Exhibit 10.2

Execution version

GOODYEAR

 

 

MASTER SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT AGREEMENT

DATED 23 JULY 2008, AS LAST AMENDED AND RESTATED

ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2014

 

 

between

CREDIT AGRICOLE LEASING & FACTORING

as Agent

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as the Calculation Agent

ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION

as Purchaser

DUNLOP TYRES LTD.

as the Subordinated Depositor and Centralising Unit

 

 

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Avocats au Barreau des Hauts de Seine

1-3, villa Emile Bergerat

92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, France

T +33 1 47 38 55 00

info@cms-bfl.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

CLAUSE				PAGE
CHAPTER I INTERPRETATION					5
1.		DEFINITIONS			5
2.		INTERPRETATION			5
CHAPTER II PURPOSE - DURATION					6
3.		PURPOSE			6
4.		DURATION			6
CHAPTER III AMOUNT OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT					7
5.		AMOUNT OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT			7
6.		SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT FEE - NO INTEREST			8
CHAPTER IV REPAYMENT - PAYMENTS					9
7.		REPAYMENT			9
8.		PAYMENTS			10
CHAPTER V GENERAL PROVISIONS					10
9.		REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES			10
CHAPTER VI CASH COLLATERAL					11
10.		APPLICATION OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT AS CASH COLLATERAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PURCHASER			11
CHAPTER VII MISCELLANEOUS					12
11.		FEES AND EXPENSES			12
12.		SUBSTITUTION AND AGENCY			12
13.		CONFIDENTIALITY			12
14.		TRANSFERABILITY			12
15.		NOTICES			13
16.		EXERCISE OF RIGHTS			13
17.		INDIVISIBILITY			13
18.		PARTIAL INVALIDITY			14
19.		AMENDMENTS			14
20.		LIMITED RECOURSE – NON PETITION			14
21.		GOVERNING LAW - JURISDICTION			15

 

SCHEDULE		PAGE
SCHEDULE 1 CALCULATION OF THE OVERCOLLATERALISATION RATE			16
SCHEDULE 2 CALCULATION OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT			20
SCHEDULE 3 CALCULATION OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT FEE			21

 

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THIS MASTER SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN

 

(1)

CREDIT AGRICOLE LEASING & FACTORING, a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a financing company (société de financement), having its registered office at 12, place des Etats-Unis – CS 20001, 92548 Montrouge Cedex, France, registered with the trade and companies registry (Registre du commerce et des sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 692 029 457, whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement (the “Agent) (succeeding Eurofactor as a consequence of the merger and absorption of Eurofactor into Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring on 31 December 2013);

 

(2)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a credit institution (établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 9 quai du Président Paul Doumer, 92920 Paris La Défense Cedex, France, registered with the trade and companies registry (Registre du commerce et des sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 304 187 701, whose representatives are duly authorised for the purpose of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement (the “Calculation Agent”);

 

(3)

ESTER FINANCE TITRISATION, a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a specialized credit institution (établissement de crédit spécialisé), having its registered office at 9 quai du Président Paul Doumer, 92920 Paris La Défense Cedex, France, registered with the trade and companies registry (Registre du commerce et des sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 414 886 226, whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement (“Ester Finance Titrisation” or the “Purchaser”); and

 

(4)

DUNLOP TYRES LTD., a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company number 1792065 whose registered office is situated at Tyrefort, 88-98 Wingfoot Way, Birmingham B24 9HY, whose representative is duly authorised for the purpose of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement (the “Centralising Unit” or the “Subordinated Depositor”).

WHEREAS:

 

(A)

Goodyear Dunlop Tires France S.A. (the “French Seller”), Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH (the “German Seller”), Goodyear Dunlop Tires Italia SPA (the “Italian Seller”), Goodyear Dunlop Tires España S.A. (the “Spanish Seller”) and Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK LTD. (the “UK Seller”) are in the business of manufacturing and/or supplying tyres and activities related thereto, and hold receivables against certain customers originated in the ordinary course of their business.

 

(B)

In order to provide financing to certain European subsidiaries of Goodyear, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Natixis have set up a securitisation transaction by way of the sale, on an ongoing basis, of certain trade receivables resulting from the ordinary business of the Sellers in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom (the “Securitisation Transaction”).

