Exhibit
10.4
Dated as of April 18, 2006
HUNTSMAN RECEIVABLES FINANCE LLC,
as the Company
HUNTSMAN (EUROPE) BVBA,
as Master Servicer
TIOXIDE
AMERICAS INC.,
HUNTSMAN HOLLAND B.V.,
TIOXIDE EUROPE LIMITED,
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC,
HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED,
HUNTSMAN PROPYLENE OXIDE LTD.,
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL FUELS, L.P.,
TIOXIDE EUROPE S.R.L.,
HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES lTALIA S.R.L.,
HUNTSMAN PATRICA S.R.L.,
TIOXIDE EUROPE S.L.,
HUNTSMAN PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS SPAIN, S.L.,
TIOXIDE EUROPE S.A.S.,
HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES (FRANCE) S.A.S.,
HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES UK LIMITED,
HUNTSMAN ETHYLENEAMINES LTD.,
HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN
POLYMERS CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN EXPANDABLE POLYMERS COMPANY, LC
as
Local Servicers
J.P. MORGAN BANK (IRELAND) plc,
as Trustee
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP,
as Liquidation Servicer
and
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC,
as Servicer Guarantor
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
SERVICING AGREEMENT
SIDLEY
AUSTIN
WOOLGATE
EXCHANGE
25 BASINGHALL STREET
LONDON EC2V 5HA
TELEPHONE 020 7360 3600
FACSIMILE 020 7626 7937
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.01.
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Definitions
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SECTION 1.02.
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Other Definitional Provisions
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ARTICLE II ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
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SECTION 2.01.
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Appointment of Master Servicer and Local Servicers; Delegation
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SECTION 2.02.
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Servicing Procedures
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SECTION 2.03.
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Collections
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SECTION 2.04.
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Reconciliation of Deposits
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SECTION 2.05.
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Servicing Compensation
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SECTION 2.06.
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Advances by the Master Servicer
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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SECTION 3.01.
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Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer, Local Servicers
and the Servicer Guarantor
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SECTION 3.02.
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Additional Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer
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ARTICLE IV COVENANTS OF THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE SERVICER GUARANTOR
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SECTION 4.01.
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Delivery of Daily Reports
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SECTION 4.02.
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Delivery of Monthly Settlement Report
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SECTION 4.03.
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Delivery of Quarterly Master Servicers Certificates
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SECTION 4.04.
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Delivery of Independent Public Accountants Letter Related to Annual
Review of Originator Daily Reports, Daily Reports and Monthly Settlement
Reports
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SECTION 4.05.
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Extension, Amendment and Adjustment of Receivables; Amendment of
Policies
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SECTION 4.06.
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Protection of Holders Rights
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SECTION 4.07.
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Security Interest
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SECTION 4.08.
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Location of Records
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SECTION 4.09.
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Inspection Rights
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SECTION 4.10.
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Delivery of Financial Reports
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SECTION 4.11.
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Notices
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SECTION 4.12.
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Servicing Standard
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SECTION 4.13.
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Delivery of Information or Documents Requested by the Company
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SECTION 4.14.
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Maintenance of Records
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SECTION 4.15.
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Compliance with FX Hedging Policy
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SECTION 4.16.
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Designated Lines of Business
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SECTION 4.17.
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Notice, Reports, Directions by Master Servicer
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ARTICLE V OTHER MATTERS
RELATING TO THE MASTER SERVICER
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SECTION 5.01.
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Merger, Consolidation, etc.
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SECTION 5.02.
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Indemnification of the Company, Liquidation Servicer, Trust and the
Trustee
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SECTION 5.03.
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Master Servicer Not to Resign
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SECTION 5.04.
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Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Receivables
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ARTICLE VI MASTER SERVICER DEFAULTS; MASTER SERVICER TERMINATION
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SECTION 6.01.
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Master Servicer Defaults
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SECTION 6.02.
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Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 6.03.
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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ARTICLE VII GUARANTY
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SECTION 7.01.
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Guaranty
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SECTION 7.02.
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Scope of Guarantors Liability
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SECTION 7.03.
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The Company and the Trustees Right to Amend this Agreement
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SECTION 7.04.
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Waiver of Certain Rights by Guarantor
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SECTION 7.05.
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Master Servicers Obligations to Guarantor and Guarantors Obligations
to Master Servicer Subordinated
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SECTION 7.06.
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Guarantor to Pay the Company and the Trustees Expenses
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SECTION 7.07.
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 8.01.
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Amendment
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SECTION 8.02.
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Termination
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SECTION 8.03.
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Governing Law
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SECTION 8.04.
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WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY AND SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
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SECTION 8.05.
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Notices
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SECTION 8.06.
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Counterparts
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SECTION 8.07.
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Third-Party Beneficiaries
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SECTION 8.08.
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Merger and Integration
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SECTION 8.09.
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Headings
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SECTION 8.10.
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No Set-Off
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SECTION 8.11.
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No Bankruptcy Petition
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SECTION 8.12.
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Responsible Officer Certificates; No Recourse
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SECTION 8.13.
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Consequential Damages
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SECTION 8.14.
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Liquidation Servicer
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SECTION 8.15.
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Effectiveness of this Agreement
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1
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Form of
Quarterly Master Servicers Certificate
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Schedule 2
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Form of
Annual Agreed-Upon Procedures for Report Auditors
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Schedule 3
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Location of
Records
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Schedule 4
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Liquidation
Servicer Duties
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This SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of April 18, 2006 (this Agreement), among (i) HUNTSMAN RECEIVABLES FINANCE LLC, a
limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
(the Company), (ii) HUNTSMAN (EUROPE) BVBA,
a company organized under the laws of Belgium, as the master servicer (the Master Servicer), (iii) HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, TIOXIDE AMERICAS, INC., a company organized
under the laws of the Cayman Islands, HUNTSMAN PROPYLENE OXIDE LTD., a limited
partnership organized under the laws of Texas, HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL FUELS,
L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of Texas, HUNTSMAN HOLLAND
B.V., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands,
TIOXIDE EUROPE LIMITED, a corporation organized under the laws of England and
Wales, HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED, a corporation organized under the
laws of England and Wales, TIOXIDE EUROPE S.R.L., a limited liability company
organized under the laws of Italy, HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES ITALIA S.R.L., a
limited liability company organized under the laws of Italy, HUNTSMAN PATRICA
S.R.L., a limited liability company organized under the laws of Italy, TIOXIDE
EUROPE S.L., a closed limited liability company organized under the laws of
Spain, HUNTSMAN PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS SPAIN S.L., a closed limited liability
company organized under the laws of Spain, TIOXIDE EUROPE S.A.S., a closed,
simplified limited liability company organized under the laws of France,
HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES (FRANCE) S.A.S., a closed, simplified limited
liability company organized under the laws of France, HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES
UK LIMITED, a private limited company organized under the laws of England and
Wales, HUNTSMAN ETHYLENEAMINES LTD., a limited partnership organized under the
laws of Texas, HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, a corporation organized
under the laws of Delaware, HUNTSMAN POLYMERS CORPORATION, a corporation
organized under the laws of Delaware, and HUNTSMAN EXPANDABLE POLYMERS COMPANY,
LC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Utah, as Local
Servicers (defined below), (iv) HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, a limited liability
company established under the laws of the State of Delaware, as Servicer
Guarantor (the Servicer Guarantor and, from time
to time Huntsman International, and (v) J.P.
MORGAN BANK (IRELAND) plc selected, not in its individual capacity, but solely
as trustee (in such capacity, the Trustee) and
(vi) PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated
under the laws of England and Wales (registered number OC303525), as
Liquidation Servicer (the Liquidation Servicer),
amends and restates the AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of October
21, 2002 (the Original Agreement) among (i) the
Company, (ii) the Master Servicer, (iii) TIOXIDE AMERICAS, INC., HUNTSMAN
HOLLAND B.V., TIOXIDE EUROPE LIMITED, HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, HUNTSMAN
PETROCHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED, HUNTSMAN PROPYLENE OXIDE LTD., HUNTSMAN
INTERNATIONAL FUELS, L.P., TIOXIDE EUROPE S.R.L., HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES
ITALIA S.R.L., HUNTSMAN PATRICA S.R.L., TIOXIDE EUROPE S.L., HUNTSMAN
PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS SPAIN, S.L., TIOXIDE EUROPE S.A.S., HUNTSMAN SURFACE
SCIENCES (FRANCE) S.A.S., HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES UK LTD, and HUNTSMAN
ETHYLENEAMINES LTD., as Local Servicers thereunder, (iv) the Servicer
Guarantor, (v) the Trustee and (vi) the Liquidation Servicer.
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W I T N E S S
E T H :
WHEREAS,
Tioxide Americas Inc., Huntsman Propylene Oxide Ltd., Huntsman International
Fuel L.P., Huntsman Ethyleneamines Ltd., Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation,
Huntsman Polymers Corporation and Huntsman Expandable Polymers Company, LC
(each a U.S. Originator and together the U.S. Originators) and Huntsman International have entered
into the Second Amended and Restated U.S. Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof (as amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect
from time to time, the U.S. Receivables Purchase
Agreement);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the U.S. Receivables Purchase Agreement, the U.S. Originators shall
sell to Huntsman International and Huntsman International shall purchase from
the U.S. Originators all of the U.S. Originators right, title and interest in,
to and under certain Receivables now existing and hereafter arising from time
to time and other Receivable Assets (as defined in the U.S. Receivables
Purchase Agreement) related to such Receivables;
WHEREAS, Huntsman
Surface Sciences UK Limited, Tioxide Europe Limited and Huntsman Petrochemicals
(UK) Limited (each a UK Originator
and together the UK Originators)
and Huntsman International have entered into the Second Amended and Restated UK
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the UK Receivables Purchase Agreement);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the UK Receivables Purchase Agreement, the UK Originators shall
sell to Huntsman International and Huntsman International shall purchase from
the UK Originators all of the UK Originators right, title and interest in, to
and under certain Receivables now existing and hereafter arising from time to
time and other Receivable Assets (as defined in the UK Receivables Purchase
Agreement) related to such Receivables;
WHEREAS,
Huntsman Holland B.V. (the Dutch Originator),
Tioxide Europe Srl, Huntsman Surface Sciences Italia Srl and Huntsman Patrica
Srl, (each an Italian Originator and together
the Italian Originators), Tioxide Europe
S.L., and Huntsman Surface Sciences Ibérica, S.L., (each a Spanish Originator and together the Spanish
Originators), Tioxide Europe SAS, and Huntsman Surface Sciences
(France) S.A.S., (each a French Originator
and together the French Originators
and, together with the Dutch Originator, the Italian Originators and the
Spanish Originators, the European Originators),
Huntsman International and the Company have entered into an Amended and
Restated Omnibus Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the Omnibus Receivables Purchase Agreement);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Omnibus Receivables Purchase Agreement, the European
Originators (except for the French Originators) shall sell to Huntsman
International and Huntsman International shall purchase from the European
Originators (except for the French Originators), all of such European
Originators right, title and interest in, to and under certain Receivables
originated by such European Originator now existing and hereafter arising from
time to time and the other Receivable Assets related to such Receivables;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Omnibus Receivables Purchase Agreement, the French Originators shall
sell to the Company, and the Company shall purchase from the French
Originators, all of the French Originators right, title and interest in, to
and under certain
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Receivables
originated by the French Originators now existing and hereafter arising from
time to time and the other Receivable Assets related to such Receivables;
WHEREAS,
Huntsman International (collectively with the U.S. Originators, the UK
Originators and the European Originators, the Originators)
and the Company have entered into an Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated or otherwise modified and in
effect from time to time, the Contribution Agreement
and, collectively with the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the Origination Agreements);
WHEREAS, the
Company, the Master Servicer and the Trustee have entered into the Second Amended
and Restated Pooling Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2006 (as amended,
restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the Pooling Agreement);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Pooling Agreement, (i) the Company shall grant to the Trust,
and the Trust will receive from the Company, a Participation (without effecting
any transfer or conveyance of any right, title or interest thereunder) in the
Companys right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables, and the
related other Participation Assets owned by the Company, and (ii) the Company
grants to the Trust a security interest in all of its right, title and interest
in, to and under the Receivables and the related other Participation Assets and
the Origination Agreements; and
WHEREAS, in
accordance with Section 6.02(b) and Schedule 4 of this Agreement, the Liquidation Servicer may commence
the performance of its services for the Company;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
Capitalized
terms used herein shall, unless otherwise defined or referenced herein, have
the meanings assigned to such terms in Annex X attached to the Pooling
Agreement which Annex X is incorporated by reference herein.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement (directly or by incorporation by
reference pursuant to Section 1.01)
shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificates or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used herein and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined herein
(directly or by incorporation by reference pursuant to Section 1.01)
and accounting terms partly defined herein (directly or by incorporation by
reference pursuant to Section 1.01),
to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them
under GAAP. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms herein or
incorporated by reference herein are inconsistent with the
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meanings of such terms under GAAP, the definitions
contained herein or incorporated by reference herein shall control.
