Document:

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

  

 

 

 

SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

among

 

JOHN DEERE OWNER TRUST 2012

 

Issuing Entity

 

JOHN DEERE RECEIVABLES, INC.

 

Seller

 

and

 

JOHN DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

Servicer

 

Dated as of March 1, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

  

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

 

 

	
 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

	
SECTION 1.01 Definitions

	
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SECTION 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions

	
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SECTION 1.03 Calculations

	
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ARTICLE II

 

Conveyance of Receivables

 

	
SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables

	
15

	
SECTION 2.02 Waiver

	
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ARTICLE III

 

The Receivables

 

	
SECTION 3.01 Representations and Warranties of Seller

	
15

	
SECTION 3.02 Repurchase by Seller upon Breach

	
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SECTION 3.03 Custody of Receivable Files

	
16

	
SECTION 3.04 Duties of Servicer as Custodian

	
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SECTION 3.05 Instructions; Authority to Act

	
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SECTION 3.06 Custodian’s Indemnification

	
18

	
SECTION 3.07 Effective Period and Termination

	
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ARTICLE IV

 

Administration and Servicing of Receivables

 

	
SECTION 4.01 Duties of Servicer

	
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SECTION 4.02 Collection of Receivable Payments

	
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SECTION 4.03 Realization upon Receivables

	
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SECTION 4.04 Physical Damage Insurance

	
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SECTION 4.05 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Equipment

	
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SECTION 4.06 Covenants of Servicer

	
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SECTION 4.07 Purchase by Servicer of Receivables upon Breach

	
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SECTION 4.08 Servicing Fee

	
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SECTION 4.09 Servicer’s Certificate

	
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SECTION 4.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default

	
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SECTION 4.11 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Report

	
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SECTION 4.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables

	
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SECTION 4.13 Servicer Expenses

	
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SECTION 4.14 Appointment of Sub-Servicer

	
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SECTION 4.15 Information to be Furnished in the Event of Resignation or Termination

	
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SECTION 4.16 Exchange Act Reports

	
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ARTICLE V

 

Distributions; Reserve Account;

Statements to the Certificateholder and Noteholders

 

	
SECTION 5.01 Establishment of Trust Accounts

	
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SECTION 5.02 Collections

	
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SECTION 5.03 Additional Deposits

	
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SECTION 5.04 Distributions

	
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SECTION 5.05 Reserve Account

	
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SECTION 5.06 Statements to the Certificateholder and Noteholders

	
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SECTION 5.07 Net Deposits

	
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ARTICLE VI

 

The Seller

 

	
SECTION 6.01 Representations of Seller

	
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SECTION 6.02 Corporate Existence

	
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SECTION 6.03 Liability of Seller; Indemnities

	
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SECTION 6.04 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller

	
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SECTION 6.05 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others

	
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SECTION 6.06 Seller May Own Notes; Retention of the Certificate

	
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ARTICLE VII

 

The Servicer

 

	
SECTION 7.01 Representations of Servicer

	
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SECTION 7.02 Indemnities of Servicer

	
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SECTION 7.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer

	
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SECTION 7.04 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others

	
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SECTION 7.05 JDCC Not to Resign as Servicer

	
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SECTION 7.06 Servicer to Act as Administrator

	
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ARTICLE VIII

 

Default

 

	
SECTION 8.01 Servicer Default

	
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SECTION 8.02 Appointment of Successor

	
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SECTION 8.03 Notification to Noteholders and the Certificateholder

	
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SECTION 8.04 Waiver of Past Defaults

	
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ARTICLE IX

 

Termination

 

	
SECTION 9.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables and Termination

	
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ARTICLE X

 

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

	
SECTION 10.01 Amendment

	
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SECTION 10.02 Protection of Title to Trust

	
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SECTION 10.03 Notices

	
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SECTION 10.04 Assignment

	
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SECTION 10.05 Limitations on Rights of Others

	
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SECTION 10.06 Severability

	
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SECTION 10.07 Separate Counterparts

	
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SECTION 10.08 Headings

	
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SECTION 10.09 Governing Law

	
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SECTION 10.10 Assignment to Indenture Trustee

	
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SECTION 10.11 Nonpetition Covenants

	
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SECTION 10.12 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee

	
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SECTION 10.13 Additional Securities

	
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SCHEDULES

 

	
SCHEDULE A 

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Schedule of Receivables

	
SCHEDULE B 

	
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Location of Receivable Files

	
SCHEDULE C 

	
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List of Fiscal Months

	
SCHEDULE D 

	
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Servicer’s Certificate

	
SCHEDULE E 

	
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Statement to Certificateholder

	
SCHEDULE F 

	
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Statement to Noteholders

	
SCHEDULE G 

	
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Payment and Deposit Instructions to Indenture Trustee

	
APPENDIX A 

	
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Servicing Criteria

 

 

 

  

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This SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of March 1, 2012, among JOHN DEERE OWNER TRUST 2012, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuing Entity”), JOHN DEERE RECEIVABLES, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Seller”), and JOHN DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“JDCC” or the “Servicer”).

 

WHEREAS the Issuing Entity desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables arising in connection with agricultural and construction equipment retail installment sale and loan contracts generated by JDCC in the ordinary course of business;

 

WHEREAS the Seller has purchased such receivables from JDCC and desires to sell such receivables to the Issuing Entity; and

 

WHEREAS JDCC desires to service such receivables.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01   Definitions.  Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

 

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement dated as of March 1, 2012 among the Trust, JDCC, as Administrator, and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

“Administration Fee” means the fee payable to the Administrator pursuant to Section 3 of the Administration Agreement.

 

“Administrator” means the administrator under the Administration Agreement.

 

“Agreement” means this Sale and Servicing Agreement, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

“Amount Financed” with respect to a Receivable means the amount advanced under the Receivable toward the purchase price of the related Financed Equipment and any related costs.

 

“Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” of a Receivable means the fixed annual rate of finance charges specified in the related Contract.

 

“Certificate” means the Certificate (as defined in the Trust Agreement).

 

“Certificate Balance” equals, initially, and, on each day thereafter, equals the initial Certificate Balance reduced by all amounts allocable to principal previously distributed to the Certificateholder.

 

  

  

  

 

“Certificate Distribution Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.

 

“Certificateholder” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.

 

“Certificate Monthly Principal Distributable Amount” means (a) zero on any Payment Date on which the outstanding principal balance of the Notes has not been reduced to zero after taking into account distributions on such Payment Date and (b) on each Payment Date on and after the Payment Date on which the outstanding principal balance of the Notes is reduced to zero, an amount equal to the Principal Distributable Amount minus the principal payment, if any, on the Notes on such Payment Date.

 

“Class A-1 Note Final Payment Date” means March 15, 2013.

 

“Class A-1 Note Interest Rate” means a rate per annum equal to 0.37859%.

 

“Class A-1 Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes (as defined in the Indenture).

 

“Class A-2 Note Final Payment Date” means June 16, 2014.

 

“Class A-2 Note Interest Rate” means a rate per annum equal to 0.59%.

 

“Class A-2 Notes” means the Class A-2 Notes (as defined in the Indenture).

 

“Class A-3 Note Final Payment Date” means March 15, 2016.

 

“Class A-3 Note Interest Rate” means a rate per annum equal to 0.75%.

 

“Class A-3 Notes” means the Class A-3 Notes (as defined in the Indenture).

 

“Class A-4 Note Final Payment Date” means June 15, 2018.

 

“Class A-4 Note Interest Rate” means a rate per annum equal to 0.99%.

 

“Class A-4 Notes” means the Class A-4 Notes (as defined in the Indenture).

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

“Collection Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01.

 

“Collection Period” means, with respect to the first Payment Date, the period from the Cut-off Date through the Fiscal Month ending on March 25, 2012 and, with respect to each subsequent Payment Date, the Fiscal Month ending immediately preceding such Payment Date.  Any amount stated “as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period” shall give effect to the following calculations as determined as of the end of the day on such last day:  (1) all applications of collections and (2) all distributions to be made on the following Payment Date.

 

  

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“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Contract” means an agricultural or construction equipment retail installment sale or loan contract.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at date of the execution of this Agreement is located at 190 South LaSalle Street, 7th Floor, Mail Code MK-IL-SL7R, Chicago, IL  60603, Attention:  JDOT 2012; or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and the Seller, or the corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the successor Indenture Trustee will notify the Noteholders and the Seller).

 

“Current Principal Distribution Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the Note Value at the beginning of the related Collection Period less the Note Value at the end of that Collection Period.

 

“Cut-off Date” means January 29, 2012.

 

“Dealer” means the dealer who sold an item of Financed Equipment securing a Receivable.

 

“Deere” means Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

“Delinquent” means a Scheduled Payment determined by the Servicer to be past due in accordance with its normal practices, subject to Article IV relating to the administration and servicing of the Receivables.

 

“Delivery” when used with respect to Trust Account Property the perfection and priority in which is governed by Article 8 of the UCC or the Federal Book-Entry Regulations means:

 

(a)      with respect to bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute “instruments” within the meaning of Section 9-102(47) of the UCC (other than certificated securities) and are susceptible to physical delivery, transfer thereof to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian by physical delivery to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the name of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian free and clear of any adverse claims, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof;

 

(b)      with respect to a “certificated security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC), transfer thereof (i) by physical delivery of such certificated security endorsed to, or registered in the name of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, (ii) by physical delivery of such certificated security in registered form to a “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting on behalf of the Indenture Trustee if the certificated security has been specially endorsed to the Indenture Trustee by an effective endorsement;

 

  

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(c)      with respect to any security issued by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or by the Federal National Mortgage Association that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations, the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC:  book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property to an appropriate book-entry account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a securities intermediary which is also a “depository” pursuant to applicable Federal regulations and issuance by such securities intermediary of a deposit advice or other written confirmation of such book-entry registration to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of the purchase by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such book-entry securities; the identification by the Federal Reserve Bank of such book-entry certificates on its records being credited to the securities intermediary’s Participant’s securities account; the making by such securities intermediary of entries in its books and records identifying such book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian and indicating that such custodian holds such Trust Account Property solely as agent for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and

 

(d)      with respect to any item of Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not governed by clause (c) above, registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of the Indenture Trustee, or by another Person (not a securities intermediary) either becoming the registered owner of the uncertificated security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, or having become the registered owner, acknowledging that it holds for the Indenture Trustee, or the issuer thereof agreeing that it will comply with instructions originated by the Indenture Trustee without further consent of the registered owner thereof;

 

(e)      with respect to a “financial asset” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) to the extent not covered by paragraphs (a) through (d) above, if a securities intermediary (i) indicates by book entry that such financial asset has been credited to the Indenture Trustee’s “securities account” (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC), (ii) receives a financial asset from the Indenture Trustee or acquires a financial asset for the Indenture Trustee, and in either case, accepts it for credit to the Indenture Trustee’s securities account, (iii) becomes obligated under other law, regulation or rule to credit a financial asset to the Indenture Trustee’s securities account, or (iv) has agreed that it will comply with “entitlement orders” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the UCC) originated by the Indenture Trustee without further consent by the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC); and

 

  

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(f)      in each case of delivery contemplated herein, the Indenture Trustee shall make appropriate notations on its records, and shall cause the same to be made on the records of its nominees, indicating that securities are credited to the appropriate Trust Account and held in trust pursuant to and as provided in this Agreement.

 

“Depositor” means the Seller in its capacity as Depositor under the Trust Agreement.

 

“Determination Date” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the second Business Day prior to such Payment Date.

 

“Eligible Deposit Account” means either (a) a segregated trust account with an Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as any of the unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade.

 

“Eligible Institution” means (a) the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, or (b) a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), (1)(i) which has either (A) the highest long-term unsecured debt rating by each of the Rating Agencies or (B) the highest short-term unsecured debt rating or a certificate of deposit rating by each of the Rating Agencies or any other long-term, short-term or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies and (ii) whose deposits are insured by the FDIC or (2)(i) the parent of which has a long-term or short-term unsecured debt rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies and (ii) whose deposits are insured by the FDIC.  If so qualified, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, U.S. Bank National Association or Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A. may be considered an Eligible Institution for the purposes of clause (b) of this definition.

 

“Eligible Investments” mean book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form which evidence:

 

(a)           direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment by, the United States of America;

 

(b)      demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or State banking or depository institution authorities; provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a Person other than such depository institution or trust company) thereof shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies, in the highest investment category granted thereby:

 

  

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(c)      commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby;

 

(d)      investments in money market mutual funds having a rating at the time of such investment of no less than the highest rating applicable thereto by each of the Rating Agencies (including funds for which the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates is investment manager or advisor);

 

(e)      bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (b) above;

 

(f)      repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (b); and

 

(g)      any other investment permitted by each of the Rating Agencies in writing; provided, however, that if an investment would be an Eligible Investment solely by virtue of clause (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) and has a remaining maturity of more than 30 days at the time of its acquisition by the Indenture Trustee, then such investment shall be an Eligible Investment only if the long-term unsecured debt rating of the obligor on such investment is at least A1 by Moody’s and at least A by Fitch.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Exchange Act Reports” means information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

“Face Amount” means with respect to a Receivable as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, the gross amount of all unpaid installments scheduled to be paid on each contract, including unearned finance and other charges.

 

“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

 

“Financed Equipment” means an item of agricultural or construction equipment, together with all accessions thereto, which was purchased by an Obligor pursuant to the terms of the related Contract and securing such Obligor’s indebtedness under the respective Receivable.

 

“Fiscal Month” means a fiscal month specified in Schedule C, as may be amended from time to time by the delivery by the Servicer to the Seller, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of a new Schedule C hereto listing the fiscal months; provided that the fiscal months on any such new Schedule C shall have the ranges of number of days generally similar to the ranges of the number of days in the fiscal months set forth in the original Schedule C hereto and shall not result in a Collection Period that does not allow the Servicer a sufficient amount of time to perform the calculations required of it hereunder in respect of such Collection Period prior to the related Determination Date.

 

  

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“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, or its successor.

 

“Form 10-D Disclosure Item” shall mean with respect to any Person, any litigation or governmental proceedings pending against such Person, or any of the Trust, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Servicer if such Person has actual knowledge thereof, in each case that would be material to the Noteholders.

 

“Form 10-K Disclosure Item” shall mean with respect to any Person, (a) any Form 10-D Disclosure Item and (b) any affiliations or relationships between such Person and any Item 1119 Party to the extent such Person has actual knowledge thereof.

 

“Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of March 1, 2012, between the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

“Indenture Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association solely in its capacity as indenture trustee under the Indenture and not in its individual capacity, its successors in interest and any successor indenture trustee under the Indenture.

 

“Initial Pool Balance” means the Pool Balance as of the Cut-off Date, which is $1,040,342,905.67.

 

“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

 

“Investment Earnings” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the investment earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on amounts on deposit in the Trust Accounts to be deposited into the Collection Account on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.01(b).

 

“Item 1119 Party” shall mean the parties specified in Item 1119 of Regulation AB, which are the Issuing Entity, the Seller, JDCC, as the sponsor (as defined in Item 1101 (l)  of Regulation AB), the Servicer, the Sub-Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, each Subcontractor and the Owner Trustee.

 

  

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“JDCC” means John Deere Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

“JDCC System” shall mean the technology system used by the Seller comprised of proprietary and third party software, hardware and other related technology materials that permit the origination of electronic contracts entered into in connection with the sale of equipment and evidenced by a record or records consisting of information stored in an electronic medium and maintained in such system.

 

“Lien” means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any kind, other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens which attach to the respective Receivable by operation of law as a result of any act or omission by the related Obligor.

 

“Liquidated Receivable” means any Receivable liquidated by the Servicer through the sale or other disposition of the Financed Equipment or which the Servicer has determined to charge-off without realizing upon the Financed Equipment.

 

“Liquidation Proceeds” means, with respect to any Liquidated Receivable, the moneys collected in respect thereof, from whatever source (including the proceeds of insurance policies with respect to the related Financed Equipment or Obligor but excluding any amounts from Dealer reserves) on a Liquidated Receivable during the Fiscal Month in which such Receivable became a Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer in connection with such liquidation and any amounts required by law to be remitted to the Obligor on such Liquidated Receivable.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.

 

“Note Distribution Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01.

 

“Note Interest Rate” means the per annum interest rate borne by a Note.

 

“Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount” means, for any Payment Date, the Principal Distributable Amount; provided, that the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes; provided, further, that on (i) the Class A-1 Note Final Payment Date, the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount will at least equal the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes, (ii) the Class A-2 Note Final Payment Date, the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount will at least equal the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-2 Notes, (iii) the Class A-3 Note Final Payment Date, the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount will at least equal the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-3 Notes and (iv) the Class A-4 Note Final Payment Date, the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount will at least equal the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-4 Notes.

 

“Note Value” means, with respect to any day, the present value of the unpaid Scheduled Payments on the Receivables, discounted at an annual rate equal to 4.20%.  For purposes of calculating Note Value, in the case of a defaulted Receivable:  (a) prior to the time at which such defaulted Receivable becomes a Repossessed Receivable or a 180-day Receivable, the Scheduled Payments on such Receivable will be computed based on the amounts that would have been the Scheduled Payments had such default not occurred; (b) at the earlier of the time at which such defaulted Receivable becomes a Repossessed Receivable or a 180-day Receivable, the amount added to the Note Value with respect to such Receivable will be the estimated realizable value of such Receivable, as determined by the Servicer in accordance with its normal servicing procedures and (c) after the time such defaulted Receivable becomes a Liquidated Receivable, and after the payment of a Purchase Amount in respect of a Purchased Receivable, there shall be deemed to be no Scheduled Payments due on such Receivable.

 

  

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“Noteholders’ Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (a) the accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes for such Payment Date and (b) the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount.

 

“Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.

 

“Obligor” on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the Financed Equipment and any other Person who owes payments under the Receivable.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by (a) the chairman of the board, the president, any vice president, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer and (b) the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Seller or the Servicer, as appropriate.

 

“180-day Receivable”, with respect to any Collection Period, means any Receivable as to which a Scheduled Payment is 180 days or more Delinquent by the last day of such Collection Period and which has not become a Liquidated Receivable or a Repossessed Receivable; provided that a Receivable shall cease to be a 180-day Receivable if the Servicer subsequently receives payment in full of each Scheduled Payment that was previously 180 days or more Delinquent on such Receivable.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Seller or the Servicer, which counsel shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Rating Agencies, as applicable.

 

“Owner Trust Estate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.

 

“Owner Trustee” means Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A. in its capacity as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its successors in interest and any successor owner trustee under the Trust Agreement.

 

“Payment Date” means the 15th day of each month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing April 16, 2012.

 

“Pool Balance” as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables (excluding Purchased Receivables and Liquidated Receivables) less the aggregate Write-Down Amount as of the last day of such Collection Period.

 

  

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“Pool Face Amount” as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, means the aggregate Face Amount of the Receivables (excluding Purchased Receivables and Liquidated Receivables) less the aggregate Write-Down Amount as of the last day of such Collection Period.

 

“Principal Balance” of a Receivable, as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, means the Amount Financed minus the sum of (i) that portion of all Scheduled Payments paid on or prior to such day allocable to principal using the actuarial method, (ii) any payment of the Purchase Amount with respect to the Receivable purchased by the Servicer or repurchased by the Seller and allocable to principal, and (iii) any prepayment in full or any partial prepayments applied to reduce the Principal Balance of the Receivable.

 

“Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess of (i) the Principal Distributable Amount for the immediately preceding Payment Date over (ii) the amount that was actually deposited into the Note Distribution Account and the Certificate Distribution Account, if applicable, on account of principal on such immediately preceding Payment Date.

 

“Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (i) the Current Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and (ii) the Principal Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.

 

“Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement dated as of March 1, 2012, between the Seller and JDCC, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

“Purchase Amount” means with respect to a Receivable, the amount, as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, required to prepay in full the Receivable under the terms thereof including interest to the last day of such Collection Period.

 

“Purchased Receivable” means a Receivable purchased as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.07 or repurchased as of such time by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02.

 

“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and Fitch.  If no such organization or successor is in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Seller, notice of which designation shall be given to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer, and the Administrator.

 

“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, (A) in the case of Moody’s, that Moody’s shall have been given 10 days (or such shorter period that is acceptable to Moody’s) prior notice thereof and that Moody’s shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Notes and (B) in the case of Fitch, that Fitch shall have been given 10 Business Days’ (or such shorter period that is acceptable to Fitch) prior written notice thereof.

 

“Receivable” means any retail installment sale or loan contract listed on Schedule A hereto.

 

  

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“Receivable Files” means the documents specified in Section 3.03.

 

“Recoveries” means, with respect to any Liquidated Receivable, monies collected in respect thereof, from whatever source (other than any amounts from Dealer reserves) after the Fiscal Month in which such Receivable became a Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer for the account of the Obligor and any amounts required by law to be remitted to the Obligor.

 

“Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

 

“Regulation S-X” means Regulation S-X, 17 C.F.R. §§210.1-01—210.12-29, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

 

“Reportable Event” shall mean any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in any event, the following:

 

(a) entry into a definitive agreement related to the Trust, the Notes or the Receivables, or an amendment to a transaction document, even if the Depositor is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);

 

(b) termination of a transaction document (other than by expiration of the agreement on its stated termination date or as a result of all parties completing their obligations under such agreement), even if the Depositor is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);

 

(c) with respect to the Servicer only, the occurrence of a Servicer Default;

 

(d) the resignation, removal, replacement or substitution of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee;

 

(e) with respect to the Indenture Trustee only, a required distribution to holders of the Notes is not made as of the required Payment Date under the Indenture; and

 

(f) with respect to the Servicer only, if the Servicer becomes aware of any bankruptcy or receivership of the Seller, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, any enhancement or support provider contemplated by Item 1114(b) or 1115 of Regulation AB, or other material party contemplated by Item 1101(d)(1) of Regulation AB.

 

“Reporting Subcontractor” shall mean any Subcontractor determined by the Servicer to be “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB.

 

  

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“Repossessed Receivable”, with respect to any Collection Period, means any defaulted Receivable as to which the Financed Equipment securing such defaulted Receivable has been repossessed by the last day of such Collection Period.

 

“Reserve Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01.

 

“Reserve Account Initial Deposit” means, with respect to the Closing Date, $10,323,131.

 

“Scheduled Payment” on a Receivable, means the scheduled periodic payment of principal and, if applicable, interest required to be made by the Obligor.

 

“Seller” means John Deere Receivables, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its successors in interest to the extent permitted hereunder.

 

“Servicer” means JDCC, as the servicer of the Receivables, and each successor to JDCC (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or 8.02.

 

“Servicer Default” means an event specified in Section 8.01.

 

“Servicer’s Certificate” means an Officers’ Certificate of the Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 4.09, substantially in the form of Schedule D.

 

“Servicing Criteria” shall mean the “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.

 

“Servicing Fee” means the fee payable to the Servicer for services rendered during the respective Collection Period, determined pursuant to Section 4.08.

 

“Servicing Fee Rate” means 1.00% per annum.

 

“Specified Reserve Account Balance” means, except as otherwise provided in the following paragraph, with respect to any Payment Date, the lesser of (a) $12,903,914, which is 1.25% of the initial Note Value and (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Notes immediately preceding such Payment Date less the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such Payment Date.

 

Upon payment of all interest and principal due on the Notes, the Specified Reserve Account Balance shall be zero.  The Specified Reserve Account Balance may be reduced or the definition otherwise modified without the consent of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder provided that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied and provided, further, the Owner Trustee obtains an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the reduction or modification will not change the tax classification of the Notes as indebtedness.

 

“Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, or any successor to the business thereof.

 

  

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“Subcontractor” shall mean any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing of Receivables but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to the Receivables under the direction or authority of the Indenture Trustee.

 

“Sub-Servicer” means Deere Credit Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and each successor to Deere Credit Services, Inc. (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 4.14.

 

“Total Distribution Amount” means, for each Payment Date, the sum of the aggregate collections in respect of Receivables (including Liquidation Proceeds and Purchase Amounts) received during the related Collection Period, plus Investment Earnings.

 

“Transfer Date” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the Business Day preceding such Payment Date.

 

“Treasury Regulations” means regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code.  References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.

 

“Trust” means the Issuing Entity.

 

“Trust Account Property” means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise), including the Reserve Account Initial Deposit, and all proceeds of the foregoing.

 

“Trust Accounts” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.01.

 

“Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement dated as of February 29, 2012, between the Seller and the Owner Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

“Trust Estate” means the Trust Estate (as defined in the Indenture).

 

“Trust Officer” means, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust Services Department of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement and the Basic Documents on behalf of the Owner Trustee.

 

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

  

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“Write-Down Amount” means, for any Collection Period for any 180-day Receivable or Repossessed Receivable, the excess of (a) the Principal Balance plus accrued and unpaid interest of such Receivable as of the last day of the Collection Period during which such Receivable became a 180-day Receivable or Repossessed Receivable, as the case may be, over (b) the estimated realizable value of such Receivable, as determined by the Servicer in accordance with its normal servicing procedures for the related Collection Period, which amount may be adjusted to zero by the Servicer in accordance with its normal servicing procedures if such Receivable has ceased to be a 180-day Receivable as provided in the definition of “180-day Receivable”.

 

SECTION 1.02   Other Definitional Provisions.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

(a)      All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.

 

(b)      As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.  To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall control.

 

(c)      The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation.”

 

(d)      The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.

 

SECTION 1.03   Calculations.  For all purposes of this Agreement, interest in respect of the Class A-1 Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the related period of accrual.  Interest in respect of the Class A-1 Notes shall accrue from and including the Closing Date or from and including the most recent Payment Date to which interest has been paid to but excluding the current Payment Date.  Interest in respect of the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.  Interest on the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes in respect of a Payment Date will accrue from and including the 15th day of the month preceding such Payment Date (or the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) to and including the 14th day of the month of such Payment Date.

 

  

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ARTICLE II

 

Conveyance of Receivables

 

SECTION 2.01   Conveyance of Receivables.  In consideration of the Issuing Entity’s delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of $996,703,799, the issuance to the Seller of the Certificate and the waiver, termination and release set forth in 2.02 below, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuing Entity, without recourse (subject to the obligations herein):

 

(a)      all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Receivables, and all moneys due thereon, on or after the Cut-off Date;

 

(b)      the interest of the Seller in the security interests in the Financed Equipment granted by Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the Seller in the Financed Equipment;

 

(c)      the interest of the Seller in any proceeds with respect to the Receivables from claims on any physical damage, credit life or disability insurance policies covering Financed Equipment or Obligors;

 

(d)      all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Purchase Agreement, including the right of the Seller to cause JDCC to repurchase Receivables from the Seller under certain circumstances; and

 

(e)      the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.

 

SECTION 2.02   Waiver.  The Issuing Entity hereby waives, releases and terminates (i) any rights it may have in any equipment (other than the Financed Equipment) as security for any obligations owing to it under the Receivables, (ii) any rights it may have in any property as security for any Receivable other than the rights relating to the related Financed Equipment and the proceeds thereof and (iii) any rights it may have to apply moneys received under a receivable that was not sold to the Issuing Entity pursuant to Section 2.01.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the foregoing in no way constitutes a waiver, release or termination of any of the rights of the Issuing Entity with respect to the Financed Equipment and the rights related to the Financed Equipment.

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

The Receivables

 

SECTION 3.01   Representations and Warranties of Seller.  The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as to the Receivables on which the Issuing Entity is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables.  Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuing Entity and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

 

  

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(a)      Title.  It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the Issuing Entity and that the beneficial interest in and title to such Receivables not be part of the debtor’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law.  No Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Seller to any Person other than the Issuing Entity.  Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and rights of others and, immediately upon the transfer thereof, the Issuing Entity shall have good and marketable title to each such Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and rights of others; and the transfer has been perfected under the UCC.

 

(b)      All Filings Made.  All filings (including UCC filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Issuing Entity a first perfected ownership interest in the Receivables, and to give the Indenture Trustee a first perfected security interest therein, shall have been made.

 

SECTION 3.02   Repurchase by Seller upon Breach.  The Seller, the Servicer, the Sub-Servicer or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties to this Agreement and the Indenture Trustee and JDCC promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 3.01 or JDCC’s representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 3.02(b) of the Purchase Agreement.  Unless any such breach shall have been cured by the last day of the second month following the month of the discovery thereof by the Owner Trustee or receipt by the Owner Trustee of written notice from the Seller, the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer of such breach, the Seller shall be obligated, and, if necessary, the Seller or the Owner Trustee shall enforce the obligation of JDCC under the Purchase Agreement, to repurchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected by any such breach as of such last day (or, at the Seller’s option, the last day of the first month following the month of the discovery).  In consideration of the repurchase of the Receivable, the Seller shall remit the Purchase Amount, in the manner specified in Section 5.03; provided, however, that the obligation of the Seller to repurchase any Receivable arising solely as a result of a breach of JDCC’s representations and warranties pursuant to Section 3.02 (b) of the Purchase Agreement is subject to the receipt by the Seller of the Purchase Amount from JDCC.  Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03, the sole remedy of the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholder with respect to a breach of representations and warranties pursuant to Section 3.01 and the agreement contained in this Section shall be to require the Seller to repurchase Receivables pursuant to this Section, subject to the conditions contained herein, or to enforce JDCC’s obligation to the Seller to repurchase such Receivables pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.  The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to this Section.

 

SECTION 3.03   Custody of Receivable Files.  To assure uniform quality in servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuing Entity hereby appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act as the agent and as custodian of the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee of the following documents or instruments which are hereby constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuing Entity with respect to each Receivable:

 

  

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(a)      (i) in the case of each Receivable constituting “tangible chattel paper” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(78) of the UCC), the fully executed original of such Receivable or (ii) in the case of each Receivable constituting “electronic chattel paper” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(31) of the UCC), the “authoritative copy” (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC) of such Receivable;

 

(b)      the original or a copy of the credit application fully executed by the Obligor;

 

(c)      the original certificate of title (or a secured party copy thereof), the file stamped copy of the UCC financing statement or such other documents that the Seller or JDCC shall keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures, evidencing the security interest of Deere & Company or an affiliate of Deere & Company in the Financed Equipment; and

 

(d)      any and all other documents that JDCC or the Seller shall keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures, relating to a Receivable, an Obligor or Financed Equipment.

 

SECTION 3.04   Duties of Servicer as Custodian.

 

(a)      Safekeeping.  The Servicer shall hold the Receivable Files on behalf of the Issuing Entity and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records and computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File as shall enable the Issuing Entity to comply with this Agreement.  In performing its duties as custodian the Servicer shall act with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to the receivable files relating to all comparable receivables that the Servicer services for itself or others.  The Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic audits of the Receivable Files held by it under this Agreement and of the related accounts, records and computer systems, in such a manner as shall enable the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee to verify the accuracy of the Servicer’s record keeping.  The Servicer shall promptly report to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee any failure on its part to hold the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as herein provided and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review by the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of the Receivable Files.

 

(b)      Maintenance of and Access to Records.  The Servicer shall maintain each Receivable File at its office specified in Schedule B (except that, in the case of any Receivable constituting “electronic chattel paper” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(31) of the UCC), the “authoritative copy” (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC) of such Receivable is stored and maintained in the JDCC System) to this Agreement or at such other office as shall be specified to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee by written notice not later than 90 days after any change in location.  The Servicer shall make available to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee or their respective duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors a list of locations of the Receivable Files and the related accounts, records and computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times as the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee shall instruct.

 

  

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(c)      Release of Documents.  Upon instruction from the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer shall release any Receivable File to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent, or the Indenture Trustee’s designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon as practicable.

 

SECTION 3.05   Instructions; Authority to Act.  The Servicer shall be deemed to have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its receipt of written instructions signed by a Trust Officer of the Indenture Trustee.

 

SECTION 3.06   Custodian’s Indemnification.  The Servicer as custodian shall indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and each of their officers, directors and agents for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or any of their officers, directors and agents as the result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable to the Trust or the Owner Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Owner Trustee and the Servicer shall not be liable to the Trust or the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee.

 

SECTION 3.07   Effective Period and Termination.  The Servicer’s appointment as custodian shall become effective as of the Cut-off Date and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section.  If JDCC shall resign as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of any Servicer shall have been terminated under Section 8.01, the appointment of such Servicer as custodian shall be terminated by the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or, with the consent of Holders of the Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by the Owner Trustee or by the Certificateholder, in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such Holders may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 8.01.  The Indenture Trustee or, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee may terminate the Servicer’s appointment as custodian, with cause, at any time upon written notification to the Servicer, and without cause upon 30 days’ prior written notification to the Servicer.  As soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Servicer shall deliver the Receivable Files to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee’s agent at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate; provided, however, that with respect to “authoritative copies” (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC) of the Receivables constituting electronic chattel paper, (a) if the Servicer’s appointment as custodian has been terminated in connection with the resignation or termination of the Servicer as servicer, the custodian shall transfer such “authoritative copies” to the successor Servicer as provided in Section 10.2(f) or (b) otherwise, unless otherwise instructed by the Indenture Trustee, an authorized representative of JDCC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to convert the “authoritative copy” into tangible form by permanently removing such authoritative copy from the JDCC System and causing a contract in tangible form to be printed as the tangible authoritative copy. Such tangible authoritative copy shall include a legend identifying such authoritative copy as the “original”.  Upon such conversion into tangible chattel paper, such Receivable shall be transferred and delivered to the possession of the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee’s agent at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate.  The Servicer shall pay the fees of any other Person acting as custodian of the Receivables Files.

 

  

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ARTICLE IV

 

Administration and Servicing of Receivables

 

SECTION 4.01   Duties of Servicer.  The Servicer, as agent for the Issuing Entity (to the extent provided herein), shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables) with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable equipment receivables that it services for itself or others.  The Servicer’s duties shall include calculating, billing, collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on such Receivables, investigating delinquencies, reporting tax information to Obligors, accounting for collections, and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions.  Subject to the provisions of Section 4.02, the Servicer shall follow its then current customary standards, policies and procedures in performing its duties as Servicer.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholder and the Noteholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to such Receivables or to the Financed Equipment securing such Receivables.  If the Servicer shall commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the Issuing Entity (in the case of a Receivable other than a Purchased Receivable) shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned, solely for the purpose of collection, such Receivable to the Servicer.  If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce such Receivable, the Owner Trustee shall, at the Servicer’s expense and direction, take steps to enforce such Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholder or the Noteholders.  The Owner Trustee shall upon the written request of the Servicer furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.

 

SECTION 4.02   Collection of Receivable Payments.  The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become due and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to all comparable equipment receivables that it services for itself or others.  In connection therewith, the Servicer may grant extensions, rebates or adjustments on a Receivable in accordance with its customary collection procedures with respect to all comparable equipment receivables that it services for itself or others; provided, however, that if the Servicer extends the date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond December 30, 2017, it shall promptly purchase the Receivable from the Issuing Entity in accordance with the terms of Section 4.07; provided, further, that the Servicer shall not extend the final Scheduled Payment for the sole purpose of purchasing the Receivables from the Issuing Entity.  