 

(C)

Pursuant to the Securitisation Transaction and with respect to (i) the French Seller, the Spanish Seller and the UK Seller, existing and future domestic trade receivables will be purchased by the Purchaser from those Sellers on an ongoing basis and in accordance with receivables purchase agreements governed by French law, in respect of the French Seller and the Spanish Seller, and English law, in respect of the UK Seller, and (ii) the German Seller, existing and future

 

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domestic and cross-border trade receivables will be purchased by the Purchaser from the German Seller on an ongoing basis and in accordance with the law governing such receivables as set forth in a receivables purchase agreement (entered into, inter alios, between the German Seller, the Centralising Unit and the Purchaser (together, the “Receivables Purchase Agreements”)).

 

(D)	The Purchaser shall fund the acquisition of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, Remaining Purchasable Receivables, Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables:

 

(i)

partly out of a senior deposit (the “Senior Deposit”) effected by the Depositor with the Purchaser in accordance with a master senior deposit agreement (the “Master Senior Deposit Agreement”); and

 

(ii)

partly by way of set-off against any amount due and payable by the Centralising Unit to the Purchaser in connection with (a) a subordinated deposit (the “Subordinated Deposit”) to be effected by the Centralising Unit with the Purchaser in accordance with the terms and conditions of the present master subordinated deposit agreement (the “Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement”) and (b) a complementary deposit (the “Complementary Deposit”) to be effected by the Centralising Unit with the Purchaser in accordance with the terms and conditions of a master complementary deposit agreement (the “Master Complementary Deposit Agreement”).

 

(E)

The Purchaser and the Subordinated Depositor are willing to define the terms and conditions according to which the Subordinated Deposit shall be made by the Subordinated Depositor with the Purchaser and shall be pledged as cash collateral (affecté à titre de gage-espèces) in favour of the Purchaser and have agreed to enter into this agreement under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth hereunder.

IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

 

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CHAPTER I

INTERPRETATION

 

1.	DEFINITIONS

Capitalised terms and expressions used in this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall have the same meaning as ascribed to such terms and expressions in the glossary set out in schedule 1 to the general master purchase agreement in relation to the securitization of trade receivables of certain subsidiaries of the Goodyear group dated 10 December 2004 as last amended and restated on 25 September 2014, inter alia, Ester Finance Titrisation, Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Natixis, Dunlop Tyres Ltd. and the sellers listed therein (the “General Master Purchase Agreement”).

 

2.	INTERPRETATION

The titles of the Chapters, Articles (including their paragraphs) and Schedules used herein and the table of contents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not be used to interpret the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.

In this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, except if the context calls for another interpretation:

 

(i)

references to “Chapters”, “Articles” and “Schedules” shall be construed as references to the chapters, articles and schedules of the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and references to the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement include its schedules;

 

(ii)

headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement;

 

(iii)

words in the plural shall cover the singular and vice versa;

 

(iv)

references to the time of the day shall refer to Paris time, unless otherwise stipulated;

 

(v)

words appearing in this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement in a language other than English shall have the meaning ascribed to them under the law of the corresponding jurisdiction and such meaning shall prevail over their translation into English, if any;

 

(vi)

references to a person shall include its permitted assignees, transferees and successors;

 

(vii)

references to a document shall mean such document, as amended, replaced by novation or varied from time to time;

 

(viii)

references to any Securitisation Document shall be construed to mean such securitisation document, as amended and restated on the date hereof and as may be amended and supplemented from time to time thereafter; and

 

(ix)

references to the “ Parties” shall be construed as references to the parties to this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, and an “ Party” shall mean any of the Parties.

 

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CHAPTER II

PURPOSE - DURATION

 

3.

PURPOSE

 

3.1	The Subordinated Depositor shall make a Subordinated Deposit with the Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.

 

3.2	The Subordinated Deposit made by the Subordinated Depositor under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall be applied and pledged as cash collateral (affecté à titre de gage-espèces) in favour of the Purchaser in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article 10.

All repayments of principal to be made by the Purchaser to the Subordinated Depositor in respect of the Subordinated Deposit shall be made up to the amount and to the extent of the sums received by the Purchaser in respect of the Sold Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables in the manner described under Article 7 below. During the Amortisation Period, such repayments under the Subordinated Deposit shall be subject to the order of priority of payments provided for under article 16 (Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period) of the General Master Purchase Agreement and shall, in particular, occur after the full and definitive repayment of any sum due under the Senior Deposit.

