NINTH AMENDMENT, dated as of March 16, 2000 (the "Amendment"),
to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 6, 1998, as amended by the
Amendment dated as of March 26, 1999, the Second Amendment dated as of April 28,
1999, the Third Amendment dated as of August 19, 1999, the Fourth Amendment
dated as of October 4, 1999, the Fifth Amendment dated as of October 21, 1999,
the Sixth Amendment dated as of October 4, 1999, the Seventh Amendment dated as
of November 4, 1999 and the Eighth Amendment dated as of November 18, 1999 (as
so amended, the "Credit Agreement"), made by and among FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee on behalf that certain trust created under the
Trust Agreement (22222), dated as of September 28, 1998, between First Security
Bank, National Association and Aircraft 22222, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(together with any successor Qualified Trustee, the "Initial Borrower"), FIRST
SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely
as trustee on behalf of that certain trust created under the Trust Agreement
(53015) dated as of August 28, 1998 by and between First Security Bank, National
Association and Aircraft 53015, Inc., FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee on behalf of that certain
trust created under the Trust Agreement (24837) dated as of October 30, 1998 by
and between First Security Bank, National Association and Aircraft 24837, Inc.,
FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but
solely as trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (347) dated as
of October 30, 1998 by and between First Security Bank, National Association and
Aircraft 347, Inc., FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity but solely as trustee on behalf of that trust created by
Trust Agreement (23377) dated as of June 24, 1998 by and between First Security
Bank, National Association and Aircraft 23377, Inc., FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee on
behalf of that trust created by Trust Agreement (23830) dated as of July 10,
1998 by and between First Security Bank, National Association and Aircraft
23830, Inc., WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely
as trustee on behalf of that certain trust created under the Trust Agreement,
dated as of November 14, 1984 between Aircraft 49262, Inc. (as assignee of CCD
Air Ten, Inc.) and Wilmington Trust Company, WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in
its individual capacity but solely as trustee on behalf of that certain trust
created under the Trust Agreement, dated as of November 15, 1984 between
Aircraft 49263, Inc. (as assignee of CCD Air Ten, Inc.) and Wilmington Trust
Company, FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual
capacity but solely as owner trustee on behalf of that certain trust created by
Trust Agreement (24474), dated as of April 1, 1999 between First Security Bank,
National Association and Aircraft 24474, Inc., FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee on
behalf of that certain trust created by Trust Agreement (25262), dated as of
April 25, 1999 between First Security Bank, National Association and Aircraft
25262, Inc., FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee on behalf of that certain trust created by Trust
Agreement (49368), dated as of April 25, 1999 between First Security Bank,
National Association and Aircraft 49368, Inc., FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee on behalf of
that certain trust created by Trust Agreement (53623), dated as of August 18,
1999 between First
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Security Bank, National Association and Aircraft 53623, Inc., FIRST SECURITY
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee
on behalf of that certain trust created by Trust Agreement (53624), dated as of
August 18, 1999 between First Security Bank, National Association and Aircraft
53624, Inc., FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee on behalf of that certain trust created by Trust
Agreement (23771), dated as of April 7, 1999 between First Security Bank,
National Association and Aircraft 23771, Inc., FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee on behalf of
that certain trust created by Trust Agreement (23772), dated as of April 1, 1999
between First Security Bank, National Association and Aircraft 23772, Inc.,
FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but
solely as trustee on behalf of that certain trust created by Trust Agreement
(24355), dated as of April 7, 1999 between First Security Bank, National
Association and Aircraft 24355, Inc., FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee on behalf of that certain
trust created by Trust Agreement (24356), dated as of April 7, 1999 between
First Security Bank, National Association and Aircraft 24356, Inc. and Aircraft
24813, Inc. (collectively, with the Initial Borrower, the "Existing Borrowers"),
certain other UniCapital Subsidiary Trusts and UniCapital Special Purpose
Corporations designated as Borrowing Affiliates thereunder (the Existing
Borrowers and such UniCapital Subsidiary Trusts and UniCapital Special Purpose
Corporations being referred to individually as a "Borrower" or collectively as
the "Borrowers"), LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., a new York corporation in its
capacity as a Lender ("Lehman"), and other financial institutions from time to
time parties thereto (such financial institutions hereinafter being referred to
individually as a "Lender" or collectively as the "Lenders"), and LEHMAN
COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. in its capacity as agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, and together with any successor agent, the "Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, UniCapital, Lehman, and the Agent
desire to amend the Credit Agreement as set forth in this Amendment, but only on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Defined Terms. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
2. Amendment. Section 9.1(k) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by adding the following immediately prior to the semicolon therein:
", provided that in no event shall an "Event of Default" under the
Credit Agreement dated April 28, 1999 among UCP Engines, Inc., UCP
Engines Trust, State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut,
N.A., as trustee, Aircraft 22067 Trust and Aircraft 20527 Trust, as
Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto, Lehman Brothers Inc., as
Arranger, and
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Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as Syndication Agent and Administrative
Agent, be an Event of Default hereunder"
3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall not be binding until the
Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed and
delivered by the Borrowers, UniCapital, Lehman, and the Agent; provided,
however, that once such condition is fulfilled, the effective date of this
Amendment shall be deemed to be March 16, 2000.
4. Representations and Warranties. After the effectiveness of this
Amendment, the Borrower confirms and reaffirms as of the date hereof the
representations and warranties contained in Article VI of the Credit Agreement.
5. Continuing Effect. Except as expressly waived or amended hereby, the
Credit Agreement shall continue to be and shall remain in full force and effect
in accordance with its terms. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.
6. Governing Law Counterparts. (a) This Amendment shall be governed by,
and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
(b) This Amendment may be executed by the parties herein one
more or more counterparts, and all such counterparts shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first written
above.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not
in its individual capacity,
except as expressly
specified herein, but
solely as trustee, as the
Initial Borrower
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (22222), DATED AS
OF SEPTEMBER 28, 1999 BY
AND BETWEEN FIRST SECURITY
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AND AIRCRAFT 22222, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (53015), DATED AS
OF AUGUST 28, 1998 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 53015, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (24837), DATED AS
OF OCTOBER 30, 1998 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 24837, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (347), DATED AS
OF OCTOBER 30, 1998 BETWEEN
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FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 347, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (23377), DATED AS
OF JUNE 24, 1998 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 23377, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (23830), DATED AS
OF JULY 10, 1998 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 23830, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (24474), DATED AS
OF APRIL 1, 1999 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 24474, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (25262), DATED AS
OF APRIL 25, 1999 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 25262, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL
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CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS
TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THAT
CERTAIN TRUST CREATED BY
TRUST AGREEMENT (49368),
DATED AS OF APRIL 25, 1999
BETWEEN FIRST SECURITY
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AND AIRCRAFT 49368, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (53623), DATED AS
OF AUGUST 18, 1999 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 53623, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (53624), DATED AS
OF AUGUST 18, 1999 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 53624, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (23771), DATED AS
OF APRIL 7, 1999 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 23771, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (23772), DATED AS
OF APRIL 1, 1999 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 23772, INC.
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FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (24355), DATED AS
OF APRIL 7, 1999 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 24355, INC.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT
IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON
BEHALF OF THAT CERTAIN
TRUST CREATED BY TRUST
AGREEMENT (24356), DATED AS
OF APRIL 7, 1999 BETWEEN
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND
AIRCRAFT 24356, INC.
By: /s/ Brett R. King
-----------------------
Name: Brett R. King
Title: Vice President
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS
TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THAT
CERTAIN TRUST CREATED UNDER
THE TRUST AGREEMENT, DATED
AS OF NOVEMBER 14, 1984
BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 49262,
INC. (AS ASSIGNEE OF CCD
AIR TEN, INC.) AND
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS
TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THAT
CERTAIN TRUST CREATED UNDER
THE TRUST AGREEMENT, DATED
AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 1984
BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 49263,
INC. (AS ASSIGNEE OF CCD
AIR TEN, INC.) AND
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Charise L. Rodgers
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Name: Charise L. Rodgers
Tile: Senior Financial
Services Officer
AIRCRAFT 24813, INC.
By: /s/ Daniel M. Chait
-----------------------
Name: Daniel M. Chait
Tile: Vice President
UNICAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Daniel M. Chait
-----------------------
Name: Daniel M. Chait
Tile: Vice President
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LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER
INC., as Agent and as a
Lender
By: /s/ Vincent Primiano
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Name: Vincent Primiano
Title: Vice President
Exhibit 4.06
[Execution Version]
INDENTURE
by and among
UCP 99-1 LLC I
and
UCP 99-1 LLC II
as Issuers,
UNICAPITAL OPERATIONS GROUP, INC.
as Servicer,
UNICAPITAL CORPORATION
as Originator,
and
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of August 1, 1999
UCP 99-1 LLC I and UCP 99-1 LLC II
Equipment Contract Backed Notes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS............................................................................................1
Section 1.01 Definitions.................................................................................1
Section 1.02 General Interpretive Principles.............................................................1
ARTICLE II. PLEDGE OF PLEDGED PROPERTY; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF NOTES AND CERTIFICATES...............................2
Section 2.01 Pledge of Pledged Property..................................................................2
Section 2.02 Indenture Trustee Holds Contracts and Contract Files........................................2
Section 2.03 Conditions to Closing.......................................................................3
Section 2.04 Acceptance by Indenture Trustee.............................................................4
Section 2.05 Liabilities of the Issuers and Parties to this Indenture; Limitations Thereon...............4
Section 2.06 Intended Tax Characterization...............................................................5
Section 2.07 Treasury Securities.........................................................................5
ARTICLE III. ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF THE PLEDGED PROPERTY........................................6
Section 3.01 Collection Account..........................................................................6
Section 3.02 Pre-Funding Account and Capitalized Interest Account........................................7
Section 3.03 Investment of Monies Held in the Accounts; Subaccounts......................................8
Section 3.04 The Note Insurance Policy..................................................................10
Section 3.05 Disbursements From Collection Account......................................................12
Section 3.06 Reserve Account............................................................................16
Section 3.07 Class B Reserve Account....................................................................18
Section 3.08 Class C Reserve Account....................................................................18
Section 3.09 Statements to Noteholders..................................................................19
Section 3.10 Application of Write-Down Amounts..........................................................22
Section 3.11 Compliance With Withholding Requirements...................................................22
ARTICLE IV. REMOVAL OF NON-CONFORMING PLEDGED PROPERTY; SUBSTITUTION OF CONTRACTS................................22
Section 4.01 Removal of Non-Conforming Pledged Property.................................................22
Section 4.02 Substitution of Contracts..................................................................23
Section 4.03 Release of Property from the Pledged Property..............................................24
ARTICLE V. THE NOTES AND THE CERTIFICATES........................................................................24
Section 5.01 The Notes and the Certificates.............................................................24
Section 5.02 Initial Issuance of Notes and Certificates.................................................27
Section 5.03 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes and Certificates............................28
Section 5.04 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes and Certificates................................29
Section 5.05 Persons Deemed Owners......................................................................29
Section 5.06 Access to List of Noteholders' Names and Addresses.........................................30
Section 5.07 Acts of Noteholders........................................................................30
Section 5.08 No Proceedings; Limited Recourse...........................................................30
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ARTICLE VI. THE ISSUERS..........................................................................................31
Section 6.01 Liability of the Issuers...................................................................31
Section 6.02 Limitation on Recourse to the Issuers......................................................31
Section 6.03 Indemnity for Liability Claims.............................................................31
Section 6.04 Liabilities................................................................................31
Section 6.05 Annual Statement as to Compliance..........................................................31
Section 6.06 Payment of Principal and Interest..........................................................32
Section 6.07 Maintenance of Office or Agency............................................................32
Section 6.08 Money for Payments to be Held in Trust.....................................................32
Section 6.09 Existence..................................................................................33
Section 6.10 Protection of Pledged Property.............................................................34
Section 6.11 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.......................................34
Section 6.12 Negative Covenants.........................................................................35
Section 6.13 Issuers May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms........................................36
Section 6.14 Successor or Transferee....................................................................37
Section 6.15 No Other Business..........................................................................38
Section 6.16 No Borrowing...............................................................................38
Section 6.17 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities..........................................38
Section 6.18 Capital Expenditures.......................................................................38
Section 6.19 Compliance with Laws.......................................................................38
Section 6.20 Further Instruments and Acts...............................................................38
ARTICLE VII. THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE...............................................................................39
Section 7.01 Duties of Indenture Trustee................................................................39
Section 7.02 Eligible Investments.......................................................................40
Section 7.03 Indenture Trustee's Assignment of Contracts................................................41
Section 7.04 Certain Matters Affecting the Indenture Trustee............................................41
Section 7.05 Indenture Trustee Not Liable for Notes, Certificates or Contracts..........................42
Section 7.06 Indenture Trustee May Own Notes............................................................43
Section 7.07 Indenture Trustee's Fees and Expenses......................................................43
Section 7.08 Eligibility Requirements for Indenture Trustee.............................................44
Section 7.09 Resignation or Removal of Indenture Trustee................................................44
Section 7.10 Successor Indenture Trustee................................................................45
Section 7.11 Merger or Consolidation of Indenture Trustee...............................................46
Section 7.12 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee..........................46
Section 7.13 Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Note............................48
Section 7.14 Suits for Enforcement......................................................................48
Section 7.15 Undertaking for Costs......................................................................48
Section 7.16 Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee........................................48
Section 7.17 Tax Returns................................................................................49
ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES........................................................................49
Section 8.01 Events of Default..........................................................................49
Section 8.02 Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Annulment.........................................51
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Section 8.03 Remedies...................................................................................51
Section 8.04 Notice of Event of Default.................................................................52
Section 8.05 Exercise of Power by Indenture Trustee.....................................................52
Section 8.06 Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.................................................52
Section 8.07 Allocation of Money Collected..............................................................53
Section 8.08 Waiver of Events of Default................................................................54
Section 8.09 Limitation On Suits........................................................................54
Section 8.10 Unconditional Right of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest.......................55
Section 8.11 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.........................................................55
Section 8.12 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.............................................................55
Section 8.13 Delay or Omission Not Waiver...............................................................56
Section 8.14 Control by Controlling Parties.............................................................56
Section 8.15 Sale of Pledged Property...................................................................56
Section 8.16 Action on Notes............................................................................57
Section 8.17 Certain Rights of the Holders of the Subordinate Notes.....................................57
ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION..........................................................................................57
Section 9.01 Optional Redemption of Notes; Final Disposition of Funds...................................57
ARTICLE X. Noteholders' Lists and Reports........................................................................58
Section 10.01 Note Registrar To Furnish To Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders.........58
Section 10.02 Preservation of Information...............................................................58
Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.................................................59
ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.............................................................................59
Section 11.01 Amendment.................................................................................59
Section 11.02 Limitation on Rights of Noteholders.......................................................60
Section 11.03 Counterparts..............................................................................60
Section 11.04 Governing Law.............................................................................60
Section 11.05 Notices...................................................................................61
Section 11.06 Severability of Provisions................................................................62
Section 11.07 Third Party Beneficiary...................................................................62
Section 11.08 Assignment................................................................................62
Section 11.09 Binding Effect............................................................................62
Section 11.10 Survival of Agreement.....................................................................62
Section 11.11 Captions..................................................................................62
Section 11.12 Annexes and Exhibits......................................................................62
Section 11.13 Calculations..............................................................................62
Section 11.14 No Proceedings............................................................................62
Exhibits
Exhibit A - Form of Custody Receipt
Exhibit B - Form of Wiring Instructions
Exhibit C - Forms of Class A Notes
Exhibit D - Forms of Subordinate Notes
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Exhibit E - Form of Certificate
Exhibit F - Form of Transferee Certification (Non-144A)
Exhibit G - Form of Transferee Certification (144A QIB)
Exhibit H - Form of Transferee Certification (Investment Company)
Exhibit I - Form of Instrument of Transfer
Annex A - Defined Terms
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This INDENTURE, dated as of August 1, 1999, is made by and among UCP
99-1 LLC I and UCP 99-1 LLC II, each a Nevada limited liability company, as
issuers (each an "Issuer", and collectively, the "Issuers"), UniCapital
Operations Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"),
UniCapital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as originator (the
"Originator"), and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, a national
banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as indenture
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
WITNESSETH:
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, and of
other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein
shall have the meanings specified in Annex A hereto.
Section 1.02 General Interpretive Principles. For purposes of this
Indenture except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Indenture have the meanings assigned to
them in this Indenture and include the plural as well as the singular, and the
use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender;
(b) accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date hereof;
(c) references herein to "Articles", "Sections", "Subsections",
"Paragraphs" and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to
designated Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of
this Indenture;
(d) a reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section
is a reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the
reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other
subdivisions;
(e) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
provision; and
(f) the term "include" or "including" shall mean without limitation by
reason of enumeration.
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ARTICLE II.
PLEDGE OF PLEDGED PROPERTY;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF NOTES AND CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Pledge of Pledged Property. Each of the Issuers,
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Indenture and upon each
execution and delivery of each Subsequent Transfer Agreement, hereby pledges,
deposits, transfers, assigns, and otherwise grants to the Indenture Trustee,
without recourse (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the Note
Insurer (collectively, the "Beneficiaries"), as provided in this Indenture, all
of its respective right, title, and interest in, to and under (a) the Equipment,
(except for any licensed products that may accompany the Equipment) and any new
unit or units of Equipment substituted for any existing unit or units of
Equipment, including all income and proceeds upon any sale or other disposition
of the Equipment, (b) the Contracts and all amendments, additions and
supplements including schedules, summary schedules and subschedules made or
hereafter made with respect thereto, (c) all monies received by the Servicer or
due in payment of the Contracts on or after the related Cut-Off Date, including,
without limitation, all Scheduled Payments thereunder (whether or not due),
Advance Payments received by the Servicer prior to the related Cut-Off Date but
not due until a Collection Period after such Cut-Off Date, any Prepayments, any
payments in respect of a casualty or early termination and any Liquidation
Proceeds received with respect thereto, but excluding any Excluded Amounts, (d)
any guarantees of an Obligor's obligations under each such Contract, (e) the
related Contract Files, (f) any Insurance Policies and Insurance Proceeds with
respect to the Contracts, (g) the Receivables Transfer Agreement, each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, each as executed and
delivered in accordance therewith, (h) all amounts on deposit in the Collection
Account, the Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, the Reserve
Account, the Class B Reserve Account and the Class C Reserve Account held by the
Indenture Trustee and all amounts collected in the Lockbox Account related to
the Contracts and (i) any and all income and proceeds of any of the foregoing
(all of the foregoing, collectively, constituting the "Pledged Property").
This Indenture is a security agreement within the meaning of Article 8
and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the States of New
York, Nevada and Minnesota. The pledge provided for in this Section 2.01 is
intended by each of the Issuers to be a grant by the Issuers to the Indenture
Trustee, for the benefit of the Beneficiaries, of a valid first priority
security interest in all of its respective right, title and interest in, to and
under the Pledged Property.
Section 2.02 Indenture Trustee Holds Contracts and Contract Files. The
executed original counterpart of each Contract, together with the other
documents or instruments, which constitute a part of a Contract File, shall be
held by the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of Beneficiaries. The Contract
File for each Contract pledged hereunder shall be delivered by or on behalf of
the Issuers to the Indenture Trustee at least two Business Days prior to (i) the
Closing Date, with respect to the Initial Contracts, and (ii) the applicable
Subsequent Transfer Date, with respect to the Subsequent Contracts. The
Indenture Trustee shall be required to issue a Custody Receipt evidencing its
receipt of the items required to be included in each Contract File no later
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than the Closing Date or the Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable. The
Indenture Trustee shall at all times maintain possession of each Contract File
on behalf of the Beneficiaries in accordance with its customary custodial
policies and procedures and shall only release Contract Files to, or at the
direction of, the Servicer in accordance with Section 3.01 of the Servicing
Agreement.
Section 2.03 Conditions to Closing. As conditions to the execution and
delivery of the Notes by the Issuers, the authentication of the Notes by the
Indenture Trustee and the sale of the Notes by the Issuers, in each case, on the
Closing Date, (i) the Issuers shall have received by wire transfer the net
proceeds of sale of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes
in authorized denominations equal in the aggregate to the Initial Class A Note
Principal Balance, the Initial Class B Note Principal Balance and the Initial
Class C Note Principal Balance, and (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall have
received the following on or before the Closing Date:
(a) The List of Initial Contracts, certified by the President, any
Senior Vice President, any Vice President or any Assistant Vice President of the
Servicer, which list shall include Contracts with an Aggregate Discounted
Contract Principal Balance as of the Initial Cut-Off Date which, when added to
the Original Pre-Funded Amount, equals or exceeds the Aggregate Initial Note
Principal Balance;
(b) Secretary's Certificates for each of the Transferors, each of the
Issuers, the Servicer and the Originator certifying to, and attaching, the
following (i) the organizational and governing documents of the respective
entity, (ii) resolutions authorizing each such entity to execute, deliver and
perform the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions
contemplated thereby and (iii) officially certified good standing certificates
for each such entity from their respective states of organization;
(c) Copies of the duly executed Financing Statements with respect to
the Initial Contracts, in accordance with the Filing Requirements, duly prepared
for filing;
(d) A certificate listing the Servicing Officers as of the Closing
Date;
(e) Executed originals of each of the Transaction Documents;
(f) A Custody Receipt, duly executed by the Indenture Trustee, with
respect to the Contract File for each Initial Contract on the List of Initial
Contracts;
(g) All Necessary Consents;
(h) An executed Note Insurance Policy;
(i) A letter from Moody's that it has assigned a rating of (i) "P-1" to
the Class A-1 Notes and (ii) "Aaa" to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes
and the Class A-4 Notes;
(j) A letter from S&P that it has assigned a rating of (i) "A-1+" to
the Class A-1 Notes and (ii) "AAA" to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes
and the Class A-4 Notes;
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(k) A letter from DCR that it has assigned a rating of at least (i)
"D-1+" to the Class A-1 Notes, (ii) "AAA" to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, (iii) "BBB" to the Class B Notes and (iv) "BB" to
the Class C Notes;
(l) A letter from Fitch that it has assigned a rating of at least (i)
"F1+/AAA" to the Class A-1 Notes, (ii) "AAA" to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class
A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, (iii) "BBB" to the Class B Notes and (iv)
"BB" to the Class C Notes; and
(m) Opinions of Counsel to the Originator, the Servicer, the
Transferors and the Issuers, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Note Insurer, covering such matters
as the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer may reasonably request, including,
without limitation, customary opinions concerning non-consolidation, true sale,
security interest, federal tax and general corporate matters.
Section 2.04 Acceptance by Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee
acknowledges its acceptance, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, of all right, title and interest in and to the Pledged Property
on behalf of the Beneficiaries and declares that the Indenture Trustee holds and
will hold such right, title and interest for the benefit of all present and
future Beneficiaries for the use and purpose and subject to the terms and
provisions of this Indenture. The Issuers hereby (a) appoint the Indenture
Trustee as each of the Issuer's agent and attorney-in-fact with all power
independently to enforce all of its rights against the Originator, the Servicer
and the Transferors hereunder, under the Receivables Transfer Agreement and
under the Servicing Agreement, as applicable, and (b) directs the Indenture
Trustee to enforce such rights upon the failure of the Issuers or the Servicer,
respectively, to do so in accordance with the Receivables Transfer Agreement and
the Servicing Agreement, as applicable. The Indenture Trustee hereby accepts
such appointment and agrees to enforce such rights in accordance with the
foregoing.
Section 2.05 Liabilities of the Issuers and Parties to this Indenture;
Limitations Thereon. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
obligations evidenced by the Notes provide recourse only to the Pledged Property
and provide no recourse against the Originator, the Originating Units, the
Transferors, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuers or any other
Person other than, with respect to the Class A Notes, the Note Insurer under the
Note Insurance Policy.
(b) Neither the Originator, the Issuers, the Transferors, the Servicer,
the Originating Units nor any other Person shall be liable to the Indenture
Trustee, the Note Insurer or the Noteholders, except as provided in Article VI
hereof, Sections 5.01 and 5.03 of the Servicing Agreement and Section 4.01(g) of
the Receivables Transfer Agreement, and, with respect to the Note Insurer except
as otherwise provided in the Insurance Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, if any Obligor fails to pay any Scheduled Payment,
Final Scheduled Payment or other amounts due under a Contract, then neither the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer nor the Noteholders will have any recourse
against the Originator, the Servicer, the Originating Units, the Issuers or the
Transferors for such Scheduled Payment, Final Scheduled Payment, other amounts
due under the Contract or any losses, damages, claims, liabilities or expenses
incurred by the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder as a direct or indirect
result thereof, except as may expressly be provided for in Article VI hereof,
Sections 5.01 and
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5.03 of the Servicing Agreement and Section 4.01(g) of the Receivables Transfer
Agreement, and, with respect to the Note Insurer, except as otherwise provided
in the Insurance Agreement.
(c) The Indenture Trustee agrees that in the event of a default by an
Obligor under the terms of a Contract, which default is not cured within any
applicable cure period set forth in such Contract, the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders shall be expressly limited to the sources of payment specified
herein. In addition, the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to exercise the
rights of the Originator or the related Originating Unit, as applicable, under
the Contracts, the Insurance Policies and any document in any Contract File in
the name of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, either directly or
through the Servicer as agent, and the Indenture Trustee is hereby directed by
the Issuers to exercise such rights; provided, however, that the Indenture
Trustee shall not be required to take any action pursuant to this Section
2.05(c) except upon written instructions from the Servicer or the Note Insurer,
in each case, if the Servicer is otherwise unable to enforce such rights on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee. The parties hereby agree that a carbon,
photographic or other reproduction of this Indenture or any financing statement
shall be sufficient as a financing statement in any State.
(d) The pledge of the Pledged Property by the Issuers pursuant to this
Indenture does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by
the Indenture Trustee, the Issuers, the Note Insurer or any Noteholder of any
obligation (except for the obligation not to disturb an Obligor's right of quiet
enjoyment) of the Originator, the applicable Originating Unit or the Servicer to
any Obligor or other Person in connection with the Equipment, the Contracts, the
Insurance Policies or any document in the Contract Files.
Section 2.06 Intended Tax Characterization. The parties hereto agree
that it is their mutual intent that, for all applicable tax purposes, the Notes
will constitute indebtedness and that for all applicable tax purposes,
accordingly, the Issuers will be treated as joint and several owners of the
Pledged Property. Further, each party hereto and each Noteholder (by receiving
and holding a Note), hereby covenants to every other party hereto and to every
other Noteholder to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all applicable tax
purposes in all tax filings, reports and returns and otherwise, and further
covenants that neither it nor any of its Affiliates will take, or participate in
the taking of or permit to be taken, any action that is inconsistent with the
treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for tax purposes unless otherwise
directed by law, rule or regulation or order of any Governmental Authority. All
successors and assigns of the parties hereto shall be bound by the provisions
hereof.
Section 2.07 Treasury Securities. In determining whether the
Noteholders of the required outstanding principal balance of the Notes have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Originator,
the Servicer, any of the Transferors, either of the Issuers, any other obligor
upon the Notes or an Affiliate of the Originator shall be considered as though
not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the
Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or
consent, only Notes which a Responsible Officer actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
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ARTICLE III.
ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF
THE PLEDGED PROPERTY
Section 3.01 Collection Account. (a) The Servicer shall establish and
maintain with the Indenture Trustee the Collection Account for the benefit of
the Beneficiaries as an Eligible Bank Account, in the name of "UCP 99-1 LLC I
and UCP 99-1 LLC II Equipment Contract Backed Notes, Series 1999-1 Collection
Account, in trust for the registered holders of Equipment Contract Backed Notes,
Series 1999-1." The Indenture Trustee shall make withdrawals from the Collection
Account only as provided in this Indenture in amounts specified in a written
direction of the Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title
and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Collection Account
and all proceeds thereof. The Collection Account shall be under the sole
dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Beneficiaries.
(b) At the times indicated in this Section 3.01(b) or in Section
3.01(c) below, the following amounts (net of Excluded Amounts) shall be
deposited in the Collection Account in immediately available funds:
(i) The Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited the
aggregate amount of Collections;
(ii) The Servicer shall deposit the aggregate Servicer
Advances payable pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Servicing Agreement;
(iii) The Servicer shall deposit any Purchase Amounts payable
by it or by the Originator pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof;
(iv) Investment Earnings (excluding Pre-Funding Earnings and
Capitalized Interest Earnings), as described in Section 3.03(a) hereof;
(v) The Indenture Trustee shall transfer from the Capitalized
Interest Account the Capitalized Interest Requirement, if any, with
respect to each Payment Date occurring during the Pre-Funding Period;
and
(vi) The amount, if any, received by the Indenture Trustee as
a result of a drawing on the Note Insurance Policy pursuant to Section
3.03(a) hereof.
(c) The Servicer shall so transfer the aggregate amount of Collections
no later than two Business Days after the Servicer's receipt of such amount. The
Servicer shall so deposit the aggregate amount of Servicer Advances no later
than the Determination Date immediately preceding each Payment Date. Except as
otherwise expressly set forth in this Indenture, any other deposits and
transfers of funds to be made pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall be made no
later than the third Business Day immediately preceding the related Payment
Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may deduct from amounts
otherwise payable to the Collection Account amounts previously deposited by the
Servicer into the
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Collection Account but (i) subsequently uncollectable as a result of dishonor of
the instrument of payment for or on behalf of the Obligor or (ii) later
determined to have resulted from mistaken deposits.
