Exhibit 4.1
Dated as of December 23, 2019
Base Indenture
between
Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC,
as Master Issuer,
and
Citibank, N.A.,
as Trustee and Securities Intermediary
Exhibit 4.1
Dated as of December 23, 2019
Base Indenture
between
Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC,
as Master Issuer,
and
Citibank, N.A.,
as Trustee and Securities Intermediary
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Article I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01 |
Definitions |
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Section 1.02 |
Cross-References |
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Section 1.03 |
Accounting Terms; Accounting and Financial Determinations; No Duplication |
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Section 1.04 |
Rules of Construction |
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Article II THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01 |
Designation and Terms of Notes |
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Section 2.02 |
Notes Issuable in Series |
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Section 2.03 |
Series Supplement for Each Series |
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Section 2.04 |
Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.05 |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
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Section 2.06 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
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Section 2.07 |
Noteholder List |
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Section 2.08 |
Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.09 |
Persons Deemed Owners |
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Section 2.10 |
Replacement Notes |
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Section 2.11 |
Treasury Notes |
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Section 2.12 |
Book-Entry Notes |
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Section 2.13 |
Definitive Notes |
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Section 2.14 |
Cancellation |
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Section 2.15 |
Principal and Interest |
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Section 2.16 |
Tax Treatment |
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Section 2.17 |
Tax Withholding |
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Article III SECURITY |
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Section 3.01 |
Grant of Security Interest |
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Section 3.02 |
Certain Rights and Obligations of the Master Issuer Unaffected |
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Section 3.03 |
Performance of Collateral Transaction Documents |
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Section 3.04 |
Stamp, Other Similar Taxes and Filing Fees |
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Section 3.05 |
Authorization to File Financing Statements |
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Article IV REPORTS |
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Section 4.01 |
Reports and Instructions to Trustee |
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Section 4.02 |
Rule 144A Information |
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Section 4.03 |
Reports, Financial Statements and Other Information to Noteholders |
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Section 4.04 |
Manager |
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Section 4.05 |
No Constructive Notice |
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Article V ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS |
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Section 5.01 |
Administration of Accounts and Additional Accounts |
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Section 5.02 |
Management Accounts and Additional Accounts |
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Section 5.03 |
Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account |
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Section 5.04 |
Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account |
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Section 5.05 |
Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account |
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Section 5.06 |
Cash Trap Reserve Account |
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Section 5.07 |
Collection Account |
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Section 5.08 |
Collection Account Administrative Accounts |
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Section 5.09 |
Hedge Payment Account |
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Section 5.10 |
Trustee as Securities Intermediary |
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Section 5.11 |
Establishment of Series Accounts; Legacy Accounts |
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Section 5.12 |
Deposits, Withdrawals and Collections |
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Section 5.13 |
Application of Weekly Collections on Weekly Allocation Dates |
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Section 5.14 |
Quarterly Payment Date Applications |
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Section 5.15 |
Determination of Quarterly Interest |
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Section 5.16 |
Determination of Quarterly Principal |
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Section 5.17 |
Prepayment of Principal |
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Section 5.18 |
Retained Collections Contributions |
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Section 5.19 |
Interest Reserve Letters of Credit |
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Section 5.20 |
Replacement of Ineligible Accounts |
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Section 5.21 |
Instructions and Directions |
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Article VI DISTRIBUTIONS |
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Section 6.01 |
Distributions in General |
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Article VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 7.01 |
Existence and Power |
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Section 7.02 |
Company and Governmental Authorization |
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Section 7.03 |
No Consent |
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Section 7.04 |
Binding Effect |
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Section 7.05 |
Litigation |
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Section 7.06 |
ERISA |
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Section 7.07 |
Tax Filings and Expenses |
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Section 7.08 |
Disclosure |
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Section 7.09 |
1940 Act |
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Section 7.10 |
Regulations T, U and X |
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Section 7.11 |
Solvency |
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Section 7.12 |
Ownership of Equity Interests; Subsidiaries |
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Section 7.13 |
Security Interests |
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Section 7.14 |
Related Documents |
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Section 7.15 |
Non-Existence of Other Agreements |
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Section 7.16 |
Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws |
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Section 7.17 |
Other Representations |
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Section 7.18 |
No Employees |
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Section 7.19 |
Insurance |
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Section 7.20 |
Environmental Matters |
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Section 7.21 |
Intellectual Property |
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Article VIII COVENANTS |
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Section 8.01 |
Payment of Notes |
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Section 8.02 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 8.03 |
Payment and Performance of Obligations |
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Section 8.04 |
Maintenance of Existence |
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Section 8.05 |
Compliance with Laws |
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Section 8.06 |
Inspection of Property; Books and Records |
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Section 8.07 |
Actions under the Collateral Transaction Documents and Related Documents |
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Section 8.08 |
Notice of Defaults and Other Events |
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Section 8.09 |
Notice of Material Proceedings |
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Section 8.10 |
Further Requests |
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Section 8.11 |
Further Assurances |
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Section 8.12 |
Liens |
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Section 8.13 |
Other Indebtedness |
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Section 8.14 |
Bankruptcy Proceedings |
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Section 8.15 |
Mergers |
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Section 8.16 |
Asset Dispositions |
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Section 8.17 |
Acquisition of Assets |
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Section 8.18 |
Dividends, Officers’ Compensation, etc |
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Section 8.19 |
Legal Name, Location Under Section 9-301 or 9-307 |
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Section 8.20 |
Charter Documents |
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Section 8.21 |
Investments |
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Section 8.22 |
No Other Agreements |
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Section 8.23 |
Other Business |
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Section 8.24 |
Maintenance of Separate Existence |
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Section 8.25 |
Covenants Regarding the Securitization IP |
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Section 8.26 |
1940 Act |
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Section 8.27 |
Real Property |
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Section 8.28 |
No Employees |
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Section 8.29 |
Insurance |
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Section 8.30 |
Litigation |
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Section 8.31 |
Enhancements |
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Section 8.32 |
Environmental |
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Section 8.33 |
Series Hedge Agreements; Derivatives Generally |
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Section 8.34 |
Additional Securitization Entity |
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Section 8.35 |
Subordinated Notes Repayments |
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Section 8.36 |
Tax Lien Reserve Amount |
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Section 8.37 |
Required Balance |
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Section 8.38 |
Modification of Contributed Assets |
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Section 8.39 |
Area Director Optional Termination Payments |
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Section 8.40 |
Franchisee Note Cancellation Payments |
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Section 8.41 |
Elective Franchise-Related Payments |
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Article IX REMEDIES |
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Section 9.01 |
Rapid Amortization Events |
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Section 9.02 |
Events of Default |
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Section 9.03 |
Rights of the Control Party and Trustee upon Event of Default |
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Section 9.04 |
Waiver of Appraisal, Valuation, Stay and Right to Marshaling |
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Section 9.05 |
Limited Recourse |
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Section 9.06 |
Optional Preservation of the Securitized Assets |
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Section 9.07 |
Waiver of Past Events |
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Section 9.08 |
Control by the Control Party |
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Section 9.09 |
Limitation on Suits |
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Section 9.10 |
Unconditional Rights of Holders to Receive Payment |
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Section 9.11 |
The Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 9.12 |
Undertaking for Costs |
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Section 9.13 |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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Section 9.14 |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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Section 9.15 |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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Section 9.16 |
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws |
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Article X THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 10.01 |
Duties of the Trustee |
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Section 10.02 |
Rights of the Trustee |
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Section 10.03 |
Individual Rights of the Trustee |
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Section 10.04 |
Notice of Events of Default and Defaults |
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Section 10.05 |
Compensation and Indemnity |
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Section 10.06 |
Replacement of the Trustee |
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Section 10.07 |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc |
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Section 10.08 |
Eligibility Disqualification |
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Section 10.09 |
Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee |
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Section 10.10 |
Representations and Warranties of Trustee |
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Article XI CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AND CONTROL PARTY |
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Section 11.01 |
Controlling Class Representative |
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Section 11.02 |
Resignation or Removal of the Controlling Class Representative |
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Section 11.03 |
Expenses and Liabilities of the Controlling Class Representative |
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Section 11.04 |
Control Party |
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Section 11.05 |
Note Owner List |
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Article XII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE |
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Section 12.01 |
Termination of the Master Issuer’s and Guarantors’ Obligations |
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Section 12.02 |
Application of Trust Money |
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Section 12.03 |
Repayment to the Master Issuer |
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Section 12.04 |
Reinstatement |
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Article XIII AMENDMENTS |
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Section 13.01 |
Without Consent of the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders |
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Section 13.02 |
With Consent of the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders |
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Section 13.03 |
Supplements |
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Section 13.04 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents |
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Section 13.05 |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
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Section 13.06 |
The Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc |
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Section 13.07 |
Amendments and Fees |
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Section 13.08 |
Amendments to Certain Related Documents |
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Article XIV MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 14.01 |
Notices |
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Section 14.02 |
Communication by Holders With Other Holders |
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Section 14.03 |
Officer’s Certificate as to Conditions Precedent |
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Section 14.04 |
Statements Required in Certificate |
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Section 14.05 |
Rules by the Trustee |
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Section 14.06 |
Benefits of Indenture |
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Section 14.07 |
Payment on Business Day |
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Section 14.08 |
Governing Law |
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Section 14.09 |
Successors |
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Section 14.10 |
Severability |
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Section 14.11 |
Counterpart Originals |
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Section 14.12 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc |
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Section 14.13 |
No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Securitization Entities |
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Section 14.14 |
Recording of Indenture |
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Section 14.15 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 14.16 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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Section 14.17 |
Permitted Asset Dispositions; Release of Collateral |
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Section 14.18 |
Calculation of Holdco Leverage Ratio and Senior ABS Leverage Ratio |
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Section 14.19 |
Instructions and Directions on Behalf of the Master Issuer |
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ANNEXES |
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Annex A |
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Base Indenture Definitions List |
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EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A |
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Weekly Manager’s Certificate |
Exhibit B-1 |
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Form of Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Trademarks |
Exhibit B-2 |
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Form of Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Exhibit B-3 |
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Form of Grant of Security Interest in Copyrights |
Exhibit C-1 |
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Form of Supplemental Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Trademarks |
Exhibit C-2 |
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Form of Supplemental Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Exhibit C-3 |
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Form of Supplemental Grant of Security Interest in Copyrights |
Exhibit D |
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Form of Investor Request Certification |
Exhibit E |
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Form of CCR Election Notice |
Exhibit F |
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Nomination for Controlling Class Representative |
Exhibit G |
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Ballot for Controlling Class Representative |
Exhibit H |
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Form of CCR Acceptance Letter |
Exhibit I |
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Form of Note Owner Certificate |
Exhibit J |
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Form of Ad Hoc CCR Ballot |
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SCHEDULES |
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Schedule 7.13(a) |
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Non-Perfected Liens |
Schedule 7.19 |
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Insurance |
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BASE INDENTURE, dated as of December 23, 2019, by and among JERSEY MIKE’S FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Master Issuer”), and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as securities intermediary (in such capacity, the “Securities Intermediary”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Master Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Base Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of one or more Series of asset backed notes (the “Notes”), as provided in this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement; and WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Base Indenture a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Master Issuer, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and the Master Issuer proposes to do all the things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Master Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued by the Master Issuer, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Master Issuer as hereinafter provided;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the receipt of the Notes by the Noteholders, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Noteholders (in accordance with the priorities set forth herein and in any Series Supplement), as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein (including the preamble and the recitals hereto) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Base Indenture Definitions List attached hereto as Annex A (the “Base Indenture Definitions List”), as such Base Indenture Definitions List may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Section 1.02 Cross-References. Unless otherwise specified, references in the Indenture and in each other Related Document to any Article or Section are references to such Article or Section of the Indenture or such other Related Document, as the case may be, and, unless otherwise specified, references in any Article, Section or definition to any clause are references to such clause of such Article, Section or definition.
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms; Accounting and Financial Determinations; No Duplication. (a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined in the Indenture or the Related Documents shall be construed in conformity with GAAP.
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Section 1.04 Rules of Construction. In the Indenture and the other Related Documents, unless the context otherwise requires:
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ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of Notes. (a) Each Series of Notes shall be substantially in the form specified in the Series Supplement for such Series and shall bear, upon its face, the designation for such Series to which it belongs as selected by the Master Issuer, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted hereby or by the Series Supplement for such Series and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined to be appropriate by any Authorized Officer of the Master Issuer executing such Notes, as evidenced by execution of such Notes by such Authorized Officer. All Notes of any Series shall, except as specified in the Series Supplement for such Series and in this Base Indenture, be equally and ratably entitled as provided herein to the benefits hereof without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of authentication and delivery, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Base Indenture and the Series Supplement for such Series. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Base Indenture is unlimited. The Notes of each Series shall be issued in the denominations set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series.
(i) for purposes of any provision of any Indenture Document relating to any vote, consent, direction, waiver or the like to be given by such Class on any date, with respect to the Class A-1 Notes of any Series Outstanding, the relevant amount of each such Class A-1 Notes to be used in tabulating the percentage of such Series voting, directing, consenting or waiving or the like (the “Class A-1 Notes Voting Amount”) will be the greater of (1) the Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount for such Class A-1 Notes (after giving effect to any cancelled commitments) and (2) the Outstanding Principal Amount of such Class A-1 Notes;
(ii) for purposes of any provisions of any Indenture Document relating to termination, discharge or the like, such Class A-1 Notes of a Series shall continue to be deemed Outstanding unless and until both (x) all commitments to extend credit under such Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement have been terminated thereunder and (y) the Outstanding Principal Amount of such Class A-1 Notes shall have been reduced to zero; and
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(iii) notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, a Series Supplement or a Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement may provide for different treatment of commitments of a Noteholder of a Class A-1 Note subject to such Series Supplement or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement that (1) has failed to make a payment required to be made by it under the terms of the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, (2) has provided written notification that it does not intend to make a payment required to be made by it thereunder when due or (3) has become the subject of an Event of Bankruptcy.
Section 2.02 Notes Issuable in Series. (a) The Notes may be issued in one or more Series. Each Series of Notes shall be created by a Series Supplement. A Series of Notes may include separate Classes, Subclasses or Tranches as set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series. Any reference to a Series shall, unless the context requires otherwise, also include any Class, Subclass or Tranche of such Series.
(i) a Company Order authorizing and directing the authentication and delivery of the Notes of such new Series by the Trustee and specifying the designation of such new Series, the Initial Principal Amount (or the method for calculating the Initial Principal Amount) of such new Series to be authenticated and the Note Rate with respect to such new Series;
(ii) a Series Supplement satisfying the criteria set forth in Section 2.03 (Series Supplement for Each Series) executed by the Master Issuer and the Trustee and specifying the Principal Terms of such new Series;
(iii) if there is one or more Series of Notes Outstanding (other than a Series of Notes Outstanding that will be repaid in full from the proceeds of issuance of the new Series of Notes or otherwise on the applicable Series Closing Date), written confirmation from the Manager that the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the issuance of such Additional Notes is satisfied;
(iv) any related Enhancement Agreement entered into in connection with such issuance and executed by each of the parties thereto in compliance with Section 8.33 (Series Hedge Agreements; Derivatives Generally);
(v) any related Series Hedge Agreement entered into in connection with such issuance and executed by each of the parties thereto in compliance with Section 8.34 (Additional Securitization Entity);
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(vi) one or more Officer’s Certificates, each executed by an Authorized Officer of the Master Issuer, dated as of the applicable Series Closing Date to the effect that:
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(vii) a Tax Opinion dated the applicable Series Closing Date; provided, however, that, if there are no Notes Outstanding or if all Series of Notes Outstanding will be repaid in full from the proceeds of issuance of the new Series of Notes or otherwise on the applicable Series Closing Date or defeased in accordance with Section 12.01(c) (Termination of the Master Issuer’s and Guarantors’ Obligations–Series Defeasance), only the opinions set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of the definition of Tax Opinion are required to be given in connection with the issuance of such new Series of Notes;
(viii) one or more Opinions of Counsel, supported by one or more Officer’s Certificates, addressed to the Trustee and the Control Party, subject to customary assumptions and qualifications, and in a form reasonably acceptable to the Control Party, dated the applicable Series Closing Date, substantially to the effect that:
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(i) conflicts with the Charter Documents of such Securitization Entity,
(ii) constitutes a violation of, or a default under, any material agreement to which such Securitization Entity is a party (which agreements may be set forth in a schedule to such opinion), or (iii) contravenes any order or decree that is applicable to such Securitization Entity (which order and decree may be set forth in a schedule to such opinion);
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Section 2.03 Series Supplement for Each Series. In conjunction with the issuance of a new Series, the parties hereto shall execute a Series Supplement (and, in the case such Series includes Class A1 Notes, a Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement), which document(s) shall specify the relevant terms with respect to such new Series of Notes, which may include, without limitation:
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Section 2.04 Execution and Authentication. (a) The Notes shall, upon issuance pursuant to Section 2.02 (Notes Issuable in Series), be executed on behalf of the Master Issuer by an Authorized Officer of the Master Issuer and delivered by the Master Issuer to the Trustee for authentication and redelivery as provided herein. The signature of each such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual, scanned or facsimile. If an Authorized Officer of the Master Issuer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
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“This is one of the Notes of a Series issued under the within mentioned Indenture.
Citibank, N.A., as Trustee |
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Section 2.05 Registrar and Paying Agent. (a) The Master Issuer shall (i) maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and (ii) appoint a paying agent (which shall satisfy the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 10.08(a) (Eligibility Disqualification) (the “Paying Agent”) at whose office or agency Notes may be presented for payment. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (including the name and address of each such Noteholder) and of their transfer and exchange. The Trustee shall indicate in its books and records the commitment of each Noteholder, if applicable, and the principal (and stated interest) amount owing to each Noteholder from time to time. The Master Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” shall include any additional paying agent and the term “Registrar” shall include any co-registrars. The Master Issuer may change the Paying Agent or the Registrar without prior notice to any Noteholder. The Master Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Base Indenture. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as the Registrar and the Paying Agent and shall send copies of all notices and demands received by the Trustee (other than those sent by the Master Issuer to the Trustee and those addressed to the Master Issuer) in connection with the Notes to the Master Issuer. Upon any resignation or removal of the Registrar, the Master Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Registrar or, in the absence of such appointment, the Master Issuer shall assume the duties of the Registrar.
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Section 2.06 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. (a) The Master Issuer will cause the Paying Agent (if the Paying Agent is not the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which the Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee (and if the Trustee is the Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section 2.06 (Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust), that the 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 Trustee notice of any default by the Master Issuer of which it has Actual Knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by the Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as the Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the 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 Trustee set forth in Section 10.08 (Eligibility Disqualification). at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code and other applicable Requirements of Law 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.
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Section 2.07 Noteholder List. (a) The Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished by the Registrar to the Master Issuer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative, the Paying Agent or any Class A-1 Administrative Agent, within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Trustee of a request therefor from the Master Issuer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative, the Paying Agent or such Class A-1 Administrative Agent, respectively, in writing, the names and addresses of the Noteholders of each Series as of the most recent Record Date for payments to such Noteholders. Unless otherwise provided in the Series Supplement for such Series, the Trustee, after having been adequately indemnified by Note Owners satisfying the requirements set forth in Section 11.05(b) (Note Owner List) (“Applicants”) for its costs and expenses, shall afford or shall cause the Registrar to afford such Applicants access during normal business hours to the most recent list of Noteholders held by the Trustee and shall give the Master Issuer notice that such request has been made, within five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such application. Such list shall be as of a date no more than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of receipt of such Applicants’ request. Every Noteholder, by receiving and holding a Note, agrees with the Trustee that neither the Trustee, the Registrar nor any of their respective agents shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was obtained.
Section 2.08 Transfer and Exchange. (a) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Registrar, if the requirements of Section 2.08(f) (Transfer and Exchange) and Section 8-401(a) of the New York UCC are met, the Master Issuer shall execute and, after the Master Issuer has executed, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Noteholder, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, in any authorized denominations, of the same Series and Class (and, if applicable, Tranche or Subclass) and a like original aggregate principal amount of the Notes so transferred. At the option of any Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same Series and Class (and, if applicable, Tranche or Subclass) in authorized denominations of like original aggregate principal amount of the Notes so exchanged, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Registrar maintained for such purpose. Whenever Notes of any Series are so surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of Section 2.08(f) (Transfer and Exchange) and Section 8-401(a) of the New York UCC are met, the Master Issuer shall execute, and after the Master Issuer has executed, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Noteholder, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
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Section 2.09 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Trustee, the Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative, any Agent and the Master Issuer shall deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever (other than purposes in which the vote or consent of a Note Owner is permitted pursuant to this Base Indenture, the Series Supplement for such Series or any Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement and, to the extent applicable, the rules of a Clearing Agency), whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Trustee, the Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative, any Agent nor the Master Issuer shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.10 Replacement Notes. (a) If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note and (ii) there is delivered to the Master Issuer and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold the Master Issuer and the Trustee harmless then, provided that the requirements of Section 2.08(f) (Transfer and Exchange) and Section 8-405 of the New York UCC are met, the Master Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the preceding sentence, a protected purchaser (within the meaning of Section 8303 of the New York UCC) of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Master Issuer and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person
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to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Master Issuer or the Trustee in connection therewith.
Section 2.11 Treasury Notes. In determining whether the Noteholders of the required Aggregate Outstanding Principal Amount of Notes or the required Outstanding Principal Amount of any Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche of Notes, as the case may be, have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned, legally or beneficially, by the Master Issuer or any Affiliate of the Master Issuer shall be considered as though they are not Outstanding, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes of which a Trust Officer has received written notice of such ownership shall be so disregarded. Absent written notice to a Trust Officer of such ownership, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of the identity of the individual Note Owners.
Section 2.12 Book-Entry Notes. (a) Unless otherwise provided in any Series Supplement for such Series, the Notes of each Series, Class, Subclass and Tranche, upon original issuance, shall be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing Book-Entry Notes and delivered to the depository (or its custodian) specified in such Series Supplement which shall be the Clearing Agency on behalf of such Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche. The Notes of each Series, Class, Subclass and Tranche shall, unless otherwise provided in the Series Supplement for such Series, initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of the Clearing Agency or the nominee of the Clearing Agency. No Note Owner will receive a definitive note representing such Note Owner’s interest in the related Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche of Notes, except as provided in Section 2.13 (Definitive Notes). Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes of any Series or any Class, Subclass or Tranche of any Series (“Definitive Notes”) have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.13 (Definitive Notes):
(i) the provisions of this Section 2.12 (Book-Entry Notes) shall be in full force and effect with respect to each such Series, Class, Subclass and/or Tranche;
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(ii) the Master Issuer, the Paying Agent, the Registrar, the Trustee, the Servicer and the Controlling Class Representative shall deal with the Clearing Agency and the applicable Clearing Agency Participants for all purposes (including the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder or under the Series Supplement for such Series) as the sole Holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.12 (Book-Entry Notes) conflict with any other provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of this Section 2.12 (Book-Entry Notes) shall control with respect to each such Tranche, Subclass, Class or Series of the Notes;
(iv) subject to the rights of the Servicer and the Controlling Class Representative under the Indenture, and except for the rights granted pursuant to Section 11.05 (Note Owner List), the rights of Note Owners of each such Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche of Notes shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and the applicable Clearing Agency Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants, and all references in the Indenture to actions by the Noteholders shall refer to actions taken by the Clearing Agency upon instructions from the Clearing Agency Participants, and all references in the Indenture to distributions, notices, reports and statements to the Noteholders shall refer to distributions, notices, reports and statements to the Clearing Agency, as registered Holder of the Notes of such Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche for distribution to the Note Owners in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Clearing Agency; and
(v) subject to the rights of the Servicer and the Controlling Class Representative under the Indenture, and except for the rights granted pursuant to Section 11.05 (Note Owner List), whenever the Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the Aggregate Outstanding Principal Amount of Notes or the Outstanding Principal Amount of a Series or Class, Subclass or Tranche of a Series of Notes, the applicable Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or their related Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Outstanding Notes or such Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche of Notes Outstanding, as the case may be, and has delivered such instructions in writing to the Trustee.
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Section 2.13 Definitive Notes. (a) The Notes of any Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche of any Series, to the extent provided in the Series Supplement for such Series, upon original issuance, may be issued in the form of Definitive Notes. All Class A-1 Notes of any Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche shall be issued in the form of Definitive Notes. The Series Supplement for such Series shall set forth the legend relating to the restrictions on transfer of such Definitive Notes and such other restrictions as may be applicable.
Section 2.14 Cancellation. The Master Issuer may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Master Issuer or an Affiliate thereof may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. Upon the written instruction of the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf), the Trustee shall cancel any repurchased Notes delivered to it by the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf), either in certificated form or through the Applicable Procedures of DTC. Such cancelled Notes shall not be reissued and upon cancellation shall not be considered outstanding for purposes of calculating the DSCR, the Holdco Leverage Ratio or the Senior ABS Leverage Ratio. Immediately upon the delivery of any Notes by the Master Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.14 (Cancellation), the security interest of the Secured Parties in such Notes shall automatically be deemed to be released by the Trustee, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Issuer any and all documentation reasonably requested and prepared by the Master Issuer at its expense to evidence such automatic release. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation. Except as provided in any Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement executed and delivered in connection with the issuance of any
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Notes, the Master Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has redeemed or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the Trustee’s standard disposition procedures unless the Master Issuer shall direct that cancelled Notes be returned to it for destruction pursuant to a Company Order. No cancelled Notes may be reissued. No provision of this Base Indenture or any Series Supplement that relates to prepayment procedures, penalties, fees, make-whole payments or any other related matters shall be applicable to any Notes cancelled pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 2.14 (Cancellation).
Section 2.15 Principal and Interest. (a) The principal of and premium, if any, on each Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche of Notes shall be due and payable at the times and in the amounts set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series (and, to the extent applicable, each Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement) and in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
Section 2.16 Tax Treatment. The Master Issuer has structured this Base Indenture and the Notes have been (or will be) issued with the intention that the Notes will qualify under applicable tax law as Indebtedness of the Master Issuer or, if the Master Issuer is treated as a division of another entity for federal income tax purposes, such other entity, and any entity or person acquiring any direct or indirect interest in any Note by acceptance of its Notes (or, in the case of a Note Owner, by virtue of such Note Owner’s acquisition of a beneficial interest therein) agrees to treat the Notes (or beneficial interests therein) for all purposes of United States federal, state, local and foreign income or franchise Taxes and any other Tax imposed on or measured by income, as Indebtedness of the Master Issuer or, if the Master Issuer is treated as a division of another entity for federal income tax purposes, such other entity.
Section 2.17 Tax Withholding. The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Master Issuer (or other Person responsible for withholding of Taxes) has the right to withhold on payments with respect to a Note (without any corresponding gross-up) where an applicable party fails to provide the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Master Issuer, as applicable, with appropriate tax certifications (which includes, but is not limited to, (i) an IRS Form W-9 for United States persons (as defined under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) or any applicable successor form or (ii) an applicable IRS Form W-8 and any required attachments, for Persons other than United States persons, or applicable successor form, or the Trustee, the Paying Agent
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or the Master Issuer (or other Person responsible for withholding of Taxes) is otherwise required to so withhold under applicable law.
ARTICLE III
SECURITY
Section 3.01 Grant of Security Interest. (a) To secure the Obligations, the Master Issuer hereby pledges, assigns, conveys, delivers, transfers and sets over to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Master Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and under all accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, equipment, fixtures, general intangibles, health-care-insurance receivables, instruments, inventory, securities, securities accounts and other investment property and letter-of-credit rights (in each case, as defined in the New York UCC), including without limitation all of the following property to the extent now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Master Issuer (collectively, the “Indenture Collateral”):
(i) the limited liability company membership interests and stock owned by the Master Issuer that represent the 100% ownership interest in the Securitization Entities owned by the Master Issuer as set forth on Schedule 4.5 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with all claims, rights, privileges, authority and powers of the Master Issuer relating to such Equity Interests or granted to it under the organizational documents of such Securitization Entities, and all additional Equity Interests of any Subsidiary or Additional Securitization Entity from time to time acquired by or issued to the Master Issuer in any manner, together with all claims, rights, privileges, authority and powers of the Master Issuer relating to any such Equity Interests or granted to it under any organizational document of any such Subsidiary or Additional Securitization Entity formed or acquired from time to time;
(ii) the Accounts and all amounts on deposit in or otherwise credited to the Accounts (other than the Accounts that qualify for Collateral Exclusions);
(iii) any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit;
(iv) the books and records (whether in physical, electronic or other form) of the Master Issuer;
(v) the rights, powers, remedies and authorities of the Master Issuer under each of the Related Documents (other than the Indenture and the Notes) to which it is a party;
(vi) any and all other property of the Master Issuer now owned or hereafter acquired; and
(vii) all payments, proceeds, supporting obligations and accrued and future rights to payment with respect to the foregoing; provided that (A) the Indenture Collateral shall exclude the Collateral Exclusions; (B) the Master Issuer shall not be required to pledge more than 65% of the Equity Interests (and any rights associated with such Equity Interests) of (i) any foreign Subsidiary of the Master Issuer that is a Controlled Foreign Corporation or (ii) any domestic Subsidiary of the Master Issuer, substantially all of the assets of which are the equity interests of Controlled Foreign Corporations (each, a “Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company”), a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and in no circumstance will any such foreign Subsidiary that is a Controlled
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Foreign Corporation or a Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company be required to pledge any assets, serve as Guarantor, or otherwise guarantee the Notes; (C) the security interest in (1) the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account and the related property shall only be for the benefit of the Senior Noteholders and the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee for the Senior Noteholders, (2) the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account and the related property shall only be for the benefit of the Senior Subordinated Noteholders and the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee for the Senior Subordinated Noteholders and (3) each Series Distribution Account and the related property thereto shall only be for the benefit of the applicable Series (or Class within such Series) Noteholders as set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series; and (D) any Cash Collateral deposited by any Non-Securitization Entities with the Master Issuer to secure such Non-Securitization Entities’ obligations under any Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement shall not constitute Indenture Collateral until such time (if any) as the Master Issuer is entitled to withdraw such funds from the applicable bank account pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement to reimburse the Master Issuer for any amounts due by such Non-Securitization Entities to the Master Issuer pursuant to such Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement that such Non-Securitization Entities have not paid to the Master Issuer in accordance with the terms thereof.
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Section 3.02 Certain Rights and Obligations of the Master Issuer Unaffected.
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Section 3.03 Performance of Collateral Transaction Documents. Upon the occurrence of a default or breach (after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure periods) by any Person party to (a) a Collateral Transaction Document or (b) a Collateral Business Document (only if a Manager Termination Event or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), promptly following a request from the Trustee to do so and at the Master Issuer’s expense, the Master Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as permitted under this Base Indenture as the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative)) may reasonably request to compel or secure the performance and observance by such Person of its obligations to the Master Issuer, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Master Issuer to the extent and in the manner directed by the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative)), including, without limitation, the transmission of notices of default and the institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by such Person of its obligations thereunder. If (i) the Master Issuer shall have failed, within ten (10) days of receiving the direction of the Trustee (given at the direction of the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative)), to take commercially reasonable action to accomplish such directions of the Trustee, (ii) the Master Issuer refuses to take any such action, as reasonably determined by the Trustee in good faith, or (iii) the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) reasonably determines that such action must be taken immediately, in any such case the Servicer may, but shall not be obligated to, take, and the Trustee shall take (if so directed by the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative)), at the expense of the Master Issuer, such previously directed action and any related action permitted under this Base Indenture which the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) thereafter determines is appropriate (without the need under this provision or any other provision under this Base Indenture to direct the Master Issuer to take such action), on behalf of the Master Issuer and the Secured Parties.
Section 3.04 Stamp, Other Similar Taxes and Filing Fees. The Master Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and each Secured Party from any present or future claim for liability for any stamp, documentary or other similar tax and any penalties or interest and expenses with respect thereto, that may be assessed, levied or collected by any jurisdiction in connection with the Indenture, any other Related Document or the Securitized Assets. The Master Issuer shall pay, and indemnify and hold harmless each Secured Party against, any and all amounts in respect of all search, filing, recording and registration fees, excise taxes and other similar imposts that may be payable or determined to be payable in respect of the execution, delivery, performance and/or enforcement of the Indenture or any other Related Document.
Section 3.05 Authorization to File Financing Statements. (a) The Master Issuer hereby irrevocably authorizes the Control Party on behalf of the Secured Parties at any time and from time to time to file or record in any filing office in any applicable jurisdiction financing statements and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Indenture Collateral to perfect the security interests of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties under this Base Indenture. The Master Issuer authorizes the filing of any such financing statement naming the Trustee as secured party and indicating that the Indenture Collateral includes “all assets” or words of similar effect or import regardless of whether any particular assets comprised in the Indenture Collateral fall within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC, including, without limitation, any and all Securitization IP. The Master Issuer agrees to furnish any information necessary to accomplish the foregoing promptly upon the Servicer’s request. The Master Issuer
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also hereby ratifies and authorizes the filing on behalf of the Secured Parties of any financing statement with respect to the Indenture Collateral made prior to the date hereof.
ARTICLE IV
REPORTS
Section 4.01 Reports and Instructions to Trustee.
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(i) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2020), an unaudited combined consolidated balance sheet of the Holding Company Guarantor as of the end of such quarter and unaudited combined consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in members’ equity and cash flows of the Securitization Entities for such fiscal quarter and for the fiscal year-to-date period then ended (in the case of the second and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year); and
(ii) within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending on or around December 31, 2020), an audited combined consolidated balance sheet of the Holding Company Guarantor as of the end of such fiscal year and audited combined consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in members’ equity and cash flows of the Securitization Entities for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form (where appropriate) the comparable amounts for the previous fiscal year, prepared in accordance with GAAP and accompanied by an opinion thereon of the Independent Auditors stating that such audited financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Securitization Entities as of the end of such fiscal year and the results of their operations and cash flows for such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP.
(i) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2020), an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter and unaudited consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the fiscal
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year-to-date period then ended (in the case of the second and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year); and
(ii) within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending on or around December 31, 2019), an audited consolidated balance sheet of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and audited consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the comparable amounts for the previous fiscal year prepared in accordance with GAAP and accompanied by an opinion thereon of the Independent Auditors stating that such audited financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP.
(i) Instructions as to Withdrawals and Payments. The Master Issuer will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable (with a copy to each of the Servicer, the Manager and the Back-Up Manager), written instructions to make withdrawals and payments from the Collection Account and any other Base Indenture Account or Series Account and to make drawings under any Enhancement, as contemplated herein and in any Series Supplement. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly follow any such written instructions.
Section 4.02 Rule 144A Information. The Master Issuer agrees to provide to any Holder, and to any prospective purchaser of Notes designated by such Holder upon the request of such Holder or prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided to such Holder or prospective purchaser to satisfy the conditions set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the 1933 Act.
Section 4.03 Reports, Financial Statements and Other Information to Noteholders. Subject to the last paragraph of this Section 4.03 (Reports, Financial Statements and Other Information to Noteholders), the Trustee shall make this Base Indenture, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the applicable offering circular, each Series Supplement, the Quarterly Noteholders’ Reports, the Quarterly Compliance Certificates, the financial statements referenced in Section 4.01(f) (Reports and Instructions to Trustee–Securitization Entity Financial Statements) and Section 4.01(g) (Reports and Instructions to Trustee–Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. Financial Statements) and the reports referenced in Section 4.01(e) (Reports and Instructions to Trustee–Annual Accountants’ Reports) (collectively, the “Noteholder Materials”) available to (a) each Rating Agency pursuant to Section 4.01(j) (Reports and Instructions to
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Trustee–Copies to Rating Agency) above and (b) the Holders (provided that each Series Supplement and any related offering circular with respect to a Series of Notes shall only be made available to the Holders (but not to prospective investors) of such Series of Notes), the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and each Rating Agency via the Trustee’s internet website at www.sf.citidirect.com or such other address as the Trustee may specify from time to time; provided that prospective investors shall not be entitled to access the Trustee’s internet website, but may request the Noteholder Materials from the Trustee in accordance with the requirements of this Section 4.03 (Reports, Financial Statements and Other Information to Noteholders). Assistance in using such website can be obtained by calling the Trustee’s customer service desk at 888-855-9695 or such other telephone number as the Trustee may specify from time to time. Unless requested by a prospective investor, the Noteholder Materials will only be accessible in a password-protected area of the internet website and the Trustee will require each party (other than the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and each Rating Agency) accessing such password-protected area to register as a Holder and to make, for the benefit of the Master Issuer, the applicable representations and warranties described below in an investor request certification (an “Investor Request Certification” in the form of Exhibit D. The Trustee may disclaim responsibility for any information distributed by it for which the Trustee was not the original source. Each time a Holder accesses the internet website, it will be deemed to have confirmed such representations and warranties as of the date thereof. The Trustee will provide the Servicer and the Manager with copies of such Investor Request Certifications, including the identity, address, contact information, email address and telephone number of such Holder upon request, but shall have no responsibility for any of the information contained therein. The Trustee shall have the right to change the way such statements are electronically distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Trustee shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such changes.