The Subordinated Depositor agrees that, for the purposes of the repayment of the Subordinated Deposit or payment of any sums otherwise due under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, it will look solely to the amount of the sums received by the Purchaser under the General Master Purchase Agreement and under the Refinanced Receivables Purchase Agreement until the Program Expiry Date and that the Subordinated Depositor shall not, in such capacity, take or pursue any judicial or other proceedings, or exercise any right or remedy that it might otherwise have against the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s assets save to the extent required for the recovery of such sums.

 

4.

DURATION

 

4.1	This Agreement shall take effect on the date the amendment and restatement no. 5 to the General Master Purchase Agreement enters into force and shall end on the Program Expiry Date.

 

4.2	The Subordinated Deposit shall be repaid in the manner described in Article 7 below.

 

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CHAPTER III

AMOUNT OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT

 

5.	AMOUNT OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT

 

5.1	Amount of the Subordinated Deposit

On each Calculation Date preceding a Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the amount of the Subordinated Deposit shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of SCHEDULE 1 and SCHEDULE 2.

On each Calculation Date, during the Replenishment Period, the Agent shall calculate the difference between (i) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the following Settlement Date, and (ii) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the preceding Settlement Date.

During the Amortisation Period until the Program Expiry Date, the amount of the Subordinated Deposit shall be equal to the amount of the Subordinated Deposit as at the last Settlement Date, and shall be repaid, after full repayment of the Senior Deposit, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7.

 

5.2	Calculation and setting up of the Subordinated Deposit

 

5.2.1

Calculation

 

(i)

At the latest on the Calculation Date preceding the Settlement Date of 30 July 2008, the Agent shall calculate, in accordance with the provisions of SCHEDULE 1 and SCHEDULE 2, and notify forthwith to the Purchaser and the Subordinated Depositor the amount of the Subordinated Deposit to be made on the Settlement Date of 30 July 2008, together with the details of such calculation.

 

(ii)

On any subsequent Calculation Date during the Replenishment Period, the Agent shall calculate, in accordance with the provisions of SCHEDULE 1 and SCHEDULE 2, and notify forthwith to the Purchaser and the Subordinated Depositor of the difference between (i) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the Settlement Date following such Calculation Date, and (ii) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the preceding Settlement Date, together with the details of such calculation.

If the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the Settlement Date following such Calculation Date is higher than the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the Settlement Date preceding such Calculation Date, the Subordinated Deposit shall be increased by the Euro amount of the difference (the “Increase in the Subordinated Deposit”).

If the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the Settlement Date following such Calculation Date is lower than the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the Settlement Date preceding such Calculation Date, the Subordinated Deposit shall be reduced by the Euro amount of the difference (the “Reduction of the Subordinated Deposit”).

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, any reference to the Subordinated Deposit in the Transaction Documents shall be to the Subordinated Deposit as it may be increased or reduced in accordance with this Article 5.2.1.

 

5.2.2

Setting up of the Subordinated Deposit

 

(i)

On the Settlement Date of 30 July 2008, before 9.00 a.m. (Paris time), the Subordinated Deposit shall be made by the Subordinated Depositor in Euro with the Purchaser, for the amount calculated in accordance with Article 5.2.1 (i) and the terms and conditions of the amendment to the General Master Purchase Agreement entered into on 23 July 2008.

 

(ii)

On each Settlement Date following the Settlement Date of 30 July 2008, during the Replenishment Period, before 9.00 a.m. (Paris time):

 

(a)

the Subordinated Depositor shall make a deposit in respect of the Subordinated Deposit in Euro with the Purchaser, for an amount corresponding to any Increase in the Subordinated Deposit, as calculated in accordance with Article 5.2.1(ii) above; or

 

(b)

the Purchaser shall repay a portion of the Subordinated Deposit to the Subordinated Depositor, for an amount corresponding to any Reduction of the Subordinated Deposit, as calculated in accordance with Article 5.2.1(ii) above, subject to the provisions of Article 7.

The payments to be made pursuant to (i) and (ii) above shall be effected in accordance with and subject to the provisions of article 6.4 (Entry on Current Account) of the General Master Purchase Agreement.

