any
of the Sellers or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV or in the event that either the
Centralising Unit or any of the Sellers or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV has become
subject at any time to any court order or other court process having similar effect
and such attachment, seizure (saisie), court order or court process remains in effect
and is not discharged during a period of forty five (45) calendar days following the
date on which it was served;
	 
	 	(xii)	 	the validity of the Transaction Documents or a Transfer Deed issued
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	 	 	 	successfully challenged by any enforcement order issued or judgment obtained as a
result of proceedings before any court (including arbitration proceedings);






	        (xiii)	(a)	 	 any of the Transaction Documents becomes illegal or, cannot, for any reason
whatsoever, be performed pursuant to their respective terms, and such illegality or
inability to be performed is reasonably expected to prejudice the rights of the
Purchaser in any material respect;
	 
	 	(b)	 	a Transfer Deed becomes illegal or, cannot, for any
reason whatsoever, be performed pursuant to its terms, and such illegality
or inability to be performed is reasonably expected to prejudice the rights
of the Purchaser;






	 	(xiv)	 	any Collection Account Agreement is terminated for whatever reason and
such Collection Account Agreement is not replaced by (a) a then existing Collection
Account Agreement or (b) an equivalent collection account agreement that has been
approved by the Purchaser, the Agent, the Issuers and the Liquidity Banks (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);






	 	 	the Purchaser may terminate the appointment of each Seller for collection of the Sold
Receivables by issuing or causing any other entity it has appointed for such purpose to
issue to this effect:






	 	(a)	 	a letter sent by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt to each
Seller; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	subsequently, a Notice of Transfer to each of the Debtors, in accordance
with the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement, provided that the cost of delivery
of a Notice of Transfer is borne exclusively by the Centralising Unit, acting in the
name and on behalf of the Sellers and shall be reasonable and duly documented.






	 	 	The appointment of any Seller for the purpose of the collection of any Sold Receivable
shall terminate automatically on the date of receipt by the Centralising Unit, acting in
the name and on behalf of the relevant Seller, of the letter referred to under point (a)
above. As of such date, the Seller shall forthwith transfer to the credit of the relevant
Purchaser’s Collection Account any amount received from the relevant Debtors relating to
the Sold Receivables, in accordance with the provisions of the Collection Account
Agreements.
	 
	 	 	The termination of the appointment of a Seller as collection agent shall not affect the
obligations of such Seller under this Agreement or the relevant Receivables Purchase
Agreement, with the exception of those relating to the collection of the Sold Receivables.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, neither the Purchaser nor any of
its agents shall, at any time other than following the termination of the collection
mandate of the Sellers pursuant to this Article 21.3.1, contact or communicate with any
Debtor in respect of any Sold Receivable or the Securitisation Transaction.
	 
	21.3.2	 	In addition, the Purchaser shall be entitled to appoint a (or several) Back-Up Servicer(s)
for the collection of all or part of the Sold Receivables for which a Notice of Transfer has
been delivered to the relevant Debtors in accordance with Article 21.3.1 above.
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser confirms that, as a condition precedent to its(their) appointment(s), the
Back-Up Servicer(s) have (or will have) agreed with the Purchaser to comply with the
provisions of this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Each Seller, upon being notified of the exercise of such a right by the Purchaser
undertakes:






	 	(i)	 	to take all steps and do all things to enable the Back-Up Servicer(s) to
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	 	(ii)	 	to deliver in accordance with the provisions of Article 20 (Identification
of the contractual documentation for the Sold Receivables — Access to documents) and
Article 31 (Confidentiality) to the Back-Up Servicer(s) any and all original copies
of the contractual documentation or the computer information concerning the Sold
Receivables as well as any other document as might be reasonably requested by the
Back-Up Servicer(s) in order to perform its(their) obligations as servicer(s);
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to transfer forthwith to the credit of the relevant Purchaser’s Collection
Account, any Actual Collections relating to Sold Receivables it may directly receive
from any Debtor;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	to indemnify forthwith the Purchaser, for any reasonable costs and expenses
duly evidenced and incurred by the latter in relation to the Notice of Transfer; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	to indemnify forthwith the Purchaser, for any reasonable costs incurred by
the latter due to the appointment of the Back-Up Servicer(s) to act as collection
agent(s), provided that the Back-Up Servicer(s) furnishes(furnish) any documents
evidencing such costs within the limits set forth in Article 27.3.






	 	 	The Purchaser shall, immediately upon payment by the Centralising Unit, acting on its own
behalf and on behalf of the Sellers, of all amounts owed to the Purchaser, (i) take all
steps necessary to terminate any rights it may have with respect to any Collection
Accounts, and (ii) if the Sellers’ collection mandate has been terminated pursuant to the
terms of this Article, revoke any collection mandate granted to the Back-Up Servicers or
any other agent of the Purchaser.
	 
	21.3.3	 	Each of the Sellers hereby irrevocably renounces resigning from its role under the
Collection Mandate referred to in this Article 21 for the duration of this Agreement. Such
Collection Mandate may only be terminated in the circumstances and in accordance with the
procedures provided for in the present article or, with respect to a particular Seller, if it
has ceased to be a party to this Agreement in accordance with the provisions herein, when all
Sold Receivables originated by such Seller have been collected, repurchased in accordance with
this Agreement or determined to be uncollectible.
	 
	21.4	 	Currency Exchange Rate
	 
	 	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH and the UK Seller shall, each for the purposes of its role
as collection agent pursuant to the Collection Mandate, transfer collections of the Sold
Receivables received from English Debtors to the Purchaser and the Agent shall apply the
Exchange Rate as of the Assessment Date applicable to such collections in order to convert
the collections into Euro for the purposes of this Agreement.
	 
	22.	 	ASSESSMENT REPORT AND BACK-UP SERVICER REPORT
	 
	22.1	 	As long as a Seller acts as collection agent in respect of any Sold Receivable, such Seller
shall draw up or cause to be drawn up, an Assessment Report in the form set out in SCHEDULE 3,
which shall be delivered by the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the
Sellers to the Agent on each Information Date.
	 
	22.2	 	In the event of the termination of the Collection Mandate, in accordance with the provisions
of Article 21.3, the Purchaser or, as the case may be, the Back-Up Servicers shall draw up a
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	23.	 	APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS AND PAYMENTS OF COLLECTIONS
	 
	23.1	 	Application of Payments
	 
	 	 	Subject to any applicable laws and to the provisions of the Collection Account Agreements,
any payment received by a Seller from any of its Debtors shall be applied first to Sold
Receivables (before being applied to other obligations of such Debtor), unless the said
Debtor has given express instruction otherwise.
	 
	23.2	 	Payment of collections
	 
	23.2.1	 	In so far as a Seller acts as collection agent in respect of any Sold Receivable, the
Parties agree that:






	 	(i)	 	during the Replenishment Period, on each Settlement Date, Adjusted
Collections shall be recorded and applied in the manner provided for in Article 6;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	during the Replenishment Period, on each Funded Settlement Date, the Cash
Collections Advance shall be transferred by the Centralising Unit to the Purchaser’s
Account before 12.00 (noon) on such Settlement Date;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	on each Business Day during the Amortisation Period, the Centralising Unit
shall transfer to the Purchaser’s Account the Actual Collections collected on such
day.






	 	 	If a Seller no longer acts as collection agent in respect of any Sold Receivable, the
Parties agree that the relevant Back-Up Servicer shall transfer to each relevant
Purchaser’s Collection Account the Actual Collections made in relation to the Sold
Receivables purchased from such Seller. Such Actual Collections shall be applied to the
payments in the manner provided for in Article 6 until the Commitment Expiry Date, and
thereafter, as provided for in Article 16.
	 
	23.2.2	 	Except as provided for in Article 23.2.1, the Sellers and the Centralising Unit shall not be
required to transfer any collections to the Purchaser.
	 
	23.3	 	Collection Accounts
	 
	 	 	The Sellers and the Purchaser have agreed to put in place Collection Accounts in each
jurisdiction in which a Seller is located in order to segregate any cash received by the
Sellers, when acting in their capacity as collection agent under the foregoing provisions
and the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement.
	 
	 	 	A Collection Account Agreement shall be concluded in relation to each Collection Account.
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 23.1 hereof and of the Collection Account
Agreements, the Purchaser agrees that, in the event that the Centralising Unit provides
reasonably satisfactory evidence that a payment made to any Collection Account does not
relate to Sold Receivables or Retransferred Receivables, the Purchaser shall promptly
authorise the return of such payment to the Centralising Unit, within the limit of the
credit balance of the relevant Collection Account.
	 
	24.	 	RENEGOTIATION
	 
	24.1	 	Authorisation to renegotiate in Insolvency Proceedings
	 
	 	 	Each Seller acting on behalf of the Purchaser may, in the context of Insolvency
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	 	 	setting up of a voluntary rescheduling and may make proposals for that purpose, provided
that:






	 	(i)	 	it complies with its obligations under Article 26 (Obligations of care);
and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	in the event that the Outstanding Amount of the Sold Receivables subject to
such renegotiation exceeds € 1,500,000, it has obtained the prior written consent
of the Purchaser to renegotiate.






	24.2	 	Renegotiations as to amount and maturity date
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser agrees that each Seller, acting on behalf of the Purchaser, may issue Credit
Notes, Year End Rebates or Commercial Discounts in accordance with its management
procedures and accordingly modify the amount and Maturity Date of the Sold Receivables for
which such Credit Notes, Year End Rebates or Commercial Discounts have been issued,
provided that the Seller performs its obligations set forth under Article 28 (Deemed
collections).
	 
	24.3	 	Other renegotiations
	 
	 	 	Subject to the provisions of Articles 24.1 and 24.2, the Purchaser authorises each Seller,
acting in the name and on behalf of the Purchaser, to agree to new terms in relation to
any Sold Receivable:






	 	(a)	 	if the Purchaser expressly consents in writing;
	 
	 	(b)	 	without prior notification to or consent of the Purchaser, provided that
such renegotiation:






	 	(i)	 	complies with its obligations under Article 26
(Obligations of care); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	does not adversely affect the rights of the Purchaser
under such Sold Receivables, including any security interests, privileges
and ancillary rights attached thereto; or






	 	(c)	 	without prior notification to or consent of the Purchaser, if such Sold
Receivable is a Defaulted Receivable.






	25.	 	REPRESENTATION MANDATE
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser hereby appoints each Seller as its agent to undertake and to conduct, in the
name and on behalf of the Purchaser, all proceedings in court or out of court as are
necessary for the collection of the Sold Receivables, including those deeds and
formalities required for such proceedings, subject to compliance with its obligations set
out in Article 26 (Obligations of care). In particular, each Seller shall freely issue and
conduct, in the name and on behalf of the Purchaser, all writs, pleadings, arguments,
enforcement proceedings, interventions by agreement or order, defences, defences to third
party proceedings, and appeals, as may be necessary in its opinion to recover the sums due
under the Sold Receivables.
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser agrees that it shall intervene in any claims or proceedings initiated upon
such Seller’s request to assist such Seller in any claims or proceedings initiated by the
latter, in the event that such Seller deems it necessary or whenever required by the
applicable statutory or regulatory provisions.
	 
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	 	 	Purchaser, in the event that the Purchaser deems it necessary or whenever required by the
applicable statutory or regulatory provisions, provided that the Purchaser shall only be
entitled to initiate any such claim or proceeding in the event that (i) the collection
mandate of the Sellers has been terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article 21.3 or
(ii) after the Program Expiry Date, any amount remains due to the Purchaser under any of
the Transaction Documents.
	 
	 	 	Furthermore, the Purchaser authorises each Seller to issue, as appropriate, a subrogation
receipt to any third party in return for any full and irrevocable payment made by that
third party in substitution for any Debtor.
	 
	 	 	Any expenses incurred by each Seller in carrying out its mandate shall be borne
exclusively by such Seller.
	 
	26.	 	OBLIGATIONS OF CARE
	 
	 	 	Each Seller undertakes to act and, in the case of the German Sellers, to procure that any
Nominee Company acts, in the collection of the sums due under the Sold Receivables in
accordance with the standards of a prudent and informed businessman, and to be no less
diligent than it would be in collecting sums due under its own receivables, and in
particular:






	 	(i)	 	to apply to the collection of the sums due under the Sold Receivables,
procedures that comply in all material respects with all applicable laws and
regulations and the contracts underlying the Sold Receivables;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	to take such measures as may reasonably be required to ensure that all
security interests, rights, claims, privileges and other benefits (droits
accessoires) attached to the Sold Receivables, remain in force and are exercised in a
timely fashion;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to take such steps as are reasonably necessary to oppose any claim
challenging the existence, validity, amount or maturity of the Sold Receivables or
the security interests, rights, claims, privileges and other benefits attached
thereto, if any;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	to take such steps, including without limitation any legal actions such as
proceedings in court, as may be reasonably necessary and appropriate for the
collection of the sums due under the Sold Receivables; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	to take such steps to cause any attachment, seizure (saisie) or any other
enforcement measure levied or applied against any accounts where the sums due
pursuant to the collection of Sold Receivables are received, to be released or
withdrawn within thirty (30) calendar days.






	27.	 	COMMISSION FOR AND COSTS OF COLLECTION
	 
	27.1	 	The Parties agree that the Sellers to whom such tasks are delegated shall not receive a
commission or remuneration for providing the collection service.
	 
	27.2	 	Each Seller shall bear its own costs incurred in the course of providing the collection
service, without any claim against the Purchaser, for reimbursement. The termination of the
mandate granted to the Sellers in Article 21 (Collection of Sold Receivables) shall not give
to the Sellers any right to compensation.
	 
	27.3	 	In the event that a (or several) Back-Up Servicer(s) is(are) appointed to act as agent for
the collection of all or part of the Sold Receivables pursuant to the terms of Article 21.3,
such Back-Up Servicer(s) shall be entitled to receive from the Centralising Unit, acting on
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	 	 	Servicer on any Funded Settlement Date following its appointment until the Program Expiry
Date. The parties acknowledge that the payment of such fee shall be expressly excluded
from the Current Account mechanism.
	 
	 	 	In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to pay the amounts referred to under this
Article 27.3 on any Funded Settlement Date, the Purchaser shall proceed forthwith to the
payment of such amounts, on the Centralising Unit’s behalf. As such, the Purchaser shall
be, upon delivery of a subrogation notice (quittance subrogative) by the Back-Up
Servicer(s), subrogated in the rights of the Back-Up Servicer(s) against the Centralising
Unit to the extent of the sums paid to the Back-Up Servicer(s).
	 
	27.4	 	Stand-by servicing
	 
	27.4.1	 	Upon the occurrence of a Collection Rating Trigger Event, the Purchaser shall be entitled to
appoint any Stand-By Servicer(s) for the preparation and putting in place of any back-up
servicer procedure.
	 
	27.4.2	 	On each Funded Settlement Date as from the appointment of any Stand-By Servicer(s) and until
the appointment of a Back-Up Servicer pursuant to Article 21.3, the Centralising Unit shall
pay to such Stand-By Servicer(s) a Stand-By Fee whose aim shall be to compensate the Stand-By
Servicer’s undertaking to act as back-up servicer upon request during the term of the
Agreement. The maximum amount of such Stand-By Fee shall be equal to, for the first year
following the Amendment Date, €300,000 (exclusive of VAT) (for the up-front part), and
€350,000 per annum (exclusive of VAT) (for the on-going part) and, if different, shall
afterwards be agreed on or about each anniversary date of such Amendment Date between the
Purchaser and the Stand-By Servicer. The parties acknowledge that the payment of such Stand-By
Fee shall be expressly excluded from the Current Account mechanism.
	 
	27.4.3	 	In addition, in the event that the Purchaser exercises any of its rights to collect sums
directly from any Collection Account(s), in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Collection Account Agreement(s), the Centralising Unit shall pay to the Agent a fee equal to
€ 500 per Collection Account (VAT excluded) on the Funded Settlement Date following the
exercise by the Purchaser of such right. The parties acknowledge that the payment of such fees
shall be expressly excluded from the Current Account mechanism.
	 
	27.4.4	 	In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to pay any fees described in the present
Article 27.4 in a timely manner, the Purchaser shall proceed forthwith with the payment of
such fees, on the Centralising Unit’s behalf to the extent of the Adjusted Collections
received. As such, the Purchaser shall be, upon delivery of a subrogation notice by the
Stand-By Servicer, subrogated in the rights of the Stand-By Servicer against the Centralising
Unit to the extent of the sums paid to the Stand-By Servicer in respect of these fees.
	 
	27.5	 	Data Protection Trustee
	 
	27.5.1	 	The Data Protection Trustee Agreement provides that, upon the occurrence of a Collection
Rating Trigger Event, the Purchaser shall be entitled to replace the then existing Data
Protection Trustee by any substitute Data Protection Trustee. The Centralising Unit, acting on
behalf of the German Sellers, shall pay to the Data Protection Trustee the compensation
contemplated in the Data Protection Trustee Agreement. The parties acknowledge that the
payment of such compensation shall be expressly excluded from the Current Account mechanism.
	 
	27.5.2	 	In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to pay the compensation described in the
present Article 27.5, the Purchaser shall proceed with the payment of such compensation, on
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	 	 	Purchaser shall be, upon delivery of a subrogation notice by the Data Protection Trustee,
subrogated in the rights of the Data Protection Trustee against the Centralising Unit to
the extent of the sums paid to the Data Protection Trustee in respect of this
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CHAPTER XI

DEEMED COLLECTIONS





	28.	 	DEEMED COLLECTIONS
	 
	28.1	 	Upon the occurrence of any one of the following events:






	 	(i)	 	the issue of any Credit Notes or Commercial Discounts as referred to in
Article 24.2, in relation to any Sold Receivables;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any contract, which gives rise to a Sold Receivable, has been terminated
and the relevant goods have been billed but remain to be delivered by any Seller or
by any Nominee Company, in whole or in part, on the termination date of such
contract;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any set-off agreed by any Seller or by any Nominee Company, or by
operation of law or by a court decision between debts owed to any Debtor and the Sold
Receivables against such Debtor;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any Sold Receivable has been cancelled, in whole or in part;
	 
	 	(v)	 	any Amended Invoice arises;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	the issue of any Credit Note over Snow Tires, in relation to any Sold
Receivables; or
	 
	 	(vii)	 	the issue of any Year End Rebates, in relation to any Sold Receivables,
unless such Year End Rebates have been cancelled or paid in cash by the relevant
Seller or Nominee Company,;






	 	 	the relevant Seller shall be deemed to have received the amount it would have collected if
such event had not occurred (the “Deemed Collection”), provided that no Deemed Collection
shall be due as a result of a Debtor’s failure, independent from and beyond one Seller’s
or Nominee Company’s control and from any of (i) through (vii) above, to make payments in
respect of Sold Receivables.
	 