The Trustee shall (or shall request that the Manager) make available, upon reasonable advance notice and at the expense of the requesting party, the Noteholder Materials to any Holder and to any prospective investor that provides the Trustee with an Investor Request Certification in the form of Exhibit D to the effect that such party (i) is a Holder or prospective investor, as applicable, (ii) understands that the items contain confidential information, (iii) is requesting the information solely for use in evaluating such party’s investment or potential investment, as applicable, in the Notes and will keep such information strictly confidential (provided, however, that such party may disclose such information only (A) to (1) those personnel employed by it who need to know such information which have agreed to keep such information strictly confidential and to use such information only for evaluating such party’s investment or potential investment in the Notes, (2) its attorneys and outside auditors which have agreed to keep such information strictly confidential and to use such information only for evaluating such party’s investment or possible investment in the Notes, or (3) a regulatory or self-regulatory authority pursuant to applicable law or regulation or (B) by judicial process; provided, that it may disclose to any and all Persons without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction and any related tax strategies to the extent necessary to prevent the transaction from being described as a “confidential transaction” under U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(3)) and (iv) that is not a Competitor).
Section 4.04 Manager. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Manager has agreed to provide certain reports, notices, instructions and other services on behalf of the Master Issuer. The Holders by their acceptance of the Notes consent to the provision of such reports and notices to the Trustee by the Manager in lieu of the Master Issuer. Any such reports and notices that are required to be delivered to the Holders hereunder shall be delivered by the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to verify, reconfirm or recalculate any information or material contained in any of the reports, financial statements or other information delivered to it pursuant to this Article IV (Reports) or the Management Agreement. All distributions, allocations, remittances and payments to be made by the Trustee or the Paying Agent hereunder or under any Series Supplement or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement shall be
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made based solely upon the most recently delivered written reports and instructions provided to the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, by the Manager.
Section 4.05 No Constructive Notice. Delivery of reports, information, Officer’s Certificates and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information, Officer’s Certificates and documents shall not constitute constructive notice to the Trustee of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including any Securitization Entity’s, the Manager’s or any other Person’s compliance with any of its covenants under the Indenture, the Notes or any other Related Document (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on the most recent Quarterly Compliance Certificate described above).
ARTICLE V
ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
Section 5.01 Administration of Accounts and Additional Accounts. Each Account and any additional accounts described in this Article V (Allocation and Application of Collections), as of the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, shall be (A) an Eligible Account, (B) pledged by the Master Issuer or another Securitization Entity to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 3.01 (Grant of Security Interest) hereof or Section 3.1 (Grant of Security Interest) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (C) except as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence or subject to a Collateral Exclusion, if not established with the Trustee or otherwise controlled by the Trustee under the New York UCC, subject to an Account Control Agreement and (D) subject to the jurisdiction of the State of New York (i) for purposes of the UCC and (ii) for all issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention. For any Account required to be subject to an Account Control Agreement on the Closing Date pursuant to the preceding sentence, such Account shall not be in violation of the requirements to be subject to an Account Control Agreement for a period of sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, so long as any amounts on deposit in such Account are transferred on a daily basis to an Account meeting the requirements of the prior sentence.
Section 5.02 Management Accounts and Additional Accounts.
(i) Franchisor Accounts. One or more accounts maintained in the name of the Franchisor or any Additional Securitization Entity that from time to time acts as the “franchisor” with respect to New Securitized Franchise Agreements, New Securitized Area Development Agreements, New Securitized Area Director Arrangements and Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangements into which the Manager (on behalf of the Franchisor or such Additional Securitization Entity) shall deposit (or cause to be deposited) all Securitized Franchisee Payments, all Securitized Franchisee Note Payments, all Securitized Technology Payments, all licensing fees (including Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant License Fees) and other fees related thereto, which, so long as such accounts
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are required to be included in the Collateral, will be subject to an Account Control Agreement (collectively, the “Franchisor Accounts”). The Franchisor and any Additional Securitization Entity that from time to time acts as the “franchisor” with respect to New Securitized Franchise Agreements, New Securitized Area Development Agreements and New Securitized Area Director Arrangements, may establish one or more accounts including cash, deposit accounts, investment account or other instruments of the Franchisor to meet large-franchisor exemptions or similar exemptions under applicable franchise laws (such account, the “Franchisor Capital Account”) and may disburse funds from the Franchisor Capital Account to fund any loan or advance made in accordance with Section 8.21 (Investments) of this Base Indenture;
(ii) FoodCo Accounts. One or more accounts maintained in the name of FoodCo into which the Manager (on behalf of FoodCo) shall deposit (or cause to be deposited) all Securitized Restaurant Vendor Program Payments (collectively, the “FoodCo Accounts”).
(iii) Concentration Accounts. One or more accounts maintained in the name of the Master Issuer, the Franchisor or FoodCo, as applicable, or any successor account established for the Master Issuer, the Franchisor or FoodCo, as applicable, for such purpose pursuant to this Base Indenture and the Management Agreement, including any investment accounts related thereto into which funds are transferred for investment purposes pursuant to Section 5.02(b) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts– Administration of the Management Accounts) of this Base Indenture (the “Concentration Accounts”);
(iv) Asset Disposition Proceeds Account. The account established with the Trustee or maintained in the name of the Master Issuer or any successor account established for the Master Issuer by the Manager for such purpose pursuant to this Base Indenture and the Management Agreement, including any investment accounts related thereto into which funds are transferred for investment purposes pursuant to Section 5.02(b) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts–Administration of the Management Accounts) of this Base Indenture (collectively, the “Asset Disposition Proceeds Account”);
(v) Insurance Proceeds Account. The account established with the Trustee or maintained in the name of the Master Issuer, into which the Manager is required to cause Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds to be deposited (the “Insurance Proceeds Account”); and
(vi) Additional Management Accounts. From time to time, the Master Issuer or any other Securitization Entity (other than the Holding Company Guarantor) may establish additional accounts (each of which shall be an Eligible Account) for the purpose of depositing Collections or funds necessary to meet large-franchisor exemptions or similar exemptions under applicable franchise laws therein (each such account and any investment accounts related thereto into which funds are transferred for investment purposes pursuant to Section 5.02(b) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts– Administration of the Management Accounts), an “Additional Management Account”). Each Additional Management Account that is to be a Franchisor Account, Franchisor Capital Account or a FoodCo Account shall be designated as such by the Manager.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (a), in the case of any Management Account established after the Closing Date that is required to be included in the Collateral and not subject to a Collateral Exclusion, the applicable Securitization Entity shall be permitted a period of five (5) Business Days after the establishment of such deposit account to cause such deposit account to be subject to an Account Control Agreement.
Section 5.03 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account.
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Section 5.04 Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account.
Section 5.05 Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account.
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Section 5.06 Cash Trap Reserve Account.
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Section 5.07 Collection Account.
Section 5.08 Collection Account Administrative Accounts.
(i) an account no. 12439500 entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Senior Notes Interest Payment Account” for the deposit of the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount (together with any successor account, the “Senior Notes Interest Payment Account”);
(ii) an account entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account” for the deposit of the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount (together with any successor account, the “Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account”);
(iii) an account entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account” for the deposit of the Subordinated Notes
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Quarterly Interest Amount (together with any successor account, the “Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account”);
(iv) an account no. 12439600 entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Account” for the deposit of the Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amount (together with any successor account, the “Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Account”);
(v) an account no. 12439700 entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Senior Notes Principal Payment Account” for the deposit of the amounts allocable to the payment of principal of the Senior Notes (together with any successor account, the “Senior Notes Principal Payment Account”);
(vi) an account entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account” for the deposit of the amounts allocable to the payment of principal of the Senior Subordinated Notes (together with any successor account, the “Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account”);
(vii) an account entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account” for the deposit of the amounts allocable to the payment of principal of the Subordinated Notes (together with any successor account, the “Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account”);
(viii) an account no. 12439800 entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account” for the deposit of the Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amounts (together with any successor account, the “Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account”);
(ix) an account entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account” for the deposit of the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amounts (together with any successor account, the “Senior Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account”);
(x) an account entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account” for the deposit of the Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amounts (together with any successor account, the “Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account”); and
(xi) an account no. 12439900 entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Securitization Operating Expense Account” for the deposit of Securitization Operating Expenses (together with any successor account, the “Securitization Operating Expense Account”).
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Section 5.09 Hedge Payment Account.
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Section 5.10 Trustee as Securities Intermediary. (a) The Trustee or other Person holding any Base Indenture Account held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties (collectively the “Trustee Accounts”) shall be the “Securities Intermediary.” If the Securities Intermediary in respect of any Trustee Account is not the Trustee, the Master Issuer shall obtain the express agreement of such other Person to the obligations of the Securities Intermediary set forth in this Section 5.10 (Trustee as Securities Intermediary).
(i) the Trustee Accounts are accounts to which “financial assets” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) (“Financial Assets”) of the UCC in effect in the State of New York (the “New York UCC”) will or may be credited;
(ii) the Trustee Accounts are “securities accounts” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York UCC and the Securities Intermediary qualifies as a “securities intermediary” under Section 8-102(a) of the New York UCC;
(iii) all securities or other property (other than cash) underlying any Financial Assets credited to any Trustee Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to any Trustee Account be registered in the name of the Master Issuer, payable to the Master Issuer or specially indorsed to the Master Issuer;
(iv) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Base Indenture will be promptly credited to the appropriate Trustee Account;
(v) each item of property (whether investment property, security, instrument or cash) credited to a Trustee Account shall be treated as a Financial Asset under Article 8 of the New York UCC;
(vi) if at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any entitlement order from the Trustee (including those directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset) relating to the Trustee Accounts, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order without further consent by the Master Issuer or any other Person;
(vii) For purposes of all applicable UCCs, New York shall be deemed to be the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction and the Trustee Accounts (as well as the “securities entitlements” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the New York UCC) related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York; For purposes of the Hague Securities Convention, the local law of the jurisdiction of the Trustee as Securities Intermediary is the law of the State of New York;
(viii) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until termination of this Base Indenture, will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Trustee Accounts and/or any Financial Assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC) of such other Person and the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Base Indenture will not enter into, any agreement with the Master Issuer purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary
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to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in Section 5.10(b)(vi) (Trustee as Securities Intermediary); and
(ix) except for the claims and interest of the Trustee, the Secured Parties, the Master Issuer and the other Securitization Entities in the Trustee Accounts, neither the Securities Intermediary nor, in the case of the Trustee, any Trust Officer knows of any claim to, or interest in, the Trustee Accounts or in any Financial Asset credited thereto. If the Securities Intermediary or, in the case of the Trustee, a Trust Officer has Actual Knowledge of the assertion by any other Person of any Lien, encumbrance, or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against any Trustee Account or in any Financial Asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Trustee, the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and the Master Issuer thereof.
Section 5.11 Establishment of Series Accounts; Legacy Accounts.
Section 5.12 Deposits, Withdrawals and Collections.
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(i) Deposits to the Franchisor Accounts. After the Cut-Off Date, the Manager (on behalf of the Franchisor) will deposit (or cause to be deposited) into a Franchisor Account all Securitized Franchisee Payments, all Securitized Franchisee Note Payments, all Securitized Technology Payments, all licensing fees (including Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant License Fees) and other fees related thereto.
(ii) Withdrawals from the Franchisor Accounts. The Manager may use amounts on deposit in the Franchisor Accounts at any time in accordance with the Managing Standard and as otherwise set forth in the Related Documents in order to pay expenses, including, but not limited to, Ongoing Area Director Payments, or other operating expenses that are incurred by or allocated to, in accordance with the Managing Standard, the Franchisor and any Additional Securitization Entity that from time to time acts as the “franchisor” with respect to New Securitized Franchise Agreements, New Securitized Area Development Agreements, New Securitized Area Director Arrangements and New Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business relating to the operation of the Franchisor or such Additional Securitization Entity.
(iii) Deposits to the FoodCo Accounts. After the Cut-Off Date, the Manager (on behalf of FoodCo) will deposit (or cause to be deposited) into the FoodCo Account all Securitized Restaurant Vendor Program Payments.
(iv) Withdrawals from the FoodCo Accounts. The Manager may withdraw available amounts on deposit in the FoodCo Accounts at any time in accordance with the Managing Standard and as otherwise set forth in the Related Documents in order to pay operating expenses that are incurred by or allocated to, in accordance with the Managing Standard, FoodCo in the ordinary course of business relating to the operation of FoodCo, as well as any amounts required to be deposited in the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account.
(v) Deposits to the Concentration Accounts. Until the Indenture is terminated pursuant to Section 12.01 (Termination of the Master Issuer’s and Guarantors’ Obligations), the Master Issuer, the Franchisor (or the Manager on its behalf) or FoodCo (or the Manager on its behalf), as the case may be, shall deposit (or cause to be deposited) the following amounts to the applicable Concentration Account to the extent owed to it or (in the case of the Master Issuer) its Subsidiaries and promptly after receipt (unless otherwise specified below):
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(vi) Withdrawals from the Concentration Accounts. The Manager may, and with respect to clause (G) shall, withdraw available amounts on deposit in any Concentration Account to make the following payments and deposits:
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(vii) Deposits and Withdrawals from the Asset Disposition Proceeds Account. Any Asset Disposition Proceeds received by any Securitization Entity shall be deposited promptly following receipt thereof to the Asset Disposition Proceeds Account. At the election of any Securitization Entity, the Securitization Entities may direct the reinvestment of such Asset Disposition Proceeds (or, in the case of investments made with capital of the Master Issuer within the three (3) months prior to the Permitted Asset Disposition, deemed reinvested with such amounts) in Eligible Assets within one (1) calendar year following receipt of such Asset Disposition Proceeds or, with respect to Refranchising Asset Dispositions, within three (3) months prior to (in the event that such Securitization Entity elects to retroactively apply such Asset Disposition Proceeds to a past investment) and/or eighteen (18) months following receipt of such Asset Disposition Proceeds (each such period, an “Asset Disposition Reinvestment Period”); provided that after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Rapid Amortization Period, (A) all amounts withdrawn from the Asset Disposition Proceeds Account shall be withdrawn substantially in accordance with a calendar month budget submitted to, and approved by, the Control Party (in consultation with the Back-Up Manager) prior to such withdrawal and (B) withdrawals of any amounts from the Asset Disposition Proceeds Account in excess in any material respect of amounts set forth in the calendar month budget will be subject to (i) the delivery by the Manager to the Control Party and Back-Up Manager of an explanation in reasonable detail for the variance together with related information and (ii) the prior approval of the Control Party (in consultation with the Back-Up Manager). To the extent such Asset Disposition Proceeds have not been so reinvested in Eligible Assets within the applicable Asset Disposition Reinvestment Period, the Master Issuer shall withdraw an amount equal to all such uninvested Asset Disposition Proceeds promptly (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days) following the expiration of the applicable Asset Disposition Reinvestment Period and deposit such amount to the Collection Account to be applied in accordance with priority (i) of the Priority of Payments on such Weekly Allocation Date immediately following the deposit of such Asset Disposition Proceeds to the Collection Account. In the event that such Securitization Entity has elected not to reinvest such Asset Disposition Proceeds, such Asset Disposition Proceeds shall be deposited to the Collection Account promptly following such decision and applied in accordance with priority (i) of the Priority of Payments on the following Weekly Allocation Date. Any Asset Disposition Proceeds deemed reinvested in Eligible Assets will be transferred to the Collection Account where such proceeds will be treated as Collections (and not as Asset Disposition Proceeds) for application on the following Weekly Allocation Date as indicated in the relevant Weekly Manager’s Certificate.
(viii) Deposits and Withdrawals from the Insurance Proceeds Account. All Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds received by or on behalf of any Securitization Entity in respect of the Securitized Assets shall be deposited promptly following receipt thereof to the Insurance Proceeds Account; provided that up to $1,000,000 of Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in each calendar year, at the election of the Manager, may be excluded from payment into the Insurance Proceeds Account and shall be treated as Collections. At the election of such Securitization Entity (as notified by the Manager to the Trustee, the Servicer and the Back-Up Manager promptly after receipt of the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds) and so long as no Rapid Amortization Event shall have occurred and is continuing, the Securitization Entities may reinvest such Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in Eligible Assets and/or to repair or replace the assets in respect of which such proceeds were received, in each case, within one (1) calendar year following receipt of such Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds; provided that in the event the Manager has repaired or replaced the assets with respect to which such
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Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds have been received prior to the receipt of such Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, such Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds shall be used to reimburse the Manager for any expenditures in connection with such repair or replacement. To the extent such Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds have not been so reinvested within such one (1) calendar year period (each such period, a “Casualty Reinvestment Period”), the Master Issuer shall withdraw an amount equal to all such uninvested Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds no later than the Business Day immediately succeeding the expiration of the applicable Casualty Reinvestment Period and deposit such amounts to the Collection Account to be applied in accordance with priority (i) of the Priority of Payments on the following Weekly Allocation Date. In the event that such Securitization Entity has elected to not reinvest such Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, such Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds shall instead be deposited to the Collection Account promptly following such decision to pay principal of each Series of Notes Outstanding in accordance with priority (i) of the Priority of Payments on the following Weekly Allocation Date.
(i) Indemnification Amounts within two (2) Business Days following either (i) the receipt by the Manager of such amounts if Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. is not the Manager or (ii) if Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. is the Manager, the date such amounts become payable by the related Indemnitor under the Management Agreement or any other Related Document, in each case if such Indemnification Amounts are required to be so paid;
(ii) Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds remaining in the Insurance Proceeds Account on the immediately succeeding Business Day following the expiration of the Casualty Reinvestment Period and Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds where the applicable Securitization Entity elects not to reinvest such amounts promptly after (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days) the later of such election and receipt of such Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds;
(iii) Asset Disposition Proceeds remaining in the Asset Disposition Proceeds Account on the immediately succeeding Business Day following the expiration of the Asset Disposition Reinvestment Period and Asset Disposition Proceeds where the applicable Securitization Entity elects not to reinvest such amounts promptly after (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days) the later of such election and receipt of such Asset Disposition Proceeds;
(iv) the Series Hedge Receipts, if any, received by the Securitization Entities in respect of any Series Hedge Agreements entered into by the Securitization Entities in connection with the issuance of Additional Notes following the Closing Date upon receipt thereof;
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(v) upon the occurrence of any Interest Reserve Release Event, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw the amounts on deposit on the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable, and deposit such amount to the Collection Account to the extent that no Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount or Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount, as applicable, is outstanding immediately following such deposit; and
(vi) any other amounts required to be deposited to the Collection Account hereunder or under any other Related Documents.
The Trustee will deposit or cause to be deposited into the Collection Account amounts obtained by the Trustee or the Control Party on account of or as a result of the exercise by the Trustee or the Control Party of any of its rights under the Indenture, including, without limitation under Article IX (Remedies) hereof, upon receipt thereof.
Section 5.13 Application of Weekly Collections on Weekly Allocation Dates. On each Weekly Allocation Date (unless the Manager shall have failed to deliver by 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Business Day prior to such Weekly Allocation Date the Weekly Manager’s Certificate relating to such Weekly Allocation Date, in which case the application of Retained Collections relating to such Weekly Allocation Date shall occur on the Business Day immediately following the day on which such Weekly
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Manager’s Certificate is delivered) commencing no later than January 10, 2020, the Trustee shall, based solely on the information contained in the Weekly Manager’s Certificate, withdraw the amount on deposit in the Collection Account as of 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) in respect of such preceding Weekly Collection Period for allocation or payment in the following order of priority:
(i) first, solely with respect to any funds on deposit in the Collection Account on such Weekly Allocation Date consisting of Indemnification Amounts, Asset Disposition Proceeds or Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, in the following order of priority:
(ii) second, (A) to reimburse the Trustee, and then, the Servicer, for any unreimbursed Advances (and accrued interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate), then (B) to reimburse the Manager for any unreimbursed Manager Advances (and accrued interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate), and then (C) to pay the Servicer all Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, if any, and Workout Fees, if any, for such Weekly Allocation Date, together with any such fees previously accrued and unpaid;
(iii) third, to pay Successor Manager Transition Expenses, if any;
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(iv) fourth, to pay the Weekly Management Fee to the Manager;
(v) fifth, pro rata,
(vi) sixth, to deposit to the applicable Indenture Trust Account, ratably according to the amounts required to be deposited as set forth in subclauses (A) through (C) below, the following amounts until the amount required to be deposited pursuant to each of subclauses (A) through (C) below is deposited in full:
(vii) seventh, to pay to each Class A-1 Administrative Agent pursuant to the related Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement an amount equal to the Capped Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses Amount due under such Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement for such Weekly Allocation Date, pro rata based on the amounts owed under each such Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement on such Weekly Allocation Date;
(viii) eighth, to allocate to the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, an amount equal to the Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount, if any, in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes;
(ix) ninth, first, to deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account, an amount equal to any Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount; and second, to deposit in the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, an amount equal to any Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount;
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provided, however, that no amounts, with respect to any Series of Notes, will be deposited into the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable, pursuant to this priority (ix) on any Weekly Allocation Date that occurs during the Quarterly Collection Period immediately preceding the Series Legal Final Maturity Date relating to such Series of Notes;
(x) tenth, to allocate to the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account an amount equal to the sum of (1) any Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount, (2) any Senior Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amount and (3) amounts then known by the Manager that will become due under each Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement prior to the immediately succeeding Quarterly Payment Date with respect to the cash collateralization of letters of credit issued under each Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement;
(xi) eleventh, to pay any Supplemental Management Fee, together with any previously accrued and unpaid Supplemental Management Fee;
(xii) twelfth, so long as no Rapid Amortization Period is continuing, if a Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, to the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account to allocate to the Class A-1 Notes affected by such Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event, on a pro rata basis based on commitment amounts, in an amount sufficient to reduce the Outstanding Principal Amount of all Class A-1 Notes to zero and to fully cash collateralize all outstanding letters of credit thereunder on the next Quarterly Payment Date after giving effect to all deposits in the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account allocable to the Class A-1 Notes;
(xiii) thirteenth, so long as (x) no Rapid Amortization Period is continuing and (y) such Weekly Allocation Date occurs during a Cash Trapping Period, to deposit into the Cash Trap Reserve Account an amount equal to the Cash Trapping Amount, if any, on such Weekly Allocation Date;
(xiv) fourteenth, so long as a Rapid Amortization Period is continuing, to allocate first, to the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account to allocate to the Class A Notes (sequentially, in alphanumerical order of Class A Notes) in an amount sufficient to reduce the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Class A Notes to zero and to fully cash collateralize all outstanding letters of credit thereunder on the next Quarterly Payment Date after giving effect to all deposits in the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account, and second, to the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account in an amount sufficient to reduce the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes to zero (sequentially, in alphanumerical order of the Senior Subordinated Notes) on the next Quarterly Payment Date after giving effect to all deposits in the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account;
(xv) fifteenth, so long as no Rapid Amortization Period is continuing, to allocate to the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount, if any, and (2) the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amount, if any;
(xvi) sixteenth, to deposit to the Securitization Operating Expense Account an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Securitization Operating Expenses (together with any Securitization Operating Expenses that are expected to be payable prior to the
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immediately following Weekly Allocation Date) in excess of the Capped Securitization Operating Expense Amount after giving effect to priority (v) above;
(xvii) seventeenth, to each Class A-1 Administrative Agent pursuant to the related Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement for payment of the Excess Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses Amounts due under each Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement for such Weekly Allocation Date pro rata based on amounts due under each such Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement on such Weekly Allocation Date;
(xviii) eighteenth, to each Class A-1 Administrative Agent pursuant to the related Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement for payment of the Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts due under such Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement for such Weekly Allocation Date pro rata based on amounts due under each such Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement;
(xix) nineteenth, to allocate to the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, an amount equal to the Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount, if any, in respect of the Subordinated Notes;
(xx) twentieth, so long as no Rapid Amortization Period is continuing, to allocate to the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, (1) an amount equal to the Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount, if any, and then (2) an amount equal to the Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amount, if any;
(xxi) twenty-first, so long as a Rapid Amortization Period is continuing, to allocate to the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, with respect to the Subordinated Notes (to be allocated sequentially, in alphanumerical order of the Subordinated Notes) until the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Subordinated Notes will be reduced to zero on the next Quarterly Payment Date after giving effect to all deposits in the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account;
(xxii) twenty-second, to allocate to the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account, any Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount for such Weekly Allocation Date;
(xxiii) twenty-third, to allocate to the Senior Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account, any Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount, for such Weekly Allocation Date;
(xxiv) twenty-fourth, to allocate to the Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account, any Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount, for such Weekly Allocation Date;
(xxv) twenty-fifth, to deposit to the Hedge Payment Account, (A) any accrued and unpaid Series Hedge Payment Amount that constitutes a termination payment payable to a Hedge Counterparty and (B) any other amount payable to a Hedge Counterparty, pursuant to the related Series Hedge Agreement, in each case pro rata to each Hedge Counterparty, if any, according to the amount due and payable to each of them;
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(xxvi) twenty-sixth, to allocate to the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account an amount equal to any unpaid premiums and make-whole prepayment premiums with respect to Senior Notes;
(xxvii) twenty-seventh, to allocate to the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, an amount equal to any unpaid premiums and make-whole prepayment premiums with respect to Senior Subordinated Notes;
(xxviii) twenty-eighth, to allocate to the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, an amount equal to any unpaid premiums and make-whole prepayment premiums with respect to Subordinated Notes;
(xxix) twenty-ninth, to make any other payments to or for the benefit of any Series of Notes as provided in the related Series Supplement; and
(xxx) thirtieth, to pay the Residual Amount at the direction of the Master Issuer.
Section 5.14 Quarterly Payment Date Applications.
(i) On each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date, after giving effect to any allocations set forth in the Priority of Payments on such date, the funds allocated to the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period (or, to the extent necessary to cover any Class A-1 Interest Adjustment Amount, the then-current Quarterly Collection Period), and, if applicable, funds allocated to the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account pursuant to subclause (ii) below, to be paid for the benefit of the Holders of the Senior Notes, up to the accrued and unpaid Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each Class of Senior Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the amount of the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount payable with respect to each such Class, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Accounts.
(ii) If the amount of funds allocated to the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account referred to in subclause (i) with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period is insufficient to pay the accrued and unpaid Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above. If such insufficiency is not eliminated following the reallocation of funds as a result of the Quarterly Reallocation Event, the Master Issuer shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw an amount equal to any remaining insufficiency from first, the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account to the extent of funds on deposit therein and second, from funds available to be drawn under any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit relating to the Senior Notes, and deposit such funds into the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account for further deposit to the applicable Series Distribution Accounts pursuant to subclause (i); provided that in the event amounts on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or funds
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available to be drawn under any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit relating to the Senior Notes are required to be withdrawn in connection with the Class A1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amount insufficiency, such amounts shall be allocated ratably based on the respective insufficiencies toward which such amounts are required to be allocated.
(iii) If the result of (i) the accrued and unpaid Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount for the Interest Accrual Period with respect to each Class of Senior Notes ending most recently prior to the next succeeding Quarterly Payment Date over (ii) the amount that will be available to make payments of interest on the Senior Notes in accordance with subclauses (i) and (ii) above on such Quarterly Payment Date, is greater than zero (a “Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall Amount”), then in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Servicing Agreement, by 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Business Day preceding such Quarterly Payment Date, the Servicer shall make a Debt Service Advance in such amount unless the Servicer notifies the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and the Trustee by such time that it has, reasonably and in good faith, determined such Debt Service Advance (and interest thereon) is a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Servicer fails to make such Debt Service Advance (unless the Servicer has, reasonably and in good faith, determined that such Debt Service Advance (and interest thereon) would be a Nonrecoverable Advance), pursuant to Section 10.01(k) (Duties of the Trustee), the Trustee shall make the Debt Service Advance unless it determines that such Debt Service Advance (and interest thereon) is a Nonrecoverable Advance. In determining whether any Debt Service Advance (and interest thereon) is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Trustee may conclusively rely on the determination of the Servicer. All Debt Service Advances shall be deposited into the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account. If, after giving effect to all Debt Service Advances made with respect to any Quarterly Payment Date, the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall Amount with respect to such Quarterly Payment Date remains greater than zero, then the payment of the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount as reduced by such Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall Amount to be distributed on such Quarterly Payment Date to the Senior Notes shall be paid to the Senior Notes, sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each Class of Senior Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the amount of the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount payable with respect to each such Class; provided that such reduction shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any default caused by the existence of such Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall Amount. An additional amount of interest may accrue on the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall Amount for each subsequent Interest Accrual Period until the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall Amount is paid in full, as set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series.
(i) On each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date, after giving effect to any allocations set forth in the Priority of Payments on such date, the funds allocated to the Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period (or, to the extent necessary to cover any Class A-1 Commitment Fee Adjustment Amount, the then-current Quarterly Collection Period), and, if applicable, funds allocated to the Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Account pursuant to subclause (ii) below, to be paid for the benefit of the Holders of the applicable Class A-1 Notes, up to the Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amount accrued and unpaid with respect to the applicable Class A-1 Notes, pro rata among each Series of Class A-1 Notes based upon the Class
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A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amount payable with respect to each such Series, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Account.
(ii) If the amount of funds allocated to the Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Account referred to in subclause (i) with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period is insufficient to pay the accrued and unpaid Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above. If such insufficiency is not eliminated following the reallocation of funds as set forth in Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events), the Master Issuer shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw an amount equal to any remaining insufficiency from first, the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account to the extent of funds on deposit therein and second, from funds available to be drawn under any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit relating to the Senior Notes, and deposit such funds into the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account for further deposit to the applicable Series Distribution Accounts pursuant to subclause (i); provided that in the event amounts on deposit in the Senior Interest Reserve Account or funds available to be drawn under any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit relating to the Senior Notes are required to be withdrawn in connection with the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount insufficiency, such amounts shall be allocated ratably based on the respective insufficiencies toward which such amounts are required to be allocated.
(iii) If the result of (i) the accrued and unpaid Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amounts for the Interest Accrual Period ending most recently prior to the next succeeding Quarterly Payment Date over (ii) the amount that shall be available to make payments on the Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amount in accordance with subclauses (i) and (ii) on such Quarterly Payment Date, is greater than zero (a “Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fees Shortfall Amount”), then such amount available to be distributed on such Quarterly Payment Date to the Class A-1 Notes shall be paid to the Class A-1 Notes, pro rata among each Series of Class A-1 Notes based upon the amount of Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amounts payable with respect to each such Series of Class A-1 Notes; provided that such reduction shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any default caused by the existence of such Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fees Shortfall Amount. An additional amount of interest may accrue on each such Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fees Shortfall Amount for each subsequent Interest Accrual Period until each such Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fees Shortfall Amount is paid in full, as set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, and as set forth in the Quarterly Noteholders’ Report.
(i) To the extent any Series of Senior Subordinated Notes has been issued, on each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date, after giving effect to any allocations set forth in the Priority of Payments on such date, the funds allocated to the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period, and, if applicable, funds allocated to the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account pursuant to subclause (ii) below, to be paid for the benefit of the Holders of the
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Senior Subordinated Notes, up to the accrued and unpaid Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each Class of Senior Subordinated Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount payable with respect to each such Class, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Accounts.
(ii) If the amount of funds allocated to the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account referred to in subclause (i) is insufficient to pay the accrued and unpaid Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above. If such insufficiency is not eliminated following the reallocation of funds as set forth in Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events), the Master Issuer shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw an amount equal to any remaining insufficiency from first, the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account to the extent of funds on deposit therein and second, from funds available to be drawn under any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit relating to the Senior Subordinated Notes, and deposit such funds into the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account for further deposit to the applicable Series Distribution Accounts pursuant to subclause (i).
(iii) If the result of (i) the accrued and unpaid Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date over (ii) the amount that shall be available to make payments of interest on the Senior Subordinated Notes on such Quarterly Payment Date in accordance with subclauses (i) and (ii) above, is greater than zero (a “Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall”), then such amount available to be distributed on such Quarterly Payment Date to the Senior Subordinated Notes shall be paid to the Senior Subordinated Notes, sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each Class of Senior Subordinated Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount payable with respect to each such Class; provided that such reduction shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any default caused by the existence of such Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall. An additional amount of interest may accrue on the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall for each subsequent Interest Accrual Period until the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall is paid in full, as set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series.
(i) On each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date, after giving effect to any allocations set forth in the Priority of Payments on such date, the funds allocated to the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period, to be paid for the benefit of (A) in the case of funds allocated pursuant to priority (i) of the Priority of Payments, the Holders of each applicable Class of Senior Notes up to the aggregate amount of Indemnification Amounts, Asset Disposition Proceeds and Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in the order of priority set forth in priority (i) of the Priority of Payments and (B) in the case of funds allocated pursuant to priorities (x), (xii),
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(xiv) and (xxvi) of the Priority of Payments and subclause (ii) below, if applicable, excluding any applicable Principal Release Amounts, the Holders of each applicable Class of Senior Notes in the order of priority set forth in the Priority of Payments with respect to such priorities (x), (xii), (xiv) and (xxvi), in the order and proportions such Notes are to be allocated funds in accordance with the Priority of Payments, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Account.
(ii) If the aggregate amount of funds allocated to the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account pursuant to priorities (x), (xii), (xiv) and (xxvi) of the Priority of Payments on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period is insufficient to pay the sum (without duplication) of (A) the Senior Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amounts or any Senior Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amounts due with respect to each applicable Class of Senior Notes on such Quarterly Payment Date, (B) so long as no Rapid Amortization Period is continuing, if a Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Class A-1 Notes and (C) if a Rapid Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Senior Notes, on the next Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above.
(iii) If any payment of principal of any Class A-1 Notes of any Series pursuant to subclause (i) above is required pursuant to the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement to be deposited with the applicable L/C Provider to serve as collateral and act as security (the “Cash Collateral”) for any obligations of the Master Issuer relating to letters of credit issued thereunder (the “Collateralized Letters of Credit”), then upon the expiration of the Collateralized Letters of Credit the Cash Collateral shall be remitted to the Master Issuer in accordance with such Series Supplement or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, and as set forth in the Quarterly Noteholders’ Report.
(i) To the extent any Series of Senior Subordinated Notes has been issued, on each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date, after giving effect to any allocations set forth in the Priority of Payments on such date, the funds allocated to the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period, to be paid for the benefit of (A) in the case of funds allocated pursuant to priority (i) of the Priority of Payments, the Holders of each applicable Class of Senior Subordinated Notes up to the aggregate amount of Indemnification Amounts, Asset Disposition Proceeds and Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in the order of priority set forth in priority (i) of the Priority of Payments and (B) in the case of funds allocated pursuant to priorities (xiv), (xv) and (xxvii) of the Priority of Payments, and subclause (ii) below, if applicable, excluding any applicable Principal Release Amounts, the Holders of each applicable Class of Senior Subordinated Notes in the order of priority set forth in the Priority of Payments with respect to such priorities (xiv), (xv) and (xxvii), in each case sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each such Class of Senior Subordinated Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the Outstanding Principal
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Amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes of such Class, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Account.
(ii) If the aggregate amount of funds allocated to the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account pursuant to priorities (xiv), (xv) and (xxvii) of the Priority of Payments on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period is insufficient to pay the sum (without duplication) of (A) the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount and any Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amounts due with respect to each applicable Class of Senior Subordinated Notes on such Quarterly Payment Date and (B) if a Rapid Amortization Period is continuing, the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes, on the next Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above.
(i) To the extent any Series of Subordinated Notes has been issued, on each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date, after giving effect to any allocations set forth in the Priority of Payments on such date, the funds allocated to the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period, and, if applicable, funds allocated to the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account pursuant to subclause (ii) below, to be paid for the benefit of the Holders of the Subordinated Notes, up to the accrued and unpaid Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each Class of Subordinated Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the amount of the Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount payable with respect to each such Class, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Accounts.