 

  

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The Servicer may in its discretion waive any additional interest above the related APR due on late Scheduled Payments or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable.  The Servicer shall not agree to any alteration of the interest rate on any Receivable and shall not agree to waive the repayment of the Amount Financed, or any portion thereof, on a Receivable.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any Recoveries shall be paid to the Seller and the related Liquidated Receivable shall be assigned by the Trust to the Seller.

 

SECTION 4.03   Realization upon Receivables.  On behalf of the Issuing Entity, the Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with its customary servicing procedures, to repossess or otherwise realize upon the Financed Equipment securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer shall have determined pursuant to customary servicing procedures that eventual payment in full is unlikely.  The Servicer shall follow such customary and usual practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable in its servicing of comparable equipment receivables, which may include selling any Financed Equipment at public or private sale.  The Servicer is hereby authorized to exercise its discretion consistent with its customary servicing procedures in servicing defaulted Receivables so as to maximize the net collections of such defaulted Receivables including, without limitation, selling such defaulted Receivables.  The Servicer shall not be liable for any such exercise of its discretion made in good faith and in accordance with such servicing procedures.  The foregoing shall be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed Equipment shall have suffered damage, consistent with its customary servicing procedures the Servicer may but shall not be required to expend funds in connection with the repair or the repossession of such Financed Equipment.

 

SECTION 4.04   Physical Damage Insurance.  The Servicer shall, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, require that each Obligor shall have obtained physical damage insurance covering the Financed Equipment as of the execution of the Receivable.

 

SECTION 4.05   Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Equipment.  The Servicer shall, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed Equipment.  The Servicer is hereby authorized to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation of the Financed Equipment or for any other reason.

 

SECTION 4.06   Covenants of Servicer.  The Servicer shall not release the Financed Equipment securing any Receivable from the security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except in accordance with Section 4.03 above or in the event of payment in full by the Obligor thereunder, nor shall the Servicer impair the rights of the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholder or the Noteholders in such Receivables, nor shall the Servicer increase the number of scheduled payments due under a Receivable except in accordance with the terms thereof or the terms of Section 4.02.

 

  

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So long as JDCC is the Servicer, it shall do all things necessary to retain “control” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC of each Receivable constituting “electronic chattel paper” as defined in Section 9-102(a)(31) of the UCC, including maintaining in place the JDCC System and all related policies and procedures and taking all action in compliance with such policies and procedures, as described in the factual assumptions set forth in the opinion letter of Shearman & Sterling LLP dated March 1, 2012 addressing the issue of perfection by control of electronic chattel paper.

 

SECTION 4.07   Purchase by Servicer of Receivables upon Breach.  The Servicer (or the Sub-Servicer on behalf of the Servicer) or the Owner Trustee shall inform the other party and the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and JDCC promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach of Section 4.02, 4.05 or 4.06.  Unless the breach shall have been cured by the last day of the second month following such discovery (or, at the Servicer’s election, the last day of the first following month), the Servicer shall purchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected by such breach.  If the Servicer takes any action pursuant to Section 4.02 that impairs the rights of the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholder or the Noteholders in any Receivable or as otherwise provided in Section 4.02, the Servicer shall purchase such Receivable.  In consideration of the purchase of any such Receivable pursuant to either of the two preceding sentences, the Servicer shall remit the Purchase Amount in the manner specified in Section 5.03.  Subject to Section 7.02, the sole remedy of the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholder or the Noteholders with respect to a breach pursuant to Section 4.02, 4.05 or 4.06 shall be to require the Servicer to purchase Receivables pursuant to this Section.  The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the purchase of any Receivable pursuant to this Section.

 

SECTION 4.08   Servicing Fee.  On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee in respect of the immediately preceding Collection Period equal to the product of (a) one twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the Pool Balance as of the first day of such preceding Collection Period subject to the order and priority set forth in Section 5.04; provided that in the case of the first Payment Date, the Servicing Fee will be an amount equal to the sum of (a) 1.00% per annum of the pool balance as of the cut-off date (for the February Collection Period) and (b) 1.00% per annum of the pool balance as of February 26, 2012 (for the March Collection Period).  The Servicer shall also be entitled to that portion of interest due on a Receivable that is in excess of interest at the related APR and that is due because of a late Scheduled Payment, and other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law or the Receivable with respect to Receivables, collected (from whatever source) on the Receivables.

 

SECTION 4.09   Servicer’s Certificate.  On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and the Administrator, a copy of which the Administrator shall make available to the Rating Agencies, a Servicer’s Certificate containing all information necessary to make the distributions pursuant to Sections 5.04 and 5.05 for the Collection Period preceding the date of such Servicer’s Certificate.  Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall be required to determine, confirm or recalculate the information contained in the Servicer’s Certificate.

 

  

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SECTION 4.10   Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default.

 

(a)      The Servicer shall deliver, and if required under Regulation AB shall cause the Sub-Servicer to deliver, to the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee, on or before January 15 of each year (or by such earlier date as specified in writing by the Seller as will permit the timely filing of the Trust’s Form 10-K) a statement of compliance signed by an authorized officer of the Servicer, providing such information as required under Item 1123 of Regulation AB.

 

(b)      The Servicer shall deliver, to the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator, which shall make a copy available to the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written notice in an Officer’s Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under Section 8.01(a) or (b).

 

SECTION 4.11   Report on Assessment of Compliance and Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Report.

 

(a)      The Servicer shall deliver, and if required under Regulation AB shall cause the Sub-Servicer to deliver, to the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee on or before January 15 of each year (or by such earlier date as specified in writing by the Seller as will permit the timely filing of the Trust’s Form 10-K), and the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer on or before January 15 of each year that the Issuing Entity is required to file Exchange Act Reports (or by such earlier date as specified in writing by the Seller as will permit the timely filing of the Trust’s Form 10-K), a report signed by an authorized officer of the Servicer, the Sub-Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable regarding the Servicer’s, Sub-Servicer’s or Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria specified in Item 1122 of Regulation AB during the immediately preceding fiscal year, in the form specified under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision).  Such report signed by the Indenture Trustee shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified in Appendix A hereto (provided that such certification may be revised after the date of this Agreement as agreed by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee to reflect any guidance with respect to such criteria from the Commission).  Upon request of the Seller, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer on or before the date that is 75 days after the end of the Issuing Entity’s fiscal year a copy of the assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria specified in Appendix A hereto most recently prepared by the Indenture Trustee relating to the Indenture Trustee’s servicing platform with respect to asset-backed securities that are backed by assets of the type backing the Notes issued by the Issuing Entity.

 

(b)      The Servicer shall cause a firm of registered public accountants, which may also render other services to the Servicer, the Seller, JDCC or any other Affiliate of Deere, to deliver to the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on or before January 15 of each year (or by such earlier date as specified in writing by the Seller as will permit the timely filing of the Trust’s 10-K), and the Indenture Trustee shall cause a firm of registered public accountants, which may also render other services to the Indenture Trustee or its Affiliates, to deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer on or before January 15 of each year that the Issuing Entity is required to file Exchange Act Reports (or by such earlier date as specified in writing by the Seller as will permit the timely filing of the Trust’s 10-K) a report that attests to, and reports on, the Servicer’s, Sub-Servicer’s (if required under Regulation AB) or Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable assessment of compliance delivered pursuant to Section 4.11(a), which attestation report shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X (or any successor provision). Upon request of the Seller, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer on or before the date that is 75 days after the end of the Issuing Entity’s fiscal year a copy of the report by a firm of registered public accountants that attests to, and reports on, the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of compliance delivered pursuant to the last sentence of Section 4.11(a) above.

 

  

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SECTION 4.12   Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables.  The Servicer shall provide to the Certificateholder and Noteholders access to the Receivable Files in such cases where the Certificateholder or Noteholders shall be required by applicable statutes or regulations to review such documentation.  Access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during the normal business hours at the respective offices of the Servicer.  Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.

 

SECTION 4.13   Servicer Expenses.  The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder, including fees and disbursements of independent accountants, fees and disbursements incurred in connection with collection and enforcement of Receivables (other than amounts incurred in connection with the liquidation of a Receivable which amounts shall be netted against the Liquidation Proceeds, if any), taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to the Certificateholder and the Noteholders.

 

SECTION 4.14   Appointment of Sub-Servicer.  The Servicer hereby appoints Deere Credit Services, Inc. as Sub-Servicer and may at any time appoint a successor Sub-Servicer to perform all or any portion of its obligations as Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection with the appointment of a successor Sub-Servicer; provided further that the Servicer shall remain obligated and be liable to the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholder and the Noteholders for the servicing and administering of the Receivables in accordance with the provisions hereof without diminution of such obligation and liability by virtue of the appointment of such Sub-Servicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Receivables.  The fees and expenses of the Sub-Servicer shall be as agreed between the Servicer and its Sub-Servicer from time to time and none of the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholder or the Noteholders shall have any responsibility therefor.  If at any time the Sub-Servicer shall fail to comply with any of its obligations under Section 4.16 of this Agreement during the period that the Seller is required to file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Trust and such failure is not remedied within the lesser of ten calendar days and the period of time in which the related Exchange Act Report is required to be filed (without taking into account any extensions), then the Seller may remove the Sub-Servicer.

 

  

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SECTION 4.15   Information to be Furnished in the Event of Resignation or Termination.  In the event the Servicer, the Sub-Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or any Reporting Subcontractor is terminated or resigns during the term of this Agreement, such Person shall provide the documents and information pursuant to Section 4.10 and Section 4.11 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or provided services with respect to the Issuing Entity or the Receivables.

 

SECTION 4.16   Exchange Act Reports  (a)  So long as the Seller is required to file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuing Entity, no later than each Payment Date, each of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer shall notify (and the Servicer shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor and the Sub-Servicer to notify) the Seller of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item with respect to such Person, together with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Seller.  In addition to such information as the Servicer is obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by the Seller, the Servicer shall provide (and shall cause the Sub-Servicer to provide) such information which is available to the Servicer, without unreasonable effort or expense, regarding the performance or servicing of the Receivables as is reasonably required to facilitate preparation of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB.  Such information shall be provided concurrently with the statements to Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.06, commencing with the first such report due not less than five Business Days following such request.

 

(b)  So long as the Depositor is required to file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuing Entity, each of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer shall promptly notify the Seller, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event (in the case of the Owner Trustee, only an event in clause (d) of the definition of Reportable Event) of which such Person (or, in the case of the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee, a Responsible Officer) has actual knowledge.  Each Person shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event to the extent that it relates to such Person or any action or failure to act by such Person.

 

(c)  So long as the Depositor is required to file Exchange Act Reports, (i) no later than January 1 of each year commencing in 2013, the Depositor shall provide a list of the Item 1119 Parties to the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee and Servicer and (ii) no later than January 15 of each year, commencing in 2013, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer shall notify the Depositor of any Form 10-K Disclosure Item, together with a description of any such Form 10-K Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Depositor.

 

(d)  The Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the satisfaction of the Depositor’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act with respect to the Trust.  In addition to the information specified in this Section 4.16, if so requested by the Depositor for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer shall provide the Depositor with (a) such information which is available to such Person without unreasonable effort or expense and within such timeframe as may be reasonably requested by the Depositor to comply with the Depositor’s reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and (b) to the extent such Person is a party (and the Depositor is not a party) to any agreement or amendment required to be filed, copies of such agreement or amendment in EDGAR-compatible form.  

 

  

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Each of the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with reasonable requests made by the Depositor in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB.

 

(e)  Each of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee represents that (i) there are no affiliations relating to such Person with respect to any 1119 Party, (ii) there are no relationships or transactions with respect to any 1119 Party and such Persons that are outside the ordinary course of business or on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party, apart from the transactions contemplated under the transaction documents, and that are material to the investors’ understanding of the Notes and (iii) there are no legal proceedings pending, or known to be contemplated by governmental authorities, against such Person, or of which the property of such Person is subject, that is material to the Noteholders.

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

Distributions; Reserve Account;

Statements to the Certificateholder and Noteholders

 

SECTION 5.01   Establishment of Trust Accounts.

 

(a)      (i)  The Servicer, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the “Collection Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder.

 

(ii)           The Servicer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the “Note Distribution Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders.

 

(iii)            The Servicer, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the “Reserve Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder.

 

(b)      Funds on deposit in the Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account and the Reserve Account (collectively the “Trust Accounts”) shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Servicer’s written instruction in Eligible Investments selected by the Servicer; provided, however, it is understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any loss arising from such investment in Eligible Investments; provided further none of the funds deposited in the Trust Accounts shall be invested in an Eligible Investment or Eligible Investments issued by the Servicer or the Seller for a period of 30 days following the Closing Date.

 

  

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All such Eligible Investments shall be held by the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder, as applicable; provided, however, that on each Payment Date all interest and other investment income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts shall be deposited into the Collection Account and shall be deemed to constitute a portion of the Total Distribution Amount.  Unless the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts shall be invested in Eligible Investments that will mature so that such funds will be available at the close of business on the Transfer Date preceding the following Payment Date or, in the case of the Note Distribution Account and the Reserve Account, the following Payment Date.  Funds deposited in a Trust Account on a Transfer Date which immediately precedes a Payment Date are not required to be invested overnight.

 

(c)      (ii)  The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in all proceeds thereof (including all income thereon) and all such funds, investments, proceeds and income shall be part of the Trust Estate.  The Trust Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder, as the case may be.  If, at any time, any of the Trust Accounts ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Indenture Trustee (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall within 10 Business Days (or such longer period, not to exceed 30 calendar days, as to which the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied) establish a new Trust Account as an Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Trust Account.  So long as U.S. Bank National Association is an Eligible Institution, any Trust Account shall be maintained with it in an Eligible Deposit Account.

 

(ii)           With respect to the Trust Account Property, the Indenture Trustee agrees, by its acceptance hereof, that:

 

(A)           any Trust Account Property that is held in “deposit accounts” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC) shall be held solely in the Eligible Deposit Accounts and (1) each such Eligible Deposit Account shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall have sole signature authority with respect thereto and to the extent the Indenture Trustee ceases to be an Eligible Institution, the Indenture Trustee shall be the related Eligible Institution’s “customer” and shall have “control” (in each case within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) with respect to such Eligible Deposit Account, (2) the Eligible Institution at which such Eligible Deposit Account is maintained shall be a “bank” as defined in Section 9-102(a)(8) of the UCC and shall agree to maintain such Eligible Deposit Account as a “deposit account” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC, and (3) the “bank’s jurisdiction” (within the meaning of Section 9-304 of the UCC) with respect to such Eligible Deposit Account shall be the State of New York;

 

(B)      any Trust Account Property that is held in “securities accounts” (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC) shall be held solely in Eligible Deposit Accounts; and (1) the Eligible Institution at which each such Eligible Deposit Account is maintained shall be a “securities intermediary” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC and shall agree to maintain such Eligible Deposit Account as a “securities account” as such term is defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC, (2) the Eligible Institution at which such Eligible Deposit Account is maintained shall treat the Indenture Trustee as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise any “financial asset” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) credited to the account, and if at any time such Eligible Institution shall receive an “entitlement order” (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(8) of the UCC) issued by the Indenture Trustee and relating to such Eligible Deposit Account, such Eligible Institution shall comply with such entitlement order without further consent by the Issuing Entity or any other Person, (3) the Eligible Institution at which such Eligible Deposit Account is maintained shall agree with the Indenture Trustee that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to such Eligible Deposit Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC, (4) the “securities intermediaries’ jurisdiction” (within the meaning of Section 8-110 of the UCC) with respect to such Eligible Deposit Account shall be the State of New York and (5) the Eligible Institution at which such Eligible Deposit Account is maintained shall agree with the Indenture Trustee that in the event that such securities intermediary has or subsequently obtains by agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, a security interest in such Eligible Deposit Account or any financial asset credited thereto, the securities intermediary agrees that such security interest shall be subordinate to the security interest of the Indenture Trustee and that the financial assets and other items deposited to such an Eligible Deposit Account will not be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, or any other right in favor of any person other than the Indenture Trustee;

 

  

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(C)      any Trust Account Property that is of the type described in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “Delivery” shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b), as applicable, of the definition of “Delivery”, and shall be held as described in such paragraph;

 

(D)           any Trust Account Property that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered in accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property as described in such paragraph; and

 

(E)      any Trust Account Property that is an “uncertificated security” under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not governed by clause (C) above shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with paragraph (d) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued registration of the Indenture Trustee’s (or its nominee’s) ownership of such security.

 

(iii)           The Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the Indenture Trustee or by the Owner Trustee with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, to instruct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the Trust Accounts (to the extent such amounts are property of the Issuing Entity) for the purpose of permitting the Servicer or the Owner Trustee to carry out its respective duties hereunder or permitting the Indenture Trustee to carry out its duties under the Indenture.

 

SECTION 5.02   Collections.  So long as (i) JDCC is the Servicer, (ii) a Servicer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing and (iii) JDCC’s unsecured, non-guaranteed short term debt maintains a rating of at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s and Prime-1 by Moody’s, the Servicer shall remit to the Collection Account all payments by or on behalf of the Obligors with respect to the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables), all Liquidation Proceeds (exclusive of Recoveries, which shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.02) and collections (as collected during each Fiscal Month) to the Collection Account, not less than one Business Day prior to the 15th day of the calendar month following such Fiscal Month (or, if such Fiscal Month ends in the early part of a calendar month, then the 15th day of such calendar month in which such Fiscal Month ends), provided that, with respect to the first Payment Date in April 2012, the Servicer shall remit to the Collection Account such collections not less than one Business Day prior to April 16, 2012.  Otherwise, the Servicer shall remit, such collections within two Business Days of receipt thereof.  For purposes of this Article V the phrase “payments by or on behalf of Obligors” shall mean payments made with respect to the Receivables by persons other than the Servicer or JDCC.

 

SECTION 5.03   Additional Deposits.  The Servicer and the Seller shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account the aggregate Purchase Amount with respect to Purchased Receivables and the Servicer shall deposit therein all amounts to be paid under Section 9.01(a).  The Servicer will deposit the aggregate Purchase Amount with respect to Purchased Receivables when such obligations are due pursuant to Section 4.07, unless the Servicer shall not be required to make deposits within two Business Days of the receipt of collections from Obligors pursuant to Section 5.02, in which case deposits of Purchased Amounts shall be made on the Transfer Date.

 

SECTION 5.04   Distributions.

 

(a)      On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall calculate the amounts to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account and the Certificate Distribution Account.

 

(b)      On the second Business Day prior to each Payment Date, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing in substantially the form of Schedule G hereto (based on the information contained in the Servicer’s Certificate delivered on the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 4.09) to make deposits and distributions to the Servicer or the Administrator or distribute to the applicable Trust Account or Certificate Distribution Account by 12:00 noon (New York time) in the case of the Trust Accounts and 11:00 A.M. (New York time) in the case of the Certificate Distribution Account, in each case on such Payment Date.  Distributions from the Total Distribution Amount shall be made by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent available, in the following order of priority:

 

(i)           to the Servicer (if JDCC or an Affiliate is not the Servicer), from the Total Distribution Amount, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees from prior Collection Periods:

 

(ii)           to the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, from the Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clause (i), the Administration Fee and all unpaid Administration Fees from prior Collection Periods;

 

  

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(iii)           to the Note Distribution Account, from the Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (i) and (ii), the accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes for such Payment Date;

 

(iv)           to the Note Distribution Account, from the Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount:

 

(v)           to the Reserve Account, from the Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) the amount, if any, necessary to increase the amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account to the Specified Reserve Account Balance;

 

(vi)           to the Servicer (if JDCC or an Affiliate is the Servicer), from the Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees from prior Collection Periods;

 

(vii)           to the Indenture Trustee, from the Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi), any unpaid amounts due to the Indenture Trustee under Section 7.02 hereof and Section 6.07 of the Indenture;

 

(viii)           to the Owner Trustee, from the Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), any unpaid amounts due to the Owner Trustee under Section 7.02 hereof and Sections 8.01 and 8.02 of the Trust Agreement;

 

(ix)           to the Certificate Distribution Account, from the Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) the Certificate Monthly Principal Distributable Amount, if any; and

 

(x)           to the Reserve Account, from the Total Distribution Amount remaining after the application of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii) and (ix) the Total Distribution Amount remaining.

 

(c)      With respect to any unpaid amount due to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, for which payment is sought by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 5.04(b)(vii) or Section 5.04(b)(viii), respectively, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall provide written notice to the Servicer at least five Business Days prior to the Payment Date on which payment of such unpaid amount is sought, together with such information regarding such unpaid amounts as the Servicer may reasonably request.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no amount due to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, will be eligible for payment under Section 5.04(b)(vii) or Section 5.04(b)(viii), respectively, or this Section 5.04(c) unless such amount remains unpaid for more than 30 calendar days after delivery to the Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, of demand for payment.

 

SECTION 5.05   Reserve Account.

 

  

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(a)      On the Closing Date, the Seller shall deposit the Reserve Account Initial Deposit into the Reserve Account.  The Servicer shall determine the Specified Reserve Account Balance for each Payment Date.

 

(b)      (i)  If the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account on each Payment Date (after giving effect to all deposits or withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.04 and Section 5.05(c)) is greater than the Specified Reserve Account Balance for such Payment Date, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to distribute such excess in the Reserve Account to the Seller.

 

(ii)       on the date on which all interest on and principal of the Notes have been paid in full, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to distribute the Reserve Account balance to the Seller.

 

(iii)      Amounts properly distributed to the Seller pursuant to this Section 5.05(b) shall be deemed released from the Trust and the security interest therein granted to the Indenture Trustee, and the Seller shall in no event thereafter be required to refund any such distributed amounts.

 

(c)      In the event that the Noteholders’ Distributable Amount for a Payment Date exceeds the amount deposited into the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.04(b)(iii) and (iv) on such Payment Date, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw from the Reserve Account on such Payment Date, to the extent of funds available therein, an amount equal to such excess and deposit such amount into the Note Distribution Account.

 

SECTION 5.06   Statements to the Certificateholder and Noteholders.

 

(a)      On the second Business Day preceding each Payment Date, the Servicer shall provide to the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee (with a copy made available to the Rating Agencies by the Administrator), for the Indenture Trustee to make available on its website at www.usbank.com/abs on the Payment Date, and to the Owner Trustee, for the Owner Trustee to forward to the Certificateholder of record, a statement substantially in the form of Schedule E or Schedule F, as applicable, setting forth at least the following information as to the Notes and the Certificate to the extent applicable:

 

(i)           the amount of such distribution allocable to principal;

 

(ii)          the amount of such distribution allocable to interest;

 

(iii)         the Pool Balance, Note Value and Pool Face Amount as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Collection Period;

 

(iv)         (A) the outstanding principal balance of (1) the Class A-1 Notes, (2) the Class A-2 Notes, (3) the Class A-3 Notes and (4) the Class A-4 Notes and (B) the Certificate Balance, in each case after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under (i) above;

 

  

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(v)           the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect to the related Collection Period;

 

(vi)           the amount of the Administration Fee paid to the Administrator with respect to such Collection Period;

 

(vii)           the aggregate amount of the Purchase Amounts for Purchased Receivables with respect to the related Collection Period;

 

(viii)           the balance of the Reserve Account on such Payment Date, after giving effect to distributions made on such Payment Date, and the Specified Reserve Account Balance for such Payment Date; and

 

(ix)           the Face Amount of Receivables with any Scheduled Payments 60 days or more past due, and such amount as a percentage of the Pool Face Amount, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Collection Period.

 

(b)      Each amount set forth pursuant to subclause (i), (ii) or (iv) of clause 5.06(a) shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of original principal balance of a Note.

 

Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year during the term of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Person who at any time during such calendar year shall have been a Noteholder and received any payment thereon, a statement containing the amounts described in (i) and (ii) (other than information relating to the Note Interest Rates) above and any other information required by applicable tax laws, for the purposes of such Noteholder’s preparation of Federal income tax returns.

 

The Indenture Trustee shall only be required to provide to the Noteholders the information furnished to it by the Servicer.

 

SECTION 5.07   Net Deposits.  As an administrative convenience, unless the Servicer is required to remit collections within two Business Days of their receipt, the Servicer will be permitted to make the deposit of collections on the Receivables and Purchase Amounts for or with respect to the Collection Period net of distributions to be made to the Servicer with respect to the Collection Period.  The Servicer, however, will account to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholder as if all deposits, distributions and transfers were made individually.

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

The Seller

 

SECTION 6.01   Representations of Seller.  The Seller makes the following representations on which the Issuing Entity is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables.  The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuing Entity and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

 

  

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(a)      Organization and Good Standing.  The Seller is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, with the power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, the power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the Receivables.

 

(b)      Due Qualification.  The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify or to obtain such license or approval would render any Receivable unenforceable that would otherwise be enforceable by the Seller, the Sub-Servicer or the Owner Trustee.

 

(c)      Power and Authority.  The Seller has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Seller has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Issuing Entity and the Seller and shall have duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Issuing Entity by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action.

 

(d)      Binding Obligation.  This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms except that such enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and the remedy of specific performance and injunctive relief may be subject to certain equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

 

(e)      No Violation.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or State regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties.

 

(f)      No Proceedings.  To the Seller’s best knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending, or threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties:  (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents, the Notes or the Certificate, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Certificate or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Indenture, any of the other Basic Documents, the Notes or the Certificate or (iv) which involve the Seller and which might adversely affect the Federal or state income tax attributes of the Notes or the Certificate.

 

  

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SECTION 6.02   Corporate Existence.

 

(a)      During the term of this Agreement, the Seller will keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Basic Documents and each other instrument or agreement necessary or appropriate to the proper administration of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b)      During the term of this Agreement, the Seller shall observe the applicable legal requirements for the recognition of the Seller as a legal entity separate and apart from its Affiliates, including as follows:

 

(i)           the Seller shall maintain corporate records and books of account separate from those of its Affiliates;

 

(ii)           except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Seller shall not commingle its assets and funds with those of its Affiliates;

 

(iii)           the Seller shall hold such appropriate meetings of its Board of Directors as are necessary to authorize all the Seller’s corporate actions required by law to be authorized by the Board of Directors, shall keep minutes of such meetings and of meetings of its stockholder(s) and observe all other customary corporate formalities (and any successor Seller not a corporation shall observe similar procedures in accordance with its governing documents and applicable law);

 

(iv)           the Seller shall at all times hold itself out to the public under the Seller’s own name as a legal entity separate and distinct from its Affiliates; and

 

(v)           all transactions and dealings between the Seller and its Affiliates will be conducted on an arm’s-length basis.

 

SECTION 6.03   Liability of Seller; Indemnities.  The Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement.

 

(a)      The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and their officers, directors and agents from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or their officers, directors, and agents with respect to the sale of the Receivables to the Issuing Entity or the issuance and original sale of the Certificate and the Notes, including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuing Entity, not including any taxes asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables or Federal or other income taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and costs and expenses in defending against the same.

 

  

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(b)      The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and their officers, directors, and agents from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of (i) the Seller’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement and (ii) the Seller’s or the Issuing Entity’s violation of Federal or State securities laws in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and the Certificate.

 

(c)      The Seller shall pay any and all state and local property taxes (including taxes on intangibles), excise taxes, sales taxes and similar taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Owner Trust Estate including, without limitation, the Receivables.

 

(d)           Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and the termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation.  If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.

 

SECTION 6.04   Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller.  Any Person (a) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder without the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 3.01 shall have been breached and no Servicer Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction and (iv) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above.

 

  

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SECTION 6.05   Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others.  The Seller and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.  The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.

 

SECTION 6.06   Seller May Own Notes; Retention of the Certificate.  The Seller and any Affiliate thereof may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of the Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, except as expressly provided herein or in any Basic Document.  The Seller shall retain and not transfer the Certificate.

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The Servicer

 

SECTION 7.01   Representations of Servicer.  The Servicer makes the following representations on which the Issuing Entity is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables.  The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement (or as of the date a Person (other than the Indenture Trustee) becomes Servicer pursuant to Sections 7.03 and 8.02, in the case of a successor to the Servicer) and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuing Entity and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

 

(a)      Organization and Good Standing.  The Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has the corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, and had at all relevant times, and has, the power, authority and legal right to acquire, own, sell and service the Receivables and to hold the Receivable Files as custodian.

 

(b)      Power and Authority.  The Servicer has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Servicer by all necessary corporate action.

 

(c)      Binding Obligation.  This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms except that such enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and the remedy of specific performance and injunctive relief may be subject to certain equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

 

  

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(d)      No Violation.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof shall not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Servicer, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than this Agreement); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Servicer’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Servicer of any court or of any Federal or State regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties.

 

(e)      No Proceedings.  To the Servicer’s best knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending, or threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties:  (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Indenture, any of the other Basic Documents, the Notes or the Certificate, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Certificate or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Indenture, any of the other Basic Documents, the Notes or the Certificate or (iv) relating to the Servicer and which might adversely affect the Federal or state income tax attributes of the Notes or the Certificate.

 

(f)      No Insolvent Obligors.  As of the Cut-off Date, no Obligor on a Receivable is shown on the Receivable Files as the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.

 

SECTION 7.02   Indemnities of Servicer.  The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement.

 

(a)      The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Certificateholder and the Seller and any of the officers, directors and agents of the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Seller from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of any Financed Equipment.

 

(b)      The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, and the Seller and their respective officers, directors and agents from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuing Entity, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the sale of the Receivables to the Issuing Entity or the issuance and original sale of the Certificate and the Notes, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables, or Federal or other income taxes arising out of distributions on the Certificate or the Notes) and costs and expenses in defending against the same.

 

  

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(c)      The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller, the Certificateholder and the Noteholders and any of the officers, directors and agents of the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Seller from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person through, the negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or on account of the failure of the Servicer to be qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or to have obtained a license or approval in any jurisdiction.

 

(d)      The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and their respective officers, directors and agents from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein and contained in the Trust Agreement, in the case of the Owner Trustee, and contained in the Indenture, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, except to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability:  (i) shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee as applicable; or (ii) shall arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee of any of its representations or warranties set forth in Section 7.03 of the Trust Agreement.

 

(e)      To the extent not indemnified by the Seller under Section 6.03, the Servicer shall pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Owner Trust Estate, other than any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the sale of the Receivables to the Issuing Entity or the issuance and original sale of the Certificate and the Notes, or Federal or other income taxes imposed on the Issuing Entity because of its classification or reclassification for tax purposes, or Federal or other income taxes arising out of distributions on the Certificate or the Notes, and the Servicer shall pay and indemnify against any and all state and local property taxes (including taxes on intangibles), excise taxes, sales taxes, franchise taxes (excluding franchise taxes based on or measured by income) and similar taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Owner Trust Estate including, without limitation, the Receivables.

 

(f)      The Servicer shall pay the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust).

 

(g)      The Servicer shall, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture, reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with any provision of the Indenture (including, but not limited to, the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents and either in-house counsel or outside counsel, but not both) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.

 

  

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(h)           The Servicer shall pay (or cause to be paid) when due and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuing Entity from and against all liability as a result of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6(a) or similar provision under state or local law for income, franchise, gross receipts or other doing business taxes of the Servicer and any other corporation or entity (other than the Issuing Entity) that joins or has ever joined (or is or has ever been required to join) with the Servicer or the Seller in filing any consolidated, combined or unitary tax return, and costs and expenses in defending against the same; provided, however, the Issuing Entity shall be liable for and shall pay when due any and all taxes of the Issuing Entity (including from ownership and collection of the Receivables) determined on separate entity basis and no claim may be made and no amount indemnified against under this Section 7.02(h) on account of taxes of the Issuing Entity.

 

For purposes of this Section 7.02, in the event of the termination of the rights and obligations of JDCC (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 7.03) as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01, or a resignation by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer pending appointment of a successor Servicer (other than the Indenture Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.02.

 

Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or the termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation.  If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest.

 

SECTION 7.03   Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer.  Any Person (a) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Servicer substantially as a whole, or (d) with respect to the Servicer’s obligations hereunder, which is a corporation 50% or more of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Deere, which Person executed an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer hereunder, shall be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Servicer Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction and (iv) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed (if required) and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables and reciting the details of such filings or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests.  The Servicer shall provide the Seller in writing with such information as reasonably requested by the Seller to comply with its Exchange Act reporting obligations with respect to a successor servicer.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above.

 

  

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SECTION 7.04   Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.  Neither the Servicer nor the Sub-Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, shall be under any liability to the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders or the Certificateholder, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer, the Sub-Servicer or any such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement.  The Servicer, the Sub-Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.

 

Except as provided in this Agreement, neither the Servicer nor the Sub-Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the Basic Documents and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the Basic Documents and the interests of the Certificateholder under this Agreement and the Noteholders under the Indenture.

 

SECTION 7.05   JDCC Not to Resign as Servicer.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7.03, JDCC shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable law.  Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of JDCC shall be communicated to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice.  No such resignation shall become effective until the Indenture Trustee or a successor Servicer shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of JDCC in accordance with Section 8.02 and provided the Seller in writing with such information as reasonably requested by the Seller to comply with its Exchange Act reporting obligations with respect to such resignation.

 

SECTION 7.06   Servicer to Act as Administrator.  In the event of the resignation or removal of the Administrator and the failure of a successor Administrator to have been appointed and to have accepted such appointment as successor Administrator, the Servicer shall become the successor Administrator and shall be bound by the terms of the Administration Agreement.

 

  

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ARTICLE VIII

 

Default

 

SECTION 8.01   Servicer Default.  If any one of the following events (a “Servicer Default”) shall occur and be continuing:

 

(a)      any failure by the Servicer to deliver to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in any of the Trust Accounts or the Certificate Distribution Account any required payment or to direct the Indenture Trustee to make any required distributions therefrom that shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days after written notice of such failure is received by the Servicer from the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or after discovery of such failure by an officer of the Servicer; or

 

(b)      failure on the part of the Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be, duly to observe or to perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer or the Seller (as the case may be) set forth in this Agreement or any other Basic Document, which failure shall (i) materially and adversely affect the rights of Certificateholder or Noteholders and (ii) continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (A) to the Servicer or the Seller (as the case may be) by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or (B) to the Servicer or the Seller (as the case may be), and to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or the Certificateholder (as defined in the Trust Agreement); or

 

(c)      an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Servicer;

 

then, and in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee (so long as a Trust Officer of the Indenture Trustee has received notice or has actual knowledge of such Servicer Default), or the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by notice then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee if given by the Noteholders) may terminate all the rights and obligations (other than the obligations set forth in Section 7.02 hereof) of the Servicer under this Agreement.  On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the Certificate or the Receivables or otherwise, shall, without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 8.02; and, without limitation, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, or otherwise.  The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including the transfer to the successor Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the predecessor Servicer for deposit, or shall thereafter be received by it with respect to a Receivable.  All reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with transferring the Receivable Files to the successor Servicer (including any such transfer effected in accordance with Section 10.02(f)) and amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.  Upon receipt of notice of the occurrence of a Servicer Default, the Owner Trustee shall give notice thereof to the Administrator, which shall make such notice available to the Rating Agencies.