 

6.	SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT FEE - NO INTEREST

 

6.1

During the Replenishment Period only, the Purchaser shall pay a Subordinated Deposit Fee to the Subordinated Depositor on a monthly basis, as remuneration for its undertaking to make the Subordinated Deposit pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement. The amount of the Subordinated Deposit Fee shall be calculated in accordance with SCHEDULE 3. The Subordinated Deposit Fee shall be paid in arrears on each Funded Settlement Date (as from 30 July 2008).

The payment of each Subordinated Deposit Fee shall be effected in accordance with and subject to the provisions of article 6.4 (Entry on Current Account) of the General Master Purchase Agreement.

 

6.2	The Purchaser and the Subordinated Depositor hereby expressly agree that the Subordinated Deposit shall not bear interest.

The Subordinated Depositor acknowledges that it has entered into intercompany arrangements with the Sellers inter alia (the “Intercompany Arrangements”) pursuant to which the Subordinated Depositor will receive from each Seller any necessary consideration for the making of the Subordinated Deposit and will be indemnified in an appropriate manner by each Seller in accordance with its corporate interest and in respect of the losses incurred by the Subordinated

 

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Depositor as a result of the Subordinated Deposit made under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.

CHAPTER IV

REPAYMENT - PAYMENTS

 

7.

REPAYMENT

 

7.1

Principle

The repayment of the Subordinated Deposit, which shall be carried out until the Program Expiry Date, shall always be subject to (i) the provisions of Article 3.2 above and (ii) the order of priority of payments set forth Article 7.2.

 

7.2	Repayment of the Subordinated Deposit

 

7.2.1

On each Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the Purchaser shall repay, if applicable, the Subordinated Deposit to the Subordinated Depositor, for an amount equal to any Reduction of the Subordinated Deposit as calculated under Article 5.2.1.

 

7.2.2

On each Settlement Date during the Amortisation Period, and until the Program Expiry Date, the Purchaser shall repay to the Subordinated Depositor the Subordinated Deposit, for an amount resulting from the allocations set out in article 16 (Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period) of the General Master Purchase Agreement.

The Parties agree that, for the avoidance of doubt, and in accordance with the order of priority set forth under article 16 (Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period) of the General Master Purchase Agreement which the Centralising Unit expressly acknowledges and accepts, the Subordinated Deposit shall not be repaid during the Amortisation Period, inter alia, until full repayment of the Senior Deposit.

Such repayment shall be effected by means of the Distributed Amounts received by the Purchaser under the Sold Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables until the Program Expiry Date and in accordance with the order of priority of payments as described in article 16 (Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period) of the General Master Purchase Agreement.

 

7.2.3

In the event that, on the Program Expiry Date, the Distributed Amounts do not permit the repayment in full of any outstanding amount remaining unpaid under the Subordinated Deposit, then, the Purchaser shall be irrevocably released from any repayment obligations hereunder.

 

7.3

In the event that during the Amortisation Period, the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, repurchases all outstanding Sold Receivables from the Purchaser in accordance with article 4.3 of the General Master Purchase Agreement, the purchase price of such Sold Receivables shall be applied by the Purchaser to the repayment of the Subordinated Deposit in the order specified in article 16 (Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period) of the General Master Purchase Agreement.

 

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8.

PAYMENTS

 

8.1	All payments to be made in accordance with this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall be made in Euro.

 

8.2	All repayments of principal and all payments falling due on a day which is not a Business Day shall instead fall due on the following Business Day.

 

8.3

At any time, until the Program Expiry Date, subject to article 6 (Current Account Agreement) of the General Master Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser shall be entitled to set-off (i) any amount due and payable by the Purchaser to the Subordinated Depositor in respect of the Subordinated Deposit and (ii) any amount due and payable by the Subordinated Depositor to the Purchaser under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.