(c) 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 of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and
Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(d) The definitions contained herein or incorporated by reference herein
are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to
the masculine, the feminine and the neuter genders of such terms.
(e) Any reference herein or in any other Transaction Document to a provision
of the Code, 1940 Act, ERISA or the applicable UCC shall be deemed to be also a
reference to any successor provision thereto.
(f) Any reference herein to a Schedule or Exhibit to this Agreement
shall be deemed to be a reference to such Schedule or Exhibit as it may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time to the extent that such
Schedule or Exhibit may be amended, modified or supplemented (or any term or
provision of any Transaction Document may be amended that would have the effect
of amending, modifying or supplementing information contained in such Schedule
or Exhibit) in compliance with the terms of the Transaction Documents.
(g) Any reference in this Agreement to any representation, warranty or
covenant deemed to have been made is intended to encompass only
representations, warranties or covenants that are expressly stated to be
repeated on or as of dates following the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, and no such reference shall be interpreted as a reference to any
implicit, inferred, tacit or otherwise unexpressed representation, warranty or
covenant.
(h) The words include, includes or including shall be interpreted
as if followed, in each case, by the phrase without limitation.
ARTICLE
II
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 2.01. Appointment of Master Servicer and Local Servicers; Delegation.
(a) (i) The Company hereby appoints the Master Servicer to act as, and
the Master Servicer hereby accepts its appointment and agrees to act as, Master
Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreements. The Master Servicer shall
have responsibility for the management of the servicing and receipt of
Collections in respect of the Receivables originated by the Originators and
owned by the Company. The Master Servicer shall have the authority to make any
management decisions relating to each such Receivable to the extent such
authority is granted to the Master Servicer hereunder and under any Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Unless and until the Master Servicer has been
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replaced as Master Servicer in accordance with the
provisions hereof, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall treat the
Master Servicer as Master Servicer and may conclusively rely on the
instructions, notices and reports of the Master Servicer for so long as the
Master Servicer continues in its appointment as Master Servicer.
(b) In addition to the appointment of each of the Local Servicers
pursuant to Section 2.01(c), and without
limiting the generality of Section 2.02
and subject to Section 6.02, each of the Master
Servicer and any Local Servicer is hereby further authorized and empowered to
delegate or assign any or all of its servicing, collection, enforcement and
administrative duties hereunder with respect to the Receivables to one or more
Persons who agree to conduct such duties in accordance with the Policies; provided, however, that,
with respect to any such Person, the Master Servicer or such Local Servicer shall
give prior written notice to the Company, the Trustee and each Funding Agent
prior to any such delegation or assignment. Prior to such delegation or
assignment being effective, the Master Servicer shall have received the written
consent of the Company, the Trustee and the Funding Agent(s) representing more
than 50% of the Aggregate Invested Amount to such delegation or assignment. No
delegation or assignment of duties by the Master Servicer permitted hereunder (including
any sub-delegation by a Local Servicer) shall relieve the Master Servicer of
its liability and responsibility with respect to such duties.
(c) In order to perform the obligations hereunder, the Master Servicer
may from time to time appoint one or more Originators or other Affiliates as a
local servicer (each entity, in such capacity, Local
Servicer) for the Receivables owned by the Company; provided that the Master Servicer may appoint an Affiliate
which is not an Originator of the Receivables that are to be serviced only with
the prior written consent of the Funding Agent(s) representing more than 50% of
the Aggregate Invested Amount. References to the servicing covenants, duties
and obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder shall also be deemed to refer
to the Local Servicers covenants, duties and obligations; provided,
however, that in the event that a Local
Servicer shall resign or be removed from its position, unless an alternate
Local Servicer is appointed by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall
itself service the Receivables previously serviced by such Local Servicer.
(d) Each of the Local Servicers shall manage the servicing and
administration of Receivables to be serviced by it, the collection of payments
due under such Receivables, the preparation and submission of the Originator
Daily Report, and the charging off of any such Receivables as uncollectible,
all in accordance with the Policies and the terms of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreements. To the extent any Originator or other Affiliate of the Master
Servicer is appointed as a Local Servicer, such Local Servicer shall, with
respect to the Receivables to be serviced by it, have all the rights and privileges
provided hereunder to the Master Servicer with respect to the servicing of
Receivables (subject to the limitations and conditions set forth herein).
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SECTION 2.02. Servicing Procedures.
(a) The Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting
alone or through any party properly appointed or otherwise designated by it hereunder,
to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration
that it may deem necessary or desirable, but subject to the terms of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing and subject to Section 6.01,
the Master Servicer and its designees are hereby authorized and empowered (i)
to execute and deliver, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable
instruments, with respect to the Receivables and, after the delinquency of any
Receivable and to the extent permitted under and in compliance with the
Policies and with applicable Requirements of Law, to commence enforcement
proceedings with respect to Receivables and (ii) to make any filings, reports,
notices, applications, registrations with, and to seek any consents or
authorizations from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any
state securities authority and any foreign securities authority on behalf of
the Trust as may be necessary or advisable to comply with any Federal, state or
foreign securities or reporting requirements or laws.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to Section 6.02, the Master Servicer and its designees are
hereby authorized and empowered to give written direction to the Trustee with
respect to transfers within and withdrawals from the Company Concentration
Accounts and payments to the Company Receipts Accounts (which directions may be
in the form of a Daily Report) and as otherwise specified in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreements.
(c) The Master Servicer and its designees shall, at the Master Servicers
own cost and expense and as agent for the Company, collect, and in accordance
with the Policies, as and when the same becomes due, the amount owing on each
Receivable. The Master Servicer and its designees shall not make any material
change in its administrative, servicing and collection systems that deviates
from the Policies, except as expressly permitted by the terms of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreements and after giving written notice to the Trustee of any
such change. In the event of default under any Receivable, the Master Servicer and
its designees shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Company, to
take such action in respect of such Receivable as the Master Servicer and its designees
may deem advisable. In the enforcement or collection of any Receivable, the
Master Servicer and any of its designees shall be entitled, but not required,
to sue thereon in (i) its own name or (ii) if, but only if, the Company
consents in writing (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), as agent for
the Company. In no event shall the Master Servicer or any of its designees be
entitled to take any action that would make the Company, the Trustee, any
Funding Agent or any Investor Certificateholder a party to any litigation
without the express prior written consent of such Person.
(d) Except as provided in any Pooling and Servicing Agreements, neither
the Master Servicer, its designees nor the Liquidation Servicer or any
Successor Master Servicer shall be obligated to use separate servicing
procedures, offices, employees or accounts for servicing the Receivables
transferred to the
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Company from the procedures, offices, employees and
accounts used by the Master Servicer or any Local Servicer or Successor Master Servicer,
as the case may be, in connection with servicing other receivables.
(e) The Master Servicer and its designees shall comply with and perform
its servicing obligations with respect to the Receivables in accordance with
the Contracts relating to the Receivables and the Policies.
(f) The Master Servicer and its designees shall not take any action to
cause any U.S. Receivable not evidenced by any instrument or which does not
constitute chattel paper (each as defined under the applicable UCC or other
similar applicable law, statute or legislation) upon origination to become
evidenced by an instrument or become chattel paper and the Master Servicer
or its designee shall not take any action to cause any interest in any U.S.
Receivable to be evidenced by any title documents in bearer form, except in
connection with its enforcement or collection of such Receivable. If any U.S.
Receivable is evidenced by an instrument or chattel paper (as defined under
the applicable UCC), the Master Servicer or its designee shall either (i)
deliver such instrument or title documents to the Trustee as soon as reasonably
practicable, but in no event more than three (3) calendar days after execution
thereof or (ii) appropriately mark the Contract relating to such Receivable
with words substantially to the following effect: THIS RECEIVABLE HAS BEEN
PLEDGED TO J.P. MORGAN BANK (IRELAND) PLC, AS TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF APRIL
18, 2006, AMONG HUNTSMAN RECEIVABLES FINANCE, LLC, HUNTSMAN (EUROPE) BVBA AND
J.P. MORGAN BANK (IRELAND) PLC.
SECTION 2.03. Collections.
(a) The Master Servicer and its designees shall instruct all Obligors to
make all payments in respect of the Receivables to one of the Collection
Accounts. Each of the Company and the Master Servicer represents, warrants and
agrees that all Collections shall be collected, processed and deposited by it
pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, the Pooling and Servicing
Agreements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer
shall comply with the provisions of Section 3.01(f)
of the Pooling Agreement as to remittance of funds available in any Collection
Account or Master Collection Account. All Collections in the Collection
Accounts or Master Collection Accounts shall be transferred to the applicable
Company Concentration Accounts by no later than 12:30 p.m. London time on the
next Business Day following the day of receipt of Collections in the Collection
Accounts. In the event that any payments in respect of any Receivable are made
directly to the Master Servicer or any Local Servicer, the Master Servicer or such
Local Servicer shall, within one (1) Business Day of receipt thereof, deliver
or deposit such amounts to the appropriate currency Company Concentration
Account and, prior to forwarding such amounts, the Master Servicer or the Local
Servicer shall hold such payments on behalf of the Company.