 

  

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SECTION 8.02   Appointment of Successor

 

(a)      Upon the Servicer’s receipt of notice of termination, pursuant to Section 8.01 or the Servicer’s resignation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the predecessor Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement, in the case of termination, only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, in the case of resignation, until the earlier of (x) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such resignation (or written confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (y) the date upon which the predecessor Servicer shall become unable to act as Servicer, as specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel.  In the event of the Servicer’s termination hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a successor Servicer, and the successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.  In the event that a successor Servicer has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section, pending the appointment of and acceptance by a successor Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed and serve as the successor Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee; provided, however, the provisions of Section 7.01 shall not apply and the provisions of Section 4.07 shall not apply in the case of a breach by a predecessor Servicer.  The Indenture Trustee may delegate any of its servicing obligations to an Affiliate or agent in accordance with Section 4.14.  The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action or failure to act on the part of the predecessor Servicer.  Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it shall be unwilling or legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established institution, having a net worth of not less than $50,000,000 and whose regular business shall include the servicing of equipment receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement.

 

(b)      Upon appointment, the successor Servicer (including the Indenture Trustee acting as successor Servicer) shall be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the predecessor Servicer and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all the rights granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

(c)      Subject to the Indenture Trustee’s right to appoint a successor Servicer pursuant to Section 8.02(a) after the Indenture Trustee has become the Servicer, the Servicer may not resign unless it is prohibited from serving as such by law.

 

  

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SECTION 8.03   Notification to Noteholders and the Certificateholder.  Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to the Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholder and the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to Noteholders and the Administrator, which shall make a copy of such notice available to the Rating Agencies.

 

SECTION 8.04   Waiver of Past Defaults.  The Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of all Noteholders (or the Holder (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of the Certificate, in the case of any default which does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders) may, waive in writing any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments from any of the Trust Accounts in accordance with this Agreement.  Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement.  No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Termination

 

SECTION 9.01   Optional Purchase of All Receivables and Termination.

 

(a)      On the last day of any Collection Period immediately preceding a Payment Date as of which the then outstanding Pool Balance is 10% or less of the Initial Pool Balance, the Servicer shall have the option to purchase the Owner Trust Estate, other than the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account; provided, however, that the Servicer may not effect any such purchase so long as the rating on Deere’s long-term debt obligations is less than Baa3 by Moody’s, unless the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such purchase would not constitute a fraudulent conveyance; provided further that the Administrator shall make a copy of such Opinion of Counsel available to each Rating Agency and the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such purchase.  To exercise such option, the Servicer shall deposit pursuant to Section 5.03 in the Collection Account an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Amount for the Receivables (including defaulted Receivables) and shall succeed to all interests in and to the Trust.

 

(b)      Upon any sale of the assets of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Trust Agreement, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to deposit the proceeds from such sale after all payments and reserves therefrom have been made (the “Insolvency Proceeds”) in the Collection Account.  On the Payment Date on which the Insolvency Proceeds are deposited in the Collection Account (or, if such proceeds are not so deposited on a Payment Date, on the Payment Date immediately following such deposit), the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to make the following deposits (after the application on such Payment Date of the Total Distribution Amount and funds on deposit in the Reserve Account pursuant to Sections 5.04 and 5.05) from the Insolvency Proceeds and any funds remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account (to the extent such amounts are property of the Issuing Entity) (including the proceeds of any sale of investments therein as described in the following sentence):

 

  

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(i)           to the Note Distribution Account, any portion of the accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes not otherwise deposited into the Note Distribution Account on such Payment Date;

 

(ii)           to the Note Distribution Account, the outstanding principal balance of the Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the outstanding principal balance of the Notes to result from the deposits made in the Note Distribution Account on such Payment Date and on prior Payment Dates); and

 

(iii)           to the Certificate Distribution Account, the Certificate Balance (after giving effect to the reduction in the Certificate Balance to result from the deposits made in the Certificate Distribution Account on such Payment Date).

 

Any investments on deposit in the Reserve Account and the Note Distribution Account (to the extent such amounts are property of the Issuing Entity) which will not mature on or before such Payment Date shall be sold by the Indenture Trustee at such time as will result in the Indenture Trustee receiving the proceeds from such sale not later than the Transfer Date preceding such Payment Date.  Any Insolvency Proceeds remaining after the deposits described above shall be paid to the Seller.

 

(c)      Notice of any termination of the Trust shall be given by the Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable after the Servicer has received notice thereof.

 

(d)      Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full of the principal of and interest on, and the cancellation of all of, the Notes, the Certificateholder will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder other than Section 5.06(a) and the Owner Trustee will succeed to the rights of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(e)      This Agreement shall terminate upon the termination of the Trust.

 

 

ARTICLE X

 

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

SECTION 10.01   Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended by the Seller, the Servicer and the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder; provided, however, that such action shall not, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder; provided further that 10 days’ (or, in the case of Fitch, 10 Business Days’) prior written notice of any such amendment be made available to each Rating Agency by the Administrator and, if Moody’s notifies the Owner Trustee that such amendment will result in a downgrading or withdrawal of the then current rating of any class of the Notes or the Certificate, such amendment shall become effective with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the consent of the Certificateholder; provided further that any solicitation of such consent shall disclose the downgrading or withdrawal that would result from such amendment.

 

  

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This Agreement may also be amended from time to time, with 10 days prior written notice made available to each of the Rating Agencies by the Administrator, by the Seller, the Servicer and the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the consent of the Holder of the Certificate, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Certificate Balance, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the outstanding Notes and the consent of the Certificateholder.

 

Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to the Certificateholder.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Certificateholder or the Noteholders pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

 

Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 10.02(j)(1) and that all conditions precedent have been satisfied.  The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

SECTION 10.02   Protection of Title to Trust.

 

(a)      The Seller shall file (and if required, authorize) such financing statements and cause to be authorized and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain, and protect the interest of the Issuing Entity and the interests of the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and in the proceeds thereof.  The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.

 

  

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(b)      Neither the Seller nor the Servicer shall change its name, identity, corporate structure or jurisdiction of organization in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-506 of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least five days’ prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed appropriate new financing statements and/or amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.

 

(c)      Each of the Seller and the Servicer shall have an obligation to give the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 60 days prior written notice of any relocation of its jurisdiction of organization if, as a result of such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing statement and shall promptly file any such amendment or new financing statements as the case may be.  The Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from which it shall service Receivables, and its jurisdiction of organization, within the United States of America.

 

(d)      The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such Receivable.

 

(e)      The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables, the Servicer’s master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuing Entity and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.  Indication of the Issuing Entity’s and the Indenture Trustee’s interest in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full, purchased or repurchased.

 

(f)      In the event that (x) a successor Servicer is appointed to replace JDCC as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.02 and (y) the technology system or software of such successor Servicer used to originate electronic contracts and record information related thereto is not compatible with such system or software utilized by JDCC as the Servicer, then, unless otherwise instructed by the Indenture Trustee, with respect to each Receivable constituting “electronic chattel paper” as defined in Section 9-102(a)(31) of the UCC, an authorized representative of JDCC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to convert the “authoritative copy” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC of such Receivable into tangible form by permanently removing such authoritative copy from the JDCC System and causing a contract in tangible form to be printed as the tangible authoritative copy. Such tangible authoritative copy shall include a legend identifying such authoritative copy as the “original”.  Upon such conversion into tangible chattel paper, such Receivable shall be transferred and delivered to the possession of the successor Servicer in accordance with the terms of Section 8.01.

 

  

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(g)      If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in equipment receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuing Entity and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.

 

(h)      The Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee and its agents at any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer’s records regarding any Receivable.  The Indenture Trustee and its agents shall give reasonable notice of any such inspection or audit and such inspection shall be conducted in a manner that does not cause undue disruption or interference with the Servicer’s business.

 

(i)      Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner Trustee or to the Indenture Trustee, within five Business Days, a list of all Receivables (by contract number and name of Obligor) then held as part of the Trust, together with a reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Receivables and to each of the Servicer’s Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of Receivables from the Trust.

 

(j)      The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee:

 

(1)      promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment thereto, an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest; and

 

(2)      within 90 days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than three months after the Cut-off Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.

 

Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (1) or (2) above shall specify any action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the following year to preserve and protect such interest.

 

  

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(k)      The Seller shall, to the extent required by applicable law, cause the Certificate and the Notes to be registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) or Section 12 (g) of the Exchange Act within the time periods specified in such sections.

 

SECTION 10.03   Notices.  All demands, notices, instructions and communications upon or to the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered, sent by facsimile or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Seller, to John Deere Receivables, Inc., 1 East First Street, Suite 600, Reno, Nevada 89501, Attention:  Manager (775-786-5914), with a copy to Director, Treasury Operations, Deere & Company, One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois 61265-8098 (309-765-5697), (b) in the case of the Servicer, to John Deere Capital Corporation, 1 East First Street, Suite 600, Reno, Nevada 89501, Attention:  Manager (775-786-5527), with a copy to Director, Treasury Operations, Deere & Company, One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois 61265-8098 (309-765-5697), (c) in the case of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office (as defined in the Trust Agreement), (d) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office, (e) in the case of Moody’s, to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007 and (f) in the case of Fitch, to Fitch Ratings, One State Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention:  ABS Surveillance; or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.

 

SECTION 10.04   Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Sections 6.04 and 7.03 and as provided in the provisions of this Agreement concerning the resignation of the Servicer, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller or the Servicer.

 

SECTION 10.05   Limitations on Rights of Others.  The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.

 

SECTION 10.06   Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 10.07   Separate Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

  

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SECTION 10.08   Headings.  The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

SECTION 10.09   Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 10.10   Assignment to Indenture Trustee.  The Seller hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuing Entity to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuing Entity in, to and under the Receivables and/or the assignment of any or all of the Issuing Entity’s rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture Trustee.

 

SECTION 10.11   Nonpetition Covenants.

 

(a)      Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer and the Seller shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this Agreement with respect to the Issuing Entity, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuing Entity to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuing Entity under any Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuing Entity or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuing Entity.

 

(b)      Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after there has been paid in full all debt issued by any securitization vehicle in respect of which the Seller holds any interest, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Seller to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Seller under any Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Seller or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Seller.

 

SECTION 10.12   Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)      Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been countersigned by Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A. not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuing Entity and in no event shall Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A. in its individual capacity have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuing Entity.  For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

 

  

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(b)      Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been accepted by U.S. Bank National Association not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee and in no event shall U.S. Bank National Association have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuing Entity.

 

SECTION 10.13   Additional Securities.  The issuance of any securities by John Deere Receivables, Inc., other than the Notes and the Certificate, will require satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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

 

 

	 	
JOHN DEERE OWNER TRUST 2012

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	
Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A.,

not in its individual capacity but solely as 

Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust,

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 /s/ Scott A. Huff	 
	 	 	Name:  Scott A. Huff	 
	 	 	Title:  Vice President	 

 

 

	 	

JOHN DEERE RECEIVABLES, INC.,

Seller,

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 /s/ Larry J. Gant	 
	 	 	
Name: Larry J. Gant

	 
	 	 	
Title: Assistant Secretary

	 

 

 

 

	 	

JOHN DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION,

Servicer,

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 /s/ Larry J. Gant	 
	 	 	
Name: Larry J. Gant

	 
	 	 	
Title: Assistant Secretary

	 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

Acknowledged, Accepted and Agreed:

 

Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A.,

  not in its individual

  capacity but solely

  as Owner Trustee,

 

	 	 
	By:	 /s/ Amy L. Martin	 
	 	
Name:  Amy L. Martin

	 
	 	
Title:  Vice President

	 

 

Acknowledged, Accepted and Agreed:

 

U.S. Bank National Association,

  not in its individual

  capacity but solely

  as Indenture Trustee,

 

	 	 
	By:	 /s/ Melissa A. Rosal	 
	 	
Name:  Melissa A. Rosal

	 
	 	
Title:  Vice President

	 

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Schedule of Receivables

 

(Delivered to the Trust at the Closing)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE B

 

Location of Receivable Files

 

Suite 600

 

1 East First Street

 

Reno, Nevada 89501

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE C

 

LIST OF FISCAL MONTHS

 

FISCAL MONTH CUTOFF DATES (BY FISCAL YEAR)

 

	  	
 

	
 

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Fiscal

	
Calendar

	
2012

	
2013

	
2014

	
2015

	
2016

	
2017

	
2018

	
2019

	
Month

	
Month

	
 

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
1

	
November

	
27-Nov-11

	
25-Nov-12

	
24-Nov-13

	
30-Nov-14

	
29-Nov-15

	
27-Nov-16

	
26-Nov-17

	
25-Nov-18

	
2

	
December

	
25-Dec-11

	
23-Dec-12

	
22-Dec-13

	
28-Dec-14

	
27-Dec-15

	
25-Dec-16

	
24-Dec-17

	
23-Dec-18

	
3

	
January

	
29-Jan-12

	
27-Jan-13

	
26-Jan-14

	
1-Feb-15

	
31-Jan-16

	
29-Jan-17

	
28-Jan-18

	
27-Jan-19

	
4

	
February

	
26-Feb-12

	
24-Feb-13

	
23-Feb-14

	
1-Mar-15

	
28-Feb-16

	
26-Feb-17

	
25-Feb-18

	
24-Feb-19

	
5

	
March

	
25-Mar-12

	
24-Mar-13

	
23-Mar-14

	
29-Mar-15

	
27-Mar-16

	
26-Mar-17

	
25-Mar-18

	
24-Mar-19

	
6

	
April

	
29-Apr-12

	
28-Apr-13

	
27-Apr-14

	
3-May-15

	
1-May-16

	
30-Apr-17

	
29-Apr-18

	
28-Apr-19

	
7

	
May

	
27-May-12

	
26-May-13

	
25-May-14

	
31-May-15

	
29-May-16

	
28-May-17

	
27-May-18

	
26-May-19

	
8

	
June

	
24-Jun-12

	
23-Jun-13

	
22-Jun-14

	
28-Jun-15

	
26-Jun-16

	
25-Jun-17

	
24-Jun-18

	
23-Jun-19

	
9

	
July

	
29-Jul-12

	
28-Jul-13

	
27-Jul-14

	
2-Aug-15

	
31-Jul-16

	
30-Jul-17

	
29-Jul-18

	
28-Jul-19

	
10

	
August

	
26-Aug-12

	
25-Aug-13

	
24-Aug-14

	
30-Aug-15

	
28-Aug-16

	
27-Aug-17

	
26-Aug-18

	
25-Aug-19

	
11

	
September

	
23-Sep-12

	
22-Sep-13

	
28-Sep-14

	
27-Sep-15

	
25-Sep-16

	
24-Sep-17

	
23-Sep-18

	
29-Sep-19

	
12

	
October

	
28-Oct-12

	
27-Oct-13

	
2-Nov-14

	
1-Nov-15

	
30-Oct-16

	
29-Oct-17

	
28-Oct-18

	
3-Nov-19

 

  

  

  

SCHEDULE D

 

Servicer’s Certificate

 

The undersigned hereby certify that (i) they are, respectively, a duly elected Vice President and Assistant Secretary of John Deere Capital Corporation and (ii) this Servicing Certificate complies with the requirements of, and is being delivered pursuant to, Section 4.09 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of March 1, 2012 between John Deere Owner Trust 2012, John Deere Receivables, Inc. and John Deere Capital Corporation.

 

	
Dated:

	 	 
	 	Name:	 	 
	 	Title:	Vice President	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Name:	 	 
	 	Title:	Assistant Secretary	 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

Payment Date:                                                                           

 

Scheduled Payment Date:

Actual Payment Date:

Collection Period Begin Date:

Collection Period End Date:

Days in accrual period for Act/360:

Days in accrual period for 30/360:

	
(1) 

	
Total Distribution Amount:

(a)  Total cash receipts during the month:

(b)  Administrative repurchases during the month:

(c)  Investment earnings on cash accounts:

	
(2) 

	
(a) Administration Fee:

(b) Administration Fee Shortfall:

	
(3) 

	
Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount deposited into Note Distribution Account:

Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall:

	 	
(a) 

	
(i) Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount applicable to Class A-1 Notes:

(ii) Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall applicable to Class A-1 Notes:

   

	 	
(b) 

	
(i) Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount applicable to Class A-2 Notes:

(ii) Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall applicable to Class A-2 Notes:

   

	 	
(c) 

	
(i) Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount applicable to Class A-3 Notes:

(ii) Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall applicable to Class A-3 Notes:

   

	 	
(d) 

	
(i) Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount applicable to Class A-4 Notes:

(ii) Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall applicable to Class A-4 Notes:

	
(4)

	
Noteholders’ Monthly  Principal Distributable Amount deposited into Note Distribution Account:

Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall:

	 	
(a) 

	
(i) Class A-1 Noteholders’ Monthly Principal Distributable Amount:

(ii) % of Principal Distributable Amount applicable to Class A-1 Noteholders:

(iii) Class A-1 Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall:

(iv) Class A-1 Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount:

	 	
(b) 

	
(i) Class A-2 Noteholders’ Monthly Principal Distributable Amount:

(ii) % of Principal Distributable Amount applicable to Class A-2 Noteholders:

(iii) Class A-2 Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall:

(iv) Class A-2 Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount:

 

  

  

  

 

	 	
(c) 

	
(i) Class A-3 Noteholders’ Monthly Principal Distributable Amount:

(ii) % of Principal Distributable Amount applicable to Class A-3 Noteholders:

(iii) Class A-3 Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall:

(iv) Class A-3 Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount:

	 	
(d) 

	
(i) Class A-4 Noteholders’ Monthly Principal Distributable Amount:

(ii) % of Principal Distributable Amount applicable to Class A-4 Noteholders:

(iii) Class A-4 Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall:

(iv) Class A-4 Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount:

	
(5) 

	
Noteholders’ Distributable Amount:

	
(6) 

	
Reserve Account balance:

(a)  Beginning balance:

(b)  Amount of deposit from Collection Account to Reserve Account:

(i) Amount to increase the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account to the 

Specified Reserve Account Balance:

(ii) Amount of excess to Reserve Account from Collection Account:

(c)  Amount to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account and deposited into Note

Distribution Account (5.05(c)):

(i) Interest Amount included above:

(ii) Principal Amount included above:

(d)  Reserve Account Balance over the Specified Reserve Account Balance (before any

distribution of excess):

(e)  Ending Balance (after giving effect to all distributions):

(f)  Specified Reserve Account Balance:

	
(7) 

	
Servicing Fee:

(a) Amount of Servicing Fee earned:

(b) Amount of Servicing Fee paid:

(c) Amount of Servicing Fee Shortfall:

	
(8) 

	
Amount paid to Indenture Trustee:

	
(9) 

	
Amount paid to Owner Trustee:

	
(10)

	
(a) Certificateholders’ Monthly Principal Distributable Amount applicable to current period:

(b) % of Principal Distribution Amount applicable to Certificateholders:

(c) Certificateholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall:

(d) Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount:

	
(11) 

	
Excess Reserve Account Balance Distributable to Seller (5.05(b)(i) or (ii)):

    

	
(12) 

	
(a) Pool Balance (excluding accrued interest) as of close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period:

  

  

  

  

 

(b) Note Value as of the end of the related Collection Period:

(c) Number of Accounts at the end of the related Collection Period:

	
(13) 

	
After giving effect to all distributions on such Payment Date:

	 	
(a) 

	
(i) Outstanding Principal Balance of Class A-1 Notes:

(ii) Class A-1 Note Pool Factor:

	 	
(b) 

	
(i) Outstanding Principal Balance of Class A-2 Notes:

(ii) Class A-2 Note Pool Factor:

	 	
(c) 

	
(i) Outstanding Principal Balance of Class A-3 Notes:

(ii) Class A-3 Note Pool Factor:

	 	
(d) 

	
(i) Outstanding Principal Balance of Class A-4 Notes:

(ii) Class A-4 Note Pool Factor:

	 	
(e) 

	
(i) Outstanding Principal Balance of the Certificates:

(ii)  Certificate Pool Factor:

	
(14) 

	
(a) Number of Receivables that were the subject of a repurchase demand in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(b)  Number of Purchased Receivables in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of Purchased Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(c)  Number of Receivables pending repurchase (within cure period) in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(d)  Number of repurchase demands in dispute in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of related Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(e)  Number of repurchase demands withdrawn in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of related Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(f)  Number of repurchase demands rejected in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of related Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

	
(15) 

	
(i) Aggregate amount of net losses for the Collection Period:

 

  

  

  

 

(ii) Cumulative amount of net losses:

(iii) Cumulative net loss as a percent of Initial Pool Balance (Cumulative Net Loss Ratio):

	
(16) 

	
Face Amount of Receivables 60 days or more past due as a % of the Pool Balance:

	
(17) 

	
Collateral Composition:

(a)  Number of loans at the beginning of the period:

(b)  Number of loans at the end of the period                                                                           :

(c)  Weighted average remaining term on receivables:

(d) Prepayment amount – monthly:

(e)  Prepayment amount - life-to-date                                                                :

(f)  Weighted average APR of the pool assets:

(g)  Pool Factor:

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

Officer’s Certificate

 

The undersigned hereby certify that (i) they are, respectively, a duly elected Vice President and Assistant Secretary of John Deere Capital Corporation, (ii) Schedule E hereto complies with the requirements of, and is being delivered pursuant to, Section 5.06(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of March 1, 2012 between John Deere Owner Trust 2012, John Deere Receivables, Inc. and John Deere Capital Corporation, (iii) Schedule F hereto complies with the requirements of, and is delivered pursuant to, Section 5.06(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and (iv) Schedule G hereto complies with the requirements of, and is being delivered pursuant to, Section 5.04(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

	
Dated:

	 	 
	 	Name:	 	 
	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Name:	 	 
	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE E

 

Statement to Certificateholder

pursuant to Section 5.06(a)

   

Payment Date:                                                                           

      

	
(1) 

	
Amount of principal being paid or distributed:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
Class A-1 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Class A-2 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
Class A-3 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(d)

	
Class A-4 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(e)

	
Certificate:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(f)

	
Total:

 

	(2)	
(a) 

	
Amount of interest being paid or distributed:

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
Class A-1 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
Class A-2 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(iii)

	
Class A-3 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(iv)

	
Class A-4 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(v)

	
Total:

 

	(3)	
(a) 

	
Pool Balance at end of related Collection Period:

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Note Value at end of related Collection Period:

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
Pool Face Amount at end of related Collection Period:

 

  

  

  

 

	
(4) 

	
After giving effect to distributions on this Payment Date:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
(i)

	
Outstanding principal amount of Class A-1 Notes:

 

	 	
(ii) 

	
A-1 Note Pool Factor:

	
  

	
(b)

	
(i)

	
Outstanding principal amount of Class A-2 Notes:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
A-2 Note Pool Factor:

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
(i)

	
Outstanding principal amount of Class A-3 Notes:

 

	 	
(ii) 

	
A-3 Note Pool Factor:

	
  

	
(d)

	
(i)

	
Outstanding principal amount of Class A-4 Notes:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
A-4 Note Pool Factor:

 

	
  

	
(e)

	
(i)

	
Certificate Balance:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
Certificate Pool Factor:

 

	
(5)

	
(a)

	
Amount of Servicing Fee:

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
per $1,000 original principal amount of Notes and Certificate:

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Amount of Servicing Fee earned:

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
Amount of Servicing Fee paid:

 

	
  

	
(d)

	
Amount of Servicing Fee shortfall:

     

	
(6) 

	
Amount of Administration Fee:

 

	
(7) 

	
Amount paid to Indenture Trustee:

 

	
(8) 

	
Amount paid to Owner Trustee:

 

	
(9) 

	(i)	
Amount in Reserve Account:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
Specified Reserve Account Balance:

 

	
(10)

	
(i)

	
Face Amount of Receivables 60 days or more past due:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
Face Amount of Receivables 60 days or more past due as a percent of the Pool Balance at the end of the related Collection Period:

 

	(11)	
(i) 

	
Aggregate amount of net losses for the collection period:

 

	 	
(ii) 

	
Cumulative amount of net losses:

 

  

  

  

 

	 	
(iii) 

	
Cumulative net losses as a percent of initial Pool Balance (Cumulative Net Loss Ratio):

 

	
(12) 

	
(a) Number of Receivables that were the subject of a repurchase demand in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(b)  Number of Purchased Receivables in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of Purchased Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(c)  Number of Receivables pending repurchase (within cure period) in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(d)  Number of repurchase demands in dispute in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of related Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(e)  Number of repurchase demands withdrawn in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of related Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

(f)  Number of repurchase demands rejected in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of related Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE F

 

Statement for Noteholders

pursuant to Section 5.06(a)

   

Payment Date:                                                                           

   

	
(1) 

	
Before giving effect to distributions on this Payment Date:

 

	
(a) 

	(i)  	
outstanding principal amount of Class A-1 Notes:

	 	
(ii) 

	
A-1 Note Pool Factor

 

	(b)	
(i) 

	
outstanding principal amount of Class A-2 Notes:

	 	
(ii) 

	
A-2 Note Pool Factor

 

	
(c)

	(i)	
outstanding principal amount of Class A-3 Notes:

	 	
(ii) 

	
A-3 Note Pool Factor

	
(d) 

	(i)	
outstanding principal amount of Class A-4 Notes:

	 	
(ii) 

	
A-4 Note Pool Factor

 

	
(2) 

	
Amount of principal being paid on Notes:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
Class A-1 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Class A-2 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
Class A-3 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(d)

	
Class A-4 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(e)

	
Total:

 

	
(3) 

	(a)	
Amount of interest being paid on Notes:

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
Class A-1 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
Class A-2 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(iii)

	
Class A-3 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

  

  

  

 

	
  

	
(iv)

	
Class A-4 Notes:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount:

 

	
  

	
(v)

	
Total:

 

	
(4) 

	(a)	
Pool Balance (excluding accrued interest):

 

	 	
(i) 

	
at beginning of related Collection Period:

 

	 	
(ii) 

	
at end of related Collection Period:

 

	 	
(b) 

	
Note Value:

 

	 	
(i) 

	
at beginning of related Collection Period:

 

	 	
(ii) 

	
at end of related Collection Period:

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
Pool Face Amount:

 

	 	
(i) 

	
at beginning of related Collection Period:

 

	 	
(ii) 

	
at end of related Collection Period:

 

	
(5) 

	
After giving effect to distributions on this Payment Date:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
(i)

	
Outstanding principal amount of Class A-1 Notes:

 

	 	
(ii) 

	
A-1 Note Pool Factor:

	
  

	
(b)

	
(i)

	
Outstanding principal amount of Class A-2 Notes:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
A-2 Note Pool Factor:

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
(i)

	
Outstanding principal amount of Class A-3 Notes:

 

	 	
(ii) 

	
A-3 Note Pool Factor:

	
  

	
(d)

	
(i)

	
Outstanding principal amount of Class A-4 Notes:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
A-4 Note Pool Factor:

 

	
  

	
(e)

	
(i)

	
Certificate Balance:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
Certificate Pool Factor:

    

	
(6)

	
(a)

	
Amount of Servicing Fee:

	
  

	
per $1,000 original principal amount of Notes and Certificate:

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Amount of Servicing Fee earned:

 

    

  

  

  

   

	
  

	
(c)

	
Amount of Servicing Fee paid:

 

	
  

	
(d)

	
Amount of Servicing Fee shortfall:

   

	
(7) 

	
Amount of Administration Fee:

 

	
(8) 

	(i)	
Amount in Reserve Account:

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
Specified Reserve Account Balance:

 

	
(9)

	
(i)

	
Face Amount of Receivables 60 days or more past due:

 

	 	
(ii) 

	
Face Amount of Receivables 60 days or more past due as a percent of the PoolBalance at the end of the related Collection Period:

 

	(10)	
(i) 

	
Aggregate amount of net losses for the collection period:

  

	 	
(ii) 

	
Cumulative amount of net losses:

  

	
 

	
(iii) 

	
Cumulative net losses as a percent of initial Pool Balance (Cumulative Net LossRatio):

 

	(11)	
(a) 

	
Number of Receivables that were the subject of a repurchase demand in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

	 	
(b) 

	
Number of Purchased Receivables in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of Purchased Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

	 	
(c) 

	
Number of Receivables pending repurchase (within cure period) in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

	 	
(d) 

	
Number of repurchase demands in dispute in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of related Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

	 	
(e) 

	
Number of repurchase demands withdrawn in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of related Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

	 	
(f) 

	
Number of repurchase demands rejected in the related Collection Period:

(i) Aggregate Principal Balance of related Receivables:

(ii)  % of Pool Balance:

  

  

  

  

SCHEDULE G

 

 

Instructions to the Trustee for payments and deposits pursuant to Section 5.04(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement:

 

Payment Date:  ____________________

 

	
(i)

	
Payment of Servicing Fee (including any previously unpaid Servicing Fees) to Servicer:  ____________________

 

	
(ii)

	
Payment of Administration Fee to Administrator:  ____________________

 

	
(iii)

	
Accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes for such Payment Date:  ____________________

 

	
(iv)

	
Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount to be deposited into Note Distribution Account:  ____________________

 

	
(v)

	
Deposit to Reserve Account to increase the amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account to the Specified Reserve Account Balance:  ____________________

 

	
(vi)

	
Certificate Monthly Principal Distributable Amount to be deposited into Certificate Distribution Account:  ____________________

 

	
(vii) 

	
Deposit to Reserve Account:  ____________________

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

APPENDIX A

Servicing Criteria

The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee shall address the criteria identified below.

	
Reference

 

 

	
Servicing Criteria

	
 

1122(d)(2)(ii)

	
 

Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.

	
 

1122(d)(2)(iv)

	
 

The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.

	
 

1122(d)(2)(v)

	
 

Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements.  For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.

	
 

1122(d)(3)(ii)

	
 

Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.

 

	
 

1122(d)(3)(iii)

	
 

Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

	
 

1122(d)(3)(iv)

	
 

Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

Published CUSIP Number:

 

364 DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of February 28, 2012

among

 

TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION,

TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE (NETHERLANDS) B.V.,

TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) PLC,

TOYOTA LEASING GMBH,

TOYOTA CREDIT DE PUERTO RICO CORP.,

TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA INC.,

and

TOYOTA KREDITBANK GMBH,

as the Borrowers,

 

BNP PARIBAS

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender

 

and

 

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

____________________________________________

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers

_____________________________________________

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent and Swing Line Lender

______________________________________________

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent and Swing Line Lender

______________________________________________

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,

as Syndication Agent

______________________________________________

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Documentation Agent

 

 

  

  

 

  

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

	
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

	
1

	 	
Section  1.1 Definitions

	
1

	 	
Section  1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions

	
26

	 	
Section  1.3 Accounting Terms

	
26

	 	
Section  1.4 References to Agreements and Laws

	
26

	 	
Section  1.5 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents

	
27

	 	
Section  1.6 Additional Alternative Currencies

	
27

	 	
Section 1.7 Change of Currency

	
28

	 	
Section 1.8 Times of Day

	
28

	
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS

	
28

	 	
Section 2.1 Committed Loans

	
28

	 	
Section 2.2 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans

	
29

	 	
Section 2.3 Money Market Loans

	
31

	 	
Section 2.4 Prepayments

	
34

	 	
Section 2.5 Termination or Reduction of Commitments

	
36

	 	
Section 2.6 Repayment of Loans

	
37

	 	
Section 2.7 Interest

	
37

	 	
Section 2.8 Fees

	
38

	 	
Section 2.9 Computation of Interest and Fees

	
39

	 	
Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt

	
39

	 	
Section 2.11 Payments Generally

	
39

	 	
Section 2.12 Sharing of Payments

	
42

	 	
Section 2.13 Extension of Maturity Date

	
43

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

	 	
Section 2.14 Increase in Commitments

	
44

	 	
Section 2.15 Drawings of Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes

	
45

	 	
Section 2.16 Swing Line Loans

	
49

	 	
Section 2.17 Defaulting Lenders

	
53

	
ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

	
53

	 	
Section 3.1 Taxes

	
53

	 	
Section 3.2 Illegality

	
55

	 	
Section 3.3 Inability to Determine Rates

	
56

	 	
Section 3.4 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans

	
57

	 	
Section 3.5 Funding Losses

	
58

	 	
Section 3.6 Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation

	
58

	
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS

	
59

	 	
Section 4.1 Effectiveness

	
59

	 	
Section 4.2 Conditions to all Loans

	
61

	
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	
61

	 	
Section  5.1 Corporate Existence and Power

	
62

	 	
Section  5.2 Corporate and Governmental Authorization: No Contravention

	
62

	 	
Section  5.3 Binding Effect

	
62

	 	
Section  5.4 Financial Information

	
62

	 	
Section  5.5 Litigation

	
62

	 	
Section  5.6 Taxes

	
63

	 	
Section  5.7 Not an Investment Company

	
63

	 	
Section  5.8 Disclosure

	
63

	 	
Section  5.9 Representations as to Non-US Obligors

	
63

	 	
Section  5.10 Representations as to TCPR

	
64

 

 

  

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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS

	
64

	 	
Section  6.1 Information

	
64

	 	
Section  6.2 Maintenance of Property; Insurance

	
66

	 	
Section  6.3 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence

	
66

	 	
Section  6.4 Compliance with Laws

	
66

	 	
Section  6.5 Negative Pledge

	
67

	 	
Section  6.6 Consolidations

	
68

	 	
Section  6.7 Use of Proceeds

	
69

	
ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS

	
70

	 	
Section  7.1 Events of Default

	
70

	 	
Section 7.2 Application of Funds

	
71

	
ARTICLE VIII

	
72

	
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	
72

	
ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	
72

	 	
Section 8.1 Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent

	
72

	 	
Section 8.2 Delegation of Duties

	
72

	 	
Section 8.3 Liability of Administrative Agent

	
73

	 	
Section 8.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent

	
73

	 	
Section 8.5 Notice of Default

	
73

	 	
Section 8.6 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent

	
74

	 	
Section 8.7 Indemnification of Administrative Agent

	
74

	 	
Section 8.8 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity

	
75

	 	
Section 8.9 Successor Administrative Agent and Sub-Agents

	
75

	 	
Section 8.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

	
76

	 	
Section 8.11 Other Agents, Arrangers and Managers

	
77

 

 

  

iii

  

 

 

	 	
Section 8.12 Sub-Agent

	
77

	
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS

	
77

	 	
Section 9.1 Amendments, Etc

	
77

	 	
Section 9.2 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies

	
79

	 	
Section 9.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

	
81

	 	
Section 9.4 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes

	
81

	 	
Section 9.5 Indemnification by the Borrowers

	
81

	 	
Section 9.6 Payments Set Aside

	
83

	 	
Section 9.7 Successors and Assigns

	
83

	 	
Section 9.8 Confidentiality

	
86

	 	
Section 9.9 Set-off

	
87

	 	
Section 9.10 Interest Rate Limitation

	
87

	 	
Section 9.11 Counterparts

	
87

	 	
Section 9.12 Integration

	
87

	 	
Section 9.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties

	
88

	 	
Section 9.14 Severability

	
88

	 	
Section 9.15 Tax Forms

	
88

	 	
Section 9.16 Replacement of Lenders

	
91

	 	
Section 9.17 Governing Law

	
91

	 	
Section 9.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

	
92

	 	
Section 9.19 PATRIOT Act Notice

	
93

	 	
Section 9.20 Judgment

	
93

	 	
Section 9.21 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury

	
94

 

  

iv

  

 

 

Schedules

 

	
Schedule 1.1

	
Mandatory Cost

	
Schedule 2.1

	
Commitments and Pro Rata Shares

	
Schedule 9.2

	
Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices

	  	  
	  	  
	
Exhibits

	  
	  	  
	
Exhibit A-1

	
Form of Committed Loan Notice

	
Exhibit A-2

	
Form of Swing Line Loan Notice

	
Exhibit B

	
Form of Note

	
Exhibit C

	
[Reserved]

	
Exhibit D

	
Assignment and Assumption

	
Exhibit E

	
Form of Money Market Quote Request

	
Exhibit F

	
Form of Invitation for Money Market Quotes

	
Exhibit G

	
Form of Money Market Quote

	
Exhibit H

	
Form of Opinion of Counsel to TMCC

	
Exhibit I-1

	
Form of Opinion of Counsel to TCPR

	
Exhibit I-2

	
Form of Opinion of Counsel to TCCI

	
Exhibit I-3

	
Form of Opinion of Counsel to TMFNL

	
Exhibit I-4

	
Form of Opinion of Counsel to TFSUK

	
Exhibit I-5

	
Form of Opinion of Counsel to TKG and TLG

 

 

 

  

v

  

 

364 DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS 364 DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of February 28, 2012 is made among TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION, a California corporation (“TMCC”), TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE (NETHERLANDS) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands (“TMFNL”), TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) PLC, a corporation organized under the laws of England (“TFSUK”), TOYOTA LEASING GMBH , a corporation organized under the laws of Germany (“TLG”), TOYOTA CREDIT DE PUERTO RICO CORP., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“TCPR”), TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada (“TCCI”), TOYOTA KREDITBANK GMBH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany (“TKG” and, together with TMCC, TMFNL, TFSUK, TLG, TCPR and TCCI, the “Borrowers”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders” and, individually, a “Lender”), BNP PARIBAS, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP. (“BNPP Securities”), CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. (“CGMI”), MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED (“MLPFS”) and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. (“BTMU”), as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, CITIBANK, N.A. and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Swing Line Lenders, and CITIBANK, N.A., BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Syndication Agents.