CHAPTER V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

9.	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Subordinated Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as follows:

 

(i)

it is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of England and Wales and has the capacity (a) to carry on its business, as currently conducted, and to own all of the assets appearing on its balance sheet, except where not having such capacity would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) to enter into and perform its obligations under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement;

 

(ii)

the execution of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement does not require any authorisation with respect to the Subordinated Depositor that has not already been obtained and communicated to the Purchaser, unless, in the case of any Governmental Authorisation, the failure to obtain such authorisation would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(iii)

the execution of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and the performance of the obligations under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement do not contravene any of the provisions of the Subordinated Depositor’s articles and memorandum of association, agreements or undertakings to which it is a party or by which it is bound, and do not in any manner contravene the statutes and regulations applicable to it, except, in each case, to the extent that no Material Adverse Effect would result from such breach;

 

(iv)

the obligations arising out of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement are binding on the Subordinated Depositor and enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

 

(v)

in the event that, in accordance with the provisions of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and the General Master Purchase Agreement, the Subordinated Depositor is

 

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not repaid in full on the Program Expiry Date, the Subordinated Depositor shall incur any losses out of its own business, and the Purchaser shall not be liable, in any manner whatsoever, in this respect (except, as the case may be, as provided in article 4.2 (b) of the General Master Purchase Agreement); and

 

(vi)

the constitution of the Subordinated Deposit as cash collateral (affectation à titre de gage-espèces) in favour of the Purchaser, as set forth in Article 10 below, complies with the Subordinated Depositor’s corporate interest and does not exceed its financial capabilities; the Subordinated Depositor has entered into Intercompany Arrangements with the Sellers and GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE B.V., pursuant to which the Subordinated Depositor shall receive from each Seller any necessary consideration for making the Subordinated Deposit and shall be indemnified as is appropriate by each Seller and GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE B.V. in respect of the losses incurred by the Subordinated Depositor as a result of the Subordinated Deposit made under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.

CHAPTER VI

CASH COLLATERAL

 

10.	APPLICATION OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT AS CASH COLLATERAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PURCHASER

 

10.1

The Subordinated Depositor hereby irrevocably agrees that the Subordinated Deposit made under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall, by virtue of this Article, be pledged and consequently applied as cash collateral (affecté à titre de gage-espèces) by the Subordinated Depositor in favour of the Purchaser until the Program Expiry Date, to secure the payment of (i) any sum due by the Debtors to the Purchaser in respect of the Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables and (ii) any sum due to the Purchaser by any Seller, the Refinanced Seller or the Centralising Unit pursuant to the Transaction Documents.

The Subordinated Depositor expressly exempts the Purchaser from the obligation to keep the Subordinated Deposit granted as cash collateral segregated from any other sums or any cash which belong(s) to the Purchaser.

The Subordinated Depositor hereby irrevocably agrees that the pledge and application of the Subordinated Deposit as cash collateral (affectation du dépôt subordonné à titre de gage-espèces) in favour of the Purchaser shall transfer to the Purchaser the ownership of those sums received under the Subordinated Deposit.

 

10.2	The cash collateral (gage-espèces) shall be deemed created and effective as of the date on which the Subordinated Deposit is made with the Purchaser.

 

10.3

The obligation of the Purchaser to transfer back to the Subordinated Depositor the Subordinated Deposit (créance en restitution) shall automatically be reduced by any principal amount paid by the Purchaser to the Subordinated Depositor on account of the Subordinated Deposit in accordance with Article 7 above.

 

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10.4

The outstanding amount of the Subordinated Deposit, as of the Program Expiry Date shall be applied by the Purchaser against the aggregate of (a) any remaining sums due to the Purchaser in respect of the Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables, and (b) any remaining sums due to the Purchaser by the Sellers, the Refinanced Seller or the Centralising Unit pursuant to the Transaction Documents, remaining due as of the Program Expiry Date.

The amount so applied shall automatically reduce the obligation of the Purchaser, to transfer back the outstanding amount of the Subordinated Deposit to the Subordinated Depositor (créance en restitution).

CHAPTER VII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.	FEES AND EXPENSES

The Subordinated Depositor, in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, shall bear, in particular, any costs and expenses incurred by Ester Finance Titrisation, in accordance with article 29 (Fees and Expenses) of the General Master Purchase Agreement.

 

12.	SUBSTITUTION AND AGENCY

Each Party shall have the right to be assisted by, to appoint or to substitute for itself one or more third parties in the performance of certain tasks provided that:

 

(i)

such Party has given prior written notice of the exercise of that right to the other Parties;

 

(ii)

such Party remains liable to the other Parties for the proper performance of those tasks and the relevant third party/parties has or have expressly renounced any right to any contractual claim against the other Parties;

 

(iii)

the relevant third party/parties undertake(s) to comply with all obligations binding upon such Party under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement; and

 

(iv)

the substitution, assistance or agency shall not entail an increase in the costs incurred by the other Parties.

