Execution Version
First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent
This First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent, dated as of March 29, 2024 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by and among Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), Regional Management Corp., a Delaware corporation, as servicer (the “Servicer”), the Lenders party hereto, and Regions Bank (“Regions”), as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Agreement (as defined below), unless otherwise specified.
Whereas, the Borrower, the Servicer, the Lenders, the agents for the Lender Groups (as defined in the Agreement), the Backup Servicer, the Securities Intermediary, and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (the “Agreement”); and
Whereas, the Borrower and the Servicer have requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders modify certain terms of the Agreement and, subject to the terms and conditions as hereinafter set forth, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to such modifications;
Now Therefore, in consideration of the premises and the other mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments.
1.1. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 below, the parties hereto agree that the Agreement shall be amended with text marked in underline (e.g., addition or addition) indicating additions to the Agreement and with text marked in strikethrough (e.g., deletion or deletion) indicating deletions to the Agreement as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto..
1.2. This Amendment shall be limited precisely as written and, except as expressly provided in this Section 1, shall not be deemed to be a waiver or modification of any other term or condition of the Agreement or any other Basic Document or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or any member of the Lender Groups may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Agreement or any other Basic Document.
Section 2. Consent.
The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to (A) the amendment of each of the First Tier Master Purchase Agreement and the Second Tier Purchase Agreement pursuant to the Omnibus Amendment No. 1 to the Purchase Agreements dated as of the date hereof and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (B) the amendment of the 2023-1A SUBI Supplement pursuant to the Amendment No. 1 to the 2023-1A SUBI Supplement to the
First Amendment to Credit Agreement
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Trust Agreement dated as of the date hereof and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Section 3. Effective Date.
This Amendment shall become effective as of the date of the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
3.1. receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each of the parties hereto.
Section 4. Representations, Warranties.
The Borrower and the Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
4.1. The execution, delivery, and performance by the Borrower and the Servicer in connection with this Amendment have been duly authorized by all requisite action by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Servicer, and this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower and the Servicer. This Amendment is enforceable against each such Person in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable debtor relief laws and general principles of equity.
4.2. No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes (i) an Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Facility Amortization Event or (ii) a Servicer Termination Event or any event that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Servicer Termination Event (after giving effect to this Amendment).
4.3. The representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 of the Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of the date hereof and shall be deemed to have been made on the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date as set forth therein (after giving effect to this Amendment).
Section 5. Reference to and Effect on the Agreement and the Basic Documents.
The parties hereto agree that notwithstanding the execution and delivery hereof, the Basic Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect and that any rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder, obligations of any Regional Management Entities thereunder and any liens or security interests created or provided for thereunder shall be and remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected, impaired or discharged hereby. Nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect or impair the priority of the liens and security interest created and provided for by the Basic Documents as to the indebtedness which would be secured thereby prior to giving effect hereto.
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Except as specifically modified hereby the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms. Except as specifically required hereby, reference to this specific Amendment need not be made in any note, document, letter, certificate, the Agreement itself, any other Basic Document or any communication issued or made pursuant to or with respect to the Agreement or any other Basic Document, any reference to the Agreement being sufficient to refer to the Agreement as amended hereby.
Section 6. Effect.
The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy under the Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision contained therein, except as specifically set forth herein.
Section 7. Governing Law.
This Amendment will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to its conflicts of laws provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law).
Section 8. Severability.
Each provision of this Amendment shall be severable from every other provision of this Amendment for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any provision hereof, and the unenforceability of one or more provisions of this Amendment in one jurisdiction shall not have the effect of rendering such provision or provisions unenforceable in any other jurisdiction.
Section 9. Counterparts.
This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page by facsimile or electronic transmission (i.e., “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
Section 10. Electronic Signatures.
This Amendment shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely
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upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings and authentication of Notes when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
Section 11. Expenses.
The Borrower shall pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and any other instruments and documents contemplated hereby.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, as Borrower
By: /s/ Michael S. Dymski
Name: /s/ Michael S. Dymski
Title: Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Regional Management Corp, as Servicer
By: /s/ Michael S. Dymski
Name: Michael S. Dymski
Title: Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Signature Page to First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent (RMR VI)
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Regions Bank,
as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Ellis Ryan
Name: Ellis Ryan
Title: Vice President
Regions Bank,
as Agent and as Committed Lender
By: /s/ Ellis Ryan
Name: Ellis Ryan
Title: Vice President
Signature Page to First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent (RMR VI)
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Exhibit A
Amendments to Credit Agreement
See attached.
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Execution VersionExhibit A to First Amendment dated as of March 29, 2024
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 2, 2023
among
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT RECEIVABLES VI, LLC,
as Borrower,
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CORP.,
as Servicer,
the LENDERS
from time to time parties hereto,
the AGENTS
from time to time parties hereto,
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Securities Intermediary and Backup Servicer,
and
REGIONS BANK,
as Administrative Agent
Exhibit A to First Amendment to Credit Agreement (Regional Management_Regions Credit Agreement 4884-9883-8592) 4889-1063-3387 v146.docx
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION 1
Section 1.01. Definitions 1
Section 1.02. Accounting Terms and Determinations 49
Section 1.03. Computation of Time Periods 49
Section 1.04. Interpretation 49
Section 1.05. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. 49
Section 1.06. Rates 50
ARTICLE TWO LOANS 51
Section 2.01. Loans. 51
Section 2.02. Funding Mechanics. 52
Section 2.03. Reductions of Commitments. 54
Section 2.04. [Reserved]. 54
Section 2.05. Promise to Pay; Evidence of Indebtedness. 54
Section 2.06. Optional Principal Repayment 55
Section 2.07. Payments. 55
Section 2.08. Settlement Procedures. 56
Section 2.09. Changed Circumstances. 58
Section 2.10. Payments, Computations, Etc. 61
Section 2.11. Collections and Allocations; Investment of Funds. 62
Section 2.12. Fees. 63
Section 2.13. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Illegality. 64
Section 2.14. Taxes. 66
Section 2.15. Securitizations. 69
Section 2.16. Sharing Payments. 71
Section 2.17. Tax Treatment 71
Section 2.18. The Securities Intermediary. 71
ARTICLE THREE SECURITY 81
Section 3.01. Collateral. 81
Section 3.02. Release of Collateral; No Legal Title. 83
Section 3.03. Protection of Security Interest; Administrative Agent, as Attorney-in-Fact. 83
Section 3.04. Assignment of the Second Tier Purchase Agreement 84
Section 3.05. Waiver of Certain Laws 85
Section 3.06. Electronic Vault System and Electronic Collateral Control Agreement. 85
ARTICLE FOUR CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND THE LOANS 89
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Section 4.01. Conditions of Closing and the Initial Loan 89
Section 4.02. Conditions Precedent to All Loans 91
ARTICLE FIVE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 93
Section 5.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower 93
Section 5.02. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer 99
Section 5.03. Representations and Warranties of the Backup Servicer 101
Section 5.04. Repurchase of Certain Receivables. 102
ARTICLE SIX COVENANTS 105
Section 6.01. Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower 105
Section 6.02. Negative Covenants of the Borrower 110
Section 6.03. Covenant of the Borrower Relating to Hedging. 116
Section 6.04. Affirmative Covenants of the Servicer 117
Section 6.05. Negative Covenants of the Servicer 121
ARTICLE SEVEN ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF CONTRACTS 124
Section 7.01. Designation of Servicing 124
Section 7.02. Servicing Compensation 124
Section 7.03. Duties of the Servicer. 124
Section 7.04. Collection of Payments. 132
Section 7.05. Payment of Certain Expenses by the Initial Servicer 133
Section 7.06. Reports. 133
Section 7.07. Annual Statement as to Compliance 134
Section 7.08. [Reserved]. 134
Section 7.09. Rights Prior to Assumption of Duties by Successor Servicer. 134
Section 7.10. Rights After Assumption of Duties by Successor Servicer; Liability 137
Section 7.11. Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others 138
Section 7.12. The Servicer Not to Resign 138
Section 7.13. Servicer Termination Events 139
Section 7.14. Appointment of Successor Servicer. 140
Section 7.15. Merger or Consolidation, Assumption of Obligations or Resignation, of the Servicer 144
Section 7.16. Computershare as Successor Servicer 145
Section 7.17. Responsibilities of the Borrower 146
Section 7.18. Servicing Centralization Event 146
ARTICLE EIGHT THE BACKUP SERVICER 148
Section 8.01. Designation of the Backup Servicer. 148
Section 8.02. Duties of the Backup Servicer 148
Section 8.03. Backup Servicing Compensation 148
Section 8.04. Backup Servicer Removal 148
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Section 8.05. The Backup Servicer Not to Resign 149
Section 8.06. Covenants of the Backup Servicer. 149
Section 8.07. Merger of the Backup Servicer 149
Section 8.08. Privilege 150
ARTICLE NINE [RESERVED] 151
ARTICLE TEN EVENTS OF DEFAULT 152
Section 10.01. Events of Default. 152
Section 10.02. Actions Upon Declaration or the Automatic Occurrence of the Maturity Date 154
Section 10.03. Exercise of Remedies 156
Section 10.04. Waiver of Certain Laws 156
Section 10.05. Power of Attorney 157
ARTICLE ELEVEN INDEMNIFICATION 158
Section 11.01. Indemnities by the Borrower 158
Section 11.02. Indemnities by the Servicer 160
Section 11.03. General Indemnity Provisions 161
Section 11.04. Applicability and Survival 162
ARTICLE TWELVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE AGENTS 163
Section 12.01. Authorization and Action. 163
Section 12.02. Delegation of Duties 164
Section 12.03. Exculpatory Provisions 164
Section 12.04. Reliance. 164
Section 12.05. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 165
Section 12.06. Indemnification 166
Section 12.07. Each Agent in its Individual Capacity 166
Section 12.08. Successor Agents 167
Section 12.09. Borrower, Servicer Reliance 167
Section 12.10. Erroneous Distribution. 167
Section 12.11. Certain ERISA Matters. 168
ARTICLE THIRTEEN ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS 170
Section 13.01. Assignments and Participations. 170
ARTICLE FOURTEEN MUTUAL COVENANTS REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY 174
Section 14.01. Covenants of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Backup Servicer 174
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Section 14.02. Covenants of the Administrative Agent, the Agents, the Lenders and the Backup Servicer. 174
Section 14.03. Non-Confidentiality of Tax Treatment and Tax Structure 177
ARTICLE FIFTEEN MISCELLANEOUS 178
Section 15.01. Amendments and Waivers. 178
Section 15.02. Notices, Etc. 179
Section 15.03. No Waiver, Rights and Remedies 179
Section 15.04. Binding Effect 180
Section 15.05. Term of this Agreement 180
Section 15.06. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF OBJECTION TO VENUE 180
Section 15.07. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 180
Section 15.08. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. 180
Section 15.09. No Insolvency Proceedings. 181
Section 15.10. Recourse Against Certain Parties. 181
Section 15.11. Patriot Act Compliance 182
Section 15.12. Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration 183
Section 15.13. Intercreditor Agreement 183
Section 15.14. Third Party Beneficiary 183
Section 15.15. Multiple Roles 183
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SCHEDULES
Schedule A – Regions Bank Lender Supplement SA-1
Schedule B – Eligible Receivable Criteria SB-1
Schedule C – Schedule of Receivables SC-1
Schedule D – Location of Receivable Files and Books and Records SD-1
Schedule E – List of Approved Subservicers SE-1
Schedule F – Representations and Warranties Regarding Security Interests SF-1
Schedule G – Servicing Centralization Event Changes SG-1
Schedule H – Locations of Books and Records; Borrower Operating Account SH-1
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A – Funding Request A-1
Exhibit B – [Reserved] B-1
Exhibit C – Form of Assignment and Acceptance C-1
Exhibit D – Credit Policy D-1
Exhibit E – Collection Policy E-1
Exhibit F – Forms of Power of Attorney F-1
Exhibit G – Securitization Release G-1
Exhibit H – Form of Monthly Report H-1
Exhibit I – [Reserved] I-1
Exhibit J – [Reserved] J-1
Exhibit K – Form of Prepayment Notice K-1
Exhibit L – System Description L-1
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is among Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as borrower (the “Borrower”), Regional Management Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Regional Management”), as servicer (the “Servicer”), the lenders from time to time parties hereto (the “Lenders”), the agents for the Lender Groups (as defined herein) from time to time parties hereto (the “Agents”), Regions Bank (“Regions Bank”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., including its successors and permitted assigns, as securities intermediary (in such capacity, the “Securities Intermediary”), and backup servicer (in such capacity, the “Backup Servicer”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Borrower was formed for the purpose of taking assignments of, and holding, various assets, including secured and unsecured consumer loans, amounts received on or in respect of such finance contracts and proceeds of the foregoing;
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires that the Lenders make loans to the Borrower from time to time, the proceeds of which will be used to finance the purchase price of certain secured and unsecured consumer loans as described herein;
WHEREAS, the Lenders have made and desire to make such loans to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION
. Whenever used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
“Account Bank” means a Qualified Institution approved by the Administrative Agent, which initially shall be Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
“Account Collateral” means the Accounts, together with all cash, securities, financial assets (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) and investments and other property from time to time deposited or credited to the Collection Account and the Reserve Account and all proceeds thereof.
“Account Control Agreement” means the Account Control Agreement relating to the
Accounts, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Securities Intermediary.
“Accounts” mean the Collection Account and the Reserve Account.
“Additional Amount” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.14(a).
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation with respect to any Loan and an Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation with respect to such Loan for such Interest Period plus (b) 0.10%; provided, that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble.
“Advance Rate” means 80.0% or, upon occurrence and during the continuation of a Level I Trigger Event, 75.0%.
“Advisors” means accountants, attorneys, consultants, advisors, credit enhancers, liquidity providers and Persons similar to the foregoing and the respective directors, officers, employees and managers of each of the foregoing.
“Affected Party” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Credit Provider or any of their respective Affiliates.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For 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, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” or “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent” means the agent for a particular Lender Group and “Agents” means all agents for all Lender Groups.
“Aggregate Commitment” means, as of any day, the sum of the Commitments of each Lender Group.
“Aggregate Unpaids” means, as of any date, an amount equal to the sum of (without duplication) (i) the Loans Outstanding, (ii) all accrued but unpaid Interest and (iii) all Unused Commitment Fees, Hedge Breakage Costs and other Obligations owed (whether due or accrued) by the Borrower to the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Backup Servicer, the Securities Intermediary and the Third Party Allocation Agent under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
“Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble.
“Alternative Rate” means, with respect to any Loan and an Interest Period, an interest
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rate per annum equal to Adjusted Term SOFR for such Interest Period; provided, however, that the “Alternative Rate” shall be the Base Rate for such Interest Period during the continuation of any Benchmark Unavailability Period.
“AML Law” has the meaning given to such term in Section 15.11.
“Amortization Period” means the period commencing on the Revolving Period Termination Date and ending on the day on which the Loans Outstanding are reduced to zero and all other Aggregate Unpaids have been paid in full.
“Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” means, with respect to a Receivable, the rate per annum of finance charges stated in such Receivable as the “annual percentage rate” (within the meaning of the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act). If, after the Closing Date, the rate per annum with respect to a Receivable as of the related Cutoff Date is reduced (i) as a result of an Insolvency Proceeding involving the related Obligor or (ii) pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar State law, “Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” shall refer to such reduced rate.
“Annualized Charge-off Ratio” means, with respect to any Determination Date and the related Collection Period, commencing with the Collection Period in which the initial Funding Date occurs, the product of (i) 12 and (ii) the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is (x) the aggregate outstanding Principal Balance (determined for this purpose, with respect to any Defaulted Receivable, as if such Receivable was not a Defaulted Receivable) of all Receivables that have become Defaulted Receivables during such Collection Period, minus (y) the aggregate amount of Monthly Recoveries collected during the related Collection Period and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of all of the Receivables as of the last day of the previous Collection Period (or, in the case of the first Collection Period, the period from the initial Cutoff Date through and including the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the first Payment Date).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act or any other law, rule, or regulation of any jurisdiction applicable to each of the Borrower, the Servicer and their respective Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means applicable laws or regulations in any jurisdiction in which each of the Borrower, the Servicer and their respective Affiliates is located or doing business that relates to money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering, or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto.
“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, all existing and future applicable laws, rules, regulations (including proposed, temporary and final income tax regulations), statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders and licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental Authority (including, but not limited to, the federal Dodd-Frank Act; the Truth in Lending Act and its implementing regulation, Regulation Z, as these appeared under the Federal Reserve Board and, currently, under the CFPB; the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and its implementing regulation, Regulation B, as these appeared under the
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Federal Reserve Board and, currently, under the CFPB; the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; the Fair Credit Reporting Act, including Regulation V; the Fair Credit Billing Act; the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; the Federal Trade Commission Act; the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws; Sanctions; state adoptions of the foregoing federal laws; state usury laws; and state-specific adoptions of the National Consumer Act and the Uniform Consumer Credit Code), and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, orders or line actions of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance agreement between a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
“Assumption Date” means the date, if any, when the Backup Servicer becomes Successor Servicer hereunder.
“Authoritative Copy” means, with respect to any Electronic Contract that constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper, the authoritative copy thereof, as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC.
“Authorized Officer” means, with respect to any Person other than a natural person, any officer of such Person, including any president, vice president, assistant vice president, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary or any other officer performing functions similar to those performed by such officers.
“Available Amount” means, with respect to any day, the positive amount, if any, by which the Facility Amount exceeds the Loans Outstanding on such day.
“Available Borrowing Capacity” means, as of any day, the aggregate committed borrowing capacity which, as of such date of determination, is undrawn and is then available to be drawn by Regional Management under each of (i) the Senior Revolver and (ii) the Other Warehouse Facilities.
“Available Funds” means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, the sum of (i) Collections on deposit in the Collection Account, to the extent received during or in respect of such Collection Period and (ii) any Reserve Account Withdrawal Amounts.
“Available Funds Shortfall” means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, the positive difference, if any, of (i) the amount necessary to make all distributions required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 2.08 over (ii) Collections on deposit in the Collection Account, to the extent received during or in respect of such Collection Period.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such
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Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.09(c)(iv).
“Backup Servicer” has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble.
“Backup Servicer Termination Notice” has the meaning given to such term in Section 8.04.
“Backup Servicing Fee” means the fee payable to the Backup Servicer on each Payment Date in accordance with Section 2.12(c), which fee shall be equal to the greater of (i) $5,000, and (ii) the product of (a) the Backup Servicing Fee Rate, (b) the Eligible Pool Balance, as of the first day of the related Collection Period and (c) 1/12.
“Backup Servicing Fee Rate” has the meaning given to such term in the Computershare Fee Letter.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code).
“Base Rate” means, as of any date of determination, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (iii) Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect on such day plus 1.0%; each change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR, as applicable (provided that clause (iii) shall not be applicable during any period in which Term SOFR is unavailable or unascertainable). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Base Rate be less than 0.0%.
