EX-10.1 2 d263439dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

THE USE OF THE FOLLOWING NOTATION IN THIS EXHIBIT INDICATES THAT

THE CONFIDENTIAL PORTION HAS BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO ITEM

601(b)(10)(iv) WHEREBY CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN

EXCLUDED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND OF THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL: [REDACTED]

Dated 3 December 2021

CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC

as the Issuer and FCT Noteholder

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as Arranger and Transaction Agent

DEUTSCHE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED

as Issuer Security Trustee

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as FleetCo Security Agent

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as Opcos, Servicers and Lessees

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as FleetCos

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC

as the Parent

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED

as Finco, the Subordinated Lender, the Avis Italian VAT Lender and the Maggiore Italian VAT Lender

AVIS BUDGET EMEA LIMITED

as Avis Europe

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as the Account Banks

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH

as Issuer Cash Manager, Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator, Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator, Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator, French FleetCo Account Bank Operator, and FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as French Intermediary Bank and FCT Servicer

CACEIS BANK

as FCT Custodian

FCT CARFIN

represented by

EUROTITRISATION

as the FCT Management Company

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as the Senior Noteholders

and

CERTAIN OTHER ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

TWELFTH MASTER AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT DEED

 

LOGO

Ref: L-318101

 


Linklaters LLP

Table of Contents

 

Contents    Page  

1

  Definitions and Interpretation      5  

2

  Amendment and Restatement of the Original Master Definitions Agreement      6  

3

  Amendment and Restatement of the Original Framework Agreement      6  

4

  Amendment and Restatement of the Original Central Servicing Agreement      6  

5

  Amendments to the Original Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement      6  

6

  Amendments to the Original FleetCo Facility Agreements      7  

7

  Amendments to the Original Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement      7  

8

  Amendments to the Original VAT Loan Agreements      7  

9

  Amendments to the Transaction Documents      7  

10

  Form of Vehicle Purchasing Compliance Confirmation      8  

11

  Securitisation Regulation Reports      8  

12

  Tesla Group Vehicle Purchasing Agreements      8  

13

  Amendment Date      9  

14

  Withdrawal Date      10  

15

  Transaction Agent      10  

16

  Issuer Security Trustee and FleetCo Security Agent      11  

17

  Senior Noteholders’ Consent      11  

18

  Accession of new Senior Noteholder      11  

19

  Removal of parties from the Transaction Documents      11  

20

  Senior Advance Drawdown Notice      12  

21

  Transaction Documents      12  

22

  Confirmation of Guarantees      13  

23

  Confirmation and acknowledgement of Security      13  

24

  Illegality      13  


25

  Rights and Remedies      13  

26

  Counterparts      13  

27

  Incorporation of Common Terms      13  

28

  Third Party Rights      14  

29

  Governing Law and Jurisdiction      14  

Schedule 1: The Parties

     16  

Schedule 2 Form of email confirmation in relation to Vehicle Purchasing Agreements

     19  

Schedule 3 Amended and Restated Master Definitions Agreement

     23  

Schedule 4 Amended and Restated Framework Agreement

     24  

Schedule 5 Amended and Restated Central Servicing Agreement

     25  

Execution Page

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This Amendment and Restatement Deed is made on _________________ 2021 between:

 

(1)

CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 463656 and having its registered office at 1st Floor, 1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland (the “Issuer” and the “FCT Noteholder”);

 

(2)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (“Transaction Agent” and “Arranger”);

 

(3)

DEUTSCHE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED (the “Issuer Security Trustee”, acting for itself and on behalf of the Issuer Secured Creditors);

 

(4)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (the “FleetCo Security Agent”, acting for itself and on behalf of the FleetCo Secured Creditors);

 

(5)

THE OPCOS, the SERVICERS and LESSEES listed in part 1 of Schedule 1 (The Parties) hereto including AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. (as “VAT Sharing Italian Opco”, in its capacity as an Italian Opco under the VAT Sharing Agreement and the Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement);

 

(6)

THE FLEETCOS listed in part 2 of Schedule 1 (The Parties) hereto;

 

(7)

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC (the “Parent”);

 

(8)

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED (“Finco”, the “Subordinated Lender”, the “Central Servicer”, the “Avis Italian VAT Lender” and the “Maggiore Italian VAT Lender”);

 

(9)

AVIS BUDGET EMEA LIMITED (“Avis Europe”, together with the Opcos, the Servicers, the Lessees, the Parent and Finco, the “Avis Obligors”);

 

(10)

THE ACCOUNT BANKS listed in part 3 of Schedule 1 (The Parties) hereto;

 

(11)

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH (the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator”, the “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator”, the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator”, the “French FleetCo Account Bank Operator” the “Issuer Cash Manager”, the “FleetCo Dutch Back-up Cash Manager”, the “FleetCo French Back-up Cash Manager”, the “FleetCo German Back-up Cash Manager”, the “FleetCo Italian Back-up Cash Manager” and the “FleetCo Spanish Back-up Cash Manager”);

 

(12)

THE SENIOR NOTEHOLDERS listed in part 4 of Schedule 1 (The Parties) hereto (the “Senior Noteholders”) including UniCredit Bank AG (“Unicredit”) (the “2021 Acceding Noteholder”);

 

(13)

HSBC CONTINENTAL EUROPE (formerly named HSBC France), a société anonyme incorporated under French law, duly authorised as a credit institution (établissement de crédit), registered with the Trade and Companies Registry (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Paris under number 775 670 284, whose registered office is located at 38, avenue Kléber, 75116 Paris (the “Exiting Senior Noteholder”);

 

(14)

INTERTRUST FINANCE MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) LIMITED (the “Issuer Corporate Services Provider” and the “FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider”);

 

(15)

CARFIN FINANCE HOLDINGS DAC, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 463657 and having its registered office at 1st Floor, 1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland (“FleetCo Holdings”);

 

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(16)

INTERTRUST (NETHERLANDS) B.V. and VISTRA B.V. (the “Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Providers”, together with the Issuer Corporate Services Provider and the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider, the “Corporate Services Providers”);

 

(17)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (“French Intermediary Bank” and “FCT Servicer”);

 

(18)

FCT CARFIN (the “FCT”) represented by EUROTITRISATION (the “FCT Management Company”);

 

(19)

CACEIS BANK (the “FCT Custodian”);

 

(20)

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, and SOCIETE GENERALE (the “Issuer Hedge Counterparties”);

 

(21)

CACEIS CORPORATE TRUST (the “FCT Registrar”); and

 

(22)

DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A., a public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, registered with the Register of Commerce and Companies in Luxembourg under number B 9164, whose registered office is at 2, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-1115 Luxembourg (the “Registrar”),

each of the above a “Party” and together the “Parties” to this Deed.

WHEREAS

 

(A)

Certain of the Parties hereto entered into a Master Definitions Agreement dated 5 March 2013 as amended by an amendment letter dated 19 March 2013 and a second amendment agreement dated 15 April 2013, as amended and restated by a third master amendment and restatement agreement dated 21 May 2014 and a fourth master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 December 2014, as amended by a fifth master amendment deed dated 17 December 2014, as amended and restated by a sixth master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 April 2015, a seventh master amendment and restatement deed dated 22 January 2016, an eighth master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 April 2016, a ninth master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 May 2017, a tenth master amendment and restatement deed dated 30 May 2018 and an eleventh master amendment and restatement deed dated 3 November 2020 (the “Original Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

(B)

Certain of the Parties hereto entered into a Framework Agreement dated 5 March 2013, as amended by an amendment letter dated 19 March 2013 and a second amendment agreement dated 15 April 2013 and as amended and restated by a third master amendment and restatement agreement dated 21 May 2014, a fourth master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 December 2014, a seventh master amendment and restatement deed dated 22 January 2016, an eight master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 April 2016, a ninth master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 May 2017, a tenth master amendment and restatement deed dated 30 May 2018 and an eleventh master amendment and restatement deed dated 3 November 2020 (the “Original Framework Agreement”).

 

(C)

Certain of the Parties hereto entered into an Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement dated 5 March 2013 as amended by a second amendment agreement dated 15 April 2013 and the third master amendment and restatement deed dated 21 May 2014, as amended and restated by the fourth master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 December 2014 and the ninth master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 May 2017 and as amended by a tenth master amendmdent and restatement deed dated 30 May 2018 (the “Original Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement”).

 

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(D)

Certain of the Parties hereto entered into a Central Servicing Agreement dated 5 March 2013, as amended by a second amendment agreement dated 15 April 2013 and a third amendment agreement dated 21 May 2014 and as amended and restated by a seventh master amendment and restatement deed dated 22 January 2016 (the “Original Central Servicing Agreement”).

 

(E)

Certain of the Parties hereto entered into a FleetCo German Facility Agreement dated 5 March 2013 as amended by a third master amendment and restatement deed dated 21 May 2014, a FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement dated 5 March 2013 as amended by a third master amendment and restatement deed dated 21 May 2014, a FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement dated 5 March 2013 as amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 22 January 2016, a FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement dated 21 May 2014 and a FleetCo French Facility Agreement dated 21 May 2014 (the “Original FleetCo Facility Agreements”).

 

(F)

Certain of the Parties hereto entered into an Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement dated 5 March 2013, as amended by a third master amendment and restatement deed dated 21 May 2014 and a fourth master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 December 2014 (the “Original Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement”).

 

(G)

Certain of the Parties hereto entered into an Italian VAT Loan Agreement dated 5 March 2013, as amended and restated by a seventh master amendment and restatement deed dated 22 January 2016 (the “Original Italian VAT Loan Agreement”), a Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement dated 22 January 2016 (the “Original Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement”) and a Dutch VAT Loan Agreement dated 21 May 2014, as amended and restated by a seventh master amendment and restatement deed dated 22 January 2016 (the “Original Dutch VAT Loan Agreement”, together with the Original Italian VAT Loan Agreement and the Original Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement, the “Original VAT Loan Agreements”).

 

(H)

The Parties have agreed to amend and restate the Original Master Definitions Agreement, the Original Framework Agreement and the Original Central Servicing Agreement and to amend the Original Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the Original Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement, the Original FleetCo Facility Agreements, the Original VAT Loan Agreements and the Transaction Documents on the terms and conditions set out below.

 

1

Definitions and Interpretation

 

1.1

Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms defined in the Original Master Definitions Agreement (as amended or amended and restated from time to time) have the same meaning in this Deed. Subject to Clause 1.2 below, the provisions of clause 2 (Principles of Interpretation and Construction) of the Original Master Definitions Agreement (as amended or amended and restated from time to time) shall apply herein as if set out in full herein and as if references therein to a “Relevant Agreement” were to this Deed. In addition, “Amendment Date” has the meaning given in Clause 12 (Amendment Date).

 

1.2

A reference to a “Clause” is a reference to a clause of this Deed.

 

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2

Amendment and Restatement of the Original Master Definitions Agreement

The Original Master Definitions Agreement is amended and restated in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Amended and Restated Master Definitions Agreement) (the “Amended and Restated Master Definitions Agreement”) and the rights and obligations of the parties (excluding such rights and obligations accrued prior to the Amendment Date) to the Original Master Definitions Agreement shall be governed by the Amended and Restated Master Definitions Agreement.

 

3

Amendment and Restatement of the Original Framework Agreement

The Original Framework Agreement is amended and restated in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Amended and Restated Framework Agreement) (the “Amended and Restated Framework Agreement”) and the rights and obligations of the parties (excluding such rights and obligations accrued prior to the Amendment Date) to the Original Framework Agreement shall be governed by the Amended and Restated Framework Agreement.

 

4

Amendment and Restatement of the Original Central Servicing Agreement

The Original Central Servicing Agreement is amended and restated in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Amended and Restated Central Servicing Agreement) (the “Amended and Restated Central Servicing Agreement”) and the rights and obligations of the parties (excluding such rights and obligations accrued prior to the Amendment Date) to the Original Central Servicing Agreement shall be governed by the Amended and Restated Central Servicing Agreement.

 

5

Amendments to the Original Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement

The Original Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement shall be amended as follows:

 

  5.1.1

by deleting clause 7.1.5 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

Irrevocable Drawdown Notice

Subject to Clause 7.3 (Failure by a Senior Noteholder to Fund any Senior Advance) and Clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement, each Senior Advance Drawdown Notice delivered under this Agreement shall be irrevocable and binding upon the Issuer. The Issuer shall indemnify the relevant Senior Noteholder against any loss or expense incurred by it, either directly or indirectly, as a result of any failure by the Issuer to properly complete the relevant Senior Advance Drawdown Notice.”; and

 

  5.1.2

by deleting clause 7.3.1 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“Subject to Clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement, if a Senior Noteholder (for whatever reason) fails to fund any Senior Advance or part thereof in breach of the terms of this Agreement (a “Defaulted Senior Advance”), the relevant Senior Noteholder shall immediately notify the Transaction Agent in writing and the Transaction Agent shall notify the Issuer, the Issuer Cash Manager and the Central Servicer. The Issuer may offer to increase the amount of the Senior Advances to be made by the other Senior Noteholders (the “Performing Senior Noteholders”), by notice in writing to the Performing Senior Noteholders.”.

 

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6

Amendments to the Original FleetCo Facility Agreements

Each of the Original FleetCo Facility Agreements shall be amended by deleting clause 3.2.3 (No Drawing Confirmation) of each FleetCo Facility Agreement in its entirety.

 

7

Amendments to the Original Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement

The Original Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement shall be amended by deleting the words “Schedule 1 (Subordinated Advance Drawdown Notice) hereto” in clause 6 (Utilisation) and replacing them with the words “part C (Form of Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement”.

 

8

Amendments to the Original VAT Loan Agreements

 

8.1

The Original Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement shall be amended by deleting the definition of “VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” and replacing it with the following:

““VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in part C (Form of Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement.”;

 

8.2

The Original Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement shall be amended by deleting the definition of “Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” and replacing it with the following:

““Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in part C (Form of Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement.”; and

 

8.3

The Original Dutch VAT Loan Agreement shall be amended by deleting the definition of “Dutch VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” and replacing it with the following:

““Dutch VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in part C (Form of Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement.”

 

9

Amendments to the Transaction Documents

 

9.1

The Parties hereby agree that the Transaction Documents shall be amended such that:

 

  9.1.1

any reference to the terms “Fleetco Advance Drawdown Notice” and “VFN Advance Drawdown Notice” shall be construed as a reference to “FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice”;

 

  9.1.2

any reference to “part B (Form of FleetCo Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement” and “part C (Form of VFN Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement” shall be construed as a reference to “part B (Form of FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement”; and

 

  9.1.3

any reference to the terms “Subordinated Advance Drawdown Notice” and “VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” (other than references to “VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” in the Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement) shall be construed as a reference to “Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice”.

 

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10

Form of Vehicle Purchasing Compliance Confirmation

 

10.1

The parties hereby agree that the obligation of a Related OpCo under:

 

  10.1.1

Clause 2.3.1(c) of each Italian Mandate Agreement;

 

  10.1.2

Clause 33.1 of the French Master Lease Agreement;

 

  10.1.3

Clause 17.1 (Negotiation and Renewal of Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and Vehicle Dealer Agreements) of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

  10.1.4

Clause 16.1 (Negotiation and Renewal of Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and Vehicle Dealer Agreements) of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement; and

 

  10.1.5

Schedule 1.1.1 (Negotiation and Renewal of Vehicle Purchasing Agreements) of the Spanish Servicing Agreement,

to provide a director’s certificate annually in the form set out in:

 

  10.1.6

Schedule 7 of each of the Italian Servicing Agreements;

 

  10.1.7

Schedule 5 of the French Master Lease Agreement;

 

  10.1.8

Schedule 3 of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

  10.1.9

Schedule 4 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement; and

 

  10.1.10

Schedule 6 of the Spanish Servicing Agreement,

respectively (a “Certificate”), in each case certifying that any Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement and/or Vehicle Dealer Agreement entered into by such OpCo during the twelve (12) month period ending on the most recent delivery of such a certificate satisfies the relevant requirements as set out in such form of Certificate, shall be satisfied by a director of the relevant Related OpCo providing confirmation in writing to the Transaction Agent, the Liquidation Agent and the Fleetco Security Agent (which may be by way of e-mail) (the “Email Confirmation”) on 1 May of each calendar year, in substantially the form set out in Schedule 2 (Form of email confirmation in relation to Vehicle Purchasing Agreements) for the relevant Related OpCo.

 

11

Securitisation Regulation Reports

The Parties hereby agree that the obligations of the Issuer under clause 15.8 (Securitisation Regulation Reports) of the Original Framework Agreement are deemed to be satisfied as at the date of this Deed, by the delivery of the reports listed thereunder by the Central Servicer (on behalf of the Issuer) to the Transaction Agent on 13 October 2021 and 30 November 2021.

 

12

Tesla Group Vehicle Purchasing Agreements

The Transaction Agent hereby confirms that it has received copies of the Vehicle Purchasing Agreements entered into by the relevant FleetCo in respect of Vehicles manufactured by the Tesla Group in form and substance satisfactory to it and that it is satisfied that such Vehicle Purchasing Agreements materially comply with (in respect of Vehicles in Spain, Italy and France) the Negotiation Guidelines to the extent required by schedule 2 to the Spanish Servicing Agreement and each Italian Servicing Agreement and schedule 6 to the French Master Lease Agreement respectively and (ii) (in respect of Vehicles in The Netherlands and Germany) all the provisions that are specified in schedule 2 to Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement and schedule 3 to the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement respectively.

 

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13

Amendment Date

 

13.1

Unless stated otherwise in this Deed, the Parties hereby agree that the amendments set out in Clause 2 (Amendment and Restatement of the Original Master Definitions Agreement), Clause 3 (Amendment and Restatement of the Original Framework Agreement), Clause 4 (Amendment and Restatement of the Central Servicing Agreement), Clause 5 (Amendments to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement), Clause 6 (Amendments to the FleetCo Facility Agreements), Clause 7 (Amendments to the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement), Clause 8 (Amendments to the VAT Loan Agreements) and Clause 9 (Amendments to the Transaction Documents) and the accession of the Acceding Senior Noteholders referred to in Clause 18 (Accession of new Senior Noteholders), (in each case except for the exit of the Exiting Senior Noteholder from the Transaction and thereby the removal of the Exiting Senior Noteholder from the Transaction Documents, which shall be effected by the operation of Clause 14 (Withdrawal Date)) shall be effective from and including the date (the “Amendment Date”) the Transaction Agent has received the following documents in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent:

 

  13.1.1

a closing certificate dated the Amendment Date given by an authorised signatory of the Issuer, substantially in the form distributed to the Transaction Agent prior to signing this Deed, including confirmations that:

 

  (i)

no Issuer Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the changes to the Senior Noteholder Commitments;

 

  (ii)

the Issuer Repeating Representations being repeated are true and correct;

 

  13.1.2

a legal opinion of Arthur Cox, legal advisers to the Parent in Ireland, as to the capacity and authority of Carfin Finance International DAC and Carfin Finance Holdings DAC;

 

  13.1.3

a legal opinion of the internal counsel of Avis as to the capacity and authority of Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC;

 

  13.1.4

a legal opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Parent in England, as to the capacity and authority of Avis Finance Company Limited and Avis Budget EMEA Limited;

 

  13.1.5

a legal opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Parent in the Netherlands, as to the capacity and authority of Budget Autoverhuur B.V. and FinCar Fleet B.V;

 

  13.1.6

a legal opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Parent in Italy, as to the capacity and authority of Avis Budget Italia S.p.A and Avis Budget Italia S.p.A Fleet Co, S.A.p.A;

 

  13.1.7

a legal opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Parent in Spain, as to the capacity and authority of Avis Alquile un Coche, S.A. and FinCar Fleet V.C. Sucusal on España;

 

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  13.1.8

a legal opinion of Clifford Chance Deutschland LLP, legal advisers to the Parent in Germany, as to the capacity and authority of Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG;

 

  13.1.9

a legal opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Parent in France, as to the capacity and authority of Avis Location de Voitures SAS and AB FleetCo;

 

  13.1.10

a legal opinion of Linklaters LLP, legal advisors to the Arranger in Italy;

and provided that:

 

  13.1.11

a rating letter in relation to the Senior Notes is received from DBRS Morningstar assigning an ‘A(sf)’ rating;

 

  13.1.12

the issuance of Further Senior Notes to the 2021 Acceding Senior Noteholder shall be made in accordance with and subject to Clauses 18.1 and 20.1 of this Deed and the other applicable terms and conditions of the Issuer Transaction Documents, including the delivery of a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice and payment of the subscription price for the Further Senior Notes, in accordance with the terms thereof;

 

  13.1.13

each Senior Noteholder has entered into a Senior Noteholder Fee Letter specifying, amongst other things, its Senior Noteholder Commitment.

 

13.2

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if for any reason this Deed fails to be effective on the Amendment Date, this Deed shall terminate and the rights and obligations of the parties to the Transaction Documents shall be fully preserved as they existed prior to the date hereof. The Transaction Agent shall notify the other parties hereto of the occurrence of the Amendment Date.

 

14

Withdrawal Date

 

14.1

The Parties hereby agree that the Exiting Senior Noteholder shall cease to be a Senior Noteholder, and thereby be removed from the Transaction Documents as a Senior Noteholder, from and including the date (the “Withdrawal Date”) of receipt in full by the Exiting Senior Noteholder of such Exiting Senior Noteholder’s respective Exiting Senior Noteholder Repayment Amount (such receipt to be confirmed by way of e-mail from the Exiting Senior Noteholder to the Transaction Agent promptly) including, with respect to the Exiting Senior Noteholder:

 

  14.1.1

the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding of the Exiting Senior Noteholder’s Senior Note on the Withdrawal Date;

 

  14.1.2

any accrued but unpaid interest on the Exiting Senior Noteholder’s Senior Note from and including the previous Settlement Date to but excluding the Withdrawal Date; and

 

  14.1.3

any accrued but unpaid Non-Utilisation Fees from and including the previous Settlement Date to but excluding the Withdrawal Date.

 

15

Transaction Agent

 

15.1

In accordance with clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modification of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent) of the Framework Agreement, including the Schedules thereto, each Senior Noteholder hereby instructs and directs the Transaction Agent to consent to all the amendments required to be agreed by such Senior Noteholder as set out herein.

 

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15.2

The Transaction Agent hereby consents to all amendments referred to herein.

 

16

Issuer Security Trustee and FleetCo Security Agent

 

16.1

In accordance with clause 24.3.1 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) of the Framework Agreement, including the Schedules thereto, the Transaction Agent, by the execution of this Deed, hereby instructs and directs the Issuer Security Trustee to enter into this Deed and all other relevant documents to be entered into in connection herewith and to consent to all the amendments required to be agreed by the Issuer Security Trustee as set out herein.

 

16.2

In accordance with clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent) of the Framework Agreement, including the Schedules thereto, the Transaction Agent, by the execution of this Deed, hereby instructs and directs the FleetCo Security Agent to enter into this Deed and all other relevant documents to be entered into in connection herewith and to consent to all the amendments required to be agreed by the FleetCo Security Agent as set out herein.

 

17

Senior Noteholders’ Consent

Each of the Senior Noteholders hereby consents to the amendments contemplated by and set out in this Deed and the Senior Noteholder Fee Letters dated on or about the date stated at the beginning of this Deed.

 

18

Accession of new Senior Noteholder

 

18.1

Notwithstanding any provision of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement (in particular clauses 4.1, 5.1 and 21.4 therein), each of the Parties to this Deed hereby consents to the accession of the Acceding Senior Noteholder as a new Senior Noteholder and the issuance of Further Senior Notes to them, as set out in, among other documents, the Senior Noteholder Accession Deed and the Senior Noteholder Fee Letter dated on or about the date of this Deed.

 

19

Removal of parties from the Transaction Documents

 

19.1

The Exiting Senior Noteholder proposes to cease to be a Senior Noteholder or a party to any of the Transaction Documents. On the Withdrawal Date:

 

  19.1.1

the Senior Notes currently held by the Exiting Senior Noteholder shall be redeemed in full for an amount equal to the relevant Senior Note’s Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding on the Withdrawal Date, plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any accrued but unpaid Non-Utilisation Fees in each case to but excluding the Withdrawal Date (the “Exiting Senior Noteholder Repayment Amount”) and the Senior Noteholder Commitment of the Exiting Senior Noteholder shall be reduced to zero. Accordingly, the Exiting Senior Noteholder will no longer be a Senior Noteholder and will no longer be a party to any of the Transaction Documents;

 

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  19.1.2

accordingly, notwithstanding any provision of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, on the Withdrawal Date, the Exiting Senior Noteholder shall surrender its Note Certificates and such Note Certificates shall be cancelled and the Issuer shall be required to pay to the Exiting Senior Noteholder an amount equal to the relevant Exiting Noteholder Repayment Amount through Issuer Available Funds derived from new Senior Noteholders’ Senior Advances made on the Amendment Date, and from Subordinated Debt advances;

 

19.2

With effect from and including the Withdrawal Date and subject to any obligations or liabilities which have accrued and remain outstanding immediately prior to the Withdrawal Date:

 

  19.2.1

each party hereto hereby agrees that the Exiting Senior Noteholder shall cease to be a party to any Transaction Documents to which it was a party;

 

  19.2.2

the Exiting Senior Noteholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably releases and discharges all the other parties hereto from all their respective obligations and liabilities, whether actual or contingent, which they may owe to the Exiting Senior Noteholders under the Transaction Documents to which they may be a party; and

 

  19.2.3

each party hereto hereby unconditionally and irrevocably releases and discharges the Exiting Senior Noteholders from all of its respective obligations and liabilities, whether actual or contingent, under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

20

Senior Advance Drawdown Notice

 

20.1

Notwithstanding any provision of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, no Senior Noteholder is obliged to pay, or procure the payment of, the subscription for the Further Senior Note for which it is subscribing in accordance with the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice dated on or about the date of this Deed until the Amendment Date.

 

20.2

Notwithstanding any provision in the Transaction Documents, the Parties hereby waive any notice period required to be observed in respect of the delivery of the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice to the Senior Noteholders (including UniCredit) in connection with the Senior Advance to be provided by the Senior Noteholders (including UniCredit) on or about the date of this Deed. The Issuer agrees to indemnify the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Registrar, each of the Senior Noteholders and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Party”) against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Indemnified Party as a result of funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Senior Advance requested by the Issuer in the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice dated on or about the date of this Deed but not made by reason of the Amendment Date not occurring on _____________ 2021 due to the operation of Clause 10 (Amendment Date).

 

21

Transaction Documents

 

21.1

Save as expressly amended by this Deed, the Original Master Definitions Agreement, the Original Framework Agreement, the Original Central Servicing Agreement, the Original Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall otherwise remain unamended and in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

21.2

By their acceptance of the terms of this Deed, each of the Issuer, the FleetCos and the Avis Obligors confirms that its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party will remain in full force and effect.

 

21.3

The FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent hereby designate this Deed as a FleetCo Transaction Document.

 

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21.4

The Transaction Agent hereby designates this Deed as an Issuer Transaction Document.

 

22

Confirmation of Guarantees

 

22.1

Avis Budget EMEA Limited as the guarantor under the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee hereby (i) expressly confirms that its obligations under the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the amendments to the Transaction Documents as set out in this Deed and (ii) acknowledges that it is not released from its obligations under the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee.

 

22.2

Finco as the guarantor under the Finco Payment Guarantee hereby (i) expressly confirms that its obligations under the Finco Payment Guarantee remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the amendments to the Transaction Documents as set out in this Deed and (ii) acknowledges that it is not released from its obligations under the Finco Payment Guarantee.

 

23

Confirmation and acknowledgement of Security

The Parties hereby agree that the Security created pursuant to the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Deed of Charge shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the amendments to the Transaction Documents as set out in this Deed.

 

24

Illegality

If, at any time, any provision hereof is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction shall in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

25

Rights and Remedies

No failure by the Issuer Secured Creditors or the FleetCo Secured Creditors to exercise, or any delay by the Issuer Secured Creditors or the FleetCo Secured Creditors in exercising, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law or under any Transaction Document.

 

26

Counterparts

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Deed.

 

27

Incorporation of Common Terms

The Common Terms shall be incorporated by reference into this Deed. If there is any conflict between the Common Terms as incorporated by reference into this Deed and the other provisions of this Deed, the provisions of the incorporated Common Terms shall prevail.

 

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28

Third Party Rights

No person shall have any right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Deed.

 

29

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

29.1

Governing Law

This Deed and all non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law, save that insofar as

 

  29.1.1

Clause 10 (Form of Vehicle Purchasing Compliance Confirmation) relates to amendments to:

 

  (i)

the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement and the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement (the “Dutch Law Provisions”); and

 

  (ii)

the Spanish Servicing Agreement (the Spanish Law Provisions”); and

 

  29.1.2

Clause 6 (Amendments to the FleetCo Facility Agreements) and Clause 10 (Form of Vehicle Purchasing Compliance Confirmation) relate to amendments to:

 

  (i)

the FleetCo French Facility Agreement and the French Master Lease Agreement respectively (the “French Law Provisions”); and

 

  (ii)

the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement and the Italian Servicing Agreements respectively (the “Italian Law Provisions”),

the Dutch Law Provisions, the Spanish Law Provisions, the French Law Provisions and the Italian Law Provisions shall be governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of The Netherlands, Spanish law, French law and Italian law respectively.

 

29.2

Jurisdiction

 

  29.2.1

Subject to the foregoing, each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

 

  29.2.2

Each of the Parties hereto agrees for the benefit of each of the other Parties that the courts of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceedings and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with the Dutch Law Provisions and for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.

  29.2.3

Each of the Parties hereto agrees for the benefit of each of the other Parties that the courts of Madrid, Spain, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceedings and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with the Spanish Law Provisions and for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.

 

  29.2.4

Each of the Parties hereto agrees for the benefit of each of the other Parties that the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceedings and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with the French Law Provisions and for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.

 

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  29.2.5

Each of the Parties hereto agrees for the benefit of each of the other Parties that the courts of Milan, Italy, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceedings and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with the Italian Law Provisions and for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.

In Witness whereof this Deed has been delivered on the date stated at the beginning of this Deed.

 

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Schedule 1: The Parties

Part 1 Opcos, Servicers and Lessees

Opcos

 

Name of Opcos

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG (the “German Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (the “Avis Italian Opco”, the “Maggiore Italian Opco” and an “Italian Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (the “Spanish Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Autoverhuur B.V. (the “Dutch Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Location de Voitures SAS (the “French Opco”)    [Redacted]

Servicers (excluding the Central Servicer)

 

Name of Servicers

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (the “Spanish Servicer”) in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s fleet in Spain    [Redacted]
In respect of Italian FleetCo: Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (the “Avis Italian Servicer”, the “Maggiore Italian Servicer” and an “Italian Servicer”)    [Redacted]
In respect of French FleetCo: Avis Location de Voitures SAS (the “French Servicer”)    [Redacted]

Central Servicer

 

Name of Central Servicer

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Finance Company Limited (the “Central Servicer”)    [Redacted]

Lessees

 

Name of Lessees

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG (as lessee under the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]

 

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Name of Lessees

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (as lessee under an Italian Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (as lessee under the Spanish Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Autoverhuur B.V. (as lessee under the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Location de Voitures SAS (as lessee under the French Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]

Part 2 FleetCos

 

Name of FleetCos

Jurisdiction of Incorporation and legal form

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

FinCar Fleet B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) (the “Dutch FleetCo”)    [Redacted]
FinCar Fleet B.V., Sucursal en España, the Spanish branch of FINCAR FLEET B.V. (a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of Netherlands) with registered address at Avenida Manoteras, nº 32, 28050 Madrid, Spain and Spanish fiscal identification number W0037096E and registered at the Mercantile Registry in Madrid under volume 28809, page 190, section 8th and sheet M-518708 (the “Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch”)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. Fleet Co. S.A.p.A., a partnership limited by shares (the “Italian FleetCo”)    [Redacted]
AB FleetCo a simplified limited stock company (société par actions simplifiée) (the “French FleetCo”)    [Redacted]

 

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Part 3 Account Banks

 

Name of Account Bank

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Deutsche Bank AG, London branch (the “Issuer Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank S.A.E. (the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London branch (the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank S.P.A (the “Italian FleetCo Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG (the “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London branch (the “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, Paris Branch (the “French FleetCo Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “French FleetCo Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]

Part 4 Senior Noteholders

 

Names of Senior Noteholders

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Blue Finn S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Zürich Branch    [Redacted]
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch    [Redacted]
Jupiter Securitization Company LLC    [Redacted]
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.    [Redacted]
Managed and Enhanced Tap (Magenta) Funding S.T.    [Redacted]
Matchpoint Finance Public Limited Company    [Redacted]
Lloyds Bank Plc    [Redacted]
Société Générale    [Redacted]
Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC    [Redacted]
UniCredit Bank AG    [Redacted]

 

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Schedule 2

Form of email confirmation in relation to Vehicle Purchasing Agreements

 

Related OpCo    Email Confirmation text
Dutch OpCo   

The following is a complete list of all Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and Vehicle Dealer Agreements to which the Dutch OpCo is a party as at the date of this Email Confirmation:

 

[insert list] (the “Current Agreements”)

 

[In respect of the Email Confirmation delivered on 1 May 2022]

 

In respect of Vehicles in The Netherlands, all Current Agreements entered into by Dutch OpCo include provisions substantially the same as those set out in schedule 2 of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement.

 

[In respect of all Email Confirmations delivered on and after 1 May 2023]

 

[We confirm that there have not been any material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered that required notification to the FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with clause 17.2 of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement.]

 

[OR]

 

[We confirm that there have been material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered and that these changes have been notified to the FleetCo Security Agent to the extent required by clause 17.2 of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement.]

 

Capitalised terms used herein have the meaning given in the Master Definitions Agreement originally dated 5 March 2013 as amended and/or restated from time to time thereafter and entered into by, among others, Carfin Finance International DAC as Issuer and Avis Budget Autoverhuur B.V. as Dutch OpCo.

German OpCo   

The following is a complete list of all Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and Vehicle Dealer Agreements to which the German OpCo is a party:

 

[insert list] (the “Current Agreements”)

 

[In respect of the Email Confirmation delivered on 1 May 2022]

 

In respect of Vehicles in Germany, all Current Agreements entered into by German OpCo include provisions substantially the same as those set out in schedule 3 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

 

[In respect of all Email Confirmations delivered on and after 1 May 2023]

 

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[We confirm that there have not been any material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered that required notification to the FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with clause 16.2 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.]

 

[OR]

 

[We confirm that there have been material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered and that these changes have been notified to the FleetCo Security Agent to the extent required by clause 16.2 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.]

 

Capitalised terms used herein have the meaning given in the Master Definitions Agreement originally dated 5 March 2013 as amended and/or restated from time to time thereafter and entered into by, among others, Carfin Finance International DAC as Issuer and Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG as German OpCo.

Spanish OpCo   

The following is a complete list of all Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and Vehicle Dealer Agreements to which the Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch is a party as at the date of this Email Confirmation:

 

[insert list] (the “Current Agreements”)

 

[In respect of the Email Confirmation delivered on 1 May 2022]

 

In respect of Vehicles in Spain, all Current Agreements entered into by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch satisfy the Negotiation Guidelines to the extent required by schedule 2 of the Spanish Servicing Agreement and, in particular, include provisions the same or substantially the same as clause 4 (Volume Targets and Rebates), clause 7 (Repurchase Obligations unconditional), clauses 8.1.1 and 8.1.3 (Termination), clause 9 (Set-Off), clause 10.2 (Transfer to the Supplier) and clause 12.2 (Assignment by the Supplier) set out in schedule 2 of the Spanish Servicing Agreement.

 

[In respect of all Email Confirmations delivered on and after 1 May 2023]

 

[We confirm that there have not been any material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered that required notification to the FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with paragraph 1.1.3 of Part A of Schedule 1 to the Spanish Servicing Agreement.]

 

[OR]

 

[We confirm that there have been material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered and that these changes have been notified to the FleetCo Security Agent to the extent required by paragraph 1.1.3 of Part A of Schedule 1 to the Spanish Servicing Agreement.]

 

Capitalised terms used herein have the meaning given in the Master Definitions Agreement originally dated 5 March 2013 as amended and/or restated from time to time thereafter and entered into by, among others, Carfin Finance International DAC as Issuer and Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. as Spanish OpCo.

 

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French OpCo   

The following is a complete list of all Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and Vehicle Dealer Agreements to which the French FleetCo is a party as at the date of this Email Confirmation:

 

[insert list] (the “Current Agreements”)

 

[In respect of the Email Confirmation delivered on 1 May 2022]

 

In respect of Vehicles in France, all Current Agreements entered into by French FleetCo satisfy the Negotiation Guidelines to the extent required by schedule 6 of the French Master Lease Agreement and, in particular, include provisions the same or substantially the same as clause 4 (Volume Targets and Rebates), clause 7 (Repurchase Obligations unconditional), clauses 8.1.1 and 8.1.3 (Termination), clause 9 (Set-Off), clause 10.2 (Transfer to the Supplier) and clause 12.2 (Assignment by the Supplier) set out in schedule 6 of the French Master Lease Agreement.

 

[In respect of all Email Confirmations delivered on and after 1 May 2023]

 

[We confirm that there have not been any material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered that required notification to the FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with clause 33.2 of the French Master Lease Agreement.]

 

[OR]

 

[We confirm that there have been material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered and that these changes have been notified to the FleetCo Security Agent to the extent required by clause 33.2 of the French Master Lease Agreement.]

 

Capitalised terms used herein have the meaning given in the Master Definitions Agreement originally dated 5 March 2013 as amended and/or restated from time to time thereafter and entered into by, among others, Carfin Finance International DAC as Issuer and Avis Location de Voitures SAS as French OpCo.

Italian OpCo   

The following is a complete list of all Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and Vehicle Dealer Agreements to which the Italian FleetCo is a party as at the date of this Email Confirmation:

 

[insert list] (the “Current Agreements”)

 

[In respect of the Email Confirmation delivered on 1 May 2022]

 

In respect of Vehicles in Italy, all Current Agreements entered into by Italian FleetCo satisfy the Negotiation Guidelines to the extent required by schedule 2 of the relevant Italian Servicing Agreement and, in particular, include provisions the same or substantially the same as clause 4 (Volume Targets and Rebates), clause 7 (Repurchase Obligations unconditional), clauses 8.1.1 and 8.1.3 (Termination), clause 9 (Set-Off), clause 10.2 (Transfer to the Supplier) and clause 12.2 (Assignment by the Supplier) set out in schedule 2 of the relevant Italian Servicing Agreement.

 

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[In respect of all Email Confirmations delivered on and after 1 May 2023]

 

[We confirm that there have not been any material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered that required notification to the FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with clause 2.3.3 of the relevant Italian Mandate Agreement.]

 

[OR]

 

[We confirm that there have been material changes to the Current Agreements since the date on which an Email Confirmation was last delivered and that these changes have been notified to the FleetCo Security Agent to the extent required by clause 2.3.3 of the relevant Italian Mandate Agreement.]

 

Capitalised terms used herein have the meaning given in the Master Definitions Agreement originally dated 5 March 2013 as amended and/or restated from time to time thereafter and entered into by, among others, Carfin Finance International DAC as Issuer and Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. as Italian OpCo.

 

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Schedule 3

Amended and Restated Master Definitions Agreement

The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank. The Amended and Restated Master

Definitions Agreement will be attached hereto and separately paginated.

 

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

Dated 5 March 2013 as amended and restated from time to time and last on

3 December 2021

CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC

as the Issuer and the FCT Noteholder

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as Arranger and Transaction Agent

DEUTSCHE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED

as Issuer Security Trustee

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as FleetCo Security Agent

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as Opcos, Servicers and Lessees

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as FleetCos

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC

as the Parent

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED

as Finco, the Subordinated Lender, the Central Servicer, the Dutch VAT Lender, the Avis Italian VAT Lender and the Maggiore Italian VAT Lender

AVIS BUDGET EMEA LIMITED

as Avis Europe

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as the Account Banks

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH

as the Issuer Cash Manager, Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator, Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator, Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator, French FleetCo Account Bank Operator and FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as French Intermediary Bank and FCT Servicer

CACEIS BANK

as FCT Custodian

FCT CARFIN

represented by

EUROTITRISATION

as the FCT Management Company

 

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as the Senior Noteholders

 

and

CERTAIN OTHER ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

MASTER DEFINITIONS AGREEMENT

 

LOGO

 

Ref: L-318101

Linklaters LLP


Table of Contents

 

Contents    Page  

1

  Definitions and Interpretation      3  

2

  Principles of Interpretation and Construction      136  

3

  Incorporation of Common Terms and Clause 24 of the Framework Agreement      140  

4

  Governing Law and Jurisdiction      140  

5

  Enforcement      141  

Schedule - The Parties

     142  

 

 

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This Agreement is dated 5 March 2013 as amended pursuant to an amendment letter dated 19 March 2013 and a second amendment agreement dated 15 April 2013 and as amended and restated pursuant to a third master amendment and restatement deed dated 21 May 2014 and as amended pursuant to a fourth master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 December 2014 and a fifth master amendment deed dated 17 December 2014 and a sixth amendment and restatement deed dated 16 April 2015 and a seventh amendment and restatement deed dated 22 January 2016, an eighth amendment and restatement deed dated 15 April 2016, a ninth amendment and restatement deed dated 16 May 2017, a tenth amendment and restatement deed dated 30 May 2018, an eleventh amendment and restatement deed dated 3 November 2020 and a twelfth amendment and restatement deed dated _______________ 2021 and made

BETWEEN:

 

(1)

CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC, incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 463656 and having its registered office at 1st Floor, 1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland (the “Issuer” and the “FCT Noteholder”);

 

(2)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (the “Transaction Agent” and the “Arranger”);

 

(3)

DEUTSCHE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED (the “Issuer Security Trustee”, acting for itself and on behalf of the Issuer Secured Creditors);

 

(4)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (the “FleetCo Security Agent”, acting for itself and on behalf of the FleetCo Secured Creditors);

 

(5)

THE OPCOS, the SERVICERS and LESSEES listed in Part 1 of the Schedule (The Parties) including AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. (as “VAT Sharing Italian Opco”, in its capacity as an Italian Opco under the VAT Sharing Agreement and the Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement);

 

(6)

THE FLEETCOS listed in Part 2 of the Schedule (The Parties);

 

(7)

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC (the “Parent”);

 

(8)

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED (“Finco”, the “Subordinated Lender”, the “Central Servicer”, the “Dutch VAT Lender”, the “Avis Italian VAT Lender” and the “Maggiore Italian VAT Lender”);

 

(9)

AVIS BUDGET EMEA LIMITED (“Avis Europe”, together with the Opcos, the Servicers, the Lessees, the Parent and Finco, the “Avis Obligors”);

 

(10)

THE ACCOUNT BANKS listed in Part 3 of the Schedule (The Parties);

 

(11)

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH (the “Issuer Cash Manager”, the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator”, the “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator”, the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator”, the “French FleetCo Account Bank Operator” and, the “FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager”);

 

(12)

THE SENIOR NOTEHOLDERS listed in Part 4 of the Schedule (The Parties) (the “Senior Noteholders”);

 

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(13)

INTERTRUST FINANCE MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) LIMITED (the “Issuer Corporate Services Provider” and the “FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider”);

 

(14)

INTERTRUST (NETHERLANDS) B.V. and VISTRA B.V. (the “Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Providers”, together with the Issuer Corporate Services Provider and the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider, the “Corporate Services Providers”);

 

(15)

DEFI AUTO LLC., a company duly incorporated under the laws of Delaware with registered number 2403201 (the “Liquidation Agent”);

 

(16)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (the “French Intermediary Bank” and the “FCT Servicer”);

 

(17)

CACEIS BANK, the “FCT Custodian”);

 

(18)

FCT CARFIN (the “FCT”) represented by EUROTITRISATION (the “FCT Management Company”);

 

(19)

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, and SOCIETE GENERALE (the “Issuer Hedge Counterparties”);

 

(20)

CARFIN FINANCE HOLDINGS DAC (the “FleetCo Holdings”); and

 

(21)

DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A., a public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, registered with the Register of Commerce and Companies in Luxembourg under number B 9164, whose registered office is at 2, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-1115 Luxembourg (the “Registrar”),

each of the above a “Party” and together the “Parties” to this Agreement.

It is agreed that the Parties have agreed to incorporate into certain of the Transaction Documents to which they are a party the definitions and principles of construction and interpretation contained herein.

Amendment and Restatement

The Parties have agreed to amend and restate the terms of the master definitions agreement dated 5 March 2013 between, inter alios, the Issuer and the Transaction Agent (as amended pursuant to an amendment letter dated 19 March 2013 and a second amendment agreement dated 15 April 2013 and as amended and restated pursuant to a third master amendment and restatement deed dated 21 May 2014 and amended pursuant to a fourth master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 December 2014 and a fifth master amendment deed dated 17 December 2014, a sixth master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 April 2015, a seventh master amendment and restatement deed dated 22 January 2016, an eighth amendment and restatement deed dated 15 April 2016, a ninth amendment and restatement deed dated 16 May 2017, a tenth amendment and restatement deed dated 30 May 2018 and an eleventh amendment and restatement deed dated 3 November 2020, the “Original MDA”) as set out herein with effect, subject to clause 5 (Amendment Date) of the MARD (as defined in the definition of “Amendment Date”), from the Amendment Date. As at the Amendment Date, any future rights or obligations (excluding such rights and obligations accrued prior to the Amendment Date) of a party under the Original MDA shall be extinguished and shall instead be governed by this Agreement.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if for any reason this Agreement fails to be effective on the Amendment Date, this Agreement shall terminate and be replaced by the Original MDA as existed immediately prior to the date hereof and the rights and obligations of the parties to the Transaction Documents shall be fully preserved as they existed immediately prior to the date hereof.

 

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Definitions and Interpretation

Each of the Parties agrees that in any agreement, deed or other document expressly stating that terms defined herein shall have the same meanings therein (except where otherwise defined therein):

2009 Act” means the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 of Ireland.

ABCP” means asset backed commercial paper having a maturity of less than or equal to one year from the date of issue.

ABCP Market” means the market for ABCP.

ABCP Market Disruption” means, in respect of any issuer of ABCP or the ABCP Market generally, a circumstance in which market conditions prevent the issuance of ABCP.

ABG” means Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty” any Issuer Hedge Counterparty which accedes to the Framework Agreement pursuant to clause 11 (Additional Issuer Secured Creditors and Accession of Liquidation Agent) of the Framework Agreement.

Acceding Senior Noteholder” means, subject to and in accordance with clause 21.4 (Transfers by Senior Noteholders; Accession of further Senior Noteholders) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, a Conduit or a Financial Institution which enters into a relevant Senior Noteholder Accession Deed.

Acceding Subordinated Lender” means any Subordinated Lender which accedes to the Framework Agreement pursuant to clause 11 (Additional Issuer Secured Creditors and Accession of Liquidation Agent) of the Framework Agreement.

Acceleration Notice” means: (i) a notice delivered by the Issuer Security Trustee pursuant to the Framework Agreement by which the Issuer Security Trustee declares that all Issuer Secured Liabilities shall be accelerated; or (ii) a notice delivered by the FleetCo Security Agent pursuant to the Framework Agreement by which the FleetCo Security Agent declares that all FleetCo Secured Liabilities shall be accelerated which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be delivered simultaneously with or after the delivery of an Enforcement Notice.

Acceptable Bank” means:

 

(i)

 

  (a)

to the extent that the Senior Notes are rated by one or more Rating Agencies, a bank or financial institution approved by the Transaction Agent which has a rating for its long-term unsecured, unsubordinated, unguaranteed debt obligations from at least two Rating Agencies of “Baa2” by Moody’s or “BBB” by S&P or “BBB” by Fitch or “BBB” by DBRS Morningstar, provided that each of Deutsche Bank S.A.E. and Deutsche Bank SpA, to the extent that either of them is or will become an Account Bank, will qualify as an Acceptable Bank in accordance with the Transaction Documents for so long as (i) Deutsche Bank

 

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  AG has a rating for its long-term unsecured, unsubordinated, unguaranteed debt obligations from at least two Rating Agencies of “Baa2” by Moody’s or “BBB” by S&P or “BBB” by Fitch or “BBB” by DBRS Morningstar; (ii) each of Deutsche Bank S.A.E. and Deutsche Bank SpA continues to be owned (directly and indirectly) by Deutsche Bank AG; and (iii) the words “Deutsche Bank” are contained in its legal name, and, in any case, only until such date when the relevant Rating Agency which may have attributed the rating to the Senior Notes notifies the Issuer that either of Deutsche Bank S.A.E. and Deutsche Bank SpA no longer qualifies as an Acceptable Bank; or

 

  (b)

any Deutsche Bank entity or other bank or financial institution nominated by the Parent or Finco and approved by (i) the Transaction Agent and (ii) (if the Senior Notes are rated by one or more Rating Agencies) the relevant Rating Agency,

provided that, if (x) Deutsche Bank AG does not have the required ratings pursuant to paragraph (i)(a) above or (y) the relevant Rating Agency will not provide an approval of the relevant Deutsche Bank entity or other such bank or financial institution pursuant to paragraph (i)(b), a certificate from the Central Servicer confirming that, in its reasonable opinion, the Rating Agencies will not take adverse rating action in respect of the Senior Notes would be sufficient; and

 

(ii)

a bank or financial institution which is a bank or financial institution authorised to accept deposits in (in relation to the Spanish Account Bank Agreement) Spain, (in relation to the German Account Bank Agreement) Germany, (in relation to the Italian Account Bank Agreement) Italy, (in relation to the Dutch Account Bank Agreement) The Netherlands, (in relation to the French Account Bank Agreement) France and (in relation to the Issuer Account Bank Agreement and in respect of the Issuer Accounts) the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Accession Deed” means each deed of accession substantially in the relevant form set out in schedule 6 (Forms of Accession Deed) to the Framework Agreement.

Account Bank Agreement” means, as applicable, the Issuer Account Bank Agreement, the German Account Bank Agreement, the Italian Account Bank Agreement, the Spanish Account Bank Agreement, the Dutch Account Bank Agreement or the French Account Bank Agreement.

Additional Accounts” means any additional account is opened in accordance with the relevant Account Bank Agreement and the Framework Agreement.

Affiliate means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.

Aggregate Redesignation Amount” means, in respect of a Master Lease Agreement, the sum of all Redesignation Amounts under such Master Lease Agreement.

Amendment Date” has the meaning given to that term in the twelfth master amendment and restatement deed dated ____ 2021 (the “MARD”) between, among others, the parties to this Agreement.

Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to an Avis Obligor, FleetCo or its Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or anti-money laundering, to the extent legally applicable.

 

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Applicable Accounting Principles means GAAP.

Applicable EURIBOR” means in respect of (x) a Senior Advance with a Senior Advance Interest Period or (y) a Subordinated Advance or a VAT Loan Advance with an Interest Period:

 

(i)

if the Interest Period End Date falls on or before:

 

  A.

the seventh day; or

 

  B.

if such seventh day is not a Business Day:

 

  (x)

the Business Day immediately following such seventh day; or

 

  (y)

if the day in (x) above would otherwise be in the next calendar month, the Business Day immediately preceding such seventh day,

in each case, following, as applicable, the Senior Advance Drawdown Date of such Senior Advance or the drawdown date of such Subordinated Advance or such VAT Loan Advance, one-week EURIBOR;

 

(ii)

if the Interest Period End Date does not fall within paragraph (i) above but does fall on or before:

 

  A.

the fourteenth day; or

 

  B.

if such fourteenth day is not a Business Day:

 

  (x)

the Business Day immediately following such fourteenth day; or

 

  (y)

if the day in (x) above would otherwise be in the next calendar month, the Business Day immediately preceding such fourteenth day,

in each case, following, as applicable, the Senior Advance Drawdown Date of such Senior Advance or the drawdown date of such Subordinated Advance or such VAT Loan Advance, two-week EURIBOR;

 

(iii)

if the Interest Period End Date does not fall within paragraphs (i) and (ii) above but does fall on or before:

 

  A.

the twenty-first day; or

 

  B.

if such twenty-first day is not a Business Day:

 

  (x)

the Business Day immediately following such twenty-first day; or

 

  (y)

if the day in (x) above would otherwise be in the next calendar month, the Business Day immediately preceding such twenty-first day,

in each case, following, as applicable, the Senior Advance Drawdown Date of such Senior Advance or the drawdown date of such Subordinated Advance or VAT Loan Advance, three-week EURIBOR;

 

(iv)

if the Interest Period End Date does not fall within paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above but does fall on or before:

 

  A.

the corresponding calendar day of the month immediately following, as applicable, the Senior Advance Drawdown Date of such Senior Advance or the drawdown date of such Subordinated Advance or VAT Loan Advance; or

 

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  B.

if such calendar day is not a Business Day:

 

  (x)

the Business Day immediately following such calendar day; or

 

  (y)

if the day in (x) above would otherwise be in the next calendar month, the Business Day immediately preceding such calendar day,

one-month EURIBOR; and

 

(v)

if the Interest Period End Date does not fall within paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above but does fall after:

 

  A.

the corresponding calendar day of the month immediately following, as applicable, the Senior Advance Drawdown Date of such Senior Advance or the drawdown date of such Subordinated Advance or VAT Loan Advance; or

 

  B.

if such calendar day is not a Business Day:

 

  (x)

the Business Day immediately following such calendar day; or

 

  (y)

if the day in (x) would otherwise be in the next calendar month, the Business Day immediately preceding such calendar day,

two-month EURIBOR,

provided that, for the purposes of this definition, “Interest Period End Date” means, in respect of a Senior Advance Interest Period or the interest period relating to a Subordinated Advance or a VAT Loan Advance, the last day of such relevant interest period.

Appointee” means any attorney, manager, agent, delegate, nominee, custodian or other person appointed pursuant to the provisions of the relevant Transaction Document.

Arranger” means Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.

Asset Enhancement Amount” means the higher of:

 

(i)

an amount equal to the sum of the product, with respect to each Credit Enhancement Asset of each Country, of:

 

  (a)

the Asset Enhancement Value of such Credit Enhancement Asset on the relevant Calculation Date or the relevant Intra-Month Cut-Off Date (as the case may be); and

 

  (b)

the rate provided in the Credit Enhancement Matrix applicable to such Credit Enhancement Asset; and

 

(ii)

[Redacted] of the Combined Eligible Country Asset Value.

Asset Enhancement Value” means, in respect of each Credit Enhancement Asset:

 

(i)

if such Credit Enhancement Asset is a Vehicle, the Net Book Value of such Vehicle on the relevant Calculation Date or the relevant Intra-Month Cut-Off Date (as applicable); and

 

(ii)

if such Credit Enhancement Asset is Credit Enhancement Investment Grade Receivables, Credit Enhancement Non-Investment Grade Receivables or VAT Receivables net of the VAT Payables Amount, the Eligible Receivables Amount of such Credit Enhancement Asset on the relevant Calculation Date or the relevant Intra-Month Cut-Off Date.

 

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Assets in Progress Amount” means the aggregate amount of the Capitalised Costs of all Vehicles which have been purchased by and delivered to the relevant FleetCo and for which no registration has been effected.

At Risk Asset” means (i) each Non-Programme Vehicle and (ii) each Non-Eligible Programme Vehicle.

Auditors” means an internationally recognised reputable firm of independent auditors and accountants which are licensed and qualified to practise in the jurisdiction of incorporation and/or the permanent establishment of the relevant FleetCo or the Issuer and which are appointed by the relevant FleetCo or the Issuer (as applicable) as its auditors.

Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration from or with any Governmental Authority or regulatory authority having jurisdiction.

Authorised Signatory” means, in relation to any party, any person who is duly authorised and in respect of whom a certificate has been provided signed by a director or another duly authorised person of such party setting out the name and signature of such person and confirming such person’s authority to act.

Available Commitment” means the Total Senior Noteholder Commitments under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement less the sum of all outstanding Senior Advances.

Available LC Commitment Amount” means the aggregate of the available commitment amount under each Issuer Letter of Credit.

Avis” or “Avis Group” means Avis Budget Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Avis Europe” means Avis Budget EMEA Limited.

Avis Europe Change of Control” means Avis ceasing to (x) own directly or indirectly at least 100 per cent. of the share capital of Avis Europe, (y) have the right or ability to cast at least 100 per cent. of the votes capable of being cast in shareholders’ general meetings of Avis Europe or (z) have the right or ability to appoint or remove all directors (or equivalent officers) of the board of directors (or equivalent body) of Avis Europe or to give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of Avis Europe with which the directors or other equivalent officers of Avis Europe are obliged to comply.

Avis Europe Compliance Certificate” means the compliance certificate substantially in the form set out in part 4 (Form of Avis Europe Compliance Certificate) of schedule 7 to the Framework Agreement signed by Avis Europe and delivered by Avis Europe.

Avis Europe Event of Default” means any of the following:

 

(a)

the occurrence of an Opco Change of Control, provided that, if (1) any cessation described in the Opco Change of Control is in relation to the share capital of, the shareholders’ general meetings of or the board of directors of (as applicable) Spanish Opco, any Italian Opco or French Opco and (2) the Spain Repayment Option, the Italy Repayment Option or the France Repayment Option is exercised within 30 days of such cessation, there shall not be any Avis Europe Event of Default;

 

(b)

the occurrence of an Avis Europe Change of Control, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if all outstanding Senior Advances as of the date of such occurrence (and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon) and all other amounts due to the Senior Noteholders and the other Issuer Secured Creditors (save for the Subordinated Lender) are repaid in full by the Issuer on or before such date, there shall not be an “Avis Europe Event of Default” under this paragraph (b);

 

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(c)

the occurrence of a Parent Change of Control;

 

(d)

the occurrence and continuation of an “event of default” under the Credit Agreement or Replacement Credit Agreement, that is not waived pursuant to the terms of such Credit Agreement or Replacement Credit Agreement;

 

(e)

any Event of Default under paragraph (d) of the definition of “Event of Default” occurs where the Relevant Person is Avis Europe, its successor or replacement; and

 

(f)

failure by Avis Europe or its successor or replacement to comply with any of its payment obligations under the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee.

Avis Europe Group” means Avis Europe and each Subsidiary of Avis Europe from time to time and any joint venture company which is a member of Avis Europe’s consolidated group for accounting purposes.

Avis Europe Payment Guarantee” means the guarantee and indemnity from Avis Europe in respect of the payment obligations of the Issuer under the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer Security Trustee is a party (save for the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement).

Avis Italian Mandate Agreement” means the agreement pursuant to which Italian FleetCo grants a mandate to Avis Italian Opco in respect of Italian FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet (other than the Maggiore Vehicles) in Italy.

Avis Italian Master Lease Agreement” means the master lease agreement between, amongst others, Italian FleetCo and Avis Italian Opco.

Avis Italian Opco” means Avis Budget Italia S.p.A.

Avis Italian Servicer” means Avis Italian Opco providing transaction management services (including cash management services) to Italian FleetCo.

Avis Italian VAT Lender” means Avis Finance Company Limited in its capacity as the Lender under the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement.

Avis Italian VAT Loan Borrower” means Italian FleetCo.

Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement” means the Italian VAT Loan Agreement dated 5 March 2013 and entered into between Italian FleetCo and the Avis Italian VAT Lender with respect to Avis Italian Opco.

Avis Obligor” means each Opco, each Servicer, each Lessee, the Parent, Finco and Avis Europe.

Base Rent” means, in relation to any Vehicle which is leased to a Lessee under a Master Lease Agreement on any day during the Related Month or, as the case may be, Related Months where such Related Months occur prior to a Lease Payment Date following the Lease Determination Date in respect of any Lease Payment Date, the sum of the Depreciation Charges that have accrued with respect to each such Vehicle during the Related Month or, as the case may be, Related Months, as adjusted in accordance with the terms of such Master Lease Agreement.

 

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Basel III” means the revised Basel Accord prepared by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision as set out in the publication entitled “A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems,” as updated or amended from time to time, and any rules, regulations, guidance, requests, interpretations or directives from any Official Body relating thereto (whether or not having the force of law and whether transposed with or without changes).

Basel III Incurred Charges Notice” means the notice delivered by a Senior Noteholder to the Issuer pursuant to clause 14A.4.1 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement, substantially in the form in part A (Form of Basel III Incurred Charges Notice) of schedule 19 (Forms of Delayed Funding Notice) to the Framework Agreement.

Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV” means, in respect of a Calculation Date or (if applicable) an Intra-Month Cut-Off Date:

 

(a)

the Net Book Value of the Vehicle Fleet of a FleetCo in each Country (save that, for the purposes of this definition, in calculating such Net Book Value, the Depreciation Percentage in respect of At Risk Assets shall not be less than [Redacted]) as determined on such Calculation Date or such Intra-Month Cut-Off Date, as the case may be; and

 

(b)

plus the Assets in Progress Amount for such FleetCo.

Breach of Duty” means in relation to any person, a wilful default (dol), fraud (fraude), illegal dealing, negligence or material breach of any agreement or breach of trust by such person.

Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which:

 

(a)

the interest which a Senior Noteholder should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Senior Advance or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Senior Advance Interest Period in respect of that Senior Advance or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Senior Advance Interest Period;

exceeds:

 

(b)

the amount which that Senior Noteholder would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Senior Advance Interest Period.

Business Day” means a day which is a TARGET Day and a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in (i) London, (ii) Paris, (iii) New York, (iv) Munich, (v) Dublin and, in relation to any date for payment or purchase of Euro or calculation of an amount payable in Euro by:

 

(a)

Spanish Opco or Dutch FleetCo in connection with the Vehicle Fleet in Spain, Madrid;

 

(b)

German Opco or Dutch FleetCo in connection with the Vehicle Fleet in Germany, Frankfurt;

 

(c)

Dutch Opco or Dutch FleetCo in connection with the Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands, Amsterdam;

 

(d)

any Italian Opco or Italian FleetCo, Milan; and

 

(e)

French Opco or French FleetCo, Paris.

 

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Business Day Convention” means that if any due date specified in a Transaction Document for performing a certain task is not a Business Day, such task shall be performed on the next immediately following Business Day, unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such task shall be performed on the immediately preceding Business Day.

Buy-Back Minimum Principles” means:

 

(i)

in respect of Vehicles in Spain, Italy and France, all the provisions that are specified as imperative provisions in the Negotiation Guidelines and the following non-imperative provisions (as specified in the Negotiation Guidelines), being: (a) paragraph 6 (Repurchase Obligations unconditional) and (b) paragraph 7 (Termination);

 

(ii)

in respect of Vehicles in Germany, all the provisions that are specified in part A and part B of schedule 3 to the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement; and

 

(iii)

in respect of Vehicles in The Netherlands, all the provisions that are specified in schedule 2 to the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement.

CACEIS Corporate Trust” means Caceis Corporate Trust, a société anonyme incorporated under the laws of France, whose head office is at 1/3 Place Valhubert 75013 Paris and whose main establishment is at 14 rue Rouget de Lisle 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, registered with the Trade and Companies Register of Paris (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés de Paris) under number 439 430 976, and licensed in France as a financial services provider (prestataire de services d’investissement) by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution.

CACIB” means Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.

Calculation Date” means the last day of each calendar month.

Calculation Period” means the period beginning on the first day of each calendar month and ending on:

 

(i)

the last day of such calendar month; and

 

(ii)

(in respect of a Senior Advance Drawdown Date or an Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date that does not fall on a Settlement Date) the Intra-Month Cut-Off Date.

Capitalised Cost” means, with respect to each Vehicle that is purchased by a FleetCo (or in respect of Germany, by German Opco and sold to Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement and, in respect of The Netherlands, by Dutch Opco and sold to Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement) and that is accounted for by:

 

(i)

in respect of Vehicles in Italy, Italian FleetCo;

 

(ii)

in respect of Vehicles in Germany, German Opco;

 

(iii)

in respect of Vehicles in Spain, Spanish Opco;

 

(iv)

in respect of Vehicles in The Netherlands, Dutch Opco; and

 

(v)

in respect of Vehicles in France, French FleetCo,

 

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the price paid or to be paid (in each case, excluding any part thereof which represents VAT) for such Vehicle to the Vehicle Dealer, Vehicle Manufacturer or other person selling such Vehicle, (after deduction of any discounts) but excluding any Charge Costs (except that delivery and other registration charges shall be included to the extent that any have been capitalised).

Casualty” means, in relation to a Vehicle, that (a) such Vehicle is destroyed or otherwise rendered permanently unfit or unavailable for use or (b) such Vehicle is lost, stolen or seized and is not recovered within 2 months thereafter.

Casualty Payment” means the Termination Value of a Vehicle which suffers a Casualty or becomes a Non-Eligible Vehicle, in each case, as of the date such Vehicle became a Casualty or a Non-Eligible Vehicle.

Central Servicer” means Avis Finance Company Limited.

Central Servicer Event of Default” means an Event of Default in respect of the Central Servicer.

Central Servicing Agreement” means the agreement between, among others, the Central Servicer, each Opco, each Italian Servicer, the French Servicer, the Spanish Servicer and each FleetCo pursuant to which the Central Servicer provides, among other things, transaction management services, reporting services and cash management services to the relevant transaction party.

Centre of Main Interests” has the meaning given to it in Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on Insolvency Proceedings.

Chairman Letter of Undertakings” means the letter of undertakings in relation to French FleetCo executed by SFM France S.A.S. acting as chairman (président) of French FleetCo.

Charge Costs” means, with respect to each Vehicle purchased by a FleetCo or, in respect of Germany, by German Opco and sold to Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement or, in respect of The Netherlands, by Dutch Opco and sold to Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement, all amounts invoiced in relation to the purchase of such Vehicle (excluding VAT), but including, in particular, delivery charges, taxes, titling fees, costs of registration, preparation, first petrol and accessories (to the extent they are not accounted for as Capitalised Costs).

Charge Costs Component” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause 4.3 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

Close-Out Netting” means:

 

(a)

in respect of an Issuer Hedging Agreement based on a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement, any step involved in determining the amount payable in respect of an Early Termination Date (as defined in the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement) under section 6(e) of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement before the application of any subsequent Set-off (as defined in the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement);

 

(b)

in respect of an Issuer Hedging Agreement based on a 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, any step involved in determining an Early Termination Amount (as defined in the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement) under section 6(e) of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement; and

 

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(c)

in respect of an Issuer Hedging Agreement not based on an ISDA Master Agreement, any step involved on a termination of the hedging transactions under that Issuer Hedging Agreement pursuant to any provision of that Issuer Hedging Agreement which has a similar effect to either provision referenced in paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) above.

Code” means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Combined Eligible Country Asset Value” means:

 

(i)

the aggregate of:

 

  (a)

the Country Asset Value of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch in Spain;

 

  (b)

the Country Asset Value of Dutch FleetCo in Germany;

 

  (c)

the Country Asset Value of Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands;

 

  (d)

the Country Asset Value of Italian FleetCo; and

 

  (e)

the Country Asset Value of French FleetCo,

less

 

(ii)

the aggregate of, without double counting:

 

  (a)

the Extraordinary Depreciation Amount;

 

  (b)

the Disposition Adjustment;

 

  (c)

the Excess Concentration Amount; and

 

  (d)

the aggregate of:

 

  (x)

the Net Book Value of all Non-Eligible Vehicles of Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Germany and The Netherlands, Italian FleetCo in Italy and French FleetCo in France; and

 

  (y)

the amount of the Non-Eligible Receivables of Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Germany and The Netherlands, Italian FleetCo in Italy and French FleetCo in France,

provided that, following the occurrence of a Dutch Opco Event of Default and in the absence of a Dutch FleetCo Event of Default: (1) the Country Asset Value of Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands shall be deemed to be zero; and (2) Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands and Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in the Netherlands shall not be taken into account when determining the aggregate of the amounts in items (ii)(a) to (ii)(d) above.

Commercial Terms” means, in relation to the negotiation and renewal of a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement, a Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement, a Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement and/or a Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement:

 

(a)

the purchase price for Vehicles;

 

(b)

the volume of Vehicles to be purchased;

 

(c)

the Vehicle types, model and mix and options;

 

(d)

the Vehicle drop points and return locations within the Relevant Jurisdictions;

 

(e)

any Credit Terms Given; and

 

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(f)

any related commercial terms, provided that the application of such commercial terms do not breach the Negotiation Guidelines.

Common Terms” means clauses 12 (Confidentiality), , 19 (Notices), 21 (Calculations and Certificates), 22 (Partial Invalidity), 23 (Remedies and Waivers), 25 (Counterparts) and 27 (Non-Petition and Limited Recourse) (but, (i) in the case of Transaction Documents which are not expressed to be governed by English law, excluding clause 27.2.2(i)(b) (Insufficient Recoveries); (ii) in the case of Transaction Documents which are expressed to be governed by French law, excluding clause 25 (Counterparts); and (iii) in the case of Transaction Documents to which Senior Noteholders are not party, excluding clause 12A (Collateral Trustee)) of the Framework Agreement and, in the case of Transaction Documents which are expressed to be governed by German law, clause 27 (Non-Petition and Limited Recourse) shall be construed such as to not exclude, as a matter of substance, any claims resulting from gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit) or wilful misconduct (vorsätzliches Fehlverhalten).

Computer Readable Form” means a form in which information or data may be stored and/or accessed by a computer, including, but not limited to, tangible storage media such as floppy disks or CD-ROMs, or information or data which is made available by direct computer access, or any other appropriate electronic information storage form, format or medium as determined by the relevant Servicer or the Issuer Cash Manager, the FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager, as the case may be.

Concentration Limit” means the following limit:

 

(a)

the percentage of the Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are At Risk Assets not exceeding [Redacted],

provided that:

 

(i)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Volkswagen Group not exceeding:

 

  (a)

 

  (x)

if the Vehicle Manufacturer Group Rating Entity of the Volkswagen Group has a Relevant DBRS Morningstar Rating of “A(L)” or above by DBRS Morningstar; or

 

  (y)

if the Vehicle Manufacturer Group Rating Entity of the Volkswagen Group does not have a Relevant DBRS Morningstar Rating, a DBRS Morningstar Equivalent Rating of “A(L)” or above,

[Redacted]; or

 

  (b)

 

  (x)

if the Vehicle Manufacturer Group Rating Entity of the Volkswagen Group has a Relevant DBRS Morningstar Rating of below “A(L)” by DBRS Morningstar; or

 

  (y)

if the Vehicle Manufacturer Group Rating Entity of the Volkswagen Group does not have a Relevant DBRS Morningstar Rating, a DBRS Morningstar Equivalent Rating of below “A(L)”,

[Redacted];

 

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(ii)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the BMW Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(iii)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the GM Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(iv)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Stellantis Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(v)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Ford Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(vi)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Honda Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(vii)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Iveco Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(viii)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Hyundai/Kia Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(ix)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Mazda Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(x)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Daimler Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xi)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Mitsubishi Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xii)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Nissan Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xiii)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Renault Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xiv)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Tata Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xv)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Suzuki Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xvi)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Toyota Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xvii)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Volvo Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xviii)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Piaggio Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xix)

(on and from the date of receipt of the Tesla Rating Agency Affirmation) the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by the Tesla Group not exceeding [Redacted];

 

(xx)

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries which are manufactured by all the Vehicle Manufacturers that are not members of the Vehicle Manufacturer Groups listed in schedule 17 (Vehicle Manufacturer Group Table) to the Framework Agreement not exceeding [Redacted]; and

 

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provided further that:

 

A.

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries that are sub-leased to Affiliates of the Avis Europe Group, licencees or sub-licensees not exceeding [Redacted] (such Vehicles, the “Relevant Vehicles”); and

 

B.

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries that are Relevant Vehicles and sub-leased to Affiliates of the Avis Europe Group located in a jurisdiction other than the Relevant Jurisdiction of the Lessee not exceeding [Redacted], provided further that such other jurisdiction is France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands or Luxembourg;

 

C.

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries that are Service Vehicles not exceeding [Redacted]; and

 

D.

the percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries that are Light Duty Trucks not exceeding [Redacted],

and, for the purposes of this definition, the “percentage of Eligible Vehicles in all Countries” shall be the percentage of the aggregate Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Eligible Vehicles in the Vehicle Fleet in all Countries and “Light Duty Trucks” shall, for the avoidance of doubt, exclude Vans.

Conduit” means a special purpose entity whose activities are wholly or principally the issuance of commercial paper or other debt securities (of any type) and the purchase of debt securities or other assets and Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC.

Conduit Senior Noteholder” means each Senior Noteholder which is a Conduit.

Confidential Information” means all information relating to any Avis Obligor or any of the Issuer Transaction Documents and FleetCo Transaction Documents of which an Issuer Secured Creditor or a FleetCo Secured Creditor becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, an Issuer Secured Creditor or a FleetCo Secured Creditor (as applicable) or which is received by an Issuer Secured Creditor or a FleetCo Secured Creditor (as applicable) in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming an Issuer Secured Creditor or a FleetCo Secured Creditor (as applicable) under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party from either:

 

(a)

any Avis Obligor or any of its advisers; or

 

(b)

another Issuer Secured Creditor or FleetCo Secured Creditor, if the information was obtained by that Secured Creditor or indirectly from any Avis Obligor,

in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes information that:

 

(i)

is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Issuer Secured Creditor or FleetCo Secured Creditor of clause 12 (Confidentiality) of the Framework Agreement;

 

(ii)

is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any Avis Obligor or any of its advisers; or

 

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(iii)

is known by that Issuer Secured Creditor or FleetCo Secured Creditor before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by that Issuer Secured Creditor or FleetCo Secured Creditor (as the case may be) after that date, from a source which is, as far as that Issuer Secured Creditor or FleetCo Secured Creditor (as the case may be) is aware, unconnected with the Avis Obligors and which, in either case, as far as that Issuer Secured Creditor or FleetCo Secured Creditor (as the case may be) is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality.

Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the LMA or in any other form agreed between Finco and the Transaction Agent.

Contractual Currency” means, in relation to any payment obligation arising under any transaction, Euro and, in relation to clause 19 (Remuneration and Indemnification of the Issuer Security Trustee) of the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge, Euros or such other currency as may be agreed between the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee from time to time.

Corporate Services Providers” means the corporate services entities that provide corporate administration services to any of the Issuer, FleetCo Holdings, Dutch FleetCo and French FleetCo.

Corresponding DBRS Morningstar Rating” means, for each Equivalent Rating Agency Rating for any Person, the DBRS Morningstar rating designation corresponding to the row in which such Equivalent Rating Agency Rating appears in the table set forth below:

 

Moody’s

  

S&P

  

Fitch

  

DBRS

Morningstar

Aaa    AAA    AAA    AAA
Aa1    AA+    AA+    AA(H)
Aa2    AA    AA    AA
Aa3    AA-    AA-    AA(L)
A1    A+    A+    A(H)
A2    A    A    A
A3    A-    A-    A(L)
Baa1    BBB+    BBB+    BBB(H)
Baa2    BBB    BBB    BBB
Baa3    BBB-    BBB-    BBB(L)
Ba1    BB+    BB+    BB(H)
Ba2    BB    BB    BB
Ba3    BB-    BB-    BB(L)
B1    B+    B+    B-High

 

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Moody’s

  

S&P

  

Fitch

  

DBRS

Morningstar

B2    B    B    B
B3    B-    B-    B(L)
Caa1    CCC+    CCC    CCC(H)
Caa2    CCC    CC    CCC
Caa3    CCC-    C    CCC(L)
Ca    CC       CC(H)
C          CC
         CC(L)
         C(H)
         C
         C(L)

Countries” means Spain, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and France.

Country” means:

 

(a)

Spain (in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet purchased in Spain);

 

(b)

Germany (in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet purchased from German Opco);

 

(c)

The Netherlands (in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet purchased from Dutch Opco);

 

(d)

Italy (in respect of Italian FleetCo); and

 

(e)

France (in respect of French FleetCo).

Country Asset Value” means, as at any Calculation Date or (if applicable) the relevant Intra-Month Cut-Off Date, in relation to any Country, the aggregate of the following items (without double counting):

 

(a)

the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of the Vehicle Fleet delivered to the relevant FleetCo in such Country;

 

(b)

the amount of the Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables and Vehicle Dealer Receivables payable to the relevant FleetCo in such Country;

 

(c)

FleetCo Excess Cash Amount in such Country; and

 

(d)

in respect of Spain and France, the VAT Receivables payable to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and French FleetCo, respectively,

minus

 

(a)

the Fleet Payables Amount of the relevant FleetCo in such Country;

 

(b)

the amount of the Invoices to be Received in such Country; and

 

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(c)

in respect of Spain and France, the VAT Payables Amount of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and French FleetCo, respectively.

Country Asset Value Test” shall be satisfied if the aggregate of the outstanding FleetCo Advances made to a FleetCo in a Country is less than or equal to the Country Asset Value of such FleetCo.

Country Repayment Option” means the mechanism under which a member of the Avis Europe Group may provide funding to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to prepay in full its obligations under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement or purchase the Issuer’s rights under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement or the VFN Funding Agreement, as applicable, being the Spain Repayment Option, the Italy Repayment Option and the France Repayment Option, respectively, and as more particularly set out in clause 6 (Country Repayment Option) of the Framework Agreement.

Credit Agreement” means the second amended and restated credit agreement dated 2 August 2013, among Avis Budget Holdings, LLC, as borrower, the Parent, as borrower, the subsidiary borrowers referred to therein, the several lenders referred to therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as administrative agent, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as syndication agent, each of Citicorp USA, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc as co-documentation agents as may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Credit Enhancement Asset” means the Investment Grade Programme Vehicles, Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles, Non-Investment Grade Programme Vehicles, Non-Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles, the Credit Enhancement Investment Grade Receivables, the Credit Enhancement Non-Investment Grade Receivables and (in respect of Spain and France) the VAT Receivables net of the VAT Payables Amount.

Credit Enhancement Matrix” means the following matrix:

 

Credit Enhancement Assets

  

Applicable rate

   Germany    Spain    Italy    The Netherlands    France
Vehicle Fleet               
Investment Grade Programme Vehicles    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]
Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]
Non-Investment Grade Programme Vehicles    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]
Non-Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]

 

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Credit Enhancement Assets

  

Applicable rate

   Germany    Spain    Italy    The Netherlands    France
Receivables               
Credit Enhancement Investment Grade Receivables    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]
Credit Enhancement Non-Investment Grade No Retention Receivables    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]
Credit Enhancement Non-Investment Grade Receivables    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]
VAT Receivables net of the VAT Payables Amount    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]    [Redacted]

Credit Enhancement Investment Grade Receivables” means Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables net of payables for each Vehicle Manufacturer to the extent set-off is permitted under the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and/or Vehicle Manufacturer Guarantees.

Credit Enhancement Non-Investment Grade No Retention Receivables” means Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables (for which a FleetCo does not hold enforceable title) net of payables for each Vehicle Manufacturer to the extent set-off is permitted under the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and/or Vehicle Manufacturer Guarantees.

Credit Enhancement Non-Investment Grade Receivables” means Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables (for which a FleetCo holds enforceable title) net of payables for each Vehicle Manufacturer to the extent set-off is permitted under the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements and/or Vehicle Manufacturer Guarantees.

Credit Enhancement Required Amount” means, without limitation, the sum of:

 

(a)

the Asset Enhancement Amount; and

 

(b)

the Issuer Reserve Required Amount.

Credit Terms Given” means the terms agreed by the Vehicle Manufacturers and Dealers with the FleetCos under the Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreements, Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreements, Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreements and/or the Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreements.

Currency Hedge Agreement” means a currency swap or exchange agreement, currency exchange option or any other similar agreement, however denominated, entered into on behalf of a Conduit Senior Noteholder for hedging purposes, as any of the foregoing may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, from time to time.

 

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Currency Hedging Breakage Costs” means, solely with respect to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder, for any Settlement Date, an amount (which may be negative) equal to:

 

(i)

the aggregate amount of any amounts paid or payable by or on behalf of the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder to a counterparty to a Currency Hedge Agreement in connection with the close out of any Currency Hedge Agreement on any date other than its settlement date, which settlement date shall be a Settlement Date,

less

 

(ii)

the aggregate amount of any amounts paid or payable to or for the account of the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder by a counterparty to a Currency Hedge Agreement in connection with the close out of any Currency Hedge Agreement on any date other than its settlement date,

provided that:

 

(a)

if on any Settlement Date, the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder’s Currency Hedging Breakage Costs are a negative number, then, on such Settlement Date, the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by the Issuer to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder on such Settlement Date pursuant to the applicable priority of payment, shall be reduced until either the aggregate amount owed to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder or the Currency Hedging Breakage Costs have been reduced to zero, and

 

(b)

when there are remaining Currency Hedging Breakage Costs following such reduction in (a) above of the aggregate amounts otherwise owed to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder, an amount equal to such remaining Currency Hedging Breakage Costs (expressed as a positive number) shall be paid by or on behalf of the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder to the Issuer on such Settlement Date;

Data Protection Legislation” means EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and all other applicable data protection and data privacy laws and regulations.

DBRS Morningstar” means DBRS, Inc.

DBRS Morningstar Equivalent Rating” means, with respect to any date and any Person with respect to whom DBRS Morningstar does not maintain a public Relevant DBRS Morningstar Rating as of such date:

 

(a)

if such Person has an Equivalent Rating Agency Rating from three of the Equivalent Rating Agencies as of such date, then the median of the Corresponding DBRS Morningstar Ratings for such Person as of such date;

 

(b)

if such Person has Equivalent Rating Agency Ratings from only two of the Equivalent Rating Agencies as of such date, then the lower Corresponding DBRS Morningstar Rating for such Person as of such date; and

 

(c)

if such Person has an Equivalent Rating Agency Rating from only one of the Equivalent Rating Agencies as of such date, then the Corresponding DBRS Morningstar Rating for such Person as of such date.

 

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Deemed FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date” means the first Business Day after the relevant Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date specified in the relevant FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice, if the relevant Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date is not a Business Day (in respect of Dutch FleetCo) in Spain or Germany or The Netherlands or (in respect of Italian FleetCo) in Italy or (in respect of French FleetCo) in France.

Default” means a Potential Event of Default or an Event of Default.

Default Interest” means [Redacted] per annum over the Interest Rate.

Delayed Amount” has the meaning given to it in clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement.

Delayed Funding Date” has the meaning given to it in clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement.

Delayed Funding Notice” means the notice delivered by a Senior Noteholder to the Issuer pursuant to clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement, substantially in the form in part B (Form of Delayed Funding Notice) of schedule 19 (Forms of Delayed Funding Notice) to the Framework Agreement.

Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder” has the meaning given to it in clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement.

Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount” means, with respect to any Delayed Amount of a Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder funded by Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholders on a Senior Advance Drawdown Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Delayed Amount over (b) the amount, if any, by which the portion of any principal payment made by the Issuer to such Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder pursuant to Clause 9 (Repayments, Optional and Mandatory Redemption; Payments) on any date during the period from and including such Senior Advance Drawdown Date to but excluding the Delayed Funding Date for such Delayed Amount, was greater than what it would have been had such Delayed Amount been funded by such Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder on such Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

Delegate” means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-trustee appointed by the Issuer Security Trustee or the FleetCo Security Agent (as the case may be).

Depreciation Charge” means, with respect to each Vehicle, the product of (a) the Depreciation Percentage applicable to the month ending on the Calculation Date at issue and (b) the applicable Capitalised Costs.

Depreciation Percentage” means, with respect to each Vehicle:

 

(a)

which is a Programme Vehicle, the monthly depreciation percentage set forth in the applicable Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement (if any) in respect of such Vehicle or, in the absence of such a depreciation percentage in such Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement, a monthly depreciation percentage calculated in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, taking into account the estimated holding period and the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price of such Vehicle; and

 

(b)

which is a Non-Programme Vehicle, a monthly depreciation percentage calculated in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,

 

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provided that, with respect to the foregoing determinations, such determinations shall be made no less frequently than on each Calculation Date falling in March, June, September and December of each year and on each additional date as may be required by GAAP.

Disposal Proceeds” means the proceeds of sale of any Non-Programme Vehicle (net of any costs (if any) incurred) in relation to the relevant sale or any Programme Vehicle where such sale is other than under the terms of a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or a Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement.

Disposition Adjustment” means, in relation to any calendar month, the aggregate of:

 

(a)

the product of:

 

  (i)

the Disposition Adjustment Percentage in Spain; and

 

  (ii)

the Net Book Value of At Risk Assets of Dutch FleetCo in Spain;

 

(b)

the product of:

 

  (i)

the Disposition Adjustment Percentage in Germany; and

 

  (ii)

the Net Book Value of At Risk Assets of Dutch FleetCo in Germany;

 

(c)

the product of:

 

  (i)

the Disposition Adjustment Percentage in The Netherlands; and

 

  (ii)

the Net Book Value of At Risk Assets of Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands;

 

(d)

the product of:

 

  (i)

the Disposition Adjustment Percentage in Italy; and

 

  (ii)

the Net Book Value of At Risk Assets of Italian FleetCo in Italy; and

 

(e)

the product of:

 

  (i)

the Disposition Adjustment Percentage in France; and

 

  (ii)

the Net Book Value of At Risk Assets of French FleetCo in France.

Disposition Adjustment Percentage” means, in relation to Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, Italian FleetCo in Italy or French FleetCo in France (as applicable), the highest, for any calendar month within the preceding [Redacted] calendar months, of a percentage equal to [Redacted] minus the Measurement Month Average relating to Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, Italian FleetCo in Italy or French FleetCo in France (as applicable) for the immediately preceding Measurement Month relating to Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, Italian FleetCo in Italy or French FleetCo in France (as applicable) as of the Calculation Date within such calendar month. For the avoidance of doubt, in relation to Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands or French FleetCo in France (as applicable), the Disposition Adjustment Percentage shall be calculated with respect to the first Measurement Month following the Dutch Accession Date or the Initial French Funding Date (as applicable).

Dispute” means a dispute arising out of or in connection with the relevant Transaction Document (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of such Transaction Document, any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with such Transaction Document or the consequences of its nullity).

 

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Dutch Accession Date” means 21 May 2014.

Dutch Account Bank Agreement” means the agreement dated on or about 21 May 2014 pursuant to which Dutch FleetCo appoints the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank.

Dutch Account Mandate” has the meaning given to it in clause 4.1 of the Dutch Account Bank Agreement.

Dutch Bank Account” means the bank account maintained by Dutch FleetCo with ABN AMRO Bank N.V. in The Netherlands with account number [Redacted].

Dutch Bank Account Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments set out in clause 4.3.46 (Dutch Bank Account) of the Framework Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo” means Fincar Fleet B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, having its registered office at Rapenburgerstraat 175B, 1011 VM Amsterdam, The Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Trade Register (Handelsregister) of the chamber of commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) under the number 5522 7732.

Dutch FleetCo Account Bank Operators” means the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator, the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator and each a “Dutch FleetCo Account Bank Operator”.

Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Providers” means Intertrust (Netherlands) B.V. and Vistra B.V., each appointed as the corporate services provider to Dutch FleetCo under the respective Dutch Corporate Services Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge” means the English law deed of charge dated on or about the Dutch Accession Date pursuant to which, among other things, Dutch FleetCo assigns, pledges and otherwise creates security over all its rights and interests in and to each of the English Transaction Documents in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands to which it is a party in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent.

Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge Secured Property” has the meaning given to it in the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank” means Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch or its successor or replacement appointed under the Dutch Account Bank Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Account Pledge” means the Dutch law deed of pledge of bank accounts dated on or about the Dutch Accession Date and granted by Dutch FleetCo in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts” means:

 

(i)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account;

 

(ii)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account (if any); and

 

(iii)

any Additional Accounts opened and maintained in accordance with the Dutch Account Bank Agreement.

 

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Dutch FleetCo Dutch Deed of Pledge of Receivables” means the Dutch law deed of pledge of receivables dated on or about the Dutch Accession Date granted by Dutch FleetCo in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses” means the fees, costs, charges and expenses to which Dutch FleetCo is liable to the Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Providers in The Netherlands and all fees, costs, charges and expenses to which Dutch FleetCo is liable in relation to its premises, equipment rental, telephone line, registration fees, tax returns and other corporate administration services, in each case, in The Netherlands.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Opco Event of Default Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part 8 (Dutch FleetCo Dutch Opco Event of Default Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part D (Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 6 (FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part D (Dutch FleetCo Dutch Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 5 (FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account” means the EUR denominated reserve account in The Netherlands in the name of Dutch FleetCo and any sub-accounts thereof which may be opened and maintained with the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank from time to time.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Right of Pledge” means the Dutch law non-possessory right of pledge (bezitloos pandrecht) relating to the Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo dated on or about the Dutch Accession Date granted by Dutch FleetCo in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Secured Property” means the assets from time to time secured by the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the Dutch Accession Date):

 

(i)

(subject to Clause 2.1(xxxvi) hereof) the Dutch FleetCo Share Pledge;

 

(ii)

(subject to Clauses 2.1(xxxiv) and (xxxv) hereof) the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

(iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Deed of Pledge of Receivables;

 

(iv)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Account Pledge; and

 

(v)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Right of Pledge.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account” means the EUR denominated bank account held and administered by Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank in the name of Dutch FleetCo with the account number (IBAN: [Redacted]).

Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank” means Deutsche Bank AG or its successor or replacement appointed under the German Account Bank Agreement.

 

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Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch.

Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts” means:

 

(i)

the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account;

 

(ii)

the VAT Component and Charge Costs Component Trust Account; and

 

(iii)

the Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account.

Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part B (Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 6 (FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo German Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part B (Dutch FleetCo German Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 5 (FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account” means the EUR denominated reserve account in Germany in the name of Dutch FleetCo and any sub-accounts thereof opened and maintained with the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and with account number [Redacted].

Dutch FleetCo German Secured Property” means the assets from time to time secured by the FleetCo German Security Documents, the Dutch Receivables Pledge, the Dutch FleetCo German VAT Pledge, (to the extent of the Dutch FleetCo Level German Advances Proportion) the Dutch FleetCo Share Pledge and the German FleetCo Deed of Charge.

Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account” means the EUR denominated bank account held and administered by Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank in the name of Dutch FleetCo with the account number [Redacted].

Dutch FleetCo German VAT Pledge” means the Dutch law pledge between, among others, German Opco and Dutch FleetCo, in respect of the VAT Amount and the Third Party Purchase Price VAT Amount.