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility that may be converted to a term facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:

“Absolute Rate Auction” means a solicitation of Money Market Quotes setting forth Money Market Absolute Rates pursuant to Section 2.3.

“Administrative Agent” means BNP Paribas, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such capacity.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.2 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the Lenders.

 

 

  

  

  

 

“Administrative Questionnaire” means, with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrowers) duly completed by such Lender.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “ Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Agent-Related Persons” means the Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of BNP Paribas in its capacity as the Administrative Agent and a Swing Line Agent, BNPP Securities as an Arranger, BNP Paribas (Canada) in its capacity as Canadian Sub-Agent and a Swing Line Agent and BNP Paribas London in its capacity as a Swing Line Agent), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

“Aggregate Commitments” means (i) the Commitments of all the Lenders, (ii) when used in relation to the Tranche A Borrowers, the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments and (iii) when used in relation to TCCI, the Aggregate Tranche B Commitments.

“ Aggregate Tranche A Commitments” means the Tranche A Commitments of all the Tranche A Lenders.

“ Aggregate Tranche B Commitments” means the Tranche B Commitments of all the Tranche B Lenders; provided that in no event shall the Aggregate Tranche B Commitments exceed US$1,000,000,000.

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

“Alternative Currency” means each of Euro, Sterling, Canadian Dollars and each other currency (other than US Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.6.

“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in US Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with US Dollars.

“Applicable Maximum Rate” means, as of any day, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Public Debt Rating in effect on such date as set forth below:

 

	
Public Debt Rating

S&P/Moody’s

	
Applicable

Maximum Rate Before Term Loan Extension Option

	
Applicable

Maximum Rate After Term Loan Extension Option

	
Level 1

At least AA-/Aa3

	
 

1.125%

	
 

1.125%

	
Level 2

Less than Level 1 but at least A+/A1

	
 

1.250%

	
 

1.250%

	
Level 3

Less than Level 2 but at least A/A2

	
 

1.500%

	
 

1.500%

	
Level 4

Less than Level 3

	
 

1.750%

	
 

2.000%

 

 

  

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“Applicable Percentage” means, as of any day, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Public Debt Rating in effect on such date as set forth below:

 

	
Public Debt Rating

S&P/Moody’s

	
Applicable

Percentage

	
Level 1

At least AA-/Aa3

	
 

0.040%

	
Level 2

Less than Level 1 but at least A+/A1

	
 

0.060%

	
Level 3

Less than Level 2 but at least A/A2

	
 

0.080%

	
Level 4

Less than Level 3

	
 

0.100%

“Applicable Rate” means (i) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Swing Line Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes, as of any day, a percentage per annum equal to the Market Rate Spread on the Spread Determination Date in relation to such day, less the Applicable Percentage in effect on such day and (ii) for Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans, a rate per annum that is 100 basis points lower than the rate determined in accordance with clause (i) above; provided that in no event shall the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans be lower than 0.00%.

“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.

“Applicable Tranche Lenders” means (i) with respect to the Tranche A Commitments or the Tranche A Borrowers, the Tranche A Lenders and (ii) with respect to the Tranche B Commitments or TCCI, the Tranche B Lenders.

  

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“Arranger” means any of BNPP Securities, CGMI, MLPFS or BTMU, in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and a joint book manager.

“ Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and, without duplication, the reasonable allocated cost of internal legal services and all expenses and disbursements of internal counsel.

“ Audited Financial Statements” means (i) for TMFNL, the audited statement of financial position of TMFNL for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (or such later date for which audited financial statements are delivered pursuant to this Agreement) and the related audited comprehensive statement of income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for such fiscal year, including the notes thereto, (ii) for TCCI and TCPR, the audited balance sheet of such Borrower for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (or such later date for which audited financial statements are delivered pursuant to this Agreement) and the related statement of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, including the notes thereto, (iii) for TMCC, the audited consolidated balance sheet of TMCC and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (or such later date for which audited financial statements are delivered pursuant to this Agreement) and the related consolidated statement of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of TMCC and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, (iv) for TFSUK and its Subsidiaries, the audited statement of financial position of TFSUK and its Subsidiaries and of TFSUK, in each case, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (or such later date for which audited financial statements are delivered pursuant to this Agreement), the audited consolidated income statement, the audited consolidated and company statement of comprehensive income, the audited consolidated and company statements of changes in equity and the audited consolidated and company cash flow statements for such financial year of TFSUK and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, and (v) for TKG and TLG, the audited balance sheet of each such Borrower for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (or such later date for which audited financial statements are delivered pursuant to this Agreement) and the related statement of income or operations and shareholders’ equity for such fiscal year, including the notes thereto (presented in each case on a consolidated basis for TKG).

“BA Equivalent Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(i).

“BA Maturity Date” means, for each Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note comprising part of the same Drawing, the date on which the Face Amount for such Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note, as the case may be, becomes due and payable in accordance with the provisions set forth below, which shall be a Canadian Business Day occurring 30, 60, 90 or 180 days (or, subject to availability, such greater period not to exceed 364 days) after the date on which such Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note is created and purchased as part of any Drawing, as TCCI may select upon notice received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (Montreal time) on a Canadian Business Day at least two Canadian Business Days prior to the date on which such Bankers’ Acceptance or Draft

  

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is to be purchased or BA Equivalent Note is to be made (whether as a new Drawing or by renewal); provided, however, that:

(a) TCCI may not select any BA Maturity Date for any Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note that occurs after the then scheduled latest Revolving Maturity Date;

(b) the BA Maturity Date for all Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes comprising part of the same Drawing shall occur on the same date; and

(c) whenever the BA Maturity Date for any Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note would otherwise occur on a day other than a Canadian Business Day, such BA Maturity Date shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Canadian Business Day.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, TCCI may select a BA Maturity Date which would end after the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to TCCI only if it has previously delivered, or delivers concurrently with the applicable Committed Loan Notice, an election to extend the Maturity Date to the Term Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.13(c).

“Bankers’ Acceptance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(b).

“ Base Rate” means, (a) in respect of Tranche A, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1⁄2 of 1%, (ii) BBA LIBOR applicable to US Dollars for an assumed Interest Period of one month commencing on such day (or the most recent day, preceding such day, on which rates have been quoted for such a period) plus 1⁄2 of 1% (for the avoidance of doubt, BBA LIBOR for any day shall be based on the rate published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day) and (iii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by BNP Paribas in the United States as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by BNP Paribas based upon various factors including BNP Paribas’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate and (b) in respect of Tranche B, for any day, the fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of the rates determined in accordance with clause (a)(i), clause (a)(ii), and the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by BNP Paribas (Canada) in Montreal as its “prime rate” for US Dollars. Any change in such rate announced by BNP Paribas or BNP Paribas (Canada) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

“Base Rate Committed Loan” means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.

“ Base Rate Loan” means a Loan denominated in US Dollars that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in US Dollars.

“BBA LIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurocurrency Base Rate”.

  

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“Benefit Arrangement” means at any time an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.

“Borrower” means any of TMCC, TMFNL, TFSUK, TLG, TCPR, TCCI or TKG, as applicable.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.

“Borrowers’ Representative” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(e).

“Borrowing” means a Committed Borrowing, a Money Market Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

“Business Day” means (i) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, any of the following: the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located, California, New York, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, (ii) if such day relates to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Money Market LIBOR Loan denominated in US Dollars, any such day on which dealings in US Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market, (iii) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, Money Market LIBOR Loan or Swing Line Loan denominated in Euro, a TARGET2 Day; (iv) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, Money Market LIBOR Loan or Swing Line Loan denominated in a currency other than US Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and (v) if such day relates to any Tranche B Loan, a Canadian Business Day.

“Canadian Business Day” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized by law to close in Toronto, Ontario or in Montreal, Quebec, Canada or New York, New York.

“Canadian Dollars” and “CDN$” each means lawful money of Canada.

“Canadian ITA” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) as amended.

“Canadian Prime Rate” means, on any day, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the average of the rates of interest per annum most recently announced by each Canadian Reference Bank as its reference rate of interest for loans made in Canadian Dollars to Canadian customers and designated as such Canadian Reference Bank’s “prime rate” (a Canadian Reference Bank’s “prime rate” being a rate set by such Canadian Reference Bank based upon various factors, including such Canadian Reference Bank’s costs and desired returns and general economic conditions, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such announced rate). Any change in such rate announced by the Canadian Sub-Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. Each interest rate based upon the Canadian Prime Rate shall be adjusted simultaneously with any change in the Canadian Prime Rate.

  

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“Canadian Prime Rate Loan” means a Tranche B Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars that bears interest based on the Canadian Prime Rate.

“Canadian Reference Banks” means BNP Paribas (Canada), Citibank, N.A., Canadian Branch and Toronto Dominion Bank.

“Canadian Sub-Agent” means BNP Paribas (Canada).

“Canadian Sub-Agent’s Office” means, with respect to Canadian Dollars, the Canadian Sub-Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.2, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Canadian Sub-Agent may from time to time notify to TCCI and the Tranche B Lenders.

“ Closing Date ” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 4.1 (or, in the case of Section 4.1(b), waived by the Person entitled to receive the applicable payment).

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and any successor statute.

“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its Tranche A Commitment or its Tranche B Commitment, as applicable.

“Commitment Cap” means, as to each Lender, the amount set opposite its name on Schedule 2.1 as such Lender’s “Commitment Cap” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Committed Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Loans of the same Type and Tranche and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the appropriate Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1.

“Committed Loan” means a Committed Tranche A Loan or a Committed Tranche B Loan.

“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other and (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.2(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1. A Committed Loan Notice for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan with an Interest Period extending beyond the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to the Borrower giving such notice may only be delivered concurrently with (or, in the case of (b) or (c) above, concurrently with or subsequently to) a notice of election by such Borrower to extend the Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower to the Term Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.13(c). A Committed Loan Notice for Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes with BA Maturity Date extending beyond the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to TCCI may only be delivered concurrently with (or, in the case of (b) or (c) above, concurrently with or subsequently to) a notice of election by TCCI to extend the Maturity Date applicable to TCCI to the Term Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.13(c).

  

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“Committed Tranche A Loan” means a loan made by a Tranche A Lender pursuant to Section 2.1(a).

“Committed Tranche B Loan” means a loan made by, or the purchase or acceptance of Bankers’ Acceptances or purchase of Drafts by, a Tranche B Lender pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

“Consenting Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(b).

“Consolidated Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date.

“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”

“Debtor Relief Law” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

“ Default” means any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

“Default Excess” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting Lender’s ratable portion of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans of all Lenders (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders had funded all of their respective Defaulted Loans) over the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans actually funded by such Defaulting Lender.

“Default Period” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of the applicable Defaulted Loan and ending on the earlier of the following dates: (i) the date on which (a) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender has been reduced to zero (whether by the funding of any Defaulted Loan by such Defaulting Lender or by the non -pro-rata application of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.17) and (b) such Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to TMCC, the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments; and (ii) the date on which TMCC, the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders waive in writing all defaults relating to the failure of such Defaulting Lender to fund.

“Default Rate”, with respect to any Loan, means an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including the Applicable Rate and any Mandatory Cost) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

“Defaulted Loan” means any Loan that a Defaulting Lender has failed to make.

  

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“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Committed Loans or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, and such failure is continuing, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three Business Days of the date when due, and such failure is continuing, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (c) has notified any Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (d) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Committed Loans and participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (d) upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such certification in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, or (e) is or becomes (or whose parent company is or becomes) the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or conservatorship proceeding; provided, however , that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any ownership interest in such Lender or parent company thereof or the exercise of control over a Lender or parent company thereof by a governmental authority or instrumentality thereof.

“Discount Rate” means, in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptances or Drafts to be purchased by a Tranche B Lender pursuant to Section 2.1(b): (i) for a Tranche B Lender that is a Schedule I Bank, the average rate (calculated on an annual basis of a year of 365 days and rounded up to the nearest five decimal places, if such average is not such a multiple) for Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances having a comparable term that appears on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page (or such other page as is a replacement page for such bankers’ acceptances) at 10:00 A.M. (Montreal time) or, if such rate is not available at such time, the applicable discount rate in respect of such Bankers’ Acceptances or Drafts shall be the average (as determined by the Canadian Sub-Agent) of the respective actual discount rates (calculated on an annual basis of 365 days and rounded up to the nearest five decimal places, if such average is not such a multiple), quoted to the Canadian Sub-Agent by each Canadian Reference Bank as the discount rate at which such Canadian Reference Bank would purchase, as of 10:00 A.M. (Montreal time) on the date of such Drawing, its own bankers’ acceptances having an aggregate Face Amount equal to and with a term to maturity the same as the Bankers’ Acceptances or Drafts to be acquired by such Lender as part of such Drawing; and (ii) for each other Tranche B Lender and any other Lender or Person, the average rate determined by the Canadian Sub-Agent pursuant to clause (a) plus 0.10%.

“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in US Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in US Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of US Dollars with such Alternative Currency.

  

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“Draft” means, at any time, either a depository bill within the meaning of the Depository Bills and Notes Act, or a bill of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act (Canada), drawn by TCCI on a Lender or any other Person and bearing such distinguishing letters and numbers as the Lender or the Person may determine, but which at such time has not been completed as the payee or accepted by the Lender or the Person.

“Drawing” means the simultaneous (i) creation and purchase of Bankers’ Acceptances by the Tranche B Lenders, in accordance with Section 2.15(a), or (ii) the purchase of completed Drafts by a Tranche B Lender in accordance with Section 2.15(a).

“Drawing Fee” means, with respect to each Draft drawn by TCCI and purchased by any Person on any Drawing Date and subject to the provisions of Section 2.15, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Rate times the aggregate Face Amount of the Draft, multiplied by (ii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the term to maturity of such Draft and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, as applicable.

“Drawing Purchase Price” means, with respect to each Bankers’ Acceptance or Draft to be purchased by any Tranche B Lender at any time, the amount (adjusted to the nearest whole cent or, if there is no nearest whole cent, the next higher whole cent) obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate Face Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance, by (ii) the sum of (A) one and (B) the product of (1) the Discount Rate applicable to such Tranche B Lender in effect at such time (expressed as a decimal) multiplied by (2) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the term to maturity of such Bankers’ Acceptance or Draft and the denominator of which is 365 days.

“Eligible Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 9.7(i).

“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on human health or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes into the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute.

“ERISA Group” means any Borrower organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico, any Subsidiary of such Borrower and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with such Borrower, or any such Subsidiary, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“Euro” and “EUR” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.

  

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“Eurocurrency Base Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Eurocurrency Rate.

“Eurocurrency Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

 

	
Eurocurrency Rate

	
=

	
                   Eurocurrency Base Rate                     

	  	  	
 1.00 minus Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage

 

Where,

“Eurocurrency Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurocurrency Base Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by BNP Paribas London and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by BNP Paribas London (or other BNP Paribas branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirements) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.

“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be denominated in US Dollars or in an Alternative Currency. All Committed Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollar Loans made under Tranche B) must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.

“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

“Exempt Lender” means a Tranche A Lender that is any of the following: (i) a Corporate Lender organized under the Laws of Puerto Rico, (ii) a Corporate Lender organized under the

  

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Laws of a jurisdiction other than Puerto Rico that is engaged in the conduct of a trade or business in Puerto Rico, or (iii) a Lender organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than Puerto Rico that is not engaged in the conduct of a trade or business in Puerto Rico and that is not a “related person” to TCPR for purposes of Section 1231(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Puerto Rico Code by reason of the fact that such Lender does not own, directly or indirectly in accordance with the attribution rules of Section 1231(a)(3) of the Puerto Rico Code, 50% or more of the value of the stock of TCPR. As used in this definition, “Corporate Lender” means a Lender that is taxable as a corporation under the Puerto Rico Code.

“Existing Credit Facility” means the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of March 1, 2011 among TMFNL, TMCC, TFSUK, TKG, TCPR, TCCI and TLG, the lenders parties thereto, BNP Paribas, as administrative agent, swing line agent and swing line lender, Citibank, N.A., as syndication agent and swing line lender, and Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent and swing line lender, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as syndication agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as documentation agent.

“Face Amount” means, with respect to any Bankers’ Acceptance, Drafts or BA Equivalent Note, the amount payable to the holder of such Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note on its maturity date.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as in effect on the date of this Agreement and any regulations thereunder or official governmental interpretations thereof.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to BNP Paribas on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“Fee Letters” means the fee letters, if any, among TMCC, the Administrative Agent and any Arranger, entered into in connection with this Agreement.

“Foreign Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.15(a)(i).

“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

“GAAP” means, (i) in the case of TMCC and TCPR, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Statements and Interpretations of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, FASB Staff Positions, Accounting Research Bulletins and Accounting Principles Board Opinions of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the

 

  

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date of determination, including the FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, (ii) in the case of TCCI, accounting principles generally accepted in Canada as set out in the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Handbook - Accounting at the relevant time applied on a consistent basis, with any changes thereto or deviations therefrom that are made with the prior approval of TCCI’s independent auditors in accordance with promulgations of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, provided that, upon conversion by TCCI, as permitted by GAAP, to Canadian accounting standards for private enterprises or International Financial Reporting Standards, in each case, as set out in the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Handbook - Accounting, such standards for private enterprises or International Financial Reporting Standards shall instead apply, (iii) in the case of TMFNL, International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”), as adopted by the European Union and the statutory provisions of Part 9, Book 2 of the Netherlands Civil Code, (iv) in the case of TFSUK, IFRS and IFRIC interpretations, as adopted by the European Union and those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS, and (v) in the case of any other Borrower to which United States generally accepted accounting principles are not applicable, accounting principles generally accepted in the country in which such Borrower is organized, as adopted, recommended or declared by the applicable accounting board or similar entity regularly determining such matters in such country, consistently applied.

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, provincial or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5.

“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5.

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Money Market Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Money Market Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Committed Loan, any Canadian Prime Rate Loan or any Swing Line Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to the Borrower of such Loan, and, if later than the Revolving Maturity Date, the Maturity Date applicable to the Borrower of such Loan.

“Interest Period” means, (a) as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the applicable Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice, (b) as to each Money Market LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Loan is disbursed and ending on the date that is such whole number of months thereafter as the applicable Borrower may elect in accordance with Section 2.3, (c) as to each Money Market Absolute Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such

  

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Loan is disbursed and ending on the date that is such number of days thereafter (but not less than seven days) as the applicable Borrower may elect in accordance with Section 2.3 and (d) as to each Swing Line Loan, the period commencing on the date such Loan is disbursed and ending on the date that is such number of days thereafter as the applicable Borrower may elect in accordance with Section 2.16; provided that:

(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(iii) no Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall extend beyond the Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower, and no Interest Period for Money Market Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Borrower may select an Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan which would end after the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower only if it has previously delivered, or delivers concurrently with the applicable Committed Loan Notice, an election to extend the Maturity Date to the Term Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.13(c).

“Invitation for Money Market Quotes” means an Invitation for Money Market Quotes substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“Laws” means, collectively, all federal, state and local statutes, executive orders, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders of any Governmental Authority.

“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an assignment made in accordance with Section 9.7, other than any Person that ceases to be a party hereto in accordance with the terms hereof pursuant to such assignment, and, as the context requires, includes each Swing Line Lender.

“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

  

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“LIBOR Auction” means a solicitation of Money Market Quotes setting forth Money Market Margins based on the Eurocurrency Rate pursuant to Section 2.3.

“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under Article II in the form of a Committed Loan, a Money Market Loan or a Swing Line Loan, including a Loan converted to a Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.13(c).

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, and each Fee Letter.

“Mandatory Cost” means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with Schedule 1.1.

“Market Rate Spread” means TMCC’s 1-year credit default swap spread based on the End of Day mid-rate spread specified by Markit Group Ltd., determined on the Spread Determination Date, subject to (i) at all times prior to the Term Extension Effective Date, a minimum rate of 0.50% and a maximum rate equal to the Applicable Maximum Rate or (ii) at all times from and after the Term Extension Effective Date, a minimum rate of 0.75% and a maximum rate equal to the Applicable Maximum Rate. If TMCC’s 1-year credit default swap spread, as specified by Markit Group Ltd. is unavailable on the Spread Determination Date, then the Market Rate Spread shall be TMCC’s 1-year credit default swap spread, as reasonably determined on such Business Day by five reference banks selected by the Administrative Agent and TMCC, including BNPP Securities, CGMI, MLPFS and BTMU. If the participant banks are unable to determine TMCC’s 1-year credit default swap spread on the Spread Determination Date, the Market Rate Spread shall be the last 1-year credit default swap spread for TMCC reported by Markit Group Ltd.

“Material Adverse Effect” means with respect to any Borrower, a material adverse change in the business, financial position or results of operations of such Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a whole.

“Maturity Date” means, with respect to each Borrower, the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower, or if the Loans made to such Borrower are converted to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13, the Term Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower.

“Money Market Absolute Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(ii).

“ Money Market Absolute Rate Loan” means a loan denominated in US Dollars to be made by a Lender pursuant to an Absolute Rate Auction.

“Money Market Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Money Market Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Money Market LIBOR Loans bearing interest calculated based on the Eurocurrency Rate, having the same Interest Period made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.3.

“Money Market LIBOR Loan” means a loan denominated in US Dollars to be made by a Lender pursuant to a LIBOR Auction (including such a loan bearing interest at the Base Rate pursuant to Section 3.2).

  

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“Money Market Loan” means a Money Market LIBOR Loan or a Money Market Absolute Rate Loan.

“Money Market Margin” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(ii).

“Money Market Quote” means an offer, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, by a Lender to make a Money Market Loan in accordance with Section 2.3.

“ Money Market Quote Request” means a Money Market Quote Request substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

“ Multiemployer Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such five year period.

“Note” or “Notes” means a promissory note or promissory notes made by a Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender to such Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“Obligations” means, with respect to any Borrower, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, such Borrower arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan made to such Borrower, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against such Borrower of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Borrower as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any jurisdiction other than the United States or Puerto Rico); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, excluding, however (i) such taxes imposed as a result of an assignment or participation (other than an assignment that occurs

  

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as a result of Borrower’s request pursuant to Section 9.16) and (ii) such taxes, charges and levies payable in respect of any Money Market Loan for any reason except a Regulatory Change occurring after the date that the Money Market Quote for such Money Market Loan was delivered.

“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Committed Loans and Money Market Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount or in the case of Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes, Face Amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowing and prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans and Money Market Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Swing Line Loans occurring on such date.

“ Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in US Dollars, the Federal Funds Rate, (b) with respect to any amount denominated in Canadian Dollars, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Swing Line Agent or Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (c) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency other than Canadian Dollars, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of BNP Paribas in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.

“Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person controlling such Lender.

“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(d).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

“ Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and either (i) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.

“Pro Rata Share” means (a) with respect to the commitments of each Applicable Tranche Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Tranche A Commitment or Tranche B Commitment of such Applicable Tranche Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of

  

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the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments or Aggregate Tranche B Commitments, respectively, at such time; provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make Tranche A Loans or Tranche B Loans, as applicable, has been terminated pursuant to Section 7.1 or if the Loans have been converted to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(c), then the Pro Rata Share of each Applicable Tranche Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination or conversion and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof. The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.1 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, and (b) with respect to the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Cap and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of all the Lenders’ Commitment Caps at such time.

“Public Debt Rating” means, as of any date, the rating that has been most recently announced by any of S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, for any class of non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by TMCC or, if any such rating agency shall have issued more than one such rating, the lowest such rating issued by such rating agency. For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if only one of S&P and Moody’s shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Maximum Rate and the Applicable Percentage shall be determined by reference to the available rating; (b) if neither of S&P or Moody’s shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Maximum Rate and the Applicable Percentage will be set in accordance with Level 3 under the definitions of “Applicable Maximum Rate” and “Applicable Percentage”; (c) if both S&P and Moody’s have established ratings and those ratings shall fall within two different levels, the Applicable Maximum Rate and the Applicable Percentage shall be based upon the higher rating, unless the lower rating is more than one level below the higher rating, in which case the Applicable Maximum Rate and the Applicable Percentage shall be based upon the rating that is one level lower than the higher rating; (d) if any rating established by S&P or Moody’s shall be changed, such change shall be effective as of the date on which such change is first announced publicly by the rating agency making such change; and (e) if S&P or Moody’s shall change the basis or system on which ratings are established, each reference to the Public Debt Rating announced by S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be.

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.

“Puerto Rico” means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

“Puerto Rico Code” means the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994, as amended and any successor statute.

“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(c).

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the FRB, as in effect from time to time.

“Regulatory Change” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, or such Lender’s compliance therewith. For the

  

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avoidance of doubt, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, are deemed to have been introduced or adopted after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented.

“Request for Loans” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to a Money Market Borrowing, a Notice of Money Market Borrowing (as defined in Section 2.3(f)) and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

“Required Lenders” means, (a) with respect to matters related solely to the Tranche A Borrowers or to TCCI, respectively, as of any date of determination, Applicable Tranche Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments to such Borrower (or, in the case of the Tranche A Borrowers, all of the Tranche A Borrowers) or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Tranche A Loans or Tranche B Loans, as applicable, has been terminated pursuant to Section 7.1 or if the Loans have been converted to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(c), Applicable Tranche Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings applicable to Tranche A Borrowers or to TCCI, respectively (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings applicable to a Borrower held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders and (b) in all other cases, Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate amount of all the Lenders’ Commitment Caps at such time or, to the extent the Commitments have been terminated or the Loans have been converted to Term Loans, more than 50% of the Total Outstandings of all Loans, provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer or any other officer or representative of (i) the applicable Borrower, authorized by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the applicable Borrower or (ii) to the extent a Borrower’s Representative is permitted pursuant to this Agreement to act on behalf of a Borrower, the applicable Borrowers’ Representative, authorized by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the applicable Borrowers’ Representative in respect of the applicable Borrower, in each case as set forth in a written notice from such Borrower or such Borrowers’ Representative on behalf of such Borrower to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may conclusively rely on each such notice unless and until a subsequent writing shall be delivered by a Borrower or Borrowers’ Representative on behalf of a Borrower to the Administrative Agent that identifies the prior writing that is to be superseded and stating that it is to be so superseded. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Borrower or a Responsible Officer of a Borrowers’ Representative on behalf of a Borrower shall be conclusively presumed

  

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to have been authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Borrower or such Borrowers’ Representative on behalf of such Borrower.

“Revaluation Date” means each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.2, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall request.

“Revolving Extension Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(b).

“Revolving Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Borrower, the later of (a) February 26, 2013, and (b) if maturity is extended upon the request of such Borrower pursuant to Section 2.13(b), such extended revolving maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section; provided, however, that the Revolving Maturity Date of any Lender that is a non-Consenting Lender to any requested extension pursuant to Section 2.13(b) shall be the Revolving Maturity Date in effect immediately prior to the applicable Revolving Extension Effective Date (as such term is defined in Section 2.13(b)) for all purposes of this Agreement.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in US Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.

“Schedule I Banks” shall mean, at any time, the Lenders that are listed in Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada) at such time.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which would meet the definition of “Significant Subsidiary” contained in Regulation S-X (or similar successor provision) of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Special Notice Currency” means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.

“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the

  

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Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.

“Spread Determination Date” means the Business Day that is two Business Days prior to the day of delivery of the request to make, convert or continue, as applicable, each Loan (and if such Loan is a Eurocurrency Rate Loan with an Interest Period longer than three months, the Market Rate Spread shall be reset to the Market Rate Spread as reported on the Business Day that is two Business Days prior to the day that is three months after the later of (i) the day on which such Eurocurrency Rate Loan was made, converted or continued and (ii) the last day on which the Market Rate Spread was reset).

“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

“Sub-Agents” means the Canadian Sub-Agent and each Swing Line Agent.

“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person; unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of a Borrower.

“Swing Line Agent” means each of (a) in the case of Swing Line Loans funded in US Dollars, BNP Paribas, (b) in the case of Swing Line Loans funded in Canadian Dollars, BNP Paribas (Canada) and (c) in the case of Swing Line Loans funded in Euro, Sterling or any other Alternative Currency, BNP Paribas London.

“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.16.

“Swing Line Commitment” means, as to each Swing Line Lender, its obligation to make Swing Line Loans in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2 .1 as its “Swing Line Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Swing Line Lenders” means each of the Lenders that has a Swing Line Commitment on Schedule 2.1 hereto, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).

“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.16(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.

“Swing Line Rate” means, (a) in respect of Swing Line Loans made in US Dollars or any Alternate Currency other than Canadian Dollars, for any Interest Period, the sum of (i) the rate per annum determined by the applicable Swing Line Agent as the rate of interest (rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the

  

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first day of such Swing Line Loan in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Swing Line Loan being made by such Swing Line Agent (or its affiliate) and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by BNP Paribas London to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the first day of such Swing Line Loan, (ii) the Applicable Rate and (iii) the applicable Mandatory Cost and (b) in the case of Swing Line Loans made in Canadian Dollars, the sum of (i) the Canadian Prime Rate and (ii) the Applicable Rate.

“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the least of (a) US$1,000,000,000, (b) the aggregate Swing Line Commitments of the Swing Line Lenders and (c) the Aggregate Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.

“TARGET2 Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) System (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.

“Taxes” means, with respect to any payment by a Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto (other than Other Taxes), excluding, (i) in the case of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, and franchise and similar taxes (including branch profits taxes and backup withholding of such taxes) imposed on it, by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or where the Administrative Agent’s Office or a Lender’s Lending Office is located or any other jurisdiction arising solely as a result of such recipient engaging in a trade or business in such jurisdiction for tax purposes and (ii) any (1) United States, the Netherlands or Puerto Rico withholding tax imposed on payments by the Tranche A Borrowers under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (2) Canadian withholding tax imposed on payments by TCCI, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Tranche B Lender that is subject to such withholding tax, in the case of either (1) or (2), (x) with respect to payments on a Money Market Loan, on the date that such Lender delivers a Money Market Quote for such Money Market Loan (or designates a new Lending Office) and (y) with respect to all other payments, on the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new Lending Office).

“Term Extension Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(c).

“Term Loan Conversion Fee” means, with respect to any Borrower, a fee in US Dollars to be paid to the Administrative Agent on the Term Extension Effective Date by such Borrower, for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, in an amount equal to 0.75% of the Outstanding Amount on the Term Extension Effective Date of all Loans of such Lender made to such Borrower.

  

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“Term Loans” of a Borrower means each Loan made to such Borrower that is outstanding on the date that such Borrower elects to convert such Loans to term Loans in accordance with Section 2.13(c).

“Term Maturity Date” applicable to a Borrower means the date selected by such Borrower that is no later than one year from the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower upon conversion of the Loans made to such Borrower to Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.13(c).

“TMC Consolidated Subsidiary” means, at any date, a Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of Toyota Motor Corporation in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date.

“Total Outstandings” means (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans, (ii) when used in relation to the Tranche A Borrowers, the Outstanding Amount of all Loans made to the Tranche A Borrowers and (iii) when used in relation to TCCI, the Outstanding Amount of all Loans made to TCCI.

“Tranche A Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to the Tranche A Borrowers, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments pursuant to Section 2.5, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Tranche A Lender to make Loans pursuant to Section 7.1.

“Tranche A Borrowers” means TMCC, TMFNL, TFSUK, TLG, TCPR and TKG.

“Tranche A Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Committed Loans to the Tranche A Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and (b) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1 as its “Tranche A Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement; provided that (a) the Tranche A Commitments available to TKG shall not exceed US$500,000,000 in the aggregate for all Lenders, (b) the Tranche A Commitments available to TCPR shall not exceed US$1,000,000,000 in the aggregate for all Lenders and (c) the Tranche A Commitments available to TLG shall not exceed US$500,000,000 in the aggregate for all Lenders.

“Tranche A Facility” means the aggregate of the Tranche A Commitments.

“Tranche A Lender” means each Lender that has a Tranche A Commitment on Schedule 2.1 or any Lender to which a portion of the Tranche A Commitment hereunder has been assigned pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

“Tranche A Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Tranche A Borrower under Article II in the form of a Committed Loan or a Money Market Loan, including a Loan converted to a term Loan pursuant to Section 2.13(c). Tranche A Loans shall be denominated in US Dollars or any Alternative Currency.

  

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“Tranche B Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to TCCI, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Tranche B Commitments pursuant to Section 2.5, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Tranche B Lender to make Loans pursuant to Section 7.1.

“Tranche B Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Committed Loans to TCCI pursuant to Section 2.1(b) and (b) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1 as its “Tranche B Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Tranche B Facility” means the aggregate of the Tranche B Commitments.