	 	 	Moreover, given the internal billing procedures of each Seller and/or the respective
Nominee Company, it may be the case that certain Sold Receivables are declared by a Seller
as being extinguished partially or completely, in an Assessment Report and/or in any
electronic file attached thereto, even though such Sold Receivables have not been fully
paid by their respective Debtors (the “Deemed Extinguished Receivables”). Therefore, in
order to offset the absence of any payment of cash collections arising in relation to such
Deemed Extinguished Receivables, such Deemed Extinguished Receivables shall be considered
as a Deemed Collection and shall be paid pursuant to Articles 28.2 and 28.3.
	 
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	 	(i)	 	during the Replenishment Period, the amount of Deemed Collections shall be
debited from the Current Account through the adjustment of Adjusted Collections (as
provided in the definition of such term);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	during the Amortisation Period, the amount of Deemed Collections shall be
transferred by the Centralising Unit to the Purchaser’s Account on each Funded
Settlement Date and on each Intermediary Settlement Date.






	28.3	 	In the event that any Seller or, as the case may be, the Centralising Unit, acting in the
name and on behalf of the Sellers, fails to pay any Deemed Collections as required pursuant to
Article 28.2 (ii), the Purchaser may automatically set-off (a) the amount of such Deemed
Collections against (b) any amount due or thereafter to become due to such Seller or, as the
case may be, to the Centralising Unit, under the Transaction Documents. As soon as
practicable, the Purchaser shall notify the Centralising Unit after exercise of its right of
set-off.
	 
	 	 	In the event that, notwithstanding such set-off, Deemed Collections still remain unpaid,
the Purchaser shall have recourse against the relevant Seller’s assets or, as the case may
be, against the Centralising Unit’s assets, but only to the extent of the amounts
remaining unpaid.
	 
	 	 	Any unpaid Deemed Collection shall remain outstanding until it has been paid in full in
accordance with the present Article 28.3.





CHAPTER XII

MISCELLANEOUS





	29.	 	FEES AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers shall reimburse the
Purchaser, acting for its own account and/or as proxy for (i) any reasonable and duly
documented expenses (including legal fees, costs and expenses) arising out of any
modification, waiver or amendment of the Transaction Documents to which the Centralising
Unit and/or the Sellers are a party and requested by the Centralising Unit, acting in the
name and on behalf of the Sellers, or the Rating Agencies, (ii) any reasonable and duly
documented expenses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal fees, costs and
expenses) incurred in connection with the perfection, preservation and/or enforcement of
the rights of the Purchaser, the Issuers and the Liquidity Banks under the Securitisation
Transaction or (iii) any reasonable and duly documented expenses (including legal fees,
costs and expenses) incurred in connection with the renewal of any Liquidity Agreement
and, as the case may be, in connection with the implementation of an alternative funding
described in any Liquidity Bank Letter, subject to prior communication by the Purchaser to
the Centralising Unit of an estimate of fees in the event that the Centralising Unit
requests this estimate.
	 
	30.	 	SUBSTITUTION AND AGENCY
	 
	 	 	Each Party shall have the right to be assisted by, to appoint or to substitute for itself
one or more third parties in the performance of certain tasks provided that:






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	 	(ii)	 	such Party remains liable to the other Party for the proper performance of
those tasks and the relevant third party (parties) has (have) expressly renounced any
right to any contractual claim against the other Party;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the relevant third party (parties) undertake(s) to comply with all
obligations binding upon such Party under this Agreement;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the Rating Agencies have confirmed that the contemplated change will not
entail a downgrading or withdrawal of the current rating of the Notes issued by the
Issuers or that the contemplated change will reduce such downgrading or prevent such
withdrawal; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	each other Party has given prior written consent to this appointment and/or
substitution, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.






	31.	 	CONFIDENTIALITY
	 
	 	 	Each Party agrees to treat all information of any kind transmitted by any other Party in
connection with the Securitisation Transaction as confidential. The Parties agree not to
disclose such information to any other person and to ensure that their respective
personnel similarly respect the confidential nature of such information.
	 
	 	 	This provision shall not prevent:






	 	(i)	 	either Party from transmitting such information as may be required by its
statutory auditors, public organisations or any governmental, regulatory, fiscal, or
monetary institution or other authority, in so far as it is obliged to do so by the
applicable laws and regulations in force;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Purchaser from transmitting such information to any person who will
provide or will undertake to provide directly or indirectly funds to the Purchaser or
any agent appointed by the Purchaser pursuant to Article 20 (Identification of the
contractual documentation for the Sold Receivables — Access to Documents), provided
that the Purchaser undertakes that such person shall be bound to treat such
information as confidential under the same terms and subject to the same conditions
as provided for in the Transaction Documents;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Purchaser from using any original or duplicate copy of the contractual
documentation or any computer information referred to in Article 20 (Identification
of the contractual documentation for the Sold Receivables-Access to documents) of
this Agreement in order to take all such measures deemed necessary by the Purchaser
to preserve, and/or enforce its rights under the Transaction Documents, including
without limitation any legal actions;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	either Party from providing the Rating Agencies with any information they
may require;
	 
	 	(v)	 	either Party from transmitting such information as may be in the public
domain other than as a result of a breach of this Article or a breach of any other
confidentiality obligation;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	subject to GOODYEAR’s prior written consent, CALYON, the Issuers and the
Liquidity Banks from using exclusively the following information: the amount involved
in the Securitisation Transaction, the countries concerned, the number of Sellers,
the structure of the transaction, the identity of the legal counsel involved in the
Securitisation Transaction, the closing date of the Securitisation Transaction, the
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	 	(vii)	 	the Purchaser and CALYON from transmitting such information to any other
person involved in the Securitisation Transaction, provided that the Purchaser and
the CALYON undertake that such person shall be bound to treat such information as
confidential under the same terms and subject to the same conditions as provided for
in the Transaction Documents.






	 	 	This obligation to preserve confidentiality shall remain valid for ten (10) years from the
Program Expiry Date.
	 
	32.	 	NOTICES
	 
	32.1	 	Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, all notices, requests or
communications which must or may be made pursuant to this Agreement shall be by way of
writing, mail or fax.
	 
	32.2	 	All notices, requests or communications to be made and all documents to be delivered from one
Party to the other Party under the Transaction Documents shall be made and delivered to the
addressees referred to in SCHEDULE 7 (and in the case of the Sellers, to the Centralising
Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers).
	 
	32.3	 	All notices, requests or communications made and all documents delivered under the
Transaction Documents shall only take effect upon the date of their receipt by its addressee.
	 
	32.4	 	Each of the Parties may at any time modify the addressee of the notices, requests or
communications to be made and the documents to be delivered to it under the Transaction
Documents by sending to that effect a letter or fax to the other Party indicating the name of
the new addressee.
	 
	32.5	 	The Parties agree that the Centralising Unit shall be responsible for receiving written
notice on behalf of the Sellers, and that any notice given to the Centralising Unit shall be
deemed validly received by all of the Sellers upon receipt by the Centralising Unit.
	 
	32.6	 	The Parties agree that the Purchaser shall be responsible for receiving written notice on
behalf of the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Calculation Agent, and that any notice
given to the Purchaser shall be deemed validly received by the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers
and the Calculation Agent upon receipt by the Purchaser.
	 
	33.	 	EXERCISE OF RIGHTS – RECOURSE – NO PETITION
	 
	33.1	 	All rights conferred on the Purchaser by this Agreement or by any other document delivered
pursuant to or incidental to this Agreement, including rights conferred by law, shall be
cumulative and may be exercised at any time.
	 
	33.2	 	The fact that a Party does not exercise a right or delays doing so shall in no way be treated
as a waiver of that right. The exercise of one right or a partial exercise shall not prevent
any Party from exercising such a right in the future, or from exercising any other right.
	 
	33.3	 	Limited Recourse
	 
	 	 	The Centralising Unit, the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the German Parties and the
Sellers waive any right that they may have to initiate any proceeding whatsoever in
relation to the contractual liability (responsabilité contractuelle) of the Purchaser,
except in the case of its own gross negligence (faute lourde) or willful misconduct (dol)
and agree to limit their claims and recourse against the Purchaser (including in the event
of a breach by the Purchaser of any of its representations and warranties, or any of its
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	33.4	 	Any recourse of the Purchaser against the Sellers, the Centralising Unit or any of their
respective Affiliates, directors, officers and employees in relation to the non payment by any
Debtors of any sums due under the Sold Receivables, shall be limited to the amount of the
Subordinated Deposit and, to the extent provided in Article 16, the Complementary Deposit.
	 
	33.5	 	Non Petition
	 
	 	 	The Centralising Unit, the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the German Parties and the
Sellers irrevocably and unconditionally undertake and agree not to institute any legal
proceedings, take other steps or institute other proceedings against ESTER FINANCE, the
purpose of which is the appointment of a conciliator or an ad hoc agent, or the opening of
receivership proceedings or insolvency proceedings or any other similar proceedings.
	 
	34.	 	TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT
	 
	 	 	This Agreement is entered into on the intuitu personae of the parties to this Agreement.
It is agreed that none of the parties may transfer this Agreement, or the rights and
obligations under this Agreement, to any third party whatsoever without the prior written
consent of all the other parties.
	 
	35.	 	AMENDMENT TO THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
	 
	35.1	 	No amendment to the Transaction Documents may be made without the written consent of each
other party thereto and (a) unless the Rating Agencies (i) have been informed and provided by
CALYON with all necessary details they may require in respect of such contemplated amendment
and (ii) have confirmed that the contemplated amendment will not entail a downgrading or
withdrawal of the current ratings of the Notes issued by the Issuers, or that the contemplated
amendment will reduce such downgrading or prevent such withdrawal, and (b) each Issuer and
each Liquidity Bank has given its prior written consent to such amendment (such consent not
being unreasonably withheld or delayed).
	 
	35.2	 	Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Transaction Documents may be amended with the prior
consent of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Agent, the Purchaser (having obtained the prior
consent of the Refinanced Seller) and the Centralising Unit, acting for itself and in the name
and on behalf of each of the Sellers and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH and without the
explicit specific prior written consent of the Sellers or Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH
in each of the following cases :






	 	(i)	 	the accession of any New Seller, provided that the conditions of Article 40
(Accession of New Sellers) are met;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	amendments to the definition of Eligible Receivable, Eligible Debtor,
Remaining Purchasable Receivable, Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, Refinanced
Eligible Receivable, Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivable, Refinanced Ongoing
Purchasable Receivables and other definitions relating to the inclusion of cross
border receivables, and amendments to related representations and warranties,
provided that any such amendment shall require the explicit written consent of the
Seller or Sellers that shall sell such cross border receivables;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	addition of new Liquidity Banks and Issuers to the Securitisation
Documents;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any changes to the calculation formulae of the Discount Rate, the Discount
Reserve Rate and the Deferred Purchase Price under the Receivables Purchase
Agreements and changes to the provisions of Article 10 above; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	any changes in SCHEDULE 3, SCHEDULE 11, SCHEDULE 12, SCHEDULE 14 and
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	 	 	Each Seller and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH hereby appoints the Centralising Unit
as its agent, to act in its name and on its behalf, to negotiate and execute any amendment
to any of the Transaction Documents referred to above and for this purpose exempts the
Centralising Unit from the restrictions of section 181 of the German Civil Code
(Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch – BGB) and similar restrictions under the laws of other
juridsidctions, in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law.
	 
	35.3	 	Moreover, the Purchaser shall not accept any amendment to any Collection Account Agreement to
which it is a party without the prior written consent of the Issuers and the Liquidity Banks
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (except where such amendment to any
Collection Account Agreement consists exclusively of changing the bank at which such account
is held and the financial rating of such bank is at least AA (Standard & Poor’s) and Aa1
(Moody’s Investor Services)).
	 
	 	 	The Purchaser hereby covenants to the Centralising Unit and the Sellers that none of the
Securitisation Documents, to which the Centralising Unit, the Sellers, GOODYEAR DUNLOP
TIRES EUROPE BV or GOODYEAR are not party, shall be amended or otherwise modified in a way
adverse to the interests of the Centralising Unit, any Seller, GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES
EUROPE BV or GOODYEAR without their prior written consent (such consent or denial thereof
not to be unreasonably delayed).
	 
	36.	 	INDEMNITIES
	 
	 	 	Without limiting any other rights which the Indemnified Parties may have under the
Transaction Documents or any related documents or under applicable law, each of the
Centralising Unit and each Seller hereby agrees to indemnify the Purchaser, the Refinanced
Seller, the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Calculation Agent, the Depositor, the
Issuers, the Liquidity Banks, each of their respective affiliates and each officer,
director, employee and agent of any of the foregoing (each an “Indemnified Party”) from
and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities, costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) (and, in each case, any value
added tax thereon) in any way arising out of the Transaction Documents or any documents
related to the Securitisation Transaction (excluding, however, any of the foregoing (a) to
the extent resulting from the gross negligence (faute lourde) or willful misconduct (dol)
on the part of such Indemnified Party or the breach by an Indemnified Party of material
obligations under any Transaction Document or any related document, as finally determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction), or (b) constituting recourse for Sold Receivables
which are not paid or are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or
inability to pay of the applicable obligor) (collectively, “Indemnified Amounts”),
including, without limitation, any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities, costs and
expenses incurred by or asserted against any Indemnified Party as a result of:






	 	(a)	 	any claims, actions, suits or proceedings commenced by any Debtor or any of
its affiliates or any third party in connection with any of the Sold Receivables, the
Refinanced Sold Receivables, the transactions out of which they arose or the goods or
services the sale or provision of which gave rise to any Sold Receivables and any
Refinanced Sold Receivables;
	 
	 	(b)	 	reliance on any representation or warranty or statement made or deemed made
by or on behalf of any Seller, the Centralising Unit or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE
BV under or in connection with any Transaction Document or any related agreement or
any certificate or report delivered pursuant hereto or thereto that, in either case,
shall have been false or incorrect when made or deemed made;










 



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	 	(c)	 	any failure of any Seller, the Centralising Unit or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES
EUROPE BV to perform its duties or obligations under this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any governmental investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this
Agreement or in respect of any Sold Receivable and/or any Refinanced Sold
Receivables;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the failure by any Seller (or any of its affiliates) to comply with any
applicable law with respect to any Sold Receivable or Refinanced Sold Receivable (or
any contract by which it arose or by which it is evidenced or governed), or the
nonconformity of any Sold Receivable or any Refinanced Sold Receivable (or such
contract) with any such applicable law, or any action taken by any of the Sellers (or
their affiliates or agents) in the enforcement or collection of any Sold Receivable
or any Refinanced Sold Receivable;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any failure of the Purchaser to have and maintain ownership of the Sold
Receivables or the Refinanced Sold Receivables, free and clear of any Liens other
than those contemplated in the Transaction Documents, or any attempt by any person to
avoid, rescind or set aside any sale of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, Refinanced
Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, Remaining Purchasable Receivables and/or Refinanced
Remaining Purchasable Receivables to the Purchaser as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
	 
	 	(g)	 	any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy
or similar defense arising from the Debtor’s insolvency or inability to pay) of any
Debtor to the payment of any Sold Receivable or Refinanced Sold Receivable;
	 
	 	(h)	 	the failure of any Seller to pay when due any value added taxes or other
taxes payable in connection with any of the Receivables or the transactions out of
which they arose;
	 
	 	(i)	 	any commingling of collections on Sold Receivables and/or Refinanced Sold
Receivables with any other monies of the Sellers, the Centralising Unit or any of
their Affiliates;
	 
	 	(j)	 	the use by the Sellers or their Affiliates of any monies received by them
in payment of the purchase price of Sold Receivables or Refinanced Sold Receivables;
	 
	 	(k)	 	any products liability or environmental claim, or personal injury or
property damage claim, or other similar or related claim or action of any sort
whatsoever arising out of or in connection with goods, merchandise or services which
relates to any Sold Receivables or Refinanced Sold Receivables;
	 
	 	(l)	 	(i) a Payment and/or a Transfer Deed ceases to achieve a perfect transfer
of Remaining Purchasable Receivables as set out in the relevant Receivables Purchase
Agreement; (ii) a payment and/or a transfer deed ceases to achieve a perfect transfer
of Refinanced Purchasable Receivables as set out in the Refinanced Receivables
Purchase Agreement;
	 
	 	(m)	 	any Conformity Warranty for Sold Receivables made by a Seller under Article
19 (Conformity Warranties for Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and Remaining
Purchasable Receivables) (without regard to any knowledge therein) is found to have
been inaccurate at the date it was made.










 



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	 	 	The Sellers and the Centralising Unit shall pay on demand to the Purchaser or, at the
Purchaser’s direction, to the relevant Indemnified Parties all amounts necessary to
indemnify the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts.
	 
	37.	 	INDIVISIBILITY
	 
	 	 	Each party acknowledges that this Agreement, the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and
the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement shall form a single set of contractual rights
and obligations and that, if the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, or the Master
Complementary Deposit Agreement becomes void or ceases to be effective and enforceable for
any reason whatsoever, this Agreement shall also become void or cease to be effective and
enforceable accordingly. Any payment already made by the Centralising Unit acting in the
name and on behalf of the Sellers or on its own behalf to the Purchaser under this
Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement
and the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement shall not be affected by such a nullity,
ineffectiveness or unenforceability.
	 
	38.	 	EXECUTION AND EVIDENCE
	 
	38.1	 	The parties hereby agree that, due to the Assemblact R.C. procedure, which prevents any
substitution or addition of any page, each party shall only (i) initial the first and last
page of this Agreement and (ii) sign on the execution page.
	 
	38.2	 	The parties hereby agree not to register this Agreement with the French tax administration,
although if one party elects to do so, it shall carry out such a registration at its own
expense.
	 
	38.3	 	In accordance with Article 1325 of the French Civil Code, the Sellers, having the same
interest in this Agreement, hereby agree that one executed copy of this Agreement, to be kept
by the Centralising Unit, shall form title and represent the obligation of each Seller as if a
separate original copy had been executed by him.
	 
