Document:

Exhibit

Exhibit 10.2
Execution Copy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT 

Dated as of June 30, 2020 
 
among
VARIOUS ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO,
as Originators,
COMPASS MINERALS AMERICA INC.,
as Servicer,
and
COMPASS MINERALS RECEIVABLES LLC,
as Buyer

Contents
	
			
	Clause
	Subject Matter
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	ARTICLE I

	AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL

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	SECTION 1.1
	Agreement To Purchase and Sell
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	SECTION 1.2
	Timing of Purchases
	3
	

	SECTION 1.3
	Consideration for Purchases
	3
	

	SECTION 1.4
	Purchase and Sale Termination Date
	3
	

	SECTION 1.5
	Intention of the Parties
	3
	

	ARTICLE II

	PURCHASE REPORT; CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE

	4

	SECTION 2.1
	Purchase Report
	4
	

	SECTION 2.2
	Calculation of Purchase Price
	4
	

	ARTICLE III

	CONTRIBUTIONS AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE

	5

	SECTION 3.1
	Initial Contribution of Receivables and Initial Purchase Price Payment
	5
	

	SECTION 3.2
	Subsequent Purchase Price Payments
	6
	

	SECTION 3.3
	Settlement as to Specific Receivables and Dilution
	7
	

	ARTICLE IV

	CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES; ADDITIONAL ORIGINATORS

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	SECTION 4.1
	Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase
	8
	

	SECTION 4.2
	Certification as to Representations and Warranties
	9
	

	SECTION 4.3
	Additional Originators
	10
	

	ARTICLE V

	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATORS

	10

	SECTION 5.1
	Existence and Power
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	SECTION 5.2
	Power and Authority; Due Authorization
	10
	

	SECTION 5.3
	No Conflict or Violation
	11
	

	SECTION 5.4
	Governmental Approvals
	11
	

	SECTION 5.5
	Valid Sale
	11
	

	SECTION 5.6
	Binding Obligations
	11
	

	SECTION 5.7
	Accuracy of Information
	12
	

	SECTION 5.8
	Actions, Suits
	12
	

	SECTION 5.9
	No Material Adverse Effect
	12
	

	SECTION 5.10
	Names and Location
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	Clause
	Subject Matter
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	SECTION 5.11
	Margin Regulations
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	SECTION 5.12
	Eligible Receivables
	13
	

	SECTION 5.13
	Credit and Collection Policy
	13
	

	SECTION 5.14
	Investment Company Act
	13
	

	SECTION 5.15
	Anti-Money Laundering/International Trade Law Compliance
	13
	

	SECTION 5.16
	Financial Condition
	13
	

	SECTION 5.17
	Taxes
	13
	

	SECTION 5.18
	ERISA
	13
	

	SECTION 5.19
	Bulk Sales Act
	14
	

	SECTION 5.20
	No Fraudulent Conveyance
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	SECTION 5.21
	Ordinary Course of Business
	14
	

	SECTION 5.22
	Good Title Perfection;
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	SECTION 5.23
	Perfection Representations
	15
	

	SECTION 5.24
	Reliance on Separate Legal Identity
	16
	

	SECTION 5.25
	Opinions
	16
	

	SECTION 5.26
	Enforceability of Contracts
	16
	

	SECTION 5.27
	Nature of Pool Receivables
	16
	

	SECTION 5.28
	Compliance with Applicable Laws
	16
	

	SECTION 5.29
	Servicing Programs
	16
	

	SECTION 5.30
	Adverse Change in Receivables
	17
	

	SECTION 5.31
	Compliance with Transaction Documents
	17
	

	SECTION 5.32
	Mortgages Covering As-Extracted Collateral
	17
	

	ARTICLE VI

	COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATORS

	17

	SECTION 6.1
	Covenants
	17
	

	SECTION 6.2
	Separateness Covenants
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	ARTICLE VII

	ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF RECEIVABLES

	25

	SECTION 7.1
	Rights of the Buyer
	25
	

	SECTION 7.2
	Responsibilities of the Originators
	25
	

	SECTION 7.3
	Further Action Evidencing Purchases
	26
	

	SECTION 7.4
	Application of Collections
	26
	

	SECTION 7.5
	Performance of Obligations
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	ARTICLE VIII

	PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS

	27

	SECTION 8.1
	Purchase and Sale Termination Events
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	Clause
	Subject Matter
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	SECTION 8.2
	Remedies
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	ARTICLE IX

	INDEMNIFICATION

	28

	SECTION 9.1
	Indemnities by the Originators
	28
	

	ARTICLE X

	MISCELLANEOUS

	31

	SECTION 10.1
	Amendments, etc
	31
	

	SECTION 10.2
	Notices, etc
	31
	

	SECTION 10.3
	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
	32
	

	SECTION 10.4
	Binding Effect; Assignability
	32
	

	SECTION 10.5
	Governing Law
	32
	

	SECTION 10.6
	Costs, Expenses and Taxes
	32
	

	SECTION 10.7
	SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
	33
	

	SECTION 10.8
	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	33
	

	SECTION 10.9
	Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference
	34
	

	SECTION 10.10
	Execution in Counterparts
	34
	

	SECTION 10.11
	Acknowledgment and Agreement
	34
	

	SECTION 10.12
	No Proceeding
	34
	

	SECTION 10.13
	Mutual Negotiations
	34
	

	SECTION 10.14
	Joint and Several Liability
	35
	

	SECTION 10.15
	Severability
	35
	

	SCHEDULES

	Schedule I
	List and Location of Each Originator
	 

	Schedule II
	Location of Books and Records of the Originators
	 

	Schedule III
	Trade Names
	 

	Schedule IV
	Actions/Suits
	 

	Schedule V
	Locations of Mining Operations and Mineheads
	 

	Schedule VI
	Notice Addresses
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	EXHIBITS

	Exhibit A
	Form of Purchase Report
	 

	Exhibit B
	Form of Intercompany Loan Agreement
	 

	Exhibit C
	Form of Joinder Agreement
	 

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This PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of June 30, 2020 is entered into among the VARIOUS ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO (the “Originators” and each, an “Originator”), COMPASS MINERALS AMERICA INC., a Delaware corporation, as initial Servicer (as defined below) (“CMA”), and COMPASS MINERALS RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Buyer”).
DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise indicated herein, capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are defined in Article I of the Receivables Financing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Receivables Financing Agreement”), among the Buyer, as borrower, CMA, as initial Servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), the Persons from time to time party thereto as Lenders, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and PNC Capital Markets, LLC, as Structuring Agent.  All references hereto to months are to calendar months unless otherwise expressly indicated.  All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.  Unless the context otherwise requires, “or” means “and/or,” and “including” (and with correlative meaning “include” and “includes”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term.
BACKGROUND
1.    The Buyer is a special purpose limited liability company, all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of which are owned by CMA. (“Contributing Originator”).
2.    The Originators generate Receivables in the ordinary course of their businesses.
3.    The Originators wish to sell and/or, in the case of the Contributing Originator, contribute Receivables and the Related Rights to the Buyer, and the Buyer is willing to purchase and/or accept such Receivables and the Related Rights from the Originators, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
4.    The Originators and the Buyer intend each such transaction to be a true sale and/or, in the case of Contributing Originator, an absolute contribution and conveyance of Receivables and the Related Rights by each Originator to the Buyer, providing the Buyer with the full benefits of ownership of the Receivables, and the Originators and the Buyer do not intend the transactions hereunder to be characterized as a loan from the Buyer to any Originator.
5.    The Buyer intends to pledge the Receivables and the Related Rights to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Receivables Financing Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

Purchase and Sale Agreement

ARTICLE I 
AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL
SECTION 1.1  Agreement To Purchase and Sell.  On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Originator, severally and for itself, agrees to sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer agrees to purchase from such Originator, from time to time on or after the Closing Date, but before the Purchase and Sale Termination Date (as defined in Section 1.4), all of such Originator’s right, title and interest in and to:
(a)    each Receivable (other than Contributed Receivables as defined in Section 3.1(a)) of such Originator that existed and was owing to such Originator at the closing of such Originator’s business on the Cut-Off Date (as defined below);
(b)    each Receivable (other than Contributed Receivables) generated by such Originator from and including the Cut-Off Date to but excluding the Purchase and Sale Termination Date;
(c)    all of such Originator’s interest in any goods (including Returned Goods), and documentation of title evidencing the shipment or storage of any goods (including Returned Goods), the sale of which gave rise to such Receivable;
(d)    all instruments and chattel paper that may evidence such Receivable;
(e)    all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all UCC financing statements or similar filings relating thereto; 
(f)    solely to the extent applicable to such Receivable, all of such Originator’s rights, interests and claims under the related Contracts and all guaranties, indemnities, insurance and other agreements (including the related Contract) or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable or otherwise relating to such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise;
(g)    all books and records of such Originator to the extent related to any of the foregoing, and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges, title and interest (but not obligations) in and to each Lock-Box and all Collection Accounts, into which any Collections or other proceeds with respect to such Receivables may be deposited, and any related investment property acquired with any such Collections or other proceeds (as such term is defined in the applicable UCC); and
(h)    all Collections and other proceeds (as defined in the UCC) of any of the foregoing that are or were received by such Originator on or after the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, all funds which either are received by such Originator, the Buyer or the Servicer from or on behalf of the Obligors in payment of any amounts owed (including, without limitation, invoice price, finance charges, interest and all other charges) in respect of any of the above Receivables or are applied to such amounts owed by the Obligors (including, without limitation, 

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any insurance payments that such Originator, the Buyer or the Servicer applies in the ordinary course of its business to amounts owed in respect of any of the above Receivables, and net proceeds of sale or other disposition of Returned Goods or other collateral of the Obligors in respect of any of the above Receivables or any other parties directly or indirectly liable for payment of such Receivables).
All purchases and contributions hereunder shall be made without recourse, but shall be made pursuant to, and in reliance upon, the representations, warranties and covenants of the Originators set forth in this Agreement.  No obligation or liability to any Obligor on any Receivable is intended to be assumed by the Buyer hereunder, and any such assumption is expressly disclaimed.  The property, proceeds and rights described in clauses (c) through (h) above, including with respect to any Contributed Receivable, are herein referred to as the “Related Rights”, and the Buyer’s foregoing commitment to purchase Receivables and Related Rights is herein called the “Purchase Facility.”
As used herein, “Cut-Off Date” means (a) with respect to each Originator party hereto on the date hereof, May 31, 2020, and (b) with respect to any Originator that first becomes a party hereto after the date hereof, the Business Day prior to the date on which such Originator becomes a party hereto or such other date as the Buyer and such Originator agree to in writing.
SECTION 1.2  Timing of Purchases.
(a)    Closing Date Purchases.  Effective on the Closing Date, each Originator hereby sells to the Buyer, and the Buyer hereby purchases, such Originator’s entire right, title and interest in, to and under (i) each Receivable (other than Contributed Receivables) that existed and was owing to such Originator at the Cut-Off Date, (ii) each Receivable (other than Contributed Receivables) generated by such Originator from and including the Cut-Off Date, to and including the Closing Date, and (iii) all Related Rights with respect thereto.
(b)    Subsequent Purchases.  After the Closing Date, until the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Receivable and the Related Rights generated by each Originator shall be, and shall be deemed to have been, sold or contributed, as applicable, by such Originator to the Buyer immediately (and without further action) upon the creation of such Receivable.
SECTION 1.3  Consideration for Purchases.  On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer agrees to make Purchase Price payments to the Originators and to reflect all capital contributions in accordance with Article III.
SECTION 1.4  Purchase and Sale Termination Date.  The “Purchase and Sale Termination Date” shall be the earlier to occur of (a) the date the Purchase Facility is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(a) and (b) the Final Payout Date.
SECTION 1.5  Intention of the Parties.  It is the express intent of each Originator and the Buyer that each conveyance by such Originator to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement of the Receivables, including without limitation, all Receivables, if any, constituting general intangibles as defined in the UCC, and all Related Rights be construed as a valid and perfected sale (or contribution) and absolute assignment (without recourse except as provided herein) of such 

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Receivables and Related Rights by such Originator to the Buyer (rather than the grant of a security interest to secure a debt or other obligation of such Originator), providing the Buyer with the full risk and benefit of ownership of the Receivables and Related Rights, and that the right, title and interest in and to such Receivables and Related Rights conveyed to the Buyer be prior to the rights of and enforceable against all other Persons at any time, including, without limitation, lien creditors, secured lenders, purchasers and any Person claiming through such Originator.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) this Agreement also shall be deemed to be, and hereby is, a security agreement within the meaning of the UCC and (ii) each Originator shall be deemed to have granted to the Buyer as of the date of this Agreement, and such Originator hereby grants to the Buyer a security interest in, to and under all of such Originator’s right, title and interest in and to: (A) the Receivables and the Related Rights now existing and hereafter created by such Originator transferred or purported to be transferred hereunder, (B) all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and (C) all books and records of such Originator to the extent related to any of the foregoing.
ARTICLE II 
PURCHASE REPORT; CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
SECTION 2.1  Purchase Report.  On the Closing Date and on each date when an Information Package is due to be delivered under the Receivables Financing Agreement (each such date, a “Monthly Purchase Report Date”), the Servicer shall deliver to the Buyer and each Originator a report in substantially the form of Exhibit A (each such report being herein called a “Purchase Report”) setting forth, among other things:
(a)    Receivables purchased by the Buyer from each Originator, or contributed to the capital of the Buyer by Contributing Originator, on the Closing Date (in the case of the Purchase Report to be delivered on the Closing Date);
(b)    Receivables purchased by the Buyer from each Originator, or contributed to the capital of the Buyer by Contributing Originator, during the calendar month immediately preceding such Monthly Purchase Report Date (in the case of each subsequent Purchase Report); and
(c)    the calculations of reductions of the Purchase Price for any Receivables as provided in Section 3.3(a) and (b).
SECTION 2.2  Calculation of Purchase Price.  The “Purchase Price” to be paid to each Originator on any Payment Date in accordance with the terms of Article III for the Receivables and the Related Rights that are purchased hereunder from such Originator shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:

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	PP
	=
	OB x FMVD

	where:
	 
	 

	PP
	=
	Purchase Price for each Receivable as calculated on the relevant Payment Date.

	OB
	=
	The Outstanding Balance of such Receivable on the relevant Payment Date.

	FMVD
	=
	Fair Market Value Discount, as measured on such Payment Date, which is equal to the quotient (expressed as percentage) of (a) one, divided by (b) the sum of (i) one, plus (ii) the product of (A) the Prime Rate on such Payment Date, times (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Days’ Sales Outstanding (calculated as of the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Payment Date) and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, as applicable.  