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(b) The Master Servicer shall administer amounts on deposit in the
Collection Accounts and the Master Collection Accounts in accordance with the
terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreements. The Trustee (at the direction of
the Master Servicer) shall administer amounts on deposit in the Company
Concentration Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreements. Each of the Company and the Master Servicer acknowledges
and agrees that (i) it shall not have any right to withdraw any funds on
deposit in any Collection Account and the Master Collection Account except
pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreements and (ii) all
amounts deposited in any Company Concentration Account shall be under the sole
dominion and control of the Trustee (in each case pursuant to the security
interest granted by the Company under the Pooling Agreement), subject to the
Master Servicers rights to direct the applications and transfers of any such
amounts as provided by the terms of any Pooling and Servicing Agreements, such
directions to be included in the Daily Report.
(c) If the Collections received in respect of a Receivable that is not
set forth in a Daily Report can be identified by the Master Servicer within
five (5) Local Business Days of receipt, the Master Servicer shall send written
notice to the Trustee identifying such Receivable and setting forth the amount
of Collections attributable to such Receivable. If the Trustee shall have
received such written notice within five (5) Local Business Days of the Local
Business Day on which such Collections have been deposited into a Collection
Account, such Collections shall be transferred to the relevant Company Receipts
Account by the Trustee.
(d) The Master Servicer hereby agrees that if the Master Servicer can
attribute a Collection to a specific Obligor and a specific Receivable, then
such Collection shall be applied to pay such Receivable of such Obligor; provided, however, that
if the Master Servicer cannot attribute a Collection to a specific Receivable,
then such Collection shall be applied to pay the Receivables of such Obligor in
the order of maturity of such Receivables, beginning with the Receivable that
has been outstanding the longest period of time and ending with the Receivable
that has been outstanding the shortest period of time.
(e) The Master Servicer shall procure the Forward Rates from the FX
Counterparty in order to prepare the Daily Report and the Monthly Settlement
Report and the Master Servicer shall procure the Spot Rates from the FX
Counterparty in order to make the distributions from the Series Concentration
Accounts set forth in Sections 3.01(f),
(g), (h)
and (i) of the Pooling Agreement.
SECTION 2.04. Reconciliation of Deposits.
If, in respect
of Collections on account of a Receivable, the Master Servicer deposits into a
Collection Account, or a Company Concentration Account (a) a check or
electronic payment request that is not honored for any reason or (b) an amount
that is less than or more than the actual amount of such Collections, the
Master Servicer shall, in lieu of making a reconciling withdrawal or deposit
(and any related bookkeeping entries), as the case may be, adjust the amount
subsequently deposited into such Collection Account or Company Concentration
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Account to
reflect such dishonored check or electronic payment re-claim or deposit
mistake. Any Receivable in respect of which a dishonored check or electronic
payment re-claim is received shall be deemed not to have been paid; provided, that no adjustments made pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall change any amount previously reported
pursuant to Section 4.02.
SECTION 2.05. Servicing Compensation.
(a) Prior to the Liquidation Servicer Commencement Date, as compensation
for the administration and servicing activities hereunder, the Master Servicer
shall be entitled to receive on each Distribution Date in arrears, for the
preceding Settlement Period prior to the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling Agreement, a portion (expressed
as a percentage) of a servicing fee (the Servicing Fee),
which shall be a maximum amount equal to the product of (A) the Servicing Fee
Percentage, (B)(i) the average aggregate Principal Amount of the Receivables
for such Settlement Period or (ii) with respect to the initial Accrual Period,
the average aggregate Principal Amount of the Receivables from (and including)
the Series 2000-1 Issuance Date to (but excluding) the last day of the initial
Settlement Period and (C) the number of days in such Settlement Period divided by 360. The Company
and the Initial Master Servicer may from time to time agree in writing to a
reduced Servicing Fee. If there is a Master Servicer Default and a Successor
Master Servicer Default is appointed by the Trustee, the servicing fee for such
Successor Master Servicer shall be the fee agreed upon between the Trustee and
such Successor Master Servicer; provided, however, that such servicing fee shall not exceed the
maximum Servicing Fee payable hereunder to the Master Servicer. The servicing
fee payable to the Liquidation Servicer shall be the Liquidation Servicing Fee.
Except as otherwise set forth in the related Supplement, the share of the
Servicing Fee allocable to Certificates of each Outstanding Series for any
Settlement Period shall be an amount equal to the product of (i) the Servicing
Fee for such Settlement Period and (ii) a fraction (expressed as a percentage)
(A) the numerator of which is the daily average Invested Amount for such
Settlement Period with respect to such Outstanding Series and (B) the
denominator of which is the daily average Aggregate Invested Amount for such
Settlement Period (with respect to any such Series, the Monthly
Servicing Fee). The Master Servicer (acting in such capacity) shall
be entitled to retain 10% of the Servicing Fee and shall pay each Local
Servicer a percentage of the remaining Servicing Fee in an amount equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the aggregate Principal Amount of Receivables serviced
by such Local Servicer by the Aggregate Receivables Amount. The Servicing Fee
shall be payable to the Master Servicer (and by the Master Servicer to the
Local Servicers) solely pursuant to the terms of, and to the extent amounts are
available for payment under, Article III of
the Pooling Agreement. The Company and the Trustee shall have no liability to
pay any amount of the Servicing Fee or any other fee or expense to the Local
Servicers. Any such fee which is payable to a Local Servicer belonging in the
United Kingdom shall be inclusive of United Kingdom value added tax and the
application of Section 89 of the United Kingdom Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall
be excluded in relation to such fee.
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(b) The Company hereby directs the Master Servicer to pay (from funds of
the Company only) amounts due to the Liquidation Servicer, in the event it has
been appointed to commence performance of its services, including the
Liquidation Servicers reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to the
Liquidation Servicers inspections, if any, of the Master Servicers servicing
facilities. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Liquidation Servicer,
in the event it has been appointed to commence performance of its services, be
liable for any Federal, state or local income or franchise tax, or any interest
or penalties with respect thereto, assessed on the Trust, the Trustee or the
Investor Certificateholders or the Liquidation Servicer except in accordance
with Section 5.02. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in any other Pooling and Servicing Agreements, in the event
that the Master Servicer fails to pay any amount due to the Liquidation
Servicer pursuant to Section 8.05 of
the Pooling Agreement, or following the commencement and continuation (for a
period greater than any applicable grace period) of an Early Amortization
Period, the Liquidation Servicer shall be entitled, in addition to any other
rights it may have under law and under the Pooling Agreement, to receive
directly such amounts owing to it under the Pooling and Servicing Agreements
from, and in the same order of priority as, the Servicing Fee before payment to
the Master Servicer or Local Servicer of any portion thereof. The Master
Servicer shall be required to pay its own and any Local Servicers expenses for
its own account and shall not be entitled to any payment therefor other than
the Servicing Fee. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit the
obligation of the Company to pay any amounts due to the Liquidation Servicer
pursuant to Section 8.05 of the Pooling
Agreement. Other than as provided herein or in any other Transaction Document,
the Trustee may not set-off or apply funds except as permitted by Article III of the Pooling Agreement or any Supplement
thereto and the Trustee hereby agrees that it shall have no right of setoff or
bankers lien against, and no right to otherwise deduct from, the Servicing Fee
for any amount owed to it by the Master Servicer, in its capacities the Master
Servicer or otherwise, pursuant to the Transaction Documents.
SECTION 2.06. Advances by the Master Servicer.
(a) The Master Servicer to the extent it determines that such Servicer Advance
would be recoverable from subsequent Collections may deposit into the
applicable Series Principal Concentration Subaccount or applicable Series
Non-Principal Concentration Subaccount monies in an Approved Currency in an
amount equal to any projected liquidity shortfall as determined by the Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer shall set forth in the Daily Report and the Monthly
Settlement Report the amount of all Servicer Advances made by the Master
Servicer during the related reporting period.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall reimburse the Master
Servicer for the Outstanding Amount Advanced in accordance with the provisions
of each Supplement.
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ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer, Local
Servicers and the Servicer Guarantor.
As of (i) the
date hereof and (ii) each Issuance Date, each of the Master Servicer, each
Local Servicer and the Servicer Guarantor hereby severally makes the following
representations and warranties to the Company and the Trustee:
(a) Organization; Powers. It
(i) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, to the extent
applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
formation or organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to own
its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted, (iii) is qualified to do business in, and, to the
extent applicable, in good standing in, every jurisdiction where the nature of
its business so requires, except where the failure so to qualify could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
it and (iv) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under each of the Transaction Documents and each other agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is or will be a party.
(b) Authorization; No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by it of each of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and performance of the
Transactions contemplated thereby (i) have been duly authorized by all
requisite corporate and, if applicable and required, stockholder, member or
partner action as applicable and (ii) will not (A) violate (l) any Requirement
of Law applicable to it or (2) any provision of any Transaction Document or
other material Contractual Obligation to which it is a party or by which it or
any of its property is or may be bound, (B) be in conflict with, result in a
breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to require the
prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation under any Transaction
Document or any other material Contractual Obligation to which it is a party or
by which its property is or may be bound, except where any such conflict,
violation, breach or default referred to in clause (A) or (B), individually or
in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect with respect to it, or (C) result in the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon the Receivables (other than Permitted Liens).
(c) Enforceability. This
Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been
duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
enforceable against it in accordance with such documents terms, subject (a) to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally, from time to
time in effect and (b) to general principles of equity (whether enforcement is
sought by a proceeding in equity or at law).
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(d) Governmental Approvals.
No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other
action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with
the Transactions, except for (i) the filing of UCC financing statements (or
other applicable similar filings) in any applicable jurisdictions necessary to
perfect the Companys ownership interest in the Receivables and the Trusts
Participation and security interest in the Receivables, and (ii) such as have
been made or obtained and are in full force and effect.
(e) Litigation; Compliance with Laws.
(i) There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by
or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to its knowledge,
threatened against it (i) in connection with the execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Transactions contemplated
thereunder or (ii) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse
determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to it.
(ii) It is not in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction,
decree or order of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect
to it.
(iii) It is not in default under or with respect to any Requirement of Law
applicable to the collection and servicing of Receivables where such default
would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
it.
(f) Agreements.
(i) It is not a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any
corporate, restriction in its organizational documents that has resulted or
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to it.
(ii) It is not in default in any manner under any provision of any
Contractual Obligation to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties or assets are bound, where such default could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to it.
(g) No Master Servicer Default. No Master Servicer Default or Potential Master Servicer Default
has occurred and is continuing.
(h) Servicing Ability. As
of the related Issuance Date, there has not been since the date of this
Agreement any adverse change in its ability to perform its obligations as
Master Servicer under any Transaction Document to which it is a party.
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(i) Location of Records. The
office at which it keeps its records concerning any Receivables either is
located (i) at the address set forth in Schedule 3 of
this Agreement or (ii) at another address of which the Master Servicer has
notified the Company and the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.08.
(j) Responsibilities of each Local Servicer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Local
Servicer shall perform or cause to be performed all of its obligations under
the Policies related to the Receivables serviced by it to the same extent as if
such Receivables had not been sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to the
Company under the applicable Origination Agreement, (ii) the exercise by the
Company of any of its rights under the applicable Origination Agreement shall
not relieve any Local Servicer of its obligations with respect to such
Receivables and (iii) except as provided by law, the Company shall not have any
obligation or liability with respect to any Receivables, nor shall the Company
be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Local Servicer.