“Tranche B Lender” means each Lender that has a Tranche B Commitment on Schedule 2.1 or any Lender to which a portion of the Tranche B Commitment hereunder has been assigned pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

“Tranche B Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to TCCI under Article II and shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include Drafts accepted or purchased by any such Lender, and BA Equivalent Notes issued to such Lender in exchange for Drafts, including a Loan converted to a term Loan pursuant to Section 2.13(c). Tranche B Loans may be denominated in Canadian Dollars (as Canadian Prime Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts or BA Equivalent Notes), US Dollars (as Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans) or any Alternative Currency (as Eurocurrency Rate Loans).

“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan, a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a Money Market LIBOR Loan or a Money Market Absolute Rate Loan.

“UK CTA” means the United Kingdom Corporation Tax Act 2009.

“UK ITA” means the United Kingdom Income Tax Act 2007.

“UK Qualifying Lender” means (a) a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of a Loan to TFSUK and is (i) a Lender: (1) which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 UK ITA) making an advance to TFSUK under this Agreement; or (2) in respect of an advance made under this Agreement to TFSUK by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 UK ITA) at the time the advance was made, and which, with respect to (1) and (2) above, is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as regards any payment of interest made in respect of that advance; or (ii) a Lender which is: (1) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes or (2) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment which brings into account interest payable in respect of that Loan in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning given by section 19 of the UK CTA); or (iii) a UK Treaty Lender or (b) a US LLC Lender.

  

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“UK Treaty Lender” means a Lender which:

	
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is treated as a resident of a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement with the United Kingdom which makes provision for full exemption from Tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest; and

	
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does not carry on business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which that Lender’s participation in respect of a Loan to TFSUK is effectively connected; and

	
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if a US Lender, is fully entitled to the benefits of the UK/US Treaty (or if not so entitled, would have been so entitled but for its failure to be so fully entitled being attributable to (x) the status of or any action or omission of TFSUK or any affiliate thereof or to any relationship between the Lender and TFSUK or any affiliate thereof or (y) any steps taken or to be taken pursuant to Section 9.16),

provided that “UK Treaty Lender” shall mean any Lender in respect of a Loan to TFSUK, if such Lender becomes a Lender when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

“ UK/US Treaty” means the convention between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital gains which is, on the date the relevant payment of interest on a Loan falls due, in force.

“Unfunded Liabilities” means, with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which (i) the value of all benefit liabilities under such Plan, determined on a plan termination basis using the assumptions prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section 4044 of ERISA, exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions), all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person under Title IV of ERISA.

“United States” and “ U.S.” means the United States of America, including the States and the District of Columbia, but excluding its territories and possessions.

“Unused Tranche A Commitment” means, with respect to any Tranche A Lender at any time (a) such Lender’s Tranche A Commitment at such time minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Tranche A Loans made by such Lender and outstanding at such time plus (ii) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of all Money Market Loans made to the Tranche A Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.3 and outstanding at such time plus (iii) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans made to the Tranche A Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.16 and outstanding at such time plus (iv) in the case of a Tranche A Lender that is (or has an Affiliate that is) a Tranche B Lender, such Tranche B Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Total Outstandings applicable to TCCI.

“US Dollar” and “US$” mean lawful money of the United States.

  

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“US Lender” means a Lender which is treated as resident (for the purposes of the UK/US Treaty) in the United States of America.

“US LLC Lender ” means a Lender in respect of a Loan to TFSUK which is a US limited liability company that is fiscally transparent under the laws of the United States and where each ultimate recipient of the interest payable to that Lender would be a UK Treaty Lender were that ultimate recipient a Lender in respect of that Loan.

Section 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b) (i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.

(iii)  The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 1.3 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements.

Section 1.4 References to Agreements and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

  

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Section 1.5 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. (a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Loan and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by the Borrowers hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than US Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent.

(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Committed Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in US Dollars, but such Committed Borrowing or Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such US Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent.

Section 1.6 Additional Alternative Currencies. (a) The Borrowers may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency;” provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than US Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into US Dollars. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Applicable Tranche Lenders.

(b) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., 10 Business Days prior to the date of the desired Committed Loan (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Applicable Tranche Lender thereof. Each such Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., seven Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency.

(c) Any failure by an Applicable Tranche Lender to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made in such requested currency for the applicable tranche. If the Administrative Agent and all the Applicable Tranche Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency under the applicable tranche, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrowers and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Committed Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans under such tranche. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.6, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrowers.

  

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Section 1.7 Change of Currency. (a) Each obligation of the Borrowers to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Committed Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Committed Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.

(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.

(c) Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.

Section 1.8 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

Section 2.1 Committed Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Tranche A Lender severally agrees to make loans in US Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies (each such loan, a “Committed Tranche A Loan”) to the Tranche A Borrowers from time to time, on any Business Day during the Tranche A Availability Period, in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Lender’s Unused Tranche A Commitment at such time. Within the limits of each Lender’s Unused Tranche A Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Tranche A Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.1(a), prepay under Section 2.4, and, unless converted to a Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.13(c), reborrow under this Section 2.1(a). Committed Tranche A Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Tranche B Lender severally agrees to make loans to TCCI in US Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies, and (i) in the case of a Tranche B Lender willing and able to accept Drafts, to create acceptances (“Bankers’ Acceptances”) by accepting Drafts and to purchase such Bankers’ Acceptances in accordance with Section 2.15(a) and (ii) in the case of a Tranche B Lender which is unwilling or unable to accept Drafts, to purchase completed Drafts, which will not be accepted by the Tranche

  

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B Lender or any other Tranche B Lender in accordance with Section 2.15 from time to time, on any Business Day during the Tranche B Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Tranche B Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing made by the Tranche B Lenders,

(i) the Total Outstandings applicable to TCCI shall not exceed the Aggregate Tranche B Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Tranche B Loans of any Tranche B Lender plus such Lender’s ratable share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans made to TCCI shall not exceed such Lender’s Tranche B Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Tranche B Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, TCCI may borrow under this Section 2.1(b), prepay under Section 2.4, and, unless converted to a Term Loan pursuant to Section 2 .13(c), reborrow under this Section 2.1(b). Committed Tranche B Loans may be Base Rate Loans, Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes, as further provided herein.

(c) After giving effect to Committed Loans made pursuant to this Section 2.1, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans (other than Money Market Loans) made by such Lender or its Affiliates shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment Cap.

Section 2.2 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans.

(a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the applicable Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (or Canadian Sub-Agent, in the case of Tranche B), which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable, not later than 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) in the case of Tranche A Loans and 9:00 a.m. (Pacific time) in the case of Tranche B Loans, (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in US Dollars or of any conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in US Dollars to Base Rate Loans, (ii) four Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, (iii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of, or conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to, Base Rate Committed Loans, (iv) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Canadian Prime Rate Loans and (v) as set forth in Section 2.15(a) for Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes. Each telephonic notice by a Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent or Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable, of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer or any other Person designated in writing by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower to the Administrative Agent or Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.15(a), each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Loans shall be (x) for Loans other than Tranche B Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, in a principal amount of US$50,000,000 or a whole multiple of US$5,000,000 in excess thereof (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof); provided that, in the case of TMFNL, such amount shall not be less than the Dollar Equivalent of EUR100,000 or any other amount as at any time set forth in the definition of “professional market party” under or pursuant to the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act (wet op het financieel toezicht) or (y) for Tranche B Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, in a principal amount of CDN$5,000,000 or integral multiples of

  

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CDN$1,000,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the applicable Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto and (vi) the currency of the Committed Loans to be borrowed. If any Borrower fails to specify a currency in a Committed Loan Notice requesting a Borrowing, then the Committed Loans so requested shall be made in US Dollars. If any Borrower fails to specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if such Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, (x) in the case of Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, Canadian Prime Rate Loans or (y) in the case of Loans denominated in a currency other than Canadian Dollars, Base Rate Loans in an amount being the Dollar Equivalent of such Loans; provided, however, that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Committed Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency other than Canadian Dollars, such Loans shall be continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period of one month. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the applicable Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. No Committed Loan may be converted into or continued as a Committed Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Committed Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if after giving effect to the making of any Tranche A Loans or Tranche B Loans the Unused Tranche A Commitment would be less than or equal to the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 300,000,000 (as determined by the Administrative Agent), then, only to the extent TKG has not borrowed EUR 300,000,000 as of the date such Loan is to be made, such Loans shall not be made without the consent of TKG (which consent may be waived only by TKG).

(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each appropriate Lender of the contents thereof and the amount (and currency) of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each appropriate Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Committed Loans denominated in a currency other than US Dollars, in each case as described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each Tranche A Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the Administrative Agent, and each Tranche B Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the Canadian Sub-Agent, in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency or the office of the Canadian Sub-Agent located in Montreal, Canada, as the case may be, not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified, in the case of any Committed Loan denominated in US Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the

  

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Administrative Agent in the case of any Committed Loan in an Alternative Currency, in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.2, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, shall make all funds so received available to the applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent either by (i) crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of BNP Paribas with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent by such Borrower.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether in US Dollars or any Alternative Currency) without the consent of the applicable Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency be prepaid, or redenominated into US Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower and the appropriate Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower and the appropriate Lenders of any change in BNP Paribas’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change. At any time that Canadian Prime Rate Loans are outstanding, the Canadian Sub-Agent shall notify TCCI and the Tranche B Lenders of any change in the Canadian Prime Rate promptly following the public announcement of a change in a Canadian Reference Bank’s “prime rate” by any Canadian Reference Bank.

(e) After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than fifteen (15) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Loans.

Section 2.3 Money Market Loans.

(a) In addition to Committed Loans pursuant to Section 2.1, the Tranche A Borrowers may, as set forth in this Section, request the appropriate Lenders during the Tranche A Availability Period to make offers to make Money Market Loans in US Dollars to such Borrower; provided, however, that (i) after giving effect to any Money Market Borrowing the Total Outstandings applicable to the Tranche A Borrowers shall not exceed the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments and (ii) if after giving effect to any Money Market Borrowing the Unused Tranche A Commitment would be less than or equal to the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 300,000,000 (as determined by the Administrative Agent), then, only to the extent TKG has not borrowed EUR 300,000,000 as of the date such Loan is to be made, such Money Market Loan shall not be made without the consent of TKG (which consent may be waived only by TKG).

  

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The Lenders may, but shall have no obligation to, make such offers and the applicable Borrower may, but shall have no obligation to, accept any such offers in the manner set forth in this Section.

(b) When any Tranche A Borrower wishes to request offers to make Money Market Loans under this Section, it shall transmit to the Administrative Agent by facsimile transmission a Money Market Quote Request, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer or any other Person designated in writing by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower to the Administrative Agent, so as to be received no later than 9:00 a.m. on (x) the fourth Business Day prior to the date of Borrowing proposed therein, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) the Business Day next preceding the date of Borrowing proposed therein, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in either case, such other time or date as such Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified to the Lenders not later than the date of the Money Market Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction or Absolute Rate Auction for which such change is to be effective) specifying: (i) the proposed date of Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day, (ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing, which shall be US$50,000,000 or a larger multiple of US$5,000,000 (provided that, in the case of TMFNL, the aggregate amount of such Borrowing shall not be less than the Dollar Equivalent of EUR100,000 or any other amount as at any time set forth in the definition of “professional market party” under or pursuant to the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act (wet op het financieel toezicht)), (iii) the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period, and (iv) whether the Money Market Quotes requested are to set forth a Money Market Margin or a Money Market Absolute Rate. The applicable Borrower may request offers to make Money Market Loans for more than one Interest Period in a single Money Market Quote Request. No Money Market Quote Request shall be given within five Business Days (or such other number of days as such Borrower and the Administrative Agent may agree) of any other Money Market Quote Request.

(c) Promptly upon receipt of a Money Market Quote Request, the Administrative Agent shall send to the appropriate Lenders by facsimile transmission an Invitation for Money Market Quotes, which shall constitute an invitation by the applicable Tranche A Borrower to each Lender to submit Money Market Quotes offering to make the Money Market Loans to which such Money Market Quote Request relates in accordance with this Section.

(d) (i) Each Tranche A Lender may submit a Money Market Quote containing an offer or offers to make Money Market Loans in response to any Invitation for Money Market Quotes made by a Tranche A Borrower. Each Money Market Quote must comply with the requirements of this subsection (d) and must be submitted to the Administrative Agent by facsimile transmission at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than (x) 1:00 p.m. on the fourth Business Day prior to the proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) 9:00 a.m. on the proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in either case, such other time or date as such Tranche A Borrower, and the Administrative Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified to the Lenders not later than the date of the Money Market Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction or Absolute Rate Auction for which such change is to be effective); provided that Money Market Quotes submitted by the Administrative Agent (or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) in the capacity of a

  

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Lender may be submitted, and may only be submitted, if the Administrative Agent or such Affiliate notifies such Borrower of the terms of the offer or offers contained therein not later than 15 minutes prior to the deadline for the other Lenders. Subject to Articles IV and VII, any Money Market Quote so made shall be irrevocable except with the written consent of the Administrative Agent given on the instructions of such Tranche A Borrower.

(ii) Each Money Market Quote shall specify (A) the proposed date of Borrowing; (B) the principal amount of the Money Market Loan for which each such offer is being made, which principal amount (w) may be greater than or less than the Commitment of the quoting Lender, (x) must be US$5,000,000 or a larger multiple of US$l,000,000, (y) may not exceed the principal amount of Money Market Loans for which offers were requested and (z) may be subject to an aggregate limitation as to the principal amount of Money Market Loans for which offers being made by such quoting Lender may be accepted; (C) in the case of a LIBOR Auction, the margin above or below the applicable Eurocurrency Rate (the “Money Market Margin”) offered for each such Money Market Loan, expressed as a percentage (specified to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%) to be added to or subtracted from such base rate; (D) in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction, the rate of interest per annum (specified to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%) (the “Money Market Absolute Rate”) offered for each such Money Market Loan; and (E) the identity of the quoting Lender. A Money Market Quote may set forth up to five separate offers by the quoting Lender with respect to each Interest Period specified in the related Invitation for Money Market Quotes.

(iii) Any Money Market Quote shall be disregarded if it (A) is not substantially in conformity with the definition thereof or does not specify all of the information required by subsection (d)(ii); (B) contains qualifying, conditional or similar language; (C) proposes terms other than or in addition to those set forth in the applicable Invitation for Money Market Quotes; or (D) arrives after the time set forth in subsection (d)(i).

(e) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Tranche A Borrower of the terms (i) of any Money Market Quote submitted by a Lender that is in accordance with subsection (d) and (ii) of any Money Market Quote that amends, modifies or is otherwise inconsistent with a previous Money Market Quote submitted by such Lender with respect to the same Money Market Quote Request. Any such subsequent Money Market Quote shall be disregarded by the Administrative Agent unless such subsequent Money Market Quote is submitted solely to correct a manifest error in such former Money Market Quote. The Administrative Agent’s notice to the applicable Borrower shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of Money Market Loans for which offers have been received for each Interest Period specified in the related Money Market Quote Request, (ii) the respective principal amounts and Money Market Margins or Money Market Absolute Rates, as the case may be, so offered and (iii) if applicable, limitations on the aggregate principal amount of Money Market Loans for which offers in any single Money Market Quote may be accepted.

(f) Not later than 10:00 a.m. on the third Business Day prior to the proposed date of Borrowing of Money Market LIBOR Loans or 9:00 a.m. on the Business Day of the proposed date of Borrowing of Money Market Absolute Rate Loans (or such other time or date as the

  

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applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified to the Lenders not later than the date of the Money Market Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction or Absolute Rate Auction for which such change is to be effective), the applicable Tranche A Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of its acceptance or non-acceptance of the offers so notified to it pursuant to subsection (e). In the case of acceptance, such notice (a “Notice of Money Market Borrowing”) shall specify the aggregate principal amount of offers for each Interest Period that are accepted. The applicable Borrower may accept any Money Market Quote in whole or in part; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of each Money Market Borrowing may not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the related Money Market Quote Request; (ii) the principal amount of each Money Market Borrowing must be US$50,000,000 or a larger multiple of US$5,000,000 (provided that, in the case of TMFNL, the aggregate amount of such Borrowing shall not be less than the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 100,000 or any other amount as at any time set forth in the definition of “professional market party” under or pursuant to the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act (wet op het financieel toezicht )); and (iii) acceptance of offers may only be made on the basis of ascending Money Market Margins or Money Market Absolute Rates, as the case may be.

(g) If offers are made by two or more Lenders with the same Money Market Margins or Money Market Absolute Rates, as the case may be, for a greater aggregate principal amount than the amount in respect of which such offers are accepted for the related Interest Period, the principal amount of Money Market Loans in respect of which such offers are accepted shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among such Lenders as nearly as possible (in multiples of US$1,000,000, as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate principal amounts of such offers. Determinations by the Administrative Agent of the amounts of Money Market Loans shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

Section 2.4 Prepayments.

(a) The Tranche A Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, and TCCI may, upon notice to the Canadian Sub-Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans (other than Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes) or Money Market Loans made to it bearing interest at the Base Rate in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable, not later than (x) in the case of Tranche A Loans, 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time), (A) two Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in US Dollars, (B) three Business Days (or four, in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (C) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans or Money Market Loans bearing interest at the Base Rate pursuant to Section 3.2 or (y) in the case of Tranche B Loans, 9:00 a.m. (Pacific time) (A) two Business Days prior to the date of any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Canadian Prime Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Loans other than Tranche B Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars shall be in a principal amount of US$50,000,000 or a whole multiple of US$1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any prepayment of Tranche B Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars shall be in a principal amount of CDN$5,000,000 or a whole multiple of CDN$500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, a Borrower may not prepay all or any portion of the principal amount

  

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of any Money Market Loan made to it prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, whether the Loans to be prepaid are Committed Loans or Money Market Loans, and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, will promptly notify each appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice and the contents thereof with respect to Committed Loans, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment of such Committed Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender that has made a Money Market Loan that is to be prepaid of the receipt by the Administrative Agent of each notice and the contents thereof with respect to such Money Market Loan and the contents thereof and of the amount of such prepayment of such Money Market Loan. If such notice is given by a Borrower, such Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.5. Each such prepayment of Committed Loans shall be applied to the Committed Loans of the appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. Each such prepayment of Money Market Loans shall be applied ratably to the Money Market Loans of the Lenders that made such Loans.

(b) (i) If for any reason the Total Outstandings applicable to the Tranche A Borrowers at any time exceed the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments then in effect, then the Tranche A Borrowers shall immediately prepay Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, (ii) if for any reason the Total Outstandings applicable to TKG at any time exceed US$500,000,000, TKG shall immediately prepay Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, (iii) if for any reason the Total Outstandings applicable to TCPR at any time exceed US$1,000,000,000, TCPR shall immediately prepay Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, (iv) if for any reason the Total Outstandings applicable to TLG at any time exceed US$500,000,000, TLG shall immediately prepay Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess and (v) if for any reason the Total Outstandings applicable to TCCI at any time exceed the Aggregate Tranche B Commitments then in effect, TCCI shall (x) immediately prepay Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess and (y) to the extent necessary after TCCI has made all prepayments required pursuant to clause (x), cash collateralize the outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes in accordance with Section 2.15(n) in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.

(c) Any Borrower may, upon notice to the applicable Swing Line Agent (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans made to it in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the applicable Swing Line Agent and the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (London, England time) in the case of any Swing Line Loans funded in Europe, 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) in the case of any Swing Line Loans funded in the United States or 9:00 a.m. (Pacific time) in the case of any Swing Line Loans funded in Canada on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of US$1,000,000. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the applicable Borrower, such Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

  

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(d) If the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers that the aggregate of a Lender’s Tranche A Loans and Tranche B Loans plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans exceeds such Lender’s Commitment Cap, then within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the aggregate of such Lender’s Tranche A Loans and Tranche B Loans plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans to an amount not to exceed 100% of such Lender’s Commitment Cap then in effect.

Section 2.5 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) The Tranche A Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments; TCCI may, upon notice to the Canadian Sub-Agent and the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Tranche B Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Tranche B Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable, not later than 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time), on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of US$25,000,000 or any whole multiple of US$5,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) such Borrower shall not terminate or reduce such Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings applicable to such Borrower would exceed the Aggregate Commitments applicable to such Borrower, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments, the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the applicable Commitment of each appropriate Lender according to its Pro Rata Share. All facility fees accrued for the account of the applicable Borrower until the effective date of any termination of the applicable Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

(b) Non-Ratable Reduction. The Tranche A Borrowers or TCCI shall have the right, at any time, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to a Defaulting Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), to terminate in whole such Defaulting Lender’s Tranche A Commitments or Tranche B Commitments, respectively. Such termination shall be effective, (x) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s unused Tranche A Commitments or Tranche B Commitments, as applicable, on the date set forth in such notice, provided, however , that such date shall be no earlier than three Business Days after receipt of such notice and (y) with respect to each Tranche A Loan or Tranche B Loan outstanding to such Defaulting Lender, if such Loan is a Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, on the date set forth in such notice and, if such Loan is a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a Money Market LIBOR Loan or a Money Market Absolute Rate Loan, on the last day of the then current Interest Period relating to such Loan. Upon termination of a Lender’s Commitment under this Section 2.5(b), the Tranche A Borrowers or TCCI, as applicable, will pay or cause to be paid all principal of, and interest accrued to the date of such payment on, Tranche A Loans or Tranche B Loans, as applicable, owing to such Defaulting Lender and pay any accrued facility fee payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.8(a), and all other amounts payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (including, but not limited to, any increased costs or other amounts owing under Section 3.4 and any indemnification for Taxes under Section 3.1); and upon such

  

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payments, the obligations of such Defaulting Lender hereunder shall, by the provisions hereof, be released and discharged; provided, however, that (i) such Defaulting Lender’s rights under Sections 3.1, 3.4 and 9.4, and its obligations under Section 8.7 shall survive such release and discharge as to matters occurring prior to such date; and (ii) no claim that the Tranche A Borrowers or TCCI may have against such Defaulting Lender arising out of such Defaulting Lender’s default hereunder shall be released or impaired in any way. Subject to Section 2.14, the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders once reduced pursuant to this Section 2.5(b) may not be reinstated; provided further, however, that if pursuant to this Section 2.5(b), the Tranche A Borrowers or TCCI, as applicable, pay or cause to be paid to a Defaulting Lender any principal of, or interest accrued on, the Tranche A Loans or Tranche B Loans owing to such Defaulting Lender, then the Tranche A Borrowers or TCCI, as applicable, shall pay or cause to be paid a ratable payment of principal and interest to all Tranche A Lenders or Tranche B Lenders, as applicable, who are not Defaulting Lenders.

Section 2.6 Repayment of Loans.

(a) Each Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders on the Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower the aggregate principal amount of Loans made to it and outstanding on such date.

(b) Each Borrower shall repay each Money Market Loan made to it on the earlier to occur of (i) the last day of the Interest Period therefor and (ii) the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower.

(c) Each Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan made to it on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower.

Section 2.7 Interest.

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) subject to Section 3.2, each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate (as determined on the applicable Spread Determination Date) plus in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan of any Lender which is lent from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State, the Mandatory Cost; (ii) each Base Rate Committed Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate (as determined on the applicable Spread Determination Date); (iii) each Canadian Prime Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Canadian Prime Rate plus the Applicable Rate (as determined on the applicable Spread Determination Date); (iv) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Swing Line Rate; (v) subject to Section 3.2, each Money Market LIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for the Interest Period applicable thereto at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus or minus the Money Market Margin quoted by the Lender making such

  

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Loan; and (vi) each Money Market Absolute Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for the Interest Period applicable thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Money Market Absolute Rate quoted by the Lender making such Loan.

(b) If any amount payable by any Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Furthermore, upon the request of the applicable Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists with respect to any Borrower, such Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations of such Borrower hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable on demand.

(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

Section 2.8 Fees.

(a) Facility Fee. TMCC, for the account of the Borrowers, shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Applicable Tranche Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a facility fee in US Dollars equal to the Applicable Percentage times the actual daily amount of the Aggregate Commitments of such Applicable Tranche Lenders, regardless of usage (or, if the Aggregate Commitments of such Applicable Tranche Lenders have terminated, on the Outstanding Amount of all Loans and Swing Line Loans of such Applicable Tranche Lender made to the applicable Borrower(s)), which fee shall accrue at all times during the Tranche A Availability Period or the Tranche B Availability Period, as applicable (and thereafter so long as any Loans or Swing Line Loans of such Applicable Tranche Lenders made to any Applicable Borrower remain outstanding, other than Loans converted to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(c)), including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, but shall terminate upon termination of the applicable availability period or upon conversion of the applicable Loans to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(c); provided that no such fee shall be paid on the unused Tranche A Commitments or unused Tranche B Commitments of any Applicable Tranche Lender that is a Defaulting Lender. Facility fees shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and are due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date (and, if applicable, thereafter on demand). Notwithstanding the above, the facility fees payable to each Lender shall be calculated with respect to such Lender’s Commitment Cap, such that in no event shall the aggregate amount of the facility fees paid to any Lender pursuant to this Section 2.8(a) exceed the facility fees that would have been payable to such Lender if the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Commitments were equal to the amount of its Commitment Cap.

  

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(b) Other Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letters, if any. Any such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

Section 2.9 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations (a) of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by BNP Paribas’s United States “prime rate” and (b) of interest for Canadian Prime Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All computations of Drawing Fees shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and the term to maturity of the applicable Draft. All computations of a Drawing Purchase Price shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 days, and the term to maturity of the applicable Draft. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year), or, in the case of interest in respect of Committed Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.11(a), bear interest for one day.

Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt. The Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Loans made by the Lenders to each Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of any Borrower under the Loan Documents to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations of such Borrower. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, each Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount, currency and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

Section 2.11 Payments Generally.

(a) All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s (or in the case of Tranche B Lenders, the Canadian Sub-Agent’s) Office in US Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. (or in the case of the Tranche B Lenders, not later than 12:00 p.m.) on the date specified herein. Except as

  

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otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent (or in the case of TCCI, the Canadian Sub-Agent), for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office or Canadian Sub-Agent’s Office in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by (i) the Tranche A Borrowers shall be made to the Administrative Agent and (ii) TCCI shall be made to the Canadian Sub-Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that (x) any payment by any Borrower due under this Agreement, other than any payment to be made in respect of the Tranche B Facility, be made in the United States and (y) any payments to be made by TCCI in respect of the Tranche B Facility be made in Canada. If, for any reason, any Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, such Borrower shall make such payment in US Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., in the case of payments in US Dollars, or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub- Agent in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

(b) If any payment to be made by any Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be. Whenever any payment hereunder in respect of Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts or BA Equivalent Notes shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Canadian Business Day such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Canadian Business Day.

(c) Unless a Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, prior to the time any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent hereunder, that such Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent may assume that such Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent in Same Day Funds, then:

(i) if a Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent or

  

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Canadian Sub-Agent in Same Day Funds at the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect; and

(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, the amount thereof in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent to the applicable Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s or the Canadian Sub-Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent may make a demand therefor upon the applicable Borrower, and such Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Sub-Agent or any Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

A notice of the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, to any Lender or any Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the applicable Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent because the conditions to the applicable Borrowing set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest, on the succeeding Business Day.

(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans and to fund participations in Swing Line Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan or to fund participations in Swing Line Loans on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan or to fund participations in Swing Line Loans.

(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

  

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(g) For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure under such act, whenever any interest or fees to be paid by TCCI under this Agreement is to be calculated on the basis of a period of time that is less than a calendar year, the yearly rate of interest to which the rate determined pursuant to such calculation is equivalent is the rate so determined multiplied by the number of days in the calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by the actual number of days in such period of time.

(h) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate “interest” (as defined in section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada)) payable by TCCI under this Agreement exceed the effective annual rate of interest on the “credit advanced” (as defined in that section) under this Agreement lawfully permitted by that section and, if any payment, collection or demand pursuant to this Agreement in respect of “interest” (as defined in that section) payable by TCCI is determined to be contrary to the provisions of that section, such payment, collection or demand shall be deemed to have been made by mutual mistake of TCCI, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and the amount of such payment or collection shall be refunded to TCCI. For the purposes of this Agreement, the effective annual rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles over the relevant term and, in the event of dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by the Administrative Agent will be prima facie evidence of such rate.

Section 2.12 Sharing of Payments . If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Committed Loans made by it to a Borrower, or the participations in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Committed Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lenders) such participations in the Committed Loans and subparticipations in Swing Line Loans and Swing Line Loans made by them to such Borrower as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.6 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon. Each Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation or subparticipation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, exercise all of its rights of payment (including any right of set-off, but subject to Section 9.9) with respect to such participation or subparticipation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation or subparticipation. The Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as the case may be, will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations or subparticipation purchased under this Section and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a

  

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participation or subparticipation pursuant to this Section shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.

Section 2.13 Extension of Revolving Maturity Date; Conversion to Term Loans.

(a) Not earlier than 60 days prior to, nor later than 35 days prior to, any anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the appropriate Lenders), request an extension of the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower then in effect for a period of up to 364 days. Within 20 days of delivery of such notice, each appropriate Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent whether or not it consents to such extension (which consent may be given or withheld in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion). Any Lender not responding within the above time period shall be deemed not to have consented to such extension. The Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower and the appropriate Lenders of the Lenders’ responses not less than 10 days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date. If any Lender declines, or is deemed to have declined, to consent to such extension, the applicable Borrower may, at its own expense, cause any such Lender to be replaced as a Lender pursuant to Section 9.16. The applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have withdrawn any request to extend the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower if it delivers or is required to deliver a notice of election to convert the Loans to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(c).

(b) The Revolving Maturity Date applicable to a Borrower shall be extended only if all appropriate Lenders committed to lend to such Borrower (after giving effect to any replacements of Lenders permitted herein) (the “Consenting Lenders”) have consented thereto. If so extended, the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower, as to the Consenting Lenders, shall be extended to a requested date up to 364 days from the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower then in effect, effective as of the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower then in effect (such existing Revolving Maturity Date being the “Revolving Extension Effective Date”). The Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower shall promptly confirm to the Lenders such extension and the Revolving Extension Effective Date. As a condition precedent to such extension, the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of such Borrower dated as of the Revolving Extension Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each appropriate Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Borrower approving or consenting to such extension and (ii) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, (A) the representations and warranties of such Borrower contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the Revolving Extension Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.13, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.4 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.1, and (B) no Default with respect to such Borrower exists. The applicable Borrower shall prepay any Committed Loans outstanding on the Revolving Extension Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to

  

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Section 3.5) to the extent necessary to keep outstanding Committed Loans ratable with any revised and new Pro Rata Shares of all the Lenders.

(c) Term Loan Conversion. Not later than seven Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to a Borrower, such Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the appropriate Lenders), elect to convert any Loans made to such Borrower that shall have been borrowed in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof and remain outstanding as of the date of conversion into term Loans payable on the date (the “Term Maturity Date”) selected by the Borrower, but in no event later than one year from the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower. Concurrently with delivering any Request for Loans relating to Eurocurrency Rate Loans with an Interest Period ending after the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower such Borrower shall deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent that it elects to convert the Loans into term Loans in accordance with the preceding sentence. If a Borrower so elects to convert the Loans made to it to term Loans, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent contained in this Section 2.13(c), the Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower shall automatically be extended to the Term Maturity Date effective as of the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower then in effect (such existing Revolving Maturity Date being the “Term Extension Effective Date”), and, on and after the Term Extension Effective Date, the Loans made to such Borrower shall be term Loans that (i) may not be reborrowed once repaid, (ii) in the case of loans denominated in US Dollars, may be converted from Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans and from Eurocurrency Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans and, in the case of Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, may be continued as Canadian Prime Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts or BA Equivalent Notes as provided therein, (iii) bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof in accordance with Section 2.7 and (iv) are payable in full on the Term Maturity Date applicable to such Borrower. The Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower shall promptly confirm to the appropriate Lenders such extension and the Term Extension Effective Date. As conditions precedent to such extension, (A) the Applicable Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the Term Loan Conversion Fee, (B) the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of such Borrower dated as of the Term Extension Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each appropriate Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower certifying that no Default applicable to such Borrower exists, and (C) as of the Term Extension Effective Date, any outstanding Money Market Loans made to such Borrower shall have been prepaid, to the extent permitted by Section 2.4(a), or repaid in accordance with this Agreement, and if such prepayment or repayment is to be made in whole or in part from Committed Loans, such Committed Loans shall have been made at least one Business Day prior to the Term Extension Effective Date.

(d) Any election by a Tranche A Borrower made pursuant to Section 2.13(b) in relation to the Tranche A Loans made to such Tranche A Borrower shall be immediately binding on all other Tranche A Borrowers, without further action or notice by the Administrative Agent.

(e)  This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.12 or Section 9.1 to the contrary.

Section 2.14 Increase in Commitments.

  

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(a) Provided there exists no Default applicable to any Tranche A Borrower, upon notice by TMCC to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the appropriate Lenders), TMCC may from time to time, request an increase in the Aggregate Commitments applicable to all Tranche A Borrowers to an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding US$6,500,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, TMCC (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than 10 Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the appropriate Lenders). Each appropriate Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Pro Rata Share of such requested increase. Any appropriate Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall notify all of the Tranche A Borrowers and each appropriate Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, TMCC may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel; provided that the minimum commitment of each such Eligible Assignee is not less than US$10,000,000. The consent of the Lenders is not required to increase the amount of the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments pursuant to this Section, except that each appropriate Lender shall have the right to consent to an increase in the amount of its Commitment as set forth in this Section 2.14(a). If the Lenders and Eligible Assignees do not agree to increase the applicable Aggregate Tranche A Commitments by the amount requested by TMCC pursuant to this Section 2.14(a), TMCC may (i) withdraw its request for an increase in its entirety or (ii) accept, in whole or in part, the increases that have been offered.

(b) If the applicable Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and TMCC shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify TMCC and the appropriate Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date. As a condition precedent to such increase, each Tranche A Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of such Tranche A Borrower dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each appropriate Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Tranche A Borrower certifying that no Default applicable to such Tranche A Borrower exists. The Tranche A Borrowers shall prepay any Committed Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.5) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Committed Loans ratable with any revised Pro Rata Shares arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section.

(c)  This Section shall supersede any provisions in Sections 2.12 or 9.1 to the contrary.

Section 2.15 Drawings of Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes.