Section 3.02 Pre-Funding Account and Capitalized Interest Account.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain the Pre-Funding
Account as one or more segregated trust accounts in the name of "UCP 99-1 LLC II
Equipment Contract Backed Notes, Series 1999-1 Pre-Funding Account, in trust for
the registered holders of Equipment Contract Backed Notes, Series 1999-1." The
Indenture Trustee will make or permit withdrawals from the Pre-Funding Account
only as provided in this Indenture in amounts specified in a written direction
of the Servicer. On the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee will deposit from
the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, the Original Pre-Funded Amount in the
Pre-Funding Account. At least one Business Day prior to each Subsequent Transfer
Date, the Servicer, on behalf of LLC II, shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in
writing to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account and release to LLC II an amount
equal to the aggregate Discounted Contract Principal Balance of the Subsequent
Contracts to be transferred to LLC II as of the Subsequent Cut-Off Date upon
satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in Section 2.02 of the
Receivables Transfer Agreement with respect to the transfer of Subsequent
Contracts to LLC II. In addition, on or prior to each Payment Date, all
Pre-Funding Earnings with respect to such Payment Date shall be transferred to
the Capitalized Interest Account prior to the withdrawal of the Capitalized
Interest Requirement from the Capitalized Interest Account. Any amount remaining
on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account at the end of the Pre-Funding Period, less
any undistributed Pre-Funding Earnings, shall be distributed by the Indenture
Trustee on the Payment Date immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding
Period to the Noteholders as a prepayment of principal in accordance with
Section 3.05(b).
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain the Capitalized
Interest Account as one or more segregated trust accounts in the name of "UCP
99-1 LLC I and UCP 99-1 LLC II Equipment Contract Backed Notes, Series 1999-1
Capitalized Interest Account, in trust for the registered holders of Equipment
Contract Backed Notes, Series 1999-1." The Indenture Trustee shall make or
permit withdrawals from the Capitalized Interest Account only as provided in
this Indenture in amounts specified in a written direction of the Servicer. On
the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee will deposit from the proceeds of the
sale of the Notes, the Capitalized Interest Account Deposit in the Capitalized
Interest Account. On each Payment Date occurring during the Pre-Funding Period
only, the Indenture Trustee shall transfer from the Capitalized Interest Account
into the Collection Account the Capitalized Interest Requirement, if any, for
such Payment Date. If on any Payment Date the amount on deposit in the
Capitalized Interest Account exceeds the Capitalized Interest Required Reserve
Amount, the Indenture Trustee will distribute such excess to the Issuers in
accordance with their respective percentage interests of Certificates. Any
amount remaining on deposit in the Capitalized Interest Account on the Payment
Date immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding Period (after taking into
account any transfer to be made from the Capitalized Interest Account into the
Collection Account on such Payment Date) shall be released by the Indenture
Trustee to the Issuers in accordance with their respective percentage interests
of Certificates, and the Capitalized Interest Account shall thereafter be
closed.
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Section 3.03 Investment of Monies Held in the Accounts; Subaccounts.
(a) The Servicer shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to
invest the amounts in each Account in Eligible Investments that mature not later
than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment Date following the
investment of such amounts. Eligible Investments shall not be sold or disposed
of prior to their maturities. Investment Earnings on amounts held in the
Collection Account shall be deposited in the Collection Account as earned. The
amount of any Insured Payment shall be held uninvested.
(b) The Indenture Trustee and the Servicer may, from time to time and
in connection with the administration of any Account, establish and maintain
with the Indenture Trustee one or more sub-accounts of any of the Accounts.
(c) Any investment of funds in the Accounts shall be made in Eligible
Investments held by a financial institution in accordance with the following
requirements:
(i) all Eligible Investments shall be held in an account with
such financial institution in the name of the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) all Eligible Investments held in such accounts shall be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee in the following manner:
(A) with respect to bankers' acceptances, commercial
paper, negotiable certificates of deposit and other
obligations that constitute "instruments" within the meaning
of Section 9-105 (1)(i) of the UCC (other than certificated
securities) and are susceptible of physical delivery,
transferred to the Indenture Trustee by physical delivery to
the Indenture Trustee, indorsed to, or registered in the name
of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or indorsed in blank;
or such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter
become appropriate to effect the complete transfer of
ownership of any such Eligible Investments to the Indenture
Trustee free 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), transferred:
(1) by physical delivery of such
certificated security to the Indenture Trustee,
provided that if the certificated security is in
registered form, it shall be indorsed to, or
registered in the mane of, the Indenture Trustee or
indorsed in blank;
(2) 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 indorsed to the Indenture Trustee by
an effective indorsement.
(C) with respect to any security issued by the U.S.
Treasury, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or by the
Federal National Mortgage
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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
property to an appropriate book-entry account maintained with
a Federal Reserve Bank by a securities intermediary which is
also a "depositary" 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 of the purchase by the
securities intermediary on behalf of the Indenture Trustee of
such book-entry security; 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 and indicating that such securities
intermediary holds such book-entry security solely as agent
for the Indenture Trustee; or such additional or alternative
procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect
complete transfer of ownership of any such Eligible
Investments to the Indenture Trustee free of any adverse
claims, consistent with changes in applicable law or
regulations or the interpretation thereof;
(D) with respect to any "uncertificated security" (as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) that is not
governed by clause (C) above, transferred:
(1)(A) by registration to the Indenture
Trustee as the registered owner thereof, on the books
and records of the issuer thereof, or
(B) by registration to another Person (not a
securities intermediary) that either becomes the
registered owner of the uncertificated security on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee or, having become the
registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the
Indenture Trustee; or
(2) by the issuer thereof having agreed that
it will comply with instructions originated by the
Indenture Trustee without further consent of the
registered owner thereof;
(E) with respect to any "security entitlement" (as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC):
(1) if a securities intermediary
(A) indicates by book-entry that a
"financial asset" (as defined in Section
8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) has been credited to
the Indenture Trustee's "securities account"
(as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC),
(B) receives a financial asset (as
so defined) from the Indenture
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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 (as so
defined),
(C) becomes obligated under other
law, regulation or rule to credit a
financial asset to the Indenture Trustee's
securities account, or
(D) has agreed that it will comply
with "entitlements 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
(2) such financial asset either is such
Eligible Investment or a security entitlement
evidencing a claim thereto; and
(F) in each case of delivery contemplated pursuant to
clauses (A) through (E) of subsection (ii) hereof, 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 such Eligible Investment is held
in trust pursuant to and as provided in this Indenture.
Any cash held by the Indenture Trustee shall not be considered a "financial
asset" for purposes of this Section 3.03(c). Subject to the other provisions
hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall have sole control over each such investment
and the income thereon, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any
such investment, if any, shall be delivered directly to the Indenture Trustee or
its agent, together with each document of transfer, if any, necessary to
transfer title to such investment to the Indenture Trustee in a manner with
complies with this Section 3.03
Section 3.04 The Note Insurance Policy.
(a) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine the
Available Distribution Amount with respect to the immediately following Payment
Date and shall inform the Indenture Trustee in writing no later than 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on such Determination Date of such Available Distribution
Amount.
(b) If the Servicer's Monthly Statement indicates that there will be an
Available Funds Shortfall with respect to any Payment Date, the Indenture
Trustee shall complete a Notice in the form of Exhibit A to the Note Insurance
Policy and submit such notice to the Note Insurer via facsimile transmission no
later than 12:00 noon New York City time on the second Business Day preceding
such Payment Date as a claim for an Insured Payment in an amount equal to such
Available Funds Shortfall.
(c) Upon receipt of Insured Payments from the Note Insurer, the
Indenture Trustee shall immediately deposit such Insured Payments in the
Collection Account and shall distribute such Insured Payments, or the proceeds
thereof, in accordance with Section 3.05 hereof to the applicable Class A
Noteholders exclusively. The parties hereto recognize that the
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making of an Insured Payment does not relieve any of the parties hereto of any
obligation hereunder or under any of the Transaction Documents.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall (x) receive Insured Payments as
attorney-in-fact of each of the Class A Noteholders and (y) disburse such
Insured Payment to the Class A Noteholders as set forth in Section 3.05 hereof.
The Note Insurer shall be entitled to receive the related Reimbursement Amount
pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(xiii) and Section 3.05(b)(xvii) hereof with respect
to each Insured Payment made by the Note Insurer. The Indenture Trustee hereby
agrees on behalf of each Class A Noteholder and the Issuers for the benefit of
the Note Insurer that it recognizes that to the extent the Note Insurer makes
Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying through the
Indenture Trustee), to the Class A Noteholders, the Note Insurer will be
entitled to receive the related Reimbursement Amount pursuant to Section
3.05(b)(xiii) and Section 3.05(b)(xvii) hereof.
(e) The Class A Notes will be insured by the Note Insurer pursuant to
the terms set forth in the Note Insurance Policy, notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary contained in this Indenture. All amounts received under the Note
Insurance Policy shall be used solely for the payment to Class A Noteholders of
principal on the applicable Class A Maturity Date and interest on the Class A
Notes on each Payment Date and to repay amounts disgorged by Class A Noteholders
as set forth in paragraph (f) below.
(f) If a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee at any time has
actual knowledge that there will not be sufficient moneys in the Collection
Account to make all required payments of principal and interest to the Class A
Noteholders on the applicable Payment Date as set forth on the related Monthly
Statement, the Indenture Trustee shall immediately notify the Note Insurer or
its designee by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing by overnight mail or
facsimile transmission, of the amount of such deficiency. In addition, if a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual notice that any of the
Class A Noteholders have been required to disgorge payments of principal or
interest on the Class A Note pursuant to a final judgment by a court of
competent jurisdiction that such payment constitutes a voidable preference to
such Holders within the meaning of any applicable bankruptcy laws, then the
Indenture Trustee shall notify the Note Insurer or its designees of such fact in
writing by overnight mail or facsimile transmission. Such notice shall be in
addition to the procedures set forth in the Note Insurance Policy for making a
claim under the Note Insurance Policy.
(g) To the extent that the Note Insurer makes payments, directly or
indirectly, on account of principal of or interest on the Class A Notes, the
Note Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of the Class A
Notes to receive distributions of principal and interest in accordance with the
terms hereof.
(h) The parties hereto grant to the Note Insurer, for so long as (i)
the Note Insurance Policy is then in effect in accordance with its terms and
(ii) a Note Insurer Default has not then occurred and is continuing, the right
of prior approval of amendments or supplements to the Transaction Documents and
of the exclusive exercise of any option, vote, right, power or the like
available to the Class A Noteholders hereunder.
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(i) The Indenture Trustee shall surrender the Note Insurance Policy to
the Note Insurer for cancellation upon the expiration of the Note Insurance
Policy in accordance with the terms thereof.
Section 3.05 Disbursements From Collection Account. (a) On each Payment
Date prior to the declaration of an Event of Default hereunder, the Indenture
Trustee shall pay the Available Funds then on deposit in the Collection Account
with respect to the related Collection Period, as indicated on the Monthly
Statement, as applicable, to the Persons to which such money is then due,
calculated on the basis of and in accordance with the Monthly Statement for the
related Collection Period; provided, however, that in the event the Servicer
fails to deliver a Monthly Statement by a Payment Date the Indenture Trustee
shall, nevertheless, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section
3.05(b), pay interest on each Class of Notes from the sources of funding set
forth herein, in each case in an amount with respect to each Class equal to the
product of (i) one-twelfth (or, with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of actual days in the related Interest
Accrual Period, and the denominator of which is 360), (ii) the related Note Rate
and (iii) the related Note Principal Balance, as reflected on the Monthly
Statement most recently delivered by the Servicer (net of any principal payments
in respect thereof on the immediately preceding Payment Date). After the
declaration of an Event of Default hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall
distribute Available Funds in accordance with Section 8.07 hereof.
(b) On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall pay the Available
Funds then on deposit in the Collection Account with respect to the related
Collection Period (plus, where indicated, amounts transferred from the Reserve
Account, the Class B Reserve Account or the Class C Reserve Account, as
applicable, or received from the Note Insurer) to the following Persons, in the
following order of priority, without duplication:
(i) To the Servicer by wire transfer of immediately available
funds, the aggregate amount of any Excluded Amounts inadvertently
deposited in the Collection Account;
(ii) To any party entitled thereto, by check, any indemnity
payments paid pursuant to any Contract, to the extent that such amounts
are inadvertently deposited in the Collection Account;
(iii) To the Servicer by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated in writing by the Servicer,
the aggregate amount of the following:
(A) An amount equal to the unreimbursed Servicer
Advances (other than Servicer Advances for the current
Collection Period);
(B) So long as UOG or any of its Affiliates is not
then acting as Servicer, an amount equal to the Servicer Fee
owing on such Payment Date, plus any unpaid Servicer Fee owing
from prior Collection Periods; and
(C) Any Servicing Charges inadvertently deposited in
the Collection Account;
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(iv) To the Note Insurer by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated in writing by the Note
Insurer, an amount equal to the Premium Amount owing on such Payment
Date, plus any unpaid Premium Amounts from prior Collection Periods;
(v) To the Indenture Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated in writing by the Indenture
Trustee, an amount equal to the Indenture Trustee Fees owing on such
Payment Date, plus any unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees from prior
Collection Periods, subject to the limitation set forth in Section
7.07(a)(ii) hereof;
(vi) To the Indenture Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated in writing by the Indenture
Trustee, an amount equal to the reimbursable expenses due and unpaid to
the Indenture Trustee in accordance with and subject to Section
7.07(a)(ii) hereof;
(vii) To the Class A-1 Noteholders (including the Note Insurer
as subrogee), the Class A-1 Note Interest for the related Collection
Period, to the Class A-2 Noteholders (including the Note Insurer as
subrogee), the Class A-2 Note Interest for the related Collection
Period, to the Class A-3 Noteholders (including the Note Insurer as
subrogee), the Class A-3 Note Interest for the related Collection
Period, and to the Class A-4 Noteholders (including the Note Insurer as
subrogee), the Class A-4 Note Interest for the related Collection
Period, pari passu based on the interest due on each such Class of
Notes, and, if the Available Funds are insufficient to pay such
amounts, the deficiency will be funded from the following sources in
the following order of priority: (A) from the amounts on deposit in the
Reserve Account on such Payment Date, if any, and (B) from the Insured
Payment made by the Note Insurer with respect to such Payment Date, if
any;
(viii) To the Class B Noteholders, the Class B Note Interest,
and, if the Available Funds are insufficient to pay such amount, the
Class B Noteholders will receive such deficiency from the amounts on
deposit in the Class B Reserve Account on such Payment Date, if any,
available therefor, with any remaining deficiency from the amounts on
deposit in the Reserve Account, if any, available therefor;
(ix) To the Class C Noteholders, the Class C Note Interest,
and, if the Available Funds are insufficient to pay such amount, the
Class C Noteholders will receive such deficiency from amounts on
deposit in the Class C Reserve Account on such Payment Date, if any,
available therefor, with any remaining deficiency from the amounts on
deposit in the Reserve Account, if any, available therefor;
(x) Until the Class A-1 Note Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero, to the Class A-1 Noteholders (including the Note
Insurer as subrogee), the lesser of (a) the outstanding Class A-1 Note
Principal Balance and (b) the Base Principal Amount, and, if such
Payment Date is the Class A-1 Maturity Date, and the remaining
Available Funds are insufficient to reduce the Class A-1 Note Balance
to zero, the deficiency will be funded from the following sources in
the following order of priority: (A) from the
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amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account on such Payment Date, if any,
after making the payments of interest, if any, to the Class A, Class B
and Class C Noteholders pursuant to clauses (vii), (viii) and (ix) on
such Payment Date, and (B) from the Insured Payment made by the Note
Insurer with respect to such Payment Date;
(xi) Until the Class A Note Principal Balance has been reduced
to zero, to the other Class A Noteholders (including the Note Insurer
as subrogee), the sum of (a) the Class A Base Principal Distribution
Amount for such Payment Date and (b) any Class A Overdue Principal,
such amount to be applied sequentially, with 100% of such amount being
applied to reduce the applicable Note Principal Balance of the Class A
Notes then outstanding and having the lowest numerical designation
(e.g., first to the Class A-2 Notes) to zero before any principal
payment is made to the next Class, and, if the Available Funds are
insufficient to pay such amounts, the deficiency will be funded from
the following sources in the following order of priority: (A) from the
amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account on such Payment Date, if any,
after making the payments of interest, if any, to the Class A, Class B
and Class C Noteholders pursuant to clauses (vii), (viii) and (ix) on
such Payment Date and the payment of principal, if any, to the Class
A-1 Noteholders pursuant to clause (x) on such Payment Date, and (B) if
such Payment Date is the Class A-2 Maturity Date, the Class A-3
Maturity Date or the Class A-4 Maturity Date, from the Insured Payment
made by the Note Insurer with respect to such Payment Date;
(xii) To the Class D Noteholders, the Class D Note Interest;
(xiii) To the Note Insurer, the unpaid Reimbursement Amount,
if any, subject to a maximum aggregate amount of $500,000, solely with
respect to clause (ii) of the definition of Reimbursement Amount;
provided, that such $500,000 limitation shall not apply to (a) any
annual audit fees payable to the Independent Public Accountants in
accordance with the Insurance Agreement and (b) any costs and expenses
incurred by the Note Insurer after the occurrence of, and during the
continuance of, a Restricting Event to the extent that such costs and
expenses were incurred in the reasonable judgment of the Note Insurer
to preserve the Pledged Property or improve the cashflow thereon;
(xiv) To the Servicer, so long as UOG or any of its Affiliates
is then acting as Servicer, by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account designated in writing by the Servicer, an amount
equal to the Servicer Fee owing on such Payment Date, plus any unpaid
Servicer Fee owing from prior Collection Periods;
(xv) On and after the Payment Date on which the Class A-1 Note
Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, until the Class B Note
Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, to the Class B Noteholders,
from the Available Funds then remaining in the Collection Account, the
sum of (a) the Class B Base Principal Distribution Amount for such
Payment Date and (b) any Class B Overdue Principal; provided, however,
that if a Restricting Event exists on such Payment Date, the amount
otherwise required to be paid to the Class B Noteholders under this
clause (xv), shall instead be paid to the Class A Noteholders
(including the Note Insurer as subrogee) during such
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time as a Restricting Event is continuing as an additional reduction of
the Class A Note Principal Balance up to the amount necessary to reduce
the Class A Note Principal Balance to zero (and shall be paid in the
sequential-pay fashion described in clause (xi) above); and provided,
further, that if the Available Funds are insufficient to pay such
amount to the Class B Noteholders, the deficiency will be funded from
the following sources in the following order of priority: (A) if such
Payment Date is the Class B Maturity Date, from the amounts on deposit
in the Class B Reserve Account on such Payment Date, if any, available
therefor, after making the payment of interest, if any, pursuant to
clause (viii) on such Payment Date, and (B) from the amounts on deposit
in the Reserve Account on such Payment Date, if any, available
therefor, after making the payments, if any, pursuant to clauses (vii),
(viii), (ix), (x) and (xi) on such Payment Date;
(xvi) On and after the Payment Date on which the Class A-1
Note Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, until the Class C Note
Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, to the Class C Noteholders,
from the Available Funds then remaining in the Collection Account, the
sum of (a) the Class C Base Principal Distribution Amount for such
Payment Date and (b) any Class C Overdue Principal; provided, however,
that if a Restricting Event exists on such Payment Date, the amount
otherwise required to be paid to the Class C Noteholders under this
clause (xvi), shall instead be paid (a) to the Class A Noteholders
(including the Note Insurer as subrogee) during such time as a
Restricting Event is continuing as an additional reduction of the Class
A Note Principal Balance up to the amount necessary to reduce the Class
A Note Principal Balance to zero (and shall be paid in the
sequential-pay fashion described in clause (xi) above) and (b) then to
the Class B Noteholders as an additional reduction of the Class B Note
Principal Balance up to the amount necessary to reduce the Class B Note
Principal Balance to zero; and provided, further, that if the Available
Funds are insufficient to pay such amount to the Class C Noteholders,
the deficiency will be funded from the following sources in the
following order of priority: (A) if such Payment Date is the Class C
Maturity Date, from the amounts on deposit in the Class C Reserve
Account on such Payment Date, if any, after making the payment of
interest, if any, available therefor, pursuant to clause (ix) on such
Payment Date, and (B) from the amounts on deposit in the Reserve
Account on such Payment Date, if any, available therefor, after making
the payments, if any, pursuant to clauses (vii), (viii), (ix), (x),
(xi) and (xv) on such Payment Date;
(xvii) To the Note Insurer, the unpaid Reimbursement Amount,
if any, to the extent not paid under clause (xiii) above;
(xviii) On and after the Payment Date on which the Note
Principal Balances of all other classes of Notes have been paid to
zero, until the Class D Note Principal Balance has been reduced to
zero, to the Class D Noteholders, from the Available Funds then
remaining in the Collection Account, the sum of (a) the Class D Base
Principal Distribution Amount, and (b) any Class D Overdue Principal;
and provided, further, that if the Available Funds are insufficient to
pay such amount to the Class D Noteholders, the deficiency will be
funded from the amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account
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on such Payment Date, if any, available therefor, after making the
payments, if any, pursuant to clauses (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi),
(xv) and (xvi) on such Payment Date;
(xix) To the Reserve Account, the amount necessary to maintain
the amount on deposit therein (after giving effect to all withdrawals
from the Reserve Account on such date) at the Requisite Amount for such
Payment Date;
(xx) To the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee Expenses
then due together with any Indenture Trustee Expenses from prior
Collection Periods, to the extent not paid under clause (vi) above;
(xxi) To the Class B Noteholders, the amount of any Write-Down
Amount previously allocated to the Class B Notes and not previously
paid pursuant to this clause (xxi) or from excess amounts previously
released from the Reserve Account or the Class B Reserve Account in
accordance with Sections 3.06(c) and 3.07(c), respectively;
(xxii) To the Class C Noteholders, the amount of any
Write-Down Amount previously allocated to the Class C Notes and not
previously paid pursuant to this clause (xxii) or from excess amounts
previously released from the Reserve Account or the Class C Reserve
Account in accordance with Sections 3.06(c) and 3.08(c), respectively;
(xxiii) To the Class D Noteholders, the amount of any
Write-Down Amount previously allocated to the Class D Notes and not
previously paid pursuant to this clause (xxiii) or from excess amounts
previously released from the Reserve Account in accordance with Section
3.06(c); and
(xxiv) To the Certificateholders, any remaining amounts, pro
rata in accordance with their respective percentage interests;
provided, however, that during the continuance of a Restricting Event,
no distribution will be made to the Certificateholders. Instead, such
amount will be paid to the most senior class of Notes then outstanding
and then to each Class of Notes subordinate to such senior class of
Notes in a "sequential-pay fashion" until the Note Principal Balance of
each Class of Notes has been paid in full.
(c) All payments to Noteholders shall be made on each Payment Date to
each Noteholder of record on the related Record Date by check, or, if requested
by such Noteholder, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account designated in writing in the form of Exhibit B hereto (or such other
account as the Noteholder may designate in writing) delivered to the Indenture
Trustee on or prior to the related Determination Date in amounts equal to such
Noteholder's pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest of such Noteholder
in the related Class of Notes) of the payment in respect of such Class of Notes.
Section 3.06 Reserve Account. (a) The Indenture Trustee shall
establish and maintain the Reserve Account as one or more segregated trust
accounts in the name of "UCP 99-1 LLC I and UCP 99-1 LLC II Equipment Contract
Backed Notes, Series 1999-1 Reserve Account, in trust for the registered holders
of Equipment Contract Backed Notes, Series 1999-1." The Indenture Trustee shall
make or permit withdrawals from the Reserve Account only as provided in this
Indenture in amounts specified in a written direction of the Servicer. On the
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Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall deposit from the proceeds of the sale
of the Notes, the Initial Reserve Account Deposit into the Reserve Account. In
addition, on or prior to each Payment Date, all Reserve Account Earnings shall
be deposited in the Reserve Account prior to making any withdrawals from the
Reserve Account on each Payment Date.
(b) On each Payment Date, the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account
will be withdrawn by the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Servicer, to
the extent necessary, to fund any deficiencies in the following amounts, in the
following order of priority:
(i) the Class A Note Interest then due on each Class of Class
A Notes;
(ii) the Class B Note Interest then due, but only after first
exhausting the amounts on deposit in the Class B Reserve Account on
such Payment Date;
(iii) the Class C Note Interest then due, but only after first
exhausting the amounts on deposit in the Class C Reserve Account on
such Payment Date;
(iv) the amount necessary to reduce the Note Principal Balance
of any Class of Notes having its Maturity Date on such Payment Date to
zero (in the order of priority among each such class of Notes, as each
such class of Notes receives principal payments pursuant to Section
3.05(b)); but only, in the case of the Class B and Class C Notes, after
exhausting the amounts on deposit in Class B Reserve Account or the
Class C Reserve Account, as applicable, on such Payment Date;
(v) the Class A Base Principal Distribution Amount, plus any
Class A Overdue Principal owing on such Payment Date;
(vi) the Class B Base Principal Distribution Amount, plus any
Class B Overdue Principal owing on such Payment Date;
(vii) the Class C Base Principal Distribution Amount, plus any
Class C Overdue Principal owing on such Payment Date; and
(viii) the Class D Base Principal Distribution Amount, plus
any Class D Overdue Principal owing on such Payment Date.
(c) On each Payment Date, following the payment in full of all Required
Distributions, the remaining Available Funds, if any, shall be deposited in the
Reserve Account in the amount necessary to maintain the amount on deposit in the
Reserve Account at the Requisite Amount with respect to such Payment Date. On
any Payment Date, if the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account (after giving
effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date in accordance with the
foregoing) is in excess of the Requisite Amount with respect to such Payment
Date, such excess shall be released to the holders of the Certificates in
accordance with their respective percentage interests, unless a Restricting
Event or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case such
excess will be retained in the Reserve Account. On the Payment Date on which the
Note Principal Balance of each class of Notes has been paid in full, the amount
remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account shall be released to the
Certificateholders in accordance with their respective percentage interest of
Certificates.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to releasing any amounts from the Reserve
Account to the Certificateholders on any Payment Date, such amount shall first
be applied to repay any outstanding Write-Down Amounts allocated to the
Subordinate Notes in the same order of priority as such Write-Down Amounts are
to be repaid on each Payment Date in accordance with Section 3.05(b).
Section 3.07 Class B Reserve Account. (a) The Indenture Trustee
shall establish and maintain the Class B Reserve Account as one or more
segregated trust accounts in the name of "UCP 99-1 LLC I and UCP 99-1 LLC II
Equipment Contract Backed Notes, Series 1999-1 Class B Reserve Account, in trust
for the registered holders of Equipment Contract Backed Notes, Series 1999-1,
Class B." The Indenture Trustee shall make or permit withdrawals from the Class
B Reserve Account only as provided in this Indenture in amounts specified in a
written direction of the Servicer. On the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall deposit from the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, the Class B Initial
Reserve Account Requirement into the Class B Reserve Account. In addition, on or
prior to each Payment Date, all Class B Reserve Account Earnings shall be
deposited in the Class B Reserve Account prior to making any withdrawals from
the Class B Reserve Account on each Payment Date.
(b) On each Payment Date, the amount on deposit in the Class B Reserve
Account will be withdrawn by the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the
Servicer, to the extent necessary, to fund any deficiencies in the following
amounts, in the following order of priority:
(i) the Class B Note Interest then due; and
(ii) on the Class B Maturity Date, the amount necessary to
reduce the Class B Note Principal Balance to zero.
(c) On any Payment Date, if the amount on deposit in the Class B
Reserve Account (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such
Payment Date in accordance with the foregoing) is in excess of the Class B
Requisite Amount with respect to such Payment Date, such excess shall be
released to the holders of the Certificates in accordance with their respective
percentage interests, unless a Restricting Event or an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, in which case the excess will be retained in the
Class B Reserve Account. Following the initial deposit of the Class B Initial
Reserve Account Requirement into the Class B Reserve Account, no additional
amounts will be deposited into the Class B Reserve Account. On the Payment Date
on which the Class B Note Principal Balance has been paid in full, the amount
remaining on deposit in the Class B Reserve Account shall be released to the
Certificateholders in accordance with their respective percentage interest of
Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to releasing any amounts from
the Class B Reserve Account to the Certificateholders on any Payment Date, such
amount shall first be applied to repay any outstanding Write-Down Amounts
allocated to the Class B Notes.
Section 3.08 Class C Reserve Account. (a) The Indenture Trustee
shall establish and maintain the Class C Reserve Account as one or more
segregated trust accounts in the name of "UCP 99-1 LLC I and UCP 99-1 LLC II
Equipment Contract
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Backed Notes, Series 1999-1 Class C Reserve Account, in trust for the registered
holders of Equipment Contract Backed Notes, Series 1999-1, Class C." The
Indenture Trustee shall make or permit withdrawals from the Class C Reserve
Account only as provided in this Indenture in amounts specified in a written
direction of the Servicer. On the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall
deposit from the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, the Class C Initial Reserve
Account Requirement into the Class C Reserve Account. In addition, on or prior
to each Payment Date, all Class C Reserve Account Earnings shall be deposited in
the Class C Reserve Account prior to making any withdrawals from the Class C
Reserve Account on each Payment Date. On each Payment Date, the amount on
deposit in the Class C Reserve Account will be withdrawn, to the extent
necessary, to fund any deficiencies in the following amounts, in the following
order of priority:
(i) the Class C Note Interest then due; and
(ii) on the Class C Maturity Date, the amount necessary to
reduce the Class C Note Principal Balance to zero.