(k) Anti-Terrorism Law.
(A) Neither it nor, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer,
any of its Affiliates is in violation of any laws relating to terrorism or
money laundering (Anti-Terrorism Law),
including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September
24, 2001 (the Executive Order), and the Uniting
and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (as amended) (the Patriot Act).
(B) Neither it nor, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer,
any of its Affiliates or brokers or other agents,
acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with its obligations
hereunder is any of the following:
(i) a person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to
the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(ii) a person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any
person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the
provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a person with which it is prohibited from dealing or otherwise
engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports terrorism
as defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a person that is named as a specially designated national and
blocked person on the most current list published by the US Treasury
Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control at its
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official website or any replacement website or other
replacement official publication of such list.
SECTION 3.02. Additional Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer.
As of (i) the
Series 2000-1 Issuance Date and (ii) each Series 2000-1 Increase Date, the
Master Servicer shall be deemed to represent and warrant that it has
determined, in accordance with the requirements for the calculations and
determinations provided for under the Transaction Documents, that the following
conditions have been satisfied:
(a) (1) in respect of the Series 2000-1 U.S. Dollar VFC Certificates,
the related aggregate Series 2000-1 Initial U.S. Dollar Invested Amount or
Series 2000-1 Increase Amount in respect thereof is equal to $1,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and (2) in respect of the Series 2000-1
Euro VFC Certificates the related aggregate Series 2000-1 Initial Euro Invested
Amount or Series 2000-1 Increase Amount in respect thereof is equal of
1,000,000 or an integral multiple of 100,000 in excess thereof;
(b) after giving effect to the Series 2000-1 Initial Invested Amount or
the Series 2000-1 Increase Amount, as applicable,
(i) the Series 2000-1 Invested Amount (calculated without regard to clauses (c)(iv) and (v) of the
definitions of Series 2000-1 Purchaser U.S. Dollar Invested Amount and Series
2000-1 Purchaser Euro Invested Amount) would not exceed the Series 2000-1
Maximum Invested Amount on the Series 2000-1 Issuance Date or such Series
2000-1 Increase Date, as the case may be,
(ii) the Series 2000-1 Allocated Receivables Amount would not be less
than the Series 2000-1 Target Receivables Amount on the Series 2000-1 Issuance
Date or such Series 2000-1 Increase Date, as the case may be, as set forth in
the Daily Report delivered on such date,
(iii) with respect to any VFC Purchaser Group, the Series 2000-1 Purchaser
U.S. Dollar Invested Amount and the Series 2000-1 Purchaser Euro Invested
Amount (calculated without regard to clauses (c)(iv) and (v) of the definition of Series 2000-1 Purchaser U.S.
Dollar Invested Amount and Series 2000-1 Purchaser Euro Invested Amount,
respectively) with respect to such VFC Purchaser Group would not exceed its VFC
Pro Rata Share of the Series 2000-1 Purchaser U.S. Dollar Invested Amount and
Series 2000-1 Purchaser Euro Invested Amount on the Series 2000-1 Issuance Date
or such Series 2000-1 Increase Date, and
(iv) so long as any Series 2000-1 Euro VFC Certificate is outstanding,
the Company maintains outstanding the Series 2000-1 Purchaser U.S. Dollar
Invested Amount equal to or greater than the Series 2000-1 Required Purchaser
U.S. Dollar Invested Amount;
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(c) no Series 2000-1 Early Amortization Event or Potential Series 2000-1
Early Amortization Event under the Agreement or this Supplement shall have
occurred and be continuing; and
(d) all of the representations and warranties made by the Master
Servicer in each Transaction Document to which it is a party are true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the Series 2000-1 Issuance Date
or such Series 2000-1 Increase Date, as the case may be, as if made on and as
of such date (except to the extent such representations and warranties are
expressly made as of another date).
ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
OF THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE SERVICER GUARANTOR
SECTION 4.01. Delivery of Daily Reports.
Unless
otherwise specified in the Supplement with respect to any Series, on each Local
Business Day and with respect to each Outstanding Series, each Originator shall
deliver to the Master Servicer, a written report (an Originator
Daily Report) by 10 a.m. London time on the Local Business Day
following each date of sale or contribution of Receivables, setting forth for
such date of sale or offer, as the case may be, a description of Receivables
sold or offered for sale, as the case may be, to Huntsman International or
conveyed to the Company, as the case may be.
On each
Business Day, the Master Servicer or its designee shall deliver to the Trustee,
the Liquidation Servicer and each Funding Agent no later than 12:30 p.m. London
time, a written report substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B to the
Pooling Agreement (the Daily Report)
setting forth, for such Business Day the amount of Aggregate Daily Collections
appearing in the Company Concentration Accounts, the amount of initial
Collections received on the previous Business Day (the Reported Day)
and appearing in the Collection Accounts; the amount of Receivables contributed
by the Contributor to the Company, and for which a Participation and security
interest has been granted by the Company to the Trust; the amount of Ineligible
Receivables (if any) identified on the Reported Day; the amount of Servicer
Advances deposited in the Series Principal Concentration Subaccount or the
Series Non-Principal Concentration Subaccount on such day, plus the total
amount of Servicer Advance outstanding and not yet repaid as of such date; and
such other information as the Company, the Trustee or such Funding Agent may
reasonably request. The Daily Report must be delivered in an electronic format
mutually agreed upon by the Master Servicer, the Liquidation Servicer, the
Trustee and the Funding Agent, or if such electronic copy is not available, by
facsimile (electronic form of such Daily Report to be provided as soon as it is
available). By delivery of a Daily Report, the Master Servicer shall be deemed
to have made a representation and warranty that it has determined in accordance
with the requirements for calculations and determinations provided for under
the Transaction Documents, all information set forth therein is true and
correct.
SECTION 4.02. Delivery of Monthly Settlement Report.
Unless
otherwise specified in the Supplement with respect to any Outstanding Series,
the Master Servicer hereby covenants and agrees that it shall deliver to each
Funding Agent, the Liquidation Servicer, the Company and the Trustee by 12:30
p.m. London time, on each
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Settlement
Report Date, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Master Servicer
substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Pooling Agreement (a Monthly Settlement Report) setting forth, as of the last
day of the Settlement Period most recently ended and for such Settlement
Period, to the best of the Master Servicers knowledge, (a) the information
described in the form of the Monthly Settlement Report including such changes
as may be agreed to by the Master Servicer, the Liquidation Servicer, the
Company, the Trustee and each Funding Agent (if any), (b) a list of any
Obligors or Approved Obligor Countries with debt ratings that have been either
reduced or withdrawn during such Settlement Period, (c) the amount of Servicer
Advances made by the Master Servicer during the related Settlement Period and
the Outstanding Amount Advanced as of the end of the related Settlement Period,
(d) Day Sales Outstanding for the reported Settlement Period, and (e) such
other information as the Trustee, the Liquidation Servicer or any Funding Agent
may reasonably request. Such certificate shall include a certification by a
Responsible Officer of the Master Servicer (subject to Section 8.11
hereof) that, (i) to such Responsible Officers knowledge, the information
contained therein is true and correct in all material respects and (ii) the
Master Servicer has performed all of its obligations in all material respects
under each Transaction Document to which it is a party throughout such
preceding Settlement Period (or, if there has been a default in the performance
of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such Responsible
Officer and the nature and status thereof). A copy of each Monthly Settlement
Report may be obtained by any Holder by a request in writing to the Trustee
addressed to the Corporate Trust Office. The Monthly Settlement Report must be
delivered in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the Master Servicer,
the Trustee, the Liquidation Servicer and each Funding Agent, or if such
electronic copy is not available, by facsimile (electronic form of such Monthly
Settlement Report to be provided as soon as it becomes available).
SECTION 4.03. Delivery of Quarterly Master Servicers Certificates.
The Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Company, the Trustee and each Funding Agent,
subject to Section 8.12 hereof, a certificate
of a Responsible Officer of the Master Servicer substantially in the form of Schedule 1 hereto, certifying that:
(a) a review of its and the Companys activities during the preceding
calendar year (or in the case of the first such certificate issued after the
Effective Date, during the period from the Effective Date through and including
the last day of the preceding calendar quarter), and of its performance under
each Transaction Document was made under the supervision of such Responsible
Officer;
(b) to the best of such Responsible Officers knowledge, based on such
review, it and the Company have each performed their respective obligations in
all material respects under each Transaction Document throughout the period
covered by such certificate (or, if there has been a material default in the
performance of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
Responsible Officer and the nature and status thereof); and
(c) to the best of such Responsible Officers knowledge, each Daily
Report and Monthly Settlement Report was at the time when delivered correct in
all material respects.
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Such
certificate shall be delivered by the Master Servicer within 45 days after the
end of each calendar year. A copy of each such certificate may be obtained by
any Holder by a request in writing to the Trustee addressed to the Corporate
Trust Office.
SECTION 4.04. Delivery of Independent Public Accountants Letter Related to Annual
Review of Originator Daily Reports,
Daily Reports and Monthly Settlement Reports.
The Master
Servicer shall, at the expense of the Company, cause Independent Public
Accountants to furnish to the Company, the Trustee, the Liquidation Servicer
and each Funding Agent within 120 days following the last day of the Master
Servicers fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31,
2000, a letter to the effect that such Independent Public Accountants have
performed the agreed-upon procedures set forth in Schedule 2
hereto relating to the (a) review of the Master Servicers performance related
to (i) the preparation of the Daily Reports and (ii) the preparation of the
Monthly Settlement Reports, and (b) review of the preparation of the Originator
Daily Reports prepared by the Originators, during the preceding fiscal year and
describing such accountants findings with respect to such procedures; provided, however, that
so long as the Variable Funding Certificates are the only Investor Certificates
outstanding, the requirement to deliver the foregoing letter shall be at the
option of the Administrative Agent. A copy of any such report may be obtained
by any Holder by a request in writing to the Trustee addressed to the Corporate
Trust Office.