	39.	 	WITHDRAWAL OF SELLERS
	 
	39.1	 	The Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, may notify the
Purchaser and the Joint Lead Arrangers in writing, in the form set out in SCHEDULE 8, of any
request for the withdrawal of one or more Sellers from the Securitisation Transaction and the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Such request for withdrawal shall be examined as
soon as possible and shall be subject to the following conditions:






	 	(i)	 	confirmation by the Rating Agencies that such withdrawal shall not entail a
deterioration or withdrawal of the current rating of the Notes issued by the Issuers;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the obtaining of the prior written consent of each Liquidity Bank;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the conclusion of any amendment to the Transaction Documents, necessary in
the Purchaser’s opinion; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the signature by the Seller or Sellers of any document or agreement
enabling the relevant Seller to withdraw as a party to this Agreement and the
relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement. The parties agree that such Seller or
Sellers shall not be bound by any new obligations in respect of this Agreement and
the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement(s), without prejudice to the obligations
arising before such Seller(s) withdrawal from this Agreement and the relevant
Receivables Purchase Agreement(s).






	39.2	 	The withdrawal of any Seller or Sellers shall (i) be requested by the Centralising Unit at
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	 	 	Seller(s) and (ii) take effect on the first Funded Settlement Date following the
fulfilment of the foregoing conditions precedent. The parties agree that each Joint Lead
Arranger shall use its best efforts (dans le cadre d’une obligation de moyens) to respond
as soon as possible.






	39.3	 	Any reasonable and duly documented cost (including legal fees) and commissions incurred by
the Purchaser and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with the withdrawal of one or more
Sellers shall be borne by the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the
Sellers. The parties agree that prior to notification by the Centralising Unit to the
Purchaser of the request for the withdrawal of such Sellers, the Centralising Unit shall be
entitled to request the Purchaser to indicate the costs to be borne in connection with such
withdrawal. The Purchaser shall respond within ten (10) calendar days following such request,
after which the Centralising Unit shall have five (5) calendar days to notify the Purchaser of
its acceptance or refusal of such costs.
	 
	40.	 	ACCESSION OF NEW SELLERS
	 
	40.1	 	By way of exception to Article 35, the Parties hereby agree that in the event of the
accession of a New Seller to this Agreement, the Purchaser, acting for itself and in the name
and on behalf of each of the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Agent, who hereby authorize the
Purchaser to enter into the relevant accession agreement and for this purpose exempt the
Purchaser from the restrictions of section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches
Gesetzbuch – BGB) and similar restrictions under the laws of other jurisdictions, in each case
to the extent permitted by applicable law, and the Centralising Unit, acting for itself and in
the name and on behalf of each of the Sellers and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH, who
hereby authorize the Centralising Unit to negotiate and enter into the relevant accession
agreement and for this purpose exempt the Centralising Unit from the restrictions of section
181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch – BGB) and similar restrictions under
the laws of other jurisdictions, in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law, may
agree to such accession by letter and in writing, subject to prior written notification by the
Centralising Unit, duly authorized for the purposes hereof, to the Purchaser of this accession
in the form set out in SCHEDULE 8.
	 
	 	 	In addition, the Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany
GmbH shall accede to this Agreement as New Seller by operation of law upon implementation
of the Final Structure and shall henceforth be a German Seller hereunder without any
notification, accession agreement or other additional agreement among any of the Parties.
The Centralising Unit shall provide to the other Parties a written notice specifying that
the implemenatation of the Final Structure has occurred.
	 
	40.2	 	The accession of the New Seller shall take effect on the Settlement Date immediately
following provided that the following conditions are met :






	 	(i)	 	the New Seller is an entity in which GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV holds
directly or indirectly more than 50% of the share capital and voting rights and as
such exercises effective control witin the meaning of Article L.511-7.3 of the
Monetary and Financial Code;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the receipt by the Purchaser from (a) the Centralising Unit of evidence of
the necessary corporate authorisations to cause the accession of the New Seller to
this Agreement and (b) the New Seller of all the documents referred to in Article 5
in order to enable the accession of the New Seller to this Agreement and the relevant
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	 	(iii)	 	the receipt by the Purchaser of evidence that the existing Sellers are
bound by the accession of the New Seller as a Seller under this Agreement and by the
resulting amendments to the Securitisation Documents negotiated and executed on their
behalf by the Centralising Unit in accordance with Article 35.2;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the receipt by the Purchaser, in a form satisfactory to the Purchaser, of
all amendments required or necessary under the Transaction Documents in connection
with the accession of the New Seller to this Agreement and the relevant Receivables
Purchase Agreement, including the signature by the New Seller of any letter, document
or amendment necessary, in the opinion of the Purchaser, to enable the New Seller to
accede to the General Master Purchase Agreement and the Receivables Purchase
Agreement in connection with the accession of the New Seller thereto;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the prior written consent of the Liquidity Banks and, if necessary, the
Rating Agencies.






	40.3	 	Any reasonable and documented costs (including legal fees) and fees in connection with the
accession of a New Seller as Seller incurred by the Issuer, the Purchaser or the Arranger
shall be borne by such New Seller or the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of
the New Seller.





CHAPTER XIII

GOVERNING LAW — JURISDICTION





	41.	 	GOVERNING LAW — JURISDICTION
	 
	41.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by French law.
	 
	41.2	 	Any dispute as to the validity, interpretation, performance or any other matter arising out
of this Agreement shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Paris (Cour
d’appel de Paris). The choice of this jurisdiction is entirely for the benefit of the
Purchaser which shall retain the right to bring proceedings in any other competent court.




Originally made in Paris, on 10 December 2004, as amended on 23 May 2005, 26 August 2005 and
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SCHEDULE 1

MASTER DEFINITIONS SCHEDULE



“Accounting Principles” means generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States
or any other accounting principles which may be adopted by the Centralising Unit or any of the
Sellers and which apply in their relevant jurisdiction.



“Actual Collections” means all cash collections actually received by any Seller in respect of the
Sold Receivables.



“Adjusted Collections” means, in relation to all the Sellers and with respect to the Sold
Receivables:





	(a)	 	on the Initial Settlement Date, an amount equal to any Excess Foreseen Collections for such
date;
	 
	(b)	 	on any Settlement Date (other than the Initial Settlement Date), as long as the Sellers act
as collection agents in respect of any Sold Receivables and in relation to the Seller(s)
acting as collection agents and for which an Assessment Report and a List of Purchasable
Receivables have been provided pursuant Article 12.2.1 (vii):





	 	 	 	 	 
	(i)

	 	-
	 	any File Collections during the period between the Assessment Date relating
to the immediately preceding Settlement Date and the immediately preceding Assessment
Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	less any amount received on each of the Purchaser’s Collection
Accounts (net of any debit made on such Purchaser’s Collection Account,
corresponding to errors, reverse entries, unpaid amounts and returns in
relation to payments already made on such Collection Account) by the debiting
of such Collection Accounts during the period between the Assessment Date
relating to the immediately preceding Settlement Date and the immediately
preceding Assessment Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	less an amount equal to any Excess Foreseen Collections
calculated with respect to the previous Settlement Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	increased, if such Settlement Date is a Funded Settlement Date,
by an amount equal to any Excess Foreseen Collections received in cash on the
Purchaser’s Account on the previous Intermediary Settlement Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	increased by an amount equal to any Excess Foreseen Collections
for such Settlement Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	less, if such Settlement Date is a Funded Settlement Date, the
Cash Collections Advance calculated by the Calculation Agent on the Calculation
Date preceding such Funded Settlement Date and to the extent paid by the
Centralising Unit on the Purchaser’s Account; plus
	 
	 	 	 	 
	(ii)

	 	 	 	all Deemed Collections determined to have occurred in accordance with Article
28.2 during the period between the Assessment Date relating to the immediately
preceding Settlement Date and the immediately preceding Assessment Date;












 



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	(c)	 	on any Settlement Date other than the Initial Settlement Date during the Replenishment
Period, as long as the Sellers act as collection agents in respect of any Sold Receivables and
in relation to the Seller(s) acting as collection agents, and for which an Assessment Report
and a List of Purchasable Receivables have not been provided pursuant Article 12.2.1 (vii):





	 	 	 	 	 
	(i)

	 	-
	 	any Actual Collections during the period between the Assessment Date relating
to the immediately preceding Settlement Date and the immediately preceding Assessment
Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	less any amount received on each of the Purchaser’s Collection
Accounts (net of any debit made on such Purchaser’s Collection Account,
corresponding to errors, reverse entries, unpaid amounts and returns in
relation to payments already made on such Collection Account) by the debiting
of such Collection Accounts during the period between the Assessment Date
relating to the immediately preceding Settlement Date and the immediately
preceding Assessment Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	less an amount equal to any Excess Foreseen Collections
calculated with respect to the previous Settlement Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	increased, if such Settlement Date is a Funded Settlement Date,
by an amount equal to any Excess Foreseen Collections received in cash on the
Purchaser’s Account on the previous Intermediary Settlement Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	increased by an amount equal to any Excess Foreseen Collections
for such Settlement Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	less, if such Settlement Date is a Funded Settlement Date, the
Cash Collections Advance calculated by the Calculation Agent for such
Settlement Date and to the extent paid by the Centralising Unit on the
Purchaser’s Account; plus
	 
	 	 	 	 
	(ii)

	 	 	 	all Deemed Collections determined to have occurred in accordance with Article
28.2 during the period between the Assessment Date relating to the immediately
preceding Settlement Date and the immediately preceding Assessment Date;







	(d)	 	at any time, in the event of the termination of the collection mandate given to any Seller
and in relation to the Sellers for which the collection mandate has been terminated and until
the Program Expiry Date:






	 	(i)	 	all cash collections received by the Purchaser which have actually been paid by
the Debtors or by any other person obliged to make payment in respect of such Sold
Receivables; plus
	 
	 	(ii)	 	all Deemed Collections determined to have occurred in accordance with Article
28.2; and






	(e)	 	at any time after the Program Expiry Date, all cash collections received by the Purchaser
which have actually been paid by the Debtors or by any other person obliged to make payment in
respect of such Sold Receivables, increased by all Actual Collections kept by the Purchaser
and which have actually been paid by the Sellers daily up to the preceding Assessment Date.




“Affiliate” means, in relation to any entity, any other entity, which either directly or indirectly
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	(i)	 	for the purposes of those entities located within the French jurisdiction, the term
“control”, shall have the meaning set out in Article L.233.3 of the French Commercial Code
(Code de commerce); and
	 
	(ii)	 	for the purposes of those entities which are not located in France, the term control, shall
mean the relationship between a parent company and a subsidiary as defined in Article 1 of
Directive 83/349/EEC.




“Agent” means EUROFACTOR in its capacity as agent of the transaction.



“Agent’s Account” means the account number 30002/00869/9E/07, opened by the Agent in the books of
CALYON.



“Agreement” means this general master purchase agreement, as amended and/or supplemented from time
to time.



“Amended Invoice” means the sums corresponding to any Sold Receivable, which has been the subject
of an issued invoice, and which, in order to (i) take into account the commercial practices of the
Sellers and the respective Nominee Companies or (ii) amend any material errors appearing on such
invoice, has been cancelled and replaced by a new invoice.



“Amendment Date” means 23 July 2008.



“Amortisation Period” means the period of time commencing on the Commitment Expiry Date and ending
on the Program Expiry Date.



“Annual Notice for Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding” means the notice referred to in
Article 7.1.



“Applicable Lenders” means the lenders or other providers of funding under the European Credit
Facility.



“Applicable Waiver or Amendment” means a waiver concerning, or amendment of, any of the events set
forth in Article 13.3(xv) (including the related definitions) and the corresponding provision and
definitions of the European Credit Facility that is approved by any combination of the lenders
under the European Credit Facility and the Liquidity Banks representing more than 50% of the
aggregate amount of (i) all loans and unused commitments under the European Credit Facility plus
(ii) commitments pursuant to Liquidity Agreements to provide the outstanding amount of the
Purchaser’s Funding, in each case as of the date of such approval.



“Assessment Date” means each of the dates identified as such in SCHEDULE 11.



“Assessment Report” means the assessment report drawn up on each Information Date as of the
preceding Assessment Date in accordance with Article 22, substantially in the form of SCHEDULE 3 or
as modified by mutual agreement between the Centralising Unit, the Purchaser, and the Agent.



“Assignment Costs” means the amount calculated in accordance with SCHEDULE 18 — B of this
Agreement.



“Auditors Certificate” means the certificate issued by any of the Sellers’ or the Nominee
Companies’ statutory auditors for the benefit of the Purchaser, as set out in the form of
SCHEDULE 4.



“Available Funds” means, on any date, and with regard to the Securitisation Transaction, any sums
received by or on behalf of the Purchaser and required to be held by or on behalf of the Purchaser
or paid to the Centralising Unit, the Sellers or GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV pursuant to








 



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the Securitisation Transaction after the allocations of funds, and subject to the order of
priority, provided for under Article 16.




“Back-Up Servicer” means any entity appointed by the Purchaser to replace or assist the Sellers in
the collection and servicing of the Sold Receivables.



“Back-Up Servicer Report” means the assessment report to be drawn up, as the case may be, by the
Back-Up Servicer on each Information Date.



“Beginning of Month Purchase Date” means the first Business Day of each calendar month during the
Replenishment Period.



“Bill of Exchange” means (a) any negotiable instrument in the form of a bill of exchange (lettre de
change, effet de commerce, letra de cambio) or promissory note (billet à ordre, pagaré) or (b) in
the case of any UK Seller, a bill of exchange as defined in the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 or (c)
in the case of any German Seller, any bills of exchange (gezogene Wechsel) issued by such German
Seller (with full liability) and accepted by the relevant debtor and blank-endorsed by such German
Seller at a place in Germany or promissory notes (eigene Wechsel) issued and accepted by the
relevant debtor and blank-endorsed by such German Seller at a place in Germany (with full
liability), provided that (i) any such bill of exchange has been issued pursuant to the German
Bills of Exchange Act (as in effect on the relevant purchase date), and complies with all
requirements as to form under the German Bills of Exchange Act (formell ordnungsgemäßer Wechsel)
and is free of any corrections; (ii) the currency of the Bill of Exchange is Euro; and (iii) the
Bill of Exchange is fully enforceable against the relevant debtor, freely transferable, and free
from any liens or other rights of third parties, or their equivalent issued by a Seller in
connection with any Remaining Purchasable Receivables.



“BMA” means each document referred to in point (J) of the Recital, which shall conform to the draft
with which the Purchaser has been provided with on the Amendment Date or in a form satisfactory to
it (but only with respect to any element which is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on
the rights of the Purchaser under the Securitisation Transaction) to the Purchaser, the Issuers and
the Liquidity Banks, acting reasonably.



“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banks are open for business
in Paris, Brussels, Madrid, Frankfurt, Rome, London, Jersey and New York and which is a TARGET Day.



“Calculation Agent” means CALYON.



“Calculation Date” means each of the dates identified as such in SCHEDULE 11 and on which, in
particular, the Agent shall make the calculations specified in Article 12.3.



“Calculation Letter” means any letter substantially in the form of SCHEDULE 15, to be sent by the
Agent in accordance with Article 12.3.1 (v).



“CALYON” means a French limited company (société anonyme) authorised as a credit institution
(établissement de crédit) and having its registered office at 9 quai du Président Paul Doumer,
92920 Paris La Défense Cedex, France, registered with the Companies Registry of Nanterre (Registre
du Commerce et des Sociétés de Nanterre) under the number 304 187 701.



“Cash Collections Advance” means an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the Assignment Costs,
as defined in SCHEDULE 18 B.



“Centralising Unit” means DUNLOP TYRES LIMITED which shall act on behalf of the Sellers in relation
to the implementation of the Securitisation Transaction.









 



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“Centralising Unit’s Account” means the account number FR76 3148 9000 1000 2420 9337 647 opened by
the Centralising Unit in the books of CALYON.



“Closing Date” means 10 December 2004.



“Collection Account” means any collection account opened in any of the jurisdictions concerned by
the Securitisation Transaction held by any Seller and/or the Purchaser and which is governed by
and/or subject to the relevant Collection Account Agreement.



“Collection Account Agreement” means any of the agreements to which, inter alia, the Purchaser and
the relevant Seller are parties and relating to the collection of the Sold Receivables and the
related security agreements over the balance of the relevant Collection Account governed by the
respective laws of the jurisdiction in which such Collection Account is located (including any
deeds of charge executed between inter alia the Purchaser and the UK Seller), as amended and
restated from time to time.



“Collections for Set-off” means, with respect to any Seller and with respect to any Funded
Settlement Date Reference Period, Intermediary Settlement Date Reference Period or Monthly
Reference Period, the sum of the Actual Collections received by such Seller and of the Deemed
Collections deemed to have been received by such Seller during such period.



“Collection Mandate” means the mandate granted by the Purchaser to each Seller pursuant to Article
21.1.


“Collection Rating Trigger Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events:





	-	 	the financial rating assigned by Moody’s Investor Services to GOODYEAR and known as
the “LT Corp Family Rating” become B1 or lower;
	 
	-	 	the financial rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s to GOODYEAR and known as the “LT
Foreign Issuer Credit Rating” become B+ or lower.





“Comfort Letter” means any of the comfort letters granted by GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV in the
form set out in SCHEDULE 10.



“Commercial Discount” means, in relation to any Sold Receivable, any decrease in the face value of
such receivable resulting from the granting of a discount for prompt payment, for quantity or as
fidelity premium.



“Commitment” means the commitment of the Purchaser to purchase Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and
Remaining Purchasable Receivables from the Sellers, in accordance with this Agreement and the
Receivables Purchase Agreements, subject to the conditions precedent and conditions subsequent set
forth hereunder and thereunder.



“Commitment Expiry Date” means the earliest of the following dates:




	(i)	 	upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Commitment Non Renewal in relation to all Liquidity
Agreements, the expiry of all Liquidity Agreements;
	 
	(ii)	 	the Business Day immediately preceding the seventh (7th) anniversary date of 31
July 2008; and
	 
	(iii)	 	the date on which the Commitment is terminated in accordance with Articles 7.1.2., 13, 14
and 15.










 



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“Complementary Deposit” means any complementary deposit effected by the Centralising Unit with the
Purchaser in accordance with the terms of Article 9 and the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.



“Complementary Deposit Fee” means the fee contemplated under article 6.1 of the Master
Complementary Deposit Agreement.



