Document:

Exhibit 4.4

 

Execution Version

 

INSTRUMENT OF RESIGNATION,
APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 4, 2015, by and among GE EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION
LLC, SERIES 2014-1 a Delaware limited liability company (“Issuer”), GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, a New York corporation
(the “Resigning Servicer”), and GE CAPITAL GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Successor
Servicer”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Issuer, GE TF
Trust, a Delaware statutory trust and Resigning Servicer are parties to a Servicing Agreement dated as of June 18, 2014 (the “Servicing
Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Resigning Servicer
wishes to resign as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement; the Issuer wishes to appoint the Successor Servicer to succeed the
Resigning Servicer as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement; and the Successor Servicer wishes to accept appointment as Servicer
under the Servicing Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Resigning Servicer
wishes to assign all of its rights, responsibilities, duties and liabilities as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement to the Successor
Servicer, and the Successor Servicer wishes to assume such rights, responsibilities, duties and liabilities as Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual covenants and promises herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuer, the Resigning
Servicer and the Successor Servicer agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE ONE

THE RESIGNING SERVICER

 

Section 1.          Definitions.
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 2.          Resignation.
Pursuant to Section 6.1(a) of the Servicing Agreement, the Resigning Servicer hereby notifies the Issuer that the Resigning
Servicer is hereby resigning as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time. The Issuer hereby consents
to the resignation of the Resigning Servicer.

 

Section 3.          Appointment.
The Issuer hereby appoints the Successor Servicer as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time,
and confirms to the Successor Servicer all the rights, responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Servicer, including any
rights the Resigning Servicer may have to receive any Servicing Fee, under the Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 4.          Acceptance
of Appointment. (a) The Successor Servicer hereby accepts its appointment as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement and agrees
to perform the duties and obligations set forth therein and shall hereby be vested with all rights, responsibilities, duties and
liabilities of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement.

 

     

     

    

 

(b)         This Agreement shall
not constitute (i) a waiver by any of the parties hereto of any obligation or liability which Resigning Servicer may have incurred
in connection with its services as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement or (ii) an assumption by Successor Servicer of any liability
of Resigning Servicer arising out of a breach by Resigning Servicer of its duties under the Servicing Agreement. This Agreement
does not constitute a waiver or assignment by Resigning Servicer of any compensation, reimbursement, expenses or indemnity to which
it is or may be entitled pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

 

Section
5.           Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreement. Pursuant to Section
6.3(b) of the Servicing Agreement, the Resigning Servicer shall terminate the Sub-Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 2, 2015, between the Resigning Servicer and GE Capital US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Sub-Servicing Agreement”). The Successor Servicer shall not be deemed to have assumed any of the
Resigning Servicer’s interest in the Sub-Servicing Agreement and shall not replace the Resigning Servicer as a party to
the Sub-Servicing Agreement.

 

Section
6.           Representations of Successor Servicer. The Successor
Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Resigning Servicer and to the Issuer that:

 

(i) The Successor
Servicer is qualified and eligible under Section 6.2 of the Servicing Agreement to act as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement.

 

(ii) The Successor
Servicer (a) has a long-term debt rating of at least “Baa3” by Moody’s, (b) is an established financial institution
having a net worth of not less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) and (c) its regular business includes the servicing of
receivables.

 

(iii) This Agreement
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Successor Servicer and constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation.

 

Section
7.           Notices. For the purposes of Section 8.1 of the
Servicing Agreement, all notices, whether faxed or mailed, will be deemed received as provided in Section 8.1 of the
Servicing Agreement, when sent pursuant to the following instructions:

 

TO THE RESIGNING SERVICER:

 

General Electric Company

901 Main Avenue

Norwalk, Connecticut 06851

Attention: Legal Department

michael.paolillo@ge.com

 

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Resignation and Appointment –Servicer

     

    

 

With a copy to:

 

General Electric Company

201 Merritt 7

Norwalk, Connecticut 06851

Attention: Capital Markets - Securitization

charles.rhodes@ge.com

michael.paolillo@ge.com

 

TO THE SUCCESSOR SERVICER:

 

GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC

901 Main Avenue

Norwalk, Connecticut 06851

Attention: Michael Paolillo

michael.paolillo@ge.com

 

TO THE ISSUER:

 

GE Equipment Transportation LLC, Series 2014-1

10 Riverview Drive

Danbury, Connecticut 06810

Attention: Capital Markets Operations

Telephone: (203) 749-2101

Facsimile: (203) 749-4054

With a copy to:

 

GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC

901 Main Avenue

Norwalk, Connecticut 06851

Attention: Michael Paolillo

michael.paolillo@ge.com

 

Section 8.   
       Miscellaneous. (a) This Agreement is entered into and the resignation,
appointment and acceptance effected hereby shall be effective as of 8:00 a.m. (New York time) on December 4, 2015 (the
“Effective Time”); provided, that (i) each of the Issuer, the Resigning Servicer and the Successor
Servicer shall have executed a counterpart to this Agreement and (ii) the Issuer shall have provided prior written notice of
the appointment of the Successor Servicer to the Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee.