Dutch FleetCo Level Dutch Advances Proportion” means, on any date on which such calculation is required, the ratio of:

 

(a)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

to

 

(b)

the sum of:

 

  (i)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement,

 

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such ratio expressed as a percentage.

Dutch FleetCo Level German Advances Proportion” means, on any date on which such calculation is required, the ratio of:

 

(a)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

to

 

(b)

the sum of:

 

  (i)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement,

such ratio expressed as a percentage.

Dutch FleetCo Level Spanish Advances Proportion” means, on any date on which such calculation is required, the ratio of:

 

(a)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

to

 

(b)

the sum of:

 

  (i)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement,

such ratio expressed as a percentage.

Dutch FleetCo Management Documents” means:

 

(i)

the management agreement entered into by Dutch FleetCo with J.J. van Ginkel, B.W. de Sonnaville and Vistra B.V. and dated 22 June 2012 as amended and restated on 5 March 2013 in respect of the provision of corporate administration services of Dutch FleetCo by Vistra B.V. and as most recently amended with effect as of 31 December 2015 in respect of the replacement of J.J. van Ginkel with Y. Theuns and as further amended and restated with effect as of 29 February 2016 in respect of the replacement of B.W. de Sonnaville with N.S. Lo and as further amended on 28 October 2019 as concerning resignation of Mr N. Lo and appointment of Robert Hawley;

 

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(ii)

the management agreement entered into by Dutch FleetCo with P.D. Haverkamp and M. Hut and Intertrust (Netherlands) B.V. and dated 22 June 2012 as amended and restated on the Dutch Accession Date in respect of the provision of corporate administration services of Dutch FleetCo by Intertrust (Netherlands) B.V. and as further amended with effect as of 31 December 2015 in respect of the replacement of R. Posthumus with E.M. van Ankeren and as further amended on 12 July 2019 as concerning resignation of Mr. G.J. Huizing and appointment of Mr. H.R.T. Kroner;

 

(iii)

the letter of undertaking entered into, amongst others, by Vistra B.V. dated 22 June 2012 as amended and restated on the Dutch Accession Date as amended and restated with effect as of 31 December 2015 in respect of the replacement of J.J. van Ginkel with Y. Theuns as amended and restated with effect as of 29 February 2016 in respect of the replacement of B.W. de Sonnaville with N.S. Lo as further amended and restated with effect as of the date of the deed of amendment and transfer entered into between Stichting Holding 2 Fincar Fleet, Stichting Vistra Beheer, Vistra Executives B.V. and Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in respect of among other things, the accession of Vistra Executives B.V. to, and the release of Stichting Vistra Beheer from its obligations under the letter of undertaking and as further amended and restated with effect as of 29 February 2016 in respect of the replacement of B.W. de Sonnaville with N.S. Lo and as further amended on 28 October 2019 as concerning resignation of Mr N. Lo and appointment of Robert Hawley;; and

 

(iv)

the letter of undertaking entered into, amongst others, by Intertrust (Netherlands) B.V. dated 22 June 2012 as amended and restated on the Dutch Accession Date and as amended on 21 January 2015 in respect of the replacement of M. Hut with M. Posthumus and as further amended with effect as of 31 December 2015 in respect of the replacement of R. Posthumus with E.M. van Ankeren and as further amended on 12 July 2019 as concerning resignation of Mr. G.J. Huizing and appointment of Mr. H.R.T. Kroner.

Dutch FleetCo Premises Lease Agreement” means the lease agreement dated 22 June 2012 between Pinnacle Offices B.V. and Dutch FleetCo.

Dutch FleetCo Secured Creditors” means the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator, the FleetCo Dutch Back-up Cash Manager and, with respect to obligations incurred by Dutch FleetCo acting with respect to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands, the Central Servicer, the Liquidation Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent (including any Receiver or Appointee thereof) and the Issuer.

Dutch FleetCo Share Pledge” means the deed of the pledge of shares by the shareholders of Dutch FleetCo over all the shares of Dutch FleetCo dated 5 March 2013, as amended on or about the Dutch Accession Date.

Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank” means Deutsche Bank S.A.E. or its successor or replacement appointed under the Spanish Account Bank Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator” means Deutsche Bank AG., London Branch or its successor or replacement appointed under the Spanish Account Bank Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo Spanish Bank Accounts” means:

 

(i)

the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Transaction Account; and

 

(ii)

the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Reserve Account (if any).

 

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Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch” means the Spanish branch of Dutch FleetCo with company registration number [Redacted], with company domicile at Avenida Manoteras 32, 28050 Madrid and tax identification number [Redacted].

Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part A (Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 6 (FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo Spanish Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part A (Dutch FleetCo Spanish Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 5 (FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Dutch FleetCo Spanish Reserve Account” means the reserve account in Spain in the name of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and which may, from time to time, be opened and maintained with the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank.

Dutch FleetCo Spanish Secured Property” means the assets from time to time secured by the FleetCo Spanish Security Documents, the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge and, to the extent of the Dutch FleetCo Level Spanish Advances Proportion, the Dutch FleetCo Share Pledge.

Dutch FleetCo Spanish Transaction Account” means the bank account in Spain in the name of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch with the account number [Redacted] (IBAN: [Redacted]).

Dutch GAAP” means the whole body of Dutch authoritative accounting literature, including the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) and the Dutch Accounting Standards published by the Dutch Accounting Standards Board (Raad voor de Jaarverslaggeving).

Dutch Initial Purchase Price” means, in relation to a Vehicle in The Netherlands, the purchase price or other consideration payable by Dutch Opco to the Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer for the purchase by Dutch Opco of such Vehicle as provided in the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement and Vehicle Dealer Agreement, plus VAT and Charge Costs.

Dutch Onward Purchase Price” means, in respect of any Vehicle in The Netherlands, the purchase price as specified in the Purchase Offer and Lease Request payable by Dutch FleetCo to Dutch Opco which (i) for a Vehicle other than a Dutch Opco Existing Fleet Vehicle shall be equal to the Dutch Initial Purchase Price payable by Dutch Opco with regard to such vehicles (which price, for these purposes, includes VAT charged by Dutch Opco to Dutch FleetCo) and (if necessary) calculated by way of breakdown of the aggregate price for each type of vehicle subject to the respective Purchase Offer and Lease Request or (ii) for a Dutch Opco Existing Fleet Vehicle shall be equal to the Net Book Value on the Dutch Accession Date for such Dutch Opco Existing Fleet Vehicle plus VAT.

Dutch Opco” means Avis Budget Autoverhuur B.V.

Dutch Opco Existing Fleet Vehicle” means each Eligible Vehicle (i) in respect of which Dutch Opco has paid the Initial Purchase Price in full to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer prior to the date of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement and (ii) which Dutch Opco owns prior to the date of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement.

 

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Dutch Opco Event of Default” means an Event of Default in respect of Dutch Opco as the Relevant Person.

Dutch Parallel Debt” has the meaning given to it in clause 16.2 (Parallel Debt) of the Framework Agreement.

Dutch Receivables Pledge” means the receivables pledge dated 5 March 2013 entered into by, among others, Dutch FleetCo and the FleetCo Security Agent.

Dutch Transaction Documents means:

 

(i)

the FleetCo Dutch Security Documents;

 

(ii)

(subject to clause 2.1(xxxvi) hereof) the Dutch FleetCo Management Documents;

 

(iii)

the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement (to the extent expressed to be governed by Dutch law);

 

(iv)

the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement; and

 

(v)

any other Transaction Document expressed to be governed by Dutch law, relating to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany and approved by the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent and designated by them as a Dutch Transaction Document which, for the avoidance of doubt shall not include any Dutch Transaction Dutch Documents.

Dutch Transaction Dutch Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the Dutch Accession Date):

 

(i)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents;

 

(ii)

(subject to clause 2.1 (xxxvi) hereof) the Dutch FleetCo Management Documents;

 

(iii)

the Dutch Account Bank Agreement;

 

(iv)

the Dutch Account Mandate;

 

(v)

the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

(vi)

the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement; and

 

(vii)

any other Transaction Document expressed to be governed by Dutch law, relating to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands and approved by the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent and designated by them as a Dutch Transaction Dutch Document, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Dutch Transaction Documents.

Dutch VAT Lender” means Avis Finance Company Limited.

Dutch VAT Loan Agreement” means the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement dated on or about the Dutch Accession Date and entered into between the Dutch VAT Loan Borrower and the Dutch VAT Lender.

Dutch VAT Loan Borrower” means Dutch FleetCo.

Dutch VAT Refund” has the meaning given to it in the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement.

Dutch VAT Refund Ledger” means the ledger on which Dutch VAT Refunds recovered by Dutch FleetCo from the Dutch Tax Authorities are recorded.

 

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Dutch Vehicle Certificates” means, in respect of Vehicles in The Netherlands in relation to which an Individual Purchase and Lease Agreement has been concluded, the registration documents regarding such vehicles and certificates of conformity, including, but not limited to, the ownership codes (tenaamstellingscode) and the vehicle registration cards.

Dutch Vehicle Documents” means, in respect of Vehicles in The Netherlands, the keys and spare keys to the Vehicles, the Dutch Vehicle Certificates and the certificates of conformity.

Early Termination Payment” means, in the event that a FleetCo turns back any Programme Vehicle to a Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer, as applicable, under a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement before the end of the relevant Programme Minimum Term (where applicable), an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Termination Value of such Programme Vehicle (as of the Turn-back Date) over (b) the sum of the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price received (or receivable) with respect to such Programme Vehicle and any Programme Vehicle Special Default Payments payable by the Lessee in respect of such Programme Vehicle.

Effective Date” has the meaning given to it in the English law termination deed dated on or about the Signing Date in respect of the termination of the IFF.

Eligible Issuer Hedge Counterparty” means a Person satisfactory to the Parent and the Transaction Agent and:

 

(i)

if the outstanding Senior Notes are rated and continue to be rated by any Rating Agency:

 

  (a)

having (at the time of entry into of the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) a long-term senior unsecured debt, deposit, claims paying or credit (as the case may be) rating required by such Rating Agency; and

 

  (b)

complying with hedge counterparty rating agency criteria commensurate with a Senior Notes rating (from a Rating Agency rating the Senior Notes) of at least “A” from Standard & Poor’s, Fitch or DBRS Morningstar and/or at least “A2” from Moody’s or such other rating as would not have an adverse impact on the rating of the Senior Notes; or

 

(ii)

if the outstanding Senior Notes are not rated by a Rating Agency, complying with hedge counterparty rating agency criteria commensurate with a Senior Notes rating of at least “A” from Standard & Poor’s, Fitch or DBRS Morningstar and/or at least “A2” from Moody’s.

Eligible Issuer LC Provider” means a person:

 

(i)

satisfactory to the Parent and the Transaction Agent;

 

(ii)

having a long-term senior unsecured debt, deposit, claims paying or credit (as the case may be) rating from at least two Rating Agencies of at least “A” from Standard & Poor’s, Fitch or DBRS Morningstar and/or at least “A1” from Moody’s and a short-term senior unsecured debt, deposit, claims paying or credit (as the case may be) rating from at least two Rating Agencies of at least “A-1” from Standard & Poor’s, at least “F1” from Fitch, at least “P-1” from Moody’s or at least “R-1(mid)” from DBRS Morningstar; and

 

(iii)

that is a commercial bank having total assets in excess of [Redacted].

 

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Eligible Receivables” means, at any time and in relation to Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, Italian FleetCo in Italy or French FleetCo in France (as applicable):

 

(i)

its Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables of Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, Italian FleetCo in Italy or French FleetCo in France (as applicable) (other than its Excluded Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables) in respect of Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers;

 

(ii)

its (A) Vehicle Dealer Receivables in Germany, France or The Netherlands or (B) its Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables in Germany, The Netherlands or France (other than its Excluded Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables) in respect of Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers, in each case, to the extent that Dutch FleetCo has the benefit of retention of title provisions relating to the relevant Vehicles at the relevant time; or

 

(iii)

its VAT Receivables in Spain and France,

provided that such receivables listed in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above:

 

(i)

are not more than 90 days overdue and are evidenced by invoices in electronic or paper form;

 

(ii)

if owed by a legal entity or by an individual that is organised or resident in a country other than a European Union member country or the country in which such FleetCo or the relevant Related Opco (as the case may be) is organised, the Transaction Agent has been provided with legal opinions satisfactory to it (acting reasonably) confirming that, subject to customary reservations and assumptions, such receivables are enforceable against the entity or individual that owes them;

 

(iii)

are not owed by a sovereign debtor to the extent that the nature of such debtor materially and adversely prejudices the ability to obtain an effective legal assignment of such receivables;

 

(iv)

are not owed by a debtor known by any FleetCo, any Opco or Finco to be subject to bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings; and

 

(v)

can be freely and validly transferred (subject to any limitation or third party consent provided in the underlying contracts) (or are the subject of a security interest granted under the relevant Security Document in any jurisdiction).

Eligible Receivables Amount means, in relation to Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, Italian FleetCo in Italy or French FleetCo in France (as applicable), the aggregate amount of its Eligible Receivables in Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy or France, respectively.

Eligible Vehicle” means a Vehicle (which includes, for the avoidance of doubt, a Service Vehicle) in Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy or France (as applicable):

 

(a)

that is subject to a Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement;

 

(b)

that either: (i) benefits from the buy-back commitment of a Vehicle Dealer or a Vehicle Manufacturer pursuant to a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or a Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement, respectively; or (ii) if it does not benefit, or no longer benefits, from such buy-back commitment, is classified or reclassified as a Non-Programme Vehicle in accordance with the terms of the relevant Master Lease Agreement;

 

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(c)

the certificate of title and/or registration (as applicable and if required) for which is in the name of a FleetCo; and

 

(d)

that is owned by (in respect of a Vehicle in Spain, Germany or The Netherlands) Dutch FleetCo or (in respect of a Vehicle in Italy) Italian FleetCo or (in respect of a Vehicle in France) French FleetCo, free and clear of all liens (other than a retention of title in favour of the corresponding Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer (as applicable) and other than pursuant to the relevant FleetCo Security Document);

provided that:

 

(i)

such vehicle is no more than (A) [Redacted] old in the case of Vehicles other than Vans, Light Trucks or Service Vehicles or (B) [Redacted] old in the case of Vans, Service Vehicles and Light Trucks, in each case, after the date of registration with the relevant authorities of such Vehicle; and

 

(ii)

Vehicles purchased by German Opco from Vehicle Manufacturers under Vehicle Buy Back Agreements which oblige German Opco to resell the relevant Vehicles to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturers shall not be Eligible Vehicles unless binding tax rulings have been obtained by German Opco and Dutch FleetCo from the relevant German Tax Authorities satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

encumbrance” means a Security Interest.

Enforcement Action” means:

 

(a)

in relation to any Liabilities of the Issuer and/or a FleetCo (as applicable):

 

  (i)

(in respect of the Issuer) the acceleration of any Liabilities of the Issuer or the making of any declaration that any Liabilities of the Issuer are prematurely due and payable (other than as a result of it becoming unlawful for a Senior Noteholder to perform its obligations under, or of any voluntary or mandatory prepayment arising under, the Issuer Transaction Documents) and (in respect of a FleetCo) the acceleration of any Liabilities of such FleetCo or the making of any declaration that any Liabilities of such FleetCo are prematurely due and payable (other than as a result of it becoming unlawful for the Issuer to perform its obligations under, or of any voluntary or mandatory prepayment arising under, the relevant FleetCo Transaction Documents);

 

  (ii)

the making of any declaration that any Liabilities are payable on demand;

 

  (iii)

the making of a demand in relation to a Liability that is payable on demand;

 

  (iv)

the making of any demand against any of the Parent, Finco or Avis Europe in relation to the Parent Performance Guarantee, the Finco Payment Guarantee or the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee, respectively;

 

  (v)

save to the extent permitted in accordance with clause 6 (Country Repayment Option) of the Framework Agreement, the exercise of any right to require any of the Avis Obligors, FleetCos or the Issuer to acquire any Liability (including exercising any put or call option against any such person for the redemption or purchase of any Liability);

 

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  (vi)

the exercise of any right of set-off, account combination or payment netting against any of the Avis Obligors, FleetCos or the Issuer in respect of any Liabilities other than the exercise of any such right:

 

  A.

as Close-Out Netting by an Issuer Hedge Counterparty;

 

  B.

as Payment Netting by an Issuer Hedge Counterparty; or

 

  C.

which is otherwise expressly permitted under the Issuer Transaction Documents or FleetCo Transaction Documents to the extent that the exercise of that right gives effect to a payment that is permitted under the Framework Agreement; and

 

  (vii)

the suing for, commencing of or joining of any legal or arbitration proceedings against any of the Avis Obligors, FleetCos or the Issuer (as applicable) to recover any Liabilities;

 

(b)

the premature termination or close-out of any hedging transaction under any Issuer Hedging Agreement save as permitted under such Issuer Hedging Agreement;

 

(c)

the taking of any steps to enforce or require the enforcement of any Issuer Security by the Issuer Security Trustee (including the crystallisation of any floating charge forming part of the Issuer Security) or FleetCo Security by the FleetCo Security Agent (including the crystallisation of any floating charge forming part of the FleetCo Security);

 

(d)

the entering into of any composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any of the Avis Obligors, FleetCos or the Issuer (as applicable) which owes any Liabilities, or has given any Security, guarantee or indemnity or other assurance against loss in respect of the Liabilities; or

 

(e)

the petitioning, applying or voting for, or the taking of any steps (including the appointment of any liquidator, receiver, administrator, examiner or similar officer) in relation to, the winding up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation of any of FleetCos or the Issuer (as applicable) which owes any Liabilities, or has given any Security, guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss in respect of any of the Liabilities, or any of such person’s assets or any suspension of payments or moratorium of any indebtedness of such person, or any analogous procedure or step in any jurisdiction,

except that the following shall not constitute Enforcement Action:

 

  (i)

the taking of any action falling within paragraph (a)(vii) or (e) above which is necessary (but only to the extent necessary) to preserve the validity, existence or priority of claims in respect of Liabilities, including the registration of such claims before any court or governmental authority and the bringing, supporting or joining of proceedings to prevent any loss of the right to bring, support or join proceedings by reason of applicable limitation periods;

 

  (ii)

an Issuer Secured Creditor or a FleetCo Secured Creditor bringing legal proceedings against any person solely for the purpose of:

 

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  A.

obtaining injunctive relief (or any analogous remedy outside England and Wales) to restrain any actual or putative breach of any Transaction Document to which it is party;

 

  B.

obtaining specific performance (other than specific performance of an obligation to make a payment) with no claim for damages; or

 

  C.

requesting judicial interpretation of any provision of any Transaction Document to which it is party with no claim for damages; or

 

  (iii)

the taking of the action in paragraph (a)(iii) or paragraph (a)(iv) prior to the delivery of an Enforcement Notice.

Enforcement Notice” means:

 

(a)

in respect of an Issuer Event of Default, the Issuer Enforcement Notice; and

 

(b)

in respect of a FleetCo Event of Default, the FleetCo Enforcement Notice.

English Transaction Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the Framework Agreement;

 

(ii)

this Agreement;

 

(iii)

the Funds Flow Agreement;

 

(iv)

the Tax Deed of Covenant;

 

(v)

the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement;

 

(vi)

the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement;

 

(vii)

the Issuer Cash Management Agreement;

 

(viii)

the Issuer Account Bank Agreement;

 

(ix)

the Issuer Hedging Agreements;

 

(x)

the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

(xi)

the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

(xii)

the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

(xiii)

the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(xiv)

the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement;

 

(xv)

the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee;

 

(xvi)

the Finco Payment Guarantee;

 

(xvii)

the Parent Performance Guarantee;

 

(xviii)

the Issuer Security Documents;

 

(xix)

each FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

(xx)

the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

(xxi)

each Issuer Security Power of Attorney;

 

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(xxii)

the Issuer Spain TRO Declaration of Trust;

 

(xxiii)

the Fee Letters;

 

(xxiv)

the Lessor Power of Attorney;

 

(xxv)

each FleetCo Security Power of Attorney;

 

(xxvi)

the VFN Funding Agreement; and

 

(xxvii)

any other Transaction Documents expressed to be governed by English law and approved by the Transaction Agent.

Equivalent Rating Agency” means each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P.

Equivalent Rating Agency Rating” means, with respect to any Equivalent Rating Agency and any Person as of any date of determination, the Relevant Rating by such Equivalent Rating Agency with respect to such Person as of such date.

Estimated Lease Expiration Date” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 5, part 2, annex 1 to schedule 1 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

Estimated Lease Term” means, in relation to any relevant Vehicle leased under the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, the period from (and including) the relevant Lease Commencement Date to (and including) the Estimated Lease Expiration Date.

Estimated Sales Price” means, in respect of a Non-Programme Vehicle in Germany, the expected Net Book Value of such a Vehicle as calculated on the Estimated Lease Expiration Date or, in the event that the Lease Expiration Date of such Vehicle falls prior to the Estimated Lease Expiration Date, the Net Book Value of such Vehicle on the Lease Expiration Date.

EU Article 7 Technical Standards” means:

 

(a)

Article 7 of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1225; and

 

(b)

Article 7 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1224,

in each case, including any relevant guidance published by the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority (or, in either case, any predecessor authority) or the European Commission.

EU Insolvency Regulation” means Council Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast).

EU Securitisation Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, together with any relevant regulatory and/or implementing technical standards applicable in relation thereto pursuant to any transitional arrangements made pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 and, in each case, any relevant guidance published by the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority (or, in either case, any predecessor authority) or the European Commission, in each case, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

EU SR ABCP Investor Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex XIII (Investor Report Information – Asset Backed Commercial Paper Securitisation) of the EU Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time), containing such information as is required by Article 7(1)(e) of the EU Securitisation Regulation.

 

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EU SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex XI (Underlying Exposures Information – Asset Backed Commercial Paper Securitisation) of the EU Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time) containing such information in respect of the Purchased Receivables (and the Ancillary Rights in respect thereof) as is required by Article 7(1)(a) of the EU Securitisation Regulation.

EU SR Inside Information or Significant Event Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex XIV (Inside Information or Significant Event Information – Non-Asset Backed Commercial Paper Securitisation) of the EU Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time), containing such information as is required by Article 7(1)(f) and Article 7(1)(g) of the EU Securitisation Regulation.

EU SR Investor Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex XII (Investor Report Information – Non-Asset Backed Commercial Paper Securitisation) of the EU Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time), containing such information as is required by Article 7(1)(e) of the EU Securitisation Regulation.

EU SR Loan Level Data Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex IX (Underlying Exposures Information – Esoteric) of the EU Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time) containing such information in respect of the Purchased Receivables (and the Ancillary Rights in respect thereof) as is required by Article 7(1)(a) of the EU Securitisation Regulation.

EURIBOR” means, in relation to any Senior Advance:

 

(a)

the applicable Screen Rate; or

 

(b)

(if no Screen Rate is available for the Senior Advance Interest Period of that Senior Advance Loan) the Reference Bank Rate,

as of 11:00 a.m. (Paris time) on the Interest Determination Date. If any such applicable Screen Rate or Reference Bank Rate is below zero, EURIBOR will be deemed to be zero.

Euro”, “euro”, “” and “EUR” each means the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union that adopt the single currency in accordance with the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community (signed at Lisbon on 13 December 2007).

Euro Equivalent” means, in relation to an amount denominated or expressed in any currency other than Euro, the equivalent thereof in Euro calculated at the Transaction Agent’s spot rate of exchange as at the relevant date of determination.

Event of Default” means, in relation to any Relevant Person, the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)

the Relevant Person fails to make any payment payable by it under any Transaction Document when due in the currency and in the manner specified in the relevant Transaction Document except:

 

 

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  (i)

technical failure:

 

  (a)

in the case of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, Spanish Opco, any Italian Opco, French Opco, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo and the FCT, where such failure is due to technical reasons and such default is remedied by Spanish Opco, the relevant Italian Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo, the FCT or Italian FleetCo (as applicable) or (in respect of Spanish Opco) the Spain Repayment Option, (in respect of any Italian Opco or Italian FleetCo) the Italy Repayment Option or, (in respect of French Opco, French FleetCo or the FCT) the France Repayment Option is, in each case, exercised within 5 Business Days of the occurrence of such failure; and

 

  (b)

in the case of the Central Servicer, German Opco, Dutch Opco, Dutch FleetCo or the Issuer, where such failure is due to technical reasons and such default is remedied by the Central Servicer, German Opco, Dutch Opco, Dutch FleetCo or the Issuer (as applicable) within 5 Business Days of the occurrence of such failure;

 

  (ii)

voluntary non-payment: in the case of any Italian Opco, Spanish Opco, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo, the FCT and Italian FleetCo, where such failure has occurred while a Voluntary Insolvency Event is continuing in respect of such Opco or such FleetCo and such default is remedied within 2 Business Days or (in respect of Spanish Opco) the Spain Repayment Option or (in respect of any Italian Opco or Italian FleetCo) the Italy Repayment Option or (in respect of French Opco, French FleetCo or the FCT) the France Repayment Option is, in each case, exercised within 2 Business Days of such failure;

 

  (iii)

involuntary non-payment: in the case of any Italian Opco, Spanish Opco, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or the FCT and Italian FleetCo, where such failure has occurred while an Involuntary Insolvency Event is continuing in respect of such Opco or Italian FleetCo and such default is remedied within 10 Business Days or (in respect of Spanish Opco) the Spain Repayment Option or (in respect of any Italian Opco or Italian FleetCo) the Italy Repayment Option or (in respect of French Opco, French FleetCo or the FCT) the France Repayment Option is, in each case, exercised within 10 Business Days of such failure;

 

  (iv)

other non-payment:

 

  (a)

in the case of any Relevant Person, where such default is remedied within 5 Business Days;

 

  (b)

interest payments:

 

  A.

in the case of Dutch FleetCo, where such failure relates to payment of interest payable by it under a FleetCo Advance under (I) the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement and such default is remedied within 5 Business Days, provided that such non-payment results directly from a non-payment under this paragraph (iv) by Spanish Opco or the Central Servicer to Dutch FleetCo; (II) the FleetCo German Facility Agreement and such default is remedied within 5 Business Days, provided that such non-payment results directly from a non-payment under this paragraph (iv) by German Opco or the Central Servicer to Dutch FleetCo; (III) the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement and such default is remedied within 5 Business Days, provided that such non-payment results directly from a non-payment under this paragraph (iv) by Dutch Opco or the Central Servicer to Dutch FleetCo;

 

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  B.

in the case of Italian FleetCo, where such failure relates to payment of interest payable by it under a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement and such default is remedied or the Italy Repayment Option is exercised, in each case, within 5 Business Days, provided that such non-payment results directly from a non-payment under this paragraph (iv) by any Italian Opco to Italian FleetCo;

 

  C.

in the case of French FleetCo, where such failure relates to payment of interest payable by it under a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement and such default is remedied within 5 Business Days, provided that such non-payment results directly from a non-payment under this paragraph (iv) by French Opco to French FleetCo;

 

  D.

in the case of the FCT, where such failure relates to payment of interest payable by it under a VFN Advance under the VFN Funding Agreement and such default is remedied within 5 Business Days, provided that such non-payment results directly from a non-payment under this paragraph (iv) by French FleetCo to the FCT; or

 

  E.

in the case of the Issuer where such failure relates to payment of interest payable under a Senior Advance and such default is remedied within 5 Business Days, provided that such non-payment results directly from a non-payment under this paragraph (iv) by Italian FleetCo, the FCT or Dutch FleetCo (as applicable) to the Issuer; or

 

  (c)

principal payments:

 

  A.

in the case of Dutch FleetCo, where such failure relates to payment (on any day other than the Final Maturity Date) of principal payable by it under a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement, the FleetCo German Facility Agreement or the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, and, for the avoidance of doubt, a failure to pay such principal on the Final Maturity Date shall be an “Event of Default”;

 

  B.

in the case of Italian FleetCo, where such failure relates to payment (on any day other than the Final Maturity Date) of principal payable by it under a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, a failure to pay such principal on the Final Maturity Date shall be an “Event of Default”;

 

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  C.

in the case of French FleetCo, where such failure relates to payment (on any day other than the Final Maturity Date) of principal payable by it under a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, a failure to pay such principal on the Final Maturity Date shall be an “Event of Default”;

 

  D.

in the case of the FCT, where such failure relates to payment (on any day other than the Final Maturity Date) of principal payable by it under a VFN Advance under the VFN Funding Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, a failure to pay such principal on the Final Maturity Date shall be an “Event of Default”; or

 

  E.

in the case of the Issuer, where such failure relates to payment (on any day other than the Final Maturity Date) of principal payable under a Senior Advance and, for the avoidance of doubt, a failure to pay such principal on the Final Maturity Date shall be an “Event of Default”;

 

(b)

any representation or warranty made by the Relevant Person pursuant to any Transaction Document or in any notice or other document, certificate or statement delivered by it pursuant hereto or in connection herewith is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made and:

 

  (i)

in the case of Spanish Opco, any Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, French Opco, French FleetCo and the FCT, such breach is not remedied within 20 Business Days or (in respect of Spanish Opco) the Spain Repayment Option or (in respect of any Italian Opco or Italian FleetCo) the Italy Repayment Option or (in respect of French FleetCo, French Opco and the FCT) the France Repayment Option is, in each case, not exercised within 20 Business Days; and

 

  (ii)

in the case of the Issuer, Dutch FleetCo, Central Servicer, Dutch Opco and German Opco, such breach is not remedied within 20 Business Days, provided that such breach of representation or warranty is capable of being remedied;

 

(c)

the Relevant Person fails duly to perform or comply with any of its material obligations under any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (other than those referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) above and paragraph (h) and paragraph (i) below) and:

 

  (i)

in the case of Spanish Opco, any Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, French Opco, French FleetCo and the FCT, such failure to perform or comply is not remedied within 20 Business Days or (in respect of Spanish Opco) the Spain Repayment Option or (in respect of any Italian Opco or Italian FleetCo) the Italy Repayment Option or (in respect of French Opco, French FleetCo or the FCT) the France Repayment Option is, in each case, not exercised within 20 Business Days; and

 

  (ii)

in the case of the Issuer, Dutch FleetCo, the Central Servicer, Dutch Opco and German Opco, such failure to perform or comply is not remedied within 20 Business Days, provided that such failure is capable of being remedied;

 

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(d)

an Insolvency Event occurs in respect of the Relevant Person (except the FCT) and, in the case of any Italian Opco, Spanish Opco, French Opco and Dutch Opco, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo and Dutch FleetCo, such Insolvency Event is continuing and (in respect of Spanish Opco) the Spain Repayment Option and (in respect of any Italian Opco or Italian FleetCo) the Italy Repayment Option and (in respect of French Opco, French FleetCo or the FCT) the France Repayment Option (as applicable) has, in each case, not been exercised within 10 Business Days from the occurrence thereof;

 

(e)

at any time: (1) it is or becomes unlawful or contrary to law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction for the Relevant Person to perform or comply with any or all of its obligations under the Relevant Transaction Documents; (2) any of the obligations of the Relevant Person under the Relevant Transaction Documents are not or cease to be legal, valid and binding; or (3) any of the terms of the Relevant Transaction Documents or any part thereof are not or cease to be in full force and effect or enforceable in accordance with its terms or any party to such Transaction Documents shall so assert in writing;

 

(f)

the Security purported to be granted to the Issuer Security Trustee or FleetCo Security Agent under the Security Documents is not binding on or enforceable against the Issuer or the relevant FleetCo or effective to create the Security with the priority intended to be created by it except if:

 

  (i)

in the case of Security purported to be granted by Dutch FleetCo and where the relevant Security Document is expressed to be governed by Spanish law, such Default is remedied or the Spain Repayment Option is exercised, in each case, within 10 Business Days of the date of occurrence of such Default;

 

  (ii)

in the case of Security purported to be granted by Italian FleetCo and where the relevant Security Document is expressed to be governed by Italian law, such Default is remedied or the Italy Repayment Option is exercised, in each case, within 10 Business Days of the date of occurrence of such Default; and

 

  (iii)

in the case of security purported to be granted by French FleetCo and where the relevant Security Document is expressed to be governed by French law, such Default is remedied or the France Repayment Option is exercised in each case, within 10 Business Days from the date of occurrence or such Default;

 

(g)

any event or circumstance occurs which would have a Material Adverse Effect on:

 

  (i)

Dutch FleetCo;

 

  (ii)

French FleetCo;

 

  (iii)

the FCT, except if such event or circumstance is remedied within 10 Business Days of its occurrence or the France Repayment Option is exercised within 10 Business Days from the date of its occurrence;

 

  (iv)

Italian FleetCo, except if such event or circumstance is remedied within 10 Business Days of its occurrence or the Italy Repayment Option is exercised within 10 Business Days from the date of its occurrence; and

 

  (v)

the Issuer;

 

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(h)

breach of the Issuer Borrowing Base Test and the Country Asset Value Test:

 

  (i)

a breach of the Country Asset Value Test in respect of Spain and such breach continues for a period of at least 5 Business Days or the Spain Repayment Option is not exercised within 5 Business Days from the date of such breach;

 

  (ii)

in the case of Dutch FleetCo, a breach of the Country Asset Value Test in respect of Germany or The Netherlands and such breach continues for a period of at least 5 Business Days from the date of such breach;

 

  (iii)

in the case of French FleetCo, a breach of the Country Asset Value Test in respect of France and such breach continues for a period of at least 5 Business Days or the France Repayment Option is not exercised within 5 Business Days from the date of such breach;

 

  (iv)

in the case of Italian FleetCo, a breach of the Country Asset Value Test in respect of Italy and such breach continues for a period of at least 5 Business Days or the Italy Repayment Option is not exercised within 5 Business Days from the date of such breach; and

 

  (v)

in the case of the Issuer, a breach of the Issuer Borrowing Base Test and such breach continues for a period of at least 5 Business Days from the date of such breach; and

 

(i)

the amount of the Issuer Reserves is less than the Issuer Reserve Required Amount and such shortfall continues for a period of at least 3 Business Days.

Excess Concentration Amount” means, on any date, and in respect of all limits included in the definition of “Concentration Limit” (without double counting), the aggregate of all the Relevant Excess Concentration Amounts on such date.

Excess Damage Charges” means, in relation to a Programme Vehicle, the amount charged or deducted from the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer, where applicable, in accordance with the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement or the Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement (as applicable) due to (a) damage over a prescribed limit, (b) if applicable, damage not subject to a prescribed limit (c) missing equipment, and (d) any other penalty that may be imposed by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer pursuant to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement and/or Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement in each case at the time that such Vehicle is turned back to such Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer, as applicable, or such person’s agent for repurchase or auction pursuant to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement and/or Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement.

Excess Mileage Charges” means, in relation to a Programme Vehicle, an amount which may be charged by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer or deducted from the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price in accordance with the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement or the Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement (as applicable) by reason of the recorded mileage of such Vehicle exceeding a prescribed limit at the time that such Vehicle is turned back to the Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer.

Excess Payment” has the meaning given to it in clause 14 (Fees, Traffic Penalties and Fines) of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, clause 15 (Fees, Traffic Penalties and Fines) of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, clause 16 (Fees, Traffic Penalties and Fines) of each Italian Master Lease Agreement and clause 17 (Fees, Traffic Penalties and Fines) of each of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement and the French Master Lease Agreement.

 

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Excess Swap Collateral” means an amount equal to the value of the collateral (or the applicable part of any collateral) provided by any Issuer Hedge Counterparty to the Issuer in respect of the relevant Issuer Hedge Counterparty’s obligations to transfer collateral to the Issuer under the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement, which is in excess of that Issuer Hedge Counterparty’s liability to the Issuer under the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement as at the date of termination of the transaction under the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement, or which the relevant Issuer Hedging Counterparty is otherwise entitled to have returned to it under the terms of the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement.

Excluded Payments” means, in relation to a Programme Vehicle or a Non-Programme Vehicle, any amounts paid into the relevant FleetCo Bank Account:

 

(a)

which constitutes any rebates (if any) and any bonus (if any) for the purchase of such Vehicle, provided that neither such rebates nor bonus constitute the Capitalised Cost of any Vehicle or constitute any no-return bonus if such amount is taken into account for the purposes of clause 30.1 of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement and of each Italian Master Lease Agreement and of clause 31.1 of each of the French Master Lease Agreement and the Spanish Master Lease Agreement;

 

(b)

in reimbursement for repair work performed on such Vehicle by the Lessee (at its own cost), where such work is covered by warranty;

 

(c)

in relation to insurance proceeds paid in respect of a Vehicle which has been purchased by Opco from FleetCo (including, without limitation, a Casualty);

 

(d)

in respect of a Vehicle which is owned by Opco;

 

(e)

in error to FleetCo to which FleetCo is not contractually entitled;

 

(f)

in respect of a Dutch VAT Refund or a Maggiore Italian VAT Refund;

 

(g)

to Spanish Opco in reimbursement of the Tax on Motor Vehicle (as defined in the Spanish Servicing Agreement) and in relation to Tax on Certain Means of Transport (TMT), in each case, re-invoiced by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and paid by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch (provided that Spanish Opco has paid such Tax on Motor Vehicle or, as the case may be, such Tax on Certain Means of Transport to the relevant Tax authorities); and

 

(h)

in relation to (x) any VAT Amount, (y) any Third Party Purchase Price VAT Amount and (z) the positive difference between amount of Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price (excluding VAT) and the Net Book Value with respect to the Vehicles for which the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price is paid pursuant to clause 6.3 and/or clause 6.5 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

Excluded Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables” means, at any time and in relation to Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, Italian FleetCo in Italy or French FleetCo in France, any Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables in respect of which a Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default has occurred.

 

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Execution or Distress Event” means any execution, expropriation, attachment, sequestration or distress is levied against or affects, or an encumbrancer takes possession of, the whole or any part of the property, undertaking or assets of any person, the aggregate value of which property, undertaking or assets of all such person and the same is not discharged within 10 Business Days of such execution, expropriation, attachment, sequestration, levy or taking of possession.

Existing Senior Noteholder” has the meaning given to it in clause 21.4 (Transfers by Senior Noteholders; Accession of further Senior Noteholders) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Expected Maturity Date” means [Redacted] after the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date.

Extraordinary Depreciation Amount” means, with respect to all Vehicles in a given Vehicle Fleet:

 

(i)

which have been damaged (other than as a result of ordinary wear and tear), any additional extraordinary depreciation related to such damage;

 

(ii)

which have been stolen or which have not been returned by the relevant customers, any provision or any additional extraordinary depreciation related to such Vehicles; and

 

(iii)

in respect of any Vehicle, any provision or any additional extraordinary depreciation reflecting the expected loss or decrease in the Net Book Value of such Vehicles.

Facility” means, as the context requires, each of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement, the FleetCo German Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement, the FleetCo French Facility Agreement and/or the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement.

Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Senior Noteholder to the Transaction Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Senior Noteholder (or, following that date, by not less than five Business Days’ written notice without any consent required) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement;

FATCA” means:

 

(a)

sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations or other official guidance;

 

(b)

any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of paragraph (a) above; or

 

(c)

any agreement pursuant to the implementation of paragraph (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.

FATCA Application Date” means:

 

(a)

in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 January 2014;

 

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(b)

in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to “gross proceeds” from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2017; or

 

(c)

in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2017,

or, in each case, such other date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA as a result of any change in FATCA after the Signing Date.

FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Transaction Document required by FATCA.

FATCA Exempt Party” means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.

FATCA FFI” means a foreign financial institution as defined in section 1471(d)(4) of the Code which, if any Issuer Secured Creditor or FleetCo Secured Creditor is not a FATCA Exempt Party, could be required to make a FATCA Deduction.

FCT” means FCT CarFin, a fonds commun de titrisation jointly established by the FCT Management Company and the FCT Custodian on the FCT Establishment Date and governed by Articles L. 214-167 to L. 214-186 and Articles R. 214-217 to R. 214-235 of the French Code monétaire et financier and the FCT Regulations.

FCT Account” means the segregated EUR denominated bank account opened on behalf of the FCT with the FCT Custodian, the details of which are set out in clause 24.1 of the FCT Regulations.

FCT Available Funds means an amount calculated on each Issuer Determination Date, without double counting:

 

(a)

all amounts standing to the credit of the FCT Account (excluding the amounts which are proceeds of any VFN Advance made to the FCT); and

 

(b)

all amounts received by the FCT, including from French FleetCo under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement.

FCT Custodian” means CACEIS Bank acting as custodian for the FCT and as account bank for the FCT.

FCT Establishment Date” means the date on which the FCT is established, such date falling on the Initial French Funding Date.

FCT Event of Default” means any of the events set out in schedule 4 part 4 to the Framework Agreement.

FCT Management Company” means Eurotitrisation, a société anonyme incorporated under the laws of France under registration number [Redacted] RCS Bobigny, having its registered office at 41, rue Delizy 93500, Pantin, France, duly licensed as a société de gestion de portefeuille under number [Redacted] and authorised by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers for the management of securitisation funds, and any successor or replacement thereof.

 

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FCT Minimum Required Re-Selling Price” means the purchase price payable to the FCT by any acquirer of the FleetCo French Loan Receivables and the FleetCo French Related Security under clause 6 of the FCT Transfer and Servicing Agreement which provides the FCT with sufficient funds, together with the FCT’s temporarily available cash (if any), to pay all amounts due in respect of principal, interest and other amounts due to the FCT Noteholder and the FCT Residual Unitholder and repay all sums due by the FCT under the Issuer Transaction Documents , if any.

FCT Noteholder” means the registered holder of the Variable Funding Note as recorded in the FCT Register.

FCT Offer to Sell” means the offer issued by the FCT Management Company, acting on behalf of the FCT, in accordance with clause 6 of the FCT Transfer and Servicing Agreement to the relevant potential purchaser in respect of the purchase of any FleetCo French Loan Receivables from the FCT.

FCT Payment Date” means each FleetCo Advance Repayment Date and each Settlement Date.

FCT Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part 7 (FCT Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

FCT Refinancing Fee” means a refinancing fee of an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all fees, costs and expenses specified in clause 25 (FCT Fees) of the FCT Regulations (net of the aggregate amount of any taxes) due and payable by the French FleetCo (in its capacity as French FleetCo) to the French Intermediary Bank in accordance with the relevant provisions of the FleetCo French Facility Agreement in order to refinance all the relevant fees, costs and expenses payable to the FCT Management Company, the FCT Custodian, the FCT Servicer, the FCT Statutory Auditor and the FCT Registrar in accordance with the FCT Regulations and the FCT Transfer and Servicing Agreement.

FCT Register” means the register held by the FCT Registrar in relation to the Variable Funding Notes and the FCT Residual Units issued by the FCT, pursuant to and in accordance with the VFN Funding Agreement and the FCT Regulations.

FCT Registrar” means CACEIS Corporate Trust.

FCT Registrar Agreement” means the agreement entered into on 21 May 2014 between the FCT Registrar, the FCT Custodian and the FCT Management Company (acting on behalf of the FCT), as amended, varied or supplemented from time to time.

FCT Regulations” means the regulations governing the FCT entered into on 21 May 2014 between the FCT Management Company and the FCT Custodian in accordance with Articles L.214-167 to L.214-189 and Articles R.214-217 to R.214-232-I of the French Code monétaire et financier as amended and supplemented from time to time.

FCT Residual Unitholder” means the holder of the FCT Residual Units from time to time which will be CACIB on the FCT Establishment Date.

FCT Residual Units” mean the two residual units issued by the FCT on or before the FCT Initial Transfer Date which will be subscribed by CACIB.

FCT Residual Units Purchase Option” means the call option granted by the FCT Residual Unitholder to Finco under paragraph 2 of the FCT Residual Units Subscription Form.

FCT Residual Units Subscription Form” means the subscription form attached as schedule 1 to the FCT Regulations.

 

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FCT Servicer” means CACIB and any successor or replacement thereof.

FCT Statutory Auditor” has the meaning given to it in the FCT Regulations.

FCT Transaction Documents” means:

 

(a)

the FCT Regulations;

 

(b)

the FCT Transfer and Servicing Agreement; and

 

(c)

the FCT Registrar Agreement.

FCT Transfer and Servicing Agreement” means the transfer and servicing agreement entered into on or about the French Accession Date between, inter alios, French FleetCo, the FCT (represented by the Management Company), the FCT Custodian the French Intermediary Bank and the FCT Servicer.

FCT Transfer Date” means the date falling on the Initial French Funding Date.

FCT Transfer Deed” means the transfer deed (acte de cession de créances) in the form of schedule 1 to the FCT Transfer and Servicing Agreement, to be delivered on the FCT Transfer Date by the French Intermediary Bank to the FCT Management Company, acting in the name and on behalf of the FCT in accordance with the relevant provisions of the FCT Transfer and Servicing Agreement.

FCT Transfer Price” means, in relation to the FCT Transfer and Servicing Agreement and the FCT Regulations, the transfer price in respect of the FleetCo French Loan Receivables to be acquired by the FCT from the French Intermediary Bank on the FCT Transfer Date to be calculated and paid by way of instalments in accordance with the provisions of the FCT Transfer and Servicing Agreement.

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

Fee Letters” means the Transaction Agent Fee Letter, the Senior Noteholder Fee Letters and any other document designated by the Transaction Agent as a “Fee Letter”.

Final Maturity Date” means [Redacted] after the Expected Maturity Date.

Financial Indebtedness” means (without double counting) any indebtedness in relation to or arising under or in connection with:

 

(a)

any money borrowed (including any overdraft);

 

(b)

any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of debenture, bond, note or loan stock or any similar instrument;

 

(c)

any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or any dematerialised equivalent;

 

(d)

any receivable sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);

 

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(e)

the purchase price of any asset or service to the extent payable by the Issuer or a FleetCo, (as applicable) after the time of sale or delivery to such person, where the deferred payment is arranged as a method of raising finance (other than, in respect of a FleetCo or the Issuer, any deferred payment or grace period granted by a Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer in relation to the acquisition of the Vehicles);

 

(f)

the sale price of any asset or service to the extent paid to the Issuer, a FleetCo, (as applicable) before the time of sale or delivery by the Issuer, a FleetCo, (as applicable) liable to effect that sale or delivery, where the advance payment is primarily arranged as a method of raising finance;

 

(g)

any lease, hire purchase agreement, credit sale or conditional sale agreement in each case which would be treated as financial liabilities in accordance with Applicable Accounting Principles;

 

(h)

any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any currency, rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account);

 

(i)

shares which are expressed to be redeemable;

 

(j)

any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing;

 

(k)

any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and

 

(l)

the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (k) above.

Financial Institution” means a bank or credit institution whose activities include purchasing debt securities or other financial assets and lending monies, and includes each Initial Financial Institution Senior Noteholder and includes any special purpose entity which is funded wholly or principally by a bank or credit institution whose activities include purchasing debt securities or other financial assets and lending monies (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Conduits).

Financial Institution Senior Noteholder” means each Senior Noteholder which is a Financial Institution.

Finco” means Avis Finance Company Limited.

Finco Compliance Certificate” means the compliance certificate substantially in the form set out in part 3 (Form of Finco Compliance Certificate) of schedule 7 to the Framework Agreement signed by Finco and delivered by Finco.

Finco Guarantor Event of Default” means any of the following:

 

(a)

the occurrence of an Opco Change of Control, provided that if (1) any cessation described in the Opco Change of Control is in relation to the share capital of, the shareholders’ general meetings of or the board of directors of (as applicable) Spanish Opco or any Italian Opco or French Opco and (2) the Spain Repayment Option (in respect of Spanish Opco) or the Italy Repayment Option (in respect of any Italian Opco) or the France Repayment Option (in respect of French Opco) is exercised within 30 days of such cessation, there shall not be any Finco Guarantor Event of Default;

 

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(b)

the occurrence of an Avis Europe Change of Control, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if all outstanding Senior Advances as of the date of such occurrence (and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon) and all other amounts due to the Senior Noteholders and the other Issuer Secured Creditors (save for the Subordinated Lender) are repaid in full by the Issuer on or before such date, there shall not be a “Finco Guarantor Event of Default” under this paragraph (b);

 

(c)

the occurrence of a Parent Change of Control;

 

(d)

the occurrence and continuation of an “event of default” under the Credit Agreement or Replacement Credit Agreement that is not waived pursuant to the terms of such Credit Agreement or Replacement Credit Agreement;

 

(e)

any Event of Default under paragraph (d) of the definition of “Event of Default” occurs where the Relevant Person is Finco, its successor or replacement; and

 

(f)

failure by Finco or its successor or replacement to comply with any of its payment obligations under the Finco Payment Guarantee.

Finco Payment Guarantee” means the irrevocable guarantee and indemnity from Finco in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent (for and on behalf of itself and the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) in respect of: (i) the payment obligations of each Opco under the Transaction Documents to which such Opco is a party and (ii) the payment obligations of each FleetCo under the Transaction Documents to which such FleetCo is a party.

Fitch” means Fitch Rating Ltd. or any successor to its European rating business.

FleetCo” means each of Dutch FleetCo, French FleetCo and Italian FleetCo, as applicable and together, the “FleetCos”.

FleetCo Account Bank” means, as applicable, the Italian FleetCo Account Bank, the French FleetCo Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank or the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank.

FleetCo Account Bank Agreement” means, as applicable, the Spanish Account Bank Agreement, the Dutch Account Bank Agreement, the German Account Bank Agreement, the French Account Bank Agreement or the Italian Account Bank Agreement.

FleetCo Account Bank Termination Event” means an Italian FleetCo Account Bank Termination Event, a French FleetCo Account Bank Termination Event, a Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Termination Event, a Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Termination Event, a Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Termination Event or any of them.

FleetCo Advance” means a FleetCo German Advance, a FleetCo Italian Advance, a FleetCo French Advance, a FleetCo Dutch Advance and a FleetCo Spanish Advance (or any of them).

FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date” means the Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date or the Deemed FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date (as the case may be).

FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice” means a drawdown notice delivered by or on behalf of:

 

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(i)

the FleetCos to the Issuer or, in respect of French FleetCo, to the French Intermediary Bank, pursuant to which the relevant FleetCo irrevocably requests one or more funding of FleetCo Advances under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement; and

 

(ii)

the FCT Manager (on behalf of the FCT) to the FCT Noteholder, pursuant to which the FCT irrevocably request one or more funding of VFN Advances under the VFN Funding Agreement,

and substantially in the form set out in part B (Form of FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notices) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement.

FleetCo Advance Interest Amount” has the meaning given to it in clause 4.1 (Payment of Interest) of the FleetCo German Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, the FleetCo French Facility Agreement and the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement (as applicable).

FleetCo Advance Interest Period” means, in respect of a FleetCo Advance:

 

(i)

the first (and, if applicable, only) period commencing from (and including) the FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date of such FleetCo Advance up to the earlier of (a) the relevant FleetCo Advance Repayment Date, (b) the date falling on (but excluding) the next Settlement Date or (c) the Delayed Funding Date;

 

(ii)

any subsequent period commencing from (and including) the earlier of such Settlement Date in paragraph (i)(b) above or such Delayed Funding Date in paragraph (i)(c) above to (but excluding) the earlier of (a) the relevant FleetCo Advance Repayment Date or (b) the Delayed Funding Date; and

 

(iii)

any subsequent period (if any) commencing from (and including) the Delayed Funding Date in paragraph (ii)(b) above to (but excluding) the relevant FleetCo Advance Repayment Date.

FleetCo Advance Repayment Date” means, in respect of a FleetCo Advance, the date of repayment of such advance.

FleetCo Advances Proportion” means the FleetCo German Advances Proportion, the FleetCo Dutch Advances Proportion, the FleetCo French Advances Proportion, the FleetCo Italian Advances Proportion, the FleetCo Spanish Advances Proportion, the Dutch FleetCo Level German Advances Proportion, the Dutch FleetCo Level Dutch Advances Proportion and the Dutch FleetCo Level Spanish Advances Proportion, as applicable.

FleetCo Available Funds” means an amount calculated on each FleetCo Determination Date in respect of each Country, the aggregate of, in each case without double counting:

 

(a)

the rental income received from the relevant Opco under the Master Lease Agreement(s) to which it is a party;

 

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(b)

 

  (i)

(in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in Spain, Italy, France and The Netherlands) sale proceeds received from Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers (in the case of Programme Vehicles) as well as Vehicle Dealers and other third parties (in the case of Non-Programme Vehicles) in relation to the vehicles which Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo or Dutch FleetCo (as applicable) sells along with any non-return bonus paid to the relevant FleetCo and included in the purchase price consideration referred to in clause 30.1 of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement and each Italian Master Lease Agreement and clause 31.1 of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement and the French Master Lease Agreement; and

 

  (ii)

(in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in Germany) sale proceeds received from Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers (in the case of Programme Vehicles) as well as Vehicle Dealers and other third parties (in the case of Non-Programme Vehicles) in relation to the vehicles which German Opco sells, excluding (x) the VAT Amount, (y) the Third Party Purchase Price VAT Amount and (z) the positive difference between amount of Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price (excluding VAT) or the Third Party Purchase Price (excluding VAT) and the Net Book Value with respect to the Vehicles for which the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price or the Third Party Purchase Price (excluding VAT) is paid pursuant to clause 6.3 and/or clause 6.5 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

(c)

in relation to:

 

  (i)

Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch receipts of VAT Receivables;

 

  (ii)

Italian FleetCo, any amount of VAT received by it (or to which it is entitled under the Italian VAT Sharing Agreement) which is not used by Italian FleetCo to (A) repay a VAT Loan Advance pursuant to clause 8.1.2(i) of any Italian VAT Loan Agreement or (B) pay Avis Italian Opco pursuant to clause 6(b) of the Italian VAT Sharing Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

French FleetCo receipts of VAT Receivables; and

 

(d)

other cash standing to the credit of (in respect of Germany) the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account, (in respect of Spain) the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Transaction Account, (in respect of The Netherlands) the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account, (in respect of France) the French FleetCo Transaction Account and (in respect of Italy) the Italian FleetCo Transaction Account and the Italian Dedicated Financing Account, in each case, from time to time, excluding:

 

  (i)

the proceeds of any FleetCo Advance made to the relevant FleetCo under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement;

 

  (ii)

an amount equal to the Excluded Payments in any such bank account); and

 

  (iii)

excluding the amounts in the provisioned items ledger of the relevant FleetCo in each Country,

provided that:

 

A.

prior to the occurrence of a Rapid Amortisation Event, funds standing to the credit of the relevant FleetCo Reserve Account would not form part of the FleetCo Available Funds; and

 

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B.

the proceeds set out in (b)(i) above and the moneys standing to the credit of the Italian Dedicated Financing Account shall be used exclusively by Italian FleetCo (i) in or towards payment of interest and/or repayment of principal due in respect of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement in accordance with items (h) and (i) of the Italian FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments and items (g) and (h) of the Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments, and (ii) in respect of payments to be made or provided for under item (e) of the Italian FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments and item (d) of the Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments in accordance with clause 6.1.5 of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement.

FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement” means the back-up cash management agreement between, among others, the FleetCos and each FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager.

FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Services” has the meaning given to it in clause 2.4.1 of the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement.

FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager” means the FleetCo Spanish Back-up Cash Manager, the FleetCo German Back-up Cash Manager, the FleetCo Dutch Back-up Cash Manager, the FleetCo French Back-up Cash Manager and the FleetCo Italian Back-up Cash Manager (as applicable).

FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager Commencement Notice” means a commencement notice under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement upon whose service the signing authority of the relevant FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager over the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Bank Accounts, the Italian Bank Accounts, the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts and the French Bank Accounts (as applicable) shall become operative and upon receipt of which by the relevant FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager, such FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager shall become responsible for the services described in clause 2.4 (Scope of Services) of the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement.

FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager Termination Event” means any of the termination events set out under clause 7.2 (Termination) of the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement.

FleetCo Bank Accounts” means the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Bank Accounts, the Italian Bank Accounts, the French Bank Accounts, the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts and the Dutch Bank Account.

FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report” means the cash management report and lease report in respect of each Country provided by the relevant Servicer to the Transaction Agent on each Reporting Date, substantially in the form set out in part 2 (Form of FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report) of schedule 8 (Forms of Cash Management Reports) to the Framework Agreement and, if amended, in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

FleetCo Compliance Certificate” means, in respect of a FleetCo, the compliance certificate substantially in the form set out in part 2 (Form of FleetCo Compliance Certificate) of schedule 7 (Forms of Compliance Certificates) to the Framework Agreement.

FleetCo Deed of Charge” means:

 

(i)

the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

(ii)

the German FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

(iii)

the Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

(iv)

the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge; or

 

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(v)

the French FleetCo Deed of Charge (as applicable).

FleetCo Determination Date” means the date falling 5 Business Days before a Settlement Date.

FleetCo Dutch Advance” means each advance made by the Issuer to Dutch FleetCo under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement.

FleetCo Dutch Advances Proportion” means, on any date on which such calculation is required, the ratio of:

 

(a)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

to

 

(b)

the sum of:

 

  (i)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

  (iii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

  (iv)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo French Advances under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement; and

 

  (v)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Italian Advances under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement,

such ratio expressed as a percentage.

FleetCo Dutch Back-up Cash Manager” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and any successor or replacement thereof appointed under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement.

FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement” means a facility agreement between Dutch FleetCo and the Issuer, the proceeds of which Dutch FleetCo will use to, among other things, purchase vehicles to comprise its Dutch fleet from manufacturers and dealers.

FleetCo Dutch Secured Liabilities” means, in respect of Dutch FleetCo, all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred by Dutch FleetCo to the Dutch FleetCo Secured Creditors in any manner whatsoever, including on any current or other account or otherwise, including under or in connection with any:

 

(i)

Dutch Transaction Dutch Document to which Dutch FleetCo is a party; and

 

(ii)

(subject to clause 2.1 (xxxiv) and (xxxvi) hereof) English Transaction Document to which Dutch FleetCo is a party,

(in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently and whether as principal, surety or otherwise).

FleetCo Dutch Security Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

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(i)

(subject to clause 2.1 (xxxvi) hereof) the Dutch FleetCo Share Pledge;

 

(ii)

the Dutch Receivables Pledge; and

 

(iii)

the Dutch FleetCo German VAT Pledge.

FleetCo Enforcement Notice” means a notice delivered by the FleetCo Security Agent to the relevant FleetCo notifying the relevant FleetCo that it will enforce the security created under the FleetCo Security Documents and/or take any other kind of Enforcement Action.

FleetCo Event of Default” means any event of default as set out in part 2 (FleetCo Events of Default) of schedule 4 (Events of Default) to the Framework Agreement.

FleetCo Excess Cash Amount” means, in relation to a FleetCo in a Country, the amount equal to the amount standing to the credit of any account of any FleetCo, excluding:

 

(a)

in respect of Italian FleetCo in relation to the Maggiore Vehicles, the amount of all:

 

  (i)

the VAT Loan Advances made to Italian FleetCo under the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the VAT payments received by Italian FleetCo from a sale or disposal of any Maggiore Vehicle and the VAT payments received by Italian FleetCo from the lease of any Maggiore Vehicle by Italian FleetCo to Maggiore Italian OpCo; and

 

  (iii)

the Maggiore Italian VAT Refunds.

 

(b)

in respect of Italian FleetCo in relation to its vehicle fleet other than the Maggiore Vehicles, the amount of all:

 

  (i)

the VAT Loan Advances made to Italian FleetCo under the Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement; and

 

  (ii)

the VAT payments received by Italian FleetCo from the sale or disposal of Vehicles by Italian FleetCo and the VAT payments received by Italian FleetCo from the lease of Vehicles by Italian FleetCo to Avis Italian Opco which Italian FleetCo is required to pay to Avis Italian Opco pursuant to clause 6(b) of the Italian VAT Sharing Agreement;

 

(c)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands, the amount of all:

 

  (i)

the VAT Loan Advances made to Dutch FleetCo;

 

  (ii)

the VAT payments received by Dutch FleetCo from the sale or disposal of Vehicles by Dutch FleetCo and the VAT payments received by Dutch FleetCo from the lease of Vehicles by Dutch FleetCo to Dutch Opco; and

 

  (iii)

the Dutch VAT Refunds;

 

(d)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in Germany, the amounts received by Dutch FleetCo from the Vehicle Manufacturers and Vehicle Dealers representing:

 

 

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  (i)

the positive difference between amount of the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price (excluding VAT) and the Net Book Value with respect to the Vehicles for which the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price is paid pursuant to clause 6.3 and/or clause 6.5 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the VAT Amount; and

 

  (iii)

the Third Party Purchase Price VAT Amount;

 

(e)

the amounts standing to the credit of the VAT Component and Charge Costs Component Trust Account;

 

(f)

the amount standing to the credit of:

 

  (i)

each FleetCo Reserve Account (if any) in such Country;

 

  (ii)

(in respect of Dutch FleetCo in Germany), its provisioned items ledger and its Excluded Payments Ledger;

 

  (iii)

(in respect of Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands), its provisioned items ledger and its Excluded Payments Ledger;

 

  (iv)

(in respect of Dutch FleetCo in Spain), its provisioned items ledger and its Excluded Payments Ledger;

 

  (v)

(in respect of French FleetCo in France), its provisioned items ledger and its Excluded Payments Ledger; and

 

  (vi)

(in respect of Italian FleetCo in Italy), its provisioned items ledger and its Excluded Payments Ledger.

FleetCo Expected Maturity Date” means the Expected Maturity Date.

FleetCo Facility Agreements” means each of the FleetCo German Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, the FleetCo French Facility Agreement and the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement.

FleetCo French Advance” means each advance made by the French Intermediary Bank to French FleetCo under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement.

FleetCo French Advance Receivables” means each and any receivable of the French Intermediary Bank towards the French FleetCo (whether existing (créances née), future (créances futures) or conditional (créances conditionnelles) in respect of the FleetCo French Advance(s) drawn down, or to be drawn down, by the French FleetCo under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement, subject to, and in accordance with, the relevant terms of the FleetCo French Facility Agreement, including any and all interest accrued thereon.

FleetCo French Advances Proportion” means, on any date on which such calculation is required, the ratio of:

 

(a)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo French Advances under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement;

to

 

(b)

the sum of:

 

  (i)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Italian Advances under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

 

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  (ii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

  (iii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

  (iv)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo French Advances under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement; and

 

  (v)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement,

such ratio expressed as a percentage.

FleetCo French Back-up Cash Manager” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch or its replacement or successor as appointed under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement.

FleetCo French Facility Agreement” means a facility agreement between French FleetCo and the French Intermediary Bank, the proceeds of which French FleetCo will use to, among other things, purchase vehicles to comprise its French fleet.

FleetCo French Facility Security” means the FleetCo French Related Security granted by French FleetCo in favour of the French Intermediary Bank as a security for the timely payment of any amount due under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement.

FleetCo French Fee and Indemnity Receivables” means each and any receivable of the French Intermediary Bank towards the French FleetCo, whether existing (créances née), future (créances futures) or conditional (créances conditionnelles) which has arisen or will arise from the FleetCo French Facility Agreement and which does not characterise as a FleetCo French Advance Receivable. For the avoidance of doubt, any such receivable shall consist in particular of: (i) any taxes provided for in clause 7 (Tax Gross-up), clause 8 (Tax); (ii) any indemnities (including currency indemnities) provided for in clause 11 (Borrower’s Indemnities) in each case of the FleetCo French Facility Agreement; and (iii) any indemnities, taxes, costs and increased payments provided for in clause 10 (Fees, Costs and Expenses) of the FleetCo French Facility Agreement.

FleetCo French Loan Receivables” means together the FleetCo French Advance Receivables and the FleetCo French Fee and Indemnity Receivables.

FleetCo French Related Security” means, in respect to the French Transaction Documents and English Transaction Documents to which the French FleetCo is a party, any security granted or to be granted from time to time by the French FleetCo in favour of the French FleetCo Secured Creditors pursuant to the relevant terms of the FleetCo French Security Documents.

FleetCo French Secured Liabilities” means, in respect of French FleetCo, all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred by French FleetCo to the French FleetCo Secured Creditors on any current or other account or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, including under or in connection with any:

 

(i)

French Transaction Document to which French FleetCo is a party; and

 

(ii)

English Transaction Document to which French FleetCo is a party,

 

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in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently and whether as principal, surety or otherwise.

FleetCo French Security Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the French Vehicle Pledge Agreement;

 

(ii)

the French Third Party Holding Agreement;

 

(iii)

the French Receivables Security Assignment Agreement;

 

(iv)

the French Business Charge Agreement;

 

(v)

the French Bank Account Pledge Agreement;

 

(vi)

the French Share Pledge Agreement (French Opco); and

 

(vii)

the French Share Pledge Agreement (Golden Shareholder).

FleetCo German Advance” means each advance made by the Issuer to Dutch FleetCo under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement.

FleetCo German Advances Proportion” means, on any date on which such calculation is required, the ratio of:

 

(a)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

to

 

(b)

the sum of:

 

  (i)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

  (iii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

  (iv)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo French Advances under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement; and

 

  (v)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Italian Advances under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement,

such ratio expressed as a percentage.

FleetCo German Back-up Cash Manager” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and any successor or replacement thereof appointed under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement.

FleetCo German Facility Agreement” means a facility agreement between Dutch FleetCo and the Issuer, the proceeds of which Dutch FleetCo will use to, among other things, purchase vehicles to comprise its German fleet from German Opco.

 

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FleetCo German Secured Liabilities” means, in respect of Dutch FleetCo, all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred by Dutch FleetCo to the German FleetCo Secured Creditors in any manner whatsoever, including on any current or other account or otherwise, including under or in connection with any:

 

(i)

German Transaction Document to which Dutch FleetCo is a party;

 

(ii)

(subject to clauses 2.1(xxxiv) and (xxxv) hereof) English Transaction Document to which Dutch FleetCo is a party; and

 

(iii)

Dutch Transaction Document to which Dutch FleetCo is a party,

(in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently and whether as principal, surety or otherwise).

FleetCo German Security Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the German Account Pledge Agreement;

 

(ii)

the German Receivables Assignment Agreement; and

 

(iii)

the German Security Transfer Agreement.

FleetCo Holdings” means CarFin Finance Holdings DAC, incorporated in Ireland with registered number 463657 and having its registered office at 1st Floor, 1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland.

FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider” means Intertrust Finance Management (Ireland) Limited or any successor or replacement thereof appointed under the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement.

FleetCo Individual Advance Proportion” means, on any date on which such calculation is required and in respect of a FleetCo Advance, the ratio of:

 

(a)

the total principal amount made available under such FleetCo Advance on its FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date; to

 

(b)

the aggregate of the principal amount made available under all outstanding FleetCo Advances that have the same FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date and the same FleetCo Advance Repayment Date as such FleetCo Advance,

such ratio expressed as a percentage.

FleetCo Italian Advance” means each advance made by the Issuer to Italian FleetCo under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement.

FleetCo Italian Advances Proportion” means, on any date on which such calculation is required, the ratio of:

 

(a)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Italian Advances under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

to

 

(b)

the sum of:

 

  (i)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Italian Advances under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

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  (iii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

  (iv)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo French Advances under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement; and

 

  (v)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement,

such ratio expressed as a percentage.

FleetCo Italian Back-up Cash Manager” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch or its replacement or successor as appointed under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement.

FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement” means a facility agreement between Italian FleetCo and the Issuer, the proceeds of which Italian FleetCo will use to, among other things, purchase vehicles to comprise its Italian fleet.

FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement Purchase Option” means the option granted by the Issuer to Finco under clause 15.4 (Option) of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement.

FleetCo Italian Secured Liabilities” means, in respect of Italian FleetCo, all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred by Italian FleetCo to the Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors on any current or other account or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, including under or in connection with any:

 

(i)

Italian Transaction Document to which Italian FleetCo is a party; and

 

(ii)

English Transaction Document to which Italian FleetCo is a party,

in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently and whether as principal, surety or otherwise. For the purposes of “FleetCo Italian Secured Liabilities”, each of the Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors acknowledges that all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred by Italian FleetCo under or in connection with the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement shall be limited to [Redacted] of the total aggregate amount of the FleetCo Advances made available under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement.

FleetCo Italian Security Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the Italian FleetCo Share Pledge; and

 

(ii)

the Italian FleetCo Security Deed.

FleetCo Payment Date” means the Issuer Payment Date, save that if Senior Advances are to be repaid by the Issuer using proceeds received by the Issuer from FleetCo Advances, the FleetCo Payment Date in respect of such repayment of FleetCo Advances shall be one Business Day before the Issuer Payment Date, if such FleetCo Payment Date is not a Business Day in Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, France or Italy (as applicable to the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement).

FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priorities of Payments” means the Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments, the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priorities of Payments, the French FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments and the Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments.

 

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FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priorities of Payments” means the Dutch FleetCo German Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, the French FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments and the Italian FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments (as applicable).

FleetCo Priority of Payments” means the FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priorities of Payments and the FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priorities of Payments.

FleetCo Profit Margin” means, in respect of a FleetCo in each Country on a Lease Determination Date, 0.0002 or such other amount in respect of such Lease Determination Date as may be agreed from time to time between (i) such FleetCo in such Country, (ii) its Related Opco as representing an arm’s length profit for the activities undertaken by such FleetCo in such Country, and (iii) if such FleetCo Profit Margin exceeds 0.0004, the Transaction Agent.

FleetCo Repeating Representations” means, in respect of each FleetCo, the representations and warranties of such FleetCo set out in the Framework Agreement, save for the representations and the warranties in the following clauses in the Framework Agreement:

 

(i)

clause 3.3.3 (Independent Director);

 

(ii)

clause 3.3.4 (Centre of Main Interests and no establishment);

 

(iii)

clause 3.3.5 (Taxes);

 

(iv)

clause 3.3.6 (No Subsidiaries, Employees or Premises);

 

(v)

clauses 3.3.11(i)(a) and 3.3.11(iii)(a) (Financial Statements);

 

(vi)

clause 3.3.18 (Consents);

 

(vii)

clause 3.3.23 (Execution);

 

(viii)

clause 3.3.27(ii) (FleetCo Security);

 

(ix)

clause 3.3.28 (Compliance with Relevant Transaction Documents);

 

(x)

clause 3.3.31 (Filings);

 

(xi)

clause 3.3.32 (Consents);

 

(xii)

clause 3.3.34 (Taxes – Transaction Documents);

 

(xiii)

clause 3.3.39 (Compliance with Country Asset Value Test);

 

(xiv)

clause 3.3.40 (Negotiation Guidelines and Vehicle Purchasing Agreement);

 

(xv)

clauses 3.3.41(i) and (ii) (Spain specific representations and warranties);

 

(xvi)

clause 3.3.43(i) (The Netherlands specific representations and warranties).

FleetCo Reserve Account” means, as applicable:

 

(i)

the Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account (if any);

 

(ii)

the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Reserve Account (if any);

 

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(iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account (if any);

 

(iv)

the French FleetCo Reserve Account (if any); and

 

(v)

the Italian FleetCo Reserve Account (if any).

FleetCo Secured Creditors” means:

 

(i)

the Spanish FleetCo Secured Creditors;

 

(ii)

the German FleetCo Secured Creditors;

 

(iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Secured Creditors;

 

(iv)

the French FleetCo Secured Creditors; and

 

(v)

the Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors.

FleetCo Secured Liabilities” means:

 

(i)

the FleetCo Spanish Secured Liabilities;

 

(ii)

the FleetCo German Secured Liabilities;

 

(iii)

the FleetCo Dutch Secured Liabilities;

 

(iv)

the FleetCo French Secured Liabilities; and

 

(v)

the FleetCo Italian Secured Liabilities.

FleetCo Secured Property” means the assets from time to time subject, or expressed to be subject, to the FleetCo Security or any part of those assets.

FleetCo Security” means all or any of the Security Interests created or expressed to be created from time to time constituted by or pursuant to, or evidenced by, the FleetCo Security Documents.

FleetCo Security Agent” means Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank or the replacement or successor entity appointed as security agent and/or trustee on behalf of itself and the FleetCo Secured Creditors.

FleetCo Security Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the FleetCo Dutch Security Documents;

 

(ii)

the FleetCo German Security Documents;

 

(iii)

the FleetCo French Security Documents;

 

(iv)

the FleetCo Italian Security Documents;

 

(v)

the FleetCo Spanish Security Documents;

 

(vi)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents

 

(vii)

each FleetCo Security Power of Attorney;

 

(viii)

each FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

(ix)

the Lessor Power of Attorney; and

 

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(x)

any other document designated by the FleetCo Security Agent as a FleetCo Security Document.

FleetCo Security Powers of Attorney” means: (i) the power of attorney granted by Dutch FleetCo to the FleetCo Security Agent pursuant to clause 15 (Power of Attorney) of the German FleetCo Deed of Charge and substantially in the form set out in schedule 1 (Form of FleetCo Security Power of Attorney) to the German FleetCo Deed of Charge; (ii) the power of attorney granted by Dutch FleetCo to the FleetCo Security Agent pursuant to clause 15 (Power of Attorney) of the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge and substantially in the form set out in schedule 1 (Form of FleetCo Security Power of Attorney) to the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge; (iii) the power of attorney granted by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to the FleetCo Security Agent pursuant to clause 15 (Power of Attorney) of the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge and substantially in the form set out in schedule 1 (Form of FleetCo Security Power of Attorney) to the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge; (iv) the power of attorney granted by French FleetCo to the FleetCo Security Agent pursuant to clause 15 (Power of Attorney) of the French FleetCo Deed of Charge and substantially in the form set out in schedule 1 (Form of FleetCo Security Power of Attorney) to the French FleetCo Deed of Charge; and (v) the power of attorney granted by Italian FleetCo to the FleetCo Security Agent pursuant to clause 15 (Power of Attorney) of the Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge and substantially in the form set out in schedule 1 (Form of FleetCo Security Power of Attorney) to the Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge.

FleetCo Servicers” means the Spanish Servicer, each of the Italian Servicers, the French Servicer and the Central Servicer.

FleetCo Spanish Advance” means each advance made by the Issuer to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement.

FleetCo Spanish Advances Proportion” means, on any date on which such calculation is required, the ratio of:

 

(a)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

to

 

(b)

the sum of:

 

  (i)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo German Advances under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Spanish Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

  (iii)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Dutch Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

  (iv)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo French Advances under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement; and

 

  (v)

the aggregate outstanding FleetCo Italian Advances under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement,

such ratio expressed as a percentage.

 

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FleetCo Spanish Back-up Cash Manager” means Deutsche Bank, London Branch and any replacement or successor thereof appointed under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement.

FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement” means a facility agreement between Dutch FleetCo and the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used, among other things, to purchase vehicles to comprise its Spanish fleet from manufacturers and dealers.

FleetCo Spanish Secured Liabilities” means, in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to the Spanish FleetCo Secured Creditors in any manner whatsoever, including on any current or other account or otherwise, including under or in connection with any:

 

(i)

Spanish Transaction Document to which Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch is a party; and

 

(ii)

English Transaction Document to which Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch is a party,

in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently and whether as principal, surety or otherwise.

FleetCo Spanish Security Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the Public Deed of Pledge over Vehicles;

 

(ii)

the Third Party Holding Agreement;

 

(iii)

the VAT receivables pledge in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s activities in Spain;

 

(iv)

the pledge in respect of credit right under the Spanish Master Lease Agreement;

 

(v)

the pledge in respect of Spanish law governed receivables under the Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreements and Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreements to which Dutch FleetCo is a party;

 

(vi)

the pledge over the bank accounts of Dutch FleetCo in Spain; and

 

(vii)

the irrevocable power of attorney granted by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to the FleetCo Security Agent.

FleetCo Total Borrowed Amount” means, in respect of a FleetCo on a Lease Determination Date, the aggregate principal amount outstanding on the last day of the Related Month under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement.

FleetCo Transaction Documents” means, in respect of a FleetCo, the following documents to which such FleetCo is a party (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the Funds Flow Agreement;

 

(ii)

the Framework Agreement;

 

(iii)

the Master Definitions Agreement;

 

(iv)

the Tax Deed of Covenant;

 

(v)

the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement (in respect of Dutch FleetCo);

 

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(vi)

the FleetCo German Facility Agreement (in respect of Dutch FleetCo);

 

(vii)

the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement (in respect of Dutch FleetCo);

 

(viii)

the FleetCo French Facility Agreement (in respect of French FleetCo);

 

(ix)

the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement (in respect of Italian FleetCo);

 

(x)

the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement;

 

(xi)

the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

(xii)

the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(xiii)

the Parent Performance Guarantee;

 

(xiv)

the Finco Payment Guarantee;

 

(xv)

the Operating Documents;

 

(xvi)

the FleetCo Security Documents;

 

(xvii)

the Dutch FleetCo Management Documents;

 

(xviii)

the Spain TRO Power of Attorney; and

 

(xix)

all documents approved by the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent and entered into by such FleetCo related to or in connection with the documents above.

Fleet Payables Amount” means, in relation to any Country, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of any amounts due by the relevant FleetCo in such Country to Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers (excluding any amount in respect of VAT related thereto) and remaining outstanding at the relevant Calculation Date or (as applicable) each Intra-Month Cut-Off Date.

Fleet Plan” means, in respect of each Country, the projected Vehicle Fleet purchase and Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV in the immediately following financial year of the relevant FleetCo.

Fleet Report” means the data report (in Computer Readable Form) provided on a Vehicle-by-Vehicle basis, containing data relating to the FleetCo’s various Vehicles in the form as set out in part A and part B of schedule 9 (Form of Fleet Report) to the Framework Agreement and, if amended, in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

Floating Charge” means:

 

(i)

the floating charge created by clause 3.4 (Floating Charge) of the Issuer Deed of Charge and clause 3.4 (Floating Charge) of the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge;

 

(ii)

the floating charge created by clause 3.3 (Floating Charge) of the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

(iii)

the floating charge created by clause 3.3 (Floating Charge) of the German FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

(iv)

the floating charge created by clause 3.3 (Floating Charge) of the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

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(v)

the floating charge created by clause 3.3 (Floating Charge) of the French FleetCo Deed of Charge; and

 

(vi)

the floating charge created by clause 3.3 (Floating Charge) of the Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge.

Force Majeure Event” means an event beyond the reasonable control of the person affected including strike, lock-out, labour dispute, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, computer software, hardware or system failure, fire, flood and/or storm and other circumstances affecting the supply of goods or services.

Framework Agreement” means the agreement setting out the common terms applicable to the transaction dated 5 March 2013 as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time and entered into by, among others, the FleetCos, the Issuer, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent.

France Repayment Option” means, in respect of a TRO Default, the Country Repayment Option applicable to Finco, as more particularly set out in clause 6 (Country Repayment Option) of the Framework Agreement.

French Accession Date” means 21 May 2014.

French Account Bank Agreement” means the agreement to appoint the French FleetCo Account Bank.

French Account Mandate” has the meaning given to it in clause 4.1.1 of the French Account Bank Agreement.

French Bank Account Pledge Agreement” means the French law bank account pledge agreement (nantissement de comptes bancaires) between French FleetCo as pledger and the French FleetCo Secured Creditors as pledgees.

French Bank Accounts” means:

 

(i)

the French FleetCo Transaction Account;

 

(ii)

the French FleetCo Reserve Account (if any); and

 

(iii)

any Additional Accounts opened and maintained in accordance with the French Account Bank Agreement.

French Business Charge Agreement” means the business charge (nantissement de fonds de commerce) between French FleetCo as chargor and the French FleetCo Secured Creditors as beneficiaries.

French FleetCo” means AB FleetCo which, among other things, holds title to or holds possession of the Vehicle Fleet in France.

French FleetCo Account Bank” means the entity appointed as account bank under the French Account Bank Agreement.

French FleetCo Account Bank Operator” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch.

French FleetCo Deed of Charge” means the English law deed of charge pursuant to which, among other things, French FleetCo assigns, pledges and otherwise creates security over all its rights and interests in and to each of the English Transaction Documents to which it is a party in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

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French FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part E (French FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 6 (FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

French FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part E (French FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 5 (FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

French FleetCo Reserve Account” means the reserve account in France in the name of French FleetCo and which may, from time to time, be opened and maintained with the French FleetCo Account Bank.

French FleetCo Secured Creditors” means (i) the French Intermediary Bank and, upon assignment of the FleetCo French Advances to the FCT pursuant to clause 14.3 of the FleetCo French Facility Agreement, the FCT and (ii) the French FleetCo Account Bank, the French FleetCo Account Bank Operator, the FleetCo French Back-up Cash Manager, the French Servicer, the Central Servicer and the FleetCo Security Agent (including any Receiver or Appointee thereof).

French FleetCo Secured Property” means the assets from time to time secured by the FleetCo French Security Documents.

French FleetCo Share Pledge” means the pledge of all the shares in French FleetCo.

French FleetCo Transaction Account” means the bank account in France in the name of French FleetCo with account number [Redacted].

French GAAP” means the accounting principles established pursuant to the French Code de commerce and the Plan Comptable Général, both as amended and supplemented from time to time.

French Intermediary Bank” means Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.

French Master Lease Agreement” means, the master lease agreement dated on or about the date hereof entered into by, amongst others, French FleetCo and French Opco.

French Opco” means Avis Location de Voitures SAS.

French Opco Event of Default” means an Event of Default in respect of French Opco as the Relevant Person.

French Receivables Security Assignment Agreement” means the French receivables security assignment agreement (cession de créances professionnelles “Dailly” à titre de garantie) between French FleetCo as assignor and the French Intermediary Bank and the FCT as assignees.

French Servicer” means French Opco which is to provide transaction management services to French FleetCo.

French Servicing Agreement” means the servicing and cash management agreement between, among others, French FleetCo and French Opco in respect of French FleetCo’s operations in France.

 

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French Share Pledge Agreement (French Opco)” means the French share pledge agreement (nantissement de comptes-titres) pursuant to which French Opco grants security over its shares in French FleetCo in favour of the French FleetCo Secured Creditors.

French Share Pledge Agreement (Golden Shareholder)” means the French share pledge agreement (nantissement de comptes-titres) pursuant to which the Golden Shareholder grants security over its shares in French FleetCo in favour of the French FleetCo Secured Creditors.

French Third Party Holder” means French Opco in its capacity as third party holder under the French Third Party Holding Agreement.

French Third Party Holding Agreement” means the French third party holding agreement (convention d’entiercement) pursuant to which French Opco will act as third party holder of French FleetCo’s pledged Vehicles on behalf of the French FleetCo Secured Creditors.

French Transaction Documents means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the FleetCo French Facility Agreement;

 

(ii)

the French Account Bank Agreement;

 

(iii)

the French Account Mandate;

 

(iv)

the French Master Lease Agreement;

 

(v)

the French Servicing Agreement;

 

(vi)

the FleetCo French Security Documents;

 

(vii)

the FCT Transaction Documents;

 

(viii)

the Golden Share Put and Call Option Agreement; and

 

(ix)

any other Transaction Documents expressed to be governed by French law and designated as a “French Transaction Document” by the Transaction Agent and French FleetCo.

French Vehicle Documents” means, in respect of Vehicles in France, the keys and spare keys to the Vehicles, the property certificate and the registration and technical documents regarding the Vehicles.

French Vehicle Pledge Agreement” means the French vehicle pledge agreement (gage avec dépossession sur véhicules automobiles) between French FleetCo as pledger and the French FleetCo Secured Creditors as pledgees.

FSMA” means Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Funds Flow Agreement” means the funds flow agreement dated 20 March 2013 between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Cash Manager and the FleetCos in respect of the cash flow on or about the Initial Funding Date.

Further Senior Notes” has the meaning given to it in clause 4.1 (Issue of Further Senior Notes) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

 

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GAAP” means:

 

(i)

in relation to any Opco (other than German Opco), Finco, Avis Europe or the Issuer, generally accepted accounting principles, standards and practices in the jurisdiction of incorporation of that entity;

 

(ii)

in relation to Italian FleetCo, Italian GAAP;

 

(iii)

in relation to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, Spanish GAAP;

 

(iv)

in relation to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany, German GAAP;

 

(v)

in relation to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands, Dutch GAAP;

 

(vi)

in relation to French FleetCo, French GAAP; and

 

(vii)

in relation to German Opco, German GAAP.

German Account Bank Agreement” means the agreement pursuant to which Dutch FleetCo appoints the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank.

German Account Mandate” has the meaning given to it in clause 4.1.1 of the German Account Bank Agreement.

German Account Pledge Agreement” means the German law governed agreement between, among others, Dutch FleetCo and the FleetCo Security Agent in respect of the German law pledge (Pfandrecht) in respect of the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts.

German Base Rent” means, in relation to all Vehicles which are leased to a Lessee under the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement on any day during the Related Month or, as the case may be, Related Months where such Related Months occur prior to a Lease Payment Date following the Lease Determination Date in respect of any Lease Payment Date, the sum of the Depreciation Charges that have accrued with respect to each such Vehicle during the Related Month or, as the case may be, Related Months, as determined in accordance with the terms of such Master German Fleet Lease Agreement.

German Custodian” means DAD Deutscher Auto Dienst GmBH.

German Custody Agreement” means the German law governed custody agreement in respect of the custody of the German Vehicle Certificates and evidence in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in Germany of Dutch FleetCo and entered into between German Opco, Dutch FleetCo, the FleetCo Security Agent and the German Custodian.

German FleetCo Deed of Charge” means the English law deed of charge pursuant to which, among other things, Dutch FleetCo assigns, pledges and otherwise creates security over all its rights and interests in and to each of the English Transaction Documents to which it is a party in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent.

German FleetCo Secured Creditors” means the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator, the FleetCo German Back-up Cash Manager, and, with respect to obligations incurred by Dutch FleetCo acting with respect to its Vehicle Fleet purchased from German Opco, the Central Servicer, the Liquidation Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent (including any Receiver or Appointee thereof) and the Issuer.

German GAAP” means the accounting principles established pursuant to the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch).

German Opco” means Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG.

 

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German Opco Event of Default” means an Event of Default in respect of German Opco as the Relevant Person.

German Opco Existing Fleet Vehicle” means each Eligible Vehicle (i) in respect of which German Opco has paid the Initial Purchase Price in full to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer prior to the date of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement and (ii) which German Opco owns prior to the date of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

German Parallel Debt” has the meaning given to it in clause 16 (Parallel Debt) of the Framework Agreement.

German Receivables Assignment Agreement” means the German law governed agreement between, among others, Dutch FleetCo and the FleetCo Security Agent in respect of the security assignment (Sicherungsabtretung) in respect of German law governed receivables.

German Security Transfer Agreement” means the German law governed agreement between, among others, Dutch FleetCo and the FleetCo Security Agent in respect of the transfer of title for security purposes (Sicherungsübereignung) of the German Vehicle Fleet.

German Transaction Documents means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the FleetCo German Security Documents;

 

(ii)

the German Custody Agreement;

 

(iii)

the German Trust Agreement;

 

(iv)

the German Account Bank Agreement;

 

(v)

the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement (to the extent governed by German law); and

 

(vi)

any other Transaction Document approved by the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent and expressed to be governed by German law.

German Trust Agreement” means the German law governed agreement between, among others, German Opco and Dutch FleetCo, in respect of the VAT Component and the Charge Costs Component in respect of Vehicles purchased in Germany and VAT Component and Charge Costs Component Account.

German Vehicle Certificates” means, in respect of Vehicles in Germany in relation to which an Individual Purchase and Lease Agreement has been concluded, the registration documents regarding such vehicles (Zulassungsbescheinigungen Teil II (formerly known as Fahrzeugbriefe)) and certificates of conformity (EU-Konformitätserklärungen).

German Vehicle Documents” means, in respect of Vehicles in Germany, the keys and spare keys to the Vehicles, the German Vehicle Certificates and the certificates of conformity (EU-Konformitätserklärungen).

Golden Share Funding Agreement Purchase Option” means the call option granted by FleetCo Holdings to French Opco under clause 3 (Call Option) or the put option granted by French Opco to the FleetCo Holdings under clause 4 (Put Option) as appropriate of the Golden Share Put and Call Option Agreement.

 

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Golden Share Put and Call Option Agreement” means the put and call option agreement entered into between FleetCo Holdings and French Opco.

Golden Shareholder” means FleetCo Holdings.

Golden Shareholder Letter of Undertakings” means the undertakings letter in relation to French FleetCo entered into by the Golden Shareholder.

Governmental Authority” means any entity, governmental, semi-governmental, administrative, fiscal, judicial or quasi-judicial body, department, commission, authority, tribunal or agency, exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

Holding Company” means, in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.

Immediately Following Settlement Date” means, in respect of any day, the next Settlement Date falling after such day.

Imperative Principles” means those principles indicated as being “Imperative” in, as applicable, schedule 2 to each Italian Servicing Agreement, schedule 6 to the French Master Lease Agreement and schedule 2 to the Spanish Servicing Agreement.

Increased Cost” means, without double counting:

 

(a)

a reduction in the rate of return from the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement or on a Senior Noteholder’s (or an Affiliate’s) overall capital or from the VFN Funding Agreement or on an FCT Noteholder’s (or an Affiliates) overall capital (as applicable);

 

(b)

an additional or increased cost; or

 

(c)

a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Issuer Transaction Document or any FCT Transaction Document (as applicable),

which is incurred or suffered by a Senior Noteholder or FCT Noteholder (as applicable) or any of their Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to that Senior Noteholder or FCT Noteholder (as applicable) having entered into the relevant Senior Noteholder Fee Letter or pursuant to the VFN Funding Agreement or funding or performing its obligations under any Issuer Transaction Document or FCT Transaction Document (as applicable).

Independent Director” means a duly appointed member of the board of directors of the Issuer who has not been, at the time of such appointment, or at any time in the preceding five years prior to such appointment (i) a direct or indirect legal or beneficial owner of the shares of the Issuer or any member of the Avis Group (ii) a director or employee of any member of the Avis Group (other than FleetCos) or the creditors of the Issuer (other than the Corporate Services Providers).

Individual Purchase and Lease Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in Germany under clause 3.4 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement or in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands under clause 3.4 of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement (as applicable).

Individual Repurchase and Lease Termination Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in Germany under clause 5.6 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

Information Date” means the date falling 4 Business Days before a Settlement Date.