SECTION 4.05. Extension, Amendment and Adjustment of Receivables; Amendment of
Policies.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby covenants and agrees with the Company and
the Trustee that it shall not extend, rescind, cancel, amend or otherwise
modify, or attempt or purport to extend, rescind, cancel, amend or otherwise
modify the terms of, or grant any Dilution Adjustment in respect of, any Receivable,
or otherwise take any action that is intended to cause or permit a Receivable
that is an Eligible Receivable to cease to be an Eligible Receivable, except in
any such case (a) (i) such cancellation, termination, amendment, modification,
or waiver is made in accordance with the Servicing Standard set forth in Section 4.12 and in accordance with terms of the Policies
(and would have been made in the ordinary course of business), (ii) if such
cancellation, termination, amendment, modification or waiver arose as a result
of a request from an Obligor, (iii) if any such amendment, modification or
waiver does not cause such Receivable to cease to be an Eligible Receivable and
(iv) such cancellation, termination, amendment, modification or waiver would
not have a material and prejudicial effect on the collectibility of the
relevant Receivable, or (b) such Dilution Adjustment is the result of a
pre-existing contractual obligation between the Contributor, the Company or any
Originator, as the case may be, and the related Obligor with respect to such
Receivable, provided, that in the event the
Originator cancels an invoice related to a Receivable, the Originator must make
an Originator Dilution Adjustment Payment in accordance with Section 2.05 or 2.06 (or the
applicable corresponding section) of the related Origination Agreement. If the
Master Servicer or the Originator cancels an invoice related to a Receivable,
either (1) such invoice must be replaced as part of a credit and re-bill (as
defined in the definition of Dilution Adjustment) with an invoice relating to
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the same transaction as the cancelled invoice of equal
or greater Principal Amount within 5 Business Days of such cancellation, (2)
such invoice must be replaced as part of a credit and re-bill (as defined in
the definition of Dilution Adjustment) with an invoice relating to the same
transaction as the cancelled invoice of a lesser Principal Amount within 5
Business Days of such cancellation and the Originator must make an Originator
Dilution Adjustment Payment to the Company, in an amount equal to the
difference between such cancelled and replacement invoices or (3) the
Originator must make an Originator Dilution Adjustment Payment to the Company in
an amount equal to the full value of such cancelled invoice pursuant to Section 2.05 or 2.06 (or the
applicable corresponding section) of the related Origination Agreement. Any
Dilution Adjustment authorized to be made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall
result in the reduction, on the Business Day on which such Dilution Adjustment
arises or is identified, in the aggregate Principal Amount of Receivables and
if as a result of such a reduction the Aggregate Target Receivables Amount
exceeds the Aggregate Receivables Amount, the Company (in addition to the
obligations of the Originators under the related Origination Agreement in
respect of such Dilution Adjustment) will be required to pay into relevant the
Series Principal Concentration Subaccount with respect to each Outstanding
Series in immediately available funds, within one (1) Business Day of such
determination, the pro rata share for such Series (based on a percentage equal
to the Invested Amount for such Series divided by the Aggregate Invested Amount) of the Adjustment Payment.
(b) The Master Servicer shall not change or modify the Policies in any
material respect, except (i) if such change or modification is necessary under
any Requirement of Law or (ii) if such change or modification would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect is satisfied with respect thereto.
The Master Servicer shall provide notice to the Company, the Trustee, each
Funding Agent and the Liquidation Servicer of any change or modification of the
Policies.
(c) The Master Servicer shall perform its obligations in accordance with
and comply in all material respects with the Policies.
SECTION 4.06. Protection of Holders Rights.
The Master
Servicer hereby agrees with the Company and the Trustee that it shall take no
action, nor intentionally omit to take any action (provided
that the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to make any payments on
behalf of an Obligor that has defaulted under any Receivable except to the
extent otherwise required pursuant to Section 5.02)
that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect in
respect of the Receivables or any Related Property, nor shall it reschedule,
revise or defer payments due on any Receivable except in accordance with the
Policies or Section 4.05 above.
SECTION 4.07. Security Interest.
The Master
Servicer hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not sell, pledge, assign or
transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any Receivable, whether now
existing or hereafter created, or any interest therein, and the Master Servicer
shall defend the right, title and interest of the
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Company and
the Trust in, to and under any Receivable, whether now existing or hereafter
created, against all claims of third parties claiming through the Master
Servicer or the Company.
SECTION 4.08. Location of Records.
The Master
Servicer hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not move any of the offices
where it keeps its records with respect to any Receivables (including any
office of a Local Servicer) outside of the location specified in respect
thereof on Schedule 3 to the related
Origination Agreement, in any such case, without giving thirty (30) days prior
written notice to the Company, the Trustee, the Liquidation Servicer and each
Funding Agent.
SECTION 4.09. Inspection Rights.
(a) Subject to the provisions of any Supplement, the Master Servicer
shall, at any reasonable time during normal business hours on any Local
Business Day and from time to time, upon reasonable prior notice, and as often
as may reasonably be requested, subject to their respective security and
confidentiality requirements, (i) permit the Company, the Trustee, the
Liquidation Servicer, any Funding Agent or any of their respective agents or representatives,
(A) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from its records, books of
account and documents (including computer tapes and disks) relating to the Receivables
and (B) following the occurrence of a Master Servicer Default or the
termination of the Master Servicers appointment as Master Servicer to be
present at its offices and properties to administer and control the Collection
of the Receivables and to allow the Trustee and the Liquidation Servicer access
to documents, instruments and other records (including the documents,
instruments and other records required to be transferred to a successor
pursuant to Section 6.01 upon a Master
Servicer Transfer), equipment and personnel that are necessary to enable the
Liquidation Servicer or Successor Master Servicer, as applicable, to continue
servicing operations in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents
and (ii) permit the Company, the Trustee, any Funding Agent or any of their
respective agents or representatives to visit its properties to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts relating to the Receivables or its performance
hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party with any of its officers or directors and with its independent certified
public accountants.
(b) The Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee with such other
information as the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with the fulfilment
of the Trustees obligations under any Pooling and Servicing Agreements.
SECTION 4.10. Delivery of Financial Reports.
The Master
Servicer shall furnish to the Company, the Trustee and each Funding Agent:
(a) copies of the following financial reports, notices and information:
(i) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Servicer
Guarantors consolidated balance sheet and related Reports of income,
stockholders equity and cash flows showing the consolidated financial
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condition of the Servicer Guarantor and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the
consolidated results of its operations and the operations of such subsidiaries
during such year (and showing, on a comparative basis, the figures for the
previous year), all audited by Independent Public Accountants and accompanied
by an opinion of such accountants (which shall not be qualified in any material
respect except that qualifications relating to (i) preacquisition balance sheet
accounts of Persons acquired by the Master Servicer and (ii) Reports in
reliance on another accounting firm shall be permitted) to the effect that such
consolidated financial reports fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of the Servicer Guarantor and its
consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied;
(ii) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters
of each fiscal year, the Servicer Guarantors unaudited consolidated balance
sheet and related Reports of income, stockholders equity and cash flows
showing the consolidated financial condition of the Servicer Guarantor, each of
the European Originators and each of their consolidated subsidiaries as of the
close of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of the Servicer
Guarantors operations and the operations of such subsidiaries during such
fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year (and showing, on
a comparative basis, such information as of and for the corresponding dates and
periods of the preceding fiscal year), all certified by a Responsible Officer
of the Servicer Guarantor as fairly presenting in all material respects the consolidated
financial condition and results of operations of the Servicer Guarantor and its
consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
(except for the absence of footnote disclosure) consistently applied, subject
to year-end audit adjustments;
(iii) within 150 days after the end of each fiscal year audited balance
sheet and related reports statements of income, stockholders equity and cash
flows showing the financial condition of the Servicer Guarantor each of its
consolidated subsidiaries;
(iv) within 300 days after the end of each fiscal year audited balance
sheet and related reports statements of income, stockholders equity and cash
flows showing the financial condition of each of the European Originators and
each of their consolidated subsidiaries;
(b) concurrently with any delivery of financial reports under Section 4.10(a)(ii), subject to Section 8.11
hereof, a certificate of the Responsible Officer certifying such Reports and
stating to the best of such persons knowledge (i) no Early Amortization Event
or Potential Early Amortization Event exists, or (ii) if any Early Amortization
Event or Potential Early Amortization Event exists, stating the nature and
status thereof;
(c) promptly after the filing thereof, copies of any registration
statement (other than the exhibits thereto and excluding any registration
statements on Form S-8
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and any other registration statement relating
exclusively to stock, bonus, option, 401(k) and other similar plans for
officers, directors and employees) of each Originator and the Servicer Guarantor
or any of its respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates;
(d) promptly upon the furnishings thereof to the shareholders of each
Originator, copies of all financial statements, financial reports and proxy
statements so furnished;
(e) (i) within ten (10) days after the date of any material change in
the Policies, a copy of the Policies then in effect and (ii) within ten (10)
calendar days after the date of the Master Servicers receipt of notice of or
the publication of any change in each Originators public or private debt
ratings by a Rating Agency, if any, a written certification of such Originators
public or private debt ratings by a Rating Agency after giving effect to such
change; and
(f) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the
operations, business affairs and financial condition of each Originator, or
compliance with the terms of any Transaction Document, in each case as any
Funding Agent or any Trustee may reasonably request.
SECTION 4.11. Notices.
The Master
Servicer shall furnish written notice of the following events to the Company,
the Trustee and each Funding Agent, promptly upon a Responsible Officer of such
Person obtaining actual knowledge thereof: (i) the reduction or withdrawal of a
relevant applicable rating of an Obligor, an Approved Obligor Country or an
Approved Currency by a Rating Agency or (ii) the occurrence of any Originator
Termination Event, Potential Originator Termination Event, Early Amortization
Event, Potential Early Amortization Event, Master Servicer Default, Potential
Master Servicer Default or Program Termination Event.
SECTION 4.12. Servicing Standard.
The Master
Servicer hereby agrees with the Trustee that as Master Servicer it shall
exercise the same degree of skill and care in managing the administration and
servicing of the Receivables, and performing its obligations hereunder, as it
would exercise if it were the beneficial owner of all such Receivables (the Servicing Standard).
SECTION 4.13. Delivery of Information or Documents Requested by the Company.
The Master
Servicer shall promptly furnish to the Company and each other Person identified
by the Company all information and documents reasonably requested by the
Company that are necessary in order for the Company to fulfill its obligations
under the Transaction Documents.
SECTION 4.14. Maintenance of Records.
The Master
Servicer shall obtain and maintain the original copies of all documents
delivered pursuant to or in connection with the Origination Agreements,
including offers and acceptances, Originator Daily Reports, assignments,
subrogation receipts or any similar instruments. The Master Servicer shall
retain copies of all documents and instruments
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required to be
delivered under Section 2.2(g) of the Italian
Receivables Purchase Agreement and Section 4.9 of
the Spanish Receivables Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 4.15. Compliance with FX Hedging Policy.
The Master
Servicer shall ensure that the FX Hedging Policy is complied with at all times,
including by making the determinations necessary to assess compliance with the
FX Hedging Policy and by delivering all necessary instructions to the Trustee
to ensure that the Trustee enters into FX Forward Agreements as required by the
Pooling Agreement.
SECTION 4.16. Designated Lines of Business.
The Master
Servicer shall ensure that the Receivables originated with respect to an Excluded
Designated Line of Business or Designated Line of Business are at all times
identified and distinguished from all other Receivables.
SECTION 4.17. Notice, Reports, Directions by Master Servicer.
Any
information, notice or report to be delivered by, or any instructions,
requests, demands, elections or directions to be given by, the Master Servicer
under this Agreement is, unless otherwise indicated, being delivered or given
by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Company in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement, the Pooling Agreement and the related Supplement.
ARTICLE
V
OTHER
MATTERS RELATING TO THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, etc.