(ii) If the amount of funds allocated to the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account referred to in subclause (i) is insufficient to pay the accrued and unpaid Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above.
(iii) If the result of (i) the accrued and unpaid Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amounts due on such Quarterly Payment Date over (ii) the amount that shall be available to make payments of interest on the Subordinated Notes in accordance with subclauses (i) and (ii) on such Quarterly Payment Date, is greater than zero (a “Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall”), then such amount available to be distributed on such Quarterly Payment Date to the Subordinated Notes shall be paid to each Class of Subordinated Notes, sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each Class of Subordinated Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the amount of the Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount payable with
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respect to each such Class; provided that such reduction shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any default caused by the existence of such Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall. An additional amount of interest may accrue on the Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall for each subsequent Interest Accrual Period until the Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall is paid in full, as specified in the Series Supplement for such Series.
(i) To the extent any Series of Subordinated Notes has been issued, on each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date, after giving effect to any allocations set forth in the Priority of Payments on such date, the funds allocated to the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period, to be paid for the benefit of (A) in the case of funds allocated pursuant to priority (i) of the Priority of Payments, the Holders of each applicable Class of Subordinated Notes up to the aggregate amount of Indemnification Amounts, Asset Disposition Proceeds and Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in the order of priority set forth in priority (i) of the Priority of Payments and (B) in the case of funds allocated pursuant to priorities (xx), (xxi) and (xxviii) of the Priority of Payments, and subclause (ii) below, if applicable, excluding any applicable Principal Release Amounts, the Holders of each applicable Class of Subordinated Notes in the order of priority set forth in the Priority of Payments with respect to such priorities (xx), (xxi) and (xxviii), in each case sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each such Class of Subordinated Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Subordinated Notes of such Class and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Account.
(ii) If the aggregate amount of funds allocated to the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account pursuant to priorities (xx), (xxi) and (xxviii) of the Priority of Payments on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period is insufficient to pay the sum (without duplication) of (A) the Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amounts and any Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amounts due with respect to each applicable Class of Subordinated Notes on such Quarterly Payment Date and (B) if a Rapid Amortization Period is continuing, the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Subordinated Notes, on the next Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above.
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(i) On each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date the funds allocated to the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period, and, if applicable, funds allocated to the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account pursuant to subclause (ii) below, to be paid for the benefit of the Holders of each applicable Class of Senior Notes, up to the accrued and unpaid Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each such Class of Senior Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount payable on each such Class, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Accounts.
(ii) If the aggregate amount of funds allocated to the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period is insufficient to pay the Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above.
(i) To the extent any Series of Senior Subordinated Notes has been issued, on each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date the funds allocated to the Senior Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period, and, if applicable, the funds allocated to the Senior Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account pursuant to subclause (ii) below, to be paid for the benefit of the Holders of each applicable Class of Senior Subordinated Notes, up to the accrued and unpaid Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each such Class of Senior Subordinated Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount payable on each such Class, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Accounts.
(ii) If the aggregate amount of funds allocated to the Senior Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period pursuant to subclause (i) above is insufficient to pay the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Senior Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above.
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(i) To the extent any Series of Senior Subordinated Notes has been issued, on each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date the funds allocated to the Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period, and, if applicable, funds allocated to the Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account pursuant to subclause (ii) below, to be paid for the benefit of the Holders of each applicable Class of Subordinated Notes, up to the accrued and unpaid Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, sequentially in order of alphanumerical designation and pro rata among each such Class of Subordinated Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount payable on each such Class, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Accounts.
(ii) If the aggregate amount of funds allocated to the Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period pursuant to subclause (i) above is insufficient to pay the Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount due on such Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above.
(i) On each Quarterly Calculation Date (A) preceding a Quarterly Payment Date that is a Cash Trapping Release Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on such Quarterly Payment Date from funds then on deposit in the Cash Trap Reserve Account an amount equal to the applicable Cash Trapping Release Amount and (B) preceding the first Quarterly Payment Date occurring on or after the date on which all Senior Notes and all Senior Subordinated Notes have been paid in full, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date all funds then on deposit in the Cash Trap Reserve Account (in each case, after giving effect to any allocations to be made as of such Quarterly Payment Date from the Cash Trap Reserve Account) and deposit such funds into the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
(ii) On each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date funds allocated to the Cash Trap Reserve Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the related Quarterly Collection Period and (I) apply such funds on the following Quarterly Payment Date to the extent necessary to pay, in the following order of priority (A) unreimbursed Advances of the Trustee (with interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate), (B) unreimbursed Advances of the Servicer (with interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate) and (C) unreimbursed Manager Advances (with interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate), (II) in the event of a Quarterly Reallocation Event, allocate such funds in excess of the funds required to be paid pursuant to subclause (ii)(I) in accordance with Section
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5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) and (III) if a Rapid Amortization Period is continuing or a Rapid Amortization Event will occur on the following Quarterly Payment Date, allocate any remaining funds to the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account until the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Senior Notes is paid in full, and allocate any remaining funds thereafter to the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
(iii) On any Cash Trapping Release Date, the Trustee shall release from the Cash Trap Reserve Account, as directed in writing by the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf), the Cash Trapping Release Amount with respect to such Cash Trapping Release Date and deposit such amount into the Collection Account.
(iv) Amounts on deposit in the Cash Trap Reserve Account will be available to make optional prepayments of principal of the Senior Notes in accordance with the Series Supplement for such Series, at the sole discretion of the Master Issuer (or the Manager acting on its behalf). Any such amounts used to make optional prepayments on a Quarterly Payment Date (1) will be allocated (after giving effect to all other payments to be made as of the related Quarterly Payment Date, including all other releases and payments from the Cash Trap Reserve Account) pursuant to priorities (ii) through (xxviii) of the Priority of Payments (except for priority (xiii) thereof), and then (2) will be allocated to the applicable Series Distribution Accounts to make optional prepayments of principal on the Senior Notes (either (a) if a Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, first, to prepay and permanently reduce the commitments under all Class A-1 Notes, on a pro rata basis based on commitment amounts and then, to prepay all Senior Notes of all Series other than the Class A-1 Notes in alphanumeric order on a pro rata basis based on principal outstanding or (b) if a Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event is not continuing, to prepay all Senior Notes of all Series other than the Class A-1 Notes on a pro rata basis based on principal outstanding so long as, immediately after giving effect to such prepayment, an amount is retained in the Cash Trap Reserve Account that is equal to the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Class A-1 Notes at such time); provided that any such optional prepayment will be accompanied by the payment of any make-whole prepayment premiums related thereto, to the extent such prepayment premiums are otherwise payable in connection with the optional prepayment of such Notes in accordance with the Series Supplement for such Series.
(v) If the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) determines, with respect to any Series of Senior Notes, that the amount to be deposited in any Series Distribution Account in accordance with this Section 5.14 (Quarterly Payment Date Applications) on any Series Legal Final Maturity Date related to such Series of Senior Notes is less than the Outstanding Principal Amount of such Series of Senior Notes, on the Quarterly Calculation Date immediately preceding such Series Legal Final Maturity Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee thereof in writing, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with such instruction on such Series Legal Final Maturity Date, withdraw from the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to such insufficiency (and, to the extent the amount in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account is insufficient, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Control Party to draw on the applicable Interest Reserve Letter of Credit) and deposit such amount into the applicable Series Distribution Accounts, to be paid to the Senior Notes sequentially in order of alphanumeric designation and pro rata among each Class of Senior Notes of the
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same alphanumerical designation based upon the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Senior Notes of each such Class.
(vi) If the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) determines, with respect to any Series of Senior Subordinated Notes, that the amount to be deposited in any Series Distribution Account in accordance with this Section 5.14 (Quarterly Payment Date Applications) on any Series Legal Final Maturity Date related to such Series of Senior Subordinated Notes is less than the Outstanding Principal Amount of such Series of Senior Subordinated Notes, on the Quarterly Calculation Date immediately preceding such Series Legal Final Maturity Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee thereof in writing, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with such instruction on such Series Legal Final Maturity Date, withdraw from the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to such insufficiency (and, to the extent the amount in the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account is insufficient, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Control Party to make a draw on the applicable Interest Reserve Letter of Credit) and deposit such amount into the applicable Series Distribution Accounts, to be paid to the Senior Subordinated Notes sequentially in order of alphanumeric designation and pro rata among each Class of Senior Subordinated Notes of the same alphanumerical designation based upon the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes of each such Class.
(vii) On any date on which no Senior Notes are Outstanding, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on such date any funds then on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account and to deposit all remaining funds into the Collection Account and/or to return any outstanding Interest Reserve Letter of Credit maintained with respect to the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account to the issuer thereof for cancellation.
(viii) On any date on which no Senior Subordinated Notes are Outstanding, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on such date any funds then on deposit in the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account and to deposit all remaining funds into the Collection Account and/or to return any outstanding Interest Reserve Letter of Credit maintained with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account to the issuer thereof for cancellation.
(ix) Upon the occurrence of any Interest Reserve Release Event, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to (i) withdraw the aggregate amounts on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable, and deposit such amount into the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the Priority of Payments or (ii) replace any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit, and the Trustee or the Control Party on its behalf shall deliver to the Master Issuer any such replaced Interest Reserve Letter of Credit simultaneously with the receipt of any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit in replacement thereof, whether by way of escrow or otherwise, in each case to the extent that no Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount or Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount, as applicable, will be outstanding on the immediately following Weekly Allocation Date.
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(i) On each Quarterly Calculation Date while a Vendor Program Payment Reserve Period is in effect, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) will instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account an amount equal to 25% of the aggregate amount of Large Securitized Vendor Program Payment Reserve Amounts then on deposit in the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account and deposit such amount in the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the Priority of Payments. In addition, the Master Issuer may withdraw any or all of the amount on deposit in the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account to make Scheduled Principal Payments on Senior Notes; provided that if any payment of principal is made on a Class A-1 Note from such amounts, a corresponding reduction of the related commitment shall be required.
(ii) On each Quarterly Calculation Date preceding a Quarterly Payment Date that is a Vendor Program Payment Reserve Release Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on such Quarterly Payment Date all funds then on deposit in the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account and deposit such funds into the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the Priority of Payments on the related Quarterly Payment Date.
(i) If a Rapid Amortization Period or Event of Default is continuing, each Principal Release Amount shall be applied in the order set forth in Section 5.14(d)(i) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Senior Notes Principal Payment Account), Section 5.14(e)(i) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account) or Section 5.14(g)(i) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account), as applicable, notwithstanding the exclusion of Principal Release Amounts therein.
(ii) So long as no Rapid Amortization Period, Event of Default or Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event is continuing, on each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date any Principal Release Amount from the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account, Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account or Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, as applicable, and apply such funds on such Quarterly Payment Date to the extent necessary to pay, in the following order of priority, (A) unreimbursed Advances of the Trustee (with interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate), (B) unreimbursed Advances of the Servicer (with interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate), (C) unreimbursed Manager Advances (with interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate), (D) pro rata, Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amounts, Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amounts, and Series Hedge Payment Amounts, and (E) Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amounts, in each case, after giving effect to other amounts available for payment thereof as described in this Section 5.14 (Quarterly Payment Date Applications). The Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to distribute the remainder of such Principal Release Amount, if any, in the priority set forth in the Priority of Payments, beginning at priority (xi), but excluding (i) priority (xv) in the case of a Principal Release Amount with respect to any Series of Senior Subordinated Notes or (ii) priority (xx) in the case of a Principal Release Amount with respect to any Series of Subordinated Notes.
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(iii) If no Rapid Amortization Period or Event of Default is continuing, but a Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event is continuing, on each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date any Principal Release Amount from the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account, Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account or Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, as applicable, to the extent necessary to pay the Outstanding Principal Amount of the applicable Class A-1 Notes, and deposit such funds into the applicable Series Distribution Account for distribution to the Holders of the applicable Class A-1 Notes, pro rata, after giving effect to other amounts available for payment thereof. The Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to distribute the remainder of the Principal Release Amount, if any, in the priority set forth in the Priority of Payments, beginning at priority (xi), but excluding (i) priority (xv) in the case of a Principal Release Amount with respect to any Series of Senior Subordinated Notes or (ii) priority (xx) in the case of a Principal Release Amount with respect to any Series of Subordinated Notes.
(i) On each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw on the related Quarterly Payment Date the funds allocated to the Hedge Payment Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period and, if applicable, funds allocated to the Hedge Payment Account pursuant to subclause (ii) below, up to the accrued and unpaid amount of the Series Hedge Payment Amount, and distribute such funds among each Hedge Counterparty, pro rata based upon the Series Hedge Payment Amount payable to each Hedge Counterparty.
(ii) If the amount of funds allocated to the Hedge Payment Account on each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period is insufficient to pay the aggregate accrued and unpaid Series Hedge Payment Amount due and payable since the prior Quarterly Payment Date, then a Quarterly Reallocation Event pursuant to Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications– Quarterly Reallocation Events) shall be triggered and any funds reallocated as a result thereof into the Hedge Payment Account shall be distributed in accordance with subclause (i) above.
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Section 5.15 Determination of Quarterly Interest. Quarterly payments of interest and fees on each Series of Notes shall be determined, allocated and distributed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series and, to the extent applicable, the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, and as set forth in the Quarterly Noteholders’ Report.
Section 5.16 Determination of Quarterly Principal. Quarterly payments of principal, if any, of each Series of Notes shall be determined, allocated and distributed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series and, to the extent applicable, the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, and as set forth in the Quarterly Noteholders’ Report.
Section 5.17 Prepayment of Principal. Mandatory prepayments of principal, if any, of each Series of Notes shall be determined, allocated and distributed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series, and to the extent applicable, the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, in each case, if not otherwise described herein, and as set forth in the Quarterly Noteholders’ Report.
Section 5.18 Retained Collections Contributions. With respect to any Quarterly Collection Period, the Master Issuer may designate Retained Collections Contributions made to the Master Issuer during such period to be included in Net Cash Flow, but not more than $2,500,000 in any Quarterly Collection Period or more than $5,000,000 during any period of four (4) consecutive Quarterly Collection Periods or more than $10,000,000 from the Closing Date to the latest Series Legal Final Maturity Date for any Notes Outstanding; provided that any Retained Collections Contribution made shall be excluded from the Net Cash Flow for purposes of calculations undertaken in the following circumstances: (a) to determine compliance with any Series Non-Amortization Test and (b) to determine the New Series Pro Forma DSCR.
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The amount of any Retained Collections Contribution included in Net Cash Flow for the purpose of calculating the DSCR shall be retained in the Collection Account until the Weekly Allocation Date on which either (i) the DSCR for the period of four (4) Quarterly Collection Periods ended immediately prior to such Weekly Allocation Date is at least 1.75x without giving effect to the inclusion of such Retained Collections Contribution or (ii) such Retained Collections Contribution is required to pay any shortfall in the amounts payable under priorities (ii) through (xxix) of the Priority of Payments, to the extent of any shortfall on such Weekly Allocation Date.
Section 5.19 Interest Reserve Letters of Credit. The Master Issuer may, in lieu of funding (or as partial replacement for funding) the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account and/or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account in the amounts required hereunder, maintain one or more Interest Reserve Letters of Credit issued under a Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement for the benefit of the Trustee and the Senior Noteholders or the Senior Subordinated Noteholders, as applicable, each in a face amount equal to the amounts required to be funded in respect of such account(s) had such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit not been issued. Where on any Quarterly Calculation Date the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) instructs the Trustee to withdraw funds from the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable, for allocation or payment on the following Quarterly Payment Date, such funds shall be drawn, first, from amounts on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable, on such Quarterly Calculation Date and second, from amounts available to be drawn under the applicable Interest Reserve Letter of Credit.
Each such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit (a) shall name each of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Senior Noteholders or the Senior Subordinated Noteholders, as applicable, and the Control Party as the beneficiary thereof; (b) shall allow the Trustee (or the Control Party on the Trustee’s behalf) to submit a notice of drawing in respect of such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit whenever amounts would otherwise be required to be withdrawn from the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable, pursuant to Section 5.14 (Quarterly Payment Date Applications); (c) shall have an expiration date of no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date specified in the related Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to which such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit was issued; and (d) shall indicate by its terms that the proceeds in respect of drawings under such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit shall be paid directly into the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable.
If, on the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the expiration of any such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit, such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit has not been replaced or renewed and the Master Issuer has not otherwise deposited funds into the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable, in the amounts that would otherwise be required had such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit not been issued, the Control Party (on behalf of the Trustee) shall submit a notice of drawing under such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit and use the proceeds thereof to fund a deposit into the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account (as directed in writing by the Manager), as applicable, in an amount equal to the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount on such date, as applicable, in each case calculated as if such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit had not been issued.
If, on any day an Interest Reserve Letter of Credit is outstanding, such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit becomes an Ineligible Interest Reserve Letter of Credit, then (a) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after such day, either (i) the Master Issuer shall fund a deposit into the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable, or (ii) the Trustee (at the direction of the Master Issuer) or the Control Party (on the Master Issuer’s behalf) shall submit a notice of drawing
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under such Interest Reserve Letter(s) of Credit and apply the proceeds of such drawing to fund such account, in either case in an amount equal to the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount on such date, in each case calculated as if such Interest Reserve Letter(s) of Credit had not been issued or (b) prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after such day, the Master Issuer shall obtain one or more replacement Interest Reserve Letters of Credit on substantially the same terms as each such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit being replaced.
The (i) Trustee (at the direction of the Master Issuer) shall or (ii) the Control Party (at the Master Issuer’s request and on the Master Issuer’s behalf) may submit a notice of drawing under such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Provider and the proceeds of any such draw shall be deposited into the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, as applicable.
Upon the occurrence of any Interest Reserve Release Event, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to either (i) replace any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit, and the Trustee or the Control Party on its behalf shall deliver to the Master Issuer any such replaced Interest Reserve Letter of Credit simultaneously with the receipt of any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit in replacement thereof, whether by way of escrow or otherwise, or (ii) reduce the face amount of any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit in accordance with the relevant terms thereof, and the Trustee or the Control Party on its behalf shall deliver to the relevant issuing bank a letter instructing the issuing bank to reduce the face amount of such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit, in each case, to the extent that no Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount or Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount, as applicable, will be outstanding on the immediately following Weekly Allocation Date, as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate of the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) delivered to the Trustee, the Control Party and the applicable issuing bank in connection with such written instructions of the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf).
Section 5.20 Replacement of Ineligible Accounts. If, at any time, any Management Account or any of the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, the Cash Trap Reserve Account, the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account, the Collection Account or any Collection Account Administrative Account shall cease to be an Eligible Account (each, an “Ineligible Account”), the Master Issuer shall (i) within five (5) Business Days of obtaining knowledge thereof, notify the Control Party thereof and (ii) within sixty (60) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, (A) establish, or cause to be established, a new account that is an Eligible Account in substitution for such Ineligible Account, (B) with the exception of any Management Account, following the establishment of such new Eligible Account, transfer, or with respect to the Trustee Accounts maintained at the Trustee, instruct the Trustee in writing to transfer, all cash and investments from such Ineligible Account into such new Eligible Account, (C) in the case of a Management Account, following the establishment of such new Eligible Account, transfer or cause to be transferred to such new Eligible Account, all cash and investments from such Ineligible Account into such new Eligible Account, (D) in the case of a Management Account, transfer or cause to be transferred all items deposited in the lock-box related to such Ineligible Account to a new lock-box related to such new Management Account, and (E) pledge, or cause to be pledged, such new Eligible Account to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, if such Ineligible Account is required to be subject to an Account Control Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, cause such new Eligible Account to be subject to an Account Control Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Control Party and the Trustee. In the event that any of the Collection Account, any Management Account or any Collection Account Administrative Account becomes an Ineligible Account, the Manager shall, promptly following the establishment of such related new Eligible Account, notify each Franchisee of a change in payment instructions, if any.
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Section 5.21 Instructions and Directions. Any instructions or directions to be provided by the Master Issuer referenced in this Article V (Allocation and Application of Collections) may be given by the Manager on behalf of the Master Issuer and (a) with respect to a Quarterly Calculation Date or Quarterly Payment Date, respectively, shall be contained in the applicable Quarterly Noteholders’ Report for such Quarterly Payment Date and (b) with respect to a Weekly Allocation Date shall be contained in the Weekly Manager’s Certificate for such Weekly Allocation Date.
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.01 Distributions in General. (a) Unless otherwise specified in the Series Supplement for such Series, on each Quarterly Payment Date, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Noteholders of each Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche, as applicable, of record on the preceding Record Date (or in the case of optional prepayments made in accordance with a Series Supplement, the Noteholders of each Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche, as applicable, of record on the applicable prepayment date as specified therein) the amounts payable thereto (i) by wire transfer in immediately available funds released by the Paying Agent from the applicable Series Distribution Account no later than 12:30 p.m. (Eastern time) if a Noteholder has provided to the Paying Agent and the Trustee wiring instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Quarterly Payment Date or (ii) by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such Noteholder at the address for such Noteholder appearing in the Note Register if such Noteholder has not provided wire instructions pursuant to clause (i) above; provided, however, that the final principal payment due on a Note shall only be paid upon due presentment and surrender of such Note for cancellation in accordance with the provisions of the Note at the applicable Corporate Trust Office.
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ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Master Issuer hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Trustee and the Noteholders, as follows as of the date hereof and as of each Series Closing Date:
Section 7.01 Existence and Power. Each Securitization Entity (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the character of its property, the nature of its business or the performance of its obligations under the Related Documents make such qualification necessary, and (c) has all limited liability company, corporate or other powers and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required (i) to carry on its business as now conducted and (ii) for consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and the other Related Documents except, in the case of clauses (b) and (c)(i), to the extent the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.02 Company and Governmental Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Master Issuer of this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement and by the Master Issuer and each other Securitization Entity of the other Related Documents to which it is a party (a) is within such Securitization Entity’s limited liability company, corporate or other powers and has been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company, corporate or other action, (b) requires no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority which has not been obtained (other than any actions or filings that may be undertaken after the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this Base Indenture or any other Related Document) and (c) does not contravene, or constitute a default under, any Requirements of Law with respect to such Securitization Entity or any Contractual Obligation with respect to such Securitization Entity or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any property of any Securitization Entity (other than Permitted Liens), except for Liens created by this Base Indenture or the other Related Documents, except in the case of clauses (b) and (c) above, solely with respect to the Contribution Agreements, the violation of which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. This Base Indenture and each of the other Related Documents to which each Securitization Entity is a party has been executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of such Securitization Entity.
Section 7.03 No Consent. No consent, action by or in respect of, approval or other authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for the valid execution and delivery by the Master Issuer of this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement and by the Master Issuer and each other Securitization Entity of any Related Document to which it is a party or for the performance of any of the Securitization Entities’ obligations hereunder or thereunder other than such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, declarations or filings (a) as shall have been obtained or made by such Securitization Entity prior to the Closing Date as are permitted to be obtained subsequent to the Closing Date in accordance with Section 7.13 (Security Interests), Section 8.25 (Covenants Regarding the Securitization IP) or Section 8.36 (Tax Lien Reserve Amount) or (b) relating to the performance of any Collateral Business Documents, the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.04 Binding Effect. This Base Indenture and each other Related Document to which a Securitization Entity is a party is a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Securitization Entity enforceable against such Securitization Entity in accordance with its terms (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
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affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing).
Section 7.05 Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending against or, to the knowledge of the Master Issuer, threatened against or affecting any Securitization Entity or of which any property or assets of such Securitization Entity is the subject before any court or arbitrator or any Governmental Authority that (a) would affect the validity or enforceability of this Base Indenture or any Series Supplement or (b) either individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.06 ERISA. During the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Pension Plan, no ERISA Event has occurred which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Securitization Entity has any contingent liability with respect to any post-retirement welfare benefits under a Welfare Plan, other than liability (i) for continuation coverage described in Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or other applicable continuation of coverage laws or (ii) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Employee Benefit Plan for which any Securitization Entity has any liability (excluding a Multiemployer Plan) presently complies and has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations, including ERISA and the Code, except for such instances of noncompliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) has occurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan, other than transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption or such transactions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each such Employee Benefit Plan for which any Securitization Entity has any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is the subject of a current favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRS regarding such qualification (or an application for such a letter is currently pending) and nothing has occurred, to the knowledge of the Master Issuer, whether by action or by failure to act, that would cause the loss of such qualification.
Section 7.07 Tax Filings and Expenses. Each Securitization Entity has filed, or caused to be filed, all federal, state, local and foreign Tax returns required to be filed by such Securitization Entity, subject to permitted extensions (except in any case in which the failure to so file would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect), and has paid, or caused to be paid, all Taxes due pursuant to said returns, except such Taxes (i) as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP or (ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, the Master Issuer is not aware of any material Tax assessments proposed in writing against any Non-Securitization Entity. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Tax deficiency has been determined adversely to any Securitization Entity, nor does any Securitization Entity have any knowledge of any Tax deficiencies. Each Securitization Entity has paid all fees and expenses required to be paid by it in connection with the conduct of its business, the maintenance of its existence and its qualification as a foreign entity authorized to do business in each state and each foreign country in which it is required to so qualify, except to the extent that the failure to pay such fees and expenses is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.08 Disclosure. No written report, financial statements, certificate or other information furnished in writing (other than projections, budgets, other estimates and general market, industry and economic data) to the Trustee or the Holders by or on behalf of the Securitization Entities pursuant to any provision of the Indenture or any other Related Document, or in connection with or pursuant to any
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amendment or modification of, or waiver under, the Indenture or any other Related Document (when taken together with all other information furnished by or on behalf of the Non-Securitization Entities to the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may be), contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not materially misleading in each case when taken as a whole and in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and the furnishing of the same to the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may be, shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Master Issuer made on the date the same are furnished to the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may be, to the effect specified herein.
Section 7.09 1940 Act. The Master Issuer is not, and no Securitization Entity is an “investment company” as defined in Section 3(a)(1) of the 1940 Act.
Section 7.10 Regulations T, U and X. The proceeds of the Notes will not be used to purchase or carry any “margin stock” (as defined or used in the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X thereof) in such a way that could cause the transactions contemplated by the Related Documents to fail to comply with the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X thereof. No Securitization Entity owns or is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.
Section 7.11 Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and the other Related Documents, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Securitization Entities, when taken as a whole, will exceed their debts and liabilities, including contingent liabilities; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Securitization Entities, when taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Securitization Entities, taken as a whole, do not intend to, and do not believe that they will, incur debts or liabilities beyond their ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature; and (iv) the Securitization Entities, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which they are engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted after the Closing Date, and no Event of Bankruptcy has occurred with respect to any Securitization Entity.
Section 7.12 Ownership of Equity Interests; Subsidiaries. (a) All of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of the Master Issuer are directly owned by the Holding Company Guarantor, have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned of record by Holding Company Guarantor free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
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Section 7.13 Security Interests. (a) The Master Issuer and each Guarantor owns and has good title to its Securitized Assets, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. Other than the Accounts and Intellectual Property, the Indenture Collateral consists of securities, loans, investments, accounts, commercial tort claims, inventory, equipment, fixtures, health care insurance receivables, chattel paper, money, deposit accounts, instruments, financial assets, documents, investment property, general intangibles, letter of credit rights, or other supporting obligations (in each case, as defined in the UCC). This Base Indenture and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement constitute a valid and continuing Lien on the Collateral in favor of the Trustee on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which Lien on the Collateral has been perfected (or, (i) with respect to Collateral other than Accounts and Intellectual Property, will be perfected within the timeframe set forth in the final sentence of this Section 7.13(a) (Non-Perfected Liens), (ii) with respect to Collateral constituting Intellectual Property, will be perfected within the timeframe set forth in Section 8.25 (Covenants Regarding the Securitization IP), and (iii) with respect to Collateral constituting Accounts, will be perfected within the timeframe set forth in Article V (Allocation and Application of Collections) herein), and is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Master Issuer and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.13(a) (Non-Perfected Liens), the Master Issuer and the Guarantors have received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the Collateral to the pledge of the Collateral to the Trustee hereunder and under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Master Issuer and the Guarantors have caused, or shall have caused, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the first-priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral (other than the Accounts and Intellectual Property) granted to the Trustee hereunder or under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement within ten (10) days of the date hereof.
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Section 7.14 Related Documents. The Indenture Documents, the Collateral Transaction Documents, the Account Agreements, the Depository Agreements, any Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, any Swap Contract, any Series Hedge Agreement and any Enhancement Agreement with respect to each Series of Notes are in full force and effect. There are no outstanding defaults thereunder nor have events occurred which, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a default thereunder.
Section 7.15 Non-Existence of Other Agreements. Other than as permitted by Section 8.22 (No Other Agreements), (a) no Securitization Entity is a party to any contract or agreement of any kind or nature and (b) no Securitization Entity is subject to any material obligations or liabilities of any kind or nature in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, Contingent Obligations. No Securitization Entity has engaged in any activities since its formation (other than those incidental to its formation, the authorization and the issuance of Series of Notes, the execution of the Related Documents to which such Securitization Entity is a party and the performance of the activities referred to in or contemplated by such agreements).
Section 7.16 Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws. No Securitization Entity is in violation of (a) its Charter Documents, (b) any Requirement of Law with respect to such Securitization Entity or (c) any Contractual Obligation with respect to such Securitization Entity except, solely with respect to clauses (b) and (c), to the extent such violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.17 Other Representations. All representations and warranties of each Securitization Entity made in each other Related Document to which a Securitization Entity is a party are true and correct (i) as of the date hereof or (ii) if made on a future date (A) if qualified as to materiality, in all respects, and (B) if not qualified as to materiality, in all material respects (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all respects or in all material respects, as applicable, as of such earlier date), and in each case are repeated herein as though fully set forth herein.
Section 7.18 No Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or any Charter Documents of any Securitization Entity to the contrary, no Securitization Entity has any employees.
Section 7.19 Insurance. The Securitization Entities shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, the insurance coverages (or self-insurance for such risks) described on Schedule 7.19 hereto, in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. All policies of insurance of the Securitization Entities are in full force and effect and the Securitization Entities are in compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects. None of the Securitization Entities has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All such insurance is primary coverage, all premiums therefor due on or before the date hereof have been paid in full, and the terms and conditions thereof are no less favorable to the Securitization
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Entities than the terms and conditions of insurance maintained by their Affiliates that are not Securitization Entities.
Section 7.20 Environmental Matters. (a) None of the Securitization Entities is subject to any liabilities pursuant to any Environmental Law or with respect to any Materials of Environmental Concern that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) The Securitization Entities: (x) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, (y) hold all Environmental Permits (each of which is in full force and effect) required for their current operations and (z) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all of their Environmental Permits.
(ii) Materials of Environmental Concern are not present at, on, under, in, or about any location (including, without limitation, any location to which Materials of Environmental Concern have been sent by the Master Issuer for re-use or recycling or for treatment, storage or disposal) in a condition or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to (x) give rise to liability of any Securitization Entity under any applicable Environmental Law or otherwise result in costs to any Securitization Entity (y) interfere with any Securitization Entity’s continued operations or (z) impair the fair saleable value of any real property owned by any Securitization Entity.
(iii) There is no judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding (including, without limitation, any notice of violation or alleged violation) under or relating to any Environmental Law to which any Securitization Entity is, or to the knowledge of the Securitization Entities will be, named as a party that is pending or, to the knowledge of the Securitization Entities, threatened.
(iv) No Securitization Entity has received any written request for information, or been notified in writing that it is a potentially responsible party under or relating to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, or that it is liable under any other Environmental Law, or in either case, with respect to the release of any Materials of Environmental Concern to the environment.
(v) No Securitization Entity has entered into or agreed to any consent decree, order, or settlement or other agreement, or is subject to any judgment, decree, or order or other agreement, in any judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other forum for dispute resolution, relating to compliance with or liability under any Environmental Law that has not been fully and finally resolved.
Section 7.21 Intellectual Property. (a) The Securitization IP comprises all the Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the Securitization Entities to conduct the business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted after the Closing Date except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and provided that the foregoing is not and shall not be deemed to be a representation or warranty of noninfringement. All of the issuances, registrations and applications included in the Securitization IP are subsisting, unexpired and have not been abandoned
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or cancelled in any applicable jurisdiction except where such expiration, abandonment or cancellation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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ARTICLE VIII
COVENANTS
Section 8.01 Payment of Notes. (a) The Master Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, subject to Section 2.15(d) (Principal and Interest), on the Notes when due pursuant to the provisions of this Base Indenture, any Series Supplement for such Series and, to the extent applicable, any Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to a Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement or any other Related Document, amounts properly withheld under the Code or any applicable state, local or foreign law by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest or principal or premium, if any, shall be considered as having been paid by the Master Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of the Indenture and the Notes.
Section 8.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. (a) The Master Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which, with respect to the surrender for registration of, or transfer or exchange or the payment of principal and premium, may be an office of the Trustee, the Registrar or co-registrar or Paying Agent) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Master Issuer in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served, and where, at any time when the Master Issuer is obligated to make a payment of principal of, and premium, if any, on the Notes, the Notes may be surrendered for payment. The Master Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and the Servicer of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Master Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee and the Servicer with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office and notices and demands may be made at the address set forth in Section 14.01 (Notices) hereof.
Section 8.03 Payment and Performance of Obligations. The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to, pay and discharge and fully perform, at or before maturity, all of their respective material obligations and liabilities, including, without limitation, Tax liabilities and other governmental claims levied or imposed upon each such Securitization Entity or upon the income, properties or operations of such Securitization Entity, judgments, settlement agreements and all obligations of each Securitization Entity under the Collateral Transaction Documents, except where the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (and without derogation from the material obligations of the
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Master Issuer hereunder and the Guarantors under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement regarding the protection of the Securitized Assets from Liens (other than Permitted Liens)), and shall maintain, in accordance with GAAP, reserves as appropriate for the accrual of any of the same.
Section 8.04 Maintenance of Existence. The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to, maintain its existence as a limited liability company or corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company or corporation licensed under the laws of each state in which the failure to so qualify would, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity (other than any Additional Securitization Entity that is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) to, be treated as a disregarded entity within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-2(c)(2) and the Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity (other than any Additional Securitization Entity that is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) to, be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Section 8.05 Compliance with Laws. The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to, comply in all respects with all Requirements of Law with respect to the Master Issuer or such other Securitization Entity except where such noncompliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, such noncompliance will not result in a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any of the Securitized Assets or any criminal liability on the part of any Securitization Entity, the Manager or the Trustee.
Section 8.06 Inspection of Property; Books and Records. The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to, keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in all material respects shall be made of all dealings and transactions, business and activities in accordance with GAAP. The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to, permit, at reasonable times upon reasonable notice, the Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative and the Trustee or any Person appointed by any of them to act as its agent to inspect any of its properties (subject to the rights of tenants under applicable leases and subleases), to examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, directors, managers, employees and independent certified public accountants, and the reasonable costs and documented out-of-pocket expenses of one such visit and inspection by each of the Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative and the Trustee, or any Person appointed by them, shall be reimbursable as a Securitization Operating Expense once per calendar year, with any additional visit or inspection by any such Person being at such Person’s sole cost and expense; provided, however, that during the continuance of a Warm Back-Up Management Trigger Event, an Advance Period that is longer than sixty (60) consecutive days, a Rapid Amortization Event or an Event of Default, or to the extent expressly required without the instruction of any other party under the terms of any Related Documents, any such Person may visit and conduct such activities at any time and all such visits and activities shall constitute a Securitization Operating Expense.
Section 8.07 Actions under the Collateral Transaction Documents and Related Documents. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.07(d) (Actions under the Collateral Transaction Documents and Related Documents), the Master Issuer shall not, and will not permit any Securitization Entity to, take any action which would permit any Non-Securitization Entity or any other Person party to a Collateral Transaction Document to have the right to refuse to perform any of its respective obligations under any of the Collateral Transaction Documents or that would result in the amendment, waiver,
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hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any Collateral Transaction Document.