 

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INIFA” or “Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement” means the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement originally dated 5 March 2013 between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Senior Noteholders pursuant to which the Senior Noteholders makes advances to the Issuer, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time.

Initial Commitment” means, in relation to an Initial Senior Noteholder, the amount set out in the relevant Senior Noteholder Fee Letter.

Initial Conduit Senior Noteholder” means any Conduit Senior Noteholder which is a party to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and which is a Senior Noteholder on the Initial Funding Date.

Initial Funding Date” means 20 March 2013.

Initial Dutch Funding Date” means the date of the first FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement.

Initial French Funding Date” means the date of the first FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement.

Initial VFN Funding Date” means the date of the first VFN Advance under the VFN Funding Agreement.

Initial Maggiore Funding Date” means the date of the first FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement with respect to the purchase of any Maggiore Vehicles.

Initial Principal Amount” means, in respect of a Senior Note, the initial principal amount attributable to such Senior Note upon issue and which is to be set out in the Register and, in respect of a Variable Funding Note, the initial principal amount attributable to such Variable Funding Note upon issue which is to be set out in the FCT Register.

Initial Purchase Price” means, in relation to a Vehicle in Germany, the purchase price or other consideration payable by German Opco to the Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer for the purchase by German Opco of such Vehicle or, in relation to The Netherlands, the purchase price or other consideration payable by Dutch Opco to the Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer for the purchase by Dutch Opco of such Vehicle, as provided in the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement and Vehicle Dealer Agreement, excluding VAT and Charge Costs, and the “Initial Purchase Price” shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be equal to its Capitalised Cost.

Initial Senior Noteholders” means the Senior Noteholders who are parties to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement dated the Signing Date.

In-Service Date” means (i) in relation to a Programme Vehicle, the date on which depreciation commences with regard to such Vehicle in accordance with the terms of the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement and (ii) in relation to a Non-Programme Vehicle, the date on which such Vehicle is first available to be placed in service under the terms of the relevant Master Lease Agreement.

Insolvency Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986.

Insolvency Event” means any the following events occurring in respect of a Relevant Person:

 

(a)

such Relevant Person is Insolvent; or

 

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(b)

such Relevant Person is subject to Insolvency Proceedings.

Insolvency Official” means, in relation to a Relevant Person, a liquidator, provisional liquidator, administrator, examiner, administrative receiver, receiver or manager, compulsory or interim manager, nominee, supervisor, trustee, conservator, guardian or other similar officer (including (i) under German law, any Insolvenzverwalter, vorläufigen Insolvenzverwalter, Sachwalter or vorläufigen Sachwalter (ii) under Italian law, any curatore fallimentare, commissario straordinario, commissario giudiziale, liquidatore giudiziale or commissario liquidatore, (iii) under Spanish law, any administrador concursal, auxiliar delegado, administrador judicial or liquidador), under French law, any mandataire ad hoc, conciliateur, mandataire judiciaire, administrateur judiciaire, or mandataire liquidateur and (iv) under Dutch law, any curator or bewindvoerder).

Insolvency Proceedings” means the following events in respect of a Relevant Person:

 

(a)

(if such Relevant Person is Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo or the Issuer) reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts) of such Relevant Person; or

 

(b)

any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or steps is taken in relation to:

 

  (i)

(x) (in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo or the Issuer) bankruptcy, insolvency or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise), arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, suspension of payments, moratorium of any indebtedness, emergency regulations, composition, compromise, legal de-merger, declaration or other relief with respect to it or its debts, and (y) (in respect of any other person) emergency regulations, composition, compromise, legal de-merger, declaration or other relief with respect to it or its debts, in each case, under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts;

 

  (ii)

(if such Relevant Person is Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo or the Issuer) a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of such Relevant Person, in each case under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts;

 

  (iii)

(if such Relevant Person is Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo or the Issuer) any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affecting any asset or assets of such Relevant Person; or

 

  (iv)

(if such Relevant Person is Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo or the Issuer) enforcement of any security over any assets of such Relevant Person; or

 

(c)

such Relevant Person resolves, or a meeting of such Relevant Person is convened for the purpose of considering any resolution, and (in respect of the Opcos and Finco only) such resolution is passed, for (or to petition or otherwise make application for) its winding-up, its examinership, its judicial administration, a moratorium of any of its indebtedness or to otherwise dissolve itself, or gives notice of its intention to do so or is otherwise wound up or dissolved; or

 

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(d)

any entity or person presents an application or petition (or the equivalent in any relevant jurisdiction) to a court for the winding-up, examinership (if applicable) or for the judicial administration or for the bankruptcy of such Relevant Person or a moratorium of any of its indebtedness or for any other relief under the relevant bankruptcy or insolvency law and this application or petition is not withdrawn by the applicant or otherwise set aside or rejected by the court or otherwise stayed (e.g. by way of deposits with a court or debt rescheduling or restructuring arrangements) within 10 (ten) days if the Relevant Person is Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo, Dutch FleetCo or the Issuer or, in respect of other Relevant Persons, within 60 (sixty) days; or

 

(e)

such Relevant Person takes any steps to obtain protection (including a moratorium) or is granted protection (including a moratorium) from its creditors in general under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts; or

 

(f)

an order is made for such Relevant Person to be wound up, liquidated, put into provisional liquidation, put into administration, examinership (if applicable) or dissolved (following a proceeding under applicable bankruptcy laws) or for a moratorium of any of such Relevant Person’s indebtedness or for any procedure which is analogous or has a similar effect to such an order; or

 

(g)

any Insolvency Official is appointed (whether or not under a court order) in respect of such Relevant Person (or any substantial part of the assets of such person, if applicable) or the directors of such Relevant Person request such appointment or any application has been made or remains current for the appointment of the foregoing; or

 

(h)

any other insolvency proceedings are commenced against such Relevant Person, namely (as appropriate):

 

  (i)

in respect of any entity who is resident in Germany or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in Germany:

 

  (A)

the competent insolvency court (Insolvenzgericht) orders:

 

  (1)

interim measures of protection in accordance with Section 21 Para. 1 Sentence 1 and Para. 2 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung; in particular appoints a preliminary insolvency administrator (vorläufiger Insolvenzverwalter) in accordance with Section 21 Para. 1 Nos. 1 and 2 and Section 22 of the German Insolvency Code); or

 

  (2)

the opening of main insolvency proceedings pursuant to Section 27 of the German Insolvency Code (Eröffnungsbeschluss); or

 

  (3)

the dismissal of the petition to open insolvency proceedings due to the insufficient estate pursuant to Section 26 of the German Insolvency Code (Abweisung des Antrages auf Eröffnung des Insolvenzverfahrens mangels Masse); or

 

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  (B)

a petition for the opening of insolvency proceedings (Insolvenztrag) is filed and this petition is not withdrawn by the petitioner or otherwise set aside or rejected by the court or otherwise stayed (e.g. by way of deposits with a court, or debt rescheduling or restructuring arrangements) within 60 (sixty) days; or

 

  (ii)

in respect of any entity who is resident in Italy or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in Italy, “fallimento”, “concordato preventivo”, “liquidazione coatta amministrativa” as set out under the Italian Bankruptcy Act, “accordo di ristrutturazione dei debiti” under article 182-bis of the Italian Bankruptcy Act, “piano di risanamento attestato” under article 67, paragraph 3, letter d) of the Italian Bankruptcy Act, “amministrazione straordinaria delle grandi imprese in stato di insolvenza” as set out under either Legislative Decree 8 July 1999, No. 270 or Law Decree 23 December 2003, No. 347 as converted, with amendments, into Law 18 February 2004, No. 39; or

 

  (iii)

in respect of any entity who is resident in Spain or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in Spain, “concurso voluntario” or “concurso necesario”, as set out under Law 22/2003, of 9 July;

 

  (iv)

in respect of any entity who is resident in The Netherlands or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in The Netherlands, “ontbinding” or the competent insolvency court orders “faillissement”, “surseance van betaling” or “noodregeling”; or

 

  (v)

in respect of any entity who is resident in France or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in France, “mandat ad hoc”, “procédure de conciliation”, “procédure de sauvegarde”, “procédure de redressement judiciaire”, “procédure de liquidation judiciaire” as set out under “LIVRE VI” of the French Code de commerce.

 

(i)

there occurs, in relation to such Relevant Person, in any jurisdiction to which it or any of its assets are subject, any event which has an effect equivalent or substantially similar to any of those mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (h) (inclusive) above, or any furtherance of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts above by such Relevant Person.

Insolvent” means any of the following events occurring in respect of any entity:

 

(a)

such Relevant Person is or is deemed or declared for the purposes of any law to be unable to pay its debts as they fall due or to be insolvent, including, without limitation:

 

  (i)

in respect of any person who is resident in Germany or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in Germany, the legal representative of such person is required to file for the opening of insolvency proceedings pursuant to Section 15a of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung);

 

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  (ii)

in respect of any entity who is resident in Italy or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in Italy, any entity who is in “stato di insolvenza” for the purpose of article 5 of Royal Decree 16 March 1942, n. 267 (the “Italian Bankruptcy Act”), article 3 of Legislative Decree 8 July 1999, No. 270 or article 4 of Law Decree 23 December 2003, No. 347 as converted, with amendments, into Law 18 February 2004, No. 39, or in “stato di crisi” for the purpose of article 160 of the Italian Bankruptcy Act;

 

  (iii)

in respect of any entity who is resident in France or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in France, such person is in a position of suspension of payments (cessation des paiements) within the meaning of L.631-1 of the French Code de commerce;

 

  (iv)

in respect of any entity who is resident in Spain or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in Spain, such person is unable to regularly satisfy its obligations as they fall due within the meaning of Article 2.2 of Law 22/2003, of 9 July; or

 

  (v)

in respect of any entity who is resident in The Netherlands or who has its centre of main interests (as such term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in The Netherlands:

 

  (A)

such person is unable to satisfy its obligations as they fall due within the meaning of Article 1 of the Dutch Insolvency Act (Faillissementswet);

 

  (B)

such person expects to be unable to satisfy its obligations as they fall due within the meaning of Article 214 of the Dutch Insolvency Act (Faillissementswet); or

 

  (C)

the interests of the joint creditors of such person require a special provision (bijzondere voorziening) within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Article 3:160 of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht);

 

(b)

such Relevant Person admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they fall due or otherwise states it is insolvent;

 

(c)

such Relevant Person suspends payment of its debts to creditors generally or announces its intention to do so;

 

(d)

in respect of the Issuer or any other Relevant Person incorporated in Ireland or which has its Centre of Main Interest in Ireland, such Relevant Person is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Sections 509 (3) or 570 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland or otherwise is declared for the purposes of any law to be unable to pay its debts as they fall due or insolvent or such person admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due; or

 

(e)

in respect of Finco, Avis Europe or any other Relevant Person incorporated in England or Wales or which has its Centre of Main Interest in the United Kingdom, such Relevant Person is or becomes unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act or otherwise is deemed or declared for the purposes of any law to be, unable to pay its debts as they fall due or insolvent or such person admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due.

 

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Insurance Policies” has the meaning given to it in clause 23.5.1(b) of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, clause 22.5.1(b) of each Italian Master Lease Agreement, clause 22.5 of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, clause 23.5 of the French Master Lease Agreement and clause 20.4.1(b) of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement (as applicable).

Intellectual Property Rights means any patent, trade mark, service mark, registered design, trade name or copyright or any licence to use any of the same.

Interest Determination Date” means the date falling 2 TARGET Days prior to the relevant Settlement Date.

Interest Period” means the FleetCo Advance Interest Period, the VFN Advance Interest Period or the Senior Advance Interest Period, as applicable.

Interest Rate” means, in respect of a Senior Advance, the per annum rate of interest expressed as a percentage for such Senior Advance for the relevant Interest Period equal to the aggregate of:

 

  (i)

the Senior Advance Margin; and

 

  (ii)

the Subscriber’s Cost of Funds.

Interim Fleet Financing Facility Agreement” or “IFF” means the [Redacted] senior facility agreement dated 20 October 2011 (as amended and restated on 5 December 2011 and as further amended from time to time) between, among others, the Parent, the Company, the Original Borrowers, the Original Guarantors, the Senior Agent and the Security Agent (each as named and defined therein).

Intra-Month Central Servicer Report” means the intra-month report substantially in the form set out in the Framework Agreement to be delivered by the Central Servicer to, among others, the Transaction Agent pursuant to clause 15 (Provision of Information and Reports) of the Framework Agreement and, if amended, amended with the prior consent of the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer and in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

Intra-Month Cut-Off Date” means, in respect of a proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date or an Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date that does not fall on a Settlement Date, the date falling 2 Business Days before the Intra-Month Reporting Date relevant to such Senior Advance Drawdown Date or such Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date (as the case may be).

Intra-Month Information Date” means, in respect of a proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date that does not fall on a Settlement Date, the date falling 3 Business Days before such proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

Intra-Month Interest Determination Date” means, in respect of a proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date or an Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date that does not fall on a Settlement Date, the date falling 2 Business Days prior to such proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

 

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Intra-Month Reporting Date” means, in respect of a proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date or an Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date that does not fall on a Settlement Date, the date falling 4 Business Days before such proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles” means Non-Programme Vehicles purchased by the relevant FleetCo for each Country from Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers or, in the case of Germany and the Netherlands, by the relevant Opco from Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers and sold to Dutch FleetCo, provided that:

 

(i)

Vehicles whose Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV exceed the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of all Eligible Vehicles that comply with the Concentration Limits shall not be Vehicles for the purposes of “Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles”; and

 

(ii)

any such excess in Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV is or has been allocated on a pro rata basis to the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Programme Vehicles and the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Non-Programme Vehicles in each Country.

Investment Grade Programme Vehicles” means Programme Vehicles purchased by the relevant FleetCo for each Country from Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers or Vehicle Dealers or, in the case of Germany and the Netherlands, by the relevant Opco from Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers or Vehicle Dealers and sold to Dutch FleetCo, provided that:

 

(i)

Vehicles whose Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV exceed the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of all Eligible Vehicles that comply with the Concentration Limits shall not be Vehicles for the purposes of “Investment Grade Programme Vehicles”;

 

(ii)

any such excess in Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV is or has been allocated on a pro rata basis to the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Programme Vehicles and the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Non-Programme Vehicles in each Country; and

 

(iii)

where the Programme Vehicle is purchased from a Vehicle Dealer, such Programme Vehicle is subject to a Vehicle Manufacturer Guarantee from an Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer.

Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer” means any Vehicle Manufacturer which is a member of a Vehicle Manufacturer Group, the Vehicle Manufacturer Group Rating Entity of which is rated:

 

(i)

if the related Vehicle Manufacturer Group Rating Entity has a Relevant DBRS Morningstar Rating, at least “BBB(L)” by DBRS Morningstar; or

 

(ii)

if the related Vehicle Manufacturer Group Rating Entity does not have a Relevant DBRS Morningstar Rating, a DBRS Morningstar Equivalent Rating of at least “BBB(L)”.

Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables” means, at any time and in relation to any Country, Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables:

 

(i)

owed by any Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer to the relevant FleetCo in such Country; and

 

(ii)

which relate to Vehicles to which such FleetCo holds title.

Investor Report” means the report to be delivered by the Transaction Agent to the Senior Noteholders on each monthly Information Date substantially in the form set out in schedule 11 (Form of Investor Report) to the Framework Agreement and, if amended, in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

 

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Invoices to be Received” means the aggregate amount of all Capitalised Costs related to each Vehicle Fleet accounted for by (in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in Italy) Italian FleetCo, (in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in Germany) German Opco, (in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in France) French FleetCo, (in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands) Dutch Opco and (in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in Spain) Spanish Opco but for which the corresponding invoice has not yet been received from the relevant Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers.

Involuntary Insolvency Event” means:

 

(i)

the occurrence of any event under the definition of “Insolvency Proceedings” in respect of any Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, French Opco, French FleetCo, Dutch Opco and Spanish Opco which is not defined as a “Voluntary Insolvency Event” as per the definition of such term; or

 

(ii)

any Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, French Opco, French FleetCo, Dutch Opco or Spanish Opco is or becomes Insolvent otherwise than as per paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of the definition of “Insolvent”.

Irrecoverable VAT” means the VAT which neither the Issuer, the Subordinated Lender nor the VAT group of which the Subordinated Lender is a member can obtain a credit for or a repayment of.

ISFA” means Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement.

Issuer” means CarFin Finance International DAC, incorporated in Ireland, with registered number 463656 and having its registered office at 1st Floor, 1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Issuer Account Bank” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as appointed under the Issuer Account Bank Agreement.

Issuer Account Bank Agreement” means the agreement between the Issuer and the Issuer Account Bank.

Issuer Account Mandate” means the Issuer Transaction Account Mandate, the Issuer Spain TRO Collection Account Mandate, the Issuer Hedge Collateral Account Mandate or the Issuer Reserve Account Mandate (as applicable).

Issuer Accounts” means the Issuer Transaction Account, the Issuer Reserve Account, the Issuer Spain TRO Collection Account and the Issuer Hedge Collateral Account.

Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement” means the agreement dated 5 March 2013 as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time between the Issuer, FleetCo Holdings and the Issuer Security Trustee pursuant to which Intertrust Finance Management (Ireland) Limited is appointed as the Issuer Corporate Services Provider and the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider.

Issuer Available Funds” means an amount calculated on each Issuer Determination Date, without double counting:

 

(a)

all amounts standing to the credit of the Issuer Transaction Account (excluding the amounts which are proceeds of any Senior Advance made to the Issuer and the proceeds of any Issuer Subordinated Advance made to the Issuer pursuant to clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement);

 

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(b)

the proceeds of all Subordinated Advances made to the Issuer pursuant to clause 4.2.1(c), 4.2.1(e), 4.2.1(f) and/or clause 4.2.1(g) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement;

 

(c)

all amounts received by the Issuer, including from Dutch FleetCo, FCT and Italian FleetCo, under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement (save for such amounts received by the Issuer following the exercise by the Subordinated Lender of the Spain Repayment Option (which shall be used solely to repay the relevant Subordinated Advances made under the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement)), the VFN Funding Agreement and the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

 

(d)

all amounts received by the Issuer from any Issuer Hedge Counterparty (if any); and

 

(e)

to the extent that such amounts in (a) to (d) above are insufficient to pay all amounts due and payable by the Issuer on the immediately following Settlement Date in the aggregate of the amounts standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account and the proceeds of any amount drawn under the relevant Issuer Letter of Credit.

Issuer Available Reserve Account Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the amount on deposit in the Issuer Reserve Account (after giving effect to any deposits thereto and withdrawals and releases therefrom on such date).

Issuer Borrowing Base Test” shall, in respect of any day, be satisfied if the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding is less than or equal to the Senior Notes Maximum Amount on such day.

Issuer Cash Management Agreement” means the agreement between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Central Servicer, the Issuer Account Bank and the Issuer Security Trustee, pursuant to which the Issuer appoints the Issuer Cash Manager to perform certain cash management functions.

Issuer Cash Management Report” means the cash management report to be prepared by the Issuer Cash Manager under the Issuer Cash Management Agreement substantially in the form set out in schedule 8 (Forms of Cash Management Reports) to the Framework Agreement and, if amended, in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

Issuer Cash Management Services” has the meaning given to it in clause 3.1 of the Issuer Cash Management Agreement.

Issuer Cash Manager” means Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and any replacement or successor thereof appointed under the Issuer Cash Management Agreement.

Issuer Cash Manager Termination Event” means any of the termination events set out in clause 11.5 of the Issuer Cash Management Agreement.

Issuer Compliance Certificate” means the compliance certificate substantially in the form set out in part 1 (Form of Issuer Compliance Certificate) of schedule 7 to the Framework Agreement.

Issuer Corporate Services Provider” means Intertrust Finance Management (Ireland) Limited.

 

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Issuer Debt” means any Senior Issuer Debt or Subordinated Debt.

Issuer Deed of Charge” means the English law deed of charge pursuant to which the Issuer has, in respect of the Issuer Secured Liabilities, assigned, pledged and otherwise created a security interest over all of its rights and interests in favour of the Issuer Security Trustee (for and on behalf of itself and the other Issuer Secured Creditors).

Issuer Determination Date” means the date falling 5 Business Days before a Settlement Date.

Issuer Domestic Account” means the account established by the Issuer for the purposes of, inter alia, holding the proceeds of the issued share capital of the Issuer and the Issuer Profit Amount.

Issuer Enforcement Event” means the occurrence of a Rapid Amortisation Event.

Issuer Enforcement Notice” has the meaning given to it in clause 8.1 (Notification of Enforcement) of the Issuer Deed of Charge and/or in clause 8.1 (Notification of Enforcement) of the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge, as applicable.

Issuer Event of Default” means an event of default as set out in part 1 (Issuer Events of Default) of schedule 4 (Events of Default) to the Framework Agreement.

Issuer Excess Cash Amount” means, on any date, an amount equal to:

 

(i)

the aggregate of

 

  (a)

the Issuer Reserves on such date; and

 

  (b)

the aggregate of all cash standing to the credit of the Issuer Transaction Account on such date,

less

 

(ii)

the Issuer Reserve Required Amount on the date such calculation is required.

Issuer Hedge Collateral Account” means the account held at the Issuer Account Bank as opened from time to time, together with such additional or replacement swap collateral securities custody account or bank account at the Issuer Account Bank and/or other banks as may for the time being be in place with the prior consent of the Issuer Security Trustee and designated as such for the purposes of holding collateral posted by any Issuer Hedge Counterparty pursuant to the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement.

Issuer Hedge Collateral Account Mandate” means the issuer account mandate in substantially the form of schedule 4 to the Issuer Account Bank Agreement entered into by the Issuer with respect to the Issuer Hedge Collateral Account.

Issuer Hedge Counterparty” means each hedge counterparty to an Issuer Hedging Agreement which accedes from time to time to the Framework Agreement, the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge.

Issuer Hedging Documents” means the ISDA Master Agreement, the Schedule, the Credit Support Annex and the relevant Confirmation(s).

Issuer Hedging Agreement” means a hedging agreement, consisting of the ISDA Master Agreement, the Schedule, the Credit Support Annex and the relevant Confirmation(s), that:

 

(a)

may be entered into from time to time by the Issuer in respect of a Treasury Transaction to hedge projected exposures to interest rates, foreign exchange and inflation risks under the Senior Notes;

 

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(b)

contains the provisions required by the Rating Agencies which are engaged from time to time to rate the outstanding Senior Notes; and

 

(c)

is in a form satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

Issuer Hedging Debt” means all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred from time to time by the Issuer to any Issuer Hedge Counterparty under or in connection with any Issuer Transaction Document, in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently, and whether as principal, surety or otherwise.

Issuer Intercreditor Terms” means the Issuer intercreditor terms set out in schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms) to the Framework Agreement, relating to the rights and obligations among the Issuer Secured Creditors.

Issuer Ledgers” means the ledgers maintained by the Issuer Cash Manager for the purposes of the management of the Issuer’s funds and timely compliance with the Issuer’s payment obligations pursuant to schedule 1 (Issuer Cash Management Services) of the Issuer Cash Management Agreement.

Issuer Letter of Credit” means an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an Eligible Issuer LC Provider in favour of the Issuer Security Trustee (for itself and on behalf of the benefit of the Senior Noteholders) substantially in the form set out in schedule 13 (Form of Issuer Letter of Credit) to the Framework Agreement and, if amended, in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

Issuer Listing Documents” means all the documents entered into by the Issuer in connection with the listing and maintenance of listing of the Senior Notes on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.

Issuer Payment Date” means each Senior Advance Repayment Date, each Issuer Subordinated Advance Repayment Date and each Settlement Date.

Issuer Priority of Payments” means the Issuer Revolving Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments.

Issuer Profit Amount” means the payment on each anniversary of the Initial Funding Date of €1,000 per annum to the Issuer as a fee for entering into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

Issuer Proposed Repayment Schedule” means, in respect of a Senior Advance, the proposed Senior Advance Repayment Date of such Senior Advance set out in a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice.

Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments set out in part 4 (Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

 

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Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments set out in part 3 (Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Issuer Repeating Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Issuer set out in the Framework Agreement save for the representations and warranties set out in the following clauses in the Framework Agreement:

 

(i)

clause 3.1.1 (Compliance with Issuer Borrowing Base Test);

 

(ii)

clause 3.1.5 (Centre of Main Interests);

 

(iii)

clause 3.1.6 (No Establishment);

 

(iv)

clause 3.1.8 (No Subsidiaries, Employees or Premises);

 

(v)

clause 3.1.9 (Capitalisation);

 

(vi)

clause 3.1.10 (Ownership);

 

(vii)

clause 3.1.11 (No Distributions);

 

(viii)

clause 3.1.12 (Financial Statements);

 

(ix)

clause 3.1.19 (Consents);

 

(x)

clause 3.1.24 (Execution);

 

(xi)

clause 3.1.27 (Beneficial Owner);

 

(xii)

clause 3.1.28 (Issuer Security);

 

(xiii)

clause 3.1.29 (Compliance with Issuer Transaction Documents);

 

(xiv)

clause 3.1.32 (Filings);

 

(xv)

clause 3.1.33 (Consents); and

 

(xvi)

clause 3.1.35 (Taxes – Senior Notes and Transaction Documents).

Issuer Required Gross-Up Amount” means the amount of Issuer Subordinated Advances drawn by the Issuer under clause 4.2.2 of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement in an amount equal to the gross-up amount due and payable by the Issuer under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Issuer Reserve Account” means an account of the Issuer opened with the Issuer Account Bank to which amounts are required to be credited comprising the Issuer Reserves.

Issuer Reserve Account Mandate” means the issuer account mandate in substantially the form of schedule 2 to the Issuer Account Bank Agreement entered into by the Issuer with respect to the Issuer Reserve Account.

Issuer Reserve Required Amount” means, on any date on which such calculation is required, the aggregate of:

 

(i)

[Redacted]. of the Combined Eligible Country Asset Value; and

 

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(ii)

the product of:

 

  (a)

the aggregate principal amount outstanding of all Senior Notes (taking into account the immediately following Senior Advance(s) to be drawn by the Issuer under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement);

 

  (b)

the sum of (x) the Weighted Average Exposure Rate and (y) the Senior Advance Margin;

 

  (c)

[Redacted]; and

 

  (d)

[Redacted].

Issuer Reserves” means, on any date, the Available LC Commitment Amount and the Issuer Available Reserve Account Amount, in each case, on such date.

Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments set out in part 1 (Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments set out in part 2 (Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Issuer Secured Creditors” means the Senior Noteholders, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Subordinated Lender, the Issuer Account Bank, the Issuer Corporate Services Provider, the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Hedge Counterparties (if any), the Transaction Agent, the Registrar and the Central Servicer.

Issuer Secured Liabilities” means all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred by the Issuer to the Issuer Secured Creditors in any manner whatsoever, including on any current or other account or otherwise including under or in connection with any Issuer Transaction Document (in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently and whether as principal, surety or otherwise).

Issuer Secured Property” means the assets from time to time subject, or expressed to be subject, to the Issuer Security or any part of those assets.

Issuer Security” means all or any of the Security Interests created or expressed to be created from time to time constituted by or pursuant to, or evidenced by, the Issuer Security Documents.

Issuer Security Documents” means the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge, each Issuer Security Power of Attorney and the Lessor Power of Attorney.

Issuer Security Power of Attorney” means each power of attorney granted by the Issuer to the Issuer Security Trustee pursuant to clause 15 (Power of Attorney) of the Issuer Deed of Charge and pursuant to clause 15 (Power of Attorney) of the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge and substantially in the forms set out in schedule 1 (Form of Issuer Security Power of Attorney) to the Issuer Deed of Charge and schedule 1 (Form of Issuer Security Power of Attorney) to the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge.

Issuer Security Trustee” means Deutsche Trustee Company Limited or the replacement or successor thereof appointed as the security trustee acting on behalf of the Issuer Secured Creditors under the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge.

 

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Issuer Share Trustee” means TMF Management (Ireland) Limited in its capacity as share trustee for CarFin Finance International Trust (Charitable Trust 1), an Irish charitable trust.

Issuer Spain TRO Collection Account” means the account in the name of the Issuer to be opened and maintained by the Issuer Account Bank under the Issuer Account Bank Agreement in respect of repayment of the FleetCo Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement following, among other things, the exercise of the Spain Repayment Option by the Subordinated Lender in accordance with clause 6.2.1 (Spain) of the Framework Agreement and with the account number [Redacted] (IBAN: [Redacted]).

Issuer Spain TRO Collection Account Mandate” means the issuer account mandate in substantially the form of schedule 3 to the Issuer Account Bank Agreement entered into by the Issuer with respect to the Issuer Spain TRO Collection Account.

Issuer Spain TRO Declaration of Trust” means the declaration of trust by the Issuer over the amounts standing to the credit of the Issuer Spain TRO Collection Account following the receipt of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation by the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) to the Transaction Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco in respect of the Spain Total Repayment Option.

Issuer Subordinated Advance” means the principal amount made available to the Issuer on each Issuer Payment Date under the ISFA.

Issuer Subordinated Advance Drawdown Date” means the date of funding of each Issuer Subordinated Advance by the Subordinated Lender pursuant to the relevant Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice.

Issuer Subordinated Advance Repayment Date” means any repayment date of an Issuer Subordinated Advance as set out in the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement.

Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement” or “ISFA” means the facility agreement dated 5 March 2013 as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time between, amongst others, the Issuer and the Subordinated Lender, in respect of the making of subordinated advances by the Subordinated Lender to the Issuer.

Issuer Transaction Account” means a EUR denominated account opened by the Issuer with the Issuer Account Bank with the account number [Redacted] (IBAN: [Redacted]).

Issuer Transaction Account Mandate” means the issuer account mandate in substantially the form of schedule 1 to the Issuer Account Bank Agreement entered into by the Issuer with respect to the Issuer Transaction Account.

Issuer Transaction Documents” means the following documents to which the Issuer is a party (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the Funds Flow Agreement (from and including the date on which the Issuer enters into such agreement);

 

(ii)

the Framework Agreement;

 

(iii)

this Agreement;

 

(iv)

the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement;

 

(v)

the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement;

 

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(vi)

the Issuer Cash Management Agreement;

 

(vii)

the Issuer Account Bank Agreement;

 

(viii)

the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement;

 

(ix)

the Issuer Hedging Agreements (from and including the date on which the Issuer enters into any such agreement);

 

(x)

the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

(xi)

the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

(xii)

the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

(xiii)

the VFN Funding Agreement;

 

(xiv)

the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

 

(xv)

the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(xvi)

the Issuer Security Documents;

 

(xvii)

the Issuer Spain TRO Declaration of Trust;

 

(xviii)

the FleetCo Security Documents;

 

(xix)

each Issuer Security Power of Attorney;

 

(xx)

the Fee Letters;

 

(xxi)

the Tax Deed of Covenant; and

 

(xxii)

all documents approved by the Transaction Agent to which the Issuer is a party in connection with or related to any of the above documents.

Italian Account Bank Agreement” means the agreement to appoint the Italian FleetCo Account Bank.

Italian Account Mandate” has the meaning given to it in clause 4.1 of the Italian Account Bank Agreement.

Italian Bank Accounts” means:

 

(i)

the Italian Transaction Account;

 

(ii)

the Italian FleetCo Reserve Account (if any);

 

(iii)

the Italian Dedicating Financing Account; and

 

(iv)

any Additional Accounts opened and maintained in accordance with the Italian Account Bank Agreement.

Italian Dedicated Financing Account” means the bank account in Italy in the name of Italian FleetCo with account number IBAN: [Redacted] SWIFT CODE: [Redacted] in respect of the deposit of the sale proceeds received from Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers (in the case of Programme Vehicles) as well as Vehicle Dealers and other third parties (in the case of Non-Programme Vehicles) in relation to the Vehicles from time to time sold by Italian FleetCo.

 

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Italian FleetCo” means Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. Fleet Co. S.A.p.A., a partnership limited by shares incorporated in Italy which, among other things, holds title to or holds possession of the Vehicle Fleet in Italy.

Italian FleetCo Account Bank” means the entity appointed as account bank under the Italian Account Bank Agreement.

Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge” means the English law deed of charge pursuant to which, among other things, Italian FleetCo assigns, pledges and otherwise creates a security over all its rights and interests in and to each of the English Transaction Documents to which it is a party, in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent.

Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part C (Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 6 (FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Italian FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments” means the priority of payments in part C (Italian FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of part 5 (FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments) of schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments) to the Framework Agreement.

Italian FleetCo Reserve Account” means the reserve account in Italy in the name of Italian FleetCo and which may, from time to time be opened and maintained with the Italian Account Bank.

Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors” means the Issuer, the Italian Account Bank, the FleetCo Italian Back-up Cash Manager, each Italian Servicer and the Central Servicer, the Avis Italian VAT Lender, the Maggiore Italian VAT Lender and the FleetCo Security Agent (including any Receiver or Appointee thereof).

Italian FleetCo Secured Property” means the assets from time to time secured by the FleetCo Italian Security Documents and the Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge.

Italian FleetCo Security Deed” means the security deed dated 5 March 2013 between, among others, Italian FleetCo, Italian Opco and the FleetCo Security Agent in respect of, among other things, (i) an assignment of receivables by way of security and (ii) a pledge over the Italian Bank Accounts.

Italian FleetCo Share Pledge” means the pledge of all the shares in Italian FleetCo.

Italian FleetCo Shareholders Agreement” means the shareholders agreement between Avis Italian Opco and FleetCo Holdings.

Italian FleetCo Shareholders Call Option” means the call option granted by FleetCo Holdings under the Italian FleetCo Shareholders Agreement pursuant to which Avis Italian Opco may, on or after the exercise by Finco of the Italy Repayment Option, exercise an option to purchase FleetCo Holdings’ shareholding in Italian FleetCo.

Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement” means the agreement dated 16 June 2012 between, among others, Italian FleetCo and Avis Italian Opco in relation to, among other things, the consolidation of corporate income tax of Italian FleetCo between the parties to such agreement.

Italian Mandate Agreement” means each of the Avis Italian Mandate Agreement or the Maggiore Italian Mandate Agreement, as applicable.

 

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Italian Master Lease Agreement” means each of the Avis Master Lease Agreement or the Maggiore Master Lease Agreement, as applicable.

Italian Opco” means each of Avis Italian Opco or Maggiore Italian Opco, as applicable.

Italian Opco Event of Default” means an Event of Default in respect of any Italian Opco as the Relevant Person.

Italian Servicer” means each of Avis Italian Servicer or Maggiore Italian Servicer, as applicable.

Italian Servicing Agreement” means each of the Avis Italian Servicing Agreement or the Maggiore Italian Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

Italian Transaction Account” means the bank account in Italy in the name of Italian FleetCo with account number IBAN: [Redacted] SWIFT CODE: [Redacted].

Italian Transaction Documents means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

 

(ii)

the Italian Account Bank Agreement;

 

(iii)

each Italian Account Mandate;

 

(iv)

each Italian Master Lease Agreement;

 

(v)

each Italian Servicing Agreement

 

(vi)

each Italian Mandate Agreement;

 

(vii)

the Italian FleetCo Shareholders Agreement;

 

(viii)

the Italian FleetCo Share Pledge;

 

(ix)

the Italian FleetCo Security Deed; and

 

(x)

any other Transaction Documents expressed to be governed by Italian law and designated as an “Italian Transaction Document” by the Transaction Agent and Italian FleetCo.

Italian VAT Lender” means each of the Avis Italian VAT Lender or the Maggiore Italian VAT Lender, as applicable.

Italian VAT Loan Agreement” means each of the Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement or the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement, as applicable.

Italian VAT Loan Borrower” means each of the Avis Italian VAT Loan Borrower and the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Borrower, as applicable.

Italian VAT Sharing Agreement” means the agreement dated 18 May 2012 between, among others, Italian FleetCo and Avis Italian Opco in relation to the Italian VAT sharing arrangement between the parties to such agreement.

Italian Vehicle Documents” means, in respect of Vehicles in Italy, the keys and spare keys to the Vehicles, the property certificates (certificato di proprietà) and the registration and technical documents regarding the Vehicles (carta di circolazione and manuale dell’utente).

 

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Italy Repayment Option” means, in respect of a TRO Default, the Country Repayment Option applicable to each Italian Opco and Italian FleetCo, as more particularly set out in clause 6 (Country Repayment Option) of the Framework Agreement.

Labour and Social Security Laws” means any regulation governing labour-related matters and relating to employer’s obligations, also including, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) paying contributions for social security and mandatory insurance for industrial accidents and occupational diseases and fulfilling health and safety obligations and (ii) paying salary allowances and all other amounts due to the employees, including that portion of TFR (trattamento di fine rapporto) that accrues while performing the Services.

Labour Claim” means any claim (save for claims brought in bad faith or on frivolous grounds) or litigation or social security or insurance deficiency assessment asserted against (i.e., brought, initiated or otherwise notified to) the Servicer and/or any of its Sub-contractors and/or any subcontractor and/or partner of any of its Sub-contractors in connection with the application of Labour and Social Security Laws, to the extent that any such claims may create liability for the Italian FleetCo.

Labour Payments” means any and all payments due by the Servicer and/or any of its Sub-contractors and/or any subcontractor and/or partner of any of its Sub-contractors in application of Labour and Social Security Laws, to the extent that failure to pay any such amounts may create liability for the Italian FleetCo.

Law means:

 

(a)

any constitution, decree, judgment, legislation, order, ordinance, regulation, statute, treaty or other legislative measure in any Relevant Jurisdiction; and

 

(b)

any present or future directive, regulation, practice, concession or requirement which has the force of law and which is issued by any governmental body, agency or department or any central bank or other fiscal, monetary, regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or agency.

Lease Commencement Date” means, with respect to a Vehicle, the date on which the Vehicle Manufacturer or Dealer delivers the Vehicle to the Lessor (or the Servicer or the Lessee on the Lessor’s behalf for the purposes of the Lessee leasing such Vehicle from the Lessor under and in accordance with the relevant Master Lease Agreement).

Lease Determination Date” means the day falling 2 Business Days prior to each Lease Payment Date provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.

Lease Expiration Date” means, in relation to a Vehicle the subject of a lease between the relevant Lessor and Lessee pursuant to the relevant Master Lease Agreement, the earliest to occur of:

 

(a)

if such Vehicle is a Programme Vehicle returned under a Vehicle Manufacturer Programme, the Turn-back Date for such Vehicle;

 

(b)

if such Vehicle is sold to a third party (including to another FleetCo or an Opco) (other than pursuant to a Vehicle Manufacturer Programme), the date on which the possession of such Vehicle is transferred from the Lessee or the Lessor to such person;

 

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(c)

if such Vehicle becomes a Casualty or a Non-Eligible Vehicle, the date funds in the amount of the Casualty Payment thereof are deposited in the relevant FleetCo Bank Account by the Lessee;

 

(d)

if such Vehicle has been purchased on credit terms with a retention of title provision in the Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Agreement and the purchase price has not been paid to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Dealer, the date on which the Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer, as the case may be, has repossessed such Vehicle;

 

(e)

in relation to any Vehicle subject to a lease between a Lessor and a Lessee under any Italian Master Lease Agreement, the French Master Lease Agreement, the Spanish Master Lease Agreement and/or the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, the Master Lease End Date;

 

(f)

any other date for the termination of a lease in the relevant Master Lease Agreement; and

 

(g)

the Estimated Lease Expiration Date in relation to the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, subject to any lease extension in accordance with the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement.

Lease Payment Date” means the day falling 3 Business Days prior to a Settlement Date.

Lease Reports” means the reports to be provided by the relevant Lessee (as defined in and in accordance with the relevant Master Lease Agreement).

Lease Term” means, in relation to any relevant Vehicle, the period from (and including) the relevant Lease Commencement Date to (and including) the relevant Lease Expiration Date.

Ledger” has the meaning given to it in part C (Cash Management, records and information reporting) of schedule 1 to the relevant Servicing Agreement.

Lessee” means each lessee under the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, each Italian Master Lease Agreement, the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, the French Master Lease Agreement and the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, respectively.

Lessor” means each relevant FleetCo.

Lessor Power of Attorney” means the lessor power of attorney in the form set out in schedule 1 (Form of Lessor Power of Attorney) to the Liquidation Agency Agreement.

Liabilities” means any loss, damage, cost, charge, claim, demand, expense, judgment, action, proceedings or other liability whatsoever (including, without limitation, in respect of taxes, duties, levies, imposts and other charges) and legal fees on a full indemnity basis.

Light Truck” means a motor vehicle having at least four wheels, used for the carriage of goods (which includes, as the case may be, semitrailer) and having a maximum weight not exceeding 3.5 metric tons.

Liquidation Agency Agreement” means the agreement between, among others, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Liquidation Agent and the FleetCos, pursuant to which the Liquidation Agent is appointed to provide liquidation agency services to the relevant FleetCo as owner of (or the entity in possession of) the relevant vehicle fleet.

Liquidation Agent” means defi AUTO LLC. and any successor or replacement appointed under the Liquidation Agency Agreement and which has acceded to the Framework Agreement and each FleetCo German Security Document and the German FleetCo Deed of Charge in accordance with clause 11.4 (Acceding Liquidation Agent) of the Framework Agreement.

 

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Liquidation Agent Service Commencement Notice” means the notice delivered to the Liquidation Agent under the Liquidation Agency Agreement pursuant to which the Liquidation Agent may exercise certain rights in respect of the Vehicle Fleet.

Liquidity Facility Arrangement” means a liquidity facility, liquidity asset purchase facility or similar arrangement between a Conduit Senior Noteholder and a liquidity provider pursuant to which such Liquidity Provider agrees that from time to time it shall make available funds to the Conduit Senior Noteholder for the purpose of the Conduit Senior Noteholder subscribing for and funding the Senior Notes in accordance with the terms of the relevant Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement in respect of any period.

Liquidity Provider” means a bank or financial institution which has entered into a Liquidity Facility Arrangement with a Conduit Senior Noteholder.

Listing Sponsor” means Carey Olsen Corporate Finance Limited.

LMA” means the Loan Market Association.

LOC Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Issuer LC Provider as of any date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing:

 

(i)

the available amount under such Issuer LC Provider’s Issuer Letter of Credit as of such date by

 

(ii)

an amount equal to the aggregate available amount under all Issuer Letters of Credit as of such date,

provided that only for purposes of calculating the LOC Pro Rata Share with respect to any Issuer LC Provider as of any date, if such Issuer LC Provider has not complied with its obligation to pay the Issuer the amount of any draw under its Issuer Letter of Credit made prior to such date, the available amount under such Issuer LC Provider’s Issuer Letter of Credit as of such date shall be treated as reduced (for calculation purposes only) by the amount of such unpaid demand and shall not be reinstated for purposes of such calculation unless and until the date as of which such Issuer LC Provider has paid such amount to the Issuer and been reimbursed by the Lessee for such amount (provided that the foregoing calculation shall not in any manner reduce the undersigned’s actual liability in respect of any failure to pay any demand under its Issuer Letter of Credit).

LPA” means the Law of Property Act 1925.

Maggiore Accession Date” means 22 January 2016.

Maggiore Italian Mandate Agreement” means the agreement pursuant to which Italian FleetCo grants a mandate to Maggiore Italian Opco in respect of the Maggiore Vehicles.

Maggiore Italian Master Lease Agreement” means the master lease agreement between, amongst others, Italian FleetCo and Maggiore Italian Opco

Maggiore Italian Opco” means Maggiore Rent S.p.A.

Maggiore Italian Servicer” means Maggiore Italian Opco providing fleet management services to Italian FleetCo.

 

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Maggiore Italian VAT Lender” means Avis Finance Company Limited in its capacity as the Lender under the Italian VAT Loan Agreements.

Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Borrower” means Italian FleetCo.

Maggiore Italian VAT Refund” means any VAT refunds received by Italian FleetCo from the Italian Tax Authority which were credited to the Maggiore Italian VAT Refund Ledger of the Italian FleetCo Transaction Account.

Maggiore Italian VAT Refund Ledger” means the Ledger on which Maggiore Italian VAT Refunds recovered by Italian FleetCo from the Italian Tax Authorities in relation to any Maggiore Vehicles are recorded.

Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement” means the Italian VAT Loan Agreement dated on or about the Maggiore Accession Date and entered into between Italian FleetCo and the Maggiore Italian VAT Lender with respect to Maggiore Italian Opco.

Maggiore Vehicles” means any Vehicle purchased by the Italian FleetCo which are leased to Maggiore Italian Opco pursuant to the Maggiore Italian Master Lease Agreement.

Majority Senior Noteholders” means at least 2 Senior Noteholders whose proportion of the total of all the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding together aggregates more than 66 2/3 per cent.

Margin Based Profit Amount” means, in respect of Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, French FleetCo in France or Italian FleetCo in Italy (as applicable) and a Lease Determination Date, the product of:

 

(a)

the FleetCo Total Borrowed Amount in respect of such Lease Determination Date;

 

(b)

the FleetCo Profit Margin in respect of such Lease Determination Date; and

 

(c)

the actual number of days in the Related Month divided by 360.

Master Definitions Agreement” means this Agreement.

Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement” means the master lease agreement dated on or about the Dutch Accession Date entered into by, amongst others, Dutch FleetCo and Dutch Opco.

Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement” means the master purchase agreement dated on or about the Dutch Accession Date between, amongst others, Dutch FleetCo and Dutch Opco.

Master German Fleet Lease Agreement” means the master lease agreement dated 5 March 2013 as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time between, amongst others, Dutch FleetCo and German Opco.

Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement” means the master purchase agreement dated 5 March 2013 as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time between, amongst others, Dutch FleetCo and German Opco.

Master Lease Agreement” means the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, any Italian Master Lease Agreement, the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, the French Master Lease Agreement or the Spanish Master Lease Agreement (as applicable).

 

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Master Lease End Date” means, in relation to a Master Lease Agreement, the earliest to occur of:

 

(a)

any Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date with respect to each Italian Master Lease Agreement, the French Master Lease Agreement and the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, provided that no Master Lease End Date will occur if a Master Lease Extension/Renewal Agreement has been executed within 5 Business Days after the Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date;

 

(b)

the date on which the termination of the relevant Master Lease Agreement takes effect following the occurrence of a Master Lease Termination Event; and

 

(c)

in respect of France, Italy and Spain, the date on which the 60 days’ notice given by the relevant FleetCo expires following exercise of the FleetCo’s rights in accordance with relevant provision of the related Master Lease Agreement which (in the case of Italian FleetCo) is clause 27.1.1 of each Italian Master Lease Agreement, (in the case of French FleetCo) is clause 28.1.1 of the French Master Lease Agreement and (in the case of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch) is clause 28.1.1 of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement.

Master Lease Extension Agreement” means, in relation to:

 

(a)

the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, an agreement executed by Dutch FleetCo and Spanish Opco which provides that the Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date in respect of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement will be extended for a further period of [Redacted] from the date of such agreement;

 

(b)

each Italian Master Lease Agreement, an agreement executed by Italian FleetCo and the relevant Italian Opco which provides that the Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date in respect of the Italian Master Lease Agreement will be renewed for a further period of [Redacted] from the date of such agreement;

 

(c)

the French Master Lease Agreement, an agreement executed by French FleetCo and French Opco which provides that the Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date in respect of the French Master Lease Agreement will be renewed for a further period of [Redacted] from the date of such agreement; and

 

(d)

the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, an agreement executed by Dutch FleetCo and German Opco which provides that the Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date in respect of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement will be extended subject to the Lease Expiration Date falling no later than [Redacted] from the Lease Commencement Date.

Master Lease Extension/Renewal Agreement” means, in relation to each Italian Master Lease Agreement, the French Master Lease Agreement and the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, the Master Lease Extension Agreement.

Master Lease Payment Default” means, in respect of any Master Lease Agreement, the occurrence of a default in the payment of any Rent or other amount payable by the relevant Lessee under the relevant Master Lease Agreement for a period of four (4) Business Days (whether or not formally demanded).

Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date” means, in relation to each Italian Master Lease Agreement, the French Master Lease Agreement and the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, the date falling [Redacted] after:

 

(a)

the Lease Commencement Date; or

 

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(b)

the date on which the most recent Master Lease Extension/Renewal Agreement became effective.

Master Lease Termination Event” means, in respect of the Lessee under (i) the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, (ii) any Italian Master Lease Agreement, (iii) the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, (iv) the French Master Lease Agreement, or (v) the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement (as applicable) (for the purposes of this definition, the “Relevant Lessee”), the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)

(in respect of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, French Master Lease Agreement and any Italian Master Lease Agreement):

 

  (a)

a Spanish Opco Event of Default, a French Opco Event of Default or an Italian Opco Event of Default (as applicable) (other than an Insolvency Event of the Relevant Lessee); or

 

  (b)

the expiry of 60 days following the delivery of the notice by the relevant FleetCo to the Transaction Agent, the Issuer and the Relevant Lessee, notifying the Transaction Agent, the Issuer and the Relevant Lessee of the exercise of the FleetCo’s rights to terminate the relevant Master Lease Agreement in accordance with relevant provision of such Master Lease Agreement; and

 

(ii)

(in respect of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement and the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement) a German Opco Event of Default or a Dutch Opco Event of Default.

Master Lease Termination Notice” has the meaning given to it in clause 28.2 (Termination by Notification) of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, clause 27.2 (Termination by Notification) of each Italian Master Lease Agreement, clause 27.2 of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, clause 28.2 of the French Master Lease Agreement and clause 25.2.7 of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement.

Material Adverse Effect” means, in respect of each of Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo and the Issuer and as the context specifies, a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets or financial condition of such party which has resulted in, or will result in, an inability of such party to perform and comply with its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party.

Measurement Month” means, with respect to any date and any Country, collectively, each of the [Redacted] periods most closely preceding such date, each of which periods shall consist of one calendar month or the smallest number of [Redacted], in which:

 

(a)

at least [Redacted] Eligible Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, French FleetCo in France or Italian FleetCo in Italy (as applicable) which were At Risk Assets were sold at auction or otherwise; or

 

(b)

at least [Redacted] of the aggregate Net Book Value of such Eligible Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, French FleetCo in France or Italian FleetCo in Italy (as applicable) as of the last day of each such period was sold at auction or otherwise,

provided, however, that no calendar month included in any Measurement Month shall be included in any other Measurement Month.

 

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Measurement Month Average” means the lesser of:

 

(a)

with respect to any Measurement Month and any Country, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of the VAT-exclusive amount of the proceeds of sale of all Eligible Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, French FleetCo in France or Italian FleetCo in Italy (as applicable) which were At Risk Assets sold at auction or otherwise during such Measurement Month and the denominator of which is the aggregate Net Book Value of such Eligible Vehicles on the dates of their respective sales; and

 

(b)

[Redacted].

Minimum Drawing Amount” means Euro [Redacted].

Monthly Accounting Reference Period” means each calendar month.

Monthly Central Servicer Report” means the monthly report substantially in the form set out in the Framework Agreement to be delivered by the Central Servicer to, among others, the Transaction Agent pursuant to clause 15 (Provisions of Information and Reports) of the Framework Agreement and, if amended, amended with the prior consent of the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer and in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

Monthly Input VAT Ledger” has the meaning given to it in the schedule 1 to each of the relevant Servicing Agreements.

Monthly Output VAT Ledger” has the meaning given to it in the schedule 1 to each of the relevant Servicing Agreements.

Monthly Risk Vehicle Loss” means the amount by which the aggregate Net Book Value of the At Risk Vehicles sold in the immediately preceding calendar month exceeds the aggregate sale proceeds of such At Risk Vehicles.

Monthly Risk Vehicle Profit” means the amount by which the aggregate sale proceeds realised on the At Risk Vehicles in the immediately preceding calendar month and received by the relevant FleetCo exceeds the aggregate Net Book Value of such At Risk Vehicles.

Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount” means an amount calculated on a Lease Determination Date being the greater of (i) the Margin Based Profit Amount in respect of such Lease Determination Date and (ii) Euro 1,667 in respect of such Lease Determination Date.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Services Limited or any successor to its rating business.

Motor Third Party Liability Cover” means the insurance cover which is a Requirement of Law, and, even if not so required by law, insurance protecting against liability in respect of bodily injury or death caused to third parties.

Motor Third Party Property Damage Liability Cover” means the insurance protecting against loss or damage to property belonging to third parties.

Negotiation Guidelines” means the criteria required in respect of the terms of the Vehicle Purchasing Agreements entered into by the FleetCos in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in Spain, France and Italy, as set out in schedule 2 to the Spanish Servicing Agreement, schedule 6 to the French Master Lease Agreement and schedule 2 to each Italian Servicing Agreement (as applicable).

 

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Net Book Value” means, on any date with respect to each Vehicle, such Vehicle’s Capitalised Cost, minus the aggregate Depreciation Charges accrued from the date of registration of such Vehicle to such date.

New Senior Noteholder” has the meaning given to it in clause 5.1 (Increase in Senior Noteholder Commitments) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Non-Deferrable Advance Amount” means, with respect to any Senior Noteholder as of any Senior Advance Drawdown Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the excess, if any, of (x) 10% of the Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment of such Senior Noteholder over (y) the portion of any Senior Advance funded by such Senior Noteholder during the preceding thirty-five (35) days pursuant to a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice and (ii) the excess, if any, of (x) the Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment of such Senior Noteholder over (y) the sum of (1) the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding in respect of such Senior Noteholder and (2) any unfunded Delayed Amounts with respect to such Senior Noteholder, in each case as of such Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

Non-Delayed Amount” means, in relation to a Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder, the Relevant Senior Noteholder Percentage of the Senior Advance requested in a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice less the Delayed Amount requested in a Delayed Funding Notice delivered by such Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder in relation to such Senior Advance Drawdown Notice pursuant to clause 14A.4.1 of the Framework Agreement.

Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder” has the meaning given to it in clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement.

Non-Eligible Assets” means (i) Non-Eligible Vehicles and (ii) Non-Eligible Receivables.

Non-Eligible Programme Vehicle” means each Programme Vehicle which is the subject of a Vehicle Manufacturer Programme with a Vehicle Manufacturer in respect of which a Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default has occurred.

Non-Eligible Receivables” means, in respect of Dutch FleetCo in Spain, Dutch FleetCo in Germany, Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, French FleetCo in France or Italian FleetCo in Italy, its Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables and Vehicle Dealer Receivables that do not constitute Eligible Receivables.

Non-Eligible Vehicles” means Vehicles delivered to a FleetCo that are not Eligible Vehicles.

Non-Imperative Principles” means those principles indicated as “Non-Imperative” in, as applicable, schedule 2 of each Italian Servicing Agreement, schedule 6 of the French Master Lease Agreement and schedule 2 of the Spanish Servicing Agreement.

Non-Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles” means Non-Programme Vehicles purchased by the relevant FleetCo for each Country from Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers or, in the case of Germany and the Netherlands, by the relevant Opco from Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers and sold to Dutch FleetCo, provided that:

 

(a)

Vehicles whose Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV exceed the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of all Eligible Vehicles that comply with the Concentration Limits shall not be Vehicles for the purposes of “Non-Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles”; and

 

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(b)

any such excess in Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV is or has been allocated on a pro rata basis to the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Programme Vehicles and the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Non-Programme Vehicles in each Country.

Non-Investment Grade Programme Vehicles” means, for each Country:

 

(a)

Programme Vehicles purchased by the relevant FleetCo from Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers or Vehicle Dealers for each Country or, in the case of Germany and the Netherlands, by the relevant Opco from Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers or Vehicle Dealers and sold to Dutch FleetCo, provided that:

 

  (i)

Vehicles whose Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV exceed the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of all Eligible Vehicles that comply with the Concentration Limits shall not be Vehicles for the purposes of “Non-Investment Grade Programme Vehicles”; and

 

  (ii)

any such excess in Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV is or has been allocated on a pro rata basis to the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Programme Vehicles and the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Non-Programme Vehicles in each Country; and

 

(b)

Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables held by French FleetCo or Dutch FleetCo in Germany and The Netherlands in respect of any Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturers pursuant to Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreements which provide for a valid and enforceable retention of title provision to the benefit of the relevant FleetCo; and

 

(c)

Vehicle Dealer Receivables held by French FleetCo or Dutch FleetCo in Germany and The Netherlands in respect of any Vehicle Dealer pursuant to Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreements which provide for a valid and enforceable retention of title provision to the benefit of the relevant FleetCo.

Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer” means any Vehicle Manufacturer which is not an Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer.

Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables (for which a FleetCo does not hold enforceable title)” means, at any time and in relation to any Country, Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables owed by any Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer to the relevant FleetCo in such Country pursuant to Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreements or Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreements which do not provide for a valid and enforceable retention of title provision to the benefit of the relevant FleetCo.

Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables (for which a FleetCo holds enforceable title)” means, at any time and in relation to any Country, Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables owed by any Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer to the relevant FleetCo in such Country pursuant to Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreements or Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreements which provide for a valid and enforceable retention of title provision to the benefit of the relevant FleetCo.

Non-Programme Vehicle” means each Eligible Vehicle which is not a Programme Vehicle.

Non-Utilisation Fee” means, in respect of each Senior Noteholder Available Commitment of a Senior Noteholder, the fee payable by the Issuer in accordance with the relevant Senior Noteholder Fee Letter.

 

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Note Certificate” means a Restricted Senior Note Certificate or an Unrestricted Senior Note Certificate.

Notice” means any notice delivered under or in connection with any Transaction Document.

Notional Commitment” means:

 

(i)

in respect of a Senior Noteholder Group, the commitment amount from time to time as set out in the relevant Senior Noteholder Fee Letter in respect of such Senior Noteholder Group; and

 

(ii)

in respect of a Senior Noteholder that does not form part of a Senior Noteholder Group, the commitment amount from time to time as set out in the relevant Senior Noteholder Fee Letter in respect of such Senior Noteholder.

Official Body” means (i) any government or political subdivision or agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality thereof, or (ii) any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, or (iii) any accounting board or authority (whether or not part of government) which is responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or international accounting principles, in each case, whether foreign or domestic.

Ongoing Issuer Fee” means the aggregate of all amounts due and payable by the Issuer pursuant to:

 

(i)

in respect of the Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments:

 

  (a)

paragraph (a) (in respect of amounts payable to the Issuer Security Trustee);

 

  (b)

paragraph (b) (in respect of amounts payable to the Transaction Agent, the Registrar, the Issuer Account Bank and the Issuer Cash Manager);

 

  (c)

paragraph (c) (in respect of Tax payments);

 

  (d)

paragraph (d) (in respect of amounts payable to the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider, the Issuer Corporate Services Providers, the Issuer Share Trustee, the Issuer Profit Amount, the Issuer’s independent accountants, auditors, legal advisers and Tax advisers, the Channel Islands Stock Exchange, the Listing Sponsor, the relevant Rating Agencies and the Central Servicer);

 

  (e)

paragraph (e)(ii) (in respect of commitment fees);

 

  (f)

paragraph (e)(iii) (in respect of amounts payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties);

 

  (g)

paragraph (h) (in respect of other amounts payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties);

 

  (h)

paragraph (i) (in respect of indemnity payments for Currency Hedging Breakage Costs payable to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder);

 

  (i)

paragraph (j) (in respect of amounts of interest payable in respect of any Issuer Subordinated Advances other than those drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement);

 

  (j)

paragraph (k) (in respect of amounts of principal payable in respect of any Issuer Subordinated Advances other than those drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement);

 

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  (k)

paragraph (l) (in respect of amounts payable to the other Issuer Secured Creditors); and

 

  (l)

paragraph (m) (in respect of amounts payable to any other parties);

 

(ii)

in respect of the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments:

 

  (a)

paragraph (a) (in respect of amounts payable to the Issuer Security Trustee);

 

  (b)

paragraph (b) (in respect of amounts payable to the Transaction Agent, the Registrar, the Issuer Account Bank and the Issuer Cash Manager);

 

  (c)

paragraph (c) (in respect of Tax payments);

 

  (d)

paragraph (d) (in respect of amounts payable to the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider, the Issuer Corporate Services Providers, the Issuer Profit Amount, the Issuer’s independent accountants, auditors, legal advisers and Tax advisers, the Channel Islands Stock Exchange, the Listing Sponsor, the relevant Rating Agencies and the Central Servicer);

 

  (e)

paragraph (e)(ii) (in respect of commitment fees);

 

  (f)

paragraph (e)(iii) (in respect of amounts payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties);

 

  (g)

paragraph (h) (in respect of other amounts payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties);

 

  (h)

paragraph (i) (in respect of indemnity payments for Currency Hedging Breakage Costs payable to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder);

 

  (i)

paragraph (j) (in respect of amounts of interest payable in respect of any Issuer Subordinated Advances other than those drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement);

 

  (j)

paragraph (j) (in respect of amounts of principal payable in respect of any Issuer Subordinated Advances other than those drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement);

 

  (k)

paragraph (k) (in respect of amounts payable to the other Issuer Secured Creditors); and

 

  (l)

paragraph (l) (in respect of amounts payable to any other parties);

 

(iii)

in respect of the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments:

 

  (a)

paragraph (a) (in respect of amounts payable to the Issuer Security Trustee);

 

  (b)

paragraph (b) (in respect of amounts payable to the Transaction Agent, the Registrar, the Issuer Account Bank and the Issuer Cash Manager);

 

  (c)

paragraph (c) (in respect of Tax payments);

 

  (d)

paragraph (d) (in respect of amounts payable to the Issuer Corporate Services Provider, the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider, the Issuer Profit Amount, the Issuer’s independent accountants, auditors, legal advisers and Tax advisers, the Channel Islands Stock Exchange, the Listing Sponsor, the relevant Rating Agencies and the Central Servicer);

 

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  (e)

paragraph (e)(ii) (in respect of commitment fees);

 

  (f)

paragraph (e)(iii) (in respect of amounts payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties);

 

  (g)

paragraph (g) (in respect of other amounts payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties);

 

  (h)

paragraph (h) (in respect of indemnity payments for Currency Hedging Breakage Costs payable to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder);

 

  (i)

paragraph (i) (in respect of amounts of interest payable in respect of any Issuer Subordinated Advances other than those drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement);

 

  (j)

paragraph (i) (in respect of amounts of principal payable in respect of any Issuer Subordinated Advances other than those drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement);

 

  (k)

paragraph (j) (in respect of amounts payable to the other Issuer Secured Creditors); and

 

  (l)

paragraph (k) (in respect of amounts payable to any other parties);

 

(iv)

in respect of the Issuer Rapid Amortisation (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments:

 

  (a)

paragraph (a) (in respect of amounts payable to the Issuer Security Trustee);

 

  (b)

paragraph (b) (in respect of amounts payable to the Transaction Agent, the Registrar, the Issuer Account Bank and the Issuer Cash Manager);

 

  (c)

paragraph (c) (in respect of Tax payments and amounts payable to the Issuer Corporate Services Provider, the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider, the Issuer’s independent accountants, auditors, legal advisers and Tax advisers, the Channel Islands Stock Exchange and the relevant Rating Agencies);

 

  (d)

paragraph (d)(ii) (in respect of commitment fees);

 

  (e)

paragraph (d)(iii) (in respect of amounts payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties);

 

  (f)

paragraph (g) (in respect of other amounts payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties);

 

  (g)

paragraph (h) (in respect of indemnity payments for Currency Hedging Breakage Costs payable to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder);

 

  (h)

paragraph (i) (in respect of amounts of interest payable in respect of any Issuer Subordinated Advances other than those drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility);

 

  (i)

paragraph (i) (in respect of amounts of principal payable in respect of any Issuer Subordinated Advances other than those drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement);

 

  (j)

paragraph (j) (in respect of amounts payable to the other Issuer Secured Creditors);

 

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  (k)

paragraph (k) (in respect of amounts payable in respect of the Issuer Profit Amount); and

 

  (l)

paragraph (l) (in respect of amounts payable to any other parties).

Onward Purchase Price means, in respect of any Vehicle in Germany, the purchase price as specified in the Purchase Offer and Lease Request payable by Dutch FleetCo to German Opco which (i) for a Vehicle (other than a German Opco Existing Fleet Vehicle) shall be equal to the Initial Purchase Price payable by German Opco with regard to such vehicles and (if necessary) calculated by way of break-down of the aggregate price for each type of vehicle subject to the respective Purchase Offer and Lease Request or (ii) for a German Opco Existing Fleet Vehicle, shall be equal to the Net Book Value on the Initial Funding Date for such German Opco Existing Fleet Vehicle, in each case excluding any VAT and Charge Costs.

Opco” means Spanish Opco, any Italian Opco, Dutch Opco, French Opco or German Opco (as the case may be).

Opco Change of Control” means the Avis Europe Group ceasing to (x) own directly or indirectly at least 100 per cent. of the share capital of Finco, Avis Europe or any Opco, (y) have the right or ability to cast at least 100 per cent. of the votes capable of being cast in shareholders’ general meetings of Finco, Avis Europe or any Opco or (z) have the right or ability to appoint or remove all directors (or equivalent officers) of the board of directors (or equivalent body) of Finco, Avis Europe or any Opco or to give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of any Opco with which the directors or other equivalent officers of Finco, Avis Europe or such Opco (as applicable) are obliged to comply.

Opco Event of Default” means an event of default as set out in part 3 (Opco Events of Default) of schedule 4 (Events of Default) to the Framework Agreement.

Opco Repurchase Price” means, in respect of any Vehicle in Germany, the repurchase price payable by German Opco to Dutch FleetCo which (i) for a Programme Vehicle shall be equal to the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price, less any VAT and (ii) for Non-Programme Vehicles, the Estimated Sales Price in respect of that Vehicle, less any VAT.

Opel Sale Completion Date” has the meaning given to it in the ninth master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 May 2017.

Operating Documents” means (taking account of the fact that certain documents will only be entered into and/or be effective after the date hereof):

 

(i)

each Italian Master Lease Agreement;

 

(ii)

the Spanish Master Lease Agreement;

 

(iii)

the French Master Lease Agreement;

 

(iv)

the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement;

 

(v)

the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

(vi)

the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement;

 

(vii)

the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

(viii)

the German Trust Agreement;

 

(ix)

each Italian Servicing Agreement;

 

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(x)

each Italian Mandate Agreement;

 

(xi)

each VAT Loan Agreement;

 

(xii)

the Italian VAT Sharing Agreement;

 

(xiii)

the Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement;

 

(xiv)

the Italian FleetCo Shareholders Agreement;

 

(xv)

the Spanish Servicing Agreement;

 

(xvi)

the Spanish Account Bank Agreement;

 

(xvii)

the German Account Bank Agreement;

 

(xviii)

the Dutch Account Bank Agreement;

 

(xix)

the French Account Bank Agreement;

 

(xx)

the French Servicing Agreement;

 

(xxi)

the German Custody Agreement;

 

(xxii)

the Italian Account Bank Agreement;

 

(xxiii)

the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement;

 

(xxiv)

the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

(xxv)

the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(xxvi)

the Finco Payment Guarantee;

 

(xxvii)

the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee;

 

(xxviii) 

the Parent Performance Guarantee; and

 

(xxix)

any other documents to which Dutch FleetCo, French FleetCo and/or Italian FleetCo is a party, approved by the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent and are in respect of the servicing and/or leasing of the Vehicle Fleet in each Country.

Original Financial Statements” means:

 

(a)

in relation to Avis Europe, its audited financial statements for its financial year ended 31 December 2011 and (if prepared) its unaudited consolidated management accounts for the financial quarter ended 31 December 2012;

 

(b)

in relation to each of Finco, Italian FleetCo and Spanish Opco, its audited financial statements for its financial year ended 31 December 2011;

 

(c)

in relation to the German Opco, the consolidated financial statements of AVIS Autovermietung Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Oberursel for its financial year ended 31 December 2011;

 

(d)

in relation to the Avis Italian Opco, its audited financial statements for its financial year ended 31 December 2011;

 

(e)

in relation to the Maggiore Italian Opco, its audited financial statements for its financial year ended 31 December 2014;

 

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(f)

in relation to the French Opco, its audited financial statements for its financial year ended 31 December 2012; and

 

(g)

in relation to the Dutch Opco, its audited financial statements for its financial year ended 31 December 2012.

Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date” means, in respect of a FleetCo Advance, the date of FleetCo Advance drawdown as specified in the relevant FleetCo Advance /VFN Advance Drawdown Notice.

Original Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date” means [Redacted].

Outstanding” means, in relation to the Senior Notes or a FleetCo Advance or a VFN Advance (as applicable), all Senior Notes or FleetCo Advances or VFN Advances (as applicable) other than:

 

(a)

those which have been redeemed in accordance with the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement or VFN Funding Agreement or repaid in accordance with the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement (as applicable);

 

(b)

those in respect of which the date for redemption or repayment (as applicable) in accordance with the provisions of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, VFN Funding Agreement or the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement (as applicable) has occurred and for which the redemption moneys or repayment moneys (including, in each case, all interest accrued thereon to the date for such redemption or repayment (as applicable)) have been duly paid to the Issuer, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Transaction Agent (as applicable) and (following the occurrence of an Issuer Enforcement Event) the Issuer Security Trustee in the manner provided for in the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, VFN Funding Agreement or the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement (as applicable) and remain available for payment in accordance with the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, VFN Funding Agreement or the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement (as applicable);

 

(c)

those which have been purchased and surrendered for cancellation as provided in the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, VFN Funding Agreement or the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement (as applicable) and notice of the cancellation of which has been given to the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Cash Manager and/or the Transaction Agent (as applicable);

 

(d)

those which have become void under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, VFN Funding Agreement or and the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement (as applicable); and

provided that for each of the following purposes in respect of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement:

 

(i)

the right in respect of any direction or request by the relevant Senior Noteholders;

 

(ii)

the determination of how many and which Senior Notes are for the time being outstanding for the purposes of clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications) of the Framework Agreement, any discretion, power or authority, whether contained in the Framework Agreement or provided by law, which the Transaction Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee is required to exercise in or by reference to the interests of the relevant Senior Noteholders; and

 

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(iii)

the determination by the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent whether any event, circumstance, matter or thing is, in its opinion, materially prejudicial to the interests of the relevant Senior Noteholders (to the extent that the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent (as applicable) is required to make such determination in accordance with the Transaction Documents),

those Senior Notes which are for the time being held by or on behalf of or for the benefit of the Issuer or any member of the Avis Group or any Affiliate of the Avis Group shall (unless and until ceasing to be so held) be deemed not to remain outstanding.

Parallel Debt” means the German Parallel Debt, Dutch Parallel Debt or the Spanish Parallel Debt, as applicable.

Parent” means Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC.

Parent Change of Control” means (a) ABG shall at any time cease to own or control, directly or indirectly, greater than 50 per cent. of the Voting Stock of the Parent or (b) any of the Opcos is no longer indirectly wholly-owned by the Parent.

Parent Event of Bankruptcy” shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to the Parent if:

 

(a)

a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of the Parent, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganisation, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of the Parent, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for the Parent or all or any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to the Parent under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of the Parent shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or

 

(b)

the Parent shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for the Parent or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(c)

the board of directors or other similar governing body of the Parent shall vote to implement any of the actions set forth in paragraph (b) above.

Parent Event of Default” means any of the following:

 

(a)

the occurrence of an Opco Change of Control, provided that if (1) any cessation described in Opco Change of Control is in relation to the share capital of, the shareholders’ general meetings of or the board of directors of (as applicable) Spanish Opco or any Italian Opco or French Opco (as applicable) and (2) the Spain Repayment Option (in respect of Spanish Opco) or the Italy Repayment Option (in respect of any Italian Opco) or the France Repayment Option (in respect of French Opco) is exercised within 30 days of such cessation, there shall not be any Parent Event of Default;

 

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(b)

the occurrence of a Parent Change of Control;

 

(c)

the occurrence and continuation of an “event of default” under the Credit Agreement or Replacement Credit Agreement, that is not waived pursuant to the terms of such Credit Agreement or Replacement Credit Agreement;

 

(d)

any Parent Event of Bankruptcy occurs; and

 

(e)

failure by the Parent or its successor or replacement to comply with any of its obligations under the Parent Performance Guarantee.

Parent Performance Guarantee” means the irrevocable guarantee and indemnity from the Parent in favour of the relevant FleetCo in respect of the obligations (other than payment obligations) of each Opco under the Transaction Documents to which such Opco is a party.

Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted, and, in each case, continues to adopt, the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

Party” means, when used in an agreement, deed or other document, a party to that agreement, deed or other document.

Passenger Car” means a motor vehicle having at least four wheels, used for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than seven seats, including the driver’s seat.

Payment” means, in respect of any Liabilities (or any other liabilities or obligations), a payment, prepayment, repayment, redemption, defeasance or discharge of those Liabilities (or other liabilities or obligations).

Payment Confirmation Date” means, in respect of all outstanding Senior Advances and all outstanding Subordinated Advances, the date falling 5 Business Days prior to the relevant Settlement Date.

Payment Netting” means:

 

(a)

in respect of an Issuer Hedging Agreement based on an ISDA Master Agreement, netting under section 2(c) of the relevant ISDA Master Agreement; and

 

(b)

in respect of an Issuer Hedging Agreement not based on an ISDA Master Agreement, netting pursuant to any provision of that Hedging Agreement or a Hedging Ancillary Document which has a similar effect to the provision referenced in paragraph (a) above.

Permitted Investments” means:

 

(i)

EUR-denominated money market funds which have a long-term rating of “AAAmmf” by Fitch, if rated by Moody’s, “Aaa” and “MR1+” by Moody’s, if rated by S&P, “AAA” by S&P, and, if rated by DBRS Morningstar, “AAA” by DBRS Morningstar; or

 

(ii)

any other instruments or securities, provided that, to the extent the outstanding Senior Notes are rated, the Rating Agencies have confirmed in writing that the investment in such instruments or securities will not adversely affect any ratings with respect to any Senior Notes,

in each case, in respect of which the Issuer Cash Manager has been instructed to invest in and in respect of which it is able to invest in.

 

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Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments” means the payments, receipts and set-offs permitted by paragraph 5.3 (Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments) of the Issuer Intercreditor Terms as long as they are so permitted.

Person” means any individual, company, corporation, unincorporated association or body (including a partnership, trust, joint venture or consortium), government, state, agency, organisation or other entity whether or not having separate legal personality.

Potential Event of Default” means any event which (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice or the making of any determination under the relevant Transaction Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) could constitute an Event of Default.

Potential Master Lease Termination Event” means any event which, but for the passage of time or the giving of notice or any combination thereof, would constitute a Master Lease Termination Event.

Potential Servicer Termination Event” means any event which but for the passage of time or the giving of notice or any combination thereof would constitute a Servicer Termination Event.

Privacy Code” means Italian Legislative Decree number 196 of 30 June 2003, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

Proceedings” means any legal action or proceedings relating to a Dispute.

Programme Maximum Term” means, where applicable in relation to a Programme Vehicle, the maximum holding period (if any) specified under the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement or the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement after the expiry of which such Programme Vehicle would cease to be eligible for repurchase or sale at auction by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer, as applicable (as such maximum holding period shall be notified on an annual basis by the relevant Servicer to the relevant FleetCo).

Programme Minimum Term” means, where applicable in relation to a Programme Vehicle, the minimum holding period (if any) specified under the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement or the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement in order for such Programme Vehicle to be eligible for repurchase or sale at auction by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer, as applicable.

Programme Support Provider” means, with respect to any Conduit Senior Noteholder, the Liquidity Provider with respect to such Conduit Senior Noteholder and any other or additional Person now or hereafter extending credit, or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, or to make purchases from, such Conduit Senior Noteholder or issuing a letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument to support any obligations arising under or in connection with such Conduit Senior Noteholder’s securitisation programme.

Programme Vehicle” means each Eligible Vehicle which is the subject of:

 

(i)

a Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement which contains all the Buy-Back Minimum Principles; or

 

(ii)

a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement which contains all the Buy-Back Minimum Principles (with references to the Vehicle Manufacturer replaced by the Vehicle Dealer as the context requires).

 

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Programme Vehicle Special Default Payments” means the amount of any Excess Damage Charges and/or Excess Mileage Charges applicable to a Programme Vehicle calculated by the relevant Servicer as of:

 

(a)

the Lease Determination Date immediately following the receipt by the relevant FleetCo of the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price, in each case, in relation to any Programme Vehicle (or, if earlier, by the Business Day on which FleetCo is liable for any Programme Vehicle Special Default Payment to a Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer); or

 

(b)

the Lease Determination Date immediately following the date by which the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price, in each case of such Programme Vehicle turned back to a Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer, would have been paid by the Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer to the relevant FleetCo but for the occurrence of an event or circumstance which, if not remedied within the relevant grace period, would become a Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default.

Public Deed of Pledge over Vehicles” means the vehicle pledge dated 5 March 2013 in respect of the Spanish Vehicle fleet and entered into by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, the Issuer and Spanish Opco.

Purchase and Lease Confirmation” has the meaning given to it in clause 3.3 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement or clause 3.3 of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement, as applicable.

Purchase Offer and Lease Request” has the meaning given to it in clause 3.1 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement or clause 3.1 of the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement, as applicable.

Qualifying Senior Noteholder” means, with respect to any relevant Senior Note, any person which is:

 

(a)

resident for the purposes of tax corresponding to Irish corporation tax in a jurisdiction (other than Ireland) that would not result in any Taxes being required to be withheld or deducted by the Issuer in relation to the relevant Senior Note as a result of such person holding such Senior Note and does not receive payments under the relevant Senior Note in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland by it through a branch or agency; or

 

(b)

a qualifying company within the meaning of Section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 of Ireland.

Quoted Eurobond WHT Form” means a form, substantially in the form of Schedule 9 to the INIFA, provided by a Senior Noteholder in accordance with the INIFA.

Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date” means the date of the service of a Rapid Amortisation Notice by the Transaction Agent to the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee.

Rapid Amortisation Event” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)

an Issuer Event of Default;

 

(ii)

a FleetCo Event of Default;

 

(iii)

a Spanish Opco Event of Default;

 

(iv)

an Italian Opco Event of Default;

 

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(v)

a Central Servicer Event of Default;

 

(vi)

a German Opco Event of Default;

 

(vii)

a French Opco Event of Default;

 

(viii)

a Subordinated Lender Event of Default;

 

(ix)

a Finco Guarantor Event of Default;

 

(x)

an Avis Europe Event of Default;

 

(xi)

a Parent Event of Default;

 

(xii)

the non-payment in full of all outstanding Senior Advances by the Issuer under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement at their Expected Maturity Date;

 

(xiii)

the termination of:

 

  (a)

any Spanish Transaction Document other than in accordance with its terms and the Spain Repayment Option is not exercised within 10 Business Days from the date of such termination;

 

  (b)

any Italian Transaction Document other than in accordance with its terms and the Italy Repayment Option is not exercised within 10 Business Days from the date of such termination;

 

  (c)

any French Transaction Document and/or the VFN Funding Agreement, in each case, other than in accordance with its terms and the France Repayment Option is not exercised within 10 Business Days from the date of such termination; or

 

  (d)

any Transaction Document other than in accordance with its terms (other than in the case of (a), (b) or (c) above);

 

(xiv)

a Servicer Termination Event; and

 

(xv)

the termination of the appointment of the Liquidation Agent if no replacement Liquidation Agent satisfactory to the Transaction Agent has been appointed within 60 days of such termination.

Rapid Amortisation Notice” means the notice to be delivered by the Transaction Agent to the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee following the occurrence of a Rapid Amortisation Event.

Rapid Amortisation Period” means the period starting from and including the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date.

Rating Agencies” means Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, Fitch, DBRS Morningstar and any other internationally recognised rating agency approved by the Transaction Agent and “Rating Agency” means any one of them.

Rating Agency Affirmation” means, for so long as any Senior Notes are rated by one or more Rating Agency, with respect to any specified action, determination or appointment, receipt by the Issuer (and sent to the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent) of written confirmation (or such other method of confirmation which may be agreed from time to time with the relevant Rating Agency) from the relevant Rating Agency that such specified action, determination or appointment will not result in the reduction, or withdrawal, of the ratings then assigned to the Senior Notes.

 

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Receiver” means a receiver and manager or other receiver (and may be a person or persons) appointed in respect of the Issuer Secured Property or FleetCo Secured Property (as the case may be) and shall, if allowed by law, include an administrative receiver.

Recoveries” means the Senior Recoveries or the Subordinated Recoveries.

Redesignation Amounts” means, in relation to a Vehicle following its redesignation in accordance with clause 22 of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, clause 24 of each Italian Master Lease Agreement, clause 25 of the French Master Lease Agreement, clause 24 of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement or clause 25 of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, an amount (which may positive or negative) equal to:

 

(a)

the Net Book Value of each Vehicle immediately prior to redesignation; minus

 

(b)

the Net Book Value of such Vehicle immediately following redesignation.

Reference Bank Rate” means the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Transaction Agent at its request by the Reference Banks as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the European interbank market, in the relevant currency and for the relevant period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers for deposits in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period.

Reference Banks” means Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and the Senior Noteholders that are financial institutions or such other banks as may be appointed by the Transaction Agent in consultation with the Central Servicer.

Register” means the register maintained by the Registrar outside the United Kingdom in respect of the Senior Notes in accordance with the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and substantially in the form set out in schedule 8 (Form of the Register) thereto.

Registered FCT Holder” has the meaning given to it in clause 2.3 (Entries in FCT Register conclusive) of the VFN Funding Agreement.

Registered Holder” has the meaning given to it in clause 2.3 (Entries in Register conclusive) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Registrar” means, in respect of the Issuer, in relation to the Senior Notes, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. and/or, if applicable, any successor registrar in relation to such Senior Notes.

Regulatory Direction” means, in relation to any person, a direction or requirement of any Governmental Authority with whose directions or requirements such person is accustomed to comply.

Rejected Vehicle” means a Vehicle rejected by the Lessee under clause 28 of the relevant Italian Master Lease Agreement, clause 29 of the French Master Lease Agreement, clause 28 of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement or clause 29 of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement.

 

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Rejected Vehicle Schedule” means a schedule substantially in the form set out in schedule 3 (Rejected Vehicle Schedule) to the Spanish Servicing Agreement and each Italian Servicing Agreement.

Related Month” means, when used (a) with respect to any FleetCo Payment Date, Lease Payment Date (including for the purpose of the definition of “Variable Rent”) or Lease Determination Date, the most recently ended calendar month; and (b) with respect to any other date, the calendar month in which such date occurs.

Related Opco” means:

 

(i)

in relation to Dutch FleetCo, German Opco, Dutch Opco or Spanish Opco (as applicable) to which Dutch FleetCo leases Vehicles under the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement or the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, respectively;

 

(ii)

in relation to Italian FleetCo, each Italian Opco; and

 

(iii)

in relation to French FleetCo, French Opco.

Relevant Conduit CP Rate” means:

 

(a)

with respect to Jupiter Securitization Company LLC, in respect of any Interest Period (or portion thereof), the per annum rate calculated to yield the Weighted Average Cost (as defined below) for such Interest Period (or portion thereof) in respect to commercial paper issued by such Conduit Senior Noteholder; provided, however, that if any component of such rate is a discount rate, in calculating the Relevant Conduit CP Rate for such Interest Period (or portion thereof), the rate resulting from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per annum shall be used in calculating such component; provided, further, that if the Relevant Conduit CP Rate as determined herein shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. As used in this definition, “Weighted Average Cost” for any Interest Period (or portion thereof) means the sum (without duplication) of:

 

  (i)

the actual interest accrued during such Interest Period (or portion thereof) on outstanding commercial paper issued by such Conduit Senior Noteholder (excluding any commercial paper issued to and held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A or any affiliate thereof, other than such commercial paper held as part of the market making activities of a Conduit Senior Noteholder’s commercial paper dealer);

 

  (ii)

the commissions of placement agents and dealers in respect of such commercial paper;

 

  (iii)

any note issuance costs attributable to such commercial paper not constituting dealer fees or commissions, expressed as an annualized percentage of the aggregate principal component thereof;

 

  (iv)

the actual interest accrued during such Interest Period (or portion thereof) on other borrowings by such Conduit Senior Noteholder (as determined by its managing agent), including to fund small or odd dollar amounts that are not easily accommodated in the commercial paper market, which may include loans from a Conduit Senior Noteholder’s managing agent or its affiliates (such interest rate not to exceed, on any day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus [Redacted]);

 

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  (v)

incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to commercial paper maturing on dates other than those on which corresponding funds are received by such Conduit Senior Noteholder, minus any accrual of income net of expenses received from investment of collections received under all receivable purchase facilities funded substantially with commercial paper; and

 

  (vi)

an amount (which may be negative) equal to

 

  (a)

the aggregate of any amounts paid or payable by Conduit Senior Noteholder to a counterparty to any currency hedge agreement entered into in connection with this transaction, minus

 

  (b)

the aggregate of any amounts paid or payable to the Conduit Senior Noteholder by a counterparty to any currency hedge agreement entered into in connection with this transaction.

 

(b)

with respect to any other Conduit, in respect of an Interest Period and a Conduit Senior Noteholder:

 

  (i)

the weighted average funding cost of the commercial paper issued by such Conduit Senior Noteholder in order to finance, or contribute to the financing of, its subscription of the Senior Notes during the relevant Interest Period, as notified by such Conduit Senior Noteholder to the Transaction Agent on the relevant Interest Determination Date (or Intra-Month Interest Determination Date, as the case may be), including any dealer or paying agent fees;

 

  (ii)

in the event that such commercial paper is denominated in any currency other than euros, all costs, fees and expenses incurred by such Conduit Senior Noteholder in order to hedge its exposure to such currency; and

 

  (iii)

any interest amounts payable by such Conduit Senior Noteholders in relation to any drawings on the relevant swing line or liquidity facility agreement which can be fairly allocated to the Senior Notes.

Relevant DBRS Morningstar Rating” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination: (a) if such Person has both a long term issuer rating by DBRS Morningstar and a senior unsecured rating by DBRS Morningstar as of such date, then the higher of such two ratings as of such date; and (b) if such Person has only one of a long term issuer rating by DBRS Morningstar and a senior unsecured rating by DBRS Morningstar as of such date, then such rating of such Person as of such date; provided that, if such Person does not have any of such ratings as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant DBRS Morningstar Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

Relevant Excess Concentration Amount” means, on any date, in respect of the limit set out in the definition of “Concentration Limit” an amount equal to, in each case, without double counting:

 

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A.

the aggregate of the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of all Eligible Vehicles in all the Countries which fall within the category of Vehicles described in such limit,

 

less

 

B.

the multiple of: (x) the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of all Eligible Vehicles in all Countries; and (y) the maximum percentage provided in the definition of Concentration Limit for such limit,

or zero if such amount is negative,

provided that any such excess is allocated on a pro rata basis to (A) the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Eligible Vehicles used for the purposes of calculating such limit in each Country and (B) to the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Programme Vehicles and the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV of Non-Programme Vehicles.

Relevant Fitch Rating” means, with respect to any Person, (a) if such Person has both a senior unsecured rating by Fitch and a long term issuer default rating by Fitch as of such date, then the higher of such two ratings as of such date and (b) if such Person has only one of a senior unsecured rating by Fitch and a long term issuer default rating by Fitch as of such date, then such rating of such Person as of such date; provided that, if such Person does not have any of such ratings as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant Fitch Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

Relevant Interbank Market means the European interbank market.

Relevant Jurisdiction” means, in relation to an Avis Obligor, a FleetCo or the Issuer, its jurisdiction of incorporation and (in respect of Dutch FleetCo) Spain and/or Germany (as applicable).

Relevant Liabilities” means:

 

(i)

the Liabilities owed to the Issuer Secured Creditor ranking (in accordance with the Issuer Intercreditor Terms) pari passu with or in priority to that Issuer Secured Creditor; and

 

(ii)

all present and future liabilities and obligations, actual and contingent, of the Issuer to the Issuer Security Trustee.

Relevant Moody’s Rating” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the highest of: (a) if such Person has a long term rating by Moody’s as of such date, then such rating as of such date; (b) if such Person has a senior unsecured rating by Moody’s as of such date, then such rating as of such date; and (c) if such Person has a long term corporate family rating by Moody’s as of such date, then such rating as of such date; provided that, if such Person does not have any of such ratings as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant Moody’s Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

Relevant Person” means Spanish Opco (in its capacity as the relevant Lessee and relevant Servicer), each Italian Opco (in its capacity as the relevant Lessee and relevant Servicer), the Central Servicer, German Opco (in its capacity as the relevant Lessee), Dutch Opco (in its capacity as the relevant Lessee), French Opco (in its capacity as the relevant Lessee and relevant Servicer), French FleetCo, Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, the Issuer or the FCT (as applicable).

 

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Relevant Rating” means, with respect to any Equivalent Rating Agency and any Person as of any date of determination, (a) with respect to Moody’s, the Relevant Moody’s Rating with respect to such Person as of such date, (b) with respect to Fitch, the Relevant Fitch Rating with respect to such Person as of such date and (c) with respect to S&P, the Relevant S&P Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

Relevant S&P Rating” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the long term local issuer rating by S&P of such Person as of such date; provided that, if such Person does not have a long term local issuer rating by S&P as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant S&P Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment” means, in respect of:

 

(i)

a Senior Noteholder that forms part of a Senior Noteholder Group, its pro rata share of the Notional Commitment of its Senior Noteholder Group; and

 

(ii)

a Senior Noteholder that is not part of a Senior Noteholder Group, its Notional Commitment as set out in the relevant Senior Noteholder Fee Letter.

Relevant Senior Noteholder Percentage” means, in respect of any Senior Noteholder, the percentage determined by (i) dividing its Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment at such time by the aggregate of the Total Senior Noteholder Commitments of all Senior Noteholders at such time and (ii) multiplying the product thereof by one hundred (100).

Relevant Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder Percentage” means, in respect of any Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder in relation to a Senior Advance Drawdown Date, the percentage determined by (i) dividing its Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment at such time by the aggregate of the Total Senior Noteholder Commitments of all Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholders of such Senior Advance Drawdown Date at such time and (ii) multiplying the product thereof by one hundred (100).

Relevant Third Party” means the Issuer Account Bank, any FleetCo Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator, the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator, the French FleetCo Account Bank Operator, the Issuer Cash Manager, the FleetCo Back-up Cash Managers, the Issuer Corporate Services Provider, the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider, any Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Providers, the Registrar, the Transaction Agent and (for the purposes of clause 27.1.3 (Non-petition Against the Conduit Senior Noteholders) of the Framework Agreement only) any Conduit Senior Noteholder.