The Parties acknowledge however that, in order to avoid doubt, this Article shall not apply to the Subordinated Depositor in respect of the making of the Subordinated Deposit.

 

13.	CONFIDENTIALITY

For the purposes to this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, the Parties agree to be bound by the provisions relating to confidentiality as provided for by article 31 (Confidentiality) of the General Master Purchase Agreement.

 

14.	TRANSFERABILITY

Except to the extent authorised in Article 12, this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement is concluded on the intuitu personae of the Parties to this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.

 

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Therefore, none of the Parties may transfer this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, or its rights and/or obligations hereunder, to any third party whatsoever, without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

15.

NOTICES

 

15.1	Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, all notices, requests or communications which must or may be made pursuant to this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall be by way of writing, mail or fax.

 

15.2

All notices, requests or communications to be made and all documents to be delivered from one Party to the other Party under the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall be made and delivered to the addressees referred to in schedule 6 (List of Adressees) to the General Master Purchase Agreement.

 

15.3	All notices, requests or communications made and all documents delivered under the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall only take effect upon the date of their receipt by its addressee.

 

15.4

Each of the Parties may at any time modify the addressee of the notices, requests or communications to be made and the documents to be delivered to it under the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement by sending to that effect a letter or fax to the other Party indicating the name of the new addressee.

 

15.5

The Parties agree that the Centralising Unit shall be responsible for receiving written notice on behalf of the Sellers, and that any notice given by the Purchaser to the Sellers and delivered to the Centralising Unit shall be deemed validly received by all of the Sellers upon receipt by the Centralising Unit.

 

16.	EXERCISE OF RIGHTS

 

16.1

All rights conferred on the Purchaser or the Subordinated Depositor under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement or by any other document delivered pursuant to or incidental to this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement or any Transaction Document, including rights conferred by law, shall be cumulative and may be exercised at any time.

 

16.2

The fact that the Purchaser or the Subordinated Depositor does not exercise a right or delays in doing so shall in no way be construed as a waiver of that right. The exercise of any right or a partial exercise of such right shall not prevent the Purchaser or the Subordinated Depositor from exercising such a right again in the future, or from exercising any other right.

 

17.	INDIVISIBILITY

Each Party acknowledges that the General Master Purchase Agreement, the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement shall form a single set of contractual rights and obligations and that, if the General Master Purchase Agreement, or the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement becomes void or ceases to be effective and enforceable for any reason whatsoever, this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall also

 

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become void or cease to be effective and enforceable accordingly. Any payment already made by the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers or on its own behalf to the Purchaser under this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, the General Master Purchase Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreements and the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement shall not be affected by such a nullity, ineffectiveness or unenforceability.

 

18.	PARTIAL INVALIDITY

If one or more provisions of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction or with respect to any Party, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in such jurisdiction or with respect to such Party or Parties shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, render invalid, illegal or unenforceable such provision or provisions in any other jurisdiction or with respect to any other Party or Parties hereto.

Such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by the Parties to such contract with a provision which reflects in so far as is reasonably possible the intentions of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision. Any fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Parties in connection with any amendment necessary or advisable pursuant to this Article shall be borne exclusively by the Subordinated Depositor.

 

19.	AMENDMENTS

No amendment to this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement (other than contemplated in Article 19.2 may be made without the written consent of each other Party thereto and (a) unless the Rating Agencies (i) have been informed and provided by the Joint-Lead Arrangers with all necessary details they may require in respect of such contemplated amendment and (ii) have confirmed that the contemplated amendment will not entail a downgrading or withdrawal of the current ratings of any Notes issued by the Issuers and/or, as the case may be, the senior units issued by the Fund, or that the contemplated amendment will reduce a downgrading or withdrawal which would otherwise occur, but for such amendment being made, and (b) each Issuer and each Liquidity Bank has given its prior written consent to such amendment (such consent not being unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