“Payment Date” means (i) the Closing Date and (ii) each Business Day thereafter that the Originators are open for business.
“Prime Rate” means a per annum rate equal to the “U.S. Prime Rate” as published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal or if such information ceases to be published in The Wall Street Journal, such other publication as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE III 
CONTRIBUTIONS AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
SECTION 3.1  Initial Contribution of Receivables and Initial Purchase Price Payment.
(a)    On the Closing Date, Contributing Originator shall, and hereby does, contribute to the capital of the Buyer Receivables and Related Rights consisting of each Receivable of Contributing Originator that exists and is owing to Contributing Originator on the Closing Date beginning with the oldest of such Receivables and continuing chronologically thereafter such that the equity (taking into account any cash contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date) held by Contributing Originator in the Buyer, after giving effect to such contribution of Receivables (the value of which shall be determined based on the Purchase Price definition) and the purchase by the Buyer of Receivables on the Closing Date, shall be at least equal to the Required Capital Amount.  Each Receivable contributed by Contributing Originator to the capital of the Buyer pursuant to this Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.2 below is herein referred to as a “Contributed Receivable”.
(b)    On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer agrees to pay to each Originator the Purchase Price for the purchase to be made from such Originator on the Closing Date (i) to the extent the Buyer has cash available therefor including after giving effect to any borrowings by the Buyer under the Receivables Financing Agreement, partially in cash (in an amount to be agreed between the Buyer and such Originator and set forth in the initial Purchase Report) and, solely in the case of Contributing Originator if elected by Contributing 

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Originator in its sole discretion, by accepting a contribution to the Buyer’s capital and (ii) the remainder by accepting an Intercompany Loan from such Originator that was made under an intercompany loan agreement in the form of Exhibit B (each such intercompany loan agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, each being herein called an “Intercompany Loan Agreement”) with an initial principal amount equal to the remaining Purchase Price payable to such Originator not paid in cash or, in the case of Contributing Originator, contributed to the Buyer’s capital.
As used herein, “Intercompany Loan” has the meaning set forth in the related Intercompany Loan Agreement.
SECTION 3.2  Subsequent Purchase Price Payments.  On each Payment Date subsequent to the Closing Date, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price to each Originator for the Receivables and the Related Rights generated by such Originator on such Payment Date:
(a)    First, in cash to each Originator to the extent the Buyer has cash available therefor, including pursuant to any Release or any borrowing under the Receivables Financing Agreement on or prior to such Payment Date (and such payment is not prohibited under the Receivables Financing Agreement);
(b)    Second, solely in the case of Contributing Originator, if elected by Contributing Originator in its sole discretion, to the extent any portion of the Purchase Price remains unpaid, by accepting a contribution of such Receivable and the Related Rights to its capital in an amount equal to such remaining unpaid portion of such Purchase Price; and
(c)    Third, to the extent any portion of the Purchase Price remains unpaid, an Intercompany Loan shall automatically be made by such Originator to the Buyer with an initial principal amount equal to the lesser of (x) such remaining unpaid portion of such Purchase Price and (y) the maximum amount that could be made without rendering the Buyer’s Net Worth less than the Required Capital Amount;  
provided, however, that (x) if more than one Originator is selling Receivables to the Buyer on the date of such purchase, the Buyer shall make cash payments among the Originators in such a way as to minimize to the greatest extent practicable the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Intercompany Loans and (y) if on any Business Day, the entire Purchase Price for any Receivable is not paid by the Buyer as a result of any of the limitations set forth above (including due to the Contributing Originator electing not to contribute any remaining portion of the Purchase Price or the limitation set forth in Section 3.2(c)(y) above), any remaining unpaid portion of such Purchase Price shall be contributed to the Buyer in exchange for a limited liability company interest in the amount of such unpaid portion in accordance with the terms of the Buyer’s organizational documents; provided, further, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed to require Contributing Originator to make any capital contribution to the Buyer pursuant to Section 3.2(b) above.   

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“Net Worth” has the meaning set forth under “Borrower’s Net Worth” in the Receivables Financing Agreement.
All amounts paid by the Buyer to any Originator shall be allocated first to the payment of any Purchase Price then due and unpaid, second to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the Intercompany Loans made by such Originator and third to the repayment of the outstanding principal amount on the Intercompany Loans made by such Originator to the extent of such outstanding principal amount thereof as of the date of such payment, in each case before such amounts may be allocated for any other purpose.  The Servicer shall make all appropriate record keeping entries with respect to each of the Intercompany Loans to reflect the foregoing payments and payments and reductions made pursuant to Section 3.3, and absent manifest error, such entries shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information so entered.
If, on any Business Day, the Buyer is unable to pay the Purchase Price for Receivables and Related Rights pursuant to this Section 3.2, then the Originators shall on such Business Day provide written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 3.3  Settlement as to Specific Receivables and Dilution.
(a)    If, (i) on the day of purchase of any Receivable from an Originator hereunder, any of the representations or warranties set forth in Sections 5.5, 5.12, 5.20, 5.22, 5.23, 5.26 or 5.27 are not true with respect to such Receivable or (ii) as a result of any action or inaction (other than solely as a result of the failure to collect such Receivable due to a discharge in bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding or other credit related reasons with respect to the relevant Obligor) of such Originator, on any subsequent day, any of such representations or warranties set forth in Sections 5.5, 5.12, 5.20, 5.22, 5.23, 5.26 or 5.27 is no longer true with respect to such Receivable, then the Purchase Price for such Receivable shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and shall be accounted to such Originator as provided in clause (c) below; provided, that if the Buyer thereafter receives payment on account of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable, the Buyer promptly shall deliver such funds to such Originator.
(b)    If, on any day, the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable purchased or contributed hereunder is either (i) reduced or canceled as a result of (A) any defective, rejected or returned goods or services, any cash or other discount, or any failure by an Originator to deliver any goods or perform any services or otherwise perform under the underlying Contract or invoice, (B) any change in or cancellation of any of the terms of such Contract or invoice or any other adjustment by an Originator, the Servicer or the Buyer which reduces the amount payable by the Obligor on the related Receivable, (C) any rebates, warranties, allowances or charge-backs or (D) any setoff or credit in respect of any claim by the Obligor thereof (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related transaction or an unrelated transaction), or (ii) subject to any specific dispute, offset, counterclaim or defense whatsoever (except the discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor thereof), then the Purchase Price with respect to such Receivable shall be reduced by the amount of such net reduction or dispute and shall be accounted to such Originator as provided in clause (c) below.

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(c)    Any reduction in the Purchase Price of any Receivable pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above shall be applied as a credit for the account of the Buyer against the Purchase Price of Receivables subsequently purchased by the Buyer from such Originator hereunder; provided, however if there have been no purchases of Receivables from such Originator (or insufficiently large purchases of Receivables) prior to the Settlement Date immediately following any such reduction in the Purchase Price of any Receivable to create a Purchase Price sufficient to so apply such credit against, the amount of such credit:
(i)    to the extent of any outstanding principal balance under the Intercompany Loans made by such Originator, shall be deemed to be a payment under, and shall be deducted from the outstanding principal amount of, the Intercompany Loans made by such Originator; and
(ii)    after making any deduction pursuant to clause (i) above, shall be paid in cash to the Buyer by such Originator on such Settlement Date subject to the following proviso;     
provided, further, that at any time (x) when an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default, exists under the Receivables Financing Agreement or (y) on or after the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, the amount of any such credit shall be paid by such Originator to the Buyer in cash by deposit of immediately available funds into a Collection Account for application by the Servicer to the same extent as if Collections of the applicable Receivable in such amount had actually been received on such date.
ARTICLE IV 
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES; ADDITIONAL ORIGINATORS
SECTION 4.1  Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase.  The initial purchase hereunder is subject to the condition precedent that the Buyer, the Administrative Agent (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Lender shall have received, on or before the Closing Date, the following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated the Closing Date, and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer and the Administrative Agent (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Lender:
(a)    a copy of the resolutions or unanimous written consent of the board of directors or other governing body of each Originator, approving this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be executed and delivered by it and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Originator;
(b)    good standing certificates for each Originator issued as of a recent date acceptable to the Buyer and the Administrative Agent (as the Buyer’s assignee) by the Secretary of State (or similar official) of the jurisdiction of such Originator’s organization or formation;
(c)    a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Originator, certifying the names and true signatures of the officers authorized on such Person’s behalf to sign this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be executed and delivered by it (on which certificate the Servicer, the Buyer, the Administrative Agent (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each 

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Lender may conclusively rely until such time as the Servicer, the Buyer, the Administrative Agent (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Lender shall receive from such Person a revised certificate meeting the requirements of this clause (c));
(d)    the certificate or articles of incorporation or other organizational document of each Originator (including all amendments and modifications thereto) duly certified by the Secretary of State (or similar official) of the jurisdiction of such Originator’s organization as of a recent date, together with a copy of the by-laws or other governing documents of such Originator (including all amendments and modifications thereto), as applicable, each duly certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Originator;
(e)    proper financing statements (Form UCC-1) that have been duly authorized and name each Originator as the debtor/seller and the Buyer as the buyer/assignor (and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as secured party/assignee) of the Receivables generated by such Originator as may be necessary or, in the Buyer’s or the Administrative Agent’s reasonable opinion, desirable under the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Buyer’s ownership or security interest in such Receivables and the Related Rights in which an ownership or security interest has been assigned to it hereunder;
(f)    a written search report from a Person satisfactory to the Buyer and the Administrative Agent (as the Buyer’s assignee) listing all effective financing statements that name the Originators as debtors or sellers and that are filed in all jurisdictions in which filings may be made against such Person pursuant to the applicable UCC, together with copies of such financing statements (none of which, except for those described in the foregoing clause (e) (and/or released or terminated, as the case may be, prior to the date hereof), shall cover any Receivable or any Related Rights which are to be sold to the Buyer hereunder), and tax and judgment lien search reports (including, without limitation, liens of the PBGC) from a Person satisfactory to the Buyer and the Administrative Agent (as the Buyer’s assignee) showing no evidence of such liens filed against any Originator;
(g)    favorable opinions of counsel to the Originators, in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender;
(h)    a copy of an Intercompany Loan Agreement entered into by each Originator and the Buyer, duly executed by such Originator and the Buyer; and
(i)    evidence of the execution and delivery by each of the parties thereto of each of the other Transaction Documents to be executed and delivered by it in connection herewith.
SECTION 4.2  Certification as to Representations and Warranties.  Each Originator, by accepting the Purchase Price related to each purchase or contribution of Receivables generated by such Originator, shall be deemed to have certified that the representations and warranties of such Originator contained in Article V, as from time to time amended in accordance with the terms hereof, are true and correct in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty contains a materiality qualification and, in such case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as made) on and as of such day, with the same effect as though made on and as of such day (except 

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for representations and warranties which apply to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty contains a materiality qualification and, in such case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as made) as of such earlier date).
SECTION 4.3  Additional Originators.  Additional Persons may be added as Originators hereunder, with the prior written consent of the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender (which consents may be granted or withheld in their sole discretion); provided that the following conditions are satisfied or waived in writing by the Administrative Agent and each Lender on or before the date of such addition:
(a)    the Servicer shall have given the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such proposed addition and the identity of the proposed additional Originator and shall have provided such other information with respect to such proposed additional Originator as the Buyer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request;
(b)    such proposed additional Originator shall have executed and delivered to the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender an agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (a “Joinder Agreement”);
(c)    such proposed additional Originator shall have delivered to the Buyer, the Administrative Agent (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Lender each of the documents with respect to such Originator described in Section 4.1, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer, the Administrative Agent (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Lender;
(d)    no Purchase and Sale Termination Event or Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(e)    no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
ARTICLE V 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATORS
In order to induce the Buyer to enter into this Agreement and to make purchases hereunder, each Originator (and solely with respect to Section 5.21, the Buyer) hereby represents and warrants with respect to itself that each representation and warranty concerning it or the Receivables sold by it hereunder that is contained in the Receivables Financing Agreement is true and correct, and hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Article V: 
SECTION 5.1  Existence and Power.  Such Originator (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation, (ii) has full power and authority under its organizational documents and under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted and (iii) is duly qualified to do business, 

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is in good standing as a foreign entity and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.2  Power and Authority; Due Authorization.  Such Originator (i) has all necessary power and authority to (A) execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (B) perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (C) grant a security interest in the Receivables and the Related Rights to the Buyer on the terms and subject to the conditions herein provided and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary action such grant and the execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions provided for in, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.  
SECTION 5.3  No Conflict or Violation.  The execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Originator is a party, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, will not (i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under its organizational documents or any indenture, sale agreement, credit agreement (including the Credit Agreement), loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which such Originator is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of the Collateral pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, credit agreement (including the Credit Agreement), loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument, other than this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or (iii) conflict with or violate any Applicable Law, except to the extent that any such conflict, breach, default, Adverse Claim or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  
SECTION 5.4  Governmental Approvals.  Except where the failure to obtain or make such authorization, consent, order, approval or action could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all authorizations, consents, orders, licenses and approvals of, or other actions by, any Governmental Authority that are required to be obtained by such Originator in connection with the grant of a security interest in the Receivables and the Related Rights to the Buyer hereunder or the due execution, delivery and performance by such Originator of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the consummation by such Originator of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect.
SECTION 5.5  Valid Sale.  Each sale of Receivables and the Related Rights made by such Originator pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a valid sale (or, with respect to the Contributing Originator, contribution), transfer and assignment of Receivables and Related Rights to the Buyer, enforceable against creditors of, and purchasers from, such Originator, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as such 

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enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 5.6  Binding Obligations.  This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Originator is a party constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of such Originator, enforceable against such Originator in accordance with their respective terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 5.7  Accuracy of Information.  All certificates, reports, statements, documents and other information furnished to the Buyer, the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party by or on behalf of such Originator pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or in connection with or pursuant to any amendment or modification of, or waiver under, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, is, at the time the same are so furnished, complete and correct in all material respects on the date the same are furnished to the Buyer, the Administrative Agent or such other Credit Party, and does not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.  
SECTION 5.8  Actions, Suits.  There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best knowledge of such Originator, threatened, against such Originator before any Governmental Authority and (ii) such Originator is not subject to any order, judgment, decree, injunction, stipulation or consent order of or with any Governmental Authority that, in the case of either of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), (A) asserts the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (B) seeks to prevent the grant of a security interest in any Receivable or Related Right by such Originator to the Buyer, the ownership or acquisition by the Buyer of any Receivables or Related Right or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (C) seeks any determination or ruling that could materially and adversely affect the performance by such Originator of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or (D) individually or in the aggregate for all such actions, suits, proceedings and investigations could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.9  No Material Adverse Effect.  Since December 31, 2019, there has been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Originator.
SECTION 5.10  Names and Location.  Except as described in Schedule III, such Originator has not used any corporate names, trade names or assumed names since the date occurring five calendar years prior to the Closing Date other than its name set forth on the signature pages hereto.  Such Originator is “located” (as such term is defined in the applicable UCC) in the jurisdiction specified in Schedule I and since the date occurring five calendar years prior to the Closing Date, has not been “located” (as such term is defined in the applicable UCC) in any other jurisdiction (except as specified in Schedule I).  The office(s) where such Originator keeps its records concerning the Receivables is at the address(es) set forth on Schedule II.