Relevant Transaction Documents” means:

 

(i)

in respect of the Issuer, the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer is a party; and

 

(ii)

in respect of any other person, the Transaction Documents to which such person is a party.

Remaining Senior Noteholder” has the meaning given to it in clause 5.1.5 (Increase in Senior Noteholder Commitments) of the relevant Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Rent” means, in relation to a FleetCo, the aggregate Base Rent (or, in the case of Germany, German Base Rent) plus the aggregate Variable Rent payable to it by the relevant Lessee under the relevant Master Lease Agreement.

Replacement Credit Agreement” means any credit agreement or similar facility entered into by Avis Budget Holdings, LLC, the Parent and/or any affiliate of either entity, that refinances or replaces the Credit Agreement, as such replacement credit agreement may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

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Replacement Senior Noteholder” has the meaning given to such term in clause 21.5 (Replacement Senior Noteholder) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and is a Conduit or a Financial Institution which enters into a relevant Senior Noteholder Accession Deed.

Reporting Date” means the date falling 5 Business Days before a Settlement Date.

Representative” means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or custodian.

Repurchase Offer and Lease Termination Notice” has the meaning given to such term under clause 5.1 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

Requirement of Law” in respect of any person means:

 

(a)

any law, treaty, rule, requirement or regulation;

 

(b)

a notice by or an order of any court having jurisdiction;

 

(c)

a mandatory requirement of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction; or

 

(d)

a determination of an arbitrator or Governmental Authority,

in each case applicable to or binding upon that person or to which that person is subject or with which it is customary for it to comply.

Reservations” means:

 

(a)

the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a court and the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to insolvency, reorganisation and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors;

 

(b)

the required perfection of any Security Interest;

 

(c)

similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction; and

 

(d)

any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations as to matters of law in the legal opinions, each in the form satisfactory to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee and delivered to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee pursuant to the Transaction Documents.

Restricted Senior Note” means the Senior Notes issued in the form set out in schedule 3A (Restricted Senior Note Certificate) to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Restricted Senior Note Certificate” means the note certificate set out in schedule 3A (Restricted Senior Note Certificate) to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice” means a notice substantially in the form in part D (Form of Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 19 (Forms of Delayed Funding Notice) to the Framework Agreement, pursuant to which the Issuer revises its request for funding of Senior Advances under a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice pursuant to clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement.

 

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Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” means a notice substantially in the form in part E (Form of Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 19 (Forms of Delayed Funding Notice) to the Framework Agreement, pursuant to which the Issuer revises its request for funding of Issuer Subordinated Advances under a Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice pursuant to clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement.

Revolving Period” means, subject to the terms of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the period when Senior Advances will be available, being a period commencing on the Initial Funding Date and ending on the earliest to occur of:

 

(i)

the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date; and

 

(ii)

the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.) or any successor to its rating business.

Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury,the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, or (c) Her Majesty’s Treasury, or (d) any other equivalent sanctions regulation in force in the United States of America, the European Union and/or the United Kingdom, in each case to the extent legally applicable.

Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, government or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, including the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any EU member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned 50% or more or otherwise controlled by any such Person or Persons.

Scheduled Amortisation” has the meaning given to it in clause 5 (Scheduled Amortisation) of the Framework Agreement.

Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date” means the Original Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or, if extended in accordance with clause 5.1 (Extension of Revolving Period) of the Framework Agreement, such later date as agreed in writing between the Central Servicer and the Transaction Agent.

Scheduled Amortisation Period” means the period starting from the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date and ending on the earliest to occur of:

 

(i)

the date on which principal, interest and all other amounts due relating to all outstanding Senior Advances have been irrevocably and unconditionally repaid/paid in full; and

 

(ii)

the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date; and

 

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(iii)

the Expected Maturity Date.

Screen Rate” means the percentage rate per annum determined by the Banking Federation of the European Union for the relevant period displayed on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen, subject to any replacement of such rate in accordance with clause 24.11 (Replacement of Screen Rate) of the Framework Agreement..

Security” means all or any of the Security Interests created or expressed to be created from time to time constituted by or pursuant to, or evidenced by, the Security Documents.

Security Document” means each of the Issuer Security Documents, the FleetCo Security Documents and any other document designated a Security Document by the Issuer Security Trustee or the FleetCo Security Agent.

Security Interest” means:

 

(a)

a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, assignation in security, encumbrance or other security interest securing any obligation of any person;

 

(b)

any arrangement under which money or claims to, or the benefit of, a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts so as to effect payment of sums owed or payable to any person; or

 

(c)

any other type of preferential arrangement (including title transfer and retention arrangements) having a similar effect.

Senior Advance” means each advance made available to the Issuer under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice” means the notice delivered by the Issuer to, among others, the Issuer Cash Manager and the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder, substantially in the form in part C (Form of Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice) of schedule 19 (Forms of Delayed Funding Notice) to the Framework Agreement.

Senior Advance Drawdown Date” means the date of funding of each Senior Advance by the Senior Noteholders pursuant to the relevant Senior Advance Drawdown Notice.

Senior Advance Drawdown Notice” means a notice substantially in the relevant form set out in part A (Form of Senior Advance Drawdown Notice) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement pursuant to which the Issuer irrevocably requests one or more funding of Senior Advance(s) under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Senior Advance Interest Period” means, in respect of a Senior Advance:

 

(i)

the first (and, if applicable, only) period commencing from (and including) the Senior Advance Drawdown Date of such Senior Advance up to the earlier of (a) the relevant FleetCo Advance Repayment Date, (b) the date falling on (but excluding) the next Settlement Date or (c) the Delayed Funding Date; and

 

(ii)

any subsequent period commencing from (and including) the earlier of such Settlement Date in paragraph (i)(b) above or such Delayed Funding Date in paragraph (i)(c) above to (but excluding) the earlier of (a) the relevant Senior Advance Repayment Date or (b) the Delayed Funding Date; and

 

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(iii)

any subsequent period (if any) commencing from (and including) the Delayed Funding Date in paragraph (ii)(b) above to (but excluding) the relevant Senior Advance Repayment Date,

provided that, for the purposes of this definition, the Senior Advance Drawdown Date, the Delayed Funding Date and the Senior Advance Repayment Date are subject to the Business Day Convention.

Senior Advance Margin” has the meaning given to such term in each Senior Noteholder Fee Letter.

Senior Advance Repayment” means in relation to a repayment of an amount of principal of the relevant Senior Note, a payment of principal made by the Issuer to the relevant Senior Noteholder on the Senior Advance Repayment Date of such Senior Advance.

Senior Advance Repayment Date” means, in respect of a Senior Advance, the repayment date of such advance.

Senior Issuer Debt” means the Senior Noteholder Debt and the Issuer Hedging Debt.

Senior Issuer Discharge Date” means the time when the Transaction Agent (following confirmation in writing by each of the Issuer Secured Creditors in respect of the Senior Issuer Debt (if any) owed to it) notifies the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Secured Creditors in writing that it is satisfied that all Senior Issuer Debt has been fully and irrevocably paid or discharged and all commitments of the Issuer Secured Creditors in respect of the Senior Issuer Debt have expired or been cancelled.

Senior Issuer Finance Parties” means the Senior Noteholders and the Issuer Hedge Counterparties.

Senior Issuer Transaction Documents” means the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and the Issuer Hedging Agreements.

Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding” means, on any date in respect of a Senior Note, the current principal amount outstanding of such Senior Note as reflected on the Register on such date.

Senior Noteholder” means each holder of any Senior Notes, including the Initial Senior Noteholders and any Senior Noteholder which accedes to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the Framework Agreement, the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge as specified in the Register from time to time.

Senior Noteholder Accession Deed” means an accession agreement substantially in the form of part 2 (Form of Senior Noteholder Accession Deed) of schedule 6 (Forms of Accession Deed) of the Framework Agreement.

Senior Noteholder Available Commitment” means, at any relevant time with respect to a Senior Noteholder, its Senior Noteholder Commitment less the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding under the relevant Senior Notes subscribed by it.

Senior Noteholder Commitment” means, in respect of each Senior Noteholder, the amount set out in the relevant Senior Noteholder Fee Letter.

Senior Noteholder Commitment Increase Request Amount” has the meaning given to it in clause 5.1.3 (Increase in Senior Noteholder Commitments) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

 

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Senior Noteholder Debt” means all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred from time to time by the Issuer to any Senior Noteholder under or in connection with any Issuer Transaction Document (in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently, and whether as principal, surety or otherwise).

Senior Noteholder Decisions” has the meaning given to it in schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements) to the Framework Agreement.

Senior Noteholder Group” has the meaning given to it in clause 21.6 (Senior Noteholder Groups) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Senior Noteholder Fee Letter” means, in respect of each Senior Noteholder, a letter, the form of which is set out in schedule 2 to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Senior Noteholder Minimum Drawing Amount” means, with respect to each Senior Noteholder, Euro [Redacted].

Senior Notes” means the senior variable funding notes issued from time to time pursuant to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Senior Notes Maximum Amount” means an amount equal to:

 

(a)

the aggregate of:

 

  (i)

the Combined Eligible Country Asset Value; and

 

  (ii)

the Issuer Reserves;

less

 

(b)

the Credit Enhancement Required Amount.

Senior Recoveries” means the aggregate of all moneys and other assets received or recovered (whether by way of payment, repayment, prepayment, distribution, redemption, purchase or defeasance, in cash or in kind, or the exercise of any set-off or otherwise) from time to time by any Senior Noteholders or Issuer Hedge Counterparties under or in connection with any Senior Issuer Debt.

Servicer” means the Spanish Servicer, the French Servicer, each Italian Servicer or the Central Servicer (as applicable), together with any successor or replacement appointed in accordance with the relevant Servicing Agreement or Central Servicing Agreement (as applicable).

Servicer Fee” means, in relation to a FleetCo, the fee payable to the relevant Servicer pursuant to clause 10 of each Italian Servicing Agreement, clause 12 of the Spanish Servicing Agreement, clause 10 of the French Servicing Agreement and clause 10 of the Central Servicing Agreement.

Servicer Records” means the original and/or any copies of all relevant documents and records, in whatever form or medium, including all computer tapes, files and discs, relating to the Services, including, without limitation, Insurance Policies and an up-to-date list of all Sub-contractors retained by the relevant Servicer specifying their role and their contact details, which list shall include all custodians of Vehicle Documents, transporters of Vehicles, repairers of Vehicles and providers of parking space.

 

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Servicer Termination Date” means, in respect of a Servicer, the date on which the Servicer’s appointment is terminated in accordance with the terms of the relevant Servicing Agreement.

Servicer Termination Event” has, in respect of the Spanish Servicer, any Italian Servicer, the French Servicer or the Central Servicer, the meaning given to it in clause 15.1.2 of the Spanish Servicing Agreement, clause 13.1.2 of the relevant Italian Servicing Agreement, clause 13.1.2 of the French Servicing Agreement and clause 13.1 of the Central Servicing Agreement respectively.

Servicer Termination Notice” means the notice served by the FleetCo Security Agent to the Spanish Servicer, any Italian Servicer, French Servicer or the Central Servicer (as applicable) pursuant to clause 15.1 (Termination by notification) of the Spanish Servicing Agreement and clause 13.1 of the relevant Italian Servicing Agreement and French Servicing Agreement.

Services” means, in respect of a Servicer, the services to be provided by the Servicer set out in schedule 1 (Services) of the relevant Servicing Agreement to which such Servicer is a party and any other service obligations under the Relevant Transaction Documents and, in relation to the services provided by each Italian Opco to Italian FleetCo, the services set out in the relevant Italian Mandate Agreement.

Service Vehicles” means any Vehicle which is not intended to be rented to a customer of Opco as part of its daily rental business, including, without limitation, any Vehicle which is used by an Opco for transportation of either its customers or vehicles, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Vehicles used by the employees of any Avis Europe Group member shall not be Service Vehicles.

Servicing Agreement” means the Spanish Servicing Agreement, any Italian Servicing Agreement, the French Servicing Agreement or the Central Servicing Agreement (as applicable).

Servicing Transfer Event” means:

 

(a)

in Italy, France and Spain, the fulfilment of each of the following conditions: (i) the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event in respect of any Italian Servicer, French Servicer or the Spanish Servicer (as applicable); (ii) the FleetCo Security Agent determines to serve a notice to terminate the relevant Master Lease Agreement to the relevant Opco (or, in case of Italy, any of the Italian Opcos); and (iii) the FleetCo Security Agent determines to serve a Servicer Termination Notice to the relevant Opco; and

 

(b)

in Germany and The Netherlands, the fulfilment of each of the following conditions: (i) the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event in respect of the Central Servicer; (ii) the FleetCo Security Agent determines to serve a notice to terminate the relevant Master Lease Agreement to the relevant Opco; and (iii) the FleetCo Security Agent determines to serve a Servicer Termination Notice to the Central Servicer.

Settlement Date” means, in respect of each Calculation Period that ends on the last day of the relevant calendar month, the date falling on the [Redacted] of the calendar month immediately following the end of such Calculation Period, and, if such date is not a Business Day, the next Business Day and, for the avoidance of doubt, the first Settlement Date shall be in [Redacted].

 

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Signing Date” means 5 March 2013.

Spain Repayment Option” means, in respect of a TRO Default, the Country Repayment Option applicable to Spanish Opco and Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, as more particularly set out in clause 6 (Country Repayment Option) of the Framework Agreement.

Spain TRO Power of Attorney” means the power of attorney dated 5 March 2013 and granted by the Issuer to the attorneys specified therein in respect of the disposal of the Vehicle Fleet in Spain following the exercise of the Spain Repayment Option.

Spanish Account Bank Agreement” means the account bank agreement between, among others, Dutch FleetCo and the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank.

Spanish Account Mandate” has the meaning given to it in clause 4.1 of the Spanish Account Bank Agreement.

Spanish Civil Procedural Law” means Law 1/2000 of 7 January (Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil);

Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge” means the English law deed of charge pursuant to which, among other things, Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch assigns, pledges and otherwise creates a security over all its rights and interests in and to each of the English Transaction Documents to which it is a party, in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent.

Spanish FleetCo Secured Creditors” means the Issuer, the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator, the FleetCo Spanish Back-up Cash Manager, the Central Servicer, the Spanish Servicer and the FleetCo Security Agent (including any Receiver or Appointee thereof).

Spanish Master Lease Agreement” means, the master lease agreement dated 5 March 2013 entered into by, amongst others, Dutch FleetCo and Spanish Opco.

Spanish Obligor” means Spanish Opco and Dutch FleetCo, acting through its Spanish branch.

Spanish Opco” means Avis Alquile un Coche S.A.

Spanish Opco Event of Default” means an Event of Default in respect of Spanish Opco as the Relevant Person.

Spanish Parallel Debt” has the meaning given to it in clause 16.2 (Parallel Debt) of the Framework Agreement.

Spanish Public Document” means a documento público, being an escritura pública, póliza or efecto intervenido por fedatario public.

Spanish Servicer” means Spanish Opco.

Spanish Servicing Agreement” means the servicing and cash management agreement dated 5 March 2013 between, among others, Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and Spanish Opco in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch’s operations in Spain.

Spanish Transaction Document” means any Transaction Document expressed to be governed by Spanish law.

Spanish Vehicle Documents” means, in respect of Vehicles in Spain, the keys and spare keys to the Vehicles and the registration and technical documents regarding the Vehicles (Permiso de Circulación and Tarjeta de Características Técnicas).

 

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Specified Business Day” means a day (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are generally open for business in London, New York, Paris, Frankfurt am Main, Madrid, Amsterdam and Milan.

Specified Office” means, in relation to a Registrar, any office notified in accordance with the relevant Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement or with the VFN Funding Agreement.

Standard & Poor’s” or “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of Standard & Poor’s Credit Markets Service Europe Limited or any successor to its European rating business.

Sub-contractor” means any sub-contractor, sub-agent, delegate or representative appointed in accordance with clause 4 of each Italian Servicing Agreement, clause 5 of the Spanish Servicing Agreement, clause 5 of the French Servicing Agreement or clause 5 of the Central Servicing Agreement.

Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in part C (Form of Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notices) of schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices) to the Framework Agreement pursuant to which the Issuer irrevocably requests one or more funding of Issuer Subordinated Advances under the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement and/or VAT Loan Advances under each VAT Loan Agreement.

Subordinated Debt” means all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred from time to time by the Issuer to the Subordinated Lender (in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently, and whether as principal, surety or otherwise).

Subordinated Lender” means Avis Finance Company Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales, as lender to the Issuer under the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement.

Subordinated Lender Event of Default” means any of the following:

 

(a)

Avis Europe ceasing to own the entire share capital of any Opco or Finco, provided that, if there is a change of control of any Italian Opco, Spanish Opco or French Opco, such cessation of control is not remedied within 30 days of such cessation of control or (in respect of Spanish Opco) the Spain Repayment Option, (in respect of any Italian Opco) the Italy Repayment Option or (in respect of French Opco) the France Repayment Option is not exercised within 30 days of such cessation of control;

 

(b)

the occurrence of an Avis Europe Change of Control, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if all outstanding Senior Advances as of the date of such occurrence (and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon) and all other amounts due to the Senior Noteholders and the other Issuer Secured Creditors (save for the Subordinated Lender) are repaid in full by the Issuer on such date, there shall not be a “Subordinated Lender Event of Default” under this paragraph (b);

 

(c)

the occurrence of a Parent Change of Control;

 

(d)

the occurrence and continuation of an “event of default” under the Credit Agreement or Replacement Credit Agreement that is not waived pursuant to the terms of such Credit Agreement or Replacement Credit Agreement;

 

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(e)

the Subordinated Lender’s material net economic interest (within the meaning of both Article 6(1) of the EU Securitisation Regulation and Article 6(1) of the UK Securitisation Regulation) is less than, on an ongoing basis, 5 per cent. or such other figure as shall from time to time be specified in or by reference to Article 6(1) of the EU Securitisation Regulation and Article 6(1) of the UK Securitisation Regulation (as applicable)); and

 

(f)

any Event of Default under paragraph (d), paragraph (h) or paragraph (i) of the definition of “Event of Default”.

Subordinated Recoveries” means the aggregate of all moneys and other assets received or recovered (whether by way of payment, repayment, prepayment, distribution, redemption, purchase or defeasance, in cash or in kind, or the exercise of any set-off or otherwise) from time to time by any Subordinated Lender under or in connection with any Subordinated Debt.

Subscriber’s Cost of Funds” means, in respect of an Interest Period:

 

(i)

in relation to a Senior Noteholder which is a Financial Institution:

 

  (a)

prior to the service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Applicable EURIBOR; and

 

  (b)

following the service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice to the Issuer, the sum of (x) the Applicable EURIBOR and (y) [Redacted] per annum; and

 

(ii)

in relation to a Conduit Senior Noteholder:

 

  (a)

prior to the service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, through the ABCP Market, (x) the Relevant Conduit CP Rate for such Conduit Senior Noteholder;

 

  (b)

prior to the service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the weighted average rate of interest applicable to the relevant Conduit Senior Noteholder for issuing, directly or indirectly, commercial paper during the relevant Interest Period to fund the purchase and holding of the Senior Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, dealers’ commissions and hedging costs associated with the issue of the relevant commercial paper), provided that if the rate of interest applicable to a Conduit Senior Noteholder is a discount rate, the Subscriber’s Cost of Funds shall be calculated by converting such discount rate to an interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum; and

 

  (c)

prior to the service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, to the extent that such Conduit Senior Noteholder or a member of the Senior Noteholder Group in respect of Jupiter Securitization Company LLC funds its subscription, purchase and/or holding of the Senior Note held by it during such Interest Period through drawings under a Liquidity Facility Arrangement:

 

  (x)

following an ABCP Market Disruption, the product of:

 

  A.

the sum of (x) the Applicable EURIBOR and (y) [Redacted] per annum; and

 

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  B.

the percentage of the Senior Notes affected by the ABCP Market Disruption, provided that, in the six months prior to the date on which the ABCP Market Disruption first occurred, such Conduit Senior Noteholder had issued ABCP to finance the Senior Notes held by it;

 

  (y)

for any reason other than those stated in paragraphs (c)(x) and (d) of this definition, the product of:

 

  A.

the Applicable EURIBOR or such rate; and

 

  B.

the percentage of the Senior Notes held by it that is funded by such drawing; and

 

  (d)

in the case of a Conduit Senior Noteholder following the service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice to the Issuer, the sum of (x) the Applicable EURIBOR or the Relevant Conduit CP Rate to the extent that such Conduit Senior Noteholder does not draw on its Liquidity Facility Agreement and (y) [Redacted] per annum or such rate as the parties to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement may agree between them based on an agreed benchmark;

provided that if a Subscriber’s Cost of Funds determined by reference to the above provision is below zero, such Subscriber’s Cost of Funds will be deemed to be zero.

Subsidiary means, in relation to any company, corporation or legal entity (a “holding company”), any company, corporation or legal entity:

 

(a)

which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the holding company;

 

(b)

more than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the holding company; or

 

(c)

which is a subsidiary of another subsidiary of the holding company,

and, for these purposes, a company, corporation or legal entity shall be treated as being controlled by another if that other company, corporation or legal entity is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body.

Substitute Issuer Cash Manager” means any entity which is appointed to perform the Issuer Cash Management Services in place of the Issuer Cash Manager pursuant to clause 11.3 (Substitute Issuer Cash Manager) or clause 11.4 (Condition to Resignation or Termination) of the Issuer Cash Management Agreement and which satisfies the conditions set out in clause 11.6 (Conditions to Appointment of Substitute Issuer Cash Manager) of the Issuer Cash Management Agreement.

Supplemental Agreement” means each supplemental agreement entered into between the relevant FleetCo and the relevant Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers, or in the case of Vehicle purchased in Germany, each vehicle purchase addendum entered into between the German Opco and the relevant Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers, which, in each case, supplements and replaces certain terms of the Vehicle Purchase Agreements.

Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge” means the English law deed of charge to be entered into on or about 30 May 2018 pursuant to which the Issuer will, in respect of the Issuer Secured Liabilities, assign, pledge and otherwise create a security interest over all of its rights and interests in favour of the Issuer Security Trustee (for and on behalf of itself and the other Issuer Secured Creditors).

 

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TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilises a single shared platform and which was launched on 19 November 2007.

TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.

Tax” and “tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment or other charge or withholdings of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying the same).

Tax Authority” means any government, state or municipality or any local, state, federal or other authority, body or official anywhere in the world exercising a fiscal, revenue, customs or excise function.

Tax Credit means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.

Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax other than a FATCA Deduction.

Tax Deed of Covenant” means the tax deed of covenant dated 5 March 2013 as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time between, among others, the FleetCos, the Opcos, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee, pursuant to which the FleetCos, the Opcos and the Issuer represent, warrant and undertake in respect of certain tax matters.

Tax on Certain Means of Transport” means the Spanish tax imposed on the registration of certain means of transport as regulated in Law 38/1992, dated 28 December 1992, on special taxes of Spain.

Tax Payment means either the increase in any payment made by the Issuer to a Senior Noteholder or by a FleetCo to the Issuer or by French FleetCo to the FCT under the relevant tax gross-up provisions in the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents or FleetCo Transaction Documents (as applicable) or any amount payable under any tax indemnity provisions under the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents or FleetCo Transaction Documents (as applicable).

Termination Value” means, in relation to a Vehicle and at any time, an amount equal to the Net Book Value of such Vehicle at such time.

Tesla Rating Agency Affirmation” has the meaning given to it in schedule 17 (Vehicle Manufacturer Group Table) of the Framework Agreement.

Third Party Holder” means Spanish Opco in its capacity as third party holder under the Third Party Holding Agreement.

Third Party Holding Agreement” means the holding agreement dated on or about hereof in respect of the Spanish Vehicle fleet in respect of the Public Deed of Pledge and entered into between Spanish Opco, Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and the Issuer.

Third Party Insolvency Event” means, in respect of a Relevant Third Party, the occurrence of any of the following under any applicable law:

 

(a)

any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken or threatened in relation to:

 

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  (i)

bankruptcy, insolvency, or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt (including, without limitation, with respect to any Relevant Third Party which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Italy, any liquidazione, procedura concorsuale (fallimento, concordato preventivo, liquidazione coatta amministrativa, amministrazione straordinaria or ristrutturazione industriale delle grandi imprese in stato di insolvenza), cessione dei beni ai creditori or any other similar proceedings)), adjustment, winding-up, examinership, liquidation, dissolution, emergency regulations, legal de-merger, declaration or other relief with respect to it or its debts; or

 

  (ii)

any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affecting any asset or assets of such Relevant Third Party; or

 

  (iii)

any analogous procedure or step is taken or threatened in any jurisdiction;

 

(b)

the furtherance of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts in paragraph (a) above by such Relevant Third Party;

 

(c)

the value of the assets of such Relevant Third Party is less than the amount of its liabilities, taking into account its contingent and prospective liabilities;

 

(d)

such Relevant Third Party is or becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due or insolvent or such Relevant Third Party admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due; and

 

(e)

with respect to any Relevant Third Party which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Germany:

 

  (i)

such Relevant Third Party is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness and/or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due (zahlungsunfähig) within the meaning of Section 17 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung);

 

  (ii)

such Relevant Third Party is overindebted (überschuldet) within the meaning of Section 19 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung); and/or

 

  (iii)

a moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of such Relevant Third Party.

Third Party Insolvency Proceeding” means any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:

 

(a)

the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, examinership, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Relevant Third Party;

 

(b)

a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any Relevant Third Party;

 

(c)

the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, examiner, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Relevant Third Party or any of its assets (including, without limitation, with respect to any Relevant Third Party which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Italy, a curatore, commissario giudiziale, commissario straordinario, commissario liquidatore or any other Relevant Third Party performing the same function) in respect of it or in respect of any of its assets;

 

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(d)

enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Relevant Third Party;

 

(e)

with respect to any Relevant Third Party which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Germany:

 

  (i)

a petition for insolvency proceedings in respect of its assets (Eröffnungsantrag) has been filed or any event has occurred which constitutes a cause for the initiation of insolvency proceedings (Eröffnungsantrag) as set out in Sections 17 et seq. of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung); or

 

  (ii)

any action has been taken pursuant to Section 21 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung) by a competent court;

 

(f)

with respect to any Relevant Third Party which is subject to insolvency proceedings in France, any “mandat ad hoc”, “procédure de conciliation”, “procédure de sauvegarde”, “procédure de redressement judiciaire”, “procédure de liquidation judiciaire” as set out under “LIVRE VI” of the French Code de commerce;

 

(g)

with respect to any Relevant Third Party which is subject to insolvency proceedings in The Netherlands, any faillissement, surseance van betaling, noodregeling and ontbinding and the appointment of a curator or bewindvoerder;

 

(h)

with respect to any Relevant Third Party which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Italy, any bankruptcy proceedings (faillimento) or any other insolvency proceedings (procedura concorsuale) provided under Italian Royal Decree 16 March 1942, No. 267, including any arrangement with creditors prior to bankruptcy (accordo di ristrutturazione di debiti and/or piano di risanamento attestato and/or concordato preventive and/or transazione fiscale),

or any analogous procedure or step is taken in respect of the Relevant Third Party in any jurisdiction.

In respect of a Relevant Third Party in Spain, a reference in this definition to:

 

(a)

a “suspension of payments” includes any concurso;

 

(b)

a “liquidator” includes a liquidador;

 

(c)

an “administrative receiver” includes an administrador judicial; and

 

(d)

any “other procedure or step” includes solicitud de inicio de procedimento de concurso, auto de declaración de concurso, convenio judicial o extrajudicial con acreedores and transacción judicial o extrajudicial.

Third Party Purchase Price” means the amount paid by a Vehicle Manufacturer, Vehicle Dealer or any other third party purchaser on the sale of a Non-Programme Vehicle by German Opco or Dutch FleetCo (as applicable) in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands only to that person, plus VAT.

Third Party Purchase Price VAT Amount” shall have the meaning as ascribed to such term in clause 6.6 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

 

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Total Senior Noteholder Commitments” means [Redacted] on the Amendment Date as increased or decreased pursuant to clause 5 (Increase in and Intra-Senior Noteholder Group Transfer of Senior Noteholder Commitments) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Transaction Agent” means Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.

Transaction Agent Fee Letter” means the fee letter between the Initial Senior Noteholders and CACIB in respect of CACIB’s appointment as the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent.

Transaction Documents” means the Issuer Transaction Documents, the FleetCo Transaction Documents and the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee.

Transaction Party” means any Party to any Transaction Document.

Treasury Transaction” means any currency or interest rate purchase, cap or collar agreement, forward rate agreement, interest rate agreement, index linked agreement, interest rate or currency or future or option contract, foreign exchange or currency purchase or sale agreement, interest rate swap, currency swap, basis rate swap or combined similar agreement or any derivative transaction protecting against or benefiting from fluctuations in any rate, index or price.

TRO Defaults” means the Potential Events of Default in relation to which the Italy Repayment Option, Spain Repayment Option and/or France Repayment Option are available.

TRO Proceeds Confirmation” means the confirmation by the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) to the Central Servicer, Finco and the Transaction Agent that the Issuer has received:

 

(i)

in respect of a Spain Repayment Option, the amounts set out in clause 6.2.1(ii) (Spain) of the Framework Agreement;

 

(ii)

in respect of an Italy Repayment Option, the amounts set out in clause 6.2.2(ii) (Italy) of the Framework Agreement; and

 

(iii)

in respect of a France Repayment Option, the amounts set out in clause 6.2.3(ii) (France) of the Framework Agreement.

Turn-back Date” means, in relation to a Programme Vehicle, the date on which such Programme Vehicle is returned to and accepted by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer pursuant to the terms of the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement.

UK Article 7 Technical Standards” means the EU Article 7 Technical Standards as they form part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 together with any applicable laws, regulations, rules, guidance or other implementing measures of the FCA, PRA or other relevant UK regulator (or their successor), in each case, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, including by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.

UK Securitisation Regulation” means the EU Securitisation Regulation as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 together with any applicable laws, regulations, rules, guidance or other implementing measures of the FCA, PRA or other relevant UK regulator (or their successor), in each case, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, including by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.

 

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UK SR ABCP Investor Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex XIII (Investor Report Information – Asset Backed Commercial Paper Securitisation) of the UK Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time), containing such information as is required by Article 7(1)(e) of the UK Securitisation Regulation.

UK SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex XI (Underlying Exposures Information – Asset Backed Commercial Paper Securitisation) of the UK Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time) containing such information in respect of the Purchased Receivables (and the Ancillary Rights in respect thereof) as is required by Article 7(1)(a) of the UK Securitisation Regulation.

UK SR Inside Information or Significant Event Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex XIV (Inside Information or Significant Event Information – Non-Asset Backed Commercial Paper Securitisation) of the UK Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time), containing such information as is required by Article 7(1)(f) and Article 7(1)(g) of the UK Securitisation Regulation.

UK SR Investor Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex XII (Investor Report Information – Non-Asset Backed Commercial Paper Securitisation) of the UK Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time), containing such information as is required by Article 7(1)(e) of the UK Securitisation Regulation.

UK SR Loan Level Data Report” means a report, prepared on the template set out in Annex IX (Underlying Exposures Information – Esoteric) of the UK Article 7 Technical Standards (as such template may be amended or superseded from time to time) containing such information in respect of the Purchased Receivables (and the Ancillary Rights in respect thereof) as is required by Article 7(1)(a) of the UK Securitisation Regulation.

UNCITRAL Regulations” means the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006, SI2006/1030.

Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable by the Issuer under any Transaction Document but unpaid.

Unrestricted Senior Note” means the Senior Notes issued in the form set out in schedule 3 (Unrestricted Senior Note Certificate) to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

Unrestricted Senior Note Certificate” means the note certificate set out in schedule 3 (Unrestricted Senior Note Certificate) to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

US Tax Obligor” means:

 

(a)

an Avis Obligor, a FleetCo or the Issuer that is resident for tax purposes in the United States of America; or

 

(b)

an Avis Obligor, a FleetCo or the Issuer some or all of whose payments under the Transaction Documents are from sources within the United States for US federal income tax purposes.

 

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Value Added Tax Group” means a VAT group permitted under Article 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC.

Van” means a covered boxlike motor vehicle, having at least four wheels and typically having a rear door and/ or sliding doors on the side panels, used for the carriage of people.

Variable Funding Notes” means the variable funding note issued by the FCT on the Initial French Funding Date pursuant to the VFN Funding Agreement.

Variable Rent” means, in respect of all Vehicles leased to the Lessee under the relevant Master Lease Agreement on any date during a Calculation Period, on any Lease Payment Date, or any other date on which accrued rent is due and payable (such date being, for the purpose of this definition only, a Lease Payment Date):

 

(i)

the sum of all amounts payable by the relevant FleetCo under the applicable FleetCo Priority of Payments (in each case excluding any part thereof which represents VAT and excluding further (x) principal due and payable in respect of the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement or any VAT Loan Agreement, (y) any amounts which are payable by the relevant FleetCo but for which such FleetCo has been indemnified by, or has otherwise received amounts from, the Lessee pursuant to the relevant Master Lease Agreement or Servicing Agreement and (z) item (e)(i) of the relevant FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments and item (d) of the relevant FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments);

plus (in respect of Vehicles in Spain, The Netherlands and Italy only)

 

(ii)

any Monthly Risk Vehicle Loss;

minus (in respect of Vehicles in Spain, The Netherlands and Italy only)

 

(iii)

any Monthly Risk Vehicle Profit.

VAT” means:

 

(a)

any tax imposed in compliance with the council directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and

 

(b)

any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above or elsewhere.

VAT Amount” shall have the meaning as ascribed to such term in clause 6.4 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

VAT Component” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause 4.3 of the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement.

VAT Component and Charge Costs Component Trust Account” means the account with account number [Redacted] in the name of Dutch FleetCo into which the VAT Component and the Charge Costs Component are paid by German Opco pursuant to the terms of the German Trust Agreement.

VAT Loan Advance” means the principal amount of each advance made or to be made under a VAT Loan Agreement.

 

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VAT Loan Agreement” means (i) in respect of Italian FleetCo, any Italian VAT Loan Agreement and (ii) in respect of Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands only, the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement.

VAT Loan Borrower” means Italian FleetCo and/or Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands only, respectively.

VAT Loan Facility” means each facility made available to a VAT Loan Borrower by an Italian VAT Lender under an Italian VAT Loan Agreement.

VAT Payables” means, at any time and in relation to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and French FleetCo, the aggregate of all VAT payments owed by it to the Spanish Tax Authority or French Tax Authority, respectively at such time.

VAT Payables Amount” means, in relation to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and French FleetCo, the aggregate amount of its VAT Payables in Spain and France, respectively.

VAT Receivables” means in relation to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and French FleetCo, the aggregate of all VAT repayments owed by the Spanish Tax Authority to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and the French Tax Authority to French FleetCo, respectively, in respect of which evidence satisfactory to the Transaction Agent (acting reasonably) has been received that such VAT repayment is owed to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch or French FleetCo, as applicable, but excluding any VAT repayment in respect of which security in form and substance acceptable to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent has not been provided to the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with the Security Documents.

Vehicle” means any Passenger Car, Van or Light Truck.

Vehicle Dealer” means, in relation to any Vehicle, the dealership (being an entity which is in the business of buying and selling cars and which is not a member of any Vehicle Manufacturer Group) which sells or buys such Vehicle to or from the relevant FleetCo (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco and, in the case of The Netherlands, Dutch Opco).

Vehicle Dealer Agreements” means Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreements and Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreements.

Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement” means, in relation to any FleetCo (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco and, in the case of The Netherlands, Dutch Opco), any agreement providing for a buy-back commitment by such Vehicle Dealer of Vehicles purchased by such FleetCo (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco and, in the case of The Netherlands, Dutch Opco and subsequently sold to Dutch FleetCo).

Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement” means:

 

(i)

(in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, French FleetCo and Italian FleetCo) any purchase agreement between such FleetCo and a Vehicle Dealer entered into prior to the date hereof with respect to any Vehicle;

 

(ii)

(in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, French FleetCo and Italian FleetCo) any purchase agreement between such FleetCo and a Vehicle Dealer entered into on or after the date hereof with respect to any Vehicle in Spain, France, The Netherlands or Italy, provided that such agreement is consistent with the Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement existing on the Signing Date with such Vehicle Dealer (if any) taking into consideration any change in the relevant Vehicle Dealer’s policy or, in the absence of such Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement, is in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent (acting reasonably) and is consistent with other Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreements of such FleetCo;

 

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(iii)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo only and in respect of any Vehicle in Germany, any purchase agreement between German Opco and a Vehicle Dealer entered into on or after the date hereof with respect to any Vehicle in Germany, provided that such agreement is consistent with the Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement existing on the Signing Date with such Vehicle Dealer (if any) taking into consideration any change in the relevant Vehicle Dealer’s policy or, in the absence of such Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement, is in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent (acting reasonably) and is consistent with other Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreements of German Opco; and

 

(iv)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo only and in respect of any Vehicle in The Netherlands, any purchase agreement between Dutch Opco, Dutch FleetCo and a Vehicle Dealer entered into on or after the date hereof with respect to any Vehicle in The Netherlands, provided that such agreement is consistent with the Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement existing on the Signing Date with such Vehicle Dealer (if any) taking into consideration any change in the relevant Vehicle Dealer’s policy or, in the absence of such Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement, is in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent (acting reasonably) and is consistent with other Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreements of Dutch Opco).

Vehicle Dealer Receivables” means, at any time and in relation to any FleetCo (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco), the aggregate of the unpaid portion of all amounts (excluding amounts in respect of VAT) owed by any Vehicle Dealer to such FleetCo (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco) at such time pursuant to the disposition by such FleetCo (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco) of any Vehicle under any Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement.

Vehicle Documents” means the German Vehicle Documents, the Italian Vehicle Documents, the French Vehicle Documents, the Dutch Vehicle Documents and the Spanish Vehicle Documents.

Vehicle Fleet” means, at any Calculation Date or (if relevant) the Intra-Month Cut-Off Date and in relation to any Country, all Vehicles that have been delivered to, or to the order of, the relevant FleetCo and that are legally owned by such FleetCo free and clear of all liens (other than a retention of title in favour of the corresponding Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer (as applicable)).

Vehicle Manufacturer” means, in relation to any Vehicle:

 

(a)

any member of a Vehicle Manufacturer Group who is party to a Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement in respect of such Vehicle with (i) in respect of Spain, France, The Netherlands and Italy, any relevant FleetCo and (ii) in respect of Germany and The Netherlands, German Opco and Dutch Opco respectively; or

 

(b)

a vehicle manufacturer who is not a member of a Vehicle Manufacturer Group and who is party to a Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement in respect of such Vehicle with (i) in respect of Spain, France, The Netherlands and Italy, any relevant FleetCo and (ii) in respect of Germany and The Netherlands, German Opco and Dutch Opco respectively.

 

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Vehicle Manufacturer Agreements” means Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreements and Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreements.

Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement” means, in relation to any FleetCo, any agreement between such FleetCo (or, in respect of Vehicles in Germany, German Opco and, in respect of Vehicles in The Netherlands, Dutch Opco) and a Vehicle Manufacturer and providing for a buy-back commitment by such Vehicle Manufacturer in favour of or for the benefit of such FleetCo (or, in respect of Vehicles in Germany, German Opco).

Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default” means, with respect to any Vehicle Manufacturer, either of the following circumstances:

 

(i)

the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer has failed to pay when due pursuant to the terms of the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Programmes and:

 

  (a)

such failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 calendar days or more, the Euro Equivalent of [Redacted] at such time;

 

  (b)

such amounts are not being contested in good faith by such Vehicle Manufacturer as evidenced in writing questioning the accuracy of amounts paid or payable with respect to certain Vehicles subject to Vehicle Manufacturer Programmes entered into by such Vehicle Manufacturer, (but excluding amounts arising pursuant to a general repudiation by such Vehicle Manufacturer of all of its obligations under all of its Vehicle Manufacturer Programmes with such FleetCo); and

 

  (c)

such FleetCo has not established an adequate reserve (as determined by such FleetCo, acting reasonably) in respect of such amounts; or

 

(ii)

any of the Vehicle Manufacturer Insolvency Events, Vehicle Manufacturer Insolvency Proceedings or Execution or Distress Events occurs in respect of such Vehicle Manufacturer and/or the Vehicle Manufacturer Group Head Entity of the Vehicle Manufacturer Group of which such Vehicle Manufacturer is a member.

Vehicle Manufacturer Group” means each vehicle manufacturer group identified as such in schedule 17 (Vehicle Manufacturer Group Table) to the Framework Agreement as such schedule may be amended from time to time as provided for therein, it being provided that each such Vehicle Manufacturer Group shall include (a) the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Group Head Entity set out in the relevant column in the above-mentioned table opposite that group, (b) the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Group Rating Entity set out in the relevant column in the above-mentioned table opposite that Vehicle Manufacturer Group (if any) and (c) any Subsidiary of such Vehicle Manufacturer Group Head Entity (and each such entity shall be a “member” of such Vehicle Manufacturer Group).

Vehicle Manufacturer Group Head Entity” has the meaning ascribed to it in the table set out in schedule 17 (Vehicle Manufacturer Group Table) to the Framework Agreement as such schedule may be amended from time to time as provided for therein with respect to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Group.

Vehicle Manufacturer Group Rating Entity” has the meaning ascribed to it in the table set out in schedule 17 (Vehicle Manufacturer Group Table) to the Framework Agreement as such schedule may be amended from time to time as provided for therein with respect to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Group.

 

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Vehicle Manufacturer Guarantee” means, in relation to any Vehicle Dealer and any Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement, any guarantee granted by a Vehicle Manufacturer benefiting any FleetCo (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco and, in the case of The Netherlands, Dutch FleetCo and Dutch Opco) with respect to the obligations of such Vehicle Dealer under such Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement, which guarantee, if entered into after the date hereof, shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent (acting reasonably).

Vehicle Manufacturer Insolvency Event” means, in relation to any Vehicle Manufacturer, the occurrence of any of the following under any applicable law:

 

(a)

any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken or threatened in relation to:

 

  (i)

bankruptcy, insolvency or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent (including, without limitation, with respect to any Vehicle Manufacturer which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Italy, any liquidazione, procedura concorsuale (fallimento, concordato preventivo, liquidazione coatta amministrativa, amministrazione straordinaria or ristrutturazione industriale delle grandi imprese in stato di insolvenza), cessione dei beni ai creditori or any other similar proceedings)), adjustment, winding-up, examinership, liquidation, dissolution, emergency regulations, legal de-merger, declaration or other relief with respect to it or its debts; or

 

  (ii)

any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affecting any asset or assets of such Vehicle Manufacturer; or

 

  (iii)

enforcement of any Security Interests over any assets of such Vehicle Manufacturer,

or any analogous procedure or step is taken or threatened in any jurisdiction;

 

(b)

the furtherance of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts in paragraph (a) above by such Vehicle Manufacturer;

 

(c)

the value of the assets of such Vehicle Manufacturer is less than the amount of its liabilities, taking into account its contingent and prospective liabilities;

 

(d)

such Vehicle Manufacturer is or becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due or insolvent or such Vehicle Manufacturer admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due; and

 

(e)

with respect to any Vehicle Manufacturer which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Germany:

 

  (i)

such Vehicle Manufacturer is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness and/or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due (zahlungsunfähig) within the meaning of Section 17 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung);

 

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  (ii)

such Vehicle Manufacturer is overindebted (überschuldet) within the meaning of Section 19 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung); and/or

 

  (iii)

a moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of such Vehicle Manufacturer.

Vehicle Manufacturer Insolvency Proceeding” means any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:

 

(a)

the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, examinership, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Vehicle Manufacturer;

 

(b)

a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any Vehicle Manufacturer;

 

(c)

the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, examiner, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Vehicle Manufacturer or any of its assets (including, without limitation, with respect to any Vehicle Manufacturer which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Italy, a curatore, commissario giudiziale, commissario straordinario, commissario liquidatore or any other Vehicle Manufacturer performing the same function);

 

(d)

enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Vehicle Manufacturer;

 

(e)

with respect to any Vehicle Manufacturer which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Germany:

 

  (i)

a petition for insolvency proceedings in respect of its assets (Eröffnungsantrag) has been filed or any event has occurred which constitutes a cause for the initiation of insolvency proceedings (Eröffnungsantrag) as set out in Sections 17 et seq. of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung); or

 

  (ii)

any action has been taken pursuant to Section 21 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung) by a competent court;

 

(f)

with respect to any Vehicle Manufacturer which is subject to insolvency proceedings in France, any “mandat ad hoc”, “procédure de conciliation”, “procédure de sauvegarde”, “procédure de redressement judiciaire”, “procédure de liquidation judiciaire” as set out under “LIVRE VI” of the French Code de commerce;

 

(g)

with respect to any Vehicle Manufacturer which is subject to insolvency proceedings in The Netherlands, any faillissement, surseance van betaling, noodregeling and ontbinding and the appointment of a curator or bewindvoerder;

 

(h)

with respect to any Vehicle Manufacturer which is subject to insolvency proceedings in Italy, any bankruptcy proceedings (faillimento) or any other insolvency proceedings (procedura concorsuale) provided under Italian Royal Decree 16 March 1942, No. 267, including any arrangement with creditors prior to bankruptcy (accordo di ristrutturazione di debiti and/or piano di risanamento attestato and/or concordato preventive and/or transazione fiscale),

or any analogous procedure or step is taken in respect of the Vehicle Manufacturer in any jurisdiction.

 

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In respect of a Vehicle Manufacturer in Spain, a reference in this definition to:

 

(a)

a “suspension of payments” includes any concurso;

 

(b)

a “liquidator” includes a liquidador;

 

(c)

an “administrative receiver” includes an administrador judicial; and

 

(d)

any “other procedure or step” includes solicitud de inicio de procedimento de concurso, auto de declaración de concurso, convenio judicial o extrajudicial con acreedores and transacción judicial o extrajudicial.

Vehicle Manufacturer Programme” means, in relation to any FleetCo and any Vehicle Manufacturer, any Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement to which such Vehicle Manufacturer and such FleetCo (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco and, in the case of The Netherlands, Dutch FleetCo and Dutch Opco) are parties and any Vehicle Manufacturer Guarantee from which such FleetCo (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco and, in the case of The Netherlands, Dutch FleetCo and Dutch Opco) benefits.

Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement” means, in relation to any FleetCo:

 

(a)

any purchase agreement between such FleetCo and a Vehicle Manufacturer entered into prior to the date hereof with respect to any Vehicle; and

 

(b)

any purchase agreement between such FleetCo and a Vehicle Manufacturer entered into on or after the date hereof with respect to any Vehicle, provided that such agreement is consistent with the Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement and Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement existing on the Signing Date with such Vehicle Manufacturer (if any) taking into consideration any change in the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer’s policy or, in the absence of such Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement, is in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent (acting reasonably) and is consistent with other Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreements of such FleetCo.

Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables” means, at any time and in relation to any Country, the aggregate of all amounts (excluding amounts in respect of VAT and volume bonuses) owed by any Vehicle Manufacturer in such Country to the relevant FleetCo) in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in such Country at such time pursuant to the disposition by such FleetCo) of any Vehicle under any Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement and to any Vehicle Manufacturer Guarantee.

Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price” means, in relation to a Vehicle, the purchase price or other consideration payable by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer to (in respect of Vehicles in Italy, France, The Netherlands or Spain) the relevant FleetCo or (in respect of Vehicles in Germany) German Opco (or a person determined by German Opco) for the repurchase by the Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer of such Vehicle, as provided for in the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Agreement, plus VAT.

Vehicle Purchasing Agreement” means an agreement pursuant to which a FleetCo, Dutch Opco or German Opco purchases Vehicles from a Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer.

Vehicle Ratio” means, in respect of a Vehicle on a Lease Determination Date, the Net Book Value of such Vehicle on the Calculation Date immediately preceding such Lease Determination Date divided by the Borrower Vehicle Fleet NBV in relation to such FleetCo on such Calculation Date.

 

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Vehicle Request Notice” means the vehicle request notice in the form of schedule 2 (Form of Vehicle Request Notice) to the relevant Master Lease Agreement.

Vehicle Schedule” means, in relation to the Spanish Master Lease Agreement, an Individual Vehicle Schedule or a Global Vehicle Schedule, in relation to the French Master Lease Agreement, a vehicle schedule substantially in the form of schedule 3 to the French Master Lease Agreement, in relation to the Avis Italian Master Lease Agreement, a vehicle schedule substantially in the form of schedule 3 to the Avis Italian Master Lease Agreement and in relation to the Maggiore Italian Master Lease Agreement, a Maggiore vehicle schedule substantially in the form of schedule 3 to the Maggiore Italian Master Lease Agreement.

VFN Advance” means each advance made available to the FCT under the VFN Funding Agreement and by which the VFN Principal Amount Outstanding is increased.

VFN Advance Drawdown Date” means the date of funding of each VFN Advance by the Issuer pursuant to the relevant FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice.

VFN Final Repayment Date” has the meaning ascribed to such terms in clause 7.1.1 of the VFN Funding Agreement.

VFN Funding Agreement” means the VFN funding agreement entered into between the Issuer and the FCT.

VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option” has the meaning given to it in clause 6.2.3(vii) of the Framework Agreement.

VFN Note Certificate” means the note certificate set out in Schedule 1 to the VFN Funding Agreement.

VFN Principal Amount Outstanding” means, on any date in respect of the Variable Funding Note, the current principal amount outstanding of such Variable Funding Note as reflected on the FCT Register on such date.

VFN Repayment” means a payment of principal under the VFN Funding Agreement made by the FCT to the Issuer on the VFN Repayment Date and by which the VFN Principal Amount Outstanding is decreased.

Voluntary Insolvency Event” means:

 

(i)

the occurrence of an event referred to in paragraph (c) or paragraph (e) under the definition of “Insolvency Proceedings” in respect of any Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or Spanish Opco, provided that:

 

  (a)

the reference to a meeting of such person in paragraph (c) shall mean a meeting convened by the directors of the relevant Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or Spanish Opco; and

 

  (b)

the reference to protection granted (including any moratorium) from its creditors under paragraph (e) shall mean protection granted by or at the request of the relevant Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or Spanish Opco or any of their directors;

 

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(ii)

(A) the occurrence of an event referred to in paragraph (b)(i)(y) under the definition of “Insolvency Proceedings” in respect of any Italian Opco, Dutch Opco, French Opco and Spanish Opco or (B) the occurrence of an event referred to in paragraph (b)(i)(x) or paragraph (b)(ii) under the definition of “Insolvency Proceedings” in respect of Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo, provided, in each case, that the reference to a corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step of such person in the relevant sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “Insolvency Proceedings” shall mean a corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step taken by or at the request of any Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or Spanish Opco (as applicable) or any of their directors;

 

(iii)

the occurrence of an event in respect of any Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or Spanish Opco referred to in paragraph (i) of the definition of “Insolvency Proceedings” which has an effect equivalent or substantially similar to any of those mentioned in paragraph (b)(i)(y), paragraph (b)(i)(x), paragraph (b)(ii), paragraph (c) or paragraph (e) of the definition of “Insolvency Proceedings”, as applicable, in each case where such event occurs at the request of or on the application by the directors of the relevant Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or Spanish Opco;

 

(iv)

the occurrence of an event referred to in paragraph (g) of the definition of “Insolvency Proceedings” in respect of any Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or Spanish Opco where the Insolvency Official referred to therein is appointed at the request of, or the application to appoint the Insolvency Officer referred to therein has been made by, the directors of the relevant Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or Spanish Opco; or

 

(v)

any Italian Opco, Italian FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French Opco, French FleetCo or Spanish Opco is or becomes Insolvent as per paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of the definition of “Insolvent”.

Voting Stock” means, with respect to any person, the common stocks or membership interests of such person and any other security of, or ownership interest in, such person having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or a majority of the managers (or other persons serving similar functions) of such person.

Weighted Average Exposure Rate” means, in respect of all the outstanding Treasury Transactions entered into by the Issuer, the weighted average of:

 

(i)

in the case of an interest rate Treasury Transaction, the fixed rate (per annum) payable by the Issuer to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties as scheduled payments in accordance with the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement; and

 

(ii)

in the case of an interest rate cap Treasury Transaction, the interest rate cap rate (per annum) set out in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement,

pro rata to the Notional Amount (as defined in the relevant Confirmations (as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement)) of such Treasury Transaction.

“Withdrawal Date” has the meaning given to that term in the twelfth master amendment and restatement deed dated __________ 2021 (the “MARD”) between, among others, the parties to this Agreement.

 

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2

Principles of Interpretation and Construction

Each of the Parties agrees that in any agreement, deed or other document expressly stating that it shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the provisions of this Clause 2 (Principles of Interpretation and Construction) (a “Relevant Document”):

 

2.1

references to:

 

  (i)

such Relevant Document:

 

  (a)

are to such Relevant Document (as from time to time amended, varied, supplemented, modified, suspended, assigned or novated, in each case, however fundamental and in accordance with such Relevant Document) and any other document executed in accordance with such Relevant Document (as from time to time so amended, varied, supplemented, modified, suspended, assigned or novated, in each case, however fundamental) and expressed to be supplemental to such Relevant Document; and

 

  (b)

include its Schedules and references to paragraphs, clauses, Recitals, or Schedules are (unless specified otherwise) references to such provisions of such Relevant Document;

 

  (ii)

any other agreement, deed, instrument, licence, code or other document, or to a provision contained in any of these, shall be construed, at the particular time, as a reference to it as it may then have been amended, varied, supplemented, modified, suspended, assigned or novated, in each case, however fundamental and, in respect of the FleetCo Facility Agreements, the VFN Funding Agreement and the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, shall include all amendments, variations, supplements, modifications, suspensions, assignments or novations providing for further FleetCo Advances or Senior Advances (as applicable);

 

  (iii)

any party to any Transaction Document include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;

 

  (iv)

Senior Notes” are to the Senior Notes for the time being outstanding and include any replacement Senior Notes issued pursuant to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement;

 

  (v)

fees, costs, charges or expenses include any value added, turnover or similar tax charged in respect thereof;

 

  (vi)

an action, remedy or method of judicial proceedings for the enforcement of creditors’ rights include references to the action, remedy or method of judicial proceedings in jurisdictions other than England as shall most nearly approximate thereto;

 

  (vii)

a statute or statutory provision include that statute or provision as from time to time modified, re-enacted or consolidated;

 

  (viii)

a “judgment” include any order, injunction, determination, award or other judicial or arbitral measure in any jurisdiction;

 

  (ix)

a “person” include any company, partnership or unincorporated association (whether or not having separate legal personality);

 

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  (x)

a “company” include any company, corporation or body corporate, wherever incorporated;

 

  (xi)

assets” include present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;

 

  (xii)

indebtedness” include any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;

 

  (xiii)

a “regulation” include any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;

 

  (xiv)

the service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice” mean the giving of an Issuer Enforcement Notice to the Issuer in accordance with clause 8.1 (Notification of Enforcement) of the Issuer Deed of Charge and/or clause 8.1 (Notification of Enforcement) of the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge;

 

  (xv)

the service of an FleetCo Enforcement Notice” mean the giving of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice to the relevant FleetCo in accordance with clause 8.1 (Notification of Enforcement) of the relevant FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

  (xvi)

the FleetCo in a/each/the relevant/such Country” shall mean, in the context of Dutch FleetCo, either Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany, Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands or Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch’s Vehicle Fleet in Spain, as applicable;

 

  (xvii)

Dutch FleetCo” shall, in the context of Dutch FleetCo’s activities in relation to the Spanish Vehicle Fleet, mean Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and, in all other contexts, Dutch FleetCo acting through its headquarters in The Netherlands, provided further that, for the avoidance of doubt, a reference to Dutch FleetCo in the Transaction Documents shall always be a reference to the Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in Spain, Germany or The Netherlands and provided further that a reference to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in the Netherlands shall mean the Vehicle Fleet Dutch FleetCo has purchased from Dutch Opco, a reference to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany shall mean the Vehicle Fleet Dutch FleetCo has purchased from German Opco and a reference to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch’s Vehicle Fleet in Spain shall mean the Vehicle Fleet owned by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, as the context may require, unless expressly specified otherwise;

 

  (xviii)

in respect of a Country Repayment Option, a Spain Repayment Option, an Italy Repayment Option or a France Repayment Option, “exercise”, “exercises” or “exercised” shall mean the delivery of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation by the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) to the Transaction Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco in accordance with clause 6 (Country Repayment Option) of the Framework Agreement;

 

  (xix)

an “Act” of parliament or any other governmental authority is a reference to such act as amended superseded, supplemented or replaced from time to time;

 

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  (xx)

an “amendment” includes a supplement, novation, restatement or re-enactment and “amended” will be construed accordingly;

 

  (xxi)

an “approval” shall be construed as a reference to any approval, consent, authorisation, exemption, permit, licence, registration, filing or enrolment by or with any competent authority;

 

  (xxii)

an “authorisation” includes an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, registration or notarisation;

 

  (xxiii)

a “currency” is a reference to the lawful currency for the time being of the relevant country;

 

  (xxiv)

disposal” means a sale, transfer, grant, lease or other disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary, and “dispose” will be construed accordingly;

 

  (xxv)

any reference in the Transaction Documents to an action being “contemplated by”, “contemplated under” or similar references in a Transaction Document shall, for the avoidance of doubt, not include an action which is expressly prohibited in such Transaction Document;

 

  (xxvi)

set-off” shall include analogous rights in other relevant jurisdictions;

 

  (xxvii)

repay”, “redeem” and “pay” shall each include both of the others and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

 

  (xxviii)

a “successor” of any party shall be construed so as to include an assignee or successor in title of such party and any person who under the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or domicile of such party has assumed the rights and obligations of such party under any Transaction Document or to which, under such laws, such rights and obligations have been transferred;

 

  (xxix)

all references to the “Companies Act 2014 “ are to such legislation, each as may be modified, re-enacted, consolidated or superseded; and

 

  (xxx)

acting reasonably” or similar references means, in relation to the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent (a) acting on the instructions of any of the Senior Noteholders pursuant to and in accordance with clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent) of the Framework Agreement and clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent) of the Framework Agreement or (b) acting in a reasonable manner;

 

  (xxxi)

consent or approval not to be unreasonably withheld” or similar references mean, in relation to the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent, that, in determining whether to give such consent or approval, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent (as applicable) shall have regard to the time necessary to seek and act upon the instructions of the Senior Noteholders pursuant to and in accordance with clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent) of the Framework Agreement and clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent) of the Framework Agreement;

 

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  (xxxii)

may reasonably direct”, “may reasonably request” or “may reasonably require” or similar references means, in relation to the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent, such directions or requests acting on the instructions of any of the Senior Noteholders pursuant to and in accordance with clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent) of the Framework Agreement and clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent) of the Framework Agreement;

 

  (xxxiii)

the ratings of Vehicle Manufacturers in “Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables (for which a FleetCo holds enforceable title)”, “Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables (for which a FleetCo does not hold enforceable title)”, “Non-Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer”, “Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer”, “Investment Grade Vehicle Manufacturer Receivables”, “Investment Grade Programme Vehicles”, “Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles”, “Non-Investment Grade Programme Vehicles”, “Non-Investment Grade Non-Programme Vehicles” or any other ratings of Vehicle Manufacturers referred to in such definition or the definitions of “Credit Enhancement Matrix”, “Concentration Limit” or related definitions shall mean, in respect of any date, such rating of the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer on the immediately preceding Calculation Date or the immediately preceding Intra-Month Cut-off Date, as applicable;

 

  (xxxiv)

the English Transaction Documents shall, in the context of (i) the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge, exclude the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement, the FleetCo German Facility Agreement, the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge, the German FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo Security Powers of Attorney granted under the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge and the German FleetCo Deed of Charge; (ii) the German FleetCo Deed of Charge, exclude the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge, the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo Security Powers of Attorney granted under the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge and the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge; and (iii) the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge, exclude the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, the FleetCo German Facility Agreement, the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge, the German FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo Security Powers of Attorney granted under the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge and the German FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

  (xxxv)

items (i) (Framework Agreement), (ii) (Master Definitions Agreement), (iii) (Funds Flow Agreement), (iv) (Tax Deed of Covenant), (xiii) (Central Servicing Agreement), (xiv) (FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement), (xvi) (Finco Payment Guarantee), (xvii) (Parent Performance Guarantee), (xx) (Liquidation Agency Agreement) and (xxiv) (Lessor Power of Attorney) of the English Transaction Documents shall: (x) in the definition of Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge and in the context of enforcement of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Secured Property (as applicable) be construed as references to such items to the extent of the Dutch FleetCo Level Dutch Advances Proportion only; (y) in the definition of Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge and in the context of enforcement of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish

 

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  Secured Property (as applicable), be construed as references to such items to the extent of the Dutch FleetCo Level Spanish Advances Proportion only; and (z) in the definition of German FleetCo Deed of Charge and in the context of enforcement of the Dutch FleetCo German Secured Property (as applicable), be construed as references to such items to the extent of the Dutch FleetCo Level German Advances Proportion only; and

 

  (xxxvi)

the proceeds of enforcement of any security over the Dutch FleetCo Share Pledge and the Dutch FleetCo Management Documents shall be construed as being to the extent of the Dutch FleetCo Level Dutch Advances Proportion, Dutch FleetCo Level Spanish Advances Proportion or the Dutch FleetCo Level German Advances Proportion, as appropriate.

 

2.2

use of the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;

 

2.3

headings are for ease of reference only and shall be ignored in interpreting such Relevant Document;

 

2.4

all notices to be given by any Party and all other communications and documentation which are in any way relevant to such Relevant Document or the performance or termination of such Relevant Document shall be in the English language;

 

2.5

any statement qualified by reference to a party’s state of knowledge, belief or awareness shall be deemed to include an additional statement that, before making it, the relevant party has made such enquiry as it would be reasonable to expect it to have made;

 

2.6

the words “include” and “including” are to be construed without limitation;

 

2.7

time shall be of the essence of such Relevant Document; and

 

2.8

a Default (other than an Event of Default) is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been waived.

 

3

Incorporation of Common Terms and Clause 24 of the Framework Agreement

This Agreement shall have expressly and specifically incorporated into it the Common Terms and clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications) of the Framework Agreement as though they were set out in full in this Agreement. If there is any conflict between this Agreement and the incorporated Common Terms or clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications) of the Framework Agreement, such incorporated Common Terms and clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications) of the Framework Agreement shall prevail.

 

4

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

4.1

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of it or in connection with it shall be governed by English law.

 

4.2

The courts of England are to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement may be brought in such courts. The Parties irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and

 

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  waive any objection to Proceedings in such courts whether on the ground of venue or on the ground that the Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum. These submissions are for the benefit of the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent and shall not limit the right of the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent to take Proceedings in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction (whether concurrently or not).

 

5

Enforcement

 

5.1

The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement).

 

5.2

The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no such Party will argue to the contrary.

 

5.3

This Clause 5 (Enforcement) is for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Secured Creditors only. As a result, no Issuer Secured Creditor and no FleetCo Secured Creditor shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, such Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

 

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Schedule -

The Parties

Part 1

Opcos, Servicers and Lessees

Opcos

 

Name of Opcos

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG (the “German Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (the “Avis Italian Opco” and an “Italian Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (the “Spanish Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Autoverhuur B.V. (the “Dutch Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Location de Voitures SAS (the “French Opco”)    [Redacted]
Maggiore Rent S.p.A. (the “Maggiore Italian Opco” and an “Italian Opco”)    [Redacted]

Servicers (excluding the Central Servicer)

 

Name of Servicers

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (the “Spanish Servicer”) in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s fleet in Spain    [Redacted]
In respect of Italian FleetCo: Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (the “Avis Italian Servicer” and an “Italian Servicer”)    [Redacted]
In respect of Italian FleetCo: Maggiore Rent S.p.A. (the “Maggiore Italian Servicer” and an “Italian Servicer”)    [Redacted]
In respect of French FleetCo: Avis Location de Voitures SAS (the “French Servicer”)    [Redacted]

 

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Lessees

 

Name of Lessees

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG (as lessee under the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (as lessee under the Avis Italian Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (as lessee under the Spanish Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Autoverhuur B.V. (as lessee under the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Location de Voitures SAS (as lessee under the French Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Maggiore Rent S.p.A. (as lessee under the Maggiore Italian Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]

Central Servicer

 

Name

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Finance Company Ltd    [Redacted]

 

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Part 2

FleetCos

 

Name of FleetCos

Jurisdiction of incorporation and legal form

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

FinCar Fleet B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) (the “Dutch FleetCo”)

 

  

[Redacted]

 

 

Fincar Fleet B.V., Sucursal en España, the Spanish branch of FINCAR FLEET B.V. (a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of Netherlands) with registered address at Avenida Manoteras, nº 32, 28050 Madrid, Spain and Spanish fiscal identification number W0037096E and registered at the Mercantile Registry in Madrid under volume 28809, page 190, section 8th and sheet M-518708 (the “Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch”)   

[Redacted]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. Fleet Co. S.A.p.A., a partnership limited by shares (the “Italian FleetCo”)

 

  

[Redacted]

 

AB FleetCo a simplified limited stock company (société par actions simplifiée) (the “French FleetCo”)    [Redacted]

 

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Part 3

The Account Banks

 

Name of Account Bank

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Issuer Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank S.A.E. (the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank S.P.A. (the “Italian FleetCo Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG (the “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, Paris Branch (the “French FleetCo Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “French FleetCo Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]

 

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Part 4

The Senior Noteholders

 

Names of Senior Noteholders

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Blue Finn S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Zürich Branch    [Redacted]
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch    [Redacted]
Jupiter Securitization Company LLC    [Redacted]
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.    [Redacted]
Managed and Enhanced Tap (Magenta) Funding S.T.    [Redacted]
Matchpoint Finance plc    [Redacted]
Lloyds Bank Plc    [Redacted]
Société Générale    [Redacted]
Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC    [Redacted]
UniCredit Bank AG    [Redacted]

 

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This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning.

 

147


Schedule 4

Amended and Restated Framework Agreement

The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank. The Amended and Restated

Framework Agreement will be attached hereto and separately paginated.

 

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EXECUTION VERSIONS

Dated 5 March 2013 as amended and restated from time to time and last on

3 December 2021

CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC

as the Issuer and the FCT Noteholder

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as Arranger and Transaction Agent

DEUTSCHE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED

as Issuer Security Trustee

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as FleetCo Security Agent

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as Opcos, Servicers and Lessees

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as FleetCos

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC

as the Parent

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED

as Finco, the Subordinated Lender, Central Servicer, the Dutch VAT Lender, Avis Italian VAT Lender and

Maggiore Italian VAT Lender

AVIS BUDGET EMEA LIMITED

as Avis Europe

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as the Account Banks

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH

as Issuer Cash Manager, Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator, Dutch FleetCo German

Account Bank Operator, Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator, French FleetCo Account Bank

Operator and FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as French Intermediary Bank and FCT Servicer

CACEIS BANK

as FCT Custodian

FCT CARFIN

represented by

EUROTITRISATION

as the FCT Management Company

CERTAIN ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

as the Senior Noteholders

and

CERTAIN OTHER ENTITIES NAMED HEREIN

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

LOGO

Ref: L-318101

Linklaters LLP


Table of Contents

 

Contents        Page  

1

  Definitions and Interpretation      1  

2

  Drawdown and Accession Conditions      4  

3

  Representations and Warranties      7  

4

  General Undertakings      31  

5

  Scheduled Amortisation      68  

6

  Country Repayment Option      70  

7

  Consequences of Potential Event of Default Prior to an Event of Default      78  

8

  Events of Default      79  

9

  Rapid Amortisation      82  

10

  Assignment and Transfer      84  

11

  Additional Issuer Secured Creditors and Accession of Liquidation Agent      84  

12

  Confidentiality      85  

13

  Appointment of the Transaction Agent      88  

14

  FleetCo Security Agent      99  

15

  Provision of Information and Reports      109  

16

  Parallel Debt      113  

17

  Security Interests: Acknowledgements      114  

18

  Issuer Intercreditor Terms      114  

19

  Notices      115  

20

  Termination of Framework Agreement      117  

21

  Calculations and Certificates      117  

22

  Partial Invalidity      117  

23

  Remedies and Waivers      117  

24

  Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications      117  

25

  Counterparts      133  

26

  Third Parties Rights      133  

 

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27

  Non-Petition and Limited Recourse      134  

28

  Governing Law and Jurisdiction      139  

29

  Service of Process      139  

Schedule 1 The Parties

     140  

Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent

     145  

Part 1 – Conditions Precedent to the Initial Senior Advance and the Initial FleetCo Advance

     145  

Part 2 – Subsequent Conditions Precedent to Senior Advances, FleetCo Advances and VFN Advances

     151  

Part 3 – Conditions Precedent to Dutch Accession Date and French Accession Date

     154  

Part 4 – Conditions Precedent to Initial Dutch Funding Date

     158  

Part 5 – Conditions Precedent to Initial French Funding Date

     160  

Part 6 – Conditions Precedent to Maggiore Accession Date

     163  

Part 7 – Conditions Precedent to Initial Maggiore Funding Date

     166  

Schedule 3 Priorities of Payments

     168  

Part 1 – Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments

     168  

Part 2 – Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments

     171  

Part 3 – Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments

     173  

Part 4 – Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments

     175  

Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part A – Dutch FleetCo Spanish Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     177  

Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part B – Dutch FleetCo German Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     180  

Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part C – Italian FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     183  

Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part D – Dutch FleetCo Dutch Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     186  

Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part E – French FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     189  

Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part A – Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     192  

 

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Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part B – Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     194  

Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part C – Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     196  

Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part D – Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     198  

Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments Part E – French FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

     200  

Part 7 – FCT Priority of Payments

     202  

Part 8 – Dutch FleetCo Dutch Opco Event of Default Priority of Payments

     204  

Schedule 4 Events of Default Part 1: Issuer Events of Default

     206  

Part 2: FleetCo Events of Default

     207  

Part 3: Opco Events of Default

     208  

Part 4: FCT Events of Default

     209  

Schedule 5 Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements

     210  

Schedule 6 Forms of Accession Deed Part 1 – Form of Accession Deed for Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparties and Acceding Subordinated Lenders

     212  

Part 2 – Form of Senior Noteholder Accession Deed

     214  

Part 3 – Form of Accession Deed for Acceding Liquidation Agent

     223  

Schedule 7 Part 1 – Form of Issuer Compliance Certificate

     225  

Part 2 – Form of FleetCo Compliance Certificate

     226  

Part 3 – Form of Finco Compliance Certificate

     227  

Part 4 – Form of Avis Europe Compliance Certificate

     228  

Schedule 8 Forms of Cash Management Reports

     229  

Schedule 9 Form of Fleet Report

     231  

Schedule 10 Form of Central Servicer Reports

     233  

Schedule 11 Form of Investor Report

     235  

Schedule 12 Notice Details

     236  

Schedule 13 Form of Issuer Letter of Credit

     237  

 

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Schedule 14 Forms of Drawdown Notices

     251  

Schedule 15 Forms of Closing and Solvency Certificate

     260  

Schedule 16 Issuer Intercreditor Terms

     272  

Schedule 17 Vehicle Manufacturer Group Table

     289  

Schedule 18 – Form of VFN Transfer Documents

     290  

Schedule 19 – Forms of Delayed Funding Notices

     293  

 

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AVIS Europe Fleet Financing Platform    LINKLATERS
Amended and Restated Framework Agreement   

This Agreement is dated 5 March 2013 as amended pursuant to an amendment letter dated 19 March 2013 and a second amendment agreement dated 15 April 2013 and as amended and restated pursuant to a master amendment and restatement deed dated 21 May 2014 and a master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 December 2014 and a master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 April 2015, a master amendment and restatement deed dated 15 April 2016, a master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 May 2017, a master amendment and restatement deed dated 30 May 2018, a master amendment and restatement deed dated 3 November 2020 and a master amendment and restatement deed dated ___________________ 2021 and made

BETWEEN:

 

(1)

CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC, a designated activity company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 463656 and having its registered office at 1st Floor, 1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland (the “Issuer” and the “FCT Noteholder”);

 

(2)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (the “Transaction Agent” and the “Arranger”);

 

(3)

DEUTSCHE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED (the “Issuer Security Trustee”, acting for itself and on behalf of the Issuer Secured Creditors);

 

(4)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (the “FleetCo Security Agent”, acting for itself and on behalf of the FleetCo Secured Creditors);

 

(5)

THE OPCOS, the SERVICERS and LESSEES listed in Part 1 (Opcos, Servicers and Lessees) of Schedule 1 (The Parties) including AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. (as “VAT Sharing Italian Opco”, in its capacity as an Italian Opco under the VAT Sharing Agreement and the Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement);

 

(6)

THE FLEETCOS listed in Part 2 (FleetCos) of Schedule 1 (The Parties);

 

(7)

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC (the “Parent”);

 

(8)

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED (“Finco”, the “Subordinated Lender”, the “Central Servicer”, the “Dutch VAT Lender”, the “Avis Italian VAT Lender” and the “Maggiore Italian VAT Lender”);

 

(9)

AVIS BUDGET EMEA LIMITED (“Avis Europe”, together with the Opcos, the Servicers, the Lessees, the Parent and Finco, the “Avis Obligors”);

 

(10)

THE ACCOUNT BANKS listed in Part 3 (The Account Banks) of Schedule 1 (The Parties);

 

(11)

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH (the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator”, the “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator”, the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator”, the “French FleetCo Account Bank Operator”, the “Issuer Cash Manager” and the “FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager”);

 

(12)

THE SENIOR NOTEHOLDERS listed in Part 4 (The Senior Noteholders) of Schedule 1 (The Parties); (the “Senior Noteholders”);

 

(13)

INTERTRUST FINANCE MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) LIMITED (the “Issuer Corporate Services Provider” and the “FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider”);

 

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(14)

CARFIN FINANCE HOLDINGS DAC, a designated activity company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 463657 and having its registered office at 1st Floor, 1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland (“FleetCo Holdings”);

 

(15)

INTERTRUST (NETHERLANDS) B.V. and VISTRA B.V. (the “Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Providers”, together with the Issuer Corporate Services Provider and the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider, the “Corporate Services Providers”);

 

(16)

DEFI AUTO LLC. a company duly incorporated under the laws of Delaware with registered number 2403201 (the “Liquidation Agent”);

 

(17)

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (the “French Intermediary Bank” and the “FCT Servicer”);

 

(18)

FCT CARFIN (the “FCT”) represented by EUROTITRISATION (the “FCT Management Company”);

 

(19)

CACEIS BANK (the “FCT Custodian”);

 

(20)

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK and SOCIETE GENERALE (the “Issuer Hedge Counterparties”); and

 

(21)

DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A., a public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, registered with the Register of Commerce and Companies in Luxembourg under number B 9164, whose registered office is at 2, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-1115 Luxembourg (the “Registrar”),

each of the above a “Party” and together the “Parties” to this Agreement.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

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AVIS Europe Fleet Financing Platform    LINKLATERS
Amended and Restated Framework Agreement   

Section 1

Interpretation

 

1

Definitions and Interpretation

 

1.1

Amendment and Restatement

 

  1.1.1

The parties hereto have agreed to amend and restate the terms of the framework agreement dated 5 March 2013 between, inter alios, the Issuer and the Transaction Agent (as amended pursuant to an amendment letter dated 19 March 2013 and a second amendment agreement dated 15 April 2013 and as amended and restated pursuant to a master amendment and restatement deed dated 21 May 2014 and a master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 April 2015, a master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 April 2016, a master amendment and restatement deed dated 16 May 2017 and a master amendment and restatement deed dated 30 May 2018, the “Original Framework Agreement”) as set out herein with effect, subject to Clause 2.3.4, from the date hereof (the “Amendment Date”). As at the Amendment Date, any future rights or obligations (excluding such rights and obligations accrued prior to the Amendment Date) of a party under the Original Framework Agreement shall be extinguished and shall instead be governed by this Agreement.

 

  1.1.2

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if for any reason this Agreement fails to be effective on the Amendment Date pursuant to this Clause 1.1 (Amendment and Restatement), this Agreement shall terminate and be replaced by the Original Framework Agreement as existed prior to the date hereof and the rights and obligations of the parties to the Transaction Documents shall be fully preserved as they existed immediately prior to the date hereof.

 

1.2

Definitions

Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement or the context requires otherwise, capitalised words and expressions used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the Master Definitions Agreement dated 5 March 2013, and signed for identification by, amongst others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent (the “Master Definitions Agreement”) (as the same may be amended, varied or supplemented from time to time and last on or about the date hereof).

 

1.3

Construction

 

  1.3.1

The provisions of clause 2 (Principles of Interpretation and Construction) of the Master Definitions Agreement shall apply herein as if set out in full herein and as if references therein to “this Agreement” were to this Agreement.

 

  1.3.2

Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to the “Issuer”, the “Arranger”, the “Transaction Agent”, the “Issuer Security Trustee”, the “FleetCo Security Agent”, “German Opco”, “Spanish Opco”, an “Italian Opco”, “Avis Italian Opco”, “Maggiore Italian Opco”, “Dutch Opco”, “French Opco”, “Central Servicer”, “Spanish Servicer”, “Italian Servicer”, “Avis Italian Servicer”, “Maggiore Italian Servicer”, “French Servicer”, “Dutch FleetCo”, “Italian FleetCo”, “French FleetCo”, “Parent”, “Finco”, “Subordinated Lender”, “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank”, “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator”, “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank”, “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator”, “Italian FleetCo Account Bank”, “Dutch

 

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  FleetCo Dutch Account Bank”, “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator”, “French FleetCo Account Bank”, “French FleetCo Account Bank Operator”, “Issuer Cash Manager”, “Senior Noteholder”, “Acceding Senior Noteholder”, “FleetCo Spanish Back-up Cash Manager”, “FleetCo German Back-up Cash Manager”, “FleetCo Italian Back-up Cash Manager”, “FleetCo Dutch Back-up Cash Manager”, “FleetCo French Back-up Cash Manager” “Issuer Corporate Services Provider”, “FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider”, “Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Provider”, “VAT Sharing Italian Opco”, “French Intermediary Bank”, “FCT”, “FCT Servicer”, “FCT Custodian”, “Management Company” or any other person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees.

 

  1.4

 

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1.5

Inconsistencies with other Transaction Documents

If there is any inconsistency between the definitions given in this Agreement and those given in the Master Definitions Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the definitions set out in this Agreement will prevail.

 

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Section 2

Conditions Precedent

 

2

Drawdown and Accession Conditions

 

2.1

Initial Conditions Precedent

 

  2.1.1

Senior Advances: The Issuer may borrow a Senior Advance under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility only if, on or before the first Senior Advance Drawdown Date, (i) the Transaction Agent has received copies of the documents and evidence relating to a Senior Advance set out in Part 1 (Conditions Precedent to the Initial Senior Advance and the Initial FleetCo Advance) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent), each in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and (ii) all the other conditions precedent in Part 1 (Conditions Precedent to the Initial Senior Advance and the Initial FleetCo Advance) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) are otherwise complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

  2.1.2

FleetCo Advances: Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo and Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch may borrow a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement and the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement, respectively, only if, on or before the first FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date, (i) the Issuer and the FleetCo Security Agent have received copies of the documents and evidence relating to a FleetCo Advance set out in Part 1 (Conditions Precedent to the Initial Senior Advance and the Initial FleetCo Advance) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent), each in form and substance satisfactory to the FleetCo Security Agent and (ii) all the other conditions precedent in Part 1 (Conditions Precedent to the Initial Senior Advance and the Initial FleetCo Advance) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) are otherwise complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

  2.1.3

VFN Advances: The FCT may borrow a VFN Advance under the VFN Funding Agreement only if, on or before the Initial VFN Funding Date, (i) the Issuer and the Transaction Agent have received copies of the documents and evidence relating to a VFN Advance set out in Part 5 (Conditions Precedent to the Initial French Funding Date) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent), each in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and (ii) all the other conditions precedent in Part 5 (Conditions Precedent to the Initial French Funding Date) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) are otherwise complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

2.2

Further Conditions Precedent

 

  2.2.1

Senior Advances: Subject to Clause 2.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent), the Senior Noteholders shall only be obliged to comply with Clause 7 (Utilisation) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement to make Senior Advance(s) available to the Issuer under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, if on or before the proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date, (i) the Transaction Agent has received copies of the documents and evidence set out in Part 2 (Subsequent Conditions Precedent to Senior Advances, FleetCo Advances and VFN Advances) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent), each in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and (ii) all the other conditions precedent in Part 2 (Subsequent Conditions Precedent to Senior Advances, FleetCo Advances and VFN Advances) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) are otherwise complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

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  2.2.2

FleetCo Advances: Subject to Clause 2.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent), the Issuer or the French Intermediary Bank (as applicable) shall only be obliged to comply with Clause 3 (Availability of FleetCo Advances) of the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement to make FleetCo Advance(s) available to the relevant FleetCo under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement, if on or before the proposed FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date, (i) each of the Issuer or the French Intermediary Bank (as applicable) and the FleetCo Security Agent has received copies of the documents and evidence set out in Part 2 (Subsequent Conditions Precedent to Senior Advances, FleetCo Advances and VFN Advances) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent), each in form and substance satisfactory to the FleetCo Security Agent and (ii) all the other conditions precedent in Part 2 (Subsequent Conditions Precedent to Senior Advances, FleetCo Advances and VFN Advances) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) are otherwise complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing if a FleetCo Advance to be made to the relevant FleetCo under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement is to funded solely by Issuer Subordinated Advances drawn under the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement and not through Senior Advances drawn under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the Central Servicer shall be entitled to waive the requirement to provide copies of the documents and evidence set out in Part 2 (Subsequent Conditions Precedent to Senior Advances, FleetCo Advances and VFN Advances) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) to the Issuer and the FleetCo Security Agent with respect to such FleetCo Advance only.

 

  2.2.3

VFN Advances: Subject to Clause 2.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent), the Issuer shall only be obliged to comply with Clause 5 (Funding of VFN Advances) of the VFN Funding Agreement to make a VFN Advance available to the FCT under the VFN Funding Agreement, if on or before the proposed VFN Advance Drawdown Date, (i) each of the Issuer and the Transaction Agent has received copies of the documents and evidence set out in Part 2 (Subsequent Conditions Precedent to Senior Advances, FleetCo Advances and VFN Advances) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent), each in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and (ii) all the other conditions precedent in Part 2 (Subsequent Conditions Precedent to Senior Advances, FleetCo Advances and VFN Advances) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) are otherwise complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

2.3

Accession and Funding Date Conditions

 

  2.3.1

Accession Date: The Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date shall be conditional upon the conditions precedent in Part 3 (Conditions Precedent to Dutch Accession Date and French Accession Date) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) being complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

  2.3.2

Initial Dutch Funding Date: The Initial Dutch Funding Date shall be conditional upon the conditions precedent in Part 4 (Conditions Precedent to Initial Dutch Funding Date) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) being complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

  2.3.3

Initial French Funding Date: The Initial French Funding Date shall be conditional upon the conditions precedent in Part 5 (Conditions Precedent to Initial French Funding Date) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) being complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

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  2.3.4

Maggiore Accession Date: The Maggiore Accession Date shall be conditional upon the conditions precedent in Part 6 (Conditions Precedent to Maggiore Accession) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) being complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

  2.3.5

Initial Maggiore Funding Date: The Initial Maggiore Funding Date shall be conditional upon the conditions precedent in Part 7 (Conditions Precedent to Initial Maggiore Funding Date) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) being complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent at least two Business Days before the submission of the first FleetCo Drawdown Notice under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement with respect to the purchase of any Maggiore Vehicles.

 

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Section 3

Representations, Warranties and Undertakings

 

3

Representations and Warranties

 

3.1

Issuer Representations and Warranties

The Issuer makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 3.1 (Issuer Representations and Warranties) to the Issuer Security Trustee (on behalf of itself and the Issuer Secured Creditors) on the Initial Funding Date, the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Maggiore Accession Date.

Each of the Issuer Repeating Representations will be repeated by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on:

 

  (a)

each Issuer Payment Date;

 

  (b)

the date of each Senior Advance Drawdown Notice (other than the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice delivered prior to the Initial Funding Date);

 

  (c)

each Senior Advance Drawdown Date (other than the Initial Funding Date); and

 

  (d)

the first day of each Senior Advance Interest Period.

The Issuer represents and warrants to the Transaction Agent each of the following matters:

 

  3.1.1

Compliance with Issuer Borrowing Base Test

The Issuer satisfies the Issuer Borrowing Base Test.

 

  3.1.2

Incorporation

The Issuer is duly incorporated and validly existing as a designated activity company under the laws of Ireland and with full power and authority to own its property and assets and conduct its business.

 

  3.1.3

Management and Administration

The Issuer’s management and the place at which meetings of its board of directors are held are, and have been since the date of its incorporation, all situated in Ireland.

 

  3.1.4

Independent Director

The Issuer shall at all times maintain an Independent Director.

 

  3.1.5

Centre of Main Interests

The Issuer has its “centre of main interests”, as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation and in the UNCITRAL Regulations, in Ireland.

 

  3.1.6

No Establishment

The Issuer has no “establishment”, as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the EU Insolvency Regulation and in the UNCITRAL Regulations, or branch office in any jurisdiction other than Ireland.

 

  3.1.7

Taxes – Issuer

 

  (i)

The Issuer is, and has been since the date of its incorporation, resident for tax purposes solely in Ireland and it has filed all tax returns required to be filed in any applicable jurisdiction within applicable time limits and has paid all taxes payable by it to the extent they have become due.

 

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  (ii)

FATCA representations: The Issuer will not be required to make any FATCA Deduction on payments it makes under the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  3.1.8

No Subsidiaries, Employees or Premises

Save for its holding of 20 per cent. of the ordinary issued shares of Italian FleetCo, the Issuer has no subsidiaries, employees or premises.

 

  3.1.9

Capitalisation

The Issuer’s authorised share capital is €50,000 comprising 50,000 ordinary shares with a nominal value of €1.00 each and an issued share capital of €1,001 comprising 1,001 fully paid up shares.

 

  3.1.10

Ownership

The Issuer’s entire issued and outstanding share capital is beneficially owned: (i) 74.925 per cent. by the Issuer Share Trustee; and (ii) 25.075 per cent. by FleetCo Holdings.

 

  3.1.11

No Distributions

The Issuer has not, since the date of its incorporation, paid any dividends or made any distributions.

 

  3.1.12

Financial Statements

The Issuer has not, since the date of its incorporation, prepared any financial statements, save that (i) the Issuer has prepared financial statements in respect of the financial years ended 31 December 2009, 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011 and such financial statements have been delivered prior to the date of delivery of the first Senior Advance Drawdown Notice under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and (ii) the Issuer has prepared financial statements in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2012 and such financial statements have been delivered on or prior to the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date, and (iii) the Issuer has prepared financial statements in respect of the financial years ended 31 December 2013 and 31 December 2014 and such financial statements have been delivered prior to the Maggiore Accession Date.

 

  3.1.13

Litigation

No litigation, actions, suits, proceedings, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body have been commenced or, so far as the Issuer is aware, are pending or threatened against the Issuer or against any of its directors or any of its assets or revenues.

 

  3.1.14

Solvency

No Insolvency Event has occurred in respect of the Issuer.

 

  3.1.15

No Adverse Change

 

  (i)

As at the Initial Funding Date, since the date of its incorporation, there has been no material adverse change to:

 

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  (a)

the condition (financial or other), prospects, results, operations or general affairs of the Issuer;

 

  (b)

the validity, legality or enforceability of any Transaction Document; or

 

  (c)

the validity, legality or enforceability of any Security expressed to be created pursuant to any Security Document or on the priority or ranking of that Security.

 

  (ii)

On each date that this representation is deemed to be repeated by the Issuer and since the date such representation was previously deemed to be repeated, there has been no event which has resulted in or will result in a Material Adverse Effect to the Issuer. For the purposes of such repetition of this representation, references to “As at the Initial Funding Date” in paragraph (i) above shall be taken to refer to the date that such representation is deemed to be repeated.

 

  3.1.16

Accounting Reference Date

Each financial year of the Issuer ends on 31 December.

 

  3.1.17

No Misleading Information

 

  (i)

All information provided by the Issuer or on its behalf to the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee or the Arranger in connection with the Issuer Transaction Documents, whether or not provided on or before the Signing Date is, accurate and not misleading in any material respect, including, but not limited to, by virtue of omission, at the date it was provided;

 

  (ii)

all financial information provided by the Issuer to the Issuer Security Trustee or the Arranger on or before the Signing Date is prepared in good faith on the basis of assumptions which are reasonable at the time it was prepared as supplied, provided that, if any information required is a certificate or report, the form of which is specified in the Issuer Transaction Documents, such information included in the relevant certificate or report is full and complete as required in the relevant form.

 

  3.1.18

Issuer’s Activities

The Issuer has not engaged in any activities since the date of its incorporation other than:

 

  (i)

those incidental to its registration under the laws of Ireland;

 

  (ii)

various changes to its directors, secretary, registered office and constitutive documents;

 

  (iii)

increases in its authorised and issued share capital;

 

  (iv)

changes to its name;

 

  (v)

the authorisation and entry into the documents relating to the Senior Notes, the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement and other Issuer Transaction Documents and the performance of its obligations and any other action taken thereunder or incidental thereto;

 

  (vi)

the loan made to D’Ieteren Services SA on 13 November 2008 which was fully repaid and D’Ieteren Services SA’s and the Issuer’s obligations thereunder were irrevocably and unconditionally discharged and terminated on 23 December 2008;

 

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  (vii)

the loan made by D’Ieteren Services SA to the Issuer on 13 November 2008 which was fully repaid and D’Ieteren Services SA’s and the Issuer’s obligations thereunder were irrevocably and unconditionally discharged and terminated on 23 December 2008;

 

  (viii)

the purchase of the shares representing 20 per cent. of the shareholding in Italian FleetCo under the share purchase agreement dated 1 March 2013;

 

  (ix)

the purchase of the shares representing 25 per cent. of the shareholding in SPV Project 81 S.R.L. which has since been liquidated; and

 

  (x)

the activities referred to in or contemplated by the Relevant Transaction Documents to which it is party.