“Conformity Warranties” means the warranties given by each Seller to the Purchaser in accordance
with Article 19 (Conformity Warranties for Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and Remaining Purchasable
Receivables).



“Credit Note” means, in relation to any Sold Receivable, any decrease in the face value of such
receivable or any cancellation of such receivable granted by any Seller or any Nominee Company in
accordance with its management procedures, other than a Credit Note over Snow Tyres and a credit
note resulting from Year End Rebates.



“Credit Note over Snow Tyres” means, in relation to any Sold Receivable, any decrease in the face
value of such receivable or any cancellation of such receivable granted by any Seller or any
Nominee Company (i) in accordance with its respective management procedures and (ii) to a customer
subsequent to the taking back by the said Seller or any Nominee Comapny of snow tyres.



“Current Account” means the current account relationship established between the Centralising Unit,
acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers and the Purchaser pursuant to the provisions of
Article 6 (Current Account).



“Custodian” means CALYON, acting in its capacity as Custodian (dépositaire) of the assets of the
Fund within the meaning of Article L.214-48.II of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code
monétaire et financier).



“Data Protection Trust Agreement” means (i) the agreement dated on or about the Amendment Date
entered into between the German Sellers, the Agent and the Data Protection Trustee or (ii) any
substitute agreement to be entered into upon the occurrence of a Collection Rating Trigger Event
pursuant to the terms of such Data Protection Trust Agreement, as amended or amended and restated
from time to time.



“Data Protection Trustee” means Dr. Gustav Adolf Lange or any substitute appointed in accordance
with the provisions of the Data Protection Trust Agreement.



“Debtor” means, in relation to any Sold Receivable or Refinanced Sold Receivable, the person
obligated to make payment of the underlying trade receivable.



“Deemed Collections” means any amount that any Seller is deemed to have received in the
circumstances set out in Article 28 (Deemed Collections), and notably any Deemed Extinguished
Receivables.



“Deemed Extinguished Receivables” has the meaning set forth in Article 28 (Deemed Collections).



“Default Percentage” means on any Assessment Date preceding a Funded Settlement Date, the ratio
expressed as a percentage of:




	(i)	 	the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of Defaulted Receivables and Doubtful Receivables that
were neither Defaulted Receivables nor Doubtful Receivables as of the Assessment Date relating
to the preceding Funded Settlement Date and (b) the Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Defaulted
Receivables and Refinanced Doubtful Receivables that were neither Refinanced Defaulted
Receivables nor Refinanced Doubtful Receivables as of the Assessment Date relating to such
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	(ii)	 	the Outstanding Amount of the Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables purchased by
the Purchaser between the 6th Funded Settlement Date (excluded) preceding such Funded
Settlement Date and the 5th Funded Settlement Date (included) preceding such Funded Settlement
Date.





“Defaulted Receivable” means, on any Calculation Date, any Sold Receivable which, as of the
preceding Assessment Date, is not a Doubtful Receivable transferred back to the Sellers and which
has any of the following characteristics:




	(i)	 	the Sold Receivable remains unpaid by its relevant debtor for more than 90 days after the
Maturity Date of such Sold Receivable;
	 
	(ii)	 	the Sold Receivable is owed by a Debtor which is subject to Insolvency Proceedings and has
not been counted under paragraph (i) above; or
	 
	(iii)	 	the Sold Receivable has been or, under the relevant Seller’s credit and collection policies,
would have been written off as uncollectible and has not been counted under paragraph (i) or
(ii) above.





“Deferred Purchase Price” means the relevant amount determined in accordance with the formula set
forth in schedule 3 of the French Receivables Purchase Agreement, in schedule 4 of the German
Receivables Purchase Agreement, in schedule 3 of the UK Receivables Purchase Agreement, and in
schedule 3 of the Spanish Receivables Purchase Agreement.



“Delinquency Percentage” means on any Assessment Date preceding a Funded Settlement Date, the ratio
expressed as a percentage of:




	(i)	 	the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of Delinquent Receivables and Doubtful Receivables that
were neither Delinquent Receivables nor Doubtful Receivables as of the Assessment Date
relating to the preceding Funded Settlement Date and (b) the Outstanding Amount of Refinanced
Delinquent Receivables and Refinanced Doubtful Receivables that were neither Refinanced
Delinquent Receivables nor Refinanced Doubtful Receivables as of the Assessment Date relating
to the preceding Funded Settlement Date; and
	 
	(ii)	 	the Outstanding Amount of the Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables purchased by
the Purchaser between the 5th Funded Settlement Date (excluded) before such Funded Settlement
Date and the 4th Funded Settlement Date (included) before such Funded Settlement Date.





“Delinquent Receivable” means, on any Assessment Date, any Sold Receivable which is not a Doubtful
Receivable transferred back to the Sellers and which has any of the following characteristics:




	(i)	 	the Sold Receivable remains unpaid by its relevant Debtor for more than 60 days after the
Maturity Date of such Sold Receivable;
	 
	(ii)	 	the Sold Receivable is owed by a Debtor which is subject to Insolvency Proceedings and has
not been counted under paragraph (i) above; or
	 
	(iii)	 	the Sold Receivable has been or, under the relevant Seller’s credit and collection policies,
would have been written off as uncollectible and has not been counted under paragraph (i) or
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“Deposit Fee” means the fee due to CALYON, in the conditions set forth in article 8 of the Master
Senior Deposit Agreement and which shall be paid by ESTER FINANCE to CALYON, or any credit
institution which replaces the latter for the purposes of carrying out its functions under the
Master Senior Deposit Agreement, as a remuneration for its undertaking to make the Senior Deposit
on a periodic basis during the Replenishment Period. It is agreed that the Deposit Fee shall be
paid to CALYON, or any other credit institution which replaces the latter for the purposes of
carrying out its functions under the Master Senior Deposit Agreement, even after the transfer to
the Fund of receivables in repayment of the Senior Deposit.



“Depositor” means CALYON acting in its capacity as depositor pursuant to the Master Senior Deposit
Agreement and any successor, transferee or assignee.



“Dilution Percentage” means as calculated on any Calculation Date preceding a Funded Settlement
Date, the ratio expressed as a percentage of:




	(i)	 	the aggregate amount of Credit Notes and Refinanced Credit Notes issued between the
Assessment Date (included) preceding such Funded Settlement Date and the Assessment Date
(excluded) preceding the preceding Funded Settlement Date; and
	 
	(ii)	 	the Outstanding Amount of the Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables purchased by
the Purchaser between the Funded Settlement Date (excluded) before the last Assessment Date
and the last Funded Settlement Date (included) preceding such last Assessment Date.





“Discount Amount” means the relevant amount determined in accordance with the formula set forth in
schedule 2 of the French Receivables Purchase Agreement, in schedule 3 of the German Purchasable
Receivables Agreement, in schedule 2 of the UK Receivables Purchase Agreement, and in schedule 2 of
the Spanish Receivables Purchase Agreement.



“Discount Rate” has the meaning set forth in SCHEDULE 18 C.



“Discount Reserve” means the amount calculated in accordance with SCHEDULE 18 A.



“Discount Reserve Rate” means the amount calculated in accordance with schedule 1 of the Master
Subordinated Deposit Agreement.



“Distributed Amounts” means, on any Settlement Date during the Amortisation Period, the sum of:




	-	 	the amount of Adjusted Collections as determined as of such date;
	 
	-	 	the amount in the Purchaser’s Account as of the last Assessment Date,
within the limit of the sums in the Purchaser’s Account on such
Settlement Date;
	 
	-	 	the amount in each Purchaser’s Collection Account (net of any debit
made on such Purchaser’s Collection Account, corresponding to errors,
reverse entries, unpaid amounts and returns in relation to payments
already made on the corresponding Collection Account) as of the last
Assessment Date, within the limit of the sums in each Purchaser’s
Collection Account on such Settlement Date;
	 
	-	 	the amount of the Refinanced Received Net Amount, as calculated for
such Settlement Date, in accordance with the provisions of the
Refinanced Receivables Purchase Agreement; and
	 
	-	 	any investment proceeds of the Actual Collections received by the
Purchaser in accordance with Article 23.2 and not yet allocated in
accordance with Article 16.





“Doubtful Receivable” means on any Assessment Date any Sold Receivable which is, according to the
Accounting Principles, doubtful given the situation of the Debtor or open to challenge.









 



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“Downgrading Event” means, in relation to a Liquidity Bank, the downgrading of its rating by a
Rating Agency under A1 (for Moody’s Investors Services), P1 (for Standard & Poors) or F1 (for Fitch
Ratings).



“Early Amortisation Event” means any of the events set out in Article 13 (Early Amortisation).



“Eligible Debtor” means a Debtor having the characteristics described in detail in article 8 of
each Receivables Purchase Agreement.



“Eligible Laws” means in respect of receivables (i) assigned or transferred by GOODYEAR DUNLOP
TIRES OE GmbH, Belgian law, English law, French law, German law, Italian law and Spanish law, (ii)
assigned or transferred by each German Seller other than GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH, German law.



“Eligible Receivable” means any Sold Receivable which has the following characteristics on the
Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period:




	(i)	 	such Sold Receivable corresponds to a delivery of goods which has been made or to a service
which has been performed and such Sold Receivable has been invoiced;
	 
	(ii)	 	the Maturity Date of such Sold Receivable is not later than 150 days after the Assessment
Date preceding such Settlement Date;
	 
	(iii)	 	the Sold Receivable has not remained unpaid by the relevant Debtor for more than 72 days
after the Maturity Date of such Sold Receivable;
	 
	(iv)	 	the debtor of such Sold Receivable has a V.A.T or a CMS identification number indicated in
the electronic support attached to the relevant Transfer Deed delivered to the Purchaser in
relation to such Sold Receivable and such Sold Receivable is identified on such electronic
support in a manner which complies with the electronic exchange procedures agreed between the
Agent, the Purchaser, the Centralising Unit and the Sellers; and
	 
	(v)	 	the Sold Receivable is not a Net Miscellaneous Receivable.





“End of Month Cut-Off Date” means the last calendar day of each calendar month.



“ESTER FINANCE” means ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION S.A., a company incorporated under French law and
authorised as a credit institution (établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 9
quai du Président Paul Doumer, 92920 Paris La Défense Cedex, France, registered with the Trade and
Companies Registry of Nanterre under the number 414 886 226.



“EURIBOR 1 month” means the reference rate known as the “European Inter-Bank Offered Rate” in the
form of the rate listed under the aegis of the European Banking Federation and published at
approximately 11.00 am (Brussels time), by REUTERS (page EURIBOR01 or EURIBOR365 or whatever page
that may be substituted therefore) for a one month period.



“Euro”, “EUR” or “€” means the currency of the participating Member States of the European Union
in accordance with the definition given under Article 109-L-4 of the European Union Treaty and in
Council Regulation (EC) n. 974/98 of May 3, 1998 on the introduction of the euro.



“EUROFACTOR” means a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a credit institution
(établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 1-3 rue du Passeur de Boulogne Immeuble
Bord de Seine, 92130 Issy Les Moulineaux, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry
(Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 333 871 259.









 



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“European Credit Facility” means the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of
20 April 2007 as amended and restated, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time, among GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV, the other borrowers thereunder, the lenders
thereunder, JPMorgan Europe Limited, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto.



“Event of Separation of Flows” means any Early Amortisation Event and , in any case, the starting
of the Amortisation Period.



“Exchange Rate” means, as determined on any Assessment Date, the rate of exchange of GBP for Euro,
as it appears on the Internet site of the Banque de France.



“Excess Foreseen Collections” means, with respect to a Settlement Date as long as any sums remain
due under the Senior Deposit, the excess of (a) the amount of Foreseen Collections Adjusted for
such Settlement Date, over (b) the amount of the Complementary Deposit to be made on such
Settlement Date. From the date on which any sums due under the Senior Deposit have been paid, or in
the event an Early Amortisation Event described under Article 13.3 has occurred, the amount of
Excess Foreseen Collections shall be equal to zero (0) as from such date or event.



“Excluded Debtor” means any debtor mentioned in the list set forth in SCHEDULE 14, as may be
modified by mutual agreement between the Centralising Unit, the Purchaser and the Agent, in
accordance with the provisions of Article 35.



“File Collections” means, with respect to any period, all collections (excluding Deemed
Collections) on Sold Receivables which, on the basis of the information included in any Assessment
Report and the electronic date file attached thereto, were expected to be received during such
period by a Seller as calculated by the Agent on the basis of the Assessment Reports and the
electronic support attached thereto.



“Final Structure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in point (J) of the Recital.



“Financial Covenants” means the financial covenants set forth in Article 13.3(xv) and the related
definitions.



“Financial Indebtedness” means, in relation to any person:




	(i)	 	any indebtedness for monies borrowed or raised by that person;
	 
	(ii)	 	any indebtedness (actual or contingent) of that person under any guarantee, security,
indemnity or other commitment designed to protect any creditor against loss in respect of any
Financial Indebtedness of any third party;
	 
	(iii)	 	any indebtedness under or in respect of any acceptance credit opened on behalf of that
person;
	 
	(iv)	 	any indebtedness under any debenture, note, bond, certificate of deposit, cash certificate,
bill of exchange, commercial paper or similar instrument on which that person is liable as
drawer, acceptor, endorser, issuers or otherwise;
	 
	(v)	 	any indebtedness for money owing in respect of any interest rate swap or currency swap, such
indebtedness to be measured on a marked-to-market basis at the relevant time and to include,
vis-à-vis any particular counterparty, application of the relevant ISDA or FBF netting
procedures; and
	 
	(vi)	 	any payment obligations under any lease entered into for the purpose of obtaining or raising
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“First Notice for Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding” means the notice referred to in
Article 7.1.



“Foreseen Collections” means, as calculated on each Calculation Date by the Agent on the basis of
the electronic data file received from the Centralising Unit on the preceding Information Date,



	 	 	 	 	 
	(i)

	 	-
	 	all cash collections paid or expected to be paid as from the Assessment Date preceding such
Calculation Date until the second Settlement Date following such Calculation Date by the
Debtors under the Sold Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables (including the
Remaining Purchasable Receivable, in any, and the Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables
to be purchased on the following Settlement Date and excluding Net Miscellaneous Receivables
and Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables and excluding Defaulted Receivables and
Refinanced Defaulted Receivables), on the basis of the contractual maturity date of such Sold
Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	-
	 	less, within the limit of the cash collections in relation to the Sold
Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables unpaid after their Maturity Date, the
amount of Non Allocated Cash, the Refinanced Non Allocated Cash, non allocated Credit
Notes and non allocated Refinanced Credit Notes with a maturity date until the second
Settlement Date following such Calculation Date weighted by the ratio of:







	 	(a)	 	the sum of the Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables
remaining unpaid after their respective Maturity Dates minus the sum of Net
Miscellaneous Receivables, Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables, Defaulted
Receivables and Refinanced Defaulted Receivables remaining unpaid after their
respective Maturity Dates, over
	 
	 	(b)	 	the sum of Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables remaining
unpaid after their respective Maturity Date minus the sum of Defaulted Receivables
and Refinanced Defaulted Receivables;






	(ii)	 	weighted by the ratio of:






	 	(a)	 	the Senior Deposit, the Discount Reserve and the portion of the Subordinated
Deposit covering the Senior Deposit and the Discount Reserve (computed as follows:
Subordinated Deposit multiplied by (Senior Deposit + Discount Reserve) / (Senior
Deposit + Discount Reserve + Complementary Deposit); over
	 
	 	(b)	 	the sum of the Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables and the Outstanding
Amount of Refinanced Sold Receivables, as of the next Settlement Date;






	(iii)	 	weighted by the ratio of:






	 	(a)	 	the last audited theoretical average days of sales outstanding of accounts
receivable of the Sellers and the Italian Seller (taken as a whole), used in the
determination of the Subordinated Deposit; over
	 
	 	(b)	 	the last audited actual days of sales outstanding of accounts receivable of the
Sellers and the Italian Seller (taken as a whole);





and





	(iv)	 	weighted by a risk ratio equal to one (1) on the date hereof, it being provided that such
ratio may be reduced upon the request of the Centralising Unit, subject to the prior written
consent of the Purchaser, the Issuers and the Liquidity Banks.










 



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“Foreseen Collections Adjusted” means, as calculated on each Calculation Date by the Agent, the
amount of the Foreseen Collections less the aggregate daily invoicing originated by the Sellers,
any Nominee Company and the Italian Seller with respect to the then Eligible Debtors, as determined
by the Agent between the same dates as the one considered for the cash collections in point (i) of
the definition of “Foreseen Collection”, but during the previous year.



“Former Securitisation Transaction” means, with respect to a Seller, any past securitisation
transaction involving all or part of trade receivables of such Seller.



“Free Equity Amount” shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 3.6.3.



“French Securitisation Transaction” means the securitisation transaction arranged by CALYON
(succeeding in the rights of CREDIT LYONNAIS) in connection with the transfer of all or part of
trade receivables of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FRANCE S.A. to ESTER FINANCE on the basis of the French
master receivables purchase agreement entered into by GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FRANCE S.A., ESTER
FINANCE, EUROFACTOR and CALYON (succeeding in the rights of CREDIT LYONNAIS) on 20 September 2001,
as amended.



“French Seller” means GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES FRANCE S.A. or any New Seller that is organized under
French law.



“Fund” means FCC Triple P, a fonds commun de créances, set up by the Management Company and CALYON
(as depositary) in accordance with the provisions of Article L.214-47 of the French Monetary and
Financial Code (Code monétaire et financier) for the purposes of the Securitisation Transaction.



“Funded Assessment Date” means each of the dates identified as such in SCHEDULE 11.



“Funded Settlement Date” means the Initial Settlement Date and each of the dates identified “Funded
Settlement Date” on SCHEDULE 11 falling on or prior to the Program Expiry Date.



“Funded Settlement Date Reference Period” means, with respect to any Reference Funded Settlement
Date before the Commitment Expiry Date, the period starting on the Intermediary Assessment Date
(excluded) of the calendar month immediately following such Reference Funded Settlement Date and
ending (i) on the following Funded Assessment Date (included) or (ii) if an Early Amortisation
Event occurs before such Funded Assessment Date, on the date of such Early Amortisation Event.



“GAAP” means, in relation to any person, the generally accepted accounting principles in the
jurisdiction in which such person is organized.



“GBP” means the currency which is legal tender in the United Kingdom at the present time, or any
other currency that may replace it.



“General Partner” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.3 (b).