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SECTION 5.11  Margin Regulations.  Such Originator is not engaged, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a violation of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and no Purchase Price payments or proceeds under this Agreement will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.
SECTION 5.12  Eligible Receivables.  Each Receivable sold, transferred, contributed or assigned hereunder is an Eligible Receivable on the date of sale, transfer, contribution or assignment, unless otherwise specified in the first Interim Report or Information Package that includes such Receivable.
SECTION 5.13  Credit and Collection Policy.  Such Originator has complied in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable sold by it hereunder and the related Contracts.
SECTION 5.14  Investment Company Act.  Such Originator is not an “investment company,” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
SECTION 5.15  Anti-Money Laundering/International Trade Law Compliance.  Such Originator is not a Sanctioned Person.  Such Originator, either in its own right or through any third party, (i) does not have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (ii) neither does business in or with, nor derives any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; or (iii) does not engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law.
SECTION 5.16  Financial Condition.  
(a)    The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and the related statements of income and shareholders’ equity of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP.
(b)    On the date hereof, and on the date of each purchase hereunder (both before and after giving effect to such purchase), such Originator is, and will be on such date, Solvent and no Insolvency Proceeding with respect to such Originator is, or will be on such date, pending or threatened.
SECTION 5.17  Taxes.  Such Originator has (i) timely filed all tax returns (federal, state, foreign and local) required to be filed by it and (ii) paid, or caused to be paid, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, if any, other than taxes, assessments and other governmental 

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charges being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 5.18  ERISA. 
(a)    None of the following events or conditions, either individually or in the aggregate, has occurred and has resulted, or is reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect: (a) a Reportable Event; (b) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; (c) any noncompliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA or the Code; (d) a termination of a Pension Plan (other than a standard termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA); (e) an Adverse Claim on the property of the Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates in favor of the PBGC or a Pension Plan; (f) the present value of all benefit liabilities under any Pension Plan (based on the assumptions used to determine required minimum contributions under Section 412 of the Code with respect to such Pension Plan), exceeds the value of the assets of such Pension Plan, determined as of the most recent annual valuation date applicable thereto for which a valuation has been completed; (g) a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan by the Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates or (h) the insolvency of any Multiemployer Plan. There have been no transactions that resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in any liability to the Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates under Section 4069 of ERISA or Section 4212(c) of ERISA that would, singly or in the aggregate, constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    Each of the Parent and the ERISA Affiliates is in compliance (i) with all applicable provisions of law and all applicable regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to any employee pension benefit plan governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States and (ii) with the terms of any such plan, except, in each case, for such noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.19  Bulk Sales Act.  No transaction contemplated by this Agreement requires compliance by it with any bulk sales act or similar law.  
SECTION 5.20  No Fraudulent Conveyance.  No sale or contribution hereunder constitutes a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under any United States federal or applicable state bankruptcy or insolvency laws or is otherwise void or voidable under such or similar laws or principles or for any other reason.
SECTION 5.21  Ordinary Course of Business.  Each of the Originators and the Buyer represents and warrants as to itself that each remittance of Collections by or on behalf of such Originator to the Buyer under this Agreement will have been (i) in payment of a debt incurred by such Originator in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of such Originator and the Buyer and (ii) made in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of such Originator and the Buyer.
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(a)    Immediately preceding its sale or contribution of each Receivable hereunder, such Originator was the owner of such Receivable and Related Rights sold or contributed or purported to be sold or contributed, as the case may be, free and clear of any Adverse Claims, and each such sale or contribution hereunder constitutes a valid sale or contribution, transfer and assignment of all of such Originator’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables and Related Rights sold or contributed by it, free and clear of any Adverse Claims.  
(b)    On or before the date hereof and before the generation by such Originator of any new Receivable to be sold, contributed or otherwise conveyed hereunder, all financing statements and other documents, if any, required to be recorded or filed in order to perfect and protect the Buyer’s security interest in Receivables and Related Rights to be sold or otherwise conveyed hereunder against all creditors of and purchasers from such Originator will have been duly filed in each filing office necessary for such purpose, and all filing fees and taxes, if any, payable in connection with such filings shall have been paid in full.  
(c)    Upon the creation of each new Receivable sold, contributed or otherwise conveyed or purported to be conveyed hereunder and on the Closing Date for then existing Receivables, the Buyer shall have a valid and perfected first priority ownership or security interest in each Receivable sold to it hereunder, free and clear of any Adverse Claim.
SECTION 5.23  Perfection Representations. 
(a)    This Agreement creates a valid and continuing ownership or security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Originator’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables and Related Rights which (A) security interest has been perfected and is enforceable against creditors of and purchasers from such Originator and (B) will be free of all Adverse Claims.
(b)    The Receivables constitute “accounts” including, without limitation, “accounts” constituting “as-extracted collateral” or “general intangibles” within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the UCC.
(c)    Prior to their sale or contribution to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, such Originator owned and had good and marketable title to the Receivables and Related Rights free and clear of any Adverse Claim of any Person.
(d)    All appropriate financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements have been filed in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under Applicable Law in order to perfect (and continue the perfection of) the sale and contribution of the Receivables and Related Rights from each Originator to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.  Each such financing statement, if filed with respect to such Receivable as an as-extracted collateral filing, includes a complete and correct description of the real property in all material respects related to such Receivable as extracted collateral, as contemplated by the UCC, and names a record owner of the real property.

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(e)    Other than the security interest granted to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, such Originator has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in (other than those released on the Closing Date or any other date on which a Receivable is sold, contributed or otherwise conveyed hereunder), or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables or Related Rights except as permitted by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  Such Originator has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements filed against such Originator that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables and Related Rights other than any financing statement (i) in favor of the Administrative Agent or (ii) that has been terminated or amended to reflect the release of any security interest in the Receivables and Related Rights.  Such Originator is not aware of any judgment lien, ERISA lien or tax lien filings against such Originator that is not released simultaneously or prior to its transfer hereunder.
(f)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the representations contained in this Section 5.23 shall be continuing and remain in full force and effect until the Final Payout Date.
SECTION 5.24  Reliance on Separate Legal Identity.  Such Originator acknowledges that each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are entering into the Transaction Documents to which they are parties in reliance upon the Buyer’s identity as a legal entity separate from such Originator.
SECTION 5.25  Opinions.  The facts regarding such Originator, the Receivables sold or contributed by it hereunder, the Related Security and the related matters set forth or assumed in each of the opinions of counsel delivered in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction Documents are true and correct in all material respects.
SECTION 5.26  Enforceability of Contracts.  Each Contract related to any Receivable sold or contributed by such Originator hereunder is effective to create, and has created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor to pay the outstanding balance of such Receivable, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms, without being subject to any defense, deduction, offset or counterclaim and such Originator has fully performed its obligations under such Contract except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. 
SECTION 5.27  Nature of Pool Receivables.  All Pool Receivables:  (i) were originated by such Originator in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) were sold to Buyer for fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value and (iii) represent all, or a portion of the purchase price of merchandise, insurance or services within the meaning of Section 3(c)(5)(A) of the Investment Company Act.  The purchase of Pool Receivables with the proceeds of Credit Extensions made under the Receivables Financing Agreement would constitute a “current transaction” for purposes of Section 3(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
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except in such instance where any failure to comply therewith, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.29  Servicing Programs.  No material license or approval is required for Servicer or Buyer’s use of any software or other computer program used by such Originator in the servicing of the Receivables, other than those that have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
SECTION 5.30  Adverse Change in Receivables.  Since December 31, 2019, there has been no material adverse change in either the collectability or the payment history of the Receivables originated by such Originator taken as a whole.
SECTION 5.31  Compliance with Transaction Documents.  Each Originator has complied with all of the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
SECTION 5.32  Mortgages Covering As-Extracted Collateral.  There are no mortgages that are effective as financing statements covering as-extracted collateral that constitutes Collateral and that name any Originator (or, if such Originator is not the “record owner” of the underlying property, any “record owner” with respect to such as-extracted collateral, as such term is used in the UCC) as grantor, debtor or words of similar effect filed or recorded in any jurisdiction.
ARTICLE VI 
COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATORS
SECTION 6.1  Covenants.  At all times from the Closing Date until the Final Payout Date, each Originator will, unless the Administrative Agent and the Buyer shall otherwise consent in writing, perform the following covenants:
(a)    Financial Reporting.  Each Originator will maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and each Originator shall furnish to the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender such information  as the Buyer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request relating to such system.
(b)    Notices.  Such Originator will notify the Buyer, Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing of any of the following events promptly upon (but in no event later than three (3) Business Days after) a Financial Officer or other officer learning of the occurrence thereof, with such notice describing the same, and if applicable, the steps being taken by the Person(s) affected with respect thereto:
(i)    Notice of Purchase and Sale Termination Event, Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event, Event of Termination or Unmatured Event of Termination.  A statement of a Financial Officer of such Originator setting forth details of any Purchase and Sale Termination Event (as defined in Section 8.1) or Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event (as defined in Section 8.1) that has occurred and is continuing and the action that such Originator proposes to take with respect thereto.

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(ii)    Representations and Warranties.  The failure of any representation or warranty made or deemed made by such Originator under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to be true and correct in any material respect when made.
(iii)    Litigation.  The institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding with respect to any of the Buyer, Originator, Servicer or Performance Guarantor which, with respect to any Person other than the Buyer, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv)    Adverse Claim.  (A) Any Person shall obtain an Adverse Claim upon the Receivables or Related Rights or any portion thereof, (B) any Person other than an Originator, the Buyer, the Servicer or the Administrative Agent shall obtain any rights or direct any action with respect to any Collection Account (or related Lock-Box) or (C) any Obligor shall receive any change in payment instructions with respect to Pool Receivable(s) from a Person other than an Originator, the Servicer or the Administrative Agent. 
(v)    Name Changes.  At least thirty (30) days before any change in such Originator’s name, jurisdiction of organization or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC financing statements.
(vi)    Change in Accountants or Accounting Policy.  Any change in (A) the external accountants of such Originator or (B) any material accounting policy of such Originator that is relevant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (it being understood that any change to the manner in which such Originator accounts for the Pool Receivables shall be deemed “material” for such purpose).
(c)    Conduct of Business; Preservation of Existence.  Each Originator will carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted, and will do all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, its franchises, authority to do business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, licenses, patents, trademarks, copyrights and other proprietary rights; provided however, that nothing in this paragraph (c) shall prevent any transaction permitted by paragraph (n) below or not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(d)    Compliance with Laws.  Each Originator will comply with the requirements of all Applicable Laws to which it may be subject, except in such instance where any failure to comply therewith, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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time to time such information with respect to the Pool Receivables and the Related Rights as the Buyer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.  Each Originator will, at such Originator’s expense, during regular business hours with reasonable prior written notice, (i) permit the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender or their respective agents or representatives to (A) examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books and records relating to the Pool Receivables or other Collateral, (B) visit the offices and properties of such Originator for the purpose of examining such books and records, and (C) discuss matters relating to the Pool Receivables, the other Collateral or such Originator’s performance hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party with any of the officers, directors, employees or independent public accountants of such Originator having knowledge of such matters and (ii) without limiting the provisions of clause (i) above, during regular business hours, at such Originator’s expense, upon prior written notice from the Buyer or the Administrative Agent, permit certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable to the Buyer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to conduct a review of its books and records with respect to such Pool Receivables and other Collateral; provided, that such Originator shall be required to reimburse the Buyer and the Administrative Agent for only one (1) such review pursuant to clause (ii) above in any twelve-month period, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 
(f)    Payments on Receivables, Collection Accounts.  Each Originator will, at all times, instruct all Obligors to deliver payments on the Pool Receivables to a Collection Account or a Lock-Box.  If any payments on the Pool Receivables or other Collections are received by such Originator, it shall hold such payments in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties and promptly (but in any event within one (1) Business Day after receipt) remit such funds into a Collection Account.  Such Originator (or the Servicer on its behalf) will cause each Collection Account Bank to comply with the terms of each applicable Account Control Agreement.  Such Originator shall not permit funds other than Collections on Pool Receivables and other Collateral to be deposited into any Collection Account.  If such funds are nevertheless deposited into any Collection Account, such Originator (or the Servicer on its behalf) will within two (2) Business Days identify and transfer such funds to the appropriate Person entitled to such funds.  Such Originator will not, and will not permit the Servicer, any Originator or any other Person to commingle Collections or other funds to which the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party is entitled, with any other funds.  Such Originator shall only add a Collection Account (or a related Lock-Box) or a Collection Account Bank to those listed in the Receivables Financing Agreement, if the Administrative Agent has received notice of such addition and an executed and acknowledged copy of an Account Control Agreement (or an amendment thereto) in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent from the applicable Collection Account Bank. Such Originator shall only terminate a Collection Account Bank or close a Collection Account (or a related Lock-Box) with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.  Such Originator shall ensure that no disbursements are made from any Collection Account, other than such disbursements that are made at the direction and for the account of the Buyer.
(g)    Sales, Liens, etc.  Except as otherwise provided herein, no Originator will sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or 