 

  3.1.19

The Issuer does not conduct a “specified property business” within the meaning of Section 110 of the Taxes Consolidations Act 1997 of Ireland (the “TCA”). A “specified property business” for this purpose means, subject to a number of exceptions, the holding or managing of “specified mortgages”, units in an IREF (being a specific form of investment undertaking within the meaning of Chapter 1B of Part 27 of the TCA), or shares that derive their value or the greater part of their value, directly or indirectly, from Irish land. A “specified mortgage” for this purpose is (a) a loan which is secured on, and which derives its value from, or the greater part of its value from, directly or indirectly, Irish land, (b) a “specified agreement” (within the meaning of Section 110 of the TCA) which derives all of its value, or the greater part of its value, directly or indirectly, from Irish land or a loan to which (a) applies, or (c) the portion of a “specified security” (within the meaning of Section 110 of the TCA) that is attributable to the specified property business in accordance with these rules.

 

  3.1.20

Consents

The Issuer has obtained and maintained in effect all authorisations, approvals, licences and consents required in connection with its business and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Issuer Transaction Documents pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any requirement or direction of any governmental or regulatory authority applicable to the Issuer in Ireland and in any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer carries on business.

 

  3.1.21

No Governmental Investigation

No governmental or official investigation or inquiry concerning the Issuer is, so far as the Issuer is aware, progressing or pending or has been threatened in writing which may have a Material Adverse Effect on the Issuer or any Issuer Transaction Document.

 

  3.1.22

Corporate Benefit

The Issuer Transaction Documents are being entered into and the Senior Notes are being issued by the Issuer: (i) in order to promote the success of the Issuer for the benefit of its members as a whole; and (ii) on arm’s length commercial terms.

 

  3.1.23

Corporate Power

The Issuer has the requisite power and authority to:

 

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  (i)

enter into each Issuer Transaction Document;

 

  (ii)

issue the Senior Notes;

 

  (iii)

borrow Issuer Subordinated Advances; and

 

  (iv)

create and grant the Issuer Security,

and to undertake and perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by it under all the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  3.1.24

Authorisation

Subject to the Reservations, all acts, conditions and things required to be done, fulfilled and performed in order:

 

  (i)

to enable the Issuer lawfully to enter into each Issuer Transaction Document and to issue the Senior Notes;

 

  (ii)

to enable the Issuer lawfully to exercise its rights under and perform and comply with the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (iii)

to ensure that the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Issuer Transaction Documents are legal, valid, binding and enforceable against it and that the Issuer Security is perfected; and

 

  (iv)

to make the Issuer Transaction Documents admissible in evidence in Ireland,

have been done, fulfilled and performed and are in full force and effect or, as the case may be, have been effected, and no steps have been taken to challenge, revoke or cancel any such authorisation obtained or effected.

 

  3.1.25

Execution

Each Issuer Transaction Document has been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer.

 

  3.1.26

No Breach of Law or Contract

The entry by the Issuer into and the execution (and, where appropriate, delivery) of the Issuer Transaction Documents and the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under the Issuer Transaction Documents do not and will not conflict with or constitute a breach or infringement by the Issuer of:

 

  (i)

the Issuer’s constitutive documents;

 

  (ii)

subject to the Reservations, any Requirement of Law or any requirement or direction of any governmental or regulatory authority; or

 

  (iii)

any agreement, indenture, contract, mortgage, deed or other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets.

 

  3.1.27

Valid and Binding Obligations

The obligations expressed to be assumed by the Issuer under the Issuer Transaction Documents are, subject to any Reservations, valid, legally binding and enforceable obligations of the Issuer and direct, secured, unconditional and unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer, save in respect of those claims which are preferred by any laws of general application.

 

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  3.1.28

Beneficial Owner

As at the Initial Funding Date and assuming execution and delivery of the Issuer Transaction Documents, the Issuer will be the beneficial owner of each of the assets over which it purports to grant security pursuant to the Issuer Security Documents, free from any encumbrances (save for those created by the relevant Issuer Security Document).

 

  3.1.29

Issuer Security

 

  (i)

Upon execution of the Issuer Security Documents and subject to the Reservations and the registration of the Issuer Security Documents with the Companies Registration Office in Ireland within 21 days of their execution, all of the Issuer’s obligations, rights and interests (including those in the Senior Notes) will be secured by and in accordance with the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Issuer Security Documents.

 

  (ii)

No other security interest exists over or in respect of any asset of the Issuer, other than Security Interest secured by and in accordance with the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Issuer Security Documents.

 

  (iii)

The creation by the Issuer of the security over its assets and undertaking in accordance with the provisions of the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Issuer Security Documents will not render the Issuer liable to offer or extend the benefit of such security to any persons other than the Issuer Security Trustee (as trustee on behalf of the creditors expressed to be secured by the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Issuer Security Documents).

 

  3.1.30

Compliance with Issuer Transaction Documents

The Issuer has complied in all respects with the terms of the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  3.1.31

Ranking of Claims

The claims of the Issuer Secured Creditors against the Issuer will rank as provided in the Issuer Intercreditor Terms, the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge (subject to the Reservations).

 

  3.1.32

Choice of Law

Subject to the Reservations, the choice of the governing law specified in each Issuer Transaction Document will be recognised and enforced in Ireland and any judgment obtained in England in relation to any Issuer Transaction Document will be recognised and enforced in Ireland.

 

  3.1.33

Filings

(i) Under the laws of Ireland, it is not necessary that any Issuer Transaction Document be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in Ireland, except for the filing of a Form C1 in Ireland in respect of the Issuer Security Documents and notification to the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland in accordance with Section 110 of the TCA; and (ii) there are no other registration, filing or similar formalities imposed in Ireland upon the Issuer in connection with the issue of the Senior Notes, the execution and delivery by the Issuer of the Issuer Transaction Documents, the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under the Senior Notes and the Issuer Transaction Documents and the compliance by it with their terms.

 

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  3.1.34

Consents

The Issuer does not require the consent of any other party or the consent, licence, approval or authorisation of any governmental authority in connection with the issue of the Senior Notes, the execution and delivery by the Issuer of the Issuer Transaction Documents, the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under the Senior Notes and the Issuer Transaction Documents and the compliance by it with their terms.

 

  3.1.35

Compliance

The issue of the Senior Notes, the execution and delivery by the Issuer of the Issuer Transaction Documents, the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under the Senior Notes and the other Issuer Transaction Documents and the compliance by it with their terms do not and will not: (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the documents constituting the Issuer, or any indenture, trust deed, mortgage or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it or any of its assets is bound; or (ii) infringe any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental authority, regulatory body or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any of its assets.

 

  3.1.36

Taxes – Senior Notes and Transaction Documents

 

  (i)

It is not necessary that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Issuer Transaction Documents or any of them.

 

  (ii)

The Issuer will not be required to make any Tax Deduction from any payment of principal or interest by it in respect of the Senior Notes.

 

  3.1.37

Issuer Events of Default

No Issuer Event of Default has occurred or is continuing.

 

  3.1.38

Non-Petition and Limited Recourse

By virtue of Clauses 27.1.1 and 27.2.1 of this Agreement, all Issuer Transaction Documents include non-petition and limited recourse wording similar in substance to those required under this Agreement.

 

  3.1.39

Maintenance of Issuer Reserve Required Amount

The aggregate of all Issuer Reserves represents, at all times, an amount equal to or exceeding the Issuer Reserve Required Amount.

 

  3.1.40

Volcker Rule

The Issuer, pursuant to Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, is exempt from registration as an investment company.

 

  3.1.41

Anti-bribery, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering

 

  (i)

Neither it nor any of its directors or officers has engaged in any activity or conduct which would violate any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.

 

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  (ii)

To the best of the Issuer’s knowledge and belief, no actions or investigations by any governmental or regulatory agency are ongoing or threatened against the Issuer, or any of its directors, associated party or person acting on their behalf in relation to a breach of the Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

  3.1.42

Sanctions

Neither it nor any of its directors or officers is (i) an individual or entity (a “Person”), that is, or is owned or controlled by, a Sanctioned Person or (ii) located, organised or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with such government, country, or territory.

 

3.2

Representations and Warranties of the Avis Obligors

Each Avis Obligor (other than the Parent, Dutch OpCo, French OpCo and Maggiore Italian Opco) in relation to itself only makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 3.2 (Representations and Warranties of the Avis Obligors) (other than the representations and warranties contained in Clauses 3.2.5 (No Filing or Stamp Taxes) and 3.2.6 (FATCA representations) and 3.2.9(i) and 3.2.9(iii)) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the Initial Funding Date and on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Maggiore Accession Date.

Dutch Opco in relation to itself only makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 3.2 (Representations and Warranties of the Avis Obligors) (other than the representations and warranties contained in Clauses 3.2.5 (No Filing or Stamp Taxes) and 3.2.6 (FATCA representations) and 3.2.9(i) and 3.2.9(iii)) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the Dutch Accession Date.

French Opco in relation to itself only makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 3.2 (Representations and Warranties of the Avis Obligors) (other than the representations and warranties contained in Clauses 3.2.5 (No Filing or Stamp Taxes) and 3.2.6 (FATCA representations) and 3.2.9(i) and 3.2.9(iii)) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the French Accession Date.

Maggiore Italian Opco in relation to itself only makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 3.2 (Representations and Warranties of the Avis Obligors) (other than the representations and warranties contained in Clauses 3.2.5 (No Filing or Stamp Taxes) and 3.2.6 (FATCA representations) and 3.2.9(i) and 3.2.9(iii)) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the Maggiore Accession Date.

The Parent makes the representations and warranties set out in Clauses 3.2.1 (Status, Power and Authority), 3.2.3 (Governing Law and Judgments), 3.2.4, (Validity and admissibility in evidence), 3.2.7 (Binding Obligations), 3.2.9(i) (Financial Statements), 3.2.11 (No Conflict) and 3.2.12 (Structure) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the Initial Funding Date and on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Maggiore Accession Date.

Avis Europe makes the representations and warranties set out in Clause 3.2.6 (FATCA representations) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the Initial Funding Date and on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Maggiore Accession Date.

 

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The Parent, Avis Europe and the Finco Guarantor make the representation and warranty set out in Clause 3.2.5 (No Filing or Stamp Taxes) to the FleetCo Security Agent in relation to the Parent Performance Guarantee, the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee and the Finco Payment Guarantee (in relation to itself and the relevant guarantee to which it is a party only) on the Initial Funding Date and on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Maggiore Accession Date.

Each of the representations and warranties in this Clause 3.2 (Representations and Warranties of the Avis Obligors) made by the relevant Avis Obligor as specified above (other than the representations and warranties contained in Clauses 3.2.6 (FATCA representations), 3.2.9(i) and 3.2.9(ii)) is deemed to be repeated by the relevant Avis Obligor and the representation and warranty contained in Clause 3.2.6 (FATCA representations)) is deemed to be repeated by Avis Europe, in each case, to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors), by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing, on:

 

  (i)

in relation to an Avis Obligor which is a Lessee or Servicer, each Lease Determination Date;

 

  (ii)

in relation to an Avis Obligor which is a Lessee or Servicer, each Lease Payment Date;

 

  (iii)

the date of each FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice (other than the FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice delivered prior to the Initial Funding Date);

 

  (iv)

each Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date;

 

  (v)

(if applicable) each Deemed FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date; and

 

  (vi)

the first day of each FleetCo Advance Interest Period.

 

  3.2.1

Status, Power and Authority

 

  (i)

It is a limited liability company, corporation or partnership, as the case may be, duly organised and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

  (ii)

It is duly qualified and is authorised to do business and, in jurisdictions having a concept of good standing, is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications.

 

  (iii)

It has the power and capacity to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.

 

  (iv)

It has the power and capacity to enter into, deliver and perform, and has taken all necessary action (including, where required under applicable law, consulting with, or obtaining the approval of, works councils or similar bodies) to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Transaction Documents.

 

  3.2.2

Claims Pari Passu

Its payment obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party rank and will rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its unsecured and unsubordinated creditors except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally and subject to the Reservations.

 

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  3.2.3

Governing Law and Judgments

In any legal proceedings taken in its Relevant Jurisdiction in relation to any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the choice of law expressed in such documents to be the governing law of it and any judgment obtained in such jurisdiction will be recognised and enforced in accordance with the terms thereof, subject to the Reservations.

 

  3.2.4

Validity and admissibility in evidence

 

  (i)

subject to the Reservations, all Authorisations required:

 

  (a)

to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; and

 

  (b)

to make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation,

have been obtained or effected (save for, in the case of (b) above, that admissibility in evidence or a document in any court may require the translation of such document into the language used at such court which might be different from the language of such document) and are in full force and effect, provided that such Authorisations are only required to the extent that failure to obtain or effect those Authorisations has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

  (ii)

all Authorisations necessary for the conduct of its business, trade and ordinary activities have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect, provided that such Authorisations are only required to the extent that failure to obtain or effect those Authorisations has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  3.2.5

No Filing or Stamp Taxes

Under the laws of its Relevant Jurisdictions and subject to the Reservations, it is not necessary that any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in such jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to any of them other than those filings which are necessary to perfect the encumbrances created pursuant to, or in relation to, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

  3.2.6

FATCA representations

It will not be required to make any FATCA Deduction on payments it makes under the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  3.2.7

Binding Obligations

The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are, subject to the Reservations, legal, valid and binding and enforceable against it in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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  3.2.8

Each of the representations and warranties in this Clause 3.2 (Representations and Warranties of the Avis Obligors) made by the relevant Avis Obligor as specified above (other than the representations and warranties contained in Clauses 3.2.6 (FATCA representations), 3.2.9(i), 3.2.9(ii) and 3.2.15) is deemed to be repeated by the relevant Avis Obligor and the representation and warranty contained in Clause 3.2.6 (FATCA representations)) is deemed to be repeated by Avis Europe, in each case, to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors), by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing, on:

 

  (i)

in relation to an Avis Obligor which is a Lessee or Servicer, each Lease Determination Date;

 

  (ii)

in relation to an Avis Obligor which is a Lessee or Servicer, each Lease Payment Date;

 

  (iii)

the date of each FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice (other than the FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice delivered prior to the Initial Funding Date);

 

  (iv)

each Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date;

 

  (v)

(if applicable) each Deemed FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date; and

 

  (vi)

the first day of each FleetCo Advance Interest Period.

The representations and warranties contained in Clause 3.2.15 (Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions) are made by each Avis Obligor on the Amendment Date.

 

  3.2.9

Financial Statements

 

  (i)

The Original Financial Statements with respect to the Avis Europe Group were prepared in accordance with Applicable Accounting Principles, consistently applied, and present a true and fair view of the financial position of the companies to which they relate at the date as of which they were delivered to the Transaction Agent and, to the best of its knowledge, the factual information (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any matters of opinion) contained in the Original Financial Statements with respect to the Avis Europe Group was, at the date of delivery to the Transaction Agent, true, accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading in any material respect.

 

  (ii)

As at the date as of which its Original Financial Statements were prepared, it did not have any liabilities, including off-balance sheet commitments (required to be disclosed or reserved pursuant to applicable local GAAP (contingent or otherwise)), which were not disclosed thereby (or by the notes thereto) or reserved against therein and, to the best of its knowledge, the Avis Europe Group had no unrealised or anticipated losses arising from commitments entered into by it which were not so disclosed or reserved against.

 

  (iii)

The most recent financial statements (or, in the case of German Opco, those of AVIS Autovermietung Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Oberursel) delivered pursuant to Clause 3.3.11 (Financial Statements) were prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles, consistently applied, and present a true and fair view of the financial position of the companies to which they relate at the date as of which they were delivered to the Transaction Agent.

 

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  3.2.10

No Material Adverse Effect

Since the publication of its Original Financial Statements, no event or series of events has occurred, in each case which has a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  3.2.11

No Conflict

Its execution of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and its exercise of its rights and performance of its obligations thereunder do not and will not:

 

  (i)

conflict in any material respect with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any agreement, mortgage, bond or other instrument or treaty which is binding upon it or any of its assets;

 

  (ii)

conflict with or violate any provision of its constitutional documents, certificate of incorporation, by-laws or partnership agreement (or equivalent constitutional documents), as the case may be; or

 

  (iii)

subject to the Reservations, conflict with any material applicable Law,

in each case, to the extent that such conflict has a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  3.2.12

Structure

With the exception of the Parent, each Avis Obligor is a Subsidiary whose share capital is held directly or indirectly by the Parent in an amount of 100 per cent. of issued share capital.

 

  3.2.13

Ownership of Assets

In respect of the relevant Opco only, to the extent disposed of without breaching the terms of any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, it has good title to or valid leases or licences of or is otherwise entitled to use all assets relating to the Vehicle Fleet in Spain, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and France (as applicable).

 

  3.2.14

Representations and Warranties under Operating Documents

Each Avis Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in the relevant Servicing Agreement and Master Lease Agreement in relation to itself.

 

  3.2.15

Securitisation Regulation

Finco represents that

 

  (i)

exposures subject to the transaction contemplated by the Issuer Transaction Documents have not been selected with the aim of rendering losses on those, measured over a period of four years, higher than the losses over the same period on comparable assets held on its balance sheet as contemplated by Article 6(2) of the EU Securitisation Regulation and Article 6(2) of the UK Securitisation Regulation; and

 

  (ii)

it is not an entity that has been established or that operates for the sole purpose of securitising exposures (as the same is understood in the context of each of the EU Securitisation Regulation and the UK Securitisation Regulation);

 

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  3.2.16

Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions

The Avis Obligors have implemented and maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Avis Obligors and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Avis Obligors and their respective officers and employees and to the knowledge of the Avis Obligors, their directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in any Avis Obligor being designated as a Sanctioned Person. None of the Avis Obligors or any of their respective directors, officers or employees is a Sanctioned Person.

 

3.3

Representations and Warranties of FleetCos

 

  (a)

Each FleetCo (other than French FleetCo and Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands) in relation to itself only makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 3.3 (Representations and Warranties of FleetCos) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the Initial Funding Date and on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Maggiore Accession Date.

 

  (b)

Dutch FleetCo (in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands) in relation to itself only makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 3.3 (Representations and Warranties of FleetCos) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the Dutch Accession Date with the following amendments:

 

  (i)

it does not make the representation and warranty contained in Clause 3.3.11(i)(a); and

 

  (ii)

the references to the “Initial Funding Date” in Clauses 3.3.14 (No Adverse Change), 3.3.26 (Beneficial Owner) and 3.3.32 (Consents) shall be deemed to be references to the “Dutch Accession Date”.

 

  (c)

French FleetCo in relation to itself only:

 

  (i)

makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 3.3 (Representations and Warranties of FleetCos) (other than the representations and warranties set out in Clauses 3.3.26 (Beneficial Owner), 3.3.27(ii) and3.3.27(iii)) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the French Accession Date, provided that the references to the “Initial Funding Date” in Clauses 3.3.14 (No Adverse Change) and 3.3.32 (Consents) shall be deemed to be references to the “French Accession Date”; and

 

  (ii)

makes the representation and warranty set out in Clause 3.3.26 (Beneficial Owner), 3.3.27(ii) and 3.3.27(iii) to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) on the Initial French Funding Date, provided that: (a) the references to the “Initial Funding Date” shall be deemed to be references to the “Initial French Funding Date”; and (b) the reference to “beneficial” in the 2nd line shall be deemed to be deleted.

Each of the FleetCo Repeating Representations will be deemed to be repeated, by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing, on:

 

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  (a)

the date of each FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice (other than the FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice delivered prior to the Initial Funding Date);

 

  (b)

each Original FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date;

 

  (c)

(if applicable) each Deemed FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date; and

 

  (d)

the first day of each FleetCo Advance Interest Period.

The representations and warranties contained in Clause 3.3.45 (Anti-bribery, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering) are additionally made by each FleetCo on the Amendment Date.

 

  3.3.1

Incorporation

Each FleetCo is duly incorporated and validly existing as a private company with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands, Italy or France (as applicable) and with full power and authority to own its property and assets and conduct its business.

 

  3.3.2

Management and Administration

Each FleetCo’s management and the place at which meetings of its board of directors are held are, and have been since the date of its incorporation, all situated in The Netherlands, Italy or France (as applicable).

 

  3.3.3

Independent Director

In respect of Dutch FleetCo only, Dutch FleetCo has maintained and shall at all times maintain only independent directors.

 

  3.3.4

Centre of Main Interests and no establishment

 

  (i)

Its “centre of main interests”, as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation, is in:

 

  (a)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo, The Netherlands;

 

  (b)

in respect of Italian FleetCo, Italy; and

 

  (c)

in respect of French FleetCo, France; and

 

  (ii)

It has no “establishment”, as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the EU Insolvency Regulation, or branch office in any jurisdiction other than:

 

  (a)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo, The Netherlands and Spain (to the extent such “establishment” is required and permitted under and in accordance with the Transaction Documents to which Dutch FleetCo is party);

 

  (b)

in respect of Italian FleetCo, Italy; and

 

  (c)

in respect of French FleetCo, France.

 

  3.3.5

Taxes

It is, and has been since the date of its incorporation, resident for Tax purposes solely, in respect of Dutch FleetCo, in The Netherlands, in respect of Italian FleetCo, in Italy and, in respect of French FleetCo, France, as applicable.

 

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  3.3.6

No Subsidiaries, Employees or Premises

 

  (i)

It has no subsidiaries, employees or (save as expressly agreed in writing by the FleetCo Security Agent) premises, save that (a) in respect of Dutch FleetCo, it may lease its office premises in The Netherlands pursuant to the Dutch FleetCo Premises Lease Agreement, (b) in respect of Italian FleetCo, it may lease its office premises in Italy from the Avis Italian Servicer and (c) in respect of French FleetCo, It may lease its office premises in France from the French Servicer.

 

  (ii)

Dutch FleetCo has not, without the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent, amended, modified or waived any material terms of the Dutch FleetCo Premises Lease Agreement.

 

  3.3.7

Capitalisation

 

  (i)

In respect of Dutch FleetCo, its authorised and issued share capital is €18,000, consisting of nine class A shares of €1,000 each, fully paid up, and nine class B shares of €1,000 each, fully paid up.

 

  (ii)

In respect of Italian FleetCo, its authorised share capital is €120,000.00, consisting of 120 shares of €1,000.00 each, representing 100 per cent. of the share capital and validly issued and subscribed to, and fully paid up.

 

  (iii)

In respect of French FleetCo, its authorised share capital is at least €1,000, consisting of at least 1,000 shares, each share having a par value of €1, representing 100 per cent. of the share capital and validly issued and subscribed to, and fully paid up.

 

  3.3.8

Ownership

 

  (i)

In respect of Dutch FleetCo, its entire issued and outstanding share capital is held by Stichting Holding 1 FinCar Fleet and Stichting Holding 2 FinCar Fleet.

 

  (ii)

In respect of Italian FleetCo, 75 per cent. of its entire issued and outstanding share capital is beneficially owned by the Italian Opcos, 20 per cent. of its entire issued and outstanding share capital is beneficially owned by the Issuer and 5 per cent. of its entire issued and outstanding share capital is beneficially owned by FleetCo Holdings.

 

  (iii)

In respect of French FleetCo, its entire issued and outstanding share capital is held by French Opco but for one share which is held by FleetCo Holdings.

 

  3.3.9

Shares

 

  (i)

If its shares or quotas (as applicable) are subject to a security interest, such shares or quotas have been validly issued and registered, are fully paid up and not subject to any option to purchase or similar rights except in relation to Italian FleetCo, as permitted by the Italian FleetCo Shareholders Agreement or, in relation to French FleetCo, as permitted by the Golden Share Put and Call Option Agreement.

 

  (ii)

Its constitutional documents do not restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares or quotas on enforcement of the security.

 

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  3.3.10

Dividends or Distributions

 

  (i)

In respect of Dutch FleetCo, it has not, since the date of its incorporation, paid any dividend (other than any dividend paid out of the aggregate retained Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Dutch FleetCo after the payment of any Dutch corporate tax in respect of the relevant financial year of Dutch FleetCo), made any other distribution to its shareholders or issued any further shares or altered any rights attaching to the shares of Dutch FleetCo.

 

  (ii)

In respect of Italian FleetCo, it has not, since the date of its incorporation, paid any dividend (other than any dividend paid out of the aggregate retained Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Italian FleetCo after the payment of any Italian corporate tax and regional productive activities tax in respect of the relevant financial year of Italian FleetCo), made any other distribution to Italian FleetCo’s shareholders or issued any further shares or altered any rights attaching to the shares of Italian FleetCo.

 

  3.3.11

Financial Statements

 

  (i)

In respect of Dutch FleetCo:

 

  (a)

it has not, since the date of its incorporation, prepared any financial statements;

 

  (b)

its most recent financial statements (if any) were prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles, consistently applied, and present a true and fair view of the financial position of Dutch FleetCo at the date as of which they are delivered to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent; and

 

  (c)

as at the date of which its most recent financial statements (if any) were prepared, it did not have any liabilities, including off-balance sheet commitments (required to be disclosed or reserved pursuant to Dutch GAAP (contingent or otherwise)), which were not disclosed thereby (or by the notes thereto) or reserved against therein.

 

  (ii)

In respect of Italian FleetCo:

 

  (a)

the most recent financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles, consistently applied, and present a true and fair view of the financial position of the company at the date as of which they are delivered to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent; and

 

  (b)

as at the date of which its most recent financial statements were prepared, it did not have any liabilities, including off-balance sheet commitments (required to be disclosed or reserved pursuant to Italian GAAP (contingent or otherwise)), which were not disclosed thereby (or by the notes thereto) or reserved against therein.

 

  (iii)

In respect of French FleetCo:

 

  (a)

it has not, since the date of its incorporation, prepared any financial statements;

 

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  (b)

its most recent financial statements (if any) were prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles, consistently applied, and present a true and fair view of the financial position of French FleetCo at the date as of which they are delivered to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent; and

 

  (c)

as at the date of which its most recent financial statements (if any) were prepared, it did not have any liabilities, including off-balance sheet commitments (required to be disclosed or reserved pursuant to French GAAP (contingent or otherwise)), which were not disclosed thereby (or by the notes thereto) or reserved against therein.

 

  3.3.12

Litigation

No litigation, actions, suits, proceedings, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body have been commenced or, so far as the relevant FleetCo is aware, are pending or threatened against it or against any of its directors or any of its assets or revenues.

 

  3.3.13

Solvency

No Insolvency Event has occurred in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo.

 

  3.3.14

No Adverse Change

 

  (i)

As at the Initial Funding Date, since the date of its incorporation, there has been no material adverse change to:

 

  (a)

its condition (financial or other), prospects, results, operations or general affairs;

 

  (b)

the validity, legality or enforceability of any Transaction Document; or

 

  (c)

the validity, legality or enforceability of any Security expressed to be created pursuant to any Security Document or on the priority or ranking of that Security.

 

  (ii)

On each date that this representation is deemed to be repeated by it and since the date such representation was previously deemed to be repeated, there has been no event which has resulted in or will result in a Material Adverse Effect to it. For the purposes of such repetition of this representation, references to the “Initial Funding Date” in paragraph (i) above shall be taken to refer to the date that such representation is deemed to be repeated.

 

  3.3.15

Accounting Reference Date

Each financial year of the Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo and French FleetCo ends on 31 December.

 

  3.3.16

No Misleading Information

All information provided by it or on its behalf to the FleetCo Security Agent, the Transaction Agent or the Arranger in connection with the Vehicle Fleet (in Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands or France, as applicable), the FleetCo Secured Liabilities and the FleetCo Transaction Documents, whether or not provided on or before the date

 

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hereof, is accurate and not misleading in any material respect, including, but not limited to, by virtue of omission, at the date it was provided and all financial information provided by it to the FleetCo Security Agent, the Transaction Agent or the Arranger before the date hereof was prepared in good faith on the basis of assumptions which were reasonable at the time it was prepared and supplied, provided that, if any information required is a certificate or report, the form of which is specified in the FleetCo Transaction Documents, such information included in the relevant certificate or report is full and complete as required in the relevant form.

 

  3.3.17

Activities

It has not engaged in any activities since the date of its incorporation other than: (i) those incidental to its registration under the relevant legislation; (ii) various changes to its directors, secretary, registered office and memorandum and articles of association; (iii) increases in authorised and issued share capital; (iv) changes to its name; (v) other appropriate corporate steps (including, in the case of Dutch FleetCo, the establishment of its Spanish branch and, in the case of French FleetCo, the sale of one share held by French Opco to FleetCo Holdings and the changes to the relevant constitutional documents); (vi) the authorisation of the entry into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any other documents to which it is expressed to be a party and the relevant corporate services agreement; and (vii) the activities referred to or contemplated by the Relevant Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

  3.3.18

Consents

It has obtained and maintained in effect all authorisations, approvals, licences and consents required in connection with its business and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any requirement or direction of any governmental or regulatory authority applicable to it and in any other jurisdiction in which it carries on business.

 

  3.3.19

No Governmental Investigation

No governmental or official investigation or inquiry concerning it is, so far as the relevant FleetCo is aware, progressing or pending or has been threatened in writing which may have a Material Adverse Effect on it or any Transaction Document to which it is a party.

 

  3.3.20

Corporate Benefit

The “objects” clause in its articles of association allows the entering into, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the other documents to which it is expressed to be a party and the performance of the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the other documents to which it is expressed to be a party, is (i) in its best corporate interest, as it will, directly or indirectly, derive benefits from performing the transactions contemplated thereunder; (ii) conducive to the realisation of and useful in connection with its corporate objects; and (iii) not intended to be prejudicial to the interests of its (present and future) creditors.

 

  3.3.21

Corporate Power

It has the requisite power and authority to:

 

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  (i)

enter into each Transaction Document to which it is a party;

 

  (ii)

borrow FleetCo Advances under the respective FleetCo Facility Agreements; and

 

  (iii)

create and grant the FleetCo Security,

and to undertake and perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by it therein.

 

  3.3.22

Authorisation

Subject to the Reservations, all acts, conditions and things required to be done, fulfilled and performed in order:

 

  (i)

to enable it lawfully to enter into each Transaction Document to which it is a party and to borrow FleetCo Advances under the respective FleetCo Facility Agreements;

 

  (ii)

to enable it lawfully to exercise its rights under and perform and comply with the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;

 

  (iii)

to ensure that the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are legal, valid, binding and enforceable against it and that the FleetCo Security is perfected; and

 

  (iv)

to make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in The Netherlands, Italy and France (as applicable),

have been done, fulfilled and performed and are in full force and effect or, as the case may be, have been effected, and no steps have been taken to challenge, revoke or cancel any such authorisation obtained or effected.

 

  3.3.23

Execution

Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed (and, where appropriate, delivered) by it.

 

  3.3.24

No Breach of Law or Contract

Its entry and its execution (and, where appropriate, delivery) of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the borrowing by it under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement, the performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the compliance by it with their terms do not and will not conflict with or constitute a breach or infringement by it of:

 

  (i)

its constitutive documents;

 

  (ii)

subject to the Reservations, any Requirement of Law or any requirement or direction of any governmental or regulatory authority; or

 

  (iii)

any agreement, indenture, contract, mortgage, deed or other instrument to which it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets.

 

  3.3.25

Valid and Binding Obligations

The obligations expressed to be assumed by it under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are, subject to the Reservations, valid, legally binding and enforceable obligations of such FleetCo and direct, secured, unconditional and unsubordinated obligations of such FleetCo, save in respect of those claims which are preferred by any laws of general application.

 

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  3.3.26

Beneficial Owner

As at the Initial Funding Date and assuming execution (and, where appropriate, delivery) of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, it will be the beneficial owner of each of the assets (other than future assets which have not come into existence on such date) over which it purports to grant security pursuant to the relevant Security Documents, free from any encumbrances (save for those created by the relevant Security Documents and those arising by operation of law).

 

  3.3.27

FleetCo Security

 

  (i)

Subject to the Reservations, upon execution of the relevant FleetCo Security Documents and subject to registration requirements, the FleetCo Advances will be secured by and in accordance with the relevant FleetCo Security Documents.

 

  (ii)

No other security interest exists over or in respect of any of its assets other than as permitted under the Transaction Documents and those arising by operation of law.

 

  (iii)

The creation by it of the security over its assets and undertaking in accordance with the provisions of the relevant FleetCo Security Documents will not render it liable to offer or extend the benefit of such security to any persons other than (a) with the exception of French FleetCo, the FleetCo Security Agent (as agent or (where applicable) as German security trustee (Sicherheitentreuhänder) on behalf of the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditors expressed to be secured by the relevant FleetCo Security Documents) and (b) in respect of French FleetCo, the FleetCo Secured Creditor(s) expressed to be secured by the relevant FleetCo Security Documents.

 

  3.3.28

Compliance with Relevant Transaction Documents

It has complied in all respects with the terms of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

  3.3.29

Ranking of Claims

Subject to the Reservations, the claims of the FleetCo Secured Creditors against it will rank as provided in the relevant FleetCo Security Documents and this Agreement.

 

  3.3.30

Choice of Law

Subject to the Reservations, the choice of the governing law specified in each Transaction Document to which it is a party will be recognised and enforced in its place of incorporation and any judgment obtained in England in relation to any Transaction Document to which it is a party will be recognised and enforced in its place of incorporation.

 

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  3.3.31

Filings

 

  (a)

Save for any registration of the relevant FleetCo Security Document and Clause 3.3.31(b) below: (i) it is not necessary that any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any other documents to which it is expressed to be a party be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in The Netherlands, Italy or France (as applicable); and (ii) there are no registration, filing or similar formalities imposed in The Netherlands, Italy or France (as applicable) upon it in connection with its execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any other documents to which it is expressed to be a party, the performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any other documents to which it is expressed to be a party and the compliance by it with their terms.

 

  (b)

Italian FleetCo has deposited (or procured to be deposited) the sworn translation into Italian of the fully executed FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement with (i) the competent companies’ register, subject to the completion of the registration procedure by the competent officer of such companies’ register and (ii) filed such sworn translation of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement with the local Italian tax office and authority.

 

  3.3.32

Consents

It does not require the consent of any other party or the consent, licence, approval or authorisation of any governmental authority in The Netherlands, Italy or France (as applicable) in connection with its execution (and, where appropriate, delivery) of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any other documents to which it is expressed to be a party, the performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any other documents to which it is expressed to be a party and the compliance by it with their terms, except for those which have been, or will prior to the Initial Funding Date be, obtained and are, or will on the Initial Funding Date be, in full force and effect.

 

  3.3.33

Italian FleetCo Tax

Italian FleetCo is not subject to the special rules provided for in Article 30, paragraph 1 of Law 23 December 1994, No. 724 concerning the so-calledsocietà di comodo” (“dummy” companies) under the legislation applicable thereof.

 

  3.3.34

Taxes – Transaction Documents:

 

  (i)

It is not necessary that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any of them, save that taxes would be payable by Italian FleetCo in respect of the depositing of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement with the competent companies’ register and the filing of such agreement with the competent tax office.

 

  (ii)

Italian FleetCo shall, upon deposit of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement with the competent companies’ register and filing with the competent tax office, pay all stamp, registration or similar tax payable by it in respect of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement.

 

  (iii)

No FleetCo (other than Italian FleetCo) will be required to make any Tax Deduction from any payment of principal or interest by it in respect of the FleetCo Advances.

 

  3.3.35

Events of Default in respect of FleetCos

No FleetCo Default has occurred or is continuing.

 

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  3.3.36

Non-Petition and Limited Recourse

All contracts entered into by it which contain obligations to be performed by such FleetCo shall include non-petition and limited recourse wording similar in substance to those required under this Agreement or the Negotiation Guidelines, save for (in respect of Dutch FleetCo) the documents required for the opening and maintenance of the Dutch Bank Account, the powers of attorney granted by it and the contracts entered into it with administrative service providers for the purposes of providing utilities and stationery to it and (in respect of Italian FleetCo) the powers of attorney granted by it.

 

  3.3.37

Good Title and Ownership

 

  (a)

Dutch FleetCo has, upon payment of the purchase price for the same, valid title to the Vehicles in Spain and is the sole owner of such Vehicles in Spain.

 

  (b)

With effect from and including the Initial Funding Date, Dutch FleetCo, in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in Germany, has procured that the FleetCo Security Agent has, upon payment by Dutch FleetCo of the purchase price for the same, valid title to the Vehicles in Germany and is the sole owner of such Vehicles in Germany.

 

  (c)

Italian FleetCo is, and, upon payment of the purchase price for the same, shall be the sole legal owner of, and shall have good and marketable title to, each of the Vehicles purchased by it in Italy free from any encumbrances, subject to any option or right to purchase such Vehicles granted in favour of any Italian Opco pursuant to the related Italian Master Lease Agreement.

 

  (d)

With effect from and including the Initial Dutch Funding Date, Dutch FleetCo in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands has, upon payment by Dutch FleetCo of the purchase price for the same, valid title to the Vehicles in The Netherlands and is the sole owner of such Vehicles in The Netherlands.

 

  (e)

Upon payment of the purchase price for the same, French FleetCo shall be the sole legal owner of, and shall have good and marketable title to, each of the Vehicles purchased by it in France.

 

  3.3.38

Capital Stock

It does not own any capital stock, participation or interest in any person.

 

  3.3.39

Compliance with Country Asset Value Test

Each FleetCo satisfies its Country Asset Value Test in respect to each Country.

 

  3.3.40

Negotiation Guidelines and Vehicle Purchasing Agreements

All Vehicle Purchasing Agreements entered into by the relevant FleetCo materially comply with (i) (in respect of Vehicles in Spain, Italy and France) the Negotiation Guidelines to the extent required by schedule 2 (Negotiation Guidelines in Relation to New Buy-Back Agreements to be entered into between FleetCos and Vehicles Manufacturers) to the Spanish Servicing Agreement and any Italian Servicing Agreement and schedule 6 to the French Master Lease Agreement respectively and (ii) (in respect of Vehicles in The Netherlands and Germany), the Buy-Back Minimum Principles.

 

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  3.3.41

Spain specific representations and warranties

 

  (i)

Dutch FleetCo and Spanish Opco are not members of the same “group” of companies in accordance with article 42.1 of the Spanish Commercial Code.

 

  (ii)

Dutch FleetCo is not a fictitious company.

 

  (iii)

The information relating to the Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch filed at the Spanish Commercial Registry is true, accurate, complete and not misleading.

 

  3.3.42

Italy specific representations and warranties

 

  (i)

Italian FleetCo is not subject to articles 2446, 2447, 2482-bis or 2482-ter of the Italian Civil Code (as the case may be).

 

  (ii)

Italian FleetCo shall not segregate assets for the purpose of article 2447-bis of the Italian Civil Code, shall not issue any class of stock or other financial instruments under Article 2447-ter of the Italian Civil Code and shall not enter into any agreement for the purpose of article 2447-decies of the Italian Civil Code, in each case, other pursuant to the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement.

For the purposes of this Clause 3.3.42 (Italy specific representations and warranties), the “Italian Civil Code” means the Italian civil code approved by the Royal Decree of 16 March 1942, No. 267, as amended from time to time.

 

  3.3.43

The Netherlands specific representations and warranties

 

  (i)

Dutch FleetCo has been managed as a standalone entity and its books have been kept in a manner enabling identification of its assets and liabilities on a standalone basis.

 

  (ii)

Dutch FleetCo is not a director of any Dutch company and is not part of any fiscal unity for Dutch corporate tax or Dutch turnover tax purposes.

 

  (iii)

Dutch FleetCo has not issued a declaration as referred to in section 2:403 paragraph 1 under f of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek).

 

  (iv)

Dutch FleetCo, Stichting Holding 1 FinCar Fleet and Stichting Holding 2 FinCar Fleet and the Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Providers have their registered offices in the Netherlands and all decisions by managing directors and the general meeting of Dutch FleetCo have been taken in the Netherlands.

 

  3.3.44

France specific representations and warranties

 

  (i)

French FleetCo is not a fictitious company (“société fictive”).

 

  (ii)

French FleetCo has its registered offices in France and all decisions by its chairman (Président) will be taken in France.

 

  (iii)

French FleetCo is managed as a separate legal entity, its books are kept in a manner enabling identification of its assets and liabilities on a standalone basis and it does not interfere with the business or affairs of any Avis entity.

 

  3.3.45

Anti-bribery, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering

 

  (i)

Neither it nor any of its directors or officers has engaged in any activity or conduct which would violate any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.

 

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  (ii)

To the best of each FleetCo’s knowledge and belief, no actions or investigations by any governmental or regulatory agency are ongoing or threatened against it, or any of its directors, officers, or associated party in relation to a breach of the Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

  (iii)

To the best of each FleetCo’s knowledge and belief, no actions or investigations by any governmental or regulatory agency are ongoing or threatened against any person acting on its behalf pursuant to the Transaction Documents in relation to a breach of the Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

  3.3.46

Sanctions

Neither it nor any of its directors or officers is (i) an individual or entity (a “Person”), that is, or is owned or controlled by, a Sanctioned Person or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with such government, country, or territory.

 

3.4

Representations and Warranties of the FCT Management Company and the FCT Custodian

Each of the FCT Management Company and the FCT Custodian hereby represents and warrants to the benefit of the other Parties on the French Accession Date, the Initial French Funding Date and on each VFN Advance Drawdown Date that:

 

  3.4.1

Incorporation

It is duly incorporated with limited liability and validity existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation with full corporate power to conduct its business as presently being conducted and is duly qualified to carry on such business.

 

  3.4.2

Capacity and authorisation

It has full power and capacity to execute the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to undertake and perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by it therein and it has taken all necessary actions to approve or authorise the same and does not require any additional approvals or consents or other action by or any notice to or filing with any person.

 

  3.4.3

Licence

In the case of:

 

  (i)

the FCT Custodian, it is duly licensed as a credit institution in France by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution; and

 

  (ii)

the FCT Management Company, it is duly licensed as a société de gestion de portefeuille under number GP 14000029 by the AMF and is authorised to manage securitisation vehicles.

 

  3.4.4

Binding Obligations

Subject to the Reservations, the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in any Transaction Documents to which it is a party are (or will be upon due execution thereof) legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.

 

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  3.4.5

No breach

The Transaction Documents and the undertaking and performance by it of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it therein and compliance with the terms thereof will not conflict with, or result in a breach of, or default under (i) the laws, decree, orders, rules or judgments rendered by courts of its jurisdiction of incorporation; (ii) any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound; or (iii) any provision of its constitutive documents.

 

3.5

Cost of Funds Disclosure

 

  3.5.1

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. hereby notifies the Issuer, the Parent, Avis Europe and each FleetCo that:

 

  (i)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its affiliates may from time to time purchase, hold or sell, as principal and/or agent, commercial paper issued by a Conduit Senior Noteholder;

 

  (ii)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its affiliates act as administrative agent for a Conduit Senior Noteholder, and as administrative agent JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. manages a Conduit Senior Noteholder’s issuance of commercial paper, including the selection of amount and tenor of commercial paper issuance, and the discount or interest rate applicable thereto;

 

  (iii)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its affiliates act as a commercial paper dealer for a Conduit Senior Noteholder; and

 

  (iv)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s activities as administrative agent and commercial paper dealer for a Conduit Senior Noteholder, and as a purchaser or seller of commercial paper, impact the interest or discount rate applicable to the commercial paper issued by a Conduit Senior Noteholder, which impact the Relevant Conduit CP Rate paid by the Seller hereunder.

 

  3.5.2

By execution hereof, each of the Issuer, the Parent, Avis Europe and each FleetCo hereby:

 

  (i)

acknowledge the foregoing and agrees that JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the interest or discount rate paid by a Conduit Senior Noteholder in connection with its commercial paper issuance;

 

  (ii)

acknowledge that the discount or interest rate at which JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its affiliates purchase or sell commercial paper will be determined by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its affiliates in their sole discretion and may differ from the discount or interest rate applicable to comparable transactions entered into by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its affiliates on the relevant date; and

 

  (iii)

waive any conflict of interest arising by reason of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its affiliates acting as administrative agent and commercial paper dealer for a Conduit Senior Noteholder while acting as purchaser or seller of commercial paper.

 

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General Undertakings

 

4.1

General Undertakings of the Issuer

 

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The Issuer covenants and undertakes to the Issuer Security Trustee (for itself and on behalf of the Issuer Secured Creditors) the following:

 

  4.1.1

Issuer Borrowing Base Test

With effect on and from the Initial Funding Date, it shall at all times comply with the Issuer Borrowing Base Test.

 

  4.1.2

Books of Account

It shall at all times keep and maintain such books of account and records separate from any other person or entity, and as may be necessary to comply with all applicable laws and so as to enable the financial statements of the Issuer to be prepared.

 

  4.1.3

Access

It shall, so far as permitted by applicable law, allow the Issuer Security Trustee (on behalf of itself and the Issuer Secured Creditors) and/or accountants or other professional advisers and contractors of the Issuer Security Trustee free access at all reasonable times and on reasonable notice to the assets, books, accounts and records of the Issuer.

 

  4.1.4

Event of Default or Rapid Amortisation Event

It shall immediately notify the Issuer Security Trustee (on behalf of itself and the Issuer Secured Creditors) and the Transaction Agent in writing upon becoming aware of any Issuer Event of Default or any Rapid Amortisation Event.

 

  4.1.5

Financial Statements

It shall supply to the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent as soon as they are available, but in any event within its prescribed statutory period after the end of its financial year, its audited annual financial statements (prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles) for that financial year, unless disclosure would at that time breach any laws, regulation or stock exchange requirement or rules of any applicable regulatory body to which it is subject. Each set of annual financial statements shall be certified by a director of the Issuer, as a true and fair view of its financial condition as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.

 

  4.1.6

Issuer Compliance Certificate

It shall (i) at the time of the despatch to the Transaction Agent of its audited annual financial statements, (ii) within 14 days of a reasonable request by the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent and (iii) at such times as set out in Clause 13.2 (Delivery of Compliance Certificates on each Reporting Date) below, deliver to the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent an Issuer Compliance Certificate, signed by an authorised signatory of the Issuer.

 

  4.1.7

Notices to Senior Noteholders

It shall send to the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent the form of each notice to be given to the Senior Noteholders.

 

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  4.1.8

Conduct

It shall at all times carry on and conduct its affairs in compliance with any applicable direction or Requirement of Law or requirement of any governmental or regulatory authority from time to time in force in Ireland or in any other jurisdiction in which it carries on business and in compliance with its constitutional documents and shall conduct its own business in its own name.

 

  4.1.9

Consents

It shall obtain, comply with the terms of and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect all authorisations, approvals, licences and consents necessary under any Requirement of Law or any requirement or direction of any governmental or regulatory authority from time to time in force in Ireland or in any other applicable jurisdiction:

 

  (i)

in connection with its business; and

 

  (ii)

to enable it lawfully to enter into and perform its obligations under the Issuer Transaction Documents or to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  4.1.10

Information to Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee

It shall, so far as permitted by applicable law, at all times give to the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee such information, opinions, certificates and other evidence as each may reasonably require (including, without limitation, the Compliance Certificate referred to above) for the purposes of the discharge of the duties, trusts, powers, authorities or discretions vested in the Transaction Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee by or pursuant to the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  4.1.11

Execution of Further Documents

It shall execute such further documents and perform such further acts as may be incidental to, or necessary in the opinion of the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent (acting reasonably) to give effect to, the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  4.1.12

Taxes

It shall at all times use its best efforts to minimise taxes and any other costs arising in connection with its activities.

 

  4.1.13

FATCA

 

  (a)

Subject to paragraph (c) below, the Issuer, Avis Europe and each Senior Noteholder shall, within 15 Business Days of a reasonable request by the Issuer, Avis Europe or any Senior Noteholder (as applicable) (the “Requesting Party”):

 

  (i)

confirm to the Requesting Party whether it is:

 

  A.

a FATCA Exempt Party; or

 

  B.

not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

 

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supply to the Requesting Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable pass thru percentage or other information required under the US Treasury Regulations or other official guidance, including intergovernmental agreements) as the Requesting Party reasonably requests for the purposes of the Requesting Party’s compliance with FATCA.

 

  (b)

If the Issuer, Avis Europe or any Senior Noteholder (as applicable) confirms to the Requesting Party pursuant to paragraph (a) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be, a FATCA Exempt Party, that it shall notify the Requesting Party promptly.

 

  (c)

Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any of the Issuer, Avis Europe or any Senior Noteholder to do anything which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:

 

  (i)

any law or regulation;

 

  (ii)

any policy of such Senior Noteholder;

 

  (iii)

any fiduciary duty; or

 

  (iv)

any duty of confidentiality.

 

  (d)

If the Issuer, Avis Europe or the relevant Senior Noteholder(s) (as applicable) fails to confirm its status or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then:

 

  (i)

if it failed to confirm whether it is (and/or remains) a FATCA Exempt Party, then it shall be treated for the purposes of the Transaction Document as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

 

  (ii)

if it failed to confirm its applicable passthru percentage then that Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Transaction Documents (and payments made thereunder) as if its applicable passthru percentage is 100 per cent.,

until (in each case) such time as the Issuer, Avis Europe or the relevant Senior Noteholder(s) (as applicable) in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.

 

  4.1.14

Liability to Tax

It shall, upon becoming aware, promptly give notice to the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee of the following:

 

  (i)

if it is required by law to effect a Tax Deduction in respect of any payment due in respect of any of the Senior Advances; or

 

  (ii)

if it would not be entitled to relief for Tax purposes in Ireland for any material amount (other than repayments of principal) which it is obliged to pay, or is treated as receiving for Tax purposes in Ireland under the Issuer Transaction Documents,

and take such action as may be reasonably required by the Transaction Agent in respect thereof.

 

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  4.1.15

No Security Interests

It shall not create or permit to subsist any Security Interest in respect of the Issuer Transaction Account or the Issuer Reserve Account or any assets, rights and interests of the Issuer other than pursuant to the Issuer Transaction Documents and those arising by operation of law.

 

  4.1.16

No Disposals

It shall not enter into a transaction or series of transactions (whether or not related) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset, or assign any Transaction Document other than (i) as contemplated under the Transaction Documents or (ii) in connection with the winding up of SPV Project 81 S.R.L.

 

  4.1.17

No Variation and Termination of Issuer Transaction Documents

It shall not, save with the prior written consent of the Issuer Security Trustee given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee):

 

  (i)

terminate, repudiate, rescind or discharge any Issuer Transaction Document;

 

  (ii)

vary, novate, amend, modify or waive any provision of any Issuer Transaction Document;

 

  (iii)

permit any person to do any of the things specified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above; or

 

  (iv)

permit any person who has obligations under the Issuer Transaction Documents to be released from such obligations other than in accordance with the terms of the applicable Issuer Transaction Document and any applicable direction or Requirement of Law or requirement of any governmental or regulatory authority from time to time.

 

  4.1.18

Required Filing

It shall at all times make all filings with all governmental and regulatory authorities in compliance with any applicable direction or Requirement of Law or requirement of any governmental or regulatory authority from time to time in force in Ireland or in any other jurisdiction in which it carries on business (including, without limitation, notification to the Irish Revenue Commissioners in accordance with section 110 of the TCA, and filing of tax registration form TR2 and annual corporation tax return CT1 with the Irish Revenue Commissioners).

 

  4.1.19

Compliance with Issuer Transaction Documents

It shall at all times comply with and perform all its obligations under the Issuer Transaction Documents and use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the other Transaction Parties, other than the Transaction Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee, comply with and perform all their respective obligations under the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  4.1.20

Issuer Reserve Required Amount

 

  (i)

It shall maintain the Issuer Reserve Required Amount.

 

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  (ii)

It shall only (and shall procure that the Issuer Cash Manager shall only) withdraw any amounts from the Issuer Reserve Account:

 

  (a)

following the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date; or, if earlier

 

  (b)

on the Expected Maturity Date,

and shall apply the amounts standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account on the date in (a) or (b) above towards payments which are due and payable by the Issuer in accordance with the applicable Issuer Priority of Payments.

 

  4.1.21

Exercise Rights

It shall preserve and/or exercise and/or enforce its rights under and pursuant to the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  4.1.22

Change of Taxing Jurisdiction

If the Issuer becomes subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of any territory or any political sub-division thereof, or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax, other than or in addition to Ireland, then the Issuer shall notify the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee of such event immediately upon becoming aware thereof and (unless the Transaction Agent otherwise agrees), it shall enter forthwith into a supplemental agreement hereto, giving to the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee an undertaking or covenant in form and manner satisfactory to the Transaction Agent in terms corresponding to the terms of the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents with the substitution for (or, as the case may be, the addition to) the references therein to Ireland of references to that other or additional territory to whose taxing jurisdiction, or that of a political subdivision thereof or an authority therein or thereof, the Issuer shall have become subject as aforesaid.

 

  4.1.23

Authorised Signatories

It shall, upon the execution hereof and thereafter forthwith upon any change of the same, deliver to the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee a list of the authorised signatories of the Issuer, together with specimen signatures of the same.

 

  4.1.24

Notification of Legal Proceedings

It shall immediately notify the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee if any legal proceedings are instituted against it by any of its creditors or in respect of any of its property, assets or undertaking.

 

  4.1.25

Join in Legal Proceedings

It shall, if the Issuer Security Trustee so requires, join in any legal proceedings brought by the Issuer Security Trustee against any person relating to any of the Issuer’s property, assets or undertaking.

 

  4.1.26

Centre of Main Interests

It shall conduct its business and affairs such that, at all times (i) its “centre of main interests”, as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation, is in Ireland; and (ii) it has no “establishment”, as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the EU Insolvency Regulation, or branch office other than in Ireland.

 

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  4.1.27

Registered Office

It shall at all times maintain its registered office in Ireland.

 

  4.1.28

Borrowings

It shall not, except in respect of the Senior Notes and the debt created pursuant to the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement or any other financing as contemplated under the Issuer Transaction Documents and except if the creditor of such Financial Indebtedness is the Subordinated Lender, incur or permit to subsist any Financial Indebtedness of any other obligation of any person.

 

  4.1.29

Merger

It shall not consolidate or merge with any other person or convey, transfer or assign its properties or assets substantially as an entirety to any other person (other than with the prior written consent of the Issuer Security Trustee given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee).

 

  4.1.30

Acquisitions

It shall not acquire or have any interest in any company or any shares or a business or undertaking (or, in each case any interest in any of them), save that it holds 20 per cent. of the shares in Italian FleetCo.

 

  4.1.31

Bank Accounts

It shall maintain: (i) the Issuer Transaction Account; (ii) the Issuer Reserve Account; (iii) the Issuer Domestic Account; (iv) the Issuer Spain TRO Collection Account; and (v) the Issuer Hedge Collateral Account and shall not open or continue to maintain any other bank account, unless such account is charged to the Issuer Security Trustee on terms acceptable to it and such bank account is opened and maintained in accordance with the Issuer Account Bank Agreement.

 

  4.1.32

Priority of Payments in respect of the Issuer Accounts

It shall (or shall procure that the Issuer Cash Manager shall) apply its Issuer Available Funds on each Settlement Date (or, in the case of amounts expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision for application of Issuer Available Funds on such date) in accordance with the Issuer Cash Management Agreement.

 

  4.1.33

Separateness Covenants

It shall hold itself out as a separate entity and shall:

 

  (i)

maintain its corporate books and records separately from any other person or entity;

 

  (ii)

maintain its accounts separate from those of any other person or entity;

 

  (iii)

not engage in any activity whatsoever which is not incidental to or necessary in connection with any of the activities in which the Issuer Transaction Documents provide or envisage that the Issuer may engage;

 

  (iv)

not commingle assets with those of any other entity;

 

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  (v)

conduct its own business in its own name;

 

  (vi)

deal with other Transaction Parties and third parties (if any) on arm’s length terms;

 

  (vii)

maintain separate financial statements;

 

  (viii)

other than as envisaged in the Issuer Transaction Documents, pay its own liabilities out of its own funds;

 

  (ix)

observe all corporate, partnership or other formalities required by its constituting documents;

 

  (x)

not guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other entity or to hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of others;

 

  (xi)

not acquire obligations or securities of shareholders, except as permitted in the Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (xii)

use separate stationery, invoices, and cheques;

 

  (xiii)

not pledge or otherwise encumber its assets except as permitted under the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge and the Italian FleetCo Share Pledge;

 

  (xiv)

not have any employees;

 

  (xv)

correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity;

 

  (xvi)

not increase or reduce its share capital or alter any rights attaching to its shares;

 

  (xvii)

not pay any dividends or make any distributions (unless contemplated under the Transaction Documents);

 

  (xviii)

save for its holding of (the 20 per cent. of the shares in Italian FleetCo pursuant to the share purchase agreement dated 1 March 2013 not set up, own or control (whether directly or indirectly) any subsidiaries;

 

  (xix)

not have any premises;

 

  (xx)

conduct its affairs in accordance with its constitutive documents; and

 

  (xxi)

not amend, supplement or otherwise modify its constitutive documents.

 

  4.1.34

Equitable Interests

It shall not permit any person, other than the Issuer Security Trustee, to have any equitable or beneficial interest in any of its assets or undertakings or any interest, estate, right, title or benefit therein.

 

  4.1.35

Withdrawals from Issuer Transaction Account

The Issuer shall not, on any date, withdraw any amount from any Issuer Account, save where:

 

  (a)

such withdrawal is made from the Issuer Transaction Account on a Settlement Date in accordance with the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments;

 

  (b)

such withdrawal is made from the Issuer Transaction Account on any date which is not a Settlement Date, provided that the amount to be withdrawn on such date has been provisioned for by the Issuer Cash Manager on the immediately preceding Settlement Date in accordance with the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments;

 

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  (c)

such withdrawal is made from the Issuer Transaction Account on any date which is not a Settlement Date, provided that the amount to be withdrawn on such date shall be applied to make FleetCo Advances to the relevant FleetCos in accordance with the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement and Clause 2 (Drawdown and Accession Conditions) or the VFN Advance to the FCT in accordance with the VFN Funding Conditions and Clause 2 (Drawdown and Accession Conditions);

 

  (d)

such withdrawal is made from the Issuer Transaction Account on any date which is not a Settlement Date and the amount to be withdrawn on such date shall be applied to solely make payments of one or more Senior Advance(s) on the relevant Senior Advance Repayment Date;

 

  (e)

such withdrawal is made from the Issuer Transaction Account on any date which is not a Settlement Date and the amount to be withdrawn on such date shall be applied to make payments of one or more Subordinated Advance(s), provided that:

 

  A.

an Intra-Month Central Servicer Report has been delivered on or prior to 2:00 p.m. (CET) on the fourth Business Day preceding the proposed withdrawal date by the Central Servicer to the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager; and

 

  B.

the Transaction Agent has confirmed to the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer and the Central Servicer on or prior to the third Business Day prior to the proposed withdrawal that (so far as it is aware and based on the Intra-Month Central Servicer Report received in (A) above) the Issuer Borrowing Base Test and the Country Asset Value Test, in each case, taking into account the proposed withdrawal have been complied with by the Issuer and the FleetCos;

 

  (f)

such withdrawal is made from the Issuer Reserve Account in accordance with the Issuer Cash Management Agreement;

 

  (g)

such withdrawal is made from the Issuer Spanish TRO Collection Account in accordance with the Spanish TRO Collection Account Declaration of Trust and Clause 6 (Country Repayment Option); or

 

  (h)

(subject to compliance with item (v) above and subject to compliance with the Senior Note Maximum Amount) such withdrawal is made from the Issuer Transaction Account on any date which is not a Settlement Date, provided that the amount to be withdrawn on such date shall be applied to repay Issuer Subordinated Advances to the Subordinated Lender following the exercise of a Country Repayment Option pursuant to and in accordance with Clause 6 (Country Repayment Option); or

 

  (i)

such withdrawal is made from the Issuer Transaction Account on any date which is not a Settlement Date and the amount to be withdrawn on such date is equal to the Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount credited into the Issuer Transaction Account by the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder and shall be applied to solely make payments of one or more Senior Advance(s) of Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholders in an amount equal to the applicable amount of such Delayed Amount funded by each such Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder on the Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

 

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  4.1.36

Maintenance of Listing

The Issuer shall, at all times, use reasonable endeavours to maintain a listing of all Senior Notes which on issue were listed, other than where the Transaction Agent (acting on behalf of all the Senior Noteholders) has approved a de-listing.

 

  4.1.37

Treasury Transactions

 

  (i)

The Issuer shall not enter into any Treasury Transaction, other than the Treasury Transactions with an Eligible Issuer Hedge Counterparty and documented by an Issuer Hedging Agreement.

 

  (ii)

The Issuer shall:

 

  (a)

ensure that 100 per cent. of each Total Senior Noteholder Commitment is subject to an interest rate, pursuant to the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement(s), of no greater than the Capped Rate for a period of at least the Minimum Exposure Period; and

 

  (b)

without prejudice to Clause 4.1.37(i), to the extent that the Senior Notes are rated by at least one Rating Agency, the Issuer shall enter into and, as appropriate, maintain Treasury Transactions in accordance with the requirements of the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies rating such Senior Notes.

For the purposes of this Clause 4.1.37 (Treasury Transactions):

Capped Rate” means [Redacted] per annum or such higher rate as approved by the Central Servicer and the Transaction Agent and “Minimum Exposure Period” means the period starting from and including the Initial Funding Date and ending on and including the earlier of (i) the Final Maturity Date and (ii) the Senior Issuer Discharge Date.

 

  4.1.38

Tax Residence and Establishment

The Issuer shall not do any act or thing, the effect of which would be to make it resident, or cause it to have a permanent establishment branch or agency, for Tax purposes in any jurisdiction other than Ireland.

 

  4.1.39

Tax Deed of Covenant

The Issuer shall:

 

  (i)

comply with the terms of the Tax Deed of Covenant;

 

  (ii)

notify the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent of any breach of, or inability to comply with, the obligations set out in the Tax Deed of Covenant as a result of a change in, or in the interpretation of, application or administration of any tax law or regulation of any agency or similar organisation;

 

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  (iii)

notify the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent of its inability to make a payment of tax and which would, if not paid when due, make it likely that a non-payment Issuer Event of Default would occur; and

 

  (iv)

undertake to use best endeavours to mitigate the effect of any relevant non-compliance or change of tax law.

 

  4.1.40

Issuer Letters of Credit

 

  (i)

Neither the Issuer nor the Issuer Security Trustee may make a drawing under any Issuer Letter of Credit other than in accordance with the terms of an Issuer Letter of Credit only and at such time and for such purpose in accordance with Clause 14A.3 (Issuer Letters of Credit Demand).

 

  (ii)

The Issuer shall immediately following the issuance of an Issuer Letter of Credit:

 

  (a)

notify the Issuer Cash Manager and the Transaction Agent of the available commitment amount under each such Issuer Letter of Credit; and

 

  (b)

provide a copy of such Issuer Letter of Credit to the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager.

 

  4.1.41

Provision of Information to the Central Servicer

The Issuer shall procure that all information provided by it under clause 6.3 (Information from Third Parties) of the Issuer Cash Management Agreement is copied to the Central Servicer.

 

  4.1.42

Reporting Covenants

The Issuer shall (or procure that the Issuer Cash Manager shall) deliver:

 

  (i)

each Issuer Cash Management Report to the Issuer Security Trustee, the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer; and

 

  (ii)

to the Registrar relevant information (in the possession of the Issuer or the Issuer Cash Manager, as the case may be) requested by the Registrar in respect of the Senior Advances pursuant to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement (copying the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee).

 

  4.1.43

“Know Your Customer” Checks

If:

 

  (i)

the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;

 

  (ii)

any change in the status of the Issuer or the composition of the shareholders of the Issuer after the date of this Agreement; or

 

  (iii)

a proposed assignment or transfer by a Senior Noteholder of any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Senior Noteholder prior to such assignment or transfer,

 

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obliges the Issuer Security Trustee or any Senior Noteholder (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Senior Noteholder) to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Issuer shall, promptly upon the written request of the Issuer Security Trustee or any Senior Noteholder, supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Issuer Security Trustee or Senior Noteholder (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, on behalf of any prospective new Senior Noteholder) in order for the Issuer Security Trustee, such Senior Noteholder or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Senior Noteholder to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any relevant person pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents.

Each Senior Noteholder shall, promptly upon the written request of the Issuer Security Trustee, the Transaction Agent or Finco, supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Issuer Security Trustee, the Transaction Agent or Finco (as applicable) in order for the Issuer Security Trustee, the Transaction Agent or Finco (as applicable) to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or other checks on Senior Noteholders or prospective new Senior Noteholders pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents.

 

  4.1.44

Permitted Investments

The Issuer shall not (without the prior consent of the Majority Senior Noteholders) make any investments in respect of moneys standing to the credit of any Issuer Accounts, save that the Issuer may make Permitted Investments in respect of the moneys standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account.

 

  4.1.45

Senior Notes held by Issuer

The Issuer shall send to the Registrar as soon as practicable after being so requested by the Registrar (such request to be reasonable and to specify the purpose for such request) a certificate of the Issuer signed by two of its directors stating the number of Senior Notes held at the date of such certificate by or on behalf of the Issuer.

 

  4.1.46

No assignment or transfer of the Variable Funding Note or VFN Funding Agreement

The Issuer shall not assign or transfer the Variable Funding Note or any of its rights or obligations under the VFN Funding Agreement other than to Finco following the exercise of the France Repayment Option.

 

  4.1.47

Sanctions

The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the issuance of Senior Notes hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture or other Person or entity, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Country, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the loan hereunder, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, lender, hedge provider, facility or security agent or otherwise).

 

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4.2

General Undertakings of Avis Obligors

Each of the Avis Obligors covenants and undertakes in relation to itself to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) and the Issuer Security Trustee (for itself and on behalf of the Issuer Secured Creditors) the following:

 

  4.2.1

Compliance with Applicable Laws

Each Avis Obligor other than the Parent shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations and directives to which it may be subject and in relation to the performance of its obligations under the relevant Transaction Documents to the extent that failure to comply would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  4.2.2

Ranking of Claims

Each Avis Obligor other than the Parent shall (subject to the Reservations) ensure that at all times the claims of the FleetCo Secured Creditors and/or the Issuer Secured Creditors against it rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its unsecured creditors save those whose claims are preferred by law and subject to the provisions of the Issuer Intercreditor Terms.

 

  4.2.3

Authorisation of Transaction Documents

Subject to the Reservations, each Avis Obligor other than the Parent shall obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect any Authorisation required under any applicable law or regulation:

 

  (i)

to enable it to perform its material obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; and

 

  (ii)

to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any Transaction Document to which it is a party.

 

  4.2.4

Centre of Main Interests

The relevant Servicer and/or Lessee shall not, without the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent, cause or allow its Centre of Main Interests to change should such a change reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  4.2.5

Operating Documents

Each Avis Obligor (which is party to an Operating Document) shall perform its obligations, covenants and undertakings under the relevant Servicing Agreement, Master Lease Agreement and Account Bank Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of the Servicer and the Lessee, its obligations as Servicer or as Lessee to renew the relevant Vehicle Purchasing Agreements.

 

  4.2.6

Amendments to Documents

No Servicer or Lessee shall, without the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent amend, supplement, supersede or waive:

 

  (i)

any term of any Transaction Document to which it is a party; or

 

  (ii)

the by-laws or other constitutional documents of itself or its related FleetCo (in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

 

  4.2.7

Mergers

 

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No Avis Obligor other than the Parent shall, without the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent, amalgamate, consolidate or merge with any other company or person unless:

 

  (i)

such amalgamation, consolidation or merger is of a member of the Avis Europe Group with or into an Opco or between members of the Avis Europe Group other than Opcos, provided that:

 

  A.

(in respect of an amalgamation, consolidation or merger of a member of the Avis Europe Group with or into an Opco) the relevant Opco is the surviving entity;

 

  B.

no encumbrances created by or pursuant to any Security Document, and no guarantee or indemnity created by or pursuant to the Transaction Documents are adversely affected in any manner whatsoever by such amalgamation, consolidation or merger; and

 

  C.

the obligations of any Avis Obligor under the Transaction Documents to which is it a party are not adversely affected in any manner whatsoever by such amalgamation, consolidation or merger;

 

  (ii)

such amalgamation, consolidation or merger will not result in a Potential Event Default or Event of Default; and

 

  (iii)

(if applicable) any member of the Avis Europe Group (other than an Opco or Italian FleetCo) liquidates or dissolves, in either case on a solvent basis.

 

  4.2.8

Change in Financial Year

No Avis Obligor other than the Parent shall, without the prior consent of the FleetCo Security Agent, change the end of its financial year.

 

  4.2.9

Change in Auditors

No Avis Obligor other than the Parent shall change its auditors save to another internationally recognised firm of chartered accountants (or such other firm as the FleetCo Security Agent shall approve (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) which is willing to provide the reports referred to in this Clause 4.2 (General Undertakings of Avis Obligors) (on the same or substantially the same basis and format as the existing auditors), and provided that Finco has first given prior written notice of such proposed change to the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

  4.2.10

Ownership of Finco and Opcos

The Parent shall procure that Avis Europe shall at all times:

 

  (i)

hold, whether directly or indirectly, through any person beneficially:

 

  A.

100 per cent. of the issued share capital of Finco and such Opco;

 

  B.

issued share capital having the right to cast 100 per cent. of the votes capable of being cast in general meetings of Finco and such Opco; or

 

  C.

the right to determine the composition of all of the board of directors or equivalent body of Finco and such Opco; or

 

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  (ii)

have power to manage or direct such Opco and Finco through ownership of share capital, by contract or otherwise.

 

  4.2.11

Clear Market and Syndication

Each Avis Obligor shall provide the Arranger with such reasonable assistance (including making available senior management) and financial or other information as the Arranger may reasonably request from time to time to assist in the syndication of the Senior Notes.

 

  4.2.12

Italian VAT Receivables and Italian VAT Sharing Agreement

 

  (i)

Avis Italian Opco shall:

 

  (a)

at no time set off tax payables (other than VAT Payables) or its liabilities for social security contributions with its recoverable VAT (unless set-off is automatically effected by the Italian tax authorities); and

 

  (b)

not request the refund of any recoverable VAT other than by way of an annual reimbursement request (richiesta di rimborso fatta in sede di dichiarazione annuale).

 

  (ii)

Avis Italian Opco shall not amend or waive (or shall agree to amend or waive) any provision of the Italian VAT Sharing Agreement which relates in any material respect to the tax position of Italian FleetCo without the prior written consent of the Transaction Agent.

 

  4.2.13

Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement

Avis Italian Opco shall not amend or waive (or shall agree to amend or waive) any provision of the Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement which relates in any material respect to the tax position of Italian FleetCo without the prior written consent of the Transaction Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

 

  4.2.14

FleetCo Profit Margin

No Servicer shall agree to increase the FleetCo Profit Margin to an amount exceeding 0.0004 without the prior written consent of the Transaction Agent.

 

  4.2.15

Securitisation Regulation

 

  (i)

Finco in its capacity as Originator for the purposes of both the EU Securitisation Regulation and the UK Securitisation Regulation shall retain (either directly or through a wholly owned subsidiary or subsidiaries) on an ongoing basis until redemption in full of all of the Notes, a material net economic interest of not less than 5 per cent. in the securitisation until maturity of the Senior Notes in accordance with the text of Article 6(1) of the EU Securitisation Regulation and Article 6(1) of the UK Securitisation Regulation, (which, in each case, does not take into account any corresponding national measures) (the “Retention”). As at the Amendment Date, such interest will comprise an interest in a sufficient amount of the Subordinated Debt that comprises a material net economic interest of not less than 5 per cent. in the nominal value of the securitisation, as contemplated by Article 6(3)(d) of the EU Securitisation Regulation and Article 6(3)(d) of the UK Securitisation Regulation.

 

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  (ii)

Finco shall not change the manner or form in which it holds the Retention, except as permitted under both the EU Securitisation Regulation and the UK Securitisation Regulation.

 

  (iii)

Finco shall not sell, short, hedge, transfer, dispose of or otherwise mitigate its credit risk under or associated with the Retention (or enter into a transaction synthetically effecting the foregoing).

 

  (iv)

Finco shall notify the Issuer and the Transaction Agent immediately if for any reason on any date before the redemption in full of all of the Notes, it ceases to hold the Retention in accordance with the terms of this agreement.

 

  (v)

Finco shall remain for so long as it is required to hold the Retention, an “originator” for the purposes of each of the EU Securitisation Regulation and the UK Securitisation Regulation.

 

  4.2.16

Finco represents that, as at the Amendment Date, and covenants for as long as any Senior Notes remain outstanding, that to the extent applicable to the securitised exposures under the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents (the “Transaction”):

 

  (i)

it has and will apply the same sound and well defined criteria in relation to the origination of the securitised exposures under this Transaction (the “Origination Criteria”) as it has to nonsecuritised exposures; and

 

  (ii)

it has and will maintain effective and clearly established systems in place to apply the Origination Criteria (including, without limitation, considering any approvals, amendments, renewals and the relevant economic considerations) in order to ensure that the origination of the securitised exposures under this Transaction is based on a thorough assessment taking into account appropriate and relevant factors.

 

  4.2.17

FleetCo Bank Accounts

 

  (i)

Spanish Opco shall deposit or transfer all amounts received by or on behalf of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch (or otherwise procure or cause such amounts to be deposited or transferred) into the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Bank Accounts.

 

  (ii)

The Central Servicer shall deposit or transfer all amounts received by or on behalf of Dutch FleetCo in respect of the Vehicles in Germany (or otherwise procure or cause such amounts to be deposited or transferred) into the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts.

 

  (iii)

Each Italian Opco shall deposit or transfer all amounts received by or on behalf of Italian FleetCo (or otherwise procure or cause such amounts to be deposited or transferred) into the Italian Bank Accounts.

 

  (iv)

The Central Servicer shall deposit or transfer all amounts received by or on behalf of Dutch FleetCo in respect of the Vehicles in The Netherlands (or otherwise procure or cause such amounts to be deposited or transferred) into the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts.

 

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  (v)

French Opco shall deposit or transfer all amounts received by or on behalf of French FleetCo (or otherwise procure or cause such amounts to be deposited or transferred) into the French Bank Accounts.

 

  4.2.18

Financial Statements

 

  (i)

The Central Servicer shall provide to the Transaction Agent (with one hard copy and an electronic copy):

 

  A.

as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each of its financial years, the audited financial statements of Avis Europe;

 

  B.

as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 150 days after the end of each Opco’s financial years, the audited statutory accounts of each such Opco (other than (X) each Italian OpCo, each of which shall be required to provide its auditory statutory accounts as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 180 days after the end of its financial year, or (Y) German Opco) for such financial year prepared for inclusion in the ABG consolidated accounts; and

 

  C.

as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 150 days after the end of each of its financial years, the audited consolidated financial statements of AVIS Autovermietung Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Oberursel, which financial statements shall include substantially the same items of financial information relating to German Opco as that contained in the Original Financial Statements in relation to German Opco delivered in accordance with Clause 3.2.8 (Financial Statements),

in each case audited by an internationally recognised firm of independent auditors licensed to practice in its jurisdiction of incorporation and accompanied by the related auditor’s report; and

 

  (ii)

(to the extent that it prepares consolidated management accounts as part of its internal procedures) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the end of the financial quarter to which it relates, the quarterly unaudited, consolidated management accounts of Avis Europe.

 

  4.2.19

Fleet Plan

The Central Servicer shall, on the Reporting Date occurring in February of each year (commencing with the Reporting Date occurring in February 2014), deliver to the Transaction Agent (with one hard copy and an electronic copy) the annual Fleet Plan in respect of each relevant Country.

 

  4.2.20

Other Information

 

  (i)

The Central Servicer shall from time to time, on the written request of the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee, provide the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee, as the case may be, with such information about any FleetCo, any Opco, the Vehicle Fleet in any Country and any other information (to the extent such information is available to the Central Servicer), in each case as the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee may reasonably request.

 

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  (ii)

Each of the Opcos (in respect of information related to it) shall from time to time, on the written request of the Transaction Agent or the FleetCo Security Agent, provide the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee, as the case may be with such information about itself, Dutch FleetCo (in the case of German Opco, Spanish Opco and Dutch Opco only), Italian FleetCo (in the case of any Italian Opco), French FleetCo (in the case of French Opco), the Vehicle Fleet in a Country and any other information (to the extent such information is available to such Opco), in each case as the Transaction Agent or the FleetCo Security Agent may reasonably request.

 

  4.2.21

Finco and Avis Europe Compliance Certificates

 

  (i)

Finco shall, at the time of the dispatch of the Avis Europe audited annual financial statements in accordance with paragraph (ii) below, deliver to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer a Finco Compliance Certificate signed by an Authorised Signatory on behalf of Finco.

 

  (ii)

Avis Europe shall at the time of the despatch to the Transaction Agent of its audited annual financial statements, deliver to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer an Avis Europe Compliance Certificate signed by an Authorised Signatory on behalf of Avis Europe.

 

  4.2.22

Change in Accounting Practices

Each of the Avis Obligors (other than the Parent) shall ensure that each set of financial statements delivered to the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent pursuant to this Clause 4.2 (General Undertakings of Avis Obligors) is prepared using Applicable Accounting Principles (save as required by law) unless, in relation to any such set of financial statements:

 

  (i)

Finco promptly notifies the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent that there have been one or more changes in any such accounting policies, practices, procedures or reference period;

 

  (ii)

if amendments satisfactory to Finco are agreed by the Transaction Agent within 30 days of the notification provided under paragraph (i) above, those amendments shall take effect immediately upon the Transaction Agent approving such amendments; and

 

  (iii)

if amendments satisfactory to Finco are not agreed by the Transaction Agent within 30 days of such notification, then within 15 days following the end of such 30-day period, Finco shall either:

 

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  (a)

use reasonable endeavours to procure that its auditors for the time being provide a description of the changes and the adjustments which would be required to be made to those financial statements in order to cause them to reflect the accounting policies, practices, procedures and reference period upon which the Original Financial Statements for Avis Europe were prepared and sufficient information, in such detail and format as may be reasonably required by the Transaction Agent, to enable the Senior Noteholders to make an accurate comparison between the financial positions indicated by those financial statements and by the Original Financial Statements for Avis Europe, and any reference in this Agreement to those financial statements shall be construed as a reference to those financial statements as adjusted to reflect the basis upon which the Original Financial Statements for Avis Europe were prepared, provided that, if such a description is not provided by the auditors, Finco will describe and quantify the effect to the reasonable satisfaction of the Transaction Agent or Finco must comply with paragraph (b) below; or

 

  (b)

ensure that the relevant financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles as at the date of signing of this Agreement.

 

  4.2.23

Notifications

Each Avis Obligor (other than the Parent) shall, in relation to itself only, furnish to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee (with one hard copy and an electronic copy) to the extent permitted by law:

 

  (i)

as soon as the same are instituted or, to its knowledge, threatened, reasonable details of any litigation, arbitration, administrative or regulatory proceedings involving itself (excluding any litigation, arbitration, administrative or regulatory proceedings involving itself which are frivolous or vexatious in nature) which, if adversely determined, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

  (ii)

written details of any Default, any Issuer Enforcement Event, any Potential Master Lease Termination Event, any Master Lease Termination Event, any Potential Servicer Termination Event or any Servicer Termination Event promptly upon becoming aware of the same, and of all remedial steps being taken and proposed to be taken in respect of that Default, Issuer Enforcement Event, Potential Master Lease Termination Event, Master Lease Termination Event, Potential Servicer Termination Event or Servicer Termination Event;

 

  (iii)

upon receipt of a written request by the FleetCo Security Agent, the Transaction Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee, a certificate signed by an Authorised Signatory on its behalf certifying that no Default, Issuer Enforcement Event, Potential Master Lease Termination Event, Master Lease Termination Event, Potential Servicer Termination Event or Servicer Termination Event is continuing (or, if a Default, an Issuer Enforcement Event, a Potential Master Lease Termination Event, a Master Lease Termination Event, a Potential Servicer Termination Event or a Servicer Termination Event is continuing, specifying the Default, the Issuer Enforcement Event, the Potential Master Lease Termination Event, the Master Lease Termination Event, the Potential Servicer Termination Event or the Servicer Termination Event (as applicable) and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy the same).

 

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  4.2.24

Access to Records and Audit

 

  (i)

Subject to schedule 1, part C, paragraph 7.2 of the Spanish Servicing Agreement, schedule 1, part C, paragraph 7.2 of the relevant Italian Servicing Agreement, clause 20.8 of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, schedule1, part C, paragraph 7.2 of the French Servicing Agreement and clause 22.9 of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, each Servicer and Lessee shall, at its cost and expense, on reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours, afford the FleetCo Security Agent, the Transaction Agent, any professional adviser to the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent or representative of the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent (an “Inspecting Party”) access to, and permit such Inspecting Party to inspect or observe, such part of the relevant FleetCo’s business, or the Vehicle Fleet as is owned or held by the relevant FleetCo in a Country without causing such Servicer or Lessee to breach any obligation of confidentiality to which it may be subject.

 

  (ii)

Each Servicer and Lessee shall use its best endeavours to ensure that a professional auditor appointed by Avis Europe whose appointment is satisfactory to the Transaction Agent delivers to the Transaction Agent and the Senior Noteholders:

 

  (I)

 

  (a)

on or before the 180th day immediately following the Initial Funding Date (the “First Audit Date”);

 

  (b)

(in the case of the French Servicer and the Lessee under the French Master Lease Agreement only: (x) if the Initial French Funding Date occurs on or before 31 December 2014, in accordance with subparagraph (II) below and (y) if the Initial French Funding Date occurs after 31 December 2014, as reasonably required by the Transaction Agent;

 

  (c)

in the case of the Central Servicer (with respect to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands only) and the Lessee under the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement only, in accordance with subparagraph (II) below; or

 

  (d)

in case of Maggiore Italian Opco only, in accordance with subparagraph (II) below provided that the first audit date shall be the anniversary of the First Audit Date immediately following the Maggiore Accession Date,

an audited report in respect of certain information contained in the relevant servicing report and certain procedures of the relevant Servicer and the relevant Lessee pursuant to the scope of the agreed upon procedures approved by the Central Servicer and the Transaction Agent; and

 

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  (II)

on each anniversary of the First Audit Date, an audited report in respect of such information,

in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent. Each Servicer and Lessee shall be responsible for all the costs and expenses in connection with the appointment of such professional auditor and the preparation and delivery of such audited reports.

 

  4.2.25

“Know Your Customer” Checks

 

  If:

 

  (i)

the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement or an existing law or regulation requiring periodic reviews of “know-your-customer” procedures;

 

  (ii)

any change in the status of an Avis Obligor or a FleetCo or the composition of the shareholders of an Avis Obligor or a FleetCo after the date of this Agreement; or

 

  (iii)

a proposed assignment or transfer by a Senior Noteholder of any of its rights and/or obligations under the Transaction Documents (to which such Senior Noteholder is a party) to a party that is not a Senior Noteholder prior to such assignment or transfer,

obliges the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Cash Manager, Dutch FleetCo or any Senior Noteholder (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Senior Noteholder) to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, each Avis Obligor shall, promptly upon the written request of the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Cash Manager, Dutch FleetCo or any Senior Noteholder, supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Transaction Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Senior Noteholder), the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Cash Manager, Dutch FleetCo or any Senior Noteholder (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, on behalf of any prospective new Senior Noteholder) in order for the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Cash Manager, Dutch FleetCo or such Senior Noteholder (or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Senior Noteholder) to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any relevant person pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents.

 

  4.2.26

Senior Notes held by the Avis Group

The Parent shall send to the Transaction Agent as soon as practicable after being so requested by the Transaction Agent (such request to be reasonable and to specify the purpose for such request) a certificate of the Parent signed by two of its directors stating the number of Senior Notes held at the date of such certificate held (legally or beneficially) by or on behalf of any member of the Avis Group or any Affiliates of the Avis Group.

 

  4.2.27

Aggregate Suggested Retail Price

The Central Servicer shall, at the same time when a Fleet Plan is required to be delivered under this Agreement, issue a certificate confirming that the weighted average of the purchases prices of all Non-Programme Vehicles paid by (a) Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, (b) German Opco, (c) Italian FleetCo, (d) Dutch Opco and (e) French FleetCo collectively in the previous calendar year does not exceed [Redacted] of the Weighted Average Suggested Retail Price.

 

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For the purposes of this Clause 4.2.27, “Weighted Average Suggested Retail Price” means, in respect of any calendar year, the weighted average of the listed retail price of all Non-Programme Vehicles purchased by (a) Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, (b) German Opco, (c) Italian FleetCo, (d) Dutch Opco and (e) French FleetCo as such price is published by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer at the date of purchase of each such Non-Programme Vehicle.

 

  4.2.28

Liquidation Agent

The Central Servicer and the Parent shall:

 

  (i)

procure that the Liquidation Agent delivers to the Transaction Agent, on or prior to the 120th day falling after the Initial Funding Date, a copy of a liquidation plan in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent;

 

  (ii)

procure that the Liquidation Agent delivers to the Transaction Agent:

 

  (A)

in respect of the Vehicle Fleet of Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands, on or prior to the 120th day falling after the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date, a copy of a liquidation plan in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent; and

 

  (B)

in respect of the Vehicle Fleet of French FleetCo in France, on or prior to the 120th day falling after 20 April 2015, a copy of a liquidation plan in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent;

 

  (iii)

if such liquidation plan is not delivered to the Transaction Agent by the Liquidation Agent within any of the above 120-day periods or if the liquidation plan delivered to the Transaction Agent is not in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent, use its best endeavours to assist the Transaction Agent in finding a replacement liquidation agent; and

 

  (iv)

deliver to the Transaction Agent and the Senior Noteholders a copy of such annual update or supplement prepared by the Liquidation Agent and made available to the Central Servicer and Parent promptly upon their receipt of the same.

 

  4.2.29

Spain specific undertakings

None of Finco, Avis Europe, the Parent, Spanish Opco, German Opco and Dutch Opco shall take any action or do anything that could result in Dutch FleetCo being considered a fictitious company.

 

  4.2.30

France Repayment Option

Finco may only exercise the VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option if it also simultaneously exercises the FCT Residual Units Purchase Option and vice versa. In addition and in accordance with the Golden Share Put and Call Option Agreement, French Opco shall request the Golden Shareholder to sell the Golden Share in the event of and simultaneously with the exercise by Finco of the VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option and the FCT Residual Units Purchase Option.

 

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  4.2.31

Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions

The Avis Obligors will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Avis Obligors and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions. No borrowing or use of proceeds will directly or, knowingly, indirectly violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions, to the extent that such Anti-Corruption Law or Sanction are legally applicable to such borrowing or use of proceeds.

 

4.3

General Undertakings of FleetCos

Each FleetCo (other than French FleetCo) in relation to itself only covenants and undertakes to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) and the Issuer Security Trustee (for itself and on behalf of the Issuer Secured Creditors) the undertakings specified in this Clause 4.3 (General Undertakings of FleetCos).

French FleetCo in relation to itself only covenants and undertakes to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) and the Issuer Security Trustee (for itself and on behalf of the Issuer Secured Creditors) the undertakings specified in this Clause 4.3 (General Undertakings of FleetCos), provided that, the reference to “Initial Funding Date” in Clause 4.3.1 (Country Asset Value Test) shall be deemed to be reference to the “Initial French Funding Date” and the references to “Initial Funding Date” in Clauses 4.3.14 (No Security Interests), 4.3.15 (No Disposals), 4.3.25 (Borrowings) and 4.3.29 (Separateness Covenants) shall be deemed to be reference to the “French Accession Date”.

 

  4.3.1

Country Asset Value Test

With effect on and from the Initial Funding Date, it shall at all times comply with the Country Asset Value Test relevant to each FleetCo.

 

  4.3.2

Books of Account

It shall at all times be managed as a standalone entity and shall keep and maintain such books of account and records separate from any other person or entity, as may be necessary to comply with all applicable laws and so as to enable the financial statements of each FleetCo to be prepared.

 

  4.3.3

Access

It shall, so far as permitted by applicable law, allow the FleetCo Security Agent (on behalf of itself and the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditors) and/or accountants or other professional advisers and contractors of the FleetCo Security Agent free access at all reasonable times and on reasonable notice to the assets, books, accounts and records of such FleetCo.

 

  4.3.4

FleetCo Event of Default

It shall notify the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent of the occurrence of:

 

  (i)

any FleetCo Event of Default (or an Italian Opco Event of Default in relation to Italian FleetCo) promptly on becoming aware of its occurrence; and

 

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  (ii)

any event of default under a master lease agreement or servicing agreement promptly on becoming aware of the same.

 

  4.3.5

Financial Statements

It shall supply to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent as soon as they are available, but in any event within the applicable prescribed statutory period for delivery of its financial statements after the end of its financial year, its audited annual financial statements (prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles) for that financial year, unless disclosure would at that time breach any laws, regulation or stock exchange requirement or rules of any applicable regulatory body to which it is subject. Each set of annual financial statements shall be certified by a director of the relevant FleetCo, as the case may be, as giving a true and fair view of its financial condition as at the date at which those financial statements were drawn up.

 

  4.3.6

FleetCo Compliance Certificate

It shall, (i) at the time of the despatch to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent of its audited annual financial statements, (ii) within 14 days of a reasonable request by the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent and (iii) at such times as set out in Clause 13.2 (Delivery of Compliance Certificates on each Reporting Date) below, deliver a FleetCo Compliance Certificate signed by its authorised signatory to the Transaction Agent, the Issuer, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager.

 

  4.3.7

Conduct

It shall at all times carry on and conduct its affairs in compliance with any applicable Requirement of Law or direction or requirement of any governmental or regulatory authority from time to time in force in The Netherlands, Italy or France (as applicable) or in any other jurisdiction in which it carries on business and in compliance with its constitutional documents and to conduct its own business in its own name.