20.	LIMITED RECOURSE – NON PETITION

Each of the Subordinated Depositor, the Centralising Unit, the Calculation Agent and the Agent:

 

(a)

irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right that it may have to initiate any proceeding whatsoever in relation to the contractual liability (responsabilité contractuelle) of the Purchaser, except in the event of gross negligence (faute lourde) or wilful misconduct (dol) of the Purchaser and agree to limit their claims and recourse against the Purchaser (including in the event of a breach by the Purchaser of any of its representations and warranties, or any of its obligations hereunder) to the amount of the Available Funds on the relevant date; and

 

(b)

irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes and agrees not to institute any legal proceedings, take other steps or institute other proceedings against the Purchaser, the purpose of which is the appointment of a conciliator or an ad hoc agent, or the opening of

 

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receivership proceedings or insolvency proceedings (sauvegarde, sauvegarde accélérée, sauvegarde financière accélérée, redressement judiciaire or liquidation judiciaire) or any other similar proceedings.

 

21.	GOVERNING LAW - JURISDICTION

 

21.1	This Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall be governed by French law.

 

21.2	Any dispute as to the validity, interpretation, performance or any other matter arising out of this Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Paris (Cour d’appel de Paris).

 

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SCHEDULE 1

CALCULATION OF THE OVERCOLLATERALISATION RATE

CREDIT AGRICOLE LEASING & FACTORING calculates the Overcollateralisation Rate for each Funded Settlement Date applied for such Funded Settlement Date and the next Intermediary Settlement Date (if such Intermediary Settlement Date falls during a Bi-monthly Management Period) during the Replenishment Period as follows:

 

(*) As used herein, “m” means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date, as the case may be, the Assessment Date related to such Funded Settlement Date or the calendar month ending on such Assessment Date and “m-X” means the Xth calendar month preceding such calendar month.

The Loss Reserve means the Loss Reserve Rate multiplied by the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of the Eligible Receivables and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the Refinanced Eligible Receivables.

 

1.	Loss Reserve Rate

 

- Defaulted Receivables period:		beyond 90 days past due
- Stress factor:		2,25
- Loss horizon:		5 months and 26 days   X months and Y days
Loss Reserve Rate (m) =		Stress factor * Loss horizon ratio (m) * maximum within the last 12 months of the Loss ratio (m)
Loss horizon ratio (m) =		[Y/30 * Turnover (m-X) + Turnover (m-[X-1]) + Turnover (m-[X-2]) + … + Turnover (m)] / [Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables as of the end of month m + Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Sold Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Defaulted

 

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		Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Defaulted Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Net Miscellaneous Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables as of the end of month m]
Turnover (m) =		The aggregated gross Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables sold during the relevant period VAT included
Loss ratio (m) =		average within the 3 last calendar months of the Defaulted ratio
Defaulted Receivables (m) =		Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivales that became Defaulted Receivables and Refinanced Defaulted Receivales during the relevant month
Defaulted ratio (m)		(Defaulted Receivables (m) + Refinanced Defaulted Receivables (m) ) / Turnover (m-[X+1])
Floor Reserve Rate (m) =		{Maximum [sum of the Receivables for Financing on the 5 Debtors Groups with the largest Receivables for Financing who are non rated or non investment grade; sum of the Receivables for Financing of the 4 Debtors Groups with the largest Receivables for Financing who are rated BB-to BB+; sum of the Receivables for Financing of the 3 Debtors Groups with the largest Receivables for Financing rated BBB-to BBB+; sum of the Receivables for Financing of the 2 Debtors Groups with the largest Receivables for Financing rated A- to A+]/[(Outstanding Amount of Eligible Receivables as of “m” + Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Eligible Receivables as of “m”]} + Expected Dilution m (ED) * Dilution Horizon Ratio m (DHR)
Receivables for Financing =		Aggregated amount of the Outstanding Amount of Eligible Receivables and Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Eligible Receivables, on the relevant Assessment Date

 

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Debtors Group =		means a group of debtors for which a parent company owns 50% + 1% of voting rights.