(b) On any Payment Date, if the amount on deposit in the Class C
Reserve Account (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such
Payment Date in accordance with the foregoing) is in excess of the Class C
Requisite Amount with respect to such Payment Date, such excess shall be
released to the holders of the Certificates in accordance with their respective
percentage interests, unless a Restricting Event or an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, in which case the excess will be retained in the
Class C Reserve Account. Following the initial deposit of the of the Class C
Initial Reserve Account Requirement into the Class C Reserve Account, no
additional amounts will be deposited into the Class C Reserve Account. On the
Payment Date on which the Class C Note Principal Balance has been paid in full,
the amount remaining on deposit in the Class C Reserve Account shall be released
to the Certificateholders in accordance with their respective percentage
interest of Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to releasing any
amounts from the Class C Reserve Account to the Certificateholders on any
Payment Date, such amount shall first be applied to repay any outstanding
Write-Down Amounts allocated to the Class C Notes.
Section 3.09 Statements to Noteholders. (a) If the Servicer has
delivered the Monthly Statement to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer on
the preceding Determination Date in accordance with Section 4.08 of the
Servicing Agreement, then on each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will
deliver to the Noteholders, the Initial Purchasers, the Note Insurer and the
Rating Agencies a statement (which statement will be prepared by the Servicer
not later than such preceding Determination Date and may be included in the
Monthly Statement) setting forth the following information (per $1,000 of the
Initial Class A Note Principal Amount, the Initial Class B Note Principal
Amount, the Initial Class C Note Principal Amount or the Initial Class D Note
Principal Amount (as the case may be) as to (i) and (ii) below):
(i) With respect to a statement to any Noteholder, the amount
of each payment allocable to such Noteholder's Percentage Interest of
the Class A, Class B, Class C or Class D Base Principal Distribution
Amount and Class A, Class B, Class C or Class D Overdue Principal, as
applicable;
(ii) With respect to a statement to any Noteholder, the amount
of each payment allocable to such Noteholder's Percentage Interest of
Class A-1, Class A-2,
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Class A-3, Class A-4, Class B, Class C or Class D Note Current Interest
and Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class B, Class C or
Class D Overdue Interest, as applicable;
(iii) The aggregate amount of fees and compensation received
by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(b) hereof for the related
Collection Period;
(iv) The aggregate Class A Note Principal Balance (and,
individually, the Class A-1 Note Principal Balance, the Class A-2 Note
Principal Balance, the Class A-3 Note Principal Balance, the Class A-4
Note Principal Balance), the aggregate Class B Note Principal Balance,
the aggregate Class C Note Principal Balance, the aggregate Class D
Note Principal Balance, the Class A Note Factor, the Class B Note
Factor, the Class C Note Factor, the Class D Note Factor, the Pool
Factor and the Aggregate Discounted Contract Principal Balance, after
taking into account all distributions made on such Payment Date;
(v) The total unreimbursed Servicer Advances with respect to
the related Collection Period;
(vi) The amount of Liquidation Proceeds for the related
Collection Period and the amount of Liquidation Proceeds cumulatively
since the Initial Cut-Off Date, the Aggregate Discounted Contract
Principal Balances for all Contracts that became 60-Day Delinquent
Contracts, Defaulted Contracts or Charged-Off Contracts (calculated
immediately prior to the time such Contracts became Charged-Off
Contracts) during the related Collection Period, and the Aggregate
Discounted Contract Principal Balances for all Contracts that became
and remain Charged-Off Contracts since the Initial Cut-Off Date
(calculated immediately prior to the time such Contracts became
Charged-Off Contracts);
(vii) The total number of Contracts and the Aggregate
Discounted Contract Principal Balances thereof, together with the
number and Aggregate Discounted Contract Principal Balances of all
Contracts as to which the Obligors, as of the related Calculation Date,
have missed one, two, three or four Scheduled Payments (including Final
Scheduled Payments), and 60-Day Delinquent Contracts, Defaulted
Contracts and Charged-Off Contracts reconveyed;
(viii) The amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account, the
Capitalized Interest Account, the Reserve Account, the Class B Reserve
Account and the Class C Reserve Account, in each case, after giving
effect to all payments made on such Payment Date;
(ix) The amount of any Write-Down Amount allocated on such
Payment Date with respect to each class of Subordinate Notes;
(x) The Class A Enhancement Percentage, the Delinquency
Trigger Ratio, the Defaulted Contract Trigger Ratio and the Cumulative
Net Charge-Off Ratio; and
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(xi) The excess of the Aggregate Discounted Contract Principal
Balance of all Contracts as of the end of the preceding Collection
Period plus the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account, if any,
as of the end of the preceding Collection Period over the aggregate
Note Principal Balances of all Classes of Notes at the end of such
Payment Date, after reflecting all payments of principal and
application of Write-Down Amounts.
(b) By January 31 of each calendar year, commencing January 31, 2000,
or as otherwise required by applicable law, the Indenture Trustee shall furnish
to each Person who at any time during the immediately preceding calendar year
was a Noteholder a statement prepared by the Servicer, and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee, containing the applicable aggregate amounts paid to such
Noteholder for such calendar year or, in the event such Person was a Noteholder
during a portion of such calendar year, for the applicable portion of such year,
for the purposes of such Noteholder's preparation of federal income tax returns.
In addition to the foregoing the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee (to the
extent the Servicer has provided the necessary information to the Indenture
Trustee) shall make available to Noteholders or the Note Insurer any other
information provided to the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee or otherwise in
the Indenture Trustee's possession reasonably requested by Noteholders or the
Note Insurer in connection with tax matters.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall promptly send to each Noteholder, each
Initial Purchaser, the Note Insurer and to the Rating Agencies in writing:
(i) Notice of any breach by the Transferors, the Issuers, the
Originator or the Servicer of any of their respective representations,
warranties and covenants made in any of the Transaction Documents, of
which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual
knowledge or received written notice;
(ii) A copy of each Servicer annual compliance statement
delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.09 of the
Servicing Agreement;
(iii) Notice of any breach by the Indenture Trustee of its
representations and warranties set forth in Section 7.16 hereof of
which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge or received written
notice;
(iv) Notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default of which
a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge or
received written notice;
(v) Notice of any Event of Servicing Termination, default
under the Insurance Agreement or any other default under any of the
Transaction Documents of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee has actual knowledge or received written notice; and
(vi) Notice of the resignation or removal of the Indenture
Trustee.
Except as may be specifically provided herein, the Indenture Trustee shall have
no obligation to seek to obtain any such information.
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Section 3.10 Application of Write-Down Amounts. On each Payment Date,
after taking into account all distributions of principal on such Payment Date,
the Servicer shall allocate the Write-Down Amount with respect to such Payment
Date as follows:
(i) first, as a reduction in the Class D Note Principal
Balance, until the Class D Note Principal Balance equals zero;
(ii) second, any remaining Write-Down Amount after application
against the Class D Note Principal Balance shall be allocated as a
reduction in the Class C Note Principal Balance, until the Class C Note
Principal Balance equals zero; and
(iii) third, any remaining Write-Down Amount after application
against the Class C Note Principal Balance shall be allocated as a
reduction in the Class B Note Principal Balance of the Class B Notes,
until the Class B Note Principal Balance equals zero.
Section 3.11 Compliance With Withholding Requirements. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee, as paying agent
for and on behalf of, and at the direction of the Servicer, shall comply with
all federal withholding requirements respecting payments (or advances thereof)
to Noteholders as may be applicable to instruments constituting indebtedness for
federal income tax purposes. Any amounts so withheld shall be treated as having
been paid to the related Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture. In no
event shall the consent of Noteholders be required for any withholding.
ARTICLE IV.
REMOVAL OF NON-CONFORMING PLEDGED
PROPERTY; SUBSTITUTION OF CONTRACTS
Section 4.01 Removal of Non-Conforming Pledged Property. (a) Upon
discovery by the Issuers, the Note Insurer, the Originator, the Servicer (or any
of its successors or assigns) or in the case of the Indenture Trustee, upon
actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, of a breach
of any of the representations or warranties set forth in Section 2.03 of the
Servicing Agreement that materially and adversely affects any Contract, the
related Equipment or the related Contract File, as the case may be, or if the
Servicer fails to cause delivery of evidence of filing or copies of any UCC
financing statement or delivery of any Certificate of Title in accordance with
the Servicing Agreement or otherwise fails to satisfy the Filing Requirements
(any such event, a "Warranty Event"), the party (including any such successor or
assign) discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties. On or before the second Payment Date following the month of its
discovery or its receipt of notice of such breach or failure (or, at the
Servicer's or the Originator's election, as applicable, any earlier date), in
the event that any such breach or failure has not been cured as of such date in
all material respects by the Originator or the Servicer, as the case may be, or
waived as of such date by the Note Insurer, or if a Note Insurer Default has
occurred and is continuing as of such date, by the Noteholders that together own
Notes with an aggregate Percentage Interest in excess of 66 and 2/3%, the
Servicer or the Originator, as the case may be, shall deposit (or cause to be
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deposited) in the Collection Account the Purchase Amount with respect to such
Contract or replace such Contract with a Substitute Contract pursuant to Section
4.02 hereof. Any such nonconforming Contract so removed shall not be deemed to
be a Charged-Off Contract for purposes of this Article IV.
(b) The obligation of the Servicer or the Originator, as the case may
be, to remove any property from the Pledged Property and to remit the Purchase
Amount, as appropriate, with respect to the related Contract as to which a
breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against
the Servicer or the Originator, as the case may be, for such breach available to
the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Note Insurer, except to the
extent that such breach is the result of any fraud or willful misconduct on the
part of the Servicer or the Originator, as the case may be.
Section 4.02 Substitution of Contracts. (a) Subject to the
provisions of Sections 4.02(b) through (d) hereof, (i) the Servicer may
substitute one or more Contracts (each a "Substitute Contract"), transfer all of
its right, title and interest in the related Substitute Conveyed Assets and
terminate the security interest in the related Equipment with respect to any
Contract that becomes a 60-Day Delinquent Contract, a Defaulted Contract, a
Charged-Off Contract or is the subject of a Full Prepayment or a Casualty Loss,
and (ii) the Servicer or the Originator, as the case may be, may substitute one
or more Substitute Contracts, transfer all of its right, title and interest in
the related Substitute Conveyed Assets and terminate the security interest in
the related Equipment with respect to any Contract that is the subject of a
Warranty Event.
(b) Each Substitute Contract shall be a Contract (i) with respect to
which all of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.03 of the
Servicing Agreement were true as of the related Substitute Cut-Off Date, (ii)
which has substantially similar characteristics as the Contract being replaced
and (iii) which relates to the same Origination Pool. No Substitute Contract
shall be selected by the Originator or the Servicer, as applicable, in a manner
that it reasonably believes is adverse to the interests of the Noteholders or
the Note Insurer (without giving effect to the Note Insurance Policy).
(c) Prior to any substitution pursuant to this Section 4.02, (i) the
related Contract File shall have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee at
least two Business Days prior to such conveyance and the Indenture Trustee shall
have issued a Custody Receipt with respect to such Contract File and (ii) the
Indenture Trustee shall have received (A) an executed transfer agreement between
the Issuers and the Originator or the Servicer, as applicable, providing for the
unconditional sale and transfer of the Substitute Conveyed Assets by the
Originator or the Servicer, as applicable, to the Issuers (such agreement, a
"Substitute Transfer Agreement") and (B) the List of Substitute Contracts
reflecting such substitution.
(d) No such substitution under this Section 4.02 shall be permitted on
any Substitute Transfer Date if:
(i) on a cumulative basis from the Closing Date, the sum of
the Discounted Contract Principal Balances (as of the related
Substitute Cut-Off Date) of such Substitute Contracts (excluding
Substitute Contracts substituted pursuant to the
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Servicer's or the Originator's obligation, as applicable, under Section
4.01(a) hereof) would exceed ten percent (10%) of the sum of (x) the
Initial Aggregate Discounted Contract Principal Balance and (y) the
Original Pre-Funded Amount; or
(ii) as of the related Substitute Cut-Off Date, the Substitute
Contracts then being transferred have a Discounted Contract Principal
Balance that is less than the Discounted Contract Principal Balance of
the Contracts being replaced.
(e) Upon the replacement of a Contract with a Substitute Contract as
described above, the security interest of the Indenture Trustee in such replaced
Contract, the related Conveyed Assets and all proceeds thereon shall be
terminated and the replaced Contract and the related Conveyed Assets shall be
released from the lien of this Indenture.
(f) The Servicer shall promptly deliver notice of any substitution
pursuant to this Section 4.02 to the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies.
Section 4.03 Release of Property from the Pledged Property. (a) The
Indenture Trustee when required by the Issuers and the provisions of this
Indenture shall execute instruments provided to it in order to release property
from the lien of this Indenture, in a manner and under circumstances that are
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture and the Servicing
Agreement. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee
as provided in this Article IV shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture
Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent
or see to the application of any monies.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes
outstanding and all sums due the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the Note
Insurer pursuant to the Insurance Agreement have each been paid, and the Note
Insurance Policy has been returned by the Indenture Trustee to the Note Insurer
for cancellation, release any remaining portion of the Pledged Property that
secured the Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the
Certificateholders (pro rata in accordance with their respective percentage
interests) or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in any
of the Accounts and any subaccounts thereof. The Indenture Trustee shall release
property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 4.03(b) only
upon receipt of an Issuers' Request accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent to such release
as set forth herein have been satisfied.
ARTICLE V.
THE NOTES AND THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Notes and the Certificates. (a) The Notes will be
issued in denominations of $100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
(with the exception of one Note of each Class which may be issued in an odd
amount) of the Initial Class A-1 Note Principal Balance, the Initial Class A-2
Note Principal Balance, the Initial Class A-3 Note Principal Balance, the
Initial Class A-4 Note Principal Balance, the Initial Class B Note Principal
Balance, the Initial Class C Note Principal Balance and the Initial Class D Note
Principal Balance, respectively. The Certificates shall not have denominations.
Each Note shall represent
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a validly issued and binding obligation of the Issuers, but only if such Note
has been executed on behalf of the Issuers by a Responsible Officer of each of
the Issuers by manual or facsimile signature and authenticated on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee by a Responsible Officer the Indenture Trustee by manual or
facsimile signature. Certificate I and Certificate II shall represent undivided
beneficial interests in the portion of the Pledged Property that is pledged by
LLC I and LLC II, respectively, and each such Certificate shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture if such Certificate has been executed and
authenticated on behalf of the Indenture Trustee by a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee by manual or facsimile signature. Each Note and Certificate
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time
when such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Issuers
shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Note or Certificate, as applicable, or did not hold such
offices as of the date of such Note or Certificate, as applicable. No Note or
Certificate, as applicable, shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note or
Certificate, as applicable, a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form set forth in the form of the Note of the related Class or Certificate, as
applicable, each attached as Exhibits hereto, signed by the Indenture Trustee by
manual or facsimile signature, and such signature upon any Note or Certificate,
as applicable, shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Note or Certificate, as applicable, has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4
Notes shall be substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibits C-1, C-2, C-3
and C-4 hereto, respectively, all Class B Notes shall be substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit D-1 hereto, all Class C Notes shall be substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit D-2 hereto, all Class D Notes shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D-3 hereto, and each Certificate
shall be in the form of Exhibit E hereto. Each Note and Certificate shall be
dated the date of their authentication. Neither the Notes, the Certificates nor
the Contracts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
other governmental agency.
(b) It is intended that the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes be
registered so as to participate in a global book-entry system with the Issuers,
as set forth herein. The Class A Notes and the Class B Notes shall, except as
otherwise provided in the next paragraph, be initially issued in the form of a
single fully registered Class A-1 Note, Class A-2 Note, Class A-3 Note, Class
A-4 Note and Class B Note each with a denomination equal to the Initial Class
A-1 Note Principal Balance, the Initial Class A-2 Note Principal Balance, the
Initial Class A-3 Note Principal Balance, the Initial Class A-4 Note Principal
Balance and the Initial Class B Note Principal Balance, respectively. Upon
initial issuance, the ownership of each such Note shall be registered in the
Register in the name of Cede & Co., or any successor thereto, as nominee for the
Indenture Trustee.
The Issuers and the Indenture Trustee are hereby authorized to execute
and deliver the Representation Letter with the Depository.
With respect to the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes registered in
the Register in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, the
Issuers and the Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to
Direct or Indirect Participants or beneficial owners for which the Depository
holds the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes from time to time as a
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trustee. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the Issuers, the
Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation
with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, Cede & Co.,
or any Direct or Indirect Participant with respect to any ownership interest in
any the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, (ii) the delivery to any Direct or
Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a Noteholder, of any notice
with respect to the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes or (iii) the payment to
any Direct or Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a Noteholder,
of any amount with respect to any distribution of principal or interest on the
Class A Notes and the Class B Notes. No Person other than a Noteholder shall
receive a certificate evidencing such Class A Notes and the Class B Notes.
Upon delivery by the Depository to the Indenture Trustee of written
notice to the effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new
nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions hereof with
respect to the payment of interest by the mailing of checks or drafts to the
Noteholders appearing as Noteholders at the close of business on a Record Date,
the name "Cede & Co." in this Indenture shall refer to such new nominee of the
Depository.
(c) In the event that (i) the Depository or the Servicer advises the
Indenture Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to
discharge properly its responsibilities as nominee and depository with respect
to the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes and the Servicer or the Depository is
unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) the Indenture Trustee at its sole
option elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository, the
Class A Notes and the Class B Notes shall no longer be restricted to being
registered in the Register in the name of Cede & Co. (or a successor nominee) as
nominee of the Depository. At that time, the Servicer may determine that the
Class A Notes and the Class B Notes shall be registered in the name of and
deposited with a successor Depository operating a global book-entry system, as
may be acceptable to the Servicer, or such Depository's agent or designee but,
if the Servicer does not select such alternative global book-entry system, then
the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes may be registered in whatever name or
names Noteholders transferring the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes shall
designate, in accordance with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that any
such registration shall be at the expense of the Servicer.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture to the
contrary, so long as any Class A Note or Class B Note is registered in the name
of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, all distributions of principal or
interest on such Notes, as the case may be, and all notices with respect to such
Notes, as the case may be, shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner
provided in the Representation Letter.
In the event any such Notes are issued in book-entry form with the
Depository: (i) the Indenture Trustee may deal with the Depository as the
authorized representative of the related Noteholders; (ii) the rights of such
Noteholders shall be exercised only through the Depository and shall be limited
to those established by law and agreement between such Noteholders and the
Depository; (iii) the Depository will make book-entry transfers among the Direct
Participants of the Depository and will receive and transmit distributions of
principal and interest on the related Notes to such Direct Participants; and
(iv) the Direct Participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this
Indenture under or with respect to any of such Notes
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held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the
Indenture Trustee and its agents, employees, officers and directors as the
absolute owner of such Notes for all purposes whatsoever.
(e) No transfer of any Note shall be made unless such transfer is made
in a transaction which does not require registration or qualification under the
Securities Act or qualification under any state securities laws. By acceptance
of its Note, the transferee of any Class A Note or Class B Note will be deemed
to have represented that such transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144A under
the Securities Act. If a transfer of any Class C Note or Class D Note is to be
made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act other than Rule 144A
thereunder, (A) the Indenture Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel that
such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act,
describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Originator, the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Issuers or the Indenture Trustee or (B) the Indenture Trustee shall require
the transferee to execute a certification, substantially in the form of Exhibit
F hereto, setting forth the facts surrounding such transfer. In the event that a
transfer of any Class C Note or Class D Note is to be made in reliance on Rule
144A under the Securities Act, the related Noteholder shall cause its
prospective transferee to execute and deliver a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit G hereto; provided, however, that with respect to any sale of
any Class C Note or Class D Note by an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, made in reliance on Rule 144A, the
related Noteholder may (in lieu of delivering a certificate in the form of
Exhibit G) deliver to the Indenture Trustee a certificate in the form of Exhibit
H hereto with a copy of a Qualified Institutional Buyer Certificate in the form
of Addendum 1 thereto. The Servicer promptly shall furnish to any Holder, or any
prospective purchaser designated by a Holder, the information required to be
delivered to Holders and prospective purchasers of Notes in connection with the
resale of the Notes to permit compliance with Rule 144A in connection with such
resale. No Note may be subdivided for resale or other transfer into a unit
smaller than a unit the initial offering price of which would have been in the
aggregate $100,000. No resale or other transfer of Class C Notes or Class D
Notes may be made to a nonresident alien individual, foreign corporation or
other non-United States person.
(f) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Indenture, neither
the Indenture Trustee nor the Note Registrar shall effect the registration of
any transfer of any Class C Note or Class D Note (i) unless, prior to such
transfer, the Indenture Trustee shall have received from the related Noteholder
(with a copy to each Rating Agency) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such transfer will not result in either of the Issuers becoming subject to
taxation as an association taxable as a corporation or (ii) if following such
transfer the sum of (a) the number of Holders of Class C Notes and Class D
Notes, and (b) the number of Certificateholders, would be more than 99.
Section 5.02 Initial Issuance of Notes and Certificates. The Indenture
Trustee shall, upon the written instruction of the Issuers, in exchange for the
Pledged Property, authenticate and deliver (i) the Notes executed by the Issuers
in authorized denominations equaling in the aggregate the Initial Class A Note
Principal Balance, the Initial Class B Note Principal Balance, the Initial Class
C Note Principal Balance and the Initial Class D Note Principal Balance,
respectively, and (ii) Certificate I and Certificate II.
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Section 5.03 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes and
Certificates. (a) The Indenture Trustee, as initial Note Registrar, shall
maintain, or cause to be maintained, at the Corporate Trust Office, a register
(the "Register") in which the Indenture Trustee shall provide for the
registration of Notes and of transfers and exchanges of Notes as herein
provided. All Notes shall be so registered.
(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the
Corporate Trust Office, the Issuers shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, subject to the requirements of Sections 5.01(e)
and (f) hereof in the case of the Class C and Class D Notes, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes in authorized
denominations of the same Class, of a like aggregate Percentage Interest in the
related Class of Notes, dated the date of such authentication.
(c) At the option of a Noteholder or the holder of a Certificate, Notes
or a Certificate, as the case may be, may be exchanged for other Notes of the
same class (of authorized denomination) of a like Percentage Interest in the
related Class of Notes, or such Certificate, as the case may be, upon surrender
of the Notes or the Certificates, as applicable, to be exchanged at any such
office or agency. Whenever any Notes or Certificates are so surrendered for
exchange, the Issuers shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver the Note or Certificate, as applicable, that the
Noteholder or the holder of such Certificate, as the case may be, making the
exchange is entitled to receive. Every Note presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer shall be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, duly executed by the
Noteholder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing.
(d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer of
any Note or for the exchange of any Note or Certificate, but the Indenture
Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer of any Note or
exchange of any Note or Certificate.
(e) All Notes surrendered for registration of transfer and all Notes
and any Certificate surrendered for exchange shall be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee and cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Indenture Trustee in
accordance with its customary practices in effect from time to time.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Certificate
shall not be transferable under any condition except to either Issuer, special
purpose, bankruptcy remote Affiliates of either Issuer or the members, at any
time, of either of the Issuers, and each of the Issuers, by accepting the
Certificate, agrees absolutely and unconditionally that it shall not sell any or
all of its interest in the Certificate to any other Person. Any transfer of any
or all of the interest in the Certificate in violation of the foregoing shall be
null and void and of no effect. Prior to any transfer of a Certificate to either
Issuer (other than upon initial issuance thereof on the Closing Date), a special
purpose, bankruptcy remote affiliate of either Issuer or the Members, at any
time, of either of the Issuers, the transferring Issuer shall deliver to the
Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such transfer will not result in either of the Issuers (i) becoming subject to
taxation as an association taxable as a corporation and (ii) becoming
substantively consolidated with UniCapital Funding, the Originator or any of
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the Originating Units in the event of a bankruptcy of UniCapital Funding, the
Originator or any of the Originating Units. Prior to the execution of any
financing agreement for a Certificate, the Rating Agencies shall have confirmed
that there shall be no downgrade in the rating of the Notes as a direct result
of the execution of such financing agreement. Each of the Issuers agrees to
provide to the Rating Agencies any information necessary for the Rating Agency
to make such a confirmation. The Issuers will deliver a copy of any such
confirmation to the Indenture Trustee.
(g) The Note Registrar shall not register the transfer of any Note
(other than the transfer of a Class A Note or a Class B Note to the nominee of
the Depository or a successor depository) unless the transferee has executed and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee a certification to the effect that either (i)
the transferee is not (A) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or (B) a plan
(as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975
of the Code (each of the foregoing, a "Benefit Plan"), and is not acting on
behalf of or investing the assets of a Benefit Plan, or (ii) the transferor is
acquiring a Class A Note or a Class B Note and the transferee's acquisition and
continued holding of the Note will be covered by a U.S. Department of Labor
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption. Each transferee of a beneficial interest
in a Class A Note or a Class B Note that is registered in the name of, and
deposited with, a depository operating a global book-entry system shall be
deemed to make one of the foregoing representations.
Section 5.04 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes and
Certificates. If any mutilated Note or Certificate is surrendered to the
Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note or Certificate, and
(a) there is delivered to the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee such security or
indemnity satisfactory to each of them as may be required by them to save each
of them harmless (provided, that with respect to a Noteholder which is an
insurance company whose long-term debt or claims paying ability is rated
investment grade or better by Moody's and S&P at such time, a letter of
indemnity furnished by it shall be sufficient for this purpose), then, in the
absence of notice to the Indenture Trustee that any such Note or Certificate has
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuers shall execute and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for or in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note or Certificate, as
applicable, a new Note of like Class and Percentage Interest or a replacement
Certificate, as applicable. In connection with the issuance of any new Note or
Certificate under this Section 5.04, the Indenture Trustee may require the
payment by the Noteholder or the Certificateholder, as the case may be, of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto. Any duplicate Note or Certificate issued pursuant to this
Section 5.04 shall constitute a Note or Certificate, as applicable, duly issued
by the Issuers, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or
destroyed Note shall be found at any time.
Section 5.05 Persons Deemed Owners. The Indenture Trustee and the Note
Insurer may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner
of such Note for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 3.05
hereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, and the Note Insurer and the
Indenture Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
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Section 5.06 Access to List of Noteholders' Names and Addresses. (a)
The Indenture Trustee will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer
within five days after each Record Date and within 15 days after receipt by the
Indenture Trustee of a request therefor from the Servicer in writing, a list of
the names and addresses of the Noteholders as of the most recent Record Date. If
one or more Noteholders representing an aggregate Percentage Interest of any
Class of Notes of not less than 25% (an "Applicant") shall apply in writing to
the Indenture Trustee, and such application shall state that the Applicant
desires to communicate with other Noteholders with respect to its rights under
this Indenture or under the Notes, then the Indenture Trustee shall, within five
Business Days after the receipt of such application, send such notice to the
current list of Noteholders. Every Noteholder, by receiving and holding a Note,
agrees with the Issuers, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee that none of the
Issuers, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee nor any of their respective
Affiliates shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.07 Acts of Noteholders. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Noteholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing, and, except
as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee and, where
required, to the Issuers, the Note Insurer or the Servicer. Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01
hereof) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuers, the
Originator and the Servicer, if made in the manner provided in this Section
5.07.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Noteholder of any such
instrument or writing may be proven in any reasonable manner which the Indenture
Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proven by the Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other act by a Noteholder shall bind every holder of every Note issued
upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof, in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuers or the Servicer in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Note.
Section 5.08 No Proceedings; Limited Recourse. By its acceptance of a
Note or a Certificate, as applicable, each Noteholder and Certificateholder
shall be deemed to have agreed (a) that it will not directly or indirectly
institute, or cause to be instituted, or cooperate with others in instituting,
against either of the Issuers any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding so long as
there shall not have elapsed one year plus one day since the maturity date of
the latest maturing securities of either of the Issuers, (b) that the Notes and
the Certificates are limited recourse obligations of the Issuers that may be
satisfied only out of the Pledged Property and do not constitute a claim against
the Issuers if cash flow from the Pledged Property is insufficient to repay the
Notes or satisfy the Certificates in full, and (c) that it has no rights in or
with respect to
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any assets of the Issuers other than the Pledged Property, including, but not
limited to, any assets collateralizing other debt obligations of the Issuers.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Noteholder or
Certificateholder is deemed to have any interest in any assets of the Issuers
pledged to secure other debt obligations of the Issuers, by its acceptance of a
Note or a Certificate, as applicable, each Noteholder and each Certificateholder
shall be deemed to agree that its interest in those assets is subordinate to
claims or rights of the holders of such other debt obligations, and that its
agreement shall constitute a subordination agreement for purposes of Section
510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
ARTICLE VI.
THE ISSUERS
Section 6.01 Liability of the Issuers. (a) The Issuers shall be joint
and severally liable for payments in respect of the Notes in accordance herewith
only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Issuers
herein.
Section 6.02 Limitation on Recourse to the Issuers. The claims of the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Servicer, the Noteholders or any other
Person hereunder against the Issuers for amounts due and owing to such Persons
hereunder, under the Notes or under any other Transaction Document to which such
Person is a party are limited recourse against the Issuers and are payable by
the Issuers solely out of Available Funds on each Payment Date in accordance
with the priorities set forth in Section 3.05(b) hereof.
Section 6.03 Indemnity for Liability Claims. The Issuers shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee (which shall include
any of its directors, employees, officers and agents), the Noteholders and the
Note Insurer against and from any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages,
claims and liabilities arising out of or resulting from the use, repossession or
operation of the Equipment to the extent not paid by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 5.01 of the Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that such amounts
shall be payable solely from amounts payable to the Issuers pursuant to Section
3.05(b)(xxiv) hereof and is otherwise non-recourse to the Issuers.