(a) Request for Drawing. Each Drawing shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (Montreal time) on a Canadian Business Day at least two Canadian Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Drawing, by TCCI to the Canadian Sub-Agent, which shall give

  

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each Tranche B Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier. Each notice of a Drawing shall be in writing (including by telecopier), in substantially the form of Exhibit A -1 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Drawing (which shall be a Canadian Business Day), (ii) aggregate Face Amount of such Drawing and (iii) initial BA Maturity Date for each Bankers’ Acceptance and Draft comprising part of such Drawing; provided, however, that, if the Canadian Sub-Agent determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon TCCI) that the Drafts to be accepted and purchased (or purchased, as the case may be) as part of any Drawing cannot, due solely to the requested aggregate Face Amount thereof, be accepted and/or purchased ratably by the Tranche B Lenders in accordance with Section 2.1(b), then the aggregate Face Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptances to be created and purchased and Drafts to be purchased shall be reduced to such lesser amount as the Canadian Sub-Agent determines will permit such Drafts comprising part of such Drawing to be so accepted and purchased (or to be purchased, as the case may be). The Canadian Sub-Agent agrees that it will, as promptly as practicable, notify TCCI of the unavailability of Bankers’ Acceptances. Each Draft in connection with any requested Drawing (A) shall be in a minimum amount of CDN$5,000,000 or an integral multiple of CDN$1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (B) shall be dated the date of the proposed Drawing. Each Tranche B Lender shall, before 1:00 P.M. (Montreal time) on the date of each Drawing, (i) complete one or more Drafts in accordance with the related Committed Loan Notice, accept such Drafts and purchase the Bankers’ Acceptances created thereby for the Drawing Purchase Price; or (ii) complete one or more Drafts in accordance with the Drawing Notice and purchase such Drafts for the Drawing Purchase Price and shall, before 1:00 P.M. (Montreal time) on such date, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Canadian Sub-Agent at its Canadian Sub-Agent’s Office, in same day funds, the Drawing Purchase Price payable by such Tranche B Lender for such Drafts less the Drawing Fee payable to such Tranche B Lender with respect thereto under Section 2.15(b). Upon the fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.2, the Canadian Sub-Agent will make the funds it has received from the Tranche B Lenders available to TCCI by wire transfer in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Canadian Sub-Agent by the Canadian Borrower.

(b) Drawing Fees. TCCI shall, on the date of each Drawing and on the date of each renewal of any outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes, pay to the Canadian Sub-Agent, in Canadian Dollars, for the ratable account of the Tranche B Lenders accepting Drafts and purchasing Bankers’ Acceptances or purchasing Drafts which have not been accepted by any Tranche B Lender, the Drawing Fee with respect to such Drafts. TCCI irrevocably authorizes each such Tranche B Lender to deduct the Drawing Fee payable with respect to each Draft of such Tranche B Lender from the Drawing Purchase Price payable by such Tranche B Lender in respect of such Draft in accordance with this Section 2.15 and to apply such amount so withheld to the payment of such Drawing Fee for the account of TCCI and, to the extent such Drawing Fee is so withheld and legally permitted to be so applied, TCCI’s obligations under the preceding sentence in respect of such Drawing Fee shall be satisfied.

(c) Limitations on Drawings. Anything in Section 2.15(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, TCCI may not select a Drawing if the obligation of the Tranche B Lenders to purchase and accept Bankers’ Acceptances shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 2.15(e) or 3.2(b).

  

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(d) Binding Effect of Committed Loan Notices. Each Committed Loan Notice for a Drawing shall be irrevocable and binding on TCCI. In the case of any proposed Drawing, TCCI shall indemnify each Tranche B Lender (absent any gross negligence by the Tranche B Lender) against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Tranche B Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in the Committed Loan Notice for such Drawing the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.2, including, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Tranche B Lender to fund the Drawing Purchase Price to be paid by such Tranche B Lender for Drafts when, as a result of such failure, such Drafts are not issued on such date (but, in any event, excluding any loss of profit and the Drawing Fee applicable to such Drafts).

(e) Circumstances Making Bankers’ Acceptances Unavailable. If the Canadian Sub-Agent in good faith determines that for any reason a market for Bankers’ Acceptances does not exist at any time or the Tranche B Lenders cannot for other reasons, after reasonable efforts, readily sell Bankers’ Acceptances or perform their other obligations under this Agreement with respect to Bankers’ Acceptances, the Canadian Sub-Agent will promptly so notify TCCI and each Tranche B Lender. Thereafter, TCCI’s right to request the acceptance and/or purchase of Drafts shall be and remain suspended until the Canadian Sub-Agent determines and notifies TCCI and each Tranche B Lender that the condition causing such determination no longer exists.

(f) Presigned Draft Forms. To enable the Tranche B Lenders to create Bankers’ Acceptances or purchase Drafts, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 2.1(b) and this Section 2.15, TCCI hereby appoints each Tranche B Lender as its attorney to sign and endorse on its behalf (for the purpose of acceptance and/or purchase of Drafts pursuant to this Agreement), in handwriting or by facsimile or mechanical signature as and when deemed necessary by such Tranche B Lender, blank forms of Drafts. In this respect, it is each Tranche B Lender’s responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of blank forms of Drafts for acceptance under this Agreement. TCCI recognizes and agrees that all Drafts signed and/or endorsed on its behalf by a Tranche B Lender shall bind TCCI as fully and effectually as if signed in the handwriting of and duly issued by the proper signing officers of TCCI. Each Tranche B Lender is hereby authorized (for the purpose of acceptance and/or purchase of Drafts pursuant to this Agreement) to complete and issue such Drafts endorsed in blank in such face amounts as may be determined by such Tranche B Lender; provided that the aggregate amount thereof is equal to the aggregate amount of Drafts required to be purchased by such Tranche B Lender. On request by TCCI, a Tranche B Lender shall cancel all forms of Drafts which have been pre-signed or pre-endorsed by or on behalf of TCCI and which are held by such Tranche B Lender and have not yet been issued in accordance herewith. Each Tranche B Lender further agrees to retain such records in the manner and/or the statutory periods provided in the various Canadian provincial or federal statutes and regulations which apply to such Tranche B Lender. Each Tranche B Lender shall maintain a record with respect to Drafts held by it in blank hereunder, voided by it for any reason, accepted and purchased by it hereunder, and cancelled at their respective maturities. Each Tranche B Lender agrees to provide such records to TCCI at TCCI’s expense upon request. Drafts shall be signed by a duly authorized officer or officers of TCCI or by its attorneys, including its attorneys appointed pursuant to this Section 2.15(f). Notwithstanding that any person whose signature appears on any Drafts as a signatory for TCCI may no longer be an authorized signatory for TCCI at the date of issuance of a Drafts, such signature shall

  

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nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if such authority had remained in force at the time of such issuance, and any such Drafts so signed shall be binding on TCCI.

(g) Distribution of Bankers’ Acceptances. Bankers’ Acceptances and Drafts purchased by a Tranche B Lender in accordance with the terms of Section 2.1(b) and this Section 2.15 may, in such Tranche B Lender’s sole discretion, be held by such Tranche B Lender for its own account until the applicable BA Maturity Date or sold, rediscounted or otherwise disposed of by it at any time prior thereto in any relevant market therefor.

(h) Failure to Fund in Respect of Drawings. The failure of any Tranche B Lender to fund the Drawing Purchase Price to be funded by it as part of any Drawing shall not relieve any other Tranche B Lender of its obligation hereunder to fund its Drawing Purchase Price on the date of such Drawing, but no Tranche B Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Tranche B Lender to fund the Drawing Purchase Price to be funded or made, as the case may be by such other Tranche B Lender on the date of any Drawing.

(i) Issue of BA Equivalent Notes. TCCI shall, at the request of a Tranche B Lender, issue one or more non-interest bearing promissory notes (each a “BA Equivalent Note”) payable on the date of maturity of the unaccepted Draft referred to below, in such form as such Tranche B Lender may specify, in a principal amount equal to the Face Amount of, and in exchange for, any unaccepted Drafts which such Tranche B Lender has purchased or has arranged to have purchased in accordance with Section 2.1(b). TCCI and each Tranche B Lender hereby acknowledge and agree that from time to time certain Tranche B Lenders may elect not

to receive any BA Equivalent Note, and TCCI and each applicable Tranche B Lender agrees that with respect to any such Tranche B Lender, in lieu of receiving BA Equivalent Notes, the applicable Tranche B Loan may be evidenced by a loan account which such Tranche B Lender shall maintain in its name, and in such event such loan account shall be entitled to all the benefits of BA Equivalent Notes.

(j) Payment, Conversion or Renewal of Bankers’ Acceptances. Upon the maturity of a Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note, TCCI may (i) elect to issue a replacement Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note by giving a Drawing Notice in accordance with Section 2.15(a), (ii) elect to have all or a portion of the Face Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note converted to a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, by giving a Notice of Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.2, or (iii) pay, on or before 10:00 a.m. (Montreal time) on the maturity date for such Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note, an amount in Canadian Dollars equal to the Face Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note (notwithstanding that a Tranche B Lender may be the holder thereof at maturity). Any such payment shall satisfy TCCI’s obligations under the Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note to which it relates and the relevant Lender shall thereafter be solely responsible for the payment of such Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts or BA Equivalent Notes. During the existence of an Event of Default with respect to TCCI, no Drawing may be requested, nor may any Bankers' Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note be renewed or continued by TCCI, without the consent of the applicable Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Bankers' Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes be prepaid by TCCI on the last day of the then current BA Maturity Date with respect thereto.

  

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(k) Automatic Conversion. If TCCI fails to pay any Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note when due, or to issue a replacement Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note in the Face Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note pursuant to Section 2.15 (j), the unpaid amount due and payable in respect thereof shall be converted, as of such date, and without any necessity for TCCI to give a Notice of Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.2, to a Canadian Prime Rate Loan made by the Tranche B Lenders ratably under this Agreement and shall bear interest calculated and payable as provided in Section 2.7.

(l) Payment of Bankers Acceptances on Default. In the event that the maturity of outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes is accelerated pursuant to Section 7.1, TCCI shall pay to the Canadian Sub-Agent in Canadian Dollars in same-day funds the aggregate principal amount of all such Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes in satisfaction of its obligations in respect thereof.

(m) Inconsistencies. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Section 2.15 and any other provision of Article II with respect to Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes, the provisions of this Section 2.15 shall prevail.

(n) Cash Collateralization. Subject to Section 2.15(l), (i) an amount equal to the aggregate Face Amount of all Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes which are subject to any voluntary or mandatory prepayment by TCCI shall be deposited by TCCI with the Canadian Sub-Agent, in Canadian Dollars, until the BA Maturity Date of each such Bankers’ Acceptance, Drafts and BA Equivalent Note and (ii) upon the BA Maturity Date of any Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note in respect of which any such deposit has been made, the Canadian Sub-Agent shall be, and hereby is, authorized (without notice to or any further action by TCCI) to apply such amount (or the applicable portion thereof) to the payment of such Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note.

Section 2.16 Swing Line Loans.

(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Swing Line Lender severally agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.16 to make loans in US Dollars or any Alternative Currency (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period applicable to such Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding (i) for each Swing Line Lender, such Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Commitment or (ii) for all Swing Line Loans, the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the ratable share of the Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans and Money Market Loans of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitments; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings in respect of the Tranche A Borrowers or TCCI, respectively, shall not exceed the applicable Aggregate Commitments, (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender under the Tranche A Commitments or Tranche B Commitments, as applicable, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans to the applicable Borrower(s) shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment applicable to such Borrower(s), (iii)

  

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the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans of any Lender under the Tranche A Facility and Tranche B Facility, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment Cap, and (iv) if after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan the Unused Tranche A Commitment would be less than or equal to the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 300,000,000 (as determined by the Administrative Agent), then, only to the extent TKG has not borrowed EUR 300,000,000 as of the date such Loan is to be made, such Swing Line Loan shall not be made without the consent of TKG (which consent may be waived only by TKG) and provided, further, that the Borrowers shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall consist of borrowings made from the several Swing Line Lenders ratably to their respective Swing Line Commitments. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.16, prepay under Section 2.4, and reborrow under this Section 2.16. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s ratable share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the applicable Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the applicable Swing Line Agent and the Administrative Agent, which (x) in the case of Swing Line Loans requested by notice to the Administrative Agent, may be given by telephone and (y) in the case of Swing Line Loans requested by notice to a Swing Line Agent, may not be given by telephone, but may be given by electronic delivery, confirmed promptly by delivery to the applicable Swing Line Agent and the Administrative Agent of an original Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower. Each such notice must be received by the applicable Swing Line Agent and the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (London, England time) in the case of any Swing Line Loans to be funded in Europe, 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) in the case of any Swing Line Loans to be funded in the United States or 9:00 a.m. (Pacific time) in the case of any Swing Line Loans to be funded in Canada on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount and currency to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of US$1,000,000, (or CDN$500,000 where the Swing Line Borrowing is requested by TCCI) (provided that, in the case of TMFNL, such amount shall not be less than the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 100,000 or any other amount as at any time set forth in the definition of “professional market party” under or pursuant to the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act (wet op het financieel toezicht)), and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the applicable Swing Line Agent and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the applicable Swing Line Agent of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, such Swing Line Agent will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, such Swing Line Agent will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof, and will notify each Swing Line Lender (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the applicable Swing Line Agent has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. (London, England time, in the case of any Swing Line Loan to be funded in Europe, or New

  

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York City time, in the case of any Swing Line Loan to be funded in North America) on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing each Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.16(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. (London, England time, in the case of any Swing Line Loan to be funded in Europe, Pacific time, in the case of any Swing Line Loan to be funded in the United States or Montreal time, in the case of any Swing Line Loan to be funded in Canada) on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the applicable Borrower at its office by crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of the applicable Swing Line Agent in Same Day Funds or as otherwise directed by such Borrower.

(c)  Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.

(i) The Swing Line Lenders at any time in their respective sole and absolute discretion may direct the applicable Swing Line Agent to request, on behalf of the applicable Borrower (and each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes each Swing Line Agent to so request on its behalf), that each Applicable Tranche Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan for the account of such Borrower in an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share of (A) the amount of Swing Line Loans made to such Borrower and then outstanding, in the case of Swing Line Loans denominated in US Dollars, or (B) the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of Swing Line Loans made to such Borrower and then outstanding, in the case of Swing Line Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.2, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.2. The applicable Swing Line Agent shall furnish the applicable Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable. Each Applicable Tranche Lender shall make an amount equal to its ratable share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable, in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swing Line Lenders at the Administrative Agent’s Office or the Canadian Sub-Agent’s Office, as applicable, for US Dollar-denominated payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.16(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to the applicable Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lenders.

(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Committed Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.16(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Committed Loans submitted by the applicable Swing Line Agent as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by such Swing Line Agent that each Applicable Tranche Lender fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each such Lender’s

  

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payment to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable, for the account of the Swing Line Lenders pursuant to Section 2.16(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

(iii) If any Applicable Tranche Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable, for the account of the Swing Line Lenders any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.16(c) by the time specified in Section 2.16(c)(i), the Swing Line Lenders shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lenders at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the applicable Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of a Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Sub-Agent, as applicable) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv) Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.16(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against any Swing Line Lender, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.16(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.2. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of any Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans made to it, together with interest as provided herein.

(d)  Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the applicable Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will promptly distribute to such Lender its ratable share thereof in the same funds as those received by such Swing Line Lender.

(ii) If any payment received by a Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by such Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.6 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to such Swing Line Lender its ratable share thereof on demand of the Administrative

  

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Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the applicable Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lenders. The applicable Swing Line Agent shall be responsible for invoicing the applicable Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.16 to refinance such Lender’s ratable share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such ratable share shall be solely for the account of the respective Swing Line Lenders.

(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. Each Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans made directly to the applicable Swing Line Agent, for the account of the respective Swing Line Lenders.

Section 2.17 Defaulting Lenders. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) to the extent permitted by applicable law, until such time as the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero, any prepayment of the Loans shall, if the Tranche A Borrowers or TCCI, as applicable, so direct at the time of making such prepayment, be applied to the Loans of other Applicable Tranche Lenders as if such Defaulting Lender had no Tranche A Loans or Tranche B Loans, as applicable, outstanding;

(b) such Defaulting Lender’s unused Aggregate Commitments shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the facility fee payable to Lenders pursuant to Section 2.8(a) in respect of any day during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, and such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any facility fee with respect to its unused Commitment(s) pursuant to Section 2.8(a) for any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender; and (c) the aggregate amount of the Tranche A Loans and Tranche B Loans as at any date of determination shall be calculated as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender. No Commitment of any Lender shall be increased or otherwise affected, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.17, performance by any Borrower or any Lender of its obligations hereunder shall not be excused or otherwise modified as a result of any failure by a Defaulting Lender to fund or the operation of this Section 2.17. The rights and remedies against a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.17 are in addition to other rights and remedies that the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Defaulted Loan.

ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

Section 3.1 Taxes.

(a) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 3.1 and Section 9.15, any and all payments by any Borrower to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future Taxes. If any Borrower shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes or

  

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Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.1(a)), each of the Administrative Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) within 30 days after the date of such payment, such Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall forward the same to such Lender) the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof or other evidence of such payment.

(b) In addition, each Borrower agrees to pay to each appropriate Lender Other Taxes incurred by such Lender.

(c) Each Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each appropriate Lender for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 3.1(c)) paid by the Administrative Agent and such Lender and (ii) any liability (including additions to tax, penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. Payment under this Section 3.1(c) shall be made within 15 days after the date the Lender or the Administrative Agent makes a demand therefor.

(d) In the case of interest payments made by TKG or TLG, this Section 3.1 shall only apply to a Lender who is the legal and beneficial owner of amounts received pursuant to this Agreement and has provided evidence to TKG or TLG: (i) that such Lender is a person (a corporate body or an individual) which is, for taxation purposes, resident outside of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, (ii) if such Lender is a partnership, that all direct and indirect partners of that partnership are persons who are, for taxation purposes, resident outside of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, and does not hold any amounts received pursuant to this Agreement through a permanent establishment or a permanent representative in Germany or (iii) that such Lender qualifies as a credit institution or financial institution within the meaning of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz).

(e) TFSUK is not required to pay additional amounts to a Lender (other than a new Lender pursuant to a request by a Borrower under Section 9.16) pursuant to Section 3.1 in respect of any Tax that is required by the United Kingdom to be withheld from a payment of interest on a Loan made to TFSUK if at the time the payment falls due (i) the relevant Lender is not a UK Qualifying Lender and that Tax would not have been required to be withheld had that Lender been a UK Qualifying Lender unless the reason that that Lender is not a UK Qualifying Lender is a change after the date on which it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or double taxation agreement or any published practice or published concession of any relevant Governmental Authority; or (ii) the relevant Lender is a UK Treaty Lender and TFSUK is able to demonstrate that that Tax is required to be withheld as a result of the failure of the relevant Lender to comply with its obligations under Section 9.15(a). Any Lender which is a Lender in respect of a Loan to TFSUK and which is not, or ceases to be, a UK Qualifying Lender, for whatever reason, shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and TFSUK.

  

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(f) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of, or remission for, Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has received additional amounts under this Section 3.1, such Administrative Agent or Lender shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower and Agent (as applicable) of the availability of such claim and, to the extent that the Lender or the Administrative Agent (as applicable) determines in good faith that making such claim will not have an adverse effect on its taxes or business operation, shall, within 60 days of receipt of a request by such Borrower, make such claim. If the Administrative Agent or Lender (acting in good faith) determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by such Borrower or with respect to which such Borrower has paid amounts pursuant to this Section 3.1, it shall pay over the amount of such refund to such Borrower, net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (but amounts hereby recovered by the Borrower shall not exceed the indemnity payments made, or the amounts paid, as applicable, by such Borrower under this Section 3.1) and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund or credit); provided, however, that such Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section 3.1(f) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to any Borrower or any other Person.

Section 3.2 Illegality.

(a) If any Lender determines that any Regulatory Change occurring on or after the date of this Agreement has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful as a result of such Regulatory Change, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether denominated in US Dollars or an Alternative Currency) or Money Market LIBOR Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, US Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the applicable Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in US Dollars, to convert Base Rate Committed Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans or to make a Money Market LIBOR Loan for which a Money Market Quote has been delivered shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist (and such Lender shall give such notice promptly upon receiving knowledge that such circumstances no longer exist). If a Lender shall determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund any of its outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Money Market LIBOR Loans to maturity and shall so specify in a notice pursuant to the preceding sentence, upon receipt of such notice, the applicable Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable and such Loans are denominated in US Dollars, convert all Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Money Market LIBOR Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Money

  

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Market LIBOR Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the applicable Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the introduction of or any change in the interpretation of any law or regulation shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Tranche B Lender or its Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to complete and accept Drafts, to purchase Bankers’ Acceptances or to purchase Drafts or to continue to fund or maintain Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes hereunder, then, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Tranche B Lender to TCCI through the Administrative Agent (i) an amount equal to the aggregate Face Amount of all Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes outstanding at such time shall, upon such demand, be deposited by TCCI with the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.15(l) until the BA Maturity Date of each such Bankers’ Acceptance, Drafts and BA Equivalent Note, (ii) upon the BA Maturity Date of any Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note in respect of which any such deposit has been made, the Administrative Agent shall be, and hereby is, authorized (without notice to or any further action by TCCI) to apply such amount (or the applicable portion thereof) to the payment of such Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note or (iii) the obligation of the Tranche B Lenders to complete and accept Drafts and purchase Bankers’ Acceptances and to purchase Drafts that have not been accepted by a Tranche B Lender shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify TCCI that such Tranche B Lender has determined that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist (and such Lender shall give such notice promptly upon receiving knowledge that such circumstances no longer exist).

Section 3.3 Inability to Determine Rates. If the applicable Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) deposits (whether in US Dollars or an Alternative Currency) are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan (whether denominated in US Dollars or an Alternative Currency) made to a Borrower, or (c) the Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan made to a Borrower does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify such Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the appropriate Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies to such Borrower shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the applicable Required Lenders) revokes such notice (which revocation shall be made promptly upon such instruction from the applicable Required Lenders). Upon receipt of such notice, the applicable Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

  

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Section 3.4 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans.

(a) If on or after (i) the date hereof, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes, or (ii) the date that a Money Market Quote is given for a Money Market LIBOR Loan, any Lender determines that as a result of a Regulatory Change, there shall be a material increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Money Market LIBOR Loan or of purchasing, accepting, making or maintaining Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, Money Market LIBOR Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance, Draft or BA Equivalent Note (excluding for purposes of this subsection (a) reserve requirements utilized in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate), then from time to time within 15 days of demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), subject to Section 3.4(c), the applicable Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.

(b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law after the date hereof regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith (including determination that, for purposes of capital adequacy requirements, the Commitment of such Lender does not constitute a commitment with an original maturity of one year or less) or as a result of any Regulatory Change, has the effect of materially reducing the rate of return on the capital of, or imposing material additional costs associated with liquidity requirements imposed by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States financial regulatory authorities on, such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a direct consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder, then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), subject to Section 3.4(c),the applicable Borrower shall pay within 15 days of demand by such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.

(c) Promptly after receipt of knowledge of any Regulatory Change or other event that will entitle any Lender to compensation under this Section 3.4, such Lender shall give notice thereof to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent certifying the basis for such request for compensation in accordance with Section 3.6(a) and shall (i) exercise reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to minimize any such increased cost and (ii) designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid, or reduce the amount of, compensation payable under this Section 3.4 and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. Notwithstanding anything in Sections 3.4(a) or 3.4(b) to the contrary, no Borrower shall be obligated to compensate any Lender for any amount arising or accruing before the earlier of (i)

120 days prior to the date on which such Lender gives notice to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent under this Section 3.4(c) or (ii) the date such amount arose or began accruing (and such Lender did not know such amount was arising or accruing) as a result of the

  

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retroactive application of Regulatory Change or other event giving rise to the claim for compensation.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (i) this Section 3.4 shall not apply to taxes, and (ii) all indemnification (including with respect to increased costs and reduction in amounts received) relating to or attributable to taxes shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 3.1.

Section 3.5 Funding Losses. Within 15 days after delivery of the certificate described in the Section 3.6(a) by any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, each Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of each of the following (except to the extent incurred by any Lender as a result of any action taken pursuant to Section 3.2):

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan made to such Borrower other than a Base Rate Loan or a Canadian Prime Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

(b) any failure by such Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan or a Canadian Prime Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by such Borrower;

(c) any failure by any Borrower to make payment of any Loan (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency; or

(d) any assignment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by such Borrower pursuant to Section 9.16;

including any foreign exchange loss and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained but excluding loss of anticipated profits or margin for the period after which any such payment or failure to convert, borrow or prepay. The applicable Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

Section 3.6 Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.

(a) A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III and setting forth in reasonable detail the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

  

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(b) If (i) the obligation of any Lender to make Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.2 or (ii) any Lender has demanded compensation under Section 3.1 or Section 3.4 with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the applicable Borrower may give notice to such Lender through the Administrative Agent that, unless and until such Lender notifies such Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension or demand for compensation no longer exist, effective 5 Business Days after the date of such notice from such Borrower (A) all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Lender as Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made instead as Base Rate Loans (on which interest and principal shall be payable contemporaneously with the related Eurocurrency Rate Loans of the other Lenders), and (B) after each of such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans has been repaid, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be applied to repay such Lender’s Base Rate Loans instead.

(c) If any Lender makes a claim for compensation or other payment under Section 3.1 or Section 3.4 or if any Lender determines that it is unlawful or impermissible for it to make, maintain or fund Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Money Market LIBOR Loans pursuant to Section 3.2, the applicable Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 9.16.

(d) Prior to giving notice pursuant to Section 3.2 or to demanding compensation or other payment pursuant to Section 3.1 or Section 3.4, each Lender shall consult with the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent with reference to the circumstances giving rise thereto; provided that nothing in this Section 3.6(d) shall limit the right of any Lender to require full performance by such Borrower of its obligations under such Sections.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

Section 4.1 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective, and the commitments under the Existing Credit Facility shall be automatically terminated, on the date that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a) Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent and each Borrower;

(ii)  a Note executed by each Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;

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Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(iv) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Borrower is duly organized or formed, and that such Borrower is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business, in its jurisdiction of organization;

(v) a favorable opinion of Reed Smith LLP, counsel to TMCC, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters and in the form set forth in Exhibit H;

(vi) a favorable opinion of Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLP, counsel to TCPR, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters and in the form set forth in Exhibit I-1;

(vii) a favorable opinion of Stikeman Elliott LLP, counsel to TCCI, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters and in the form set forth in Exhibit I-2;

(viii) favorable opinions of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, counsel to TMFNL, TFSUK, TKG and TLG, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters and in the forms set forth in Exhibit I-3, Exhibit I-4 and Exhibit I-5;

(ix) on the Closing Date, the following statements shall be true and the Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Borrower, stating that:

(A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V hereof are correct on and as of the Closing Date; and

(B)  no event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default; and

(x) such other assurances, certificates, documents or consents as the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lenders or the applicable Required Lenders reasonably may require.

(b) Any fees required to be paid pursuant to the Fee Letters on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid.

(c) The Borrowers shall have paid in full all indebtedness, interest, fees and other amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Facility and the Existing Credit Facility shall have been terminated. Each of the Lenders that is a party to the Existing Credit Facility hereby waives, upon execution of this Agreement, any applicable requirement of prior notice under such credit agreement relating to the termination of commitments thereunder.

  

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Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 8 .3, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4. 1, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

Section 4.2 Conditions to all Loans. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Loans (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) made by any Borrower is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of such Borrower contained in Article V (except for the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.4(b), the accuracy of which it is expressly agreed shall not be a condition to making Loans) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Loan, except (A) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, (B) for purposes of this Section 4.2, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.4(a) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished from time to time pursuant to Section 6.1(a) and (C) the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.1(i), Section 5.2(ii) and Section 5.5 shall be true and correct in all respects.

(b) No Default with respect to such Borrower shall exist, or would result from such proposed Loan.

(c) The Administrative Agent, the Canadian Sub-Agent or appropriate Swing Line Agent, as applicable, shall have received a Request for Loans in accordance with the requirements hereof.

Each Request for Loans (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) submitted by any Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Borrower that the conditions specified in Sections 4.2(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Loans.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as to itself only and not as to any other Borrower, that:

  

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Section 5.1 Corporate Existence and Power. Such Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and has all organizational powers and is qualified to carry on its business as now conducted.

Section 5.2 Corporate and Governmental Authorization: No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by such Borrower of this Agreement and each other Loan Document are within such Borrower’s organizational powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority except such as have been obtained and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, (i) any provision of applicable Law or of the Organization Documents of such Borrower or (ii) of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries where such default, individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Borrower.

Section 5.3 Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of such Borrower and each other Loan Document, when executed and delivered by such Borrower in accordance with this Agreement, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of such Borrower, in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

Section 5.4 Financial Information.

(a) The Audited Financial Statements applicable to such Borrower (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein and (ii) fairly present, in conformity with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly provided therein, (A) in the case of TMCC, the consolidated financial position of TMCC and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such fiscal year, (B) in the case of TFSUK, the consolidated financial position of TFSUK and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results of operations for such fiscal year, (C) in the case of TKG, the consolidated financial position of TKG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results of operations for such fiscal year and (D) in the case of each other Borrower, the financial position of such Borrower as of such date and its results of operations and cash flow for such fiscal year.

(b) Except as publicly disclosed, since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no material adverse change in the business, financial position or results of operations of such Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a whole.

Section 5.5 Litigation. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending against, or to the knowledge of such Borrower threatened against or affecting, such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, arbiter, or Governmental Authority in which there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse decision which could have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Borrower, or which contests the validity of this Agreement or any Loan Document.

  

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Section 5.6 Taxes. Such Borrower has paid all material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges before the same have become delinquent, except any tax, assessment, fee or other governmental charge that is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.

Section 5.7 Not an Investment Company. Such Borrower is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 5.8 Disclosure . All written information heretofore furnished by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby is, and all such information hereafter furnished by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender will be true and accurate in every material respect, on the date as of which such information is delivered or certified; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by them to be reasonable at the time of preparation (it being understood that projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results may differ significantly from such projections).

Section 5.9 Representations as to Non-US Obligors. Each of TMFNL, TFSUK, TLG, TCCI and TKG (each, a “Non-US Obligor”) additionally represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

(a) Such Non-US Obligor is subject to Laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party (collectively as to such Non-US Obligor, the “Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents”), and the execution, delivery and performance by such Non-US Obligor of the Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts. Neither such Non-US Obligor nor any of its property has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Obligor is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under the Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents.

(b) The Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents are in proper legal form under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Obligor is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Non-US Obligor under the Laws of such jurisdiction, and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents. It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents that the Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Obligor is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of the Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents or any other document, except for (i) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has

  

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been made or is not required to be made until the Applicable Non-US Obligor Document or any other document is sought to be enforced and (ii) any charge or tax as has been timely paid.

(c) There are no Other Taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority in or of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Obligor is organized and existing on or by virtue of the execution or delivery of the Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents.

(d) The execution, delivery and performance of the Applicable Non-US Obligor Documents executed by such Non-US Obligor are, under applicable foreign exchange control regulations of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Obligor is organized and existing, not subject to any notification or authorization except (i) such as have been made or obtained or (ii) such as cannot be made or obtained until a later date (provided that any notification or authorization described in clause (ii) shall be made or obtained as soon as is reasonably practicable).

Section 5.10 Representations as to TCPR . TCPR additionally represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that it does not own directly or indirectly in accordance with the attribution rules of Section 1231(a)(3) of the Puerto Rico Code fifty percent (50%) or more of the value of the stock of any Lender.

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS

Each Borrower agrees that, so long as any Lender has any Commitment hereunder to such Borrower or any Loan or any Obligation of such Borrower hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied:

Section 6.1 Information. Such Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:

(a) as soon as available and in any event within 180 days after the end of each fiscal year of such Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet or statement of financial position of such Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income (or comprehensive income) and cash flows for such fiscal year (to the extent that such Borrower is required to prepare statements of cash flows in accordance with GAAP), setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing;

(b) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of such Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of such Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for such quarter and for the portion of such Borrower’s fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter setting forth in the case of such statements of income and cash flow in comparative form the figures for the corresponding

  

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quarter and the corresponding portion of such Borrower’s fiscal year; provided, however, that no Borrower other than TMCC and TCPR shall be required to provide financial information under this subsection (b);

(c) within 5 days after any officer of such Borrower obtains knowledge of any Default in respect of such Borrower, if such Default is then continuing, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of such Borrower setting forth the details thereof and the action which such Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

(d) promptly after the same are available, copies of all registration statements (other than exhibits thereto and any registration statements (x) on Form S-3 or its equivalent or (y) in connection with asset securitization transactions) and reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or their equivalents) which such Borrower shall have filed in the United States with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto; and

(e) from time to time such additional information regarding the financial position or business of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender, may reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a), (b) or (d) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the earlier of the date (i) on which such Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on such Borrower's website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.2; (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov) or on the website for the London Stock Exchange (www.londonstockexchange.com); or (iii) on which such documents are posted on such Borrower’s behalf on any website to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website such as IntraLinks or DebtDomain or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that (i) such Borrower shall deliver electronic copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent if any Lender requests such Borrower to deliver such copies, each time such request is made and (ii) such Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent, which shall notify the Lenders, of the posting of any such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by any Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent, the Sub-Agents and the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of such Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to any of the Borrowers or their respective Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Administrative Agent, the

  

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Sub-Agents, the Arrangers and each Borrower hereby agree that (w) no Borrower Materials shall be made available to Public Lenders unless such Borrower has clearly and conspicuously marked such Borrower Materials “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrowers shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Sub -Agents, the Arrangers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrowers or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however , that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.8); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent, the Sub-Agents and the Arrangers shall treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”

 

Section 6.2 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.

(a) Such Borrower will maintain, and will cause each Significant Subsidiary to maintain, all material property useful and necessary in the business of such Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(b) Such Borrower will maintain, and will cause each Significant Subsidiary to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (and with such risk retention) as are usually insured against by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar business as such Borrower or such Significant Subsidiary.

Section 6.3 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence. Such Borrower will continue, and will cause each Significant Subsidiary to continue, to engage principally in business of the same general type as conducted by such Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and business reasonably related or incidental thereto and will preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect, and will cause each Significant Subsidiary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect, their respective corporate existence and their respective rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of business; provided that nothing in this Section 6.3 shall prohibit (i) any merger or consolidation involving such Borrower which is permitted by Section 6.6, (ii) the merger of a Significant Subsidiary into such Borrower or the merger or consolidation of a Significant Subsidiary with or into another Person if the corporation surviving such consolidation or merger is a Significant Subsidiary and if, in each case, after giving effect thereto, no Default with respect to such Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing or (iii) the termination of the corporate existence of any Significant Subsidiary if such Borrower in good faith determines that such termination is in the best interest of such Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.