(i) to add to the covenants of any Securitization Entity for the benefit of the Secured Parties; or to add to the covenants of any Non-Securitization Entity for the benefit of any Securitization Entity;
(ii) to terminate any Related Document if any party thereto (other than a Securitization Entity) becomes, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Issuer, unable to pay its debts as they become due, even if such party has not yet defaulted on its obligations under the Related Document, so long as the Master Issuer enters into a replacement agreement with a new party within ninety (90) days of the termination of the Related Document;
(iii) to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under the Related Documents as the parties thereto may deem necessary or desirable, which are not inconsistent with the provisions thereof and which shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of any Holder or any other Secured Party; provided that an
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Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate shall be delivered to the Trustee, each Rating Agency and the Servicer to such effect; or
(iv) in the case of this Base Indenture, any Series Supplement for such Series, and to the extent applicable, any Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, to which the related Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche of Notes is issued or any Related Document for such Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche of Notes, to the extent that the consent of the Control Party is not required, pursuant to the terms of such agreement, for such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver.
Section 8.08 Notice of Defaults and Other Events. The Master Issuer shall give the Trustee, the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager, the Controlling Class Representative and each Rating Agency with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding notice within three (3) Business Days upon having Actual Knowledge of (i) any Potential Rapid Amortization Event, (ii) any Rapid Amortization Event, (iii) any Potential Manager Termination Event, (iv) any Manager Termination Event, (v) any Default, (vi) any Event of Default or (vii) any default under any Collateral Transaction Document, together with an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details thereof and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken by the Master Issuer. The Master Issuer shall, at its expense, promptly provide to the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager, the Controlling Class Representative and the Trustee such additional information as the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager, the Controlling Class Representative or the Trustee may reasonably request from time to time in connection with the matters so reported, and the actions so taken or contemplated to be taken.
Section 8.09 Notice of Material Proceedings. Without limiting Section 8.25(b) (Covenants Regarding the Securitization IP) or Section 8.30 (Environmental), promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days) of a determination by an Authorized Officer of the Securitization Entities that the commencement or existence of any litigation, arbitration or other proceeding with respect to any Non-Securitization Entity would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), the Master Issuer shall give written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager, the Controlling Class Representative and each Rating Agency with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding.
Section 8.10 Further Requests. The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to, promptly furnish to the Trustee such other information as, and in such form as, the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or by any Series Supplement.
Section 8.11 Further Assurances. (a) The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to, do such further acts and things, and execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Servicer such additional assignments, agreements, powers of attorney and instruments, as are necessary or desirable to obtain or maintain the security interest of the Trustee in the Collateral or the Securitized Assets required to be part of the Collateral on behalf of the Secured Parties as a perfected security interest subject to no prior Liens (other than Permitted Liens), to carry into effect the purposes of the Indenture or the other Related Documents or to better assure and confirm unto the Trustee, the Servicer, the Holders or the other
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Secured Parties their rights, powers and remedies hereunder including, without limitation, the filing of any financing or continuation statements or amendments under the UCC in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the liens and security interests granted hereby and by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case except as set forth on Schedule 7.13(a) and in accordance with Section 8.25(c) (Covenants Regarding the Securitization IP), Section 8.25(d) (Covenants Regarding the Securitization IP) or Section 8.38 (Modification of Contributed Assets). If the Master Issuer fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Section 8.11(a) (Further Assurances), then the Servicer may perform such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Servicer incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Master Issuer upon the Servicer’s demand therefor. The Servicer is hereby authorized to execute and file any financing statements, continuation statements, amendments or other instruments necessary or appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral (other than with regard to Excepted Securitization IP Assets) or the Securitized Assets required to be part of the Collateral.
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Section 8.12 Liens. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property (including the Securitized Assets), other than (i) Liens in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) other Permitted Liens.
Section 8.13 Other Indebtedness. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, create, assume, incur, suffer to exist or otherwise become or remain liable in respect of any Indebtedness other than (i) Indebtedness hereunder or under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Related Document, (ii) any Guarantee by any Securitization Entity of the obligations of any other Securitization Entity, (iii) Indebtedness of a Securitization Entity owed to a Securitization Entity, (iv) any purchase money Indebtedness incurred in order to finance the acquisition, lease or improvement of equipment in the ordinary course of such Securitization Entity’s business, (v) Indebtedness to a bank or other financial institution arising from cash management services provided by such bank or financial institution to one or more of the Securitization Entities in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten (10) Business Days of notification to the applicable Securitization Entity of its incurrence; or (vi) guarantees for the benefit of Franchisees of Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of up to the greater of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of the Net Cash Flow for the preceding four (4) Quarterly Collection Periods most recently ended as of such date and for which financial statements have been prepared.
Section 8.14 Bankruptcy Proceedings. The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause the other Securitization Entities to, promptly object to the institution of any bankruptcy proceeding against it and to take all necessary or advisable steps to cause the dismissal of any such proceeding (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to timely file an answer and any other appropriate pleading objecting to (i) the institution of any proceeding to have any Securitization Entity, as the case may be, adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent or (ii) the filing of any petition seeking relief, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition or in respect of any Securitization Entity, as the case may be, under applicable bankruptcy law or any other applicable law).
Section 8.15 Mergers. On and after the Closing Date, the Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, merge or consolidate with or into any other Person (whether by means of a single transaction or a series of related transactions) other than any merger or consolidation of any Securitization Entity with any other Securitization Entity or any merger or consolidation of any Securitization Entity with any other entity to which the Control Party has given prior written consent.
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Section 8.16 Asset Dispositions. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, sell, transfer, lease, license, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any of its property (whether by means of a single transaction or a series of related transactions), including any Equity Interests of any other Securitization Entity, except in the case of the following (each, a “Permitted Asset Disposition”):
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it being understood that any delivery to the Trustee of any Note, at any time and in any amount, by the Manager or any Securitization Entity, together with any cancellation thereof pursuant to Section 2.14 (Cancellation), shall be deemed to be a Permitted Asset Disposition.
All amounts received by any Securitization Entity upon a Permitted Asset Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) – (p) and any amounts of up to $5,000,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year pursuant to clause (p) of the definition of “Permitted Asset Disposition” shall be treated as Collections and not as Asset Disposition Proceeds (collectively, “Asset Disposition Collections”) with respect to the Quarterly Collection Period in which such amounts are received.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Issuer may, and may permit any Securitization Entity to, dispose the Equity Interests of any Additional Securitization Entity so long as all assets (and any ancillary rights thereto) held by such Additional Securitization Entity are permitted to be disposed of pursuant to this Section 8.16 (Asset Dispositions).
All Asset Disposition Proceeds shall be deposited to the Asset Disposition Proceeds Account or, to the extent the applicable Securitization Entity elects not to reinvest such amounts in Eligible Assets, shall be deposited to the Collection Account promptly following receipt thereof and applied in accordance with priority (i) of the Priority of Payments.
Upon any sale, transfer, lease, license, liquidation or other disposition of any property by any Securitization Entity permitted by this Section 8.16 (Asset Dispositions), all Liens with respect to such disposed property created in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties under this Base Indenture and the other Related Documents shall be automatically released, and the Trustee, upon written
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request of the Master Issuer, at the written direction of the Control Party, shall provide evidence of such release as set forth in Section 14.17 (Permitted Asset Dispositions; Release of Collateral).
Section 8.17 Acquisition of Assets. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, acquire, by long-term or operating lease or otherwise, any property (i) if such acquisition when effected on behalf of any Securitization Entity by the Manager would constitute a breach by the Manager of the Management Agreement or (ii) that is a license (other than the IP License Agreements or permitted sublicenses thereunder, licenses for Intellectual Property obtained in the ordinary course of business) or other contract (other than leases or subleases for real property) or permit, if the grant of a Lien or security interest in any of the Securitization Entities’ right, title and interest in, to or under such lease, sublease, license, contract or permit in the manner contemplated by the Indenture and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (a) would be prohibited by the terms of such lease, sublease, license, contract or permit, (b) would constitute or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of the applicable Securitization Entity therein or (c) would otherwise result in a breach thereof or the termination or a right of termination thereof, except to the extent that any such prohibition, breach, termination or right of termination is rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable law. Unless prohibited by a Series Supplement, the Master Issuer may purchase Notes on the open market or accept as a capital contribution from a direct or indirect parent of the Master Issuer one or more Notes, and such Notes may be cancelled in accordance with Section 2.14 (Cancellation).
Section 8.18 Dividends, Officers’ Compensation, etc. The Master Issuer will not declare or pay any distributions on any of its limited liability company interests; provided, however, that so long as no Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Series of Notes Outstanding or would result therefrom, the Master Issuer may declare and pay distributions to the extent permitted under Section 18-607 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the Master Issuer’s Charter Documents. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Equity Interest in or issued by such Securitization Entity or set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose except as expressly permitted by the Indenture or as consented to by the Control Party. The Master Issuer may draw on Commitments with respect to any Series of Class A-1 Notes for general corporate purposes of the Securitization Entities and the Non-Securitization Entities, including to fund any acquisition by any Securitization Entity or Non-Securitization Entity or any dividend, distribution or share repurchase by any Securitization Entity or Non-Securitization Entity.
Section 8.19 Legal Name, Location Under Section 9-301 or 9-307. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, change its location (within the meaning of Section 9-301 or 9-307 of the applicable UCC) or its legal name without at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee, the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and each Rating Agency with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding. In the event that the Master Issuer or other Securitization Entity desires to so change its location or change its legal name, the Master Issuer will, or will cause such other Securitization Entity to, make any required filings and prior to actually changing its location or its legal name the Master Issuer will, or will cause such other Securitization Entity to, deliver to the Trustee and the Servicer (i) an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel confirming that all required filings have been made, subject to Section 8.11(c) (Further Assurances), to continue the perfected interest or to record evidence of such security interest, as applicable, of the Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties in the Collateral under Article 9 of the applicable UCC in respect of the new location or new legal name of the Master Issuer or other Securitization Entity and (ii) copies of all such required filings with the filing information duly noted thereon by the office in which such filings were made.
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Section 8.20 Charter Documents. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, amend, or consent to the amendment of, any of its Charter Documents to which it is a party as a member or shareholder unless, prior to such amendment, the Control Party shall have consented thereto and the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding shall have been satisfied with respect to such amendment; provided, however, the Master Issuer and the other Securitization Entities shall be permitted to amend their Charter Documents without having to meet the Rating Agency Condition to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency therein or if such amendments would not reasonably be deemed to be disadvantageous to any Holder in the reasonable judgment of the Control Party. The Control Party may rely on an Officer’s Certificate to make such determination. The Master Issuer shall provide written notice to each Rating Agency (with a copy to the Servicer) of any amendment of any Charter Document of any Securitization Entity.
Section 8.21 Investments. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, make, incur, or suffer to exist any loan, advance, extension of credit or other Investment if such Investment when made on behalf of any Securitization Entity by the Manager would constitute a breach by the Manager of the Management Agreement, other than (a) Investments in the Accounts and Eligible Investments, (b) any Securitized Franchisee Note, (c) Investments in any other Securitization Entity, (d) loans or advances by the Franchisor or any Additional Securitization Entity to any Non-Securitization Entity in accordance with Section 8.24(a)(ii) (Maintenance of Separate Existence) using funds on deposit in the Franchisor Capital Account (unless the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account is then designated as the Franchisor Capital Account and (i) a Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount would exist immediately after giving effect to such loan or advance or (ii) a Cash Trapping Period or Rapid Amortization Period is then in effect or would take effect immediately after giving effect to such loan or advance), (e) the transactions described in the proviso to Section 8.24(a)(vi) (Maintenance of Separate Existence), (f) guarantees with respect to operating leases and product volumes and (g) guarantees for the benefit of Franchisees of Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of up to the greater of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of the Net Cash Flow for the preceding four (4) Quarterly Collection Periods most recently ended as of such date and for which financial statements have been prepared.
Section 8.22 No Other Agreements. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, enter into or be a party to any agreement or instrument (other than any Related Document, any Collateral Business Document, any other document permitted by a Series Supplement, Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement or the Related Documents, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, any documents related to any Enhancement (subject to Section 8.33 (Series Hedge Agreements; Derivatives Generally)) or any Series Hedge Agreement (subject to Section 8.34 (Additional Securitization Entity)), any documents relating to the transactions described in the proviso to Section 8.24(a)(vi) (Maintenance of Separate Existence) or any documents or agreements incidental thereto) if such agreement when effected on behalf of any Securitization Entity by the Manager would constitute a breach by the Manager of the Management Agreement.
Section 8.23 Other Business. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, engage in any business or enterprise or enter into any transaction other than the incurrence and payment of ordinary course operating expenses, the issuing and selling of the Notes, the entry into and performance of the Collateral Business Documents and other agreements permitted pursuant to Section 8.22 (No Other Agreements) and other activities related to or incidental to any of the foregoing or any other transaction which when effected on behalf of any Securitization Entity by the Manager would not constitute a breach by the Manager of the Management Agreement.
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Section 8.24 Maintenance of Separate Existence. (a) The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to, except as otherwise contemplated hereunder or under the other Related Documents:
(i) maintain their own deposit and securities accounts, as applicable, separate from those of any of its Affiliates (other than the other Securitization Entities), with commercial banking institutions and ensure that the funds of the Securitization Entities will not be diverted to any Person who is not a Securitization Entity or for other than the use of the Securitization Entities, nor will such funds be commingled with the funds of any of its Affiliates (other than the other Securitization Entities), other than as provided in the Related Documents;
(ii) ensure that all transactions between it and any of its Affiliates (other than the other Securitization Entities), whether currently existing or hereafter entered into, shall be only on an arm’s length basis, it being understood and agreed that the transactions contemplated in the Related Documents and the transactions described in the proviso to clause (vi) meet the requirements of this clause (ii);
(iii) to the extent that it requires an office to conduct its business, conduct its business from an office at a separate address from that of any of its Affiliates (other than the other Securitization Entities); provided that segregated offices in the same building shall constitute separate addresses for purposes of this clause (iii). To the extent that any Securitization Entity and any of its members or Affiliates (other than the other Securitization Entities) have offices in the same location, there shall be a fair and appropriate allocation of overhead costs among them, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such expenses;
(iv) issue, as required, separate financial statements from any of its Affiliates (other than the other Securitization Entities) prepared at least quarterly and prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(v) conduct its affairs in its own name and in accordance with its Charter Documents and observe all necessary, appropriate and customary limited liability company or corporate formalities (as applicable), including, but not limited to, holding all regular and special meetings appropriate to authorize all its actions, keeping separate and accurate minutes of its meetings, passing all resolutions or consents necessary to authorize actions taken or to be taken, and maintaining accurate and separate books, records and accounts, including, but not limited to, payroll and intercompany transaction accounts;
(vi) not assume or guarantee any of the liabilities of any of its Affiliates (other than the other Securitization Entities); provided that the Securitization Entities may, pursuant to a Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement, cause letters of credit to be issued pursuant to Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreements that are for the sole benefit of one or more Non-Securitization Entities if the Master Issuer receives a fee from each Non-Securitization Entity whose obligations are secured by such letter of credit in an amount equal to the cost to the Master Issuer in connection with the issuance and maintenance of such letter of credit plus 25 basis points per annum, it being understood that such fee is an arm’s length fair market fee;
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(vii) take, or refrain from taking, as the case may be, all other actions that are necessary to be taken or not to be taken in order to (x) ensure that the assumptions and factual recitations set forth in the Specified Bankruptcy Opinion Provisions remain true and correct in all material respects with respect to it and (y) comply in all material respects with those procedures described in such provisions which are applicable to it;
(viii) maintain at least two Independent Managers, on its board of managers or its Board of Directors, as the case may be;
(ix) to the fullest extent permitted by law, so long as any Obligation remains outstanding, remove or replace any Independent Manager only for Cause and only after providing the Trustee and the Control Party with no less than three (3) days’ prior written notice of (A) any proposed removal of such Independent Manager, and (B) the identity of the proposed replacement Independent Manager, together with a certification that such replacement satisfies the requirements for an Independent Manager set forth in the Charter Documents of the applicable Securitization Entity; and
(x) (A) provide, or cause the Manager to provide, to the Trustee and the Control Party, a copy of the executed agreement with respect to the appointment of any replacement Independent Manager and (B) provide, or cause the Manager to provide, to the Trustee, the Control Party and each Holder, written notice of the identity and contact information for each Independent Manager on an annual basis and at any time such information changes.
Section 8.25 Covenants Regarding the Securitization IP. (a) The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, take or omit to take any action with respect to the maintenance, enforcement and defense of the Franchisor’s rights in and to the applicable Securitization IP that would constitute a breach by the Manager of the Management Agreement if such action were taken or omitted by the Manager on behalf of any Securitization Entity.
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Section 8.26 1940 Act. The Master Issuer shall take or omit to take action as necessary in order to ensure the Master Issuer is not an “investment company” as set forth in Section 3(a)(1) of the 1940 Act, as such section may be amended from time to time.
Section 8.27 Real Property. The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, enter into any lease of real property (other than in connection with any Permitted Asset Disposition). The Master Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Securitization Entity to, acquire any fee interest in real property.
Section 8.28 No Employees. The Master Issuer and the other Securitization Entities shall have no employees.
Section 8.29 Insurance. The Master Issuer shall cause the Manager to list each Securitization Entity as an “additional insured” or “loss payee” on any insurance maintained by the Manager for the benefit of each such Securitization Entity pursuant to the Management Agreement.
Section 8.30 Litigation. So long as Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. is not then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, on each Quarterly Payment Date, the Master Issuer shall provide a written report to the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and the Rating Agency for such Series of Notes Outstanding on such Quarterly Payment Date that sets forth all outstanding litigation, arbitration or other proceedings against Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. or any of its Subsidiaries that would have been required to be disclosed in Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc.’s annual reports, quarterly reports and other public filings which Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act if Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. were subject to such Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
Section 8.31 Enhancements. No Enhancement shall be provided in respect of any Series of Notes, nor will any Enhancement Provider have any rights hereunder, as third-party beneficiary or otherwise, unless the Control Party has provided its prior written consent to such Enhancement, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
Section 8.32 Environmental. The Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to, promptly notify the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager, the Trustee and each Rating Agency for each Series of Notes Outstanding, in writing, upon receipt of any written notice of which any Securitization Entity becomes aware from any source (including, but not limited to, a governmental entity) relating in any way to any possible material liability of any Securitization Entity pursuant to any Environmental Law that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. In addition, other than exceptions to any of the following that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Master Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Securitization Entity to:
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Section 8.33 Series Hedge Agreements; Derivatives Generally. (a) No Series Hedge Agreement shall be provided in respect of any Series of Notes, nor will any Hedge Counterparty have any rights hereunder, as third-party beneficiary or otherwise, unless the Control Party has provided its prior written consent to such Series Hedge Agreement, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and the Master Issuer has delivered a copy of such prior written consent to each Rating Agency for each Series of Notes Outstanding (with a copy to the Servicer).
Section 8.34 Additional Securitization Entity. (a) The Master Issuer in accordance with and as permitted under the Related Documents, and upon written notice to each Rating Agency, may form or cause to be formed or accept as a capital contribution Additional Securitization Entities without the consent of the Control Party; provided that such Additional Securitization Entity is a Delaware limited liability company or a Delaware corporation (so long as the use of such corporate form is reasonably satisfactory to the Control Party) and has adopted Charter Documents substantially similar to the Charter Documents (including Specified Bankruptcy Opinion Provisions) of the Securitization Entities that are Delaware limited liability companies as in existence on the Closing Date; provided, further, that such Additional Securitization Entity holds Securitized Assets or is being established in order to act as a franchisor with respect to future New Securitized Franchise Agreements or hold such future assets.
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Section 8.35 Subordinated Notes Repayments. The Master Issuer shall not repay any Subordinated Notes or Senior Subordinated Notes after the Series Anticipated Repayment Date with respect to any Series of Notes Outstanding with amounts obtained by the Master Issuer from the Holding Company Guarantor, Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. or any other direct or indirect owner of Equity Interests of the Master Issuer in the form of any capital contributions or any portion of any Residual Amounts distributed to the Master Issuer pursuant to the Priority of Payments unless and until all Senior Notes Outstanding have been paid in full and are no longer Outstanding.
Section 8.36 Tax Lien Reserve Amount. If the Holding Company Guarantor notifies the Master Issuer that it has received any Tax Lien Reserve Amount, the Master Issuer shall direct the Holding Company Guarantor to remit such amount to the Master Issuer to be held in a collateral deposit account established with and controlled by the Trustee, in which the Trustee shall have a security interest; provided that the Trustee will not release such Tax Lien Reserve Amount from such account unless: (a) the Servicer instructs the Trustee in writing to withdraw and pay all of such Tax Lien Reserve Amount in accordance with the written instructions of the Master Issuer which may include returning such amounts to the Holding Company Guarantor for refund to the Manager or an Affiliate thereof upon receipt by the Trustee, the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and the Controlling Class Representative of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Lien for which such Tax Lien Reserve Amount was established has been released by the IRS; (b) the Master Issuer, or the Manager on behalf of the Master Issuer, delivers written instructions to the Trustee to withdraw and pay all or a portion of such Tax Lien Reserve Amount to the IRS on behalf of the Securitization Entities; provided that the Master Issuer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, prior written notice of any such written instruction to the Servicer; or (c) the Control Party instructs the Trustee in writing to withdraw and pay all or a portion of such Tax Lien Reserve Amount to the IRS (i) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default or (ii) upon receipt of written notice from any Securitization Entity stating that the IRS intends to execute on the Lien for which such Tax Lien Reserve Amount was established in respect of any assets of any Securitization Entity; provided that the Control Party shall deliver a copy of any such written instruction to the Manager.
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Section 8.37 Required Balance. For each Weekly Collection Period, the Master Issuer will specify to the Trustee the Weekly Allocation Percentage. If less than the Required Balance is on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account and/or the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account (as applicable) for any Weekly Collection Period within a calendar quarter, the Master Issuer shall direct any Residual Amount on the following Weekly Allocation Date (and each subsequent Weekly Allocation Date as necessary) to be deposited to such Senior Notes Interest Payment Account, Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, Senior Notes Principal Payment Account, Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account and/or Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account, in that order, until at least the Required Balance for such Weekly Collection Period is on deposit in in the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account and/or the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account (as applicable).
Section 8.38 Modification of Contributed Assets. After the Closing Date and on a quarterly basis, if there are any additions or modifications to the Contributed Assets that constitute accounts, chattel paper, instruments or general intangibles under the Delaware UCC, the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) shall deliver and shall cause each applicable Securitization Entity to deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate with a revised list of the applicable Contributed Assets.
Section 8.39 Area Director Optional Termination Payments. After the Closing Date, the Master Issuer shall cause the Manager on behalf of the Franchisor to not make any Area Director Optional Termination Payments unless either (x) Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., as the indirect parent of the Franchisor, has elected to fund the related Area Director Optional Termination Payment by making a voluntary capital contribution to the Franchisor in accordance with the terms of the Securitized Area Director Arrangement or (y) the Residual Amount is available on the next Weekly Allocation Date to fund the applicable Area Director Optional Termination Payment as determined by the Manager in accordance with the Managing Standard.
Section 8.40 Franchisee Note Cancellation Payments. After the Closing Date, the Master Issuer shall cause the Manager on behalf of any Securitization Entity to not elect to forgive or cancel all or a portion of such Securitized Franchisee Note (any such forgiveness or cancellation, a “Franchisee Note Cancellation Payment”), unless (x) Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., as the indirect parent of such Securitization Entity, has elected to fund the related Franchisee Note Cancellation Payment by making a voluntary capital contribution to such Securitization Entity in an amount equal to the Franchisee Note Cancellation Payment or (y) the Residual Amount is available on the next Weekly Allocation Date to fund the applicable Franchisee Note Cancellation Payment as determined by the Manager in accordance with the Managing Standard.
Section 8.41 Elective Franchise-Related Payments. After the Closing Date, the Master Issuer shall cause the Manager on behalf of the Franchisor to not agree to any Elective Franchise-Related Payments unless either (x) Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., as the indirect parent of the Franchisor, has elected to fund the related Elective Franchise-Related Payments by making a voluntary capital contribution to the Franchisor in an amount equal to the Elective Franchise-Related Payment or (y) the Residual Amount is available on the next Weekly Allocation Date to fund the applicable Elective Franchise-Related Payment as determined by the Manager in accordance with the Managing Standard.
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ARTICLE IX
REMEDIES
Section 9.01 Rapid Amortization Events. The Notes shall be subject to rapid amortization, in whole and not in part, following the occurrence of any of the following events as declared by the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) by written notice to the Master Issuer (with a copy to the Trustee) (each, a “Rapid Amortization Event”); provided that a Rapid Amortization Event described in clause (b) below will occur automatically without any declaration by the Control Party unless the Control Party and 100% of the Noteholders have agreed to waive such event in accordance with Section 9.07 (Waiver of Past Events):
For the avoidance of doubt, any Scheduled Principal Payments set forth in any Series Supplement shall continue to be made when due and payable subsequent to the occurrence of a Rapid Amortization Event.
Section 9.02 Events of Default. If any one of the following events shall occur (each an “Event of Default”):
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If the Master Issuer obtains Actual Knowledge that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Master Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Servicer.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made relating to the Notes and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, as hereinafter provided in this Article IX (Remedies), the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative), by written notice to the Master Issuer and to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, if (i) the Master Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (a) all overdue installments of interest and principal on the Notes (excluding principal
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amounts due solely as a result of the acceleration), and (b) all unpaid taxes, administrative expenses and other sums paid or advanced by the Trustee or Servicer under the Related Documents and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and Advances of the Trustee and the Servicer, their agents and counsel, and any unreimbursed Advances (with interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate), Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees or Workout Fees and (ii) all existing Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Notes which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 9.07 (Waiver of Past Events). No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. Any acceleration resulting from any event described in clause (d) above may not be rescinded.
Section 9.03 Rights of the Control Party and Trustee upon Event of Default.
(i) proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders and the other Secured Parties, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in the Indenture or any other Related Document or in aid of the exercise of any power granted therein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by the Indenture or any other Related Document or by law, including any remedies of a secured party under applicable law;
(ii) (A) direct the Master Issuer to exercise (and the Master Issuer agrees to exercise) all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Master Issuer or any Securitization Entity against any party to any Collateral Transaction Document arising as
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a result of the occurrence of such Event of Default or otherwise, including the right or power to take any action to compel performance or observance by any such party of its obligations to the Master Issuer, and any right of the Master Issuer to take such action independent of such direction shall be suspended, and (B) if (x) the Master Issuer shall have failed, within ten (10) Business Days of receiving the direction of the Trustee (given at the direction of the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative)), to take commercially reasonable action to accomplish such directions of the Trustee, (y) the Master Issuer refuses to take such action or (z) the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) reasonably determines that such action must be taken immediately, take (or the Control Party on behalf of the Trustee shall take) such previously directed action (and any related action as permitted under the Indenture thereafter determined by the Trustee or the Control Party to be appropriate without the need under this provision or any other provision under the Indenture to direct the Master Issuer to take such action);
(iii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of the Indenture or, to the extent applicable, any other Related Document, with respect to the Collateral and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any other Securitized Assets; and/or (iv) sell all or a portion of the Collateral and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any other Securitized Assets, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not proceed with any such sale without the prior written consent of the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) and the Trustee will provide notice to the Master Issuer and each Holder of Subordinated Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes of a proposed sale of Collateral or Securitized Assets, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(i) any of the Trustee, any Noteholder, any Enhancement Provider, any Hedge Counterparty and/or any other Secured Party may bid for and purchase the property being sold, and upon compliance with the terms of the sale may hold, retain, possess and dispose of such property in its own absolute right without further accountability;
(ii) the Trustee (at the direction of the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative)) may make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers a good and sufficient deed, bill of sale and instrument of assignment and transfer of the property sold;
(iii) all right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity or otherwise, of any Securitization Entity of, in and to the property so sold shall be divested; and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against such Securitization Entity, its successors and assigns, and against any and all Persons claiming or who may claim the property sold or any part thereof from, through or under such Securitization Entity or its successors or assigns; and
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(iv) the receipt of the Trustee or of the officer thereof making such sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers at such sale for his or their purchase money, and such purchaser or purchasers, and his or their assigns or personal representatives, shall not, after paying such purchase money and receiving such receipt of the Trustee or of such officer therefor, be obliged to see to the application of such purchase money or be in any way answerable for any loss, misapplication or non-application thereof.
Section 9.04 Waiver of Appraisal, Valuation, Stay and Right to Marshaling. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Master Issuer for itself and for any Person who may claim through or under it hereby:
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Section 9.05 Limited Recourse. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture, the Notes or any other Related Document or otherwise, the liability of the Securitization Entities to the Noteholders and any other Secured Parties under or in relation to the Indenture, the Notes or any other Related Document or otherwise, is limited in recourse to the assets of the Securitization Entities. Following the proceeds of such assets having been applied in accordance with the terms hereof, none of the Noteholders or any other Secured Parties shall be entitled to take any further steps against any Securitization Entity to recover any sums due but still unpaid hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the other agreements or documents described in this Section 9.05 (Limited Recourse), all claims in respect of which shall be extinguished. The provisions of this Section 9.05 (Limited Recourse) shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Indenture.
Section 9.06 Optional Preservation of the Securitized Assets. If the maturity of the Outstanding Notes of each Series has been accelerated pursuant to Section 9.02 (Events of Default) following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Trustee, at the direction of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative), shall elect to maintain possession of such portion, if any, of the Collateral and/or Securitized Assets (to the extent permitted by applicable law) as the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) shall in its discretion determine.
Section 9.07 Waiver of Past Events. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of each Series of Notes Outstanding as provided in Section 9.02 (Events of Default) and subject to Section 13.02 (With Consent of the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders), the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) by notice to the Trustee, each Rating Agency and the Servicer, may waive any existing Default or Event of Default described in any clause of Section 9.02 (Events of Default) (except clause (d) thereof) and its consequences; provided, however, that before any waiver may be effective, the Trustee and the Servicer must have received any reimbursement then due or payable in respect of unreimbursed Advances (including interest thereon) or any other amounts then due to the Servicer or the Trustee hereunder or under the Related Documents; provided, further, that the Control Party shall provide written notice of any such waiver to each Rating Agency for each Series of Notes Outstanding (with a copy to the Servicer). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of the Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. A Default or an Event of Default described in Section 9.02(d) (Events of Default) shall not be subject to waiver without the consent of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) and each Noteholder. Subject to Section 13.02 (With Consent of the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders), the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative), by notice to the Trustee, each Rating Agency for each Series of Notes Outstanding and the
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Servicer, may waive any existing Potential Rapid Amortization Event or any existing Rapid Amortization Event; provided however, that a Rapid Amortization Event described in Section 9.01(b) (Rapid Amortization Events) relating to a particular Series, Class or Tranche of Notes shall not be permitted to be waived by any party unless 100% of the Noteholders have consented to such waiver in writing.
Section 9.08 Control by the Control Party. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Control Party (subject to Section 11.04(e) (Control Party), at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) may cause the institution of and direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding in respect of any enforcement of the Collateral (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, other Securitized Assets) or conducting any proceeding in respect of any enforcement of Liens on the Collateral and other rights and remedies against the other Securitized Assets (to the extent permitted by applicable law) or conducting any proceeding for any contractual or legal remedy available to the Trustee or exercise any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided that:
Section 9.09 Limitation on Suits. Any other provision of the Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, a Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to the Indenture or any other Related Document only if:
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A Holder may not use the Indenture or any other Related Document to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
Section 9.10 Unconditional Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective Series Legal Final Maturity Date expressed in the Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder of the Note.
Section 9.11 The Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel), the Holders and any other Secured Party (as applicable) allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Master Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property, and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder and each other Secured Party to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders or any other Secured Party, to pay the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 10.05 (Compensation and Indemnity). To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 10.05 (Compensation and Indemnity) out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money and other properties which any of the Holders or any other Secured Party may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder or any other Secured Party any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Holder or any other Secured Party, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder or any other Secured Party in any such proceeding.
Section 9.12 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under the Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of any undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 9.12 (Undertaking for Costs) does not apply to a suit by the Trustee (or by the Control Party for any contractual or legal remedy available to the Trustee), a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 9.09 (Limitation on Suits) or a suit by Holders of more than 10% of the Aggregate Outstanding Principal Amount of all Series of Notes.
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Section 9.13 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee, any Holder or any other Secured Party has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under the Indenture or any other Related Document and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder or other Secured Party, then and in every such case the Trustee and the Holders and any such other Secured Party shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee, the Holders and the other Secured Parties shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.
Section 9.14 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders or any other Secured Party is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right or remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given under the Indenture or any other Related Document or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy under the Indenture or any other Related Document, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 9.15 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative, any Holder or any other Secured Party to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article IX (Remedies) or by law to the Trustee, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative, the Holders or any other Secured Party may be exercised from time to time to the extent not inconsistent with the Indenture, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative, the Holders or any other Secured Party, as the case may be.
Section 9.16 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Master Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture or any other Related Document; and the Master Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantages of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, the Control Party or the Controlling Class Representative, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE X
THE TRUSTEE
Section 10.01 Duties of the Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event actually known to a Trust Officer has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall (except in the case of the receipt of directions with respect to such matter from the Control Party in accordance with the terms of this Base Indenture or another Related Document in which event the Trustee’s sole obligation will be to await such direction and act or refrain from acting in accordance therewith) exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture and the other Related Documents, 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; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no liability in connection with any action or inaction taken, or not taken, by it upon the deemed occurrence of an Event of Default, a Rapid Amortization Event, a Manager Termination Event or a Servicer Termination Event of which a Trust Officer has not received written notice; provided, further, that the Trustee shall have no liability in
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connection with any action or inaction due to the acts or failure to act of the Control Party or the Controlling Class Representative in connection with any Event of Default, Rapid Amortization Event, a Manager Termination Event or a Servicer Termination Event or for acting or failing to act due to any direction or lack of direction from the Control Party or the Controlling Class Representative. The preceding sentence shall not have the effect of insulating the Trustee from liability arising out of the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct except as provided in Section 10.01(c) (Duties of the Trustee). The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of the Indenture, shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the requirements of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Master Issuer under the Indenture.
(i) The Trustee undertakes to perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in the Indenture or any other Related Document to which it is a party and no others, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into the Indenture or any other Related Document against the Trustee; and
(ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of the Indenture and any other applicable Related Document; provided, however, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine such certificates or opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of the Indenture and shall promptly notify the party of any non-conformity.
(i) This clause (c) does not limit the effect of clause (b) of this Section 10.01 (Duties of the Trustee).
(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable in its individual capacity for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proven that the Trustee was grossly negligent, acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable in its individual capacity with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith at the direction of the Manager, the Master Issuer, the Control Party and/or a Holder under circumstances in which such direction is required or permitted by the terms of this Base Indenture or applicable law.
(iv) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default, Event of Default, Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Manager Termination Event, Potential Manager Termination Event or Servicer Termination Event
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or the commencement and continuation of a Cash Trapping Period until such time as a Trust Officer shall have Actual Knowledge or have received written notice thereof. In the absence of such Actual Knowledge or receipt of such notice, the Trustee may conclusively assume that no such event has occurred or is continuing.
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(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.01 (Duties of the Trustee), the Trustee shall make Debt Service Advances to the extent and in the manner set forth in Section 5.14(a)(iii) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Senior Notes Interest Payment Account) hereof; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Related Document to the contrary, the Trustee will not be responsible for advancing any principal on the Senior Notes, any make-whole prepayment premiums, any Series Hedge Payment Amounts, any Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses, any Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amounts, any Post-ARD Contingent Interest or any reserve amounts or any interest or principal payable on, or any other amount due with respect to, the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Subordinated Notes.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Debt Service Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Trustee if the Trustee determines such Debt Service Advance (including interest thereon) would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. The determination by the Trustee that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Debt Service Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be made by the Trustee in its reasonable good faith judgment. The Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on the determination of the Servicer that an Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any such determination will be conclusive and binding on the Holders. The Trustee may update or change its nonrecoverability determination at any time, and may decide that a requested Debt Service Advance or Collateral Protection Advance that was previously deemed to be a Nonrecoverable Advance shall have become recoverable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all outstanding Debt Service Advances and Collateral Protection Advances made by the Trustee and any accrued interest thereon will be paid strictly in accordance with the Priority of Payments, even if the Trustee determines that any such advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance after such Advance has been made.
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(iii) The Trustee shall be entitled to receive interest at the Advance Interest Rate accrued on the amount of each Debt Service Advance made thereby (with its own funds) for so long as such Debt Service Advance is outstanding. Such interest with respect to any Debt Service Advance made pursuant to this Section 10.01(k) (Duties of the Trustee) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months (which will be compounded monthly) and shall be payable out of Collections in accordance with the Priority of Payments pursuant to Section 5.13 (Application of Weekly Collections on Weekly Allocation Dates) hereof and the other applicable provisions of the Related Documents.