 

2.      Dilution Reserve
- Dilution horizon:		1 month (**)
- Stress factor (SF):		2,25
Dilution reserve (m) =		[{SF * ED} + {DS - ED}*{DS/ED}] * DHR (m)
Expected Dilution (ED) =		average Dilution ratio within the last 12 months
Dilution ratio (m) =		Net Credit Notes (m) / Turnover (m-1)
Net credit notes (m) =		new Credit Notes issued during the relevant month, based on the reporting template filled monthly by each seller and the Refinanced Seller, excluding any Miscellaneous Accounting Credit Entries
Dilution Spike (DS) =		Maximum Dilution ratio within the last 12 months
Dilution horizon ratio (DHR) =		Turnover (m) / [Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Defaulted Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Net Miscellaneous Receivables as of the end of month m + Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Sold Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Defaulted Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables as of the end of month m]

(**) Dilution horizon is equal to the estimated average amount of time elapsed from the creation of an Eligible Receivable and a Refinanced Eligible Receivable to the issuance of a Credit Note pertaining thereto.

 

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3.	YER Reserve

YER Reserve (m) = Maximum Consolidated YER⁽¹⁾ (m) / [Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Defaulted Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Net Miscellaneous Receivables as of the end of month m + Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Sold Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Defaulted Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables as of the end of month m]

 

(1)	Consolidated YER declared in the Assessment Report

 

4.	Customer / Supplier Reserve

Customer / Supplier Reserve (m) = Customer - Suppliers outstanding⁽²⁾ (m) / [Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Defaulted Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Net Miscellaneous Receivables as of the end of month m + Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Sold Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Defaulted Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables as of the end of month m]

 

(2)	Customer- Suppliers outstanding such as declared in the Assessment Report

 

5.	Discount reserve rate

Discount reserve rate = Discount Reserve ⁽¹⁾ / [Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables on such Settlement Date ⁽²⁾ – Outstanding Amount of Defaulted Receivables on such Settlement Date ⁽³⁾ - Outstanding Amount of Net Miscellaneous Receivables on such Settlement Date + Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Sold Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Defaulted Receivables as of the end of month m - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables as of the end of month m]

With:

 

(1)

The Discount Reserve is defined in schedule 1 of the General Master Purchase Agreement.

 

(2)

Taking into account Purchasable Receivables to be purchased on such Settlement Date

 

(3)

Excluding any such receivables that, after becoming Doubtful Receivables, have been repurchased.

 

6.	Exchange Rate Reserve

Exchange Rate Reserve = Exchange Rate Probability * [Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables in GBP on such Settlement Date / Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables on such Settlement Date + Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Sold Receivables on such Settlement Date]

Exchange Rate Probability = mean + 2 * standard deviation

The mean and the standard deviation are calculated on the historical 15-day % of change over the last 5 years of the GBP vs Euro currency rate, following a lognormal statistic rule.

The Exchange Rate Probability shall be updated semi annually by the Agent, based on the information received from the Calculation Agent.

 

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SCHEDULE 2

CALCULATION OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT

On each Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period:

 

Subordinated Deposit =		Overcollateralisation Rate, * [Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables on such Settlement Date (1) + Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Sold Receivables on such Settlement Date – Outstanding Amount of Defaulted Receivables on such Settlement Date (2) - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Defaulted Receivables on such Settlement Date - Outstanding Amount of Net Miscellaneous Receivables on such Settlement Date - Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables on such Settlement Date];
+		Outstanding Amount of Defaulted Receivables on such Settlement Date (2)
+		Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Defaulted Receivables on such Settlement Date(2)
+		Outstanding Amount of Net Miscellaneous Receivables (3) on such Settlement Date
+		Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables (3) on such Settlement Date.

 

(1)	Taking into account Refinanced Purchasable Receivables and Purchasable Receivables to be purchased on such Settlement Date.

 

(2)	Excluding any such receivables that, after becoming Doubtful Receivables or Refinanced Doubtful Receivables, have been repurchased.

 

(3)	As long as the sum of the Outstanding Amount of Net Miscellaneous Receivables and the Outstanding Amount of Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivables is positive.

 

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SCHEDULE 3

CALCULATION OF THE SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT FEE

On each Funded Settlement Date, during the Replenishment Period, the Subordinated Deposit Fee due and payable shall be equal to the sum of:

the Subordinated Deposit Fee Component calculated on the Calculation Date preceding such Funded Settlement Date and the Subordinated Deposit Fee Component calculated on the Calculation Date preceding the last Funded Settlement Date in accordance with schedule 16C of the General Master Purchase Agreement.

 

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