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with respect to, any Pool Receivable or other Related Rights, or assign any right to receive income in respect thereof.
(h)    Extension or Amendment of Pool Receivables.  Except as otherwise permitted by the Receivables Financing Agreement, no Originator will, or will permit the Servicer to, alter the delinquency status or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract.  Each Originator shall at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply in all material respects with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables, and timely and fully comply with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Pool Receivable and the related Contract.
(i)    Fundamental Changes.  Each Originator shall not make any change in such Originator’s name, location or make any other change in such Originator’s identity or corporate structure that could impair or otherwise render any UCC financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement or the Receivables Financing Agreement “seriously misleading” as such term (or similar term) is used in the applicable UCC, in each case, unless the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender have each (A) received 30 days’ prior notice thereof, (B) consented in writing thereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), (C) received executed copies of all documents, certificates and opinions (including, without limitation, opinions relating to bankruptcy and UCC matters) as the Buyer or the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and (D) been reasonably satisfied that all other action to perfect and protect the interests of the Buyer and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in and to the Receivables to be sold by it hereunder and other Related Rights, as reasonably requested by the Buyer or the Administrative Agent shall have been taken by, and at the expense of, such Originator (including the filing of any UCC financing statements, the receipt of certificates and other requested documents from public officials and all such other actions required pursuant to Section 7.3).
(j)    Change in Credit and Collection Policy.  No Originator will make, or direct the Servicer to make, any material change in the Credit and Collection Policy without fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders.  Promptly following any material change in the Credit and Collection Policy, the Originator will deliver a copy of the updated Credit and Collection Policy to the Buyer, Administrative Agent and each Lender.
(k)    Books and Records.  Each Originator will maintain and implement (or cause the Servicer to maintain and implement) administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Pool Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain (or cause the Servicer to keep and maintain) all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Pool Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of each Pool Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Pool Receivable).
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and enforceable ownership or security interest in the Pool Receivables, the Related Rights and Collections with respect thereto, and a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim, in favor of the Buyer (and the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders), as the Buyer’s assignee), including taking such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Buyer (and the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders), as the Buyer’s assignee) as the Buyer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.  In order to evidence the security interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, such Originator shall, from time to time take such action, or execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary (including, without limitation, such actions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent) to maintain and perfect, as a first-priority interest, the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Receivables, Related Security and Collections.  Such Originator shall, from time to time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and present to the Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent’s authorization and approval, all financing statements, amendments, continuations or initial financing statements in lieu of a continuation statement, or other filings necessary to continue, maintain and perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest as a first-priority interest.  The Administrative Agent’s approval of such filings shall authorize such Originator to file such financing statements under the UCC without the signature of such Originator, any Originator or the Administrative Agent where allowed by Applicable Law.  Notwithstanding anything else in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, such Originator shall not have any authority to file a termination, partial termination, release, partial release, or any amendment that deletes the name of a debtor or excludes collateral of any such financing statements filed in connection with the Transaction Documents, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
(m)    Further Assurances.  Each Originator hereby authorizes and hereby agrees from time to time, at its own expense, promptly to execute (if necessary) and deliver all further instruments and documents, and to take all further actions, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Buyer, the Servicer, any Lender or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the purchases and contributions made hereunder or under the Receivables Financing Agreement and/or security interest granted pursuant to the Receivables Financing Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or to enable the Buyer or the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) to exercise and enforce their respective rights and remedies hereunder, under the Receivables Financing Agreement or under any other Transaction Document.  Without limiting the foregoing, such Originator hereby authorizes, and will, upon the request of the Buyer or the Administrative Agent, at such Originator’s own expense, execute (if necessary) and file such financing statements or continuation statements (including as-extracted collateral filings), or amendments thereto, and such other instruments and documents, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Buyer or Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or evidence any of the foregoing.
(n)    Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc. Such Originator shall not (i) be a party to any merger, consolidation or other restructuring, except a merger, consolidation or other restructuring where the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender have each (A) received 30 days’ prior notice thereof, (B) consented in writing thereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (C) received executed copies of all documents, certificates and 

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opinions (including, without limitation, opinions relating to bankruptcy and UCC matters) as the Buyer or the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and (D) been satisfied that all other action to perfect and protect the interests of the Buyer and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in and to the Receivables to be sold by it hereunder and other Related Rights, as reasonably requested by the Buyer or the Administrative Agent  shall have been taken by, and at the expense of, such Originator (including the filing of any UCC financing statements, the receipt of certificates and other requested documents from public officials and all such other actions required pursuant to Section 7.3) or (ii) directly or indirectly sell, transfer, assign, convey or lease (A) whether in one or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets except a sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or lease where the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender have both (i) received 30 days’ prior notice thereof and (ii) consented in writing thereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or (B) any Receivables or any interest therein (other than pursuant to this Agreement).  
(o)    Frequency of Billing.  Prepare and deliver (or cause to be prepared and delivered) invoices with respect to all Receivables in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policies, but in any event no less frequently than as required under the Contract related to such Receivable.
(p)    Receivables Not to Be Evidenced by Promissory Notes or Chattel Paper.  Such Originator shall not take any action to cause or permit any Receivable created, acquired or originated by it to become evidenced by any “instrument” or “chattel paper” (as defined in the applicable UCC) without the prior written consent of the Buyer and the Administrative Agent.  
(q)    Anti-Money Laundering/International Trade Law Compliance.  Such Originator will not become a Sanctioned Person.  Such Originator, either in its own right or through any third party, will not (a) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (b) do business in or with, or derive any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (c) engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law or (d) use the proceeds from the sale of the Receivables to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law.  Such Originator shall comply with all Anti-Terrorism Laws.  Such Originator shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event.  
(r)    Legend.  Each Originator (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall have indicated on the most recent, and have taken all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that there shall be placed on each subsequent, data processing report that it generates which are of the type that a proposed purchaser or lender would use to evaluate the Receivables, that the Receivables and related Contracts have been sold in accordance with this Agreement and further pledged by Buyer pursuant to the Receivables Financing Agreement, and none of the Originators or Servicer shall change or remove such notation without the consent of the Buyer and the Administrative Agent.

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(s)    Buyer’s Tax Status.  Neither CMA nor any Originator shall take or cause any action to be taken that could result in the Buyer (i) being treated other than as a “disregarded entity” within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulation § 301.7701-3 for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a “United States person” (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), (ii) becoming an association taxable as a corporation or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (iii) becoming subject to any Tax in any jurisdiction outside the United States.
(t)    Insurance.  Such Originator will maintain in effect, at such Originator’s expense, such casualty and liability insurance as such Originator deems appropriate in its good faith business judgment.
(u)    Intercompany Loans, Etc.  Such Originator will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or with respect to, any Intercompany Loan Agreement.
(v)    Mining Operations and Mineheads.  Promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days of any change, deletion or addition to the location of such Originator’s Mined Properties or mineheads set forth on Schedule V hereto, (i) notify the Buyer and Administrative Agent of such change, deletion or addition, (ii) cause the filing or recording of such financing statements and amendments and/or release to financing statements mortgages or other instruments, if any, necessary to preserve and maintain the perfection and priority of each of the security interests in the Receivables and the Related Rights, in favor of the Buyer and Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), created pursuant to this Agreement and the Receivables Financing Agreement, as applicable, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (iii) deliver to the Buyer and Administrative Agent an updated Schedule V hereto reflecting such change, deletion or addition; it being understood that no Receivable, the related location of mining operations and/or mineheads of which is not as set forth on Schedule V hereto as of such date of determination shall be an Eligible Receivable until such time as each condition under this clause (v) shall have been satisfied.
(w)    Other Additional Information. Such Originator will provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders such information and documentation as may reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from time to time for purposes of compliance by the Administrative Agent or such Lender with applicable laws (including without limitation the PATRIOT Act and other “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations), and any policy or procedure implemented by the Administrative Agent or such Lender to comply therewith.
SECTION 6.2  Separateness Covenants.  Each Originator hereby acknowledges that this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are being entered into in reliance upon the Buyer’s identity as a legal entity separate from such Originator and its Affiliates.  Therefore, from and after the date hereof, each Originator shall take all reasonable steps necessary to make it apparent to third Persons that the Buyer is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of such Originator and any other Person, and is not a division of such Originator, its Affiliates or any other Person.  

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to and consistent with the other covenants set forth herein, such Originator shall take such actions as shall be required in order that:
(a)    such Originator shall not be involved in the day to day management of the Buyer;
(b)    such Originator shall maintain separate records and books of account from the Buyer and otherwise will observe corporate formalities and have a separate area from the Buyer for its business (which may be located at the same address as the Buyer, and, to the extent that it and the Buyer have offices in the same location, there shall be a fair and appropriate allocation of overhead costs between them, and each shall bear its fair share of such expenses);
(c)    the financial statements and books and records of such Originator shall be prepared after the date of creation of the Buyer to reflect and shall reflect the separate existence of the Buyer; provided, that the Buyer’s assets and liabilities may be included in a consolidated financial statement issued by an Affiliate of the Buyer; provided, however, that any such consolidated financial statement or the notes thereto shall make clear that the Buyer’s assets are not available to satisfy the obligations of such Affiliate;
(d)    except as permitted by the Receivables Financing Agreement, (i) such Originator shall maintain its assets (including, without limitation, deposit accounts) separately from the assets (including, without limitation, deposit accounts) of the Buyer and (ii) such Originator’s assets, and records relating thereto, have not been, are not, and shall not be, commingled with those of the Buyer;
(e)    such Originator shall not act as an agent for the Buyer (except in the capacity of Servicer or a Sub-Servicer);
(f)    such Originator shall not conduct any of the business of the Buyer in its own name (except in the capacity of Servicer or a Sub-Servicer);
(g)    such Originator shall not pay any liabilities of the Buyer out of its own funds or assets;
(h)    such Originator shall maintain an arm’s-length relationship with the Buyer;
(i)    such Originator shall not assume or guarantee or become obligated for the debts of the Buyer or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of the Buyer;
(j)    such Originator shall not acquire obligations of the Buyer (other than the Intercompany Loan Agreements and the Intercompany Loans);
(k)    such Originator shall allocate fairly and reasonably overhead or other expenses that are properly shared with the Buyer, including, without limitation, shared office space;
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(m)    such Originator shall correct any known misunderstanding respecting its separate identity from the Buyer;
(n)    such Originator shall not enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with the Buyer, except in the ordinary course of its business and on terms which are intrinsically fair and not less favorable to it than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated third party;
(o)    such Originator shall not pay the salaries of the Buyer’s employees, if any; and
(p)    to the extent not already covered in paragraphs (a) through (o) above, such Originator shall comply and/or act in accordance with all of the other separateness covenants set forth in Section 8.03 of the Receivables Financing Agreement.
ARTICLE VII 
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS 
IN RESPECT OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 7.1  Rights of the Buyer.   Each Originator hereby authorizes the Buyer, the Servicer or their respective designees or assignees under this Agreement or the Receivables Financing Agreement (including, without limitation, the Administrative Agent) to take any and all steps in such Originator’s name necessary or desirable, in their respective determination, to collect all amounts due under any and all Receivables sold, contributed or otherwise conveyed or purported to be conveyed by it hereunder, including, without limitation, endorsing the name of such Originator on checks and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Receivables and the provisions of the related Contracts that concern payment and/or enforcement of rights to payment; provided, however, the Administrative Agent shall not take any of the foregoing actions unless a Purchase and Sale Termination Event or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 7.2  Responsibilities of the Originators.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding:
(a)    Each Originator shall perform its obligations hereunder, and the exercise by the Buyer or its designee of its rights hereunder shall not relieve such Originator from such obligations.
(b)    None of the Buyer, the Servicer, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall have any obligation or liability to any Obligor or any other third Person with respect to any Receivables, Contracts related thereto or any other related agreements, nor shall the Buyer, the Servicer, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent be obligated to perform any of the obligations of such Originator thereunder.
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or advisable to endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other right of any kind held or transmitted by such Originator or transmitted or received by the Buyer (whether or not from such Originator) in connection with any Receivable sold, contributed or otherwise conveyed or purported to be conveyed by it hereunder or Related Right.
SECTION 7.3  Further Action Evidencing Purchases.  On or prior to the Closing Date, each Originator shall mark its master data processing records evidencing Pool Receivables and Contracts with a legend, acceptable to the Buyer and the Administrative Agent, evidencing that the Pool Receivables have been transferred in accordance with this Agreement and none of the Originators or Servicer shall change or remove such notation without the consent of the Buyer and the Administrative Agent.  Each Originator agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Buyer, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Receivables and Related Rights purchased by or contributed to the Buyer hereunder, or to enable the Buyer to exercise or enforce any of its rights hereunder or under any other Transaction Document.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon the request of the Buyer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, such Originator will execute (if applicable), authorize and file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate.
Each Originator hereby authorizes the Buyer or its designee or assignee (including, without limitation, the Administrative Agent) to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Receivables and Related Rights sold or otherwise conveyed or purported to be conveyed by it hereunder and now existing or hereafter generated by such Originator.  If any Originator fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Agreement, the Buyer or its designee or assignee (including, without limitation, the Administrative Agent) may (but shall not be required to) itself perform, or cause the performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Buyer or its designee or assignee (including, without limitation, the Administrative Agent) incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Originator.
SECTION 7.4  Application of Collections.  Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to any Originator shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or required by Applicable Law and unless otherwise instructed by the Servicer (with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent, be applied as a Collection of any Receivable or Receivables of such Obligor to the extent of any amounts then due and payable thereunder (such application to be made starting with the oldest outstanding Receivable or Receivables) before being applied to any other indebtedness of such Obligor.
SECTION 7.5  Performance of Obligations.  Each Originator shall (i) perform all of its obligations under the Contracts related to the Receivables generated by such Originator to the same extent as if interests in such Receivables had not been transferred hereunder, and the exercise by the Buyer or the Administrative Agent of its rights hereunder shall not relieve any Originator from any such obligations and (ii) pay when due any taxes, including, without limitation, any sales taxes 