Section 10.02 Rights of the Trustee. Except as otherwise provided by Section 10.01 (Duties of the Trustee):
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Section 10.03 Individual Rights of the Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Securitization Entities or an Affiliate of the Securitization Entities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.
Section 10.04 Notice of Events of Default and Defaults. If an Event of Default, a Default, a Rapid Amortization Event or a Potential Rapid Amortization Event occurs and is continuing and if a Trust Officer has Actual Knowledge, or written notice of the existence thereof has been delivered to a Trust Officer, the Trustee shall promptly provide the Noteholders, the Servicer, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager, the Master Issuer, any Class A-1 Administrative Agent and each Rating Agency for each Series of Notes Outstanding with notice of such Event of Default, Default, Rapid Amortization Event or Potential Rapid Amortization Event, to the extent that the Notes of such Series are Book-Entry Notes, by email, telephone and facsimile and otherwise by first class mail.
Section 10.05 Compensation and Indemnity. (a) The Master Issuer shall promptly pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for its acceptance of the Indenture and services hereunder and under the other Related Documents to which the Trustee is a party as the Trustee and the Master Issuer shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Master Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture (including, without limitation, the Priority of Payments). Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and outside counsel. The Master Issuer shall not be required to reimburse any expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code.
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Section 10.06 Replacement of the Trustee. (a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 10.06 (Replacement of the Trustee).
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 10.08 (Eligibility Disqualification);
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under the Bankruptcy Code;
(iii) the Trustee fails generally to pay its debts as such debts become due; or
(iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, the Master Issuer shall promptly, with the prior written consent of the Control Party, appoint a successor Trustee. Within one (1) year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Majority of Controlling Class Members (with the prior written consent of the Control Party) may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Master Issuer.
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Section 10.07 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. Subject to Section 10.08 (Eligibility Disqualification), if the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee; provided that written notice of such consolidation, merger or conversion shall be provided to the Master Issuer, the Servicer, the Noteholders and each Class A-1 Administrative Agent; provided, further, that the resulting or successor corporation is eligible to be a Trustee under Section 10.08 (Eligibility Disqualification).
Section 10.08 Eligibility Disqualification. (a) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall (i) be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, (ii) be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, (iii) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition, (iv) be reasonably acceptable to the Servicer and (v) have a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “BBB” by S&P, if it has a rating by S&P, if it has a rating by KBRA, “BBB” by KBRA, and if it does not have a rating by S&P or KBRA, then a rating of at least “BBB” (or an equivalent) by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
Section 10.09 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Base Indenture, any Series Supplement or any other Related Document, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Securitized Assets may at the time be located, the Trustee shall have the power upon notice to the Control Party, the Master Issuer and each Class A-1 Administrative Agent and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Securitized Assets, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders and the other Secured Parties, such title to the Collateral (or other rights in and to the Securitized Assets), or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 10.09 (Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee), such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. Any co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 10.08 (Eligibility Disqualification) or shall be otherwise acceptable to the Servicer. No notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 10.06 (Replacement of the Trustee). No co-trustee shall
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be appointed without the consent of the Servicer and the Master Issuer unless such appointment is required as a matter of state law or to enable the Trustee to perform its functions hereunder.
(i) the Notes of each Series shall be authenticated and delivered solely by the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee;
(ii) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the 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, the 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 Collateral (or other rights in and to the Securitized Assets) or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(iii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such trustee or co-trustee as an agent of the Trustee; and
(iv) the Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
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Section 10.10 Representations and Warranties of Trustee. The Trustee represents and warrants to the Master Issuer and the Holders that:
ARTICLE XI
CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AND CONTROL PARTY
Section 11.01 Controlling Class Representative.
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Section 11.02 Resignation or Removal of the Controlling Class Representative. The Controlling Class Representative may at any time resign as such by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Servicer and to each Noteholder of the Controlling Class. The Controlling Class Representative will resign immediately if such Controlling Class Representative no longer holds any Notes of the Controlling Class. As of any Record Date, a Majority of Controlling Class Members shall be entitled to remove any existing Controlling Class Representative by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Servicer and such existing Controlling Class Representative. No resignation or removal of the Controlling Class Representative shall be effective until a successor Controlling Class Representative has been appointed pursuant to Section 11.01 (Controlling Class Representative) or until the end of the CCR Election Period (or, if no CCR Election Period has occurred after a CCR Nomination Period, until the end of the related CCR Nomination Period) following such resignation or removal; provided that any Controlling Class Representative that has been removed pursuant to this Section 11.02 (Resignation or Removal of the Controlling Class Representative) may subsequently be nominated as a CCR Candidate pursuant to Section 11.01 (Controlling Class Representative) (provided that such Controlling Class Representative candidate satisfies the requirements of this Base Indenture) and appointed as Controlling Class Representative; provided, further, that an existing Controlling Class Representative shall cease to be the Controlling Class Representative at the end of a CCR Election Period, even if no successor is re-elected pursuant to Section 11.01 (Controlling Class Representative), unless such Controlling Class Representative is elected during such CCR Election Period (except that, in the event of a CCR Reelection Event or upon the occurrence of an Annual Election Date, if no CCR Nominations are received prior to the end of the CCR Nomination Period, the current Controlling Class Representative will remain the Controlling Class Representative and no further action will be taken with respect to such CCR Reelection Event or Annual Election Date). In addition to the foregoing, within two (2) Business Days of the selection, resignation or removal of the Controlling Class Representative, the Trustee shall notify the Servicer and the parties to this Base Indenture of such event.
If no Controlling Class Representative has been elected or if the Controlling Class Representative does not respond to a Consent Request within the time period specified in Section 2.4 (Consents to Ministerial Actions and Amendments) of the Servicing Agreement, the Control Party will be entitled (but not required) to exercise the rights of the Controlling Class Representative with respect to such Consent Request other than with respect to Servicer Termination Events.
Section 11.03 Expenses and Liabilities of the Controlling Class Representative. (a) The Controlling Class Representative shall have no liability to the Holders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith pursuant to the Indenture or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that the Controlling Class Representative shall not be protected against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct committed with respect to its obligations or duties under the Indenture. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Notes or interests therein, that (i) the Controlling Class Representative may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Note Owners of one or more Classes of Notes, or that conflict with other Holders, (ii) the Controlling Class Representative may act solely in the interests of the Controlling Class Members or in its own interest, (iii) the Controlling Class Representative does not have any duties to Holders other than the Controlling Class Members, (iv) the Controlling Class Representative may take actions that favor the interests of the Controlling Class Members over the interests of Holders of one or more other Classes of Notes, or that favor its own interests over those of other Holders or other Controlling Class Members, (v) the Controlling Class Representative shall not be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance, by reason of its having acted solely in the interests of the Controlling Class Members or in its own interests, and (vi) the Controlling
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Class Representative shall have no liability whatsoever for having so acted pursuant to clauses (i) through (v), and no Holder may take any action whatsoever against the Controlling Class Representative for having so acted or against any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.
Section 11.04 Control Party. (a) Pursuant to the Indenture and the other Related Documents, the Control Party is authorized to consent to and implement, subject to the Servicing Standard, Consent Requests that do not require the consent of any Noteholder or the Controlling Class Representative.
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Section 11.05 Note Owner List. (a) To facilitate communication among Note Owners, the Manager, the Trustee, the Control Party and the Controlling Class Representative, a Note Owner may elect, but is not required, to notify the Trustee of its name, address and other contact information, which will be kept in a register maintained by the Trustee. The Trustee will be required to furnish the Manager, the Control Party and the Controlling Class Representative upon request with the information maintained in such register as of the most recent date of determination. Every Note Owner, by receiving and holding a beneficial interest in a Note, will agree that none of the Trustee, the Master Issuer, the Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative nor any of their respective agents will be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Note Owners in the register maintained by the Trustee.
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ARTICLE XII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 12.01 Termination of the Master Issuer’s and Guarantors’ Obligations.
(i) the Master Issuer irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee or with a trustee reasonably satisfactory to the Control Party, the Trustee and the Master Issuer, U.S. Dollars and/or Government Securities in an amount sufficient (after giving effect to the application of funds on deposit in the Collection Account in accordance with the Priority of Payments), in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay all principal, premiums (including make-whole prepayment premiums), if any, and interest on the Outstanding Notes (including additional interest that accrues after an anticipated repayment date or renewal date, if applicable) to the applicable prepayment date, redemption date or maturity date, as the case may be, and to pay other sums payable by them hereunder, under the Servicing Agreement and under each other Related Document and each Series Hedge Agreement; provided that any Government Securities must provide for the scheduled payment of all principal and interest thereon not later than the Business Day prior to the applicable prepayment date, redemption date or maturity date, as the case may be, and the Trustee must have been irrevocably instructed to apply such funds to the payment of principal, premiums, make-whole prepayment premiums and interest with respect to the Notes and such other sums;
(ii) all commitments under all Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreements and all Series Hedge Agreements are terminated on or before the date of deposit;
(iii) the Master Issuer delivers notice of prepayment, redemption or maturity of the Notes in full to the Noteholders of Outstanding Notes, the Manager, the Trustee, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative, the Back-Up Manager, each Rating Agency and the Servicer, which notice is expressly stated to be, or has become as of the prepayment date, redemption date or maturity date, as applicable, irrevocable (provided that such notice may be conditioned upon the contemporaneous closing of a financing the
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proceeds of which will be used to fund all or a portion of such deposit), and the date of prepayment, redemption or maturity as specified in such notice when delivered was not longer than twenty (20) Business Days after the date of such notice;
(iv) the Master Issuer delivers notice of such deposit to the Control Party, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and each Rating Agency, on or before the date of the deposit; and
(v) the Master Issuer delivers to the Trustee and the Servicer an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that all conditions precedent to such termination have been satisfied.
Upon satisfaction of such conditions, the Indenture and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease to be of further effect; except that (i) the rights and obligations of the Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, the Trustee’s rights to compensation and indemnity under Section 10.05 (Compensation and Indemnity), and the Guarantor’s guaranty thereof, (ii) the Trustee’s and the Paying Agent’s obligations under Section 12.02 (Application of Trust Money) and Section 12.03 (Repayment to the Master Issuer), (iii) the Noteholders’ and the Trustee’s obligations under Section 14.13 (No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Securitization Entities), (iv) this Section 12.01(b) (Termination of the Master Issuer’s and Guarantors’ Obligations–Indenture Defeasance) and (v) the Noteholders’ rights to registration of transfer and exchange under Section 2.08 (Transfer and Exchange) and to replacement or substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes under Section 2.10(a) (Replacement Notes) shall survive. The Trustee, on demand of the Securitization Entities, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging confirmation of and discharge under the Indenture and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
(i) the Master Issuer irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee, or with a trustee reasonably satisfactory to the Control Party, the Trustee and the Master Issuer, U.S. Dollars and/or Government Securities sufficient (after giving effect to the application of funds on deposit in the applicable Series Distribution Account), in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay, without duplication:
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(ii) all commitments under all Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreements and Series Hedge Agreements with respect to such Defeased Series are terminated on or before the Series Defeasance Date;
(iii) the Master Issuer delivers notice of prepayment, redemption or maturity of such Series of Notes to the Noteholders of the Defeased Series, the Manager, the Trustee, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative, the Back-Up Manager and each Rating Agency not more than twenty (20) Business Days prior to the Series Defeasance Date, and such notice is expressly stated to be, or as of the date of the deposit has become, irrevocable; provided that such notice may be conditioned upon the contemporaneous closing of a financing the proceeds of which will be used to fund all or a portion of such deposit;
(iv) after giving effect to the deposit, if any other Series of Notes is Outstanding, the Master Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of the Master Issuer stating that no Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event, Default or Event of Default has occurred and will be continuing;
(v) the Master Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the defeasance was not made by the Master Issuer with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Defeased Series over other creditors of the Master Issuer or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding other creditors;
(vi) the Master Issuer delivers notice of such deposit to the Control Party, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and each Rating Agency on or before the date of the deposit;
(vii) such defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the Indenture or any Indenture Documents; and
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(viii) the Master Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that all conditions precedent to such termination have been satisfied other than those conditions precedent which individually or in the aggregate do not adversely affect any Secured Party.
Upon satisfaction of such conditions, the Indenture and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease to be of further effect with respect to such Defeased Series, the Master Issuer and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and been discharged from their Series Obligations with respect to such Defeased Series and thereafter such Defeased Series shall be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for purposes of (1) the Trustee’s and the Paying Agent’s obligations under Section 12.02 (Application of Trust Money) and Section 12.03 (Repayment to the Master Issuer), (2) the Holders’ and the Trustee’s obligations under Section 14.13 (No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Securitization Entities) and (3) the Noteholders’ rights to registration of transfer and exchange under Section 2.08 (Transfer and Exchange) and to replacement or substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes under Section 2.10(a) (Replacement Notes). The Trustee, on demand of the Securitization Entities, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging confirmation of and discharge under the Indenture and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement of such Series Obligations.
Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money. The Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Servicer, the Trustee and the Master Issuer shall hold in trust money or Government Securities deposited with it pursuant to Section 12.01 (Termination of the Master Issuer’s and Guarantors’ Obligations). The Trustee shall apply the deposited money and the money from Government Securities through the Paying Agent in accordance with this Base Indenture and the other Related Documents to the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and the other sums referred to above. The provisions of this Section 12.02 (Application of Trust Money) shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Indenture.
Section 12.03 Repayment to the Master Issuer. (a) The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Master Issuer upon written request any excess money or, pursuant to Section 2.10 (Replacement Notes) and Section 2.14 (Cancellation), return any cancelled Notes held by them at any time.
Section 12.04 Reinstatement. If the Trustee is unable to apply any funds received under this Article XII (Discharge of Indenture) by reason of any proceeding, order or judgment of any court or Governmental Authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Master Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture or the other Indenture Documents and in respect of the Notes and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be revived and reinstated
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as though no deposit had occurred, until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such funds or property in accordance with this Article XII (Discharge of Indenture). If the Master Issuer or Guarantors make any payment of principal, premium or interest on any Notes or any other sums under the Indenture Documents while such obligations have been reinstated, the Master Issuer and the Guarantors shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders or other Secured Parties who received such funds or property from the Trustee to receive such payment in respect of the Notes. The provisions of this Section 12.04 (Reinstatement) shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Indenture.
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 13.01 Without Consent of the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders. (a) Without the consent of any Noteholder, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative or any other Secured Party, the Master Issuer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more Supplements or waivers to either this Base Indenture or any Series Supplement, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to create a new Series of Notes (except that the consent of the Control Party is necessary to the extent required by Section 2.02 (Notes Issuable in Series));
(ii) to add to the covenants of the Securitization Entities for the benefit of any Noteholders or any other Secured Parties (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all Series of Notes, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such Series) or to surrender for the benefit of the Noteholders and the other Secured Parties any right or power herein conferred upon the Securitization Entities; provided, however, that the Master Issuer will not pursuant to this Section 13.01(a)(ii) (Without Consent of the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders) surrender any right or power it has under the Related Documents;
(iii) to mortgage, pledge, convey, assign and transfer to the Trustee any property or assets as security for the Obligations and to specify the terms and conditions upon which such property or assets are to be held and dealt with by the Trustee and to set forth such other provisions in respect thereof as may be required by the Indenture or as may, consistent with the provisions of the Indenture, be deemed appropriate by the Master Issuer, the Servicer and the Trustee, or to correct or amplify the description of any such property or assets at any time so mortgaged, pledged, conveyed and transferred to the Trustee;
(iv) to correct any manifest error or defect or to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provisions herein or in any Series Supplement which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein or with any related offering memorandum in the case of a Series Supplement and each related offering memorandum in the case of this Base Indenture;
(v) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code);
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(vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder or thereunder by more than one Trustee;
(vii) to comply with Requirements of Law (as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel);
(viii) to facilitate the transfer of Notes in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law (as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel);
(ix) to take any action necessary or helpful to avoid the imposition, under and in accordance with applicable law, of any Tax, including withholding Tax;
(x) to take any action necessary and appropriate to facilitate the origination of Collateral Business Documents or the management and preservation of the Collateral Business Documents, in each case, in accordance with the Managing Standard;
(xi) to allow any additional assets (and related cash flows thereon) similar to the Securitized Assets (including any assets used in connection with the future operation of Branded Restaurants or franchises internationally (including international Intellectual Property), Franchise Agreements, Area Development Agreements, Area Director Arrangements and Vendor Arrangements to be contributed to, or acquired by, the Securitization Entities;
(xii) to allow any real property, lease, franchise agreement, development agreement, area director arrangement, vendor arrangement, equipment or other assets related to the operation of international Branded Restaurants to be contributed to, or acquired by, the Securitization Entities;
(xiii) at the direction of the Master Issuer, correct or supplement any provision in this Base Indenture or any Series Supplement that may be inconsistent with any other provision or to make consistent any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Base Indenture, in any Supplement, in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Indenture Document;
(xiv) to allow any Future Brand to be contributed to, or acquired by, the Securitization Entities in a manner that does not violate the Managing Standard; provided that any amendment, modification or supplement that alters the manner in which Net Cash Flow or DSCR is calculated (including by any amendment, modification or supplement of any defined terms contained therein) may not be effected unless the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect thereto;
(xv) if any additional changes to this Base Indenture or any Series Supplement are required or desirable to in order to facilitate any Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account and/or Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account being held in the name of a Securitization Entity that is not the Master Issuer, then to make such changes to this Base Indenture and/or any Series Supplement to facilitate the holding of such Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account and/or Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account in the name of a Securitization Entity that is not the Master Issuer, in each case so long as the Trustee maintains a perfected security interest in such account;
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(xvi) to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Base Indenture, any Series Supplement and/or any Supplement as the parties thereto may deem necessary or desirable, which are not inconsistent with the provisions thereof and which shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of any Holder or any other Secured Party; provided that an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate shall be delivered to the Trustee, each Rating Agency and the Servicer to such effect; or
(xvii) to amend this Base Indenture or any Series Supplement in order to accommodate a replacement Management Agreement, Back-Up Management Agreement or Servicing Agreement if at any time (x) such agreement is terminated or (y) the Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Servicer is either unwilling or unable to perform its obligations under the Management Agreement, the Back-Up Management Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, as applicable; provided that Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required for each Series of Notes that will remain Outstanding after the effective date of such Supplement; provided, however, that in the case of any Supplement pursuant to any of clauses (iii), (iv), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv) or (xv) above, the Trustee and the Servicer shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such action could not reasonably be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Holder, the Servicer, the Trustee or any other Secured Party.
Section 13.02 With Consent of the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders. (a) Except as provided in Section 13.01 (Without Consent of the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders), the provisions of this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement (unless otherwise provided in such Series Supplement) may, from time to time, be amended, modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing in a Supplement and consented to in writing by the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative). Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) any amendment, waiver or other modification that would reduce the percentage of the Aggregate Outstanding Principal Amount or the Outstanding Principal Amount of any Series of Notes, the consent of the Noteholders of which is required for any Supplement under this Section 13.02 (With Consent of the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders) or the consent of the Noteholders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with the provisions of the Indenture or defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for herein or for any other action hereunder shall require the consent of each affected Noteholder;
(ii) any amendment, waiver or other modification that would permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the Lien created by the Indenture, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Related Documents with respect to any material part of the Collateral or except as otherwise permitted by the Related Documents, terminate the Lien created by the Indenture, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Related Documents on any material portion of the Collateral at
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any time subject thereto or deprive any Secured Party of any material portion of the security provided by the Lien created by the Indenture, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Related Documents shall require the consent of each affected Noteholder and each other affected Secured Party.
(iii) any amendment, waiver or other modification that would (A) extend the due date for, or reduce the amount of any scheduled repayment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and any other Obligations (or reduce the principal amount of, premium, if any, or rate of interest on any Note and any other Obligations); (B) affect adversely the interests, rights or obligations of any Noteholder individually in comparison to any other Noteholder; (C) change the provisions of the Priority of Payments or Section 5.14 (Quarterly Payment Date Applications) (for the avoidance of doubt, amendments that affect amounts payable under the Priority of Payments do not change the provisions of the Priority of Payments for purposes of this clause (C)); (D) change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Notes and the other Obligations or the interest thereon is payable; (E) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of the Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V (Allocation and Application of Collections), to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes and the other Obligations on or after the respective due dates thereof, (F) subject to the ability of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) to waive certain events as set forth in Section 9.07 (Waiver of Past Events), amend or otherwise modify any of the specific language of the following definitions: “Default,” “Event of Default,” “Outstanding,” “Potential Rapid Amortization Event” or “Rapid Amortization Event” (as defined herein or in any Series Supplement for such Series); or (G) amend, waive or otherwise modify this Section 13.02 (With Consent of the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders), shall require the consent of each Holder and/or Secured Party whose consent is required to amend any such provision; and
(iv) any amendment, waiver or other modification that would change the time periods with respect to any requirement to deliver to any specific Noteholders notice with respect to any repayment, prepayment, redemption or election of any Extension Period shall require the consent of each affected Noteholder.
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Section 13.03 Supplements. Each amendment or other modification to this Base Indenture, any Series Supplement or the Notes shall be set forth in a Supplement, a copy of which shall be delivered to each Rating Agency, the Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative, the Manager, the Back-Up Manager and the Master Issuer. The Master Issuer shall provide written notice to each Rating Agency of any amendment or modification to this Base Indenture, any Series Supplement or the Notes no less than ten (10) days prior to the effectiveness of the related Supplement; provided that such Supplement need not be in final form at the time such notice is given. The initial effectiveness of each Supplement shall be subject to the delivery to the Servicer and the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel that such Supplement is authorized or permitted by this Base Indenture and the conditions precedent set forth herein with respect thereto have been satisfied. Any Series Supplement (or if a Supplement to this Base Indenture) may be amended in accordance with the manner described above and any such amendment may be subject to additional requirements as set forth in such Series Supplement.
Section 13.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. Any such Holder or subsequent Holder, however, may revoke the consent as to his Note or portion of a Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. An amendment or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder. The Master Issuer may fix a record date for determining which Holders must consent to such amendment or waiver.
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Section 13.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Master Issuer, in exchange for all Notes, may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment or waiver. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment or waiver.
Section 13.06 The Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. The Trustee shall sign any Supplement authorized pursuant to this Article XIII (Amendments) if the Supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If such Supplement adversely affects the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing such Supplement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, if requested, an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive and, subject to Section 10.01 (Duties of the Trustee), shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate of the Master Issuer and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such Supplement is authorized or permitted by this Base Indenture and that all conditions precedent have been satisfied, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Master Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that such opinion may indicate that any conditions precedent, which, individually or in the aggregate, do not adversely affect any Noteholder, have been satisfied.
Section 13.07 Amendments and Fees. The Master Issuer, the Control Party and the Controlling Class Representative shall negotiate any amendments, waivers or modifications to the Indenture or the other Related Documents that require the consent of the Control Party or the Controlling Class Representative in good faith, and any consent required to be given by the Control Party or the Controlling Class Representative shall not be unreasonably denied or delayed. The Control Party and the Controlling Class Representative shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Master Issuer only for the reasonable counsel fees incurred by the Control Party or the Controlling Class Representative in reviewing and approving any amendment or in providing any consents, and except as provided in the Servicing Agreement, neither the Control Party nor the Controlling Class Representative shall be entitled to any additional compensation in connection with any amendments or consents to this Base Indenture or to any Related Document.
Section 13.08 Amendments to Certain Related Documents. Each Related Document (other than this Base Indenture, any Series Supplement and any Supplement) may be amended or modified without consent in accordance with the terms of such document; provided that the Master Issuer shall not be permitted to consent to any such amendment or modification unless either (x) the Control Party has consented to such amendment or modification or (y) such amendment or modification is consistent with the following paragraphs of this Section 13.08 (Amendments to Certain Related Documents).
(i) Without the consent of any Noteholder, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative or any other Secured Party, the Master Issuer may enter into one or more amendments or waivers to each Related Document (other than this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement), in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
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(ii) In addition to Section 13.08(a)(i) (Amendments to Certain Related Documents–Related Documents other than this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement), the Master Issuer may otherwise consent to an amendment, modification or waiver of the provisions of any Related Document, from time to time, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and consented to in writing by the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment, waiver or other modification that would permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the Lien created by the Indenture, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Related Documents with respect to any material part of the Collateral or except as otherwise permitted by the Related Documents, terminate the Lien created by the Indenture, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Related Documents on any material portion of the Collateral at any time subject thereto or deprive any Secured Party of any material portion of the security provided by the Lien created by the Indenture, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Related Documents shall require the consent of each affected Noteholder and each other affected Secured Party.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in addition to any amendment, modification or waiver effected in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.08 (Amendments to Certain Related Documents), (i) the provisions of any Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement may be amended, modified or waived in writing by the Master Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Noteholders required therefor pursuant to the related Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement(s) (but without the consent of any other Person), if such amendment, modification or waiver is with respect to any of the terms hereof relating to the amounts of interest, fees or other related amounts allocable to any Series of Class A-1 Notes (regardless of whether such amendment,
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modification or waiver would have the effect of modifying amounts available for allocation to any Series of Notes (it being understood that the respective order of priorities set forth in the Priority of Payments will remain unaffected as a result of any such amendment, modification or waiver)); provided, however, no such amendment may (1) adversely affect (x) the Trustee without the Trustee’s prior consent or (y) the Servicer without the Servicer’s prior consent or (2) increase the aggregate principal amount of Notes without satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding and (ii) if at any time any change in GAAP (including a conversion of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc.’s financial reporting to IFRS) would affect the computation of any covenant, incurrence test or other restriction affecting any Securitization Entity or Non-Securitization Entity that is set forth in any Related Document (other than this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement) (including the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA), such Related Document may be amended with the consent of the Control Party to amend the provisions of such Related Document, as the case may be, related to such covenant, incurrence test or other restriction to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP.
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(i) Subject to any conditions precedent for certain amendment or modification under this Section 13.08 (Amendments to Certain Related Documents) and upon satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to an amendment or modification, the Master Issuer may enter into an amendment or modification of the Servicing Agreement from time to time, in writing, with the consent of the parties thereto; provided that the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition shall not be required in connection with an amendment to (a) cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provisions in the Servicing Agreement that are defective or inconsistent with any other provisions in the Servicing Agreement, any other Related Document or each final offering memoranda or private placement memoranda prepared in connection with the then-current Outstanding Notes or (b) reduce the Servicing Fee.
(ii) The Master Issuer may not consent to any amendment to the Servicing Agreement that (a) adversely affects, in any material respect, the interest of the holders of any Class of Notes in any manner, without the consent of the majority of Noteholders of such Class (or, with respect to the Controlling Class, the Controlling Class Representative) or (b) has an effect comparable to any of those set forth in Section 13.02(a) (With Consent of the Controlling Class Representative or the Noteholders) that requires the consent of each Noteholder or each affected Noteholder, without the consent of each Noteholder or each affected Noteholder, as applicable; provided that any amendment to reduce the Servicing Fee may be agreed by the Servicer without the consent of the Master Issuer, the Noteholders or any other party.
(iii) The parties thereto may waive any right under the Servicing Agreement, which waiver will be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given unless otherwise specified in such waiver. The following will not operate as a waiver of any right under the Servicing Agreement or applicable law: (a) any election not to exercise, (b) any failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right, or (c) any course of dealing or performance. The single or partial exercise of any right under the Servicing Agreement will not preclude any further exercise of such right thereof or the exercise of any other right under the Servicing Agreement or applicable law.
(iv) The Securitization Entities and the Trustee agree not to amend the Related Documents (other than this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement) without the Servicer’s consent if such amendment would materially increase the Servicer’s obligations
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ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.01 Notices. (a) Any notice or communication by the Master Issuer, the Manager or the Trustee to any other party hereto shall be in writing and delivered in person, delivered by email (provided that such email may contain a link to a password-protected website containing such notice for which the recipient has granted access; provided, further, that any email notice to the Trustee other than an email containing a link to a password-protected website shall be in the form of an attachment of a .pdf or similar file) or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to such other party’s address:
If to the Master Issuer:
Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC
2251 Landmark Place, Building B
Manasquan, New Jersey 08736
Attention: General Counsel
If to the Manager:
Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc.
2251 Landmark Place Manasquan, New Jersey 08736
Attention: General Counsel
If to the Master Issuer with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: David Thatch
Facsimile: [facsimile number]
Email: [email address]
If to the Manager with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Attention: David Thatch
Facsimile: [facsimile number]
Email: [email address]
If to the Back-Up Manager:
FTI Consulting, Inc.
3 Times Square, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Robert J. Darefsky
Facsimile: [facsimile number]
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If to the Servicer:
Midland Loan Services, a division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street, Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: President
Facsimile: [facsimile number]
If to the Trustee:
Citibank, N.A.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Citibank Agency & Trust – Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC
Email: [email address] or contact Citibank, N.A.’s customer service desk at
(888) 855-9695
If to any Rating Agency: At the notice address set forth in the applicable Series Supplement.
If to an Enhancement Provider or an Hedge Counterparty: At the address provided in the applicable Enhancement Agreement or the applicable Series Hedge Agreement.
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Section 14.02 Communication by Holders With Other Holders. Holders may communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under the Indenture or the Notes.
Section 14.03 Officer’s Certificate as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Master Issuer to the Controlling Class Representative, the Servicer or the Trustee to take any action under the Indenture or any other Related Document, the Master Issuer to the extent requested by the Controlling Class Representative, the Servicer or the Trustee shall furnish to the Controlling Class Representative, the Servicer and the Trustee (a) an Officer’s Certificate of the Master Issuer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Controlling Class Representative, the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 14.04 (Statements Required in Certificate)), stating that all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in the Indenture or such other Related Documents relating to the proposed action have been complied with and (b) an Opinion of Counsel confirming the same. Such Opinion of Counsel shall be at the expense of the Master Issuer.
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Section 14.04 Statements Required in Certificate. Each certificate with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in the Indenture or any other Related Document shall include:
Section 14.05 Rules by the Trustee. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders.
Section 14.06 Benefits of Indenture. Except as set forth in a Series Supplement, nothing in this Base Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders and the other Secured Parties, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture.
Section 14.07 Payment on Business Day. In any case where any Quarterly Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date of any Note shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any), as the case may be, need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Quarterly Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date; provided, however, that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Quarterly Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date, as the case may be.
Section 14.08 Governing Law. THIS BASE INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.
Section 14.09 Successors. All agreements of the Master Issuer in the Indenture, the Notes and each other Related Document to which it is a party shall bind its successors and assigns; provided, however, the Master Issuer must not assign its obligations or rights under the Indenture or any other Related Document, except with the written consent of the Servicer. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 14.10 Severability. In case any provision in the Indenture, the Notes or any other Related Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 14.11 Counterpart Originals. This Base Indenture may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single agreement.
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Section 14.12 Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of the Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 14.13 No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Securitization Entities. Each of the Holders, the Trustee and the other Secured Parties hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day after the payment in full of the latest maturing Note, it will not institute against, or join with any other Person in instituting against, any Securitization Entity any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 14.13 (No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Securitization Entities) shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from the Securitization Entities pursuant to the Indenture or any other Related Document. In the event that any such Holder or other Secured Party or the Trustee takes action in violation of this Section 14.13 (No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Securitization Entities), each affected Securitization Entity shall file or cause to be filed an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contesting the filing of such a petition by any such Holder or Secured Party or the Trustee against such Securitization Entity or the commencement of such action and raising the defense that such Holder or other Secured Party or the Trustee has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert. The provisions of this Section 14.13 (No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Securitization Entities) shall survive the termination of the Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Nothing contained herein shall preclude participation by any Holder or any other Secured Party or the Trustee in the assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving any Securitization Entity.
Section 14.14 Recording of Indenture. If the Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Master Issuer and at its expense.
Section 14.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE MASTER ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS BASE INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY.
Section 14.16 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the Master Issuer and the Trustee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
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Section 14.17 Permitted Asset Dispositions; Release of Collateral. Upon consummation of a Permitted Asset Disposition, all Liens with respect to the disposed property created in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties under this Base Indenture and the other Related Documents shall be automatically released, and upon request of the Master Issuer, the Trustee, at the written direction of the Control Party, shall execute and deliver to the Master Issuer any and all documentation reasonably requested and prepared by the Master Issuer at the Master Issuer’s expense to effect or evidence the release by the Trustee of the Secured Parties’ security interest in the property disposed of in connection with such Permitted Asset Disposition.
Section 14.18 Calculation of Holdco Leverage Ratio and Senior ABS Leverage Ratio.
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Section 14.19 Instructions and Directions on Behalf of the Master Issuer. Instructions, directions, notices or reports to be provided by the Master Issuer or any other Securitization Entity hereunder, may be provided by the Manager on behalf of the Master Issuer or such other Securitization Entity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Master Issuer, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary have caused this Base Indenture to be duly executed by its respective duly Authorized Officer as of the day and year first written above.
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ANNEX A
BASE INDENTURE DEFINITIONS LIST
”1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“Account Agreement” means each agreement governing the establishment and maintenance of any Management Account or any other Base Indenture Account or Series Account to the extent that any such account is not held at the Trustee.
“Account Control Agreement” means each control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Servicer and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Trustee is granted the right to control deposits and withdrawals from, or otherwise give instructions or entitlement orders in respect of, a deposit and/or securities account and any lock-box related thereto.
“Accounts” means, collectively, the Indenture Trust Accounts, the Management Accounts and any other account either held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties or established from time to time by a Securitization Entity.
“Actual Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of (i) in the case of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., in its individual capacity or in its capacity as Manager, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or the General Counsel, (ii) in the case of any Securitization Entity, any manager or director (as applicable) or officer of such Securitization Entity who is also an officer of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. described in clause (i) above, (iii) in the case of the Manager or any Securitization Entity, with respect to a relevant matter or event, an Authorized Officer of the Manager or such Securitization Entity, as applicable, directly responsible for managing the relevant asset or for administering the transactions relevant to such matter or event, (iv) with respect to the Trustee, an Authorized Officer of the Trustee responsible for administering the transactions relevant to the applicable matter or event or (v) with respect to any other Person, any member of senior management of such Person.
“Additional Management Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(vi) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts–Establishment of the Management Accounts–Additional Management Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Additional Notes” means any Series, Class, Subclass and Tranche of Notes and additional Notes of an existing Series, Class, Subclass or Tranche of Notes, in each case, issued by the Master Issuer after the Closing Date.
“Additional Securitization Entity” means any entity that becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Master Issuer or any other Securitization Entity after the Closing Date in accordance with and as permitted under the Related Documents and is designated by the Master Issuer as an “Additional Securitization Entity” pursuant to Section 8.34 (Additional Securitization Entity) of this Base Indenture.
ANNEX-A-1
“Adjusted EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication, the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, Net; (ii) provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes; (iii) depreciation and amortization expense; (iv) other non-operating expenses; (v) equity-based compensation; (vi) other extraordinary or nonrecurring items (e.g., excess compensation paid to employees, donations made by the Company and excess travel expenses); and (vii) impairment and other charges, net (i.e., restructuring costs, cost of closed restaurants and losses on disposition of property and equipment, accelerated depreciation and operating restaurant impairment); provided, however, that, with respect to the Securitization Entities, items that would have been accounted for as operating leases under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date may be treated as operating leases for purposes of this definition irrespective of any change in GAAP subsequent to the Closing Date at the discretion of the Manager in accordance with the Managing Standard; provided, further, that, with respect to the Securitization Entities, the Manager, in accordance with the Managing Standard, may amend the definition of “Adjusted EBITDA” after the Closing Date with the consent of the Control Party.
“Advance” means a Collateral Protection Advance and/or a Debt Service Advance.
“Advance Interest Rate” means a rate equal to the Prime Rate plus 3.0% per annum, compounded monthly.
“Advance Period” has the meaning set forth in the Servicing Agreement.
“Advertising Funds” means, collectively, the advertising funds designated in the Securitized Franchise Agreement and any additional advertising funds created or designated by the Manager after the Closing Date.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided, however, that no equity holder of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. or any Affiliate of such equity holder shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Non-Securitization Entity. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other ownership or beneficial interests, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have the meanings correlative to the meaning of “control.”