“Base Rate Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Basel II” means the second Basel Accord issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
“Basel III” means the third Basel Accord issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
“Basic Documents” means this Agreement, the First Tier Master Purchase Agreement, the First Tier North Carolina Purchase Agreement, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, the 2023-1A SUBI Supplement, the 2023-1A SUBI Certificate, the Transfer and Contribution Agreement, the 2023-1A SUBI Security Agreement, the UTI Administration Agreement, the 2023-1A SUBI Servicing Agreement, the 2023-1A SUBI Subservicing Agreement, the Second Tier Purchase Agreement, the Master Subservicing Agreement, the Electronic Vault Services Agreement, the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement, the Fee Letter, all Hedging Agreements, the Account Control Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Deposit Account Control Agreement, the Security Agreement, and any other document, certificate,
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opinion, agreement or writing delivered pursuant to, or the execution of which is necessary or incidental to carrying out the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement or any of the other foregoing documents.
“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.09(c)(i).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated or bilateral credit facilities and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated or bilateral credit facilities.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative or non-compliant with or non-aligned with
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the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks; provided that such non-representativeness, non-compliance or non-alignment will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time
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that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Basic Document in accordance with Section 2.09(c)(i) and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Basic Document in accordance with Section 2.09(c)(i).
“Benefit Plan” means (i) employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that are subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) plans described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, including individual retirement accounts or Keogh Plans that are not exempt under Section 4975(g) of the Code and (iii) any entities whose underlying assets include Plan Assets by reason of a plan’s investment in such entities.
“Borrower” has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble.
“Borrower Basic Documents” means all Basic Documents to which the Borrower is a party or by which it is bound.
“Borrower Operating Account” means the account of the Borrower specified on Schedule H hereto.
“Borrowing Base” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Eligible Pool Balance and (ii) the Advance Rate.
“Borrowing Base Deficiency” means, as of any date of determination, the positive amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate Loans Outstanding exceeds (ii) the Borrowing Base.
“Borrowing Deficit” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.02(d).
“Branch Assisted Electronic Receivable” means a Receivable entered into by an applicant who is a current or former Regional branch-originated borrower, with respect to which the loan documentation is signed using DocuSign, Inc. technology.
“Branch Receivable” means a Small Branch Receivable or a Large Branch Receivable.
“Breakage Costs” means such amount or amounts as shall compensate any Lender for any administrative loss, cost or expense (but excluding lost profits) incurred by such Lender (as reasonably determined by such Lender) as a result of (a) any prepayment of a Loan (and interest thereon) other than on a Payment Date or (b) any failure by the Borrower to draw on a Funding Date in an amount set forth in the related Funding Request (including, without limitation, as a result of a failure to satisfy any condition to such funding as set for in Sections 2.01 and 4.02).
“Business Day” means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City, Atlanta, Georgia, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Wilmington, Delaware; provided that, in relation to any SOFR Loan, and interest rate settings for any such SOFR Loan, any such day that is only an U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Cash Equivalents” means (i) securities with maturities of 90 days or less from the date of acquisition, issued or fully guaranteed by the United States government or any agency thereof,
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(ii) certificates of deposit and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 90 days or less from the date of acquisition and overnight bank deposits of any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (iii) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (ii) above, having a term of not more than seven days with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government, (iv) commercial paper of a domestic issuer rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s or Prime-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or R-1 (mid) or the equivalent thereof by DBRS Morningstar and in either case maturing within 90 days after the day of acquisition, (v) securities with maturities of 90 days or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State or commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such State, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which State, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by Standard & Poor’s or DBRS Morningstar or A2 by Moody’s, (vi) securities with maturities of 90 days or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (ii) above, (vii) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (i) through (vi) above or (viii) investments in money market or common trust funds having a rating from each of Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit granted thereby.
“Certificate of Formation” means the certificate of formation of the Borrower filed in Delaware, dated as of March 5, 2021.
“CFPB” means the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) any Person or group of Persons (within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act), shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the total outstanding voting equity interests of Regional Management on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such equity interests that such Person or group of Persons has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right) or (ii) the failure of Regional Management to own, directly or indirectly and free and clear of Liens, all of the outstanding voting equity (including membership) interests of the Borrower.
“Closing Date” means February 2, 2023
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Collateral” has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.01(a).
“Collection Account” means a non-interest bearing trust account established or caused to be established by the Securities Intermediary at the Account Bank in the name and for the account of the Borrower, into which all Collections shall be deposited, which is pledged to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and subject to the Account Control Agreement.
“Collection Period” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the immediately preceding
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calendar month (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, the period from and including the initial Cutoff Date through and including the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the first Payment Date).
“Collection Policy” means with respect to (i) the initial Servicer and any Subservicer, the customary servicing practices of Regional Management attached hereto as Exhibit E and (ii) any Successor Servicer, the customary servicing practices of such Successor Servicer, in each case as such customary servicing practices may be changed from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.
“Collections” means, with respect to any Collection Period and the related Payment Date, (i) all cash collections and other cash proceeds of any Receivable or any other Collateral received by the Servicer (including from an Originator, the Borrower or a Subservicer) from or on behalf of any Obligor in payment of any amounts owed in respect of such Receivable, including Release Amounts deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Sections 5.04 and 7.03(c), investment earnings in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account and Liquidation Proceeds, (ii) any other funds received by the Servicer (including from an Originator, the Borrower or a Subservicer) with respect to any Receivable (exclusive of ancillary fees (other than extension fees and late fees) which may be retained by the Servicer or the related Subservicer) or any other Collateral, (iii) all payments received by the Borrower pursuant to any Hedging Agreement or Hedge Transaction and (iv) all amounts received as proceeds of the Collateral sold pursuant to Section 10.02(c); in each case received during or in respect of such Payment Date and Collection Period; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, “Collections” shall not include any amounts retained by the Servicer as a Servicing Fee Advance in accordance with Section 2.12(d).
“Commercial Paper Notes” means any short-term promissory notes issued by or on behalf of a Conduit Lender with respect to financing any Loan hereunder.
“Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender Group as of any day, the commitment of such Lender Group to fund Loans in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth with respect to such Lender Group in the related Lender Supplement, as such amount may be modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Committed Lender” means any Lender that is designated as a Committed Lender in a Lender Supplement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a party to this Agreement, and any assignee of such Lender to the extent of the portion of such Lender Group’s Commitment assumed by such assignee pursuant to its respective Assignment and Acceptance.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended.
“Computershare” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., acting through its Corporate Trust Services division.
“Computershare Fee Letter” means, with respect to the Securities Intermediary and the Backup Servicer, the Schedule of Fees, dated as of December 28, 2022, between Computershare, the Borrower and/or Regional Management.
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“Concentration Limits” means, as of any date of determination, based on the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance of the related type of Receivables:
(i) based on the billing addresses of the related Obligors, the State with the highest aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance does not account for Receivables constituting more than 40.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance;
(ii) based on the billing addresses of the related Obligors, the three States with the highest aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance do not account for Receivables constituting more than 80.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance;
(iii) based on the billing addresses of the related Obligor, any State other than the States with the three (3) highest aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance does not account for Receivables constituting more than 15.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance;
(iv) no more than 65.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance relates to Receivables with an initial Principal Balance in excess of $6,000;
(v) no more than 30.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance relates to Receivables with an initial Principal Balance in excess of $8,000;
(vi) no more than 4.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance relates to Receivables for which, at the time of origination of the related Receivables, the related Obligors had a FICO®Credit Score of less than 541;
(vii) no more than 13.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance relates to Receivables for which, at the time of origination of the related Receivables, the related Obligors had a FICO®Credit Score of less than 581;
(viii) no more than 45.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance relates to Receivables for which, at the time of origination of the related Receivables, the related Obligors had a FICO®Credit Score of less than 621;
(ix) no more than 80.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance relates to Receivables for which, at the time of origination of the related Receivables, the related Obligors had a FICO®Credit Score of less than 661;
(x) the weighted average FICO®Credit Score of all Obligors with respect to the Receivables shall not be less than 625;
(xi) the weighted average remaining term of all Receivables shall not be greater than fifty (50) months;
(xii) no more than 37.5% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance relates to Receivables that have an original term to maturity greater than
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forty-eight (48) months;
(xiii) the weighted average APR (by Principal Balance) of all Receivables shall not be less than 27.5%;
(xiv) no more than 22.5% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance relates to Receivables which are not secured by any collateral pursuant to the terms of the related Contract;
(xv) no more than 1.0% of the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance relates to Receivables for which the related Contract is a Modified Contract;
“Confidential Information” means any information with respect to Regional Management, the Servicer, the Borrower, the Originators and their respective businesses and financial information, the Obligors, the Receivables and other Collateral and includes (i) information transmitted in written, oral, magnetic or any other medium, (ii) all copies and reproductions, in whole or in part, of such information and (iii) all summaries, analyses, compilations, studies, notes or other records to the extent such contain, reflect or are generated from such information; provided, that Confidential Information does not include, with respect to a Person, information that (a) was already known to such Person and such knowledge was not obtained from the disclosing party under confidentiality obligations still binding on such Person, (b) is or has become part of the public domain through no act or omission of such Person in
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breach of Article Fourteen hereof, (c) is or was lawfully disclosed to such Person without restriction on disclosure by a third party, (d) is or was developed independently by such Person or (e) is or was lawfully and independently provided to such Person, from a third party who is not known by such Person to be in breach of an obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party by disclosing such information.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Breakage Costs and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents).
“Continued Errors” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.09(e).
“Contract” means (x) a Convenience Check or (y) with respect to any Receivable, any non-revolving personal loan contract executed by an Obligor (except in the case of a Convenience Check) under which an extension of credit by an Originator was made in the ordinary course of business to such Obligor, which contract contains the terms and conditions applicable to such Receivable and any applicable truth in lending disclosure statements related thereto, and which (i) (a) Regional Management had previously acquired from such Originator pursuant to the First Tier Master Purchase Agreement (or in the case of Receivables originated by Regional Finance Corporation North Carolina, has been contributed to the Trust), or (b) Regional Management has acquired directly or indirectly from a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Regional Management in connection with a Securitization (or in the case of Receivables originated by Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina, has been reallocated directly or indirectly from the related SUBI to the UTI); and (ii) the Borrower has acquired from Regional Management pursuant to the Second Tier Purchase Agreement and has included as part of the Collateral hereunder (or in the case of the Receivables originated by Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina, has been allocated to the 2023-1A SUBI).
“Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any securities issued by such Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement, instrument or other document to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or is subject.
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“Convenience Check” means a personal loan originated through Regional Management’s convenience check direct mail campaigns.
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Credit Facility” means any of the committed loan facilities, lines of credit, letters of credit and other forms of credit enhancement available to the Conduit Lenders that are not Liquidity Facilities.
“Credit Policy” means the policies and procedures of Regional Management relating to the operation of the consumer lending business of Regional Management, including the policies and procedures for determining the creditworthiness of Contract customers and the extension of credit to such customers, in each case as revised from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and as attached hereto as Exhibit D.
“Credit Provider” means any provider of a Credit Facility or Liquidity Facility.
“Credit Score” means either a FICO® Score or a VantageScore.
“Cutoff Date” means, with respect to Receivables transferred to the Borrower on each Funding Date, the close of business on such date as shall be identified as the Cutoff Date in the related Funding Request.
“DBRS Morningstar” means DBRS, Inc.
“Debt to Tangible Net Worth” means, as of any day, the ratio of Funded Debt to Tangible Net Worth.
“Defaulted Receivable” means, any Receivable (i) with respect to which a Scheduled Payment thereon remains unpaid for 180 days or more after the related due date for such payment (or such longer period as permitted in accordance with the Collection Policy) or (ii) which has been charged-off in full or in part or is deemed uncollectible by the Servicer (as reflected in the records of the Servicer), in each case, in accordance with the Collection Policy. For purposes of computing the Eligible Receivables Principal Balance, the Principal Balance of any Receivable that becomes a “Defaulted Receivable” will be deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a “Defaulted Receivable”.
“Defaulted Receivable Release Price” means, with respect to any Defaulted Receivable to be sold to a third party in accordance with the Collection Policy pursuant to Section 5.04(e), an amount equal to the Liquidation Proceeds expected to be received by the Servicer in connection the sale of such Defaulted Receivable to a third party.
“Defaulting Group” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.02(d).
“Defaulting Lender” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.02(c).
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“Delinquency Ratio (60+ Days)” means, with respect to any Collection Period, commencing with the Collection Period in which the initial Funding Date occurs, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of all Delinquent Receivables (60+ Days) as of the last day of such Collection Period and (ii) the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables as of the last day of such Collection Period.
“Delinquent Receivable (30+ Days)” means a Receivable, other than a Defaulted Receivable, with respect to which a Scheduled Payment thereon remains unpaid for between 30 days and 59 days from the related due date.
“Delinquent Receivable (60+ Days)” means a Receivable, other than a Defaulted Receivable, with respect to which a Scheduled Payment thereon remains unpaid for 60 days or more from the related due date.
“Delinquent Renewal” means, with respect to any Receivable, a transaction in which a new non-revolving personal loan originated pursuant to a Contract is entered into between an Originator and a Obligor, which new non-revolving personal loan (x) is originated in accordance with the Servicer’s delinquent renewal underwriting criteria as set forth in its Credit Policy, (y) refinances such Receivable in full or in part, and (z) may also extend additional financing to such Obligor.
“Derivatives” means any (i) exchange-traded or over-the-counter forward, future, option, swap, cap, collar, floor or foreign exchange contract or any combination of the foregoing, whether for physical delivery or cash settlement, relating to any interest rate, interest rate index, currency, currency exchange rate, currency exchange rate index, debt instrument, debt price, debt index, depository instrument, depository price, depository index, equity instrument, equity price, equity index, commodity, commodity price or commodity index, (ii) similar transaction, contract, instrument, undertaking or security or (iii) transaction, contract, instrument, undertaking or security containing any of the foregoing.
“Determination Date” means, with respect to any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, the last day of such Collection Period.
“Direct Competitor” means any Person (other than any Lender or its respective Affiliates) that (i) is primarily engaged in the same or substantially similar line of business as Regional Management and the Originators, (ii) is in direct competition with Regional Management and the Originators, and (iii) is identified on a written list delivered by Regional Management to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the Closing Date, as such list may be amended by Regional Management from time to time with the prior written consent of the Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
“Dodd-Frank Act” means The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 111-203, H.R. 4173).
“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States.
“Dominion Period” has the meaning given to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
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“Early Adoption Increased Costs” means charges or compensation sought from the Borrower by an Affected Party under Section 2.13(a) in anticipation of a Regulatory Change (including the imposition of internal charges on such Affected Party’s interests or obligations under this Agreement) in connection with such measures, in advance of the effective date of such Regulatory Change.
“Electronic Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Electronic Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement.
“Electronic Collateral Control Agreement” means that certain Electronic Collateral Control Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Administrative Agent, for itself and other Secured Parties, the Borrower, as a debtor, Regional Management, the Trust, acting thereunder solely with respect to the 2023-1A SUBI, as a debtor, and the Electronic Vault Provider.
“Electronic Contract” shall mean a Contract that was electronically executed and authenticated; provided, that an Electronic Contract that has been Exported shall not constitute an Electronic Contract. For the avoidance of doubt, each Online Originated Receivable shall be an Electronic Contract.
“Electronic Vault” shall mean the electronic vault wherein custody of Electronic Contracts shall be maintained in electronic form by the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian under this Agreement) (or any successor servicer), in each case, through a third-party Electronic Vault Provider that enables electronic contracting pursuant to the Electronic Vault Services Agreement.
“Electronic Vault Provider” shall mean eOriginal, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor or replacement third-party provider of the technology platform on which the Electronic Vault operates acting in such capacity with the consent of the Administrative Agent (with the written consent of the Required Lenders).
“Electronic Vault Services Agreement” shall mean that certain Order Form with an effective date of February 2, 2023, by and between Regional Management and the Electronic Vault Provider.
“Electronic Vault System” shall mean the electronic vault system provided by the Electronic Vault Provider pursuant to the Electronic Vault Services Agreement or such other electronic system provider as may be mutually agreed upon by the Borrower, Regional Management and the Administrative Agent (with the written consent of the Required Lenders) that enables electronic contracting.
“Eligible Assignee” means a Person (i) whose short-term rating is at least “A-1” from Standard & Poor’s and “Prime-1” from Moody’s, or whose obligations under this Agreement are guaranteed by a Person whose short-term rating is at least “A- 1” from Standard & Poor’s and “Prime-1” from Moody’s, (ii) who is either a commercial paper conduit that is administered by, or an Affiliate of, a Lender, an Agent or the Administrative Agent or a commercial paper conduit
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to whom a Lender, an Agent or the Administrative Agent provides liquidity support, credit enhancement or other similar support or (iii) who prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Facility Amortization Event, has been consented to by the Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided that no Direct Competitor shall be an Eligible Assignee so long as no Event of Default or Facility Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing.
“Eligible Pool Balance” means, as of any date of determination, (i) the sum of (a) the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance as of the most recent Determination Date (or as of such date of determination if such date is a Determination Date) and (b) without duplication, the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance of the Eligible Receivables added to the Collateral during the period commencing on the Determination Date referred to in clause (a) above and ending on such date of determination, as of the related Cutoff Dates minus (ii) any Excess Concentration Amounts as of such date of determination.
“Eligible Receivable” has the meaning assigned thereto in Schedule B hereto.
“Eligible Receivables Principal Balance” means, on any date of determination, the sum of the Principal Balances of all of the Receivables (or if indicated by the context, a specified portion of the Receivables) that are Eligible Receivables as of the immediately preceding Determination Date (or as of such date of determination if such date is a Determination Date) or, in the case of Receivables transferred to the Borrower after such Determination Date, as of the related Cutoff Date.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any (i) corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) as the Borrower, (ii) trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code) with the Borrower or (iii) member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as the Borrower, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in clause (ii) above.
“ERISA Event” means (a) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Sections 412 or 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 302 or 303 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (b) a prohibited transaction, withdrawals (within the meaning of Sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA ) or “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation); (c) a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan established or maintained by Borrower or ERISA Affiliate has been filed; (d) a Pension Plan has been terminated under Section 4041(f) of ERISA or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has instituted proceedings to terminate, or appoint a trustee to administer such a Pension Plan or an
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event has occurred or condition exists that might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any such Pension Plan or (e) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(k) or Title IV of ERISA.
“Errors” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.09(e).
“Event of Default” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.01(a).
“Excess Concentration Amounts” means, without duplication, the aggregate Eligible Receivables Principal Balance of Receivables that cause the applicable Concentration Limits to not be met.