The Master
Servicer shall not enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or
liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution), or convey, sell, transfer, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of,
all or substantially all of its property, business or assets other than the
assignments and transfers contemplated hereby; provided
that the Master Servicer may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or
convey, sell or transfer its property, business or assets substantially as an
entirety to another Person, if:
(a) (i) the Master Servicer is the surviving entity or (ii) the
surviving Person (A) expressly assumes, without execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, the
performance of every one of its covenants and obligations hereunder and (B) no
Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Person shall result from such
merger, consolidation, sale, lease, transfer or disposal of assets;
(b) subject to Section 8.11
hereof, it has delivered to the Trustee a Responsible Officers certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trust and the Trustee (i) each stating
that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer complies with this Section 5.01 and (ii) further stating in the Responsible
Officers certificate that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with; and
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(c) either (x) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into
which the Master Servicer is merged or the Person which acquired by conveyance
or transfer the properties and assets of the Master Servicer substantially as
an entirety shall be an eligible Successor Master Servicer as determined by the
Master Servicer with the consent of the Funding Agents (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) (taking into account, in making such
determination, the experience and operations of the predecessor Master
Servicer) or (y) upon the effectiveness of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer, a Successor Master Servicer shall have assumed the
obligations of the Master Servicer in accordance with this Agreement.
SECTION 5.02. Indemnification of the Company, Liquidation Servicer, Trust and the
Trustee.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each of the Company, the Liquidation Servicer and the Trustee for the benefit
of the Investor Certificateholders, and each of their affiliates, and
respective directors, managing members, officers, employees and agents and each
person who controls any of them or their affiliates within the meaning of the
Securities Act and any successors thereto (a Master
Servicer Indemnified Person) from and against any loss, liability,
claim, expense, damage, penalty, judgment, or injury suffered or sustained by
such Master Servicer Indemnified Person by reason of any acts, omissions or
alleged acts or omissions arising out of, or relating to, the Master Servicers
or Local Servicers activities pursuant to any Pooling and Servicing Agreement
including but not limited to any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable
attorneys fees and other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection
with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim; provided that the Master Servicer shall not indemnify any
Master Servicer Indemnified Person for any liability, cost or expense of such
Master Servicer Indemnified Person (i) arising from a default by an Obligor
with respect to any Receivable (except that indemnification shall be made to
the extent that such default arises out of the Master Servicers failure to
perform its duties or obligations as Master Servicer under this Agreement), or
(ii) to the extent that such loss, liability, claim, damage, penalty, injury,
judgment, liability or expense is finally judicially determined to have
resulted primarily from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of, or wilful
breach of this Agreement by, such Master Servicer Indemnified Person. The
provisions of this indemnity shall run directly to, and be enforceable by, the
applicable Master Servicer Indemnified Person and shall survive the
termination, in whole or in part, of the Agreement and the resignation or
removal, as applicable, of the Master Servicer.
(b) In addition to Section (a)
above, the Master Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless each Master
Servicer Indemnified Person from and against any loss, liability, expense,
damage or injury suffered or sustained by reason of a breach by the Master
Servicer or Local Servicer of any covenant contained in Sections
2.02(e), 2.02(f), 4.05, 4.06, 4.07 or 4.12 that
materially adversely affects the interest of the Company, the Trust or the
Investor Certificateholders under the Transaction Documents with respect to any
Receivable or the collectibility of any Receivable (a Master
Servicer Indemnification
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Event), by
paying such Master Servicer Indemnified Person a payment in an amount equal to
the outstanding Principal Amount of such Receivable at the time of such event. Payment
shall occur on or prior to the 30th Business Day after the day such Master
Servicer Indemnification Event becomes known to the Master Servicer unless such
Master Servicer Indemnification Event shall have been cured on or before such
day.
SECTION 5.03. Master Servicer Not to Resign.
The Master
Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it
except (a) upon determination that (i) the performance of its duties hereunder
is no longer permissible under applicable law, and (ii) there is no commercially
reasonable course of action that it could take to make the performance of its
duties hereunder permissible under applicable law or (b) if the Master Servicer
is terminated as Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.01
or (c) if the Master Servicer obtains the prior written consent of each Funding
Agent; provided, however,
that such resignation shall not in any way affect the Servicer Guarantors
obligations hereunder or under any other Transaction Document. Any such determination
permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced as to clause (a)(i) above by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect
delivered to the Company, the Trustee and each Funding Agent. No such
resignation shall become effective until the Servicer Guarantor, or in the
event of a default under the Servicing Guarantee, a Successor Master Servicer
shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Master Servicer
in accordance with Section 6.02.
The Trustee, the Company and each Funding Agent shall be notified of such
resignation (or termination) by the Master Servicer.
SECTION 5.04. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Receivables.
The Master
Servicer shall retain and hold in trust for the Company, each Originator, each
Funding Agent, and the Trustee at the office of the Master Servicer all hard
copies of the Originator Daily Reports and the Quittance Subrogatives (as
defined in the French Receivables Purchase Agreement) and such computer
programs, books of account and other records as are reasonably necessary to
enable the Trustee to determine at any time the status of the Receivables and
all collections and payments in respect thereof (including an ability to
recreate records evidencing the Receivables in the event of the destruction of
the originals thereof).
ARTICLE
VI
MASTER
SERVICER DEFAULTS; MASTER SERVICER TERMINATION
SECTION 6.01. Master Servicer Defaults.
If any one of
the following events (a Master Servicer Default)
shall occur and be continuing:
(a) failure by the Master Servicer to deliver within one (1) Business
Day of when due, any Daily Report or, within three (3) Business Days of when
due, any Monthly Settlement Report, in each case conforming in all material
respects to the requirement of Section 4.01 or
4.02;
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(b) failure by the Master Servicer or any Local Servicer to pay any
amount required to be paid by it under any Pooling and Servicing Agreement
(which, with respect to such Local Servicer, has not been paid by the Master
Servicer by way of a Servicing Advance) or to give any direction with respect
to the allocation or transfer of funds under any Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, on the date such payment is due or such allocation or transfer is
required to be made;
(c) failure on the part of the Master Servicer or any Local Servicer
duly to observe or to perform in any material respect any other of their
respective covenants or agreements set forth in any Pooling or Servicing Agreement
if such failure has a Material Adverse Effect on the Holders of any Outstanding
Investor Certificates and continues unremedied until five (5) Business Days
after the earlier of (i) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Master
Servicer has knowledge of such failure and (ii) the date on which written
notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been
given (A) to the Master Servicer by the Company or the Trustee, or (B) to the
Company, the Trustee and to the Master Servicer by any Funding Agent; provided that if such failure may be cured and the Master
Servicer or the Servicer Guarantor is diligently pursuing such cure, such event
shall not constitute a Master Servicer Default for an additional five (5) calendar
days; and provided, further,
that no Master Servicer Default shall be deemed to occur under this subsection
with respect to a failure on the part of the Master Servicer if the Master
Servicer shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5.02(b)
with respect thereto;
(d) any representation, warranty or certification made by the Master
Servicer, Local Servicer or Servicer Guarantor in any Pooling or Servicing
Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant thereto shall prove to have
been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made, which
incorrectness has a Material Adverse Effect on the Holders of any Outstanding
Investor Certificates or on the collectibility of the Receivables as a whole
and which Material Adverse Effect continues unremedied until five (5) Business
Days after the earlier of (i) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the
Master Servicer has knowledge of such failure and (ii) the date on which
written notice thereof, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given
(A) to the Master Servicer by the Company or the Trustee, or (B) to the
Company, to the Trustee and to the Master Servicer by any Funding Agent; provided, that if such incorrectness may be cured and the
Master Servicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such event shall not
constitute a Master Servicer Default for an additional five (5) calendar days;
(e) an Insolvency Event shall have occurred with respect to the Master
Servicer or the Servicer Guarantor;
(f) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Program Termination
Event under any Origination Agreement;
(g) any Pooling and Servicing Agreement or Origination Agreement shall
cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, or the Company, the
Master Servicer,
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any Local Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the
foregoing, shall so assert in writing;
(h) any action, suit, investigation or proceeding at law or in equity
(including injunctions, writs or restraining orders) shall be brought or
commenced or filed by or before any arbitrator, court or Governmental Authority
against the Company, the Master Servicer or any Local Servicer or any
properties, revenues or rights of any thereof which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Holders of any Outstanding
Series of Investor Certificates; or
(i) (a) the Servicer Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries shall default
in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any
of its outstanding Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement
evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or (b) any other event shall occur or
condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to
cause such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; provided, however, that
no Master Servicer Default shall be deemed to occur under this paragraph unless
the aggregate amount of Indebtedness in respect of which any default or other
event or condition referred to in this paragraph shall have occurred shall be
equal to at least $50,000,000;
then, so long
as the Master Servicer Default shall not have been remedied (or waived in
accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents), the Trustee may, and
at the written direction of the Funding Agent(s) representing more than 50% of
the Aggregate Invested Amount, the Trustee shall, by notice then given in
writing to the Master Servicer (a Termination Notice),
terminate all or any part of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
and each Local Servicer hereunder and under the Pooling Agreement and Servicing
Agreements (other than rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreements existing prior to a Master Servicer Default); provided that so long as an Affiliate of the Company is the
Master Servicer, unless otherwise designated in writing by the Company to the
Trustee, any act or omission of the Master Servicer shall not constitute a
Master Servicer Default hereunder if and to the extent that such act or
omission results only in a failure to transfer to the Company Receipts Account
(or otherwise to pay to the Company) any amount which should have been so
transferred (or paid). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.01, a delay in or failure of performance referred
to under clause (a) or (b)
above for a period of five (5) Business Days after the applicable grace period
shall not constitute a Master Servicer Default, if such delay or failure could
not have been prevented by the exercise of commercially reasonable diligence by
the Master Servicer and such delay or failure was caused by a Force Majeure
Delay with respect to the Master Servicer. After receipt by the Master Servicer
of a Termination Notice or delivery by the Master Servicer of a Resignation
Notice, on the date that the Liquidation Servicer or the Successor Master
Servicer, as applicable, shall have been notified by the Trustee of the
commencement of its services to be provided pursuant to Section 6.02,
all authority and power of the Master Servicer and each Local Servicer under
any Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent specified in such Termination
Notice shall pass to and be vested in the Liquidation Servicer (a Service Transfer) or the Successor Master Servicer, as
applicable, and the Trustee is hereby directed, authorized and empowered (upon
the failure of the Master Servicer to cooperate) to execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Master Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents
and other instruments upon the refusal of the
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Master Servicer to execute or to deliver
such documents or instruments, and to do and to accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such Service Transfer
and the Trustee shall incur no liability in connection with effecting such
Service Transfer. The Master Servicer and each Local Servicer agrees to
cooperate with the Company, the Trustee or the Liquidation Servicer or the
Successor Master Servicer, as applicable, in effecting the termination of the
responsibilities and rights of the Master Servicer and each Local Servicer to
conduct their duties hereunder, including the transfer to the Liquidation
Servicer or the Successor Master Servicer, as applicable, of all authority of
the Master Servicer and each Local Servicer to service the Receivables,
provided for under the Pooling and Servicing Agreements (including all
authority over all Collections that shall on the date of transfer be held by
the Master Servicer for deposit, or that have been deposited by the Master Servicer,
in any Collection Account, Master Collection Account or Company Concentration
Account or that shall thereafter be received with respect to the Receivables),
and in assisting the Liquidation Servicer or the Successor Master Servicer, as
the case may be. Upon a Service Transfer, the terminated Master Servicer and
each Local Servicer shall promptly (x) assemble all of its documents,
instruments and other records (including credit files, licenses (to the extent
transferable), rights, copies of all relevant computer programs and any
necessary licenses (to the extent transferable) for the use thereof, related
material, computer tapes, disks, cassettes and data) that (i) evidence or
record Receivables and (ii) are otherwise necessary to enable the Liquidation
Servicer or the Successor Master Servicer, as the case may be, to coordinate
servicing of all such Receivables and to prepare and deliver Daily Reports and
Monthly Settlement Reports, (iii) are otherwise necessary to immediately enable
the Liquidation Servicer or the Successor Master Servicer, as the case may be,
to effect the Collection of such Receivables, with or without the participation
of an Originator or the Master Servicer and (y) deliver to the extent permitted
by law or license (to the extent transferable) the use of all of the foregoing
documents, instruments and other records to such Liquidation Servicer or the
Successor Master Servicer, as the case may be, at a place designated by the Liquidation
Servicer or the Successor Master Servicer, as the case may be; provided, however, that
the Master Servicer shall not be required, to the extent it has an ownership
interest in any electronic records, computer software or licenses, to transfer,
assign, set-over or otherwise convey such ownership interests to the Liquidation
Servicer or the Successor Master Servicer, as the case may be. In recognition
of the terminated Master Servicers need to have access to any such documents,
instruments and other records that may be transferred to the Liquidation Servicer
or the Successor Master Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder, whether as a
result of its continuing responsibility as a servicer of accounts receivable
that are not the subject of the Participation or otherwise, the Liquidation
Servicer or the Successor Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall provide to
such terminated Master Servicer reasonable access to such documents,
instruments and other records transferred by such terminated Master Servicer to
it in connection with any activity arising in the ordinary course of the
terminated Master Servicers business; provided that
the terminated Master Servicer shall not disrupt or otherwise interfere with
the Liquidation Servicers or the Successor Master Servicers, as the case may
be, use of and access to such documents, instruments and other records. To the
extent that compliance with this Section 6.01
shall require the terminated Master Servicer to disclose to such Successor
Master Servicer information of any kind that the terminated Master Servicer
reasonably deems to be confidential, the Liquidation Servicer or the Successor
Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be required to enter into such
customary licensing and confidentiality agreements as the terminated Master
Servicer shall reasonably deem necessary to protect its interests. All costs
and expenses incurred by the terminated Master Servicer and the Trustee in
connection with any Service Transfer shall be for the account of the terminated
Master Servicer and to the
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extent any costs or expenses incurred by
the Trustee are not so paid, the Trustee shall be entitled to be paid such
items from amounts that would otherwise be distributable to the Company under
Article III of the Pooling Agreement.