 

  4.3.8

Consents

It shall obtain, comply with the terms of and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect all authorisations, approvals, licences and consents necessary under any Requirement of Law or any requirement or direction of any governmental or regulatory authority from time to time in force in The Netherlands, Italy and France (as applicable) or in any other applicable jurisdiction:

 

  (i)

in connection with its business; and

 

  (ii)

subject to the Reservations, to enable it lawfully to enter into and perform its obligations under the Relevant Transaction Documents to which it is a party or to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Relevant Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

  4.3.9

Information to Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee

It shall, so far as permitted by applicable law, at all times give to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee such information, opinions, certificates and other evidence as each may reasonably require (including, without limitation, the FleetCo Compliance Certificate referred to above in Clause 4.3.6 (FleetCo Compliance Certificate)) for the purposes of the discharge of the duties, trusts, powers, authorities and discretions vested in the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee (as applicable) by or pursuant to the Relevant Transaction Document.

 

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  4.3.10

Execution of Further Documents

It shall execute such further documents and perform such further acts as may be incidental to, or necessary in the opinion of the FleetCo Security Agent acting reasonably to give effect to, the Relevant Transaction Documents.

 

  4.3.11

Taxes

It shall at all times use its best efforts to minimise taxes and any other costs arising in connection with its activities.

 

  4.3.12

Liability to Tax

It shall, upon becoming aware, promptly give notice to the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent of the following:

 

  (i)

if it is required by law to effect a Tax Deduction in respect of any payment due in respect of any of the FleetCo Advances; or

 

  (ii)

if it would not be entitled to relief for Tax purposes in The Netherlands, Spain, Italy or France for any material amount (other than repayments of principal) which it is obliged to pay, or is treated as receiving for Tax purposes in The Netherlands, Spain, Italy or France (as applicable) under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,

and take such action as may be required by the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent in respect thereof.

 

  4.3.13

Tax Residence and Permanent Establishment

It shall not do any act or thing, the effect of which would be to make it resident, or cause it to have a permanent establishment, branch or agency, for Tax purposes in any jurisdiction other than: (i) in respect of Dutch FleetCo, The Netherlands (in respect of its Tax Residence) and in Spain (in respect of its permanent establishment); (ii) in respect of Italian FleetCo, Italy; and (iii) in respect of French FleetCo, France.

 

  4.3.14

No Security Interests

With effect on and from the Initial Funding Date, it shall not create or permit to subsist any Security Interest in respect of the FleetCo Bank Accounts or any of its assets, rights and interests other than (i) pursuant to the FleetCo Security Documents to which it is a party and (ii) those arising by operation of law.

 

  4.3.15

No Disposals

With effect on and from the Initial Funding Date, it shall not enter into a transaction or series of transactions (whether or not related and whether voluntary or involuntary) to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset, or assign any Transaction Document other than as contemplated under the FleetCo Transaction Documents.

 

  4.3.16

No Variation and Termination of Relevant Transaction Documents

 

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It shall, save with the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent, not:

 

  (i)

terminate, repudiate, rescind or discharge any Transaction Document to which it is a party;

 

  (ii)

vary, novate, amend, modify, exercise any powers of consent or waive any provision of any Transaction Document to which it is a party;

 

  (iii)

permit any person to do any of the things specified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above; or

 

  (iv)

permit any person who has obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party to be released from such obligations other than in accordance with the terms of the applicable FleetCo Transaction Document and any applicable direction or Requirement of Law or requirement of any governmental or regulatory authority from time to time.

 

  4.3.17

Required Filing

It shall at all times make all filings with all governmental and regulatory authorities in compliance with any applicable direction or Requirement of Law or requirement of any governmental or regulatory authority from time to time in force in its jurisdiction of incorporation or in any other jurisdiction in which it carries on business.

 

  4.3.18

Exercise Rights

It shall preserve and/or exercise and/or enforce its rights and/or shall procure that the same are preserved, exercised or enforced on its behalf under and pursuant to the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

  4.3.19

Change of Taxing Jurisdiction

It shall, if it becomes subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of any territory or any political subdivision thereof or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax other than or in addition to The Netherlands, Spain, Italy or France (as applicable) immediately upon becoming aware thereof notify the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent of such event and (unless the FleetCo Security Agent otherwise agrees) enter forthwith into a supplemental agreement hereto, giving to the FleetCo Security Agent an undertaking or covenant in form and manner satisfactory to the FleetCo Security Agent in terms corresponding to the terms of the relevant FleetCo Transaction Documents to which it is a party with the substitution for (or, as the case may be, the addition to) the references therein to The Netherlands, Spain, Italy or France (as applicable) of references to that other or additional territory to whose taxing jurisdiction, or that of a political subdivision thereof or an authority therein or thereof, such FleetCo shall have become subject as aforesaid.

 

  4.3.20

Authorised Signatories

It shall, upon the execution hereof and thereafter forthwith upon any change of the same, deliver to the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent a list of its authorised signatories, together with specimen signatures of the same.

 

  4.3.21

Notification of Legal Proceedings

 

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It shall immediately notify the Transaction Agent if any legal proceedings are instituted against it by any of its creditors or in respect of any of its property, assets or undertakings.

 

  4.3.22

Join in Legal Proceedings

It shall, if the FleetCo Security Agent so requires, join in any legal proceedings brought by the FleetCo Security Agent against any person relating to any of such FleetCo’s property, assets or undertakings.

 

  4.3.23

Centre of Main Interests

It shall conduct its business and affairs such that, at all times:

 

  (i)

its “centre of main interests”, as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation, is in:

 

  (a)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo, The Netherlands;

 

  (b)

in respect of Italian FleetCo, Italy; and

 

  (c)

in respect of French FleetCo, France; and

 

  (ii)

it has no “establishment”, as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the EU Insolvency Regulation, or branch office other than:

 

  (a)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo, The Netherlands and Spain (to the extent such “establishment” is required and permitted under and in accordance with the FleetCo Transaction Documents to which Dutch FleetCo is party);

 

  (b)

in respect of Italian FleetCo, Italy; and

 

  (c)

in respect of French FleetCo, France.

 

  4.3.24

Corporate Seat

It shall, at all times, maintain its corporate seat in:

 

  (i)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo, The Netherlands;

 

  (ii)

in respect of Italian FleetCo, Italy; and

 

  (iii)

in respect of French FleetCo, France.

 

  4.3.25

Borrowings

With effect on and from the Initial Funding Date, it shall not, except in respect of the FleetCo Advances or any other financing as contemplated under the FleetCo Transaction Documents to which it is a party, incur or permit to subsist any Financial Indebtedness or give any guarantee or indemnities in respect of Financial Indebtedness or of any other obligation of any person.

 

  4.3.26

Merger

It shall not consolidate or merge with any other person or convey, transfer or assign its properties or assets substantially as an entirety to any other person (other than as contemplated under the FleetCo Transaction Documents to which it is a party or with the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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  4.3.27

Acquisitions

It shall not acquire or have any interest in any company or any shares or a business or undertaking (or, in each case, any interest in any of them).

 

  4.3.28

FleetCo Bank Accounts

 

  (i)

It shall maintain:

 

  (a)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch:

 

  (I)

the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Transaction Account; and

 

  (II)

the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Reserve Account (if any);

 

  (b)

in respect of Dutch FleetCo:

 

  (I)

the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account;

 

  (II)

the VAT Component and Charge Costs Component Trust Account;

 

  (III)

the Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account (if any);

 

  (IV)

the Dutch Bank Account;

 

  (V)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account; and

 

  (VI)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account (if any);

 

  (c)

in respect of Italian FleetCo:

 

  (I)

the Italian Transaction Account;

 

  (II)

the Italian Dedicated Financing Account;

 

  (III)

the Italian FleetCo Reserve Account (if any); and

 

  (d)

in respect of French FleetCo:

 

  (I)

the French FleetCo Transaction Account; and

 

  (II)

the French FleetCo Reserve Account (if any),

and shall not have an interest in any other bank account, unless such account is charged to the FleetCo Security Agent on terms acceptable to it and such bank account is opened in accordance with the relevant Account Bank Agreement.

 

  (ii)

It shall deposit or transfer all amounts received by it into: (i) in respect of Italian FleetCo, the Italian Transaction Account or the Italian Dedicated Financing Account (as applicable); (ii) in respect of Dutch FleetCo, the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Transaction Account, the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account or the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account (as applicable); and (iii) in respect of French FleetCo, the French FleetCo Transaction Account.

 

  (iii)

No FleetCo shall (without the prior written consent of the Transaction Agent) make any investments in respect of moneys standing to the credit of any FleetCo Bank Account, save that:

 

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  (a)

Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch may make Permitted Investments in respect of the moneys standing to the credit of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Reserve Account (if any);

 

  (b)

Dutch FleetCo may make Permitted Investments in respect of the moneys standing to the credit of the Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account or the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account (if any);

 

  (c)

Italian FleetCo may make Permitted Investments in respect of the moneys standing to the credit of the Italian FleetCo Reserve Account (if any); and

 

  (d)

French FleetCo may make Permitted Investments in respect of the moneys standing to the credit of the French FleetCo Reserve Account (if any).

 

  4.3.29

Separateness Covenants

It shall hold itself out as a separate entity and shall:

 

  (i)

maintain its corporate books and records separately from any other person or entity;

 

  (ii)

maintain its accounts separate from those of any other person or entity;

 

  (iii)

with effect on and from the Initial Funding Date, not engage in any activity whatsoever which is not incidental to or necessary in connection with any of the activities in which the Relevant Transaction Documents provide or envisage that it may engage;

 

  (iv)

not commingle assets with those of any other entity;

 

  (v)

deal with other Transaction Parties and third parties (if any) on arm’s length terms;

 

  (vi)

maintain separate financial statements;

 

  (vii)

pay its own liabilities out of its own funds;

 

  (viii)

observe all corporate, partnership or other formalities required by its constituting documents;

 

  (ix)

not acquire obligations or securities of shareholders;

 

  (x)

use separate stationery, invoices and cheques;

 

  (xi)

not have any employees;

 

  (xii)

correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity;

 

  (xiii)

not reduce its share capital;

 

  (xiv)

from the date hereof, not set up any subsidiaries;

 

  (xv)

have no premises, save that (a) in respect of Dutch FleetCo, it may lease its office premises in The Netherlands pursuant to the Dutch FleetCo Premises Lease Agreement, (b) in respect of Italian FleetCo, it may lease its office premises in Italy from the Avis Italian Servicer and (c) in respect of French FleetCo, it may lease its office premises in France from the French Servicer; and

 

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  (xvi)

not amend, supplement or otherwise modify its constitutive documents without the prior consent of the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

  4.3.30

Independent Director

Dutch FleetCo shall at all times maintain only independent directors.

 

  4.3.31

FleetCo Security Agent’s Directions

It shall obtain the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent before exercising any discretion it may have relating to amending, modifying or granting waivers or consents in relation to the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

  4.3.32

Priority of Payments in respect of its Bank Accounts

It shall instruct (or it shall procure that the relevant Servicer instructs) the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator, the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator, the Italian FleetCo Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank, the Dutch FleetCo Account Bank Operator (as applicable), the French FleetCo Account Bank and the French FleetCo Account Bank Operator (as applicable) to apply its available funds on each Settlement Date (or, in the case of amounts expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision for application of available funds on such date) in accordance with the relevant FleetCo Priority of Payments.

 

  4.3.33

Compliance with Transaction Documents

It shall at all times comply with and perform all its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (including, without limitation, the Vehicle Purchasing Agreements to which it is a party) and use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the other Transaction Parties, other than the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee, comply with and perform all their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

  4.3.34

Dividends or Distributions

 

  (i)

Dutch FleetCo shall not pay any dividend (other than pursuant to Clause 4.3.46 (Dutch Bank Account)), make any other distribution to its shareholders or issue any further shares or alter any rights attaching to the shares of Dutch FleetCo.

 

  (ii)

Italian FleetCo shall not pay any dividend (other than any dividend paid out of the aggregate retained Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Italian FleetCo after the payment of any Italian corporate tax and regional productive activities tax in respect of the relevant financial year of Italian FleetCo), make any other distribution to Italian FleetCo’s shareholders or issue any further shares or alter any rights attaching to the shares of Italian FleetCo.

 

  (iii)

French FleetCo shall not pay any dividend (other than any dividend paid out of the aggregate retained Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of French FleetCo after the payment of any French corporate tax and regional productive activities tax in respect of the relevant financial year of French FleetCo), make any other distribution to French FleetCo’s shareholders or issue any further shares or alter any rights attaching to the shares of French FleetCo.

 

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  4.3.35

Waiver or Consent

Unless with the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent or otherwise in accordance with the Transaction Documents, no FleetCo shall permit any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party to become invalid or ineffective or the priority of the Security created thereby to be reduced, amended, terminated or discharged.

 

  4.3.36

Tax Deed of Covenant

Each FleetCo shall:

 

  (i)

comply with the terms of the Tax Deed of Covenant;

 

  (ii)

notify the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer and the Transaction Agent of any breach of, or inability to comply with, the obligations set out in the Tax Deed of Covenant as a result of a change in, or in the interpretation of, application or administration of any tax law or regulation of any agency or similar organisation;

 

  (iii)

notify the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer and the Transaction Agent of a FleetCo’s inability to make a payment of tax and which would, if not paid when due, make it likely that a non-payment FleetCo Event of Default would occur; and

 

  (iv)

undertake to use best endeavours to mitigate the effect of any relevant non-compliance or change of tax law.

 

  4.3.37

Insurances

 

  (i)

Each FleetCo shall (and shall procure that its Servicer) ensure compliance by the relevant Lessee of its obligations under the relevant Master Lease Agreement.

 

  (ii)

Upon knowledge of the occurrence of an event giving rise to a claim under any of the Insurance Policies, each FleetCo shall (and shall procure that its Servicer) arrange for a claim to be filed with the relevant insurance company or underwriters and provide assistance in attempting to bring the claim to a successful conclusion.

 

  (iii)

Each FleetCo shall procure that the Insurance Policies are renewed or (as the case may be) replaced in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the relevant Insurance Policy (as defined in the relevant Master Lease Agreement).

 

  4.3.38

Vehicle Purchasing Agreements

 

  (i)

No FleetCo may amend or waive any provision of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement other than in accordance with the relevant Servicing Agreement or the relevant Master Lease Agreement (as applicable).

 

  (ii)

Each FleetCo shall renew (or procure such renewal) each Vehicle Purchasing Agreement and each supplemental agreement thereto in accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement or Master Lease Agreement (as applicable) to which it is a party.

 

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  (iii)

Upon the occurrence of a FleetCo Event of Default, no FleetCo may (and each FleetCo shall ensure that no Opco may) pay any Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer or German Opco or Dutch Opco (as the case may be) any amount of purchase price for any Vehicle other than for a Vehicle where such FleetCo is contractually obliged to make such payment and only where any such Vehicle relates to an Operating Document or any Vehicle subject to such Operating Document.

 

  4.3.39

Depreciation

Italian FleetCo shall ensure that it depreciates the Vehicles in its Vehicle Fleet in its financial statements in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

 

  4.3.40

Transferability of Certain Rights

In the event that any Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement, in each case in respect of Vehicles in Spain and Italy (as applicable), contains one or more provisions requiring consent of any party (other than that of the FleetCo benefiting from such agreement) in order for a FleetCo to be able to transfer its right, interest and/or benefit thereunder, such FleetCo shall use its best efforts to renegotiate such agreement (including at the time of its renewal) in order that such provision(s) be removed and each FleetCo shall use its best efforts to procure that any new Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement entered into by it or from which it benefits does not contain any provision restricting its ability to freely and validly transfer its right, interest, benefit and/or other rights thereunder.

 

  4.3.41

Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement and Italian VAT Sharing Agreement

The Italian FleetCo shall not amend, modify, waive or consent to any amendment, modification or waiver of any terms in the Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement or the Italian VAT Sharing Agreement without the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

 

  4.3.42

FleetCo Profit Margin

Each FleetCo agrees that it will not agree to increase the FleetCo Profit Margin to an amount exceeding 0.0004 without the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

  4.3.43

Withdrawals from FleetCo Bank Accounts

Subject to the provisions of the German Trust Agreement (with respect to Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in Germany only), no FleetCo may withdraw any amount from its bank accounts other than:

 

  (a)

on a Settlement Date in accordance with relevant FleetCo Priority of Payments;

 

  (b)

on any date which is not a Settlement Date, provided that the amount to be withdrawn on such other date is an Excluded Payment or has been provisioned for by the relevant FleetCo Servicer on the immediately preceding Settlement Date in accordance with the relevant FleetCo Priority of Payments;

 

  (c)

on any date which is not a Settlement Date, provided that the amounts proposed to be withdrawn shall be applied solely to making repayments of principal of a relevant FleetCo Advance on the relevant FleetCo Advance Repayment Date; or

 

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  (d)

on any date which is not a Settlement Date, provided that:

 

  (i)

the amounts proposed to be withdrawn shall be applied solely to make payments to the Vehicle Manufacturers or Vehicle Dealers (as applicable) under the relevant Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which such FleetCo is a party (or, in the case of Germany, German Opco is party) or in respect of which such FleetCo has benefits; and

 

  (ii)

any one of the following conditions is satisfied:

 

  A.

the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding on such date is less than or equal to the Senior Note Limit on such date;

 

  B.

if the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding is more than the Senior Note Limit immediately prior to the proposed withdrawal, on or prior to 2:00 p.m. (CET) 4 Business Days prior to such proposed withdrawal:

 

  (x)

an Intra-Month Central Servicer Report has been provided by the Central Servicer to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent; and

 

  (y)

the Transaction Agent has confirmed to the Central Servicer on or prior to the third Business Day prior to the proposed withdrawal that (so far as it is aware and based on the Intra-Month Central Servicer Report received in (x) above) the Country Asset Value Test and the Issuer Borrowing Base Test, in each case taking into account the proposed withdrawal by the FleetCos, have been complied with by the Issuer and the relevant FleetCo; or

 

  C.

such amounts do not exceed Euro [Redacted] in aggregate (and when aggregated with withdrawals by any other FleetCo pursuant to this paragraph (C) only) during any period from a Settlement Date to the immediately succeeding Settlement Date.

For the purposes of this Clause 4.3.43 (Withdrawals from FleetCo Bank Accounts), “Senior Note Limit” means, on the date of proposed withdrawal under paragraph (d) above, the higher of:

 

  A.

an amount equal to:

 

  (i)

Senior Notes Maximum Amount; less

 

  (ii)

the aggregate of (x) the Issuer Excess Cash Amount and (y) the aggregate of the FleetCo Excess Cash Amount in Spain, the FleetCo Excess Cash Amount in Germany, the FleetCo Excess Cash Amount in Italy, the FleetCo Excess Cash Amount in The Netherlands and the FleetCo Excess Cash Amount in France; and

 

  B.

zero.

 

  4.3.44

Covenants and Undertakings under Operating Documents

 

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Each FleetCo shall comply with the covenants and undertakings given by it in the Operating Documents to which it is a party.

 

  4.3.45

Dutch Corporate Account

Dutch FleetCo shall ensure that no amount shall be deposited or transferred into the Dutch Bank Account other than:

 

  (i)

amounts equal to the share capital of Dutch FleetCo; and

 

  (ii)

the amounts specified in items (i) to (vi) of Clause 4.3.46 (Dutch Bank Account) below.

 

  4.3.46

Dutch Bank Account

Dutch FleetCo shall instruct the Dutch Account Bank to apply funds received by Dutch FleetCo under each of:

 

  (i)

item (d) (Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount) after the payment of the relevant corporate Tax in Spain and item (f)(iii) (Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses) of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments;

 

  (ii)

item (d) (Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount) and item (f)(iii) (Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses) of the Dutch FleetCo German Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments;

 

  (iii)

item (d) (Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount) and item (f)(iii) (Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses) of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments;

 

  (iv)

items (f)(ii) (Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount) and (f)(iii) (Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses) of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments;

 

  (v)

items (f)(ii) (Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount) and (f)(iii) (Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses) of the Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments; and

 

  (vi)

items (f)(ii) (Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount) and (f)(iii) (Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses) of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments,

on each Settlement Date (or, in the case of amounts which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision for the application of available funds on such date) as follows, in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

  (a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction of amounts of Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses due and payable;

 

  (b)

secondly, in payment or satisfaction of any Tax due and payable by Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands; and

 

  (c)

thirdly, in payment of a dividend to the shareholders of Dutch FleetCo

(such application of funds, the “Dutch Bank Account Priority of Payments”).

 

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  4.3.47

Reporting Covenants

Each FleetCo shall (or shall procure that its related Servicer or the Central Servicer) deliver each relevant FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report in respect of such FleetCo on each Reporting Date to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent.

 

  4.3.48

“Know Your Customer” Checks

 

  (i)

If:

 

  (a)

the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;

 

  (b)

any change in the status of a FleetCo or the composition of the shareholders of a FleetCo after the date of this Agreement; or

 

  (c)

a proposed assignment or transfer by a Senior Noteholder of any of its rights and/or obligations under the Transaction Document to which such Senior Noteholder is a party to a party that is not a Senior Noteholder prior to such assignment or transfer,

obliges the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent or any Senior Noteholder (or, in the case of paragraph (c) above, any prospective new Senior Noteholder) to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, each FleetCo shall, promptly upon the written request of the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent or any Senior Noteholder, supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself or on behalf of any FleetCo Secured Creditors) or Senior Noteholder (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (c) above, on behalf of any prospective new Senior Noteholder) in order for the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent, such Senior Noteholder or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (c) above, any prospective new Senior Noteholder to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any relevant person pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents.

 

  (ii)

Each Senior Noteholder shall, promptly upon the written request of the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent, supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent in order for the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent (as applicable) to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or other checks on Senior Noteholders or prospective new Senior Noteholders pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents.

 

  4.3.49

Spain specific covenants and undertakings

 

  (i)

Dutch FleetCo shall not take any action or do anything that could result in it and Spanish Opco being members of the same “group” of companies in accordance with article 42.1 of the Spanish Commercial Code. Dutch FleetCo shall not take any action or do anything that could result in it being considered a fictitious company.

 

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  (ii)

Dutch FleetCo shall, upon the reasonable request of the FleetCo Security Agent or the Liquidation Agent (or any of its agents or Affiliates), produce without delay satisfactory evidence of the ownership of its Vehicle Fleet in Spain.

 

  (iii)

Dutch FleetCo shall ensure that the information relating to its Spanish branch filed at the Spanish Commercial Registry is at all times true, accurate, complete and not misleading.

 

  4.3.50

The Netherlands specific covenants and undertakings

 

  (i)

Dutch FleetCo shall not, without the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent, amend, modify or waive any terms of the Dutch FleetCo Premises Lease Agreement other than where such amendments or modifications are to correct a manifest error or are of a minor, formal or technical nature, and provided that Dutch FleetCo may renew such Dutch FleetCo Premises Lease Agreement on substantially the same terms without the consent of the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

  (ii)

Dutch FleetCo shall ensure that all decisions by its managing directors and general meeting are taken in the Netherlands.

 

  4.3.51

France specific covenants and undertakings

 

  (i)

French FleetCo shall ensure that all decisions by its director and general meeting are taken in France.

 

  (ii)

French FleetCo shall ensure that all its correspondence be sent in its own name.

 

  (iii)

French FleetCo shall not engage in contracts with creditors under which French FleetCo would not appear as an entity clearly separated from the other entities of the Avis Group.

 

  4.3.52

Vehicles outside the European Community

Italian FleetCo and French FleetCo shall not purchase any Vehicle from countries outside the European Union and Dutch FleetCo and Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch shall not purchase any Vehicle from countries outside the European Economic Area, unless, in each case, it (or the relevant FleetCo Servicer on its behalf) has given reasonable prior notice to the Transaction Agent of such proposed purchase and the Central Servicer has delivered a legal memorandum to the Transaction Agent relating to such purchase in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent prior to such proposed purchase (and, if the Transaction Agent is not satisfied with the potential consequences of such purchase, the Transaction Agent’s consent shall be required for such purchase).

 

  4.3.53

Dutch FleetCo Security

Dutch FleetCo shall promptly notify any person that attaches (beslag leggen) any of its assets which are subject to Security or makes any claim in respect of any of its assets which are subject to the Security (or attempts or expresses an intention to do so), as well as any liquidator (curator) and administrator (bewindvoerder), of the Security (and, in the case of an oral notification, confirm it in writing).

 

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  4.3.54

Sanctions

It will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the loan hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture or other Person or entity, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Country, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the loan hereunder, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, lender, hedge provider, facility or security agent or otherwise).

 

4.4

Sanctions in relation to UniCredit Bank AG

Any provision in Clause 3 (Representations and Warranties) and Clause 4 (General Undertakings) which, directly or indirectly, relates to sanctions, embargos or boycotts against another country or grants rights or imposes obligations in view of such sanctions, embargos or boycotts against another country (the “Sanctions Provisions”) shall only apply to or be for the benefit of UniCredit Bank AG as Senior Noteholder if and to the extent that the Sanctions Provisions, their application or exercise of rights thereunder do not result in any violation of, conflict with or liability under Section 7 of the German Foreign Trade Regulations (Aussenwirtschaftverordnung – AVW), Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) 2271/1996 (EU Blocking Statute) or any similar anti-boycott law, statute or regulation applicable to UniCredit Bank AG.

 

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Section 4

Scheduled Amortisation, Country Repayment Option, Consequences of Defaults

 

5

Scheduled Amortisation

 

5.1

Extension of Revolving Period

 

  5.1.1

The Central Servicer or the Parent may request the extension of the Revolving Period to a date (such date being the “New Scheduled Amortisation Date”) falling after the Original Scheduled Amortisation Commencement by written request to each of the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent (the “Extension Request”) not less than [Redacted] prior to the Original Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date setting out the proposed terms to apply to the extended Revolving Period.

 

  5.1.2

Following receipt by the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent of an Extension Request in accordance with Clause 5.1.1 above, the Central Servicer, the Parent, the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent shall enter into a [Redacted] negotiation period (the “Negotiation Period”) with a view to reaching agreement on the terms to apply to the extended Revolving Period.

 

  5.1.3

If, within [Redacted] of the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent receiving an Extension Request:

 

  (a)

each Senior Noteholder shall notify the Central Servicer and the Parent (with a copy to the Issuer, the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Security Trustee) that each such Senior Noteholder is willing to accept the extension of the Revolving Period on the terms agreed with the Parent and/or the Central Servicer; and

 

  (b)

each such Senior Noteholder enters into a commitment and/or renewal agreement with the Issuer in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent,

the Revolving Period shall be extended upon such terms.

 

  5.1.4

If any Senior Noteholder has declined the Extension Request and has not indicated that it intends to transfer its Senior Note to another person willing to agree to such Extension Request or has not responded at all to the Extension Request before the end of the Negotiation Period (the “Selling Senior Noteholder”), the Central Servicer and/or the Parent may, by giving notice to the Issuer Cash Manager, the Transaction Agent and the Issuer by no later than the date falling two Business Days after the end of the Negotiation Period, request that the other Senior Noteholders purchase each Senior Note held by the Selling Senior Noteholder.

Each other Senior Noteholder (the “Purchasing Senior Noteholder”) shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase all or part of such Senior Note at a price equal to the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding of the relevant Senior Note plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon.

 

  5.1.5

If more than one Senior Noteholder wishes to purchase the Senior Note held by the Selling Senior Noteholder, the Issuer, with the prior written consent of Finco and/or the Parent, may elect which Senior Noteholder(s) shall be the Purchasing Senior Noteholder(s) or whether the Senior Note held by the Selling Senior Noteholder shall be divided between such Senior Noteholders and the amounts that will be sold to each of them.

 

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  5.1.6

If any Senior Noteholder does not agree to such extension (or does not respond to the Extension Request within the relevant period and so is deemed not to agree) and subsequently does not transfer all of its Senior Note in accordance with Clause 5.1.4 above, as applicable, to a person who agrees to such extension, the Revolving Period shall not be extended.

 

  5.1.7

If any recipient of any request (as referred to above in this Clause 5.1 (Extension of Revolving Period)), including an Extension Request, does not respond to any such request within the relevant time period, such recipient shall be deemed to have notified the relevant sender of such request that the recipient has declined the request.

 

  5.1.8

For the avoidance of doubt, the Central Servicer and Parent may enter into refinancing arrangements with parties who are not Senior Noteholders and may procure the repayment in whole of the Senior Advances and other amounts due and payable by the Issuer on the Original Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date in accordance with the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments.

 

5.2

Scheduled Amortisation Period

During the Scheduled Amortisation Period:

 

  (i)

(A) (a) the Issuer may only request Senior Advances, (b) the Issuer may only make FleetCo Advances, (c) the Issuer may only make VFN Advances and (d) each FleetCo may only request FleetCo Advances if, in each case, the proceeds of such FleetCo Advance, Senior Advances and VFN Advances shall be ultimately applied by the relevant FleetCo solely for the purposes of funding the purchase of Vehicles for which such FleetCo is contractually bound prior to the expiry of the Revolving Period; and (B) the Issuer may reborrow a Senior Advance on the relevant Senior Advance Repayment Date for the purpose of refinancing such maturing Senior Advance, provided that the amount of the new Senior Advance(s) requested shall be no greater than the amount of the maturing Senior Advance less any amount of such maturing Senior Advance that has been repaid by the Issuer on or prior to such Senior Advance Repayment Date and such reborrowing shall be in accordance with clause 9.1.3.B of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement;

 

  (ii)

no FleetCo may purchase or order further Vehicles under any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party (or, in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in Germany, under the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement and, in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands, under the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement), save for the Vehicles in respect of which the relevant FleetCo is contractually bound on or prior to the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date to make a purchase or order;

 

  (iii)

no Opco may request further Vehicles for lease under any Master Lease Agreement save for in relation to the Vehicles in respect of which the relevant FleetCo was contractually bound on or prior to the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date to make a purchase or order and so purchased or ordered pursuant to Clause 5.2(ii) above;

 

  (iv)

repayments by FleetCos under the respective FleetCo Facility Agreements and repayments by the Issuer under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement shall continue to be made;

 

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  (v)

no payments shall be permitted to be made by the Issuer to the Subordinated Lender until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date; and

 

  (vi)

payments by the Issuer shall be made in accordance with the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments.

 

6

Country Repayment Option

 

6.1

Selective Rapid Amortisation

 

  6.1.1

Finco has the right but is not obliged to exercise the Italy Repayment Option, the Spain Repayment Option or the France Repayment Option (as applicable).

 

  6.1.2

If Finco does not exercise the Italy Repayment Option, the Spain Repayment Option or the France Repayment Option within the relevant grace period relating to the relevant TRO Default, the Rapid Amortisation Period shall commence in relation to the Senior Notes and the applicable FleetCo Facility Agreements or the VFN Funding Agreement (as applicable).

 

  6.1.3

If Finco exercises:

 

  (a)

the Spain Repayment Option within the relevant grace period relating to the relevant TRO Default and the Central Servicer and Finco have received the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on behalf of the Issuer) in respect of the Spain Repayment Option, Clause 9 (Rapid Amortisation) shall apply in respect of the FleetCo Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement only;

 

  (b)

the Italy Repayment Option within the grace period relating to the relevant TRO Default and the Central Servicer and Finco have received the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on behalf of the Issuer) in respect of the Italy Repayment Option, Finco may determine in its sole discretion whether Clause 9 (Rapid Amortisation) will apply in respect of the FleetCo Advances under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement; and

 

  (c)

the France Repayment Option within the grace period relating to the relevant TRO Default and the Central Servicer and Finco have received the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on behalf of the Issuer) in respect of the France Repayment Option, Finco may determine in its sole discretion whether Clause 9 (Rapid Amortisation) will apply in respect of the VFN Advances under the VFN Funding Agreement.

 

6.2

Types of Country Repayment Option

 

  6.2.1

Spain

 

  (i)

Following the occurrence of a TRO Default but prior to such TRO Default becoming an Event of Default in relation to Dutch FleetCo (in respect of Spain only) or Spanish Opco, the Subordinated Lender may make an additional Issuer Subordinated Advance (the “Spain TRO Additional Issuer Subordinated Advance”) to the Issuer under the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement in an amount specified in paragraph (ii) below.

 

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  (ii)

Subject to paragraph (vi) below, the Issuer shall, following receipt of such Spain TRO Additional Issuer Subordinated Advance, use the proceeds thereof to repay in full:

 

  A.

all outstanding Senior Advances to Senior Noteholders on the relevant Senior Advance Repayment Date of such Senior Advances in an amount corresponding to the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding (and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon) of the FleetCo Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement, such amount; and

 

  B.

the part of the outstanding Subordinated Debt corresponding to the outstanding FleetCo Advances under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement,

such amounts in (A) and (B) above as notified by the Transaction Agent to the Central Servicer, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager as soon as practicable following the occurrence of the relevant TRO Default and in any event by no later than:

 

  (a)

(in respect of a TRO Default in paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “Event of Default”) 1 Business Day following such occurrence; and

 

  (b)

(in respect of any other TRO Default) 2 Business Days following such occurrence,

in each case, provided that the Transaction Agent has been notified of such occurrence and has available to it the relevant information to calculate or determine such amounts.

 

  (iii)

Following receipt in full by the Issuer of the Spain TRO Additional Issuer Subordinated Advance, the Issuer shall (or shall procure that the Issuer Cash Manager shall) notify the Transaction Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco of such receipt by delivering to the Transaction Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco a TRO Proceeds Confirmation on:

 

  (a)

if received before 5:00 p.m. (GMT), the same day as the receipt by the Issuer of such amounts; and

 

  (b)

if received at or after 5:00 p.m. (GMT), by 11:00 a.m. (GMT) on the next Business Day after receipt by the Issuer of such amounts.

 

  (iv)

Upon and following receipt of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) pursuant to paragraph (iii) above by the Transaction Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco:

 

  (a)

the attorneys appointed under the Spain TRO Power of Attorney shall be entitled to exercise any power and authority pursuant to the Spain TRO Power of Attorney;

 

  (b)

no Liquidation Agent Service Commencement Notice may be served in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in Spain; and

 

  (c)

the Liquidation Agent’s appointment pursuant to the Liquidation Agency Agreement shall be automatically terminated in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in Spain.

 

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  (v)

Following the repayment of the Senior Advances as required under paragraph (ii) above:

 

  A.

all Disposal Proceeds in respect of the Vehicle Fleet in Spain received by the Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch shall be applied in accordance with the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments (the amounts in paragraph (g) (interest) and paragraph (h) (principal) of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments being the “Issuer Spain TRO Amounts”);

 

  B.

the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) shall credit the Issuer Spain TRO Amounts received by the Issuer from Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, into the Issuer Spain TRO Collection Account; and

 

  C.

the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) shall, pursuant to and in accordance with the Issuer Spain TRO Declaration of Trust, apply the amounts standing to the credit of the Issuer Spain TRO Collection Account solely for the purposes of repaying any Spain TRO Additional Issuer Subordinated Advance.

For the avoidance of doubt, the amounts payable by the Issuer under (B) and (C) above shall be paid outside, and not be subject to, any Issuer Priority of Payments.

 

  (vi)

At the election of the Subordinated Lender, the principal amount of the Spain TRO Additional Subordinated Advances to be made by the Subordinated Lender to the Issuer may be reduced by an amount equal to the principal amount of any outstanding Subordinated Advance(s) to be repaid (the “Spain TRO Netted Amount”) by the Issuer to the Subordinated Lender on the relevant Issuer Subordinated Repayment Date (as defined in the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement) relating to the Senior Advance Repayment Date of the Senior Advances referred to in paragraph (ii) above. In such event, the Issuer and the Subordinated Lender agree that the Issuer’s obligations to repay the Spain TRO Netted Amount shall be discharged by the Issuer’s agreement to such reduction and no further amounts shall be payable by the Issuer in respect thereof.

 

  6.2.2

Italy

 

  (i)

Following the exercise of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement Purchase Option, Finco as the transferee or the assignee shall be bound by all the provisions of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement (including the terms incorporated into the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement) and shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties, obligations and limitations of rights as if originally named as “Party” of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement in its capacity as lender to Italian FleetCo.

 

  (ii)

Following receipt of the proceeds received from Finco by the Issuer pursuant to and in accordance with the exercise of the purchase option set out in clause 15.4 (Option) of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement (such proceeds, the “Italy TRO Finco Amounts”), the Issuer shall use such Italy TRO Finco Amounts to repay in full:

 

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  A.

all outstanding Senior Advances on the relevant Senior Advance Repayment Date of such Senior Advances (and any other amounts due and payable by the Issuer) to Senior Noteholders in an amount corresponding to the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding (and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon) of the FleetCo Advances under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement on the relevant Senior Advance Repayment Date of such Senior Advances, such amount as notified by the Transaction Agent to the Central Servicer;

 

  B.

the part of the outstanding Subordinated Debt corresponding to the outstanding FleetCo Advances under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement,

such amounts in (A) and (B) above as notified by the Transaction Agent to the Central Servicer, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager as soon as practicable following the occurrence of the relevant TRO Default and in any event by no later than:

 

  (a)

(in respect of a TRO Default in paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “Event of Default”) 1 Business Day following such occurrence; and

 

  (b)

(in respect of any other TRO Default) 2 Business Days following such occurrence,

provided that the Transaction Agent has been notified of such occurrence and has available to it the relevant information to calculate or determine such amounts.

 

  (iii)

Subject to (v) below, following receipt in full by the Issuer of the Italy TRO Finco Amounts, the Issuer shall (or shall procure that the Issuer Cash Manager shall) notify the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco of such payment by delivering to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco a TRO Proceeds Confirmation on:

 

  (a)

if received before 5:00 p.m. (GMT), the same day as the receipt by the Issuer of such amounts; and

 

  (b)

if received at or after 5:00 p.m. (GMT), by 11:00 a.m. (GMT) on the next Business Day after receipt by the Issuer of such amounts.

 

  (iv)

Upon and following (a) the exercise of the Italy Repayment Option and (b) the receipt of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) by the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco in accordance with paragraph (iii) above:

 

  A.

all references to “Transaction Documents” shall no longer include the Italian Transaction Documents;

 

  B.

no Liquidation Agent Service Commencement Notice may be served in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in Italy; and

 

  C.

the Liquidation Agent’s appointment pursuant to the Liquidation Agency Agreement shall be automatically terminated in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in Italy.

 

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  (v)

At the election of Finco, the principal amount of the Italy TRO Finco Amounts to be made by Finco to the Issuer may be reduced by an amount equal to the principal amount of any outstanding Subordinated Advance to be repaid (the “Italy TRO Netted Amount”) by the Issuer to the Subordinated Lender on the relevant Issuer Subordinated Repayment Date (as defined in the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement) relating to the Senior Advance Repayment Date of the Senior Advances referred to in paragraph (ii) above. In such event, the Issuer and the Subordinated Lender agree that the Issuer’s obligations to repay the Italy TRO Netted Amount shall be discharged by the Issuer’s agreement to such reduction and no further amounts shall be payable by the Issuer in respect thereof.

 

  (vi)

Promptly following (a) the exercise of the Italy Repayment Option and (b) the receipt of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) by the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco in accordance with paragraph (iii) above:

 

  A.

the FleetCo Security Agent shall terminate all FleetCo Italian Security Documents in accordance with the terms thereof; and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Secured Creditors or the FleetCo Security Agent, on behalf of the Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors, shall, at the cost of Italian FleetCo, agree to do and execute, or arrange for the doing and executing of, each act, document and thing requested of it in order to implement and/or give effect to (i) the termination of the FleetCo Italian Security Documents, (ii) the release of the Security granted or created by such FleetCo Italian Security Documents and (iii) the release in full of Italian FleetCo and each Italian Opco from all obligations owed by them under the Transaction Documents to which Italian FleetCo and/or any Italian Opco is a party, in each case, in accordance with the applicable terms thereof.

 

  6.2.3

France

 

  (i)

Following the exercise and settlement of (i) the VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option and (ii) the FCT Residual Units Purchase Option, Finco as the transferee or the assignee shall be bound by (i) all the provisions of the VFN Funding Agreement (including the terms incorporated into the VFN Funding Agreement) and shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties, obligations and limitations of rights as if originally named as “Party” of the VFN Funding Agreement in its capacity as lender to the FCT and (ii) the terms and conditions of the FCT Residual Units, respectively.

 

  (ii)

Following receipt of the proceeds received from Finco by the Issuer pursuant to and in accordance with the exercise of the purchase option set out in (A) Clause 6.2.3(vii) (The VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option) of this Agreement and (B) clause 2 (The FCT Residual Units Purchase Option) of the FCT Residual Units Subscription Form (such proceeds, the “France TRO Finco Amounts”), the Issuer shall use such France TRO Finco Amounts to repay in full:

 

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  A.

all outstanding Senior Advances on the relevant Senior Advance Repayment Date of such Senior Advances (and any other amounts due and payable by the Issuer) to Senior Noteholders in an amount corresponding to the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding (and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon) of the Variable Funding Note under the VFN Funding Agreement on the relevant Senior Advance Repayment Date of such Senior Advances, such amount as notified by the Transaction Agent to the Central Servicer; and

 

  B.

the part of the outstanding Subordinated Debt corresponding to the outstanding principal of the Variable Funding Note under the VFN Funding Agreement,

such amounts in (A) and (B) above as notified by the Transaction Agent to the Central Servicer, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager as soon as practicable following the occurrence of the relevant TRO Default and in any event by no later than:

 

  (a)

(in respect of a TRO Default in paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “Event of Default”) 1 Business Day following such occurrence; and

 

  (b)

(in respect of any other TRO Default) 2 Business Days following such occurrence,

provided that the Transaction Agent has been notified of such occurrence and has available to it the relevant information to calculate or determine such amounts.

 

  (iii)

Subject to (v) below, following receipt in full by the Issuer of the France TRO Finco Amounts, the Issuer shall (or shall procure that the Issuer Cash Manager shall) notify the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco of such payment by delivering to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco a TRO Proceeds Confirmation on:

 

  (a)

if received before 5:00 p.m. (GMT), the same day as the receipt by the Issuer of such amounts; and

 

  (b)

if received at or after 5:00 p.m. (GMT), by 11:00 a.m. (GMT) on the next Business Day after receipt by the Issuer of such amounts.

 

  (iv)

Upon and following (a) the exercise of the France Repayment Option and (b) the receipt of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) by the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco in accordance with paragraph (iii) above:

 

  A.

all references to “Transaction Documents” shall no longer include the French Transaction Documents;

 

  B.

all references to “Avis Obligors”, “OpCos” or “FleetCos” shall no longer include Avis France and French FleetCo;

 

  C.

no Liquidation Agent Service Commencement Notice may be served in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in France;

 

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  D.

the Liquidation Agent’s appointment pursuant to the Liquidation Agency Agreement shall be automatically terminated in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in France;

 

  E.

the French Intermediary Bank shall be totally released from any of its obligations as lender pursuant to the FleetCo French Facility Agreement, other than accrued liabilities, if any; and

 

  F.

any party to the French Transaction Documents (except any Deutsche Bank entities or any entities of the Avis Group) shall consider and negotiate in good faith any amendment to the French Transaction Documents submitted by any entity of the Avis Group. Notwithstanding any provision of the Framework Agreement to the contrary, such amendment to any French Transaction Documents should be made with the approval of the parties to such document only.

 

  (v)

At the election of Finco, the principal amount of the France TRO Finco Amounts to be made by Finco to the Issuer may be reduced by an amount equal to the principal amount of any outstanding Subordinated Advance to be repaid (the “France TRO Netted Amount”) by the Issuer to the Subordinated Lender on the relevant Issuer Subordinated Repayment Date (as defined in the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement) relating to the Senior Advance Repayment Date of the Senior Advances referred to in paragraph (ii) above. In such event, the Issuer and the Subordinated Lender agree that the Issuer’s obligations to repay the France TRO Netted Amount shall be discharged by the Issuer’s agreement to such reduction and no further amounts shall be payable by the Issuer in respect thereof.

 

  (vi)

Promptly following (a) the exercise of the France Repayment Option and (b) the receipt of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) by the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco in accordance with paragraph (iii) above, if so requested by Finco:

 

  A.

the FleetCo Security Agent shall terminate all FleetCo French Security Documents in accordance with the terms thereof; and

 

  B.

the French FleetCo Secured Creditors or the FleetCo Security Agent, on behalf of the French FleetCo Secured Creditors, shall, at the cost of French FleetCo, agree to do and execute, or arrange for the doing and executing of, each act, document and thing requested of it in order to implement and/or give effect to (i) the termination of the FleetCo French Security Documents, (ii) the release of the Security granted or created by such FleetCo French Security Documents and (iii) the release in full of French FleetCo and French Opco from all obligations owed by them under the Transaction Documents to which French FleetCo and/or French Opco is a party, in each case, in accordance with the applicable terms thereof.

 

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  (vii)

The VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option:

 

  (a)

The FCT Noteholder hereby agrees to grant to Finco, which accepts the benefit of, a purchase option pursuant to which Finco is entitled to purchase all (but not part) of the FCT Noteholder’s rights, interest and benefits under the Variable Funding Note and the VFN Funding Agreement for the amount specified in Clause 6.2.3(ii) above as at the date of the exercise of the VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option (the “VFN Purchase Price”) pursuant to the terms and conditions set out herein (the “VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option”). Finco hereby agrees to pay, on the Initial French Funding Date to the FCT Noteholder an amount of Euro [Redacted] as consideration for the granting of the VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option.

 

  (b)

Finco may, following the occurrence of a TRO Default in relation to French FleetCo or French Opco (but prior to such TRO Default becoming an Event of Default) and during the relevant grace period prior to the relevant TRO Default becoming an Event of Default (such event having not been cured or action taken in connection, in either case, to the satisfaction of the FCT Noteholder and the FleetCo Security Agent), by giving not less than 10 (ten) Business Days of notice to the FCT Noteholder and the other parties to the VFN Funding Agreement and specifying the purchase date (the “VFN Purchase Date”) which shall be a Business Day, elect to exercise the VFN Funding Agreement Purchase Option and purchase all (and not part only) of the FCT Noteholder’s rights, interest and benefits under the Variable Funding Note and the VFN Funding Agreement (including, without limitation, any VFN Advances which may be outstanding as at the VFN Purchase Date). Such notice once given is irrevocable.

 

  (c)

On the VFN Purchase Date:

 

  A.

Finco shall pay to the FCT Noteholder in cash the VFN Purchase Price; and

 

  B.

the FCT Noteholder shall, having received written confirmation from the Issuer Cash Manager of the payment of the VFN Purchase Price in full, transfer the Variable Funding Note and the VFN Funding Agreement in accordance with Clause 6.2.3(viii) below (the “VFN Transfer”).

 

  (d)

The VFN Transfer by the FCT Noteholder shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty from, the FCT Noteholder.

 

  (e)

Each of the FCT Management Company (on its behalf and on behalf of the FCT), the FCT Custodian, the FCT Registrar, the FCT Noteholder, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Transaction Agent and Finco expressly acknowledges and agrees to the provisions set out in this Clause 6.2.3(vii) and accept the VFN Transfer set out in Clause 6.2.3(viii) below.

 

  (viii)

VFN Transfer

 

  (a)

Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 6.2.3(vii)(c) above:

 

  A.

the FCT Noteholder shall execute a duly completed agreement in accordance with this Agreement and substantially in the form of Schedule 18 – Part A (Form of VFN Transfer Documents) (a “VFN Transfer Agreement”);

 

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  B.

as soon as reasonably practicable after execution of the VFN Transfer Agreement, Finco shall deliver to the other parties to the VFN Funding Agreement (other than the FCT Noteholder and the FCT Management Company) a notice substantially in the form of Schedule 18 – Part B (Form of VFN Transfer Documents) (a “VFN Transfer Notice”).

 

  (b)

The VFN Transfer shall be effective on the date of the VFN Transfer Notice or, if later, the date specified in the VFN Transfer Notice (the “VFN Transfer Date”).

 

  (c)

Each party to the VFN Funding Agreement (other than the FCT Management Company, the FCT Noteholder and Finco which have acknowledged and agreed to the VFN Transfer by entering into the VFN Transfer Agreement) agrees that the delivery of a VFN Transfer Notice to them shall constitute adequate notice to each of them of the VFN Transfer.

 

  (d)

On the Transfer Date:

 

  A.

any reference in the VFN Funding Agreement to the FCT Noteholder will include Finco but will exclude the FCT Noteholder if no amount is or may be owed to or by it under the VFN Funding Agreement;

 

  B.

the VFN Funding Agreement will be terminated and of no further effect with respect to the FCT Noteholder, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent:

 

  C.

the FCT Noteholder, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent will be released and discharged from their obligations under the VFN Funding Agreement (and any corresponding, ancillary or accessory obligations by which it is bound under the other Transaction Documents to which the FCT Noteholder is a party) provided however that such release shall not affect any liabilities or obligations of the FCT and Finco as successor FCT Noteholder vìs-à-vìs each such party under the VFN Funding Agreement; and

 

  D.

Finco will become party to the VFN Funding Agreement and will be bound by obligations equivalent to those from which the FCT Noteholder is released under paragraph A. above.

 

6.3

Period during which the Italy Repayment Option and/or the Spain Repayment Option and/or the France Repayment Option may be exercised

The Italy Repayment Option, the Spain Repayment Option and the France Repayment Option shall only be exercisable by Finco during the grace period relating to the relevant TRO Default.

 

7

Consequences of Potential Event of Default Prior to an Event of Default

 

7.1

If a Potential Event of Default occurs in relation to Spanish Opco but prior to such Potential Event of Default becoming an Event of Default, Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch may not purchase or order any Vehicle under any supplemental agreement to a Vehicle Purchasing

 

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  Agreement on or after the date of occurrence of the relevant Potential Event of Default until the earlier of (a) the date on which such Potential Event of Default is remedied to the satisfaction of the FleetCo Security Agent or waived by the FleetCo Security Agent and (b) date of receipt by the Transaction Agent of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation delivered by the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) in accordance with Clause 6.2.1(iii)(b).

 

7.2

If a Potential Event of Default occurs in relation to any Italian Opco but prior to such Potential Event of Default being an Event of Default, Italian FleetCo may not purchase or order any Vehicle under any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement on or after the date of occurrence of the relevant Potential Event of Default until the earlier of (a) the date on which such Potential Event of Default is remedied to the satisfaction of the FleetCo Security Agent or waived by the FleetCo Security Agent and (b) date of receipt by the Transaction Agent of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation delivered by the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) in accordance Clause 6.2.2(iii).

 

7.3

If a Potential Event of Default or an Event of Default occurs in relation to German Opco, Dutch FleetCo may not purchase or order any Vehicle under the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement on or after the date of occurrence of the relevant Potential Event of Default until the date on which such Potential Event of Default or Event of Default is remedied to the satisfaction of or waived by the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

7.4

If a Potential Event of Default or an Event of Default occurs in relation to Dutch Opco, Dutch FleetCo may not purchase or order any Vehicle under the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement on or after the date of occurrence of the relevant Potential Event of Default until the date on which such Potential Event of Default or Event of Default is remedied to the satisfaction of or waived by the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

7.5

If a Potential Event of Default occurs in relation to French Opco but prior to such Potential Event of Default being an Event of Default, French FleetCo may not purchase or order any Vehicle under any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement on or after the date of occurrence of the relevant Potential Event of Default until the earlier of (a) the date on which such Potential Event of Default is remedied to the satisfaction of the FleetCo Security Agent or waived by the FleetCo Security Agent and (b) the date of receipt by the Transaction Agent of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation delivered by the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) in accordance with Clause 6.2.3(iii).

 

8

Events of Default

 

8.1

Issuer Events of Default

Each of the events or circumstances set out in Part 1 (Issuer Events of Default) of Schedule 4 (Events of Default) shall be an Issuer Event of Default.

 

8.2

FleetCo Events of Default

Each of the events or circumstances set out in Part 2 (FleetCo Events of Default) of Schedule 4 (Events of Default) shall be a FleetCo Event of Default.

 

8.3

Opco Events of Default

Each of the events or circumstances set out in Part 3 (Opco Events of Default) of Schedule 4 (Events of Default) shall be an Opco Event of Default.

 

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8.4

FCT Events of Default

Each of the events or circumstances set out in Part 4 (FCT Events of Default) of Schedule 4 (Events of Default) shall be an FCT Event of Default.

 

8.5

Consequences of Events of Default: Enforcement, Acceleration and Rapid Amortisation

 

  8.5.1

Rapid Amortisation: Following the occurrence of a Rapid Amortisation Event, the Transaction Agent shall deliver a Rapid Amortisation Notice to the Issuer (with a copy to the Issuer Security Trustee and the Central Servicer) and the provisions set out in Clause 9 (Rapid Amortisation) shall immediately apply. The Issuer Security Trustee can assume that no Rapid Amortisation Event has occurred prior to the delivery of a Rapid Amortisation Notice and shall have no liability to any person in this regard.

 

  8.5.2

Enforcement

 

  (a)

Issuer Enforcement Notice

On and at any time after the occurrence of a Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, the Issuer Security Trustee shall (provided that the Issuer Security Trustee has been directed to do so pursuant to Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) and paragraph 8 (Instructions to Issuer Security Trustee and exercise of discretion) of the Issuer Intercreditor Terms in Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms) and has been indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction and subject to the terms of the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge and the Issuer Intercreditor Terms) deliver an Issuer Enforcement Notice to the Issuer with a copy to the Issuer Cash Manager, the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Hedge Counterparties, the Senior Noteholders and the Central Servicer.

 

  (b)

FleetCo Enforcement Notice

On and at any time after the occurrence of a Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date or, in relation to Spain, the exercise of the Spain Repayment Option, the FleetCo Security Agent shall (provided that the FleetCo Security Agent has been indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction) deliver a FleetCo Enforcement Notice to any of the following, as the FleetCo Security Agent is so directed by the Issuer Security Trustee (itself acting in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) and paragraph 8 (Instructions to Issuer Security Trustee and exercise of discretion) of the Issuer Intercreditor Terms in Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms)):

 

  (i)

Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, with a copy to the Spanish Servicer and the Central Servicer;

 

  (ii)

Dutch FleetCo, with a copy to the Central Servicer;

 

  (iii)

Italian FleetCo, with a copy to each Italian Servicer and the Central Servicer; and

 

  (iv)

French FleetCo, with a copy to the French Servicer and the Central Servicer.

 

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  8.5.3

Dutch Opco Event of Default

 

  (i)

Upon and following the occurrence of a Dutch Opco Event of Default and in the absence of a Dutch FleetCo Event of Default:

 

  (a)

Dutch FleetCo may (upon receipt of instructions from the FleetCo Security Agent) terminate the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement and terminate or vary the terms of the Central Servicing Agreement with respect to the Dutch Cash Management Services (as defined in the Central Servicing Agreement) only;

 

  (b)

Dutch FleetCo may not request a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement unless the sole purpose of such FleetCo Advance is to either (i) repay a maturing FleetCo Dutch Advance under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement or (ii) fund the purchase of Vehicles (excluding VAT) where Dutch FleetCo is contractually bound to make the payment; and

 

  (c)

the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Opco Event of Default Priority of Payments shall apply.

 

  (ii)

Following the occurrence of a Dutch Opco Event of Default, (in addition to and notwithstanding any other consequences under the Transaction Documents), any proceeds of the liquidation of the Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands shall be applied in repayment of the FleetCo Advances under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement.

For the avoidance of doubt, a Dutch Opco Event of Default does not give rise to a Dutch FleetCo Event of Default in its own right.

 

8.6

Acceleration

 

  8.6.1

Issuer Event of Default

On and at any time after the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Issuer Security Trustee shall (acting in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)) (and provided that the Issuer Security Trustee has been indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction and subject to the terms of the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge and the Issuer Intercreditor Terms in Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms) (including without limitation paragraph 8 (Instructions to Issuer Security Trustee and exercise of discretion) thereof):

 

  (a)

cancel the Total Senior Noteholder Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled;

 

  (b)

declare that all the Senior Advances, together with accrued interest, all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Issuer Transaction Documents and all other Issuer Secured Liabilities be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable;

 

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  (c)

declare that all the Senior Advances and all other Issuer Secured Liabilities be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Issuer Security Trustee acting on the instructions of the Transaction Agent (itself acting on instructions in accordance with Clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent)) subject to the Issuer Security Trustee being indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction; and/or

 

  (d)

give any directions and/or instructions required to be given pursuant to Clause 8.6.2 (FleetCo Event of Default) below.

 

  8.6.2

FleetCo Event of Default

On and at any time after the delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice, the FleetCo Security Agent may, and shall if so directed in writing by the Issuer Security Trustee (acting in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)):

 

  (a)

declare that all the FleetCo Advances under each FleetCo Facility Agreement and all VFN Advances under the VFN Funding Agreement, together with accrued interest, all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the FleetCo Transaction Documents, all other FleetCo Secured Liabilities and all other amounts accrued and outstanding under the VFN Funding Agreement be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or

 

  (b)

declare that all or part of the FleetCo Advances and all other FleetCo Secured Liabilities or all or part of a VFN Advance be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the FleetCo Security Agent on the instructions of the Issuer Security Trustee (acting pursuant to Clause 8.6.1 (Issuer Event of Default) above).

 

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Rapid Amortisation

Upon delivery of a Rapid Amortisation Notice, the Rapid Amortisation Period shall begin.

 

9.1

During the Rapid Amortisation Period:

 

  (i)

(a) the Issuer may only request Senior Advances, (b) the Issuer may only make VFN Advances, (c) the Issuer may only make FleetCo Advances, (d) the FCT may only request VFN Advances and (e) each FleetCo may only request FleetCo Advances if, in each case, the proceeds of such FleetCo Advance, Senior Advances and VFN Advances shall be applied by the relevant FleetCo solely for the purposes of funding the purchase of Vehicles (including, in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and the French FleetCo only, any VAT in respect of such Vehicles) for which such FleetCo is contractually bound prior to the expiry of the Revolving Period;

 

  (ii)

Clause 8.5.2(a) (Issuer Enforcement Notice) above and Clause 8.6.1 (Issuer Event of Default) shall apply;

 

  (iii)

Clause 8.5.2(b) (FleetCo Enforcement Notice) above and Clause 8.6.2 (FleetCo Event of Default) shall apply;

 

  (iv)

no payments may be permitted to be made by the Issuer to the Subordinated Lender until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date and all other obligations of the Issuer ranking in priority to the Subordinated Advances have been irrevocably and unconditionally discharged in full;

 

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  (v)

payments by the Issuer shall be made in accordance with the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments or following delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments;

 

  (vi)

no Servicer or FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager may authorise payments from any of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Bank Accounts, the Dutch Bank Account, the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts, the Italian Bank Accounts, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts or the French Bank Accounts without the consent of the FleetCo Security Agent;

 

  (vii)

without prejudice to the FleetCo Security Documents, the FleetCo Security Agent shall have sole withdrawal rights in respect of any of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Bank Accounts, the Dutch Bank Account, the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts, the Italian Bank Accounts, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts and the French Bank Accounts (as applicable);

 

  (viii)

if a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred, the FleetCo Security Agent may serve a FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager commencement notice to the relevant FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager in accordance with the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement, instructing it to perform the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Services; and

 

  (ix)

if a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred, the FleetCo Security Agent may serve a Servicer Termination Notice upon the relevant Servicer and deliver a Liquidation Agent Service Commencement Notice to the Liquidation Agent.

 

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Section 5

Changes to Parties and Confidentiality

 

10

Assignment and Transfer

 

10.1

Issuer

The Issuer may not, without the prior written consent of the Issuer Security Trustee given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) assign any of its rights, or transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations, under this Agreement except in accordance with the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

10.2

FleetCos

No FleetCo may, without the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent given in accordance with Clause 24.4 (Amendments, Waiver and Modifications of FleetCo Transaction Documents by the FleetCo Security Agent), assign any of its rights, or transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations, under this Agreement except in accordance with the FleetCo Transaction Documents.

 

10.3

Avis Obligors

No Avis Obligor may, without the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent given in accordance with Clause 24.4 (Amendments, Waiver and Modifications of FleetCo Transaction Documents by the FleetCo Security Agent), assign any of its rights, or transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations, under this Agreement except in accordance with the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

11

Additional Issuer Secured Creditors and Accession of Liquidation Agent

 

11.1

Acceding Senior Noteholder and Replacement Senior Noteholder

Each Party hereto agrees that any party (other than an Senior Noteholder to which such conditions do not apply) may become a Senior Noteholder if the conditions set out in (in respect of an Acceding Senior Noteholder) Clause 21.4 (Transfers by Senior Noteholders; Accession of further Senior Noteholders) and (in respect of a Replacement Senior Noteholder) Clause 21.5 (Replacement Senior Noteholder) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement have been satisfied.

 

11.2

Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty

Each Party hereto agrees that any party (an “Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty”) may become an Issuer Hedge Counterparty if:

 

  (i)

it delivers to the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager a duly completed and executed Accession Deed substantially in the form set out in Part 1 (Form of Accession Deed for Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparties and Acceding Subordinated Lenders) of Schedule 6 (Forms of Accession Deed) hereto;

 

  (ii)

it delivers to the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent a duly completed and executed Issuer Hedging Agreement to which it is a party;

 

  (iii)

the Issuer (or the Issuer shall procure that the Issuer Cash Manager) confirms to the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent that no Default is continuing or would occur as a result of the Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty becoming an Issuer Secured Creditor; and

 

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  (iv)

to the extent that the Senior Notes are rated by one or more Rating Agencies, it has a minimum long-term unsecured rating of “BBB+” by S&P, “BBB+” by Fitch, “Baa1” by Moody’s or “BBB (high)” by DBRS Morningstar and a minimum short-term unsecured rating of “A-1” by S&P, “P-1” by Moody’s, “F1” by Fitch or “R-1 (mid)” by DBRS Morningstar or such other ratings required by such Rating Agency or Rating Agencies.

 

11.3

Acceding Subordinated Lender

Each Party hereto agrees that any party (other than the Subordinated Lender to which such conditions do not apply) (an “Acceding Subordinated Lender”) may become a Subordinated Lender and accede to the terms of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement.

 

11.4

Acceding Liquidation Agent

Each Party hereto agrees that any party may become a Liquidation Agent, provided that:

 

  (i)

such party enters into a liquidation agency agreement with each FleetCo and the Issuer in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and a copy of such liquidation agency agreement when duly executed is delivered to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent;

 

  (ii)

it delivers to the FleetCos, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Deed substantially in the form set out in Part 3 (Form of Accession Deed for Acceding Liquidation Agent) of Schedule 6 (Forms of Accession Deed) hereto; and

 

  (iii)

such party accedes to each FleetCo German Security Document and German FleetCo Deed of Charge, in each case, in accordance with the terms of each such document to the satisfaction of the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent.

 

12

Confidentiality

 

12.1

Each of the Issuer Secured Creditors, FleetCo Secured Creditors and the Transaction Agent agrees that it shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any person whatsoever, save to the extent permitted by Clause 12.2 below.

 

12.2

Each of the Issuer Secured Creditors, FleetCo Secured Creditors and the Transaction Agent hereto shall use all reasonable endeavours to prevent any disclosure referred to in Clause 12.1, provided, however, that the provisions of Clause 12.1 shall not apply:

 

  (i)

to the disclosure of any information to any of its Affiliates (excluding any Affiliate who, in the reasonable opinion of the Central Servicer, carries on business directly or indirectly in competition with a Vehicle Dealer or Vehicle Manufacturer) and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as that Issuer Secured Creditor or the Transaction Agent shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidentiality Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (i) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information, except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;

 

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  (ii)

to any person to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Transaction Document and to any of that person’s Affiliates (excluding any Affiliate who, in the reasonable opinion of the Central Servicer, carries on business directly or indirectly in competition with a Vehicle Dealer or Vehicle Manufacturer), Representatives and professional advisers;

 

  (iii)

to any person appointed by any of the Issuer Secured Creditors, the FleetCo Secured Creditors or the Transaction Agent or by a person to whom paragraph (i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Senior Transaction Documents on its behalf;

 

  (iv)

to the disclosure of any information insofar as such disclosure is expressly permitted by any Transaction Document;

 

  (v)

to the disclosure of any information to any potential Acceding Senior Noteholder, potential Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty or potential Acceding Subordinated Lender, potential substitute or replacement Transaction Agent or potential substitute or replacement Account Bank (in each case, who receive the same under a duty of confidentiality) to the extent that they would have been entitled to receive such information had they been a party to any Issuer Transaction Document to which a Senior Noteholder, an Issuer Hedge Counterparty, Subordinated Lender, the Transaction Agent or relevant Account Bank (as applicable) is a party;

 

  (vi)

to the disclosure of any information to any person with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into) (whether directly or indirectly) any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Transaction Documents and/or one or more of the FleetCos, the Issuer or the Avis Obligors and to any of that person’s Affiliates (excluding any Affiliate who, in the reasonable opinion of the Central Servicer, carries on business directly or indirectly in competition with a Vehicle Dealer or Vehicle Manufacturer), Representatives and professional advisers;

 

  (vii)

to the disclosure of any information to a person who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in the preceding paragraphs;

 

  (viii)

to the disclosure of any information already known to an Issuer Secured Creditor or the Transaction Agent otherwise than as a result of entering into this Agreement and any of the Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (ix)

to the disclosure of any information which is or becomes public knowledge otherwise than as a result of the breach of this Agreement;

 

  (x)

to information which is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;

 

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  (xi)

to information which is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;

 

  (xii)

to the extent only that an Issuer Secured Creditor or a FleetCo Secured Creditor needs to disclose the same for the exercise, protection or enforcement of any of its rights under any of the Transaction Documents or, in the case of the Issuer Security Trustee and FleetCo Secured Creditor and the Transaction Agent, for the purpose of discharging its duties or obligations under or in connection with any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party in each case to such persons as require to be informed of such information for such purposes;

 

  (xiii)

to the disclosure of any information to a person to whom or for whose benefit that an Issuer Secured Creditor, FleetCo Secured Creditor or the Transaction Agent charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to the Transaction Documents;

 

  (xiv)

to the disclosure of any information to any Delegate nominee or attorney of the Issuer Security Trustee or the FleetCo Security Agent;

 

  (xv)

to the disclosure of any information to its professional advisers and the Rating Agencies (if any) and their professional advisers respectively who receive the same under a duty of confidentiality; or

 

  (xvi)

to the disclosure by a Conduit Senior Noteholder to (a) its Liquidity Providers (each of whom shall agree to comply with the terms of this Clause 12), (b) to any security trustee appointed by such Conduit (provided such security trustee has agreed to maintain the confidentiality of information provided by such Conduit to the security trustee), or (c) to any rating agency that rates the commercial paper issued by such Conduit, and to any other rating agency in compliance with Rule 17g-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any similar rule or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction (provided that such rating agency has agreed to maintain the confidentiality of information provided by such Conduit to the rating agency in accordance with such rating agencies general confidentiality policies).

 

  (xvii)

to the disclosure by any Conduit Senior Noteholder (or any administrative agent on its behalf) to any collateral trustee appointed by such Conduit Senior Noteholder to comply with Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (as amended), provided such collateral trustee is informed of the confidential nature of such information.

 

12.3

Any confidentiality undertaking signed by an Issuer Secured Creditor or a FleetCo Secured Creditor pursuant to this Clause 12 (Confidentiality) shall supersede any prior confidentiality undertaking signed by such Issuer Secured Creditor or FleetCo Secured Creditor for the benefit of any member of the Avis Group.

12A Collateral Trustee

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, any Conduit Senior Noteholder may at any time pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the Senior Notes to a collateral trustee in order to comply with Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (as amended), without notice to or consent of the Issuer or any other Party hereto; provided that no such pledge or grant of a security interest shall release a Conduit Senior Noteholder from any of its obligations hereunder, or substitute any such pledgee or grantee for such Conduit Senior Noteholder as a Party hereto.

 

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Section 6

Transaction Agent

 

13

Appointment of the Transaction Agent

 

13.1

Each of the Senior Noteholders hereby appoints the Transaction Agent to carry out certain functions as set out in this Clause 13 (Appointment of the Transaction Agent).

 

13.2

Delivery of Compliance Certificates on each Reporting Date

 

  (i)

4 Business Days prior to the Initial Senior Advance Drawdown Date and thereafter by 2:00 p.m. (CET) on each Reporting Date in respect of the immediately preceding Calculation Date:

 

  (a)

Dutch FleetCo shall (or shall procure that the Central Servicer) provide the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager a FleetCo Compliance Certificate substantially in the form set out in Part 2 (Form of FleetCo Compliance Certificate) of Schedule 7 hereto in respect of the Vehicle Fleet of Dutch FleetCo in Germany;

 

  (b)

Italian FleetCo shall (or shall procure that the Avis Italian Servicer) provide the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager a FleetCo Compliance Certificate substantially in the form set out in Part 2 (Form of FleetCo Compliance Certificate) of Schedule 7 hereto in respect of Italian FleetCo;

 

  (c)

Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch (or shall procure that the Spanish Servicer) shall provide the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager a FleetCo Compliance Certificate substantially in the form set out in Part 2 (Form of FleetCo Compliance Certificate) of Schedule 7 hereto in respect of the Vehicle Fleet of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch; and

 

  (d)

the Issuer shall provide the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager an Issuer Compliance Certificate substantially in the form set out in Part 1 (Form of Issuer Compliance Certificate) of Schedule 7 hereto;

 

  (ii)

4 Business Days prior to the Initial Dutch Funding Date and thereafter by 2:00 p.m. (CET) on each Reporting Date in respect of the immediately preceding Calculation Date, Dutch FleetCo shall (or shall procure that the Central Servicer) provide the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager a FleetCo Compliance Certificate substantially in the form set out in Part 2 (Form of FleetCo Compliance Certificate) of Schedule 7 hereto in respect of the Vehicle Fleet of Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands; and

 

  (iii)

4 Business Days prior to the Initial French Funding Date and thereafter by 2:00 p.m. (CET) on each Reporting Date in respect of the immediately preceding Calculation Date, French FleetCo shall (or shall procure that the French Servicer) provide the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager a FleetCo Compliance Certificate substantially in the form set out in Part 2 (Form of FleetCo Compliance Certificate) of Schedule 7 hereto in respect of the Vehicle Fleet of French FleetCo.

 

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13.3

Determinations by the Transaction Agent

Following receipt of the information in Clause 13.2 (Delivery of Compliance Certificates on each Reporting Date) above and using any other information provided to the Transaction Agent under the Transaction Documents, the Transaction Agent shall:

 

  (i)

deliver on each Information Date to each Senior Noteholder, based on all the reports and certificates received by the Transaction Agent under this Agreement, an Investor Report in respect of the immediately preceding calendar month, provided that the provisions of Clause 13.5 (Instructions to Transaction Agent and exercise of discretion) to Clause 13.37 (Exclusion of Liability) apply in full without modification; and

 

  (ii)

allocate reference numbers to each Senior Advance following receipt of the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice from the Issuer or the Issuer Cash Manager on behalf of the Issuer and notify such reference number to the Registrar.

 

13.4

Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent

 

  13.4.1

Subject to Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications), the Transaction Agent shall, from time to time (a) agree, consent to or direct the Issuer Security Trustee to agree or consent to, any amendment or modification to or waiver of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents and (b) direct or instruct the Issuer Security Trustee in respect of any of the matters where such instruction is required or contemplated in Clauses 8.5 (Consequences of Events of Default: Enforcement, Acceleration and Rapid Amortisation), 8.6 (Acceleration) and 9 (Rapid Amortisation):

 

  (i)

in respect of the matters to be instructed by the Transaction Agent to the Issuer Security Trustee pursuant to Clause 14A.3, without direction from any other party including any Senior Noteholder

 

  (ii)

in respect of the consents, directions, instructions, amendments, waivers or modifications or other matters (including, without limitation, matters relating to enforcement of the Issuer Security and/or the FleetCo Security) set out in Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements) only if so directed by all the Senior Noteholders pursuant to Clause 24.6 (Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements)); and

 

  (iii)

in respect of any other consents, directions, instructions, amendments, waivers, or modifications or any matters (including, without limitation, matters relating to the enforcement of the Issuer Security and/or the FleetCo Security) referred to in this Clause 13.4.1, only if so directed by the Majority Senior Noteholders,

in each case, in accordance with and subject to Clause 13.4.2 below.

 

  13.4.2

The Transaction Agent shall only (or shall direct that the Issuer Security Trustee shall only) (a) agree or consent to any amendment or modification to, or waiver of any provision of, this Agreement, or any other Issuer Transaction Document if and (b) give any instructions or directions referred to in Clause 13.4.1 above if it is so directed by the Majority Senior Noteholders or all the Senior Noteholders (as the case may be) as provided in Clause 13.4.1 above.

 

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  13.4.3

Any consent, direction, instruction, amendment, waiver or modification of Transaction Document given by the Transaction Agent shall mean, following the irrevocable and unconditional discharge in full of the Senior Noteholder Debt, the Issuer Security Trustee giving such consent, direction, instruction, amendment, waiver or modification if the Issuer Security Trustee is so directed by:

 

  (i)

the Issuer Hedge Counterparties (provided that in the case of the occurrence of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (each as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) in respect of which an Issuer Hedge Counterparty is an Affected Party (as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) or the Defaulting Party (as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement), such Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall be excluded); and

 

  (ii)

where all Issuer Hedge Counterparties are excluded under paragraph (i) above or where the Senior Issuer Debt has been irrevocably and unconditionally discharged in full, by the Subordinated Lender.

 

13.5

Instructions to Transaction Agent and exercise of discretion

 

  (i)

The Transaction Agent shall, subject to it being indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction, act or exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Transaction Agent (or refrain from acting or exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Transaction agent) in accordance with any instructions given to it pursuant to Clause 13.4.1 above.

 

  (ii)

The Transaction Agent shall be entitled to assume (without liability to any person) that:

 

  (a)

any instructions received by it from a Senior Noteholder are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents and that the relevant Senior Noteholder has all authority and direction to give such instructions; and

 

  (b)

unless it has received actual notice of revocation, that those instructions or directions have not been revoked.

 

13.6

No Duty to Verify

The Parties hereto acknowledge that the Transaction Agent shall not:

 

  13.6.1

verify any of the data supplied by any Servicer, a FleetCo, any Cash Manager or any FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager;

 

  13.6.2

audit or monitor the activities of any Servicer, a FleetCo, any Cash Manager or any FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager;

 

  13.6.3

confirm the accuracy or validity of any data supplied to any Servicer, a FleetCo, any Cash Manager or the Issuer in respect of any FleetCo Compliance Certificate or Issuer Compliance Certificate or any other report required to be provided to the Transaction Agent under this Agreement; or

 

  13.6.4

verify the accuracy of the representations made by FleetCos pursuant to Clause 4.3.6 (FleetCo Compliance Certificate).

 

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13.7

Senior Advances

The Transaction Agent shall, in respect of each Senior Advance:

 

  (i)

use information from the Issuer Cash Management Report and any other information provided to it under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any financial statements provided by an Avis Obligor) from the preceding Calculation Period to maintain a record of the basis of interest for each Senior Advance, the Senior Advance Interest Periods applicable to such Senior Advance and the accrued interest from time to time in respect of such Senior Advance;

 

  (ii)

on or prior to the Payment Confirmation Date, notify the Central Servicer and the Issuer Cash Manager, from time to time, of the relevant interest applicable to each outstanding Senior Advance; and

 

  (iii)

carry out certain other administrative functions under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

 

13.8

Italy Repayment Option, Spain Repayment Option and France Repayment Option

The Transaction Agent shall determine the amounts to be paid under Clauses 6.2.1(ii), 6.2.2(ii) and 6.2.3(ii).

 

13.9

Remuneration of the Transaction Agent

The Issuer shall pay to the Transaction Agent the amounts indicated in the Transaction Agent Fee Letter on the dates specified therein in accordance with the applicable Issuer Priority of Payment.

 

13.10

Indemnity of the Transaction Agent

 

  13.10.1

Indemnity from Senior Noteholders: The Senior Noteholders shall indemnify the Transaction Agent and anyone appointed by it or to whom any of its functions may be delegated in respect of all liabilities and expenses incurred by it or by anyone appointed by it or to whom any of its functions may be delegated by it in the carrying out of any functions which it performs and against any loss, liability, cost, claim, action, demand or expense (including, but not limited to, all costs, charges and expenses paid or properly incurred in disputing or defending any of the foregoing) that any of them may incur or that may be made against any of them arising out of or in relation to or in connection with the exercise of any functions which it performs, except such as may result from the Breach of Duty of the Transaction Agent or anyone appointed by it or to whom any of its functions may be delegated. The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall apply to this Clause 13.10 (Indemnity of the Transaction Agent).

 

  13.10.2

This Clause 13.10 (Indemnity of the Transaction Agent) will continue in full force and effect as regards the Transaction Agent even if it no longer is Transaction Agent.

 

13.11

Advice

The Transaction Agent may act on the opinion or advice of, or information obtained from, any expert and shall not be responsible to anyone for any loss, damages or costs or any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever occasioned by so acting whether such advice is obtained or addressed to the Issuer, the Transaction Agent or any other person and whether or not the liability of such expert in respect thereof is limited by monetary cap or otherwise. Any such opinion, advice or information may be sent or obtained by letter, fax, electronic mail or other written format and the Transaction Agent will not be liable to anyone for acting in good faith on any opinion, advice or information purporting to be conveyed by such means even if it contains some error and/or is not authentic.

 

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13.12

Transaction Agent to Assume Performance

The Transaction Agent need not notify anyone of the execution of this Agreement or any of the other Issuer Transaction Documents or do anything to find out if a Default has occurred. Until it has actual knowledge or express notice to the contrary, the Transaction Agent may assume that no such event has occurred and that the Issuer and each of the other parties hereto and thereto is performing all its obligations under this Agreement and the other Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

13.13

Certificate from the Issuer and the Issuer Secured Creditors

If the Transaction Agent, in the exercise of its functions, requires to be satisfied or to have information as to any fact or the expediency of any act, it may call for and accept as sufficient evidence of that fact or the expediency of that act a certificate signed by any two directors of the Issuer or any other Issuer Secured Creditor as to that fact or to the effect that, in their opinion, that act is expedient and the Transaction Agent need not call for further evidence and will not be responsible for any loss occasioned by acting on such a certificate.

 

13.14

Deposit of Documents

The Transaction Agent may appoint as custodian, on any terms, any bank or entity whose business includes the safe custody of documents or any lawyer or firm of lawyers believed by it to be of good repute and may deposit this Agreement and any other documents with such custodian and pay all sums due in respect thereof. The Transaction Agent will not be responsible for or required to insure against any Liabilities incurred in connection or any such holding or deposit. The Transaction Agent is not obliged to appoint a custodian of securities payable to bearer.

 

13.15

Discretion

Save as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, the Transaction Agent will have absolute and uncontrolled discretion as to the exercise of its functions and will not be responsible for any loss, liability, cost, claim, action, demand, expense or inconvenience which may result from their exercise or non-exercise.

 

13.16

Agents

Whenever it considers it necessary (acting reasonably) in the interests of the Senior Noteholders, the Transaction Agent may, in the conduct of its trust business, instead of acting personally, employ and pay an agent selected by it, whether or not a lawyer or other professional person, to transact or conduct, or concur in transacting or conducting, any business and to do or concur in doing all acts required to be done by the Transaction Agent (including the receipt and payment of money).

 

13.17

Delegation

Whenever it considers it necessary (acting reasonably), the Transaction Agent may delegate to any person on any terms (including power to sub-delegate) all or any of its functions.

 

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13.18

Nominees

The Transaction Agent may appoint any person to act as its custodian or nominee on any terms.

 

13.19

Confidentiality

Unless ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Transaction Agent shall not be required to disclose to any Issuer Secured Creditor any confidential financial or other information made available to the Transaction Agent by the Issuer.

 

13.20

Determinations Conclusive

As between itself and the Senior Noteholders, the Transaction Agent may determine all questions and doubts arising in relation to any of the provisions of this Agreement. Such determinations, whether made upon such a question actually raised or implied in the acts or proceedings of the Transaction Agent, shall be conclusive and shall bind the Transaction Agent and the Senior Noteholders.

 

13.21

Currency Conversion

Where it is necessary or desirable to convert any sum from one currency to another, it will (unless otherwise provided hereby or required by law) be converted at such rate or rates, in accordance with such method and as at such date as may reasonably be specified by the Transaction Agent but having regard to current rates of exchange, if available. Any rate, method and date so specified will be binding on the Issuer and the Senior Noteholders.

 

13.22

Material Prejudice

The Transaction Agent may determine whether or not an event, matter or thing is materially prejudicial to the interest of one or more Senior Noteholders. Any such determination will be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

 

13.23

Directions of Senior Noteholders or an Issuer Secured Creditor

The Transaction Agent will not be responsible for having acted in good faith, and shall be entitled to rely on without liability, the written direction of the Senior Noteholders, Majority Senior Noteholders or any other proportion of Senior Noteholders contemplated in any Issuer Transaction Document in relation to its duties, obligations, discretions and functions hereunder and under any Transaction Documents or the written direction of the relevant Senior Noteholder in accordance with Clause 13.4.2.

 

13.24

No Responsibility for Ratings

The Transaction Agent shall have no responsibility for the maintenance or failure to maintain of any rating of the Senior Notes by any Rating Agencies or any other person. Each Senior Noteholder shall be solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal of and investigation into the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status and nature of the Issuer, and the Transaction Agent shall not at any time have any responsibility for the same and no Senior Noteholder shall rely on the Transaction Agent in respect thereof.

 

13.25

Consent of the Transaction Agent

Any consent or approval given by the Transaction Agent may be on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Transaction Agent reasonably thinks fit.

 

13.26

Entitlement of the Transaction Agent

In connection with the exercise of its functions under this Agreement:

 

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  13.26.1

Senior Noteholders as a Class: save as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, the Transaction Agent shall have regard to the interests of the Senior Noteholders as a class and shall not have regard to the consequences of such exercise for individual Senior Noteholders.

 

  13.26.2

Reliance upon Direction of Senior Noteholders: when required to have regard to the interests of any Senior Noteholder, the Transaction Agent may consult with such Senior Noteholder and shall be entitled to rely upon a written direction from such Senior Noteholder without liability to any person.

 

  13.26.3

Acknowledgement: each of the Senior Noteholders hereby acknowledges and concurs with the provisions of this Clause 13.26 (Entitlement of the Transaction Agent) and each of them agrees that it shall have no claim against the Transaction Agent as a result of the application thereof.

 

13.27

Deficiency Arising from Tax

The Transaction Agent shall have no responsibility to the Issuer or any Issuer Secured Creditor as regards any deficiency which might arise because the Transaction Agent is subject to any tax.

 

13.28

No Duty to Monitor

The Transaction agent has no duty to monitor the performance by any party to a Transaction Document of their obligations under the Transaction Documents nor is it obliged (unless indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction) to take any other action, step or proceeding which may involve the Transaction Agent in any personal liability or expense.

 

13.29

Title of the Issuer to the Issuer Secured Property

The Transaction Agent shall accept without investigation, requisition or objection such right and title as the Issuer has to any of the Issuer Secured Property and need not examine or enquire into or be liable for any defect or failure in the right or title of the Issuer to the Issuer Secured Property or any part of it whether such defect or failure was known to the Transaction Agent or might have been discovered upon examination or enquiry and whether capable of remedy or not.

 

13.30

No Liability for Value of Issuer Secured Property

The Transaction Agent will not be liable for any decline in value, nor any loss realised upon any sale or other disposition pursuant to this Agreement of, any of the Issuer Secured Property.

 

13.31

Validity of Issuer Security

The Transaction Agent assumes no responsibility for the validity, sufficiency or enforceability (which the Transaction Agent has not investigated) of the Issuer Security. The Transaction Agent shall not be liable for any failure, omission or defect in perfecting the Issuer Security intended to be constituted by the Security Documents.

 

13.32

No Action Required

No provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document will:

 

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  (i)

require the Transaction Agent to do anything which may be illegal or contrary to applicable law or regulation or the requirements of any regulatory authority or prevent the Transaction Agent from doing anything which is necessary or desirable to comply with any applicable law or regulation or the requirements of any regulatory authority; or

 

  (ii)

require the Transaction Agent, and the Transaction Agent will not be bound, to take any action, step or proceeding or to do anything which may cause it to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any Liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights, powers, authorities or discretions or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document if it believes that repayment of such funds is not assured to it or it is not indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction against such Liability and, for this purpose, the Transaction Agent may demand prior to taking any such action that there be paid to it in advance such sums as it considers (without prejudice to any further demand) sufficient so to indemnify it.

 

13.33

Instructions

In acting under this Agreement or in relation to any Transaction Document, the Transaction Agent should not be obliged to take any action, step or proceeding or do anything, unless it has been instructed to do so by the requisite proportion of Senior Noteholders pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement or otherwise directed pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement and provided that it has been indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction.

 

13.34

Transaction Agent to Assume Accuracy

The Transaction Agent shall not, by the execution of this Agreement, be deemed to make any representation as to the adequacy, sufficiency, validity or enforceability of this Agreement. The Transaction Agent shall not be responsible for the scope or accuracy of any representations, warranties or statements of any party contained herein or in any other Transaction Document or any other document entered into in connection therewith and may assume the accuracy and correctness thereof and shall not be responsible for the execution, legality, effectiveness, adequacy, genuineness, validity or enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any such document or any trust or security thereby constituted or evidenced.

 

13.35

Responsibility for Agents, etc.

If the Transaction Agent exercises reasonable care in selecting any agent or delegate appointed under this Clause 13 (Appointment of the Transaction Agent) (an “Appointee”), it will not have any obligation to supervise the Appointee or be responsible for any loss, liability, cost, claim, action, demand or expense incurred by reason of the Appointee’s misconduct or default or the misconduct or default of any substitute appointed by the Appointee.

 

13.36

Duties of the Transaction Agent

The Transaction Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in the Transaction Documents to which it is expressed to be a party (and no others shall be implied).

 

13.37

Exclusion of Liability

 

  13.37.1

Without limiting Clause 13.37.2 below (and without prejudice to any other provision of any Transaction Document excluding or limiting the liability of the Transaction Agent), the Transaction Agent shall not be liable (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) for:

 

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  (a)

any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value, or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of taking or not taking any action under or in connection with any Transaction Document, unless directly caused by its Breach of Duty;

 

  (b)

exercising, or not exercising, any right, power, authority or discretion given to it by, or in connection with, any Transaction Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with, any Transaction Document; or

 

  (c)

without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of:

 

  A.

any act, event or circumstance not reasonably within its control; or

 

  B.

the general risks of investment in, or the holding of assets in, any jurisdiction,

including (in each case and without limitation) such damages, costs, losses, diminution in value or liability arising as a result of: nationalisation, expropriation or other governmental actions; any regulation, currency restriction, devaluation or fluctuation; market conditions affecting the execution or settlement of transactions or the value of assets; breakdown, failure or malfunction of any third party transport, telecommunications, computer services or systems; natural disasters or acts of God; war, terrorism, insurrection or revolution; or strikes or industrial action.

 

  13.37.2

No Party (other than the Transaction Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Transaction Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Transaction Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Transaction Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Transaction Agent may rely on this Clause 13.37 (Exclusion of Liability) subject to the provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

 

  13.37.3

The Transaction Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Transaction Documents to be paid by the Transaction Agent if the Transaction Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Transaction Agent for that purpose.

 

  13.37.4

Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Transaction Agent to carry out:

 

  (a)

any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person; or

 

  (b)

any check on the extent to which any transaction contemplated by this Agreement might be unlawful for any other Party,

on behalf of any other Party and each Party hereto confirms to the Transaction Agent that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Transaction Agent.

 

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  13.37.5

Without prejudice to any provision of any Transaction Document excluding or limiting the Transaction Agent’s liability, any liability of the Transaction Agent arising under or in connection with any Transaction Document shall be limited to the amount of actual loss which has been finally judicially determined to have been suffered (as determined by reference to the date of default of the Transaction Agent or, if later, the date on which the loss arises as a result of such default) but without reference to any special conditions or circumstances known to the Transaction Agent at any time which increase the amount of that loss. In no event shall the Transaction Agent be liable for any loss of profits, goodwill, reputation, business opportunity or anticipated saving, or for special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages, whether or not the Transaction Agent has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.

 

  13.37.6

The Transaction Agent may act in relation to the Transaction Documents through its officers, employees and agents and the Transaction Agent shall not:

 

  (a)

be liable for any error of judgement made by any such person; or

 

  (b)

be bound to supervise, or be in any way responsible for, any loss incurred by reason of misconduct, omission or default on the part of, any such person,

unless such error or such loss was directly caused by the Transaction Agent’s Breach of Duty.

 

  13.37.7

Notwithstanding any provision of any Transaction Document to the contrary, the Transaction Agent is not obliged to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties, obligations or responsibilities or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion if it has grounds for believing the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

13.38

Resignation of Transaction Agent and Appointment of Substitute Transaction Agent

 

  13.38.1

The Transaction Agent may resign its appointment hereunder upon not less than three months’ prior written notice to the Issuer, Issuer Security Trustee and the Senior Noteholders, provided that such resignation shall not take effect until a successor has been duly appointed by the Senior Noteholders (or, in the event that the Senior Noteholders have not appointed a successor Transaction Agent by the date following 30 days prior to the expiry of such notice period, by the Transaction Agent) in accordance with the conditions in this Clause 13.38.1.

 

  13.38.2

Any change of Transaction Agent under this Clause 13.38 (Resignation of Transaction Agent and Appointment of Substitute Transaction Agent) is subject to the following conditions: (i) the successor Transaction Agent is an Acceptable Bank, and (ii) the Majority Senior Noteholders and the Issuer Security Trustee (in its personal capacity) have consented to such change.

 

  13.38.3

A change of Transaction Agent under this Clause 13.38 (Resignation of Transaction Agent and Appointment of Substitute Transaction Agent) shall only become effective when the proposed successor Transaction Agent agrees with each party hereto to fulfil the role of Transaction Agent under this Agreement and be bound by the terms of the Relevant Transaction Document in its capacity as a Transaction Agent.