Section 6.04 Liabilities. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Indenture, by entering into this Indenture, the Issuers agree to be jointly and
severally liable, directly to the injured party, for the entire amount of any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (other than those losses incurred by a
Noteholder in the capacity of an investor in the Notes) imposed on or asserted
against the Issuers or otherwise arising out of or based on the arrangements
created by this Indenture (to the extent of the Pledged Property remaining after
the Noteholders and the Note Insurer have been paid in full are insufficient to
pay such losses, claims, damages or liabilities).
Section 6.05 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuers will
deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer, each of the Initial
Purchasers and the Rating Agencies, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Issuers (commencing with the fiscal year
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ended December 31, 1999), an Officers' Certificate stating, as to the Authorized
Officers signing such Officers' Certificate, that:
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuers during such year
and of the performance of the Issuers under this Indenture has been
made under such Authorized Officers' supervision; and
(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officers' knowledge, based
on such review, each of the Issuers has complied with all conditions
and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there
has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant,
specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officers and the
nature and status thereof.
Section 6.06 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuers will pay or
cause to be duly and punctually paid the principal of and interest on the Notes
in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Amounts properly
withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of
interest and/or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuers
to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
Section 6.07 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Note Registrar shall,
and the Indenture Trustee, as initial Note Registrar agrees to, maintain in the
city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located, an office or agency where
Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where
notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Indenture Trustee will give prompt written notice
to the Issuers of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such
office or agency.
Section 6.08 Money for Payments to be Held in Trust. On or before each
Payment Date, the Servicer on behalf of the Issuers shall deposit or cause to be
deposited in the Collection Account, but only from the sources described herein,
an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the
Notes, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto and (unless the paying agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly
notify the Indenture Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Servicer on behalf of the Issuers will cause each paying agent
other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee
and the Note Insurer an instrument in which such paying agent shall agree with
the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as paying agent, it
hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such paying
agent will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due
with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such
Persons as herein provided;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the
Issuers (or any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual
knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect
to the Notes;
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(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent;
(iv) immediately resign as a paying agent and forthwith pay to
the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of
Notes if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met
by a paying agent at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to
the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any
applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any
applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.
The Issuers may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, direct
any paying agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such
paying agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same terms
as those upon which the sums were held by such paying agent; and upon such a
payment by any paying agent to the Indenture Trustee, such paying agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Subject to applicable laws with respect to the escheat of funds, any
money held by the Indenture Trustee or any paying agent in trust for the payment
of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust
and be paid to the Issuers; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an
unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuers for payment thereof (but
only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuers), and all liability of
the Indenture Trustee or such paying agent with respect to such trust money
shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that, if such money or any portion
thereof had been previously deposited by the Note Insurer with the Indenture
Trustee for the payment of principal or interest on the Notes, to the extent any
amounts are owing to the Note Insurer, such amounts shall be paid promptly to
the Note Insurer upon receipt of a written request by the Note Insurer to such
effect; and provided, further, that the Indenture Trustee or such paying agent,
before being required to make any such repayment, shall at the expense of the
Issuers cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English
language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation
in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that,
after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the
date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Issuers. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and
employ, at the expense of the Issuers, any other reasonable means of
notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of
such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been
surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in moneys due and
payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture
Trustee or of any paying agent, at the last address of record for each such
Holder).
Section 6.09 Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by the provisions
of Section 6.13, each of the Issuers will keep in full effect its existence,
rights and franchises as a
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limited liability company under the laws of the State of Nevada, and each of the
Issuers 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 Indenture, the Notes and each other
instrument or agreement included in the Pledged Property.
Section 6.10 Protection of Pledged Property. Each of the Issuers
intends the security interest granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders,
as their interests appear herein, to be prior to all other liens in respect of
the Pledged Property, and the Issuers shall take all actions necessary to obtain
and maintain, in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the Note Insurer, a first lien on and a
first priority, perfected security interest in the Pledged Property; provided,
that with the respect to the Equipment included in the Pledged Property, the
Issuers shall only be required to comply with the Filing Requirements. The
Issuers will from time to time prepare (or shall cause to be prepared), execute
and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing
statements (subject to the Filing Requirements), continuation statements,
instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other
action necessary or advisable to:
(i) grant more effectively all or any portion of the Pledged
Property;
(ii) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and
the priority thereof) in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the
benefit of the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the Note
Insurer, created by this Indenture or carry out more effectively the
purposes hereof;
(iii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of
any grant made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iv) enforce any of the Pledged Property;
(v) preserve and defend title to the Pledged Property and the
rights of the Indenture Trustee in such Pledged Property against the
claims of all persons and parties; and
(vi) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon the
Pledged Property when due.
Each of the Issuers hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute any financing statement, continuation statement or
other instrument required by the Indenture Trustee or the Note Insurer pursuant
to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables. (a)
Neither of the Issuers will take any action and each of the Issuers will use
commercially reasonable efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others
that would release any Person from any of such Person's material covenants or
obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Pledged Property
or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination
or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument
or agreement, except as ordered by any bankruptcy or other court or as expressly
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provided in this Indenture, the other Transaction Documents or any other
instrument or agreement.
(b) Each of the Issuers may contract with other Persons acceptable to
the Note Insurer to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and
any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee
and the Note Insurer in an Officer's Certificate of each of the Issuers shall be
deemed to be action taken by the Issuers.
(c) Each of the Issuers will punctually perform and observe all of its
obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Transaction
Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Pledged
Property, including, but not limited to, preparing (or causing to be prepared)
and filing (or causing to be filed) all UCC financing statements and
continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and
the Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided
for herein and therein.
(d) If a Responsible Officer of either of the Issuers shall have actual
knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Servicing Termination under the
Servicing Agreement, the Issuers shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee,
the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies in writing thereof, and shall specify
in such notice the action, if any, the Issuers are taking in respect of such
default. If a Servicer Termination Event shall arise from the failure of the
Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Contracts, the Issuers shall take all reasonable
steps available to it to remedy such failure.
Section 6.12 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding,
neither of the Issuers shall:
(i) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture or the
Transaction Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of
any of the properties or assets of such Issuer (other than the
Certificates in accordance with Section 5.03(f)), including those
included in the Pledged Property, unless directed to do so by the Note
Insurer;
(ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the
principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than
amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert
any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the
payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Pledged
Property; or
(iii) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this
Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien in favor of the Indenture
Trustee created by this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated,
subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be
released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes
under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (B)
permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or
other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created
on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the
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Pledged Property or any part thereof or any interest therein or the
proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics' liens and other
liens that arise by operation of law, in each case on Equipment and
arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related
Obligor), (C) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a
valid first priority (other than with respect to any such tax,
mechanics' or other lien) security interest in the Pledged Property
(other than the Equipment, which is subject only to the Filing
Requirements) or (D) amend, modify or fail to comply with the
provisions of the Transaction Documents without the prior written
consent of the Note Insurer;
Section 6.13 Issuers May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms. (a)
Neither of the Issuers shall consolidate or merge with or into any other Person,
unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuers) formed by or
surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state
and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory
to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the
performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Issuers to be performed or observed, all
as provided herein;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default or Restricting Event shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(iii) the Issuers shall have received an Opinion of Counsel
(and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee and
the Note Insurer) to the effect that (a) such transaction will not have
any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuers, the Note Insurer
or any Noteholder, and (b) the Person (if other than the Issuers)
formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger would not be
substantively consolidated with UniCapital Funding, the Originator or
any of the Originating Units in the event of a bankruptcy of UniCapital
Funding, the Originator or any of the Originating Units;
(iv) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and
security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken;
(v) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee
and the Note Insurer an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article VI and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act);
(vi) the Rating Agencies have confirmed that such transaction
will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of any rating on any
Class of Notes; and
(vii) the Note Insurer has given its prior written consent.
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(b) Neither of the Issuers shall convey or transfer all or
substantially all of its properties or assets (other than the Certificates in
accordance with Section 5.03(f)), including those included in the Pledged
Property, to any Person, unless:
(i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the
properties and assets of such Issuer the conveyance or transfer of
which is hereby restricted shall (A) be a United States citizen or a
Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any state, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer, the
due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes
and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of
this Indenture and each of the Transaction Documents on the part of the
Issuers to be performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C)
expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that all right,
title and interest so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and
subordinate to the rights of Holders of the Notes, and (D) unless
otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuers against and from any
loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture
and the Notes;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default or Restricting Event shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(iii) the Issuers shall have received an Opinion of Counsel
(and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee and
the Note Insurer) to the effect that such transaction will not have any
material adverse tax consequence to the Issuers, the Note Insurer or
any Noteholder;
(iv) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and
security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken;
(v) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee
and the Note Insurer an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
each stating that such conveyance or transfer and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article VI and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act);
(vi) the Rating Agencies have confirmed that such transaction
will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of any rating on any
Class of Notes; and
(vii) the Note Insurer has given its prior written consent.
Section 6.14 Successor or Transferee. (a) Upon any consolidation or
merger of either of the Issuers in accordance with Section 6.13, the Person
formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than such Issuer)
shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, such Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had
been named as the Issuer herein.
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(b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of
either of the Issuers pursuant to Section 6.13(b), such Issuer will be released
from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed
on the part of such Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon the
delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer stating
that such Issuer is to be so released.
Section 6.15 No Other Business. Neither of the Issuers shall engage in
any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the
Receivables and the Certificates in the manner contemplated by this Indenture
and the other Transaction Documents and activities incidental thereto.
Section 6.16 No Borrowing. Neither of the Issuers shall issue, incur,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
Indebtedness except for (i) the Notes, (ii) obligations owing from time to time
to the Note Insurer and (iii) any other Indebtedness permitted by or arising
under the Transaction Documents. The proceeds of the Notes shall be used
exclusively to fund each Issuer's purchase of Contracts and the other assets
constituting the Pledged Property and to pay each Issuer's organizational,
transactional and start-up expenses.
Section 6.17 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except
as contemplated by this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents, the
Issuers shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly
or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another's
payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or
otherwise), endorse or otherwise become continently liable, directly or
indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own,
purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock,
obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any
capital contribution to, any other Person.
Section 6.18 Capital Expenditures. Neither of the Issuers shall make
any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital
assets (either realty or personal).
Section 6.19 Compliance with Laws. The Issuers shall comply with the
requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would,
individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of
either of the Issuers to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture
or any other Transaction Document.
Section 6.20 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the
Indenture Trustee or the Note Insurer, each of the Issuers will execute and
deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably
necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture
and the other Transaction Documents.
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ARTICLE VII.
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Indenture Trustee. (a) The Indenture Trustee
undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer
of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge has occurred and has not
been cured or waived, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such Person's own affairs.
(b) The Indenture Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions,
certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other
instruments furnished to the Indenture Trustee that are specifically required to
be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, shall examine them to
determine whether they conform as to form to the requirements of this Indenture.
No acceptance of, or reliance on, any such item by the Indenture Trustee shall
constitute a representation by the Indenture Trustee of the enforceability or
sufficiency of such item.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Indenture Trustee from liability for its own gross negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after
the curing of all such Events of Default that may have occurred, the
duties and obligations of the Indenture Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Indenture; the Indenture
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties
and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture; no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Indenture Trustee; and in the absence of bad faith on the
part of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished
to the Indenture Trustee and, if specifically required to be furnished
pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture;
(ii) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee unless it shall be proved that the Indenture Trustee was
grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct in ascertaining the
pertinent facts;
(iii) The Indenture Trustee shall not be personally liable
with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it
in good faith in accordance with this Indenture, pursuant to the
direction of the Controlling Parties, relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Indenture Trustee, or exercising, suffering or omitting to take any
trust or power conferred upon the Indenture Trustee, under this
Indenture;
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(iv) The Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge
of any Event of Servicing Termination, any Event of Default or
Restricting Event unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee
obtains actual knowledge of such failure or event or the Indenture
Trustee receives written notice of such failure or event from the
Servicer, the Issuers, the Note Insurer or any Noteholder; and
(v) The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the
performance of the Servicer, nor shall it have any liability in
connection with the malfeasance or nonfeasance by the Servicer. The
Indenture Trustee shall have no liability in connection with compliance
of the Servicer or the Issuers with statutory or regulatory
requirements related to the Contracts or the related Equipment. The
Indenture Trustee shall not make or be deemed to have made any
representations or warranties with respect to the Contracts or related
Equipment or the validity or sufficiency of any assignment of the
Contracts to the Issuers or the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee shall have no obligation or liability in respect of the
maintenance of casualty or liability insurance in connection with the
Contracts or the related Equipment.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if
there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to
it, and none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall in any event
require the Indenture Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of
performance of, any of the obligations of the Servicer under this Indenture or
the Servicing Agreement except during such time, if any, as the Indenture
Trustee shall be the successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties, powers
and privileges of, the Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
(e) On each Determination Date, the Indenture Trustee shall give
notice, by facsimile, to a Servicing Officer of the Servicer and the Note
Insurer if the Available Funds on deposit in the Collection Account as of such
Determination Date is less than the amount indicated in the Monthly Statement.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Note Insurer upon
obtaining actual knowledge or receipt of written notice by a Responsible Officer
of the Indenture Trustee of: (a) any proposed change herein or supplement
hereto; (b) the occurrence of any Event of Default, Event of Servicing
Termination or Restricting Event actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee; (c) any proposed change of the Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(d) any matter to be put to the Noteholders for a vote hereunder; (e) any
proposed exercise by the Noteholders of any option, vote, right, power or the
like hereunder; and (f) any other matter, notice of which is required hereunder
to be given to any of the Noteholders or to the Indenture Trustee.
Section 7.02 Eligible Investments. The Servicer shall direct the
Indenture Trustee to invest in Eligible Investments, as further specified from
time to time by written notice to the Indenture Trustee executed by a Servicing
Officer, any cash amounts deposited in the Collection Account, the Pre-Funding
Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, the Reserve Account, the Class B
Reserve Account and the Class C Reserve Account pursuant to the terms of
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this Indenture or the Servicing Agreement, immediately upon deposit of any such
cash amounts; provided, however, that each such Eligible Investment (i) shall
mature no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date in
respect of the Collection Period during which such deposit was made and (ii)
shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. The Indenture Trustee
shall not be liable or responsible for the selection of or losses on any
investments made by it pursuant to and in compliance with such instructions of
the Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.02. In the absence of such written
direction, the Indenture Trustee shall invest such amounts in money market funds
which comply with the requirements of clause (a)(iv) of the definition of
Eligible Investments.
Section 7.03 Indenture Trustee's Assignment of Contracts. If in any
enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held, or in connection with the
collection of a Charged-Off Contract the Servicer or its assigns reasonably
anticipates, that the Servicer or its assigns may not or will not be able to
enforce a Contract on the ground that neither the Servicer nor its assigns is a
real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Contract, then the
Indenture Trustee shall, at the Servicer's or its assigns' expense and
direction, take such steps as the Indenture Trustee is reasonably directed to
take to enforce the Contract, including (i) bringing suit in the Indenture
Trustee's name or the names of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer and (ii)
executing and delivering all such instruments or documents prepared by the
Servicer as shall be required to transfer title to a Contract to the Servicer or
its assigns or otherwise enforce such Contract.
Section 7.04 Certain Matters Affecting the Indenture Trustee. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(i) The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(ii) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and any
Opinion of Counsel or advice shall constitute full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
Opinion of Counsel or advice;
(iii) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture, or
to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation
hereto, at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders,
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture unless such Noteholders
shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses, and liabilities that
may be incurred therein or thereby that are reasonable in the opinion
of the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that nothing contained
herein shall relieve the Indenture Trustee of the obligations, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured), to
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture
and to use the same degree of skill and
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care in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise under the
circumstances in the conduct of such Person's own affairs;
(iv) The Indenture Trustee shall not be personally liable for
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and
reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual
knowledge and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, the Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless
requested in writing to do so by the Note Insurer or the Holders of
Notes evidencing Percentage Interests of not less than 25% of the
Notes; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time
to the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely
to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the
opinion of the Indenture Trustee, not reasonably assured to the
Indenture Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this
Indenture, the Indenture Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to
it against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to so
proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be
paid by the requesting party; and
(vi) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys or a custodian. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
responsible for the misconduct, negligence or for the supervision of
any of the Indenture Trustee's agents or attorneys appointed with due
care by the Indenture Trustee hereunder or that of the Originator, the
Servicer or the Issuers.
Section 7.05 Indenture Trustee Not Liable for Notes, Certificates or
Contracts. Neither the Notes nor the Certificates represent an obligation issued
by the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof. The Notes and the
Certificates, in accordance with their respective terms and the terms of this
Indenture, provide recourse only to the Pledged Property and, with respect to
the Class A Notes, the Note Insurance Policy. The Indenture Trustee does not
assume any responsibility for the accuracy of the statements herein or in the
Notes or the Certificates (other than as set forth in Section 7.16 and the
certificate of authentication on the Notes and the Certificates). The Indenture
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Notes or the Certificates (other than the certificate of
authentication on the Notes and the Certificates) or of any Contract or related
document. The Indenture Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or
liability for or with respect to the legality, validity or enforceability of any
security interest in any Equipment or any Contract, to the perfection or
priority thereof, or to the efficacy of the Issuers or any portion thereof to
pay any Note or the Certificates, the existence or validity of any Contract, the
validity of the assignment of any Contract or the related Pledged Property to
the Issuers or of any intervening assignment, the review of any Contract, any
Contract File or the Computer Tape (it being understood that neither the
Indenture Trustee nor any of its agents have reviewed or intend to
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review such matters, the sole responsibility for such review being vested in the
Issuers), the completeness of any Contract File, the receipt by it or its
custodian of any Contract, the performance or enforcement of any Contract, the
compliance by the Issuers with any covenant or the breach by the Originator, the
Servicer or the Issuers of any representation or warranty made under the
Servicing Agreement, the Receivables Transfer Agreement or in any related
document or the accuracy of any such representation or warranty any investment
of monies in the Collection Account (except to the extent that the Indenture
Trustee, in its individual capacity, is an obligor with respect to any such
investment) or any loss resulting therefrom, the acts or omissions of the
Servicer or any Obligor, any action of the Servicer taken in the name of the
Indenture Trustee, any action by the Indenture Trustee taken at the instruction
of the Servicer or the preparation and filing of tax returns for the Issuers. No
recourse shall be had for any claim based on any provision of this Indenture,
the Notes, the Certificates or any Contract or assignment thereof against
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association in its individual capacity, and
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association shall not have any personal
obligation, liability or duty whatsoever to any Noteholder or any other Person
with respect to any such claim, and any such claim shall be asserted solely
against the Issuers or any indemnitor who shall furnish indemnity as provided
herein, except for such liability as is determined to have resulted from its own
gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Issuers of any of the Notes, the
Certificates or the proceeds of the Notes or for the use or application of any
funds paid to the Servicer in respect of the Contracts.
Section 7.06 Indenture Trustee May Own Notes. The Indenture Trustee in
its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
with the same rights as it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee, subject
to the definition of the term "Noteholder" in Annex A hereto.
Section 7.07 Indenture Trustee's Fees and Expenses. (a) Each of the
Issuers jointly and severally agrees:
(i) to pay to the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to Section
3.05(b)(v), as applicable, on each Payment Date reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(ii) except to the extent otherwise expressly provided herein,
to reimburse the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(vi), as
applicable, upon its request, for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and expenses and disbursements of any of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct; provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (ii),
such expenses, disbursements and advances shall be limited to an
aggregate amount of $100,000; and
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(iii) to reimburse the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to Section
3.05(b)(xx), for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
that would have been paid pursuant to Section 7.07(a)(ii) but for the
$100,000 limitation.
(b) The Issuers' obligations under this Section 7.07 shall survive the
termination of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall not be entitled to any other or
additional compensation or reimbursement, except as expressly provided herein or
as otherwise agreed from time to time.
(c) Subject to Section 7.09 hereof, the failure by the Issuers to pay
to the Indenture Trustee any compensation or other expenses shall not relieve
the Indenture Trustee of its obligations hereunder.
(d) In the event the Indenture Trustee performs services or incurs
expenses in the context of a proceeding described in Sections 6.01(a)(iv),
6.01(a)(v) or 6.01(a)(vi) of the Servicing Agreement, the fees for such services
and such expenses shall be considered expenses of administration for the
purposes of any bankruptcy laws or laws relating to creditors rights generally.
Section 7.08 Eligibility Requirements for Indenture Trustee The
Indenture Trustee hereunder shall at all times be organized and doing business
under the laws of any State or the United States of America, authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by
federal or State authority and shall be acceptable to the Note Insurer;
provided, however, that no entity shall qualify as Indenture Trustee hereunder
to the extent that such qualification would, in itself, affect any then current
rating of the Notes by the Rating Agencies. If such entity publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this
Section 7.08, the combined capital and surplus of such entity shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. Any successor Indenture Trustee's deposit ratings shall
be at least "investment grade" by the Rating Agencies. In case at any time the
Indenture Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 7.08, the Indenture Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.09 hereof.
Section 7.09 Resignation or Removal of Indenture Trustee. (a) The
Indenture Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Servicer, the Issuers,
the Note Insurer, each Noteholder and the Certificateholders, which resignation
will not become effective until such time as a successor Indenture Trustee has
been appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Servicer shall promptly appoint a
successor Indenture Trustee acceptable to the Note Insurer by written
instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Indenture Trustee and one copy to the successor Indenture Trustee. If
no successor Indenture Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Indenture Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
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(b) If at any time the Indenture Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Servicer, the Note Insurer or the Holders
of Notes of any Class evidencing Percentage Interests of more than 25% of such
Class, or, if at any time the Indenture Trustee shall be legally unable to act,
or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Indenture
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Indenture Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, or liquidation, then the Servicer may,
with the consent of the Note Insurer, and shall, at the direction of (i) the
Note Insurer or (ii) the Holders of Notes of any Class evidencing Percentage
Interests of more than 25% of the related Class, with the consent of the Note
Insurer, remove the Indenture Trustee. Notwithstanding anything in this
Indenture to the contrary, the Note Insurer shall have the right to remove the
Indenture Trustee for "cause." For purposes of this section, "cause" shall mean
(i) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Indenture
Trustee in the performance of its duties under this Indenture or the Insurance
Agreement or (ii) the failure or unwillingness of the Indenture Trustee to
perform its duties under this Indenture or the Insurance Agreement; provided,
however, that to the extent that any such failure or unwillingness is
susceptible to cure, in the reasonable discretion of the Note Insurer, the Note
Insurer shall not remove the Indenture Trustee for "cause" pursuant to clause
(ii) of the immediately preceding sentence unless it has (A) consulted with the
Indenture Trustee in good faith and provided notice to the Indenture Trustee
regarding any actions or omissions of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture
or the Insurance Agreement which the Note Insurer believes constitutes a failure
or unwillingness of the Indenture Trustee to perform its duties under this
Indenture or the Insurance Agreement and (B) provided the Indenture Trustee with
the opportunity to remedy such failure or unwillingness within 10 Business Days
(or such longer period to which the Note Insurer may reasonably consent)
following the receipt by the Indenture Trustee of written notice thereof. In the
event that the Indenture Trustee is removed by the Note Insurer pursuant to this
Section, the removal and substitution procedures set forth in this Section 7.09
and Section 7.10 hereof shall be followed.
(c) Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment
of a successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.09 shall not become
effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee as
provided in Section 7.10 hereof. Notice of the resignation or removal of the
Indenture Trustee shall be given in writing to the Rating Agencies by the
Servicer. In the event no successor Indenture Trustee has been appointed within
30 days of the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Note Insurer or the Majority Holders of the Notes may petition a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Indenture Trustee.
Section 7.10 Successor Indenture Trustee. (a) Any successor Indenture
Trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.09 hereof shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Servicer, the Issuers and predecessor Indenture Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the predecessor Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and such
successor Indenture Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Indenture
Trustee. The predecessor Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the successor
Indenture Trustee all documents and statements held by it hereunder. The
Servicer, the Issuers and the predecessor Indenture Trustee
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shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may
reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the
successor Indenture Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. The
predecessor Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of
any successor Indenture Trustee hereunder.
(b) No successor Indenture Trustee shall accept appointment as provided
in this Section 7.10 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor
Indenture Trustee shall be acceptable to the Note Insurer and eligible as the
Indenture Trustee under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof, and as a
successor Servicer under the provisions of Section 6.02 of the Servicing
Agreement.
(c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Indenture Trustee as
provided in this Section 7.10, the Servicer shall mail notice of the succession
of such Indenture Trustee hereunder to the Note Insurer, the Certificateholders
and all Noteholders at their addresses as shown in the Note Register. If the
Servicer fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of
appointment by such successor Indenture Trustee, then the successor Indenture
Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Servicer.
Section 7.11 Merger or Consolidation of Indenture Trustee. Any entity
into which the Indenture Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may
be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion, or
consolidation to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party, or any entity
succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Indenture Trustee, shall be
the successor of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, provided such entity shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 7.12 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture
Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any
time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in
which any part of Pledged Property or any Equipment may at the time be located,
the Indenture Trustee shall, with the consent of, or at the written direction
of, the Note Insurer, execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more
Persons approved by the Indenture Trustee to act as co-Indenture Trustee or
co-Indenture Trustees, jointly with the Indenture Trustee, or separate Indenture
Trustee or separate Indenture Trustees, to vest in such Person or Persons, in
such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, and the Note Insurer such
title to the Pledged Property, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section 7.12, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Servicer, the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee may consider
necessary or desirable; provided, however, that if there is a conflict between
the Issuers, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer regarding the
appointment of a co-Indenture Trustee or separate Indenture Trustee, the
decision of the Note Insurer shall prevail. If the Servicer shall not have
joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request
so to do, or in the case an Event of Servicing Termination shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee alone shall have the power to make such
appointment; provided, however, that if the Issuers shall not have joined in
such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by them of a request so to do,
the Indenture Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No
co-Indenture Trustee or separate Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be required
to meet the terms of eligibility
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as a successor Indenture Trustee under Section 7.08 hereof, and no notice to
Noteholders of the appointment of any co-Indenture Trustee or separate Indenture
Trustee shall be required under Section 7.10 hereof.
(b) Every separate Indenture Trustee and co-Indenture Trustee shall, to
the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following
provisions and conditions:
(i) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon
and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate
Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee jointly (it being understood
that such separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee is not
authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in
such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction
in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as
Indenture Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Servicer hereunder),
the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform
such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations (including the holding of title to the Pledged Property or
any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture
Trustee but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) No separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee
hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission
of any other separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee
hereunder; and
(iii) The Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the
resignation of or remove any separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture
Trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate Indenture
Trustees and co-Indenture Trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them.
Every instrument appointing any separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture
Trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VII.
Each separate Indenture Trustee and co-Indenture Trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or
separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this
Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to
the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the
Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture
Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Servicer and the Issuers.
(d) Any separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee may at any
time constitute the Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act
under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any
separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee shall die, become incapable
of acting, resign or be removed, then all of its estates, properties, rights,
remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to
the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor
separate Indenture Trustee or successor co-Indenture Trustee.
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(e) The Indenture Trustee shall be responsible for the payment of any
fees or expenses of any separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee,
which fees and expenses shall be reimbursable to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to Section 7.07(a).
Section 7.13 Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Note. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be
prosecuted and enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any
of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its
own name or in its capacity as Indenture Trustee. Any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel, be
for the ratable benefit of the Noteholders in respect of which such judgment has
been recovered.
Section 7.14 Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of Servicing
Termination or other default by the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement or
under this Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee, in
its discretion, may, subject to the provisions of 6.04 of the Servicing
Agreement, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Noteholders and the Note Insurer under this Indenture by a suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law or otherwise, whether for the specific
performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid
of the execution of any power granted in this Indenture or for the enforcement
of any other legal, equitable or other remedy, as the Indenture Trustee, being
advised by counsel, shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of the
rights of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Note Insurer.
Section 7.15 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree
(and each holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have
agreed) that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as
Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Indenture Trustee or the Note Insurer, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder,
or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the then
outstanding principal balance of the Notes, or to any suit instituted by any
Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on
any Note on or after the maturities for such payments, including the stated
maturity as applicable.
Section 7.16 Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee. The
Indenture Trustee represents and warrants for the benefit of the Noteholders,
the Certificateholders and the Note Insurer that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Indenture Trustee is a national
banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the United States of America.
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(b) Authorization. The Indenture Trustee has the power, authority and
legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Indenture, and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Indenture have been duly authorized by the
Indenture Trustee by all necessary corporate action.
(c) Binding Obligations. This Indenture, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by all other parties thereto, constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Indenture Trustee, enforceable against the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with its terms, except that (i) such enforcement
may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws (whether statutory, regulatory or decisional) now or hereafter in
effect relating to creditors' rights generally and the rights of trust companies
in particular and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and
other forms of equitable relief may be subject to certain equitable defenses and
to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought, whether in a proceeding at law or in equity.
(d) Eligibility. The Indenture Trustee meets the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 7.08.
Section 7.17 Tax Returns. In the event the Issuers shall be required to
file tax returns, the Servicer shall prepare or shall cause to be prepared any
tax returns required to be filed by the Issuers and shall remit such returns to
the Issuers for signature at least five days before such returns are due to be
filed. The Indenture Trustee, upon request, will furnish the Servicer with all
such information known to the Indenture Trustee as may be reasonably required in
connection with the preparation of all tax returns of the Issuers. In no event
shall the Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity be liable for any
liabilities, costs or expenses of the Issuers, the Noteholders or the Servicer
arising under any tax law or regulation, including, without limitation, federal,
state or local income or excise taxes or any other tax imposed on or measured by
income (or any interest or penalty with respect thereto or arising from any
failure to comply therewith).