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payable in connection with the Receivables generated by such Originator and their creation and satisfaction.
ARTICLE VIII 
PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS
SECTION 8.1  Purchase and Sale Termination Events.  Each of the following events or occurrences described in this Section 8.1 shall constitute a “Purchase and Sale Termination Event” (each event which with notice or the passage of time or both would become a Purchase and Sale Termination Event being referred to herein as an “Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event”):
(a)    the Termination Date shall have occurred; 
(b)    any Originator shall fail to make when due any payment or deposit to be made by it under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and such failure shall remain unremedied for three (3) Business Days; 
(c)    any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by any Originator (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or any other information or report delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made or delivered and is not cured promptly (but in any case not later than 15 days after notice or knowledge); provided, that such circumstance shall not constitute a Purchase and Sale Termination Event if such representation or warranty, or such information or report, is part of an Information Package, is corrected promptly (but not later than two (2) Business Days) after the Originator has knowledge or receives notice thereof; provided, further that no breach of a representation or warranty set forth in Sections 5.5, 5.12, 5.13, 5.20, 5.22, 5.23, 5.26 or 5.27 shall constitute a Purchase and Sale Termination Event pursuant to this clause (c) if credit has been given for a reduction of the Purchase Price, the outstanding principal balance of the applicable Intercompany Loan Agreement has been reduced or the applicable Originator has made a cash payment to the Buyer, in any case, as required pursuant to Section 3.3(c) with respect to such breach; 
(d)    any Originator shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party on its part to be performed or observed and such failure shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after the such Originator has knowledge or receives written notice thereof; or
(e)    any Insolvency Proceeding shall be instituted against any Originator and such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its property) shall occur.
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(a)    Optional Termination.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Purchase and Sale Termination Event, the Buyer (and not the Servicer), with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent shall have the option, by notice to the Originators (with a copy to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders), to declare the Purchase Facility terminated.
(b)    Remedies Cumulative.  Upon any termination of the Purchase Facility pursuant to Section 8.2(a), the Buyer (and the Administrative Agent as Buyer’s assignee) shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction and other Applicable Laws, which rights shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE IX 
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 9.1  Indemnities by the Originators.  Without limiting any other rights that the Buyer may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, each Originator and CMA, jointly and severally, hereby agrees to indemnify the Buyer, each of its officers, directors, employees, agents, employees and respective assigns, the Administrative Agent and each Lender (each of the foregoing Persons being individually called a “Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party”), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages, claims, losses, judgments, liabilities, penalties and related costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs) (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts”) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of, relating to or in connection with:
(a)    the breach of any representation or warranty made or deemed made by such Originator (or any employee, officer or agent of such Originator) under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or any information or report delivered by or on behalf of such Originator pursuant hereto or thereto which shall have been untrue or incorrect when made or deemed made or delivered;
(b)    the transfer by such Originator of any interest in any Pool Receivable or Related Right other than the transfer of any Pool Receivable and Related Rights to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and the grant of a security interest to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement;
(c)    the failure by such Originator to comply with the terms of any Transaction Document or with any Applicable Law with respect to any Pool Receivable or the related Contract; or the failure of any Pool Receivable or the related Contract to conform to any such Applicable Law;
(d)    the lack of an enforceable ownership interest, or a first priority perfected lien, in the Pool Receivables (and all Related Security) originated by such Originator against all Persons (including any bankruptcy trustee or similar Person), in either case, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;
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the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other Applicable Laws with respect to any Pool Receivable or the Related Rights;
(f)    any suit or claim related to the Pool Receivables originated by such Originator (including any products liability or environmental liability claim arising out of or in connection with the property, products or services that are the subject of any Pool Receivable originated by such Originator);
(g)    any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable in the Receivables Pool (including a defense based on such Receivable’s or the related Contract’s not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms) or any other claim resulting from the sale of the property, products or services giving rise to such Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such property, products or services;
(h)    any failure of such Originator to perform any of its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions hereof and of each other Transaction Document related to Pool Receivables or to timely and fully comply with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Pool Receivable;
(i)    any products liability, environmental or other claim arising out of or in connection with any Receivable or other merchandise, goods or services which are the subject of or related to any Receivable;
(j)    the commingling of Collections of Pool Receivables at any time with other funds;
(k)    the failure or delay to provide any Obligor with an invoice or other evidence of indebtedness;
(l)    any investigation, litigation or proceeding (actual or threatened) related to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or in respect of any Pool Receivable or any Related Rights;
(m)    any claim brought by any Person other than a Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party arising from any activity by such Originator or any Affiliate of such Originator in servicing, administering or collecting any Pool Receivable;
(n)    the failure by such Originator to pay when due any Taxes, including, without limitation, sales, excise or personal property taxes;
(o)    any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Pool Receivable (including, without limitation, a defense based on such Pool Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the sale of goods or the rendering of services related to such Pool Receivable or the 

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furnishing or failure to furnish any such goods or services or other similar claim or defense not arising from the financial inability of any Obligor to pay undisputed indebtedness;
(p)    any product liability claim arising out of or in connection with goods or services that are the subject of any Receivable generated by such Originator;
(q)    the failure or delay to provide any Obligor with an invoice or other evidence of indebtedness;
(r)    the failure or delay to make any filings under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act (or any other similar Applicable Law, including any state or municipal law or regulation) with respect to Receivables from Obligors that are U.S. Federal Governmental Entities (whether or not such filing is requested by the Administrative Agent);
(s)    any tax or governmental fee or charge, all interest and penalties thereon or with respect thereto, and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including without limitation Attorney Costs in defending against the same, which are required to be paid by reason of the purchase or ownership of the Receivables generated by such Originator or any Related Rights connected with any such Receivables; 
(t)    any liability under Section 5.03 of the Receivables Financing Agreement; or
(u)    any action taken by the Administrative Agent as attorney-in-fact for such Originator pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
provided that such indemnity shall not be available to any Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of a Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party or (y) constitute recourse with respect to a Pool Receivable by reason of the bankruptcy or insolvency, or the financial or credit condition or financial default, of the related Obligor.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, solely for purposes of such Originator’s indemnification obligations in this Article IX, any representation, warranty or covenant qualified by the occurrence or non-occurrence of a material adverse effect or similar concepts of materiality shall be deemed to be not so qualified.
If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold it harmless, then the Originators, jointly and severally, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of such Originator and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in the matters contemplated by this Agreement as well as the relative fault of such Originator and its Affiliates and such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party with respect to such loss, claim, damage or liability and any other relevant equitable considerations.  The reimbursement, indemnity and contribution obligations of such Originator under this Section 

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shall be in addition to any liability which such Originator may otherwise have, shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of such Originator and the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Parties.  Any indemnification or contribution under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.  
ARTICLE X 
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1  Amendments, etc.
(a)    The provisions of this Agreement may from time to time be amended, modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and executed by the Buyer, the Servicer and each Originator, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders.
(b)    No failure or delay on the part of the Buyer, the Servicer, any Originator, the Administrative Agent or any third-party beneficiary in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right.  No notice to or demand on the Buyer, the Servicer or any Originator in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.  No waiver or approval by the Buyer, the Administrative Agent or the Servicer under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions.  No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
(c)    The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
SECTION 10.2  Notices, etc.  All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including facsimile or electronic mail communication) and shall be delivered or sent by facsimile, electronic mail, or by overnight mail, to the intended party at the mailing or electronic mail address or facsimile number of such party set forth under its name on Schedule VI hereof or at such other address or facsimile number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto or in the case of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, at their respective address for notices pursuant to the Receivables Financing Agreement.  All such notices and communications shall be effective (i) if delivered by overnight mail, when received, and (ii) if transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or electronic means.
SECTION 10.3  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.  The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.  Without limiting the foregoing, CMA and each Originator hereby authorizes the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender (collectively, the “Set-off Parties”), at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted 

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by law, to set off, against any obligations of CMA or such Originator to such Set-off Party arising in connection with the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.1) that are then due and payable or that are not then due and payable but have accrued, any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and any and all indebtedness at any time owing by, any Set-off Party to or for the credit or the account of CMA or such Originator.
SECTION 10.4  Binding Effect; Assignability.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Buyer and each Originator and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  No Originator may assign any of its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender, except as otherwise herein specifically provided.  This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree.  The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made by any Originator pursuant to Article V and the indemnification and payment provisions of Article IX and Section 10.6 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.5  Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF), EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION OF A SECURITY INTEREST OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10.6  Costs, Expenses and Taxes.  In addition to the obligations of the Originators under Article IX, each Originator, severally and for itself alone, and CMA, jointly and severally with each Originator, agrees to pay on demand:
(a)    to the Buyer (and any successor and permitted assigns thereof) and any third-party beneficiary of the Buyer’s rights hereunder all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement (together with all amendments, restatements, supplements, consents and waivers, if any, from time to time hereto), including, without limitation, (i) the reasonable and documented Attorney Costs for the Buyer (and any successor and permitted assigns thereof) and any third-party beneficiary of the Buyer’s rights hereunder with respect thereto and with respect to advising any such Person as to their rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and (ii) reasonable and documented accountants’, auditors’ and consultants’ fees and expenses for the Buyer (and any successor and permitted assigns thereof) and any third-party beneficiary of the Buyer’s rights hereunder incurred in connection with the administration and maintenance of this Agreement or advising any such Person as to their rights and remedies under 

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this Agreement or as to any actual or reasonably claimed breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(b)    to the Buyer (and any successor and permitted assigns thereof) and any third-party beneficiary of the Buyer’s rights hereunder all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented Attorney Costs), of any such Person incurred in connection with the enforcement of any of their respective rights or remedies under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and
(c)    all stamp, franchise and other Taxes and fees payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to be delivered hereunder, and agrees to indemnify each Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omitting to pay such Taxes and fees.
SECTION 10.7  SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.  (a) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.  THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.  THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
(b)    EACH PARTY HERETO CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE VI.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 10.7 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
SECTION 10.8  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT.
SECTION 10.9  Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference.  The various captions (including, without limitation, the table of contents) in this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this 

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Agreement.  References in this Agreement to any underscored Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit are to such Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement, as the case may be.  The Schedules and Exhibits hereto are hereby incorporated by reference into and made a part of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.10  Execution in Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart hereof by facsimile or other electronic means shall be equally effective as delivery of an originally executed counterpart.
SECTION 10.11  Acknowledgment and Agreement.  By execution below, each Originator expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of the Buyer’s rights, title, and interests in, to, and under this Agreement (but not its obligations), shall be assigned by the Buyer to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Lenders) pursuant to the Receivables Financing Agreement, and each Originator consents to such assignment.  Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are third-party beneficiaries of the rights of the Buyer arising hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents to which any Originator is a party, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, during the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default under the Receivables Financing Agreement, the Administrative Agent, and not the Buyer, shall have the sole right to exercise all such rights and related remedies.
SECTION 10.12  No Proceeding.  Each Originator hereby agrees that it will not institute, or join any other Person in instituting, against the Buyer any Insolvency Proceeding for at least one year and one day following the Final Payout Date.  Each Originator further agrees that notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Buyer shall not, and shall not be obligated to, pay any amount in respect of any Intercompany Loan, any Intercompany Loan Agreement or otherwise to such Originator pursuant to this Agreement unless the Buyer has received funds which may, subject to Section 4.01 of the Receivables Financing Agreement, be used to make such payment.  Any amount which the Buyer does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in §101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against or corporate obligation of the Buyer by such Originator for any such insufficiency unless and until the provisions of the foregoing sentence are satisfied.  The agreements in this Section 10.12 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.13  Mutual Negotiations.  This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are the product of mutual negotiations by the parties thereto and their counsel, and no party shall be deemed the draftsperson of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any provision hereof or thereof or to have provided the same.  Accordingly, in the event of any inconsistency or ambiguity of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, such inconsistency or ambiguity shall not be interpreted against any party because of such party’s involvement in the drafting thereof.

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SECTION 10.14  Joint and Several Liability.  Each of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, indemnities and other undertakings of any Originator hereunder shall be made jointly and severally, and are joint and several liabilities of each of the Originators hereunder.
SECTION 10.15  Severability.  Any provisions of this Agreement which are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
	
			
	 
	COMPASS MINERALS RECEIVABLES LLC, 

	 
	as Buyer

	 
	By:
	/s/ James D. Standen

	 
	Name: James D. Standen

	 
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

	 
	 

	 
	COMPASS MINERALS AMERICA INC.,
as Servicer and as an Originator

	 
	By:
	/s/ James D. Standen

	 
	Name: James D. Standen

	 
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

	 
	 

	 
	COMPASS MINERALS USA INC.,
as an Originator

	 
	By:
	/s/ James D. Standen

	 
	Name: James D. Standen

	 
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

	 
	 

	 
	 

Purchase and Sale Agreement

    
Schedule I 

LIST AND LOCATION OF EACH ORIGINATOR 

	
		
	Originator
	Location

	Compass Minerals America Inc.
	Delaware

	Compass Minerals USA Inc.
	Delaware

	
			
	 
	Schedule I-1
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Schedule II 

LOCATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS OF ORIGINATORS 

	
		
	Originator
	Location of Books and Records

	Compass Minerals America Inc.
	9900 West 109th Street, Suite 100, Overland Park, KS 66210 

	Compass Minerals USA Inc.
	9900 West 109th Street, Suite 100, Overland Park, KS 66210 

	
			
	 
	Schedule II-1
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Schedule III 

TRADE NAMES
	
		
	ORIGINATORS
	TRADE NAMES

	Compass Minerals America Inc.
	NASC
Cutler-Magner
North American Salt Company

	Compass Minerals USA Inc.
	None

	
			
	 
	Schedule III-1
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Schedule IV

[Reserved]

	
			
	 
	Schedule IV-1
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Schedule V

LOCATIONS OF MINING OPERATIONS AND MINEHEADS

	
			
	 
	Schedule V-1
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Schedule VI

NOTICE ADDRESSES
	
		
	If to Compass Minerals Receivables LLC:
	 

	 
	 

	Compass Minerals Receivables LLC
	 

	9900 W. 109th Street, Suite 100
	 

	Overland Park, KS 66210
	 

	Attn: Treasury Department
	 

	Facsimile: 913-433-9652
	 

	 
	 

	With a copy to:
	 

	 
	 

	Compass Minerals Receivables LLC
	 

	9900 W. 109th Street, Suite 100
	 

	Overland Park, KS 66210
	 

	Attn: Legal Department
	 

	Email: legal@compassminerals.com
	 

	 
	 

	If to Originator:
	 

	 
	 

	9900 W. 109th Street, Suite 100
	 

	Overland Park, KS 66210
	 

	Attn: Treasury Department
	 

	Facsimile: 913-433-9652
	 

	 
	 

	With a copy to:
	 

	 
	 

	9900 W. 109th Street, Suite 100
	 

	Overland Park, KS 66210
	 

	Attn: Legal Department
	 

	Email: legal@compassminerals.com
	 

	 
	 

	
			
	 
	Schedule VI-1
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Exhibit A 

FORM OF PURCHASE REPORT 

	
						
	Originator:
	[Name of Originator]

	 

	Buyer:
	COMPASS MINERALS RECEIVABLES LLC

	 

	Payment Date:
	________________ ___, 20___

	 

	 

	1.
	Outstanding Balance of Receivables [Purchased] [Contributed to the capital of Buyer] [on the Closing Date][during the preceding calendar month]:
	 

	 
	 
	 

	2.
	[Fair Market Value Discount:
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	1/{1 + (Prime Rate x Days’ Sales Outstanding}
	 

	 
	365
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	Where:

	 
	 

	 
	Prime Rate   =   __________

	 
	 

	 
	Days’ Sales Outstanding   =  __________]

	 
	 

	3.
	Purchase Price  (1 x 2)  =  $ __________

	 
	 

	4.
	Reductions in the Purchase Price  =  $ __________

	 
	 

	5.
	Net Purchase Price  (3 – 4)  =  $ __________

	
			
	 
	Exhibit A-1
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Exhibit B 

FORM OF INTERCOMPANY LOAN AGREEMENT
This Intercompany Loan Agreement (this “Loan Agreement”), is dated as of [_____], 20[__], by and between COMPASS MINERALS RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), and [________________], a [______________] (the “Intercompany Lender”). 
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, this Loan Agreement is one of the Intercompany Loan Agreements described in, and is subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2020 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”), among the Borrower, Compass Minerals America Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Servicer, the Intercompany Lender, and the other originators from time to time party thereto;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, from the date hereof until the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, the Borrower will be purchasing from the Intercompany Lender, Receivables and Related Rights that are generated by the Intercompany Lender;
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires from time to time to borrow funds from the Intercompany Lender (each, an “Intercompany Loan”) according to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Purchase and Sale Agreement to pay all or a portion of the Purchase Price owing by the Borrower to the Intercompany Lender in connection with the Receivables and Related Rights purchased by the Borrower from the Intercompany Lender in accordance with the Purchase and Sale Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Intercompany Lender agrees from time to time to make Intercompany Loans to the Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Purchase and Sale Agreement. 
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1.    Definitions.  Capitalized terms used (but not defined) herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Purchase and Sale Agreement and in Article I of the Receivables Financing Agreement (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement).  In addition, as used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
“AFR” shall mean the rate published in connection with Treas. Reg. Section 1.482-2(a)(2)(iii) (or any successor thereto or replacement thereto).
“Bankruptcy Proceedings” has the meaning set forth in clause (b) of paragraph 10 hereof.