 

  13.38.4

Forthwith upon the appointment of a substitute Transaction Agent in accordance with this Clause 13.38 (Resignation of Transaction Agent and Appointment of Substitute Transaction Agent) the Transaction Agent shall deliver to such substitute all records or data received under the Transaction Documents and being in its possession.

 

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  13.38.5

The Transaction Agent agrees that, following the termination of its appointment in accordance with this Clause 13.38 (Resignation of Transaction Agent and Appointment of Substitute Transaction Agent), it shall continue to be bound by all confidentiality undertakings it has agreed under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, as though it was still a party to such Transaction Documents.

 

  13.38.6

The appointment of the Transaction Agent hereunder will terminate on the earliest to occur of:

 

  (i)

the termination of appointment by the Majority Senior Noteholders following either a breach of a material obligation of the Transaction Agent under this Agreement or the occurrence of a Third Party Insolvency Event or the commencement of any Third Party Insolvency Proceedings in relation to the Transaction Agent subject to a replacement being appointed subject to the conditions in Clause 13.38.1 above;

 

  (ii)

the Final Maturity Date or, if earlier, the date on which all Senior Issuer Debt is repaid in full; and

 

  (iii)

the appointment of a successor Transaction Agent pursuant to this Clause 13.38 (Resignation of Transaction Agent and Appointment of Substitute Transaction Agent) hereto.

 

  13.38.7

Following receipt by the Transaction Agent of the rating of the Senior Notes by a Rating Agency, the Transaction Agent shall notify the Issuer, the Issuer Account Banks, the FleetCo Account Banks, the Central Servicer and the Issuer Cash Manager of:

 

  (i)

the ratings assigned by such Rating Agency to such Senior Notes; and

 

  (ii)

the ratings in the definition of “Acceptable Bank” as required by such Rating Agency in respect of the FleetCo Account Banks and the Issuer Account Bank.

 

13.39

General Undertaking of the Transaction Agent

The Transaction Agent covenants and undertakes to the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors) and the Issuer Security Trustee (for itself and on behalf of the Issuer Secured Creditors) to comply with the provisions of the Golden Shareholder Letter of Undertakings and in particular its paragraph 6.

 

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Section 7

FleetCo Security Agent and Senior Advance Drawdowns

 

14

FleetCo Security Agent

 

14.1

Acknowledgement of Appointment of FleetCo Security Agent

 

  14.1.1

Each of the Spanish FleetCo Secured Creditors acknowledges that the FleetCo Security Agent has been appointed to act as its security agent under and in connection with the FleetCo Transaction Documents to which Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch is a party and in respect of FleetCo Secured Liabilities owed to it under and in accordance with the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge.

 

  14.1.2

Each of the German FleetCo Secured Creditors acknowledges that the FleetCo Security Agent has been appointed under the German FleetCo Deed of Charge to act as its security agent under and in connection with the English Transaction Documents and the Dutch Transaction Documents to which Dutch FleetCo is a party.

 

  14.1.3

Each of the German FleetCo Secured Creditors acknowledges that the FleetCo Security Agent has been appointed under the German FleetCo Deed of Charge to act as its German security trustee (Sicherheitentreuhänder) under and in connection with the German Transaction Documents to which Dutch FleetCo is a party.

 

  14.1.4

Each of the Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors acknowledges that the FleetCo Security Agent has been appointed to act as its security agent under and in connection with the FleetCo Transaction Documents to which Italian FleetCo is a party and in respect of FleetCo Secured Liabilities owed to it under and in accordance with the Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge.

 

  14.1.5

Each of the Dutch FleetCo Secured Creditors acknowledges that the FleetCo Security Agent has been appointed to act as its security agent under and in connection with the FleetCo Transaction Documents to which Dutch FleetCo is a party and in respect of FleetCo Secured Liabilities owed to it under and in accordance with the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge.

 

  14.1.6

Each of the French FleetCo Secured Creditors acknowledges that the FleetCo Security Agent has been appointed to act as its security agent under and in connection with the FleetCo Transaction Documents to which French FleetCo is a party and in respect of FleetCo Secured Liabilities owed to it under and in accordance with the French FleetCo Deed of Charge.

 

14.2

Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent

 

  14.2.1

Subject to Clause 14.2.3 below, the FleetCo Security Agent:

 

  (i)

shall act (or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as FleetCo Security Agent) in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Issuer Security Trustee (acting on the instructions received by it pursuant to Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)) provided that, prior to the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the FleetCo Secured Creditors agree that FleetCo Security Agent shall take instructions or directions from:

 

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  (a)

prior to the irrevocable and unconditional discharge in full of Senior Noteholder Debt, the Transaction Agent;

 

  (b)

following the irrevocable and unconditional discharge in full of the Senior Noteholder Debt but prior to the irrevocable and unconditional discharge in full of the Issuer Hedging Debt, the Issuer Hedge Counterparties (provided that in the case of the occurrence of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (each as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) in respect of which an Issuer Hedge Counterparty is an Affected Party (as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) or the Defaulting Party (as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement), such Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall be excluded); and

 

  (c)

where all Issuer Hedge Counterparties are excluded under paragraph (b) above or where the Senior Issuer Debt has been irrevocably and unconditionally discharged in full, the Subordinated Lender.

 

  (ii)

shall be entitled to assume that:

 

  (a)

any such instructions received by it are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents; and

 

  (b)

unless it has received actual notice of revocation, that those instructions or directions have not been revoked.

 

  14.2.2

The FleetCo Security Agent shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any direction, from:

 

  (i)

prior to the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Transaction Agent; and

 

  (ii)

upon and following the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Issuer Security Trustee (acting in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) and paragraph 8 (Instructions to Issuer Security Trustee and exercise of discretion) of Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms)),

as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, powers, authorities and discretions and the FleetCo Security Agent may refrain from acting unless and until those instructions or clarification are received by it.

 

  14.2.3

Any instructions given to the FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with this Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent) shall override any conflicting instructions given by any other Parties.

 

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14A Senior Advance Drawdowns, Guarantees and Issuer Letters of Credit

14A.1 Senior Advance Drawdowns

 

  14A.1.1

On the basis that the provisions of Clause 13.5 (Instructions to Transaction Agent and exercise of discretion) to Clause 13.37 (Exclusion of Liability) above apply in full without modification, the Transaction Agent shall, following receipt of each of the following:

 

  (i)

a completed draft Senior Advance Drawdown Notice(s) from the Central Servicer in accordance with the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

  (ii)

one or more completed draft FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice(s) from, or on behalf of, the relevant FleetCo (or its related FleetCo Servicer) in accordance with clause 3.2 (FleetCo Advance Drawdown Notice) of the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement and the Central Servicing Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

each report and certificate set out in Clause 13.2 (Appointment of the Transaction Agent) and Clause 15 (Provision of Information and Reports) in respect of a FleetCo Advance drawdown and a Senior Advance drawdown,

confirm to the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer and the Central Servicer by no later than 10:00 a.m. (CET) on or prior to the Information Date or the Intra-Month Information Date (as applicable) whether (so far as it is aware) the Country Asset Value Test and the Issuer Borrowing Base Test in respect of the FleetCo Advance that is proposed to be drawn by the relevant FleetCo and Issuer have been complied with by the relevant FleetCo and the Issuer.

 

  14A.1.2

 

  (i)

If the Transaction Agent confirms in accordance with Clause 14A.1.1 above that the Country Asset Value Test and the Issuer Borrowing Base Test have been complied with, the Issuer shall execute the completed Senior Advance Drawdown Notice and any Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice for any Issuer Subordinated Advance which is drawn for the purposes set out in Clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement and the Issuer shall immediately (and in any event by no later than the 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Information Date or the Intra-Month Information Date (as applicable)) deliver such executed Senior Advance Drawdown Notice and such executed Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice to the Issuer Cash Manager.

 

  (ii)

 

  A.

In respect of any Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice for any Issuer Subordinated Advance which is proposed to be drawn for the purposes set out in clause 4.2.1(c), 4.2.1(d), 4.2.1(e), 4.2.1(f) or 4.2.1(g) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement, the Issuer shall immediately (and in any event by no later than 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the third Business Day before the proposed Subordinated Advance Drawdown Date of such Issuer Subordinated Advance, deliver such executed Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice to the Issuer Cash Manager.

 

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  B.

In respect of any Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice for any Issuer Subordinated Advance which is proposed to be drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(b) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement, the Issuer shall, by no later than 11:00 a.m. (London time) one Business Day before the proposed Issuer Subordinated Advance Drawdown Date of such Issuer Subordinated Advance, execute such Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice and deliver such Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice to the Issuer Cash Manager.

 

  14A.1.3

 

  (i)

Following receipt of an executed Senior Advance Drawdown Notice and an executed Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice for an Issuer Subordinated Advance proposed to be drawn for the purposes set out in clause 4.1.2(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement by 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Information Date or the Intra-Month Information Date, as applicable, the Issuer Cash Manager shall by no later than 3:00 p.m. (London time) on the Information Date or the Intra-Month Information Date (as applicable) deliver such executed Senior Advance Drawdown Notice to each Senior Noteholder and such executed Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice to the Subordinated Lender, with a copy to the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer.

 

  (ii)

 

  A.

Following receipt of an executed Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice for an Issuer Subordinated Advance proposed to be drawn for the purposes set out in clause 4.2.1(c), 4.2.1(d), 4.2.1(e), 4.2.1(f) or 4.2.1(g) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement by 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the third Business Day before the proposed Subordinated Advance Drawdown Date of such Issuer Subordinated Advance, the Issuer Cash Manager shall by no later than 3:00 p.m. (London time) on the third Business Day before the proposed Subordinated Advance Drawdown Date of such Issuer Subordinated Advance deliver such executed Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice to the Subordinated Lender, with a copy to the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer.

 

  B.

Following receipt of an executed Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice relating to an Issuer Subordinated Advance to be drawn for the purpose set out in clause 4.2.1(b) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement and signed by the Issuer by 11:00 a.m. (London time) one Business Day before the proposed Issuer Subordinated Advance Drawdown Date, the Issuer Cash Manager shall, by no later than 3:00 p.m. (London time) one Business Day before such proposed Issuer Subordinated Advance Drawdown Date, deliver such executed Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice to the Subordinated Lender, with a copy to each of the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer.

 

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  (iii)

For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer Cash Manager shall not be responsible for ascertaining or verifying whether the Issuer Subordinated Advance relating to any executed Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice it receives from the Issuer is to be drawn for the purpose set out in the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement, or for any other purpose.

 

  (iv)

The Issuer Cash Manager will not be liable to any person for any delay or failure to deliver any such Senior Advance Drawdown Notice or any such Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice in this Clause 14A.1.3 caused by any delay or failure by the Issuer to deliver such duly signed Senior Advance Drawdown Notice or Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice, as applicable.

 

  14A.1.4

Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Clause 14A.1 (Senior Advance Drawdowns), the Issuer shall not be obliged to make any FleetCo Advance unless the conditions set out or referred to in Clause 2 (Drawdown and Accession Conditions) have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Transaction Agent.

 

14A.2

Guarantees

 

  14A.2.1

Making of demands under Finco Payment Guarantee

 

  (a)

The Central Servicer shall determine on each Reporting Date (the “Shortfall Notification Date”) whether:

 

  (i)

the Issuer Available Funds on the immediately following Settlement Date are or will be insufficient to satisfy in full all the amounts due and payable by the Issuer on such Settlement Date other than amounts due and payable under the Subordinated Advances (such shortfall, the “Issuer AF Shortfall”);

 

  (ii)

the FleetCo Available Funds of any Country (other than France) on the immediately following Settlement Date are or will be insufficient to satisfy in full all amounts payable by the relevant FleetCo on such Settlement Date (such shortfall, the “FleetCo AF Shortfall”); and

 

  (iii)

the FCT Available Funds on the immediately following Settlement Date are or will be insufficient to satisfy in full all amounts payable by the FCT on such Settlement Date (such shortfall, the “FCT AF Shortfall”).

 

  (b)

If the Central Servicer determines on any Shortfall Notification Date that there shall be:

 

  (i)

an Issuer AF Shortfall;

 

  (ii)

a FleetCo AF Shortfall; or

 

  (iii)

a FCT AF Shortfall,

the Central Servicer shall notify the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager at or prior to 5:00 p.m. (GMT) on such Shortfall Notification Date of such Issuer AF Shortfall and/or, as the case may be, FleetCo AF Shortfall and/or, as the case may be, FCT AF Shortfall.

 

  (c)

If the Central Servicer makes any notification pursuant to paragraph (b) above, the FleetCo Security Agent shall by 4:00 p.m. (CET) on the Information Date immediately following such Shortfall Notification Date:

 

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  (i)

without instruction or direction from any party (notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent)), make a demand under the Finco Payment Guarantee in an amount equal to the relevant Issuer AF Shortfall and/or, as the case may be, FleetCo AF Shortfall and/or, as the case may be, FCT AF Shortfall;

 

  (ii)

as part of such demand, direct Finco to credit such amount to the Issuer Transaction Account; and

 

  (iii)

following the making of such demand, promptly notify the Transaction Agent that such demand has been made.

 

  (d)

The FleetCo Security Agent shall not be responsible for ascertaining whether or not there is an Issuer AF Shortfall and/or, as the case may be, a FleetCo AF Shortfall and/or, as the case may be, a FCT AF Shortfall and shall be entitled to rely and act on any information from the Central Servicer and shall have no liability to any person for making the demand or for any delay or failure caused by it not receiving any relevant information in a timely fashion.

 

  14A.2.2

Payments under the Finco Payment Guarantee

Following the making of any demand referred to in Clause 14A.2 above, Finco shall, by no later than 10:00 a.m. (CET) on the Lease Payment Date immediately following such Shortfall Notification Date, credit an amount equal to the Issuer AF Shortfall or, as the case may be, the FleetCo AF Shortfall or, as the case may be, the FCT AF Shortfall to the Issuer Transaction Account.

 

14.3

14A.3 Issuer Letters of Credit Demand

 

  14A.3.1

 

  (i)

By 10:00 a.m. (GMT) on the Lease Payment Date immediately following a Shortfall Notification Date upon which an Issuer AF Shortfall and/or a FleetCo AF Shortfall and/or an FCT AF Shortfall has occurred and been notified to the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Cash Manager shall notify the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent whether:

 

  (a)

the Issuer has received the Issuer AF Shortfall and/or, as the case may be, the FleetCo AF Shortfall and/or, as the case may be, the FCT AF Shortfall; or

 

  (b)

the Central Servicer has confirmed in writing to the Issuer Cash Manager that Finco has made an irrevocable payment instruction in respect of the payment of an amount equal to at least the Issuer AF Shortfall or, as the case may be, the FleetCo AF Shortfall or, as the case may be, the FCT AF Shortfall to the Issuer on or prior to such Lease Payment Date.

 

  (ii)

If the Issuer Cash Manager does not notify that either paragraph (i)(a) or paragraph (i)(b) above has occurred, the Issuer Security Trustee shall, by no later than 5:00 pm (GMT) on the Business Day immediately following the directions referred to in paragraph (a) below, make a Demand (as defined in the relevant Issuer Letter of Credit) in accordance with the relevant Issuer Letter of Credit to each Issuer LC Provider in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Issuer AF Shortfall and (b) the aggregate Available LC Commitment Amount, in each case pro rata to the Available LC Commitment Amount relating to each such Issuer LC Provider, provided that (this proviso being the “IST Proviso”) the Issuer Security Trustee:

 

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  (a)

has been directed to do so by 10:00 a.m. (GMT) on the relevant date pursuant to Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) and paragraph 8 (Instructions to Issuer Security Trustee and exercise of discretion) of the Issuer Intercreditor Terms in Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms);

 

  (b)

has been provided with a fully completed Demand including the amounts to be claimed thereunder; and

 

  (c)

shall not be responsible for ascertaining whether or not the circumstances listed in paragraph (i)(a) or paragraph (i)(b) above have occurred and shall be entitled to rely and act on any instructions given in accordance with this Clause 14A.3.1 and the Issuer Security Trustee’s only obligation will be to deliver the Demand so provided (subject to the IST proviso) and the Issuer Security Trustee shall have no liability to any person for so doing or for any delay or failure to deliver a Demand caused by it not receiving any relevant information, instructions or the fully completed Demand in a timely fashion.

 

  14A.3.2

At any time following notification to it by the Central Servicer of the occurrence of the Expected Maturity Date:

 

  (a)

the Issuer Security Trustee shall (subject to the IST Proviso mutatis mutandis) by no later than 5:00 p.m. (GMT) on the Business Day following the Issuer Security Trustee being directed or instructed to do so in accordance with the IST Proviso draw on the Issuer Letters of Credit in an amount equal to the Available LC Commitment in respect of such Issuer LC Provider; and

 

  (b)

the Issuer shall procure that such amount drawn under (i) above is credited to the Issuer Reserve Account and that the Issuer Cash Manager take into account such amounts in the calculation of the relevant Issuer Available Reserve Account Amount.

 

  14A.3.3

Following the notification by the Central Servicer that the relevant Issuer LC Provider ceases to be an Eligible LC Provider, the Issuer Security Trustee shall (subject to the IST Proviso mutatis mutandis), by no later than 5:00 p.m. (GMT) on the Business Day following the Issuer Security Trustee being directed or instructed to do so in accordance with the IST Proviso, make a Demand to such Issuer LC Provider (as defined in the relevant Issuer Letter of Credit) in an amount equal to the Available LC Commitment Amount in respect of such Issuer LC Provider in accordance with such Issuer Letter of Credit.

 

  14A.3.4

Following the notification by the Issuer LC Provider to the Issuer Security Trustee that the Letter of Credit Expiration Date (corresponding to the “Expiration Date” as defined in the relevant Issuer Letter of Credit) shall not be automatically extended by one year from the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date; and

if:

 

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  (i)

(A) the Transaction Agent has not received evidence satisfactory to it 15 Business Days prior to the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date that the Issuer Reserves will, on the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date, be more than or equal to the Issuer Reserve Required Amount or (B) the Transaction Agent has not received evidence satisfactory to it 15 Business Days prior to the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date that the Issuer Borrowing Base Test will be met on the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date; and

 

  (ii)

the Transaction Agent (acting in its own right and without needing to obtain prior instructions of the Senior Noteholders) has instructed the Issuer Security Trustee by 10:00 a.m. (London time) five Business Days prior to the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date to make a Demand (as defined in the relevant Issuer Letter of Credit),

the Issuer Security Trustee shall (subject to the IST Proviso mutatis mutandis), by no later than 5:00 p.m. (London time) on the Business Day following the Issuer Security Trustee being directed or instructed to do so in accordance with paragraph (ii) above and the IST Proviso, make a Demand (as defined in the relevant Issuer Letter of Credit) to such Issuer LC Provider in an amount equal to the Available LC Commitment Amount in respect of such Issuer LC Provider in accordance with such Issuer Letter of Credit. The Issuer Security Trustee shall be entitled to rely and act on the instructions given to it in accordance with this Clause 14A.3.4 without liability to any person and shall have no duty to verify whether the event in paragraph (i) above has been satisfied.

 

14A.4

Delayed Funding

 

  14A.4.1

Notwithstanding clause 7.3 (Failure by a Senior Noteholder to Fund any Senior Advance) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, any Conduit Senior Noteholder or Financial Institution Senior Noteholder who shall have previously delivered a Basel III Incurred Charges Notice to the Issuer on or prior to the Amendment Date certifying that it or any related Programme Support Provider has incurred charges under, or in anticipation of, Basel III (which may include external charges incurred by the Conduit Senior Noteholder, Financial Institution Senior Noteholder or Programme Support Provider or internal charges incurred by any of their businesses) in respect of its Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment or any agreement to support such a Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment, or in respect of its interest in the Senior Notes, based on its “liquidity coverage ratio” calculated under Basel III, may, upon receipt of any Senior Advance Drawdown Notice pursuant to Clause 14A.1.3 provide a Delayed Funding Notice to the Issuer on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (London time) on the third Business Day preceding the related Senior Advance Drawdown Date of its intent to fund an amount up to its Relevant Senior Noteholder Percentage of the Senior Advance requested in the relevant Senior Advance Drawdown Notice (such amount, subject to any adjustment described below, the “Delayed Amount”) on a Business Day that is on or before the thirty-fifth (35th) day following the Senior Advance Drawdown Date identified in such notice of Senior Advance Drawdown Notice (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the next succeeding Business Day) (the “Delayed Funding Date”) rather than on the relevant Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

 

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  14A.4.2

If any Conduit Senior Noteholder or Financial Institution Senior Noteholder provides a Delayed Funding Notice (a “Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder”) to the Issuer following a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice, the Issuer may, by delivering a Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice to the Issuer Cash Manager and the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder on or prior to 9:00 a.m. (London time) on the second Business Day preceding such Senior Advance Drawdown Date:

 

  (i)

decrease the amount of the Senior Advance to be made in relation to the Senior Notes with respect to such Senior Advance Drawdown Notice (or revoke such Senior Advance Drawdown Notice by decreasing the relevant amount of the Senior Notes to zero); and/or

 

  (ii)

require any Conduit Senior Noteholder or Financial Institution Senior Noteholder who has provided a Delayed Funding Notice to reduce the Delayed Amount with respect to such Increase by an amount no greater than the Non-Deferrable Advance Amount with respect to such Senior Noteholder as of the related Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

 

  14A.4.3

If:

 

  (i)

one or more Delayed Funding Senior Noteholders provides a Delayed Funding Notice to the Issuer in respect of any Senior Advance Drawdown Date; and

 

  (ii)

the Issuer has not required each such Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder to reduce the Delayed Amount with respect to such Senior Advance to zero (in which case the original Senior Advance Drawdown Notice will remain effective),

in each case, pursuant to Clause 14A.4.2, the Issuer (or the Central Servicer on its behalf) shall, together with the Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice delivered pursuant to Clause 14A.4.2, deliver to the Issuer Cash Manager:

 

  (iii)

a Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice or, if the Issuer has decreased the related Senior Advance amount to zero pursuant to Clause 14A.4.2(i), inform the Issuer Cash Manager of the revocation of the original Senior Advance Drawdown Notice (“Notice of Revocation”); and

 

  (iv)

if any increase to an Issuer Subordinated Advance requested to be drawn for the purposes set out in clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement under a Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice is required as a result of such Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice or Notice of Revocation, a Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice,

in each case by no later than 9:00 a.m. (London time) on the second Business Day preceding such Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

 

  14A.4.4

Following receipt of an executed Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice, a Notice of Revocation and/or an executed Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice from the Issuer (or the Central Servicer on its behalf) pursuant to Clause 14A.4.3(iii) and (iv) by 9:00 a.m. (London time) on the second Business Day preceding such Senior Advance Drawdown Date, the Issuer Cash Manager shall by no later than 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second Business Day preceding such Senior Advance Drawdown Date deliver such executed Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice or Notice of Revocation to each Senior Noteholder and such executed Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice to the Subordinated Lender, with a copy to the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer.

 

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  14A.4.5

If so specified in a Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice delivered pursuant to Clause 14A.4.4, each Senior Noteholder that is not a Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder (each a “Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder”) shall be required to fund an additional portion of such Senior Advance with respect to the Senior Notes on such Senior Advance Drawdown Date proportionately in relation to such Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder’s Relevant Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder Percentage, provided that no Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder shall be required to fund any portion of the aggregate Delayed Amounts that would cause its Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding to exceed its Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment. The Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholders hereby agree to fund such portion of the Senior Advance on such Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

 

  14A.4.6

No Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder in respect of a Senior Advance shall be considered to be in default of its obligation under the terms of this Agreement to fund its Delayed Amount (and, for the avoidance of doubt, clause 7.3 (Failure by a Senior Noteholder to Fund any Senior Advance) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement shall not apply) unless and until it has failed to fund the Delayed Amount (and/or the Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount with respect to such Delayed Amount) on or before the Delayed Funding Date.

 

  14A.4.7

After the Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholders fund a Delayed Amount on any Senior Advance Drawdown Date in accordance with this Clause 14A.4, the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholders in respect of such Delayed Amount will be obligated to fund the Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount with respect to such Delayed Amount on or before its Delayed Funding Date, irrespective of whether the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date shall have occurred on or prior to such Delayed Funding Date or the Issuer would be able to satisfy the conditions in Clause 6 (Funding of Senior Advances) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and Clause 2 (Drawdown and Accession Conditions) and with respect to Senior Advances in an amount equal to such Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount on such Delayed Funding Date. Such Delayed Funding Senior Noteholders shall fund such Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount on such Delayed Funding Date by paying such amount to the Issuer Transaction Account, following which the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding of the Senior Notes held by the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholders shall be increased by an amount equal to the Delayed Amount relating to such Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder. Upon the Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount being credited to the Issuer Transaction Account on the Delayed Funding Date, the Issuer Cash Manager shall promptly withdraw an amount equal to the Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount from the Issuer Transaction Account to make payments in respect of one or more Senior Advance(s) of each relevant Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder in an amount equal to the applicable amount of the Delayed Amount funded by such Non-Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder on such Senior Advance Drawdown Date pursuant to this Clause 14A.4. For the avoidance of doubt, such withdrawal from the Issuer Transaction Account shall be made outside of, and is not subject to, any Issuer Priority of Payments.

 

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Section 8

Reporting Requirements

 

15

Provision of Information and Reports

 

15.1

Monthly Central Servicer Reports

 

  15.1.1

The Central Servicer shall provide to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager on or before 2:00 p.m. (CET) on each Reporting Date a Monthly Central Servicer Report setting out information on the assets of the relevant FleetCo as of the Calculation Date immediately preceding such Reporting Date.

 

  15.1.2

Each Monthly Central Servicer Report shall be substantially in the form set out in Part 1 (Form of Monthly Central Servicer Report) of Schedule 10 (Form of Central Servicer Reports).

 

15.2

FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Reports

 

  15.2.1

Each FleetCo shall (or shall procure that the relevant Opco or (in the case of Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleets in Germany and/or The Netherlands) Finco, in its capacity as Servicer on behalf of its related FleetCo under the relevant Servicing Agreement and in respect of the relevant Opco as Lessee under the relevant Master Lease Agreement shall), in respect of the immediately preceding Calculation Period, provide to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager a FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report, on or prior to 2:00 p.m. (CET) on each Reporting Date.

 

  15.2.2

Each FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report shall be substantially in the form set out in in Part 2 (Form of FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report) of Schedule 8 (Forms of Cash Management Reports) hereto, provided that each FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report prepared by Italian FleetCo shall provide for separate sections in respect of (i) the Maggiore Vehicles and Maggiore Italian Opco and (ii) the vehicle fleet of Italian FleetCo other than the Maggiore Vehicles and Avis Italian Opco.

 

15.3

Fleet Reports

 

  15.3.1

Each Lessee shall prepare a Fleet Report in respect of Spain, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands and France (as applicable) and in respect of the immediately preceding Calculation Period, provided that Maggiore Italian Opco in its capacity as Lessee shall prepare its Fleet Report only with respect to the Maggiore Vehicles leased by itself and Avis Italian Opco in its capacity as Lessee shall prepare its Fleet Report only with respect to any Vehicles leased by itself. Each Lessee shall deliver such Fleet Report, to the relevant FleetCo, each FleetCo Servicer and the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager on or prior to 2:00 p.m. (CET) on each Reporting Date.

 

  15.3.2

Each Fleet Report shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule 9 (Form of Fleet Report).

 

15.4

Issuer Cash Management Reports

The Issuer Cash Manager shall, in respect of the immediately preceding Calculation Period, on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (GMT) on the Business Day falling after each Information Date or such other dates or times as reasonably requested in writing by the Transaction Agent (provided that, if so requested, the Issuer Cash Manager shall not be required to provide such report earlier than 2 Business Days following such request) provide the Transaction Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee with a copy to the Central Servicer, an Issuer Cash Management Report.

 

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15.5

Intra-Month Central Servicer Report

 

  15.5.1

The Central Servicer shall provide the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager an Intra-Month Central Servicer Report in respect of the immediately preceding Calculation Period on or prior to 2:00 p.m. (CET) four (4) Business Days prior to:

 

  (i)

a drawdown of the FleetCo Advance, in each case, for a drawdown on a Business Day other than on a Settlement Date if:

 

  (a)

the aggregate of all such drawdowns of FleetCo Advances under the same FleetCo Facility Agreement on the same date is in an amount greater than the outstanding FleetCo Advance(s) under the same FleetCo Facility Agreement that are repaid on the same date, with the difference between such drawdown(s) of FleetCo Advance(s) and the outstanding FleetCo Advance(s) and the outstanding FleetCo Advance(s) under the same FleetCo Facility Agreement that are being repaid on the same date being the “FleetCo Advance Additional Amount”; and

 

  (b)

the aggregate of FleetCo Advance Additional Amounts in relation to each FleetCo Facility Agreement (if any) since the date of the latest Intra-Month Central Servicer Report is greater than or equal to [Redacted]; or

 

  (ii)

a proposed withdrawal from any Issuer Account by the Issuer and/or any FleetCo Account by FleetCo in accordance with Clause 4.1.35(e) (Withdrawals from Issuer Transaction Account) or Clause 4.3.43(d)(ii)(B) (Withdrawals from FleetCo Bank Accounts), respectively.

 

  15.5.2

Each Intra-Month Central Servicer Report shall be substantially in the form set out in Part 2 (Form of Intra-Month Central Servicer Report) of Schedule 10 (Form of Central Servicer Reports) hereto.

 

15.6

Designation of Vehicles

For the purposes of the preparation and delivery of a Monthly Central Servicer Report or an Intra-Month Central Servicer Report (as applicable), the relevant FleetCo Servicer may designate:

 

  (a)

Eligible Vehicles in the relevant Country as “Non-Eligible Vehicles”; and

 

  (b)

Non-Eligible Vehicles in the relevant Country as “Eligible Vehicles” only if such Vehicles satisfy all of the eligibility criteria set out in the definition of “Eligible Vehicles”.

 

15.7

Securitisation Regulation Reports

 

  15.7.1

For the purposes of Article 7(2) of the EU Securitisation Regulation and Article 7(2) of the UK Securitisation Regulation, Finco and the Issuer designate the Issuer as the entity to fulfil the information requirements set out in Article 7(1) of the EU Securitisation Regulation and Article 7(1) of the UK Securitisation Regulation respectively.

 

  15.7.2

The Issuer (as the designated reporting entity under both Article 7(2) of the EU Securitisation Regulation and Article 7(2) of the UK Securitisation Regulation) undertakes to make available all the information that an originator, sponsor or securitisation special purpose entity is required to make available under and in accordance with both Article 7 of the EU Securitisation Regulation and Article 7 of the UK Securitisation Regulation.

 

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  15.7.3

The Central Servicer shall assist the Issuer in the performance of certain of its obligations pursuant to Article 7 of the EU Securitisation Regulation, including assisting the Issuer in preparing and publishing an EU SR Investor Report, EU SR Loan Level Data Report, EU SR ABCP Investor Report and an EU SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report on each Reporting Date.

 

  15.7.4

The Central Servicer shall assist the Issuer in the performance of certain of its obligations pursuant to Article 7 of the UK Securitisation Regulation, including assisting the Issuer in preparing and publishing a UK SR Investor Report, UK SR Loan Level Data Report, UK SR ABCP Investor Report, and a UK SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report on each Reporting Date.

 

  15.7.5

So long as the Issuer or Finco is required to do so under the terms of the EU Securitisation Regulation and the UK Securitisation Regulation, the Central Servicer (on behalf of the Issuer) shall provide to the Transaction Agent no later than the third Reporting Date following the end of each Interest Period which commences on or after the Amendment Date:

 

  (i)

an EU SR Investor Report and a UK SR Investor Report; and

 

  (ii)

an EU SR Loan Level Data Report and a UK SR Loan Level Data Report;

 

  (iii)

no later than the first Reporting Date following the end of each Interest Period which commences on or after the Amendment Date, and only for so long as any Senior Noteholder is a Conduit Senior Noteholder: an EU SR ABCP Investor Report and a UK SR ABCP Investor Report; and

 

  (iv)

an EU SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report and a UK SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report.

 

   

The Transaction Agent will, promptly upon receipt of any EU SR Investor Report, UK SR Investor Report, EU SR Loan Level Data Report, UK SR Loan Level Data Report, EU SR ABCP Investor Report, UK SR ABCP Investor Report, EU SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report or UK SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report, forward such report(s) to the relevant competent authorities (if required), the FleetCo Security Agent, (in the case of an EU SR Investor Report, UK SR Investor Report, EU SR Loan Level Data Report or UK SR Loan Level Data Report) each Senior Noteholder that is not a Conduit Senior Noteholder, and (in the case of an EU SR ABCP Investor Report, UK SR ABCP Investor Report, EU SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report and UK SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report) each Conduit Senior Noteholder.

 

  15.7.6

So long as the Issuer or Finco is required to do so under the terms of the EU Securitisation Regulation the Central Servicer (on behalf of the Issuer) shall provide:

 

  (i)

draft versions of the documentation required to be made available pursuant to Article 7(1)(b) of the EU Securitisation Regulation before pricing;

 

  (ii)

final versions of the documentation required to be made available pursuant to Article 7(1)(b) of the EU Securitisation Regulation within 15 days of the Closing Date; and

 

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  (iii)

documentation required to be made available pursuant to Article 7(1)(c) of the EU Securitisation Regulation before pricing

 

  15.7.7

So long as the Issuer or Finco is required to do so under the terms of the UK Securitisation Regulation the Central Servicer (on behalf of the Issuer) shall provide:

 

  (i)

draft versions of the documentation required to be made available pursuant to Article 7(1)(b) of the UK Securitisation Regulation before pricing;

 

  (ii)

final versions of the documentation required to be made available pursuant to Article 7(1)(b) of the UK Securitisation Regulation within 15 days of the Closing Date; and

 

  (iii)

documentation required to be made available pursuant to Article 7(1)(c) of the UK Securitisation Regulation before pricing.

 

  15.7.8

So long as the Issuer or Finco is required to do so under the terms of the EU Securitisation Regulation, the Central Servicer (on behalf of the Issuer) shall provide without delay to the relevant competent authorities (if required), the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent and each Senior Noteholder that is not a Conduit Senior Noteholder each EU SR Inside Information or Significant Event Report.

 

  15.7.9

So long as the Issuer or Finco is required to do so under the terms of the UK Securitisation Regulation, the Central Servicer (on behalf of the Issuer) shall provide without delay to the relevant competent authorities (if required), the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent and each Senior Noteholder that is not a Conduit Senior Noteholder each UK SR Inside Information or Significant Event Report.

 

  15.7.10

Each Conduit Senior Noteholder shall, upon receipt of a written request from the Issuer, provide to the Issuer any relevant data that is in the possession of (or can reasonably be obtained by) such Conduit Senior Noteholder, as may be reasonably required by the Issuer to produce the EU SR ABCP Investor Report, the UK SR ABCP Investor Report, the EU SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report or the UK SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report pursuant to paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of Clause 15.7.5.

 

  15.7.11

For the avoidance of doubt, until the Central Servicer is notified in writing by the Issuer and/or any Senior Noteholder of any differences and/or deviations between the prescribed reporting templates to be used pursuant to the EU Article 7 Technical Standards and the UK Article 7 Technical Standards following which separate reports will be produced as necessary, each UK SR ABCP Investor Report, UK SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report, UK SR Investor Report, UK SR Loan Level Data Report and UK SR Inside Information or Significant Event Report is expected to be identical to each EU SR ABCP Investor Report, EU SR ABCP Loan Level Data Report, EU SR Investor Report, EU SR Loan Level Data Report and EU SR Inside Information or Significant Event Report respectively, and the Central Servicer (on behalf of the Issuer) shall only be required to produce one of each such report to fulfil the reporting requirements under the EU Securitisation Regulation and the UK Securitisation Regulation.

 

 

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Section 9

Miscellaneous

 

16

Parallel Debt

 

16.1

Notwithstanding any other provision in any FleetCo Transaction Document, Dutch FleetCo hereby irrevocably and unconditionally, by way of an independent acknowledgement of indebtedness, undertakes to pay to the FleetCo Security Agent as a creditor in its own right and not as a representative of the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditors (excluding the FleetCo Security Agent), as and when those amounts are due under the relevant FleetCo Transaction Document, amounts equal to:

 

  (i)

the amount of the FleetCo German Secured Liabilities (excluding any liabilities owed to the FleetCo Security Agent);

 

  (ii)

the amount of the FleetCo Spanish Secured Liabilities (excluding any liabilities owed to the FleetCo Security Agent); and

 

  (iii)

the amount of the FleetCo Dutch Secured Liabilities (excluding any liabilities owed to the FleetCo Security Agent).

 

16.2

Dutch FleetCo and the FleetCo Security Agent acknowledge that the obligations of Dutch FleetCo under Clause 16.1(i) above (the “German Parallel Debt”), under Clause 16.1(ii) above (the “Spanish Parallel Debt”) and under Clause 16.1(iii) above (the “Dutch Parallel Debt”) are several and are separate and independent from, and shall not in any way limit or affect, the corresponding obligations of Dutch FleetCo being:

 

  (i)

the FleetCo German Secured Liabilities (excluding any liabilities owed to the FleetCo Security Agent);

 

  (ii)

the FleetCo Spanish Secured Liabilities (excluding any liabilities owed to the FleetCo Security Agent); and

 

  (iii)

the FleetCo Dutch Secured Liabilities (excluding any liabilities owed to the FleetCo Security Agent)

(in either case a “Corresponding Debt”) nor shall the amounts for which Dutch FleetCo is liable under the German Parallel Debt, the Spanish Parallel Debt or the Dutch Parallel Debt, as applicable, be limited or affected in any way by its respective Corresponding Debt provided that:

 

  (a)

the relevant Parallel Debt shall be decreased to the extent that the associated Corresponding Debt has been irrevocably paid or (in the case of guarantee obligations) discharged; and

 

  (b)

the relevant Corresponding Debt shall be decreased to the extent that the associated Parallel Debt has been irrevocably paid or (in the case of guarantee obligations) discharged; and

 

  (c)

the amount of the relevant Parallel Debt shall at all times be equal to the amount of the associated Corresponding Debt.

 

16.3

The relevant Parallel Debt will become due, if and to the extent that the associated Corresponding Debt has become due.

 

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16.4

For the purpose of this Clause 16 (Parallel Debt), the FleetCo Security Agent acts in its own name and not as a trustee, and its claims in respect of either Parallel Debt shall not be held on trust. The FleetCo Security to be granted under the FleetCo Dutch Security Documents or the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents to the FleetCo Security Agent to secure the relevant Parallel Debt will be granted to the FleetCo Security Agent in its capacity as creditor of the relevant Parallel Debt and shall not be held on trust.

 

16.5

All monies received or recovered by the FleetCo Security Agent pursuant to this Clause 16 (Parallel Debt), and all amounts received or recovered by the FleetCo Security Agent from or by the enforcement of any FleetCo Security granted to secure either Parallel Debt, shall be applied in accordance with the relevant FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priorities of Payments, the German FleetCo Deed of Charge, the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge and the relevant FleetCo Dutch Security Documents or the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents, as appropriate.

 

16.6

Without limiting or affecting the FleetCo Security Agent’s rights against Dutch FleetCo (whether under this Clause 16 (Parallel Debt) or under any other provision of the FleetCo Transaction Documents), Dutch FleetCo acknowledges that:

 

  (i)

nothing in this Clause 16 (Parallel Debt) shall impose any obligation on the FleetCo Security Agent to advance any sum to Dutch FleetCo or otherwise under any FleetCo Transaction Document; and

 

  (ii)

for the purpose of any vote taken under any FleetCo Transaction Document or the FleetCo Security Agent shall not be regarded as having any participation or commitment other than those which it has in its capacity as a Senior Noteholder, if applicable.

 

17

Security Interests: Acknowledgements

Each of the Parties hereby acknowledges:

 

  (i)

the Security Interests made or granted by the Issuer under the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge;

 

  (ii)

the Security Interests made or granted by Dutch FleetCo under the FleetCo German Security Documents, the FleetCo Dutch Security Documents, the German FleetCo Deed of Charge, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents and the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

  (iii)

the Security Interests made or granted by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch under the FleetCo Spanish Security Documents and the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge;

 

  (iv)

for the purposes of Article 1264 and 2800 (as the case may be) of the Italian Civil Code, the Security Interests made or granted by (A) Italian FleetCo under the FleetCo Italian Security Documents and the Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge and (B) the Issuer under the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge; and

 

  (v)

the Security Interests made or granted by French FleetCo under the FleetCo French Security Documents and the French FleetCo Deed of Charge.

 

18

Issuer Intercreditor Terms

Each of the Issuer and the Issuer Secured Creditors shall comply with the Issuer Intercreditor Terms. The Issuer Intercreditor Terms shall be binding on the Issuer and each of the Issuer Secured Creditors and the Issuer and the Issuer Secured Creditors shall be bound to give effect to the Issuer Intercreditor Terms.

 

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19

Notices

 

19.1

Communications in Writing

Any communication to be made under or in connection with this Agreement, the Issuer Transaction Documents or the FleetCo Transaction Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by facsimile or letter.

 

19.2

Addresses

Any communication to be made under or in connection with this Agreement, the Issuer Transaction Documents and the FleetCo Transaction Documents shall be sent to the address, email address or facsimile number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of the interested party set out in Schedule 12 (Notice Details) to this Agreement, or any substitute address, email address, facsimile number or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the other parties by not less than five Business Days’ notice.

 

19.3

Delivery

 

  19.3.1

Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with this Agreement, the Issuer Transaction Documents or the FleetCo Transaction Documents shall only be effective:

 

  (i)

if by way of facsimile, when received in legible form; or

 

  (ii)

if by way of letter, when delivered personally or on actual receipt,

 

  (iii)

and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 19.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.

 

  19.3.2

Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Corporate Services Provider or the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider will be effective only when actually received by the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Corporate Services Provider or the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider (as applicable) and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer specified in Schedule 12 (Notice Details) to this Agreement (or any substitute department or officer as the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Corporate Services Provider or the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider shall specify for this purpose).

 

  19.3.3

Any communication or document to be made or delivered to a FleetCo or the FleetCo Security Agent or its relevant FleetCo Servicer will be effective only when actually received by such FleetCo or such FleetCo Security Agent or its relevant FleetCo Servicer and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer specified in Schedule 12 (Notice Details) to this Agreement (or any substitute department or officer as the FleetCo or the FleetCo Security Agent or the relevant FleetCo Servicer shall specify for this purpose).

 

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19.4

Notification of Address and Facsimile Number

Promptly upon changing its own address or facsimile number, the Issuer or, as the case may be, the relevant FleetCo or the relevant FleetCo Servicer shall notify the other parties.

 

19.5

Electronic Communication

 

  19.5.1

Subject to sub-Clause 19.3.3, any communication to be made between (i) the Issuer and an Issuer Secured Creditor under or in connection with the Issuer Transaction Documents, (ii) a FleetCo and a FleetCo Secured Creditor under or in connection with the FleetCo Transaction Documents or (iii) a Servicer or Opco and a FleetCo under or in connection with any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the relevant parties:

 

  (i)

agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication;

 

  (ii)

notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and

 

  (iii)

notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them.

 

  19.5.2

Any electronic communication made between (i) the Issuer and an Issuer Secured Creditor under or in connection with the Issuer Transaction Documents, (ii) a FleetCo and a FleetCo Secured Creditor under or in connection with the FleetCo Transaction Documents or (iii) a Servicer or Opco and a FleetCo under or in connection with any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party will be effective only when actually received in readable form and only if it is addressed in such a manner as the relevant party may specify for this purpose.

 

19.6

Deemed Receipt

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Clause 19 (Notices), any communication from any party to any other under this Agreement shall be effective (if by fax) when the relevant delivery receipt is received by the sender, (if in writing) when delivered and (if by electronic communication) when the relevant receipt of such communication being read is given, or where no read receipt is requested by the sender, at the time of sending, provided that no delivery failure notification is received by the sender within 24 hours of sending such communication; provided that any communication which is received (or deemed to take effect in accordance with the foregoing) outside business hours or on a non-business day in the place of receipt shall be deemed to take effect at the opening of business on the next following business day in such place. Any communication delivered to any party under this Trust Deed which is to be sent by fax or electronic communication will be written legal evidence.

 

19.7

English Language

 

  19.7.1

Unless otherwise provided, any notice given under or in connection with any Transaction Document must be in English.

 

  19.7.2

All other documents provided under or in connection with any Transaction Document must be:

 

  (i)

in English; or

 

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  (ii)

if not in English, and if so required by or any party thereto, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document or the laws of the relevant country specify that the original language version shall prevail.

 

20

Termination of Framework Agreement

Following the irrevocable and unconditional discharge in full of all the obligations of the Parties hereto (such date, the “FA Termination Date”), this Agreement shall be terminated, save that the obligations in Clause 12 (Confidentiality) are continuing and shall survive and remain binding on each Issuer Secured Creditor, FleetCo Secured Creditor and the Transaction Agent for a period of twelve months from the FA Termination Date.

 

21

Calculations and Certificates

 

21.1

Accounts

In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Transaction Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by an Issuer Secured Creditor or a FleetCo Secured Creditor (as applicable) are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.

 

21.2

Certificates and Determinations

Any certification or determination by an Issuer Secured Creditor, a FleetCo Secured Creditor or the Transaction Agent of a rate or amount under any Transaction Document to which it is a party is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.

 

22

Partial Invalidity

If, at any time, any provision of the Transaction Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.

 

23

Remedies and Waivers

No failure to exercise or any delay in exercising, on the part of any Issuer Secured Creditor, any FleetCo Secured Creditor or the Transaction Agent, any right or remedy under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement may be exercised as often as necessary, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law and may be waived only in writing and specifically.

 

24

Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications

 

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24.1

General principles

 

  24.1.1

Subject to Clause 24.2 (Framework Agreement: Relevant Parties Consent Only) to Clause 24.10 (Liquidation Agency Agreement) below and Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements), any term of a Transaction Document may be amended, waived or modified only with the consent and agreement of:

 

  (i)

each party to the relevant Transaction Document; and

 

  (ii)

(prior to the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice) the Transaction Agent or (upon and following the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice) the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)).

 

  24.1.2

Any such amendment, waiver or modification in respect of a Transaction Document made in accordance with this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications) and Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements) shall be binding on all the parties to such Transaction Documents and all parties shall be bound to give effect to it (including executing any amendment documents).

 

  24.1.3

Each Party hereto acknowledges that any consents, amendments, waivers or modifications:

 

  (i)

under any Transaction Document to which is a party; and

 

  (ii)

to which this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications) applies,

 

   

shall be subject to this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications).

 

  24.1.4

Unless expressly stated otherwise in this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications), this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications) overrides anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary.

 

24.2

Framework Agreement: Relevant Parties Consent Only

Subject to Clauses 24.2A and 24.2B below and subject to Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements) the following Clauses in this Agreement may be amended, waived or modified without the consent of all Parties hereto and such amendment, waiver or modification shall be binding on all Parties hereto, provided that the prior consent of the relevant Party or Parties set out below is obtained:

 

  (i)

Clause 2 (Drawdown and Accession Conditions), Clause 3 (Representations and Warranties), Clause 4 (General Undertakings), Clause 5 (Scheduled Amortisation), Clause 6 (Country Repayment Option), Clause 7 (Consequences of Potential Event of Default Prior to an Event of Default), Clause 8 (Events of Default), Clause 9 (Rapid Amortisation), Schedule 4 (Events of Default), Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements) and Schedule 7 (Forms of Compliance Certificates): the prior written consent of each of the Parties set out below:

 

  (a)

the Transaction Agent (acting pursuant to Clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent));

 

  (b)

the Issuer Security Trustee (acting pursuant to Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee));

 

  (c)

the FleetCo Security Agent;

 

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  (d)

the relevant Opco;

 

  (e)

the relevant FleetCo;

 

  (f)

the Central Servicer;

 

  (g)

the Issuer; and

 

  (h)

the Parent;

 

  (ii)

Clause 10 (Assignment and Transfer) and Clause 11 (Additional Issuer Secured Creditors and Liquidation Agent): only the prior written consent of each of the Issuer, the Subordinated Lender, the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)) and the Transaction Agent is required, save that in respect of Clause 11.4 (Acceding Liquidation Agent), only the prior written consent of the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer shall be required;

 

  (iii)

Clause 13 (Appointment of the Transaction Agent): only the prior written consent of the Transaction Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Senior Noteholders), the Issuer, the Central Servicer and the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) is required;

 

  (iv)

Clause 14.1 (Acknowledgement of Appointment of FleetCo Security Agent): in respect of Clause 14.1.1, only the prior written consent of each of the Spanish FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent is required; in respect of Clause 14.1.2, only the prior written consent of each of the German FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent is required; in respect of Clause 14.1.4, only the prior written consent of each of the Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent is required and in respect of Clause 14.1.6, only the prior written consent of each of the French FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent is required;

 

  (v)

Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent): only the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee));

 

  (vi)

Clause 14A (Senior Advance Drawdowns, Guarantees and Issuer Letters of Credit): only the prior written consent of the following is required:

 

  (a)

the Transaction Agent (acting pursuant to Clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by Transaction Agent));

 

  (b)

(in respect of the provisions therein relating to the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee and the Issuer Letter of Credit only) the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Security Trustee (acting pursuant to Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)) and Avis Europe;

 

  (c)

(in respect of the provisions therein relating to the Finco Payment Guarantee only) the FleetCo Security Agent and Finco;

 

  (d)

the Central Servicer; and

 

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  (e)

the Parent;

 

  (vii)

Clause 15 (Provision of Information and Reports): only the prior written consent of each of the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)), the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Servicers is required;

 

  (viii)

Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent): the prior written consent of:

 

  (a)

the Transaction Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Senior Noteholders);

 

  (b)

the Central Servicer;

 

  (c)

the Issuer;

 

  (d)

the relevant FleetCo (if relating to any additional condition precedent to a FleetCo Advance or an amendment to or modification of an existing condition precedent to a FleetCo Advance); and

 

  (e)

the Parent;

 

  (ix)

Schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments):

 

  (a)

(in respect of Issuer Priorities of Payments) only the prior written consent of each of the Issuer Secured Creditors shall be required, save that the consent of the relevant Issuer Secured Creditor is not required in respect of a proposed amendment, waiver or modification which does not relate to, or does not adversely affect, any payment due to such Issuer Secured Creditor;

 

  (b)

(in respect of the Dutch FleetCo German Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments and the Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) the prior written consent of each of the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)), the German FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent shall be required, save that the consent of the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditor is not required in respect of a proposed amendment, waiver or modification which does not relate to, or does not adversely, affect any payment due to such FleetCo Secured Creditor;

 

  (c)

(in respect of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments and the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) the prior written consent of each of the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)), the Spanish FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent shall be required, save that the consent of the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditor is not required in respect of a proposed amendment, waiver or modification which does not relate to, or does not adversely affect, any payment due to such FleetCo Secured Creditor;

 

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  (d)

(in respect of the Italian FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments and the Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) the prior written consent of each of the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)), the Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent shall be required, save that the consent of the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditor is not required in respect of a proposed amendment, waiver or modification which does not relate to, or does not adversely affect, any payment due to such FleetCo Secured Creditor;

 

  (e)

(in respect of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Opco Event of Default Priority of Payments) the prior written consent of each of the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)), the Dutch FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent shall be required, save that the consent of the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditor is not required in respect of a proposed amendment, waiver or modification which does not relate to, or does not adversely, affect any payment due to such FleetCo Secured Creditor;

 

  (f)

(in respect of the French FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments and the French FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments) the prior written consent of each of the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)), the French FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent shall be required, save that the consent of the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditor is not required in respect of a proposed amendment, waiver or modification which does not relate to, or does not adversely affect, any payment due to such FleetCo Secured Creditor; and

 

  (g)

(in respect of the FCT Priority of Payments), the prior written consent of each of the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)), the French FleetCo Secured Creditors and the FleetCo Security Agent shall be required, save that the consent of the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditor is not required in respect of a proposed amendment, waiver or modification which does not relate to, or does not adversely affect, any payment due to such FleetCo Secured Creditor;

 

  (x)

Schedule 6 (Forms of Accession Deed) and Schedule 11 (Form of Investor Report): only the prior written consent of the Issuer, the Subordinated Lender, the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)) and the Transaction Agent is required;

 

  (xi)

Schedule 8 (Forms of Cash Management Reports): only the prior written consent of:

 

  (a)

(in respect of Part 1 (Form of Issuer Cash Management Report) of Schedule 8 (Forms of Cash Management Reports) the Issuer, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Security Trustee (given in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)) and the Transaction Agent is required; and

 

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  (b)

(in respect of Part 2 (Form of FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report) of Schedule 8 (Forms of Cash Management Reports)), the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Servicers and the FleetCo Security Agent is required,

 

   

in each case, without prejudice to the obligation of the Issuer Cash Manager to deliver an Issuer Cash Management Report and the obligation of the Central Servicer to deliver a FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report in substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8 (Forms of Cash Management Reports) and in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent;

 

  (xii)

Schedule 9 (Form of Fleet Report): only the prior written consent of the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Servicers and the FleetCo Security Agent is required;

 

  (xiii)

Schedule 10 (Form of Central Servicer Reports): only the prior written consent of the Transaction Agent, the Central Servicer and the FleetCo Security Agent is required;

 

  (xiv)

Schedule 12 (Notice Details): only the prior written consent of the relevant Person to which the notice details relate is required;

 

  (xv)

Schedule 13 (Form of Issuer Letter of Credit), Schedule 14 (Forms of Drawdown Notices), Schedule 15 (Forms of Closing and Solvency Certificate): the prior written consent of each of the Parties set out below shall be required:

 

  (a)

the Transaction Agent (acting pursuant to Clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent));

 

  (b)

the Issuer Security Trustee (acting pursuant to Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee);

 

  (c)

the FleetCo Security Agent; and

 

  (d)

the Central Servicer; and

 

  (xvi)

Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms): only the prior written consent of each of the Issuer and each of the Issuer Secured Creditors is required, save that the consent of the relevant Issuer Secured Creditor is not required in respect of a proposed amendment, waiver or modification which does not relate, or does not adversely affect, any payment due to such Issuer Secured Creditor; and

 

  (xvii)

Schedule 17 (Vehicle Manufacturer Group Table): only the prior written consent of each of the Central Servicer and the Transaction Agent is required.

 

24.2A

The consent of the Liquidation Agent shall not be required for any proposed amendment, waiver or modification to any term of this Agreement or the German FleetCo Deed of Charge, save for any proposed amendment, waiver or modification to:

 

  (a)

the ranking of payments due and payable to the Liquidation Agent under any FleetCo Priority of Payments, save that the consent of the Liquidation Agent is not required in respect of a proposed amendment, waiver or modification which does not relate to, or does not adversely, affect any payment due to the Liquidation Agent; and

 

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  (b)

this Clause 24.2A; and

 

24.2B

The consent of any Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall not be required for any proposed amendment, waiver or modification to any term of this Agreement, the Issuer Deed of Charge or the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge, save for any proposed amendment, waiver or modification to:

 

  (a)

Clause 13.4.3 of this Agreement;

 

  (b)

Clause 24.8 (Issuer Hedging Agreements) of this Agreement;

 

  (c)

Clause 27.2.1 (Limited recourse against the Issuer) of the Framework Agreement;

 

  (d)

paragraph 4 (Issuer Hedge Counterparties) of Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms) of this Agreement;

 

  (e)

paragraph 7.4 (Exclusions) of Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms) of this Agreement;

 

  (f)

paragraphs 8.1.1(ii) and (iii) of Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms) of this Agreement;

 

  (g)

paragraph 9.4.2 of Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms) of this Agreement;

 

  (h)

this Clause 24.2B;

 

  (i)

clause 7.1.2 of the Issuer Deed of Charge or the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge; and

 

  (j)

any other provision in this Agreement, the Issuer Deed of Charge or the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge which would, in the reasonable opinion of an Issuer Hedge Counterparty, adversely affect its rights,

provided that, in each case where an Issuer Hedge Counterparty’s consent is required pursuant to this Clause 24.2B, such consent of such Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

24.3

Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee

 

  24.3.1

Subject to Clause 24.3.5, if a request is made to the Issuer Security Trustee by the Issuer or the FleetCo Security Agent or any other person to give its consent or approval to any event, matter or thing, or give any directions or instructions in respect of any event, matter or thing (including, without limitation, any matter relating to the enforcement of the Issuer Security or any amendment or modification to or waiver of any provision of the Transaction Documents or any determination that an Event of Default shall not be treated as such), then the Issuer Security Trustee shall give its consent or approval, direction or instruction or direct the FleetCo Security Agent to give its consent or approval or give any instruction or direction in relation to that event, matter or thing only if so directed in writing in accordance with paragraph 8 (Instructions to the Issuer Security Trustee and exercise of discretion) of Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms).

 

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  24.3.2

The Issuer shall promptly:

 

  (i)

send to each of the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent a copy of any report, notice or certification received by the Issuer pursuant to the Transaction Documents;

 

  (ii)

inform each of the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent of the occurrence of, or is otherwise aware of, any Default of which it has received written notice and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it to the extent it is aware of any such steps; and

 

  (iii)

inform each of the Issuer Security Trustee, the Transaction Agent and each relevant Rating Agency (to the extent that any outstanding Senior Notes are rated by such Rating Agency) of the occurrence and content of any waiver or amendment made or given pursuant to this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications).

 

  24.3.3

Implementation of modifications, consents, waivers and releases

 

   

As soon as reasonably practicable after the giving of its consent or its agreement to waive or modify any event, matter or thing in respect of a Transaction Document in accordance with this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendment, Waivers and Modifications), each of the parties to such Transaction Document shall, at the cost of the Issuer execute and deliver any deeds, documents or notices as may be required to be executed and/or delivered (in the case of any such deeds, documents or notices to be executed by the Issuer Security Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer Security Trustee) in order to give effect to the relevant matter or thing which the Issuer Security Trustee has consented to or agreed to waive or modify.

 

  24.3.4

Binding force and authority to sign

 

  (i)

Any modification, agreement, waiver granted or consent given by the Issuer Security Trustee in respect of any Transaction Document in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding on all the parties to this Agreement (including in respect of the Transaction Documents to which they are party) and all such parties shall be bound to give effect to it (including in respect of the Transaction Documents to which they are party).

 

  (ii)

The Issuer Security Trustee is hereby authorised by each Issuer Secured Creditor (other than the Subordinated Lender and Finco) to execute and deliver on its behalf all documentation required pursuant to this Clause 24.3 to implement any modification or the terms of any waiver or consent granted by the Issuer Security Trustee in respect of any Transaction Document pursuant to and in accordance with this Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) and such execution and delivery by the Issuer Security Trustee shall bind each Issuer Secured Creditor (other than the Subordinated Lender and Finco) under each of such Transaction Documents as if such documentation had been duly executed by it.

 

  24.3.5

Nothing contained in this Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) shall oblige the Issuer Security Trustee to agree to any amendment, waiver or grant of any consent, approval, or make any determination or give any direction or instructions to the FleetCo Security Agent to do any of the foregoing which, in the sole opinion of the

 

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  Issuer Security Trustee, would have the effect of (a) exposing the Issuer Security Trustee to any liability against which it has not been indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction or (b) increasing its obligations or duties or decreasing the protections of the Issuer Security Trustee.

 

24.4

Amendments, Waiver and Modifications of FleetCo Transaction Documents by the FleetCo Security Agent

 

  24.4.1

Subject to Clause 24.4.5, if a request is made to the FleetCo Security Agent by the Issuer or any other person to give its consent or approval to any event, matter or thing, or give any directions or instructions in respect of any event, matter or thing (including, without limitation, any matter relating to the enforcement of any FleetCo Security), then the FleetCo Security Agent shall give its consent or approval, direction or instructions in relation to that event, matter or thing only if so directed in writing by the parties set out in Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent) above.

 

  24.4.2

Each FleetCo shall promptly:

 

  (i)

inform the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent of the occurrence of any Default of which it has received notice and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it to the extent it is aware of any such steps; and

 

  (ii)

inform the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent of the occurrence and content of any waiver or amendment to which it has provided consent pursuant to this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications).

 

  24.4.3

Implementation of modifications, consents, waivers and releases

 

   

As soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event not later than 5 Business Days after the giving of its consent or its agreement to waive or modify any event, matter or thing in respect of a FleetCo Transaction Document in accordance with this Clause 24.4 (Amendments, Waiver and Modifications of FleetCo Transaction Documents by the FleetCo Security Agent), each of the parties to such FleetCo Transaction Document shall, at the cost of the relevant FleetCos, execute and deliver any deeds, documents or notices as may be required to be executed and/or delivered (each in form and substance satisfactory to the FleetCo Security Agent) in order to give effect to the relevant matter or thing which the FleetCo Security Agent has consented to or agreed to waive or modify.

 

  24.4.4

Binding force and authority to sign

 

  (i)

Any modification, agreement, waiver granted or consent given by the FleetCo Security Agent in respect of a FleetCo Transaction Document in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding on all the parties to such FleetCo Transaction Document (to the extent that such parties are parties to this Agreement) and all the parties to such FleetCo Transaction Document shall be bound to give effect to it.

 

  (ii)

The FleetCo Security Agent is hereby authorised by each other FleetCo Secured Creditor (other than the Central Servicer) to execute and deliver on its behalf all documentation required pursuant to this Clause 24.4 to implement any modification or the terms of any waiver or consent granted by the FleetCo

 

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  Security Agent in respect of any FleetCo Transaction Document pursuant to and in accordance with Clause 24.4 (Amendments, Waiver and Modifications of FleetCo Transaction Documents by the FleetCo Security Agent) and such execution and delivery by the FleetCo Security Agent shall bind each FleetCo Secured Creditor (other than the Central Servicer) under each of such FleetCo Transaction Document as if such documentation had been duly executed by it.

 

  24.4.5

Nothing contained in this Clause 24.4 (Amendments, Waiver and Modifications of FleetCo Transaction Documents by the FleetCo Security Agent) shall oblige the FleetCo Security Agent to agree to any amendment, waiver or grant of any consent which, in the sole opinion of the FleetCo Security Agent, would have the effect of (a) exposing the FleetCo Security Agent to any liability against which it has not been indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction or (b) increasing its obligations or duties or decreasing the protections of the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

24.5

Amendments to Certain Definitions in Master Definitions Agreement

 

  24.5.1

Subject to Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements), the definitions of “Fee Letters” and “Senior Noteholder Fee Letter” in the Master Definitions Agreement and the terms of any Fee Letter or Senior Noteholder Fee Letter and may be amended or modified without the consent of all Parties thereto and such amendment, waiver or modification shall be binding on all Parties thereto, provided that the prior consent of the following Parties are obtained:

 

  (a)

the Transaction Agent;

 

  (b)

the Senior Noteholders;

 

  (c)

the Issuer; and

 

  (d)

Finco.

 

  24.5.2

Subject to Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements), the definition of “Transaction Agent Fee Letter” and any definitions used therein in the Master Definitions Agreement and the terms of any Fee Letter or Senior Noteholder Fee Letter may be amended or modified without the consent of all Parties thereto and such amendment, waiver or modification shall be binding on all Parties thereto, provided that the prior consent of the following Parties are obtained:

 

  (a)

the Transaction Agent; and

 

  (b)

the Central Servicer.

 

  24.5.3

Subject to Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements), the definitions of “Lease Payment Date”, “Lease Determination Date”, “FleetCo Determination Date”, “Issuer Determination Date”, “Reporting Date”, “Intra-Month Reporting Date”, “Information Date”, “Intra-Month Information Date”, “Interest Determination Date”, “Intra-Month Interest Determination Date”, “Payment Confirmation Date” and “Shortfall Notification Date” in the Master Definitions Agreement may be amended or modified without the consent of all Parties and such amendment, waiver or modification shall be binding on all Parties thereto, provided that the prior written consent of the following Parties are obtained:

 

  (a)

the Transaction Agent;

 

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  (b)

the FleetCo Security Agent;

 

  (c)

the Central Servicer;

 

  (d)

if the amendment or modification relates to any timing or any other matter that affects the determination, calculation or delivery of information or any report to or by the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Security Trustee; and

 

  (e)

if the amendment or modification relates to any timing or any other matter that affects the determination, calculation or delivery of information or any report to or by the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Cash Manager.

 

  24.5.4

Provided that Qualifying Senior Noteholder consent has been obtained where applicable pursuant to Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements), the definitions of “Credit Enhancement Asset”, “Credit Enhancement Matrix”, “Credit Enhancement Required Amount”, “Issuer Borrowing Base Test”, “Senior Notes Maximum Amount”, “Country Asset Value”, “Combined Eligible Country Asset Value”, “Country Asset Value Test”, “Eligible Vehicle”, “Rapid Amortisation Event” and the definitions of the defined terms used in these definitions may be amended or modified without the consent of all the Parties to the Master Definitions Agreement and such amendment, waiver or modification shall be binding on all Parties to the Master Definitions Agreement, provided that the prior consent of the following Parties are obtained:

 

  (a)

the Transaction Agent;

 

  (b)

the Central Servicer; and

 

  (c)

the Issuer.

 

  24.5.5

The consent of the Liquidation Agent shall not be required for any proposed amendment, waiver or modification to any term of the Master Definitions Agreement, save for any proposed amendment, waiver or modification to the following:

 

  (a)

the definition of “Tax”;

 

  (b)

the definition of “VAT”;

 

  (c)

the definition of “Liabilities”;

 

  (d)

the definition of “Liquidation Agent Agreement”;

 

  (e)

the definition of “Liquidation Agent”;

 

  (f)

the definition of “Liquidation Agent Service Commencement Notice”; and

 

  (g)

clauses 2 (Principles of Interpretation and Construction), 3 (Incorporation of Common Terms) and Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications) of this Agreement), 4 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction) and 5 (Enforcement) of the Master Definitions Agreement,

 

   

in each case, which would, in the reasonable opinion of the Liquidation Agent, relate to the Liquidation Agent and adversely affect its rights and provided that, if the Liquidation Agent’s consent is required pursuant to this Clause 24.5.5, the Liquidation Agent shall not unreasonably withhold or delay its consent.

 

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  24.5.6

The consent of an Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall not be required for any proposed amendment, waiver or modification to any term of the Master Definitions Agreement, save for any proposed amendment, waiver or modification to the following definitions:

 

  (a)

paragraphs (a)(vi)(A) and (a)(vi)(B) of “Enforcement Action”;

 

  (b)

“Excess Swap Collateral”;

 

  (c)

“Issuer Hedge Collateral Account”;

 

  (d)

“Issuer Hedge Counterparty”;

 

  (e)

“Issuer Hedging Debt”;

 

  (f)

“Issuer Secured Creditors”, provided that the consent of an Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall only be required if such proposed amendment, waiver or modification relates to, or adversely affects the rights or interests of, such Issuer Hedge Counterparty;

 

  (g)

“Senior Issuer Finance Parties”, provided that the consent of an Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall only be required if such proposed amendment, waiver or modification relates to, or adversely affects the rights or interests of, such Issuer Hedge Counterparty;

 

  (h)

“Senior Recoveries”, provided that the consent of an Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall only be required if such proposed amendment, waiver or modification relates to, or adversely affects the rights or interests of, such Issuer Hedge Counterparty; and

 

  (i)

any other provision in the Master Definitions Agreement which would, in the reasonable opinion of an Issuer Hedge Counterparty, adversely affect its rights,

provided that, in each case where an Issuer Hedge Counterparty’s consent is required pursuant to this Clause 24.5.6, such consent of such Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

24.6

Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements)

 

  24.6.1

Any reference in this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications) and/or the Transaction Documents to consents, amendments, waivers, modifications, instructions or directions by the Senior Noteholders shall mean consents, amendments, waivers, modifications, instructions or directions by the Majority Senior Noteholders instructing the Transaction Agent, save for:

 

  (i)

the consents, amendments, waivers, modifications, instructions or directions set out in Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements), in which case the consent, instruction or direction of each Senior Noteholder is required; or

 

  (ii)

as otherwise expressly specified.

 

  24.6.2

This Clause 24.6 (Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements)) shall apply in the event of inconsistency with the rest of this Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications).

 

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24.7

FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement: Relevant Parties Consent Only

Subject to Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements), any term of the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement may be amended, waived or modified only with the consent and agreement of all the parties thereto and any such amendment, waiver or modification shall be binding on all parties thereto, save that:

 

  (i)

where such amendment, waiver or modification is proposed following the delivery of a FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Commencement Notice, the consent or agreement of the Servicers shall not be required; and

 

  (ii)

the consent or agreement of the Account Banks shall only be required:

 

  (a)

in the case of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank, where such amendment, waiver or modification relates to the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Bank Accounts;

 

  (b)

in the case of the Italian FleetCo Account Bank, where such amendment, waiver or modification relates to the Italian Bank Accounts;

 

  (c)

in the case of the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank, where such amendment, waiver or modification relates to the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts;

 

  (d)

in the case of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank, where such amendment, waiver or modification relates to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts; or

 

  (e)

in the case of the French FleetCo Account Bank, where such amendment, waiver or modification relates to the French Bank Accounts.

 

24.8

Issuer Hedging Agreements

 

  24.8.1

Any term in the Issuer Hedging Agreements in respect of:

 

  (a)

Part 4(n) (Transfers) of the Schedule to each such Issuer Hedging Agreement;

 

  (b)

Part 6 (Ratings Downgrade Provisions) of the Schedule to each such Issuer Hedging Agreement;

 

  (c)

the Credit Support Annex to each such Issuer Hedging Agreement; or

 

  (d)

any other provisions required by the relevant Rating Agencies then rating the outstanding Senior Notes,

may be amended, waived or modified by the Issuer Hedge Counterparty party to the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement without the consent and agreement of the Issuer or any other Party, provided that the proposed amendment, waiver or modification shall continue to comply with the requirements of such Rating Agencies and is in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer.

 

  24.8.2

No consent, amendment, waiver, modification, direction or instruction relating to:

 

  (a)

a change or which would have the effect of changing the definitions of “Issuer Hedging Agreement”;

 

  (e)

a change or which would have the effect of changing the definition of “Permitted Hedge Close-out” or any of the Issuer Hedge Counterparty’s rights to terminate the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreements; or

 

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  (f)

a change or which would have the effect of changing the exemption granted with respect to Permitted Hedge Close-out,

may be effective unless prior written consent to such amendment, waiver, modification, direction or instruction has been received by each Issuer Hedge Counterparty, the Issuer, the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer.

 

24.9

Amendments, Waiver and Modifications of the FCT Transaction Documents

 

  24.9.1

 

  (i)

Following exercise by Finco of the France Repayment Option and the payment of the corresponding France TRO Finco Amounts:

 

  (a)

any term of the FCT Regulations may be amended, waived or modified with the consent and agreement of the FCT Management Company and the FCT Custodian (after prior consultation of the FCT Noteholder) and any such amendment, waiver or modification shall be binding on all parties thereto; and

 

  (b)

any term of the FCT Transaction Documents may be amended, waived or modified with the consent and agreement of the parties thereto.

 

  (ii)

Subject to Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements) and Clause 24.9.1(i)(a) above, any term of the FCT Regulations may be amended, waived or modified with the consent and agreement of the FCT Management Company, the FCT Custodian and the FCT Noteholder and any such amendment, waiver or modification shall be binding on all parties thereto.

 

  24.9.2

Subject to Schedule 5 (Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements) and Clause 24.9.1(i)(b) above, any term of any FCT Transaction Document may be amended, waived or modified only with the consent and agreement of all the parties thereto and any such amendment, waiver or modification shall be binding on all parties thereto.

 

24.10

Liquidation Agency Agreement

Schedule 2 (Fee Schedule) of the Liquidation Agency Agreement may be amended, waived or modified without the consent of the parties thereto other than the Liquidation Agent, the Transaction Agent and the Central Servicer.

 

24.11

Replacement of Screen Rate

 

  24.11.1

If a Screen Rate Replacement Event has occurred in relation to any Screen Rate, any amendment or waiver which relates to:

 

  (i)

providing for the use of a Replacement Benchmark in relation to that currency in place of that Screen Rate; and

 

  (ii)

 

  (a)

aligning any provision of any Transaction Document to the use of that Replacement Benchmark;

 

  (b)

enabling that Replacement Benchmark to be used for the calculation of interest under any Transaction Document (including, without limitation, any consequential changes required to enable that Replacement Benchmark to be used for the purposes of any Transaction Document);

 

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  (c)

implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Benchmark;

 

  (d)

providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption) provisions for that Replacement Benchmark; or

 

  (e)

adjusting the pricing to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable, any transfer of economic value from one Party to another as a result of the application of that Replacement Benchmark (and if any adjustment or method for calculating any adjustment has been formally designated, nominated or recommended by the Relevant Nominating Body, the adjustment shall be determined on the basis of that designation, nomination or recommendation),

may be made with the consent of the Transaction Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Senior Noteholders) and the Issuer.

 

  24.11.2

If any Senior Noteholder fails to respond to a request for an amendment or waiver described in clause 24.11.1 above within 20 Business Days (or such longer time period in relation to any request which the Issuer and the Transaction Agent may agree) of that request being made:

 

  (i)

its Senior Noteholder Commitment shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Senior Noteholder Commitments when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage of Total Senior Noteholder Commitments has been obtained to approve that request; and

 

  (ii)

its status as a Senior Noteholder shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Senior Noteholders has been obtained to approve that request.

 

  24.11.3

In this Clause 24.11:

Relevant Nominating Body” means any applicable central bank, regulator or other supervisory authority or a group of them, or any working group or committee sponsored or chaired by, or constituted at the request of, any of them or the Financial Stability Board.

Replacement Benchmark” means a benchmark rate which is:

 

  (i)

formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Screen Rate by:

 

  (a)

the administrator of that Screen Rate (provided that the market or economic reality that such benchmark rate measures is the same as that measured by that Screen Rate); or

 

  (b)

any Relevant Nominating Body,

and if replacements have, at the relevant time, been formally designated, nominated or recommended under both paragraphs, the “Replacement Benchmark” will be the replacement under paragraph (b) above;

 

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  (ii)

in the opinion of the Majority Senior Noteholders and the Issuer, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate successor to a Screen Rate; or

 

  (iii)

in the opinion of the Majority Senior Noteholders and the Issuer, an appropriate successor to a Screen Rate.

Screen Rate Replacement Event” means, in relation to a Screen Rate:

 

  (i)

the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Screen Rate has, in the opinion of the Majority Senior Noteholders and the Issuer, materially changed;

 

  (ii)

 

  (a)

 

  (A)

the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or

 

  (B)

information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, of or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange, regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or judicial body which reasonably confirms that the administrator of that Screen Rate is insolvent,

provided that, in each case, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Screen Rate;

 

  (b)

the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease, to provide that Screen Rate permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Screen Rate;

 

  (c)

the supervisor of the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that such Screen Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued; or

 

  (d)

the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor announces that that Screen Rate may no longer be used; or

 

  (iii)

the administrator of that Screen Rate determines that that Screen Rate should be calculated in accordance with its reduced submissions or other contingency or fallback policies or arrangements and either:

 

  (a)

the circumstance(s) or event(s) leading to such determination are not (in the opinion of the Majority Senior Noteholders and the Issuer) temporary; or

 

  (b)

that Screen Rate is calculated in accordance with any such policy or arrangement for a period no less than one month; or

 

  (iv)

in the opinion of the Majority Senior Noteholders and the Issuer, that Screen Rate is otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this Agreement.

 

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25

Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.

 

26

Third Parties Rights

 

26.1

Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the “Third Parties Rights Act”) to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.

 

26.2

Notwithstanding any term of this Agreement, the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.

 

26.3

Any Receiver, Delegate or any other person described in Clause 27 (Non-Petition and Limited Recourse) may, subject to this Clause 26 (Third Parties Rights) and the Third Parties Rights Act, rely on any Clause of this Agreement which expressly confers rights on it.

 

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Section 10

Non-Petition and Limited Recourse, Governing Law, Enforcement and Service of Process

 

27

Non-Petition and Limited Recourse

 

27.1

Non-petition

 

  27.1.1

Non-petition Against the Issuer

 

  (i)

Other than the Issuer Security Trustee, each Party hereto agrees that it shall not be entitled to take any Insolvency Proceedings against the Issuer save as permitted by the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge.

 

  (ii)

The parties agree that this Clause 27.1.1 (Non-petition Against the Issuer) shall apply to all Transaction Documents to which the Issuer is a party.

 

  27.1.2

Non-petition Against the FleetCos

 

  (i)

Each Party hereto hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees and acknowledges that until the expiry of twenty-four (24) months and one (1) day after the termination of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo (as applicable) is a party:

 

  (a)

subject to Clause 27.2.2(i)(a) below, it shall not have the right to take or join any person in taking any steps against Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo (as applicable) for the purpose of obtaining payment of any amount due from Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo (as applicable) or in connection with the commencement of legal proceedings (howsoever described) to recover any amount owed to it by Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo (as applicable) under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo (as applicable) is party (other than serving a written demand on Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo (as applicable) for payment subject to the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo (as applicable) is a party and solely for the purpose of avoiding forfeiture of right); and

 

  (b)

neither it nor any person on its behalf shall be entitled to initiate or join any person in initiating any Insolvency Proceedings against the relevant FleetCo.

 

  (ii)

The parties agree that this Clause 27.1.2 (Non-petition Against the FleetCos) shall apply to all Transaction Documents to which each FleetCo is a party.

 

  (iii)

Avis Italian Opco agrees that this Clause 27.1.2 (Non-petition Against the FleetCos) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Italian VAT Sharing Agreement and the Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement.

 

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  27.1.3

Non-petition Against the Conduit Senior Noteholders

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which the relevant Conduit Senior Noteholder is expressed to be a party, each Party to this Agreement hereby agrees with and acknowledges to each of the Conduit Senior Noteholders that neither it nor any person on its behalf shall initiate or join any person in initiating a Third Party Insolvency Event or the commencement of any Third Party Insolvency Proceeding in relation to such Conduit Senior Noteholder until the date following two years and one day after all notes and commercial paper issued by such Conduit Senior Noteholder have been redeemed in full. The provisions of this Clause 27.1.3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

  27.1.4

Non-petition Against the FCT

Each Party hereto hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees and acknowledges that it shall not (i) be entitled to proceed directly against the FCT and (ii) have the right to take or join any person in taking any steps against the FCT for the purpose of obtaining payment of any amount due from the FCT (other than serving a written demand).

 

27.2

Limited recourse

 

  27.2.1

Limited recourse against the Issuer

 

  (i)

Each Party hereto agrees that:

 

  (a)

Enforcement of Security: only the Issuer Security Trustee may enforce the Security in respect of the Issuer in accordance with, and subject to the terms of, the Issuer Deed of Charge or the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge, as applicable, and only the Issuer Security Trustee may institute proceedings against the Issuer as it may think fit to enforce the rights of the Issuer Secured Creditors against the Issuer, whether the same arise under general law, this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or otherwise (provided nothing shall prevent an Issuer Secured Creditor (i) that is an Issuer Hedge Counterparty from delivering any notices pursuant to section 6(d) of the Issuer Hedging Agreement to which such Issuer Hedge Counterparty is a party or (ii) from proving for the full amount owed to it by the Issuer in the liquidation of the Issuer), and none of the other Issuer Secured Creditors shall be entitled to proceed directly against the Issuer or shall be entitled to take any action, steps or proceedings which would result in any of the provisions of any of Issuer Priority of Payments not being observed, unless the Issuer Security Trustee, having become bound to proceed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, fails or neglects to do so;

 

  (b)

Insufficient Recoveries: if, or to the extent that, after the Issuer Secured Property has been as fully as practicable realised and the proceeds thereof have been applied in accordance with the applicable Issuer Priority of Payments the amounts recovered on realisation of the Issuer Secured Property are insufficient to pay or discharge amounts due from the Issuer to the Issuer Secured Creditors in full for any reason, the Issuer will have no liability to pay or otherwise make good any such insufficiency; and

 

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  (c)

the obligations of the Issuer hereunder will be the limited recourse obligations of the Issuer payable solely in accordance with the Transaction Documents and no Party shall have any recourse to any of the directors, officers, employees, shareholders or Affiliates of the Issuer with respect to any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, indemnities or other obligations in connection with any transactions contemplated hereby.

 

  (ii)

The parties agree that this Clause 27.2.1 (Limited recourse against the Issuer) shall apply to all Transaction Documents to which the Issuer is a party.

 

  27.2.2

Limited recourse against the FleetCos

 

  (i)

Each Party hereto agrees that:

 

  (a)

Enforcement of Security: only the FleetCo Security Agent may enforce the Security in respect of a FleetCo in accordance with, and subject to the terms of, the relevant FleetCo Deed of Charge and the relevant FleetCo Security Documents and only the FleetCo Security Agent may institute proceedings against the FleetCos as it may think fit to enforce the rights of the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditors against the corresponding FleetCo, whether the same arise under general law, this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or otherwise and none of the other FleetCo Secured Creditors shall be entitled to proceed directly against such FleetCos, unless the FleetCo Security Agent, having become bound to proceed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, fails or neglects to do so;

 

  (b)

Insufficient Recoveries:

 

  A.

(in respect of recoveries in Spain and/or realisation of Dutch FleetCo Spanish Secured Property) if, or to the extent that, after the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Secured Property has been as fully as practicable realised and the proceeds thereof (in part in the case of proceeds of the pledge of shares in Dutch FleetCo) have been applied in accordance with the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments or the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments (as applicable), such proceeds are insufficient to pay or discharge amounts due from Dutch FleetCo to the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditors or any other Party to this Agreement in full for any reason, Dutch FleetCo will have no liability to pay or otherwise make good any such insufficiency;

 

  B.

(in respect of recoveries in Germany and/or realisation of Dutch FleetCo German Secured Property) if, or to the extent that, after the Dutch FleetCo German Secured Property has been as fully as practicable realised and the proceeds thereof (in part in the case of proceeds of the pledge of shares in Dutch FleetCo) have been applied in accordance with the Dutch FleetCo German Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments or the Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments (as applicable), such

 

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  proceeds are insufficient to pay or discharge amounts due from such FleetCo to the FleetCo Secured Creditors or any other Party to this Agreement in full for any reason, the Dutch FleetCo will have no liability to pay or otherwise make good any such insufficiency;

 

  C.

(in respect of recoveries in Italy and/or realisation of Italian FleetCo Secured Property) if, or to the extent that, after the Italian FleetCo Secured Property has been as fully as practicable realised and the proceeds thereof have been applied in accordance with the Italian FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments or the Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments (as applicable), such proceeds are insufficient to pay or discharge amounts due from such FleetCo to the FleetCo Secured Creditors or any other Party to this Agreement in full for any reason, Italian FleetCo will have no liability to pay or otherwise make good any such insufficiency;

 

  D.

(in respect of recoveries in The Netherlands and/or realisation of Dutch FleetCo Dutch Secured Property) if, or to the extent that, after the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Secured Property has been as fully as practicable realised and the proceeds thereof (in part in the case of proceeds of the pledge of shares in Dutch FleetCo) have been applied in accordance with the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments or the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Opco Event of Default Priority of Payments (as applicable), such proceeds are insufficient to pay or discharge amounts due from such FleetCo to the FleetCo Secured Creditors or any other Party to this Agreement in full for any reason, Dutch FleetCo will have no liability to pay or otherwise make good any such insufficiency; and

 

  E.

(in respect of recoveries in France and/or realisation of French FleetCo Secured Property) if, or to the extent that, after the French FleetCo Secured Property has been as fully as practicable realised and the proceeds thereof have been applied in accordance with the French FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments or the French FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments (as applicable), such proceeds are insufficient to pay or discharge amounts due from such FleetCo to the FleetCo Secured Creditors or any other Party to this Agreement in full for any reason, French FleetCo will have no liability to pay or otherwise make good any such insufficiency; and

 

  (c)

the obligations of each FleetCo hereunder will be the limited recourse obligations of the relevant FleetCo payable solely in accordance with the Transaction Documents and no Party shall have any recourse to any of the directors, officers, employees, shareholders or Affiliates of such FleetCo with respect to any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, indemnities or other obligations in connection with any transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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  (ii)

Irrespective of whether or not this Clause 27.2.2 (Limited recourse against the FleetCos) is incorporated into any other Transaction Document, the Parties agree that this Clause 27.2.2 (Limited recourse against the FleetCos) shall apply to all Transaction Documents to which each FleetCo is a party to the fullest extent possible.

 

  (iii)

Avis Italian Opco agrees that this Clause 27.2.2 (Limited recourse against the FleetCos) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Italian VAT Sharing Agreement and the Italian Income Tax Consolidation Agreement.

 

  27.2.3

Limited recourse Against the Conduit Senior Noteholders

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which a Conduit Senior Noteholder is expressed to be a party, each Party to this Agreement agrees with the Conduit Senior Noteholder that all amounts payable or expressed to be payable by such Conduit Senior Noteholder pursuant to this Agreement shall be recoverable solely out of its assets (except to the extent that the Conduit Senior Noteholder is not entitled as a matter of law to retain amounts paid to it, or amounts that are received by any person and any liquidator or creditor of the Conduit Senior Noteholder where such person is not entitled as a matter of law to retain such amounts paid), and each Party to this Agreement hereby agrees with the Conduit Senior Noteholder that the Conduit Senior Noteholder shall be liable in respect of any claim which such Party may have against it only to the extent that the Conduit Senior Noteholder has funds available for such purpose in accordance with the relevant priority of payments applicable to the Conduit Senior Noteholder and that, to the extent that any such claims remain unpaid after the application of such funds in accordance with such priority of payments, such claims shall be extinguished, and to the extent that any liabilities of any Conduit Senior Noteholder remain unpaid after the application of such sums, assets and proceeds, such liabilities shall be extinguished. The provisions of this Clause 27.2.3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

  27.2.4

Limited recourse Against the FCT

 

  a)

Each Party hereto hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees and acknowledges to the FCT that, notwithstanding any provision of the FCT Regulations or any other document to which the FCT is a party, all obligations of the FCT to such Party are limited in recourse and such Party shall not have the right to take or join any person in taking any steps against the FCT for the purpose of seeking the liability of the FCT or obtaining payment of any amount due to it from the FCT under any Transaction Document for sums in excess of the amount of the assets of the FCT which are available to be allocated to such payment in accordance with, and subject to, the FCT Priority of Payments set forth in Part 7 of Schedule 3 to this Agreement as provided for under article L.214-175.-III of the French Code monétaire et financier.

.

 

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28

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

28.1

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by English law.

 

28.2

The courts of England are to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement may be brought in such courts. The parties irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and waive any objection to Proceedings in such courts whether on the ground of venue or on the ground that the Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum. These submissions are for the benefit of the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent and shall not limit the right of the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent or the Transaction Agent to take Proceedings in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction (whether concurrently or not).

 

29

Service of Process

 

29.1

Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Parent:

 

  (a)

irrevocably appoints Finco as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Transaction Document to which it is party; and

 

  (b)

agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Parent of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

 

29.2

If for any reason such agent shall cease to be such agent for the service of process, the Parent shall forthwith appoint a new agent for service of process in England and deliver to the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee a copy of the new agent’s acceptance of that appointment within 30 days.

 

29.3

Nothing shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

This Agreement is executed and delivered on the date stated at the beginning.

 

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Schedule 1

The Parties

Part 1

Opcos, Servicers and Lessees

Opcos

 

Name of Opcos

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG (the “German Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (the “Avis Italian Opco” and an “Italian Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (the “Spanish Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Autoverhuur B.V. (the “Dutch Opco”)    [Redacted]
Avis Location de Voitures SAS (the “French Opco”)    [Redacted]
Maggiore Rent S.p.A. (the “Maggiore Italian Opco” and an “Italian Opco”)    [Redacted]

Servicers (excluding the Central Servicer)

 

Name of Servicers

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (the “Spanish Servicer”) in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s fleet in Spain    [Redacted]
In respect of Italian FleetCo: Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (the “Avis Italian Servicer” and an “Italian Servicer”)    [Redacted]
In respect of French FleetCo: Avis Location de Voitures SAS (the “French Servicer”)    [Redacted]
Maggiore Rent S.p.A. (the “Maggiore Italian Servicer” and an “Italian Servicer”)    [Redacted]

Central Servicer

 

Name of Central Servicer    Registration number (or equivalent, if any)
Avis Finance Company Limited (the “Central Servicer”)    [Redacted]

 

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Lessees

 

Name of Lessees

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG (as lessee under the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (as lessee under the Avis Italian Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (as lessee under the Spanish Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Budget Autoverhuur B.V. (as lessee under the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Avis Location de Voitures SAS (as lessee under the French Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]
Maggiore Rent S.p.A. (as lessee under the Maggiore Italian Master Lease Agreement)    [Redacted]

Part 2

FleetCos

 

Name of FleetCos

Jurisdiction of Incorporation and legal form

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

FinCar Fleet B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) (the “Dutch FleetCo”)    [Redacted]
FinCar Fleet B.V., Sucursal en España, the Spanish branch of FINCAR FLEET B.V. (a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands) with registered address at Avenida Manoteras, nº 32, 28050 Madrid, Spain and Spanish fiscal identification number W0037096E and registered at the Mercantile Registry in Madrid under volume 28809, page 190, section 8th and sheet M-518708 (the “Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch”)    [Redacted]

 

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Name of FleetCos

Jurisdiction of Incorporation and legal form

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. FleetCo. S.A.p.A., a partnership limited by shares (the “Italian FleetCo”)    [Redacted]
AB FleetCo a simplified limited stock company (société par actions simplifiée) (the “French FleetCo”)    [Redacted]

 

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Part 3

The Account Banks

 

Name of Account Bank

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Issuer Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank S.A.E. (the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank S.P.A. (the “Italian FleetCo Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG (the “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, Paris Branch (the “French FleetCo Account Bank”)    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “French FleetCo Account Bank Operator”)    [Redacted]

 

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Part 4

The Senior Noteholders

 

Names of Senior Noteholders

  

Registration number (or equivalent, if any)

Blue Finn S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Zürich Branch    [Redacted]
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank    [Redacted]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch    [Redacted]
Jupiter Securitization Company LLC    [Redacted]
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.    [Redacted]
Managed and Enhanced Tap (Magenta) Funding S.T.    [Redacted]
Matchpoint Finance Public Limited Company    [Redacted]
Lloyds Bank Plc    [Redacted]
Société Générale    [Redacted]
Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC    [Redacted]
UniCredit Bank AG    [Redacted]

 

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Schedule 2

Conditions Precedent

Part 1 – Conditions Precedent to the Initial Senior Advance and the Initial FleetCo Advance

The making of a Senior Advance on the Initial Funding Date under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement is subject to the delivery to the Transaction Agent of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and the Transaction Agent being satisfied in respect of the items below which are not documents. All such documents and evidence are to be delivered on or before the Initial Funding Date, except as otherwise indicated below and all such items below which are not documents shall be satisfactory to the Transaction Agent on or before the Initial Funding Date.