“Affiliated Entities” means entities owned and controlled by Peter Cancro, together with other persons including members of Mr. Cancro’s family, that own and operate Branded Restaurants under a Franchise Agreement.
“After-Acquired Securitization IP” means all Intellectual Property (other than Excluded IP) throughout the United States created, developed, authored or acquired by or on behalf of, or licensed to or on behalf of, the Franchisor or any additional Securitization Entities after the Closing Date pursuant to the IP License Agreements or otherwise, including, without limitation, all Licensee-Developed IP.
“Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
“Aggregate Outstanding Principal Amount” means the sum of the Outstanding Principal Amounts with respect to all Series of Notes.
ANNEX-A-2
“Allocated Note Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the greater of (x) zero and (y) with respect to any Contributed Asset in existence on the Closing Date, the pro rata portion of $500,000,000 allocated to such asset on the Closing Date based on such asset’s expected contribution to Retained Collections as estimated by the calculation of Transaction-adjusted Securitized Net Cash Flow (as such term is used in the Offering Memorandum dated December 12, 2019 for the Notes issued on the Closing Date) and (ii) any Securitized Asset arising or entered into after the Closing Date that is contributed by a Non-Securitization Entity, the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes allocated to such asset, on the date such asset was included in the Securitized Assets, based on such asset’s contribution to Retained Collections during the then-most recently ended four Quarterly Collection Periods (or in the case of the first four Quarterly Collection Periods, the estimated Retained Collections). With respect to any Securitized Asset that does not have a four Quarterly Collection Period operating period as of the date such asset was included in the Securitized Assets, such asset’s contribution to Retained Collections will equal, as applicable, either (a) in the case of any Franchise Document, the average of all payments or fees collected under the related agreements during the four Quarterly Collection Periods ending as of the date such agreement was included in the Securitized Assets, or (b) in the case of any Franchisee Note, the aggregate scheduled payments due thereunder during the twelvemonth period after such inclusion.
“alphanumerical order” means, with respect to distributions in respect of all Notes, an order of priority that is first by alphabetical designation (i.e., letter) and then by numerical order for the same letter (i.e., A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2 and not A-1, B-1, A-2, B-2) as set forth in herein, and pro rata among holders of Notes within each Class of the same alphanumerical designation, as set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series (unless specified otherwise in the Series Supplement for such Series or, with respect to any Series of Class A-1 Notes, in the applicable Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement); provided, however, that except as otherwise set forth in a Series Supplement for a Tranche of Notes, a designation beyond a letter and an Arabic number (i.e., the addition of a roman numeral) will not affect the priority of distributions and distributions to such Notes will be pari passu and pro rata.
“Annual Election Date” means June 1st of every calendar year beginning on June 1, 2020, unless a Controlling Class Representative has been elected or re-elected on or after January 1st of that same calendar year, in which case the Annual Election Date will be deemed to not occur during such calendar year.
“Applicable Procedures” means the provisions of the rules and procedures of DTC, the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream, as in effect from time to time.
“Applicants” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a) (Noteholder List) of this Base Indenture.
“Area Development Agreements” means area development agreements for Branded Restaurants pursuant to which a Franchisee, developer or other Person obtains the rights to develop (in order to operate as a Franchisee) one or more Branded Restaurants within a designated geographical area.
“Area Director” means any Person that is an area director under an Area Director Arrangement.
“Area Director Arrangement” means any agreement with an Area Director (including any related service agreement) or any other arrangement whereby an Area Director or any other Person agrees to own, develop and provide certain services for Franchised Restaurants within designated territories.
ANNEX-A-3
“Area Director Optional Termination Payments” means all amounts payable pursuant to a Securitized Area Director Arrangement by the Franchisor (or the Manager on its behalf) if the Franchisor (or the Manager on its behalf) chooses not to renew such Securitized Area Director Arrangement.
“Area Director Payments” means, collectively, Ongoing Area Director Payments and Area Director Optional Termination Payments.
“Area Director Reserve Amount” means an amount equal to 2% of the Royalty Sales received during each Weekly Collection Period from Branded Restaurants subject to a Securitized Area Director Arrangement.
“Area Director Royalty Percentage Payment” means an amount payable to an Area Director under a Securitized Area Director Arrangement equal to a percentage of the Royalty Sales of Branded Restaurants opened pursuant to the terms of such Securitized Area Director Arrangement.
“Asset Disposition Collections” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16 (Asset Dispositions) of this Base Indenture.
“Asset Disposition Proceeds” means, with respect to any disposition of property by a Securitization Entity, other than dispositions resulting in Asset Disposition Collections, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such disposition (including any cash or cash equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by the applicable property and that is required to be repaid in connection with such disposition (other than Indebtedness under the Notes) to the extent such principal amount is actually repaid, (B) the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Securitization Entities in connection with such disposition and (C) income Taxes reasonably estimated to be actually payable within two (2) years of such disposition as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith.
“Asset Disposition Proceeds Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(iv) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts–Establishment of the Management Accounts–Asset Disposition Proceeds Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Asset Disposition Reinvestment Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.12(a)(vii) (Deposits, Withdrawals and Collections–Deposits and Withdrawals to the Management Accounts– Deposits and Withdrawals from the Asset Disposition Proceeds Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Assumption Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.34(d) (Additional Securitization Entity) of this Base Indenture.
“Authorized Officer” means, with respect to (i) any Securitization Entity, any officer who is authorized to act for such Securitization Entity in matters relating to such Securitization Entity, including an Authorized Officer of the Manager authorized to act on behalf of such Securitization Entity; (ii) Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., in its individual capacity and in its capacity as the Manager, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel or any other officer of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. who is directly responsible for managing the Securitized Franchised Restaurant Business or otherwise authorized to act for the Manager in matters relating to, and binding upon, the Manager with respect to the subject matter of the request, certificate or order in question; (iii) the Trustee or any other bank or trust company acting as trustee of an express trust or as custodian, a Trust Officer; (iv) the Servicer, any officer of the Servicer who is duly authorized to act for the Servicer with respect to the relevant matter; or (v) the Control Party, any officer of the Control Party who is duly authorized to act for
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the Control Party with respect to the relevant matter. Each party may receive and accept a certification of the authority of any other party as conclusive evidence of the authority of any Person to act, and such certification may be considered as in full force and effect until receipt by such other party of written notice to the contrary.
“Back-Up Management Agreement” means the Back-Up Management and Consulting Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Master Issuer, the other Securitization Entities party thereto, the Manager, the Trustee and the Back-Up Manager, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Back-Up Manager” means FTI Consulting, Inc., a Maryland corporation, in its capacity as Back-Up Manager pursuant to the Back-Up Management Agreement, and any successor Back-Up Manager.
“Back-Up Manager Fees” means amounts paid to the Back-Up Manager to (i) reimburse for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and (ii) pay a fee as agreed upon under a separate fee letter among the Manager, the Securitization Entities and the Back-Up Manager, in each case incurred by the Back-Up Manager in performing services under the Back-Up Management Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.
“Base Indenture” means this Base Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Master Issuer and the Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, exclusive of any Series Supplement.
“Base Indenture Account” means any account or accounts authorized and established pursuant to this Base Indenture for the benefit of the Secured Parties, including, without limitation, each account established pursuant to Article V (Allocation and Application of Collections) of this Base Indenture.
“Base Indenture Definitions List” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01(a) (Definitions) of this Base Indenture.
“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of any corporation or any unlimited company, or any authorized committee of such Board of Directors.
“Book-Entry Notes” means beneficial interests in the Notes of any Series, ownership and transfers of which will be evidenced or made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.12 (Book-Entry Notes) of this Base Indenture; provided that, after the occurrence of a condition whereupon book-entry registration and transfer are no longer permitted and Definitive Notes are issued to the Note Owners, such Definitive Notes will replace Book-Entry Notes.
“Branded Restaurants” means, as of any date of determination, all restaurants, whether or not such restaurants offer sit-down dining, operated under the Jersey Mike’s Brand.
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, Manasquan, New Jersey, New York, New York, or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of any successor Trustee is located if so required by such successor.
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“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means the obligations of a Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of the Indenture, the amount of such obligations will be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capped Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses Amount” means, for each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to any Quarterly Collection Period, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses that have become due and payable prior to such Weekly Allocation Date and have not been previously paid and (b) the amount by which (i) $100,000 exceeds (ii) the aggregate amount of Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses previously paid on each preceding Weekly Allocation Date that occurred (x) in the case of a Weekly Allocation Date occurring during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date on which 52 full and consecutive Weekly Collection Periods have occurred, since the Closing Date and (y) in the case of a Weekly Allocation Date occurring during any successive period of 52 consecutive Weekly Collection Periods after the period in clause (x), since the beginning of such period.
“Capped Securitization Operating Expense Amount” means, for any Weekly Allocation Date that occurs during each fiscal year of the Securitization Entities, the amount by which $500,000 exceeds the aggregate Securitization Operating Expenses already paid during such period; provided, however, that during any period that the Back-Up Manager is required to provide Warm Back-Up Management Duties or Hot Back-Up Management Duties pursuant to the Back-Up Management Agreement, such amount shall automatically be increased by an additional $500,000 solely in order to provide for the reimbursement of any increased fees and expenses incurred by the Back-Up Manager associated with the provision of such services and the Control Party, acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative, may further increase the Capped Securitization Operating Expense Amount as calculated above in order to take account of any increased fees associated with the provision of such services; provided, further that the Capped Securitization Operating Expense Amount shall not be applicable if and for so long as the Senior Notes have been accelerated after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that the payment of any such fees, expenses and indemnities payable to the Trustee and any such indemnities and expenses payable to the Servicer that were incurred during any period while the Senior Notes were accelerated shall not be subject to the Capped Securitization Operating Expense Amount, regardless of whether or not the Senior Notes are currently under acceleration at the time of such payment.
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(d)(iii) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Senior Notes Principal Payment Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Cash Trapping Amount” means, for any Weekly Allocation Date during a Cash Trapping Period, an amount equal to the product of (i) the applicable Cash Trapping Percentage and (ii) the amount of funds available in the Collection Account on such Weekly Allocation Date after payment of priorities (i) through (xii) of the Priority of Payments (but with respect to the first Weekly Allocation Date on or after a Cash Trapping Release Date, net of the Cash Trapping Release Amount released on such Cash Trapping Release Date); provided that, for any Weekly Allocation Date following the occurrence and during the continuation of a Rapid Amortization Event, or an Event of Default, the Cash Trapping Amount will be zero.
“Cash Trapping DSCR Threshold” means a DSCR equal to 1.75x.
“Cash Trapping Event” means, as of any Quarterly Payment Date, that the DSCR calculated as of the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date is less than the Cash Trapping DSCR Threshold.
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“Cash Trapping Percentage” means, with respect to any Weekly Allocation Date during a Cash Trapping Period, a percentage equal to (i) 50%, if the DSCR as calculated as of the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date is less than 1.75x but equal to or greater than 1.50x and (ii) 100%, if the DSCR as calculated as of the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date is less than 1.50x.
“Cash Trapping Period” means any period that begins at the close of business on any Quarterly Payment Date on which the DSCR as calculated as of the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date is less than the Cash Trapping DSCR Threshold and will end on the first Quarterly Payment Date on which the DSCR as calculated as of the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date is equal to or exceeds the Cash Trapping DSCR Threshold.
“Cash Trapping Release Amount” means, (i) with respect to any Cash Trapping Release Date on which a Cash Trapping Period is no longer in effect, the full amount on deposit in the Cash Trap Reserve Account, and (ii) with respect to any other Cash Trapping Release Date, 50% of the aggregate amount deposited to the Cash Trap Reserve Account during the most recent period in which the applicable Cash Trapping Percentage was equal to 100%, after having been reduced ratably for any withdrawals made from the Cash Trap Reserve Account during such period for any other purpose.
“Cash Trapping Release Date” means any Quarterly Payment Date (i) on which a Cash Trapping Period is no longer continuing or (ii) on which the Cash Trapping Percentage is equal to 50% and on the prior Quarterly Payment Date, the applicable Cash Trapping Percentage was equal to 100%.
“Cash Trap Reserve Account” means the reserve account no. 12440200 entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Cash Trap Reserve Account”, which account is maintained by the Trustee for the purpose of trapping cash upon the occurrence of a Cash Trapping Event, or any successor securities account established pursuant to this Base Indenture.
“Casualty Reinvestment Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.12(a)(viii) (Deposits, Withdrawals and Collections–Deposits and Withdrawals to the Management Accounts–Deposits and Withdrawals from the Insurance Proceeds Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Cause” means, with respect to an Independent Manager, (i) acts or omissions by such Independent Manager constituting fraud, dishonesty, negligence, misconduct or other deliberate action which causes injury to any Securitization Entity or an act by such Independent Manager involving moral turpitude or a serious crime, (ii) that such Independent Manager no longer meets the definition of “Independent Manager” as set forth in the applicable Securitization Entity’s Charter Documents or (iii) a material increase in fees charged by such Independent Manager; provided, that the Independent Manager may only be removed for Cause pursuant to this clause (iii) with the consent of the Control Party.
“CCR Acceptance Letter” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(e) (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture.
“CCR Ballot” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(c) (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture.
“CCR Candidate” means any nominee submitted to the Trustee on a CCR Nomination pursuant to Section 11.01(b) (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture.
“CCR Election” means an election of a Controlling Class Representative as set forth in Section 11.01(a) (Controlling Class Representative) and (b) (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture.
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“CCR Election Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(b) (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture.
“CCR Election Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(c) (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture.
“CCR Nomination” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(b) (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture.
“CCR Nomination Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(b) (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture.
“CCR Re-election Event” means any of the following events: (i) an additional Series of Notes of the Controlling Class is issued, (ii) the Controlling Class changes, (iii) the Trustee receives written notice of the resignation or removal of any acting Controlling Class Representative, (iv) the Trustee receives a written request for an election for a Controlling Class Representative from a Controlling Class Member and such election has been consented to by the Control Party in its sole discretion, which election will be at the expense of such Controlling Class Members (including Trustee expenses), (v) the Trustee receives written notice that an Event of Bankruptcy has occurred with respect to the acting Controlling Class Representative, (vi) there is no Controlling Class Representative and the Control Party requests an election be held or (vii) an Annual Election Date occurs; provided that with respect to a CCR Re-election Event that occurs as a result of clauses (iv), (vi) and (vii), no CCR Re-election Event will be deemed to have occurred if it would result in more than two (2) CCR Re-election Events occurring in a single calendar year.
“CCR Voting Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(c) (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture.
“Charter Documents” means, with respect to any entity and at any time, the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, operating agreement, by-laws, memorandum of association, articles of association, or such other similar document, as applicable to such entity in effect at such time.
“Class” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, any one of the classes of Notes of such Series as specified in the Series Supplement for such Series, which may include Subclasses or Tranches.
“Class A-1 Administrative Agent” means, with respect to any Series of Class A-1 Notes, the Person identified as the “Class A-1 Administrative Agent” in the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Commitment Fee Adjustment Amount” means, for any Series of Class A-1 Notes for any Interest Accrual Period, the aggregate amount, if any, for such Interest Accrual Period that is identified as the “Class A-1 Commitment Fee Adjustment Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Interest Adjustment Amount” means, for any Series of Class A-1 Notes for any Interest Accrual Period, the aggregate amount, if any, for such Interest Accrual Period that is identified as a “Class A-1 Interest Adjustment Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Notes” means any Notes alphanumerically designated as “Class A-1” pursuant to the Series Supplement applicable to such Class of Notes.
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“Class A-1 Notes Accrued Quarterly Commitment Fee Amount” means, for each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to a Quarterly Collection Period and the Interest Accrual Period beginning during such Quarterly Collection Period, and with respect to any Series of Class A-1 Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amount of commitment fees due and payable, with respect to such Weekly Allocation Date on such Series of Class A-1 Notes that is identified as “Class A-1 Notes Accrued Quarterly Commitment Fee Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses” means all amounts due and payable pursuant to any Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement that are identified as “Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses” in each Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event” means any event designated as a “Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event” in any Series Supplement or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(iv) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount” means, with respect to all Series of Class A-1 Notes Outstanding, the aggregate maximum principal amount of such Series of Class A-1 Notes as identified in the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement as reduced by any permanent reductions of commitments with respect to such Series of Class A-1 Notes and any cancellations of repurchased Class A-1 Notes thereunder.
“Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts” means all amounts due and payable pursuant to any Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement that are identified as “Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts” in such Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date” means, with respect to any Series of Class A-1 Notes, the date identified as the “Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date” in the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Notes Voting Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b)(i) (Designation and Terms of Notes–Class A-1 Notes) of this Base Indenture or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amounts” means, for any Interest Accrual Period, with respect to each Series of Class A-1 Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amount of commitment fees due and payable, with respect to such Interest Accrual Period, on such Series of Class A-1 Notes that is identified as “Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amounts” in the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fees Shortfall Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(b)(iii) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Class A-2 Notes” means any Notes alphanumerically designated as “Class A-2” pursuant to the Series Supplement applicable to such Class of Notes.
“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the 1934 Act or any successor provision thereto or Euroclear or Clearstream.
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“Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme and any successor entity.
“Closing Date” means December 23, 2019.
“Closing Date Securitization IP” means all Intellectual Property (other than the Excluded IP) throughout the United States created, developed, authored, acquired or owned by or on behalf of, or licensed to or on behalf of, Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., the Holding Company Guarantor, the Master Issuer, FoodCo or the Franchisor as of the Closing Date covering, reading on, embodied in or otherwise relating to (or used, held for use or intended to be used in connection with) (i) the Jersey Mike’s System, (ii) the Jersey Mike’s Brand, (iii) products or services sold, offered for sale, provided or distributed via the Jersey Mike’s System under the Jersey Mike’s Brand, (iv) the Branded Restaurants, (v) the Securitized Franchised Restaurant Business, (vi) the FlexePOS System, (vii) the JM Mobile Apps or (viii) the JM Database.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time.
“Collateral” means, collectively, the Indenture Collateral, the “Collateral” as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and any property subject to any other Indenture Document that grants a Lien to secure any Obligations.
“Collateral Business Documents” means, collectively, the Securitized Franchise Documents, the Securitized Area Director Arrangements, the Securitized Franchisee Notes and the Securitized Vendor Arrangements.
“Collateral Exclusions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b) (Grant of Security Interest) of this Base Indenture.
“Collateralized Letters of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(d)(iii) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Senior Notes Principal Payment Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Collateral Protection Advance” means any advance of (a) payment of Taxes, rent, assessments, insurance premiums and other related or similar costs and expenses necessary to protect, preserve or restore the Securitized Assets and (b) payments of any Securitization Operating Expenses (excluding (i) any indemnification obligations, (ii) business and/or asset related operating expenses, (iii) fees and expenses of external legal counsel that are not directly related to the maintenance or preservation of the Collateral, (iv) fees and expenses of any entity other than a Securitization Entity and (v) damages, costs, or expenses relating to fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, violations of law, bodily injury, property damage or misappropriation of funds), to the extent not previously paid pursuant to a Manager Advance, in each case made by the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or by the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
“Collateral Transaction Documents” means the Contribution Agreements, the Charter Documents of each Securitization Entity, the IP License Agreements, the Servicing Agreement, the Account Control Agreements, the Management Agreement and the Back-Up Management Agreement.
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“Collection Account” means account no. 12439400 entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Collection Account”, which account is maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.07 (Collection Account) of this Base Indenture or any successor securities account maintained pursuant to Section 5.07 (Collection Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Collection Account Administrative Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08 (Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Collections” means, with respect to each Weekly Collection Period, all amounts received by or for the account of the Securitization Entities during such Weekly Collection Period, including (without duplication):
(i) Securitized Franchisee Payments, Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant License Fees and Securitized Franchisee Note Payments deposited into any Concentration Account;
(ii) Securitized Technology Payments deposited into any Concentration Account;
(iii) Securitized Restaurant Vendor Program Payments deposited into any Concentration Account;
(iv) all amounts received under the IP License Agreements and all other license fees (other than the Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant License Fees) and other amounts received in respect of the Securitization IP, including recoveries from the enforcement of the Securitization IP;
(v) Indemnification Amounts, Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Asset Disposition Proceeds and (without duplication) all other amounts received upon the disposition of the Securitized Assets, including proceeds received upon the disposition of property expressly excluded from the definition of Asset Disposition Proceeds, in each case that are required to be deposited into any Concentration Account or the Collection Account;
(vi) the Series Hedge Receipts, if any, received by the Securitization Entities in respect of any Series Hedge Agreements entered into by the Securitization Entities in connection with the issuance of Additional Notes following the Closing Date;
(vii) Investment Income earned on amounts on deposit in the Accounts; provided that Investment Income will only be considered “Collections” if it is greater than or equal to $100 per Account with respect to such Weekly Collection Period;
(viii) equity contributions made to the Master Issuer directed to be deposited to any Concentration Account;
(ix) to the extent not otherwise included above, payments from Franchisees or any other Person in respect of Excluded Amounts deposited in any Concentration Account;
(x) any payments received under a Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement from any Non-Securitization Entity; and (xi) any other payments or proceeds received with respect to the Securitized Assets. “Commitment” has the meaning set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series.
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“Company” means , prior to the Closing Date, Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. and its Subsidiaries and, after the Closing Date, the Securitization Entities as managed by the Manager pursuant to the Management Agreement.
“Company Order” means a written order or request signed in the name of the Master Issuer by any Authorized Officer of the Master Issuer and delivered to the Trustee, the Control Party or the Paying Agent.
“Competitor” means any Person that is a direct or indirect franchisor, franchisee, owner or operator of a large regional or national quick service restaurant concept (including a Franchisee); provided, however, that (i) a Person will not be a “Competitor” solely by virtue of its direct or indirect ownership of less than 5.0% of the Equity Interests in a “Competitor” and (ii) a franchisee shall only be a “Competitor” if it, or its Affiliates, directly or indirectly, owns, franchises or licenses, in the aggregate, ten or more individual locations of a particular concept; and provided, further, that (iii) a Person will not be a “Competitor” solely by virtue of its direct or indirect ownership of between 5.0% and 15% of the Equity Interests in a “Competitor” so long as (a) such Person has policies and procedures that prohibit such Person from disclosing or making available any confidential information that such Person may receive as a Holder or prospective investor in the Notes, to individuals involved in the business of buying, selling, holding or analyzing the Equity Interests of a “Competitor” or in the business of being a franchisor, franchisee, owner or operator of a large regional or national quick service restaurant concept and (b) such Person is a passive investor in a “Competitor” as described in Rule 13d-1(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (or would be described as a passive investor under such rule if the “Competitor” were a publicly-traded company and the securities held were publicly-traded equity securities) and is not a franchisor, franchisee, owner (other than in its capacity as a passive investor as described in Rule 13d-1(b)(1) of the 1934 Act) or operator of a large regional or national quick service restaurant concept (including a Franchisee).
“Concentration Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(iii) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts–Establishment of the Management Accounts–Concentration Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Consent Request” means any request for a direction, waiver, amendment, consent or certain other action under the Related Documents.
“Consolidated Interest Expense, Net” means, with respect to any Person for any period, consolidated net interest expense, whether paid or accrued, of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the consolidated net income of such Person and its Subsidiaries (whether positive or negative), determined in accordance with GAAP, for such period.
“Contingent Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person (a) with respect to any indebtedness, lease, declared but unpaid dividends, letter of credit or other obligation of another if the primary purpose or intent thereof by the Person incurring the Contingent Obligation is to provide assurance to the obligee of such obligation of another that such obligation of another will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof or (b) under any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or for which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement thereof. Contingent Obligation will include (x) the direct or indirect guarantee, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another and (y) any liability of such Person for the obligations of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise)
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(i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation- or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency of any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another or (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, if in the case of any agreement described under subclause (i) or (ii) of this clause (y) the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding sentence. The amount of any Contingent Obligation will be equal to the amount of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported.
“Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
“Contributed Assets” means all assets contributed under the Contribution Agreements.
“Contributed Securitized Area Development Agreements” means Area Development Agreements and related guaranty agreements existing as of the Closing Date that are contributed to any Securitization Entity on the Closing Date pursuant to the applicable Contribution Agreements.
“Contributed Securitized Area Director Arrangements” means Area Director Arrangements existing as of the Closing Date that are contributed to the Franchisor on the Closing Date pursuant to the applicable Contribution Agreement.
“Contributed Securitized Franchise Agreements” means all Franchise Agreements and related guaranty agreements existing as of the Closing Date that are contributed to the Franchisor on the Closing Date pursuant to the applicable Contribution Agreements.
“Contributed Securitized Franchised Restaurants” means Franchised Restaurants existing as of the Closing Date that are franchised pursuant to Franchise Agreements contributed to the Franchisor on the Closing Date pursuant to the applicable Contribution Agreement.
“Contributed Securitized Franchisee Notes” means all Franchisee Notes and related guaranty and collateral agreements existing as of the Closing Date that are contributed to the Franchisor on the Closing Date, if any.
“Contributed Securitized Restaurant Vendor Arrangements” means Restaurant Vendor Arrangements existing on the Closing Date that are contributed to FoodCo on the Closing Date pursuant to the applicable Contribution Agreement.
“Contributed Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangements” means Technology Vendor Arrangements existing on the Closing Date that are contributed to the Franchisor on the Closing Date pursuant to the applicable Contribution Agreement.
“Contributed Securitized Vendor Arrangements” means, collectively, the Contributed Securitized Restaurant Vendor Arrangements and the Contributed Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangements.
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“Contribution Agreements” means the following agreements:
“Control Party” means, at any time, the Servicer, who will direct the Trustee to act (or refrain from acting) on behalf of the Trustee in connection with Consent Requests.
“Controlled Foreign Corporation” has the meaning given to such term in Section 957 of the Code.
“Controlled Group” means any trade or businesses (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Securitization Entity, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“Controlling Class” means the most senior Class of Notes (by alphabetical designation (as opposed to alphanumerical designation)) then Outstanding among all Series of Notes then Outstanding.
“Controlling Class Member” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note of the Controlling Class, a Noteholder of such Note, and with respect to a Definitive Note of the Controlling Class, a Noteholder of such Definitive Note (excluding, in each case, any Securitization Entity or Affiliate thereof).
“Controlling Class Representative” means, at any time during which one or more Series of Notes is outstanding, the representative, if any, that has been elected pursuant to Section 11.01 (Controlling Class Representative) of this Base Indenture by the Majority of Controlling Class Members. The Controlling Class Representative may not be a Competitor.
“Copyrights” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”
“Corporate Trust Office” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee at (a) for Note transfer purposes and presentment of the Notes for final payment thereon, Citibank, N.A., 480 Washington Boulevard, 30th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, Attention: Securities Window - Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC and (b) for all other purposes, Citibank, N.A., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Agency & Trust - Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, email, or call (888) 855-9695 to obtain Citibank, N.A. account manager’s email address, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the holders, each Rating Agency and the Master Issuer or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee.
“Cut-Off Date” means December 23, 2019.
“Debt Service” means, with respect to any Quarterly Payment Date, the sum of (i) the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount plus (ii) the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount plus (iii) the Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amount plus (iv) with respect to any Class of Senior Notes and
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Senior Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amount of Scheduled Principal Payments (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Senior Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount) due and payable on such Quarterly Payment Date, as such Scheduled Principal Payments may be ratably reduced by the aggregate amount of any (A) payments of Indemnification Amounts, Asset Disposition Proceeds or Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, (B) repurchases and cancellations of such Class of Notes or (C) optional prepayments of principal of such Class of Notes, but without giving effect to any reductions of Scheduled Principal Payments available due to the satisfaction of the applicable Series Non-Amortization Test.
“Debt Service Advance” means an advance made by the Servicer (or, if the Servicer fails to do so, the Trustee) on a Quarterly Payment Date in respect of the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall Amount on any Quarterly Payment Date.
“Default” means any Event of Default or any occurrence that with notice or the lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.
“Defeased Series” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.01(c) (Termination of the Master Issuer’s and Guarantors’ Obligations–Series Defeasance) of this Base Indenture.
“Definitive Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(a) (Book-Entry Notes) of this Base Indenture.
“Depository Agreement” means, with respect to a Series or Class of a Series of Notes having Book-Entry Notes, the agreement among the Master Issuer, the Trustee and the Clearing Agency governing the deposit of such Notes with the Clearing Agency, or as otherwise provided in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“DSCR” means, as of any Quarterly Payment Date, equals (i) the Net Cash Flow over the four (4) immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Periods, divided by (ii) the Debt Service with respect to such four (4) Quarterly Collection Periods; provided that, for purposes of calculating the DSCR as of the first three (3) Quarterly Calculation Dates, (a) “Net Cash Flow” for the Quarterly Collection Period ending in the calendar quarter ended June 30, 2019 will be deemed to be $27,445,000, “Net Cash Flow” for the Quarterly Collection Period ending in the calendar quarter ended September 30, 2019 will be deemed to be $26,916,000 and “Net Cash Flow” for the Quarterly Collection Period ending in the calendar quarter ended December 31, 2019 will be calculated by the Manager at the time of the first Quarterly Calculation Date and will be based on the financial results of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2019 and (b) clause (ii) of such DSCR calculation will be deemed to equal the Debt Service measured for the most recently ended Quarterly Collection Period times four (4) (and for the first four Quarterly Payment Dates, the Debt Service for the first Quarterly Collection Period will be adjusted to account for the irregular number of days in such Quarterly Collection Period). For the purposes of calculating the DSCR as of the first four (4) Quarterly Payment Dates, the Debt Service for the first Quarterly Collection Period will be deemed to be the sum of (A) the product of (x) the sum of the amounts referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of “Debt Service” multiplied by (y) a fraction the numerator of which is ninety (90) and the denominator of which is the actual number of days elapsed during the period commencing on and including the Closing Date and ending on but excluding the first Quarterly Payment Date plus (B) the amount referred to in clause (iv) of the definition of “Debt Service”. “Interest-Only DSCR” means the calculation of DSCR without any application of clause (iv) of the definition of “Debt Service.”
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company and any successor thereto.
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“Elective Franchise-Related Payments” means the elective refund of all or a portion of the Initial Franchisee Fee or development fees, as applicable, in the event a Franchisee or developer under a Securitized Franchise Agreement or Securitized Area Development Agreement defaults or fails to meet certain terms of, or otherwise mutually agrees with the Franchisor to terminate, the applicable Securitized Franchise Agreement or Securitized Area Development Agreement.
“Eligible Account” means (a) a segregated identifiable trust account established in the trust department of a Qualified Trust Institution or (b) a separately identifiable deposit or securities account established at a Qualified Institution.
“Eligible Assets” means any asset (other than real property) useful to a Securitization Entity in the operation of its business or of its other assets, including, without limitation, (i) capital assets, capital expenditures, renovations and improvements and (ii) assets intended to generate revenue for a Securitization Entity.
“Eligible Investments” means (a) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank or trust company that (i) is organized under the laws of the United States or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) whose short-term debt is rated at least “P-1” (or then equivalent grade) by Moody’s and at least “A-1+” (or then equivalent grade) by S&P and, if it has a short-term rating by KBRA, at least “K2” by KBRA and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof; (b) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof; (c) commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States and rated at least “P-1” (or then equivalent grade) by Moody’s and at least “A-1+” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P and, if it has a short-term rating by KBRA, at least “K2” by KBRA, with maturities of not more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of acquisition thereof; (d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for underlying securities of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (a) above and (e) investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the relevant Person making such investment, in money market investment programs registered under the 1940 Act, which have the highest rating obtainable from Moody’s S&P and, if it has a short-term rating by KBRA, at least “K2” by KBRA, and the portfolios of which are invested primarily in investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a) though (d) of this definition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Eligible Investments must either (A) be at all times available for withdrawal or liquidation at par (or for commercial paper issued at a discount, at the applicable purchase price) or (B) mature on or prior to the Business Day prior to the immediately succeeding Weekly Allocation Date.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, established, maintained or contributed to by a Securitization Entity or with respect to which any Securitization Entity has any liability.
“Enhancement” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, the rights and benefits provided to the Holders of such Series of Notes pursuant to any letter of credit, surety bond, cash collateral account, spread account, guaranteed rate agreement, maturity guaranty facility, tax protection agreement, interest rate swap or any other similar arrangement entered into by the Master Issuer in connection with the issuance of such Series of Notes as provided for in the Series Supplement for such Series in accordance with the terms of this Base Indenture or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
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“Enhancement Agreement” means any contract, agreement, instrument or document governing the terms of any Enhancement or pursuant to which any Enhancement is issued or outstanding.
“Enhancement Provider” means the Person providing any Enhancement as designated in the Series Supplement for such Series or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Environmental Law” means any and all applicable laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, binding guidelines, codes, decrees, agreements or other legally enforceable requirements (including common law) of any international authority, foreign government, the United States, or any state, local, municipal or other Governmental Authority, regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment or of human health (as it relates to exposure to Materials of Environmental Concern), or employee health and safety (as it relates to exposure to Materials of Environmental Concern), as has been, is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in effect.
“Environmental Permits” means any and all permits, licenses, approvals, registrations, notifications, exemptions and other authorizations required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interest” means any (a) membership or limited liability company interest in any limited liability company, (b) general or limited partnership interest in any partnership, (c) common, preferred or other stock interest in any corporation, (d) share, participation, unit or other interest in the property or enterprise of an issuer that evidences ownership rights therein, (e) ownership or beneficial interest in any trust or (f) option, warrant or other right to convert any interest into or otherwise receive any of the foregoing.
“ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.
“ERISA Event” means (a) Reportable Event; (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to any Single Employer Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430 of the Code and Section 303(j) of ERISA with respect to any Single Employer Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Single Employer Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a written notice of intent to terminate such Single Employer Plan in a standard termination described in Section 4041(b) of ERISA or a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the complete or partial withdrawal by the Manager, or any company in the Controlled Group of the Manager, from any Single Employer Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Single Employer Plan, in each case, which results in liability pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (e) formal written notice from the PBGC of its intent to commence proceedings to terminate any Single Employer Plan; (f) the imposition of liability on the Manager, or any company in the Controlled Group of the Manager, pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Single Employer Plan to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code or the failure of any trust forming part of any Single Employer Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code; (h) the imposition of a lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to Section 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Single Employer Plan or (i) the complete or partial withdrawal by the Manager or any member of its Controlled Group from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Manager under ERISA.
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“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., or any successor thereto, as operator of the Euroclear System.
“Event of Bankruptcy” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if:
“Event of Default” means any of the events set forth in Section 9.02 (Events of Default) of this Base Indenture.
“Excepted Securitization IP Assets” means (i) any right to use third-party Intellectual Property pursuant to a license to the extent such rights are not able or permitted to be pledged; and (ii) any application for registration of a Trademark that would be invalidated, canceled, voided or abandoned due to the grant and/or enforcement of an assignment or security interest, including intent-to-use applications filed with the PTO pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(b) prior to the filing of a statement of use or amendment to allege use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(c) or (d); provided that at such time as the grant and/or enforcement of the assignment or the security interest would not cause such application to be invalidated, canceled, voided or abandoned, such Trademark application will cease to be considered an Excepted Securitization IP Asset.
“Excess Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses Amount” means, for each Weekly Allocation Date, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses that have become due and payable prior to such Weekly Allocation Date and have not been previously paid exceed (b) the Capped Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses Amount for such Weekly Allocation Date.
“Excluded Amounts” means, among other things, (i) fees and expenses paid by or on behalf of any Securitization Entity in connection with registering, maintaining and enforcing the Securitization IP and paying third-party licensing fees, (ii) account expenses and fees paid to the banks at which the Management Accounts are held, (iii) insurance and condemnation proceeds payable by the Securitization Entities to Franchisees, (iv) amounts in respect of sales Taxes and other comparable Taxes and other amounts received from Franchised Restaurants that are due and payable to a Governmental Authority or other unaffiliated third party, (v) any statutory Taxes payable by a Securitization Entity, but required to be remitted to a Governmental Authority, (vi) amounts paid by Franchisees in respect of fees or expenses payable to unaffiliated third parties for services provided to Franchisees, (vii) amounts paid by Franchisees relating to corporate services provided by the Manager to the Franchisees, including contributions to the Advertising Funds, certain grand opening advertising fees, administration fees, repairs and maintenance,
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gift card administration, employee training and upfront onboarding fees, but excluding Technology Fees, (viii) amounts received from any third party that is owed to a Branded Restaurant, (ix) any amounts that cannot be transferred to a Concentration Account due to applicable law and (x) any other amounts deposited into any Concentration Account or otherwise included in Collections that are not required to be deposited into the Collection Account.