ARTICLE VIII.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section 8.01 Events of Default. "Event of Default" wherever used herein
means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and without regard to whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(a) failure of the Issuers to distribute or cause to be distributed to
the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, all or part of any
payment of interest required to be made under the terms of such Notes or this
Indenture on each monthly Payment Date when such amount is due and payable;
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(b) failure of the Issuers to distribute or cause to be distributed to
the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders (x) on any Payment
Date, an amount equal to the principal due on the Outstanding Notes as of such
Payment Date to the extent that sufficient Available Funds are on deposit in the
Collection Account or (y) on the Class A-1 Maturity Date, the Class A-2 Maturity
Date, the Class A-3 Maturity Date, the Class A-4 Maturity Date, the Class B
Maturity Date, the Class C Maturity Date or the Class D Maturity Date, as the
case may be, any remaining principal owed on the Outstanding Class A-1 Notes,
Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes
or Class D Notes, as the case may be, and in either case, such failure has not
been cured within three Business Days of such Payment Date or Maturity Date, as
applicable;
(c) failure on the part of the Issuers to duly observe or perform any
other covenants or agreements of the Issuers set forth in this Indenture or the
other Transactions Documents to which the Issuers are a party, which failure
continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier to occur of (x)
the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the situation giving
rise to such failure to be remedied, shall have been given to the Issuers by the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or any Noteholder or (y) the date on which
the Issuers have actual knowledge of such failure or are required pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture to provide notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Note
Insurer and the Noteholders of any such failure;
(d) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of either of the Issuers in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging either of
the Issuers a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
of either of the Issuers under any applicable federal or state law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of either of the Issuers or of any substantial part of
their respective property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their
respective affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief
or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days;
(e) the commencement by either of the Issuers of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be
adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either of the Issuers to
the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of such Issuer in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against such Issuer, or the filing
by either of the Issuers of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the
consent by either of the Issuers to the filing of such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Issuer or of any
substantial part of such Issuer's property, or the making by either of the
Issuers of an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(f) either of the Issuers becomes subject to regulation by the
Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment company within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; or
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(g) failure of the Indenture Trustee to have a first priority,
perfected security interest in any portion of the Pledged Property (subject to
the Filing Requirements with respect to the Equipment) which continues
unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier to occur of (x) the date on
which written notice of such failure, requiring the situation giving rise to
such failure to be remedied, shall have been given to the Issuers by the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or any Noteholder or (y) the date on which
the Issuers have actual knowledge of such failure or are required pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture to provide notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Note
Insurer and the Noteholders of any such failure.
Section 8.02 Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Annulment. (a) If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the
Indenture Trustee, at the written direction of the Controlling Parties, shall
declare the principal of all of the Notes to be immediately due and payable, by
a notice in writing to the Servicer, and upon any such declaration such
principal (together with all accrued and previously unpaid interest) shall
become immediately due and payable. The Indenture Trustee shall give notice to
each Noteholder, the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies of such declaration.
(b) At any time, after such a declaration of acceleration has been
made, but before any sale of the Pledged Property has been made or a judgment or
decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee
as hereinafter in this Article VIII provided, the Controlling Parties, by
written notice to the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequence if monies have been paid or deposited with
the Indenture Trustee in a sum sufficient to pay:
(i) all overdue installments of interest on all Notes;
(ii) the principal of any of the Notes which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon
at the applicable Note Rate;
(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue installments of interest on the Notes at the rate
specified therefor in the applicable Notes; and
(iv) all sums paid or advanced, together with interest
thereon, by the Indenture Trustee or the Note Insurer hereunder or
under the Insurance Agreement or the Note Insurance Policy and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and their respective agents and
counsel.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon. Subsequent to any such declaration of acceleration and so
long as such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and
annulled, prior to the exercise by the Indenture Trustee of the remedies set
forth in Section 8.03(b) or (c) hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall give the
Noteholders and the Note Insurer ten days notice of its intention to take such
actions.
Section 8.03 Remedies. (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee, at the written direction of the
Controlling Parties, may do one or more of the following:
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(b) institute, in its own name and as Indenture Trustee, Proceedings
for the collection of the Reimbursement Amount and the entire amount of
principal and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes, or under this Indenture in
respect of the Notes, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment
obtained, and collect from the Pledged Property securing the Notes the monies
adjudged due;
(c) sell the Pledged Property or any portion thereof or rights or
interest therein, at one or more sales called and conducted in any manner
permitted by law;
(d) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial
foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Pledged Property securing the
Notes; or
(e) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC or other
applicable law and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the
rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or the
Noteholders hereunder, including delivery of notices to the Obligors of the
assignment of the related Contract(s) to the Issuers and delivery of notices to
any guarantors of Contracts of the assignment of the related guarantee to the
Issuers, and in each case, the pledge of such assigned property to the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Beneficiaries.
Section 8.04 Notice of Event of Default. Subject to Article VII, within
two Business Days after a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of the
occurrence of any Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee shall transmit, by
certified mail return receipt requested, hand delivery, overnight courier or
facsimile, to the Note Insurer and to all Noteholders, as their names and
addresses appear in the Register, notice of such Event of Default, unless such
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
Section 8.05 Exercise of Power by Indenture Trustee In case an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing to the actual knowledge of a Responsible
Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of
care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
Section 8.06 Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the
pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial Proceeding relating to
either of the Issuers or any other obligor upon the Notes or the property of
either of the Issuers or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Indenture
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of any class of Notes shall then
be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand for the
payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, to
intervene in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for all amounts owing and unpaid in
respect of the Notes or otherwise owed hereunder and to file such other papers
or documents and take such other action including participating as a member,
voting or otherwise, in any committee of creditors appointed in the matter, as
may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture
Trustee, the Note Insurer (including, in each case, any claim for the reasonable
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compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, the
Note Insurer, and their respective agents and counsel) and the Noteholders
allowed in such judicial Proceeding;
(b) to petition for lifting of the automatic stay and thereupon to
foreclose upon the Pledged Property as elsewhere provided herein; and
(c) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, or sequestrator (or other
similar official) in any such judicial Proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Noteholder to make such payments to the Indenture Trustee, and in the event that
the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to
the Note Insurer or the Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee any amount
due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to
authorize or to consent or accept or adopt on behalf of the Note Insurer or any
Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting, the Note Insurer, the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or
to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of the Note
Insurer or any Noteholder in any such Proceeding.
Section 8.07 Allocation of Money Collected . Any money collected by the
Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes pursuant to the remedies set forth
in Section 8.03 (and any funds then held or thereafter received by the Indenture
Trustee) shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by
the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section
8.07 shall not preclude the Indenture Trustee from receiving indemnities
satisfactory to it from or on behalf of the Noteholders against the costs,
expenses and liabilities it may incur in acting in compliance with the written
directions of the Controlling Parties; provided, further, that any such
indemnities shall not be withheld or offset from the amounts payable to any
Noteholders pursuant to clauses FOURTH, FIFTH, EIGHTH, NINTH and TENTH below:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Indenture Trustee
under Section 7.07 hereof;
SECOND: To the payment of all amounts then due to the Servicer
under the Servicing Agreement (so long as UOG or any of its Affiliates is not
then acting as Servicer);
THIRD: To the payment of all Premium Amounts due and payable
to the Note Insurer;
FOURTH: To the payment of Class A-1 Note Interest to the Class
A-1 Noteholders, Class A-2 Note Interest to the Class A-2 Noteholders, Class A-3
Note Interest to the Class A-3 Noteholders and Class A-4 Note Interest to the
Class A-4 Noteholders, pari passu based on the interest due on each such Class
of Class A Notes;
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FIFTH: To the payment of the outstanding Class A Note
Principal Balance to the Class A Noteholders, pari passu based on the
outstanding Note Principal Balance of each such Class of Class A Notes;
SIXTH: To the payment of all Reimbursement Amounts, if any,
due to the Note Insurer;
SEVENTH: To the payment of all amounts due to the Servicer
under the Servicing Agreement (so long as UOG or any of its Affiliates is then
acting as Servicer);
EIGHTH: To the payment of the Class B Note Interest and the
outstanding Class B Note Principal Balance to the Class B Noteholders;
NINTH: To the payment of the Class C Note Interest and the
outstanding Class C Note Principal Balance to the Class C Noteholders;
TENTH: To the payment of the Class D Note Interest and the
outstanding Class D Note Principal Balance to the Class D Noteholders;
ELEVENTH: To the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by any Noteholder in connection with the enforcement of its rights
hereunder or under the Notes, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind; and
TWELFTH: To the payment of any surplus to the
Certificateholders, pro rata, in accordance with their respective percentage
interests.
Section 8.08 Waiver of Events of Default. (a) The Note Insurer or the
holders of 66-2/3% of the then outstanding principal balance of the Notes (with
the prior written consent of the Note Insurer) may, by one or more instruments
in writing to the Indenture Trustee, waive any Event of Default hereunder and
its consequences, except a continuing Event of Default:
(i) in respect of the payment of the principal of or interest
on any Note (which may only be waived by the Holder of such Note), or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article XI cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Note outstanding affected (which only may be waived by
the Holders of all Notes outstanding affected).
(b) Upon any such waiver, such Event of Default shall cease to exist
and shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 8.09 Limitation On Suits. No Holder shall have any right to
institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless:
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(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Controlling Parties shall have made written request to the
Indenture Trustee to institute Proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Indenture Trustee for 30 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such Proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Indenture Trustee during such 30 day period by the Controlling Parties;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders
or the Note Insurer or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided.
Section 8.10 Unconditional Right of Noteholders to Receive Principal
and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the
Noteholders shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Note as such principal
and interest becomes due and payable in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture (including, without limitation, the limitation on such payments to the
extent of Available Funds on each Payment Date) and, with the consent of the
Controlling Parties, to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Noteholder.
Section 8.11 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture
Trustee, the Note Insurer or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and
such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adverse to the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or to such
Noteholder, then and in every such case, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer
and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be
restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and
thereafter all rights and remedies hereunder shall continue as though no such
Proceeding has been instituted.
Section 8.12 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or the
Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
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Section 8.13 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or any Noteholder to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy
or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Indenture Trustee,
the Note Insurer or the Noteholders, or any of them, may be exercised from time
to time, as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee, the Note
Insurer or the Noteholders, subject however to the right of the Note Insurer to
control any such right and remedy.
Section 8.14 Control by Controlling Parties. The Controlling Parties
shall have the right to direct in writing the decision whether to conduct, and
the time, method and place of conducting, any Proceeding for any remedy
available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes;
provided, that:
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture; and
(b) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by
the Indenture Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; provided,
however, that the Indenture Trustee need not take any action which it determines
might involve it in liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not
consenting.
Section 8.15 Sale of Pledged Property. (a) The power to effect any sale
pursuant to Section 8.03 hereof shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales
as to any portion of the Pledged Property remaining unsold, but shall continue
unimpaired until the entire Pledged Property securing the Notes shall have been
sold or all amounts payable under this Indenture with respect thereto shall have
been paid. The Indenture Trustee may from time to time postpone any sale by
public announcement made at the time and place of such sale. To the extent
permitted by law, the Indenture Trustee shall not sell the Pledged Property
without the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, so long as a Note Insurer
Default has not then occurred and is continuing.
(b) The Note Insurer and any Noteholder may bid for and acquire any
portion of the Pledged Property securing the Notes in connection with any sale
thereof.
(c) Each of the parties hereby covenants and agrees that a sale of the
entirety of the Contracts and the Equipment by a public sale held not less than
ten days after notice thereof is commercially reasonable.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate
instrument of conveyance, provided to it by the Servicer, transferring its
interest in any portion of the Pledged Property in connection with a sale
thereof. In addition, the Indenture Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed the
agent and attorney-in-fact of the Issuers to transfer and convey its interest in
any portion of the Pledged Property in connection with a sale thereof, and to
take all action necessary to effect such sale. No purchaser or transferee at
such a sale shall be bound to
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ascertain the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction of
any conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.
Section 8.16 Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee's right to seek and
recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by
the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect
to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies
of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of
any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuers or the Transferors or
by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Pledged
Property or upon any of the assets of the Issuers or the Transferors.
Section 8.17 Certain Rights of the Holders of the Subordinate Notes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in the Servicing
Agreement, the holders of the Subordinate Notes which hold in the aggregate a
Percentage Interest of the Subordinate Notes in excess of 66 and 2/3% may, after
30 days prior written notice to the Note Insurer, petition the Indenture Trustee
to enforce against the Issuers or the Servicer any covenants or agreements made
by the Servicer or the Issuers, in the event that the Servicer or the Issuers
are then in default thereunder and no other party (i.e., the Note Insurer or the
Class A Noteholders) is demanding enforcement thereof. The Indenture Trustee may
require such petitioning, Subordinate Noteholders to post a reasonable indemnity
before the Indenture Trustee is required to act on such petition. In no event
shall the cost of any such enforcement be borne by the Note Insurer, any Class A
Noteholder or the Issuers. Failure of the Note Insurer to take any enforcement
action after receiving such notice by the Subordinate Noteholders shall not be
deemed to be a waiver of, or in any way prejudice, any rights of the Note
Insurer under the Indenture or otherwise. The Subordinate Noteholders will not
have the right, independently (unless they then constitute the Majority Holders
and the Majority Holders are otherwise then permitted to do so) to declare an
Event of Servicing Termination or an Event of Default or otherwise accelerate
the Notes.
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Optional Redemption of Notes; Final Disposition of
Funds. (a) On any Payment Date on which the Aggregate Discounted Contract
Principal Balance is less than ten percent (10%) of the sum of (x) the Initial
Aggregate Discounted Contract Principal Balance and (y) the Original Pre-Funded
Amount (which as of the Closing Date, the Servicer hereby represents is the
level at which the Servicer reasonably believes that servicing the Contracts on
behalf of the Beneficiaries would be economically inefficient), LLC II, on
behalf of each of the Issuers, shall have the option to redeem the Notes in
whole by depositing or causing to be deposited into the Collection Account the
sum of (i) the Class A Note Principal Balance, the Class B Note Principal
Balance, the Class C Note Principal Balance and the Class D Note Principal
Balance, (ii) the Class A Note Interest, the Class B Note Interest, the Class C
Note Interest and the Class D Note Interest due as of such Payment Date, (iii)
all Operating Expenses due as of such Payment Date (without regard to the
limitation set forth in Section 7.07(a)(ii) hereof) and (iv) all Reimbursement
Amounts, if any, due as of such Payment Date. In the event
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that LLC II elects to redeem the Notes in accordance with this Section 9.01(a),
LLC II shall be required to notify the Indenture Trustee in writing by no later
than five (5) Business Days prior to a notice required to be sent by the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01(b).
(b) Notice of any redemption pursuant to Section 9.01(a) shall be given
promptly by the Indenture Trustee, by letter to the Note Insurer and
Noteholders, mailed not later than the 10th day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such final Payment Date, specifying (i) the Payment Date
upon which final payment of the Notes will be made, (ii) the scheduled amount of
any such final payment, (iii) that interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes
on such final Payment Date and (iv) the address for presentation of the Notes
for final payment. On such final Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall cause
to be distributed the amounts otherwise distributable on such Payment Date
pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof, taking into account the redemption pursuant to
Section 9.01(a). After such Payment Date, interest on the Notes shall cease to
accrue.
(c) In the event that any amount due to any Noteholder remains
unclaimed, the Servicer shall, at its expense, cause to be published once, in
the eastern edition of The Wall Street Journal, notice that such money remains
unclaimed. If, within two years after such publication, such amount remains
unclaimed, the Issuers shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets
which remain subject hereto, and the Indenture Trustee upon written direction
from the Servicer shall transfer such funds to the Issuers and shall be
discharged of any responsibility for such funds and, the Noteholders shall look
only to the Issuers for payment.
ARTICLE X.
Noteholders' Lists and Reports
Section 10.01 Note Registrar To Furnish To Indenture Trustee Names and
Addresses of Noteholders. The Note Registrar will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five days after the earlier
of (i) each Record Date and (ii) three months after the last Record Date, a
list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names
and addresses of the Holders as of such Record Date and (b) at such other times
as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by
the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date
not more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided,
however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such
list shall be required to be furnished. The Indenture Trustee or, if the
Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar, the Note Registrar shall furnish to
the Note Insurer or the Issuers in writing upon their written request and at
such other times as the Note Insurer or the Issuers may request a copy of the
list of Noteholders.
Section 10.02 Preservation of Information. The Indenture Trustee shall
preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of the Noteholders contained in the most recent list furnished to the
Indenture Trustee and the names and addresses of Noteholders received by the
Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar.
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Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. Upon any
application or request by the Issuers to the Indenture Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuers shall furnish to the
Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer (i) an Officers' Certificate stating that
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with, and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating
that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have
been complied with, except that, in the case of any such application or request
as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or
opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition
and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory,
such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
ARTICLE XI.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01 Amendment. (a) This Indenture may be amended from
time to time by the Issuers, the Servicer, the Originator and the Indenture
Trustee, without the consent of any of the Noteholders but with the consent of
the Note Insurer, to cure any ambiguity herein; provided, however, that such
action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee, adversely affect in any respect the interests of any
Noteholder.
(b) This Indenture may also be amended from time to time by the
Issuers, the Servicer, the Originator and the Indenture Trustee with the consent
of the Note Insurer (or, if a Note Insurer Default has occurred or is continuing
or the Class A Notes have been paid in full, the Majority Holders) for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Noteholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) increase or
reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of,
payments that are required to be made on any Note without the consent of the
Holder of such Note or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
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percentage required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the
Holders of all Notes then outstanding.
(c) Prior to the effectiveness of any amendment under Section 11.01(a)
or (b), the Rating Agencies shall have confirmed in writing their respective
ratings of the Notes.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Indenture
Trustee shall furnish a written copy of the text of such amendment (and any
consent required with respect thereto) to each Noteholder, the
Certificateholders, the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies.
(e) Approval of the particular form of any proposed amendment or
consent shall not be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders under Section
11.01(b), but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by the Noteholders shall be subject to
such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe.
(f) The Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer shall be entitled to
receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
all conditions precedent to the amendment of this Indenture have been satisfied.
The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute and deliver
any such amendment which affects that Indenture Trustee's rights, powers,
immunities or indemnifications hereunder.
Section 11.02 Limitation on Rights of Noteholders. (a) The death,
dissolution or incapacity of any Noteholder shall not operate to terminate this
Indenture nor entitle such Noteholder's legal representatives or heirs to claim
an accounting or to take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for
a partition or winding up of the Issuers, nor otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
(b) It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each
Noteholder with every other Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee, that no one or
more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or
by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of the Notes, to
obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other Holder of the
same class of Notes or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
Noteholders of the same class. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions of this Section 11.02, each and every Noteholder and the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
Section 11.03 Counterparts. For the purpose of facilitating the
execution of this Indenture and for other purposes, this Indenture may be
executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts
shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 11.04 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF
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THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE.
Section 11.05 Notices. All demands, notices, instructions, directions
and communications hereunder (other than periodic communications of a routine
nature made in connection with the dissemination of information regarding the
Pledged Property, the Servicer and the Issuers required to be delivered
hereunder, which shall be delivered or mailed by first class mail or facsimile
transmission) shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed by overnight
courier, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the
case of the Servicer, at 2121 S.W. Broadway, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97201,
Attention: Gerald Hudspeth, telephone (503) 228-1245, telecopy (503) 721-1712,
(b) in the case of the Originator, at 10800 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 800,
Miami, Florida 33161, Attention: Glen Stein, telephone (305) 899-5000, telecopy
(305) 899-5050, (c) in the case of the Issuers, at One East First Street, Suite
1600, Reno, Nevada 89501, Attention: Gregg Barnard, telephone (775) 688-3000,
telecopy (775) 688-3088, with a copy to the Originator as set forth in clause
(b) above, (d) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at Norwest Center, Sixth
Street and Marquette Avenue, MAC N9311-161 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479,
Attention: Corporate Trust Services-Asset-Backed Administration, telephone (612)
667-8058, telecopy (612) 667-3464, (e) in the case of S&P, at 55 Water Street,
40th Floor, New York, NY 10041, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance, telephone
(212) 438-2000, telecopy (212) 438-2661, (f) in the case of Fitch, at One State
Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance,
telephone (212) 908-0500, telephone (212) 514-9879, (g) in the case of Moody's,
at 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Attention: ABS Monitoring Group,
telephone (212) 553-0300, telecopy (212) 553-3856, (h) in the case of DCR, at 55
East Monroe Street, Suite 3800, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention: Asset Backed
Monitoring - Equipment Leases, telephone (312) 368-3160, telecopy (312)
368-2069, (i) in the case of the Note Insurer, at One State Street Plaza, New
York, New York 10004, Attention: Structured Asset Backed Securities Department
Head, telephone (212) 688-0340, telecopy (212) 208-3547, and (j) in the case of
the Initial Purchasers, (i) to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation at 11
Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, Attention: Asset Finance, telephone
number (212) 325-2000, telecopy (212) 325-8261, (ii) to Banc of America
Securities LLC at Bank of America Corporate Center, 100 North Tryon, 6th Floor,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255, Attention: Global High-Grade Syndications,
telephone (704) 386-9690, telecopy, (704) 387-0180, and (iii) to UniCapital
Securities Corp. at 5429 LBJ Freeway, Suite 650, Dallas, Texas 75240, Attention:
Fred Cornwall, telephone (972) 386-0200, telecopy (972) 386-6636. Any notice
required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder shall be given by first class
mail or overnight mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Holder as shown
in the Note Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this
Indenture shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given on the fifth
Business Day following mailing, whether or not the Noteholder receives such
notice. A copy of each notice sent by any party to a Noteholder hereunder shall
be promptly sent by such party to each Rating Agency.
Section 11.06 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms of this Indenture shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Indenture and shall in no way affect
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the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Indenture or of
the Notes or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 11.07 Third Party Beneficiary. The parties hereto acknowledge
and agree that the Note Insurer is an intended third party beneficiary of this
Indenture.
Section 11.08 Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, except as provided in Section 5.02 of the Servicing Agreement,
this Indenture may not be assigned by the Servicer except with the prior written
consent of the Note Insurer. Notice of any such assignment received by a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall be given to the Rating
Agencies by the Indenture Trustee.
Section 11.09 Binding Effect. This Indenture shall inure to the benefit
of, and shall be binding upon the Servicer, the Originator, the Issuers, the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and
their respective successors and permitted assigns, subject, however, to the
limitations contained in this Indenture. This Indenture shall not inure to the
benefit of any Person other than the Issuers, the Servicer, the Originator, the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders.
Section 11.10 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made herein and in the other documents delivered
pursuant hereto shall survive the pledge of the Pledged Property and the
issuance of the Notes and the Certificates and shall continue in full force and
effect until payment in full of the Notes and all amounts owing to the Indenture
Trustee and the Note Insurer hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents, as applicable.
Section 11.11 Captions. The captions or headings in this Indenture are
for convenience only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or intent
of any provisions or sections of this Indenture.
Section 11.12 Annexes and Exhibits. The Annexes and the Exhibits to
this Indenture are hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof and are an
integral part of this Indenture.
Section 11.13 Calculations. Except as otherwise provided in this
Indenture, including, without limitation, with respect to the calculation of
interest on the Class A-1 Notes, all interest rate calculations under this
Indenture, including those with respect to the Contracts, will be made on the
basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months (i.e., each Interest Accrual
Period shall be deemed to be equal a 30 day period; provided, that the initial
Interest Accrual Period shall be deemed to equal only a 14 day period) and will
be carried out to at least seven decimal places. Interest on the Class A-1 Notes
will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed during each Interest Accrual Period and will be carried out to at least
seven decimal places.
Section 11.14 No Proceedings. The Servicer, the Originator, the Issuers
and the Indenture Trustee each hereby agrees that it will not directly or
indirectly institute, or cause to be instituted, against either of the Issuers
any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding so long as
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there shall not have elapsed one year plus one day since the maturity date of
the latest maturing securities of either of the Issuers.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuers, the Servicer, the Originator and the
Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their
respective officers, all as of the day and year first above written.
UCP 99-1 LLC I, as Issuer
By: /s/ Andrew L. Stidd
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Name: Andrew L. Stidd
Title: Manager
UCP 99-1 LLC II, as Issuer
By: /s/ Andrew L. Stidd
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Name: Andrew L. Stidd
Title: Manager
UNICAPITAL OPERATIONS GROUP, INC.,
as Servicer
By: /s/ Jerry T. Hudspeth
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Name: Jerry T. Hudspeth
Title: President
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ Marianna C. Stershic
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Name: Marianna C. Stershic
Title: Assistant Vice President
[Signature Page to Indenture]
Exhibit 10.01
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of this 2nd day of August, 1999, is
by and between (i) UniCapital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and (ii) John L. Guadagno ("Employee").
RECITALS
The Company desires to employ Employee and to have the benefit of his
skills and services, and Employee desires to accept employment with the Company,
on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, terms,
covenants and conditions set forth herein, and the performance of each, the
parties hereto, intending legally to be bound, hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENTS
1. EMPLOYMENT; TERM. The Company hereby employs Employee to perform the
duties described herein, and Employee hereby accepts employment with the
Company, for a term beginning on the date hereof and continuing for a period of
three years, unless sooner terminated (the "Term").
2. POSITION AND DUTIES. The Company hereby employs Employee as the
President of the Company's "Technology and Finance Group". As such, Employee
shall have responsibilities, duties and authority reasonably accorded to and
expected of the President of the Company's Technology and Finance Group and will
report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. For purposes of
this Agreement, the term "Technology and Finance Group" means the subsidiaries
and other business units of the Company which are engaged in computer and
telecommunications leasing and middle market leasing, as determined by the
Company from time to time. Employee hereby accepts this employment upon the
terms and conditions herein contained and agrees to devote all of his
professional time, attention, and efforts to promote and further the business of
the Company and the Technology and Finance Group. Employee shall faithfully
adhere to, execute, and fulfill all policies established by the Company.
3. COMPENSATION. For all services rendered by Employee, the Company
shall compensate Employee, during the Term, as follows:
(a) Base Salary. The annual base salary payable to Employee
shall be $350,000, payable on a regular basis in accordance with the Company's
standard payroll procedures, but not less than monthly.
(b) Commission.
(i) In addition to the foregoing base salary, Employee shall
receive an annual commission (the "Commission") equal to the
sum of (a) one-half of one percent (.5%) of the first
$50,000,000 of the net income earned by UniCapital's
Technology and Finance Group, as reported in UniCapital's
Annual Report on Form 10-K , and (b) one percent (1.0%) of the
net income earned by UniCapital's Technology and Finance Group
in excess of $50,000,000, as reported in UniCapital's Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
(ii) The Commission shall be payable annually within 91 days after
the end of the calendar year during which such Commission was
earned.
(c) Perquisites, Benefits, and Other Compensation. During the
Term, Employee shall be entitled to receive all perquisites and benefits as are
customarily provided by the Company to its employees, subject to such changes,
additions, or deletions as the Company may make generally from time to time, as
well as such other perquisites or benefits as may be specified from time to time
by the Company or the Compensation Committee.
4. EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT. The Company shall reimburse Employee for (or,
at the Company's option, pay) all business travel and other out-of-pocket
expenses reasonably incurred by Employee in the performance of his services
hereunder during the Term. All reimbursable expenses shall be appropriately
documented in reasonable detail by Employee upon submission of any request for
reimbursement, and in a format and manner consistent with the Company's expense
reporting policy, as well as applicable federal and state tax record keeping
requirements.
5. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE. Employee understands that he may be requested
by the Company to relocate from his present residence to another geographic
location in order to more efficiently carry out his duties and responsibilities
under this Agreement or as part of a promotion or a change in duties and
responsibilities. In such event, if Employee agrees to relocate, the Company
will provide Employee with a relocation allowance, in an amount determined by
the Company, to assist Employee in covering the costs of moving himself, his
immediate family, and their personal property and effects. The total amount and
type of costs to be covered shall be determined by the Company, in light of
prevailing Company policy at the time.
6. TERMINATION; RIGHTS ON TERMINATION. Employee's employment may be
terminated in any one of the following ways, prior to the expiration of the
Term:
(a) Death. The death of Employee shall immediately terminate
the Term.
(b) Disability. If, as a result of incapacity due to physical
or mental illness or injury, Employee shall have been unable to perform the
essential functions of his position, with or without reasonable accommodation,
on a full-time basis for a period of four consecutive months, or for a total of
four months in any six-month period, then 30 days after written notice to
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Employee (which notice may be given before or after the end of the
aforementioned periods, but which shall not be effective earlier than the last
day of the applicable period), the Company may terminate Employee's employment
hereunder if Employee is unable to resume his full-time duties at the conclusion
of such notice period. If Employee's employment is terminated as a result of
Employee's disability, the Company shall continue to pay Employee his base
salary at the then-current rate for the lesser of (i) three months from the
effective date of termination, or (ii) whatever time period is remaining under
the then-current period of the Term (without regard to renewals thereof). Such
payments shall be made in accordance with the Company's regular payroll cycle.