SECTION
6.02. Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) Upon (i) in the case of a termination of the Master Servicer, the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a Termination Notice pursuant to Section 6.01 or (ii) in the case of a resignation of the
Master Servicer, notification by the Master Servicer to the Trustee, the
Company and each Funding Agent in writing of its resignation pursuant to Section 5.03 (the Resignation Notice),
the Master Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing functions under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreements until (1) in the case of a termination of the
Master Servicer, the earlier of (A) the date on which the Liquidation Servicer is
appointed in accordance with Section 6.02(b) and
(B) the date occurring five (5) Business Days after delivery of the Termination
Notice by the Trustee to the Master Servicer or, (2) in the case of a
resignation of the Master Servicer, the earlier of (X) the date on which a
Successor Master Servicer accepts its appointment and (Y) 60 days after the
delivery of such Resignation Notice, as the case may be. In the case of a
resignation of the Master Servicer, upon the receipt by the Trustee of a
Resignation Notice, the Trustee shall endeavor to appoint an eligible Successor
Master Servicer subject to the consent of each Funding Agent (the Successor Master Servicer) and such Successor Master
Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in a form
acceptable to the Trustee.
(b) In the case of a resignation of the Master Servicer, in the event
that a Successor Master Servicer has not been appointed or has not accepted its
appointment at the time when the Master Servicer ceases to act as Master
Servicer and in the case of the termination of the Master Servicer, the Trustee,
without further action, shall in each case notify the Liquidation Servicer (in
the case of a termination, concurrent with giving the Termination Notice) to
activate the commencement of servicing by the Liquidation Servicer and to
establish the Liquidation Servicer Commencement Date. The Liquidation Servicers
duties and services (both before and after the Liquidation Servicer
Commencement Date) shall be as provided in Schedule 4. Notwithstanding
any other provision to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, the Liquidation Servicers obligations, responsibilities and
liability will be solely as specified and subject to the terms set out in Schedule 4.
(c) Upon its appointment, the Successor Master Servicer shall be the
successor in all respects to the Master Servicer and each Local Servicer with
respect to servicing functions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreements (with
such changes as are agreed to between such Successor Master Servicer and the
Company (with the consent of the Funding Agent(s) representing Holders of more
than 50% of the Aggregate Invested Amount) or the Company and the Trustee) and
shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating
thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof, and
all references in any Pooling or Servicing Agreement to the Master Servicer
shall be deemed to refer to such Successor Master Servicer. The Successor
Master Servicer shall not be liable for, and the replaced Master
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Servicer
shall indemnify the Successor Master Servicer against costs incurred by the
Successor Master Servicer as a result of, any acts or omissions of such
replaced Master Servicer or any events or occurrences occurring prior to the
Successor Master Servicers acceptance of its appointment as successor to the
Master Servicer. Any Successor Master Servicer shall manage the servicing and
administration of the Receivables in accordance with the Policies and the terms
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreements.
(d) The Company and the Trustee hereby agree that the Successor Master
Servicer shall receive the Servicing Fee as its servicing compensation and that
the Trustee shall not be liable for any Servicing Fee differential arising as a
result of engaging a Successor Master Servicer.
SECTION
6.03. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Any continuing default by the Master
Servicer or the Company in the performance of its respective obligations
hereunder and its consequences may be waived with the consent of the Funding
Agent(s) representing Holders of more than 50% of the Aggregate Invested Amount,
except a default in the failure to make any required deposits or payments in
respect of any Series of Investor Certificates, which shall require a waiver by
Funding Agents of all of the affected Investor Certificates. Upon any such
waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreements. No such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to
the extent expressly so waived.
ARTICLE VII
GUARANTY
SECTION
7.01. Guaranty.
In order to induce the Company and the
Trustee to execute and deliver this Agreement, and in consideration thereof,
the Servicer Guarantor hereby (i) unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to
the Company and the Trustee the obligations of the Master Servicer and each
Local Servicer to perform all of the terms, conditions, covenants and
agreements to be made by the Master Servicer and each Local Servicer under this
Agreement, the Pooling Agreement or the Origination Agreements, (ii) agrees to
cause the Master Servicer and each Local Servicer to perform and observe duly
and punctually all of the foregoing, and (iii) agrees that, if for any reason
whatsoever the Master Servicer and each Local Servicer fails to so perform and
observe such terms, conditions, covenants and agreements, the Servicer
Guarantor will duly and punctually perform and observe the same (the
obligations referred to in clauses (i)
through (iii) above are collectively referred
to as the Guaranteed Obligations). The
liabilities and obligations of the Servicer Guarantor under the guaranty
contained in this Article VII
(this Guaranty) will be absolute and
unconditional under all circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Company and the Trustee acknowledge and agree that this
Guaranty shall be a guaranty of performance and not of payment.
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SECTION
7.02. Scope of Guarantors Liability.
The Guaranteed Obligations are independent
of the obligations of the Master Servicer, any other guarantor or any other
Person, and the Company and the Trustee may enforce any of their rights
hereunder independently of any other right or remedy that the Company and the
Trustee may at any time hold with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any
security or other guaranty therefor. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company and the Trustee may bring a separate action against the
Servicer Guarantor without first proceeding against the Master Servicer or any
Local Servicer, any other guarantor or any other Person, and regardless of
whether the Master Servicer or any other guarantor or any other Person is
joined in any such action. The Servicer Guarantors liability hereunder shall
at all times remain effective with respect to Guaranteed Obligations and the
obligations of the Master Servicer and each Local Servicer under the Pooling
Agreement, notwithstanding any limitations on the liability of any Master
Servicer or any Local Servicer to the Company and the Trustee contained in any
of the Transaction Documents or elsewhere. The Company and the Trustees rights
hereunder shall not be exhausted by any action taken by the Company and the
Trustee until all Guaranteed Obligations have been fully performed.
SECTION
7.03. The Company and the Trustees Right to Amend this Agreement.
The Servicer Guarantor authorizes the
Company, the Funding Agents and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time
without notice, without affecting the liability of the Servicer Guarantor
hereunder, to: (a) alter the terms of all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations; (b) waive, release, terminate, abandon, subordinate and enforce
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and any security or guaranties
therefor, (c) release the Master Servicer, any guarantor or any other Person
from any personal liability with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations; and (d) assign its rights under this Guaranty in whole or in part.
SECTION
7.04. Waiver of Certain Rights by Guarantor.
The Servicer Guarantor hereby waives each
of the following to the fullest extent allowed by law:
(a) any defense based upon:
(i) any act or omission of the Company and the Trustee or any other
Person that directly or indirectly results in the discharge or release of any
of the Master Servicer or any other Person or any of the Guaranteed Obligations
or any security therefor; or
(ii) any disability or any other defense of the Master Servicer with
respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether consensual or arising by
operation of law or any bankruptcy, insolvency or debtor-relief proceeding, or
from any other cause;
(b) any right (whether now or hereafter existing) to require the Company
and the Trustee, as a condition to the enforcement of this Guaranty, to proceed
against the Master Servicer;
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(c) presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind, including
notices of default and notice of acceptance of this Guaranty; and
(d) all other rights and defenses the assertion or exercise of which
would in any way diminish the liability of the Servicer Guarantor hereunder in
respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION
7.05. Master Servicers Obligations to Guarantor and Guarantors
Obligations to Master Servicer Subordinated.
Until all of the Guaranteed Obligations
have been performed, the Servicer Guarantor agrees that all existing and future
payment obligations (whether arising by subrogation or otherwise) of the Master
Servicer or Local Servicer to the Servicer Guarantor or the Servicer Guarantor
to the Master Servicer or Local Servicer shall be and hereby are expressly
subordinated to the full performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, on the
terms set forth in clauses (a)
through (d) below, and the performance or
payment of any such obligation of the Master Servicer or any Local Servicer to
the Servicer Guarantor is expressly deferred in right to the full performance
of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(a) The Servicer Guarantor authorizes and directs the Master Servicer
and each Local Servicer and each of the Company and the Trustee authorizes and
directs the Servicer Guarantor to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate and maintain the subordination provided herein.
(b) No right of any holder of the Guaranteed Obligations to enforce the
subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired
by any act or failure to act on the part of the Servicer Guarantor, the Company
and the Trustee or any other Person or by any non-compliance by the Servicer
Guarantor, the Trustee, the Company and the Trustee or any other Person with
the terms, provisions and covenants hereof or of the Transaction Documents
regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder of the Guaranteed
Obligations may have or be otherwise charged with.
(c) Nothing express or implied herein shall give any Person other than
the Master Servicer, the Company, the Trustee, and the Servicer Guarantor any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim hereunder.