“Excluded IP” means (i) any commercially available, off-the-shelf, uncustomized Software or information technology systems, in each case, licensed on standard terms and conditions to or on behalf of any Non-Securitization Entity, (ii) any proprietary software or information technology systems that are readily replaceable with Software or information technology systems described in subpart (i) without the need to incur significant time to replace, and (iii) any Intellectual Property existing in any country other than the United States (other than, for clarity, such Intellectual Property created, developed, authored or acquired by or on behalf of, or licensed to or on behalf of, the Franchisor or any additional Securitization Entities that is used in the Securitized Franchised Restaurant Business or otherwise in the United States in connection with the Branded Restaurants or the Jersey Mike’s System), unless the Manager, in its sole discretion, causes such Intellectual Property to be created, developed, authored or acquired by or on behalf of, or licensed to or on behalf of, the Franchisor or another Securitization Entity.
“Extension Period” means, with respect to any Series or any Class of any Series of Notes, the period from the Series Anticipated Repayment Date (or any previously extended Series Anticipated Repayment Date) with respect to such Series or Class to the Series Anticipated Repayment Date with respect to such Series or Class as extended in connection with the provisions of the Series Supplement for such Series or, to the extent applicable, Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“FDIC” means the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“Financial Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b)(i) (Trustee as Securities Intermediary) of this Base Indenture.
“FoodCo” means JM’75, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“FoodCo Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(ii) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts–Establishment of the Management Accounts–FoodCo Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“FoodCo IP License Agreement” means the IP License Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Franchisor, as licensor, and FoodCo, as licensee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01 (Grant of Security Interest) of this Base Indenture.
“Franchise Agreement” means a franchise agreement including any Nontraditional Franchise Agreement, Nontraditional License Agreement or license agreement (including, in each case, any related service or other license agreement) whereby a Franchisee agrees to operate a Branded Restaurant.
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“Franchise Documents” means all Franchise Agreements (including master franchise agreements and related service or license agreements), Area Development Agreements and agreements related thereto, together with any modifications, amendments, extensions or replacements of the foregoing.
“Franchised Restaurants” means, collectively, all Branded Restaurants that are owned and operated by Franchisees that are unaffiliated with Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. and its Affiliates pursuant to a Franchise Agreement.
“Franchisee” means any Person, including any Affiliated Entity, that is a franchisee or a licensee under a Franchise Agreement.
“Franchisee Note” means any franchisee note or other franchisee financing agreement entered into in order to finance the payment of franchisee fees, amounts payable by Franchisees in connection with Refranchising Asset Dispositions or other amounts owing by a Franchisee.
“Franchisee Note Cancellation Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.40 (Franchisee Note Cancellation Payments) of this Base Indenture.
“Franchisor” means A Sub Above, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Franchisor Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(i) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts– Franchisor Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Franchisor Capital Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(i) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts–Establishment of the Management Accounts–Franchisor Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Future Brand” means any name or Trademark (excluding the Jersey Mike’s Brand, any other Trademark owned by the Securitization Entities as of the Closing Date, and any variations or derivatives of, or Trademarks based on or similar to, such Trademarks) that (i) is acquired or developed by Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. or any of its Subsidiaries and subsequently contributed to one or more Securitization Entities in a manner consistent with the terms of the Related Documents or (ii) that is acquired or developed by the Master Issuer or any one or more Securitization Entities in a manner consistent with the terms of the Related Documents, together with, for the avoidance of doubt, the sole and exclusive rights to prosecute and maintain any of the foregoing, to enforce any past, present or future infringement, dilution, misappropriation or other violation of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, bringing any action at law or in equity therefor), to defend any pending or future challenges to any of the foregoing, and to collect all damages, settlement and proceeds relating to, any of the foregoing.
“GAAP” means the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors and successors in effect from time to time.
“Government Securities” means readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof and as to which obligations the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation or any political subdivision of the foregoing, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
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“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (a) obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “Primary Obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the Primary Obligor so as to enable the Primary Obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be (i) with respect to a Guarantee pursuant to clause (a) above, an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith or (ii) with respect to a Guarantee pursuant to clause (b) above, the fair market value of the assets subject to (or that could be subject to) the related Lien. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Guarantors in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Guarantors” means the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Holding Company Guarantor.
“Hague Securities Convention” means the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary, concluded 5 July 2006.
“Hedge Counterparty” means an institution that enters into a Swap Contract with one or more Securitization Entities to provide certain financial protections with respect to changes in interest rates applicable to a Series of Notes if and as specified in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Hedge Payment Account” means an account entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Hedge Payment Account”, which account is maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.09 (Hedge Payment Account) of this Base Indenture or any successor securities account maintained pursuant to Section 5.09 (Hedge Payment Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Holdco Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)(i) Indebtedness of the Non-Securitization Entities and the Securitization Entities (assuming that amounts available under each Class A-1 Note at such time (after giving effect to any commitment reductions on such date) are fully drawn) as of the end of the most recently ended calendar quarter less (ii) the sum of (v) the cash and Eligible Investments of the Securitization Entities credited to the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, the Cash Trap Reserve Account and any Franchisor Capital Accounts as of the end of the most recently ended calendar quarter, (w) the cash and Eligible Investments of the Securitization Entities maintained in the Management Accounts as of the end of the most recently ended calendar quarter that the Manager reasonably anticipates, pursuant to a Weekly Manager’s Certificate delivered on or prior to such date, will be paid to the Manager or constitute the Residual Amount on the next succeeding Weekly Allocation Date, (x) the Unrestricted Cash and Eligible Investments of the
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Non-Securitization Entities as of the end of the most recently ended calendar quarter, (y) without duplication, the amount available under any Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit and (z) without duplication, the available amount of each Interest Reserve Letter of Credit as of the end of the most recently ended calendar quarter to (b) the sum of the Adjusted EBITDA of the Non-Securitization Entities and the Securitization Entities, for the immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters most recently ended as of such date and for which financial statements have been finalized. The Holdco Leverage Ratio shall be calculated in accordance with Section 14.18(a) (Calculation of Holdco Leverage Ratio and Senior ABS Leverage Ratio–Holdco Leverage Ratio) of this Base Indenture.
“Holder” means each Noteholder and, to the extent Notes are held through a Clearing Agency, each Note Owner.
“Holding Company Guarantor” means JM SPV Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.
“Hot Back-Up Management Duties” has the meaning set forth in the Back-Up Management Agreement.
“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.
“Improvements” means, with respect to Intellectual Property, proprietary rights in any additions, modifications, derivatives, developments, variations, refinements, enhancements or improvements (including any derivative works, as defined and recognized by applicable Requirements of Law) or, with respect to real estate, the buildings, structures, fixtures, additions, enlargements, extensions, modifications, repairs, replacements and improvements now or hereafter erected or located on the real property constituting a part of each property.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person as of any date, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) the net obligations of such Person under any swap contract, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation appears in the liabilities section of the balance sheet of such Person, and (iii) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits); and (d) the maximum amount of all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit, in the case of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c), to the extent such item would be classified as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person as of such date; provided, however, that guarantees by Securitization Entities for the benefit of Franchisees in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of up to the greater of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of the Net Cash Flow for the preceding four (4) Quarterly Collection Periods most recently ended as of such date and for which financial statements have been prepared shall not be considered Indebtedness. For purposes of the foregoing clause (b), the amount of any net obligation under any swap contract on any date shall be deemed to the swap termination value thereof.
“Indemnification Amount” means, with respect to any Securitized Franchise Assets or Securitized Vendor Arrangements (and any related Securitized Vendor Program Payments), an amount equal to the Allocated Note Amount for such asset.
“Indemnitor” means Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., as the Manager or in its individual capacity, or any other Non-Securitization Entity.
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“Indenture” means this Base Indenture, together with all Series Supplements, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time by Supplements thereto in accordance with its terms.
“Indenture Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01 (Grant of Security Interest) of this Base Indenture.
“Indenture Documents” means, collectively, with respect to any Series of Notes, this Base Indenture (including any Supplements thereto), the Series Supplement for such Series (including any Supplements thereto), the Notes of such Series, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the related Account Control Agreements, any related Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement and any other agreements relating to the issuance or the purchase of the Notes of such Series or the pledge of Collateral under any of the foregoing.
“Indenture Trust Accounts” means each of the Collection Account, the Collection Account Administrative Accounts, the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account (which may also, at the election of the Manager, serve as the Franchisor Capital Account), the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account, the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account, the Cash Trap Reserve Account, the Hedge Payment Account, the Series Distribution Accounts and such other accounts as the Master Issuer may establish with the Trustee or the Trustee may establish from time to time pursuant to its authority to establish additional accounts pursuant to the Indenture.
“Independent” means, as to any Person, any other Person (including, in the case of an accountant, or lawyer, a firm of accountants or lawyers and any member thereof or an investment bank and any member thereof) who (i) does not have and is not committed to acquire any material direct or any material indirect financial interest in such Person or in any Affiliate of such Person and (ii) is not connected with such Person or an Affiliate of such Person as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, voting trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions. “Independent” when used with respect to any accountant may include an accountant who audits the books of such Person if, in addition to satisfying the criteria set forth above, the accountant is independent with respect to such Person within the meaning of Rule 101 of the Code of Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Whenever any Independent Person’s opinion or certificate is to be furnished to the Trustee, such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read this definition and that the signer is Independent within the meaning hereof.
“Independent Auditors” means the firm of Independent accountants appointed pursuant to the Management Agreement or any successor Independent accountant.
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“Independent Manager” means, with respect to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity, an individual who has prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member with at least three (3) years of employment experience and who is provided by Maples Fiduciary Services (Delaware) Inc., Corporation Service Company, CT Corporation, Global Securitization Services, LLC, Lord Securities Corporation, National Registered Agents, Inc., Stewart Management Company, Wilmington Trust Company, or any successor therto, or, if none of those companies is then providing professional independent managers, another nationally recognized company reasonably approved by the Trustee, in each case that is not an Affiliate of the company and that provides professional independent managers and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business, and which individual is duly appointed as an Independent Manager and is not, and has never been, and will not while serving as Independent Manager be, any of the following:
(i) a member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer or employee of the company, the member thereof, or any of their respective equityholders or Affiliates (other than as an Independent Manager of the company or an Affiliate of the company that is not in the directchain of ownership of the company and that is required by a creditor to be a single purpose bankruptcy remote entity, provided that such Independent Manager is employed by a company that routinely provides professional independent managers in the ordinary course of its business);
(ii) a creditor, supplier or service provider (including provider of professional services) to the company, or any of its equityholders or Affiliates (other than a nationally recognized company that routinely provides professional independent managers and other corporate services to the company or any of its equityholders or Affiliates in the ordinary course of its business);
(iii) a family member of any such member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer, employee, creditor, supplier or service provider; or (iv) a Person that controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of (i), (ii) or (iii) above.
A natural Person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing definition and satisfies subparagraph (i) by reason of being the Independent Manager (or independent manager or director) of a “special purpose entity” which is an Affiliate of the company shall be qualified to serve as an Independent Manager of the company, provided that the fees that such individual earns from serving as Independent Manager (or independent manager or director) of any Affiliate of the company in any given year constitute in the aggregate less than five percent (5%) of such individual’s annual income for that year.
“Ineligible Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.20 (Replacement of Ineligible Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Ineligible Interest Reserve Letter of Credit” means an Interest Reserve Letter of Credit with respect to which (i) the short-term debt credit rating of the L/C Provider with respect to such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit is withdrawn or downgraded by S&P to below “A-2” and, if it has a rating by KBRA, is withdrawn or downgraded by KBRA below “K2” or is withdrawn by Moody’s or downgraded by Moody’s below “P-2” or (ii) the long-term debt credit rating of such L/C Provider is withdrawn by S&P or downgraded by S&P below “BBB” and, if it has a rating by KBRA, is withdrawn or downgraded by KBRA below “BBB” or is withdrawn by Moody’s or downgraded by Moody’s below “Baa2”; provided that for determining whether an Interest Reserve Letter of Credit is eligible under this definition, an L/C Provider will be deemed to have the short-term debt credit rating or the long-term debt credit rating, as applicable, of such L/C Provider or any guarantor of (or confirming bank for) such L/C Provider.
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“Initial Franchisee Fee” means the initial franchise fee paid by a Franchisee under a Franchise Agreement.
“Initial Principal Amount” means, with respect to any Series or Class (or Subclass) of Notes, the aggregate initial principal amount of such Series or Class (or Subclass) of Notes specified in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Initial Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount” means, with respect to the Notes issued on the Closing Date, an amount equal to $5,541,250 to be deposited into the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account.
“Insurance Proceeds Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(v) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts–Establishment of the Management Accounts–Insurance Proceeds Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” means an amount equal to: (i) any cash payments or proceeds received by the Securitization Entities (a) by reason of theft, physical destruction or damage or any other similar event with respect to any properties or assets of the Securitization Entities under any policy of insurance (other than liability insurance) in respect of a covered loss thereunder or (b) as a result of any non-temporary condemnation, taking, seizing or similar event with respect to any properties or assets of the Securitization Entities by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking minus (ii)(a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by the Securitization Entities in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of the Securitization Entities in respect thereof and (b) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any disposition of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition, including Taxes (or distributions to a direct or indirect parent for Taxes) paid or reasonably expected to be actually payable with respect to the Securitization Entities’ consolidated group as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, “Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” shall not include any proceeds of policies of insurance not described above, such as business interruption insurance, food safety insurance coverage and other insurance procured in the ordinary course of business, which shall be treated as Collections.
“Intellectual Property” or “IP” means all rights, title and interests in or to intellectual property of any type, including: (i) Trademarks; (ii) Patents; (iii) rights in computer programs and mobile apps, including in both source code and object code, together with related documentation and explanatory materials, whether machine readable or otherwise, and databases, including any Copyrights (as defined below), Patents and Trade Secrets (as defined below) therein (“Software”); (iv) copyrights (whether registered or unregistered) in unpublished and published works, works of authorship (whether or not copyrightable), database or design rights, and all registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith, along with all reversions, extensions and renewals thereof (“Copyrights”); (v) trade secrets and other confidential or proprietary information, including with respect to recipes, unpatented inventions, operating procedures, know how, procedures and formulas for preparing food and beverage products, specifications for certain food and beverage products, inventory methods, customer service methods, financial control methods, algorithm and training techniques (“Trade Secrets”); (vi) all Improvements of or to any of the foregoing; (vii) all social media account names or identifiers (e.g., Twitter® handle or Facebook® account name); (viii) all registrations, applications for registration or issuances, recordings, renewals and extensions relating to any of the foregoing; and (ix) for the avoidance of doubt, the sole and exclusive rights to prosecute and maintain any of the foregoing, to enforce any past, present or future infringement, dilution misappropriation or other violation of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, bringing any action at law or in equity therefor), to defend any pending or
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future challenges to any of the foregoing, and to collect all damages, settlement and proceeds relating to, any of the foregoing.
“Interest Accrual Period” means (a) solely with respect to any Series of Class A-1 Notes of any Series of Notes, a period commencing on and including the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to a Quarterly Calculation Date and ending on but excluding the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the next succeeding Quarterly Calculation Date and (b) with respect to any other Class of Notes of any Series of Notes, the period from and including the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month in which the immediately preceding Quarterly Payment Date occurred to but excluding the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month which includes the then-current Quarterly Payment Date; provided, however, that the initial Interest Accrual Period for any Series will commence on and include the Series Closing Date and end on the date specified above, unless otherwise specified in the Series Supplement for such Series; provided, further, that the Interest Accrual Period, with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding, immediately preceding the Quarterly Payment Date on which the last payment on the Notes of such Series is to be made will end on such Quarterly Payment Date.
“Interest Reserve Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued for the benefit of the Trustee and the Senior Noteholders or the Senior Subordinated Noteholders, as applicable.
“Interest Reserve Release Event” means, as of any date of determination, and with respect to each Series of Senior Notes or Senior Subordinated Notes Outstanding, as applicable, any reduction in (i) the Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount or (ii) the Outstanding Principal Amount of such Series of Notes that are not a Series of Class A-1 Notes.
“Interest-Only DSCR” has the meaning assigned to such term under the definition of “DSCR.”
“Investment Income” means the investment income earned on a specified account during a specified period, in each case net of all losses and expenses allocable thereto.
“Investments” means, with respect to any Person(s), all investments by such Person(s) in other Persons in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel, moving and other similar advances to officers, directors, employees and consultants of such Person(s) (including Affiliates) made in the ordinary course of business) and purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person.
“Investor Request Certification” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03 (Reports, Financial Statements and Other Information to Noteholders) of this Base Indenture.
“IP License Agreements” means, collectively, the Manager IP License, the FoodCo IP License Agreement and the Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant License Agreements.
“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“Jersey Mike’s Brand” means the Jersey Mike’s® brand name and Trademarks, whether alone or in combination with other words or symbols, and any variations or derivatives of, or Trademarks based on, any of the foregoing.
“Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc.” means Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and its successors and assigns.
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“Jersey Mikes Shore Inc. Restaurant IP License Agreement” means the IP License Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Franchisor, as licensor, and Jersey Mikes Shore Inc., as licensee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Jersey Mike’s System” means the system of restaurants operating under the Jersey Mike’s Brand.
“JM Carolina, Inc. Restaurant IP License Agreement” means the IP License Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Franchisor, as licensor, and JM Carolina, Inc., as licensee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“JM Database” means the proprietary database used in connection with the operation of the Jersey Mike’s System, whether the rights thereunder are contributed to the Franchisor on the Closing Date or acquired by the Franchisor following the Closing Date.
“JM Florida Affiliates, Inc. Restaurant IP License Agreement” means the IP License Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Franchisor, as licensor, and JM Florida Affiliates, Inc., as licensee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“JM Mobile Apps” means all consumer-facing Jersey Mike’s Brand mobile applications, whether the rights thereunder are contributed to the Franchisor on the Closing Date or acquired by the Franchisor following the Closing Date.
“JM Penn Inc Restaurant IP License Agreement” means the IP License Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Franchisor, as licensor, and JM Penn Inc, as licensee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“KBRA” means Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. (and any successor or successors thereto).
“Large Securitized Vendor Program Payment” means any Securitized Vendor Program Payment in an amount greater than $2,500,000, or such greater amount as may be determined by the Manager from time to time, subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.
“Large Securitized Vendor Program Payment Reserve Amount” means, the amount of any Large Securitized Vendor Program Payment deposited into the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account.
“L/C Provider” means, with respect to any Series of Class A-1 Notes, the party identified as the “L/C Provider” or the “L/C Issuing Bank”, as the context requires, in the applicable Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.
“Legacy Account” means, on or after the date that any Class or Series of Notes issued pursuant to this Base Indenture is no longer Outstanding, any account maintained by the Trustee to which funds have been allocated in accordance with the Priority of Payments for the payment of interest, fees or other amounts in respect of such Class or Series of Notes.
“Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement” means any letter of credit reimbursement agreement by and among Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., the Manager and the Master Issuer, entered into with the consent of the Control Party.
“Licensed Securitization IP” means (a) the portion of the Closing Date Securitization IP that is held or used by Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., the Holding Company Guarantor, the Master Issuer or FoodCo as of the Closing Date pursuant to license or similar arrangement; and (b) the portion of
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After-Acquired Securitization IP that, after the Closing Date, will be held or used by such parties pursuant to a license or similar arrangement.
“Licensee-Developed IP” means all Intellectual Property (other than Excluded IP) created, developed, authored, acquired or owned by or on behalf of any licensee under any IP License Agreement or Franchise Agreement covering, reading on, embodied in or otherwise relating to or used, held for use or intended to be used in connection with (i) the Jersey Mike’s Brand (or any other Intellectual Property in the Securitization IP), (ii) products or services sold, offered for sale, provided or distributed under the Jersey Mike’s Brand (or any other Intellectual Property in the Securitization IP), (iii) Branded Restaurants, (iv) the Jersey Mike’s System, (v) the FlexePOS System, (vi) the JM Mobile Apps, (vii) the JM Database or (viii) the Securitized Franchised Restaurant Business, and all goodwill appurtenant thereto, including, without limitation, all Improvements to any Securitization IP.
“Lien” means, when used with respect to any Person, any interest in any real or personal property, asset or other right held, owned or being purchased or acquired by such Person which secures payment or performance of any obligation, and will include any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, retained security title of a conditional vendor or lessor, or other security interest of any kind, whether arising under a security agreement, mortgage, lease, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, assignment, pledge, retention or security title, financing or similar statement, or arising as a matter of law, judicial process or otherwise.
“Liquidation Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Servicing Agreement.
“Majority of Controlling Class Members” means, (x) except as set forth in clause (y), with respect to the Controlling Class Members (or, if specified, any subset thereof) and as of any day of determination, Controlling Class Members that hold in excess of 50% of the sum of (i) the Class A-1 Notes Voting Amount with respect to each Series of Class A-1 Notes of the Controlling Class and (ii) the Outstanding Principal Amount of each Series of Notes of the Controlling Class (other than Class A-1 Notes) or any beneficial interest therein as of such day of determination (excluding any Notes or beneficial interests in Notes held by any Securitization Entity or any Affiliate of any Securitization Entity) and (y) with respect to the election of a Controlling Class Representative, Controlling Class Members that hold beneficial interests in excess of 50% of the sum of (i) the Class A-1 Notes Voting Amount with respect to each Series of Class A-1 Notes of the Controlling Class and (ii) the Outstanding Principal Amount of each Series of Notes of the Controlling Class (other than Class A-1 Notes) or any beneficial interest therein, in each case, that are Outstanding as of the CCR Voting Record Date and with respect to which votes were submitted by the applicable deadline for voting (which may be less than the Outstanding Principal Amount of Notes of the Controlling Class as of the CCR Voting Record Date).
“Majority of Senior Noteholders” means Senior Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the sum of (i) the Class A-1 Notes Voting Amount with respect to each Series of Class A-1 Notes Outstanding and (ii) the Outstanding Principal Amount of each Series of Senior Notes other than Class A-1 Notes (excluding any Senior Notes or beneficial interests in Senior Notes held by any Securitization Entity or any Affiliate of any Securitization Entity).
“Managed Document” means any contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking relating to any of the Securitized Assets, including, but not limited to, the Contribution Agreements, the Securitized Franchise Agreements, the Securitized Vendor Arrangements, the Securitized Area Development Agreements, the Securitized Area Director Arrangements, the Securitized Franchisee Notes and the IP License Agreements.
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“Management Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a) (Management Accounts and Additional Accounts–Establishment of the Management Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Management Agreement” means the Management Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Securitization Entities, the Trustee and the Manager, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Management Fee” has the meaning set forth in the Management Agreement.
“Manager” means Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., as Manager, under the Management Agreement or any successor thereto.
“Manager Advances” has the meaning set forth in the Management Agreement.
“Manager IP License” license of Intellectual Property granted by the Franchisor to the Manager pursuant to the Management Agreement.
“Manager Termination Event” means the occurrence of an event specified in Section 6.1 (Manager Termination Events) of the Management Agreement.
“Managing Standard” has the meaning set forth in the Management Agreement.
“Master Issuer” means Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.
“Material Adverse Effect” means
“Materials of Environmental Concern” means any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products (virgin or unused), polychlorinated biphenyls,
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urea-formaldehyde insulation, asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity and any other materials or substances of any kind, whether or not any such material or substance is defined as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law, that is regulated pursuant to or could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Pension Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Cash Flow” means, except as described in the definition of “DSCR” for the first four (4) Quarterly Calculation Dates, with respect to any Quarterly Payment Date and the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period, the positive difference, if any, of:
“New Asset” means a New Securitized Vendor Arrangement, New Securitized Franchise Agreement, New Securitized Area Development Agreement, New Securitized Area Director Arrangement or New Securitized Franchisee Note or any other Securitized Asset contributed to, or otherwise entered into, acquired or created by, the Securitization Entities after the Closing Date or any other asset(s) reasonably related to, incidental to, or useful in the judgment of the Manager in accordance with the Managing Standard, in connection with any of the foregoing.
“New Securitized Area Development Agreements” means all Area Development Agreements and related guaranty agreements contributed to, or otherwise entered into or acquired by, a Securitization Entity following the Closing Date.
“New Securitized Area Director Arrangements” means all Area Director Arrangements contributed to, or otherwise entered into or acquired by, a Securitization Entity following the Closing Date, in its capacity as franchisor for Branded Restaurants.
“New Securitized Franchise Agreements” means all Franchise Agreements and related guaranty agreements contributed to, or otherwise entered into or acquired by, a Securitization Entity following the Closing Date, in its capacity as franchisor for Branded Restaurants (including all renewals for Contributed Securitized Franchised Restaurants).
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“New Securitized Franchised Restaurants” means Franchised Restaurants that are franchised pursuant to Franchise Agreements contributed to a Securitization Entity after the Closing Date.
“New Securitized Franchisee Notes” means all Franchisee Notes and related guaranty and collateral agreements contributed to, or otherwise entered into or acquired by, a Securitization Entity following the Closing Date.
“New Securitized Restaurant Vendor Arrangement” means a Restaurant Vendor Arrangement entered into or acquired by a Securitization Entity after the Closing Date.
“New Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangement” means a Technology Vendor Arrangement entered into or acquired by a Securitization Entity after the Closing Date.
“New Securitized Vendor Arrangements” means, collectively, the New Securitized Restaurant Vendor Arrangements and the New Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangements.
“New Series Pro Forma DSCR” means, at any time of determination and with respect to the issuance of any Additional Notes, the ratio calculated by dividing (i) the Net Cash Flow over the four immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Periods most recently ended by (ii) the Debt Service due during such period, in each case on a pro forma basis, calculated as if (a) such Additional Notes had been outstanding and any assets acquired with the proceeds of such Additional Notes had been acquired at the commencement of such period, and (b) any Notes that have been paid, prepaid or repurchased and cancelled during such period, or any Notes that will be paid, prepaid or repurchased and cancelled using the proceeds of such issuance, were so paid, prepaid or repurchased and cancelled as of the commencement of such period.
“New York UCC” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b) (Trustee as Securities Intermediary) of this Base Indenture.
“Nonrecoverable Advance” means any portion of an Advance previously made and not previously reimbursed, or proposed to be made, which, together with any then-outstanding Advances, and the interest accrued or that would reasonably be expected to accrue thereon, in the reasonable and good faith judgment of the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, would not be ultimately recoverable from subsequent payments or collections from any funds on deposit in the Collection Account or funds reasonably expected to be deposited in the Collection Account following such date of determination, giving due consideration to allocations and disbursements of funds in such accounts and the limited assets of the Securitization Entities.
“Non-Securitization Entity” means Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. and each of its Affiliates (including each of their Subsidiaries, but excluding any Securitization Entity) now existing or hereafter created.
“Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant License Agreements” means the Jersey Mikes Shore Inc. Restaurant IP License Agreement, the JM Carolina, Inc. Restaurant IP License Agreement, the JM Penn Inc Restaurant IP License Agreement, and the JM Florida Affiliates, Inc. Restaurant IP License Agreement.
“Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant License Fees” means the licensing fees payable by any Non-Securitization Entity that owns and operates a Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant under the applicable Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant License Agreement, at a rate equal to six and a half percent (6.5%) of the Royalty Sales of each Non-Securitization Entity Restaurant, owned and operated by such licensee (paid weekly) (unless such percentage is increased or decreased subject to various factors, including location and incentive programs).
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“Non-Securitization Entity Restaurants” means Branded Restaurants owned and operated by Non-Securitization Entities.
“Nontraditional Franchise Agreements” means a form of franchise agreement that may be offered or used in circumstances in which a Franchisee will operate a Branded Restaurant at a nontraditional location.
“Nontraditional License Agreements” means a form of franchise license that may be offered or used in circumstances in which a Franchisee will operate a Branded Restaurant at a nontraditional location.
“Note Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency that holds such Book-Entry Note, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or as an indirect participant, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
“Note Owner Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.05(b) (Note Owner List) of this Base Indenture.
“Note Rate” means, with respect to any Series or any Class, Subclass or Tranche of any Series of Notes, the annual rate at which interest (other than contingent additional interest) accrues on the Notes of such Series or such Class, Subclass or Tranche of such Series of Notes (or the formula on the basis of which such rate will be determined) as stated in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Note Register” means the register maintained pursuant to Section 2.05(a) (Registrar and Paying Agent) of this Base Indenture, providing for the registration of the Notes and transfers and exchanges thereof, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Master Issuer may prescribe.
“Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.
“Noteholder Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03 (Reports, Financial Statements and Other Information to Noteholders) of this Base Indenture.
“Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Base Indenture.
“Notes Discharge Date” means, with respect to any Class or Series of Notes, the first date on which such Class or Series of Notes is no longer Outstanding.
“Obligations” means (a) all principal, interest and premium, if any, at any time and from time to time, owing by the Master Issuer on the Notes or owing by the Guarantors pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (b) the payment and performance of all other obligations, covenants and liabilities of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors arising under the Indenture, the Notes, any other Indenture Document or the Servicing Agreement or of the Guarantors under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (c) the obligation of the Master Issuer to pay to the Trustee all fees and expenses payable to the Trustee under the Indenture and the other Related Documents to which it is a party when due and payable as provided in the Indenture.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the party delivering such certificate.
“Ongoing Area Director Payments” means all amounts payable to an Area Director by the Franchisor pursuant to an Area Director Arrangement comprised of (i) fees associated with the opening of a Branded Restaurant pursuant to the terms of the applicable Securitized Area Director Arrangement, (ii)
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compensation for the training of certain employees at Branded Restaurants opened pursuant to the terms of the applicable Securitized Area Director Arrangement and (iii) Area Director Royalty Percentage Payments.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the Control Party, which may include one or more reliance letters. The counsel may be an employee of, or counsel to, the Securitization Entities, Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., the Manager (if not Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc.) or the Back-Up Manager, as the case may be.
“Optional Prepayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(p) (Quarterly Payment Date Application–Optional Prepaymens) of this Base Indenture.
“Outstanding” means, with respect to the Notes, as of any time, all of the Notes of any one or more Series, as the case may be, theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except:
(i) Notes theretofore canceled by the Registrar or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Notes, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption funds in the necessary amount have been theretofore irrevocably deposited with the Trustee in trust for the Noteholders of such Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided that, if such Notes or portions thereof are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision therefore reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) each Tranche of Notes that have been defeased in accordance with this Base Indenture;
(iv) Notes in exchange for, or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture, unless proof reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a Holder in due course or protected purchaser; and
(v) Notes alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen for which replacement Notes have been issued as provided in the Indenture; provided that, (A) in determining whether the Noteholders of the requisite Outstanding Principal Amount have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or vote under the Indenture, the following Notes shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding: (x) Notes owned by the Securitization Entities or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of any of them and (y) Notes held in any accounts with respect to which the Manager or any Affiliate thereof exercises discretionary voting authority; provided, further, that in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or vote, only Notes as described under clause (x) or (y) above that a Trust Officer actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded; and (B) Notes owned in the manner indicated in clause (x) or (y) above that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not a Securitization Entity or any other obligor or the Manager, an Affiliate thereof, or an account for which the Manager or an Affiliate of the Manager exercises discretionary voting authority.
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“Outstanding Principal Amount” means, with respect to each Series, Class and Tranche of Notes Outstanding, the amount calculated in accordance with the Series Supplement for such Series, Class, Tranche or Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, which amount with respect to any Series of Class A-1 Notes may include outstanding amounts under swingline or letter of credit subfacilities thereunder.
“Owned Securitization IP” means (a) the portion of the Closing Date Securitization IP that is owned by any Non-Securitization Entity as of the Closing Date immediately prior to giving effect to the Contribution Agreements; and (b) the portion of the After-Acquired Securitization IP that, after the Closing Date, will be owned by the Franchisor.
“Pass-Through Amounts” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Collateral”.
“Patents” means all patents (including, during the term of the patent, the inventions claimed thereunder), patent disclosures, industrial designs, inventions (whether or not patentable or reduced to practice), invention disclosures, and applications, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, provisionals, reexaminations and reissues for any of the foregoing.
“Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a) (Registrar and Paying Agent) of this Base Indenture.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established under Section 4002 of ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA and to which any company in the same Controlled Group as the Master Issuer has liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA for any time within the preceding five (5) years or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.
“Permitted Asset Dispositions” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16 (Asset Dispositions) of this Base Indenture.
“Permitted Lien” means (a) Liens for (i) Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not delinquent or (ii) Taxes, assessments or other charges being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (b) all Liens created or permitted under the Related Documents in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (c) Liens existing on the Closing Date, which shall be released on such date, provided that Intellectual Property recordations of Liens need not have been terminated of record on the Closing Date so long as such Intellectual Property recordations of Liens are terminated of record within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date, (d) encumbrances in the nature of (i) a lessor’s fee interest, (ii) zoning, building code and similar laws or rights reserved or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property, (iii) easements, rights-of-way, covenants, restrictions, leases, subleases and other title matters whether or not shown by the public records, (iv) overlaps, encroachments and any matters not of record which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or a personal inspection of the property, and (v) conditions, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges and encumbrances and minor defects in title and survey affecting real property which, in each case (as described in clauses (d)(i) through (iv) above), individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect, (e) deposits or pledges made (i) in connection with casualty insurance maintained in accordance with the Related Documents, (ii) to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts or leases (iii) to secure statutory obligations or surety or appeal bonds or (iv) to secure indemnity, performance or other similar bonds in the ordinary course of business of any Securitization Entity, (f) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, lessors, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or
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other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, in each case securing obligations (i) that are not yet due and payable or not overdue for more than forty-five (45) days from the date of creation thereof or (ii) being contested in good faith by any Securitization Entity in appropriate proceedings (so long as such Securitization Entity shall, in accordance with GAAP, have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto), (g) restrictions under federal, state or foreign securities laws on the transfer of securities, (h) any Liens arising under law or pursuant to documentation governing permitted accounts in connection with the Securitization Entities’ cash management system (including credit card and processing arrangements), (i) defects of title, survey defects, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances with respect to each real property, which (1) do not constitute Permitted Liens under any other clause of this definition and (2) neither have nor would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (j) Liens arising from judgment, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default, (k) Liens arising in connection with any Capitalized Lease Obligations, sale-leaseback transaction or in connection with any Indebtedness, in each case that is permitted under the Indenture, (l) Liens not securing Indebtedness that attach to any Collateral in an aggregate outstanding amount not exceeding $5,000,000 at any time, (m) Liens on Collateral that has been pledged pursuant to a Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement with respect to letters of credit issued thereunder, and (n) any encumbrance on Securitization IP created by entering into any non-exclusive licenses of Securitization IP granted (i) under the IP License Agreements (including to the Manager in connection with the performance of its Services under the Management Agreement) or (ii) in the ordinary course of business that (A) when effected on behalf of any Securitization Entity by the Manager would not constitute a breach by the Manager of the Management Agreement and (B) would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely impact the Securitization IP (taken as a whole).
“Person” means an individual, corporation (including a business trust), partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust
(including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated association or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Post-ARD Contingent Interest” means any Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount, Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount and Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount.
“Post-ARD Rapid Amortization Cure Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(b) (Rapid Amortization Events) of this Base Indenture.
“Post-Default Capped Trustee Expenses” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Post-Default Capped Trustee Expenses Amount.”
“Post-Default Capped Trustee Expenses Amount” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) all reasonable expenses payable by the Master Issuer to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default in connection with any obligations of the Trustee in connection with such Event of Default that are in excess of the Capped Securitization Operating Expense Amount (“Post-Default Capped Trustee Expenses”) and (b) the amount by which (i) $100,000 exceeds (ii) the aggregate amount of Post-Default Capped Trustee Expenses previously paid on each Weekly Allocation Date that occurred in the annual period (measured from the Closing Date to the anniversary thereof and from each anniversary thereof to the next succeeding anniversary thereof) in which such Weekly Allocation Date occurs.
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“Potential Manager Termination Event” means any occurrence or event which, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a Manager Termination Event.
“Potential Rapid Amortization Event” means any occurrence or event which, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a Rapid Amortization Event; provided that any occurrence or event which, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a Rapid Amortization Event as described in clause (b) of the definition of Rapid Amortization Event, shall not constitute a Potential Rapid Amortization Event.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by a commercial bank mutually agreed upon by the Manager and the Servicer as its reference rate, base rate or prime rate.