“German Party” and “German Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.3 (b).



“German Re-Organisation” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in point (J) of the Recital.



“German Seller” means each of FULDA REIFEN GmbH & Co. KG, GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH, M-PLUS
MULTIMARKENMANAGEMENT GmbH & Co. KG, GOODYEAR GmbH & Co. KG and DUNLOP GmbH & Co. KG, and any legal
successor of any of such entities, including Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH upon implementation
of the Final Structure.



“GmbH Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.3 (a).









 



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“GmbH & Co. KG Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.3 (b).



“GOODYEAR” means the parent company of the Goodyear Group, i.e. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
a company incorporated under the laws of Ohio, having its registered office at 1144 East Market
Street, Akron, Ohio, United States of America.



“GOODYEAR Group” means the group of entities comprised of GOODYEAR and its Affiliates.



“GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV” means the Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V., parent company of
the French, German, UK and Spanish Sellers, incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, having
its registered office at De Boelelaan 7, 1083 HJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and registered with
the Companies Registry of Amsterdam under the number 33225215.



“Governmental Authorisation” means any authorization given by any “Governmental Authority” as such
term is defined in the European Credit Facility.



“Group” means, in relation to any Debtor, the group of entities comprised of this Debtor and its
Affiliates.



“Immobilisation Indemnity” means any immobilisation indemnity paid by ESTER FINANCE to the
Depositor in accordance with the Master Senior Deposit Agreement.



“Increase in the Complementary Deposit” means, on any Settlement Date during the Replenishment
Period, the excess of (a) the amount of the Complementary Deposit on such Settlement Date in
accordance with the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement over (b) the amount of the Complementary
Deposit on the preceding Settlement Date.



“Increase in the Subordinated Deposit” means, on any Settlement Date during the Replenishment
Period, the excess of (a) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on such Settlement Date in
accordance with the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement over (b) the amount of the Subordinated
Deposit on the preceding Settlement Date.



“Information Date” means each of the dates identified as such in SCHEDULE 11 and on which the
Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, is required to transmit to the
Agent the Assessment Report prepared as of the preceding Assessment Date, as well as the List of
Purchasable Receivables.



“Initial Purchase Price” means, in relation to any Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Ongoing
Purchasable Receivable acquired or to be acquired by the Purchaser in respect of each Seller, the
Outstanding Amount of such Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Ongoing Purchasable Receivable less,
in each case, the applicable Discount Amount.



“Initial Settlement Date” means 21st December 2004.









 



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“Insolvency Proceedings” means:




	(i)	 	in relation to any person being resident in France or having its principal place of business
in France :






	 	-	 	a reference to such person being unable to pay its debt as they fall due
(cessation des paiements) or initiating voluntary arrangements with its creditors
(procedure de conciliation) or being subject to insolvency proceedings opened by a
competent court (redressement ou liquidation judiciaire), all of which as construed by
Articles L.611-1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code or, as the case may be, by
Articles L.620-1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code;
	 
	 	-	 	whenever any auditor of such person has declared an alert procedure (procédure
d’alerte) within the meaning of Article 234-1 of the French Commercial Code;






	(ii)	 	in relation to any person being resident in Germany or having its principal place of business
in Germany, a reference to such person that is overindebted (überschuldet), unable to pay its
debts as they fall due (zahlungsunfähig) or such status is imminent (drohende
Zahlungsunfähigkeit) or is subject to insolvency (including preliminary insolvency
proceedings) or dissolution proceedings;
	 
	(iii)	 	in relation to any person being resident in Spain or having the center of its interests in
Spain, (hereinafter, the “Spanish Resident”):






	 	-	 	the Spanish Resident is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, on regular
basis, within the meaning of article 2 of the Spanish law 22/2003, dated July 9, 2003;
	 
	 	-	 	the Spanish Resident files an application with a court to be declared to be
subject to creditors’ composition (concurso) within the meaning of the Spanish law
22/2003, dated July 9, 2003, or subject to any equivalent situation as provided by any
law that could complement, replace or amend it;
	 
	 	-	 	a third party applies to a court for a declaration that the Spanish Resident is
subject to creditors’ composition (concurso) within the meaning of the Spanish law
22/2003 and the court accepts to follow the creditors’ composition proceedings, or any
other equivalent situation as provided by any other law that could complement, replace
or amend them;
	 
	 	-	 	the Spanish Resident is subject to governmental or judicial administration in
Spain (intervención administrativa or administración judicial);
	 
	 	-	 	any insolvency proceeding, as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000,
of 29 May 2000 on Insolvency Proceedings is taken in any jurisdiction regarding the
Spanish Resident;






	(iv)	 	in relation to any person being resident in Italy or having the center of its interests in
Italy, (hereinafter, the “Italian Resident”):






	 	-	 	the Italian Resident is insolvent, being unable to fulfil its obligations
regularly, namely in due time and with usual means, pursuant to article 5 of the
Italian Bankruptcy Law (insolvenza);
	 
	 	-	 	the Italian Resident is declared bankrupt upon its own application or petition
of the creditor/s or petition of the Public Prosecutor, pursuant to articles 6 et seq.
of the Italian Bankruptcy Law (fallimento);










 



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	 	-	 	the Italian Resident, being insolvent, files an application for arrangement
with creditors with the competent judge, proposing an arrangement pursuant to articles
160 et seq. of the Italian Bankruptcy Law (concordato preventivo e accordi di
ristrutturazione);
	 
	 	-	 	the Italian Resident is under Compulsory administrative liquidation pursuant to
articles 194 et seq. of the Italian Bankruptcy Law (liquidazione coatta
amministrativa);
	 
	 	-	 	the Italian Resident, being a large undertaking, is under extraordinary
administration pursuant to Law 270/1999 (amministrazione straordinaria);
	 
	 	-	 	if and when applicable, the Italian Resident, being eligible for the
extraordinary administration and meeting additional requirements set by law, is under
reorganization pursuant to Legislative Decree no. 347 of 23 December 2003, as amended
subsequently (ristrutturazione industriale di grandi imprese in stato di insolvenza);
	 
	 	-	 	any of the above insolvency proceeding is taken in any jurisdiction regarding
the Italian Resident pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) no. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000
on insolvency proceedings;






	(v)	 	in relation to any person being resident in the Netherlands or having its principal place of
business in the Netherlands, (hereinafter, the “Dutch Resident”), a reference to such person
that is subject to any bankruptcy (faillissement), suspension of payments (surséance van
betaling) or any other insolvency proceedings listed in Annex A of the Council Regulations
(EC) No. 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings or any other insolvency proceedings or analogous
proceeding in each case opened by a competent court, including, but not limited to, emergency
regulations (“noodregeling”) pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (Bijzondere regels en maatregelen ten
aanzien van financiële ondernemingen werkzaam op de financiële markten) of the Dutch Act on
Financial Supervision (Wet op het financieel toezicht), as amended.
	 
	(vi)	 	in relation to any person being resident in the United States or having its principal place
of business in the United States:






	 	(a)	 	an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall
be filed seeking (x) liquidation, reorganization, bankruptcy, moratorium, suspension of
payment or other relief in respect of such person or its debts, or of a substantial
part of its assets, under any U.S. federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (y) the appointment of a
receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar
official for such person or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such
case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 90 days or an order or
decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;










 



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	 	(b)	 	such person (v) voluntarily commences any proceeding or files any petition
seeking liquidation, reorganization, bankruptcy, moratorium, suspension of payment or
other relief under any U.S. federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (w) consents to the institution
of, or fails to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition
described in clause (a) of this section, (x) applies for or consents to the appointment
of a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar
official for such person or for a substantial part of its assets, (y) makes a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors or (z) takes any action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing;






	 	(c)	 	such person admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts
as they become due;






	(vii)	 	in relation to Elixir Funding Limited, means a resolution is passed for the winding-up or
dissolution of Elixir Funding Limited, or a liquidator is appointed in respect of Elixir
Funding Limited or any of its assets, or there is a declaration of en désatre in respect of
the property of Elixir Funding Limited or for the property of Elixir Funding Limited to be
placed under the control of the Courts of Jersey, or Elixir becomes “bankrupt” as defined in
the Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954;






	 	(i)	 	in relation to Quasar, means any insolvency proceedings
(faillite/faillissement), any amicable settlement proceedings (concordat
judiciaire/gerechtelijk akkoord), any liquidation proceedings (liquidation/vereffening)
or any other insolvency proceedings listed from time to time in Schedule A of the
Council Regulations (EC) No.1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings is opened against such
person;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	in relation to any person resident in Belgium or having its centre of main
interest in Belgium (as the term “centre of main interest” is defined in the Council
Regulations (EC) No.1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings) any situation where:






	 	-	 	a meeting of such person is convened for the purpose of
considering any resolution for (or to petition for) its winding-up or any such
resolution is passed or any person presents a petition for the winding-up
(liquidation/vereffening), save where such person is in good faith contesting
such petition by appropriate proceedings;
	 
	 	-	 	any court decision ordering the winding-up
(liquidation/vereffening) of such person is taken;
	 
	 	-	 	any liquidateur (liquidateur/vereffenaar), trustee in
bankruptcy (curateur/curator) is appointed in respect of such person or the
directors of such person request such appointment (in each case, by reason of
actual or anticipated financial difficulties);
	 
	 	-	 	such person is declared bankrupt (en faillite/in staat van
faillissement) or such person applies for or is subject to insolvency
proceedings (faillite/faillissement), any judicial composition between
creditors (concordat judiciaire/gerechtelijk akkoord) or any other insolvency
proceedings listed from time to time in Schedule A of the Council Regulations
(EC) No.1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings;






	(viii)	 	in relation to any person incorporated under the laws of England and Wales:










 



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	 	-	 	such person stops payment or threatens to stop payment of its debts by reason
of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, or is or becomes or is, or admits to
be, or is deemed to be for the purpose of the Insolvency Act 1986, unable to pay its
debts within the meaning of Section 123(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is otherwise
unable to pay its debts as they fall due;
	 
	 	-	 	a moratorium is declared in respect of any part of its indebtedness or it makes
any general arrangement or composition for the benefit of its creditors;
	 
	 	-	 	any step is taken or proceeding is instituted (unless frivolous or vexatious
and dismissed or discharged within 30 days of being presented) by any competent person
seeking (x) to adjudicate such person insolvent or bankrupt, (y) the liquidation,
winding-up, dissolution, reorganisation (other than for the purpose of a voluntary
solvent reorganisation or liquidation approved in writing by the relevant entity),
arrangement, adjustment, re-scheduling (such rescheduling to be effected by reason of
actual or anticipated financial difficulties), protection, relief or composition of
such person or its debts or (z) the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of
a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, custodian, trustee in bankruptcy,
examiner or other similar official of the person or a substantial part of its assets;
or
	 
	 	-	 	any meeting is convened by any creditor, shareholder, member or participant or
any other corporate action is taken pursuant to which any of the preceding actions is
proposed to be approved;






	(ix)	 	in relation to any other person, any similar provision applicable to it.





“Intercompany Arrangements” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 11.1. (xiv).



“Intermediary Assessment Date” means each of the dates identified as an “Intermediary Assessment
Date” on SCHEDULE 11 falling on or prior to the Program Expiry Date.



“Intermediary Settlement Date” means each of the dates identified as an “Intermediary Settlement
Date” on SCHEDULE 11 falling on or prior to the Program Expiry Date.



“Intermediary Settlement Date Reference Period” means, with respect to any Reference Funded
Settlement Date before the Commitment Expiry Date, the period starting on the Funded Assessment
Date (excluded) immediately following such Reference Funded Settlement Date and ending (i) on the
next Intermediary Assessment Date (included) or (ii) if an Early Amortisation Event occurs before
such Intermediary Assessment Date, on the date of such Early Amortisation Event.



“Intermediate Structure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in point (J) of the Recital.









 



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“Issuers” means:




	(i)	 	LMA S.A., a French limited company (société anonyme) having its registered office at 6-8, rue
Ménars, 75002 Paris, France, registered with the Company Registry of Paris (Registre du
Commerce et des Sociétés de Paris), under the number 383 275 187; or
	 
	(ii)	 	Elixir Funding Limited, a public company incorporated with limited liability under the laws
of Jersey, having its registered office at St Paul’s Gate, New Street, Saint Hélier, Jersey,
Channel islands JE2 34A, registered with the Companies Registry of Jersey under number 71548;
or
	 
	(iii)	 	Quasar Securitisation Company NV, a Belgian company (institutionele vennootschap voor
belegging in schuldvorderingen naar Belgisch recht, naamloze vennootschap) with its registered
office at Havenlaan 12, B-1080, Brussels, Belgium registered with the Company Registry of
Brussels, under the number 475 526 860 (“Quasar”); or
	 
	(iv)	 	any other person who may enter the Securitisation Transaction from time to time in order to
subscribe to units issued by the Fund and to finance such subscription by issuing Notes.





“Italian Bankruptcy Law” means the Italian Royal Decree No. 267 of 16th March, 1942, as
amended and supplemented from time to time.



“Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement” means the Italian law governed receivables purchase
agreement entered into on or about the Amendment Date between the Italian Seller and the Refinanced
Seller for the purchase of the Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Refinanced Remaining
Purchasable Receivables originated by the Italian Seller.



“Italian Seller” means GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES Italia S.P.A. or any New Seller organized under
Italian law and becoming a party to the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement.



“Joint-Lead Arranger” means each of CALYON and NATIXIS, acting in its capacity as joint-lead
arranger of the Securitisation Transaction.



“Liens” means, in respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, delegation of claims,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge of security interest in, on or of such asset.



“Liquidity Agreement” means (i) any unit purchase agreement (promesse d’achat et de revente de
parts) dated the Closing Date or dated the date hereof, as amended and/or supplemented from time to
time, entered into between an Issuer and a Liquidity Bank pursuant to which the Liquidity Bank has
undertaken to purchase from such Issuer, all or part of the units of the Fund held by the Issuer,
or (ii) any credit facility agreement dated the date hereof, as amended and/or supplemented from
time to time, entered into between an Issuer and a Liquidity Bank pursuant to which the Liquidity
Bank has undertaken to make loans to an Issuer secured by such units, or (iii) a swap agreement,
repurchase agreement or other financial instrument dated the date hereof, as amended and/or
supplemented from time to time, entered into between an Issuer and a Liquidity Bank, pursuant to
which the Liquidity Bank has undertaken to make certain payments to an Issuer in relation to such
units.



“Liquidity Bank” means a bank or any other credit institution (établissement de crédit) (or any
successor, transferee and assignee thereof), in each case rated at least A1, P1 and/or F1 by the
relevant Rating Agencies at the time when it enters into or renews its commitment under a Liquidity
Agreement, that has undertaken to purchase from an Issuer, all or part of the units of the Fund
held by such Issuer or to make loans to an Issuer secured by such units or otherwise to make
payments to an Issuer in relation to such units.



“Liquidity Bank Letter” means, in relation to any Liquidity Bank, the letter executed by such
Liquidity Bank on 10 December 2004 and on 23 May, 2005 and which relates to the commitment to









 



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provide the Purchaser with an alternative funding, subject to the conditions provided in such
letter, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.



“Liquidity Commitment Non Renewal” means, in relation to any Liquidity Bank:




	(a)	 	the non renewal of a Liquidity Agreement in any of the following cases:






	 	(i)	 	such Liquidity Agreement is not renewed at its expiry date, and the relevant
Liquidity Bank has not been replaced with another bank that is rated at least A1, P1
and/or F1 by the relevant Rating Agencies;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	(x) as a result of Market Disruption, a drawing is made under such Liquidity
Agreement in order to acquire all or part of the units of the Fund, and (y) such drawing
remains outstanding until the expiry date of such Liquidity Agreement;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	(x) as a result of a Downgrading Event, a drawing is made under such Liquidity
Agreement in order to acquire all or part of the units of the Fund, (y) such drawing
remains outstanding until the expiry date of such Liquidity Agreement, and (z) the
relevant Liquidity Bank has not been replaced with another bank that is rated at least
A1, P1 and/or F1 by the relevant Rating Agencies; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	(x) a drawing is made under any Liquidity Agreement for any reason other than those
listed above, (y) such drawing remains outstanding until the expiry date of such
Liquidity Agreement, and (z) the relevant Liquidity Bank has not been replaced with
another bank that is rated at least A1, P1 and/or F1 by the relevant Rating Agencies; or






	(b)	 	the expiry of the commitment of such Liquidity Bank under the relevant Liquidity Bank Letter.





“List of Purchasable Receivables” means any list of (i) Remaining Purchasable Receivables and
Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables, on each Assessment Date and (ii) Ongoing Purchasable
Receivables and Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables title to which has passed and has
transferred to the Purchaser between the two (2) last Assessment Dates, in the form agreed between
the parties, to be provided by the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the
Sellers, to the Purchaser.



“Management Company” means ABC Gestion, a limited company (société anonyme), authorised as a
Management Company (Société de Gestion), in accordance with the provisions of Article L.247-47 of
the Code Monétaire et Financier, having its registered office at 19, boulevard des Italiens — 75002
Paris, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under the number 353 716 160.



“Management Fee” means the management fee set out in Article 10 (Fees).



“Margin” means the margin which aims to cover any administrative, financial and management costs
incurred by ESTER FINANCE, equal to 0.01 % of the Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding per
year, 1/12° of such amount being payable on each Funded Settlement Date.



“Market Disruption” means the occurrence of any event leading to any placement agent acting for an
Issuer being unable to find investors to purchase whole or part of the Notes that would otherwise
be issued by that Issuer.



“Master Complementary Deposit Agreement” means the agreement dated 23 July 2008, as amended and/or
supplemented from time to time, entered into between the Purchaser and the Centralising Unit, under
which the Centralising Unit shall effect a Complementary Deposit with the Purchaser.



“Master Definitions Schedule” means this master definitions schedule which determines the meaning
of the terms and expressions used in the Transaction Documents.









 



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“Master Senior Deposit Agreement” means the agreement dated 15 December 2004, as amended and/or
supplemented from time to time, entered into between the Purchaser and the Depositor under which
the Depositor has agreed to make a Senior Deposit with the Purchaser.



“Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement” means the agreement dated 23 July 2008, as amended and/or
supplemented from time to time, entered into between the Purchaser and the Centralising Unit, under
which the Centralising Unit shall effect a Subordinated Deposit with the Purchaser.