(c) Termination by the Company for "Cause." The Company may
terminate the Term 10 days after written notice to Employee for "cause," which
shall be: (i) Employee's material breach of this Agreement, which breach is not
cured within 10 days of receipt by Employee of written notice from the Company
specifying the breach; (ii) Employee's gross negligence in the performance of
his duties hereunder, intentional nonperformance or misperformance of such
duties, or refusal to abide by or comply with the directives of the Company, his
superior officers, or the policies and procedures of the Company, which actions
continue for a period of at least 10 days after receipt by Employee of written
notice of the need to cure or cease; (iii) Employee's willful dishonesty, fraud,
or misconduct with respect to the business or affairs of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, and that in the judgment of the Company materially and
adversely affects the operations or reputation of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; (iv) Employee's conviction of a felony or other crime involving
moral turpitude; or (v) Employee's abuse of alcohol or drugs (legal or illegal)
that, in the judgment of the Company, materially impairs Employee's ability to
perform his duties hereunder.
(d) Without Cause. At any time after the commencement of
employment, the Company may, without cause, terminate the Term and Employee's
employment, effective 30 days after written notice is provided to Employee.
Should Employee be terminated by the Company without cause, Employee shall
receive from the Company compensation ("Severance Compensation") equal to the
base salary at the rate then in effect for the lesser of (i) twelve months from
the effective date of termination, or (ii) whatever time period is remaining
under the then-current period of the Term (without regard to renewals thereof).
Such payments shall be made in accordance with the Company's regular payroll
cycle. If Employee resigns or otherwise terminates his employment for any reason
or for no reason, other than for disability pursuant to Section 6(b), Employee
shall receive no Severance Compensation or other compensation.
(e) Payment Through Termination. Upon termination of
Employee's employment Employee shall be entitled to receive his base salary and
all benefits and reimbursements (including payments for accrued vacation and
sick leave, in each case in accordance with applicable policies of the Company)
due through the effective date of termination. Additional compensation
subsequent to termination, if any, will be due and payable to Employee only to
the extent and in the manner expressly provided above in this Section 6. All
other rights and obligations of the Company and Employee under this Agreement
shall cease as of the effective date of termination, except that Employee's
obligations under Sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 below shall survive such
termination.
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7. RESTRICTION ON COMPETITION.
(a) During the Term, Employee shall not, directly or
indirectly, for himself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person,
company, partnership, corporation, business, group, or other entity (each, a
"Person") engage or prepare to engage, as an officer, director, shareholder,
owner, partner, joint venturer, or in a managerial capacity, whether as an
employee, independent contractor, consultant, advisor, lender or sales
representative, in any business engaged in providing or servicing equipment
leasing or specialty finance products or services in direct competition with the
Company, or any business engaging in the consolidation of the equipment leasing
or specialty finance industry, within the United States of America (the
"Territory").
(b) During the Term, and thereafter, if Employee continues to
be employed by the Company or any other entity owned by or affiliated with the
Company on an "at-will" basis, for the duration of such period, and thereafter
for a period of two years, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, for
himself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person:
(i) call upon, correspond with or otherwise engage in
discussions with any Person who is, at that time, an employee of the Company for
the purpose or with the intent of enticing such employee away from or out of the
employ of the Company;
(ii) call upon, correspond with or otherwise engage in
discussions with any Person who or that is, at that time, or has been, within
one year prior to that time, a customer of the Company within the Territory for
the purpose of soliciting or selling products or services in direct competition
with the Company within the Territory; or
(iii) on Employee's own behalf or on behalf of any
competitor, call upon any Person that, during Employee's employment by the
Company, was either called upon by the Company as a prospective acquisition
candidate or was the subject of an acquisition analysis conducted by the
Company.
(c) The foregoing covenants shall not be deemed to prohibit
Employee from acquiring as a passive investment not more than one percent of the
capital stock of a competing business, whose stock is traded on a national
securities exchange or through the automated quotation system of a registered
securities association.
(d) For purposes of this Section 7 and Sections 8, 9, 10 and
11, references to the Company shall mean UniCapital Corporation, together with
its subsidiaries and affiliates.
(e) The covenants in this Section 7 are severable and
separate, and the unenforceability of any specific covenant shall not affect the
provisions of any other covenant. If any provision of this Section 7 relating to
the time period or geographic area of the restrictive covenants shall be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the maximum time period
or geographic area, as applicable, that such court deems reasonable and
enforceable, said time period or geographic area shall be deemed to be, and
thereafter shall become, the maximum time period or largest geographic area that
such court deems reasonable and enforceable and this Agreement shall
automatically be considered to have been amended and revised to reflect such
determination.
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(f) All of the covenants in this Section 7 shall be construed
as an agreement independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the
existence of any claim or cause of action of Employee against the Company,
whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a
defense to the enforcement by the Company of such covenants. It is specifically
agreed that the period of two years stated at the beginning of this Section 7,
during which the agreements and covenants of Employee made in this Section 7
shall be effective, shall be computed by excluding from such computation any
time during which Employee is in violation of any provision of this Section 7.
(g) If the time period specified by this Section 7 shall be
reduced by law or court decision, then, notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 6 above, Employee shall be entitled to receive from the Company his base
salary at the rate then in effect solely for the longer of (i) the time period
during which the provisions of this Section 7 shall be enforceable under the
provisions of such applicable law, or (ii) the time period during which Employee
is not engaging in any competitive activity, but in no event longer than the
applicable period provided in Section 6 above.
(h) Employee has carefully read and considered the provisions
of this Section 7 and, having done so, agrees that the restrictive covenants in
this Section 7 impose a fair and reasonable restraint on Employee and are
reasonably required to protect the interests of the Company and its officers,
directors, employees, and stockholders. It is further agreed that the Company
and Employee intend that such covenants be construed and enforced in accordance
with the changing activities, business, and locations of the Company throughout
the term of these covenants.
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8. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Employee hereby agrees to hold in strict
confidence and not to disclose to any third party any of the valuable,
confidential, and proprietary business, financial, technical, economic, sales,
and/or other types of proprietary business information relating to the Company
(including all trade secrets), in whatever form, whether oral, written, or
electronic (collectively, the "Confidential Information"), to which Employee
has, or is given (or has had or been given), access as a result of his
employment by the Company. It is agreed that the Confidential Information is
confidential and proprietary to the Company because such Confidential
Information encompasses technical know-how, trade secrets, or technical,
financial, organizational, sales, or other valuable aspects of the Company's
business and trade, including, without limitation, technologies, products,
processes, plans, clients, personnel, operations, and business activities. This
restriction shall not apply to any Confidential Information that (a) becomes
known generally to the public through no fault of Employee; (b) is required by
applicable law, legal process, or any order or mandate of a court or other
governmental authority to be disclosed; (c) is reasonably believed by Employee,
based upon the advice of legal counsel, to be required to be disclosed in
defense of a lawsuit or other legal or administrative action brought against
Employee; or (d) is known to Employee prior to the date of this Agreement or is
developed by Employee after the Term; provided, that in the case of clauses (b)
or (c), Employee shall give the Company reasonable advance written notice of the
Confidential Information intended to be disclosed and the reasons and
circumstances surrounding such disclosure, in order to permit the Company to
seek a protective order or other appropriate request for confidential treatment
of the applicable Confidential Information.
9. INVENTIONS. Employee shall disclose promptly to the Company any and
all significant conceptions and ideas for inventions, improvements, and valuable
discoveries, whether patentable or not, that are conceived or made by Employee,
solely or jointly with another, during the period of employment or within one
year thereafter, and that are directly related to the business or activities of
the Company and that Employee conceives as a result of his employment by the
Company, regardless of whether or not such ideas, inventions, or improvements
qualify as "works for hire". Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign all
his interests therein to the Company or its nominee. Whenever requested to do so
by the Company, Employee shall execute any and all applications, assignments, or
other instruments that the Company shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain
Letters Patent of the United States or any foreign country or to otherwise
protect the Company's interest therein.
10. RETURN OF COMPANY PROPERTY; ACCESS TO RECORDS. Promptly upon
termination of Employee's employment by the Company for any reason or no reason,
Employee or Employee's personal representative shall return to the Company (a)
all Confidential Information; (b) all other records, designs, patents, business
plans, financial statements, manuals, memoranda, lists, correspondence, reports,
records, charts, advertising materials, and other data or property delivered to
or compiled by Employee by or on behalf of the Company or its representatives,
vendors, or customers that pertain to the business of the Company, whether in
paper, electronic, or other form; and (c) all keys, credit cards, vehicles, and
other property of the Company. Employee shall not retain or cause to be retained
any copies of the foregoing. Employee hereby agrees that all of the foregoing
shall be and remain the property of the Company, as the case may be, and be
subject at all times to their discretion and control.
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11. NO PRIOR AGREEMENTS. Employee hereby represents and warrants to the
Company that the execution of this Agreement by Employee, his employment by the
Company, and the performance of his duties hereunder will not violate or be a
breach of any agreement with a former employer, client, or any other Person.
Further, Employee agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and their
respective officers, directors, and representatives for any claim, including,
but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of investigation, of
any such third party that such third party may now have or may hereafter come to
have against the Company or such other persons, based upon or arising out of any
non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, invention, secrecy, or
other agreement between Employee and such third party that was in existence as
of the date of this Agreement.
12. ASSIGNMENT; BINDING EFFECT. Employee understands that he has been
selected for employment by the Company on the basis of his personal
qualifications, experience, and skills. Employee agrees, therefore, that he
cannot assign all or any portion of his performance under this Agreement. This
Agreement may not be assigned or transferred by the Company without the prior
written consent of Employee. Subject to the preceding two sentences, this
Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by
the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, and
assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Employee accepts employment with a
subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, unless Employee and his new employer
agree otherwise in writing, this Agreement shall automatically be deemed to have
been assigned to such new employer (which shall thereafter be an additional or
substitute beneficiary of the covenants contained herein, as appropriate), with
the consent of Employee, such assignment shall be considered a condition of
employment by such new employer, and references to the "Company" in this
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to such new employer. If the Company is
merged with or into one of its subsidiaries or affiliates, such action shall not
be considered to cause an assignment of this Agreement, and the surviving or
successor entity shall become the beneficiary of this Agreement and all
references to the "Company" shall be deemed to refer to such surviving or
successor entity.
13. COMPLETE AGREEMENT WAIVER; AMENDMENT. This Agreement is not a
promise of future employment. Employee has no oral representations,
understandings, or agreements with the Company or any of its officers,
directors, or representatives covering the same subject matter as this
Agreement. This Agreement is the final, complete, and exclusive statement and
expression of the agreement between the Company and Employee with respect to the
subject matter hereof, and cannot be varied, contradicted, or supplemented by
evidence of any prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements. This
written Agreement may not be later modified except by a further writing signed
by a duly authorized officer of the Company and Employee, and no term of this
Agreement may be waived except by a writing signed by the party waiving the
benefit of such term.
14. NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required hereunder, it shall be
given in writing addressed as follows:
To the Company: UniCapital Corporation
10800 Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 800
7
Miami, Florida 33161
Attention: Martin Kalb
Mr. John L. Guadagno
15 Fillow Street
Westport, Connecticut 06880
with a copy to:
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Attention:
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Notice shall be deemed given and effective three days after the deposit in the
U.S. mail of a writing addressed as above and sent first class mail, certified,
return receipt requested, or, if sent by Federal Express or other overnight
express delivery, hand delivery, or facsimile, when actually received. Either
party may change the address for notice by notifying the other party of such
change in accordance with this Section 14.
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15. SEVERABILITY; HEADINGS. If any portion of this Agreement is held
invalid or inoperative, the other portions of this Agreement shall be deemed
valid and operative and, so far as is reasonable and possible, effect shall be
given to the intent manifested by the portion held invalid or inoperative. This
severability provision shall be in addition to, and not in place of, the
provisions of Section 7(e) above. The paragraph headings herein are for
reference purposes only and are not intended in any way to describe, interpret,
define or limit the extent or intent of the Agreement or of any part hereof.
16. EQUITABLE REMEDY. Because of the difficulty of measuring economic
losses to the Company as a result of a breach of the restrictive covenants set
forth in Sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and/or 11, and because of the immediate and
irreparable damage that would be caused to the Company for which monetary
damages would not be a sufficient remedy, it is hereby agreed that in addition
to all other remedies that may be available to the Company at law or in equity,
the Company shall be entitled to specific performance and any injunctive or
other equitable relief as a remedy for any breach or threatened breach of the
aforementioned restrictive covenants.
17. ARBITRATION. Any unresolved dispute or controversy arising under or
in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration
conducted in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association
then in effect. The arbitrators shall not have the authority to add to, detract
from, or modify any provision hereof nor to award punitive damages to any
injured party. A decision by a majority of the arbitration panel shall be final
and binding. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any court
having jurisdiction. The direct expense of any arbitration proceeding shall be
borne by the Company. Each party shall bear its own counsel fees. The
arbitration proceeding shall be held in the city where the principal office of
the Company is located. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be
entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief, as contemplated by
Section 16 above, from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the need to
resort to arbitration.
18. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed
according to the laws of the State of __________, without giving effect to any
conflicts of laws principles thereof that would compel the application of the
substantive laws of any other jurisdiction. The Company and Employee each hereby
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located
in the State of __________ in connection with any suit, action or other
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and hereby agrees not to
assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise in such suit, action or
proceeding that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient
forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this
Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced by such courts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have cause this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
UniCapital Corporation
By: /s/ Robert J. New
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Name: Robert J. New
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Title: Chairman & Chief
Executive Officer
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EMPLOYEE:
/s/ John L. Guadagno
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John L. Guadagno
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Exhibit 10.03
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is
made and entered into as of the 1st day of March, 2000 by and between UNICAPITAL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and MARTIN KALB (the
"Employee").
RECITALS
The Company and the Employee are parties to an Employment Agreement
dated as of May 20, 1998 (the "Original Agreement"). The Company desires to
retain the services of the Employee in the employment of the Company on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the
Employee desires to continue to make his services available to the Company on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Company
and the Employee are therefore amending and restating the Original Agreement in
its entirety by entering into this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements and mutual
covenants set forth herein, the parties hereto, intending to be bound legally,
hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. The following terms when used herein, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall be defined as follows:
1.1 "Cause" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1
hereof.
1.2 "Company" shall mean UniCapital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
1.3 "Competing Business" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1 hereof.
1.4 "Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 9.1 hereof.
1.5 "Term" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3
hereof.
2. EMPLOYMENT
2.1 General. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Employee
as Executive Vice President and General Counsel during the Term of this
Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this
Agreement, and the Employee hereby agrees to accept such employment on the terms
and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement.
2.2 Duties of Employee. During the Term of this Agreement, the
Employee shall diligently perform all duties and responsibilities as may be
assigned to him by the Company's Board of Directors and shall exercise such
power and authority as may from time to time be delegated to him thereby. The
Employee shall devote his full business time and attention to the business and
affairs of the Company as necessary to perform his duties and responsibilities
hereunder, render such services to the best of his ability, and use his best
efforts to promote the interests of the Company.
3. TERM. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, the
Company shall employ the Employee for a term commencing on the date first
written above (the "Effective Date"), and expiring on February 28, 2002.
4. COMPENSATION.
4.1 Salary. The Employee shall receive an annual salary of
Four-Hundred-Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00) during the Term of this
Agreement, and such salary shall be payable in installments consistent with the
Company's normal payroll schedule but not less than monthly.
4.2 Incentive Bonus. During the Term, the Employee shall be
eligible to receive an incentive bonus up to the amount, based upon the
criteria, and payable at such times as are, specified in Exhibit A attached
hereto. The amount, manner of payment, and form of consideration, if any, shall
be determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee thereof,
in its sole and absolute discretion, and such determination shall be binding and
final. To the extent that such bonus is to be determined in light of financial
performance during a specified fiscal period and this Agreement commences on a
date after the start of such fiscal period, any bonus payable in respect of such
fiscal period's results may be prorated. In addition, if the period of the
Employee's employment hereunder expires before the end of a fiscal period, and
if the Employee is eligible to receive a bonus at such time (such eligibility
being subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5 below), any bonus
payable in respect of such fiscal period's results may be prorated.
4.3 Benefits. During the Term of this Agreement, the Employee
shall be entitled to participate in all plans adopted for the general benefit of
the Company's employees, such as stock option plans, 401(k) plans, pension
plans, profit sharing plans, medical plans, group or other insurance plans and
benefits, to the extent that the Employee is and remains eligible to participate
therein and subject to the eligibility provisions of such plans in effect from
time to time. For each calendar year during the Term of this Agreement, the
Employee shall be entitled to not less than four weeks of paid vacation,
prorated for any period of employment of less than an entire year.
4.4 Withholding. Notwithstanding any provision in this
Agreement to the contrary, all payments required to be made by the Company
hereunder to the Employee IN connection with the Employee's employment hereunder
shall be subject to withholding of such amounts relating to taxes as the Company
may reasonably determine it should withhold pursuant to any applicable law or
regulation. In lieu of withholding such amounts, in whole or in part, the
Company may, in its sole discretion, accept other provisions for the payment of
taxes, provided
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that the Company is satisfied that all requirements of law affecting its
responsibilities to withhold have been satisfied.
4.5 Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse
the Employee for all reasonable business expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable travel and entertainment expenses) incurred by the
Employee in the discharge of his duties hereunder, subject to the Company's
reimbursement policies in effect from time to time. The Employee agrees to
maintain reasonable records of his business expenses in such form and detail as
the Company may request and to make such records available to the Company as and
when requested.
5. TERMINATION
5.1 Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any provision in
this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company
for "Cause" at any time during the Term hereof, and such termination shall be
effective immediately upon ten (10) days' written notice to the Employee. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" for the termination of the Employee's
employment hereunder shall be deemed to exist if, in the reasonable judgment of
the Company's Board of Directors: (a) the Employee commits fraud, theft or
embezzlement against the Company; (b) the Employee commits a felony or a crime
involving moral turpitude; (c) the Employee compromises trade secrets or other
proprietary information of the Company; (d) the Employee breaches any
non-competition or non-solicitation agreement with the Company or any subsidiary
or affiliate thereof; (e) the Employee breaches any of the terms of this
Agreement (other than those referenced in clauses (c) and (d) of this Section
5.1) and fails to cure such breach within 10 days after the receipt of written
notice of such breach from the Company; or (f) the Employee engages in gross
negligence or willful misconduct that causes harm to the business and operations
of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof. Upon any termination
pursuant to this Section 5.1, the Employee shall be entitled to be paid solely
the Employee's salary then in effect through the effective date of termination,
and the Company shall have no further liability or other obligation of any kind
whatsoever to the Employee.
5.2 Termination by the Company Without Cause. The Company may,
in its sole and absolute discretion, terminate the employment of the Employee
hereunder, at any time prior to the expiration of the term of this Agreement,
without "Cause" (as such term is defined in Section 5.1 above), or otherwise
without any cause, reason or justification, provided that the Company provides
to the Employee at least sixty (60) days' prior written notice (the "Termination
Notice") of such termination. In the event of any such termination by the
Company, (a) the Employee's employment with the Company shall cease and
terminate on the date specified in the Termination Notice (or, if not date is so
specified, on the date which is 60 days following the date of such notice), and
(b) the Employee shall be entitled to receive and be paid solely the Employee's
salary then in effect for the shorter of (x) the fifteen-month period following
the Employee's termination or (y) the remaining Term of this Agreement, payable
over such period at the Company's regular and customary intervals for the
payment of salaries as then in effect, and the Company shall have no further
liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
5.3 Death of the Employee. In the event that the Employee
shall die during the Term of this Agreement, the Employee's employment with the
Company shall immediately cease and terminate and the Employee's estate, heirs
(at law), devisees, legatees or other proper and
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legally entitled descendants, or the personal representative, executor,
administrator or other proper legal representative on behalf of such
descendants, shall be entitled to receive and be paid solely the Employee's
salary through the date of death, and the Company shall have no further
liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
5.4 Disability of the Employee. In the event that the Employee
becomes incapacitated during the Term by reason of sickness, accident or other
mental or physical disability such that he is substantially unable to
performance his duties and responsibilities hereunder for a period of 60
consecutive days, or for shorter or intermittent periods aggregating 90 days
during any 12-month period (a "Disability"), the Company thereafter shall have
the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to terminate the Employee's
employment under this Agreement by sending written notice of such termination to
the Employee or its legal guardian or other proper legal representative and
thereupon his employment hereunder shall immediately cease and terminate. In the
event of any such termination, the Employee shall be entitled to receive and be
paid solely the Employee's salary then in effect through the effective date of
termination and the Company shall have no further liability or other obligation
of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
5.5 Termination by the Employee. Provided that the Company
does not have "Cause" to terminate the Employee pursuant to Section 5.1 above,
the Employee may terminate the Employee's employment with the Company hereunder
at any time and for any reason. Employee must provide to the Company written
notice of such termination not less than 30 days prior to the date such
termination is to be effective. Upon any termination pursuant to this Section
5.5, the Employee shall be entitled to be paid solely the Employee's salary then
in effect through the effective date of termination, and the Company shall have
no further liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
6. AGREEMENT NOT TO COMPETE
6.1 As used in this Agreement, "Competing Business" shall mean
any business or enterprise which is engaged in (a) the equipment leasing
business; or (b) any business, business segment or product line engaged in by
the Company on the date of termination of the Employee's employment with the
Company (clauses (a) and (b) collectively referred to herein as the "Company's
Business").
6.2 The Employee agrees that, during the Term of this
Agreement and for two years following the termination or expiration of his
employment for any reason whatsoever, he will not, without the prior written
consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in
the service of or on behalf of others as a shareholder, director, officer,
trustee, consultant, independent contractor or employee, engage in, or be
employed by, or provide services to, any Competing Business within the State of
Florida or in any other state in which the Company or any subsidiary or
affiliate thereof is engaged in business or in which of any of their respective
products or services are marketed or sold at the time of such termination.
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7. AGREEMENT NOT TO SOLICIT OR SELL TO CUSTOMERS. The Employee agrees
that, during the Term of this Agreement and for two years following the
termination or expiration of his employment for any reason whatsoever, he will
not without the prior written consent of the Company, either directly or
indirectly, call on, solicit, take away, accept as a client, customer or
prospective client or customer or attempt to call on, solicit, take away or
accept as a client, customer or prospective client or customer, any person that
was a client, customer or prospective client or customer of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
8. AGREEMENT NOT TO SOLICIT OR HIRE EMPLOYEES. The Employee agrees that
during the Term of this Agreement and for two years following the termination or
expiration of his employment for any reason whatsoever, he will not, either
directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service or on behalf of
others, solicit, divert or hire, attempt to solicit, divert or hire or induce or
attempt to induce to discontinue employment with the Company or any subsidiary
or affiliate thereof, any person employed by the Company or any subsidiary or
affiliate thereof, whether or not such employee is a full time employee or a
temporary employee of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof and
whether or not such employment is for a determined period or is at will.
9. OWNERSHIP AND NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-USE OF CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION.
9.1 As used in this Agreement, "Confidential Information"
shall mean all customer sales and marketing information, customer account
records, proprietary receipts and/or processing techniques, information
regarding vendors and products, training and operations memoranda and similar
information, personnel records, pricing information, financial information and
trade secrets concerning or relating to the business, accounts, customers,
employees and affairs of the Company, or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof,
obtained by or furnished, disclosed or disseminated to the Employee, or
obtained, assembled or compiled by the Employee or under his supervision during
the course of his employment by the Company, and all physical embodiments of the
foregoing, all of which are hereby agreed to be the property of and confidential
to the Company, but Confidential Information shall not include any of the
foregoing to the extent the same is or becomes publicly known through no fault
or breach of this Agreement by the Employee.
9.2 The Employee acknowledges and agrees that all Confidential
Information, and all physical embodiments thereof, are confidential to and shall
be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Upon request by
the Company, and in any event upon termination of the Employee's employment with
the Company for any reason whatsoever, as a prior condition to the Employee's
receipt of any final salary or benefit payments hereunder, the Employee shall
deliver to the Company all property belonging to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates, including, without limitation, all Confidential
Information (and all embodiments thereof), then in his custody, control or
possession, but any forfeiture of such salary or benefit shall not be considered
a satisfaction or a release of or liquidated damages for any claim(s) for
damages against the Employee which may accrue to the Company, as a result of any
breach of this Section 9 by the Employee.
9.3 The Employee agrees that he will not, either during the
Term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, without the prior written
consent of the Company, use, disclose or make available any Confidential
Information to any person or entity, nor shall he use,
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disclose, make available or cause to be used, disclosed or made available, or
pen-nit or allow, either on his own behalf or on behalf of others, any use or
disclosure of such Confidential Information other than in the proper performance
of the Employee's duties hereunder.
10. INVENTIONS. The Employee shall disclose promptly to the Company any
and all conceptions and ideas for inventions, improvements, and valuable
discoveries, whether patentable or not, that are conceived or made by the
Employee, solely or jointly with another, during the Term of this Agreement and
that are directly related to the business or activities of the Company and that
the Employee conceives as a result of his employment by the Company, regardless
of whether or not such ideas, inventions, or improvements qualify as "works for
hire." The Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign all his interests
therein to the Company or its nominee. Whenever requested to do so by the
Company, the Employee shall execute any and all applications, assignments or
other instruments that the Company shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain
Letters Patent of the United States or any foreign country or to otherwise
protect the Company's interest therein.
11. REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. In the event that any provision
relating to time period or geographic area of any restriction set forth in
Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction
to exceed the maximum time period or area of restriction that the court deems
reasonable and enforceable, the time period or area of restriction which the
court finds to be reasonable and enforceable shall be deemed to become, and
thereafter shall be, the maximum time period or geographic area of such
restriction.
12. ENFORCEABILITY. Any provision of Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 which 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, but shall be enforced to the
maximum extent permitted by law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in
any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any other jurisdiction.
13. INJUNCTION. It is recognized and hereby acknowledged by the parties
hereto that a breach by the Employee of any of the covenants contained in
Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of this Agreement will cause irreparable harm and
damage to the Company, the monetary amount of which may be virtually impossible
to ascertain. As a result, the Employee recognizes and hereby acknowledges that
the Company shall be entitled to an injunction from any court of competent
jurisdiction enjoining and restraining any violation of any or all of the
covenants contained in Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of this Agreement by the
Employee or any of his affiliates, associates, partners or agents, either
directly or indirectly, and that such right to injunction shall be cumulative
and in addition to whatever other remedies the Company may possess.
14. ASSIGNMENT. The Employee shall not delegate his employment
obligations pursuant to this Agreement to any other person.
15. EMPLOYER'S AUTHORITY. The relationship between the parties hereto
is that of employer and employee. The Employee agrees to observe and comply with
the rules and regulations of the Company, as adopted by the Company from time to
time with respect to the performance of the duties of the Employee. The Employee
acknowledges that he has no authority to enter into any contracts or other
obligations that are binding upon the Company unless such contracts or
obligations are authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company
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shall have the power to direct, control and supervise the duties to be performed
by the Employee, the manner of performing said duties, and the time of
performing said duties.
16. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the
parties hereto, and any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, excluding
the choice of law rules thereof. The Company and the Employee each hereby
irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in
Dade County, Florida in connection with any suit, action or other proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and hereby agree not to assert, by
way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise in any such suit, action or proceeding
that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that
the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement
or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced by such courts.
17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and arrangements, both oral and
written, between the parties hereto with respect to such subject matter. This
Agreement may not be modified in any way, unless by a written instrument signed
by both the Company and the Employee.
18. NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when
delivered by hand or three (3) days after sent by registered or certified United
States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or the next business day
following dispatch by a reputable overnight courier service, addressed as
follows:
(i) If to the Employee:
Martin Kalb
16406 S.W. 39th Street
Miramar, FL 33027
(ii) If to the Company:
UniCapital Corporation
10800 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 800
Miami, FL 33161
Attention: Robert J. New
with a copy given in the manner prescribed above to:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
One Oxford Centre, Thirty-Second Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention: David A. Gerson
or to such other addresses as either party hereto may from time TO time give
notice of to the other party hereto in the aforesaid manner.
19. BENEFITS; BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be for the benefit
of and binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal
representatives, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
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20. SEVERABILITY. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 11 and 12,
the invalidity of any one or more of the words, phrases, sentences, clauses,
sections or subsections contained in this Agreement shall not affect the
enforceability of the remaining portions of this Agreement or any part thereof,
all of which are inserted conditionally on their being valid in law, and, in the
event that any one or more of the words, phrases, sentences, clauses, sections
or subsections contained in this Agreement or any part thereof shall be declared
invalid, this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid word or words,
phrase or phrases, sentence or sentences, clause or clauses, section or sections
or subsection or subsections had not been inserted. If such invalidity is caused
by length of time or size of area, or both, the otherwise invalid provision will
be considered to be reduced to a period or area which would cure such
invalidity.
21. DAMAGES. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent the
Company or the Employee from seeking and recovering from the other damages
sustained by either or both of them as a result of its or his breach of any term
or provision of this Agreement. In the event that either party hereto brings
suit for the collection of any damages resulting from, or the injunction of any
action constituting, a breach of any of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement, then the non- prevailing party shall pay all reasonable court costs
and attorneys' fees of the other party.
22. SECTION HEADINGS. The section headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
23. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY. Nothing expressed or implied in this
Agreement is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon or give any person
other than the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal
representative, legal representative, successors and assigns, any rights or
remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
24. AMENDMENT; MODIFICATION; WAIVER. No amendment, modification or
waiver of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and
duly executed by the Company and the Employee. No delay or failure at any time
on the part of the Company in exercising any right, power or privilege under
this Agreement, or in enforcing any provision of this Agreement, shall impair
any such right, power or privilege, or be construed as a waiver of any default
or as any acquiescence therein, or shall affect the right of the Company
thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance
with its terms. The waiver by either party hereto of a breach or violation of
any term or provision of this Agreement shall neither operate nor be construed
as a waiver of any subsequent breach or violation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
UNICAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Robert J. New
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Name: Robert J. New
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
EMPLOYEE:
/s/ Martin Kalb
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Martin Kalb
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EXHIBIT A
In determining the incentive bonus, if any, payable to the Employee
under this Agreement, the Company's Board of Directors or its Compensation
Committee will take into account the achievement of criteria specified by the
Board or the Compensation Committee relating to growth in the Company's earnings
per share from period to period. Any incentive bonus payable to the Employee
under this Agreement will not exceed 100% of the Employee's base salary, and
will be paid out of a bonus pool determined by the Board of Directors or its
Compensation Committee. Any incentive bonus will be payable in the form of cash,
stock options, or other non-cash awards, in such proportions, and in such forms,
as are determined by the Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee.