 

(b)          THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE,
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401(1)
OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

 

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(c)          This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by electronic means shall be equally
as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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Resignation and Appointment –Servicer

     

    

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

	 	GE EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION LLC,
	 	SERIES 2014-1
	 	 	 
	 	 	By: GE Equipment Funding, LLC, its Managing Member
	 	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/ Thomas A. Davidson
	 	 	Name: 	Thomas A. Davidson
	 	 	Title: 	President and Chief Executive Officer

 

    	 	S-1	GEET 2014-1 Instrument of
Resignation and Appointment –Servicer

     

    

 

	 	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
	 	as Resigning Servicer
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Daniel C. Janki
	 	 	Name:	 Daniel C. Janki
	 	 	Title: 	Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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Resignation and Appointment –Servicer

     

    

 

	 	GE CAPITAL GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC,
	 	as Successor Servicer
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Davidson
	 	 	Name: 	Thomas A. Davidson
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory

 

    	 	S-3	GEET 2014-1 Instrument of
Resignation and Appointment –ServicerEX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

EXECUTION COPY 
 AMENDMENT
NO. 1 
 to 

AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT 

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of
December 1, 2015, is entered into by and among Greif Receivables Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as seller (the “SPV”), Greif Packaging LLC (“GP”), a Delaware limited liability company, Delta
Petroleum Company, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, American Flange & Manufacturing Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Trilla-St. Louis Corporation, an Illinois corporation, as originators (each, an “Originator” and
collectively, the “Originators”), GP, as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”), a national banking association, as a Committed Investor, Managing Agent
and Administrator and the Agent. 
 RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the SPV, the Servicer, the Originators and PNC have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Transfer and Administration
Agreement dated as of September 30, 2013 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “TAA”); and 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to make certain amendments to the TAA as set forth herein; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein and in the TAA, the parties hereto agree as
follows: 
 SECTION 1. Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings provided in the TAA. 

SECTION 2. Amendments to the TAA. The TAA is hereby amended as follows: 

2.1. Section 1.1 of the TAA is hereby amended as follows: 

(a) The definition of “Facility Limit” in Section 1.1 of the TAA is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows: 
 ““Facility Limit” means at any time $150,000,000, as such amount may be
reduced in accordance with Section 2.16; provided that such amount may not at any time exceed the aggregate Commitments then in effect.”. 

(b) The definition of “Commitment” in Section 1.1 of the TAA is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows: 
 ““Commitment” means, with respect to each Committed Investor, as the
context requires, (a) the commitment of such Committed Investor to make Investments and to pay 

 
Assignment Amounts in accordance herewith in an amount not to exceed the amount described in the following clause (b), and (b) the dollar amount set forth opposite such Committed
Investor’s signature on the signature pages hereof under the heading “Commitment” (or, in the case of (x) PNC in its capacity as a PNC Committed Investor, the dollar amount set forth opposite such PNC’s signature page
to the First Amendment under the heading “Commitment” or (y) a Committed Investor which becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as set forth in such Assignment and Assumption Agreement),
minus the dollar amount of any Commitment or portion thereof assigned by such Committed Investor pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, plus the dollar amount of any increase to such Committed Investor’s Commitment
consented to by such Committed Investor prior to the time of determination; provided that if the Facility Limit is reduced, the aggregate of the Commitments of all the Committed Investors shall be reduced in a like amount and the
Commitment of each Committed Investor shall be reduced in proportion to such reduction.”. 
 (c) The following
definition is added to Section 1.1 of the TAA in appropriate alphabetical sequence: 
 ““First
Amendment” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Transfer and Administration Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2015, among the SPV, the Originators party thereto, the Committed Investors, Managing Agents and
Administrators part thereto and the Agent.”. 
 SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective upon
receipt by the Agent of a counterpart (or counterparts) of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the parties hereto or other evidence satisfactory to the Agent of execution and delivery by such parties. 

SECTION 4. Miscellaneous. 

4.1. Representations and Warranties. (i) Each of the SPV, each Originator and the Servicer hereby represents and warrants that
this Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and (ii) the SPV hereby represents and warrants that upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, no Termination
Event or Potential Termination Event shall exist. 
 4.2. References to TAA. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference
in the TAA to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the TAA as amended hereby, and each reference to the TAA in any other document,
instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with the TAA shall mean and be a reference to the TAA as amended hereby. 

4.3. Effect on TAA. Except as specifically amended above, the TAA and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or
delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. 

  
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 4.4. No Waiver. Except as expressly provided herein, the execution, delivery and
effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Agent or any Investor under the TAA or any other document, instrument or agreement executed in connection therewith, nor constitute a waiver of any
provision contained therein, except as specifically set forth herein. 
 4.5. Governing Law. This Amendment, including the rights and
duties of the parties hereto, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York. 
 4.6.
Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. 

4.7. Headings. The Section headings in this Amendment are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning
or interpretation of this Amendment or any provision hereof. 
 4.8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by the parties
hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement. Facsimile or other electronic signature pages shall be as effective as originals. 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	GREIF RECEIVABLES FUNDING LLC, as SPV
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nadeem Sarwat Ali

		 	Name:	 	Nadeem Sarwat Ali
		 	Title:	 	Treasurer
	
	 GREIF PACKAGING LLC,

individually, as an Originator and as the Servicer

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nadeem Sarwat Ali

		 	Name:	 	Nadeem Sarwat Ali
		 	Title:	 	Treasurer
	
	 DELTA PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC.,

as an Originator

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nadeem Sarwat Ali

		 	Name:	 	Nadeem Sarwat Ali
		 	Title:	 	Treasurer
	
	 AMERICAN FLANGE & MANUFACTURING CO., INC.,

as an Originator

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nadeem Sarwat Ali

		 	Name:	 	Nadeem Sarwat Ali
		 	Title:	 	Treasurer

  

					
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	TRILLA-ST. LOUIS CORPORATION,
	as an Originator
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nadeem Sarwat Ali

		 	Name:	 	Nadeem Sarwat Ali
		 	Title:	 	Treasurer

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	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as a Committed Investor for the PNC Investor Group, a Managing Agent, an Administrator and the Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robyn Reeher

		 	Name:	 	Robyn Reeher
		 	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	Commitment: $150,000,000

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