“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change in or effect on (i) the ability of the
Sellers and the Centralising Unit, taken as a whole, or of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV to
perform their obligations under the Securitisation Documents that are material to the rights or
interests of the Purchaser, the Refinanced Seller, the Depositor, the Issuers or the Liquidity
Banks under the Securitisation Documents to which they are parties, (ii) the ability of the
Purchaser to collect the amounts due under the Sold Receivables and/or Refinanced Sold Purchasable
Receivables or the rights and interests of the Purchaser in the Sold Receivables, or (iii) the
rights of or benefits available to the Purchaser, the Depositor, the Issuers or the Liquidity Banks
under the Securitisation Documents that are material to the rights or interests of such parties
thereunder including as a result of any material adverse change in or effect on the business,
operations, properties, assets or financial condition (including as a result of the effects of any
contingent liabilities) of GOODYEAR and its Subsidiaries (including the Sellers), taken as a whole.



“Material Indebtedness” means Financial Indebtedness of GOODYEAR and any of its subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount exceeding USD 100,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency or
currencies).



“Maturity Date” means, in relation to any Sold Receivable or Refinanced Sold Receivable, the date
on which such Sold Receivable or Refinanced Sold Receivable becomes due and payable by the relevant
debtor.



“Material Subsidiary” means, at any time, each subsidiary of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV other
than subsidiaries that do not represent more than 5% for any such individual subsidiary, or more
than 10% in the aggregate for all such subsidiaries, of either (a) the consolidated total assets of
GOODYEAR and its subsidiaries or (b) the consolidated revenues of GOODYEAR and its subsidiaries for
the period of four (4) fiscal quarters most recently ended, in each case determined in accordance
with US GAAP.



“Maximum Amount of the Complementary Deposit” means an amount equal to €950,000,000 on the date
hereof, as this amount may be modified from time to time by the parties to the Master Complementary
Deposit Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.



“Maximum Amount of the Program” means an amount equal to €450,000,000, or any other amount as
determined pursuant to Article 7.1.3.



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“Maximum Concentration Rate” means :





	–	 	10 %, in relation to the Debtors of the Renault Group,
taken as a whole, as long as such Debtors maintain
short-term ratings not lower than A2 / P2 from Moody’s
and Standard &Poor’s, and 6% so long as such Debtors
maintain short-term ratings lower than A2 / P2 but not
lower than A3 / P3 from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s;
	 
	–	 	10 %, in relation to the Debtors of the Peugeot Group,
taken as a whole, as long as such Debtors maintain
short-term ratings not lower than A2 / P2 from Moody’s
and Standard &Poor’s, and 6% so long as such Debtors
maintain short-term ratings lower than A2 / P2 but not
lower than A3 / P3 from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s;
	 
	–	 	10 %, in relation to the Debtors of the Michelin Group,
taken as a whole, as long as such Debtors maintain
short-term ratings not lower than A2 / P2 from Moody’s
and Standard &Poor’s, and 6% so long as such Debtors
maintain short-term ratings lower than A2 / P2 but not
lower than A3 / P3 from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s;
or
	 
	–	 	4 %, in relation to any other Debtor and to any Debtors
of a Debtor Group named above which does not maintain
the ratings specified above as a condition to a higher
Maximum Concentration Rate.





“Maximum Overcollateralisation Rate” means, as of the Initial Settlement Date and on each Funded
Settlement Date thereafter, the rate equal to 50 %. Such rate may be modified provided that there
has been an amendment to the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.



“Minimum Amount of the Program” means, on the date hereof, the amount of € 45,000,000, as may be
amended from time to time pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement.



“Miscellaneous Accounting Credit Entries” means, in relation to any Seller, Miscellaneous
Accounting Entries booked on the credit side of the account receivables of an Eligible Debtor.



“Miscellaneous Accounting Debit Entries” means, in relation to any Seller, Miscellaneous Accounting
Entries booked on the debit side of the account receivables of an Eligible Debtor.



“Miscellaneous Accounting Entries” means, in relation to any Seller, accounting entries other than
invoices, credit notes or cash payments that appear on the debit side or credit side of the account
receivables of an Eligible Debtor.



“Monthly Reference Period” means the period starting on the first calendar day of each calendar
month (included) and ending (i) on the End of Month Cut-Off Date of such month (included) or (ii)
if an Early Amortisation Event occurs before the End of Month Cut-Off Date of such month, on the
date of such Early Amortisation Event.



“New Seller” means a company controlled, directly or indirectly, by Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe
B.V. and which becomes a party to the Securitisation Transaction after the Amendment Date.



“Net Available Amount” means, with respect to any Settlement Date, the excess of (i) the sum of the
Requested Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding, the amount of the Subordinated Deposit, the Maximum
Amount of the Complementary Deposit and the Discount Reserve over (ii) the Outstanding Amount of
Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables.









 



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“Net Miscellaneous Receivable” means, in relation to any Seller, any Ongoing Purchasable Receivable
or Remaining Purchasable Receivable corresponding to the amount equal to the Miscellaneous
Accounting Debit Entries minus Miscellaneous Accounting Credit Entries.



“Nominee Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in point (J) of the Recital.



“Non Allocated Cash” means any collection recorded in any Seller’s accounting system, which has not
yet been posted to the payment of a receivable.



“Notes” means any US commercial paper, Billets de Trésorerie or any other short-term notes such as
a Euro commercial paper.



“Notice of Transfer” means any notice issued by the Purchaser or any entity, acting on behalf of
the Purchaser and appointed by the same for such purpose, to any Debtor in accordance with a
Receivables Purchase Agreement.



“Ongoing Purchasable Receivable” means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date and any Seller,
a right to a payment owed to such Seller which shall be originated during the immediately following
Monthly Reference Period and which upon such origination shall have the following characteristics:




	 	(a)	 	the receivable shall be binding against the relevant Eligible Debtor and
result from the manufacturing and/or supplying of tyres and/or activities related
thereto in the normal course of such Seller’s (including any related Nominee
Company’s) business; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	the receivable shall be payable in the Relevant Jurisdiction and
denominated in the Relevant Currency.





“Originated Ongoing Purchasable Receivable” means (i) on any Settlement Date, an Ongoing
Purchasable Receivable sold on a preceding Funded Settlement Date and title to which has passed to
the Purchaser on or before the Assessment Date preceding such Settlement Date and (ii) more
generally, an Ongoing Purchasable Receivable sold on any Funded Settlement Date and title to which
has passed to the Purchaser.



“Originated Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables” means, on any Settlement Date, an
Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable sold on a preceding Beginning of Month Settlement Date
and title to which has passed to the Purchaser on or before the Assessment Date preceding such
Settlement Date.



“Outstanding Amount” means, at all times:




	(i)	 	in relation to any Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, title to which has passed and which has
been transferred to the Purchaser the aggregate principal amount remaining due in respect of
such Ongoing Purchasable Receivables;
	 
	(ii)	 	in relation to any Eligible Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining due in
respect of such Eligible Receivables;
	 
	(iii)	 	in relation to any Defaulted Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining due in
respect of such Defaulted Receivables;
	 
	(iv)	 	in relation to any Delinquent Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining due in
respect of such Delinquent Receivables;
	 
	(v)	 	in relation to any Doubtful Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining due in
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	(vi)	 	in relation to any Sold Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining due in respect
of such Sold Receivables;
	 
	(vii)	 	in relation to any Net Miscellaneous Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining
due in respect of such Net Miscellaneous Receivables;
	 
	(viii)	 	in relation to any Refinanced Eligible Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining
due in respect of such Refinanced Eligible Receivables;
	 
	(ix)	 	in relation to any Refinanced Defaulted Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining
due in respect of such Refinanced Defaulted Receivables;
	 
	(x)	 	in relation to any Refinanced Doubtful Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining
due in respect of such Refinanced Doubtful Receivables;
	 
	(xi)	 	in relation to any Refinanced Sold Receivables, the aggregate principal amount remaining due
in respect of such Refinanced Sold Receivables;
	 
	(xii)	 	in relation to any Originated Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, the aggregate principal
amount remaining due in respect of such Originated Ongoing Purchasable Receivables;
	 
	(xiii)	 	in relation to any Originated Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, the aggregate
principal amount remaining due in respect of such Originated Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable
Receivables;
	 
	(xiv)	 	in relation to any Remaining Purchasable Receivables, the aggregate principal amount
remaining due in respect of such Remaining Purchasable Receivables;
	 
	(xv)	 	in relation to any Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables, the aggregate principal
amount remaining due in respect of such Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables;
	 
	(xvi)	 	in relation to any Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, the aggregate principal
amount remaining due in respect of such Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables;





provided that, if any amount so determined pursuant to the foregoing provisions is denominated in
GBP, such amount shall be converted into Euro at the Exchange Rate.



The parties acknowledge that the Outstanding Amount of any receivables means the total net amount
of such receivables (including all taxes less any credit notes issued, set-off, partial payments
and other written off debts, as calculated by the Agent on the basis of the Assessment Reports and
the electronic supports attached thereto).



“Overcollateralisation Rate” means, on each Calculation Date preceding the Initial Settlement Date
or a Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the rate determined in accordance with
the provisions of Schedule 1 of the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement. The
Overcollateralisation Rate shall be calculated by the Agent on each Calculation Date preceding a
Funded Settlement Date and shall apply with respect to the two next Settlement Dates.



“Parties” means the parties to this Agreement.



“Payment” means any payment to be made by the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit, in accordance
with article 4.1 of the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement.



“Performance Letter” means the performance letters granted by GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV in
the forms set out in SCHEDULE 10.



“Potential Early Amortisation Event” means any event or condition which, but for the giving of any
notice or the lapse of any time period or both required for an Early Amortisation Event to occur
under Article 13, would constitute an Early Amortisation Event.



“Priority Amount” has the meaning set forth in Article 16.2.









 



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“Program Expiry Date” means, in relation to any Seller and the Centralising Unit, the earlier of
the following dates:




	(i)	 	the Business Day, on or after the Commitment Expiry Date, on which all sums due to the
Purchaser under this Agreement and the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement have been fully
paid; or
	 
	(ii)	 	the first Funded Settlement Date (included) falling on or after twelve (12) calendar months
after the Commitment Expiry Date.





“Protected Debtor” means any Debtor in respect of one or more Sold Receivable(s) which is either
(a) an individual such as in Germany an individual merchant (Kaufmann) or (b) a partnership
(Personengesellschaft) in the form of Offene Handelsgesellschaft (OHG), Gesellschaft bürgerlichen
Rechts (GbR) or Kommanditgesellschaft (KG) or any equivalent foreign partnership, unless in each
case all of the general, unlimited partners are legal entities.



“Purchaser” means ESTER FINANCE.



“Purchaser’s Account” means the account number 31 489 10 239912428 (47), opened by the Purchaser in
the books of CALYON.



“Purchaser’s Collection Account” means any of the bank account opened in the name of the Purchaser,
as mentioned in the Collection Account Agreements.



“Purchaser’s Funding” means that portion of the Outstanding Amount of Eligible Receivables which is
funded by the Purchaser out of the Senior Deposit, the amount of which is determined in accordance
with Article 7 (Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding).



“Purchaser’s Termination Notice” means any notice issued by the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit
in the circumstances set out in Article 13.2 or 13.4.



“Rating Agencies” means Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Services and Standard & Poors, or any
other entity to which such agencies may transfer their credit rating business or with which they
may consolidate, amalgamate or merge.



“Receivables Purchase Agreements” means the receivables purchase agreements entered into between
the Sellers, the Purchaser and the Agent for the purchase of the Ongoing Purchasable Receivables
and Remaining Purchasable Receivables under the Securitisation Transaction, as amended or amended
and restated for time to time, and more specifically:




	(i)	 	a Receivables Purchase Agreement governed by French law entered into by the French Seller in
respect of its Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables;
	 
	(ii)	 	a Receivables Purchase Agreement entered into by the German Sellers in respect of their
Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables;
	 
	(iii)	 	a Receivables Purchase Agreement governed by English law entered into by the UK Seller in
respect of its Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables;
	 
	(iv)	 	a Receivables Purchase Agreement governed by French law entered into by the Spanish Seller in
respect of its Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables.





“Reduction of the Complementary Deposit” means on any Settlement Date during the Replenishment
Period, the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Complementary Deposit on the preceding
Settlement Date over (b) the amount of the Complementary Deposit on such Settlement Date in
accordance with the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.














 





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“Reduction of the Subordinated Deposit” means on any Settlement Date during the Replenishment
Period, the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the preceding
Settlement Date over (b) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on such Settlement Date in
accordance with the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.



“Reference Funded Settlement Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in article
4.1.4.2 of the French Receivables Purchase Agreement, in article 4.1.5.2 of the Spanish Receivables
Purchase Agreement, in article 4.1.4.2 of the UK Receivables Purchase Agreement, or in article
4.1.6.2 of the German Receivables Purchase Agreement as applicable in each case for the purposes of
such agreement.



“Refinanced Adjusted Collections” means, in relation to the Refinanced Seller and with respect to
the Refinanced Sold Receivables:




	(a)	 	on any Settlement Date, as long as the Italian Seller acts as collection agent in respect of
any Refinanced Sold Receivables:






	 	(i)	 	any Refinanced File Collections from the Italian Seller between the
Assessment Date relating to the preceding Settlement Date and the Assessment Date
relating to such Settlement Date;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	less any amount received on each Purchaser’s Collection Account (net of any
debit made on such Purchaser’s Collection Account, corresponding to errors, reverse
entries, unpaid amounts and returns in relation to payments already made on the
corresponding collection account) by the debiting of the Collection Accounts during
the period between the last Assessment Date and the preceding Assessment Date;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	plus all Refinanced Deemed Collections from the Italian Seller determined
to have occurred in accordance with article 27.1 of the Italian Receivables Purchase
Agreement during the period between the last Assessment Date and the preceding
Assessment Date;






	(b)	 	at any time, in the event of the termination of the collection mandate given to the Italian
Seller and until the Program Expiry Date:






	 	(i)	 	all cash collections received by CALYON Milan which have actually been paid
by the Debtors or by any other person obliged to make payment in respect of
Refinanced Sold Receivables;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	less any amount received on each Purchaser’s Collection Account (net of any
debit made on such Purchaser’s Collection Account, corresponding to errors, reverse
entries, unpaid amounts and returns in relation to payments already made on the
corresponding collection account) by the debiting of the Collection Accounts during
the period between the last Assessment Date and the preceding Assessment Date;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	plus all Refinanced Deemed Collections determined to have occurred in
accordance with article 27 of the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement; and






	(c)	 	at any time after the Program Expiry Date, all cash collections received by CALYON Milan
which have actually been paid by the Debtors or by any other person obliged to make payment in
respect of Refinanced Sold Receivables.




 









 











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“Refinanced Credit Note” means, in relation to any Refinanced Sold Receivable, any decrease in the
face value of such receivable or any cancellation of such receivable granted by the Italian Seller
in accordance with its management procedures, other than an Refinanced Credit Note over Snow Tyres
and a credit note resulting from Refinanced Year End Rebates.



“Refinanced Credit Note over Snow Tyres” means, in relation to any Refinanced Sold Receivable, any
decrease in the face value of such receivable or any cancellation of such receivable granted by the
Italian Seller (i) in accordance with its management procedures and (ii) to a customer subsequent
to the taking back by the Italian Seller of snow tyres.



“Refinanced Deemed Collections” means any amount that the Italian Seller is deemed to have received
in the circumstances set out in article 27.1 of the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement.



“Refinanced Defaulted Receivable” means, on any Calculation Date, any Refinanced Sold Receivable
which, as of the preceding Assessment Date, is not a Refinanced Doubtful Receivable transferred
back to the Refinanced Seller and which has any of the following characteristics on such
Calculation Date:




	(i)	 	the Refinanced Sold Receivable remains unpaid by its relevant debtor for more than 90 days
after the Maturity Date of such Refinanced Sold Receivable;
	 
	(ii)	 	the Refinanced Sold Receivable is owed by a Debtor which is subject to Insolvency Proceedings
and has not been counted under paragraph (i) above; or
	 
	(iii)	 	the Refinanced Sold Receivable has been or, under the Italian Seller’s credit and collection
policies, would have been written off as uncollectible and has not been counted under
paragraph (i) or (ii) above.





“Refinanced Delinquent Receivable” means, on any Assessment Date, any Refinanced Sold Receivable
which is not a Refinanced Doubtful Receivable transferred back to the Refinanced Seller and has any
of the following characteristics on such Calculation Date:




	(i)	 	the Refinanced Sold Receivable remains unpaid by its relevant Debtor for more than 60 days
after the Maturity Date of such Refinanced Sold Receivable;
	 
	(ii)	 	the Refinanced Sold Receivable is owed by a Debtor which is subject to Insolvency Proceedings
and has not been counted under paragraph (i) above; or
	 
	(iii)	 	the Refinanced Sold Receivable has been or, under the Italian Seller’s credit and collection
policies, would have been written off as uncollectible and has not been counted under
paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.





“Refinanced Discount Amount” means the meaning set forth in SCHEDULE 18 C




“Refinanced Discount Rate” means the meaning set forth in SCHEDULE 18 C.



“Refinanced Doubtful Receivable” means any Refinanced Sold Receivable which is, according to the
Accounting Principles, doubtful given the situation of the Debtor or open to challenge.



“Refinanced Due Net Amount” means, on any Settlement Date, the amount of the Refinanced Initial
Purchase Price, minus the Refinanced Adjusted Collection, plus the Refinanced Deferred Purchase
Price and minus any fees due by the Refinanced Seller on such date.



“Refinanced Eligible Debtor” means a Debtor having the characteristics described in detail in
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“Refinanced Eligible Receivable” means any Refinanced Sold Receivable which has the following
characteristics on the Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period:




	(i)	 	such Refinanced Sold Receivable corresponds to a delivery of goods which has been made or to
a service which has been performed and such Refinanced Sold Receivable has been invoiced;
	 
	(ii)	 	the Maturity Date of such Refinanced Sold Receivable is not later than 150 days after the
Assessment Date preceding such Settlement Date;
	 
	(iii)	 	the Refinanced Sold Receivable has not remained unpaid by the relevant Debtor for more than
72 days after the Maturity Date of such Refinanced Sold Receivable;
	 
	(iv)	 	the debtor of such Refinanced Sold Receivable has a V.A.T or a CMS identification number
indicated in the electronic support attached to the relevant Transfer Deed delivered to the
Purchaser in relation to such Refinanced Sold Receivable and such Refinanced Sold Receivable
is identified on such electronic support in a manner which complies with the electronic
exchange procedures agreed between the Agent, the Purchaser, the Centralising Unit and the
Sellers; and
	 
	(v)	 	the Refinanced Sold Receivable is not a Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivable.