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without limitation, Environmental Laws and ERISA and the rules and regulations thereunder) except where the necessity of compliance therewith is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

Section 6.5 Negative Pledge. Such Borrower will not pledge or otherwise subject to any lien any property or assets of such Borrower to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money incurred, issued, assumed or guaranteed by such Borrower unless the Loans and the Obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement are secured by such pledge or lien equally and ratably with all other indebtedness secured thereby so long as such other indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however, that such covenant will not apply to liens securing indebtedness which do not in the aggregate at any one time outstanding exceed 20% of Net Tangible Assets (as defined below) of such Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and also will not apply to:

(a) the pledge of any assets of such Borrower to secure any financing by such Borrower of the exporting of goods to or between, or the marketing thereof in, jurisdictions other than the United States (as to TMCC only), Puerto Rico (as to TCPR only), Canada (as to TCCI only), the Netherlands (as to TMFNL only), Germany (as to TKG and TLG only) and the United Kingdom (as to TFSUK only) in connection with which such Borrower reserves the right, in accordance with customary and established banking practice, to deposit, or otherwise subject to a lien, cash, securities or receivables, for the purpose of securing banking accommodations or as the basis for the issuance of bankers’ acceptances or in aid of other similar borrowing arrangements;

(b) the pledge of receivables of such Borrower payable in currencies other than US Dollars to secure borrowings in jurisdictions other than the United States (as to TMCC only), Puerto Rico (as to TCPR only), Canada (as to TCCI only), the Netherlands (as to TMFNL only), Germany (as to TKG and TLG only) and the United Kingdom (as to TFSUK only);

(c) any deposit of assets of such Borrower in favor of any governmental bodies to secure progress, advance or other payments under a contract or statute;

(d) any lien or charge on any property of such Borrower, tangible or intangible, real or personal, existing at the time of acquisition or construction of such property (including acquisition through merger or consolidation) or given to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase or construction price thereof or to secure any indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one year after, the acquisition or completion of construction thereof for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase or construction price thereof;

(e) bankers’ liens or rights of offset (including any pledges further to general terms and conditions of a Dutch bank);

(f) any lien securing the performance of any contract or undertaking not directly or indirectly in connection with the borrowing of money, obtaining of advances or credit or the securing of debt, if made and continuing in the ordinary course of business;

(g) any lien to secure non-recourse obligations in connection with such Borrower’s engaging in leveraged or single-investor lease transactions;

  

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(h) any lien to secure payment obligations with respect to (x) rate swap transactions, swap options, basis swaps, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, equity or equity index swaps, equity or equity index options, bond options, interest rate options, foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, credit protection transactions, credit swaps, credit default swaps, credit default options, total return swaps, credit spread transactions, repurchase transactions, reverse repurchase transactions, buy/sell-back transactions, securities lending transactions, weather index transactions, or forward purchases or sales of a security, commodity or other financial instrument or interest (including any option with respect to any of these transactions), or (y) transactions that are similar to those described above;

(i) for the avoidance of doubt, any lien or security interest granted or arising in connection with a bona fide securitization transaction by which such Borrower sells vehicle loan receivables, vehicle installment contracts, vehicle leases (together with or without the underlying vehicles), and/or other accounts receivable or assets, the records relating thereto and the proceeds, rights and benefits accruing to it thereunder (the “Securitized Assets”) and underlying vehicles or assets if not included with the Securitized Assets to a trust or entity established for the purpose of, among other things, purchasing, holding or owning Securitized Assets; and

(j) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any lien, charge or pledge referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) to (i), inclusive, of this Section 6.5; provided, however, that the amount of any and all obligations and indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the amount thereof so secured immediately prior to the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured the charge or lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).

“Net Tangible Assets” means, with respect to any Borrower, the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) of such Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries after deducting therefrom all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles of such Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, all as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of such Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Section 6.6 Consolidations . Mergers and Sales of Assets. (a) Such Borrower shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, unless:

(i) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Borrower is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of such Borrower shall be a Person organized and existing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower, the United States of America, any State thereof, the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico or, in the case of TCCI, Canada or any province of Canada (the “Successor Corporation”) and shall expressly assume, by an amendment or supplement to this

  

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Agreement, signed by such Borrower and such Successor Corporation and delivered to the Administrative Agent, such Borrower’s obligation with respect to the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all the Loans made to such Borrower and the due and punctual payment of all other Obligations payable by such Borrower hereunder and the performance or observance of every covenant herein on the part of such Borrower to be performed or observed;

(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of such Borrower as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by such Borrower at the time of such transaction, no Default with respect to such Borrower shall have happened and be continuing;

(iii) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of such Borrower would become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance which would not be permitted by Section 6.5 hereof, such Borrower or the Successor Corporation, as the case may be, takes such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Loans and the Obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement equally and ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby; and

(iv) such Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, together with, in the case of consolidation or merger in which such Borrower is not the surviving Person, a written opinion or opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (who may be counsel to such Borrower), stating that such amendment or supplement to this Agreement complies with this Section 6.6 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(b) Upon any consolidation or merger or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of such Borrower in accordance with Section 6.6(a), the Successor Corporation shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, such Borrower under this Agreement and the Loans with the same effect as if the Successor Corporation had been named as a Borrower therein and herein, and thereafter, such Borrower, except in the case of a lease of such Borrower’s properties and assets, shall be released from its liability as obligor on any of the Loans and under this Agreement.

Section 6.7 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans made under this Agreement will be used by such Borrower for its general corporate purposes and will not be used, directly or indirectly, to support activity in or with a country officially sanctioned by the United States, the United Nations or the European Union, or to support activity with Persons subject to official sanctions imposed by the United States, the United Nations or the European Union, in each case by the Office of Foreign Assets Control as to sanctions imposed by the United States and as to similar sanctions imposed as to the United Nations or the European Union. None of such proceeds will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate of buying or carrying any “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U. After application of the proceeds of any Loan, not more than 25% of the assets of the Borrower of such Loan that are subject to a restriction on sale, pledge, or disposal under this Agreement will be

  

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represented by "margin stock," as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System. During the Tranche A Availability Period and the Tranche B Availability Period, as applicable, subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, such Borrower may request and use the proceeds of Loans of one Type to repay outstanding Loans of another Type.

ARTICLE VII

DEFAULTS

Section 7.1 Events of Default. If one or more of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to a Borrower:

(a) such Borrower shall fail to pay when due any principal of any Loan made to it or shall fail to pay within 5 days of the due date thereof any interest on any Loan, any fees or any other amount payable by it hereunder;

(b) such Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant contained in Section 6.1(c), Section 6.5, Section 6.6 or Section 6.7;

(c) such Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those covered by clause (a) or (b) above) for 30 days after notice thereof has been given to such Borrower by the Administrative Agent at the request of any Lender;

(d) any representation or warranty made by such Borrower in this Agreement or in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made (or deemed made);

(e) indebtedness for borrowed money of such Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount in excess of (i) in the case of TMCC, US$250,000,000 or its Dollar Equivalent, (ii) in the case of TFSUK, TMFNL or TCCI, US$125,000,000 or its Dollar Equivalent and (iii) in the case of each other Borrower, US$75,000,000 or its Dollar Equivalent, shall not be paid when due or shall be accelerated prior to its stated maturity date and, within 10 days after written notice thereof is given to such Borrower(s) by the Administrative Agent, such indebtedness shall not be discharged or such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled;

(f) such Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary of such Borrower shall commence or consent to the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; provided that, as to TKG, a mere notification of an imminent illiquidity pursuant to Section 46(b) sentence 1, second

  

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half sentence of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz) to BaFin shall not be an Event of Default;

(g) any member of the ERISA Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of US$250,000,000 which it shall have become liable to pay under Title IV of ERISA or as a result of one or more of the following: (i) termination of a Plan by any member of an ERISA Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; (ii) the PBGC instituting proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, to impose liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any Plan, or the PBGC being entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any Plan must be terminated; or (iii) a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans which could cause one or more members of the ERISA Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess of $250,000,000; provided that no Default or Event of Default under this section 7.1(g) shall be deemed to have occurred if any Borrower or member of the ERISA Group shall have made arrangements satisfactory to the PBGC and the Required Lenders to discharge or otherwise satisfy such liability (including by the posting of a bond or other security);

(h) judgments or orders for the payment of money in excess of (i) in the case of TMCC, US$250,000,000 or its Dollar Equivalent, (ii) in the case of TFSUK, TMFNL or TCCI, US$125,000,000 or its Dollar Equivalent and (iii) in the case of each other Borrower, US$75,000,000 or its Dollar Equivalent, in the aggregate shall be rendered against such Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary of such Borrower and such judgments or orders shall continue unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of 45 days; or

(i)  such Borrower shall cease to be a TMC Consolidated Subsidiary;

then, and in every such event, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the applicable Required Lenders and after notice to TMCC and the applicable Borrower (i) terminate the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to such Borrower, and they shall thereupon terminate, and (ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans made to such Borrower, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document by such Borrower to be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans to such Borrower shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans made to such Borrower and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable.

Section 7.2 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 7.1 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable), any amounts received on account of the Obligations of any Borrower shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:

  

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First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations of such Borrower constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations of such Borrower constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the appropriate Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations of such Borrower constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, ratably among the appropriate Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations of such Borrower constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the appropriate Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations of such Borrower have been indefeasibly paid in full, to such Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

ARTICLE VIII

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 8.1 Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

Section 8.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be

  

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responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Section 8.3 Liability of Administrative Agent. No Agent- Related Person shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein) or (b) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Borrower or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of any Borrower or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Borrower or any Affiliate thereof.

Section 8.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, facsimile or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the applicable Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the applicable Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.

Section 8.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or a Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default as may be directed by the applicable Required Lenders in accordance with Article VII; provided, however, that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the

  

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Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.

Section 8.6 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of each Borrower, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to a Borrower hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of each Borrower. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Borrower or any of its Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.

Section 8.7 Indemnification of Administrative Agent. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, however, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the applicable Required Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section; provided, further , that such Indemnified Liability was incurred by or asserted against such Agent-Related Person acting as or for the Administrative Agent in connection with such capacity. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any

  

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other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrowers. The undertaking in this Section shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

Section 8.8 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity. BNP Paribas and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each Borrower and its Affiliates as though BNP Paribas were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, BNP Paribas or its Affiliates may receive information regarding a Borrower or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of a Borrower or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Loans, BNP Paribas shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include BNP Paribas in its individual capacity.

Section 8.9 Successor Administrative Agent and Sub-Agents. (a) The Administrative Agent and each Sub-Agent may resign as Administrative Agent or Sub-Agent, as applicable, upon 30 days’ notice to the applicable Lenders. If (i) the Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor administrative agent for the Lenders, which such successor administrative agent shall have entered into a licensing arrangement with Markit Group Ltd., (ii) the Canadian Sub-Agent resigns, the Required Lenders referred to in paragraph (a) in the definition of “Required Lenders” shall appoint from among the Tranche B Lenders a successor Canadian sub-agent, which shall be a bank that is not a non-resident of Canada for purposes of Part XIII of the Canadian ITA and (iii) any Swing Line Agent resigns, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Swing Line Lenders a successor replacement Swing Line agent, which shall be a bank with an office in the United Kingdom, United States or Canada, as applicable, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United Kingdom, United States or Canada, as applicable, which successor, in each case, shall consent to such appointment and shall be consented to by the Borrowers in writing at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default (which consent of the Borrowers shall not be unreasonably withheld). If no such successor is so appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent or applicable Sub-Agent, the Administrative Agent or Sub-Agent, as applicable, may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and the Borrowers, a successor which meets the qualifications set forth above and consents to the appointment. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent or sub-agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor administrative agent or sub-agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent or Sub-Agent and the term “Administrative Agent” or “Sub-Agent”, as applicable, shall mean such successor administrative agent or sub-agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent’s or Sub-Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent or Sub-Agent (and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent’s licensing arrangement with Markit) shall be terminated. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s or Sub-Agent’s

  

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resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent or Sub -Agent, the provisions of this Article VIII and Sections 9.4 and 9.5 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent or Sub-Agent under this Agreement. If no successor administrative agent or sub-agent, as applicable, has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent or Sub-Agent by the date which is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s or Sub-Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s or Sub-Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent or Sub-Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time BNP Paribas assigns all of its Commitments and Committed Loans pursuant to subsection 9.7(b), BNP Paribas and its Affiliates may, upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrowers, each resign as Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders successor Swing Line Agent(s) and successor Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that such successor Swing Line Agent(s) or successor Swing Line Lender consents to such appointment; and provided further, however, that no failure by the Borrowers to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of BNP Paribas and its Affiliates as such Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender. If BNP Paribas (and its Affiliates) resigns as a Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of such Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.16(c). Upon the appointment of successor Swing Line Agent(s) and Swing Line Lender, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Swing Line Agents and Swing Line Lender.

Section 8.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to a Borrower, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on such Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing by such Borrower and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.8 and Section 9.4) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

  

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(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 2.8 and Section 9.4. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

Section 8.11 Other Agents, Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “syndication agent,” “documentation agent,” “co-agent,” “book manager,” “lead manager,” “arranger,” “lead arranger” or “co-arranger” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of such Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.

Section 8.12 Canadian Sub-Agent. The Canadian Sub-Agent is not a non-resident of Canada for purposes of Part XIII of the Canadian ITA and, as such, it and not the Administrative Agent has been designated under this Agreement to carry out certain duties of the Administrative Agent in respect of TCCI. The Canadian Sub-Agent shall be subject to each of the obligations in this Agreement to be performed by the Administrative Agent, and each of TCCI and the Tranche B Lenders agrees that the Canadian Sub-Agent shall be entitled to exercise each of the rights and shall be entitled to each of the benefits of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement as relate to the performance of its obligations hereunder. References in Sections 2.15 and 3.1 and in the definition of “Taxes” in Section 1.1 to the Administrative Agent shall also include the Canadian Sub-Agent.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1 Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in the last sentence of this Section, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the applicable Required Lenders and the applicable Borrower, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective

  

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only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a)  waive any condition set forth in Section 4.1(a) without the written consent of each Lender;

 

(b) extend or increase the Commitment or Commitment Cap of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 7.1) without the written consent of such Lender;

(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any scheduled payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the applicable Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of any Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;

(e) change Section 2.12 or Section 7.2 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each affected Lender;

(f) amend Section 1.6 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Lender; or

(g) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender that has a Commitment under the affected Tranche;

provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by a Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable Swing Line Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Swing Line Agent under this Agreement; and (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any amendment or waiver of any term of any Money Market Loan (except the increase in the principal amount thereof or the extension of any Interest Period until after the Revolving Maturity Date applicable to the Borrower of such Loan) made by a Lender hereunder shall be effective if signed by such Lender and the applicable Borrower and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent.

  

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Section 9.2 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.

(a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission),all such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or (subject to subsection (c) below) electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to a Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Swing Line Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 9.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

Except as otherwise set forth herein, all such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, four Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of subsection (c) below), when delivered; provided, however , that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person. In no event shall a voicemail message be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.

(b) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the applicable Swing Line Agent(s) and the Lenders. The Borrowers may also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided, however, that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.

(c) Limited Use of Electronic Mail. Electronic mail and Internet and intranet websites may be used only to distribute routine communications, such as financial statements and other information as provided in Section 6.1, and to distribute Loan Documents (or amendments or waivers thereto) for execution by the parties thereto, and may not be used for any other purpose.

  

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(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Agents and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Agents and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of a Responsible Officer of a Borrower or any other Person designated in writing by a Responsible Officer of a Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Swing Line Agent even if (i) such notices were not otherwise made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrowers shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of a Responsible Officer of a Borrower or any other Person designated in writing by a Responsible Officer of a Borrower to the Administrative Agent. All telephonic notices to and other communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

(e) Designation of Representative for Borrowers. Each of TMCC, TCPR and TCCI (each, an “Other Borrower”), by its execution of this Agreement, hereby irrevocably appoints each of TMCC and TMFNL, acting alone, and with full power of substitution, as its agent and representative hereunder (in such capacity, each a “Borrowers’ Representative”), and hereby authorizes, directs and empowers each of TMCC and TMFNL, acting alone, and with full power of substitution, to act for and in the name of such Other Borrower and as its agent and representative hereunder and under the other instruments and agreements referred to herein. TMCC and TMFNL hereby accept each such appointment. Each Other Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes each of TMCC and TMFNL, acting alone and with full power of substitution, to take such action on such Other Borrower’s behalf and to exercise such powers hereunder, under the other Loan Documents, and under the other agreements and instruments referred to herein or therein as may be contemplated being taken or exercised by such Other Borrower by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as may be incidental thereto, including, without limitation, to borrow hereunder and deliver Requests for Loans hereunder, to convert, continue, repay or prepay Loans made hereunder, to increase, reduce or terminate the Commitments, to pay interest, fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Loans, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the other agreements and instruments referred to herein or therein, to receive from or deliver to the Administrative Agent or any Sub-Agent any notices, statements, reports, certificates or other documents or instruments contemplated herein, in the other Loan Documents or in any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, to receive from or transmit to the Administrative Agent or any Sub-Agent any Loan proceeds or payments, and to execute any agreements, amendments, modifications, supplements or other documents or instruments in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents on its behalf, and in each case such Other Borrower shall be bound as though the Other Borrower itself had duly taken such action. The Administrative Agent, each Sub-Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely on the appointment and authorization of each Borrowers’ Representative with respect to all matters related to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other agreements or instruments referred to herein or therein whether or not any particular provision hereof or thereof specifies that such matters may or shall be undertaken by Borrowers’ Representative. In reliance hereon, the Administrative Agent, each Sub-Agent

  

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and each Lender may deal with either of the Borrowers’ Representatives alone with the same effect as if the Administrative Agent, such Sub-Agent or such Lender had dealt with each Other Borrower separately and individually. In the event of any conflict between any notices, communications or other acts of the Borrowers’ Representative and those of any Other Borrower, the notices, communications and acts of the Borrowers’ Representative shall prevail; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.2(e) shall authorize either Borrowers’ Representative to deliver a notice required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(d) or (f) on behalf of an Other Borrower, and the parties hereto acknowledge that any notice required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(d) or (f) by a Borrower pursuant to this Agreement must be provided directly by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower.

Section 9.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.

Section 9.4 Attorney Costs and Expenses . The Borrowers agree (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs of a single counsel (and one local counsel in each jurisdiction where required or other additional counsel to the extent required due to a conflict of interest), and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Lender for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs. The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all reasonable search and filing charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the reasonable cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.4 shall be payable within ten Business Days after delivery to the Borrowers of a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the amounts demanded. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (i) this Section 9.4 shall not govern any indemnification or other amounts relating to or attributable to taxes, and (ii) all indemnification and other amounts relating or attributable to taxes shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 3.1.

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Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever (collectively “Losses”) which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment, Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, or (c) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee have any liability for any indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). All amounts due under this Section 9.5 shall be payable within 10 Business Days after the Borrowers receive demand therefor setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such demand. In the case of an investigation, litigation or proceeding to which the indemnity in this paragraph applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Borrower, any Borrower’s equityholders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other person or entity, whether or not an Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall not, in connection with any single proceeding or series of related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm or internal legal department (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnitees, such firm or internal legal department to be selected by the Administrative Agent; provided that if an Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that (i) there may be legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to other Indemnitees and may conflict therewith or (ii) the representation of such Indemnitee and the other Indemnitees by the same counsel would otherwise be inappropriate under applicable principles of professional responsibility, such Indemnitee shall have the right to select and retain separate counsel to represent such Indemnitee in connection with such proceeding(s) at the expense of the Borrowers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (i) this Section 9.5 shall not govern Losses or other amounts relating to or attributable to taxes, and (ii) all Losses and other amounts relating or attributable to taxes shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 3.1.

  

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Section 9.6 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises any right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment.

Section 9.7 Successors and Assigns.

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (g) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Committed Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any assignment shall be subject to the following additional conditions (i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Committed Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (as defined in subsection (i) of this Section) with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Committed Loans outstanding thereunder) subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than US$10,000,000 (provided that, in the case of TMFNL, such amount shall not be less than the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 100,000 or any other amount as at any time set

  

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forth in the definition of “professional market party” under or pursuant to the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act (wet op het financieel toezicht)) unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of such Borrower, the applicable Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Committed Loans or the Commitment assigned; (iii) any assignment of a Commitment must be approved by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee); (iv) if the assigning Lender has a Commitment in more than one Tranche, such Lender shall make a pro rata assignment to its assignee of its Commitments under each such Tranche; and (v) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of US$3,500, which fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.1 (with respect to periods it was a Lender), 3.4, 3.5, 9.4 and 9.5 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, each Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section. If the Eligible Assignee is required to deliver documents pursuant to Section 9.15, it shall deliver those documents to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.15.

(c) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

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Borrower or any of the Borrowers’ Affiliates) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) in the case of TMFNL, the amount of such participations sold shall not be less than the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 100,000 or any other amount as at any time set forth in the definition of “professional market party” under or pursuant to the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act (wet op het financieel toezicht) and (iv) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 9.1 that directly affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.1, 3.4 and 3.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.9 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.12 as though it were a Lender.

(e) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.1 or Section 3.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers’ prior written consent. A Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.1 unless the Borrowers are notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of each Borrower, to comply with Section 9.15 as though it were a Lender.

(f) Each Lender that sells a participation interest in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement shall record, acting solely for this purpose as non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, in book entries (as defined in Temporary Treasury Regulation §5f.103-1) maintained by such Lender the name and the amount of the participating interest of each Participant entitled to receive payments in respect of such participating interest.

(g) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

  

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(h) Where a Lender (the “Designating Lender”) has designated in its Administrative Questionnaire an Affiliate of the Designating Lender as the entity which shall participate in or make Loans to a particular Borrower (i) the Commitment shall be held by the Designating Lender, (ii) such Affiliate shall be entitled to all rights and benefits (other than voting rights, which remain with the Designating Lender) under this Agreement relating to its participation in any Loan and (iii) the Designating Lender shall procure that such Affiliate complies with the corresponding duties in relation to such Loan.

(i)  As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent and (ii) unless an Event of Default with respect to such Borrower has occurred and is continuing, the applicable Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing (x) no Person shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee without the approval of each Swing Line Lender (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (y) “Eligible Assignee” shall not include a Borrower or any of the Borrowers’ Affiliates and (z) “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any Person that is not a regulated lending institution in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia or the European Union.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Section 9.8 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or self-regulatory body, including in connection with a pledge or assignment in accordance with Section 9.7(g); (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations of a Borrower; (g) with the consent of the applicable Borrower; (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result

  

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of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than a Borrower; or (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization. In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Loans. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from a Borrower relating to such Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by such Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from a Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified in writing at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Section 9.9 Set- off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default with respect to a Borrower, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude any Lender, at any time and from time to time, from exercising any right of set off, counterclaim, or other rights it may have otherwise than under this Agreement and or from applying amounts realized against any and all Obligations owing by such Borrower to such Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

Section 9.10 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the applicable Borrower.

Section 9.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 9.12 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the

  

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joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

Section 9.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Borrowing and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

Section 9.14 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 9.15 Tax Forms.

(a) (i) Each Tranche A Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Foreign Lender”) shall deliver to TMCC (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prior to becoming a party to this Agreement (or upon accepting an assignment of an interest herein) two duly signed completed copies of (x) IRS Form W-8BEN or any successor thereto (relating to such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax on payments to be made to such Foreign Lender pursuant to this Agreement), (y) IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to payments to be made to such Foreign Lender pursuant to this Agreement) or (z) such other evidence satisfactory to TMCC and the Administrative Agent that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. withholding tax, including any exemption pursuant to Section 881(c) of the Code. Thereafter and from time to time, and as reasonably requested by TMCC in writing, each such Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, (A) promptly submit to TMCC (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) such additional duly completed and signed copies of one of such forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under then current United States Laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is satisfactory to TMCC of any available exemption from or reduction of, United States withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by TMCC pursuant to this Agreement, (B) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (C) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws that TMCC make any deduction or

  

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withholding for or on account of United States taxes from amounts payable to such Foreign Lender. In addition, in relation to all payments to be made to a Tranche A Lender by TFSUK, such Lender shall cooperate, to the extent it is able to do so, with TFSUK in completing any procedural formalities necessary for TFSUK to obtain authorization to make such a payment without a deduction or withholding for or on account of UK Taxes including, to the extent reasonably practicable, making and filing an appropriate application for relief under a double taxation agreement; provided that, nothing in this Section 9.15(a)(i) shall require a UK Treaty Lender to register under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme or apply the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to any loan if it has so registered; provided further that a UK Treaty Lender which holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme and enters into this Agreement acknowledges that such scheme shall not apply to this Agreement in respect of a loan made to TFSUK.

(ii)  [Reserved].

(iii) With respect to each Tranche A Lender, to the extent under applicable law such Lender can provide TKG and TLG with a certificate, statement or form required by the German taxing authorities in order to be eligible for exemption from, or reduction of, withholding taxes under German tax law, such Lender shall execute and deliver such certificate, statement or form at the time it becomes a party to this Agreement and from time to time as reasonably requested by TKG or TLG.

(iv) As of the date that each Lender becomes a Tranche A Lender under this Agreement, each such Lender represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and TCPR that it is an Exempt Lender and agrees that, if Puerto Rico or United States taxing authorities at any time after the date of this Agreement require that such Lender deliver any certificate, statement or form as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, withholding taxes under the Puerto Rico Code or the Code on any payments by TCPR to such Lender under this Agreement, such Lender shall deliver such certificate, statement or form to the Administrative Agent prior to becoming a party to this Agreement (or upon accepting an assignment of an interest herein). Thereafter and from time to time or as reasonably requested by TCPR in writing, each such Lender, to the extent it may lawfully do so, shall (A) promptly submit to TCPR (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) such duly completed and signed certificates, statements or forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant Puerto Rico or United States taxing authorities and such other evidence as is satisfactory to TCPR of any available exemption from, or reduction of, Puerto Rico and United States withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by TCPR pursuant to this Agreement, (B) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (C) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws that TCPR make any deduction or withholding on or account of Puerto Rico taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

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FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), the Administrative Agent or such Tranche A Lender shall deliver to TMCC and the Administrative Agent, as applicable, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by TMCC or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by TMCC or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for TMCC or the Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that the Administrative Agent or such Tranche A Lender has complied with its obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.

(vi) Each Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Lender under any of the Loan Documents (for example, in the case of a typical participation by such Lender), shall deliver to TMCC (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) on the date when such Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of TMCC or the Administrative Agent (in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (A) two duly signed completed copies of the certificates, statements or forms required to be provided by such Lender as set forth above, to establish the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such Lender acts for its own account that is not, in the case of a Tranche A Lender, subject to Puerto Rico or United States withholding tax; and (B) any information such Lender chooses to transmit with such certificates, statements or forms, and any other certificate or statement of exemption required under the Code.

(vii) No Borrower (other than TFSUK) shall be required to pay any additional amount to any Lender under Section 3.1 (A) with respect to any Taxes required to be deducted or withheld on the basis of the information, certificates or statements of exemption such Lender transmits pursuant to this Section 9.15(a) or (B) if such Lender shall have failed to satisfy its obligations under this Section 9.15(a); provided that if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirement of this Section 9.15(a) on the date such Lender became a Lender or ceased to act for its own account with respect to any payment under any of the Loan Documents, nothing in this Section 9.15(a) shall relieve such Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to Section 3.1 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable Law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender or other Person for the account of which such Lender receives any sums payable under any of the Loan Documents is not subject to withholding or is subject to withholding at a reduced rate.

(viii) The Administrative Agent may, without reduction, withhold any Taxes required to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan Documents with respect to which a Borrower is not required to pay additional amounts under this Section 9.15(a).

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Lender fails to deliver such forms, then TMCC or the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable back- up withholding tax imposed by the Code and no party hereto shall have any obligation to pay any additional amount to any Lender under Section 3.1 in respect of such withholding.

(c) If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or other amount from payments made to or for the account of any Lender, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent therefor, including all penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this Section, and costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs) of the Administrative Agent. The obligation of the Lenders under this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

Section 9.16 Replacement of Lenders. Under any circumstances set forth herein providing that a Borrower shall have the right to replace a Lender as a party to this Agreement and (i) if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or (ii) any Lender fails to consent to an amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement, or to a request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency”, that pursuant to the terms hereof requires consent of all of the Lenders or all of the Lenders affected thereby (provided that, (x) such amendment, modification, waiver or currency request has been consented to by the Required Lenders and (y) all such non-consenting Lenders are replaced on the same terms), TMCC may, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to assign its Commitment (with the assignment fee to be paid by TMCC in such instance) pursuant to Section 9.7(b) to one or more other Lenders or Eligible Assignees procured by TMCC; provided, however, that if TMCC elects to exercise such rights with respect to any Lender pursuant to Section 3.6(c), it shall be obligated to replace all Lenders that have made similar requests for compensation pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.4 . The applicable Borrower shall (y) pay in full all principal, accrued interest, accrued fees and other amounts owing to such Lender through the date of replacement (including any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.5) and (z) release such Lender from its obligations under the Loan Documents. Any Lender being replaced shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans.

Section 9.17 Governing Law.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

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THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.

(c) EACH BORROWER OTHER THAN TMCC HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES, APPOINTS AND EMPOWERS TMCC, IN THE CASE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS ITS DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT TO RECEIVE, ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE FOR AND ON ITS BEHALF, AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE SERVED IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, AND TMCC HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS SUCH DESIGNATION, APPOINTMENT AND EMPOWERMENT. SUCH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY MAILING (BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID) OR DELIVERING A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS TO SUCH BORROWER IN CARE OF TMCC AT TMCC’S ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 9.2 , AND EACH BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS TMCC TO ACCEPT SUCH SERVICE ON ITS BEHALF. AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SERVICE, THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING (BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID) OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO TMCC OR THE BORROWER OR SUCH LOAN PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 9.2. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Section 9.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Sub-Agents, the Arrangers and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between such Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Sub-Agents, the Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) such Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) such Borrower is

  

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capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Administrative Agent, the Sub-Agents, the Arrangers and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for such Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, the Sub-Agents, the Arrangers or the Lenders has any obligation to such Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Sub-Agents, the Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of such Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, nor any Sub-Agent, nor any Arranger, nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrowers hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Sub -Agents, the Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

Section 9.19 PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Borrower, which information includes the name and address of such Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Borrower in accordance with the Act, and each Borrower agrees to provide such information in its possession upon the reasonable request of a Lender or the Administrative Agent.

Section 9.20 Judgment. (a) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in US Dollars or Canadian Dollars into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase US Dollars or Canadian Dollars with such other currency at BNP Paribas’s principal office in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.

(b) The obligation of any Borrower in respect of any sum due from it in any currency (the “Primary Currency”) to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any other currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be), of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the applicable Primary Currency with such other currency; if the amount of the applicable Primary Currency so purchased is less than such sum due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) in the applicable Primary Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the

  

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Administrative Agent (as the case may be) against such loss, and if the amount of the applicable Primary Currency so purchased exceeds such sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) in the applicable Primary Currency, such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) agrees to remit to such Borrower such excess.

Section 9.21 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

	 	
TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Wei Shi	 
	 	Name: Wei Shi 	 
	 	
Title: Vice President – Treasury, Finance & Analytics

	 

 

 

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TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE (NETHERLANDS) B.V.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Yoriyuki Hirayama	 
	 	Name: Yoriyuki Hirayama	 
	 	

Title: Authorized Representative

	 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) PLC

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Raj Jouhal	 
	 	
Name: Raj Jouhal

	 
	 	

Title: General Counsel

	 

 

 

 

 

 

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TOYOTA KREDITBANK GMBH

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Christian Ruben	 
	 	

Name: Christian Ruben

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Joo Ljubica	 
	 	

Name: Joo Ljubica

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

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TOYOTA CREDIT DE PUERTO RICO CORP.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
  

	
By: 

	/s/ Wei Shi	 
	 	

Name: Wei Shi

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President – Treasury, Finance &

Analytics, Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

	 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA INC.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
  

	
By: 

	/s/ Fernando Belfiglio	 
	 	

Name: Fernando Belfiglio

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President – Finance

	 

 

 

 

 

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TOYOTA LEASING GMBH

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ C. Ruben	 
	 	

Name: C. Ruben

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ W. Jio	 
	 	

Name: W. Jio

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

 

 

 

 

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BNP PARIBAS, as

Administrative Agent, a Swing Line Agent, a Swing Line Lender and a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Andrew Strait	 
	 	

Name: Andrew Strait

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Renaud-Franck Falce	 
	 	

Name: Renaud-Franck Falce

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

 

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BNP PARIBAS (CANADA), 

as Canadian Sub-Agent and as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Tony Baratta	 
	 	

Name: Tony Baratta

	 
	 	

Title: Director – Corporate Banking

	 

 

	
  

	
By: 

	/s/ Chris Golding	 
	 	

Name: Chris Golding

	 
	 	

Title: Director – Corporate Banking

	 

 

 

 

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CITIBANK, N.A., 

as a Syndication Agent, Swing Line Lender and a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Susan M. Olsen	 
	 	

Name: Susan M. Olsen

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

 

 

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CITIBANK, N.A., CANADIAN BRANCH, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Niyousha Zarinpour	 
	 	

Name: Niyousha Zarinpour

	 
	 	

Title: Authorised Signer

	 

 

 

 

 

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as a Syndication Agent, Swing Line Lender and a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
  

	
By: 

	/s/ Alan H. Roche	 
	 	

Name: Alan H. Roche

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

 

 

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CANADIAN BRANCH,

as lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Medina Sales de Andrade	 
	 	

Name: Medina Sales de Andrade

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

 

 

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BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD, 

as a Syndication Agent and as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Akira Ryu	 
	 	

Name: Akira Ryu

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

 

 

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BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ (CANADA), 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
  

	
By: 

	/s/ Eijun Hoshiyama	 
	 	

Name: Eijun Hoshiyama

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

 

 

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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION OF CANADA, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Yusuke Ono	 
	 	

Name: Yusuke Ono

	 
	 	

Title: Senior Vice President

	 

 

 

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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Takashi Toyoda	 
	 	

Name: Takashi Toyoda

	 
	 	

Title: Director

	 

 

 

 

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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Konstantinos Karabalis	 
	 	

Name: Konstantinos Karabalis

	 
	 	

Title: Deputy General Manager

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Nadine Boudart	 
	 	

Name: Nadine Boudart

	 
	 	

Title: Assistant Manager

	 

 

 

 

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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Koichi Tanaka	 
	 	

Name: Koichi Tanaka

	 
	 	

Title: Joint General Manager

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Yasushi Iwata	 
	 	

Name: Yasushi Iwata

	 
	 	

Title: Assistant Manager

	 

 

 

 

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THE SUMITOMO TRUST & BANKING CO., Ltd., New York Branch

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Yuji Kabe	 
	 	

Name: Yuji Kabe

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President and Manager

	 

 

 

 

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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., CANADA BRANCH,

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
  

	
By: 

	/s/ Kazuoki Okuma	 
	 	

Name: Kazuoki Okuma

	 
	 	

Title: Joint General Manager

	 

 

 

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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., LOS ANGELES BRANCH,

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Mitsuyoshi Matsuura	 
	 	

Name: Mitsuyoshi Matsuura

	 
	 	

Title: Joint General Manager

	 

 

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG

NEW YORK BRANCH,

as a Tranche A Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Hans-Josef Thiele	 
	 	

Name: Hans-Josef Thiele

	 
	 	

Title: Director

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Ming K. Chu	 
	 	

Name: Ming K. Chu

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

	 	

DEUTSCHE BANK AG

CANADA BRANCH,

as a Tranche B Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Paul M. Jurist	 
	 	

Name: Paul M. Jurist

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director & Principal Officer

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Renate Engel	 
	 	

Name: Renate Engel

	 
	 	

Title: Assistant Vice President

	 

 

 

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UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Irja R. Otsa	 
	 	

Name: Irja R. Otsa

	 
	 	

Title: Associate Director

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Mary E. Evans	 
	 	

Name: Mary E. Evans

	 
	 	

Title: Associate Director

	 

 

 

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Meredith Majesty	 
	 	

Name: Meredith Majesty

	 
	 	

Title: Authorized Signatory

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Matthew Balicki	 
	 	

Name: Matthew Balicki

	 
	 	

Title: Attorney-in-Fact

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Michael Ellison	 
	 	

Name: Michael Ellison

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

 

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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ James Welch	 
	 	

Name: James Welch

	 
	 	

Title: Director

	 

 

 

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THE TORONTO DOMINION BANK, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
  

	
By: 

	/s/ Bebi Yasin	 
	 	

Name: Bebi Yasin

	 
	 	

Title: Authorized Signatory

	 

 

 

 

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Robert Besser	 
	 	

Name: Robert Besser

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

 

 

 

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SOCIETE GENERALE, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Yao Wang	 
	 	

Name: Yao Wang

	 
	 	

Title: Director

	 

 

 

 

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SOCIETE GENERALE (CANADA BRANCH), 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Yao Wang	 
	 	

Name: Yao Wang

	 
	 	

Title: Director

	 

 

 

 

 

 

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BANK OF MONTREAL, LONDON BRANCH, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Andy McClinton	 
	 	

Name: Andy McClinton

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Jean-Jacques van Helten	 
	 	

Name: Jean-Jacques van Helten

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

 

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BANK OF MONTREAL, CHICAGO BRANCH, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Joe Linder	 
	 	

Name: Joe Linder

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

 

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BANK OF MONTREAL, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Jeff Currie	 
	 	

Name: Jeff Currie

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

 

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JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Neha Desai	 
	 	

Name: Neha Desai

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

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ING BANK N.V. DUBLIN BRANCH, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Emma Condon	 
	 	

Name: Emma Condon

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Sean Hassett	 
	 	

Name: Sean Hassett

	 
	 	

Title: Director

	 

 

 

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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD. LOS ANGELES BRANCH, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Mitsuyoshi Matsuura	 
	 	

Name: Mitsuyoshi Matsuura

	 
	 	

Title: Joint General Manager

	 

 

 

 

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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD. CANADA BRANCH, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Kazuoki Okuma	 
	 	

Name: Kazuoki Okuma

	 
	 	

Title: Joint General Manager

	 

 

 

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MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING INC., 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Michael King	 
	 	

Name: Michael King

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

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COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Peter Wesemeier	 
	 	

Name: Peter Wesemeier

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Raquel Pellegrino	 
	 	

Name: Raquel Pellegrino

	 
	 	

Title: Assistant Vice President

	 

 

 

 

 

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MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST AND BANKING CORPORATION, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Tomoyuki Nagano	 
	 	

Name: Tomoyuki Nagano

	 
	 	

Title: Senior Vice President

	 

 

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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ S. Michael St. Geme	 
	 	

Name: S. Michael St. Geme

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

 

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FIFTH THIRD BANK, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Yumiko Tokiwa	 
	 	

Name: Yumiko Tokiwa

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

 

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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Michael Mozer	 
	 	

Name: Michael Mozer

	 
	 	

Title: Vice President

	 

 

 

 

 

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SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A., 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ William Maag	 
	 	

Name: William Maag

	 
	 	

Title: Senior Vice President

	 

 

 

 

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CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW YORK AGENCY, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Dominic Sorresso	 
	 	

Name: Dominic Sorresso

	 
	 	

Title: Executive Director

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Eoin Roche	 
	 	

Name: Eoin Roche

	 
	 	

Title: Executive Director

	 

 

 

 

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CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Sheryl Holmes	 
	 	

Name: Sheryl Holmes

	 
	 	

Title: Managing Director

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Geraint Breeze	 
	 	

Name: Geraint Breeze

	 
	 	

Title: Executive Director

	 

 

 

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HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

as a Lender

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Christopher Samms	 
	 	

Name: Christopher Samms

	 
	 	

Title: Senior Vice President, #9426

	 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1.1

MANDATORY COST FORMULAE

	
1.  