	
			
	 
	Exhibit B-1
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

“Senior Interest Holders” means, collectively, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower Indemnified Parties, the Servicer Indemnified Parties and the Affected Persons.
“Senior Interests” means, collectively, (i) the Aggregate Interest, (ii) the Aggregate Loan Amount, (iii) the fees referred to in Section 2.03 of the Receivables Financing Agreement, (iv) all amounts payable pursuant to Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 13.01, 13.02 or 14.04 of the Receivables Financing Agreement and (v) all other obligations of the Borrower and the Servicer that are due and payable, to (a) the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and their respective successors, permitted transferees and assigns arising in connection with the Transaction Documents and (b) any Borrower Indemnified Party, Servicer Indemnified Party or Affected Person arising in connection with the Receivables Financing Agreement or any other Transaction Document, in each case, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, together with any and all interest accruing on any such amount after the commencement of any Bankruptcy Proceedings, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law that might restrict the rights of any Senior Interest Holder, as against the Borrower or anyone else, to collect such interest.
“Subordination Provisions” means, collectively, clauses (a) through (l) of paragraph 10 hereof.
2.    Intercompany Loan Facility.
(a)    Commitment.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Loan Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Intercompany Lender hereby agrees to make Intercompany Loans to the Borrower, on each Payment Date prior to the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, in the aggregate amount of the unpaid Purchase Price for Receivables and Related Rights that were generated by the Intercompany Lender and owing by the Borrower to the Intercompany Lender on such date.
(b)    Making Loans.  An Intercompany Loan shall be deemed to have been made on each Payment Date in the aggregate amount of the unpaid Purchase Price owing by the Borrower to the Intercompany Lender on such date and determined pursuant to Section 3.2(c) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, in each case, without any further action or notice on the part of the Borrower, the Intercompany Lender or any other Person.  No Intercompany Loan may be made by the Intercompany Lender to the Borrower for any other purpose.
3.    Records.  The Intercompany Lender is authorized and directed by the Borrower to enter in its books and records (or in the books and records of the Servicer), the date and amount of each Intercompany Loan made by the Intercompany Lender and the amount of each payment of principal made by the Borrower on such Intercompany Loan.  Absent manifest error, such entries shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information so entered; provided that neither the failure of the Intercompany Lender or the Servicer to make any such entry nor any error therein shall expand, limit or affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder.

	
			
	 
	Exhibit B-2
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

4.    Interest.  The Borrower agrees to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount of each Intercompany Loan from the date on which such Intercompany Loan has been made to the date on which such amount is repaid in full at a rate per annum equal to AFR.  Interest accrued hereunder shall be computed for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a 365- or 366-day year, as the case may be.
5.    Interest Payment Dates.  Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, the Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the outstanding principal amount of each Intercompany Loan on each Monthly Settlement Date, and shall pay accrued interest on the amount of each principal payment made in cash on a date other than a Monthly Settlement Date at the time of such principal payment.
6.    Principal Payment Dates.  Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, payments of the principal amount of the Intercompany Loans shall be made as follows:
(a)    The principal amount of the Intercompany Loans shall be reduced by an amount equal to each payment deemed made pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(b)    The entire outstanding principal amount of all Intercompany Loans shall be due on the Final Payout Date.
(c)    The principal amount of and accrued interest on the Intercompany Loans may be prepaid by, and in the sole discretion of the Borrower, on any Business Day without premium or penalty.
7.    Payment Mechanics.  All payments of principal and interest hereunder are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America in the manner specified in Article III of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
8.    Register.  The Borrower shall maintain a register, in which register shall be recorded the amount of each Intercompany Loan made hereunder and the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to the Intercompany Lender and its registered assigns hereunder. The entries in the register shall be conclusive and in the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Intercompany Lender and its registered assigns hereunder and such register, the register shall control in the absence of manifest error.
9.    Enforcement Expenses.  In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing, but subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below and to any limitation imposed by Applicable Law, the Borrower agrees to pay all expenses, including Attorney Costs, incurred by the Intercompany Lender in seeking to collect any amounts payable hereunder which are not paid when due.
10.    Subordination Provisions. The Borrower covenants and agrees, and the Intercompany Lender and any other assignee, transferee or pledgee of this Loan Agreement or any 

	
			
	 
	Exhibit B-3
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Intercompany Loans (collectively, the Intercompany Lender and any such other assignee, transferee or pledgee are called the “Holder”), by its acceptance of any sale, assignment, transfer or pledge of this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loans, likewise covenants and agrees on behalf of itself and any Holder, that the payment of the principal amount of and interest on the Intercompany Loans and any other payments owing under this Loan Agreement are hereby expressly subordinated in right of payment to the payment and performance of the Senior Interests to the extent and in the manner set forth in the following clauses of this paragraph 10:
(a)    No payment or other distribution of the Borrower’s assets of any kind or character, whether in cash, securities, or other rights or property, shall be made on account of this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan except to the extent such payment or other distribution is either (i) permitted under Section 8.01(r) of the Receivables Financing Agreement or (ii) made on or after the Final Payout Date;
(b)    In the event of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, readjustment, reorganization or other similar event relating to the Borrower, whether voluntary or involuntary, partial or complete, and whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings, or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Borrower or any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower other than as permitted by the Purchase and Sale Agreement (such proceedings being herein collectively called “Bankruptcy Proceedings”), the Senior Interests shall first be paid and performed in full and in cash before the Holder shall be entitled to receive and to retain any payment or distribution in respect of this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan.  In order to implement the foregoing:  (i) all payments and distributions of any kind or character in respect of this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan to which the Holder would be entitled except for this clause (b) shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders); (ii) the Holder shall promptly file a claim or claims, in the form required in any Bankruptcy Proceedings, for the full outstanding amount owed under this Loan Agreement (and if the Holder does not promptly do so, the Administrative Agent may), and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause said claim or claims to be approved and all payments and other distributions in respect thereof to be made directly to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) until the Senior Interests shall have been paid and performed in full and in cash; and (iii) the Holder hereby irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent (acting on behalf of the Lenders), may in the name of the Holder or otherwise, demand, sue for, collect, receive and receipt for any and all such payments or distributions, and file, prove and vote or consent in any such Bankruptcy Proceedings with respect to any and all claims of the Holder relating to this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan, in each case until the Senior Interests shall have been paid and performed in full and in cash;
(c)    In the event that the Holder receives any payment or other distribution of any kind or character from the Borrower or from any other source whatsoever, in respect of this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan, other than as expressly permitted by the terms of this Loan Agreement, such payment or other distribution shall be received in trust for the Senior Interest Holders and shall be turned over by the Holder to the Administrative 

	
			
	 
	Exhibit B-4
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Agent (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) forthwith.  The Holder will mark its books and records so as clearly to indicate that this Loan Agreement and the Intercompany Loans are subordinated in accordance with the terms hereof.  All payments and distributions received by the Administrative Agent in respect of this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan, to the extent received in or converted into cash, may be applied by the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) first to the payment of any and all expenses (including Attorney Costs) paid or incurred by the Senior Interest Holders in enforcing these Subordination Provisions, or in endeavoring to collect or realize upon this Loan Agreement and the Intercompany Loans, and any balance thereof shall, solely as between the Intercompany Lender and the Senior Interest Holders, be applied by the Administrative Agent (in the order of application set forth in Section 4.01(a) of the Receivables Financing Agreement) toward the payment of the Senior Interests; but as between the Borrower and its creditors, no such payments or distributions of any kind or character shall be deemed to be payments or distributions in respect of the Senior Interests;
(d)    Notwithstanding any payments or distributions received by the Senior Interest Holders in respect of this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan, while any Bankruptcy Proceedings are pending the Holder shall not be subrogated to the then existing rights of the Senior Interest Holders in respect of the Senior Interests until the Senior Interests have been paid and performed in full and in cash.  If no Bankruptcy Proceedings are pending, the Holder shall only be entitled to exercise any subrogation rights that it may acquire (by reason of a payment or distribution to the Senior Interest Holders in respect of this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan) to the extent that any payment arising out of the exercise of such rights would be permitted under Section 8.01(r) of the Receivables Financing Agreement;
(e)    These Subordination Provisions are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holder, on the one hand, and the Senior Interest Holders on the other hand.  Nothing contained in these Subordination Provisions or elsewhere in this Loan Agreement is intended to or shall impair, as between the Borrower, its creditors (other than the Senior Interest Holders) and the Holder, the Borrower’s obligation, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay the Holder the principal of and interest on the Intercompany Loans as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof or to affect the relative rights of the Holder and creditors of the Borrower (other than the Senior Interest Holders);
(f)    The Holder shall not, until the Senior Interests have been paid and performed in full and in cash, (i) cancel, waive, forgive, transfer or assign, or commence legal proceedings to enforce or collect, or subordinate to any obligation of the Borrower, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, other than the Senior Interests, this Loan Agreement or any rights in respect hereof or (ii) convert this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan into an equity interest in the Borrower, unless the Holder shall, in either case, have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent;

	
			
	 
	Exhibit B-5
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

(g)    The Holder shall not, without the advance written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, commence, or join with any other Person in commencing, any Bankruptcy Proceedings with respect to the Borrower until at least one year and one day shall have passed since the Final Payout Date;
(h)    If, at any time, any payment (in whole or in part) of any Senior Interest is rescinded or must be restored or returned by a Senior Interest Holder (whether in connection with Bankruptcy Proceedings or otherwise), these Subordination Provisions shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such payment had not been made;
(i)    Each of the Senior Interest Holders may, from time to time, at its sole discretion, without notice to the Holder, and without waiving any of its rights under these Subordination Provisions, take any or all of the following actions:  (i) retain or obtain an interest in any property to secure any of the Senior Interests; (ii) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligations of any other obligor or obligors with respect to any of the Senior Interests; (iii) extend or renew for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period), alter or exchange any of the Senior Interests, or release or compromise any obligation of any nature with respect to any of the Senior Interests; (iv) amend, supplement, amend and restate, or otherwise modify any Transaction Document; and (v) release its security interest in, or surrender, release or permit any substitution or exchange for all or any part of any rights or property securing any of the Senior Interests, or extend or renew for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period), or release, compromise, alter or exchange any obligations of any nature of any obligor with respect to any such rights or property;
(j)    The Holder hereby waives:  (i) notice of acceptance of these Subordination Provisions by any of the Senior Interest Holders; (ii) notice of the existence, creation, non-payment or non-performance of all or any of the Senior Interests; and (iii) all diligence in enforcement, collection or protection of, or realization upon, the Senior Interests, or any thereof, or any security therefor;
(k)    Each of the Senior Interest Holders may, from time to time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Documents to which such Persons are party, but without notice to the Holder, assign or transfer any or all of the Senior Interests, or any interest therein; and, notwithstanding any such assignment or transfer or any subsequent assignment or transfer thereof, such Senior Interests shall be and remain Senior Interests for the purposes of these Subordination Provisions, and every immediate and successive assignee or transferee of any of the Senior Interests or of any interest of such assignee or transferee in the Senior Interests shall be entitled to the benefits of these Subordination Provisions to the same extent as if such assignee or transferee were the assignor or transferor; and
(l)    These Subordination Provisions constitute a continuing offer from the Holder to all Persons who become the holders of, or who continue to hold, Senior Interests; and these Subordination Provisions are made for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders, and 

	
			
	 
	Exhibit B-6
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

the Administrative Agent may proceed to enforce such provisions on behalf of each of such Persons.
11.    General.  No failure or delay on the part of the Intercompany Lender in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right.  No amendment, restatement, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provision of this Loan Agreement shall in any event be effective unless (i) the same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by the Borrower, the Holder and the Administrative Agent and (ii) all consents required for such actions under the Transaction Documents shall have been received by the appropriate Persons.
12.    Maximum Interest.  Notwithstanding anything in this Loan Agreement to the contrary, the Borrower shall never be required to pay unearned interest on any amount outstanding hereunder and shall never be required to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Intercompany Loans at a rate in excess of the maximum nonusurious interest rate that may be contracted for, charged or received under applicable federal or state law (such maximum rate being herein called the “Highest Lawful Rate”).  If the effective rate of interest which would otherwise be payable under this Loan Agreement would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, or if the Holder shall receive any unearned interest or shall receive monies that are deemed to constitute interest which would increase the effective rate of interest payable by the Borrower under this Loan Agreement to a rate in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then (i) the amount of interest which would otherwise be payable by the Borrower under this Loan Agreement shall be reduced to the amount allowed by Applicable Law, and (ii) any unearned interest paid by the Borrower or any interest paid by the Borrower in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate shall be refunded to the Borrower.  Without limitation of the foregoing, all calculations of the rate of interest contracted for, charged or received by the Holder under this Loan Agreement that are made for the purpose of determining whether such rate exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to the Intercompany Lender (such Highest Lawful Rate being herein called the “Maximum Permissible Rate”) shall be made, to the extent permitted by usury laws applicable to the Holder (now or hereafter enacted), by amortizing, prorating and spreading in equal parts during the actual period during which any amount has been outstanding hereunder all interest at any time contracted for, charged or received by the Holder in connection herewith.  If at any time and from time to time (i) the amount of interest payable to the Holder on any date shall be computed at the Maximum Permissible Rate pursuant to the provisions of the foregoing sentence and (ii) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount of interest otherwise payable to the Holder would be less than the amount of interest payable to the Holder computed at the Maximum Permissible Rate, then the amount of interest payable to the Holder in respect of such subsequent interest computation period shall continue to be computed at the Maximum Permissible Rate until the total amount of interest payable to the Holder shall equal the total amount of interest which would have been payable to the Holder if the total amount of interest had been computed without giving effect to the provisions of the foregoing sentence.
13.    Assignability.  The Intercompany Lender may not sell, transfer, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) 

	
			
	 
	Exhibit B-7
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

or with respect to, this Loan Agreement or any Intercompany Loan, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.  
14.    GOVERNING LAW.  THIS LOAN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF).
15.    SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LOAN AGREEMENT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.  
16.    Execution in Counterparts.  This Loan Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart hereof by facsimile or other electronic means shall be equally effective as delivery of an originally executed counterpart.
17.    Captions.  Paragraph captions used in this Loan Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Loan Agreement.