“Excess Spread Percentage” means, with respect to any Collection Period, commencing with the Collection Period in which the initial Funding Date occurs, the excess of (1) the weighted average APR of the Eligible Pool Balance as of the last day of such Collection Period, over (2) the annualized fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the excess (if any) of (i) the sum of the following amounts for the related Payment Date: (A) the Servicing Fee, (B) the Backup Servicing Fee, (C) the aggregate amount of Interest payable by the Borrower on all Loans Outstanding during the related Collection Period and any Interest with respect to any prior Payment Date to the extent not paid on a prior Payment Date, (D) the aggregate outstanding Principal Balance (determined for this purpose, with respect to any Defaulted Receivable, as if such Receivable was not a Defaulted Receivable) of all Receivables that have become Defaulted Receivables during such Collection Period minus the aggregate amount of Monthly Recoveries collected during the related Collection Period, and (E) the aggregate amount payable by the Borrower pursuant to a Hedging Agreement or Hedge Transaction on the related Payment Date (excluding termination payments and any upfront cap premiums), over (ii) the aggregate amount received by the Borrower pursuant to a Hedging Agreement or Hedge Transaction during such Collection Period (excluding termination payments), and the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of all of the Receivables as of the first day of such Collection Period (or, in the case of the first Collection Period, the period from the initial Cutoff Date through and including the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the first Payment Date).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Secured Party or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Secured Party: (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes imposed in lieu of net income Taxes or branch profits Taxes imposed, by any jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof), (a) as a result of the recipient being organized in, or having its principal office or applicable lending office located in the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or any political subdivision thereof) or (b) as a result of such Taxes being Other Connection Taxes, (ii) any United States withholding Tax imposed by reason of a Secured Party’s failure to provide to the Borrower the documents set forth in Section 2.14(e), (iii) any United States federal withholding Taxes that would be imposed on amounts payable to a Secured Party or other recipient under a Basic Document based upon the applicable withholding rate in effect at the time such Secured
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Party or other recipient becomes a party to such Basic Document (or designates a new lending office), except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.14, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Secured Party’s or recipient’s assignor immediately before such Secured Party or recipient became a party hereto or to such Secured Party or recipient immediately before it changed its lending office and (iv) any Taxes imposed pursuant to or as a result of FATCA.
“Exported” means, with respect to a Contract, the Servicer (acting at the written direction of the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent has decommissioned the related Electronic Contract and the Authoritative Copy (in the case of an Electronic Contract that constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper) or the electronically authenticated original record (in the case of an Electronic Contract that does not constitute Electronic Chattel Paper), as applicable, of such Contract is printed out pursuant to a “Paper Out”™ within the meaning specified in the System Description. “Export” and “Exporting” shall have corollary meanings.
“Extension Ratio” means, with respect to any Collection Period, commencing with the Collection Period in which the initial Funding Date occurs, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance as of the last day of the Collection Period of all Receivables that became Extended Receivables during such Collection Period and (ii) the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables as of the last day of the previous Collection Period (or, in the case of the first Collection Period, the period from the initial Cutoff Date through and including the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the first Payment Date).
“Extended Receivable” means, with respect to any Collection Period, any Receivable for which the related Obligor’s scheduled payment due date has been extended pursuant to the Collection Policy during such Collection Period.
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“Facility Amount” means, on any date of determination, (i) prior to the Revolving Period Termination Date, the Aggregate Commitment on such day and (ii) on and after the Revolving Period Termination Date, the Loans Outstanding.
“Facility Termination Date” means the date following the Revolving Period Termination Date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code and any laws, rules or regulations applicable to any intergovernmental agreement enacted pursuant to the foregoing.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the federal funds rates as reported in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15(519) or any successor or substitute publication selected by the Administrative Agent (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the preceding Business Day), or, if for any reason such rate is not available on any day, the rate determined, in the sole opinion of the Administrative Agent, to be the rate at which federal funds are being offered for sale in the national federal funds market at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Fee Letter” means the fee letter, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the initial Committed Lenders, setting forth, among other things, the Margin, the Step-Up Margin and the Unused Commitment Fee Rate.
“FICO® Score” means a credit score created by Fair Isaac & Corporation, or any successor thereto; provided, that, in the case of a Receivable with two Obligors, such score is based on the higher of the two FICO® Scores at origination.
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“Financial Covenant” means, so long as Regional Management is the Servicer, as of the last day of any Collection Period, (i) its Tangible Net Worth is not less than $125,000,000, (ii) its Debt to Tangible Net Worth is not greater than 5.50 to 1.0, (iii) the Liquidity Amount is not less than $10,000,000 and (iv) Regional Management on a consolidated basis has unrestricted cash and unrestricted Cash Equivalents of not less than $2,000,000.
“FinCEN” means the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
“First Tier Master Purchase Agreement” means that certain First Tier Master Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Originators, as the sellers, and Regional Management, as the purchaser.
“First Tier North Carolina Purchase Agreement” means that certain First Tier North Carolina Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina, as the seller, and Regional Management, as the purchaser.
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0.00%.
“Force Majeure Event” means an event that occurs as result of an act of God, act of the public enemy, acts of declared or undeclared war (including acts of terrorism), public disorder, rebellion, sabotage, disease, quarantine, epidemics, pandemics, landslides, lightning, fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, other natural disasters or the declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of a State or the President of the United States.
“Formation Documents” means the limited liability company agreement of the Borrower and the Certificate of Formation.
“Funded Debt” means, with respect to Regional Management on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, on any day, without duplication, the following Indebtedness of such Regional Management: (i) all indebtedness or guarantees of Regional Management for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary trade practices) or which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument or which accrue interest or are a type upon which interest charges are customarily paid; (ii) all liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by Regional Management even though Regional Management has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof (provided that the amount of such liabilities included as Funded Debt shall be the lesser of the amount of such liabilities and the fair market value of the property of Regional Management securing such liabilities); (iii) the net amount of all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of Regional Management in respect of Derivatives; (iv) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of Regional Management as an account party in respect of undrawn letters of credit and undrawn letters of guaranty; (v) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of Regional Management in respect of bankers’ acceptances; and (vi) guaranties of any of the foregoing.
“Funding Date” means each Business Day on which a Loan is made.
“Funding Request” means a written notice from the Borrower requesting a Loan and
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including the items required by Section 2.01(b), substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States.
“Governmental Authority” means, with respect to any Person, any nation or government, any State or other political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any bank examiner, any central bank or comparable agency and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person.
“Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act” means the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (Pub.L. 106-102, 113 Stat. 1338).
“Gross Excess Spread Percentage” means, with respect to any Collection Period, commencing with the Collection Period in which the initial Funding Date occurs, the excess of (1) the weighted average APR of the Eligible Pool Balance as of the last day of such Collection Period, over (2) the annualized fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the excess (if any) of (i) the sum of the following amounts for the related Payment Date: (A) the Servicing Fee, (B) the Backup Servicing Fee, (C) the aggregate amount of Interest payable by the Borrower on all Loans Outstanding during the related Collection Period and any Interest with respect to any prior Payment Date to the extent not paid on a prior Payment Date, and (D) the aggregate amount payable by the Borrower pursuant to a Hedging Agreement or Hedge Transaction on the related Payment Date (excluding termination payments and any upfront cap premiums), over (ii) the aggregate amount received by the Borrower pursuant to a Hedging Agreement or Hedge Transaction during such Collection Period (excluding termination payments), and the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of all of the Receivables as of the first day of such Collection Period (or, in the case of the first Collection Period, the period from the initial Cutoff Date through and including the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the first Payment Date).
“Hard Secured Receivable” means a Receivable that is, as of the date of the origination thereof, secured by a lien on one or more Titled Assets.
“Hedge Breakage Costs” means the sum of the Senior Hedge Breakage Costs and the Subordinated Hedge Breakage Costs.
“Hedge Collateral” means all of the rights of the Borrower, whether now existing and hereafter acquired, in and to all Hedging Agreements, Hedge Transactions and all present and future amounts payable by all Hedge Counterparties to the Borrower under or in connection with such Hedging Agreements and Hedge Transactions with such Hedge Counterparties.
“Hedge Counterparty” means any entity that on the date of entering into any Hedge Transaction (1) is the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or (2) (i) is an interest rate hedge provider that has been approved in writing by the Administrative Agent, acting at the direction of the Required Lenders (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), (ii) whose debt ratings satisfy each of the Long-Term Rating Requirement and the Short-Term Rating Requirement and (iii) who agrees that in the event that Moody’s, DBRS
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Morningstar or Standard & Poor’s reduces its long-term unsecured debt rating below the Long-Term Rating Requirement or its short-term unsecured debt rating below the Short-Term Rating Requirement, it shall (a) transfer its rights and obligations under each Hedge Transaction to another entity that meets the requirements of this definition and has entered into a Hedging Agreement with the Borrower on or prior to the date of such transfer, (b) obtain a guarantee of all its obligations under each Hedge Transaction to which it is party, for the benefit of the Borrower, from a Person that satisfies each of the Long-Term Rating Requirement and the Short-Term Rating Requirement or (c) post collateral in an amount and form and upon such terms as are satisfactory to the Required Lenders. Each Hedge Counterparty must consent to the assignment of the Borrower’s rights under the Hedging Agreement to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.03(b).
“Hedge Transaction” means each interest rate hedge transaction between the Borrower and a Hedge Counterparty entered into pursuant to Section 6.03(a) and governed by a Hedging Agreement.
“Hedging Agreement” means each agreement between the Borrower and a Hedge Counterparty which governs one or more Hedge Transactions entered into pursuant to Section 6.03(a), which shall consist of a “Master Agreement” in a form published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., together with a “Schedule” thereto, any applicable Credit Support Annex and each “Confirmation” thereunder confirming the specific terms of each such Hedge Transaction, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, a long form confirmation that incorporates a Master Agreement and any applicable Credit Support Annex by reference and includes terms that, if accompanying a Master Agreement or Credit Support Annex, would be included in the Schedule to the Master Agreement or paragraph 13 of the Credit Support Annex shall be considered a Hedging Agreement.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person and any day, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness or guarantees of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary trade practices) or which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (ii) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person, (iii) all liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, (iv) all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of that Person in respect of Derivatives, (v) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (vi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances; provided, that “Indebtedness” shall not include any obligations of such Person under any leases.
“Indemnified Amounts” has the meaning given to such term in Section 11.01.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning given to such term in Section 11.01.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or for the account of the Borrower under this Agreement, and
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(b) to the extent not covered in (a) above, Other Taxes.
“Independent Manager” means an individual who (a) for the five-year period prior to his or her appointment as Independent Manager of the Borrower has not been, and is not at the time of such appointment or during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Manager, any of the following: (i) an employee, director, stockholder, member, partner, attorney or counsel, or officer of any Regional Management Entity or any of their Affiliates (other than as an independent manager, springing member or special member thereof); (ii) a customer or supplier or creditor or other Person who derives any of its purchases or revenues from its activities with any Regional Management Entity or any of their Affiliates; or (iii) any member of the immediate family of or Person controlling or under common control with any Person excluded from serving as Independent Manager in (i) or (ii), (b) has prior experience as an independent director for a corporation or limited liability company whose charter documents required the unanimous consent of all independent directors thereof before such corporation or limited liability company could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law and (c) is employed by Maples Fiduciary Services (Cayman) Limited, Global Securitization Services Inc., CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company, National Registered Agents, Inc., Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington Trust SP Services, Inc., Wilmington Trust, National Association, Stewart Management Company, LordSPV, a TMF Group Company, or, if none of those companies is then providing professional independent directors, independent managers or independent trustees, another nationally recognized company, in each case, that provides professional independent directors, independent managers or independent trustees and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business and is reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.
“Initial Beneficiary” has the meaning given to such term in the Trust Agreement.
“Initial Loan” means the first Loan made on or after the Closing Date.
“Initial Receivables” means the Receivables that become a part of the Collateral in connection with the Initial Loan.
“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to any Person, (i) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person in any court seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person under any applicable U.S. federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, or other similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, or any similar action with respect to such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or any other law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts and (A) such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or (B) an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in such case or proceeding or a decree or order granting such other requested relief shall be entered; or (ii) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such Insolvency Law,
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or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
“Insolvency Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, arrangement, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means, with respect to any Person, any bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement, rearrangement, conservatorship, moratorium, suspension of payments, readjustment of debt, reorganization, receivership, liquidation, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceeding of or relating to such Person under any Insolvency Laws.
“Instrument” means any “instrument” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), other than an instrument that constitutes part of chattel paper.
“Integrity Check” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the System Description.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021, among Regional Management, Computershare, as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and the other parties thereto, and the other parties joined thereto from time to time, including but not limited to the Administrative Agent.
“Interest” means, for any Interest Period and each Loan outstanding during such Interest Period, interest on the Principal Amount of such Loan computed pursuant to Section 2.07; provided, however, that (i) no provision of this Agreement shall require or permit the collection of Interest in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate and (ii) no portion of any payment of Interest shall be considered to have been paid by any distribution if at any time such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason.
“Interest Period” means, (i) as to the initial Payment Date, the period beginning on, and including, the Closing Date and ending on, and including, the last day of February, 2023, and (ii) as to any subsequent Payment Date, the period beginning on, and including, the first day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Payment Date and ending on, and including, the last day of such calendar month; provided, that the final Interest Period shall begin on, and include, the first day of the calendar month containing the Facility Termination Date and shall end on the Facility Termination Date.
“Interest Rate” means, with respect to any Loan and any day in an Interest Period, a per annum rate equal to (i) the applicable Alternative Rate on such day plus (ii) the applicable Margin on such day plus (iii) the applicable Step-up Margin.
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“Interest Rate Hedge Trigger” means that, as of any Determination Date, the Gross Excess Spread Percentage is below 16.75%.
“Invested Percentage” means, for a Lender on any day, the percentage equivalent of (i) the sum of (a) the portion of the Loans Outstanding (if any) funded by such Lender on or prior to such day, plus, without duplication, (b) any portion of the Loans Outstanding acquired by such Lender on or prior to such day as an assignee from another Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, minus (c) any portion of the Loans Outstanding assigned by such Lender to an assignee on or prior to such day pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, divided by (ii) the aggregate Loans Outstanding on such day.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan, advance or investment by such Person in any other Person, whether by means of share purchase, capital contribution, loan or otherwise, and excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and directors made in the ordinary course of business, except as permitted under the Basic Documents.
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940.
“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“Large Branch Receivable” means a Receivable with an initial principal balance at the time of origination that is greater than or equal to $2,501.
“Legal Final Maturity Date” means the Payment Date falling in the twelfth (12th) month following the Revolving Period Termination Date.
“Lender” means (i) any Committed Lender or (ii) any Conduit Lender.
“Lender Advance” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Lender Group” means each group of Lenders consisting of (i) if applicable, a group of Conduit Lenders, (ii) an agent for such group of Lenders and (iii) a group of Committed Lenders, whether directly or as assignees of any such Conduit Lender.
“Lender Percentage” means, with respect to a Committed Lender or Conduit Lender, its Commitment as a percentage of the Aggregate Commitment.
“Lender Register” has the meaning given to such term in Section 13.01(d).
“Lender Supplement” means the information set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement with respect to each Lender in a Lender Group relating to payment and notice information and setting forth the identity and related Commitment of each such Lender.
“Level I Trigger Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events on any Determination Date (other than during a Securitization Trigger Holiday with respect to such Determination Date and the related Collection Period), with respect to the related Collection Period:
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(i) the average Delinquency Ratio (60+ Days) for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Delinquency Ratios (60+ Days) for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”) exceeds 6.00%;
(ii) the average Extension Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Extension Ratios for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”) exceeds 6.00%;
(iii) the average of the Annualized Charge-off Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Annualized Charge-off Ratios for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”) exceeds 12.50%; or
(iv) the average of the Excess Spread Percentage for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Excess Spread Percentages for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”) is less than 10.00%.
“Level II Trigger Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events on any Determination Date (other than during a Securitization Trigger Holiday with respect to such Determination Date and the related Collection Period), with respect to the related Collection Period:
(i) the average Delinquency Ratio (60+ Days) for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Delinquency Ratios (60+ Days) for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”) exceeds 8.00%;
(ii) the average Extension Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Extension Ratios for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”) exceeds 7.50%;
(iii) the average of the Annualized Charge-off Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, (A) if fewer than three Collection Periods
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have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Annualized Charge-off Ratios for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday” or (B) during a Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period, the average of the Annualized Charge-off Ratios as specified in the definition of “Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period”) exceeds 15.00%;
(iv) the average of the Excess Spread Percentage for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Excess Spread Percentages for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”) is less than 8.00%[reserved];
(v) the average Managed Portfolio Delinquency Ratio (60+ Days) for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods exceeds 9.00%;
(vi) the average Managed Portfolio Extension Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods exceeds 8.50%; or
(vii) the average of the Managed Portfolio Annualized Charge-off Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods exceeds 16.00%.
“Level III Trigger Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events on any Determination Date (other than during a Securitization Trigger Holiday with respect to such Determination Date and the related Collection Period), with respect to the related Collection Period:
(i) the average Delinquency Ratio (60+ Days) for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Delinquency Ratios (60+ Days) for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”) exceeds 10.50%;
(ii) the average Extension Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Extension Ratios for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”) exceeds 9.00%;
(iii) the average of the Annualized Charge-off Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, (A) if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Annualized Charge-off Ratios for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”, or (B) during a Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period, the average of the Annualized Charge-off Ratios as specified in the definition of
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“Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period”) exceeds 17.50%;
(iv) the average of the Excess Spread Percentage for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods (or, (A) if fewer than three Collection Periods have elapsed since the Closing Date or a Securitization Trigger Holiday, the average of the Excess Spread Percentages for the number of Collection Periods that have elapsed since the Closing Date or as specified in the definition of “Securitization Trigger Holiday”, or (B) during a Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period, the average of the Excess Spread Percentages as specified in the definition of “Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period”) is less than 6.000%;
(v) the average Managed Portfolio Delinquency Ratio (60+ Days) for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods exceeds 11.50%;
(vi) the average Managed Portfolio Extension Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods exceeds 10.00%; or
(vii) the average of the Managed Portfolio Annualized Charge-off Ratio for such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods exceeds 18.50%.
“Liability” means any duty, responsibility, obligation or liability.
“Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, claim, security interest or encumbrance of any kind.
“Liquidation Proceeds” means, for any Collection Period and any Defaulted Receivable or in connection with a Nonperforming Loan Sale, any Delinquent Receivable (60+Days), the amount (which shall not be less than zero) received by the Servicer and deposited into the Collection Account after such Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable or a Delinquent Receivable (60+ Days), as applicable, in connection with the attempted realization of the full amounts due or to become due under such Receivable, whether from the sale or other disposition of any underlying collateral securing the related Contract, the proceeds of repossession or any collection effort, the proceeds of recourse or similar payments payable in respect of such Receivable, or otherwise, net of any amounts required by Applicable Law to be remitted to the related Obligor and net of any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (exclusive of overhead) incurred by the Servicer with respect to the collection and enforcement of such Receivable, to the extent not previously reimbursed to the Servicer.
“Liquidity Amount” means, on any date of determination, the sum of (i) unrestricted cash and unrestricted Cash Equivalents owned by Regional Management on a consolidated basis, (ii) the Available Borrowing Capacity and (iii) if the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 to a Lender Advance on such date would be satisfied if a Funding Request for such date were delivered, the excess, if any, of the Borrowing Base over the Loans Outstanding.
“Liquidity Facilities” means each of the committed loan facilities, lines of credit and other financial accommodations available to a Conduit Lender to support the liquidity of such Conduit Lender’s Commercial Paper Notes.
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“Loan” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Loans Outstanding” means, on any day, the aggregate Principal Amount of the Loans, made on or prior to such day, reduced from time to time by payments and distributions in respect of principal of the Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Long-Term Rating Requirement” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has a long-term unsecured debt rating of either not less than “A” by Standard & Poor’s, not less than “A(high)” by DBRS Morningstar or not less than “A2” by Moody’s.
“Managed Portfolio Aggregate Principal Balance” means, on any date of determination, the aggregate Principal Balances of all Managed Portfolio Receivables on such date.