	

The Mandatory Cost (to the extent applicable) is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with:

 

	
(a)           

	
the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions); or

	
(b)           

	
the requirements of the European Central Bank.

	
2.  

	
On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Administrative Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Additional Cost Rate”) for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders’ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum. The Administrative Agent will, at the request of any Borrower or any Lender, deliver to such Borrower or such Lender as the case may be, a statement setting forth the calculation of any Mandatory Cost.

	
3.  

	
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Lending Office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Administrative Agent. This percentage will be certified by such Lender in its notice to the Administrative Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of such Lender’s participation in all Loans made from such Lending Office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of Loans made from that Lending Office.

	
4.  

	
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as follows:

	
(a)           

	
in relation to any Loan in Sterling:

 

	

AB+C(B-D)+E x 0.01

	
  per cent per annum

	
100 - (A+C)

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
in relation to any Loan in any currency other than Sterling:

 

	

E x 0.01

	
  per cent per annum

	
300

 

Where:

 

	
  

	
“A”

	
is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of any stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time required to maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio requirements.

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

	
  

	
“B”

	
is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Applicable Rate, the Mandatory Cost and any interest charged on overdue amounts pursuant to the first sentence of Section 2.8(b) and, in the case of interest (other than on overdue amounts) charged at the Default Rate, without counting any increase in interest rate effected by the charging of the Default Rate) payable for the relevant Interest Period of such Loan.

 

	
  

	
“C”

	
is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that Lender is required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of England.

 

	
  

	
“D”

	
is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the Administrative Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits.

 

	
  

	
“E”

	
is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by the Administrative Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000.

 

	
5.  

	
For the purposes of this Schedule:

	
(a)           

	
“Eligible Liabilities” and “Special Deposits” have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England;

	
(b)           

	
“Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits;

	
(c)           

	
“Fee Tariffs” means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate); and

	
(d)           

	
“Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules.

	
6.  

	
In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae as percentages (i.e. 5% will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures shall be rounded to four decimal places.

	
7.  

	
If requested by the Administrative Agent or any Borrower, each Lender with a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Administrative Agent and such Borrower, the rate of charge payable by such Lender to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by such

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

Lender as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to such Lender for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of such Lender.

	
8.  

	
Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information in writing on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender:

	
(a)           

	
the jurisdiction of the Lending Office out of which it is making available its participation in the relevant Loan; and

	
(b)           

	
any other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably require for such purpose.

Each Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.

	
9.  

	
The percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates of charge of each Lender for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the Administrative Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Administrative Agent to the contrary, each Lender’s obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Lending Office in the same jurisdiction as its Lending Office.

	
10.  

	
The Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over- or under-compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects.

	
11.  

	
The Administrative Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above.

	
12.  

	
Any determination by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

	
13.  

	
The Administrative Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrowers and the Lenders, determine and notify to all parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

SCHEDULE 2.1

 

COMMITMENTS

AND PRO RATA SHARES

 

	
Lender

	
Tranche A Commitment (US$)

	
Tranche B Commitment (US$)

	
Swing Line Commitment (US$)

	
Commitment Cap (US$)

	
BNP Paribas (Tranche B Commitment is held by BNP Paribas (Canada))

	
412,788,500

	
79,615,300

	
333,333,334

	
412,788,500

	
Citibank, N.A. (Tranche B Commitment is held by Citibank, N.A., Canadian Branch)

	
412,788,500

	
79,615,300

	
333,333,333

	
412,788,500

	
Bank of America, N.A. (Tranche B Commitment is held by Bank of America, Canada Branch)

	
412,788,500

	
79,615,300

	
333,333,333

	
412,788,500

	
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd (Tranche B Commitment is held by Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (Canada))

	
412,788,500

	
28,461,500

	
0

	
412,788,500

	
HSBC Bank USA, National Association

	
290,000,000

	
36,538,500

	
0

	
290,000,000

	
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

	
290,000,000

	
36,538,500

	
0

	
290,000,000

	
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (Tranche B Commitment is held by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation of Canada)

	
290,000,000

	
28,846,200

	
0

	
290,000,000

	
Barclays Bank PLC

	
240,000,000

	
0

	
0

	
240,000,000

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

	
Lender

	
Tranche A Commitment (US$)

	
Tranche B Commitment (US$)

	
Swing Line Commitment (US$)

	
Commitment Cap (US$)

	
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch (Tranche B Commitment is held by Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch)

	
240,000,000

	
28,846,200

	
0

	
240,000,000

	
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Los Angeles Agency (Tranche B Commitment is held by Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., Canada Branch)

	
240,000,000

	
28,846,200

	
0

	
240,000,000

	
Royal Bank of Canada

	
240,000,000

	
221,153,800

	
0

	
240,000,000

	
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

	
240,000,000

	
28,846,200

	
0

	
240,000,000

	
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc.

	
170,000,000

	
0

	
0

	
170,000,000

	
UBS Loan Finance LLC

	
170,000,000

	
19,230,800

	
0

	
170,000,000

	
Sovereign Bank, N.A.

	
130,000,000

	
0

	
0

	
130,000,000

	
The Toronto Dominion Bank

	
130,000,000

	
125,000,000

	
0

	
130,000,000

	
ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch

	
125,000,000

	
0

	
0

	
125,000,000

	
Bank of Montreal

	
80,000,000

	
76,923,100

	
0

	
80,000,000

	
Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce, New York Agency (Tranche B Commitment is held by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)

	
80,000,000

	
76,923,100

	
0

	
80,000,000

	
Fifth Third Bank

	
80,000,000

	
0

	
0

	
80,000,000

	
Societe Generale (Tranche B Commitment is held by Societe Generale (Canada Branch))

	
80,000,000

	
25,000,000

	
0

	
80,000,000

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

 

	
Lender

	
Tranche A Commitment (US$)

	
Tranche B Commitment (US$)

	
Swing Line Commitment (US$)

	
Commitment Cap (US$)

	
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

	
80,000,000

	
0

	
0

	
80,000,000

	
The Bank of New York Mellon

	
38,461,500

	
0

	
0

	
38,461,500

	
Commerzbank AG

	
38,461,500

	
0

	
0

	
38,461,500

	
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking

	
38,461,500

	
0

	
0

	
38,461,500

	
The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

	
38,461,500

	
0

	
0

	
38,461,500

	
TOTAL:

	
5,000,000,0000

	
1,000,000,000

	
1,000,000,000

	
5,000,000,000

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

	
Lender

	
Pro Rata Share of Tranche A

	
Pro Rata Share of Tranche B

	
Pro Rata Share of Commitment Cap

	
BNP Paribas (Tranche B Commitment is held by BNP Paribas (Canada))

	
8.26%

	
7.96%

	
8.26%

	
Citibank, N.A. (Tranche B Commitment is held by Citibank, N.A., Canadian Branch)

	
8.26%

	
7.96%

	
8.26%

	
Bank of America, N.A. (Tranche B Commitment is held by Bank of America, Canada Branch)

	
8.26%

	
7.96%

	
8.26%

	
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd (Tranche B Commitment is held by Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (Canada))

	
8.26%

	
2.85%

	
8.26%

	
HSBC Bank USA, National Association

	
5.80%

	
3.65%

	
5.80%

	
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

	
5.80%

	
3.65%

	
5.80%

	
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (Tranche B Commitment is held by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation of Canada)

	
5.80%

	
2.88%

	
5.80%

	
Barclays Bank PLC

	
4.80%

	
0.00%

	
4.80%

	
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch (Tranche B Commitment is held by Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch)

	
4.80%

	
2.88%

	
4.80%

	
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Los Angeles Agency (Tranche B Commitment is held by Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., Canada Branch)

	
4.80%

	
2.88%

	
4.80%

	
Royal Bank of Canada

	
4.80%

	
22.12%

	
4.80%

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

	
Lender

	
Pro Rata Share of Tranche A

	
Pro Rata Share of Tranche B

	
Pro Rata Share of Commitment Cap

	
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

	
4.80%

	
2.88%

	
4.80%

	
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc.

	
3.40%

	
0.00%

	
3.40%

	
UBS Loan Finance LLC

	
3.40%

	
1.92%

	
3.40%

	
Sovereign Bank, N.A.

	
2.60%

	
0.00%

	
2.60%

	
The Toronto Dominion Bank

	
2.60%

	
12.50%

	
2.60%

	
ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch

	
2.60%

	
0.00%

	
2.60%

	
Bank of Montreal

	
1.60%

	
7.69%

	
1.60%

	
Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce, New York Agency (Tranche B Commitment is held by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)

	
1.60%

	
7.69%

	
1.60%

	
Fifth Third Bank

	
1.60%

	
0.00%

	
1.60%

	
Societe Generale (Tranche B Commitment is held by Societe Generale (Canada Branch))

	
1.60%

	
2.50%

	
1.60%

	
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

	
1.60%

	
0.00%

	
1.60%

	
The Bank of New York Mellon

	
0.77%

	
0.00%

	
0.77%

	
Commerzbank AG

	
0.77%

	
0.00%

	
0.77%

	
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking

	
0.77%

	
0.00%

	
0.77%

	
The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

	
0.77%

	
0.00%

	
0.77%

	
TOTAL:

	
100.0%

	
100.0%

	
100. 0%

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE 9.2

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OFFICE,

CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

Administrative Agent’s Office

(for Notices of Payments and Requests for Loans):

BNP Paribas RCC Inc.

525 Washington Boulevard

8th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attention:  Dina Wilson

Telephone: 201-850-6807

Facsimile:   201-850-4020

Electronic Mail: nyls.agency.support@us.bnpparibas.com

(for Payments):

	
US Dollar (USD)

	  	  
	
Bank:

	
BNP Paribas, New York

	
ABA No:

	
026-007-689

	
ACCT No:

	
52131543476

	
ACCT Name:

	
BNP Paribas Chicago Branch

	
Ref:

	
Toyota

	  	  
	
Canadian Dollar (CAD)

	  	  
	
Bank:

	
BNP Paribas, Montreal

	  	
(BNPACAMMXXX)

	
FFC Name:

	
BNP Paribas Chicago Branch

	  	
(BNPAUS3NXXX)

	
Account No:

	
11-010038-001-78

	
Attn:

	
Loan Servicing

	
Ref:

	
Toyota

	  	  
	
Eurocurrency (EUR)

	  	  
	
Bank:

	
BNP Paribas, Paris

	  	
(BNPAFRPPXXX)

	
FFC Name:

	
BNP Paribas, Chicago Branch

	  	
(BNPAUS3NXXX)

	
Account No:

	
40080257

	
IBAN No:

	
FR7630004008970004008025726

	
Attn:

	
Loan Servicing

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

	
Ref:

	
Toyota

	  	  
	
British Pounds (GBP)

	  	  
	
Bank:

	
BNP Paribas, London

	  	
(BNPAGB22XXX)

	
Sort Code:

	
23 46 35

	
FFC Name:

	
BNP Paribas, Chicago Branch

	  	
(BNPAUS3NXXX)

	
Account No:

	
230090183000

	
Attn:

	
Loan Servicing

	
Ref:

	
Toyota

CANADIAN SUB-AGENT:

(for Notices of Payments and Requests for Loans):

BNPP Canada

1981 McGill College

Montreal QC  H3A 2W8

Attention:  Paule Fortin/Lisa Martel, Loan Administrator/Team leader

Telephone:  1-888-284-6220

Facsimile:    514-285-2944

Electronic Mail: cals.support@americas.bnpparibas.com

· 

(for Payments):

US Dollar (USD)

Clearing Agent/Payment To: BNPAUS3N

ABA No.: 026007689

Beneficiary Bank:  BNPACAMM

Beneficiary: BNP Paribas Canada, Loan Servicing

Account No.: 0001152131543487

Reference: Toyota Credit Canada Inc.

Attention: CALS.SUPPORT

Canadian Dollar (CAD)

· Beneficiary Bank:  BNPACAMM

Beneficiary: BNP Paribas Canada, Loan Servicing

Account No.: 0001152131543487

Reference: Toyota Credit Canada Inc.

Attention: CALS.SUPPORT

· 

SWING LINE AGENT:

(for Notices of Payments and Requests for Loans):

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

US Dollar and Canadian Swing Line Loans:

BNP Paribas RCC Inc.

525 Washington Boulevard

8th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attention:  Dina Wilson

Telephone: 201-850-6807

Facsimile:   201-850-4020

Electronic Mail: nyls.agency.support@us.bnpparibas.com

 

Payment instructions:

US Dollar (USD)

BNP Paribas, New York

ABA No: 026-007-689

ACCT No:  52131543476

ACCT Name: BNP Paribas Chicago Branch

Ref: Toyota

 

Payment instructions:

Canadian Dollar (CAD)

	
Bank: 

	
BNP Paribas, Montreal (Swift code: BNPACAMMXXX)

	
For further credit to:

	
BNP Paribas, Chicago Branch (Swift code: BNPAUS3NXXX)

	
Account No:

	
11-010038-001-78

	
Ref: 

	
Toyota Credit Canada Inc.

	
Attn: 

	
Loan Servicing

 

EUR and GBP Swing Line Loans:

Loans and Agency Desk

BNP Paribas London

10 Harewood Avenue

London NW1 6AA

Telephone: 44 (0)20 7595 4332

Facsimile:  44 (0)20 7595 6195

Electronic Mail: lisa.verdigi@uk.bnpparibas.com

 

Payment instructions:

 

EUR

BNP Paribas Paris

Swift BNPAFRPP

BNP Paribas London

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

Swift BNPAGB22

Account 02280424

IBAN No: FR7630004008970000228042426

 

GBP

BNP Paribas London

BNPAGB22

Sort Code 23-46-35

Account No : 50117609

IBAN No: GB86BARC20325350117609

 

BORROWERS:

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

 

19001 South Western Avenue

P.O. Box 2958

Mail Stop NF-10

Torrance, CA  90509-2958

Attention: David Johnson, Treasury Manager and Jeff Carter, Assistant Global Treasurer

Telephone: (310) 468-6197

Facsimile: (310) 468-6194

Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V.

 

World Trade Center Amsterdam

Tower H, Level 10, Zuidplein 90

1077 XV Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Attention: Chief Finance Officer

Telephone: 31 20 502 5314

Telefax: 31 20 502 5319

With a copy to:

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

19001 South Western Avenue

P.O. Box 2958

Mail Stop NF-10

Torrance, CA  90509-2958

Attention: David Johnson, Treasury Manager and Jeff Carter, Assistant Global Treasurer

Telephone: (310) 468 6197

Facsimile: (310) 468-6194

With a  copy to:

 

  

  

  

 

 

Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC

Great Burgh

Burgh Heath

Epsom

Surrey KT18 5UZ

United Kingdom

Attention: Head of Treasury

Telephone: 44 (0) 1737 365 590

Facsimile: 44 (0) 1737 365 596

Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC

 

Great Burgh

Burgh Heath

Epsom

Surrey KT18 5UZ

United Kingdom

Attention: Head of Treasury

Telephone: 44 (0) 1737 365 590

Facsimile: 44 (0) 1737 365 596

With a copy to:

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

19001 South Western Avenue

P.O. Box 2958

Mail Stop NF-10

Torrance, CA  90509-2958

Attention: David Johnson, Treasury Manager and Jeff Carter, Assistant Global Treasurer

Telephone: (310) 468-6197

Facsimile: (310) 468-6194

Toyota Kreditbank GmbH

 

c/o Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC

Great Burgh

Burgh Heath

Epsom

Surrey KT18 5UZ

United Kingdom

Attention: Head of Treasury

Telephone: 44 (0) 1737 365 590

Facsimile: 44 (0) 1737 365 596

With a copy to:

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

19001 South Western Avenue

P.O. Box 2958

Mail Stop NF-10

Torrance, CA  90509-2958

Attention: David Johnson, Treasury Manager and Jeff Carter, Assistant Global Treasurer

Telephone: (310) 468-6197

Facsimile: (310) 468-6194

Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp.

 

c/o Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

19001 South Western Avenue

P.O. Box 2958

Mail Stop NF-10

Torrance, CA  90509-2958

Attention: David Johnson, Treasury Manager and Jeff Carter, Assistant Global Treasurer

Telephone: (310) 468-6197

Facsimile: (310) 468-6194

Toyota Credit Canada Inc.

 

80 Micro Court, Suite 200

Markham, Ontario

Canada L3R 9Z5

Attention: Head of Treasury

Telephone: (905) 513-5409

With a copy to:

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

19001 South Western Avenue

P.O. Box 2958

Mail Stop NF-10

Torrance, CA  90509-2958

Attention: David Johnson, Treasury Manager and Jeff Carter, Assistant Global Treasurer

Telephone: (310) 468-6197

Facsimile: (310) 468-6194

Toyota Leasing GmbH

 

c/o Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC

Great Burgh

Burgh Heath

Epsom

Surrey KT18 5UZ

United Kingdom

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

Attention: Head of Treasury

Telephone: 44 (0) 1737 365 590

Facsimile: 44 (0) 1737 365 596

With a copy to:

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

19001 South Western Avenue

P.O. Box 2958

Mail Stop NF-10

Torrance, CA  90509-2958

Attention: David Johnson, Treasury Manager and Jeff Carter, Assistant Global Treasurer

Telephone: (310) 468-6197

Facsimile: (310) 468-6194

 

Website:

 

Investor Relations section of www.toyotafinancial.com

 

  

  

  

 

EXHIBIT A-1

 

FORM OF COMMITTED LOAN NOTICE

 

 

Date:  ___________, _____

	
To:

	
BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain 364 Day Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, a California corporation, Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands, Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC, a corporation organized under the laws of England, Toyota Leasing GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Puerto Rico, Toyota Credit Canada Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, Toyota Kreditbank GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. as Swing Line Lenders and Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as Syndication Agents.

The undersigned hereby requests (select one):

o  A Borrowing of Committed Loans              o A conversion or continuation of Loans

1.           On ____________________________________  (a Business Day).

2.           In the amount of [US$][CDN$][€][£] ___________ .

3.           Comprised of ____________________________ .  [Type of Committed Loan requested]

4.           For Eurocurrency Rate Loans: with an Interest Period of  _______  months.

5.           For Bankers’ Acceptances, Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes: with a BA Maturity Date of days.

[The Committed Borrowing requested herein complies with the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.1[(a)][(b)]] of the Agreement.]

[After giving effect to the requested Committed Borrowing, the Unused Tranche A Commitment will exceed the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 300,000,000 (as determined by the 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

Administrative Agent)]  [After giving effect to the requested Committed Borrowing, the Unused Tranche A Commitment will be less than or equal to the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 300,000,000 (as determined by the Administrative Agent), and TKG has borrowed EUR 300,000,000 as of the date of the proposed Committed Borrowing.]  [After giving effect to the requested Committed Borrowing, (x) the Unused Tranche A Commitment will be less than or equal to the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 300,000,000 (as determined by the Administrative Agent), (y) TKG has not borrowed EUR 300,000,000 as of the date the proposed Committed Borrowing is to be made, and (z) the consent of TKG for the proposed Committed Borrowing has been obtained or has been waived by TKG.]

[The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the conditions set forth in Section 4.2(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date the Committed Loans are borrowed, including, without limitation, that the Borrowing is within the Borrower’s corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and the amount of the Committed Borrowing does not exceed such authorization.]

 

 

 

	 	

[TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION]

[TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE (NETHERLANDS) B.V.]

[TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) PLC]

[TOYOTA KREDITBANK GMBH]

[TOYOTA LEASING GMBH]

 

[as Borrowers’ Representative for]

 

[TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION]

[TOYOTA CREDIT DE PUERTO RICO CORP.]

[TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA INC.]

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	
Name: 

	 	 
	 	
Title: 

	 	 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A-2

 

FORM OF SWING LINE LOAN NOTICE

 

 

Date:  ___________, _____

	
To:

	
BNP Paribas, as Swing Line Agent

	
  

	
BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain 364 Day Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, a California corporation, Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands, Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC, a corporation organized under the laws of England, Toyota Leasing GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Puerto Rico, Toyota Credit Canada Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, Toyota Kreditbank GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. as Swing Line Lenders and Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as Syndication Agents.

The undersigned hereby requests a Swing Line Loan:

1.                      On ____________________________________ (a Business Day).

2.                      In the amount of [US$][CDN$][€][£] ___________ .

The Swing Line Borrowing requested herein complies with the requirements of the provisos to the first sentence of Section 2.16(a) of the Agreement.

[After giving effect to the requested Swing Line Loan, the Unused Tranche A Commitment will exceed the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 300,000,000 (as determined by the Administrative Agent)]  [After giving effect to the requested Swing Line Loan, the Unused Tranche A Commitment will be less than or equal to the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 300,000,000 (as determined by the Administrative Agent), and TKG has borrowed EUR 300,000,000 as of the date of the proposed Swing Line Loan.]  [After giving effect to the requested Swing Line Loan, (x) the Unused Tranche A Commitment will be less than or equal to the Dollar Equivalent of EUR 300,000,000 (as determined by the Administrative Agent), (y) TKG has not borrowed EUR 300,000,000 as of the date the proposed Swing Line Loan is to be made, and (z) the consent of TKG for the proposed Swing Line Loan has been obtained or has been waived by TKG.]

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the conditions set forth in Section 4.2(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date the Swing Line Loans are borrowed, including, without limitation, that the Borrowing is within the Borrower’s corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and the amount of the Swing Line Loan does not exceed such authorization.

 

 

 

	 	

[TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION]

[TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE (NETHERLANDS) B.V.]

[TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) PLC]

[TOYOTA KREDITBANK GMBH]

[TOYOTA LEASING GMBH]

 

[as Borrowers’ Representative for]

 

[TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION]

[TOYOTA CREDIT DE PUERTO RICO CORP.]

[TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA INC.]

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	
Name: 

	 	 
	 	
Title: 

	 	 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF NOTE

 

 

	
__________, 200_

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay, without setoff or counterclaim, to _____________________ or to its order (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain 364 Day Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, a California corporation, Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands, Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC, a corporation organized under the laws of England, Toyota Leasing GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Puerto Rico, Toyota Credit Canada Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, Toyota Kreditbank GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. as Swing Line Lenders and Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as Syndication Agents.

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement.  All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in US Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.

This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement.  Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business.  The Lender may also attach schedules to this Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

 

	 	

[TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION]

[TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE (NETHERLANDS) B.V.]

[TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) PLC]

[TOYOTA KREDITBANK GMBH] 

[TOYOTA CREDIT DE PUERTO RICO CORP.]

[TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA INC.]

[TOYOTA LEASING GMBH]

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	
Name: 

	 	 
	 	
Title: 

	 	 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

                                                                    

LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO

 

 

	
Date

	 	
Type of Loan Made

	 	
Amount of Loan Made

	 	
End of Interest Period

	 	
Amount of Principal or Interest Paid This Date

	 	
Outstanding Principal Balance This Date

	 	
Notation Made By

	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

[Reserved]

 

 

  

  

  

EXHIBIT D

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”).  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable Law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at Law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned Interest”).  Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

1.           Assignor:      ______________________________

 

2.           Assignee:      ______________________________ [and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]

 

3.           Borrower(s):  [Toyota Motor Credit Corporation] [Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V.] [Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC] [Toyota Leasing GmbH] [Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp.] [Toyota Credit Canada Inc.] [Toyota Kreditbank GmbH]

 

 

 

1 Select as applicable.

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

4.           Administrative Agent: ______________________, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement

 

5.           Credit Agreement:                                364 Day Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, a California corporation, Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands, Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC, a corporation organized under the laws of England, Toyota Leasing GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Puerto Rico, Toyota Credit Canada Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, Toyota Kreditbank GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. as Swing Line Lenders and Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as Syndication Agents.

 

6.           Assigned Interest:2

 

	
 

Facility Assigned:

Tranche [A][B]

	
Aggregate

Amount of

Tranche [A][B] Commitment/Loans

for all Lenders*

	
Amount of

Tranche [A][B] Commitment/Loans

Assigned*

	
Percentage

Assigned of

Tranche [A][B] Commitment/Loans3

	
 

Assignee’s

Commitment Cap

	  	  	  	  	  
	
Commitment/Committed Loans being assigned

	
US$_____________

	
US$______________

	
______________%

	
US$________________

 

[7.           Trade Date:    _________________________]4

 

Effective Date: __________________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

 

 

* Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

2 The reference to “Loans” in the table should be used only if the Credit Agreement provides for Term Loans.

3 Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

4 To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 

 

By: _____________________________

Title:

 

 

ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 

 

By: _____________________________

Title:

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

[Consented to and]5 Accepted:

 

 

[NAME OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT], as

Administrative Agent

 

 

By: _________________________________

      Title:

 

[Consented to:]6

 

 

By: _________________________________

      Title:

 

 

 

 

 

5 To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

6 To be added only if the consent of the applicable Borrower and/or other parties is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

(364 DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2012 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, EXTENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED IN WRITING FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “AGREEMENT;” THE TERMS DEFINED THEREIN BEING USED HEREIN AS THEREIN DEFINED), AMONG TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE (NETHERLANDS) B.V., A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE NETHERLANDS, TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) PLC, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, TOYOTA LEASING GMBH, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF GERMANY, TOYOTA CREDIT DE PUERTO RICO CORP., A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF PUERTO RICO, TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA INC., A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF CANADA, TOYOTA KREDITBANK GMBH, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF GERMANY, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BNP PARIBAS, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, SWING LINE AGENT AND SWING LINE LENDER, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED AND THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., AS JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS AND JOINT BOOK MANAGERS, CITIBANK, N.A. AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SWING LINE LENDERS, AND CITIBANK, N.A., BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AND THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., AS SYNDICATION AGENTS)

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1.         Representations and Warranties.

1.1.      Assignor.  The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim created by the Assignor and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of any Borrower or any of its Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by any Borrower or any of its Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2.      Assignee.  The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all requirements of an Eligible Assignee under the Credit Agreement (subject to receipt of such consents as may be required under the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) attached hereto is any withholding tax documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2.         Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to or on or after the Effective Date.  The Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments by the Administrative Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.

3.         General Provisions.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Law of the State of New York.

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF MONEY MARKET QUOTE REQUEST

 

Date:  ___________, _____

	
To:

	
BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain 364 Day Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, a California corporation, Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands, Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC, a corporation organized under the laws of England, Toyota Leasing GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Puerto Rico, Toyota Credit Canada Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, Toyota Kreditbank GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. as Swing Line Lenders and Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as Syndication Agents.

The undersigned hereby requests Money Market Quotes for (select one):

	
o    Money Market Absolute Rate for

	
o    Money Market Margin for

	
Money Market Absolute Rate Loans

	
Money Market LIBOR Loans

1.           On __________________________________________ (a Business Day).

2.           In the amount of US$ ____________________________ .

3.           For an Interest Period of __________________________ . 

The Money Market Loans for which Money Market Quotes are requested herein would comply with the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.3(a) of the Agreement.

 

	 	

[TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION]

[TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE (NETHERLANDS) B.V.]

[TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) PLC]

[TOYOTA KREDITBANK GMBH]

[TOYOTA LEASING GMBH]

 

[as Borrowers’ Representative for]

	 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

	 	

[TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION]

[TOYOTA CREDIT DE PUERTO RICO CORP.]

	 

 

	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	
Name: 

	 	 
	 	
Title: 

	 	 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

                                                                     

EXHIBIT F

 

FORM OF INVITATION FOR MONEY MARKET QUOTES

 

Date:  ___________, _____

	
To:

	
Lenders party to the Agreement (as defined below)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain 364 Day Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, a California corporation, Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands, Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC, a corporation organized under the laws of England, Toyota Leasing GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Puerto Rico, Toyota Credit Canada Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, Toyota Kreditbank GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. as Swing Line Lenders and Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as Syndication Agents.

On behalf of [Toyota Motor Credit Corporation] [Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V.] [Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC] [Toyota Leasing GmbH] [Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp.] [Toyota Kreditbank GmbH], you are invited to submit Money Market Quotes for (select one):

	
o    Money Market Absolute Rate for

	
o    Money Market Margin for

	
Money Market Absolute Rate Loans

	
Money Market LIBOR Loans

 

1.           On __________________________________________ (a Business Day).

2.           In the amount of US$ ____________________________ .

3.           For an Interest Period of __________________________ . 

 

Please respond to this invitation by no later than [1 :00 p.m.] [9:00 a.m.] on [date].

 

 

	 	

BNP PARIBAS, as Administrative Agent

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	 	

Authorized Officer

	 

 

  

  

  

 

 

EXHIBIT G

 

FORM OF MONEY MARKET QUOTE

 

Date:  ___________, _____

	
To:

	
BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain 364 Day Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, a California corporation, Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands, Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC, a corporation organized under the laws of England, Toyota Leasing GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Puerto Rico, Toyota Credit Canada Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, Toyota Kreditbank GmbH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BNP Paribas, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Agent and Swing Line Lender, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. as Swing Line Lenders and Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as Syndication Agents.

In response to your invitation on behalf of [Toyota Motor Credit Corporation] [Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V.] [Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC] [Toyota Leasing GmbH] [Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp.] [Toyota Kreditbank GmbH] dated ______________, 20__, we hereby make the following Money Market Quote on the following terms:

 

	1.	
Quoting Lender:

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	2.	
Person to contact at Quoting Lender:

	
Name:

	 	 
	 	 	
Tel:

	 	 
	 	 	
Fax:

	 	 
	 	 	
email:

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	3.	
Date of Borrowing:

	 	 	7
	 	 	 	 	 
	4.	
We hereby offer to make Money Market Loan(s) in the following principal amounts, for the following Interest Periods and at the following rates:

 

 

 

7 As specified in the related Invitation.

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

	
Principal

Amount8

	
Interest

Period9

	
[Money Market

Margin]10

	
[Absolute Rate11]

	
US$

	  	  	  
	
US$

	  	  	  

 

The Money Market Loans for which Money Market Quotes are submitted herein comply with the requirements of the Agreement.

We understand and agree that the offer(s) set forth above, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in the Agreement, irrevocably obligates us to make the Money Market Loan(s) for which any offer(s) are accepted, in whole or in part.

 

	 	
Very truly yours,

 

[NAME OF LENDER]

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
Date: ______________________

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	 	 Authorized Officer	 
	 	 	 	 

 

 

 

 

8 Principal amount bid for each Interest Period may not exceed principal amount requested.  Specify aggregate limitation if the sum of the individual offer exceeds the amount the Lender is willing to lend.  Bids must be made for US$5,000,000 or larger multiple of US$1,000,000.

 

9 Not less than one month or not less than 14 days, as specified in the related Invitation.  No more than five bids are permitted for each Interest Period

 

10 Margin over or under the Eurocurrency Rate determined for the applicable Interest Period.  Specify percentage (to the nearest 1/100,000 of 1%) and specify whether “PLUS” or “MINUS.”

 

11 Specify rate of interest per annum (to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%).

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

EXHIBIT H

 

 

FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR TMCC

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

EXHIBIT I-1

 

 

FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR TCPR

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

EXHIBIT I-2

 

FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR TCCI

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

EXHIBIT I-3

 

 

FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR TFSUK

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

EXHIBIT I-4

 

 

FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR TMFNL

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

EXHIBIT I-1

 

 

FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR TKG AND TLG

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