	
			
	 
	Exhibit B-8
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Loan Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
	
					
	 
	COMPASS MINERALS RECEIVABLES LLC,

	 
	as Borrower

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	[______________________],

	 
	as Lender

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	 
	 

	
			
	 
	Exhibit B-9
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

Exhibit C 

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of ___________, 20[__] (this “Agreement”) is executed by__________, a ______________ organized under the laws of __________ (the “Additional Originator”), with its principal place of business located at __________.
 
BACKGROUND:
A.    Compass Minerals Receivables LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Buyer”), Compass Minerals America Inc., a Delaware corporation, as initial Servicer, and the various entities from time to time party thereto, as Originators (collectively, the “Originators”), have entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, and as it may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”).
B.    The Additional Originator desires to become an Originator pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Additional Originator hereby agrees as follows:
SECTION 1.    Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Purchase and Sale Agreement or in the Receivables Financing Agreement (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement).
SECTION 2.    Transaction Documents.  The Additional Originator hereby agrees that it shall be bound by all of the terms, conditions and provisions of, and shall be deemed to be a party to (as if it were an original signatory to), the Purchase and Sale Agreement and each of the other relevant Transaction Documents.  From and after the later of the date hereof and the date that the Additional Originator has complied with all of the requirements of Section 4.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Additional Originator shall be an Originator for all purposes of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and all other Transaction Documents. The Additional Originator hereby acknowledges that it has received copies of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
SECTION 3.    Representations and Warranties.  The Additional Originator hereby makes all of the representations and warranties set forth in Article V (to the extent applicable) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement as of the date hereof (unless such representations or warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), as if such representations and warranties were fully set forth herein.  The Additional Originator hereby represents and warrants that its “location” (as defined in the applicable UCC) is [____________________], and the offices where 

	
			
	 
	Exhibit C-1
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

the Additional Originator keeps all of its books and records concerning the Receivables and Related Security is as follows:
                                                   
 
                                                   
 
                                                   
SECTION 4.    Miscellaneous.  This Agreement, including the rights and duties of the parties hereto, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (including Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York, but without regard to any other conflicts of law provisions thereof).  This Agreement is executed by the Additional Originator for the benefit of the Buyer, and its assigns, and each of the foregoing parties may rely hereon.  This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Additional Originator and its successors and permitted assigns.
[Signature Pages Follow]

	
			
	 
	Exhibit C-2
	Purchase and Sale Agreement

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date and year first above written.
	
			
	 
	[NAME OF ADDITIONAL ORIGINATOR]

	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	 

	 
	 
	     Name:

	 
	 
	     Title:

	
					
	Consented to:
	 

	COMPASS MINERALS RECEIVABLES LLC
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	By:
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Name:
	 
	 

	 
	Title:
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Acknowledged by:
	 

	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 

	as Administrative Agent
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	By:
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Name:
	 
	 

	 
	Title:
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	[LENDERS]

	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	By:
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Name:
	 
	 

	 
	Title:
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	COMPASS MINERALS AMERICA INC.

	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	By:
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
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	Exhibit C-3
	Purchase and Sale AgreementExhibit

Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION COPY

PERFORMANCE GUARANTY

This PERFORMANCE GUARANTY (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Performance Guaranty”), dated as of June 30, 2020, is made by COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (the “Performance Guarantor”), a Delaware corporation, in favor of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”), as administrative agent under the Receivables Financing Agreement defined below (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), for the benefit of itself and the other Secured Parties under the Receivables Financing Agreement defined below.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in, or by reference in, the Receivables Financing Agreement defined below.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
(1)    Concurrently herewith, Compass Minerals Receivables LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), as buyer, Compass Minerals America Inc., a Delaware corporation, as initial servicer (in such capacity, together with its successor and assigns in such capacity, the “Servicer”) and as an originator (in such capacity, together with Compass Minerals USA Inc., a Delaware corporation, the “Initial Originators”) are entering into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”).  Each entity from time to time party to the Purchase and Sale Agreement as an originator thereunder, including each Initial Originator, is herein referred to as an “Originator” and, collectively, as the “Originators”.  Pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Originators will from time to time sell and contribute Receivables and Related Rights to the Borrower.
(2)    Concurrently herewith, the Borrower, as borrower, the Servicer, the Persons from time to time party thereto as Lenders, PNC Capital Markets LLC, as Structuring Agent, and the Administrative Agent are entering into that certain Receivables Financing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Receivables Financing Agreement”), pursuant to which (i) the Lenders may from time to time make Loans to the Borrower, (ii) the Borrower has granted to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) a security interest in the Collateral and (iii) the Servicer will service the Pool Receivables.
(3)    As of the date hereof, Performance Guarantor is the direct or indirect owner of 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Servicer, each Originator and the Borrower.
(4)    The Performance Guarantor’s execution and delivery of this Performance Guaranty are conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Receivables Financing Agreement.

	
			
	 
	 
	 

(5)    The Performance Guarantor has determined that its execution and delivery of this Performance Guaranty is in its best interests because, inter alia, the Performance Guarantor (individually) and the Performance Guarantor and its Affiliates (collectively) will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from (i) each Originator’s sales and contributions of Receivables to the Borrower from time to time under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, (ii) the Servicer’s servicing of the Pool Receivables, (iii) the financial accommodations made by the Lenders to the Borrower from time to time under the Receivables Financing Agreement and (iv) the other transactions contemplated under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Receivables Financing Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Performance Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
SECTION 1.    Unconditional Undertaking; Enforcement.  The Performance Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes and assures for the benefit of the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, as assignee of the Borrower’s rights, interests and claims under the Purchase and Sale Agreement), the Lenders and each of the other Secured Parties the due and punctual performance and observance by each Originator and the Servicer (together with their respective successors and assigns, collectively, the “Covered Entities”, and each, a “Covered Entity”) of the terms, covenants, indemnities, conditions, agreements, undertakings and obligations on the part of such Covered Entity to be performed or observed by it under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Receivables Financing Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Covered Entity is a party, including, without limitation, any agreement or obligation of such Covered Entity to pay any indemnity or make any payment in respect of any applicable dilution adjustment or repurchase obligation under any such Transaction Document, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in the applicable Transaction Documents as the same shall be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time (all such terms, covenants, indemnities, conditions, agreements, undertakings and obligations on the part of the Covered Entities to be paid, performed or observed by them being collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Performance Guarantor agrees that if any Covered Entity shall fail in any manner whatsoever to perform or observe any of its Guaranteed Obligations when the same shall be required to be performed or observed under any applicable Transaction Document, then the Performance Guarantor will itself duly and punctually perform or observe any of such Guaranteed Obligations or cause to be performed or observed, such Guaranteed Obligations.  It shall not be a condition to the accrual of the obligation of the Performance Guarantor hereunder to cause to be performed or observed any Guaranteed Obligation that the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Borrower or any other Person shall have first made any request of or demand upon or given any notice to the Performance Guarantor, any Covered Entity or any of their respective successors and assigns or have initiated any action or proceeding against the Performance Guarantor, any Covered Entity or any of their respective successors and assigns in respect thereof.  The Administrative Agent (on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties) may proceed to enforce the obligations of the Performance Guarantor under this Performance Guaranty without first pursuing or exhausting any right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have against any Covered Entity, the Borrower, any other Person, the Pool Receivables or any other property.  The Performance Guarantor agrees that its obligations under this Performance Guaranty shall be irrevocable.  It is 

	
			
	 
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expressly acknowledged that this Performance Guaranty is not a guarantee of the payment of any Pool Receivables and there shall be no recourse to the Performance Guarantor for any non-payment or delay in payment of any Pool Receivables solely by reason of the bankruptcy, insolvency or lack of creditworthiness or other financial inability to pay of the related Obligor or the uncollectability of any such Pool Receivables or for any Guaranteed Obligations the payment of which could otherwise constitute recourse to the Performance Guarantor for uncollectible Pool Receivables.
SECTION 2.    Validity of Obligations.  (a) The Performance Guarantor agrees that its obligations under this Performance Guaranty are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (i) the validity, enforceability, avoidance, subordination, discharge, or disaffirmance by any Person (including a trustee in bankruptcy or insolvency practitioner) of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) the absence of any attempt by any Secured Party (or by the Borrower) to collect any Pool Receivables or to realize upon any other Collateral or any other property or collateral, or to obtain performance or observance of the Guaranteed Obligations from the Covered Entities, or the Borrower or any other Person, (iii) any waiver, consent, amendment, modification, extension, forbearance or granting of any indulgence by any Secured Party (or by the Borrower) with respect to any provision of any agreement or instrument evidencing the Guaranteed Obligations, (iv) any change of the time, manner or place of performance of, or in any other term of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, including, without limitation, any amendment to or modification of any of the Transaction Documents, (v) any law, rule, regulation or order of any jurisdiction affecting any term or provision of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or rights of the Secured Parties (or of the Borrower) with respect thereto, (vi) the failure by any Secured Party (or by the Borrower) to take any steps to perfect and maintain perfected its interest in any Collateral or other property or in any security or collateral related to the Guaranteed Obligations, (vii) any failure to obtain any consent, authorization or approval from or other action by or to notify or file with, any Governmental Authority required in connection with the performance of the obligations hereunder by the Performance Guarantor, (viii) any impossibility or impracticability of performance, illegality, force majeure, any act of government, or other circumstances which might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of any Covered Entity or the Performance Guarantor, or any other circumstance, event or happening whatsoever whether foreseen or unforeseen and whether similar to or dissimilar to anything referred to above, (ix) any manner of application of Collateral or any other assets of any Covered Entity or of the Borrower, or proceeds thereof, to satisfy all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or as otherwise permitted under the Transaction Documents, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any collateral for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or as otherwise permitted under the Transaction Documents and (x) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Covered Entity, the Borrower or the Performance Guarantor or any other Person or the equity ownership, existence, control, merger, consolidation or sale, lease or transfer of any of the assets of any such Person, or any bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, dissolution, liquidation, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, arrangement, composition, readjustment or reorganization of, or similar proceedings affecting, any Covered Entity, the Borrower or any of their assets or obligations.  The Performance Guarantor waives all set-offs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands of performance, notices of nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of acceptance of this Performance Guaranty.  The Performance Guarantor’s obligations under this Performance Guaranty shall not be limited if any Secured Party is precluded for any reason (including, without limitation, the application of the automatic stay under Section 362 of 

	
			
	 
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the Bankruptcy Code) from enforcing or exercising any right or remedy with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, and the Performance Guarantor shall perform or observe, upon demand, the Guaranteed Obligations that would otherwise have been due and performable or observable by any Covered Entity had such right and remedies been permitted to be exercised.  
(b)    Should any money due or owing under this Performance Guaranty not be recoverable from the Performance Guarantor due to any of the matters specified in this Section 2, then, in any such case, such money shall nevertheless be recoverable from the Performance Guarantor as though the Performance Guarantor were principal debtor in respect thereof and not merely a Performance Guarantor and shall be paid by the Performance Guarantor forthwith.  The Performance Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent that any Covered Entity, the Borrower or any other Person makes a payment or payments to any Secured Party in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation, which payment or payments or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to such Covered Entity, the Borrower or other Person, as applicable, or to the estate, trustee, or receiver of any Covered Entity, the Borrower, Person or any other party, including, without limitation, the Performance Guarantor, under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof which has been paid, reduced or satisfied by such amount shall be reinstated and continued in full force and effect as of the date such initial payment, reduction or satisfaction occurred.
SECTION 3.    [Reserved].
SECTION 4.    Waiver.  The Performance Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, notice of default by any Covered Entity, notice of the incurrence of any Guaranteed Obligation and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Performance Guaranty, and any other document related thereto or to any of the Transaction Documents and any requirement, other than as expressly set forth herein, that any Secured Party (or the Borrower) exhaust any right or take any action against any Covered Entity, the Borrower, any other Person or any property.  The Performance Guarantor represents and warrants to the Secured Parties that it has adequate means to obtain from the Covered Entities and the Borrower, on a continuing basis, all information concerning the financial condition of the Covered Entities and the Borrower, and that it is not relying on any Secured Party to provide such information either now or in the future.
SECTION 5.    Subrogation.  The Performance Guarantor hereby waives all rights of subrogation (whether contractual or otherwise) to the claims, if any, of any Secured Party (or the Borrower) against the Covered Entities and all contractual, statutory or common law rights of reimbursement, contribution or indemnity from the Covered Entities which may otherwise have arisen in connection with this Performance Guaranty until one year and one day have elapsed since the payment and performance in full of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 6.    Representations and Warranties of the Performance Guarantor.  The Performance Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each of the other Secured Parties as of the date hereof, on each Settlement Date and on each day on which a 

	
			
	 
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Credit Extension or Release shall have occurred under the Receivables Financing Agreement, as follows:  
(a)    Organization and Good Standing.  The Performance Guarantor is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with the power and authority under its organizational documents and under the laws of the State of Delaware to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, except to the extent such failure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    Due Qualification.  The Performance Guarantor is duly qualified to do business, is in good standing as a foreign entity and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    Power and Authority; Due Authorization.  The Performance Guarantor has all necessary power and authority to (i) execute and deliver this Performance Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (ii) perform its obligations under this Performance Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions provided for in, this Performance Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by the Performance Guarantor by all necessary action.
(d)    Binding Obligations.  This Performance Guaranty and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Performance Guarantor, enforceable against the Performance Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e)    No Conflict or Violation.  The execution and delivery of this Performance Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which the Performance Guarantor is a party, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Performance Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents and the fulfillment of the terms of this Performance Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents by the Performance Guarantor will not (i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the organizational documents of the Performance Guarantor or any indenture, sale agreement, credit agreement (including the Credit Agreement), loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Performance Guarantor is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, credit agreement (including the Credit Agreement), loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument, other than this Performance Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents or (iii) conflict with or violate any Applicable Law, except to the extent 