(d) If the Servicer Guarantor shall institute or participate in any
suit, action or proceeding against the Company or the Trustee or the Company or
the Trustee shall institute or participate in any suit, action or proceeding
against the Servicer Guarantor, in violation of the terms hereof, the Company
or the Trustee or the Servicer Guarantor, as the case may be may interpose as a
defense or dilatory plea this subordination, either the Company or the Trustee
are irrevocably authorized to intervene and to interpose such defense or plea
in their name or in the name of the Company or the Trustee, or the Servicer
Guarantor, as the case may be.
SECTION
7.06. Guarantor to Pay the Company and the Trustees Expenses.
The Servicer Guarantor agrees to pay to the
Company and the Trustee, on demand, all reasonable costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys fees, incurred by the Company
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and the Trustee in exercising any right,
power or remedy conferred by this Guaranty, or in the enforcement of this
Guaranty, whether or not any action is filed in connection therewith. Until
paid to the Company and the Trustee, such amounts shall bear interest,
commencing with the Company and the Trustees demand therefor, for each Settlement
Period during the period from the date of such demand until paid, at a rate
equal to One-Month LIBOR plus 1.00% (calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year).
SECTION
7.07. Reinstatement.
This Guaranty shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, and the rights of the Company
and the Trustee shall continue, if at any time performance of the General
Obligations is discontinued by the Servicer Guarantor upon an event of
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, the
Trustee, the Servicer Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person or
upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervener or conservator
of, or trustee or similar officer for the foregoing, or any substantial part of
their respective property, or they become otherwise insolvent.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SECTION
8.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may only be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time if such amendment,
supplement or modification is effected in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.01 of the Pooling Agreement and any applicable
provision of a Supplement with respect to a Series.
SECTION
8.02. Termination.
(a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the parties
hereto shall terminate on the Trust Termination Date (unless such obligations
or responsibilities are expressly stated to survive the termination of this
Agreement).
(b) All authority and power granted to the Master Servicer under any
Pooling or Servicing Agreement shall automatically cease and terminate on the
Trust Termination Date, and shall pass to and be vested in the Company and the
Company is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Master Servicer as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other
instruments, and to do and accomplish all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such transfer of rights from and after
the Trust Termination Date. The Master Servicer shall cooperate with the
Company in effecting the termination of its responsibilities and rights to
conduct servicing of the Receivables on their respective behalf. The Master
Servicer shall transfer all of its records relating to the Receivables to the
Company in such form as the Company may reasonably request and shall transfer
all other records, correspondence and documents to the Company in the manner
and at such times as the Company will reasonably request. To the extent that
compliance with this Section 8.02(b)
shall require the Master Servicer to disclose to the Company information of any
kind that the Master
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deems to be confidential, the Company will be required to enter into such
customary licensing and confidentiality agreements as the Master Servicer shall
reasonably deem necessary to protect its interests.
SECTION
8.03. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE
NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).
SECTION
8.04. WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY AND SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.
(a) THE PARTIES HERETO EACH WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE
RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN
ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY
AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS
OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES HERETO EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF
ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE
FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR
OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS PLACEMENT AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER
SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR
MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT,
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY,
TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF
VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS,
OR ANY LEGAL PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTY, WHICH IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH
JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR
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OTHER
PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.
(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 8.04
SHALL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AND THE
ISSUANCE, PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF THE CERTIFICATES.
SECTION
8.05. Notices.
All notices, requests and demands to or
upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing
(including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall
be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or three days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy
notice, when received, addressed as set forth in Section
10.05 of the Pooling Agreement or the Applicable Notice Provision of
the related Origination Agreement, or to such other address as may be hereafter
notified by the respective parties hereto.
SECTION
8.06. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of
which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to
this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION
8.07. Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the parties hereto and the Investor Certificateholders
and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as provided in
this Article VIII, no other person shall
have any right or obligation hereunder.
SECTION
8.08. Merger and Integration.
Except as specifically stated otherwise
herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings, written or
oral, are superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement may not be modified,
amended, waived, or supplemented except as provided herein.
SECTION
8.09. Headings.
The headings herein are for purposes of
reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of
any provision hereof.
SECTION
8.10. No Set-Off.
Except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, each of the Master Servicer and the Servicer Guarantor agrees that
it shall have no right of set-off or bankers lien against, and no right to
otherwise deduct from, any funds held in any Collection Account, Master
Collection Accounts or Company Concentration Accounts for any amount owed to it
by the Company, the Trust, the Trustee or any Holder.
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SECTION
8.11. No Bankruptcy Petition.
(a) The Servicer Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees that solely in
its capacity as a creditor of the Company it shall not institute against, or
join any other Person in instituting against the Company any involuntary
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings,
or other proceedings (including, but not limited to, petitioning for the
declaration of the Companys assets en désastre) under any Applicable Insolvency Laws.
(b) The Master Servicer hereby covenants and agrees that solely in its
capacity as a creditor of the Company it shall not institute against, or join
any other Person in instituting against the Company any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings
(including, but not limited to, petitioning for the declaration of the Companys
assets en désastre) under
any Applicable Insolvency Laws.
(c) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere herein, the sole remedy of the
Trust, the Trustee, the Holders, the Master Servicer and the Servicer Guarantor
or of any other Person in respect of any obligation, covenant, representation,
warranty or agreement of the Company under or related to this Agreement shall
be against the assets of the Company, subject to the payment priorities
contained in the Pooling Agreement and the related Supplement. Neither the
Trust, the Trustee, the Holders, the Master Servicer, the Servicer Guarantor,
nor any other Person shall have any claim against the Company to the extent
that such assets are insufficient to meet any such obligation, covenant,
representation, warranty or agreement (the difference being referred to herein
as shortfall) and all claims in respect
of the shortfall shall be extinguished.
SECTION
8.12. Responsible Officer Certificates; No Recourse.
Any certificate executed and delivered by a
Responsible Officer of the Master Servicer or the Servicer Guarantor, as the
case may be pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be
executed by such Responsible Officer not in an individual capacity but solely
in his or her capacity as an officer of the Master Servicer or the Servicer
Guarantor, and such Responsible Officer will not be subject to personal
liability as to the matters contained in the certificate. A director, officer,
employee or shareholder, as such, of the Master Servicer, the Servicer
Guarantor or the Company shall not have liability for any obligation of the
Master Servicer, the Servicer Guarantor or the Company (as the case may be)
hereunder or under any Transaction Document or for any claim based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, any Transaction Document, unless such claim
results from the gross negligence, fraudulent acts or wilful misconduct of such
director, officer, employee or shareholder.
SECTION
8.13. Consequential Damages.
In no event shall the Master Servicer or the
Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any
kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits), even if it has
been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the
form of action.
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SECTION
8.14. Liquidation Servicer.
The Liquidation Servicer is a party to this
Agreement solely to receive the benefit of the warranties, covenants,
undertakings and indemnities expressed in its favor hereunder (as expressly
provided in Section 2.02, Section 2.05(b),
Article IV Section 5.02
and Article VI) and shall assume no
obligation or incur any liability to any other party hereto except to the
Company (subject to the terms of the contract agreed between the Company and
the Liquidation Servicer) for the performance of its obligations in accordance
with Schedule 4.
SECTION
8.15. Effectiveness of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall come into effect only
upon the occurrence of the Series 2001-1 Redemption Date, at which time the
existing Amended and Restated Servicing Agreement dated October 21, 2002 will
be of no further force and effect except as to evidence the incurrence of
obligations thereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
HUNTSMAN
RECEIVABLES FINANCE LLC,
as Company
By:
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/s/ SEAN
DOUGLAS
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Name: Sean Douglas
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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HUNTSMAN EUROPE BVBA,
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as Master
Servicer
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By:
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/s/
CHRISTOPHE STRUYVELT
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Name:
Christophe Struyvelt
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Title:
Manager
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By:
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/s/ FRANCIS
DE CARRIÈRE
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Name:
Francis De Carrière
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Title:
Manager
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC,
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By:
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/s/ SEAN
DOUGLAS
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Name: Sean Douglas
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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TIOXIDE AMERICAS INC.,
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By:
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/s/ L.
RUSSELL HEALY
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Name: L.
Russell Healy
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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HUNTSMAN PROPYLENE OXIDE LTD.,
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By:
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/s/ SEAN
DOUGLAS
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Name: Sean Douglas
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Title: Vice President
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL FUELS, L.P.,
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By:
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/s/ SEAN
DOUGLAS
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Name: Sean Douglas
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Title: Vice President
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HUNTSMAN HOLLAND B.V.,
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By:
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/s/ BEN DE
JONG
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Name: Ben De
Jong
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Title:
Attorney and Director
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TIOXIDE EUROPE LIMITED,
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By:
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/s/ J. KIMO
ESPLIN
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Name: J.
Kimo Esplin
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Title:
Director
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HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED,
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By:
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/s/ J. KIMO
ESPLIN
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Name: J.
Kimo Esplin
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Title:
Director
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TIOXIDE EUROPE SRL,
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By:
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/s/ VALTER
MUSSO
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Name: Valter
Musso
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Title:
President of the Board of Directors
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HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES ITALIA SRL,
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By:
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/s/ DANIELLE
FERRARI
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Name:
Danielle Ferrari
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Title:
Director
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HUNTSMAN PATRICA S.R.L.,
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By:
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/s/ DANIELLE
FERRARI
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Name:
Danielle Ferrari
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Title: Director
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TIOXIDE EUROPE S.L.,
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By:
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/s/ NEIL
JONATHAN GRAHAM
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Name: Neil
Jonathan Graham
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Title:
Managing Director
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HUNTSMAN PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS SPAIN, S.L.,
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By:
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/s/ DANIELLE
FERRARI
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Name: Danielle
Ferrari
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Title:
Director
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TIOXIDE EUROPE SAS,
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By:
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/s/
DOMINIQUE VANNESTE
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Name:
Dominique Vanneste
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Title:
President
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HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES (FRANCE),
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By:
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/s/ JOHN
SMYTH
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Name: /s/
John Smyth
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Title:
President
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HUNTSMAN SURFACE SCIENCES UK LIMITED,
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By:
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/s/ MICHAEL
CARTER
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Name: Michael Carter
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Title: Director
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HUNTSMAN ETHYLENEAMINES LTD.,
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By:
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/s/ SEAN
DOUGLAS
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Name: Sean Douglas
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Title: Vice President
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HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION,
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By:
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/s/ SEAN
DOUGLAS
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Name: Sean Douglas
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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HUNTSMAN POLYMERS CORPORATION,
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By:
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/s/ SEAN
DOUGLAS
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Name: Sean Douglas
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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HUNTSMAN EXPANDABLE POLYMERS COMPANY, LC
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By: HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS CORPORATION,
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its Manager
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By:
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/s/ SEAN
DOUGLAS
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Name: Sean Douglas
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Title: Vice President
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J.P. MORGAN BANK (IRELAND) plc,
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not in its
individual capacity but solely as Trustee
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By:
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/s/
[ILLEGIBLE]
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Name:
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Title:
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC,
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as Servicer
Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ SEAN
DOUGLAS
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Name: Sean Douglas
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP,
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as
Liquidation Servicer
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By:
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/s/
[ILLEGIBLE]
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