“Managed Portfolio Annualized Charge-off Ratio” means, with respect to any Determination Date and the related Collection Period, the product of (i) 12 and (ii) the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the aggregate outstanding Principal Balance (determined for this purpose, with respect to any Managed Portfolio Defaulted Receivable, as if such Managed Portfolio Receivable was not a Managed Portfolio Defaulted Receivable) of all Managed Portfolio Receivables that have become Managed Portfolio Defaulted Receivables during such Collection Period and (b) the denominator of which is the Managed Portfolio Aggregate Principal Balance as of the last day of the previous Collection Period.
“Managed Portfolio Defaulted Receivable” means, any Managed Portfolio Receivable (i) with respect to which a Scheduled Payment thereon remains unpaid for 180 days or more after the related due date for such payment or (ii) which has been charged-off (or should have been charged-off) or is deemed uncollectible in accordance with the Collection Policy. For purposes of computing the Managed Portfolio Aggregate Principal Balance, the Principal Balance of any Managed Portfolio Receivable that becomes a “Managed Portfolio Defaulted Receivable” will be deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a “Managed Portfolio Defaulted Receivable”.
“Managed Portfolio Delinquency Ratio (60+ Days)” means, with respect to any Collection Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of all Managed Portfolio Delinquent Receivables (60+ Days) as of the last day of such Collection Period and (ii) the denominator of which is equal to the Managed Portfolio Aggregate Principal Balance as of the last day of such Collection Period.
“Managed Portfolio Delinquent Receivable (60+ Days)” means a Managed Portfolio Receivable, other than a Defaulted Receivable, with respect to which a Scheduled Payment thereon remains unpaid for 60 days or more from the related due date.
“Managed Portfolio Extended Receivable” means, with respect to any Collection Period, any Managed Portfolio Receivable for which the related Obligor’s scheduled payment due date has been extended pursuant to the Collection Policy during such Collection Period.
“Managed Portfolio Extension Ratio” means, with respect to any Collection Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance as of the last day of the Collection Period of all Managed Portfolio Receivables that became
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Managed Portfolio Extended Receivables during such Collection Period and (ii) the denominator of which is the Managed Portfolio Aggregate Receivables Balance as of the first day of such Collection Period.
“Managed Portfolio Receivable” means a Receivable (without giving effect to the requirement in the definition thereof that the related Contract be included in the Schedule of Receivables hereto) in Regional Management’s loan portfolio with an APR of 36% or less that relates to a Large Branch Receivable, Small Branch Receivable, Convenience Check or Online Originated Receivable, except for (i) auto loan delinquent renewals and (ii) any identified test products.
“Margin” has the meaning set forth in the Fee Letter.
“Master Collection Accounts” has the meaning given to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Master Deposit Account” means the deposit account governed by the Master Deposit Account Control Agreement.
“Master Deposit Account Control Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Deposit Account Control Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2019, among Regional Management, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as depository bank, and the other parties thereto.
“Master Subservicing Agreement” means the Master Subservicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Servicer and each Subservicer.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any Person and to any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of such Person, (ii) the validity, enforceability or collectability of this Agreement or any other Basic Document or the validity, enforceability or collectability of a material portion of (a) the Contracts, (b) the Receivables or (c) any other Collateral, (iii) the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties under the Basic Documents, (iv) the ability of such Person to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party or (v) the status, existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of the interest of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in the Collateral.
“Maturity Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) the date that is twelve (12) months after the last Scheduled Payment, (ii) the Legal Final Maturity Date and (iii) the deemed occurrence or declaration of the Maturity Date under Section 10.01(b).
“Maximum Lawful Rate” means the highest rate of interest permissible under Applicable Law.
“Member” means Regional Management, as the member of the Borrower.
“Modified Contract” means, with respect to a Receivable, the related Contract (i) which at any time, was in default and which default was cured by adjusting or amending the contract
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terms or accepting a reduced payment, other than a Contract that was modified in connection with an insolvency proceeding under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (ii) for which the APR, the number or amount of the Scheduled Payments or Principal Balance was amended or otherwise modified at any time.
“Monthly Loan Tape” means a data tape, which shall include with respect to each Receivable (i) the related Contract identification number, (ii) the identity of the related Originator, (iii) the current Principal Balance, (iv) the current number of days such Receivable is delinquent, (v) whether or not the related Obligor is a debtor in bankruptcy, (vi) the next payment date, (vii) the remaining term to maturity, (viii) the current maturity date, (ix) the original maturity date, (x) the number of extensions, (xi) the date of Contract (origination date), (xii) the funding date, (xiii) the original APR, (xiv) the current APR, (xv) the original monthly payment amount, (xvi) the current monthly payment amount, (xvii) the original principal balance (amount financed), (xviii) the original term to maturity, (xix) the State in which the related Obligor has a mailing address, (xx) the FICO®Credit Score at origination, (xxi) the product category (Large Branch, Small Branch, Online or Convenience Checks), (xxii) the security type (soft, hard or unsecured), (xxiii) whether the related contract is a Modified Contract, and (xxiv) any other information reasonably requested by a Lender to be included therein.
“Monthly Principal Payment Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the amount (or such lesser amount as then available pursuant to Section 2.08(a)(iii)), if any, necessary to reduce the Loans Outstanding so that they equal the Borrowing Base as of such Payment Date.
“Monthly Recoveries” means, without duplication, with respect to any Receivable, any amounts (up to the aggregate principal balance of such Receivable that has been charged off in accordance with the Collection Policy) actually collected that, in accordance with the Collection Policy in effect at the time of such collection, constitute recoveries of amounts that were previously charged off with respect to such Receivable.
“Monthly Report” means, with respect to any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, a monthly statement of the Servicer delivered on each Reporting Date with respect to such Collection Period, in substantially the form of Exhibit H, which may be modified from time to time as mutually agreed by the Servicer, the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Backup Servicer.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA which is or was at any time during the current year or the immediately preceding five years contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate on behalf of its employees.
“Non-Defaulting Group” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.02(d).
“Non-Defaulting Group Funding Date” means, with respect to a request by the Borrower to the Non-Defaulting Groups to fund the Borrowing Deficit in accordance with Section 2.02(d), the second Business Day following the date of such request.
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“Nonperforming Loan Sale” means the sale to an unaffiliated third party pursuant to Section 5.04(f) hereof of a pool of Nonperforming Loan Sale Receivables.
“Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period” means the Collection Period during which a Nonperforming Loan Sale occurs; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, a Collection Period during which a Nonperforming Loan Sale occurs shall not be deemed to be a Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period unless and until the Administrative Agent receives written notice (which may be electronic) in accordance with Section 5.04(f).
“Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period” means, the period beginning on the first day of a Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period through and including the last day of the second calendar month following the Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period; provided, that a Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period shall not be deemed to occur unless and until the Administrative Agent receives written notice (which may be electronic) in accordance with Section 5.04(f). To calculate average Annualized Charge-off Ratio under clause (iii) of the “Level II Trigger Event” definition and average Annualized Charge-off Ratio and Excess Spread Percentage under clauses (iii) and (iv) of the “Level III Trigger Event” definition during such Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period, the Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period will be excluded as follows: (A) for the Determination Date relating to the Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period, the average Annualized Charge-off Ratio and Excess Spread Percentage shall be calculated for the three Collection Periods preceding the Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period, (B) for the Determination Date relating to the Collection Period immediately succeeding the Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period, the average Annualized Charge-off Ratio and Excess Spread Percentage shall be calculated for such Collection Period and the two Collection Periods immediately preceding the Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period; and (C) for the Determination Date relating to the second Collection Period immediately succeeding the Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period, the average Annualized Charge-off Ratio and Excess Spread Percentage shall be calculated for such Collection Period, the immediately preceding Collection Period and the Collection Period immediately preceding the Nonperforming Loan Sale Collection Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall not be more than one Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period per calendar year and there shall not be more than one Nonperforming Loan Sale Alternative Calculation Period in any period of six (6) consecutive months.
“Nonperforming Loan Sale Receivables” means the pool of Delinquent Receivables (60+ Days) and/or Defaulted Receivables sold in connection with a Nonperforming Loan Sale in accordance with Section 5.04(f).
“Nonperforming Loan Sale Release Price” means, with respect to any Nonperforming Loan Sale Receivables to be sold to a third party pursuant to Section 5.04(f), an amount equal to the Liquidation Proceeds expected to be received by the Servicer in connection with the sale of such Nonperforming Loan Sale Receivables to a third party.
“North Carolina Receivables” means, as of any date of determination, the Receivables originated by Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina and contributed to the Trust pursuant to the Transfer and Contribution Agreement from time to time, and allocated to the
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2023-1A SUBI pursuant to the 2023-1A SUBI Supplement as of such date, as evidenced by the 2023-1A SUBI Certificate.
“Nortridge Loan System” means a third-party technology platform on which the Regional Management Entities’ underwriting, servicing and collection activity are logged and maintained and which is integrated into the Regional Management Entities’ information technology infrastructure.
“Obligations” means all loans, advances, debts, liabilities, indemnities and obligations for monetary amounts owing by the Borrower to the Secured Parties, the Agents, the Backup Servicer, the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective assigns, whether due or to become due, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, contingent or non-contingent and all covenants and duties regarding such amounts, of any kind or nature, present or future, arising under or in respect of the Loans or any Hedging Agreement, whether or not evidenced by any separate note, agreement or other instrument, including all principal, interest (including interest that accrues after the commencement against the Borrower of any action under the Bankruptcy Code), amounts payable pursuant to Sections 2.13 and 2.14, Breakage Costs, Hedge Breakage Costs, fees, including any and all arrangement fees, loan fees, Interest and Unused Commitment Fee and any and all other fees, expenses, indemnities, costs or other sums (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) chargeable to the Borrower under the Basic Documents.
“Obligor” means each Person obligated to make payments on or pursuant to a Receivable, including any guarantor thereof.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any officer of the Borrower, the Servicer, an Originator, the Backup Servicer or any other Person, as the case may be, and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any other party hereto as required by this Agreement.
“Online Originated Receivable” means a Receivable that is not a Branch Assisted Electronic Receivable with respect to which the loan is originated online and the related loan documentation is signed using DocuSign, Inc. technology, in each case, in accordance with the Credit Policy.
“Opinion of Counsel” means, with respect to any Person, a written opinion of counsel, who is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or the party hereto that is the recipient of such written opinion of counsel.
“Originator” means each of (i) Regional Finance Corporation of Alabama, an Alabama corporation, (ii) Regional Finance Company of Arizona, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (iii) Regional Finance Company of Georgia, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (iv) Regional Finance Company of Idaho, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (v) Regional Finance Company of Illinois, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (vi) Regional Finance Company of Indiana, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (vii) Regional Finance Company of Mississippi, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (viii) Regional Finance Company of Missouri, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (ix) Regional Finance Company of New Mexico, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (x)
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Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina, a North Carolina corporation, (xi) Regional Finance Company of Oklahoma, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (xii) Regional Finance Corporation of South Carolina, a South Carolina corporation, (xiii) Regional Finance Corporation of Tennessee, a Tennessee corporation, (xiv) Regional Finance Corporation of Texas, a Texas Corporation, (xv) Regional Finance Company of Utah, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (xvi) Regional Finance Company of Virginia, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (xvii) Regional Finance Corporation of Wisconsin, a Wisconsin corporation, and (xviii) any other entity approved in writing by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (a copy of which the Servicer shall provide to each Rating Agency, if any) that becomes a party to the First Tier Master Purchase Agreement pursuant to a joinder thereto.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Secured Party, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Secured Party and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Secured Party having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Basic Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Basic Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Basic Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment at the request of Borrower).
“Other Warehouse Facilities” means (i) the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2021, by and among Regional Management Receivables II, LLC, as borrower, Regional Management, as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, as account bank, collateral custodian and backup servicer, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent, and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as structuring and syndication agent, (ii) the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2021, by and among Regional Management Receivables IV, LLC, as borrower, Regional Management, as servicer, the lenders and agents from time to time party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, as account bank and backup servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank, as administrative agent, (iv) the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2021, by and among Regional Management Receivables V, LLC as borrower, Regional Management, as servicer, the lenders and agents from time to time party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, as account bank and backup servicer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and (v) any other warehouse facility that a Special Purpose Affiliate may enter into from time to time, in each case as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Owner of Record” means the owner of an Authoritative Copy (in the case of an Electronic Contract that constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper) or an electronically authenticated original record of an executed Contract (in the case of an Electronic Contract that does not constitute Electronic Chattel Paper), which, within the Electronic Vault System, is the Borrower, with respect to all Receivables that are not North Carolina Receivables, and is the Trust, with respect to all North Carolina Receivables.
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“Owners” means the Lenders that are owners of record of the Loans or, with respect to any Loans held by an Agent hereunder as nominee on behalf of Lenders in the related Lender Group, the Lenders that are beneficial owners of such Loans as reflected on the books of such Agent in accordance with this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
“Participant Register” has the meaning given to such term in Section 13.01(g).
“Patriot Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“Payment Date” means the 15th day of each calendar month or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day (provided that the first Payment Date will be March 15, 2023).
“Pension Plan” means “employee pension benefit plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA and that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, maintained by the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate during the current year or the immediately preceding five years, or in which employees of such Borrower or ERISA Affiliate are entitled to participate or have participated during the current year or the immediately preceding five years, as from time to time in effect.
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Permitted Investments” means any of the following types of investments:
(i) marketable obligations of the United States, the full and timely payment of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States and which have a maturity of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition;
(ii) bankers’ acceptances and certificates of deposit and other interest-bearing obligations (in each case having a maturity of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition) denominated in Dollars and issued by any bank with capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $100,000,000 (including the Securities Intermediary or any of its Affiliates), the short-term obligations of which meet or exceed the Short-Term Rating Requirement;
(iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than ten days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (i) and (ii) above entered into with any bank of the type described in clause (ii) above;
(iv) commercial paper rated at least “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and “Prime-1” by Moody’s;
(v) money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act having a rating, at the time of such investment in the highest rating category by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (including funds for which any of the Securities Intermediary or its
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Affiliates is investment manager or advisor);
(vi) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit (having original maturities of no more than 365 days) of depository institutions or trust companies incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State (or domestic branches of any foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by federal or State banking or depository institution authorities (including the Securities Intermediary or any of its Affiliates); provided, however, that at the time such investment, or the commitment to make such investment, is entered into, the short-term debt rating of such depository institution or trust company meets or exceeds the Short-Term Rating Requirement; and
(vii) any other investments approved in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders); provided, that each of the Permitted Investments may be purchased from the Securities Intermediary or through any Affiliate of the Securities Intermediary.
“Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens in favor of the Borrower created pursuant to the Second Tier Purchase Agreement, (ii) Liens in favor of the Trust in respect to the North Carolina Receivables, (iii) Liens in favor of any Agent or the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties created pursuant to this Agreement or any other Basic Document, (iv) mechanics’ and other statutory Liens arising by operation of law with respect to a Hard Secured Receivable and (v) Liens for taxes and assessments not yet due or for taxes which the Borrower is contesting in good faith and by appropriate legal proceedings the validity, applicability or amount thereof and such contest does not materially endanger any right or interest of the Secured Parties under the Basic Documents.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust (including a business or statutory trust), unincorporated association, sole proprietorship, joint venture, government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity.
“Plan Assets” has the meaning given to such term in Section 3(42) of ERISA.
“Precompute Receivable” means any Receivable or Managed Portfolio Receivable for which the related Contract is reflected as a precompute loan on the records of the Servicer or the applicable Subservicer.
“Precomputed Interest Method” means the method in which the debt is expressed as the sum of the original principal amount plus the finance charge computed in advance, assuming all payments will be made when scheduled.
“Prepayment Notice” means a written notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Agents, the Securities Intermediary and each Hedge Counterparty, if any, notifying such parties of its intent to prepay all or any portion of the Loans Outstanding in accordance with Section 2.06, substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto.
“Prime Rate” means, for any date of determination, the rate of interest most recently announced by the Administrative Agent from time to time as its prime commercial rate for
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Dollar-denominated loans made in the United States.
“Principal Amount” means, with respect to any Loan, the aggregate amount advanced by the Lenders on the Funding Date in respect of such Loan.
“Principal Balance” means, as of any determination date with respect to (a) a Receivable or Managed Portfolio Receivable other than a Precompute Receivable, the outstanding principal balance of such Receivable or Managed Portfolio Receivable and (b) a Receivable or Managed Portfolio Receivable that is a Precompute Receivable, the calculated principal balance of such Precompute Receivable, which is the result of (x) the remaining unpaid amount due in respect of such Precompute Receivable minus (y) the unearned interest on such Precompute Receivable calculated on an accrual basis; provided, that in the case of (a) and (b), the principal balance of such Receivable or Managed Portfolio Receivable is measured as of the most recent Determination Date (or as of such date of determination if such date is a Determination Date), or with respect to any Receivables transferred to the Borrower after such Determination Date, as of the related Cutoff Date, provided, that the Principal Balance of any Receivable or Managed Portfolio Receivable, a portion of which has been charged‑off in accordance with the Collection Policy, shall be reduced by the portion so charged‑off; provided, further, the Principal Balance of any Receivable that becomes a “Defaulted Receivable” will be deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a “Defaulted Receivable” and the Principal Balance of any Managed Portfolio Receivable that becomes a “Managed Portfolio Defaulted Receivable” will be deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a “Managed Portfolio Defaulted Receivable”.
“Qualified Institution” means any depository institution or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) that either (i)(1) meets, or the parent of which meets, either (A) the Long-Term Rating Requirement or (B) the Short-Term Rating Requirement and (2) whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (ii) is otherwise approved by each of the Administrative Agent, the Servicer and the Borrower in writing.
“Rating Agency” means, as of any date of determination, each nationally recognized statistical rating organization then rating any Loan or any related Credit Facility or Liquidity Facility provided to a Conduit Lender with respect to any Loan, in each case, at the request of the Borrower or any Secured Party.
“Ratings Request” means a written request by an Agent to the Borrower and the Servicer, stating that the related Agent intends to request that a nationally recognized statistical rating organization publicly issue a Required Rating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that reasonably reflects the economics and credit of the Loans at the time of such request.
“Reborrowing” means, to the extent that any portion of the Loans has been repaid in connection with a repayment pursuant to Section 2.06, the reborrowing by the Borrower of all or a portion of such repaid amounts otherwise subject to and in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Receivable” means Indebtedness owed to an Originator or the Borrower by an Obligor (without giving effect to any transfer hereunder) under a Contract included in the Schedule of
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Receivables, whether in tangible or electronic form and whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument or general intangible, arising out of or in connection with a non-revolving personal loan made by such Originator, and includes the right of payment of any finance charges and other obligations of the Obligor with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, once the Administrative Agent has released its security interest in a Receivable and the related Contract in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Receivable shall no longer be a Receivable hereunder.
“Receivable File” means, with respect to each Receivable, (i)(w) in the case of a Contract (other than an Electronic Contract or a Convenience Check), the original fully executed Contract, including, in the case of a Contract which has been Exported, the physical rendering of the related Electronic Contract produced upon Export, together with the related document history report, (x) in the case of an Electronic Contract that constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper, a single Authoritative Copy of the executed Contract; (y) in the case of an Electronic Contract that does not constitute Electronic Chattel Paper, the electronically authenticated original record of the executed Contract and (z) in the case of a Convenience Check, a copy of the Contract, and (ii) any additional original executed documents, if any, evidencing a modification to any of the foregoing documents, whether executed physically or electronically and whether maintained in tangible or electronic form; provided, that with respect to clauses (i)(x) and (i)(y), the Electronic Contract is maintained by the Electronic Vault Provider as a designated custodian of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Electronic Vault pursuant to Section 7.03(l)(ii) hereof.