“Refinanced File Collections” means, with respect to any period, all collections (excluding
Refinanced Deemed Collections) on Refinanced Sold Receivables which, on the basis of the
information included in any Assessment Report and the electronic date file attached thereto, were
expected to be received during such period by the Italian Seller as calculated by the Agent on the
basis of the Assessment Reports and the electronic support attached thereto.



“Refinanced Initial Purchase Price” means, in relation to any Refinanced Remaining Purchasable
Receivable or Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable to be acquired by the Purchaser during the
Replenishment Period, the Outstanding Amount of such Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivable or
Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable less, in each case, the applicable Refinanced Discount
Amount.



“Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Credit Entries” means, in relation to the Italian Seller,
Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Entries booked on the credit side of the account receivables of
an Eligible Debtor.



“Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Debit Entries” means, in relation to the Italian Seller,
Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Entries booked on the debit side of the account receivables of
an Eligible Debtor.



“Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Entries” means, in relation to the Italian Seller, accounting
entries other than invoices, credit notes or cash payments that appear on the debit side or credit
side of the account receivables of an Eligible Debtor.



“Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivable” means, in relation to the Italian Seller, any Refinanced
Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable corresponding to the
amount equal to the Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Debit Entries minus Refinanced
Miscellaneous Accounting Credit Entries.



“Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivable” means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date and
the Refinanced Seller, an existing right to a payment which has not previously been sold as a
Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and which is owed to and owned by the Italian Seller on
the Assessment Date preceding such Funded Settlement Date and has the following characteristics:



 









 





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	(a)	 	(x) the receivable is binding against the relevant Refinanced Eligible Debtor and results
from the manufacturing and/or supplying of tyres and/or activities related thereto in the
normal course of the Italian Seller’s business and (y) the receivable is payable in Italy and
denominated in Euro; or
	 
	(b)	 	to the extent not covered in (a) above, the receivable is a Refinanced Net Miscellaneous
Receivable recorded as being held over a Refinanced Eligible Debtor.





“Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable” means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date and
the Refinanced Seller, a right to a payment owed to the Italian Seller which shall be originated
during the immediately following Monthly Reference Period and which shall have the following
characteristics:




	 	(a)	 	the receivable shall be binding against the relevant Refinanced Eligible
Debtor and result from the manufacturing and/or supplying of tyres and/or activities
related thereto in the normal course of the Italian Seller’s business; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	the receivable shall be payable in Italy and denominated in Euro.





“Refinanced Non Allocated Cash” means any collection recorded in the Italian Seller’s accounting
system, which has not yet been posted to the payment of a receivable.



“Refinanced Receivables Purchase Agreement” means the Italian law governed receivables purchase
agreement entered into on or about the Amendment Date between the Refinanced Seller, the Purchaser
and the Agent for the purchase of the Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Refinanced
Remaining Purchasable Receivables.



“Refinanced Received Net Amount” means the amount of the Refinanced Adjusted Collections, plus the
Refinanced Deferred Purchase Price and minus any Refinanced Initial Purchase Price due and not yet
paid.



“Refinanced Seller” means CALYON (Milan branch), acting under the Refinanced Receivables Purchase
Agreement.



“Refinanced Sold Receivable” means, in relation to the Refinanced Seller, those Refinanced Ongoing
Purchasable Receivables and Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables (i) which are existing and
have been transferred from the Refinanced Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to the Refinanced
Receivables Purchase Agreement, and (ii) which have not been repurchased from the Purchaser.



“Refinanced Year End Rebates” means deferred rebates granted by the Italian Seller at the end of
each year (or according to any periodicity) to some of its customers according to the fulfillment
of their purchase commitments. These Refinanced Year End Rebates may give rise to Refinanced Credit
Notes issued by the Italian Seller or to invoices issued by the customers over the Italian Seller.



“Registered Share Capital” has the meaning set forth in Article 3.6.3.



“Relevant Currency” means (i) with respect to the Spanish Seller, the German Sellers (excluding
GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH) and the French Seller, Euro; (ii) with respect to the UK Seller,
GBP; and (iii) with respect to GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH: Euro or GBP.



“Relevant Jurisdiction” means (i) with respect to the French Seller, France; (ii) with respect to
the German Sellers (excluding GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH): Germany; (iii) with respect to the UK
Seller, England and Wales; (iv) with respect to the Spanish Seller, Spain (excluding the
territories of Ceuta and Mellila); and (v) with respect to GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH: Germany,
Belgium, Spain (exluding the territories of Ceuta and Mellila), Italy, France or England and Wales.



 









 





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“Remaining Purchasable Receivable” means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date and any
Seller, an existing right to a payment which has not previously been sold as an Ongoing Purchasable
Receivable and which is owed to and owned by such Seller on the Assessment Date preceding such
Funded Settlement Date and has the following characteristics:




	 	(a)	 	(x) the receivable is binding against the relevant Eligible Debtor and
results from the manufacturing and/or supplying of tyres and/or activities related
thereto in the normal course of such Seller’s (including any relevant Nominee
Company’s) business and (y) the receivable is payable in the Relevant Jurisdiction
and denominated in the Relevant Currency; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	to the extent not covered in (a) above, the receivable is a Net
Miscellaneous Receivable recorded as being held over an Eligible Debtor.





“Replenishment Period” means the period of time commencing on the date hereof and ending on the
Commitment Expiry Date during which the Purchaser undertakes to purchase Ongoing Purchasable
Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables on each Funded Settlement Date.



“Requested Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding” means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date,
the amount indicated as such by the Centralising Unit in the Assessment Report received on the
Information Date preceding such Funded Settlement Date, it being provided that (i) the
Requested Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding shall, at all times, not be higher than the applicable
Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding and (ii) if no amount has been validly indicated as
“Requested Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding” in the Assessment Report received on the Information
Date preceding any Funded Settlement Date, the Requested Amount of the Purchaser’s Funding as for
such Funded Settlement Date shall be equal to the applicable Maximum Amount of the Purchaser’s
Funding.



“Responsible Officer” means the chief financial officer or treasurer of GOODYEAR or the Vice
President, Finance or equivalent officer of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV. On the Amendment
Date, the chief financial officer and the treasurer of GOODYEAR are, respectively, W. Mark Schmitz
and Damon Audia and the Vice President, Finance of GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV is Wolfgang
Schiemichen. GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE BV and GOODYEAR shall promptly update the name and
contact details of such Responsible Officer.



“Retransferred Receivable” means any Doubtful Receivable sold back by the Purchaser to any Seller
in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement relating to such
Seller.



“RVM” means RVM Reifen Vertriebsmanagement GmbH.



“Securitisation Documents” means the Transaction Documents, the Master Senior Deposit Agreement,
the transfer and servicing agreement to be concluded with the Fund, the Fund regulations and any
Liquidity Agreements, as may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time.



“Securitisation Transaction” means the securitisation transaction carried out pursuant to the
Transaction Documents.



“Sellers” means, collectively, the French Seller, the German Sellers, the UK Seller and the Spanish
Seller.



“Senior Deposit” means the deposits effected by the Depositor with the Purchaser in accordance with
the terms of the Master Senior Deposit Agreement as amended on 23 May, 2005.



“Settlement Date” means a Funded Settlement Date or an Intermediary Settlement Date.



 









 





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“Sold Receivables” means, in relation to any Seller, those Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and
Remaining Purchasable Receivables (i) which are existing and have been transferred from such Seller
to the Purchaser pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement to which such Seller is a party,
and (ii) which have not been repurchased from the Purchaser.



“Solvency Certificate” means any certificate issued by any of the Sellers, the Nominee Companies
and Centralising Unit, in the form of SCHEDULE 5.



“Spanish Seller” means GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES España, S.A. or any New Seller that is existing under
Spanish law.



“Stand-By Fee” means the management fee set out in Article 27.4.



“Stand-By Servicer” means any entity appointed by the Purchaser in accordance with Article 27.4.



“Subordinated Deposit” means any subordinated deposit effected by the Centralising Unit with the
Purchaser in accordance with the terms of Article 8 and the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.



“Subordinated Deposit Fee” means the fee contemplated under article 6.1 of the Master Subordinated
Deposit Agreement.



“Subordinated Depositor” means the Centralising Unit.



“Subsidiary” means with respect to an entity (the “Parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which are consolidated
with those of the Parent in the Parent’s consolidated statements in accordance with GAAP as of such
date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the
equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than
50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the
Parent or one or more subsidiaries of the Parent or by the Parent and one or more subsidiaries of
the Parent.



“TARGET Day” means a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer (TARGET) System is operating.



“Tax” or “Taxes” means any taxes, levies, duties, imposts, assessments or other charges of
whatsoever nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay
or any delay in paying any of the same).



“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, the Master
Complementary Deposit Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the Refinanced Receivables
Purchase Agreement, the Collection Account Agreements, the Data Protection Trustee Agreement, the
Comfort Letter and the Performance Letter, as may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time.



“Transfer Deed” means any bordereau or any form of transfer document identifying the Ongoing
Purchasable Receivables and the Remaining Purchasable Receivable to be transferred, referred to in
the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement, which shall be issued by the relevant Seller or the
Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of each Seller, on each Settlement Date during
the Replenishment Period, in the form stipulated in the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement.



“UK Seller” means GOODYEAR DUNLOP TYRES UK Ltd or any New Seller that is organized under the laws
of England and Wales.



 









 





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“UK Receivables Purchase Agreement” means the English law governed receivables purchase agreement
entered into on or about the Amendment Date between the UK Seller, the Purchaser and the Agent for
the purchase of the Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables under the
Securitisation Transaction.



“USD” or “US Dollar” refers to the lawful currency of the United States of America.



“VAT” means value added or similar tax imposed in any jurisdiction including penalties and interest
in respect of a failure to pay or delay in payment of tax or to make returns or to comply with
other formalities relating thereto.



“VAT Credit” has the meaning set forth in Article 14.2.



“Year End Rebates” means deferred rebates granted by any Seller or any Nominee Company at the end
of each year (or according to any periodicity) to some of its customers according to the
fulfillment of their purchase commitments. These Year End Rebates may give rise to Credit Notes
issued by the Sellers or any Nominee Company or to invoices issued by the customers over the
relevant Sellers or any Nominee Company.



 









 





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SCHEDULE 2

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT




This Agreement shall not take effect unless and until the Purchaser, the Issuers and the Liquidity
Banks have received, on the Closing Date:




	(i)	 	the following documents from each Seller (excluding GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OE GmbH) or German
Party and have determined that the same are satisfactory in form and substance:






	 	(a)	 	a copy of (x) the current organisational documents of the Seller or German
Party, and (y) any regulatory or governmental licence, authorisation, consent or
approval necessary or advisable for the execution of and performance of its obligations
under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, certified to be true, complete
and up-to-date by a duly authorised representative of the Seller or German Party;
	 
	 	(b)	 	an extract:






	 	-	 	in the case of the French Seller, from the Trade and
Companies Registry (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés);
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the German Parties, from the Commercial
Register of the local court (Amtsgericht) pertaining to it;
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the Italian Seller, from the Companies
Registry (Registro delle imprese) of the Chamber of Commerce of Rome (Camera
di Commerciodi Roma );
	 
	 	-	 	in the case of the Spanish Seller, from the Commercial
Registry (Registro Mercantil) of Madrid;
	 
	 	 	 	in each case dating from less than thirty (30) days prior to the date hereof,
certified up-to-date by a duly authorised representative of the Seller;






	 	(c)	 	a copy, certified true by a duly authorised representative of the Seller or
German Party of:






	 	-	 	its latest annual accounts on a consolidated and non
consolidated basis (balance sheet, profit and loss accounts and annexes), as
published and certified by its statutory auditors, if any;
	 
	 	-	 	the report of its board of directors and statutory auditors
relating thereto, if any; and
	 
	 	-	 	an extract of the minutes of the Seller’s or German Party’s
shareholders’ annual general meeting approving the said accounts;






	 	(d)	 	a certificate issued by a duly authorised representative of the Seller or
German Party to the effect that, between the closing date of the accounts specified in
paragraph (c) above and the date hereof, no event has occurred to its knowledge which
is reasonably likely to adversely and materially affect its business, assets, economic
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	 	 	 	situation, or which is reasonably likely to adversely affect its ability to perform
its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
	 
	 	(e)	 	a certificate issued by a duly authorised representative of the Seller or
German Party to the effect that no claim has been raised or, to its knowledge, is
threatened to be raised against the Seller or German Party, which would be reasonably
likely to prevent or prohibit the execution or performance of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party;
	 
	 	(f)	 	a list of the names of those persons who would be authorised to execute and to
act for the performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party (with specimen signatures);
	 
	 	(g)	 	(x) a copy of any powers of attorney for the authorised signatories of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party (notarised for the Spanish Seller); as
regards the Italian Seller, notarised powers of attorney or notarised excerpts of board
minutes are required solely in respect of the Italian Collection Accounts Agreement
(pledge and mandate); and (y) all corporate authorisations that might be required in
respect of the execution and performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, certified to be true by a duly authorised representative of the Seller or German
Party and in the case of the French Seller in accordance with the provisions of
Articles L.225-35 and L.225-38 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce);
	 
	 	(h)	 	a Seller’s or German Party’s Auditors Certificate drawn up on the date hereof
in accordance with the form set out in Schedule 4;
	 
	 	(i)	 	a Seller’s or German Party’s Solvency Certificate drawn up on the date hereof
in the form of Schedule 5;
	 
	 	(j)	 	a legal opinion from the Seller’s or German Party’s legal counsel in the form
of Schedule 6;
	 
	 	(k)	 	in the case of the Spanish Seller, (x) a notarised power of attorney in favour
of the Centralising Unit in order to enable the latter to deliver and to execute the
Transfer Deeds, to make and to receive payments and more generally to do all things and
perform all acts incidental or reasonably necessary in connection with the Transaction
Documents (including, without limitation, the giving or the receipt of instructions) in
the name and on behalf of the Spanish Seller, (y) a notarised irrevocable power of
attorney in favour and for the benefit of the Purchaser which may be sub-delegated, in
order to enable the Purchaser to make effective the transfer of any security interest
related to the Sold Receivables vis-à-vis the relevant debtor/guarantor and third
parties, and (z) evidence that the Bank of Spain has duly delivered the
required “número de operación financiera” (financial transaction number);
	 
	 	(l)	 	in the case of the Italian Seller, a notarised irrevocable power of attorney in
favour and for the benefit of the Purchaser which may be sub-delegated, in order to
enable the Purchaser to make effective the transfer of any security interest related to
the Sold Receivables vis-à-vis the relevant debtor/guarantor and third parties;
	 
	 	(m)	 	an in-house legal opinion of the internal counsel of each Seller or German
Party;






	(ii)	 	the following documents from the Centralising Unit and has determined that the same are
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	 	(a)	 	a copy of (i) the current articles of association of the Centralising Unit, and
(ii) any regulatory or governmental licence, authorisation, consent or approval
necessary or advisable for the execution of and performance of its obligations under
the Transaction Documents to which the Centralising Unit is a party, certified to be
true, complete and up-to-date by a duly authorised representative of the Centralising
Unit;
	 
	 	(b)	 	an extract from the Chamber of Commerce (kamer van koophandel) dating from less
than thirty (30) days prior to the date hereof, certified to be up-to-date by a duly
authorised representative of the Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(c)	 	a certificate issued by a duly authorised representative of the Centralising
Unit to the effect that (i) from its incorporation, no event has occurred to its
knowledge which is reasonably likely to adversely and materially affect its business,
assets, economic or financial situation, or which is reasonably likely to adversely
affect its ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party and (ii) a certificate issued by a duly authorised representative of the
Centralising Unit to the effect that no claim has been raised or, to its knowledge, is
threatened to be raised against the Centralising Unit, which would be reasonably likely
to prevent or prohibit the execution or performance of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party;
	 
	 	(d)	 	a list of the names of those persons who would be authorised to execute and to
act for the performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which the
Centralising Unit is a party (with specimen signatures), certified true by a duly
authorised representative of the Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(e)	 	a copy of any powers of attorney for the authorised signatories of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party (notarised and apostilled pursuant to the
Hague Convention, dated October 5, 1961 for the purposes of the execution of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement to be entered into with the Spanish Seller) as well as
all corporate authorisations that might be required in respect of the execution and
performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, certified true by a
duly authorised representative of the Centralising Unit;
	 
	 	(f)	 	a legal opinion from the Centralising Unit’s legal counsel in the form of
Schedule 6;
	 
	 	(g)	 	the Centralising Unit’s Solvency Certificate drawn up on the date hereof in the
form of Schedule 5;
	 
	 	(h)	 	an in-house legal opinion of the Centralising Unit;






	(iii)	 	copy of the legal opinions related to each of the Securitisation Documents in form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, the Issuers and the Liquidity Banks;
	 
	(iv)	 	an original copy of a letter executed by the Sellers and the other signatories thereto in
relation to the limitation of recourse of creditors of Ester Finance Titrisation regarding the
Goodyear Securitisation Transaction in form and substance satisfactory to Ester Finance
Titrisation;
	 
	(v)	 	a Comfort Letter in the form of Schedule 10;
	 
	(vi)	 	a Performance Letter in the form of Schedule 10;
	 
	(vii)	 	a copy of the “protocole d’accord relatif à la résiliation de la convention-cadre de cession
de créances en date du 20 septembre 2001” related to the French Securitisation Transaction.




 









 











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SCHEDULE 3

FORM OF ASSESSMENT REPORT




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 4

FORM OF SELLER’S AUDITORS CERTIFICATE




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 5

FORM OF SELLER’S AND CENTRALISING UNIT’S SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 6

FORM OF THE SELLER’S AND THE CENTRALISING UNIT’S LEGAL COUNSEL OPINION




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 7

LIST OF ADDRESSEES




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 8

FORMS OF NOTIFICATION OF WITHDRAWAL OR ACCESSION OF ONE OR MORE SELLER(S)




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 9

LIST OF SELLERS




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 10

FORM OF COMFORT LETTER AND PERFORMANCE LETTER




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 11

LIST OF CALENDAR DATES OF THE TRANSACTION




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 12

REPORTING DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE SOLD RECEIVABLES (ARTICLE 12.3.3)




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 13

CONFORMITY WARRANTIES FOR REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 14

LIST OF EXCLUDED DEBTORS




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 15

FORM OF CALCULATION LETTER




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SCHEDULE 16

FINANCIAL COVENANTS DEFINITIONS




“Administrative Agent” means JPMEL, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders under
the Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.



“Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2007,
as amended from time to time, among the European J.V., the other borrowers thereunder, certain
lenders, certain issuing banks, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as administrative agent, and JP Morgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced
(whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced,
restructured or otherwise modified from time to time.



“Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction that does not result in a
Capitalized Lease Obligation, the present value (computed in accordance with GAAP) of the total
obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in
such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In
the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon payment of a penalty, the Attributable
Debt shall be the lesser of (i) the Attributable Debt determined assuming termination upon the
first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the Attributable Debt shall also include the
amount of the penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease
subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) and (ii) the Attributable Debt
determined assuming no such termination.



“Capitalised Lease Obligations” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted
for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount
of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation
determined in accordance with GAAP.



“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants,
options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such
Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such
entity.



“Consolidated European J.V. EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated J.V. Net Income for
such period, minus, to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated J.V. Net
Income, foreign exchange currency gains for such period, and plus, without duplication, the
following, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated J.V. Net Income:




	 	(a)	 	income tax expense of the European J.V. and the Consolidated
Restricted J.V. Subsidiaries;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Consolidated J.V. Interest Expense;
	 
	 	(c)	 	depreciation expense of the European J.V. and the Consolidated
Restricted J.V. Subsidiaries:
	 
	 	(d)	 	amortization expense of the European J.V. and the Consolidated
Restricted J.V. Subsidiaries (excluding amortization expense attributable to a
prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period);
	 
	 	(e)	 	cash restructuring charges; provided that the aggregate
amount of such cash restructuring charges incurred on or after the Effective
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	 	 	 	back in determining Consolidated European J.V. EBITDA pursuant to this clause
(e) for all periods reported on during the term of this Agreement shall not
exceed E65,000,000;
	 
	 	(f)	 	foreign exchange currency losses for such period; and
	 
	 	(g)	 	all other noncash charges of the European J.V. and the
Consolidated Restricted J.V. Subsidiaries (excluding any such noncash charge to
the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any
future period) less all non cash items of income of the European J.V. and the
Consolidated Restricted J.V. Subsidiaries, in each case for such period (other
than normal accruals in the ordinary course of business).






Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or
profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and noncash charges of, a
Restricted J.V. Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated J.V. Net Income to
compute Consolidated European J.V. EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same
proportion) that the net income of such Restricted J.V. Subsidiary was included in
calculating Consolidated J.V. Net Income and only if (A) a corresponding amount
would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the European
J.V. by such Restricted J.V. Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been
obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments,
judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable
to such Restricted J.V. Subsidiary or its shareholders or (B) in the case of any
Foreign Restricted J.V. Subsidiary, a corresponding amount of cash is readily
procurable by the European J.V. from such Foreign Restricted J.V. Subsidiary (as
determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the European J. V.) pursuant to
intercompany loans, repurchases of Capital Stock or otherwise, provided that
to the extent cash of such Foreign Restricted J.V. Subsidiary provided the basis for
including the net income of such subsidiary in Consolidated J.V. Net Income pursuant
to clause (c) of the definition of “Consolidated J.. Net Income”, such cash shall
not be taken into account for the purposes of determining readily procurable cash
under this clause (B). Consolidated European J.V. EBITDA for any period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters will be determined in Euros based upon the Exchange Rate
in effect on the last day of the applicable period.



“Consolidated J.V. Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the
European J.V. and the Consolidated Restricted J.V. Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent Incurred by
the European J.V. and the Consolidated Restricted J.V. Subsidiaries in such period but not included
in such interest expense, without duplication:




	 	(a)	 	interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations
and the interest expense attributable to leases constituting part of a
Sale/Leaseback Transaction that does not result in a Capitalized Lease
Obligation:
	 
	 	(b)	 	amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs;
	 
	 	(c)	 	capitalized interest;
	 
	 	(d)	 	noncash interest expense;
	 
	 	(e)	 	commissions, discounts and other fees and charges attributable
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	 	(f)	 	interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other Person to
the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by (or secured by the assets of) the
European J.V. or any Restricted J.V. Subsidiary and such Indebtedness is in
default under its terms or any payment is actually made in respect of such
Guarantee;
	 
	 	(g)	 	net payments made pursuant to Hedging Obligations (including
amortization of fees);
	 
	 	(h)	 	dividends paid in cash or Disqualified Stock in respect of (A)
all Preferred Stock of Restricted J.V. Subsidiaries and (B) all Disqualified
Stock of the European J.V>, in each case held by Persons other than the
European J.V. or a Restricted J.V. Subsidiary;
	 
	 	(i)	 	interest Incurred in connection with investments in
discontinued operations; and
	 
	 	(j)	 	the cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or
similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust
to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the European J.V.) in
connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust;






and less, to the extent included in such total interest expense, (A) any breakage costs of
Hedging Obligations terminated in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness on the 2006
Indenture Closing Date and the application of the net proceeds therefrom and (B) the
amortization during such period of capitalized financing costs; provided, however that for
any financing consummated after the Effective Date, the aggregate amount of amortization
relating to any such capitalized financing costs deducted in calculating Consolidated
Interest Expense shall not exceed 5% of the aggregate amount of the financing giving rise to
such capitalized financing costs.



“Consolidated J.V. Net Income” means for any period, the net income of the European J.V. and the
Consolidated J.V. Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that there shall not be included
in such Consolidated Net Income:




	 	(a)	 	any net income of any Person (other than the European J.V.) if
such Person is not a Restricted J.V. Subsidiary, except that:






	 	(1)	 	subject to the limitations
contained in clause (d) below, the European J.V.’s equity in
the net income of any such Person for such period shall be
included in such Consolidated J.V. Net Income up to the
aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person
during such period to the European J.V. or a Restricted J.V.
Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in
the case of a dividend or other distribution made to a
Restricted J.V. Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in
clause (c) below);
	 
	 	(2)	 	the European J.V.’s equity
in a net loss of any such Person for such period shall be
included in determining such Consolidated J.V. Net Income to
the extent such loss has been funded with cash from the
European J.V. or a Restricted J.V. Subsidiary;






	 	(b)	 	any net income (or loss) of any Person acquired by the European
J.V. or a J.V. Subsidiary in a pooling of interests transaction for any period
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	 	(c)	 	any net income of any Restricted J.V. Subsidiary if such
Restricted J.V. Subsidiary is subject to restrictions on the payment of
dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted J.V. Subsidiary,
directly or indirectly, to the European J.V. (but, in the case of any Foreign
Restricted J.V. Subsidiary, only to the extent cash equal to such net income
(or a portions thereof) for such period is not readily procurable by the
European J.V. from such Foreign Restricted J.V. Subsidiary (with the amount of
cash readily procurable from such Foreign Restricted J.V. Subsidiary being
determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the European J.V.) pursuant
to intercompany loans, repurchases of Capital Stock or otherwise), except that:






	 	(1)	 	subject to the limitations
contained in clause (d) below, the European J.V.’s equity in
the net income of any such Restricted J.V. Subsidiary for
such period shall be included in such Consolidated J.V. Net
Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually
distributed by such Restricted J.V. Subsidiary during such
period to the European J.V. or another Restricted J.V.
Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in
the case of a dividend or other distribution made to another
Restricted J.V. Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in
this clause); and
	 
	 	(2)	 	the net loss of any such
Restricted J.V. Subsidiary for such period shall not be
excluded in determining such Consolidated J.V. Net Income;






	 	(d)	 	any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition
of any asset of the European J.V. or the Consolidated J.V. Subsidiaries
(including pursuant to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction) that is not sold or
otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain (or loss)
realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any extraordinary gain or loss; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles.





“Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness” means, at any date (a) the sum for the European J.V. and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries at such date, without duplication, of (i) all Indebtedness (other than
obligations in respect of Swap Agreements) that is included on the European J.V.’s consolidated
balance sheet, (ii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iii) all synthetic lease financings and
(iv) all Qualified Receivables Transactions, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and
Temporary Cash Investments in excess of $100,000,000 held at such time by the European J.V. and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, all determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of computing
Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness, (A) the amount of any synthetic lease financing shall equal the
amount that would be capitalized in respect of such lease if it were a Capitalized Lease
Obligation, and (B) Indebtedness owing by the European J.V. or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries
to Goodyear or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries shall be disregarded. Consolidated Net J.V.
Indebtedness will be determined in Euros based upon the Exchange Rate in effect on the last day of
the applicable period.



“Consolidation” means, in the case of Goodyear, unless the context otherwise requires, the
consolidation of (1) in the case of Goodyear, the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries
with those of Goodyear and (2) in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary the accounts of each
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each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided, however, that
“Consolidation” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but
the interest of Goodyear or any Restricted Subsidiary in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be
accounted for as an investment. “Consolidation” means, in the case of the European J.V., unless
the context otherwise requires, the consolidation of (1) in the case of the European J.V., the
accounts of each of the Restricted J.V. Subsidiaries with those of the European J.V. and (2) in the
case of a Restricted J.V. Subsidiary, the accounts of each Subsidiary of such Restricted J.V.
Subsidiary that is a Restricted J.V. Subsidiary with those of such Restricted J.V. Subsidiary, in
each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided, however, that
“Consolidation” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any J.V. Subsidiary that is an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the European J.V. or any Restricted J.V. Subsidiary in
any such Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term “Consolidated”
has a correlative meaning.



“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or
exercisable) or upon the happening of any event:




	 	(a)	 	matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund
obligations or otherwise;
	 
	 	(b)	 	is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified
Stock (excluding Capital Stock convertible or exchangeable solely at the option
of Goodyear or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any
such conversion or exchange shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock, as applicable); or
	 
	 	(c)	 	is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or
in part;





in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), on or prior to 180 days after the Maturity Date;
provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but
for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or
redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring
prior to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the
“asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more
favorable in any material respect to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provision of
Section 4.06 and Section 4.08 of the 2006 Indenture; provided further, however, that if
such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of
Goodyear or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not
constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Goodyear in
order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s
termination, death or disability.



“European J.V.” means Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of
The Netherlands.



“Exchange Rate” means, on any day, with respect to US Dollars, Pounds Sterling or any other
currency in relation to Euros, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Euros, as set
forth at approximately 12:00 noon, London time, on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page for
US Dollars, Pounds Sterling or such other currency, as applicable. In the event that any such rate
does not appear on the applicable Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be
determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as
may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the European J.V. or, in the absence of such
agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange
of the Administrative Agent, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date for the purchase of
Euros for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such
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European J.V., may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.



“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be
negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a
willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the
transaction, as such price is, unless specified otherwise in this Agreement, determined in good
faith by a Financial Officer of Goodyear or by the Board of Directors. Fair Market Value (other
than of any asset with a public trading market) of any asset or property (or group of assets or
property subject to an event giving rise to a requirement under this Agreement that “Fair Market
Value” be determined) in excess of $25,000,000 shall be determined by the Board of Directors or a
duly authorized committee thereof.



“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.



“Goodyear” means The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation.



“Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly
guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person:




	 	(a)	 	to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase
or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by
virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase
assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise) or
	 
	 	(b)	 	entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the
oblige of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee
against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);





provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection
or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a
corresponding meaning. The term “Guarantor” shall mean any Person Guaranteeing any obligation.



“Hedging Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest
Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement, or raw materials hedge agreement.



“Incur” means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided,
however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed
to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. The term “Incurrence” when used
as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing
or other discount security shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness.



“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, without duplication:




	 	(a)	 	the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments;
	 
	 	(c)	 	all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any
obligor on any letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantee or similar
credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit or
bank guarantees securing obligations (other than obligations described in
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	 	 	 	into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such
letters of credit or bank guarantees are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent
drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed not later than the tenth Business Day
following payment on the letter of credit or bank guarantee);
	 
	 	(d)	 	all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid
purchase price of property or services (except Trade Payables), which purchase
price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in
service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such
services;
	 
	 	(e)	 	all Capitalized Lease Obligations and all Attributable Debt of
such Person;
	 
	 	(f)	 	the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to
the redemption, repayment, or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or,
with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, any Preferred Stock (but
excluding, in each case, any accrued and unpaid dividends);
	 
	 	(g)	 	all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any
asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such
Person; provided, however, that the amount of Indebtedness of such
Person shall be the lesser of:






	 	(1)	 	the Fair Market Value of
such asset at such date of determination and
	 
	 	(2)	 	the amount of such
Indebtedness of such other Persons;






	 	(h)	 	Hedging Obligations of such Person; and
	 
	 	(i)	 	All obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through
(h) of other Persons for the payment of which such Person is responsible or
liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including
by means of any Guarantee.





Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by Goodyear or any Restricted
Subsidiary of any business, the term “Indebtedness” shall exclude post-closing payment adjustments
to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing
balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing;
provided, however, that at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not
determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is
paid within 30 days thereafter.



The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date
of all unconditional obligations as described above; provided, however, that in the case of
Indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such Indebtedness at any time will be the accreted
value thereof at such time.



“JPMEL” means J.P. Morgan Europe Limited.



“Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be
entered into by Goodyear or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which Goodyear or any of its
Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to:




	 	(a)	 	a Receivables Entity (in the case of a transfer by Goodyear or
any of its Subsidiaries); or
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables
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or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in
the future) of Goodyear or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including
without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all
Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts
receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security
interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving
accounts receivable; provided however, that the financing terms, covenants, termination
events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by a
Financial Officer of Goodyear); and provided further, however, that no such transaction or
series of transactions shall be a Qualified Receivables Transaction if any of the accounts
receivable subject thereto is or would absent such transaction or series of transactions otherwise
be subject to a Lien securing any European Bank Indebtedness.



The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of Goodyear or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to secure Bank Indebtedness shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Transaction.



“Receivables Entity” means a (a) Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Goodyear which is a Restricted
Subsidiary and which is designated by the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables
Entity or (b) another Person engaging in a Qualified Receivables Transaction with Goodyear which
Person engages in the business of the financing of accounts receivable, and in either of clause (a)
or (b):




	 	(1)	 	no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations
(contingent or otherwise) of which






	 	(A)	 	is Guaranteed by Goodyear
or any Subsidiary of Goodyear (excluding Guarantees of
obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on,
Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings);
	 
	 	(B)	 	is recourse to or obligates
Goodyear or any Subsidiary of Goodyear in any way other than
pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or
	 
	 	(C)	 	subjects any property or
asset of Goodyear or any Subsidiary of Goodyear, directly or
indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction
thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings;






	 	(2)	 	which is not an Affiliate of Goodyear or with which neither
Goodyear nor any Subsidiary of Goodyear has any material contract, agreement,
arrangement or understanding other than on terms which Goodyear reasonably
believes to be no less favorable to Goodyear or such Subsidiary than those that
might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of Goodyear;
and
	 
	 	(3)	 	to which neither Goodyear nor any Subsidiary of Goodyear has
any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or
cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.





Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent of
the Agreement by filing with the Administrative Agent of the Agreement a certified copy of the
resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a
Financial Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.



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“Restricted J.V. Subsidiary” means any J.V. Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.



“Sale/Leaseback Transactions” means an arrangement relating to property, plant and equipment now
owned or hereafter acquired by Goodyear or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby Goodyear or a Restricted
Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and Goodyear or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it
from such Person other than (i) leases between Goodyear and a Restricted Subsidiary or between
Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) any such transaction entered into with respect to any property,
plant and equipment or any improvements thereto at the time of, or within 180 days after, the
acquisition or completion of construction of such property, plant and equipment or such
improvements (or, if later, the commencement of commercial operation of any such property, plant
and equipment), as the case may be, to finance the cost of such property, plant and equipment or
such improvements, as the case may be.



“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities
entered into by Goodyear or any Subsidiary of Goodyear which, taken as a whole, are customary in an
accounts receivable transaction.



“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of Goodyear (other than Tire & Wheel Assemblies, Inc. at any time
when not more than 50% of the Capital Stock or 50% of the voting power are, as of such date, owned
or controlled by Goodyear).



“Swap Agreements” means any agreement in respect of any Hedging Obligations.



“Temporary Cash Investments” shall have the meaning as defined in the Agreement.



“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:




	 	(a)	 	any Subsidiary of Goodyear that at the time of determination shall be
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided
below and
	 
	 	(b)	 	any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.





The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of Goodyear (including any newly acquired or
newly formed Subsidiary of Goodyear) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any
of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any
property of, Goodyear or any other Subsidiary of Goodyear that is not a Subsidiary of the
Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that either:




	 	(a)	 	the Subsidiary to be so designated has total Consolidated assets of $1,000 or
less; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	if such Subsidiary has total Consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such
designation would be permitted under Section 6.02 of the Agreement.





The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:




	 	(a)	 	(1) Goodyear could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section
6.01(a) of the Agreement or (2) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio (as defined in the
Agreement) for Goodyear and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater after giving
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	 	(b)	 	no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.





Any such designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary by the
Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by promptly filing the
Administrative Agent a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such
designation and a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that such designation complied with
the foregoing provisions.



All other terms capitalized in this Schedule 16 and not defined shall be deemed to have the meaning
in the Agreement. Terms in this Schedule 16 relating to article 13.3 (xv) of the General Master
Purchase Agreement shall be deemed amended, for the purposes of the General Master Purchase
Agreement, from time upon the amendment of the Agreement.



 









 





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SCHEDULE 17

FORM OF LETTER IN RELATION TO THE LIMITATION OF RECOURSE OF

CREDITORS OF ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION REGARDING THE GOODYEAR

SECURITISATION TRANSACTION




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 





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SCHEDULE 18

CALCULATION FORMULAE OF THE DISCOUNT RESERVE AND OF THE ASSIGNMENT COSTS




Intentionally omitted from this filing.




 









 






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SCHEDULE 19

FORM OF ANNUAL NOTICE FOR MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASER’S FUNDING




Intentionally omitted from this filing.





 











 





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SCHEDULE 4

FORM OF CALCULATION NOTICE FOR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD




Intentionally omitted from this filing.



The Company hereby agrees to furnish a copy of this schedule to the Securities and Exchange
Commission upon request.