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Exhibit 10.06
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of the 1st day of February, 1999,
is by and between (i) UniCapital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and (ii) Edward A. Jaeckel ("Employee").
RECITALS
The Company desires to employ Employee and to have the benefit of his
skills and services, and Employee desires to accept employment with the Company,
on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, terms,
covenants and conditions set forth herein, and the performance of each, the
parties hereto, intending legally to be bound, hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENTS
1. EMPLOYMENT; TERM. The Company hereby employs Employee to perform the
duties described herein, and Employee hereby accepts employment with the
Company, for a term beginning on the date hereof and expiring on April 1, 2000,
unless sooner terminated (the "Term").
2. POSITION AND DUTIES. The Company hereby employs Employee as
Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Policy Officer. Employee will report
directly to, and will be subject to the authority of, the Chief Operating
Officer of the Company. Employee hereby accepts this employment upon the terms
and conditions herein contained and agrees to devote all of his professional
time, attention, and efforts to promote and further the business of the Company.
Employee shall faithfully adhere to, execute, and fulfill all policies
established by the Company.
3. COMPENSATION. For all services rendered by Employee, the Company
shall compensate Employee as follows:
(a) Base Salary. Effective on the date hereof, the base salary
payable to Employee shall be $250,000 per year, payable on a regular basis in
accordance with the Company's standard payroll procedures, but not less than
monthly.
(b) Incentive Bonus. During the Term, Employee shall be
eligible to receive an incentive bonus up to the amount, based upon the
criteria, and payable at such times, as may be determined by the Chief Executive
Officer, upon the advice and with the consent of the Company's Board of
Directors (the "Board") or the Compensation Committee thereof. To the extent
that such bonus is to be determined in light of Employee's performance during a
specified fiscal period and this Agreement commences on a date after the start
of such fiscal period, any bonus payable in respect of such fiscal period's
results may be prorated. In addition, if the period of Employee's employment
hereunder expires before the end of a fiscal period, and if Employee is eligible
to receive a bonus at such time (such eligibility being subject to the
restrictions set
forth in Section 6 below), any bonus payable in respect of such fiscal period's
results may be prorated.
(c) Perquisites, Benefits, and Other Compensation. During the
Term, Employee shall be entitled to receive all perquisites and benefits as are
customarily provided by the Company to similarly situated employees, subject to
such changes, additions, or deletions as the Company may make generally from
time to time, as well as such other perquisites or benefits as may be specified
from time to time by the Board.
4. EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT. The Company shall reimburse Employee for (or,
at the Company's option, pay) all business travel and other out-of-pocket
expenses reasonably incurred by Employee in the performance of his services
hereunder during the Term. All reimbursable expenses shall be appropriately
documented in reasonable detail by Employee upon submission of any request for
reimbursement, and in a format and manner consistent with the Company's expense
reporting policy, as well as applicable federal and state tax record keeping
requirements.
5. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE. Employee understands that he may be requested
by the Company to relocate from his present residence to another geographic
location in order to more efficiently carry out his duties and responsibilities
under this Agreement or as part of a promotion or a change in duties and
responsibilities. In such event, if Employee agrees to relocate, the Company
will provide Employee with a relocation allowance, in an amount determined by
the Company, to assist Employee in covering the costs of moving himself, his
immediate family, and their personal property and effects. The total amount and
type of costs to be covered shall be determined by the Company, in light of
prevailing Company policy at the time.
6. TERMINATION; RIGHTS ON TERMINATION. Employee's employment may be
terminated in any one of the following ways, prior to the expiration of the
Term:
(a) Death. The death of Employee shall immediately terminate
the Term, and no Severance Compensation (as defined below) or other compensation
shall be owed to Employee's estate.
(b) Disability. If, as a result of incapacity due to physical
or mental illness or injury, Employee shall have been unable to perform the
essential functions of his position, with or without reasonable accommodation,
on a full-time basis for a period of four consecutive months, or for a total of
four months in any six-month period, then 30 days after written notice to
Employee (which notice may be given before or after the end of the
aforementioned periods, but which shall not be effective earlier than the last
day of the applicable period), the Company may terminate Employee's employment
hereunder if Employee is unable to resume his full-time duties at the conclusion
of such notice period. If Employee's employment is terminated as a result of
Employee's disability, the Company shall continue to pay Employee his base
salary at the then-current rate for the lesser of (i) three months from the
effective date of termination, or (ii) whatever time period is remaining under
the then-current period of the Term (without regard to renewals thereof). Such
payments shall be made in accordance with the Company's regular payroll cycle.
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(c) Termination by the Company for "Cause." The Company may
terminate the Term 10 days after written notice to Employee for "cause," which
shall be: (i) Employee's material breach of this Agreement, which breach is not
cured within 10 days of receipt by Employee of written notice from the Company
specifying the breach; (ii) Employee's gross negligence in the performance of
his duties hereunder, intentional nonperformance or misperformance of such
duties, or refusal to abide by or comply with the directives of the Board, his
superior officers, or the Company's policies and procedures, which actions
continue for a period of at least 10 days after receipt by Employee of written
notice of the need to cure or cease; (iii) Employee's willful dishonesty, fraud,
or misconduct with respect to the business or affairs of the Company, and that
in the judgment of the Company materially and adversely affects the operations
or reputation of the Company; (iv) Employee's conviction of a felony or other
crime involving moral turpitude; or (v) Employee's abuse of alcohol or drugs
(legal or illegal) that, in the Company's judgment, materially impairs
Employee's ability to perform his duties hereunder. In the event of a
termination for "cause," as enumerated above, Employee shall have no right to
any Severance Compensation or other compensation.
(d) Without Cause. At any time after the commencement of
employment, the Company may, without "cause", terminate the Term and Employee's
employment, effective 30 days after written notice is provided to Employee.
Should Employee be terminated by the Company without "cause", Employee shall
receive from the Company compensation ("Severance Compensation") equal to the
base salary at the rate then in effect for the greater of (i) twelve months from
the effective date of termination, or (ii) whatever time period is remaining
under the then-current period of the Term (without regard to renewals thereof).
Such payments shall be made in accordance with the Company's regular payroll
cycle. If Employee resigns or otherwise terminates his employment for any reason
or for no reason, other than for disability pursuant to Section 6(b), Employee
shall receive no Severance Compensation or other compensation.
(e) Payment Through Termination. Upon termination of
Employee's employment, Employee shall be entitled to receive all compensation
earned and all benefits and reimbursements (including payments for accrued
vacation and sick leave, in each case in accordance with applicable policies of
the Company) due through the effective date of termination. Additional
compensation subsequent to termination, if any, will be due and payable to
Employee only to the extent and in the manner expressly provided above in this
Section 6. With respect to incentive bonus compensation, Employee shall be
entitled to receive any bonus declared but not paid prior to termination. In
addition, in the event of a termination by the Company under Sections 6(b) or
6(d), Employee shall be entitled to receive incentive bonus compensation through
the end of the Company's fiscal year in which termination occurs, and paid in
such amounts, at such times, and in such forms as are determined pursuant to
Section 3(b) above. Except as specified in the preceding two sentences, Employee
shall not be entitled to receive any incentive bonus compensation after the
effective date of termination of his employment. All other rights and
obligations of the Company and Employee under this Agreement shall cease as of
the effective date of termination, except that Employee's obligations under
Sections 7, 8, 9 and 10 below shall survive such termination in accordance with
their terms.
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7. RESTRICTION ON COMPETITION.
(a) During the Term, and thereafter, if Employee continues to
be employed by the Company and/or any other entity owned by or affiliated with
the Company on an "at will" basis, for the duration of such period, and
thereafter for a period of two years, Employee shall not, directly or
indirectly, for himself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person,
company, partnership, corporation, business, group, or other entity (each, a
"Person"):
(i) engage, as an officer, director, shareholder, owner,
partner, joint venturer, or in a managerial capacity, whether as an employee,
independent contractor, consultant, advisor, lender or sales representative, in
any business engaged in providing or servicing equipment leasing or speciality
finance products or services in direct competition with the Company, or any
business engaging in the consolidation of the equipment leasing or speciality
finance industry, within the United States of America (the "Territory");
(ii) call upon any Person who is, at that time, within
the Territory, an employee of the Company for the purpose or with the intent of
enticing such employee away from or out of the employ of the Company;
(iii) call upon any Person who or that is, at that time,
or has been, within one year prior to that time, a customer of the Company
within the Territory for the purpose of soliciting or selling products or
services in direct competition with the Company within the Territory; or
(iv) on Employee's own behalf or on behalf of any
competitor, call upon any Person that, during Employee's employment by the
Company was either called upon by the Company as a prospective acquisition
candidate or was the subject of an acquisition analysis conducted by the
Company.
(b) The foregoing covenants shall not be deemed to prohibit
Employee from acquiring as an investment not more than one percent (1%) of the
capital stock of a competing business, whose stock is traded on a national
securities exchange or through the automated quotation system of a registered
securities association.
(c) It is further agreed that, in the event that Employee
shall cease to be employed by the Company and enters into a business or pursues
other activities that, at such time, are not in competition with the Company,
Employee shall not be chargeable with a violation of this Section 7 if the
Company subsequently enters the same (or a similar) competitive business or
activity.
(d) For purposes of this Section 7 and Sections 8, 9 and 10,
references to the "Company" shall mean UniCapital Corporation, together with its
subsidiaries and affiliates.
(e) The covenants in this Section 7 are severable and
separate, and the unenforceability of any specific covenant shall not affect the
provisions of any other covenant. If any provision of this Section 7 relating to
the time period or geographic area of the restrictive covenants shall be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the maximum time period
or geographic area, as applicable, that such court deems reasonable and
enforceable, said
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time period or geographic area shall be deemed to be, and thereafter shall
become, the maximum time period or largest geographic area that such court deems
reasonable and enforceable and this Agreement shall automatically be considered
to have been amended and revised to reflect such determination.
(f) All of the covenants in this Section 7 shall be construed
as an agreement independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the
existence of any claim or cause of action of Employee against the Company,
whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a
defense to the enforcement by the Company of such covenants; provided, that upon
the failure of the Company to make any payments required under this Agreement,
Employee may, upon 30 days' prior written notice to the Company, waive his right
to receive any additional compensation pursuant to this Agreement and engage in
any activity prohibited by the covenants of this Section 7. It is specifically
agreed that the period of two years stated at the beginning of this Section 7,
during which the agreements and covenants of Employee made in this Section 7
shall be effective, shall be computed by excluding from such computation any
time during which Employee is in violation of any provision of this Section 7.
(g) If the time period specified by this Section 7 shall be
reduced by law or court decision, then, notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 6 above, Employee shall be entitled to receive from the Company his base
salary at the rate then in effect solely for the longer of (i) the time period
during which the provisions of this Section 7 shall be enforceable under the
provisions of such applicable law, or (ii) the time period during which Employee
is not engaging in any competitive activity, but in no event longer than the
applicable period provided in Section 6 above.
(h) Employee has carefully read and considered the provisions
of this Section 7 and, having done so, agrees that the restrictive covenants in
this Section 7 impose a fair and reasonable restraint on Employee and are
reasonably required to protect the interests of the Company, and their
respective officers, directors, employees, and stockholders. It is further
agreed that the Company and Employee intend that such covenants be construed and
enforced in accordance with the changing activities, business, and locations of
the Company throughout the term of these covenants.
8. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Employee hereby agrees to hold in strict
confidence and not to disclose to any third party any of the valuable,
confidential, and proprietary business, financial, technical, economic, sales,
and/or other types of proprietary business information relating to the Company
(including all trade secrets), in whatever form, whether oral, written, or
electronic (collectively, the "Confidential Information"), to which Employee
has, or is given (or has had or been given), access as a result of his
employment by the Company. It is agreed that the Confidential Information is
confidential and proprietary to the Company because such Confidential
Information encompasses technical know-how, trade secrets, or technical,
financial, organizational, sales, or other valuable aspects of the Company's
business and trade, including, without limitation, technologies, products,
processes, plans, clients, personnel, operations, and business activities. This
restriction shall not apply to any Confidential Information that (a) becomes
known generally to the public through no fault of Employee; (b) is required by
applicable law, legal process, or any order or mandate of a court or other
governmental authority to be disclosed; or (c) is reasonably believed by
Employee, based upon the advice of legal
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counsel, to be required to be disclosed in defense of a lawsuit or other legal
or administrative action brought against Employee; provided, that in the case of
clauses (b) or (c), Employee shall give the Company reasonable advance written
notice of the Confidential Information intended to be disclosed and the reasons
and circumstances surrounding such disclosure, in order to permit the Company to
seek a protective order or other appropriate request for confidential treatment
of the applicable Confidential Information.
9. INVENTIONS. Employee shall disclose promptly to the Company any and
all significant conceptions and ideas for inventions, improvements, and valuable
discoveries, whether patentable or not, that are conceived or made by Employee,
solely or jointly with another, during the period of employment or within one
year thereafter, and that are directly related to the business or activities of
the Company and that Employee conceives as a result of his employment by the
Company, regardless of whether or not such ideas, inventions, or improvements
qualify as "works for hire". Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign all
his interests therein to the Company or its nominee. Whenever requested to do so
by the Company, Employee shall execute any and all applications, assignments, or
other instruments that the Company shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain
Letters Patent of the United States or any foreign country or to otherwise
protect the Company's interest therein.
10. RETURN OF COMPANY PROPERTY; ACCESS TO RECORDS. Promptly upon
termination of Employee's employment by the Company for any reason or no reason,
Employee or Employee's personal representative shall return to the Company (a)
all Confidential Information; (b) all other records, designs, patents, business
plans, financial statements, manuals, memoranda, lists, correspondence, reports,
records, charts, advertising materials, and other data or property delivered to
or compiled by Employee by or on behalf of the Company or its representatives,
vendors, or customers that pertain to the business of the Company, whether in
paper, electronic, or other form; and (c) all keys, credit cards, vehicles, and
other property of the Company. Employee shall not retain or cause to be retained
any copies of the foregoing. Employee hereby agrees that all of the foregoing
shall be and remain the property of the Company, as the case may be, and be
subject at all times to their discretion and control.
11. NO PRIOR AGREEMENTS. Employee hereby represents and warrants to the
Company that the execution of this Agreement by Employee, his employment by the
Company, and the performance of his duties hereunder will not violate or be a
breach of any agreement with a former employer, client, or any other Person.
Further, Employee agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its
officers, directors, and representatives for any claim, including, but not
limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of investigation, of any
such third party that such third party may now have or may hereafter come to
have against the Company or such other persons, based upon or arising out of any
non-competition agreement, invention, secrecy, or other agreement between
Employee and such third party that was in existence as of the date of this
Agreement. To the extent that Employee had any oral or written employment
agreement or understanding with the Company, this Agreement shall automatically
supersede such agreement or understanding, and upon execution of this Agreement
by Employee and the Company, such prior agreement or understanding automatically
shall be deemed to have been terminated and shall be null and void.
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12. ASSIGNMENT; BINDING EFFECT. Employee understands that he has been
selected for employment by the Company on the basis of his personal
qualifications, experience, and skills. Employee agrees, therefore, that he
cannot assign all or any portion of his performance under this Agreement. This
Agreement may not be assigned or transferred by the Company without the prior
written consent of Employee. Subject to the preceding two sentences, this
Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by
the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, and
assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Employee accepts employment with a
subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, unless Employee and his new employer
agree otherwise in writing, this Agreement shall automatically be deemed to have
been assigned to such new employer (which shall thereafter be an additional or
substitute beneficiary of the covenants contained herein, as appropriate), with
the consent of Employee, such assignment shall be considered a condition of
employment by such new employer, and references to the "Company" in this
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to such new employer. If the Company is
merged with or into one of its subsidiaries or affiliates, such action shall not
be considered to cause an assignment of this Agreement, and the surviving or
successor entity shall become the beneficiary of this Agreement and all
references to the "Company" shall be deemed to refer to such surviving or
successor entity.
13. COMPLETE AGREEMENT WAIVER; AMENDMENT. This Agreement is not a
promise of future employment. Employee has no oral representations,
understandings, or agreements with the Company or any of its officers,
directors, or representatives covering the same subject matter as this
Agreement. This Agreement is the final, complete, and exclusive statement and
expression of the agreement between the Company and Employee with respect to the
subject matter hereof, and cannot be varied, contradicted, or supplemented by
evidence of any prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements. This
written Agreement may not be later modified except by a further writing signed
by a duly authorized officer of the Company and Employee, and no term of this
Agreement may be waived except by a writing signed by the party waiving the
benefit of such term.
14. NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required hereunder, it shall be
given in writing addressed as follows:
To the Company: UniCapital Corporation
10800 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33161
Attention: Martin Kalb
To Employee: Edward A. Jaeckel
9630 N. W. 2nd Street
Unit 305
Pembroke Pines, Florida 33024
Notice shall be deemed given and effective three days after the deposit in the
U.S. mail of a writing addressed as above and sent first class mail, certified,
return receipt requested, or, if sent
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by express delivery, hand delivery, or facsimile, when actually received. Either
party may change the address for notice by notifying the other party of such
change in accordance with this Section 14.
15. SEVERABILITY; HEADINGS. If any portion of this Agreement is held
invalid or inoperative, the other portions of this Agreement shall be deemed
valid and operative and, so far as is reasonable and possible, effect shall be
given to the intent manifested by the portion held invalid or inoperative. This
severability provision shall be in addition to, and not in place of, the
provisions of Section 7(e) above. The paragraph headings herein are for
reference purposes only and are not intended in any way to describe, interpret,
define or limit the extent or intent of the Agreement or of any part hereof.
16. EQUITABLE REMEDY. Because of the difficulty of measuring economic
losses to the Company as a result of a breach of the restrictive covenants set
forth in Sections 7, 8, 9 and 10, and because of the immediate and irreparable
damage that would be caused to the Company for which monetary damages would not
be a sufficient remedy, it is hereby agreed that in addition to all other
remedies that may be available to the at law or in equity, the Company shall be
entitled to specific performance and any injunctive or other equitable relief as
a remedy for any breach or threatened breach of the aforementioned restrictive
covenants.
17. ARBITRATION. Any unresolved dispute or controversy arising under or
in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration
conducted in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association
then in effect. The arbitrators shall not have the authority to add to, detract
from, or modify any provision hereof nor to award punitive damages to any
injured party. A decision by a majority of the arbitration panel shall be final
and binding. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any court
having jurisdiction. The direct expense of any arbitration proceeding shall be
borne by the party or parties designated by the arbitration panel. Each party
shall bear its own counsel fees. The arbitration proceeding shall be held in
Miami, Florida. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be entitled to
seek injunctive or other equitable relief, as contemplated by Section 16 above,
from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the need to resort to
arbitration.
18. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed
according to the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any
conflicts of laws principles thereof that would compel the application of the
substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have cause this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
UNICAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Martin Kalb
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Name: Martin Kalb
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Title: Executive Vice President
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EMPLOYEE:
/s/ Edward A. Jaeckel
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EDWARD A. JAECKEL
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Exhibit 10.10
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is
made and entered into as of the 1st day of March, 2000 by and between UNICAPITAL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and ROBERT J. NEW (the
"Employee").
RECITALS
The Company and the Employee are parties to an Employment Agreement
dated as of May 20, 1998 (the "Original Agreement"). The Company desires to
retain the services of the Employee in the employment of the Company on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the
Employee desires to continue to make his services available to the Company on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Company
and the Employee are therefore amending and restating the Original Agreement in
its entirety by entering into this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements and mutual
covenants set forth herein, the parties hereto, intending to be bound legally,
hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. The following terms when used herein, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall be defined as follows:
1.1 "Cause" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1
hereof.
1.2 "Company" shall mean UniCapital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
1.3 "Competing Business" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1 hereof.
1.4 "Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 9.1 hereof.
1.5 "Term" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3
hereof.
2. EMPLOYMENT
2.1 General. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Employee
as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer during the Term of this Agreement on the
terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, and the
Employee hereby agrees to accept such employment on the terms and subject to the
conditions contained in this Agreement.
2.2 Duties of Employee. During the Term of this Agreement, the
Employee shall diligently perform all duties and responsibilities as may be
assigned to him by the Company's Board of Directors and shall exercise such
power and authority as may from time to time be delegated to him thereby. The
Employee shall devote his full business time and attention to the business and
affairs of the Company as necessary to perform his duties and responsibilities
hereunder, render such services to the best of his ability, and use his best
efforts to promote the interests of the Company.
3. TERM. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, the
Company shall employ the Employee for a term commencing on the date first
written above (the "Effective Date"), and expiring on February 28, 2002.
4. COMPENSATION.
4.1 Salary. The Employee shall receive an annual salary of Six
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($650,000) during the Term of this Agreement,
and such salary shall be payable in installments consistent with the Company's
normal payroll schedule but not less than monthly.
4.2 Incentive Bonus. During the Term, the Employee shall be
eligible to receive an incentive bonus up to the amount, based upon the
criteria, and payable at such times as are, specified in Exhibit A attached
hereto. The amount, manner of payment, and form of consideration, if any, shall
be determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee thereof,
in its sole and absolute discretion, and such determination shall be binding and
final. To the extent that such bonus is to be determined in light of financial
performance during a specified fiscal period and this Agreement commences on a
date after the start of such fiscal period, any bonus payable in respect of such
fiscal period's results may be prorated. In addition, if the period of the
Employee's employment hereunder expires before the end of a fiscal period, and
if the Employee is eligible to receive a bonus at such time (such eligibility
being subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5 below), any bonus
payable in respect of such fiscal period's results may be prorated.
4.3 Benefits. During the Term of this Agreement, the Employee
shall be entitled to participate in all plans adopted for the general benefit of
the Company's employees, such as stock option plans, 401(k) plans, pension
plans, profit sharing plans, medical plans, group or other insurance plans and
benefits, to the extent that the Employee is and remains eligible to participate
therein and subject to the eligibility provisions of such plans in effect from
time to time. For each calendar year during the Term of this Agreement, the
Employee shall be entitled to not less than four weeks of paid vacation,
prorated for any period of employment of less than an entire year.
4.4 Withholding. Notwithstanding any provision in this
Agreement to the contrary, all payments required to be made by the Company
hereunder to the Employee in connection with the Employee's employment hereunder
shall be subject to withholding of such amounts relating to taxes as the Company
may reasonably determine it should withhold pursuant to any applicable law or
regulation. In lieu of withholding such amounts, in whole or in part, the
Company may, in its sole discretion, accept other provisions for the payment of
taxes, provided
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that the Company is satisfied that all requirements of law affecting its
responsibilities to withhold have been satisfied.
4.5 Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse
the Employee for all reasonable business expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable travel and entertainment expenses) incurred by the
Employee in the discharge of his duties hereunder, subject to the Company's
reimbursement policies in effect from time to time. The Employee agrees to
maintain reasonable records of his business expenses in such form and detail as
the Company may request and to make such records available to the Company as and
when requested.
5. TERMINATION
5.1 Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any provision in
this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company
for "Cause" at any time during the Term hereof, and such termination shall be
effective immediately upon ten (10) days' written notice to the Employee. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" for the termination of the Employee's
employment hereunder shall be deemed to exist if, in the reasonable judgment of
the Company's Board of Directors: (a) the Employee commits fraud, theft or
embezzlement against the Company; (b) the Employee commits a felony or a crime
involving moral turpitude; (c) the Employee compromises trade secrets or other
proprietary information of the Company; (d) the Employee breaches any
non-competition or non-solicitation agreement with the Company or any subsidiary
or affiliate thereof; (e) the Employee breaches any of the terms of this
Agreement (other than those referenced in clauses (c) and (d) of this Section
5.1) and fails to cure such breach within 10 days after the receipt of written
notice of such breach from the Company; or (f) the Employee engages in gross
negligence or willful misconduct that causes harm to the business and operations
of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof. Upon any termination
pursuant to this Section 5.1, the Employee shall be entitled to be paid solely
the Employee's salary then in effect through the effective date of termination,
and the Company shall have no further liability or other obligation of any kind
whatsoever to the Employee.
5.2 Termination by the Company Without Cause. The Company may,
in its sole and absolute discretion, terminate the employment of the Employee
hereunder, at any time prior to the expiration of the term of this Agreement,
without "Cause" (as such term is defined in Section 5.1 above), or otherwise
without any cause, reason or justification, provided that the Company provides
to the Employee at least sixty (60) days' prior written notice (the "Termination
Notice") of such termination. In the event of any such termination by the
Company, (a) the Employee's employment with the Company shall cease and
terminate on the date specified in the Termination Notice (or, if not date is so
specified, on the date which is 60 days following the date of such notice), and
(b) the Employee shall be entitled to receive and be paid solely the Employee's
salary then in effect for the shorter of (x) the fifteen-month period following
the Employee's termination or (y) the remaining Term of this Agreement, payable
over such period at the Company's regular and customary intervals for the
payment of salaries as then in effect, and the Company shall have no further
liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
5.3 Death of the Employee. In the event that the Employee
shall die during the Term of this Agreement, the Employee's employment with the
Company shall immediately cease and terminate and the Employee's estate, heirs
(at law), devisees, legatees or other proper and
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legally entitled descendants, or the personal representative, executor,
administrator or other proper legal representative on behalf of such
descendants, shall be entitled to receive and be paid solely the Employee's
salary through the date of death, and the Company shall have no further
liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
5.4 Disability of the Employee. In the event that the Employee
becomes incapacitated during the Term by reason of sickness, accident or other
mental or physical disability such that he is substantially unable to
performance his duties and responsibilities hereunder for a period of 60
consecutive days, or for shorter or intermittent periods aggregating 90 days
during any 12-month period (a "Disability"), the Company thereafter shall have
the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to terminate the Employee's
employment under this Agreement by sending written notice of such termination to
the Employee or its legal guardian or other proper legal representative and
thereupon his employment hereunder shall immediately cease and terminate. In the
event of any such termination, the Employee shall be entitled to receive and be
paid solely the Employee's salary then in effect through the effective date of
termination and the Company shall have no further liability or other obligation
of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
5.5 Termination by the Employee. Provided that the Company
does not have "Cause" to terminate the Employee pursuant to Section 5.1 above,
the Employee may terminate the Employee's employment with the Company hereunder
at any time and for any reason. Employee must provide to the Company written
notice of such termination not less than 30 days prior to the date such
termination is to be effective. Upon any termination pursuant to this Section
5.5, the Employee shall be entitled to be paid solely the Employee's salary then
in effect through the effective date of termination, and the Company shall have
no further liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
6. AGREEMENT NOT TO COMPETE
6.1 As used in this Agreement, "Competing Business" shall mean
any business or enterprise which is engaged in (a) the equipment leasing
business; or (b) any business, business segment or product line engaged in by
the Company on the date of termination of the Employee's employment with the
Company (clauses (a) and (b) collectively referred to herein as the "Company's
Business").
6.2 The Employee agrees that, during the Term of this
Agreement and for two years following the termination or expiration of his
employment for any reason whatsoever, he will not, without the prior written
consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in
the service of or on behalf of others as a shareholder, director, officer,
trustee, consultant, independent contractor or employee, engage in, or be
employed by, or provide services to, any Competing Business within the State of
Florida or in any other state in which the Company or any subsidiary or
affiliate thereof is engaged in business or in which of any of their respective
products or services are marketed or sold at the time of such termination.
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7. AGREEMENT NOT TO SOLICIT OR SELL TO CUSTOMERS. The Employee agrees
that, during the Term of this Agreement and for two years following the
termination or expiration of his employment for any reason whatsoever, he will
not without the prior written consent of the Company, either directly or
indirectly, call on, solicit, take away, accept as a client, customer or
prospective client or customer or attempt to call on, solicit, take away or
accept as a client, customer or prospective client or customer, any person that
was a client, customer or prospective client or customer of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
8. AGREEMENT NOT TO SOLICIT OR HIRE EMPLOYEES. The Employee agrees that
during the Term of this Agreement and for two years following the termination or
expiration of his employment for any reason whatsoever, he will not, either
directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service or on behalf of
others, solicit, divert or hire, attempt to solicit, divert or hire or induce or
attempt to induce to discontinue employment with the Company or any subsidiary
or affiliate thereof, any person employed by the Company or any subsidiary or
affiliate thereof, whether or not such employee is a full time employee or a
temporary employee of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof and
whether or not such employment is for a determined period or is at will.
9. OWNERSHIP AND NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-USE OF CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION.
9.1 As used in this Agreement, "Confidential Information"
shall mean all customer sales and marketing information, customer account
records, proprietary receipts and/or processing techniques, information
regarding vendors and products, training and operations memoranda and similar
information, personnel records, pricing information, financial information and
trade secrets concerning or relating to the business, accounts, customers,
employees and affairs of the Company, or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof,
obtained by or furnished, disclosed or disseminated to the Employee, or
obtained, assembled or compiled by the Employee or under his supervision during
the course of his employment by the Company, and all physical embodiments of the
foregoing, all of which are hereby agreed to be the property of and confidential
to the Company, but Confidential Information shall not include any of the
foregoing to the extent the same is or becomes publicly known through no fault
or breach of this Agreement by the Employee.