“Records” means, with respect to any Contract, all documents, books, records and other information (including computer programs, tapes, disks, punch cards, data processing software and related property and rights) maintained with respect to any related item of Collateral and the related Obligor.
“Regional Local Bank Account” has the meaning given to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Regional Management” has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble.
“Regional Management Entities” means Regional Management, the Borrower and the Originators.
“Regulation AB” means Regulation AB under the Securities Act.
“Regulatory Change” means (i) the adoption or any change therein after the date hereof of any Applicable Law, rule or regulation (including any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy or liquidity coverage) or (ii) any change after the date hereof in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority; provided, that for purposes of this definition, (a) the Risk-Based Capital Requirements, (b) the Dodd-Frank Act, Basel II, Basel III, the Volcker Rule and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (c) all requests, rules, guidelines and
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directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
“Release Amount” means, as of the related Release Date, the aggregate Release Price deposited for a retransfer of Receivables under Section 5.04 and 7.03(c) and, the aggregate Defaulted Receivable Release Price deposited for a retransfer of Defaulted Receivables under Section 5.04(e) and the aggregate Nonperforming Loan Sale Release Price deposited for a retransfer of Nonperforming Loan Sale Receivables under Section 5.04(f).
“Release Date” means a Payment Date specified by the Borrower in connection with the retransfer of the Receivables under Section 5.04 or 7.03(c).
“Release Price” means an amount equal to the Principal Balance of a Receivable to be retransferred pursuant to Section 5.04, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Receivable (at the related APR) through the date of repurchase and all related Breakage Costs and all Hedge Breakage Costs due to the relevant Hedge Counterparties for any termination in whole or in part of one or more Hedge Transactions related to the relevant Hedging Agreement, as required by any Hedge Counterparty; provided, that the Release Price with respect to any Defaulted Receivable shall be determined as if such Receivable were not a Defaulted Receivable.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Reporting Date” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the third Business Day prior to such Payment Date.
“Required Cash Reserve Percentage” means (i) 1.0% or (ii) for any Payment Date on or after which the Servicer shall have been directed to withdraw all amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account in accordance with Section 2.11(c), 0%.
“Required Legend” shall mean a watermark notation applied by the Electronic Vault System to every page of an Electronic Contract that reads “Regions Bank, as Administrative Agent, acting solely for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as secured party and assignee”.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, (i) prior to the date on which the Commitments of the Committed Lenders terminate pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Lenders holding Commitments representing 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Commitment or (ii) thereafter, Lenders representing 66 2/3% of the Loans Outstanding.
“Required Rating” means a rating of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement of at least “investment grade” from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization selected by the Required Lenders and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower.
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or order or determination of a Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or
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binding upon such Person or to which such Person is subject, whether federal, State or local (including usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, Regulations U and T of the Federal Reserve Board and Regulations B, X and Z of the CFPB).
“Reserve Account” means a non-interest bearing trust account established or caused to be established by the Securities Intermediary at the Account Bank in the name and for the account of the Borrower, which is pledged to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and subject to the Account Control Agreement.
“Reserve Account Amount” means, on any day, the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account.
“Reserve Account Required Amount” means, on any date of determination, the product of (a) the Required Cash Reserve Percentage and (b) the Eligible Pool Balance.
“Reserve Account Withdrawal Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date (i) on which an Available Funds Shortfall exists, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Reserve Account Amount and (b) the Available Funds Shortfall, (ii) following the Revolving Period Termination Date, the Reserve Account Amount, (iii) following the occurrence of an Event of Default that has not been waived by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), the Reserve Account Amount pursuant to Section 2.11(c), and (iv) on any other Payment Date, zero.
“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to any Person, any officer of such Person (within the Corporate Trust Services department of such Person in the case of the Backup Servicer and the Securities Intermediary), including any president, vice president, assistant vice president, treasurer, secretary, assistant secretary, corporate trust officer or any other officer thereof customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the individuals who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of or familiarity with the particular subject, and, in each case, having direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
“Revolving Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Revolving Period Termination Date.
“Revolving Period Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) the Scheduled Commitment Termination Date and (ii) a Facility Amortization Event.
“Risk-Based Capital Requirements” means the United States bank regulatory rule titled Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Capital Adequacy Guidelines; Capital Maintenance: Regulatory Capital; Impact of Modification to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; Consolidation of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Programs; and Other Related Issues, adopted on December 15, 2009, by the Financial Accounting Standard Board.
“Sanctions” means individually and collectively, any and all economic or financial sanctions, trade embargoes and anti-terrorism laws imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by: (a) the United States of America, including those administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. State Department, the U.S.
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Department of Commerce, or through any existing or future Executive Order; (b) the United Nations Security Council; (c) the European Union; (d) the United Kingdom; or (e) any other governmental authorities with jurisdiction over the Borrower, the Servicer and their respective Affiliates.
“Sanctioned Target”: Any individual, entity, group, sector, territory, or country that is the target of any Sanctions, including without limitation, any legal entity that is deemed to be a target of Sanctions based on the direct or indirect ownership or control of such entity by any other Sanctioned Target(s) as determined under the applicable Sanctions.
“Schedule of Receivables” means the schedule of Receivables attached hereto as Schedule C, as updated from time to time in connection with each Funding Request or substitution of Receivables, as applicable.
“Scheduled Payments” means regularly scheduled monthly payments to be made by an Obligor pursuant to the terms of the related Contract.
“Scheduled Commitment Termination Date” means February 2, 2025 (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day), or such later date to which the Scheduled Commitment Termination Date may be extended upon the written agreement of the Borrower, the Lenders, the Agents, the Administrative Agent and the other parties hereto.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Tier Purchase Agreement” means the Second Tier Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between Regional Management, as the seller, and the Borrower, as the purchaser.
“Secured Party” means (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) each Lender and (iii) each Hedge Counterparty.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securities Intermediary” has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble.
“Securities Intermediary Fee” means the fee payable to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to the Computershare Fee Letter.
“Security Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021, among Regional Management, Regional Management Receivables II, LLC, Regional Management Receivables IV, LLC, Regional Management Receivables V, LLC, the Borrower, the borrowers under the Senior Revolver, Regional Management Issuance Trust 2019-1, Regional Management Issuance Trust 2020-1, Regional Management Issuance Trust 2021-1, Regional Management Issuance Trust 2021-2, Regional Management Issuance Trust 2021-3, Regional Management Issuance Trust 2022-1 and Regional Management Issuance Trust 2022-2B, Credit Recovery Associates, Inc. and Upstate Motor Company, as guarantors, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent, and the other parties joined thereto from time to time, including without limitation, the Borrower.
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“Securitization” means any (i) securitization transaction undertaken by the Borrower or a Special Purpose Affiliate that is secured, directly or indirectly, by all or a portion of the Receivables, (ii) sale or other transfer by the Borrower or a Special Purpose Affiliate of all or a portion of the Receivables in connection with a “Securitization” as defined in clause (i) and in accordance with Section 2.15(a)(iii), (iii) sale or other transfer by the Borrower or a Special Purpose Affiliate of all or a portion of the Receivables, or (iv) other asset financing, secured loan or similar transaction involving all or a portion of the Receivables, in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Securitization Date” means the date upon which a Securitization is consummated.
“Securitization Date Certificate” means a certificate delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Servicer on the Securitization Date indicating that the requirements set forth in this Agreement for a Securitization has been satisfied.
“Securitization Trigger Holiday” means (i) with respect to the Delinquency Ratio (60+ Days), a period beginning on the first day of the calendar month in which any broadly marketed Securitization occurs in which (A) the related debt instruments are purchased by unaffiliated third parties (other than as may be required by applicable risk retention rules and one or more of the most subordinate tranches of such debt instruments that may be retained by affiliated parties) and (B) the Principal Balance of Receivables released pursuant to Section 2.15 are equal to or greater than 75.0% of the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables, and ending on the last day of the immediately following calendar month and (ii) with respect to the Extension Ratio, Annualized Charge-off Ratio and Excess Spread Percentage, the period beginning on the first day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar month in which any broadly marketed Securitization occurs in which (A) the related debt instruments are purchased by unaffiliated third parties (other than as may be required by applicable risk retention rules and one or more of the most subordinate tranches of such debt instruments that may be retained by affiliated parties) and (B) the Principal Balance of Receivables released pursuant to Section 2.15 are equal to or greater than 75.0% of the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables, and ending on the last day of the second calendar month following the calendar month in which such broadly marketed Securitization occurs; provided, that for purposes of calculating the Delinquency Ratio (60+ Days), the Extension Ratio, the Annualized Charge-off Ratio and the Excess Spread Percentage following the Securitization Trigger Holiday, the calendar months that occur during the Securitization Trigger Holiday will be excluded from such calculation.
“Securitization Release” means a release executed pursuant to Section 2.15, substantially in the form of Exhibit G.
“Senior Hedge Breakage Costs” means, with respect to any Hedge Transaction, any amount payable by the Borrower to the related Hedge Counterparty upon the early termination of such Hedge Transaction or any portion thereof for any reason other than any event of default under the related Hedging Agreement for which the related Hedge Counterparty is the defaulting party.
“Senior Interest” means, for any Payment Date and any Loan, all Interest payable in respect of such Loan on that Payment Date, other than any Interest payable in respect of such
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Loan as a result of the application of the Step-Up Margin on such Payment Date.
“Senior Revolver” means the Seventh Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2019, among the financial institutions named as lenders therein, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as agent, Regional Management and the other borrowers party thereto from time to time, and certain Regional Management Affiliates, as guarantors, and the other guarantors party thereto from time to time, as amended from time to time.
“Servicer” has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble.
“Servicer Basic Documents” means all Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party or by which it is bound.
“Servicer File” means, with respect to a Receivable, each of the following documents: (i) application of the Obligor for credit; (ii) a copy (but not the original) of the Contract and any modifications or amendments thereto; provided however, if such documents constitute Electronic Contracts, originals or copies thereof may be accessible via the Electronic Vault System or via the Nortridge Loan System; and (iii) such other documents as the Servicer customarily retains in its files in order to accomplish its duties under this Agreement; provided, that in each case such documents may be in either tangible or electronic form and, further provided that, certificates of title that are issued electronically may be held by a third party electronic title lienholder.
“Servicer Termination Event” has the meaning given to such term, on any day (i) prior to the Assumption Date, in Section 7.13 and (ii) on and after the Assumption Date, in Section 7.16(e).
“Servicer Termination Notice” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.13.
“Servicing Centralization Event” means the occurrence of either (a) Regional Management fails to have a Tangible Net Worth of at least $150,000,000 as of any Determination Date or (b) a Level III Trigger Event, followed by the delivery of written notice from the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) to the Servicer, the Borrower and the Backup Servicer that the activities described on Schedule G should go into effect.
“Servicing Fee” means the fee payable to the Servicer on each Payment Date, monthly in arrears in accordance with Section 2.08, in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Servicing Fee Rate, (ii) the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables as of the first day of the related Collection Period and (iii) 1/12.
“Servicing Fee Advance” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.12(d).
“Servicing Fee Rate” means (a) with respect to the initial Servicer, 4.00% per annum, and (b) with respect to any Successor Servicer, the rate determined in the manner set forth in Section 7.16(a), which rate the Successor Servicer shall provide prompt written notice of to the Rating Agencies, if any.
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“Short-Term Rating Requirement” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has a short-term unsecured debt rating of either not less than “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s, not less than “R-1 (middle)” by DBRS Morningstar or not less than “Prime-1” by Moody’s.
“Simple Interest Method” means the method of allocating a fixed level payment to principal and interest, pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed rate of interest multiplied by the unpaid principal balance multiplied by the period of time elapsed since the preceding payment of interest was made.
“Small Branch Receivable” means a Receivable with an initial principal balance at the time of origination that is less than or equal to $2,500.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any U.S. Government Securities Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator for such U.S. Government Securities Business Day, published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on such U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the administrator of the secured overnight financing rate (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the SOFR Administrator’s website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person at any time, having a state of affairs such that (i) the fair value of the property owned by such Person is greater than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including the amount of any known disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) the present fair salable value of the property owned by such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (iii) such Person is able to realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business; (iv) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to generally pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (v) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital in relation to such business or transaction.
“Special Purpose Affiliate” means any special purpose entity that is an Affiliate of the Borrower and was created for the purpose of one or more Securitizations.
“Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.
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“State” means any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
“Step-Up Margin” has the meaning set forth in the Fee Letter.
“Subordinated Hedge Breakage Costs” means with respect to any Hedge Transaction, any amount payable by the Borrower to the related Hedge Counterparty upon the early termination of such Hedge Transaction or any portion thereof as a result of any event of default under the related Hedging Agreement for which the related Hedge Counterparty is the defaulting party.
“Subordinate Interest” means, for any Payment Date and any Loan, any Interest payable in respect of such Loan as a result of the application of the Step-Up Margin on such Payment Date.
“Subsequent Loan” means each Loan made following the Initial Loan.
“Subsequent Receivable” means each Receivable that becomes a part of the Collateral on a Funding Date other than the Funding Date relating to the Initial Loan.
“Subservicer” means each subservicer appointed by the Servicer and acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders for the servicing and administration of some or all of the Receivables which, as of the Closing Date, are identified on Schedule E, which schedule may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, any entity with respect to which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests shall at any time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or any similar business organization which is so owned or controlled.
“Substitute Receivable” means one or more Eligible Receivables not previously a part of the Collateral, substituted for a Receivable pursuant to Section 5.04, each having characteristics substantially similar, and in no event less favorable to the Secured Parties in any respect, than the affected Receivables being so substituted, without the consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders).
“Successor Servicer” means the Backup Servicer, as successor to the Servicer, or another entity appointed pursuant to Section 7.14(b) as successor to the Servicer.
“System Description” shall mean the written description of the Electronic Vault System, attached hereto as Exhibit L.
“Tangible Net Worth” means, with respect to Regional Management on a consolidated basis, as of the Determination Date, its net worth calculated in accordance with GAAP, after subtracting therefrom the aggregate amount of its intangible assets (other than deferred tax assets), including goodwill, franchises, licenses, patents, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights and service marks.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), charges, assessments or fees of any nature
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(including interest, penalties and additions thereto) that are imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Term SOFR” means,
(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan for the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
(b) for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan for the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate SOFR Determination Day.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) as administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Test Data File” means a test data file, which shall include the loan master file, the transaction history file and all other files necessary to carry out the servicing obligations hereunder.
“Third Party Allocation Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting through its Corporate Trust
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Services division, in such capacity under the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Third Party Service Provider” means any provider of third-party collection services, including, without limitation, Radius Global Solutions LLC, engaged by the Servicer or any Subservicer pursuant to Section 7.03(e)(ii).
“Titled Asset” shall mean a motor vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, camper, trailer, motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or other asset for which, under applicable State law, a certificate of title is issued and any security interest therein is required to be perfected by notation on such certificate of title.
“Transfer and Contribution Agreement” means the Transfer and Contribution Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2017, between Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina and the Trust, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Transition Expenses” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.14(d).
“Trust” means the Regional Management North Carolina Receivables Trust, Delaware statutory series trust formed by Wilmington Trust, National Association, pursuant to the certificate of formation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 16, 2017.
“Trust Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2018, by Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina, as settlor and initial beneficiary, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as UTI trustee, Delaware trustee and administrative trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Trust Documents” means the Trust Agreement, the 2023-1A SUBI Supplement, the UTI Administration Agreement, the 2023-1A SUBI Servicing Agreement, the 2023-1A SUBI Subservicing Agreement and the 2023-1A SUBI Security Agreement.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America.
“Unmatured Event of Default” means any event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default.
“Unused Commitment Fee” means, for any Interest Period prior to the commencement of the Amortization Period, the fee payable by the Borrower pursuant to the Fee Letter on the related Payment Date in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Unused Commitment Fee Rate, (ii) an amount equal to the average daily Aggregate Commitment during such Interest Period minus the average daily Loans Outstanding during such Interest Period, and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days during such Interest Period and the denominator
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of which is 360.
“Unused Commitment Fee Rate” has the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities; provided, that for purposes of notice requirements relating to the calculation of Term SOFR, such day is also a Business Day.
“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” as defined in Code Section 7701(a)(30).
“UTI” has the meaning given to such term in the Trust Agreement.
“UTI Administration Agreement” means the UTI Administration Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2018, by and between Regional Management North Carolina Receivables Trust and Regional Management Corp, as administrator.
“UTI Certificate” has the meaning given to such term in the Trust Agreement.
“VantageScore” means a credit score created by VantageScore Solutions, LLC, or any successor thereto; provided, that, in the case of a Receivable with two Obligors, such score is based on the higher of the two VantageScores at origination.
“Volcker Rule” means the regulations adopted to implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as amended.
“2023-1A SUBI” means that special unit of beneficial interest in the Trust created by the 2023-1A SUBI Supplement.
“2023-1A SUBI Certificate” means the 2023-1A SUBI certificate issued by the Trust and evidencing a beneficial interest in the North Carolina Receivables.
“2023-1A SUBI Security Agreement” means the 2023-1A SUBI Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Trust, Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina, as beneficiary of the undivided trust interest of the Trust, the Borrower, in its capacity as the holder of the 2023-1A SUBI Certificate, and the Administrative Agent, as secured party.
“2023-1A SUBI Servicing Agreement” means the 2023-1A SUBI Servicing Agreement, dated as Closing Date, among the Trust, acting thereunder solely with respect to the 2023-1A SUBI, the Borrower, as 2023-1A SUBI Holder, and Regional Management, as 2023-1A SUBI Servicer.
“2023-1A SUBI Subservicing Agreement” means the 2023-1A SUBI Subservicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Regional Management, as 2023-1A SUBI Servicer, Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina and the Trust.
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“2023-1A SUBI Supplement” means the 2023-1A SUBI Supplement to the Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina, as settlor and initial beneficiary, Borrower, as 2023-1A SUBI beneficiary and 2023-1A SUBI holder, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as UTI trustee, 2023-1A SUBI Trustee and administrative trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“2023-1A SUBI Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as 2023-1A SUBI Trustee.
. Unless otherwise defined or specified herein, all accounting terms shall be construed herein, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared and all financial records shall be maintained in accordance with GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth herein, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders, Regional Management and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP; provided, that until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) Regional Management and the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
. Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”.
. When used in this Agreement, unless a contrary intention appears: (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; (iii) “or” is not exclusive; (iv) “including” means including without limitation; (v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; (vi) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; (vii) references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns; (viii) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof; (ix) references contained herein to Article, Section, subsection, Schedule and Exhibit, as applicable, are references to Articles, Sections, subsections, Schedules and Exhibits in this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (x) references to “writing” include printing, typing and
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other means of reproducing words in a visible form; and (xi) the term “proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the applicable UCC.
. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (i) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate hereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement), as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.09, will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the
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Benchmark or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (ii) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Benchmark, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
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. The Borrower may prepay all or any portion of the Loans Outstanding on any Business Day without penalty, upon delivery of a Prepayment Notice to the Administrative Agent, the Agents, the Securities Intermediary and each Hedge Counterparty, if any, at least two (2) Business Days prior to such anticipated prepayment; provided that (i) the amount prepaid is at least $1,000,000 or integral multiples of $250,000 in excess thereof (unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent); (ii) the Borrower pays to each of the Secured Parties, on the date of any such prepayment, each such Secured Party’s pro rata allocable share of (a) accrued Interest with respect to the portion of the Loans Outstanding to be prepaid through the date of prepayment, as calculated by the Administrative Agent, and (b) the pro rata portion of all other Aggregate Unpaids relating to such prepayment (including all Breakage Costs, but excluding all Hedge Breakage Costs and any other amounts payable by the Borrower under or with respect to any Hedging Agreement) payable to any Indemnified Party under this Agreement through the date of such prepayment, including Indemnified Amounts pursuant to Section 11.01; (iii) the Borrower certifies that following such prepayment, the Borrower will be in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement; (iv) no such reduction shall be given effect unless the Borrower has complied with the terms of any Hedging Agreement requiring one or more Hedge Transactions be terminated in whole or in part as a result of any such reduction; (v) the Borrower has paid all Hedge Breakage Costs due to the relevant Hedge Counterparty for such termination and (vi) the principal amount of such prepayment of the Loans Outstanding shall be allocated to each Lender ratably based on its Invested Percentage. Any notice of a prepayment shall be irrevocable.
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(A) subject to Section 2.12(d), to the Servicer, theany accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees;
(B) to the Backup Servicer, the sum of (1) the accrued and unpaid Backup Servicing Fee and (2) any out-of-pocket expenses and indemnities due to the Backup Servicer (other than Transition Expenses), which in the case of subclause (B)(2) shall not in the aggregate exceed $25,000 in any calendar year;
(C) to the Backup Servicer or other Successor Servicer, any unpaid Transition Expenses (such Transition Expenses not to exceed $250,000 in the aggregate) payable pursuant to Section 7.14(d);
(D) to the Securities Intermediary and the Third Party Allocation Agent (so long as such Third Party Allocation Agent is Computershare), the sum of (1) the accrued and unpaid Securities Intermediary Fee payable to the Securities Intermediary and (2) any out-of-pocket expenses and indemnities due to the Securities Intermediary and the Third Party Allocation Agent (so long as such Third Party Allocation Agent is Computershare), which in the case of subclause (D)(2) shall not in the aggregate exceed $25,000 in any calendar year;
(E) to the 2023-1A SUBI Trustee, to the extent not paid by the Initial Beneficiary or the Servicer, any accrued and unpaid fees, out-of-pocket expenses and indemnities due to the 2023-1A SUBI Trustee under the 2023-1A SUBI Supplement, which in the case of this subclause (E) shall not in the aggregate exceed $25,000 in any calendar year; and
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. Subject to clause (c) below, in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof or otherwise, if for any reason (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan on or prior to the first day of such Interest Period or (ii) any Lender shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Term SOFR does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining such Loans during such Interest Period, then in each case, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower. Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to or continue any Loan as a SOFR Loan, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or the affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (A) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or the affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (B) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any Breakage Costs.
. If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the Administrative Agent with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any SOFR Loan, or to determine or charge interest based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower (an “Illegality Notice”). Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) any obligation of any Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to a SOFR Loan or continue any Loan as a SOFR Loan, shall be suspended and (ii) if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Base Rate shall be computed without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”. Upon receipt of an Illegality Notice, the Borrower shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, prepay or, if applicable, convert all SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans (in each case, if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Base Rate shall be computed without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”), on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans, to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such day. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any Breakage Costs.
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(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Basic Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective on the date agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
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interests herein as indebtedness of the Borrower secured by the Collateral for U.S. federal, State and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes.
THE FOREGOING INDEMNIFICATION SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT SUCH LIABILITIES AND COSTS ARE IN ANY WAY OR TO ANY EXTENT OWED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, UNDER ANY CLAIM OR THEORY OF STRICT LIABILITY.
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THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT SUCH LIABILITIES ARE IN ANY WAY OR TO ANY EXTENT OWED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, UNDER ANY CLAIM OR THEORY OF STRICT LIABILITY, OR ARE CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY KIND BY THE SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY.
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. The Borrower hereby represents, warrants and confirms to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower has collaterally assigned to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder, all of the Borrower’s right and title to and interest in the Second Tier Purchase Agreement. The Borrower confirms that the Administrative Agent shall have the sole right to enforce the Borrower’s rights and remedies under the Second Tier Purchase Agreement for the benefit of the Secured Parties, but without any obligation on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, to perform any of the obligations of the Borrower under the Second Tier Purchase Agreement. The Borrower further confirms and agrees that such collateral assignment to the Administrative Agent shall
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terminate upon the Facility Termination Date; provided, however, that the rights of the Secured Parties pursuant to such collateral assignment with respect to rights and remedies in connection with any indemnities and any breach of any representation, warranty or covenants made by Regional Management pursuant to the Second Tier Purchase Agreement, which rights and remedies survive the termination of the Second Tier Purchase Agreement, shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of such collateral assignment.
. Each of the Borrower, the Backup Servicer and the Servicer agrees, to the full extent that it may lawfully so agree, that neither it nor anyone claiming through or under it will set up, claim or seek to take advantage of any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or redemption law now or hereafter in force in any locality where any part of the Collateral may be situated in order to prevent, hinder or delay the enforcement or foreclosure of this Agreement, or the absolute sale of any of the Collateral or any part thereof, or the final and absolute putting into possession thereof, immediately after such sale, of the purchasers thereof, and each of the Borrower, the Backup Servicer and the Servicer, for itself and all who may at any time claim through or under it, hereby waives, to the full extent that it may be lawful so to do, the benefit of all such laws, and any and all right to have any of the properties or assets constituting the Collateral marshaled upon any such sale, and agrees that the Administrative Agent or any court having jurisdiction to foreclose the security interests granted in this Agreement may sell the Collateral as an entirety or in such parcels as the Administrative Agent or such court may determine.
(a) With respect to each Contract that is an Electronic Contract (i) that constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper for which the Authoritative Copy has been communicated to the Administrative Agent or (ii) that does not constitute Electronic Chattel Paper, and in each case is maintained by the Electronic Vault Provider as a designated custodian of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent is the agent for the Secured Parties exclusively. The Administrative Agent shall hold each such Contract for the exclusive benefit of the Secured Parties and shall make disposition thereof only in accordance with this Agreement or the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement or otherwise pursuant to written instructions furnished by the Required Lenders.
(b) The Servicer shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Electronic Vault so that the Electronic Vault System will place the Required Legend on each page of any perceivable copy of an Electronic Contract; provided, that if a Contract is Exported from the Electronic Vault, the Servicer will hold such Contract in physical form in accordance with its customary servicing practices and the requirements of this Agreement. None of the Administrative Agent, Regional Management Entities or the Trust shall make any changes to the Owner of Record of the Electronic Vault or to the Required Legend on any Electronic Contract, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.
(c) The Servicer shall maintain or cause to be maintained each Electronic Contract that constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper such that (i) a watermark on any perceivable rendering of the Authoritative Copy thereof shall read “View of Authoritative Copy,” (ii) a watermark on
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any perceivable rendering of each Electronic Contract that is not a perceivable rendering of the Authoritative Copy thereof shall read “View of Non-Authoritative Copy,” and (iii) the Required Legend is placed on each perceivable rendering thereof; provided, that the Servicer shall not be required to apply a watermark or other notation to any Electronic Contract when such Electronic Contract has expired by its terms or has been paid in full. The Servicer shall cause the Electronic Vault to reflect the name of the applicable Owner of Record as follows: “Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC/Regional Management NC Receivables Trust, solely with respect to 2023-1A SUBI”. Neither any Regional Management Entity nor the Administrative Agent shall knowingly destroy any Electronic Contract nor transfer or cause the transfer or Export of any Electronic Contract except in accordance with the terms hereof and the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Servicer may Export an Electronic Contract in accordance with the terms hereof and the terms of the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement in connection with the release of such Receivable from the lien of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.
(d) The Regional Management Entities shall notify the Lenders in writing as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within two (2) Business Days after any Responsible Officer thereof receives notice or obtains actual knowledge of: (I) the intent or threat (expressed in writing) of the Electronic Vault Provider to terminate, or the termination of, the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement or the Electronic Vault Services Agreement, (II) receipt of written notice from the Electronic Vault Provider of any actual or suspected theft of, accidental disclosure of, loss of, or inability to account for, any nonpublic or confidential information (including, but not limited to, the access codes of the Electronic Vault Provider or any party hereto) of the Electronic Vault Provider or any party hereto which is maintained in the Electronic Vault and/or any unauthorized intrusions into the Electronic Vault Provider’s or any of its subcontractor’s facilities or secure systems on or in which any nonpublic or confidential information of the Electronic Vault Provider or any party hereto is maintained, (III) receipt of written notification from the Electronic Vault Provider of any changes to the System Description, which shall include any changes to the Electronic Vault System that are materially inconsistent with the System Description, with respect to the Electronic Vault, (IV) any Integrity Check failure with respect to or any other attempted unauthorized access to or modification or alteration of an Authoritative Copy of an Electronic Contract that constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper which constitutes or evidences a Receivable maintained in the Electronic Vault, (V) any claim of any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) of an interest in an Electronic Contract, (VI) the receipt of written notice of the commencement or the threat in writing of any actions, suits, investigations or proceedings against the Electronic Vault Provider which may materially interfere with (A) the Electronic Vault Provider’s provision of the Electronic Vault System or (B) the Borrower’s, the Servicer’s, the Administrative Agent’s or any other Person’s access to or use of the Electronic Vault or against the Borrower, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent or otherwise relating to or affecting the Electronic Vault or the Contracts, in any court, or before any arbitrator of any kind, or before or by any Governmental Authority or (VII) the receipt of any other material or adverse written notice from the Electronic Vault Provider. The Administrative Agent shall, upon receipt of notice of any of the foregoing and to the extent such notice has not already been provided by a Regional Management Entity to the Lenders, provide written notice thereof to the Lenders as soon as reasonably practicable.
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its subcontractors) as “Secured Party Authorized Users” in respect of the Electronic Vault and the Contracts contained therein and shall not otherwise permit any Person to have access to thereto other than (1) prior to the delivery of a Notice of Exclusive Control under (and as defined in) the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement, Approved Parent Authorized Users (as defined in the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement), (2) from and after the delivery of a Notice of Exclusive Control under (and as defined in) the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement, the Required Lenders and any Person appointed by the Required Lenders as a “Secured Party Administrative User”, (3) personnel of Electronic Vault Provider in connection with providing technical support to any such “Secured Party Authorized Users” and (4) the Required Lenders and their respective agents or representatives in connection with an audit pursuant to Section 7.03(k). The Administrative Agent shall not provide any Person other than the Required Lenders with any right to control the actions of the Administrative Agent under the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement, or any consent or approval rights in respect of the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement or any rights thereunder or any provisions thereof, or permit any other Person to direct the Servicer to take or refrain from taking any action, in each case, which could affect the Contracts.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall not agree to amend, or provide any consents, waivers or directions under, the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.
(g) Upon the occurrence of (x) an Event of Default, (y) the termination of Electronic Vault Services Agreement or the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement or the delivery of any notice of termination thereunder or (z) a determination by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, each in their reasonable discretion, that the functionality, security, integrity or reliability of the Electronic Vault System (or any portion thereof) is impaired or the Contracts are otherwise adversely affected by any event (including any change in configuration, technology or law) or circumstance with respect to the Electronic Vault Provider, the Administrative Agent, the Electronic Vault System, the Electronic Vault Services Agreement, the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement or Electronic Contracts generally, including, without limitation, adverse claims being asserted therein by the Electronic Vault Provider or other lenders, (1) the Administrative Agent shall, notwithstanding any contrary instruction received from the Regional Management Entities or the Trust, promptly take such reasonable action with respect to the Electronic Contracts and the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement, as the Required Lenders may direct in writing (including, without limitation, Exporting the Contracts maintained within the Electronic Vault System) and (2) the Administrative Agent (acting at the written direction of the Required Lenders) as “Secured Party” under the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement shall deliver a Notice of Exclusive Control under (and as defined in) the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement.
(i) The Servicer and the Borrower hereby represent and warrant to the Secured Parties as of the date hereof and as of each Funding Date that the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement provides Regional Management a license to use the Electronic Vault System and provides the Administrative Agent exclusive access to the Electronic Vault (except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth herein or in the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement) and the terms thereof are sufficient to permit the Administrative Agent to perform its duties and obligations hereunder and under the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement.
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(j) The Servicer and the Borrower hereby represent and warrant to the Secured Parties as of the date hereof and as of each Funding Date that none of the Regional Management Entities or the Trust has any right of access to the Electronic Vault under the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, except in accordance with the terms thereof and the terms of this Agreement.
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CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND THE LOANS
. The Closing Date shall not occur and no Lender shall be obligated to make any Lender Advance hereunder in respect of the Initial Loan, nor shall any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any Agent or any other party hereto be obligated to take, fulfill or perform any other action hereunder, until the following conditions precedent, after giving effect to the proposed Loan, in each case, have been satisfied or waived in the sole discretion of the Required Lenders:
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(vi) no Level I Trigger Event shall have occurred or be continuing, both before and after giving effect to the proposed Loan and pledge of Collateral.
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. The Borrower represents and warrants, as of the Closing Date and as of each Funding Date, as follows:
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The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent to deliver to each Lender a copy of all documents related to any Hedging Agreement, including confirmations, schedules and an aggregate notional amortization schedule. The Borrower shall provide each Rating Agency (if any) with notice of any Hedging Agreement that may be entered into as provided in this Section.
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. The Administrative Agent, each Agent, each Lender and the Borrower, at the direction of and on behalf of the Administrative Agent, hereby appoint Regional Management, as Servicer to service, manage, collect and administer each of the Receivables and the other Collateral, and to enforce its respective rights and interests in and under the Collateral and Regional Management hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties and responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.
. As compensation for its servicing activities hereunder and reimbursement for its expenses, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee to the extent of funds available therefor pursuant to Section 2.08. The Servicer shall be further entitled to retain as additional servicing compensation any and all ancillary fees and payments from Obligors, including administrative fees and similar charges allowed by Applicable Law, but excluding extension fees and late fees.
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To the extent that the Reserve Account or the Collection Account is a “securities account” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the UCC:
To the extent that the Reserve Account or the Collection Account is a “deposit account” within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with any order or instructions (each also, an “Order”) from the Administrative Agent directing disposition of funds in the account without further consent by the Borrower, Regional Management, the Servicer or any other person.
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shall be deemed to be the Account Bank’s and the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction and the Reserve Account and the Collection Account (as well as any securities entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
. The initial Servicer will be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this Agreement, including the fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants and third party due diligence providers, Taxes imposed on the Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with payments and reports pursuant to this Agreement, fees and expenses of Subservicers (including monthly compensation for acting as Subservicers) and agents of the Servicer and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated under this Agreement for the account of the Borrower. The initial Servicer shall be required to pay such expenses for its own account and shall not be entitled to any payment therefor other than the Servicing Fee.
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. The Servicer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Agent on or before March 31st of each year, beginning in 2024, an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of the preceding December 31st, stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding 12-month period (or since the Closing Date in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate) and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, each of the Servicer and the Subservicers have fulfilled all their respective obligations under this Agreement throughout such year (or such shorter period in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate), or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.
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. Except as otherwise provided herein, neither the Servicer nor any of its directors or officers or employees or agents shall be under any liability to the Secured Parties, the Backup Servicer or any other Person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of its willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of its willful misconduct hereunder.
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. The Servicer shall resign only if the Servicer provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Agents and the Backup Servicer to the effect that it is no longer permitted by Applicable Law to act as Servicer hereunder. No termination or resignation of the Servicer hereunder shall be effective until the Backup Servicer or a different entity, acceptable to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), has accepted its appointment as Successor Servicer hereunder and has agreed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Collection Policy.
. The occurrence and continuance of any one of the following events shall constitute a “Servicer Termination Event” hereunder:
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During the continuance of any of the foregoing, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, so long as any such Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied within any applicable cure period or waived in writing by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent acting at the direction of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Servicer (with a copy to each Agent, Hedge Counterparty, the Securities Intermediary and the Backup Servicer) (each, a “Servicer Termination Notice”), shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer as Servicer under this Agreement and under the 2023-1A SUBI Servicing Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance referred to under paragraph (b) above for an additional period of five (5) Business Days after the applicable grace period or referred to under paragraph (e) or (f) above for a period of fifteen (15) days after the applicable grace period shall not constitute a Servicer Default if such delay or failure could not be prevented by the exercise of reasonable diligence by the Servicer, such delay or failure was caused by a Force Majeure Event and Servicer is in compliance with its business continuity and disaster preparedness plans. If, following the expiration of such incremental fifteen (15) day grace period in the case of a delay or failure of performance described in paragraph (e) or (f) above, the applicable delay or failure of performance remains outstanding but the Servicer continues to work diligently to remedy such delay or failure of performance, then, with the consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion the grace period may be extended for a further thirty (30) days. The preceding sentences will not relieve the Servicer from compliance with its obligations pursuant to Section 7.03(g) hereunder or from otherwise using all commercially reasonable efforts to perform its obligations in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Servicer shall provide the Administrative Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Backup Servicer with an Officer’s Certificate giving prompt notice of such failure or delay, together with a description of its efforts to perform its obligations.
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. Any Person (a) into which the initial Servicer may be merged or consolidated in accordance with Section 6.05(b), (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the initial Servicer may be a party in accordance with Section 6.05(b), (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the initial Servicer substantially as a whole or (d) which may succeed to the duties and obligations of the initial Servicer under this Agreement following the resignation of the Servicer, which Person executes an agreement of assumption acceptable to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) to perform every obligation of the Servicer hereunder, shall, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that:
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. In the event that Computershare becomes the Successor Servicer hereunder following the termination of Regional Management as Servicer, the following shall apply with respect to Computershare, as Successor Servicer:
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Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Servicer Termination Event, the Administrative Agent shall notify Computershare of such Servicer Termination Event and Computershare shall have 60 days thereafter to cure such breach. Should Computershare fail to cure such breach, then upon the lapse of 60 days thereafter or at such later time specified by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), Computershare shall be removed as Servicer and a new Successor Servicer shall be appointed in accordance with Section 7.14.
The Administrative Agent, with the consent of the Required Lenders, may terminate Computershare as Successor Servicer hereunder in its sole discretion, upon 90 days’ prior written notice to Computershare.
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the Servicer to perform all of its obligations under the Receivables to the same extent as if a security interest in such Receivables had not been granted hereunder, and the exercise by the Administrative Agent of its rights hereunder shall not relieve the Borrower from such obligations and (ii) pay prior to becoming delinquent, from funds available to the Borrower under Section 2.08, any Taxes of the Borrower, including any sales taxes payable in connection with the Receivables and their creation and satisfaction. No Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability with respect to any Receivable, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Borrower thereunder.