	
			
	 
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that any such conflict, breach, default, Adverse Claim or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f)    Litigation and Other Proceedings.  There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending, or to the Performance Guarantor’s knowledge threatened, against the Performance Guarantor before any Governmental Authority: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Performance Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents; (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Performance Guaranty or any other Transaction Document; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could materially and adversely affect the performance by the Performance Guarantor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Performance Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents; or (iv) individually or in the aggregate for all such actions, suits, proceedings and investigations that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g)    No Consents.  The Performance Guarantor is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval, registration, authorization or declaration of or with any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution, delivery, or performance of this Performance Guaranty or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party that has not already been obtained or the failure of which to obtain such consent, license, approval, registration, authorization or declaration could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h)    Compliance with Applicable Law.  The Performance Guarantor is in compliance in all respects with Applicable Law applicable to the Performance Guarantor, its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses and properties, except where any such failure could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i)    Accuracy of Information.  All certificates, reports, statements, documents and other information furnished to the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party by the Performance Guarantor pursuant to any provision of this Performance Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, or in connection with or pursuant to any amendment or modification of, or waiver under, this Performance Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, is, at the time the same are so furnished, complete and correct in all material respects on the date the same are furnished to the Administrative Agent or such other Credit Party, and at the time the same are so furnished do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading (provided that with respect to any projected financial information, if any, the Performance Guarantor represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time).
(j)    No Material Adverse Effect.  Since December 31, 2019, there has been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Performance Guarantor.
(k)    Investment Company Act.  The Performance Guarantor is not an “investment company,” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

	
			
	 
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(l)    Anti-Money Laundering/International Trade Law Compliance.  No Covered Entity is a Sanctioned Person.  No Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, (i) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (ii) does business in or with, or derives any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; or (iii) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law.
(m)    Financial Condition.  The consolidated balance sheets of the Performance Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019, and the related statements of income and shareholders’ equity of the Performance Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Performance Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP.
(n)    Opinions.  The facts regarding the Performance Guarantor, the Borrower, the Servicer, the Originator, the Receivables, the Related Security and the related matters set forth or assumed in each of the opinions of counsel delivered in connection with this Performance Guaranty and the Transaction Documents are true and correct in all material respects.
(o)    Solvency.  Immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Performance Guaranty and any other Transaction Documents, the Performance Guarantor is Solvent.
(p)    Separateness.  The Performance Guarantor is aware that the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties have entered into the Receivables Financing Agreement in reliance on the Borrower being a separate entity from the Performance Guarantor and the Performance Guarantor’s other Affiliates (including, without limitation, the Covered Entities) and has taken such actions and implemented such procedures as are necessary on its part to ensure that the Performance Guarantor and each of its Affiliates (including, without limitation, the Covered Entities) will take all steps necessary to maintain the Borrower’s identity as a separate legal entity from the Performance Guarantor and its Affiliates (including, without limitation, the Covered Entities) and to make it manifest to third parties that the Borrower is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of the Performance Guarantor and its Affiliates (including, without limitation, the Covered Entities).
(q)    ERISA.
(i)    None of the following events or conditions, either individually or in the aggregate, has occurred and has resulted, or is reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect: (a) a Reportable Event; (b) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; (c) any noncompliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA or the Code; (d) a termination of a Pension Plan (other than a standard termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA); (e) an Adverse Claim on the property of the Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates in favor of the PBGC or a Pension Plan; (f) the present value of all benefit liabilities under 

	
			
	 
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any Pension Plan (based on the assumptions used to determine required minimum contributions under Section 412 of the Code with respect to such Pension Plan), exceeds the value of the assets of such Pension Plan, determined as of the most recent annual valuation date applicable thereto for which a valuation has been completed; (g) a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan by the Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates or (h) the insolvency of any Multiemployer Plan. There have been no transactions that resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in any liability to the Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates under Section 4069 of ERISA or Section 4212(c) of ERISA that would, singly or in the aggregate, constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)    Each of the Parent and the ERISA Affiliates is in compliance (i) with all applicable provisions of law and all applicable regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to any employee pension benefit plan governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States and (ii) with the terms of any such plan, except, in each case, for such noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r)    Preliminary Statements.  The statements set forth in the preliminary statements to this Performance Guaranty are true and correct.
SECTION 7.    Certain Covenants.  The Performance Guarantor covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof until the Final Payout Date, the Performance Guarantor will observe and perform all of the following covenants.  
(a)    Ownership and Control.  The Performance Guarantor shall continue to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock and other equity interests of the Servicer, each Originator and the Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Performance Guarantor shall not permit the occurrence of any Change in Control.
(b)    Existence and Good Standing.  The Performance Guarantor will promptly obtain, comply with and do all things as are necessary to maintain in full force and effect its existence as a Delaware corporation.  The Performance Guarantor also will ensure that it has the right and is duly qualified to conduct its business as it is presently conducted in all applicable jurisdictions, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    Compliance with Laws.  The Performance Guarantor will comply with all Applicable Laws to which it may be subject if the failure to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d)    Sale of Assets.  The Performance Guarantor will not directly or indirectly sell, transfer, assign, convey or lease whether in one or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets (other than in accordance with the Transaction Documents). The Performance Guarantor shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or reorganize as any other entity or reincorporate in any other jurisdiction unless (i) no Event of Termination or Unmatured Event of Termination has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) if it is not the surviving entity, the surviving Person agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions applicable to it hereunder, 

	
			
	 
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(iii) no Change in Control shall result, (iv) the Performance Guarantor reaffirms in a writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that its obligations under this Performance Guaranty shall apply to the surviving Person and (v) the Administrative Agent receives such additional certifications and opinions of counsel as it shall reasonably request.
(e)    Actions Contrary to Separateness.  The Performance Guarantor will not take any action inconsistent with the terms of Section 8.03 of the Receivables Financing Agreement.
(f)    Anti-Money Laundering/International Trade Law Compliance.  The Performance Guarantor will not become a Sanctioned Person.  No Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, will (i) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (ii) do business in or with, or derive any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (iii) engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law or (iv) uses the proceeds of Loans to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law.  The funds used to repay each Investment will not be derived from any unlawful activity.  The Performance Guarantor shall, and shall comply, with all Anti-Terrorism Laws.  The Performance Guarantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event.  The Performance Guarantor has not used and will not use the proceeds of any Investment to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country. 
(g)    Payments on Receivables; Collection Accounts.  If any payments on the Pool Receivables or other Collections are received by the Performance Guarantor, it shall hold such payments in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties and promptly (but in any event within one (1) Business Day after receipt) remit such funds into a Collection Account.
(h)    Further Assurances.  The Performance Guarantor hereby agrees from time to time, at its own expense, promptly to execute (if necessary) and deliver all further instruments and documents, and to take all further actions, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to enable the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) to exercise and enforce their respective rights and remedies under this Performance Guaranty.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Performance Guarantor hereby agrees from time to time, at its own expense, promptly to provide such information (including non-financial information) with respect to itself and each Covered Entity as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(i)    Borrower’s Tax Status. The Performance Guarantor shall not take or cause any action to be taken that could result in the Borrower (i) being treated other than as a “disregarded entity” within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulation § 301.7701-3 that is disregarded from a United States person (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) becoming an association taxable as a corporation or a publicly traded partnership ) taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

	
			
	 
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SECTION 8.    Amendments, Etc.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Performance Guaranty shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent and the Performance Guarantor, and no consent to any departure by the Performance Guarantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
SECTION 9.    Addresses for Notices.  All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile or electronic mail) and faxed, mailed, sent or delivered to it (a) if to the Administrative Agent, to its address specified for notices in the Receivables Financing Agreement, (b) if to any other Secured Party, to the Administrative Agent on such Secured Party’s behalf at the address specified for notices to the Administrative Agent in the Receivables Financing Agreement and (c) if to the Performance Guarantor, to its address set forth below, or in either case, to such other address as the relevant party specified to the other from time to time in writing:
Compass Minerals International Inc.
9900 W. 109th Street, Suite 100
Overland Park, KS 66210
Attn: Treasury Department 
Facsimile: 913-433-9652

With a copy to:

Compass Minerals International Inc.
9900 W. 109th Street, Suite 100
Overland Park, KS 66210
Attn: Legal Department
Email: legal@compassminerals.com
Notices and communications by facsimile or electronic mail shall be effective when sent (and shall be followed by hard copy sent by regular mail), and notices and communications sent by other means shall be effective when received.
SECTION 10.    No Waiver; Remedies.  No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.  The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by Applicable Law.
SECTION 11.    Continuing Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries; Assignment.  This Performance Guaranty is a continuing agreement and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the later of (x) the payment and performance in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Performance Guaranty and (y) one year and a day after the Final Payout Date, (ii) be binding upon the Performance Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (iii) inure to 

	
			
	 
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the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (iii) upon any assignment by a Lender permitted pursuant to the Receivables Financing Agreement, the applicable assignee shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Lenders herein or otherwise.  Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that each of the Lenders and the Secured Parties shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Performance Guaranty.  No Performance Guarantor shall assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its obligations or duties under this Performance Guaranty without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.  Any payments hereunder shall be made in full in U.S. dollars without any set-off, deduction or counterclaim and the Performance Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall not be satisfied by any tender or recovery of another currency except to the extent such tender or recovery results in receipt of the full amount of U.S. dollars required hereunder.  
SECTION 12.    Mutual Negotiations.  This Performance Guaranty is the product of mutual negotiations by the parties hereto and their counsel, and no party shall be deemed the draftsperson of this Performance Guaranty or any provision hereof or to have provided the same.  Accordingly, in the event of any inconsistency or ambiguity of any provision of this Performance Guaranty, such inconsistency or ambiguity shall not be interpreted against any party because of such party’s involvement in the drafting thereof.
SECTION 13.    Costs and Expenses.  The Performance Guarantor hereby agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Performance Guaranty (or any supplement or amendment hereto), including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented Attorney Costs for the Administrative Agent and the other Credit Parties and any of their respective Affiliates with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent and the other Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates as to their rights and remedies under this Performance Guaranty.  In addition, the Performance Guarantor agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable Attorney Costs), of the Administrative Agent and the other Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates, incurred in connection with the enforcement of any of their respective rights or remedies under the provisions of this Performance Guaranty.
SECTION 14.    Indemnities by Performance Guarantor.  Without limiting any other rights which any Secured Party may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, the Performance Guarantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Secured Party and each of their respective Affiliates, and all successors, transferees, participants and assigns and all officers, members, managers, directors, shareholders, controlling persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing (each a “Guarantor Indemnified Party”) forthwith and on demand from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses (including all filing fees, if any), including reasonable and documented attorneys’, consultants’ and accountants’ fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Indemnified Amounts”) incurred by any of them and arising out of, relating to, resulting from or in connection with: (i) any breach by the Performance Guarantor of any of its obligations or duties under this Performance Guaranty or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in any capacity; (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation 

	
			
	 
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or warranty made by the Performance Guarantor hereunder, under any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in any capacity or in any certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or to any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in any capacity; (iii) the failure of any information provided to any such Guarantor Indemnified Party by, or on behalf of, the Performance Guarantor, in any capacity, to be true and correct; (iv) the material misstatement of fact or the omission of a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained in any information provided to any such Guarantor Indemnified Party by, or on behalf of, the Performance Guarantor, in any capacity, not materially misleading; (v) any negligence or misconduct on the Performance Guarantor’s part arising out of, relating to, in connection with, or affecting any transaction contemplated by this Performance Guaranty or any other Transaction Document; (vi) the failure by the Performance Guarantor to comply with any Applicable Law, rule or regulation with respect to this Performance Guaranty, the transactions contemplated hereby, any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in any capacity, the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise or (vii) the failure of this Performance Guaranty to constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Performance Guarantor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 14, Indemnified Amounts shall be excluded solely to the extent (x) determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Guarantor Indemnified Party and (y) they constitute recourse with respect to a Pool Receivable by reason of the bankruptcy, insolvency or lack of creditworthiness or other financial inability to pay of the related Obligor or the uncollectability of any such Pool Receivables or for any Guaranteed Obligations the payment of which could otherwise constitute recourse to the Performance Guarantor for uncollectible Pool Receivables.
SECTION 15.    GOVERNING LAW.  THIS PERFORMANCE GUARANTY, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF).
SECTION 16.    CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. 
a.    THE PERFORMANCE GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS PERFORMANCE GUARANTY, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (I) IF BROUGHT BY THE PERFORMANCE GUARANTOR OR ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF, SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED, AND (II) IF BROUGHT BY ANY OTHER PARTY TO THIS PERFORMANCE GUARANTY, MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED, IN EACH CASE, IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 16 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY 

	
			
	 
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OTHER CREDIT PARTY TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE PERFORMANCE GUARANTOR OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS.  THE PERFORMANCE GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.  THE PERFORMANCE GUARANTOR AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
b.    THE PERFORMANCE GUARANTOR CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 9.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 16 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT PARTY TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
SECTION 17.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS PERFORMANCE GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT.
SECTION 18.    Set-off Rights of Secured Parties.   The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may from time to time following the demand therefore by such Person, set-off and apply any liabilities any such Person may have to the Performance Guarantor (including liabilities in respect of any monies deposited with it by the Performance Guarantor) against any and all of the obligations of the Performance Guarantor to such Person now or hereafter existing under this Performance Guaranty.
SECTION 19.    Severability. If any term or provision of this Performance Guaranty shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable to any extent with respect to any person or circumstance, the enforceability of such term or provision shall not be affected with respect to any other person or circumstance, and such term or provision shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law.
SECTION 20.    Counterparts.  This Performance Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Performance Guaranty.  
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Performance Guarantor has caused this Performance Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
	
			
	 
	COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

	 
	as the Performance Guarantor

	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ James D. Standen

	 
	Name: James D. Standen

	 
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

Performance Guaranty 

 
	
			
	Accepted as of the
	 

	date hereof:
	 

	 
	 

	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	 

	as Administrative Agent
	 

	 
	 
	 

	By: 
	/s/ Michael Brown
	 

	Name: Michael Brown
	 

	Title: Senior Vice President
	 

Performance Guaranty

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