9.2 The Employee acknowledges and agrees that all Confidential
Information, and all physical embodiments thereof, are confidential to and shall
be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Upon request by
the Company, and in any event upon termination of the Employee's employment with
the Company for any reason whatsoever, as a prior condition to the Employee's
receipt of any final salary or benefit payments hereunder, the Employee shall
deliver to the Company all property belonging to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates, including, without limitation, all Confidential
Information (and all embodiments thereof), then in his custody, control or
possession, but any forfeiture of such salary or benefit shall not be considered
a satisfaction or a release of or liquidated damages for any claim(s) for
damages against the Employee which may accrue to the Company, as a result of any
breach of this Section 9 by the Employee.
9.3 The Employee agrees that he will not, either during the
Term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, without the prior written
consent of the Company, use, disclose or make available any Confidential
Information to any person or entity, nor shall he use,
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disclose, make available or cause to be used, disclosed or made available, or
pen-nit or allow, either on his own behalf or on behalf of others, any use or
disclosure of such Confidential Information other than in the proper performance
of the Employee's duties hereunder.
10. INVENTIONS. The Employee shall disclose promptly to the Company any
and all conceptions and ideas for inventions, improvements, and valuable
discoveries, whether patentable or not, that are conceived or made by the
Employee, solely or jointly with another, during the Term of this Agreement and
that are directly related to the business or activities of the Company and that
the Employee conceives as a result of his employment by the Company, regardless
of whether or not such ideas, inventions, or improvements qualify as "works for
hire." The Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign all his interests
therein to the Company or its nominee. Whenever requested to do so by the
Company, the Employee shall execute any and all applications, assignments or
other instruments that the Company shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain
Letters Patent of the United States or any foreign country or to otherwise
protect the Company's interest therein.
11. REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. In the event that any provision
relating to time period or geographic area of any restriction set forth in
Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction
to exceed the maximum time period or area of restriction that the court deems
reasonable and enforceable, the time period or area of restriction which the
court finds to be reasonable and enforceable shall be deemed to become, and
thereafter shall be, the maximum time period or geographic area of such
restriction.
12. ENFORCEABILITY. Any provision of Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 which 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, but shall be enforced to the
maximum extent permitted by law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in
any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any other jurisdiction.
13. INJUNCTION. It is recognized and hereby acknowledged by the parties
hereto that a breach by the Employee of any of the covenants contained in
Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of this Agreement will cause irreparable harm and
damage to the Company, the monetary amount of which may be virtually impossible
to ascertain. As a result, the Employee recognizes and hereby acknowledges that
the Company shall be entitled to an injunction from any court of competent
jurisdiction enjoining and restraining any violation of any or all of the
covenants contained in Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of this Agreement by the
Employee or any of his affiliates, associates, partners or agents, either
directly or indirectly, and that such right to injunction shall be cumulative
and in addition to whatever other remedies the Company may possess.
14. ASSIGNMENT. The Employee shall not delegate his employment
obligations pursuant to this Agreement to any other person.
15. EMPLOYER'S AUTHORITY. The relationship between the parties hereto
is that of employer and employee. The Employee agrees to observe and comply with
the rules and regulations of the Company, as adopted by the Company from time to
time with respect to the performance of the duties of the Employee. The Employee
acknowledges that he has no authority to enter into any contracts or other
obligations that are binding upon the Company unless such contracts or
obligations are authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company
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shall have the power to direct, control and supervise the duties to be performed
by the Employee, the manner of performing said duties, and the time of
performing said duties.
16. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the
parties hereto, and any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, excluding
the choice of law rules thereof. The Company and the Employee each hereby
irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in
Dade County, Florida in connection with any suit, action or other proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and hereby agree not to assert, by
way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise in any such suit, action or proceeding
that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that
the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement
or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced by such courts.
17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and arrangements, both oral and
written, between the parties hereto with respect to such subject matter. This
Agreement may not be modified in any way, unless by a written instrument signed
by both the Company and the Employee.
18. NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when
delivered by hand or three (3) days after sent by registered or certified United
States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or the next business day
following dispatch by a reputable overnight courier service, addressed as
follows:
(i) If to the Employee:
Robert J. New
11414 North Bayshore Drive
North Miami, Florida 33181
(ii) If to the Company:
UniCapital Corporation
10800 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 800
Miami, FL 33161
Attention: Martin Kalb
with a copy given in the manner prescribed above to:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
One Oxford Centre, Thirty-Second Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention: David A. Gerson
or to such other addresses as either party hereto may from time to time give
notice of to the other party hereto in the aforesaid manner.
19. BENEFITS; BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be for the benefit
of and binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal
representatives, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
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20. SEVERABILITY. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 11 and 12,
the invalidity of any one or more of the words, phrases, sentences, clauses,
sections or subsections contained in this Agreement shall not affect the
enforceability of the remaining portions of this Agreement or any part thereof,
all of which are inserted conditionally on their being valid in law, and, in the
event that any one or more of the words, phrases, sentences, clauses, sections
or subsections contained in this Agreement or any part thereof shall be declared
invalid, this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid word or words,
phrase or phrases, sentence or sentences, clause or clauses, section or sections
or subsection or subsections had not been inserted. If such invalidity is caused
by length of time or size of area, or both, the otherwise invalid provision will
be considered to be reduced to a period or area which would cure such
invalidity.
21. DAMAGES. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent the
Company or the Employee from seeking and recovering from the other damages
sustained by either or both of them as a result of its or his breach of any term
or provision of this Agreement. In the event that either party hereto brings
suit for the collection of any damages resulting from, or the injunction of any
action constituting, a breach of any of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement, then the non- prevailing party shall pay all reasonable court costs
and attorneys' fees of the other party.
22. SECTION HEADINGS. The section headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
23. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY. Nothing expressed or implied in this
Agreement is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon or give any person
other than the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal
representative, legal representative, successors and assigns, any rights or
remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
24. AMENDMENT; MODIFICATION; WAIVER. No amendment, modification or
waiver of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and
duly executed by the Company and the Employee. No delay or failure at any time
on the part of the Company in exercising any right, power or privilege under
this Agreement, or in enforcing any provision of this Agreement, shall impair
any such right, power or privilege, or be construed as a waiver of any default
or as any acquiescence therein, or shall affect the right of the Company
thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance
with its terms. The waiver by either party hereto of a breach or violation of
any term or provision of this Agreement shall neither operate nor be construed
as a waiver of any subsequent breach or violation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
UNICAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ MARTIN KALB
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Name: MARTIN KALB
Title: Executive Vice President
EMPLOYEE:
/s/ ROBERT J. NEW
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Robert J. New
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EXHIBIT A
In determining the incentive bonus, if any, payable to the Employee
under this Agreement, the Company's Board of Directors or its Compensation
Committee will take into account the achievement of criteria specified by the
Board or the Compensation Committee relating to growth in the Company's earnings
per share from period to period. Any incentive bonus payable to the Employee
under this Agreement will not exceed 100% of the Employee's base salary, and
will be paid out of a bonus pool determined by the Board of Directors or its
Compensation Committee. Any incentive bonus will be payable in the form of cash,
stock options, or other non-cash awards, in such proportions, and in such forms,
as are determined by the Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee.
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Exhibit 10.11
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is
made and entered into as of the 1st day of March, 2000 by and between UNICAPITAL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and JONATHAN NEW (the
"Employee").
RECITALS
The Company and the Employee are parties to an Employment Agreement
dated as of May 20, 1998 (the "Original Agreement"). The Company desires to
retain the services of the Employee in the employment of the Company on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the
Employee desires to continue to make his services available to the Company on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Company
and the Employee are therefore amending and restating the Original Agreement in
its entirety by entering into this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements and mutual
covenants set forth herein, the parties hereto, intending to be bound legally,
hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. The following terms when used herein, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall be defined as follows:
1.1 "Cause" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1
hereof.
1.2 "Company" shall mean UniCapital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
1.3 "Competing Business" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1 hereof.
1.4 "Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 9.1 hereof.
1.5 "Term" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3
hereof.
2. EMPLOYMENT
2.1 General. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Employee
as Chief Financial Officer during the Term of this Agreement on the terms and
subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, and the Employee hereby
agrees to accept such employment on the terms and subject to the conditions
contained in this Agreement.
2.2 Duties of Employee. During the Term of this Agreement, the
Employee shall diligently perform all duties and responsibilities as may be
assigned to him by the Company's Board of Directors and shall exercise such
power and authority as may from time to time be delegated to him thereby. The
Employee shall devote his full business time and attention to the business and
affairs of the Company as necessary to perform his duties and responsibilities
hereunder, render such services to the best of his ability, and use his best
efforts to promote the interests of the Company.
3. TERM. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, the
Company shall employ the Employee for a term commencing on the date first
written above (the "Effective Date"), and expiring on February 28, 2002.
4. COMPENSATION.
4.1 Salary. The Employee shall receive an annual salary of
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) during the Term of this Agreement, and
such salary shall be payable in installments consistent with the Company's
normal payroll schedule but not less than monthly.
4.2 Incentive Bonus. During the Term, the Employee shall be
eligible to receive an incentive bonus up to the amount, based upon the
criteria, and payable at such times as are, specified in Exhibit A attached
hereto. The amount, manner of payment, and form of consideration, if any, shall
be determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee thereof,
in its sole and absolute discretion, and such determination shall be binding and
final. To the extent that such bonus is to be determined in light of financial
performance during a specified fiscal period and this Agreement commences on a
date after the start of such fiscal period, any bonus payable in respect of such
fiscal period's results may be prorated. In addition, if the period of the
Employee's employment hereunder expires before the end of a fiscal period, and
if the Employee is eligible to receive a bonus at such time (such eligibility
being subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5 below), any bonus
payable in respect of such fiscal period's results may be prorated.
4.3 Benefits. During the Term of this Agreement, the Employee
shall be entitled to participate in all plans adopted for the general benefit of
the Company's employees, such as stock option plans, 401(k) plans, pension
plans, profit sharing plans, medical plans, group or other insurance plans and
benefits, to the extent that the Employee is and remains eligible to participate
therein and subject to the eligibility provisions of such plans in effect from
time to time. For each calendar year during the Term of this Agreement, the
Employee shall be entitled to not less than four weeks of paid vacation,
prorated for any period of employment of less than an entire year.
4.4 Withholding. Notwithstanding any provision in this
Agreement to the contrary, all payments required to be made by the Company
hereunder to the Employee in connection with the Employee's employment hereunder
shall be subject to withholding of such amounts relating to taxes as the Company
may reasonably determine it should withhold pursuant to any applicable law or
regulation. In lieu of withholding such amounts, in whole or in part, the
Company may, in its sole discretion, accept other provisions for the payment of
taxes, provided
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that the Company is satisfied that all requirements of law affecting its
responsibilities to withhold have been satisfied.
4.5 Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse
the Employee for all reasonable business expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable travel and entertainment expenses) incurred by the
Employee in the discharge of his duties hereunder, subject to the Company's
reimbursement policies in effect from time to time. The Employee agrees to
maintain reasonable records of his business expenses in such form and detail as
the Company may request and to make such records available to the Company as and
when requested.
5. TERMINATION
5.1 Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any provision in
this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company
for "Cause" at any time during the Term hereof, and such termination shall be
effective immediately upon ten (10) days' written notice to the Employee. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" for the termination of the Employee's
employment hereunder shall be deemed to exist if, in the reasonable judgment of
the Company's Board of Directors: (a) the Employee commits fraud, theft or
embezzlement against the Company; (b) the Employee commits a felony or a crime
involving moral turpitude; (c) the Employee compromises trade secrets or other
proprietary information of the Company; (d) the Employee breaches any
non-competition or non-solicitation agreement with the Company or any subsidiary
or affiliate thereof; (e) the Employee breaches any of the terms of this
Agreement (other than those referenced in clauses (c) and (d) of this Section
5.1) and fails to cure such breach within 10 days after the receipt of written
notice of such breach from the Company; or (f) the Employee engages in gross
negligence or willful misconduct that causes harm to the business and operations
of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof. Upon any termination
pursuant to this Section 5.1, the Employee shall be entitled to be paid solely
the Employee's salary then in effect through the effective date of termination,
and the Company shall have no further liability or other obligation of any kind
whatsoever to the Employee.
5.2 Termination by the Company Without Cause. The Company may,
in its sole and absolute discretion, terminate the employment of the Employee
hereunder, at any time prior to the expiration of the term of this Agreement,
without "Cause" (as such term is defined in Section 5.1 above), or otherwise
without any cause, reason or justification, provided that the Company provides
to the Employee at least sixty (60) days' prior written notice (the "Termination
Notice") of such termination. In the event of any such termination by the
Company, (a) the Employee's employment with the Company shall cease and
terminate on the date specified in the Termination Notice (or, if not date is so
specified, on the date which is 60 days following the date of such notice), and
(b) the Employee shall be entitled to receive and be paid solely the Employee's
salary then in effect for the shorter of (x) the fifteen-month period following
the Employee's termination or (y) the remaining Term of this Agreement
("Severance Compensation"), payable over such period at the Company's regular
and customary intervals for the payment of salaries as then in effect, and the
Company shall have no further liability or other obligation of any kind
whatsoever to the Employee.
5.3 Death of the Employee. In the event that the Employee
shall die during the Term of this Agreement, the Employee's employment with the
Company shall immediately cease and terminate and the Employee's estate, heirs
(at law), devisees, legatees or other proper and
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legally entitled descendants, or the personal representative, executor,
administrator or other proper legal representative on behalf of such
descendants, shall be entitled to receive and be paid solely the Employee's
salary through the date of death, and the Company shall have no further
liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
5.4 Disability of the Employee. In the event that the Employee
becomes incapacitated during the Term by reason of sickness, accident or other
mental or physical disability such that he is substantially unable to
performance his duties and responsibilities hereunder for a period of 60
consecutive days, or for shorter or intermittent periods aggregating 90 days
during any 12-month period (a "Disability"), the Company thereafter shall have
the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to terminate the Employee's
employment under this Agreement by sending written notice of such termination to
the Employee or its legal guardian or other proper legal representative and
thereupon his employment hereunder shall immediately cease and terminate. In the
event of any such termination, the Employee shall be entitled to receive and be
paid solely the Employee's salary then in effect through the effective date of
termination and the Company shall have no further liability or other obligation
of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
5.5 Termination by the Employee. Provided that the Company
does not have "Cause" to terminate the Employee pursuant to Section 5.1 above,
the Employee may terminate the Employee's employment with the Company hereunder
at any time and for any reason. Employee must provide to the Company written
notice of such termination not less than 30 days prior to the date such
termination is to be effective. Upon any termination pursuant to this Section
5.5, the Employee shall be entitled to be paid solely the Employee's salary then
in effect through the effective date of termination, and the Company shall have
no further liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever to the Employee.
6. AGREEMENT NOT TO COMPETE
6.1 As used in this Agreement, "Competing Business" shall mean
any business or enterprise which is engaged in (a) the equipment leasing
business; or (b) any business, business segment or product line engaged in by
the Company on the date of termination of the Employee's employment with the
Company (clauses (a) and (b) collectively referred to herein as the "Company's
Business").
6.2 The Employee agrees that, during the Term of this
Agreement and at any time Employee is receiving Severance Compensation, he will
not, without the prior written consent of the Company, either directly or
indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service of or on behalf of others as a
shareholder, director, officer, trustee, consultant, independent contractor or
employee, engage in, or be employed by, or provide services to, any Competing
Business within the State of Florida or in any other state in which the Company
or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof is engaged in business or in which of any
of their respective products or services are marketed or sold at the time of
such termination.
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7. AGREEMENT NOT TO SOLICIT OR SELL TO CUSTOMERS. The Employee agrees
that, during the Term of this Agreement and for two years following the
termination or expiration of his employment for any reason whatsoever, he will
not without the prior written consent of the Company, either directly or
indirectly, call on, solicit, take away, accept as a client, customer or
prospective client or customer or attempt to call on, solicit, take away or
accept as a client, customer prospective client or customer, any person that was
a client, customer or prospective client or customer of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or affiliates.
8. AGREEMENT NOT TO SOLICIT OR HIRE EMPLOYEES. The Employee agrees that
during the Term of this Agreement and for two years following the termination or
expiration of his employment for any reason whatsoever, he will not, either
directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service or on behalf of
others, solicit, divert or hire, attempt to solicit, divert or hire or induce or
attempt to induce to discontinue employment with the Company or any subsidiary
or affiliate thereof, any person employed by the Company or any subsidiary or
affiliate thereof, whether or not such employee is a full time employee or a
temporary employee of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof and
whether or not such employment is for a determined period or is at will.
9. OWNERSHIP AND NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-USE OF CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION.
9.1 As used in this Agreement, "Confidential Information"
shall mean all customer sales and marketing information, customer account
records, proprietary receipts and/or processing techniques, information
regarding vendors and products, training and operations memoranda and similar
information, personnel records, pricing information, financial information and
trade secrets concerning or relating to the business, accounts, customers,
employees and affairs of the Company, or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof,
obtained by or furnished, disclosed or disseminated to the Employee, or
obtained, assembled or compiled by the Employee or under his supervision during
the course of his employment by the Company, and all physical embodiments of the
foregoing, all of which are hereby agreed to be the property of and confidential
to the Company, but Confidential Information shall not include any of the
foregoing to the extent the same is or becomes publicly known through no fault
or breach of this Agreement by the Employee.
9.2 The Employee acknowledges and agrees that all Confidential
Information, and all physical embodiments thereof, are confidential to and shall
be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Upon request by
the Company, and in any event upon termination of the Employee's employment with
the Company for any reason whatsoever, as a prior condition to the Employee's
receipt of any final salary or benefit payments hereunder, the Employee shall
deliver to the Company all property belonging to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates, including, without limitation, all Confidential
Information (and all embodiments thereof), then in his custody, control or
possession, but any forfeiture of such salary or benefit shall not be considered
a satisfaction or a release of or liquidated damages for any claim(s) for
damages against the Employee which may accrue to the Company, as a result of any
breach of this Section 9 by the Employee.
9.3 The Employee agrees that he will not, either during the
Term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, without the prior written
consent of the Company, use, disclose or make available any Confidential
Information to any person or entity, nor shall he use,
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disclose, make available or cause to be used, disclosed or made available, or
pen-nit or allow, either on his own behalf or on behalf of others, any use or
disclosure of such Confidential Information other than in the proper performance
of the Employee's duties hereunder.
10. INVENTIONS. The Employee shall disclose promptly to the Company any
and all conceptions and ideas for inventions, improvements, and valuable
discoveries, whether patentable or not, that are conceived or made by the
Employee, solely or jointly with another, during the Term of this Agreement and
that are directly related to the business or activities of the Company and that
the Employee conceives as a result of his employment by the Company, regardless
of whether or not such ideas, inventions, or improvements qualify as "works for
hire." The Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign all his interests
therein to the Company or its nominee. Whenever requested to do so by the
Company, the Employee shall execute any and all applications, assignments or
other instruments that the Company shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain
Letters Patent of the United States or any foreign country or to otherwise
protect the Company's interest therein.
11. REASONABLENESS OF RESTRICTIONS. In the event that any provision
relating to time period or geographic area of any restriction set forth in
Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction
to exceed the maximum time period or area of restriction that the court deems
reasonable and enforceable, the time period or area of restriction which the
court finds to be reasonable and enforceable shall be deemed to become, and
thereafter shall be, the maximum time period or geographic area of such
restriction.
12. ENFORCEABILITY. Any provision of Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 which 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, but shall be enforced to the
maximum extent permitted by law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in
any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any other jurisdiction.
13. INJUNCTION. It is recognized and hereby acknowledged by the parties
hereto that a breach by the Employee of any of the covenants contained in
Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of this Agreement will cause irreparable harm and
damage to the Company, the monetary amount of which may be virtually impossible
to ascertain. As a result, the Employee recognizes and hereby acknowledges that
the Company shall be entitled to an injunction from any court of competent
jurisdiction enjoining and restraining any violation of any or all of the
covenants contained in Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of this Agreement by the
Employee or any of his affiliates, associates, partners or agents, either
directly or indirectly, and that such right to injunction shall be cumulative
and in addition to whatever other remedies the Company may possess.
14. ASSIGNMENT. The Employee shall not delegate his employment
obligations pursuant to this Agreement to any other person.
15. EMPLOYER'S AUTHORITY. The relationship between the parties hereto
is that of employer and employee. The Employee agrees to observe and comply with
the rules and regulations of the Company, as adopted by the Company from time to
time with respect to the performance of the duties of the Employee. The Employee
acknowledges that he has no authority to enter into any contracts or other
obligations that are binding upon the Company unless such contracts or
obligations are authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company
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shall have the power to direct, control and supervise the duties to be performed
by the Employee, the manner of performing said duties, and the time of
performing said duties.
16. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the
parties hereto, and any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, excluding
the choice of law rules thereof. The Company and the Employee each hereby
irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in
Dade County, Florida in connection with any suit, action or other proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and hereby agree not to assert, by
way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise in any such suit, action or proceeding
that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that
the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement
or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced by such courts.
17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and arrangements, both oral and
written, between the parties hereto with respect to such subject matter. This
Agreement may not be modified in any way, unless by a written instrument signed
by both the Company and the Employee.
18. NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when
delivered by hand or three (3) days after sent by registered or certified United
States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or the next business day
following dispatch by a reputable overnight courier service, addressed as
follows:
(i) If to the Employee:
Jonathan New
2335 Magnolia Drive
North Miami, Florida 33181
(ii) If to the Company:
UniCapital Corporation
10800 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 800
Miami, FL 33161
Attention: Robert J. New
with a copy given in the manner prescribed above to:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
One Oxford Centre, Thirty-Second Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention: David A. Gerson
or to such other addresses as either party hereto may from time TO time give
notice of to the other party hereto in the aforesaid manner.
19. BENEFITS; BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be for the benefit
of and binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal
representatives, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
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20. SEVERABILITY. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 11 and 12,
the invalidity of any one or more of the words, phrases, sentences, clauses,
sections or subsections contained in this Agreement shall not affect the
enforceability of the remaining portions of this Agreement or any part thereof,
all of which are inserted conditionally on their being valid in law, and, in the
event that any one or more of the words, phrases, sentences, clauses, sections
or subsections contained in this Agreement or any part thereof shall be declared
invalid, this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid word or words,
phrase or phrases, sentence or sentences, clause or clauses, section or sections
or subsection or subsections had not been inserted. If such invalidity is caused
by length of time or size of area, or both, the otherwise invalid provision will
be considered to be reduced to a period or area which would cure such
invalidity.
21. DAMAGES. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent the
Company or the Employee from seeking and recovering from the other damages
sustained by either or both of them as a result of its or his breach of any term
or provision of this Agreement. In the event that either party hereto brings
suit for the collection of any damages resulting from, or the injunction of any
action constituting, a breach of any of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement, then the non- prevailing party shall pay all reasonable court costs
and attorneys' fees of the other party.
22. SECTION HEADINGS. The section headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
23. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY. Nothing expressed or implied in this
Agreement is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon or give any person
other than the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal
representative, legal representative, successors and assigns, any rights or
remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
24. AMENDMENT; MODIFICATION; WAIVER. No amendment, modification or
waiver of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and
duly executed by the Company and the Employee. No delay or failure at any time
on the part of the Company in exercising any right, power or privilege under
this Agreement, or in enforcing any provision of this Agreement, shall impair
any such right, power or privilege, or be construed as a waiver of any default
or as any acquiescence therein, or shall affect the right of the Company
thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance
with its terms. The waiver by either party hereto of a breach or violation of
any term or provision of this Agreement shall neither operate nor be construed
as a waiver of any subsequent breach or violation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
UNICAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Martin Kalb
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Name: Martin Kalb
Title: Executive Vice President
EMPLOYEE:
/s/ Jonathan New
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Jonathan New
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EXHIBIT A
In determining the incentive bonus, if any, payable to the Employee
under this Agreement, the Company's Board of Directors or its Compensation
Committee will take into account the achievement of criteria specified by the
Board or the Compensation Committee relating to growth in the Company's earnings
per share from period to period. Any incentive bonus payable to the Employee
under this Agreement will not exceed 100% of the Employee's base salary, and
will be paid out of a bonus pool determined by the Board of Directors or its
Compensation Committee. Any incentive bonus will be payable in the form of cash,
stock options, or other non-cash awards, in such proportions, and in such forms,
as are determined by the Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee.
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Exhibit 21.01
Subsidiaries
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SUBSIDIARY JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION d/b/a NAMES
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Aircorp II, Inc. Texas
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Aircraft 347, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 369, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 373, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 11111, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 20527, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 20527 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 20622, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 20624 and 20626, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 20627, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 21955, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 22055, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 22067 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 22120, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 22121, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 22122, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 22222, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 22620, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 22688, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 22688 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 22689, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 22689 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 23230, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23345, Inc. Florida
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Aircraft 23377, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23506, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23771, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23772, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23623, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23830, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23895, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23922, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 29328, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23928 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 23929, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23929 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 23983, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 23983 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 24176, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 24176 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 24209, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 24355, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 24356, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 24451, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 24451 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 24474, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 24497, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 24497 Trust Delaware
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Aircraft 24813, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 24837, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 25221, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 25262, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 45775, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 46095, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 46941, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 48008, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 48009, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 48024, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 48025, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 49104, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 49262, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 49263, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 49368, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 49632, Inc. Florida
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Aircraft 53015, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 53623, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft 53624, Inc. Delaware
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Aircraft Finance Trust Delaware
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Alphamstone Limited Ireland
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Amaistre Ltd. Ireland
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American Capital Resources New York NY American Capital Resources
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American Video Games and Missouri
Computers, Inc.
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Avalon Leasing Corporation Delaware
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B&A Leasing Corporation Delaware
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Bionic Leasing Corporation Delaware
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Boulder Capital Group, Inc. Colorado
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Boulder Capital Mortgage Colorado
Corporation
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Boulder Capital of New York, Inc. Colorado
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Bulbeck Limited Ireland
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Cauff, Lippman Aviation, Inc. Florida UniCapital Air Group
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Chickney Limited Ireland
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CLA Canada, Inc. Florida
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CLA-DOA, Inc. Delaware
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CLA Enterprises, Inc. Delaware
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CLA Holdings, Inc. Delaware
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CL Aircraft Marketing, Inc. Delaware
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CLC 747, Inc. Delaware
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CLC Engine Leasing, Inc. Delaware
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CL Aircraft VIII, Inc. Delaware
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CL Aircraft XXXIV, Inc. Florida
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Diamond Head Associates, LLC Delaware
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Galaxy Aircraft Corp. Delaware
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Haysthorpe Limited Ireland
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HLC Financial, Inc. Delaware HLC Financial Service
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Horthlew Limited Ireland
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Information Control Systems, Inc. Missouri
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JJ Leasing, Inc. Delaware
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Jacom Computer Services, Inc. New York
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Jetz, Inc. Delaware Jetz of Delaware, Inc.
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Jumbo Jet, Inc. Delaware Heavy Jumbo, Inc.
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Jumbo Jet Leasing, LP Delaware
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K.L.C. Inc. Connecticut Keystone Leasing
K.L.C., Inc. Connecticut
K.L.C. Leasing
K.L.C. of Connecticut
Keystone K.L.C., Inc.
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LeaseAdvisor.com, LLC Delaware
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Matcan International, Inc. Barbados
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Matcan Leasing, Inc. Utah
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Matrix Credit Corporation Utah
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Matrix Funding Corporation Utah Matrix Credit
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Merrimac Financial Associates, Inc. Delaware
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The Myerson Companies, Inc. Delaware BSB Leasing
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Nounsley Limited Ireland
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NSJ-DOA, Inc. Delaware
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The NSJ Group, Inc. Delaware
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NSJ Support, Inc. Delaware
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Praxis Paradigm Synergies, Inc. Delaware
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Saddleback Financial Corporation Delaware Saddleback Financial Center
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SFC Capital Group Corporation Delaware
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Shimpling Limited Ireland
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Skywatch Registered Agents, Inc. Florida
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SLC International Trading Missouri
Corporation
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Sonic Leasing Corporation Delaware
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Stuie II Corp. Delaware
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Stuie III Corp. Delaware
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SWR Aircraft Group, Inc. Florida
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SWR 767, Inc. Florida
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SWR Brazil 767, Inc. Florida
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Tailwind International AB Sweden
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UCP Engines, Inc. Delaware
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UCP Engines Trust Delaware
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UCP German Holdings, Inc. Delaware
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UCP GP SPE 1998-1 LLC Nevada
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UCP Operating SPE 1998-1 Nevada
Limited Partnership
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UCP Borrowing SPE 1998-1 Nevada
Limited Partnership
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UCP Qualifying SPE 1998-1 Nevada
Limited Partnership
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UCP Warehouse Holdings, Inc. Delaware
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UCP Warehouse SPE 1999-2 LLC Nevada
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UCP Warehouse SPE 1999-3 LLC Nevada
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UCP 1999-1 LLC I Nevada
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UCP 1999-1 LLC II Nevada
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UniCapital AFT-I, Inc. Delaware
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UniCapital AFT-II, Inc. Delaware
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UniCapital Aircraft Engine Group, Inc. Delaware
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UniCapital Air Group, Inc. Delaware
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UniCapital Funding Corporation Delaware
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UniCapital Mexico Group, Inc. Delaware
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UniCapital Mexico Holdings, LLC Delaware
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UniCapital of Mexico, S.A. de c.v. Mexico
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-61353) of UniCapital Corporation of our report
dated February 3, 2000, except for Note 24, as to which the date is March 28,
2000 relating to the financial statements, which appears in this Form 10-K.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
March 30, 2000
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