. Upon the occurrence of a Servicing Centralization Event, the Servicer shall promptly send written notice thereof to the parties hereto, and the Backup Servicer and the Servicer shall work with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to put into effect the items described on Schedule G, together with such other items as may reasonably be agreed upon between the Backup Servicer, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
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THE BACKUP SERVICER
. From the Closing Date until the earlier of (i) its removal pursuant to Section 8.04, (ii) its resignation in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.05, (iii) its appointment as Successor Servicer pursuant to Section 7.14(a) or (iv) the Facility Termination Date, the Backup Servicer shall perform, on behalf of the Secured Parties, the duties and obligations set forth in Section 7.09.
. As compensation for its backup servicing activities hereunder, the Backup Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Backup Servicing Fee from the Borrower. The Backup Servicer shall be entitled to receive its Backup Servicing Fee to the extent of funds available therefor pursuant to Section 2.08. The Backup Servicer’s entitlement to receive the Backup Servicing Fee shall cease on the earliest to occur of (i) it becoming the Successor Servicer, (ii) its removal as Backup Servicer pursuant to Section 8.04, (iii) its resignation in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.05 and (iv) the termination of this Agreement.
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. The Backup Servicer may be removed in connection with a breach by the Backup Servicer in any material respect of any representation, warranty or covenant of the Backup Servicer under this Agreement, or otherwise in the discretion of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), by 30 days’ prior notice given in writing and delivered to the Backup Servicer from the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) (the “Backup Servicer Termination Notice”). On and after the receipt by the Backup Servicer of the Backup Servicer Termination Notice, the Backup Servicer shall continue to perform all backup servicing functions under this Agreement until the date specified in the Backup Servicer Termination Notice or otherwise specified by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) in writing or, if no such date is specified in the Backup Servicer Termination Notice or otherwise specified by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), until a date mutually agreed upon by the Backup Servicer and the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders).
. The Backup Servicer shall resign only with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders or if the Backup Servicer provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Administrative Agent to the effect that the Backup Servicer is no longer permitted by Applicable Law to act as Backup Servicer hereunder. No termination or resignation of the Backup Servicer hereunder shall be effective until a successor Backup Servicer, acceptable to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) has accepted its appointment as successor Backup Servicer hereunder and has agreed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If, however, a successor Backup Servicer is not appointed by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders within 30 days after the giving of notice of resignation or termination, the Backup Servicer may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Backup Servicer, with the cost of such petition (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs) to be borne by the Borrower.
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. Any Person into which the Backup Servicer (in such capacity or in its capacity as Successor Servicer) may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which to Backup Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust services business of the Backup Servicer, shall be the successor of the Backup Servicer under this Agreement, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
. The Backup Servicer shall be entitled to any right, protection, privilege or indemnity afforded to the Securities Intermediary under the terms of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
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. Upon the declaration or the automatic occurrence of the Maturity Date, the Administrative Agent shall, at the direction of the Required Lenders, exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies otherwise available to it, including rights available hereunder and the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC
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(such rights and remedies to be cumulative and nonexclusive), and, in addition, the Administrative Agent shall, at the direction of the Required Lenders, take the following remedial actions:
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. No failure or delay on the part of the Administrative Agent to exercise any right, power or privilege under this Agreement and no course of dealing between the Borrower or the Servicer, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, any Agent or Secured Party, on the other hand, shall operate as a waiver of such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies expressly provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which the Secured Parties would otherwise have pursuant to Applicable Law or equity. No notice to or demand on any party in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances, or constitute a waiver of the right of the other party to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.
. The Borrower agrees, to the full extent that it may lawfully so agree, that neither it nor anyone claiming through or under it will set up, claim or seek to take advantage of any appraisal, valuation, stay, extension or redemption law now or hereafter in force in any locality where any Collateral may be situated in order to prevent, hinder or delay the enforcement or foreclosure of
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this Agreement, or the absolute sale of any of the Collateral or any part thereof, or the final and absolute putting into possession thereof, immediately after such sale, of the purchasers thereof, and the Borrower, for itself and all who may at any time claim through or under it, hereby waives, to the full extent that it may be lawful so to do, the benefit of all such Applicable Laws, and any and all right to have any of the properties or assets constituting the Collateral marshaled upon any such sale, and agrees that the Administrative Agent or any court having jurisdiction to foreclose the security interests granted in this Agreement may sell the Collateral as an entirety or such parcels as the Administrative Agent or such court may determine.
. The Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent its true and lawful attorney (with full power of substitution) in its name, place and stead and at its expense, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and deemed occurrence or declaration of the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 10.01(b), in connection with the enforcement of the rights and remedies provided for in this Article, including (i) to give any necessary receipts or acquittance for amounts collected or received hereunder, (ii) to make all necessary transfers of the Collateral in connection with any sale or other disposition made pursuant hereto, (iii) to execute and deliver for value all necessary or appropriate bills of sale, assignments and other instruments in connection with any such sale or other disposition, the Borrower thereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney (or any substitute) shall lawfully do hereunder and pursuant hereto and (iv) to sign any agreements, orders or other documents in connection with or pursuant to any Basic Document. Nevertheless, if so requested by the Administrative Agent, directly or through a purchaser of any of the Collateral, the Borrower shall ratify and confirm any such sale or other disposition by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent or such purchaser all proper bills of sale, assignments, releases and other instruments as may be designated in any such request.
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INDEMNIFICATION
. Without limiting any other rights which the Administrative Agent, each Agent, each Lender or its assignee, the Backup Servicer, the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective Affiliates may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, the Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each such entity (each in its capacity as such and in its individual capacity) and each of their respective Affiliates and officers, directors, employees and agents thereof (each, an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements (collectively, the “Indemnified Amounts”) awarded against or incurred by, any such Indemnified Party or other non-monetary damages of any such Indemnified Party in connection with, arising out of or as a result of this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, excluding, however, Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnified Party (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall indemnify the Indemnified Parties for Indemnified Amounts relating to or resulting from:
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Any amounts subject to the indemnification provisions of Section 11.01 payable by the Borrower shall be paid solely pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.08 in the order and priority set forth therein.
. Without limiting any other rights which the Indemnified Parties may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts awarded against or incurred by, any such Indemnified Party or other non-monetary damages of any such Indemnified Party relating to or arising from any of the following, excluding, however, Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of any Indemnified Party:
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Any amounts subject to the indemnification provisions of Section 11.01 payable by the Servicer, to the extent not promptly paid by the Servicer, shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.08.
. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Indemnified Party be indemnified against Excluded Taxes, any other Taxes for which the Borrower was required to indemnify a Secured Party pursuant to Section 2.14 or, except as otherwise provided herein, (i) nonpayment by an Obligor of an amount due and payable with respect to a Contract or (ii) any loss in value of any Permitted Investment due to changes in market conditions or for other reasons beyond the control of the Borrower or the Servicer.
The indemnities expressly provided in this Article are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which the Indemnified Parties would otherwise have pursuant to law or equity.
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For the avoidance of doubt, Indemnified Amounts shall include any expense and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs, incurred in connection with any enforcement (including any dispute, action, claim or suit) brought by an Indemnified Party of any indemnification or other obligation of the indemnifying party or other Person.
. The foregoing indemnities shall apply whether or not liabilities and costs set forth above are in any way or to any extent owed, in whole or in part, under any claim or theory of strict liability. The provisions of this Article shall survive the termination or assignment of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the resignation or removal of any party.
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. Each Agent may execute any of its duties under any of the Basic Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
. Neither any Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement (except for its, their or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct or, in the case of any Agent, the breach of its obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Secured Parties for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower, the Servicer, Regional Management or the Backup Servicer contained in this Agreement or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other document furnished in connection herewith, or for any failure of the Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article Four. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Secured Party to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Borrower. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any breach of this Agreement or the occurrence of any Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default, Facility Amortization Event or Servicer Termination Event unless it has received written notice thereof from the Borrower, the Servicer or a Secured Party.
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. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that no Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, Regional Management, the Servicer, any Originator or the Backup Servicer shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower, the Servicer, Regional Management, each Originator or the Backup Servicer and the Receivables and made its own decision to purchase its interest in the
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Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under any of the Basic Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower, the Servicer, Regional Management, each Originator or the Backup Servicer and the Receivables. Except for notices, reports and other documents received by an Agent hereunder, no Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower, the Servicer, Regional Management, each Originator or the Backup Servicer or the Receivables which may come into the possession of such Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
. The Committed Lenders (i) agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (without limiting the obligation (if any) of the Borrower or the Servicer to reimburse the Administrative Agent for any such amounts), ratably according to their respective Commitments (or, if the Commitments have terminated, Invested Percentages of the Loans Outstanding) and (ii) in each Lender Group agree to indemnify the Agent for such Lender Group in its capacity as such (without limiting the obligation (if any) of the Borrower and the Servicer to reimburse such Agent for any such amounts), ratably according to their respective Commitments (or, if the Commitments have terminated, Invested Percentages of the Loans Outstanding), in each case from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the obligations under this Agreement, including the Loans Outstanding) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of an Agent resulting from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The provisions of this Section shall survive the payment of the Obligations under this Agreement, including the Loans Outstanding, the termination of this Agreement, and any resignation or removal of the applicable Agent.
. Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower and any other party to a Basic Document as though it were not an Agent hereunder. In addition, the Lenders acknowledge that one or more Persons which are Agents may act (i) as administrator, sponsor or agent for one or more Conduit Lenders and in such capacity act and may continue to act on behalf of each such Conduit Lender in connection with its business, and (ii) as the agent for certain financial institutions under the liquidity and credit enhancement agreements relating to this Agreement to which any one or more Conduit Lenders is party and in various other capacities relating to the business of any such
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Conduit Lender under various agreements. Any such Person, in its capacity as Agent, shall not, by virtue of its acting in any such other capacities, be deemed to have duties or responsibilities hereunder or be held to a standard of care in connection with the performance of its duties as an Agent other than as expressly provided in this Agreement. Any Person which is an Agent may act as an Agent without regard to and without additional duties or liabilities arising from its role as such administrator or agent or arising from its acting in any such other capacity. None of the provisions to this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it.
. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon ten days’ written notice to the Lenders, each Agent and the Borrower with such resignation becoming effective upon a successor agent succeeding to the rights, powers and duties of the Agent pursuant to this Section. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement, then the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor administrative agent, which may be a lender. Any Agent may resign as Agent upon ten days’ notice to the Lenders in its Lender Group, the Administrative Agent and each other Agent and the Borrower with such resignation becoming effective upon a successor agent succeeding to the rights, powers and duties of the Agent pursuant to this Section. If an Agent shall resign as Agent under this Agreement, then (i) Owners in its Lender Group having Invested Percentages aggregating greater than 50% of the aggregate Invested Percentages of all Owners in such Lender Group, and (ii) Committed Lenders in its Lender Group having Commitments aggregating greater than 50% of the aggregate Commitments of all Committed Lenders in such Lender Group shall appoint from among the Committed Lenders (other than the Conduit Lenders) in such Lender Group a successor agent for such Lender Group. Any successor administrative agent or agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of resigning Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” or “Agent,” as applicable, shall mean such successor administrative agent or agent effective upon its appointment, and the former Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement. After the retiring Agent’s resignation as Agent, the provisions of this Article shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement.
. For all purposes under this Agreement, the Borrower and the Servicer may conclusively rely on written consent, approval or waiver from the Administrative Agent as consent, approval or waiver, respectively, of the Required Lenders.
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In addition, unless either (1) clause (a)(i) above is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with clause (a)(iv) above, such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agents and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of Borrower, that the Agents are not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Agents under this Agreement, any Credit Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
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. Each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Backup Servicer, severally and with respect to itself only, covenants and agrees to hold in confidence, and not disclose to any Person, the terms of this Agreement (including any fees payable in connection with this Agreement or the identity of the Lenders under this Agreement), except as the Administrative Agent or any such Lender may have consented to in writing prior to any proposed disclosure and except that it may disclose such information (i) to its Advisors, officers, directors, employees, lenders, investors, potential investors, agents, auditors, subservicers or representatives, (ii) to the extent such information has become available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by or through the Borrower, the Servicer or the Backup Servicer, (iii) to Computershare or its Affiliates or (iv) to the extent it should be (a) required by Applicable Law (including filing a copy of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents (other than any fee related letters)) as exhibits to filings required to be made with the SEC, or in connection with any legal or regulatory proceeding, (b) requested by any Governmental Authority to disclose such information or (c) requested by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization; provided, that, in the case of clause (iv)(a), the Borrower, the Servicer and the Backup Servicer, as applicable, will (unless otherwise prohibited by Applicable Law) notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of its intention to make any such disclosure prior to making such disclosure. The provisions of this Section 14.01 shall survive for two years following the termination of this Agreement.
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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any document related to the transactions contemplated hereby, in connection with Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4, Section 301.6111-1T and Section 301.6112-1, the parties hereby agree that, from the commencement of discussions with respect to the transactions described herein, each party hereto (and each of its employees, representatives, Advisors, Affiliates or agents) is permitted to disclose to any and all persons of any kind, the tax treatment, tax structure and other relevant tax aspects of the transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to each such party related to such treatment, structure and tax aspects. In this regard, each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that this disclosure of the treatment, structure or tax aspects of the transactions is not limited in any way by an express or implied understanding or agreement, oral or written (whether or not such understanding or agreement is legally binding). Furthermore, each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that it does not know or have reason to know that its use or disclosure of information relating to the tax treatment, tax structure or other relevant tax aspects of the transactions is limited in any manner (such as where the transactions are claimed to be proprietary or exclusive) for the benefit of any other Person.
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provided further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or
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duties of the Securities Intermediary or the Backup Servicer hereunder without the prior written consent of the Securities Intermediary or the Backup Servicer, as the case may be (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided further, that the Fee Letter may only be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in writing executed by the parties thereto and with the written consent of the Required Lenders.
No amendment, waiver or other modification which could have a material adverse effect on the rights or obligations of any Hedge Counterparty under a Hedging Agreement shall be effective against such Hedge Counterparty without the prior written agreement of such Hedge Counterparty.
All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including communication by facsimile copy) and e-mailed, mailed, transmitted or delivered, as to each party hereto, at its address set forth under its name on the signature pages hereof or specified in such party’s Assignment and Acceptance or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and communications shall be effective, upon receipt, or in the case of notice by (i) mail, five days after being deposited in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, (ii) e-mail and facsimile copy, when electronic communication of receipt is obtained or (iii) overnight courier, one (1) Business Day after being deposited with such overnight courier service, except that notices and communications pursuant to Article Two shall not be effective until received with respect to any notice sent by mail, telecopier or e-mail.
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assignee of any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law.
. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Servicer, the Backup Servicer, each Agent, the Secured Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and, in addition, each Hedge Counterparty shall be an express third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.
. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the Facility Termination Date; provided, however, that the rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower pursuant to Article Five and the indemnification and payment provisions, including those of Article Eleven, the provisions of Section 15.10 and any other provision of this Agreement expressly stated to survive, shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the assignment, resignation or removal by or of the applicable parties hereto.
. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN §5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN AND THE FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREUNDER IN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT.
. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
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CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. INSTEAD, ANY SUCH DISPUTE RESOLVED IN COURT WILL BE RESOLVED IN A BENCH TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.
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. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Backup Servicer and the Securities Intermediary hereby notifies the Borrower and the Servicer that pursuant to the laws, regulations and executive orders
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of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof as are in effect from time to time applicable to financial institutions relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including without limitation the Patriot Act and regulations promulgated by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (collectively, “AML Law”), it, and each other Lender, may be required to obtain, verify and record information relating to the Borrower or the Servicer, which information includes the name and address of the such party, organizational documentation, director and shareholder information, and other information that will allow the Administrative Agent, each Agent, the Backup Servicer, the Securities Intermediary and each Lender to comply with requirements of AML Law (and the Borrower and the Servicer agree to provide any such necessary information). This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of AML Law and is effective for the Administrative Agent, each Agent, the Backup Servicer, the Securities Intermediary and each Lender.
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. This Agreement contains the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings other than any fee letter contemplated hereby. This Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) an original manual signature; (ii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or (iii) any other electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including any relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”), in each case to the extent applicable. Each faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any other party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
. The parties hereto acknowledge the existence of the Intercreditor Agreement and that certain rights of the parties (other than the Securities Intermediary and the Backup Servicer (other than if it becomes the Successor Servicer)) may be subject to the provisions thereof.
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. The 2023-1A SUBI Trustee shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement for purposes of amounts owed to it by the Borrower from time to time in accordance with Section 2.08 and subject to the other terms of this Agreement.
. The parties expressly acknowledge and consent to Computershare, acting in the multiple roles of Backup Servicer (including potentially as Successor Servicer), Securities Intermediary and Third Party Allocation Agent under the Basic Documents. Computershare may, in such capacities, discharge its separate functions fully, without hindrance or regard to conflict of interest principles, duty of loyalty principles or other breach of fiduciary duties to the extent that any such conflict or breach arises from the performance by Computershare, of express duties set forth in the Basic Documents in any of such capacities, all of which defenses, claims or assertions are hereby expressly waived by the other parties hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT RECEIVABLES VI, LLC,
as Borrower
By:
Name: Harpreet Rana
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Address for Notices:
979 Batesville Road
Suite B
Greer, SC 29651
Attention: Harpreet Rana
Email: xxx@regionalmanagement.com
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CORP.,
as Servicer
By:
Name: Harpreet Rana
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Address for Notices:
979 Batesville Road
Suite B
Greer, SC 29651
Attention: Harpreet Rana
Email: xxx@regionalmanagement.com
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REGIONS BANK,
as Administrative Agent, as Agent and
as Committed Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
Regions Bank
1180 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1400
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attention: Josh Aycox
E-mail: xxx@regions.com
Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but as Securities Intermediary and Backup Servicer
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
MAC N9300-070
600 S. 4th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Asset-Backed Administration
E-mail: xxx@computershare.com
Telephone: (xxx) xxx-xxxx
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SCHEDULE A
REGIONS BANK LENDER SUPPLEMENT
Lender Group: | Regions Bank |
Agent: | Regions Bank |
Address for Notices: | Regions Bank 1180 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30309 E-mail: xxx@regions.com Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
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Committed Lender: | Regions Bank |
Commitment: | $75,000,000 |
Address for Notices and Investing Office: | Regions Bank 1180 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30309 E-mail: xxx@regions.com Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
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Wire Information: | Bank Name: Regions Bank Account Title: Syndications Wire Clearing |
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ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLE CRITERIA
An “Eligible Receivable” means, on any date of determination, any Receivable (A) that has been included as part of the Collateral or in the case of the North Carolina Receivables, allocated to the 2023-1A SUBI, (B) for which the related Receivable File is in the possession of the Servicer, (C) which is identified on the Schedule of Receivables delivered by the Borrower to each Agent and the Securities Intermediary as part of a Funding Request or substitution and (D) which satisfies each of the following conditions, in each case, as of the date specified below:
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SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES
[Original delivered to and on file with the Agents]
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SCHEDULE D
LOCATION OF RECEIVABLE FILES AND BOOKS AND RECORDS
[Provided to and on file with the Administrative Agent]
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SCHEDULE E
LIST OF APPROVED SUBSERVICERS
Regional Finance Corporation of Alabama
Regional Finance Company of Arizona, LLC
Regional Finance Company of Georgia, LLC
Regional Finance Company of Idaho, LLC
Regional Finance Company of Illinois, LLC
Regional Finance Company of Indiana, LLC
Regional Finance Company of Mississippi, LLC
Regional Finance Company of Missouri, LLC
Regional Finance Company of New Mexico, LLC
Regional Finance Corporation of North Carolina
Regional Finance Company of Oklahoma, LLC
Regional Finance Corporation of South Carolina
Regional Finance Corporation of Tennessee
Regional Finance Corporation of Texas
Regional Finance Company of Utah, LLC
Regional Finance Company of Virginia, LLC
Regional Finance Corporation of Wisconsin
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING SECURITY INTERESTS
The Borrower represents and warrants as of the Closing Date and each Funding Date:
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SERVICING CENTRALIZATION EVENT
Following the occurrence of a Servicing Centralization Event, unless waived by the Required Lenders, the following will occur:
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SCHEDULE H
LOCATIONS OF BOOKS AND RECORDS; BORROWER OPERATING ACCOUNT
[Provided to and on file with the Administrative Agent]
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF FUNDING REQUEST
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Regions Bank
as Administrative Agent
1180 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1400
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attention: Josh Aycox
E-mail: xxx@regions.com
Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
as Securities Intermediary and Backup Servicer
MAC N9300-070
600 S. 4th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Asset Backed Administration
Re: Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC – Credit Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned is a Responsible Officer of Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC (the “Borrower”) and is authorized to execute and deliver this Funding Request on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Regional Management Corp, as servicer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as backup servicer and securities intermediary, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Agents for the Lender Groups from time to time parties thereto and Regions Bank, as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower hereby requests that a Loan be made under the Credit Agreement on __________, ____ in the amount of $__________.