“Principal Release Amount” means, with respect to any Series and any Quarterly Payment Date on which the related Series Non-Amortization Test is satisfied in accordance with the Series Supplement for such Series, all or part of the amounts allocated with respect to such Scheduled Principal Payment to the applicable Collection Account Administrative Account pursuant to the Priority of Payments during the immediately preceding Quarterly Collection Period which the Master Issuer does not elect to make as a Scheduled Principal Payment with respect to such Series on such Quarterly Payment Date.
“Principal Terms” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(s) (Series Supplement for Each Series) of this Base Indenture.
“Priority of Payments” means the allocation and payment obligations described in Section 5.13 (Application of Weekly Collections on Weekly Allocation Dates) and Section 5.14 (Quarterly Payment Date Applications) of this Base Indenture as supplemented by the allocation and payment obligations with respect to each Series of Notes described in each Series Supplement.
“pro forma event” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.18(a) (Calculation of Holdco Leverage Ratio and Senior ABS Leverage Ratio–Holdco Leverage Ratio) of this Base Indenture.
“Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
“Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the applicable UCC.
“PTO” means the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and any successor U.S. federal office.
“Qualified Institution” means a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction with a branch or agency located in the United States of America or any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that at all times has the Required Rating and, in the case of any such institution organized under the laws of the United States of America, whose deposits are insured by the FDIC.
“Qualified Trust Institution” means an institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction with a branch or agency located in the United States of America or any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that at all times (i) is authorized under such laws to act as a trustee or in any other fiduciary capacity, (ii) has capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and (iii) has a long term deposits rating of not less than “Baa1” by Moody’s and “BBB+” by S&P.
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“Quarterly Calculation Date” means the date two (2) Business Days prior to each Quarterly Payment Date. Any reference to a Quarterly Calculation Date relating to a Quarterly Payment Date means the Quarterly Calculation Date occurring in the same calendar month as the Quarterly Payment Date and any reference to a Quarterly Calculation Date relating to a Quarterly Collection Period means the Quarterly Collection Period most recently ended on or prior to the related Quarterly Payment Date.
“Quarterly Collection Period” means (1) in the case of the initial Quarterly Collection Period, the period from the Closing Date to and including the last Sunday of the last full calendar week of the calendar quarter ended March 31, 2020 and, (2) for each Quarterly Collection Period thereafter, the period from the first day following the preceding Quarterly Collection Period to and including the last Sunday of the immediately following calendar quarter.
“Quarterly Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(c) (Reports and Instructions to Trustee–Quarterly Compliance Certificates) of this Base Indenture.
“Quarterly Noteholders’ Report” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, a statement substantially in the form of an Exhibit C to the Series Supplement for such Series, including the Manager’s statement specified in such exhibit.
“Quarterly Payment Date” means, unless otherwise specified in any Series Supplement for the related Series of Notes, the fifteenth (15th) day of each of February, May, August and November, or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on the Quarterly Payment Date in May 2020. Any reference to a Quarterly Collection Period relating to a Quarterly Payment Date means the Quarterly Collection Period most recently ended prior to such Quarterly Payment Date, and any reference to an Interest Accrual Period relating to a Quarterly Payment Date means the Interest Accrual Period most recently ended prior to such Quarterly Payment Date.
“Quarterly Reallocation Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(q) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Quarterly Reallocation Events) of this Base Indenture.
“Rapid Amortization Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01 (Rapid Amortization Events) of this Base Indenture.
“Rapid Amortization Period” means the period commencing on the date on which a Rapid Amortization Event occurs and ending on the earlier to occur of the waiver of the occurrence of such Rapid Amortization Event in accordance with Section 9.07 (Waiver of Past Events) of this Base Indenture and the date on which there are no Notes Outstanding.
“Rating Agency” means each rating agency identified in the applicable Series Supplement.
“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any Outstanding Series of Notes and any event or action to be taken or proposed to be taken requiring satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition in the Indenture or in any other Related Document, a condition that is satisfied if the Manager has notified the Master Issuer, the Servicer and the Trustee in writing that the Manager has provided each Rating Agency and the Servicer with a written notification setting forth in reasonable detail such event or action and has actively solicited (by written request and by request via email and telephone) a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency, and each Rating Agency has either provided the Manager with a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such event or action or informed the Manager that it declines to review such event or action; provided that:
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provided, that in the case of clause (c), a Rating Agency Confirmation of S&P will be required for each Series of Notes then rated by S&P at the time of such issuance of Additional Notes (other than any Series of Notes that will be repaid in full from the proceeds of issuance of the Additional Notes or otherwise on the applicable Series Closing Date for such Additional Notes).
“Rating Agency Confirmation” means, with respect to any Outstanding Series of Notes, a confirmation from each Rating Agency that a proposed event or action will not result in (i) a withdrawal of its credit ratings on such Outstanding Series of Notes or (ii) the assignment of credit ratings on such Outstanding Series of Notes below the lower of (A) the then-current credit ratings on such Outstanding Series of Notes or (B) the initial credit ratings assigned to such Outstanding Series of Notes by such Rating Agency (in each case, without negative implications).
“Rating Agency Notification” means, with respect to any prospective action or occurrence, a written notification to each Rating Agency for each Series of Notes Outstanding setting forth in reasonable detail such action or occurrence.
“Record Date” means, with respect to any Quarterly Payment Date the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Quarterly Payment Date occurs.
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“Refranchising Asset Disposition” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16(n) (Asset Dispositions) of this Base Indenture.
“Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a) (Registrar and Paying Agent) of this Base Indenture.
“Related Documents” means the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, each Account Control Agreement, the Management Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Back-Up Management Agreement, any Series Hedge Agreement, the Contribution Agreements, any agreement pursuant to which New Assets are contributed to the Securitization Entities, any Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, each other note purchase agreement pursuant to which Notes are purchased, the IP License Agreements, any Enhancement Agreement, the Charter Documents, each Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement and any additional document identified as a “Related Document” in the Series Supplement for any Series of Notes Outstanding and any other material agreements entered into, pursuant to the foregoing documents.
“Reportable Event” means any “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Single Employer Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived).
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“Required Balance” means, with respect to any Weekly Collection Period, the product of (1) the percentage set forth in the table below for each Weekly Collection Period in the fiscal quarter and (2) with respect to (a) the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account, the sum, for each Interest Accrual Period, of (x) the Class A-1 Quarterly Commitment Fee Amounts and (y) the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount, (b) the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount, (c) the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount, (d) the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account, the Senior Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amounts, (e) the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amounts, (f) the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amounts and (g) the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account, the Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount.
Week |
Percentage |
1 |
– |
2 |
– |
3 |
– |
4 |
– |
5 |
50% |
6 |
50% |
7 |
50% |
8 |
80% |
9 |
80% |
10 |
100% |
11 |
100% |
12 |
100% |
13 |
100% |
“Required Rating” means (i) a short-term certificate of deposit rating from S&P of at least “A-2” and (ii) a long-term unsecured debt rating of not less than “BBB-” by S&P.
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person or any of its property, the certificate of incorporation or articles of association and by-laws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational or governing documents of such Person or any of its property, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to, or binding upon, such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject, whether federal, state, local or foreign (including, without limitation, usury laws, the Federal Truth in Lending Act, state franchise laws and retail installment sales acts).
“Residual Amount” means for any Weekly Allocation Date with respect to any Quarterly Collection Period the amount, if any, by which the amount allocated to the Collection Account on such Weekly Allocation Date exceeds the sum of the amounts to be paid and/or allocated on such Weekly Allocation Date pursuant to priorities (i) through (xxix) of the Priority of Payments.
“Restaurant Vendor Arrangements” means contracts and other arrangements pursuant to which certain third-party vendors are providing or will provide food, equipment, supplies and/or related services to Franchisees, and certain Non-Securitization Entities operating Branded Restaurants.
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“Retained Collections” means, with respect to any specified period of time, the amount equal to (A) the sum of Collections received over such period minus (B) without duplication, the sum of (i) the Excluded Amounts over such period and (ii) Area Director Reserve Amounts unless and until any excess Area Director Reserve Amounts are delivered to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 5.12(a)(vi)(F) (Deposits, Withdrawals and Collections–Withdrawals from the Concentration Accounts). Funds released from the Cash Trap Reserve Account, the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account or the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account shall not constitute Retained Collections for purposes of this definition.
“Retained Collections Contribution” means, with respect to any Quarterly Collection Period, an equity contribution made to the Master Issuer, at any time prior to the Series Legal Final Maturity Date with respect the last Series of Notes Outstanding, to be included in Net Cash Flow in accordance with Section 5.18 (Retained Collections Contributions) of this Base Indenture, which for all purposes of the Related Documents, except as otherwise specified therein, will be treated as Retained Collections received during such Quarterly Collection Period; provided that any Retained Collections Contribution made will be excluded from Net Cash Flow for purposes of calculations undertaken in the following circumstances: (i) the New Series Pro Forma DSCR or (ii) compliance with the applicable Series Non-Amortization Test.
“Royalty Sales” means, with respect to a restaurant, the total amount of revenue received from the sale of all food, products, merchandise and performance of all services and all other income of every kind and nature (including gift certificates when redeemed but not when purchased), whether for cash or credit and regardless of collection in the case of credit; provided, however, that Royalty Sales will not include (i) discounts, coupons, refunds and allowances; (ii) any sales Taxes or other Taxes, in each case collected from customers for transmittal to the appropriate taxing authority; (iii) donations; (iv) gift card sales or (v) revenues that are not subject to royalties in accordance with the related Securitized Franchise Agreement, applicable IP License Agreement or other applicable agreement.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the 1933 Act.
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings (and any successor or successors thereto).
“Scheduled Principal Payments” means, with respect to each Series or any Class of any Series of Notes, each payment scheduled to be made pursuant to the Series Supplement for such Series that reduces the amount of principal Outstanding with respect to such Series or Class on a periodic basis that is identified as “Scheduled Principal Payments” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Scheduled Principal Payments Deficiency Event” means, with respect to any Quarterly Collection Period, as of the last Weekly Allocation Date with respect to such Quarterly Collection Period, the occurrence of the following event: the amount of funds on deposit in the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account after the last Weekly Allocation Date with respect to such Quarterly Collection Period is less than the aggregate amount of Senior Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amounts due and payable on all such Senior Notes for the next succeeding Quarterly Payment Date.
“Scheduled Principal Payments Deficiency Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(d) (Reports and Instructions to Trustee–Scheduled Principal Payments Deficiency Notices) of this Base Indenture.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Secured Parties” means the Trustee, for the benefit of (i) itself, (ii) the Noteholders, (iii) the Servicer, (iv) the Control Party, (v) the Manager, (vi) the Back-Up Manager, (vii) each Hedge Counterparty, if any, and (viii) the Enhancement Provider, if any, together with their respective successors and assigns.
“Securities Intermediary” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a) (Trustee as Securities Intermediary) of this Base Indenture.
“Securitization Entities” means, collectively, the Master Issuer and the Guarantors, and each Subsidiary thereof (including any Additional Securitization Entity).
“Securitization IP” means, collectively, the Owned Securitization IP and the Licensed Securitization IP; except that (i) “Securitization IP” will not include, solely for purposes of the licenses granted under the IP License Agreements, any rights to use licensed third-party Intellectual Property to the extent that such rights are not sublicensable without the consent of or any payment to such third party, or any other action by the licensee thereof, unless such consent has been obtained or payment has been made; and (ii) as used in the Related Documents, the terms “owns,” “holds,” and similar terms mean, with regard to Owned Securitization IP, the holding of legal title, and with regard to Licensed Securitization IP, the holding of valid rights to use under a license or similar arrangement.
“Securitization Operating Expense Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(xi) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Securitization Operating Expenses” means all expenses incurred by the Securitization Entities and payable to third parties in connection with the maintenance and operation of the Securitization Entities and the transactions contemplated by the Related Documents to which they are a party (other than those paid for from the Concentration Accounts), including (i) accrued and unpaid Taxes (other than federal, state, local and foreign Taxes based on income, profits or capital, including franchise, excise, withholding or similar Taxes), filing fees and registration fees payable by and attributable to the Securitization Entities to any federal, state, local or foreign Governmental Authority; (ii) fees and expenses payable to (A) the Trustee under the Indenture or the other Related Documents to which the Trustee is a party, (B) the Servicer under Related Documents to which the Servicer is a party, (C) the Back-Up Manager as Back-Up Manager Fees, (D) each Rating Agency, (E) independent certified public accountants (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any incremental auditor costs) or external legal counsel, (F) any stock exchange on which the Notes may be listed and (G) the Controlling Class Representative for out-of-pocket expenses incurred acting in such capacity; (iii) during the occurrence of a Potential Manager Termination Event or Manager Termination Event, fees and expenses payable to third-parties under certain technology-related arrangements that are otherwise included in the Weekly Management Fee which, for the avoidance of doubt, if paid by the Securitization Entities, may be netted against future Weekly Management Fees; (iv) the indemnification obligations of the Securitization Entities under the Related Documents to which they are a party (including any interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate, if applicable); and (v) independent director and independent manager fees.
“Securitized Area Development Agreements” means, collectively, the Contributed Securitized Area Development Agreements and the New Securitized Area Development Agreements.
“Securitized Area Director Arrangements” means, collectively, the Contributed Securitized Area Director Arrangements and the New Securitized Area Director Arrangements.
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“Securitized Assets” means all assets owned by the Securitization Entities, including but not limited to the Collateral.
“Securitized Franchise Agreements” means, collectively, the Contributed Securitized Franchise Agreements and the New Securitized Franchise Agreements.
“Securitized Franchise Assets” means, with respect to the Franchisor, (A) the Securitized Franchisee Notes and all Securitized Franchisee Note Payments thereon and (B)(i) the Contributed Securitized Franchise Agreements and all Securitized Franchisee Payments thereon; (ii) the Contributed Securitized Area Development Agreements and all Securitized Franchisee Payments thereon; (iii) the New Securitized Franchise Agreements and all Securitized Franchisee Payments and Technology Fees thereon; (iv) the New Securitized Area Development Agreements and all Securitized Franchisee Payments thereon; (v) all rights to enter into New Securitized Franchise Agreements and New Securitized Area Development Agreements; (vi) the Contributed Securitized Area Director Arrangements and all rights thereunder; (vii) all rights to enter into New Securitized Area Director Arrangements and all rights thereunder; (viii) any and all other property of every nature, now or hereafter transferred, mortgaged, pledged, or assigned as security for payment or performance of any obligation of the Franchisees or other Persons, as applicable, to the Franchisor under the Securitized Franchise Agreements or the Securitized Area Development Agreements and all guarantees of such obligations and the rights evidenced by or reflected in the Securitized Franchise Agreements or the Securitized Area Development Agreements; and (ix) all payments, proceeds and accrued and future rights to payments on the items described in clauses (i) through (vii) of this definition.
“Securitized Franchise Documents” means all Securitized Franchise Agreements (including master franchise agreements and related service or license agreements), Securitized Area Development Agreements and agreements related thereto, together with any modifications, amendments, extensions or replacements of the foregoing.
“Securitized Franchised Restaurant Business” means the business of franchising or licensing Branded Restaurants located in the United States.
“Securitized Franchised Restaurants” means, collectively, the Contributed Securitized Franchised Restaurants and the New Securitized Franchised Restaurants.
“Securitized Franchisee Note Payments” means all amounts payable to a Securitization Entity by a Franchisee pursuant to a Securitized Franchisee Note.
“Securitized Franchisee Notes” means, collectively, the Contributed Securitized Franchisee Notes and the New Securitized Franchisee Notes.
“Securitized Franchisee Payments” means all amounts payable to a Securitization Entity by Franchisees pursuant to the Franchise Documents other than Technology Fees and Excluded Amounts, which may be excluded from the term at the option of the Manager.
“Securitized Restaurant Vendor Arrangements” means, collectively, the Contributed Securitized Restaurant Vendor Arrangements and the New Securitized Restaurant Vendor Arrangements.
“Securitized Restaurant Vendor Program Payments” means certain program payments from third-party vendors based on the volume and types of products purchased by Franchisees and certain Non-Securitization Entities operating Branded Restaurants pursuant to the Securitized Restaurant Vendor Arrangements.
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“Securitized Technology Payments” means, collectively, Technology Fees and Securitized Technology Vendor Program Payments.
“Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangements” means, collectively, the Contributed Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangements and the New Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangements.
“Securitized Technology Vendor Program Payments” means certain program payments from third-party vendors based on based on the volume and usage by Franchisees and certain Non-Securitization Entities operating Branded Restaurants pursuant to the Securitized Technology Vendor Arrangements.
“Securitized Vendor Arrangements” means, collectively, the Contributed Securitized Vendor Arrangements and the New Securitized Vendor Arrangements.
“Securitized Vendor Program Payments” means, collectively, the Securitized Restaurant Vendor Program Payments and the Securitized Technology Vendor Program Payments.
“Senior ABS Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)(i) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Amount of each Series of Senior Notes Outstanding (assuming the amounts available under each Class A-1 Note at such time (after giving effect to any commitment reductions on such date) are fully drawn) as of the end of the most recently ended Quarterly Collection Period less (ii) the sum of (x) the cash and Eligible Investments of the Securitization Entities credited to the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account and the Cash Trap Reserve Account as of the end of the most recently ended Quarterly Collection Period, and (y) the available amount of the Interest Reserve Letter of Credit with respect to the Senior Notes as of the end of the most recently ended Quarterly Collection Period to (b) the sum of the Net Cash Flow for the preceding four (4) Quarterly Collection Periods most recently ended as of such date and for which financial statements have been prepared. The Senior ABS Leverage Ratio shall be calculated in accordance with Section 14.18(b) (Calculation of Holdco Leverage Ratio and Senior ABS Leverage Ratio–Senior ABS Leverage Ratio) of this Base Indenture.
“Senior Noteholder” means any Holder of Senior Notes of any Series.
“Senior Notes” or “Class A Notes” means the issuance of Notes under the Indenture by the Master Issuer that by its terms (through its alphabetical designation as “Class A” pursuant to the Series Supplement applicable to such Indebtedness) is senior in the right to receive interest and principal on such Notes to the right to receive interest and principal on any Subordinated Notes.
“Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount” means, for each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to a Quarterly Collection Period, and with respect to any Senior Notes Outstanding, the amount identified as “Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” means, for each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to a Quarterly Collection Period, and with respect to any Senior Notes Outstanding, the amount identified as “Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount” means with respect to each Weekly Allocation Date, and with respect to all Senior Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amounts identified as the “Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount” in each Series Supplement for such Series.
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“Senior Notes Interest Payment Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(i) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account” means account no. 12440000 entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o A Sub Above, LLC, Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account”, which account is maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.03 (Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account) of this Base Indenture or any successor securities account maintained pursuant to Section 5.03 (Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount” means, as of any date of determination the excess, if any, of the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount over the sum of (a) the amount on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account and (b) the amount available under any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit relating to the Senior Notes.
“Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount” means, with respect to any Quarterly Payment Date (and any Weekly Allocation Date related thereto), an amount equal to the Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount due on the next Quarterly Payment Date (assuming (i) that amounts available under each Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement at such time (after giving effect to any commitment reductions and corresponding principal payments on such date) are fully drawn and (ii) the rate on each Class A-1 Note is equivalent to the rate on a Class A-2 Note with the shortest time until its Series Anticipated Repayment Date); provided that, with respect to the first Interest Accrual Period following the Closing Date, the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount will be an amount equal to the Initial Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount.
“Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(viii) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture
“Senior Notes Principal Payment Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(v) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount” means for each Quarterly Payment Date, with respect to each Class of Senior Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amounts identified as the “Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(a)(iii) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Senior Notes Interest Payment Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” means for each Quarterly Payment Date, with respect to each Class of Senior Notes Outstanding, the amounts identified as “Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Senior Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amounts” means, with respect to each Class of Senior Notes Outstanding, each Scheduled Principal Payment with respect to such Class of Senior Notes.
“Senior Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amount” means with respect to each Weekly Allocation Date, and with respect to all Senior Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amounts identified as the “Senior Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amount” in each Series Supplement for such Series.
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“Senior Subordinated Noteholder” means any Holder of Senior Subordinated Notes of any Series.
“Senior Subordinated Notes” means any issuance of Notes under the Indenture by the Master Issuer that are part of a Class with an alphanumerical designation that contains any letter from “B” through “L” of the alphabet, together with all Subclasses or Tranches thereof.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount” means, for each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to a Quarterly Collection Period, and with respect to any Senior Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the amount identified as the “Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” means, for each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to a Quarterly Collection Period, and with respect to any Senior Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the amount identified as the “Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount” means, with respect to each Weekly Allocation Date, and with respect to all Senior Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amounts identified as the “Senior Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount” in each Series Supplement for such Series.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(ii) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account” means an account entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account” maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.04(a) (Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account– Establishment of the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account) of this Base Indenture or any successor securities account maintained pursuant to Section 5.04(a) (Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account–Establishment of the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Amount over the sum of (a) the amount on deposit in the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Account and (b) the amount available under any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit relating to the Senior Subordinated Notes.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Reserve Amount” means, with respect to any Quarterly Payment Date (and any Weekly Allocation Date related thereto), an amount equal to the Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount due on the next Quarterly Payment Date.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(ix) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(vi) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
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“Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount” means, for each Quarterly Payment Date, with respect to each Class of Senior Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amounts identified as the “Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” means, for each Quarterly Payment Date, with respect to each Class of Senior Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the amounts identified as “Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amounts” means, with respect to each Class of Senior Subordinated Notes Outstanding, each Scheduled Principal Payment with respect to such Class of Senior Subordinated Notes.
“Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amount” means with respect to each Weekly Allocation Date, and with respect to all Senior Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amounts identified as the “Senior Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amount” in each Series Supplement for such Series.
“Series Account” means any account or accounts established pursuant to a Series Supplement for the benefit of a Series of Notes (or any Class thereof).
“Series Anticipated Repayment Date” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, Class, Subclass or Tranche thereunder, the “Anticipated Repayment Date” as set forth in the related Series Supplement, which will be the Series Anticipated Repayment Date for such Series of Notes, Class, Subclass or Tranche thereunder, as adjusted pursuant to the terms of the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Series Closing Date” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, the date of issuance of such Series of Notes, as specified in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Series Defeasance Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.01(c) (Termination of the Master Issuer’s and Guarantors’ Obligations–Series Defeasance) of this Base Indenture.
“Series Distribution Account” means, with respect to any Series of Notes or any Class of any Series of Notes, an account established to receive distributions to be paid to the Noteholders of such Class or such Series of Notes pursuant to the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Series Hedge Agreement” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, the relevant Swap Contract, if any, described in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Series Hedge Payment Amount” means all amounts payable by the Master Issuer under a Series Hedge Agreement including any termination payment payable by the Master Issuer.
“Series Hedge Receipts” means all amounts received by the Securitization Entities under a Series Hedge Agreement.
“Series Legal Final Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Series, the “Legal Final Maturity Date” set forth in the related Series Supplement.
“Series Non-Amortization Test” means, with respect to any Series or Class of Notes, the test specified in the Series Supplement for such Series or, if not specified therein, means a test that will be satisfied on any Quarterly Payment Date only if both (a) the Senior ABS Leverage Ratio is less than or
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equal to 5.00x as calculated on the Quarterly Calculation Date immediately preceding such Quarterly Payment Date and (b) no Rapid Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing.
“Series Obligations” means, with respect to a Series of Notes, (a) all principal, interest, premiums, make-whole payments and Series Hedge Payment Amounts, at any time and from time to time, owing by the Master Issuer on such Series of Notes or owing by the Guarantors pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement on such Series of Notes and (b) the payment and performance of all other obligations, covenants and liabilities of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors arising under the Indenture, the Notes or any other Indenture Document, in each case, solely with respect to such Series of Notes.
“Series of Notes” or “Series” means each series of Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to this Base Indenture and the applicable Series Supplement.
“Series Supplement” means a supplement to this Base Indenture in conjunction with the issuance of a Series of Notes complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Section 2.03 (Series Supplement for Each Series) of this Base Indenture.
“Servicer” means Midland Loan Services, a division of PNC Bank, National Association, as servicer under the Servicing Agreement, and any successor thereto.
“Servicer Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in the Servicing Agreement. “Services” has the meaning set forth in the Management Agreement.
“Servicing Agreement” means the Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Master Issuer, the other Securitization Entities party thereto, the Manager, the Servicer and the Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Servicing Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Servicing Agreement.
“Servicing Standard” has the meaning set forth in the Servicing Agreement.
“Single Employer Plan” means any Pension Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“Software” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”
“Specified Bankruptcy Opinion Provisions” means the provisions contained in the legal opinion(s) delivered in connection with the issuance of each Series of Notes relating to the non-substantive consolidation of the Securitization Entities with Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc.
“Specified Indenture Trust Accounts” shall mean the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account, the Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account, the Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account, the Hedge Payment Account, the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account and the Cash Trap Reserve Account.
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“Subclass” means, with respect to any Class of any Series of Notes, any one of the subclasses of Notes of such Class as specified in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Subordinated Notes” means any issuance of Notes under the Indenture by the Master Issuer that are part of a Class with an alphanumerical designation that contains any letter from “M” through “Z” of the alphabet, together with all Subclasses or Tranches thereof.
“Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount” means, for each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to a Quarterly Collection Period, and with respect to any Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the amount identified as “Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” means, for each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to a Quarterly Collection Period, and with respect to any Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the amount identified as “Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount” means, with respect to each Weekly Allocation Date, and with respect to all Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amounts identified as the “Subordinated Notes Accrued Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amount” in each Series Supplement for such Series.
“Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(iii) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Subordinated Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a)(x) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08 (a)(vii) (Collection Account Administrative Accounts–Establishment of Collection Account Administrative Accounts) of this Base Indenture.
“Subordinated Notes Provisions” means, with respect to the issuance of any Series of Notes that includes Subordinated Notes, the terms of such Subordinated Notes will include the following provisions: (a) if there is an Extension Period in effect with respect to the Senior Notes issued on the Closing Date, the principal of any Subordinated Notes will not be permitted to be repaid out of the Priority of Payments unless such Senior Notes are no longer Outstanding, (b) if the Senior Notes issued on the Closing Date are refinanced on or prior to the Series Anticipated Repayment Date of such Senior Notes and any such Subordinated Notes having a Series Anticipated Repayment Date on or before the Series Anticipated Repayment Date of such Senior Notes are not refinanced on or prior to the Series Anticipated Repayment Date of such Senior Notes, such Subordinated Notes will begin to amortize on the date that the Senior Notes are refinanced pursuant to a Scheduled Principal Payment schedule to be set forth in the Series Supplement for such Series and (c) if the Senior Notes issued on the Closing Date are not refinanced on or prior to the Quarterly Payment Date following the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, such Subordinated Notes will not be permitted to be refinanced.
“Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount” means for each Quarterly Payment Date, with respect to each Class of Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amounts identified as the “Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
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“Subordinated Notes Quarterly Interest Shortfall” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(f)(iii) (Quarterly Payment Date Applications–Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account) of this Base Indenture.
“Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” means, for each Quarterly Payment Date, with respect to each Class of Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the amounts identified as the “Subordinated Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Contingent Interest Amount” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Amounts” means, with respect to each Class of Subordinated Notes Outstanding, each Scheduled Principal Payment with respect to such Class of Subordinated Notes.
“Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amount” means with respect to each Weekly Allocation Date, and with respect to all Subordinated Notes Outstanding, the aggregate amounts identified as the “Subordinated Notes Quarterly Scheduled Principal Deficiency Amount” in each Series Supplement for such Series.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by the parent or (b) that is, at the time any determination is being made, otherwise controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary Guarantors” means, collectively, the Franchisor, FoodCo and the Additional Securitization Entities.
“Successor Manager” means any successor to the Manager selected by the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) upon the resignation or removal of the Manager pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement.
“Successor Manager Transition Expenses” means all costs and expenses incurred by a Successor Manager in connection with the termination, removal and replacement of the Manager under the Management Agreement.
“Successor Servicer Transition Expenses” means all costs and expenses incurred by a successor Servicer in connection with the termination, removal and replacement of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement.
“Supplement” means either a supplement to this Base Indenture or a supplement to a Series Supplement, as applicable and in each case, complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Article XIII (Amendments) of this Base Indenture.
“Supplemental Management Fee” means for each Weekly Allocation Date with respect to any Quarterly Collection Period the amount (if any) by which, with respect to such Quarterly Collection Period, (A) the sum of (i) the expenses incurred or other amounts charged by the Manager (or the Back-Up Manager, as applicable) since the beginning of such Quarterly Collection Period in connection with the performance of the Manager’s (or the Back-Up Manager’s, as applicable) obligations under the Management Agreement, approved in writing by the Control Party acting at the direction of the Controlling
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Class Representative and (ii) so long as Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. (or, if Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. is not the taxable parent entity of any Securitization Entity, such other taxable parent entity) is then acting as Manager, any current or projected Tax Payment Deficiency, if applicable, approved in writing by the Control Party (with such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) exceeds (B) the Weekly Management Fees received and to be received by the Manager (or the Back-Up Manager, as applicable) on such Weekly Allocation Date and each preceding Weekly Allocation Date with respect to such Quarterly Collection Period.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Systemwide Sales” means, with respect to any Quarterly Calculation Date, Royalty Sales (which will be permitted to include estimated Royalty Sales of up to 5.0% of the total) of the Franchised Restaurants and Non-Securitization Entity Restaurants for the four (4) calendar quarters ended immediately prior to such Quarterly Calculation Date.
“Tax” means (i) any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, profits, documentary, property, franchise, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, fine, assessment or addition thereto and (ii) any transferee liability in respect of any items described in clause (i) above.
“Tax Lien Reserve Amount” means any funds contributed by Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. or a Subsidiary thereof to satisfy Liens filed by the IRS pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code against any Securitization Entity.
“Tax Opinion” means an opinion of tax counsel of nationally recognized standing in the United States experienced in such matters to be delivered in connection with the issuance of each new Series of Notes (other than Class A-1 Notes except as required under the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement) to the effect that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (a) the issuance of such new Series of Notes will not affect adversely the U.S. federal income tax characterization of any Series of Notes Outstanding or Class thereof that was (based upon an Opinion of Counsel) treated as debt at the time of their issuance, (b) each Securitization Entity organized in the United States in existence as of the date of the delivery of such opinion (other than any Additional Securitization Entity that is a corporation) (i) will as of the date of issuance be treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) will not as of the date of issuance be classified as a corporation or as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (c) such new Series of Notes will as of the date of issuance be treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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“Tax Payment Deficiency” means any Tax liability of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. (or, if Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. is not the taxable parent entity of any Securitization Entity, such other taxable parent entity) (including Taxes imposed under U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law)) attributable to the operations of the Securitization Entities that the Manager determines cannot be satisfied by Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. (or such other taxable parent entity) from its available funds.
“Technology Fees” means fees for the sale of certain hardware and the use of certain software, certain POS support fees and secure network fees as set forth in the Franchise Documents or as otherwise determined by the Manager to be required to be paid by Franchisees and the Non-Securitization Entities operating Non-Securitization Entity Restaurants.
“Technology Vendor Arrangements” means contracts and other arrangements pursuant to which certain third-party vendors are providing or will provide technology-related services.
“Trade Secrets” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”
“Trademarks” means all trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, designs, logos, slogans and other indicia of source or origin, whether registered or unregistered, registrations and pending applications to register the foregoing, internet domain names, and all goodwill of any business connected with the use of or symbolized thereby.
“Tranche” means, with respect to any Class of Notes, any one of the tranches of Notes of such Class as specified in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Trust Officer” means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporate Trust Office, or any trust officer, or any officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the person who at the time will be such officers, in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also any officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject.
“Trustee” means the party named as such in the Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving thereunder. On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall be Citibank, N.A., a national banking association.
“Trustee Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a) (Trustee as Securities Intermediary) of this Base Indenture.
“U.S. Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the specified jurisdiction or any applicable jurisdiction, as the case may be.
“United States” or “U.S.” means the fifty States of the United States of America, the territories and possessions of the United States of America, and the District of Columbia.
“Unrestricted Cash” means as of any date, unrestricted cash and Eligible Investments owned by the Non-Securitization Entities that are not, and are not presently required under the terms of any agreement or other arrangement binding any Non-Securitization Entity on such date to be, (a) pledged to or held in one or more accounts under the control of one or more creditors of any Non-Securitization Entity or (b)
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otherwise segregated from the general assets of the Non-Securitization Entities, in one or more special accounts or otherwise, for the purpose of securing or providing a source of payment for Indebtedness or other obligations that are or from time to time may be owed to one or more creditors of the Non-Securitization Entities. It is agreed that cash and Eligible Investments held in ordinary deposit or security accounts and not subject to any existing or contingent restrictions on transfer by any Non-Securitization Entity will not be excluded from Unrestricted Cash by reason of setoff rights or other Liens created by law or by applicable Account Agreements in favor of the depositary institutions or security intermediaries.
“Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement” means any note purchase agreement entered into by the Master Issuer in connection with the issuance of Class A-1 Notes that is identified as a “Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement” in the Series Supplement for such Series.
“Vendor Arrangements” means, collectively, Restaurant Vendor Arrangements and Technology Vendor Arrangements.
“Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account” means the reserve account no. 12440100 entitled “Citibank, N.A. f/b/o Jersey Mike’s Funding, LLC, Vendor Program Payment Reserve Account”, which account is maintained by the Trustee for the purpose of reserving the Large Securitized Vendor Program Payment Reserve Amount on any day that a Large Securitized Vendor Program Payment is received and a Vendor Program Payment Reserve Period is in effect, or any successor securities account established pursuant to this Base Indenture.
“Vendor Program Payment Reserve Period” means any period that begins on and includes any Quarterly Payment Date on which the DSCR as calculated as of the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date is less than 2.50x and ends on and excludes the Vendor Program Payment Reserve Release Date.
“Vendor Program Payment Reserve Release Date” means the first Quarterly Payment Date on which the DSCR as calculated as of the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date is equal to or exceeds 2.50x.
“VFN Noteholders” has the meaning specified in Section 11.05(b) (Note Owner List) of this Base Indenture.
“Warm Back-Up Management Duties” has the meaning set forth in the Back-Up Management Agreement.
“Warm Back-Up Management Trigger Event” means the occurrence and continuation of (i) any event that causes a Cash Trapping Period to begin and that continues for at least two (2) consecutive Quarterly Calculation Dates, (ii) a Rapid Amortization Event, in each case, that has not been waived or approved by the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative), provided that any Rapid Amortization Event pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition thereof shall not be a Warm Back-Up Management Trigger Event unless such Rapid Amortization Event has not been cured within six (6) months from the date of such Rapid Amortization Event, (iii) a Potential Rapid Amortization Event for which notice has been delivered, (iv) a Potential Manager Termination Event for which notice has been delivered or (v) an Event of Default and/or a Default for which notice has been delivered.
“Weekly Allocation Date” means (x) the last Business Day of the week following the last day of each Weekly Collection Period or (y) upon not less than two (2) Business Days’ notice to the Trustee, such other Business Day during such week that has been designated by the Manager and consented to by the Trustee (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), commencing no later than January 10, 2020.
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“Weekly Allocation Percentage” means, with respect to any Weekly Collection Period, at the option of the Master Issuer as designated by the Master Issuer in the relevant Weekly Manager’s Certificate either (a) a percentage that is at least ten percent (10%) or (b) the percentages designated by the Master Issuer in the relevant Weekly Manager’s Certificate for such Weekly Collection Period, each such percentage to be not less than the percentage required to cause the Required Balance to be on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Payment Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Interest Payment Account, the Senior Notes Principal Payment Account, the Senior Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account, the Subordinated Notes Principal Payment Account or the Senior Notes Post-ARD Contingent Interest Account, as applicable, for such Weekly Collection Period.
“Weekly Collection Period” means each weekly period commencing at 12:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on each Monday and ending at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern time) on the following Sunday, except that the first such period will be from 12:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on the Cut-Off Date to 11:59 p.m. (Eastern time) on January 5, 2020.
“Weekly Management Fee” has the meaning set forth in the Management Agreement.
“Weekly Manager’s Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a) (Reports and Instructions to Trustee–Weekly Manager’s Certificate) of this Base Indenture.
“Welfare Plan” means any “employee welfare benefit plan” as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.
“Workout Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Servicing Agreement.
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