In connection with the foregoing, the undersigned hereby certifies, on behalf of the Borrower, as follows:
(1) As of the date hereof, the Borrowing Base (calculated as of the previous Determination Date, or the later of, with respect to Receivables added to the Collateral following such Determination Date, but prior to or on such date of determination, the related Cutoff Date) is ____________. After giving effect to the requested Loan, the Loans Outstanding will not exceed the Borrowing Base, and no Borrowing Base Deficiency will exist. Attached to this Funding Request is a true, complete and correct calculation of the Borrowing Base and all components thereof.
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(2) All of the conditions applicable to the requested Loan as set forth in the Credit Agreement have been satisfied as of the date hereof and will remain satisfied to the date of such Loan, including:
(a) each of the representations and warranties contained in Article Five of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all respects on and as of the date hereof, before and after giving effect to the Loan and to the application of the proceeds therefrom as though made on and as of the date hereof;
(b) no event has occurred, or would result from such Loan or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes an Event of Default or Facility Amortization Event;
(c) the Borrower is in material compliance with each of its covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement; and
(d) to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, no event has occurred which constitutes a Servicer Termination Event.
(3) The requested Loans will not, on the Funding Date, exceed the Available Amount and, after giving effect to the requested Loan, the Loans Outstanding will not exceed the Borrowing Base.
(4) Attached hereto is a true, correct and complete Schedule C to the Credit Agreement, reflecting all [Initial] [Subsequent] Receivables which will become part of the Collateral on the Funding Date, each [Initial] [Subsequent] Receivable reflected thereon being an Eligible Receivable.
(5) The Cutoff Date with respect to the Receivables is , 20__ .
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REGIONAL MANAGEMENT RECEIVABLES VI, LLC,
as Borrower
By:
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE A TO FUNDING REQUEST
[FORM OF FUNDING REQUEST REPORT TO BE INSERTED]
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EXHIBIT B
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
__________ __, 20__
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, as borrower, Regional Management Corp., as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, the agents from time to time parties thereto, Regions Bank, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as securities intermediary and backup servicer. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Credit Agreement.
____________________ (the “Assignor”) and ____________________ (the “Assignee”) agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, that interest in and to all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof which represents the percentage interest specified in Section 1 of Schedule 1 of all outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement, including such interest in the Commitment of the Assignor and the Lender Advances made by the Assignor. After giving effect to such sale and assignment, the Commitment and the amount of Lender Advances made by the Assignee will be as set forth in Section 2 of Schedule 1.
2. The Assignor represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any Lien.
3. The Assignor and the Assignee confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties to Credit Agreement that: (i) other than as provided herein, the Assignor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (ii) the Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of such financial statements and other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iii) the Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender party to the Credit Agreement and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iv) the Assignor and the Assignee confirm that the Assignee is an Eligible Assignee; (v) the Assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to such agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are
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reasonably incidental thereto; (vi) the Assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender, including the confidentiality provisions of Article Fourteen of the Credit Agreement; and (vii) this Assignment and Acceptance meets all other requirements for such an Assignment and Acceptance set forth in Article Thirteen of the Credit Agreement.
4. Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance by the Assignor and the Assignee, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance. The effective date of this Assignment and Acceptance (the “Assignment Date”) shall be the date of acceptance thereof by the Administrative Agent, unless a later date is specified in Section 3 of Schedule 1.
5. The Assignor and the Assignee agree to reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable fees, costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Assignment and Acceptance.
6. Upon such acceptance by the Administrative Agent, the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder, provided, however, that the Assignor shall, to the extent such rights have been assigned by it under this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its assigned rights and be released from its assigned obligations under the Credit Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance coving all or the remaining portion of an assigning Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement, Assignor shall cease to be a party thereto).
7. Upon such acceptance by the Administrative Agent, from and after the Assignment Date, the Administrative Agent shall make, or cause to be made, all payments under the Credit Agreement in respect of the interest assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement for periods prior to the Assignment Date directly between themselves.
8. THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN § 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have executed this Acceptance and Assignment as of the ____ day of _______________, 20__.
_________________________, as Assignor
By:
Name:
Title:
_________________________, as Assignee
By:
Name:
Title:
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Schedule 1
to
Assignment and Acceptance
__________ __, 20__
Section 1.
Percentage Interest: ________%
Section 2.
Dollar Amount of the Loan Owing to the $_______________
Assignee:
Section 3.
Assignment Date: _______________, 20__
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CREDIT POLICY
[Provided to and on file with the Administrative Agent]
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF COLLECTION POLICY
[Provided to and on file with the Administrative Agent]
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EXHIBIT F-1
FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
February 2, 2023
This Power of Attorney (this “Power of Attorney”) is executed and delivered by Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC (“Grantor”) to Regions Bank, as Administrative Agent (“Attorney”), pursuant to (i) the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Grantor, as borrower (the “Borrower”), Regional Management Corp., as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, the agents from time to time parties thereto, Regions Bank as administrative agent and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as securities intermediary and backup servicer, and (ii) the other Basic Documents. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
No person to whom this Power of Attorney is presented, as authority for Attorney to take any action or actions contemplated hereby, shall inquire into or seek confirmation from Grantor as to the authority of Attorney to take any action described below, or as to the existence of or fulfillment of any condition to this Power of Attorney, which is intended to grant to Attorney unconditionally the authority to take and perform the actions contemplated herein, and Grantor irrevocably waives any right to commence any suit or action, in law or equity, against any person or entity that acts in reliance upon or acknowledges the authority granted under this Power of Attorney. The Power of Attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest and may not be revoked or cancelled by Grantor until all Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and Attorney has provided its written consent thereto.
Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Attorney (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Attorney), with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in its place and stead and in its name or in Attorney’s own name, from time to time in Attorney’s discretion, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of the Credit Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby grants to Attorney the power and right, on its behalf, without notice to or assent by it, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to do the following: (i) to give any necessary receipts or acquittance for amounts collected or received under the Credit Agreement, (ii) to make all necessary transfers of the Collateral in connection with any sale or other disposition made pursuant to the Credit Agreement, (iii) to execute and deliver for value all necessary or appropriate bills of sale, assignments and other instruments in connection with any such sale or other disposition, Grantor thereby ratifying and confirming all that such Attorney (or any substitute) shall lawfully do hereunder and pursuant hereto, (iv) to sign any agreements, orders or other documents in connection with or pursuant to any Basic Document, (v) to exercise all rights and privileges of Grantor under the Second Tier Purchase Agreement, (vi) to pay or discharge any taxes, Liens or other encumbrances levied or placed on or threatened against Grantor or Grantor’s property, (vii) to defend any suit, action or
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proceeding brought against Grantor if Grantor does not defend such suit, action or proceeding or if Attorney believes that it is not pursuing such defense in a manner that will maximize the recovery to Attorney, and settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as Attorney may deem appropriate, (viii) to file or prosecute any claim, litigation, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction or before any arbitrator, or take any other action otherwise deemed appropriate by Attorney for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due to Grantor whenever payable and to enforce any other right in respect of Grantor’s property, (ix) to sell, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with, any of Grantor’s property, and execute, in connection with such sale or action, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer in connection therewith and (x) to cause the certified public accountants then engaged by Grantor to prepare and deliver to Attorney at any time and from time to time, promptly upon Attorney’s request, any reports required to be prepared by or on behalf of Grantor under the Credit Agreement or any other Basic Document, all as though Attorney were the absolute owner of its property for all purposes, and to do, at Attorney’s option and Grantor’s expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and other things that Attorney reasonably deems necessary to perfect, preserve, or realize upon its property or assets and the Liens of the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties thereon, all as fully and effectively as it might do.
Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, all that the Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney is executed by Grantor as of the date first above written.
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT RECEIVABLES VI, LLC
By:
Name:
Title:
Sworn to and subscribed before
me as of the date first above written
__________________________________
Notary Public
[NOTARY SEAL]
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EXHIBIT F-2
FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
February 2, 2023
This Power of Attorney (this “Power of Attorney”) is executed and delivered by Regional Management Corp. (“Grantor”) to Regions Bank, as Administrative Agent (“Attorney”), pursuant to (i) the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, as borrower (the “Borrower”), Grantor, as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, the agents from time to time parties thereto, , as administrative agent and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as securities intermediary and backup servicer, and (ii) the other Basic Documents. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
No person to whom this Power of Attorney is presented, as authority for Attorney to take any action or actions contemplated hereby, shall inquire into or seek confirmation from Grantor as to the authority of Attorney to take any action described below, or as to the existence of or fulfillment of any condition to this Power of Attorney, which is intended to grant to Attorney unconditionally the authority to take and perform the actions contemplated herein, and Grantor irrevocably waives any right to commence any suit or action, in law or equity, against any person or entity that acts in reliance upon or acknowledges the authority granted under this Power of Attorney. The Power of Attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest and may not be revoked or cancelled by Grantor until all Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and Attorney has provided its written consent thereto.
Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Attorney (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Attorney), with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in its place and stead and in its name or in Attorney’s own name, from time to time in Attorney’s discretion, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of the Credit Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby grants to Attorney the power and right, on its behalf, without notice to or assent by it, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Servicer Termination Event, to execute any agreements, orders, instructions or other documents in connection with the Receivables, the Receivables Files or the Contracts, including giving instructions to any subservicer with respect to assembly and delivery of possession of the Receivables Files or the Contracts (other than the Electronic Contracts) to or at the direction of the Administrative Agent, all as though Attorney were the absolute owner of its property for all purposes, and to do, at Attorney’s option and Grantor’s expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and other things that Attorney reasonably deems necessary to perfect, preserve, or realize upon its property or assets and the Liens of the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties thereon, all as fully and effectively as it might do.
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Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, all that the Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney is executed by Grantor as of the date first above written.
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CORP.
By:
Name:
Title:
Sworn to and subscribed before
me as of the date first above written
__________________________________
Notary Public
[NOTARY SEAL]
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF SECURITIZATION RELEASE
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, as borrower, Regional Management Corp., as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, the agents from time to time parties thereto, Regions Bank, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as securities intermediary and backup servicer. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower and the Servicer hereby represent and warrant that each condition in the Credit Agreement and each other Basic Document, to the consummation of the Securitization to which this Securitization Release relates, has been satisfied, including but not limited to delivery of (i) the executed Securitization Date Certificate, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex 1 and (i) the executed notice, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex 2.
Upon deposit in the Collection Account of $__________ in accordance with Section 2.15(a)(iv) in immediately available funds, the Administrative Agent hereby releases all of its right, title and interest, including its Lien, in and to the following:
(a) the Receivables (including the North Carolina Receivables evidenced by the 2023-1A SUBI Certificate) to be transferred by the Borrower in the related Securitization and described in Schedule I hereto (the “Securitized Receivables” and such Schedule, the “Schedule of Securitized Receivables”), together with the related Contracts (including the agreement to service the Receivables), whether now existing or hereafter acquired, and any accounts or obligations evidenced thereby, any guarantee thereof, all Collections related thereto, and all monies due (including any payments made under any guarantee or similar credit enhancement with respect to any such Securitized Receivables) to become due or received by any Person in payment of any of the foregoing on or after the related Securitization Date;
(b) all Receivable Files, Servicer Files and the Schedule of Securitized Receivables, relating to the Securitized Receivables, whether now existing or hereafter acquired, and all right, title and interest of the Borrower in and to the documents, agreements and instruments included in such Receivable Files and Servicer Files, including rights of recourse of the Borrower against the related Obligors and Regional Management.
(c) all of the Borrower’s interest in all Records, documents and writings evidencing or related to the Securitized Receivables or the related Contracts;
(d) all of the Borrower’s interest in all guaranties, indemnities, warranties, insurance (and proceeds and premium refunds thereof) payments and other agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of the Securitized Receivables, whether pursuant to the related Contracts or otherwise;
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(e) all security interests Liens, guaranties and other encumbrances in favor of or assigned or transferred to the Borrower in and to the Securitized Receivables, whether now existing or hereafter acquired, and the related underlying collateral with respect to such Securitized Receivables, whether now existing or hereafter acquired;
(f) all deposit accounts, monies, deposits, funds, accounts and instruments relating to the foregoing;
(g) all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to First Tier Master Purchase Agreement and the Second Tier Purchase Agreement relating to the Securitized Receivables and remedies thereunder and the assignment to the Administrative Agent of all UCC financing statements filed by the Borrower against Regional Management under or in connection with the Second Tier Purchase Agreement and relating to such Securitized Receivables; and
(h) any and all other assets of the Borrower relating to the Securitized Receivables, including all accounts, deposit accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper, instruments and investment property
(i) all income, products and accessions and proceeds of the foregoing.
[The Servicer and the Borrower hereby direct the Servicer to deliver the Receivable Files for the Securitized Receivables to ____________________.]
as of __________, 20__.
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT RECEIVABLES VI, LLC, as Borrower
By:
Name:
Title:
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REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CORP., as Servicer
By:
Name:
Title:
REGIONS BANK, as Administrative Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
ANNEX I
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REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CORP.
SECURITIZATION DATE CERTIFICATE
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.15(a)
OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
Regional Management Corp., on behalf of Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, as borrower (the “Borrower”), delivers this certificate pursuant to Section 2.15(a) of the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Regional Management Corp. (“Regional Management”), as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, the agents from time to time parties thereto, Regions Bank, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as securities intermediary and backup servicer, and hereby certifies, as of the date hereof, the following:
(a) the Borrower has sufficient funds on the related Securitization Date to effect the Securitization in accordance with the Credit Agreement (taking into account, to the extent necessary, the proceeds of sales of the Collateral in the Securitization);
(b) after giving effect to the Securitization, the release of by the Administrative Agent of the related Receivables on the Securitization Date and the transfer by the Borrower or the related Receivables on the Securitization Date, (1) no adverse selection procedures shall have been used by the Borrower with respect to the Receivables that will remain subject to the Credit Agreement after giving effect to the Securitization, (2) no Borrowing Base Deficiency exists, (3) no Unmatured Event of Default, Event of Default or Facility Amortization Event has occurred or results from such release and Securitization, (4) if such Securitization Date is not a Payment Date, the Borrower shall have sufficient available funds on the immediately succeeding Payment Date to pay all amounts due and payable on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 2.08, (5) the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 are true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly related to an earlier date as set forth therein, and (6) with respect to any Receivables being transferred pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of Securitization pursuant to Section 2.15(a)(iii), the purchase price relating to such Receivables shall be at fair market value as determined in good faith by the Borrower, Regional Management and the related Originators; and
(c) the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a list specifying the Receivables being released pursuant to such Securitization.
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer has caused this certificate to be executed on its behalf this ___ day of __________, 20__.
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CORP.
By:
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE A TO SECURITIZATION DATE CERTIFICATE
[FORM OF SECURITIZATION REPORT TO BE INSERTED]
[See Attached]
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ANNEX 2
FORM OF NOTICE
Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC
____________________, 20__
Regions Bank,
as Administrative Agent
1180 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1400
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attention: Josh Aycox
E-mail: xxx@regions.com
Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.,
as Securities Intermediary and Backup Servicer
MAC N9300-070
600 S. 4th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Asset Backed Administration
[eOriginal, Inc.
351 W. Camden Street, Suite 800
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Attention: General Counsel
Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Email: xxx@eoriginal.com]
Re: Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC – Credit Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to [(a)] the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, as borrower (the “Borrower”), Regional Management Corp., as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, the agents from time to time parties thereto, Regions Bank, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”) as securities intermediary and backup servicer [and (b) the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Electronic Collateral Control Agreement”), by and among the Administrative Agent, for itself and other secured parties, the Borrower, as a debtor, Regional Management, Regional Management North Carolina Receivables Trust, acting thereunder solely with respect to the 2023-1A SUBI, as a debtor, and eOriginal, Inc.].
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Pursuant to Section 2.15(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower gives notice of its intent to effect a Securitization on or about __________, 20__ (which date is no fewer than 30 days after the date of delivery of this notice to the Administrative Agent) and on such date, the Borrower elects to prepay the aggregate Principal Amount of the Loans [in whole]/[in an amount equal to $[ ].
Pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement, the Borrower acknowledges that the Securitization and the transfer of eContracts (as defined in the Electronic Collateral Control Agreement) to the Securitization is permitted under the Credit Agreement, the 2023-1A SUBI Security Agreement and the Basic Documents.
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
Very truly yours,
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT RECEIVABLES VI, LLC
By:
Name:
Title:
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Schedule I
to Securitization Release
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIZED RECEIVABLES
[Receivables relating to a Securitization as defined under clause (i) of the definition thereof]
[Receivables relating to a Securitization as defined under clause (ii) of the definition thereof]
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF MONTHLY REPORT
[Provided to and on file with the Administrative Agent]
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EXHIBIT I
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT J
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF PREPAYMENT NOTICE
Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC
____________________, 20__
Regions Bank
as Administrative Agent
1180 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1400
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attention: Josh Aycox
E-mail: xxx@regions.com
Telephone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
as Securities Intermediary and Backup Servicer
MAC N9300-070
600 S. 4th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Asset Backed Administration
Re: Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC – Credit Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, as borrower (the “Borrower”), Regional Management Corp., as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, the agents from time to time parties thereto, Regions Bank, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as securities intermediary and backup servicer.
Pursuant to Section 2.06 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby gives notice that on __________, 20__ (which date is no fewer than five (5) Business Days after the date of delivery of this notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) the Borrower elects [(i) to prepay the aggregate Principal Amount of the Loans [in whole]/[in an amount equal to $[ ].
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
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Very truly yours,
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT RECEIVABLES VI, LLC
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT L
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
[On file with the Administrative Agent]
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