The making of a FleetCo Advance on the Initial Funding Date under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement is subject to the delivery to the FleetCo Security Agent of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the FleetCo Security Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent being satisfied in respect of the items below which are not documents. All such documents and evidence are to be delivered on or before the first FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date, except as otherwise indicated below and all such items below which are not documents shall be satisfactory to the FleetCo Security Agent on or before the Initial Funding Date.

 

1

Issuer Corporate Documents

 

1.1

A copy by an authorised signatory of the Issuer, of its constitutional documents.

 

1.2

A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer:

 

  (i)

approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, its Transaction Documents and resolving that it executes, delivers and performs its Transaction Documents;

 

  (ii)

authorising a specified person or persons to execute its Transaction Documents; and

 

  (iii)

authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with its Transaction Documents.

 

1.3

A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above in relation to the Transaction Documents and related documents.

 

2

FleetCo Corporate Documents

 

2.1

A copy of the constitutional documents of each FleetCo. A copy of a resolution of the board of directors or shareholder resolutions of each FleetCo:

 

  (i)

approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, its Transaction Documents and resolving that it executes, delivers and performs its Transaction Documents;

 

  (ii)

authorising a specified person or persons to execute its Transaction Documents;

 

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  (iii)

authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with its Transaction Documents; and

 

  (iv)

authorising the Central Servicer to act as its agent in connection with its Transaction Documents.

 

2.2

A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 2.2 above in relation to the Transaction Documents and related documents.

 

3

Certificates

A closing and solvency certificate dated the Initial Funding Date substantially in the form set out in Schedule 15 (Forms of Closing and Solvency Certificate) to the Framework Agreement from two directors of each of:

 

  (i)

the Issuer;

 

  (ii)

Dutch FleetCo;

 

  (iii)

Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch;

 

  (iv)

Italian FleetCo;

 

  (v)

Spanish Opco;

 

  (vi)

German Opco;

 

  (vii)

Avis Italian Opco;

 

  (viii)

Avis Finance Company Limited;

 

  (ix)

Avis Europe; and

 

  (x)

the Parent.

 

4

Representations and Warranties

 

4.1

All representations and warranties made or repeated by the Issuer at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

4.2

All representations and warranties made or repeated by the relevant FleetCo at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

4.3

All representations and warranties made or repeated by each Avis Obligor at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

5

No Default, no Master Lease Termination Event and no Servicer Termination Event

 

5.1

No Default in respect of itself has occurred or would result from the making of, or subscription of, such Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance (as the case may be).

 

5.2

No Master Lease Termination Event and no Potential Master Lease Termination Event has occurred or would result from the making of, or subscription of, the proposed Senior Advance or the proposed FleetCo Advance (as the case may be).

 

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5.3

No Servicer Termination Event and no Potential Servicer Termination Event has occurred or would result from the making of, or subscription of, the proposed Senior Advance or the proposed FleetCo Advance (as the case may be).

 

6

Financial Statements

 

6.1

In relation to the Issuer, a certified copy of its audited financial statements of the Issuer (if available) since its date of incorporation, which (i) shall be certified by a director of the Issuer as a true and fair view of its financial condition as at the date at which those financial statements were drawn up and (ii) are prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles.

 

6.2

In relation to each of the Central Servicer, Avis Europe, the Spanish Opco and Avis Italian Opco, a certified copy of the audited financial statements for its financial year ended 31 December 2011.

 

6.3

In relation to Avis Europe, to the extent that it prepares consolidated management accounts as part of its internal procedure, a certified copy of the consolidated management accounts for its financial quarter year ended 31 December 2012.

 

6.4

In relation to German Opco, a certified copy of the consolidated financial statements of AVIS Autovermietung Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH for its financial year ended 31 December 2011.

 

6.5

In relation to Dutch FleetCo and Italian FleetCo, a certified copy of its most recent financial statements (if any) and, if audited, the most recent audited financial statements.

 

7

Transaction Documents

Executed copies of the Transaction Documents duly executed by each of the parties thereto.

 

8

Legal and tax opinions and memoranda

 

8.1

Legal and tax opinions

The following opinions, in each case, in forms satisfactory to the Transaction Agent, and the Arranger, including, without limitation:

 

  (i)

enforceability opinions from Clifford Chance LLP;

 

  (ii)

capacity, due authority and due execution opinion of Clifford Chance LLP in respect of each FleetCo, each Opco, Finco and Avis Europe;

 

  (iii)

capacity, due authority and due execution opinion of Arthur Cox in respect of the Issuer and the enforceability opinion of Arthur Cox in respect of the Irish law governed Transaction Documents;

 

  (iv)

tax opinion from Arthur Cox in respect of Ireland;

 

  (v)

tax opinion from Clifford Chance LLP in respect of Italy, Spain, Germany and The Netherlands;

 

  (vi)

enforceability opinion from Linklaters LLP in respect of the English law governed Issuer Transaction Documents (other than the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement, the Issuer Account Bank Agreement, the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement and the Tax Deed of Covenant), the FleetCo Security Documents and the FleetCo Facility Agreements;

 

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  (vii)

enforceability opinion from Linklaters, S.L.P. in respect of the Spanish law governed FleetCo Security Documents;

 

  (viii)

enforceability opinion from Linklaters LLP in respect of the Dutch law governed FleetCo Security Documents;

 

  (ix)

enforceability opinion from Studio Legale Associato in associazione con Linklaters LLP in respect of the Italian law governed FleetCo Security Documents;

 

  (x)

enforceability opinion from Linklaters LLP in respect of the German law governed FleetCo Security Documents; and

 

  (xi)

non-conflict legal opinion and a capacity, due authority and status opinion in respect of the Parent from in-house counsel of the Parent in a form satisfactory to the Arranger.

 

9

Receipt of Funds by the Issuer

(In respect of a FleetCo Advance requested by a FleetCo) the Issuer has received, on the Initial Funding Date, an amount equal to such FleetCo Advance from the Senior Noteholders and/or the Subordinated Lender (as the case may be).

 

10

Reserves

The aggregate of the amount standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account and the Available LC Commitment Amount is, on the Initial Funding Date, at least equal to the Issuer Reserve Required Amount.

 

11

Fees, Costs and Expenses

Evidence that, by the Initial Funding Date, the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Issuer, each FleetCo and each Avis Obligor under any Transaction Document have been paid or will be paid on or before the Initial Funding Date.

 

12

KYC Requirements

KYC requirements of the Senior Noteholders in respect of the Issuer, each FleetCo and each Avis Obligor being satisfied.

 

13

FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notices and Senior Advance Drawdown Notice

 

13.1

Delivery of a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Transaction Agent.

 

13.2

Delivery of a FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice by or on behalf of the relevant FleetCo to the Issuer with a copy to the Issuer Cash Manager, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent.

 

14

Other Documents and Evidence

 

14.1

Confirmation that all amounts owed by all the Borrowers (as defined in IFF) under such agreement have been fully discharged (or the confirmation from the IFF Facility Agent to the Transaction Agent that all outstanding amounts owed by all the Borrowers (as defined in the IFF) under the IFF have been credited to the account of the IFF Facility Agent) and that all security created under the IFF has been unconditionally released and discharged.

 

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14.2

Copies of each Insurance Policy required to be entered into or delivered pursuant to the Master Lease Agreements.

 

14.3

Confirmation of the details of each bank account, including details of the identity of each account holder, each account name, account number and the name and address of the relevant account bank of the FleetCos and the Issuer Account Bank where each account is held.

 

14.4

Confirmation that regarding the execution of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement, prior to the Initial Funding Date, it has been:

 

  (i)

notarised in front of a London notary;

 

  (ii)

sworn translated into Italian and certified (asseverate) by a professional translator;

 

  (iii)

filed with the local tax office; and

 

  (iv)

deposited with the companies’ register in Bolzano.

 

14.5

Confirmation from (1) the Issuer Account Bank and (2) each FleetCo Account Bank confirming that the Issuer Accounts and each FleetCo Account which are required to be opened on or prior to the Initial Funding Date, respectively, have been opened with it.

 

15

Listing

Confirmation that the Senior Notes have been listed on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.

 

16

FleetCo Security Documents

 

16.1

(In respect of the pledge over shares in Italian FleetCo by Avis Italian Opco and the pledge over shares in Italian FleetCo by FleetCo Holdings) share certificates of Italian FleetCo to be received by Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Milan Branch from the Security Agent (as defined in the IFF) under the IFF.

 

16.2

In respect of FleetCo Italian Security Documents, delivery of the following:

 

  (i)

signed power of attorney of Italian FleetCo;

 

  (ii)

signed power of attorney of FleetCo Security Agent;

 

  (iii)

signed power of attorney of the Issuer; and

 

  (iv)

signed power of attorney of Avis Italian Opco.

 

16.3

In respect of the pledge of all the shares in Dutch FleetCo, delivery of the following:

 

  (i)

the original shareholders register of Dutch FleetCo:

 

  (i)

signed and legalised power of attorney of Dutch FleetCo;

 

  (ii)

signed and legalised power of attorney of both Dutch FleetCo’s shareholders; and

 

  (iii)

signed, legalised and apostilled power of attorney of CACIB.

 

16.4

In respect of the FleetCo Spanish Security Documents, delivery of the following:

 

  (i)

notarised and apostilled power of attorney of the Issuer;

 

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  (ii)

the Spanish law general power of attorney of the Transaction Agent and FleetCo Security Agent;

 

  (iii)

notarised and apostilled power of attorney of the Spanish Back-up Cash Manager and the Spanish Account Bank Operator;

 

  (iv)

the signed power of attorney of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch;

 

  (v)

the signed power of attorney of Spanish Opco;

 

  (vi)

the signed power of attorney of Spanish Account Bank; and

 

  (vii)

the signed power of attorney of the Secured Parties under the IFF.

 

17

Issuer Borrowing Base Test and Country Asset Value Test

 

  (i)

The Issuer has complied with, and will comply with, the Issuer Borrowing Base Test immediately following the making of, or subscription of, such Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance (as the case may be) (taking into account any Issuer Subordinated Advance to be made on the same date).

 

  (ii)

All FleetCos have complied with, and will comply with, the relevant FleetCo’s Country Asset Value Test immediately following the making of such FleetCo Advance.

 

18

Memoranda and reports

The Transaction Agent has received the relevant memoranda and reports in form and substance satisfactory to it.

 

19

Closing Certificate Regarding Negotiation Guidelines Compliance

The Transaction Agent has received in form and substance satisfactory to it a Closing Certificate Regarding Negotiation Guidelines Compliance in respect of each FleetCo and its Vehicle Fleet(s), where “Closing Certificate Regarding Negotiation Guidelines Compliance” means a certificate signed by a director of each FleetCo Servicer in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent.

 

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Part 2 – Subsequent Conditions Precedent to Senior Advances, FleetCo Advances and VFN Advances

The making of a Senior Advance on any date after the Initial Funding Date under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement is subject to the delivery to the Transaction Agent of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and the Transaction Agent being satisfied in respect of the items below which are not documents.

The making of a FleetCo Advance on any date after (in the case of a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement, the FleetCo German Facility Agreement and the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement) the Initial Funding Date, or as the case may be, (in the case of a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement) the Initial Dutch Funding Date, (in the case of a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo French Facility Agreement) the Initial French Funding Date or (in case of a FleetCo Advance under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement with respect to any Maggiore Vehicles) the Initial Maggiore Funding Date under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement is subject to the delivery to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Issuer of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to FleetCo Security Agent.

The making of a VFN Advance on any date after the Initial VFN Funding Date under the VFN Agreement is subject to the delivery to the Transaction Agent and the Issuer of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to FleetCo Security Agent.

 

20

Drawdown Notices

A duly completed FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice has been delivered by or on behalf of the relevant FleetCo to the relevant parties specified in the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement, a duly completed FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice has been delivered by the FCT Management Company on behalf of the FCT to the relevant parties specified in the VFN Funding Agreement and a duly completed Senior Advance Drawdown Notice has been delivered to the relevant parties specified in the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

 

21

Size of Senior Advance

 

21.1

The amount of each Senior Advance to be made by each Senior Noteholder as requested in the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice is at least [Redacted] and in integral units of [Redacted] for each Senior Noteholder and when aggregated with all other Senior Advances denominated in Euro to be made on the same Senior Advance Drawdown Date by all other Senior Noteholders, at least equal to the Minimum Drawing Amount.

 

21.2

Confirmation by the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager that the making of such Senior Advance will not cause the Senior Noteholder Available Commitment to be exceeded.

 

22

Receipt of Funds

 

22.1

In respect of a Senior Advance requested by the Issuer, the Issuer has received an amount from the Subordinated Lender equal to (i) the aggregate of all FleetCo Advances (other than a FleetCo French Advance) and VFN Advances to be drawn on the proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date in respect of such Senior Advance less (ii) the aggregate of all Senior Advances proposed to be drawn by the Issuer on such proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date.

 

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22.2

In respect of a FleetCo Advance requested by (i) a FleetCo with the exception of French FleetCo, the Issuer has received an amount equal to such FleetCo Advance from the Senior Noteholders, the Subordinated Lender and/or the repayment of one or more FleetCo Advance by the relevant FleetCo to the Issuer under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement and/or the repayment of the VFN Advance by the FCT (as the case may be) and (ii) French FleetCo, the FCT has received an amount equal to the instalment of the FCT Transfer Price necessary to purchase the corresponding FleetCo Advance due by the FCT Noteholder to the FCT on such date.

 

22.3

In respect of a VFN Advance requested on behalf of the FCT, the FCT has received an amount equal to such VFN Advance from the Issuer and/or the repayment of one or more VFN Advance by the FCT under the VFN Funding Agreement (as the case may be).

 

23

Representations and Warranties

 

23.1

All representations and warranties made or repeated by the Issuer at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

23.2

All representations and warranties made or repeated by the relevant FleetCo at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

23.3

All representations and warranties made or repeated by each Avis Obligor at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

23.4

All representations and warranties made or repeated by the FCT Management Company and the FCT Custodian at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

24

No Default, no Master Lease Termination Event and no Servicer Termination Event

 

24.1

With respect to a Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance made for the purpose of repaying a maturing Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance respectively only, no Event of Default and, with respect to a Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance made for any other purpose, no Default in respect of itself has occurred or would result from the making of, or subscription of, such Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance (as the case may be).

 

24.2

With respect to a Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance made for the purpose of repaying a maturing Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance respectively only, no Master Lease Termination Event and, with respect to a Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance made for any other purpose, no Master Lease Termination Event or Potential Master Lease Termination Event has occurred or would result from the making of, or subscription of, the proposed Senior Advance or the proposed FleetCo Advance (as the case may be).

 

24.3

With respect to a Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance made for the purpose of repaying a maturing Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance respectively only, no Servicer Termination Event and, with respect to a Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance made for any other purpose, no Servicer Termination Event or Potential Servicer Termination Event has occurred or would result from the making of, or subscription of, the proposed Senior Advance or the proposed FleetCo Advance (as the case may be).

 

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25

Reports and Certificates

Each of the following reports and/or certificates has been delivered to the Transaction Agent (relating to the latest period or, as the case may be, as at the relevant date):

 

  (i)

Monthly Central Servicer Report and (in respect of a proposed drawdown as set out in Clause 15.5 (Intra-Month Central Servicer Report) the Intra-Month Central Servicer Report;

 

  (ii)

Fleet Report;

 

  (iii)

Issuer Cash Management Report;

 

  (iv)

FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report in respect of each Country;

 

  (v)

Issuer Compliance Certificate; and

 

  (vi)

FleetCo Compliance Certificate.

 

26

Reserves

The aggregate of the amount standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account and the Available LC Commitment Amount is at least equal to the Issuer Reserve Required Amount.

 

27

Issuer Borrowing Base Test and Country Asset Value Test

 

27.1

The Issuer has complied with, and will comply with, the Issuer Borrowing Base Test immediately following the making of, or subscription of, such Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance (as the case may be) (taking into account any Issuer Subordinated Advance to be made on the same date).

 

27.2

All FleetCos have complied with, and will comply with, the relevant FleetCo’s Country Asset Value Test immediately following the making of such FleetCo Advance.

 

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Part 3 – Conditions Precedent to Dutch Accession Date and French Accession Date

The occurrence of the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date is subject to the delivery to the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent being satisfied in respect of the items below which are not documents. All such documents and evidence are to be delivered on or before the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date, except as otherwise indicated below.

 

1

Issuer Corporate Documents

 

1.1

A copy by an authorised signatory of the Issuer of its constitutional documents.

 

1.2

A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer:

 

  (i)

approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date and resolving that it executes, delivers and performs such Transaction Documents;

 

  (ii)

authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date; and

 

  (iii)

authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with such Transaction Documents.

 

1.3

A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above in relation to the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date and related documents.

 

2

FleetCo Corporate Documents

 

2.1

A copy of the constitutional documents of each FleetCo.

 

2.2

A copy of a resolution of the board of directors or shareholder resolutions of each FleetCo:

 

  (i)

approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Initial French Funding Date, as applicable and resolving that it executes, delivers and performs such Transaction Documents, as applicable;

 

  (ii)

authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Initial French Funding Date, as applicable;

 

  (iii)

authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with such Transaction Documents, as applicable; and

 

  (iv)

authorising the Central Servicer to act as its agent in connection with the Transaction Documents into which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Initial French Funding Date, as applicable.

 

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2.3

In respect of Dutch FleetCo, an up-to-date extract from the Dutch trade register (handelsregister) relating to it.

 

2.4

In respect of French FleetCo:

 

  (i)

a copy of the by-laws (statuts) relating to it updated in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent certified true and up-to-date by a duly authorised representative of French FleetCo on such date; and

 

  (ii)

an original of the K-bis extract (extrait K-Bis) together with the original of a non-insolvency certificate (certificat de recherche de procédures collectives) in respect of it, in each instance dated and issued within 7 calendar days prior to such date.

 

2.5

A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 2.2 above in relation to the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Initial French Funding Date, as applicable, and related documents.

 

3

Representations and Warranties

 

3.1

All representations and warranties made by the Issuer at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

3.2

All representations and warranties made by the relevant FleetCo at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

3.3

All representations and warranties made by each Avis Obligor at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

4

Transaction Documents

Executed copies of the Transaction Documents which are being entered into on the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date duly executed by each of the parties thereto (for the avoidance of doubt, the share in the French FleetCo is subscribed by the Golden Shareholder, by no later than such date).

 

5

Legal and tax opinions and memoranda

 

5.1

Legal and tax opinions

The following opinions, in each case, in forms satisfactory to the Transaction Agent, and the Arranger, including, without limitation:

 

  (i)

enforceability opinions from Clifford Chance LLP or Clifford Chance Europe LLP (as applicable) in relation to:

 

  (a)

the Operating Documents relating to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in the Netherlands which are being entered into on the Dutch Accession Date and which are drafted by Clifford Chance LLP;

 

  (b)

the Operating Documents relating to French FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in France which are being entered into on the French Accession Date and which are drafted by Clifford Chance Europe LLP; and

 

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  (c)

the English Transaction Documents which are being entered into or amended on the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date and which are drafted by Clifford Chance LLP;

 

  (ii)

capacity, due authority and due execution opinion of Clifford Chance LLP in respect of each FleetCo, each Opco, Finco and Avis Europe;

 

  (iii)

capacity, due authority and due execution opinion of Arthur Cox in respect of the Issuer;

 

  (iv)

tax opinion from Clifford Chance LLP in respect of The Netherlands and France;

 

  (v)

enforceability opinion from Linklaters LLP in respect of the English law governed Transaction Documents which are being entered into on the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date (other than the Tax Deed of Covenant, the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement, the Liquidation Agency Agreement and the Central Servicing Agreement), the FleetCo Security Documents and the FleetCo Facility Agreements;

 

  (vi)

enforceability opinion from Linklaters LLP in respect of the Dutch law governed Transaction Documents which are being entered into on the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date drafted by Linklaters LLP;

 

  (vii)

enforceability opinion from Linklaters LLP in respect of the French law governed Transaction Documents which are (i) being entered into on the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date and (ii) to be entered into on the Initial French Funding Date drafted by Linklaters LLP; and

 

  (viii)

non-conflict legal opinion and a capacity, due authority and status opinion in respect of the Parent from in-house counsel of the Parent in a form satisfactory to the Arranger.

 

6

Fees, Costs and Expenses

Evidence that, by the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date, the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Issuer, Dutch FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French FleetCo and French Opco under any Transaction Document which is being entered into on the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date have been paid or will be paid on or before the Dutch Accession Date and the French Accession Date.

 

7

KYC Requirements

KYC requirements of the Senior Noteholders in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Dutch Opco, French FleetCo and French Opco being satisfied.

 

8

Other Documents and Evidence

 

8.1

Confirmation of the details of each bank account, including details of the identity of each account holder, each account name, account number and the name and address of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and the French FleetCo Account Bank where each account is held.

 

8.2

The Maggiore Accession would not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the ascribed A(sf) rating to the Senior Notes.

 

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9

Memoranda and reports

The Transaction Agent has received the relevant memoranda and reports (other than the tax opinion and the tax liquidation memoranda (each prepared by Clifford Chance LLP) with respect to France) in form and substance satisfactory to it.

 

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Part 4 – Conditions Precedent to Initial Dutch Funding Date

The occurrence of the Initial Dutch Funding Date is subject to the delivery to the Transaction Agent of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and the Transaction Agent being satisfied in respect of the items below which are not documents. All such documents and evidence are to be delivered on or before the Initial Dutch Funding Date, except as otherwise indicated below.

 

1

Certificates

A closing and solvency certificate dated the Initial Dutch Funding Date substantially in the form set out in Schedule 15 (Forms of Closing and Solvency Certificate) from two directors of each of:

 

  (i)

the Issuer;

 

  (ii)

Finco;

 

  (iii)

the Parent;

 

  (iv)

Dutch FleetCo; and

 

  (v)

Dutch Opco.

 

2

Representations and Warranties

 

2.1

All representations and warranties made or repeated by the Issuer at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

2.2

All representations and warranties made or repeated by Dutch FleetCo at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

2.3

All representations and warranties made or repeated by Dutch Opco at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

3

Receipt of Funds by the Issuer

(In respect of a FleetCo Advance requested by Dutch FleetCo) the Issuer has received, on the Initial Dutch Funding Date, an amount equal to such FleetCo Advance from the Senior Noteholders and/or the Subordinated Lender (as the case may be).

 

4

Reserves

The aggregate of the amount standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account and the Available LC Commitment Amount is on the Initial Dutch Funding Date at least equal to the Issuer Reserve Required Amount.

 

5

Fees, Costs and Expenses

Evidence that, by the Initial Dutch Funding Date, the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Issuer, Dutch FleetCo or Dutch Opco under any Transaction Document have been paid or will be paid on or before the Initial Dutch Funding Date (as applicable).

 

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6

FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notices and Senior Advance Drawdown Notice

 

6.1

Delivery of a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Transaction Agent.

 

6.2

Delivery of a FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice by or on behalf of Dutch FleetCo to the Issuer with a copy to the Issuer Cash Manager, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent.

 

7

Issuer Borrowing Base Test and Country Asset Value Test

 

7.1

The Issuer has complied with, and will comply with, the Issuer Borrowing Base Test immediately following the making of, or subscription of, such Senior Advance or FleetCo Advance (as the case may be) (taking into account any Issuer Subordinated Advance to be made on the same date).

 

7.2

Dutch FleetCo has complied with, and will comply with, the Dutch FleetCo’s Country Asset Value Test immediately following the making of such FleetCo Advance to Dutch FleetCo.

 

8

Other Documents and Evidence

 

8.1

Copies of each Insurance Policy required to be entered into or delivered pursuant to the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement.

 

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Part 5 – Conditions Precedent to Initial French Funding Date

The occurrence of the Initial French Funding Date is subject to the delivery to the Transaction Agent of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and the Transaction Agent being satisfied in respect of the items below which are not documents. All such documents and evidence are to be delivered on or before the Initial French Funding Date, except as otherwise indicated below.

 

1

French FleetCo Corporate Documents

 

1.1

A copy of the by-laws (statuts) certified true and up-to-date by a duly authorised representative of French FleetCo on such date.

 

1.2

An original of the K-bis extract (extrait K-Bis) together with the original of a non-insolvency certificate (certificat de recherche de procédures collectives) in respect of it, in each instance dated and issued within 7 calendar days prior to such date.

 

1.3

A copy of a resolution of the board of directors or shareholder resolutions of each FleetCo:

 

  (i)

approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Initial French Funding Date, as applicable and resolving that it executes, delivers and performs such Transaction Documents, as applicable;

 

  (ii)

authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Initial French Funding Date, as applicable;

 

  (iii)

authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with such Transaction Documents, as applicable; and

 

  (iv)

authorising the Central Servicer to act as its agent in connection with the Transaction Documents into which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Initial French Funding Date, as applicable.

 

1.4

A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 2.2 above in relation to the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Dutch Accession Date, the French Accession Date and the Initial French Funding Date, as applicable, and related documents.

For the avoidance of doubt, provided that French FleetCo has delivered a copy of a resolution of the board of directors or shareholder resolutions in accordance with Paragraph 2.2 of Part 3 (Conditions Precedent to Dutch Accession Date and French Accession Date) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) and a specimen signature of each person authorised by such resolution in accordance with Paragraph 2.5 of Part 3 (Conditions Precedent to Dutch Accession Date and French Accession Date) of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) which covers all Transaction Documents to which it is entering into on the Initial French Funding Date the conditions precedent set out in paragraphs 1.3 and 1.4 above shall be deemed to be satisfied.

 

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2

Transaction Documents

 

2.1

Executed copies of the Transaction Documents which are to be entered into on the Initial French Funding Date duly executed by each of the parties thereto (for the avoidance of doubt, the subscription forms of the FCT Residual Units are executed by no later than such date).

 

2.2

In respect of the pledge of all the shares in French FleetCo, delivery of a copy certified true and up-to-date by a duly authorised representative of French FleetCo on such date of the shareholders register of French FleetCo.

 

3

Certificates

A closing and solvency certificate dated the Initial French Funding Date substantially in the form set out in Schedule 15 (Forms of Closing and Solvency Certificate) from two directors of each of:

 

  (i)

the Issuer;

 

  (ii)

Finco;

 

  (iii)

the Parent;

 

  (iv)

French FleetCo; and

 

  (v)

French Opco.

 

4

Representations and Warranties

 

4.1

All representations and warranties made or repeated by the Issuer at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

4.2

All representations and warranties made or repeated by French FleetCo at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

4.3

All representations and warranties made or repeated by French Opco at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

4.4

All representations and warranties made or repeated by FCT Management Company and the FCT Custodian at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

5

Legal and tax opinions and memoranda

 

5.1

Legal opinions

The following opinion, in a form satisfactory to the Transaction Agent, and the Arranger including, without limitation capacity, due authority and due execution opinion of Clifford Chance LLP in respect of French FleetCo and French Opco with respect to their entry into the Transaction Documents which are to be entered into on the Initial French Funding Date.

 

6

Receipt of Funds by the FCT

In respect of a FleetCo Advance requested by French FleetCo, the FCT has received, on the Initial French Funding Date, an amount equal to the FCT Transfer Price corresponding to the FleetCo French Loan Receivable on such date from the FCT Noteholder.

 

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7

Reserves

The aggregate of the amount standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account and the Available LC Commitment Amount is on the Initial French Funding Date at least equal to the Issuer Reserve Required Amount.

 

8

Fees, Costs and Expenses

Evidence that, by the Initial French Funding Date, the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Issuer, French FleetCo, French Opco or any Avis Obligor under any Transaction Documents which are to be entered into on the Initial French Funding Date have been paid or will be paid on or before the Initial French Funding Date (as applicable).

 

9

FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notices and Senior Advance Drawdown Notice

 

9.1

Delivery of a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Transaction Agent.

 

9.2

Delivery of a FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice by or on behalf of French FleetCo to the French Intermediary Bank.

 

9.3

Delivery of a FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice by the FCT Management Company (on behalf of the FCT) to the FCT Noteholder.

 

10

Issuer Borrowing Base Test and Country Asset Value Test

 

10.1

The Issuer has complied with, and will comply with, the Issuer Borrowing Base Test immediately following the making of, or subscription of, such Senior Advance or VFN Advance (as the case may be) (taking into account any Issuer Subordinated Advance to be made on the same date).

 

10.2

French FleetCo has complied with, and will comply with, French FleetCo’s Country Asset Value Test immediately following the making of such FleetCo Advance.

 

11

KYC Requirements

KYC requirements of the Senior Noteholders in respect of the FCT being satisfied.

 

12

Other Documents and Evidence

 

12.1

Confirmation of receipt of all necessary internal approvals of the Senior Noteholders.

 

12.2

Copies of each Insurance Policy required to be entered into or delivered pursuant to the French Master Lease Agreement.

 

12.3

The tax opinion and the tax liquidation memoranda (each prepared by Clifford Chance LLP) with respect to France has been received by the Transaction Agent in form and substance satisfactory to it.

 

12.4

Confirmation that DBRS Morningstar will continue to ascribe an “A (sf)” rating to the Senior Notes.

 

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Part 6 – Conditions Precedent to Maggiore Accession Date

The occurrence of the Maggiore Accession Date is subject to the delivery to the Transaction Agent of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and the Transaction Agent being satisfied in respect of the items below which are not documents. All such documents and evidence are to be delivered on or before the Maggiore Accession Date, except as otherwise indicated below.

 

1

Italian FleetCo Corporate Documents

 

1.1

A copy of the constitutional documents of Italian FleetCo.

 

1.2

A copy of a resolution of the board of directors or shareholder resolutions of Italian FleetCo:

 

  (i)

approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date and resolving that it executes, delivers and performs such Transaction Documents, as applicable;

 

  (ii)

authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date;

 

  (iii)

authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with such Transaction Documents, as applicable; and

 

  (iv)

authorising the Central Servicer to act as its agent in connection with the Transaction Documents into which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date.

 

1.3

A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 2.2 above in relation to the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date and related documents.

 

1.4

A formalities certificate of an authorised signatory of the Italian FleetCo, certifying that all representations and warranties made by the Italian FleetCo as at such times specified in the Framework Agreement are true.

 

2

Avis Italian Opco Corporate Documents

 

2.1

A copy of the constitutional documents (atto costitutivo and the current statuto) of Avis Italian Opco.

 

2.2

An up-to-date extract from the Italian company’s register relating to Avis Italian Opco.

 

2.3

A copy of a resolution of the board of directors or shareholder resolutions of Avis Italian Opco:

 

  (i)

approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date and resolving that it executes, delivers and performs such Transaction Documents, as applicable;

 

  (ii)

authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date;

 

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  (iii)

authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with such Transaction Documents, as applicable; and

 

  (iv)

authorising the Central Servicer to act as its agent in connection with the Transaction Documents into which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date.

 

2.4

A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 2.2 above in relation to the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date and related documents.

 

3

Maggiore Italian Opco Corporate Documents

 

3.1

A copy of the constitutional documents (atto costitutivo and the current statuto) of Maggiore Italian Opco.

 

3.2

An up-to-date extract from the Italian company’s register relating to Maggiore Italian Opco.

 

3.3

A copy, certified as a true copy by a duly authorised officer of Maggiore Italian Opco, of the audited financial statement for the preceding financial year for Maggiore Italian Opco.

 

3.4

A copy of a resolution of the board of directors or equivalent body (if applicable) of Maggiore Italian Opco:

 

  (i)

approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date and resolving that it executes, delivers and performs such Transaction Documents, as applicable;

 

  (ii)

authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date;

 

  (iii)

authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with such Transaction Documents, as applicable; and

 

  (iv)

authorising the Central Servicer to act as its agent in connection with the Transaction Documents into which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date.

 

3.5

A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 2.2 above in relation to the Transaction Documents which it is entering into on the Maggiore Accession Date and related documents.

 

3.6

A certificate of an authorised signatory of Maggiore Opco, certifying that the documents referred to in paragraphs 3.1 to 3.5 are correct, complete and up-to-date.

 

4

Transaction Documents

Executed copies of the Transaction Documents and the supplemental security deed to be entered into between Italian FleetCo and FleetCo Security Agent (including a sufficient number of notices to be sent to the relevant vehicle providers relating to the Vehicle Purchase Agreements entered into by Maggiore Italian Opco), which are being entered into on the Maggiore Accession Date, in each case duly executed by each of the parties thereto.

 

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5

Legal and tax opinions and memoranda

 

5.1

Legal and tax opinions

The following opinions, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent, and the Arranger, including, without limitation:

 

  (i)

enforceability opinions from Clifford Chance LLP or Clifford Chance Europe LLP (as applicable) in relation to the Transaction Documents which are being entered into on the Maggiore Accession Date and which are drafted by Clifford Chance LLP.

 

  (ii)

capacity, due authority and due execution opinion of Clifford Chance LLP in respect of Italian FleetCo, Avis Italian Opco and Maggiore Italian Opco;

 

  (iii)

tax opinion from Clifford Chance LLP in respect of Italy;

 

  (iv)

enforceability opinion from Linklaters LLP in respect of the English law governed Transaction Documents which are being entered into on the Maggiore Accession Date and which are drafted by Linklaters LLP;

 

  (v)

enforceability opinion from Linklaters LLP in respect of the Italian law governed Transaction Documents which are being entered into on the Maggiore Accession Date and which are drafted by Linklaters LLP; and

 

  (vi)

non-conflict legal opinion and a capacity, due authority and status opinion in respect of the Parent in a form satisfactory to the Arranger.

 

5.2

Memoranda

The following memoranda, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent, and the Arranger, including, without limitation:

 

  (i)

bring down tax liquidation memorandum from Clifford Chance LLP in respect of Italy;

 

  (ii)

bring down insolvency memorandum from Linklaters LLP;

 

  (iii)

bring down labour law memorandum from Linklaters LLP; and

 

  (iv)

updated dedicated financing memorandum from Linklaters LLP.

 

6

KYC Requirements

KYC requirements of Maggiore Italian Opco being satisfied.

 

7

Other Documents and Evidence

The Maggiore Accession would not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the ascribed A(sf) rating to the Senior Notes.

 

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Part 7 – Conditions Precedent to Initial Maggiore Funding Date

The occurrence of the Initial Maggiore Funding Date is subject to the delivery to the Transaction Agent of a copy of the following documents and evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Transaction Agent and the Transaction Agent being satisfied in respect of the items below which are not documents, in each case, at least two Business Days before submission of the first FleetCo Advance Drawdown Notice under the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement with respect to the purchase of any Maggiore Vehicles. All such documents and evidence are to be delivered on or before the Initial Maggiore Funding Date, except as otherwise indicated below.

 

1

Closing and Solvency Certificates

 

1.1

A closing and solvency certificate of an authorised signatory of Italian FleetCo as at the Maggiore Accession Date in the form provided in Part 4 of Schedule 15 of the Framework Agreement with respect to the Initial Maggiore Funding Date.

 

1.2

A closing and solvency certificate of an authorised signatory of Avis Italian Opco as at the Maggiore Accession Date in the form provided in Part 5 of Schedule 15 of the Framework Agreement with respect to the Initial Maggiore Funding Date.

 

1.3

A closing and solvency certificate of an authorised signatory of Maggiore Italian Opco, in the form provided in Part 5 of Schedule 15 of the Framework Agreement with respect to the Initial Maggiore Funding Date.

 

1.4

A closing and solvency certificate dated the Maggiore Accession Date substantially in the form set out in Schedule 15 (Forms of Closing and Solvency Certificate) of the Framework Agreement (as amended and restated from time to time) with respect to the Initial Maggiore Funding Date from each of:

 

  (i)

Finco; and

 

  (ii)

the Parent.

 

2

Fees, Costs and Expenses

Evidence that, by the Initial Maggiore Funding Date, any fees, costs and expenses then due from Italian FleetCo, Avis Italian Opco and Maggiore Italian Opco under any Transaction Document which is being entered into on the Maggiore Accession Date have been paid or will be paid on or before the Initial Maggiore Funding Date.

 

3

FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notices and Senior Advance Drawdown Notice

 

3.1

Delivery of a Senior Advance Drawdown Notice by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Transaction Agent.

 

3.2

Delivery of a FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice by or on behalf of Italian FleetCo to the Issuer with a copy to the Issuer Cash Manager, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent.

 

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4

Other Documents and Evidence

Copies of each Insurance Policy required to be entered into or delivered pursuant to the Maggiore Italian Master Lease Agreement.

 

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Schedule 3

Priorities of Payments

Part 1 – Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments

On each Settlement Date during a Revolving Period, the Issuer Cash Manager shall instruct the Issuer Account Bank to:

 

(A)

apply the Issuer Available Funds on each Settlement Date; and

 

(B)

in the case of amounts below which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision on such Settlement Date for application of the Issuer Available Funds (provided that such provisioned amounts are credited by the Issuer on such Settlement Date into the reserve ledger of the Issuer Transaction Account and such provisioned amounts shall be excluded from the Issuer Excess Cash Amount),

as follows (such order being the “Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments”), in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction of the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Security Trustee under the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge or any other Transaction Document;

 

(b)

secondly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Transaction Agent under the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Registrar under the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (iii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Account Bank under the Issuer Account Bank Agreement; and

 

  (iv)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Cash Manager under the Issuer Cash Management Agreement;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction of any Tax for which the Issuer is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities (other than any corporate Tax payable out of the Issuer Profit Amount);

 

(d)

fourthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Corporate Services Provider under the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider under the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement;

 

  (iii)

the Issuer Profit Amount which shall be paid to the Issuer Domestic Account;

 

  (iv)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Share Trustee;

 

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  (v)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the independent accountants, auditors, legal advisers and Tax advisers of the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings;

 

  (vi)

the fees, costs, charges and expenses due and payable to the Channel Islands Stock Exchange and the Listing Sponsor for the purposes of maintaining the listing of the outstanding Senior Notes on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange; and

 

  (vii)

the fees, costs, charges and expenses due and payable to the relevant Rating Agencies for the purposes of rating and maintaining the rating(s) of the outstanding Senior Notes; and

 

  (viii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Central Servicer, provided that the Central Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated or the Central Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

interest due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes capped in respect of each Senior Noteholder at an amount calculated by applying a rate of interest equal to the aggregate of the relevant Senior Advance Margin plus the Applicable EURIBOR for the relevant Interest Period and any indemnity payments (but excluding any indemnity payments specified in item (i) below), costs, liabilities, charges and expenses due and payable to the Senior Noteholders;

 

  (ii)

commitment fees due and payable to the Senior Noteholders; and

 

  (iii)

all scheduled amounts (other than any amounts in respect of termination payments or other unscheduled amounts, final or scheduled exchange payments) payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties under the Issuer Hedging Agreements;

 

(f)

sixth, to credit the Issuer Reserve Account to the extent that the aggregate of the amount standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account and the Available LC Commitment Amount is less than the Issuer Reserve Required Amount;

 

(g)

seventh, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes;

 

(h)

eighth, in payment or satisfaction of any interest due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes to the extent not paid at item (e) above;

 

(i)

ninth, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of all termination payments or other unscheduled amounts, final or scheduled exchange payments to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties under the Issuer Hedging Agreements;

 

(j)

tenth, in payment or satisfaction of indemnity payments due and payable to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder(s) in respect of any Currency Hedging Breakage Cost;

 

(k)

eleventh, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement, provided that no such payment shall be made if:

 

  (i)

the Transaction Agent, following confirmation from the Central Servicer in the Monthly Central Servicing Report to the Transaction Agent, confirms by 10:00 a.m. (CET) on the relevant Information Date immediately before such Settlement Date to the Issuer Cash Manager that the Issuer Borrowing Base Test would not be satisfied immediately after such payment; and

 

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  (ii)

the aggregate of the amount standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account and the Available LC Commitment Amount is less than the Issuer Reserve Required Amount;

 

(l)

twelfth, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement, provided that such payment shall be made pursuant to the terms of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement;

 

(m)

thirteenth, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by the Issuer to the Issuer Secured Creditors under the Issuer Transaction Documents other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(n)

fourteenth, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by the Issuer to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above); and

 

(o)

fifteenth, to retain any excess in the Issuer Transaction Account.

 

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Part 2 – Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments

On each Settlement Date during the Scheduled Amortisation Period, the Issuer Cash Manager shall instruct the Issuer Account Bank to:

 

(A)

apply the Issuer Available Funds on each Settlement Date; and

 

(B)

in the case of amounts below which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision on such Settlement Date for application of Issuer Available Funds (provided that such provisioned amounts are credited by the Issuer on such Settlement Date into the reserve ledger of the Issuer Transaction Account and such provisioned amounts shall be excluded from the Issuer Excess Cash Amount),

as follows (such order being the “Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments”), in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction of the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Security Trustee under the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge or any other Transaction Document;

 

(b)

secondly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Transaction Agent under the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Registrar under the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (iii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Account Bank under the Issuer Account Bank Agreement; and

 

  (iv)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Cash Manager under the Issuer Cash Management Agreement;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction of any Tax for which the Issuer is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities (other than any corporate Tax payable out of the Issuer Profit Amount);

 

(d)

fourthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Corporate Services Provider under the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider under the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement;

 

  (iii)

the Issuer Profit Amount which shall be paid to the Issuer Domestic Account; and

 

  (iv)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to independent accountants, auditors, legal advisers and Tax advisers of the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings;

 

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  (v)

the fees, costs, charges and expenses due and payable to the Channel Islands Stock Exchange and the Listing Sponsor for the purposes of maintaining the listing of the outstanding Senior Notes on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange;

 

  (vi)

the fees, costs, charges and expenses due and payable to the relevant Rating Agencies for the purposes of rating and maintaining the rating(s) of the outstanding Senior Notes; and

 

  (vii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Central Servicer, provided that the Central Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated or the Central Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

interest due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes capped in respect of each Senior Noteholder at an amount calculated by applying a rate of interest equal to the aggregate of the relevant Senior Advance Margin plus the Applicable EURIBOR for the relevant Interest Period and any indemnity payments (but excluding any indemnity payments specified in item (i) below), costs, liabilities, charges and expenses due and payable to the Senior Noteholders;

 

  (ii)

commitment fees due and payable to the Senior Noteholders; and

 

  (iii)

all scheduled amounts (other than any amounts in respect of termination payments or other unscheduled amounts, final or scheduled exchange payments) payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties under the Issuer Hedging Agreements;

 

(f)

sixthly, to credit the Issuer Reserve Account to the extent that the amount standing to the credit of the Issuer Reserve Account is less than the Issuer Reserve Required Amount;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes;

 

(h)

eighth, in payment or satisfaction of any interest due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes to the extent not paid at item (e) above;

 

(i)

ninth, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of all termination payments or other unscheduled amounts, final or scheduled exchange payments to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties under the Issuer Hedging Agreements;

 

(j)

tenth, in payment or satisfaction of indemnity payments due and payable to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder(s) in respect of any Currency Hedging Breakage Cost;

 

(k)

eleventh, in payment or satisfaction of interest and principal due and payable in respect of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement;

 

(l)

twelfth, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by the Issuer to the Issuer Secured Creditors under the Issuer Transaction Documents other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above; and

 

(m)

thirteenth, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by the Issuer to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above).

 

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Part 3 – Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments

On each Settlement Date during the Rapid Amortisation Period but before delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Issuer Cash Manager shall instruct the Issuer Account Bank to:

 

(A)

apply the Issuer Available Funds on each Settlement Date; and

 

(B)

in the case of amounts below which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision on such Settlement Date for application of Issuer Available Funds (provided that such provisioned amounts are credited by the Issuer on such Settlement Date into the reserve ledger of the Issuer Transaction Account and such provisioned amounts shall be excluded from the Issuer Excess Cash Amount),

as follows (such order being the “Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments”), in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction of the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Security Trustee under the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge or any other Transaction Document;

 

(b)

secondly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Transaction Agent under the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Registrar under the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (iii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Account Bank under the Issuer Account Bank Agreement; and

 

  (iv)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Cash Manager under the Issuer Cash Management Agreement;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction of any Tax for which the Issuer is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities (other than any corporate Tax payable out of the Issuer Profit Amount);

 

(d)

fourthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Corporate Services Provider under the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider under the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement;

 

  (iii)

the Issuer Profit Amount which shall be paid to the Issuer Domestic Account; and

 

  (iv)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the independent accountants, auditors, legal advisers and Tax advisers of the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings;

 

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  (v)

the fees, costs, charges and expenses due and payable to the Channel Islands Stock Exchange and the Listing Sponsor for the purposes of maintaining the listing of the outstanding Senior Notes on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange;

 

  (vi)

the fees, costs, charges and expenses due and payable to the relevant Rating Agencies for the purposes of rating and maintaining the rating(s) of the outstanding Senior Notes; and

 

  (vii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Central Servicer, provided that the Central Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated or the Central Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

interest due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes capped in respect of each Senior Noteholder at an amount calculated by applying a rate of interest equal to the aggregate of the relevant Senior Advance Margin plus the Applicable EURIBOR for the relevant Interest Period and any indemnity payments (but excluding any indemnity payments specified in item (h) below), costs, liabilities, charges and expenses due and payable to the Senior Noteholders;

 

  (ii)

commitment fees due and payable to the Senior Noteholders; and

 

  (iii)

all scheduled amounts (other than any amounts in respect of termination payments or other unscheduled amounts, final or scheduled exchange payments) payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties under the Issuer Hedging Agreements;

 

(f)

sixth, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes;

 

(g)

seventh, in payment or satisfaction of any interest due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes to the extent not paid at item (e) above;

 

(h)

eighth, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of all termination payments or other unscheduled amounts, final or scheduled exchange payments to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties under the Issuer Hedging Agreements;

 

(i)

ninth, in payment or satisfaction of indemnity payments due and payable to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder(s) in respect of any Currency Hedging Breakage Cost;

 

(j)

tenth, in payment or satisfaction of interest and principal due and payable in respect of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement;

 

(k)

eleventh, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by the Issuer to the Issuer Secured Creditors under the Issuer Transaction Documents other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above; and

 

(l)

twelfth, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by the Issuer to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above).

 

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Part 4 – Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments

During the Rapid Amortisation Period but after delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Issuer Security Trustee (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) shall apply amounts received by it in connection with the realisation or enforcement of the Issuer Security as follows (such order being the “Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments”), in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction of the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Security Trustee under the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge or any other Transaction Document or any Receiver;

 

(b)

secondly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Transaction Agent under the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Registrar under the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (iii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Account Bank under the Issuer Account Bank Agreement; and

 

  (iv)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Cash Manager under the Issuer Cash Management Agreement;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Issuer Corporate Services Provider under the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider under the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Agreement;

 

  (iii)

any Tax for which the Issuer is primarily liable to the appropriate authorities (other than any corporate Tax payable out of the Issuer Profit Amount);

 

  (iv)

if directed by the Issuer Security Trustee, the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the independent accountants, auditors, legal advisers and Tax advisers of the Issuer and FleetCo Holdings, provided that if the Issuer Security Trustee has received duly documented evidence that such fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities are properly due and payable, the Issuer Security Trustee (acting in accordance with paragraph 8 (Instructions to Issuer Security Trustee and exercise of discretion) of Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms) hereto) shall give such direction, subject as provided in the last paragraph below;

 

  (v)

the fees, costs, charges and expenses due and payable to the Channel Islands Stock Exchange and the Listing Sponsor for the purposes of maintaining the listing of the outstanding Senior Notes on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange; and

 

  (vi)

the fees, costs, charges and expenses due and payable to the relevant Rating Agencies for the purposes of rating and maintaining the rating(s) of the Outstanding Senior Notes;

 

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(d)

fourthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

interest (other than default interest set out in (i) paragraph (i)(b)(y) of the definition of “Subscriber’s Cost of Funds” or (ii) clause 9.7 (Default Interest) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement) due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes capped in respect of each Senior Noteholder at an amount calculated by applying a rate of interest equal to the aggregate of the relevant Senior Advance Margin plus the Applicable EURIBOR for the relevant Interest Period and any indemnity payments (but excluding any indemnity payments specified in item (h) below), costs, liabilities, charges and expenses due and payable to the Senior Noteholders;

 

  (ii)

commitment fees due and payable to the Senior Noteholders; and

 

  (iii)

all scheduled amounts (other than any amounts in respect of termination payments or other unscheduled amounts, final or scheduled exchange payments) payable to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties under the Issuer Hedging Agreements;

 

(e)

fifth, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes;

 

(f)

sixth, in payment or satisfaction of any interest due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes to the extent not paid at item (d) above;

 

(g)

seventh, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of default interest set out in (i) paragraph (i)(b)(y) of the definition of “Subscriber’s Cost of Funds” or (ii) clause 9.7 (Default Interest) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement due and payable in respect of the Senior Notes;

 

(h)

eighth, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of all termination payments or other unscheduled amounts, final or scheduled exchange payments to the Issuer Hedge Counterparties under the Issuer Hedging Agreements;

 

(i)

ninth, in payment or satisfaction of indemnity payments due and payable to the applicable Conduit Senior Noteholder(s) in respect of any Currency Hedging Breakage Cost;

 

(j)

tenth, in payment or satisfaction of interest and principal due and payable in respect of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement;

 

(k)

eleventh, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by the Issuer to the Issuer Secured Creditors under the Issuer Transaction Documents other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(l)

twelfth, in payment or satisfaction of the Issuer Profit Amount which shall be paid to the Issuer Domestic Account (to the extent such amounts are not paid or satisfied under paragraph (c)(iii) above); and

 

(m)

thirteenth, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by the Issuer to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above).

For the purposes of this Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (c)(iv) above which may only be made if directed by the Issuer Security Trustee, the Issuer Security Trustee or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf may not make such payment unless the Issuer Security Trustee has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with paragraph 8 (Instructions to Issuer Security Trustee and exercise of discretion) of Schedule 16 (Issuer Intercreditor Terms).

 

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Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part A – Dutch FleetCo Spanish Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch (or the Spanish Servicer on its behalf) shall instruct the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank to:

 

(A)

apply its FleetCo Available Funds in Spain on each Settlement Date; and

 

(B)

in the case of amounts below which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision on such Settlement Date for application of the FleetCo Available Funds in Spain (provided that provisioned amounts are credited by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch on such Settlement Date into the reserve ledger in the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Transaction Account and such provisioned amounts shall be excluded from the Country Asset Value for Spain),

as follows, in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Spanish Advances Proportion; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo Spanish Security Documents;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments; and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Spanish Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator under the Spanish Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to the FleetCo Spanish Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to Spain and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

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(d)

fourthly, to retain an amount equal to the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata of:

 

  (i)

during the Revolving Period, the amounts due and payable in respect of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party or any supplemental agreement in respect of a Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is party; and

 

  (ii)

on or following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the occurrence of the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent the amounts due and payable in respect of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party or any supplemental agreement in respect of a Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is party;

 

(f)

sixthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata of:

 

  (i)

any Tax for which Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities (other than any Spanish corporate Tax payable out of the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount and any Tax to which Dutch FleetCo is liable in The Netherlands);

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to its auditors, legal advisers and its corporate service providers in Spain; and

 

  (iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Level Spanish Advances Proportion of any Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses due and payable to the extent that the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Dutch FleetCo is insufficient to satisfy such Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses then due and payable;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to Spanish Servicer under the Spanish Servicing Agreement to which it is a party, provided that the Spanish Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated or the Spanish Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 15 (Servicer Termination Events) of the Spanish Servicing Agreement; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Central Servicer, provided that the Central Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated or the Central Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to the Spanish FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

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(k)

eleventhly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above) in an amount equal to the multiple of (A) the aggregate of such amounts due and payable and (B) the Dutch FleetCo Level Spanish Advances Proportion; and

 

(l)

twelfthly, in payment of any excess to:

 

  (i)

during the Revolving Period, Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch; and

 

  (ii)

on and following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Reserve Account.

For the purposes of this Dutch FleetCo Spanish Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (e)(ii) above which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch (or its Spanish Servicer) and the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part B – Dutch FleetCo German Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Dutch FleetCo (or the Central Servicer on its behalf) shall instruct the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank to:

 

(A)

apply its FleetCo Available Funds in Germany on each Settlement Date; and

 

(B)

in the case of amounts below which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision on such Settlement Date for application of the FleetCo Available Funds in Germany (provided that provisioned amounts are credited by Dutch FleetCo on such Settlement Date into the reserve ledger in the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account and such provisioned amounts shall be excluded from the Country Asset Value for Germany),

as follows, in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo German Advances Proportion; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the German FleetCo Deed of Charge, the FleetCo Dutch Security Documents and the FleetCo German Security Documents;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee, excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments; and

 

  B.

the FleetCo German Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator under the German Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the FleetCo German Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to Germany and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

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(d)

fourthly, to retain an amount equal to the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata of:

 

  (i)

during the Revolving Period, the amounts due and payable in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany pursuant to the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement and, following the exercise of Dutch FleetCo’s put option right pursuant to any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement, any amounts due and payable in respect of such Vehicle Purchasing Agreement; and

 

  (ii)

on or following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the occurrence of the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the amounts due and payable in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany and, following the exercise of Dutch FleetCo’s put option right pursuant to any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement, any amounts due and payable in respect of such Vehicle Purchasing Agreement;

 

(f)

sixthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

any Tax for which Dutch FleetCo is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in Germany (other than any Dutch corporate Tax payable out of the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount and any tax for which Dutch FleetCo is liable to the appropriate tax authority in Spain);

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to its auditors and legal advisers in Germany in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in Germany; and

 

  (iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Level German Advances Proportion of any Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses due and payable to the extent that the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Dutch FleetCo is insufficient to satisfy such Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses then due and payable;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Central Servicer under the Servicing Agreement to which it is a party, provided that the Central Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated (whether in respect of the German Cash Management Services or otherwise) or the Central Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the German FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(k)

eleventhly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above) in an amount equal to the multiple of (A) the aggregate of such amounts due and payable and (B) the Dutch FleetCo Level German Advances Proportion; and

 

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(l)

twelfthly, in payment of any excess to:

 

  (i)

during the Revolving Period, Dutch FleetCo; and

 

  (ii)

on and following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, the Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account.

For the purposes of this Dutch FleetCo German Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (e)(ii) above which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the Dutch FleetCo (or the Central Servicer on its behalf) and the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part C – Italian FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Italian FleetCo (or Avis Italian Servicer on its behalf) shall instruct the Italian FleetCo Account Bank to:

 

(A)

apply its FleetCo Available Funds in Italy on each Settlement Date; and

 

(B)

in the case of amounts which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision on such Settlement Date for application of the FleetCo Available Funds in Italy (provided that provisioned amounts are credited by Italian FleetCo on such Settlement Date into the reserve ledger in the Italian FleetCo Transaction Account and such provisioned amounts shall be excluded from the Country Asset Value for Italy),

as follows, in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Italian Advances Proportion; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo Italian Security Documents;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee, excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments; and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Italian Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction pari passu and pro rata of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Italian FleetCo Account Bank under the Italian Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Italian FleetCo to the FleetCo Italian Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to Italy and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Italian FleetCo to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by Italian FleetCo as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

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(d)

fourthly, to retain an amount equal to the FleetCo Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Italian FleetCo;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

during the Revolving Period, the amounts due and payable in respect of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party or any supplemental agreement in respect of a Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is party; and

 

  (ii)

on or following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the occurrence of the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the amounts due and payable in respect of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party or any supplemental agreement in respect of a Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is party;

 

(f)

sixthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

any Tax for which Italian FleetCo is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities (other than any corporate Tax and any regional productive activities Tax payable by the Italian FleetCo out of the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Italian FleetCo); and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to its auditors and legal advisers;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to any Italian Servicer under the relevant Italian Servicing Agreement, provided that such Italian Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated or such Italian Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the relevant Italian Servicing Agreement; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Central Servicer, provided that the Central Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated or the Central Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to the Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(k)

eleventhly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of any interest or principal due and payable under the Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement and the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement;

 

(l)

twelfthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by Italian FleetCo to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above); and

 

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(m)

thirteenthly, in payment of any excess to:

 

  (i)

during the Revolving Period, Italian FleetCo; and

 

  (ii)

on and following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, the Italian FleetCo Reserve Account.

For the purposes of this Italian Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (e)(ii) which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, Italian FleetCo (or the Avis Italian Servicer on its behalf) and the Italian Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part D – Dutch FleetCo Dutch Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Dutch FleetCo (or the Central Servicer on its behalf) shall instruct the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank to:

 

(A)

apply its FleetCo Available Funds in The Netherlands on each Settlement Date; and

 

(B)

in the case of amounts below which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision on such Settlement Date for application of the FleetCo Available Funds in The Netherlands (provided that provisioned amounts are credited by Dutch FleetCo on such Settlement Date into the reserve ledger in the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account and such provisioned amounts shall be excluded from the Country Asset Value for The Netherlands),

as follows, in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Dutch Advances Proportion; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee, excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments; and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Dutch Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator under the Dutch Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the FleetCo Dutch Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to The Netherlands and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

 

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(d)

fourthly, to retain an amount equal to the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata of:

 

  (i)

during the Revolving Period, the amounts due and payable in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands pursuant to the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement and, following the exercise of Dutch FleetCo’s put option right pursuant to any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement, any amounts due and payable in respect of such Vehicle Purchasing Agreement; and

 

  (ii)

on or following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the occurrence of the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent the amounts due and payable in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands and, following the exercise of Dutch FleetCo’s put option right pursuant to any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement, any amounts due and payable in respect of such Vehicle Purchasing Agreement;

 

(f)

sixthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

any Tax for which Dutch FleetCo is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands (other than any Dutch corporate Tax payable out of the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount and any tax for which Dutch FleetCo is liable to the appropriate tax authority in Spain);

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to its auditors and legal advisers in The Netherlands in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands; and

 

  (iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Level Dutch Advances Proportion of any Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses due and payable to the extent that the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Dutch FleetCo is insufficient to satisfy such Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses then due and payable;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Central Servicer under the Servicing Agreement to which it is a party, provided that the Central Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated (whether in respect of the Dutch Cash Management Services or otherwise) or the Central Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the Central Servicing Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the Dutch FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(k)

eleventhly, in payment or satisfaction of any interest or principal due and payable under the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement;

 

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(l)

twelfthy, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above) in an amount equal to the multiple of (A) the aggregate of such amounts due and payable and (B) the Dutch FleetCo Level Dutch Advances Proportion; and

 

(m)

thirteenthly, in payment of any excess to:

 

  (iv)

during the Revolving Period, Dutch FleetCo; and

 

  (v)

on and following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account.

For the purposes of this Dutch FleetCo Dutch Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (e)(ii) above which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the Dutch FleetCo (or the Central Servicer on its behalf) and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 5 – FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part E – French FleetCo Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments

French FleetCo (or the French Servicer on its behalf) shall instruct the French FleetCo Account Bank to:

 

(A)

apply its FleetCo Available Funds in France on each Settlement Date; and

 

(B)

in the case of amounts which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision on such Settlement Date for application of the FleetCo Available Funds in France (provided that that provisioned amounts are credited by French FleetCo on such Settlement Date into the reserve ledger in the French FleetCo Transaction Account and such provisioned amounts shall be excluded from the Country Asset Value for France),

as follows, in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo French Advances Proportion;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the French FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo French Security Documents; and

 

  (iii)

the amounts payable to the FCT such that the FCT can make payment of the FCT Fees set out in clause 25 of the FCT Regulations pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of the FCT Priority of Payments;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee, excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments; and

 

  B.

the FleetCo French Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction pari passu and pro rata of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the French FleetCo Account Bank and the French FleetCo Account Bank Operator under the French Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by French FleetCo to the FleetCo French Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

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  (iii)

the fees corresponding to France and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by French FleetCo to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by French FleetCo as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

(d)

fourthly, to retain an amount equal to the FleetCo Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of French FleetCo;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

during the Revolving Period, the amounts due and payable in respect of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party or any supplemental agreement in respect of a Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is party; and

 

  (ii)

on or following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the occurrence of the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent the amounts due and payable in respect of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party or any supplemental agreement in respect of a Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is party;

 

(f)

sixthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

any Tax for which French FleetCo is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to its auditors and legal advisers;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the French Servicer under the French Servicing Agreement, provided that the French Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated or the French Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the French Servicing Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Central Servicer, provided that the Central Servicer’s appointment has not been terminated or the Central Servicer has not served a resignation notice, in each case, in accordance with clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) of the Central Servicing Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fee payable to French Opco under the French Third Party Holding Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo French Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo French Facility Agreement;

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment or satisfaction of, any amounts due and payable to the French FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(k)

eleventhly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by French FleetCo to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above); and

 

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(l)

twelfthly, in payment of any excess to:

 

  (i)

during the Revolving Period, French FleetCo; and

 

  (ii)

on and following the occurrence of the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the Rapid Amortisation Commencement Date, the French FleetCo Reserve Account.

For the purposes of this French Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (e)(ii) which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, French FleetCo (or its French Servicer on its behalf) and the French Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part A – Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

After delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, the FleetCo Security Agent shall instruct the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank to apply all moneys received by the FleetCo Security Agent under the Transaction Documents in connection with the realisation or enforcement of the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Secured Property as follows (such order being the “Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments”), in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Spanish Advances Proportion; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the Spanish FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo Spanish Security Documents;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments, and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Spanish Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator under the Spanish Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to the FleetCo Spanish Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to Spain and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

(d)

fourthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, in payment or satisfaction of amounts due and payable in respect of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party or any supplemental agreement in respect of a Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is party;

 

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(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction of any Tax for which Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities;

 

(f)

sixthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent (or, if the delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice is due to the exercise of the Spain Repayment Option, the relevant attorney appointed under the Spain TRO Power of Attorney), in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the auditors and legal advisers of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch;

 

  (ii)

the amount to retain the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch; and

 

  (iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Level Spanish Advances Proportion of any Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses due and payable to the extent that the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Dutch FleetCo is insufficient to satisfy such Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to the Spanish FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above; and

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment of any excess to Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch.

For the purposes of this Dutch FleetCo Spanish Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (d) or paragraph (f) which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent (or, if the delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice is due to the exercise of the Spain Repayment Option, the relevant attorney appointed under the Spain TRO Power of Attorney), the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part B – Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

After delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice in respect of Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the FleetCo German Security Documents, the FleetCo Security Agent shall instruct the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank to apply all moneys received by the FleetCo Security Agent under the Transaction Documents in connection with the realisation or enforcement of the Dutch FleetCo German Secured Property as follows (such order being the “Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments”), in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Period Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo German Advances Proportion; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the German FleetCo Deed of Charge, the FleetCo Dutch Security Documents and the FleetCo German Security Documents;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments, and

 

  B.

the FleetCo German Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator under the German Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the FleetCo German Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to Germany and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

(d)

fourthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, in payment or satisfaction of amounts due and payable to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany, the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement, and, following the exercise of Dutch FleetCo’s put option right pursuant to any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement, any amounts due and payable in respect of such Vehicle Purchasing Agreement;

 

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(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction of any Tax for which Dutch FleetCo is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany;

 

(f)

sixthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the auditors and legal advisers of Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany;

 

  (ii)

the amount to retain the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany; and

 

  (iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Level German Advances Proportion of any Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses due and payable to the extent that the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Dutch FleetCo is insufficient to satisfy such Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo German Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to the German FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to German Opco; and

 

(k)

eleventhly, in payment of any excess to Dutch FleetCo.

For the purposes of this Dutch FleetCo German Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (d) or paragraph (f) which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part C – Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

After delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice in respect of Italian FleetCo, the FleetCo Security Agent shall instruct the Italian FleetCo Account Bank to apply all moneys received by the FleetCo Security Agent under the Transaction Documents in connection with the realisation or enforcement of the Italian FleetCo Secured Property as follows (such order being the “Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments”), in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Italian Advances Proportion; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the Italian FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo Italian Security Documents;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments, and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Italian Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Italian FleetCo Account Bank under the Italian Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Italian FleetCo to the FleetCo Italian Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to Italy and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Italian FleetCo to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by Italian FleetCo as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

(d)

fourthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, in payment or satisfaction of amounts due and payable in respect of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party or any supplemental agreement in respect of a Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is party;

 

(e)

fifthly, any Tax for which Italian FleetCo is liable;

 

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(f)

sixthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent only, in payment or satisfaction of the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the auditors and legal advisers of Italian FleetCo; and

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to the Italian FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of any amounts due and payable to the Italian VAT Lender under the Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement and the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement;

 

(k)

eleventhly, to retain the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Italian FleetCo;

 

(l)

twelfthly, in payment of any excess to Italian FleetCo.

For the purposes of this Italian FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (d) or paragraph (f) which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the Italian Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part D – Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

After delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice in respect of Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents, the FleetCo Security Agent shall instruct the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank to apply all moneys received by the FleetCo Security Agent under the Transaction Documents in connection with the realisation or enforcement of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Secured Property as follows (such order being the “Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments”), in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Period Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Dutch Advances Proportion; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments, and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Dutch Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator under the Dutch Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the FleetCo Dutch Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to The Netherlands and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

(d)

fourthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, in payment or satisfaction of amounts due and payable to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands, the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement, and, following the exercise of Dutch FleetCo’s put option right pursuant to any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement, any amounts due and payable in respect of such Vehicle Purchasing Agreement;

 

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(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction of any Tax for which Dutch FleetCo is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands;

 

(f)

sixthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the auditors and legal advisers of Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands;

 

  (ii)

the amount to retain the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands; and

 

  (iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Level Dutch Advances Proportion of any Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses due and payable to the extent that the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Dutch FleetCo is insufficient to satisfy such Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to the Dutch FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to the Dutch VAT Lender under the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement;

 

(k)

eleventhly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to Dutch Opco; and

 

(l)

twelfthly, in payment of any excess to Dutch FleetCo.

For the purposes of this Dutch FleetCo Dutch Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (d) or paragraph (f) which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 6 – FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

Part E – French FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments

After delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice in respect of French FleetCo, the FleetCo Security Agent shall instruct the French FleetCo Account Bank to apply all moneys received by the FleetCo Security Agent under the Transaction Documents in connection with the realisation or enforcement of the French FleetCo Secured Property as follows (such order being the “French FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments”), in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo French Advances Proportion;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the French FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo French Security Documents; and

 

  (iii)

the amounts payable to the FCT such that the FCT can make payment of the FCT Fees set out in clause 25 of the FCT Regulations pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of the FCT Priority of Payments;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments, and

 

  B.

the FleetCo French Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the French FleetCo Account Bank and the French FleetCo Account Bank Operator under the French Account Bank Agreement;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by French FleetCo to the FleetCo French Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to France and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by French FleetCo to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by French FleetCo as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

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(d)

fourthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, in payment or satisfaction of amounts due and payable in respect of any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is a party or any supplemental agreement in respect of a Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which it is party;

 

(e)

fifthly, any Tax for which French FleetCo is liable;

 

(f)

sixthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent only, in payment or satisfaction of the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the auditors and legal advisers of French FleetCo; and

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo French Facility Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo French Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to the French FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(j)

tenthly, to retain the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of French FleetCo;

 

(k)

eleventhly, in payment of any excess to French FleetCo.

For the purposes of this French FleetCo Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (d) or paragraph (f) which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the French Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Part 7 – FCT Priority of Payments

The FCT Management Company shall instruct each of the FCT Custodian and the FCT Registrar to apply the FCT Available Funds on each FCT Payment Date or, after delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice in respect of French FleetCo, on any Business Day as follows, in each case only if and to the extent that the items of a higher priority have been paid or satisfied in full:

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the FCT Noteholder and being equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the FCT Noteholder as Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo French Advances Proportion;

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by French FleetCo to the FleetCo Security Agent under the French FleetCo Deed of Charge and the FleetCo French Security Documents; and

 

  (iii)

the FCT Fees set out in clause 25 of the FCT Regulations;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the FCT Noteholder and being equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee, excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments; and

 

  B.

the FleetCo French Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the VFN Advance(s);

 

(d)

fourthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the Variable Funding Note;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable by the FCT to any other parties (including, without limitation, any unsecured third party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above); and

 

(f)

sixthly, on the last Settlement Date only, in payment to the FCT Residual Unitholder of all interest amounts having accrued on the FCT Residual Units (if any);

 

(g)

seventhly, on the Settlement Date immediately following the date upon which the FCT is liquidated in accordance with clause 27 of the FCT Regulations, in payment to the FCT Residual Unitholder of the outstanding principal amount of the FCT Residual Units; and

 

(h)

eighthly, on the Settlement Date immediately following the date upon which the FCT is liquidated in accordance with clause 27 of the FCT Regulations, in payment to the FCT Residual Unitholder of any liquidation surplus that may result from the liquidation of the FCT pursuant to clause 28 of the FCT Regulations.

Each Party hereto agrees to be bound by the priority of payments set out in this Part 7. Each such Party further agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision contained in any relevant Transaction Document, it will not demand payment of, or any distribution in respect of or on account of, any amounts payable by the FCT (or on its behalf) to it, in cash or in kind, and will not apply any money or assets in discharge of any such amounts payable to it (whether by set off or by any other method), unless all amounts then due and payable by the FCT to all other creditors ranking higher in the priority of payments of the FCT have been paid in full.

 

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Each Party hereto shall not claim, rank or prove or vote as a creditor of the FCT or its assets in competition with any prior ranking creditors in the priority of payments of the FCT or claim a right of set off until all amounts then due and payable to creditors who rank higher in the priority of payments of the FCT have been paid in full.

The FCT shall not pay or repay or make any distribution in respect of any amount owing to any creditor of the FCT (in cash or in kind) unless and until all other creditors ranking higher in the priority of payments of the FCT have been paid in full.

 

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Part 8 – Dutch FleetCo Dutch Opco Event of Default Priority of Payments

After the occurrence of a Dutch Opco Event of Default but prior to the delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice in respect of Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents, Dutch FleetCo (or the Central Servicer on its behalf) shall instruct the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank to apply its FleetCo Available Funds in the Netherlands:

 

  (A)

in respect of items (g) and (h) below, when due and payable in accordance with the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement; and

 

  (B)

in respect of all other items:

 

  (a)

on each Settlement Date; and

 

  (b)

in the case of amounts below which are expected to become due and payable on any date after the relevant Settlement Date but before the next following Settlement Date, make provision on such Settlement Date for application of the FleetCo Available Funds in The Netherlands (provided that provisioned amounts are credited by Dutch FleetCo on such Settlement Date into the reserve ledger in the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account and such provisioned amounts shall be excluded from the Country Asset Value for The Netherlands),

 

(a)

firstly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in an amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

the amounts payable by the Issuer in paragraph (a) of Issuer Revolving Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Scheduled Amortisation Period Priority of Payments, the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Pre-Enforcement) Priority of Payments and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Period Priority of Payments (as applicable); and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Dutch Advances Proportion; and

 

  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the FleetCo Security Agent under the Dutch FleetCo Deed of Charge and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Security Documents;

 

(b)

secondly, amounts payable to the Issuer by way of Ongoing Issuer Fee in amount equal to the multiple of:

 

  A.

all amounts listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the Ongoing Issuer Fee excluding, in each case, the amounts in paragraph (a) of the relevant Issuer Priority of Payments; and

 

  B.

the FleetCo Dutch Advances Proportion;

 

(c)

thirdly, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator under the Dutch Account Bank Agreement;

 

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  (ii)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the FleetCo Dutch Back-up Cash Manager under the FleetCo Back-up Cash Management Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

the fees corresponding to The Netherlands and related costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable by Dutch FleetCo to the Liquidation Agent in respect of the services provided by the Liquidation Agent in respect of the Vehicles owned by Dutch FleetCo as set out in the Liquidation Agency Agreement;

 

(d)

fourthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, in payment or satisfaction of amounts due and payable to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands, the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement, and, following the exercise of Dutch FleetCo’s put option right pursuant to any Vehicle Purchasing Agreement, any amounts due and payable in respect of such Vehicle Purchasing Agreement;

 

(e)

fifthly, in payment or satisfaction of any Tax for which Dutch FleetCo is primarily liable to the appropriate tax authorities in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands;

 

(f)

sixthly, if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, in payment or satisfaction, pari passu and pro rata, of:

 

  (i)

the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities due and payable to the auditors and legal advisers of Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands;

 

  (ii)

the amount to retain the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands; and

 

  (iii)

the Dutch FleetCo Level Dutch Advances Proportion of any Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses due and payable to the extent that the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount of Dutch FleetCo is insufficient to satisfy such Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses;

 

(g)

seventhly, in payment or satisfaction of interest due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

(h)

eighthly, in payment or satisfaction of principal due and payable in respect of the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement;

 

(i)

ninthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to the Dutch FleetCo Secured Creditors under the Transaction Documents to which it is party other than amounts paid in accordance with any paragraph above;

 

(j)

tenthly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to the Dutch VAT Lender under the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement;

 

(k)

eleventhly, in payment or satisfaction of any amounts due and payable to Dutch Opco; and

 

(l)

twelfthly, in payment of any excess to Dutch FleetCo.

For the purposes of this Dutch FleetCo Dutch Opco Event of Default Priority of Payments, in respect of any payment under paragraph (d) or paragraph (f) which may only be made if directed by the FleetCo Security Agent, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank may not make such payment unless the FleetCo Security Agent has received and given the requisite instructions at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of such payment from the relevant party in accordance with Clause 14.2 (Instructions to FleetCo Security Agent).

 

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Schedule 4

Events of Default

Part 1: Issuer Events of Default

Each of the following shall be an Issuer Event of Default:

 

1

Any Event of Default in respect of the Issuer;

 

2

Any FleetCo Event of Default;

 

3

Any Opco Event of Default (other than a Dutch Opco Event of Default);

 

4

Any FCT Event of Default;

 

5

Any Central Servicer Event of Default;

 

6

Any Parent Event of Default;

 

7

Any Finco Guarantor Event of Default;

 

8

Any Avis Europe Event of Default; and

 

9

Any Subordinated Lender Event of Default.

 

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Part 2: FleetCo Events of Default

Each of the following shall be a FleetCo Event of Default:

 

1

Any Event of Default in respect of any FleetCo (other than an Event of Default under limb (a) of the definition of “Event of Default” in respect of Dutch FleetCo which arises solely as a result of a Dutch Opco Event of Default);

 

2

Any Issuer Event of Default;

 

3

Any FCT Event of Default;

 

4

Any Opco Event of Default (other than a Dutch Opco Event of Default);

 

5

Any Central Servicer Event of Default;

 

6

Any Parent Event of Default;

 

7

Any Finco Guarantor Event of Default;

 

8

Any Avis Europe Event of Default; and

 

9

Any Subordinated Lender Event of Default.

 

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Part 3: Opco Events of Default

Each of the following shall be an Opco Event of Default:

 

1

Any Subordinated Lender Event of Default;

 

2

Any Parent Event of Default;

 

3

Any Finco Guarantor Event of Default;

 

4

Any Avis Europe Event of Default;

 

5

Any Issuer Event of Default;

 

6

Any FCT Event of Default;

 

7

Any FleetCo Event of Default;

 

8

Any Central Servicer Event of Default;

 

9

Any Spanish Opco Event of Default;

 

10

Any Italian Opco Event of Default;

 

11

Any German Opco Event of Default;

 

12

Any Dutch Opco Event of Default; and

 

13

Any French Opco Event of Default.

 

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Part 4: FCT Events of Default

Each of the following shall be an FCT Event of Default:

 

1

Any Event of Default in respect of the FCT;

 

2

Any Issuer Event of Default;

 

3

Any FleetCo Event of Default;

 

4

Any Opco Event of Default (other than a Dutch Opco Event of Default);

 

5

Any Central Servicer Event of Default;

 

6

Any Parent Event of Default;

 

7

Any Finco Guarantor Event of Default;

 

8

Any Avis Europe Event of Default; and

 

9

Any Subordinated Lender Event of Default.

 

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Schedule 5

Amendments and Waiver Consent Requirements

 

1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 24 (Consents, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications), the proposed determination, amendment, waiver, consent, modification, instruction or direction set out in paragraph 2 below shall not be effective unless the prior written consent of all the Qualifying Senior Noteholders has been received.

For the purposes of this Schedule 5, “Qualifying Senior Noteholders” means the Senior Noteholders whose proportion of the total of all the Senior Note Principal Amount Outstanding together aggregates 100 per cent.

 

2

Any determination, amendment to or modification to, or waiver under or in respect of, any term of this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document or any instruction or direction under any Transaction Document relating to:

 

(a)

the nature or scope of the guarantee and indemnity granted under the Finco Payment Guarantee, the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee and/or the Parent Performance Guarantee and any terms of the Finco Payment Guarantee, Avis Europe Payment Guarantee and/or Parent Performance Guarantee (save where such amendments are technical amendments);

 

(b)

the release of any Security created pursuant to any Security Document or the release of any Security (except as provided in any Security Document);

 

(c)

any change to (i) clause 21.4 (Transfers by Senior Noteholders; Accession of further Senior Noteholders) or clause 21.5 (Replacement Senior Noteholder) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement or (ii) the Issuer Intercreditor Terms under this Agreement, in each case, which adversely affects any Senior Noteholder (save where such amendments are technical amendments);

 

(d)

a waiver of the issuance of or the release of any of Finco, the Parent or Avis Europe from any of its obligations pursuant to the Parent Performance Guarantee, the Finco Guarantee or the Avis Europe Guarantee (as applicable), other than as expressly provided for in Clause 14A.2.2 (Payments under the Finco Payment Guarantee);

 

(e)

any change to the definitions of “Credit Enhancement Asset”, “Credit Enhancement Matrix”, “Credit Enhancement Required Amount”, “Issuer Borrowing Base Test”, “Senior Notes Maximum Amount”, “Country Asset Value”, “Combined Eligible Country Asset Value”, “Country Asset Value Test”, “Eligible Vehicle” or “Rapid Amortisation Event” in the Master Definitions Agreement or the defined terms used in such definitions;

 

(f)

any change to the definition of “Majority Senior Noteholders”;

 

(g)

an extension in the date of payment of any amount or a failure to make a payment of any amount under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and/or the FleetCo Facility Agreements;

 

(h)

a reduction in any applicable margin, interest or reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and/or the FleetCo Facility Agreements;

 

(i)

any change of any of the borrowers under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and/or the FleetCo Facility Agreements or any change of any of the guarantors under the Parent Performance Guarantee, the Finco Payment Guarantee and/or the Avis Europe Payment Guarantee;

 

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(j)

a change to any provision in a Transaction Document which expressly requires the consent of all of the Senior Noteholders pursuant to such Transaction Document;

 

(k)

a change to any of the Issuer Priority of Payments or FleetCo Priority of Payments, in each case, which directly or indirectly adversely affects the ranking of amounts due and payable to the Senior Noteholders;

 

(l)

any increase in or extension of the Senior Noteholder Commitment under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement or the commitment of the Issuer under any FleetCo Facility Agreement;

 

(m)

a change or which would have the effect of changing the definitions of “Issuer Enforcement Notice”, “FleetCo Enforcement Notice”, “Acceleration Notice”, “Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Notice”, “Rapid Amortisation Notice”, “FleetCo Back-up Cash Manager Commencement Notice”, “Liquidation Agent Service Commencement Notice”, “Master Lease Termination Notice” or “Servicer Termination Notice” or the consequences of the delivery of any of such notice;

 

(n)

any change to the Scheduled Amortisation Commencement Date or the Expected Maturity Date; and

 

(o)

to the extent that the Senior Notes are not rated, or no longer rated, at least “A-” from Standard & Poor’s or Fitch, at least “A low” from DBRS Morningstar and/or at least “A3” from Moody’s, a change which would have the effect of changing the definitions of “Concentration Limit”, “Excess Concentration Amount” or “Relevant Excess Concentration Amount”; and

 

(p)

any change to any of the Letter of Credit other than technical changes, extension of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date or modification of the Reinstatement Amount within the limit of the then Maximum Amount of Letter of Credit.

 

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Schedule 6

Forms of Accession Deed

Part 1 – Form of Accession Deed for Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparties and

Acceding Subordinated Lenders

 

To:   

CarFin Finance International DAC

[Issuer Security Trustee]

[Issuer Cash Manager]

Copy:    [Transaction Agent]
From:    Acceding [Issuer Hedge Counterparty/Subordinated Lender]
Dated:    [•]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to the framework deed between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCos and the FleetCo Security Agent dated [•] (the “Framework Agreement”), the issuer deed of charge between, among others, the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee dated [•] (the “Issuer Deed of Charge”), the supplemental issuer deed of charge between, among others, the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee dated [•] (the “Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge”) and the master definitions agreement between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCos and the FleetCo Security Agent dated [•] (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

This is an Accession Deed.

 

3

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Accession Deed.

 

4

[Name of acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty/Subordinated Lender] agrees to become an [Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty/Acceding Subordinated Lender] and to be bound by and to benefit from the terms of the Framework Agreement, the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge pursuant to Clause 11 (Additional Issuer Secured Creditors and accession of Liquidation Agent) of the Framework Agreement.

 

5

[Name of acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty/Subordinated Lender] is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction] and is a limited liability company with registered number [•].

 

6

[(In respect of an acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty only) [Name of acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty] has a rating by [S&P/Moody’s/Fitch/DBRS Morningstar] of [•].]

 

7

[(In respect of an acceding Subordinated Lender only) [Name of acceding Subordinated Lender] is a member of the Avis Group and confirms that the [transfer/assignment] of the rights of the Subordinated Lender to [acceding Subordinated Lender] does not adversely affect the tax position of the Issuer.

 

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8

[Name of acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty/Subordinated Lender] administrative details are as follows:

 

Address:

  [•]

Fax No.:

  [•]

Email:

  [•]

Attention:

  [•]

 

9

This Accession Deed is an Issuer Transaction Document.

 

10

The Framework Agreement, the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge, this Accession Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them are governed by English law.

EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by

[Name of acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty/Subordinated Lender]

Authorised Signatory:  ______________________

Authorised Signatory:  ______________________

 

213


Part 2 – Form of Senior Noteholder Accession Deed

 

To:   

CarFin Finance International DAC

[Issuer Security Trustee]

[Issuer Cash Manager]

[Registrar]

[existing Senior Noteholders]

Copy:   

[Transaction Agent]

[Central Servicer]

From:    [Acceding Senior Noteholder/Replacement Senior Noteholder]
Dated:    [•]

 

1

We refer to the framework deed between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCos and the FleetCo Security Agent dated [•] (the “Framework Agreement”), the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement dated [•] between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Senior Noteholders (the “Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement”), the issuer deed of charge between, among others, the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee dated [•] (the “Issuer Deed of Charge”), the supplemental issuer deed of charge between, among others, the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee dated [•] (the “Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge”) and the master definitions agreement between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCos and the FleetCo Security Agent dated [•] (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

This is a Senior Noteholder Accession Deed.

 

3

[Name of Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior Noteholder] of [address/ registered office] agrees to become [an Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[a Replacement Senior Noteholder] and to be bound as a Senior Noteholder by and to benefit from the terms of the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge, the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the Framework Agreement and the other Issuer Transaction Documents to which the Senior Noteholders are a party as a Senior Noteholder on and from [date] pursuant to Clause 11 (Additional Issuer Secured Creditors and accession of Liquidation Agent) of the Framework Agreement and Clause 21 (Changes to the Parties) of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

 

4

The administrative details of the [Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior Noteholder] and the [Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior Noteholder]’s Commitment for the purposes of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the Framework Agreement, the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge and other Issuer Transaction Documents are set out in the Schedule hereto.

 

5

[Name of Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior Noteholder] acknowledges, represents and agrees that:

 

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5.1

The Senior Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other relevant jurisdiction, and the Issuer has not been and will not be registered as an investment company under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Accordingly, the Senior Notes may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except in accordance with the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement;

 

5.2

If it is a person that is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act, then:

 

  (i)

it is acquiring the Senior Notes in reliance on the exemption from registration pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act;

 

  (ii)

it is acquiring the Senior Notes for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is a non-U.S. Person and as to each of which it exercises sole investment discretion;

 

  (iii)

it will comply with the selling restrictions contained in Schedule 6 (Selling Restrictions for Unrestricted Senior Notes) to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement;

 

  (iv)

neither it nor any of its affiliates nor any person acting on its or its affiliates’ behalf has engaged or will engage in any “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) with respect to the Senior Notes;

 

5.3

If it is a “U.S. Person” as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act, then:

 

  (i)

it is (A) an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or (B) a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, in either case, that is acquiring the Senior Notes for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for the offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof;

 

  (ii)

neither it nor any of its affiliates nor any person acting on its or its affiliates’ behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with any offer or sale of Senior Notes;

 

  (iii)

it has not been formed for the purpose of investing in the Senior Notes (unless each beneficial owner of such investment is a qualified institutional buyer or an accredited investor);

 

5.4

It understands that the Senior Notes are being sold to it pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. It has made its investment in the Senior Notes for its own account for investment and not with a view to the offer, sale or distribution thereof, in whole or in part, and it shall not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations thereunder or hereunder except in compliance with Clause 20 (Binding Effect) and the other relevant provisions of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement to an Acceding Senior Noteholder who accedes to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the Framework Agreement, the Issuer Deed of Charge and the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge by duly executing a Senior Noteholder Accession Deed substantially in the form of this Senior Noteholder Accession Deed;

 

215


5.5

It has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investments in the Senior Notes, and it is (and any accounts for which it is acting are, if applicable) able to bear the economic risk of its (or their, if applicable) investment;

 

5.6

It is not an entity that, immediately subsequent to its purchase or other acquisition of a beneficial interest in the Senior Notes, will have invested more than 40 per cent. of its assets in beneficial interests in the Senior Notes and/or in other securities of the Issuer (unless all of the beneficial owners of such entity’s securities are qualified institutional buyers);

 

5.7

It is not, and is not acting on behalf of or with the assets of (and, for so long as it is an Acceding Senior Noteholder/a Replacement Senior Noteholder, will not be, and will not be acting on behalf of) (A) an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), a plan described in section 4975 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or an entity that is deemed to hold the assets of any such plan pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, which entity or plan is subject to section 406 of ERISA or Code section 4975, or (B) a governmental, church or non-U.S. plan that is subject to any United States federal, state or local law that is similar to the prohibited transaction provisions of section 406 of ERISA or Code section 4975;

 

5.8

It has received adequate information concerning the Issuer and the Senior Notes to make an informed investment decision with respect to its purchase of the Senior Notes; and

 

5.9

It is a Qualifying Senior Noteholder.

 

6

[Name of Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior Noteholder] acknowledges that each of the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee reserves the right prior to any assignment or transfer of the Senior Notes pursuant to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement to require the delivery of such certifications, legal opinions and other information as the Issuer or the Issuer Security Trustee may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale or other transfer complies with the foregoing restrictions, including delivery of a Letter of Representation in the form set forth herein (which all subsequent purchasers and or transferees shall be required to deliver). This is also the form of Letter of Representation referred to in the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

 

7

[Name of Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior Noteholder] acknowledges and agrees that, in the event that at any time the Issuer determines (or is notified by a person acting on behalf of the Issuer) that such Senior Noteholder was in breach, at the time given or deemed to be given, of any of the representations or agreements set forth above or otherwise determines that any transfer or other disposition of any Senior Notes would, in the sole determination of the Issuer or the Issuer Security Trustee acting on behalf of the Issuer, require the Issuer to register as an “investment company” under the provisions of the Investment Company Act, such purchase or other transfer will be void ab initio and will not be honoured by the Issuer.

 

8

[Name of Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior Noteholder] acknowledges that (i) it has been afforded an opportunity to request and to review, and has received, all information considered by it to be necessary in connection with its investment in the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, (ii) it has made its own independent investigation of the merits of the investment made by it herein and it has not relied on any other person or entity in connection with such investigation, (iii) no person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representation regarding the Senior Notes, and, if given or made, any such information or representation should not be relied upon as having been authorised, and (iv) it has consulted its own business, legal and tax advisers for investment, legal and tax advice and as to the desirability and consequences of its investment in the Senior Notes.

 

216


9

[Name of Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior Noteholder] agrees to execute any relevant fee letter, as required, on or about the date of this Senior Noteholder Accession Deed.

 

10

This Senior Noteholder Accession Deed is an Issuer Transaction Document.

 

11

The Framework Agreement, the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the Issuer Deed of Charge, the Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge, this Senior Noteholder Accession Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them are governed by English law.

 

EXECUTED and DELIVERED as

a DEED by

[ACCEDING SENIOR

NOTEHOLDER]

/[REPLACEMENT SENIOR

NOTEHOLDER]

as [Acceding Senior

Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior

Noteholder]

 

}

Authorised Signatory:

 

Authorised Signatory:

 

 

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THE SCHEDULE

[ACCEDING SENIOR NOTEHOLDER]/[REPLACEMENT SENIOR NOTEHOLDER] COMMITMENT

 

[Acceding]/[Replacement] Senior Noteholder

  

Senior Noteholder Commitment (in Euro)

[Name]    [•]
[Name]    [•]

Administrative details of the [Acceding Senior Noteholder]/[Replacement Senior Noteholder]

[insert address for notices and payment details etc.]

 

218


Form of Letter of Representation

Dear Sirs:

We are delivering this letter in connection with the undersigned’s proposed purchase of the principal amount set out above the undersigned’s signature of the Notes of CarFin Finance International DAC (the “Issuer”) issued on [•] (the “Senior Notes”).

In connection with my/our proposed purchase of Senior Notes I/we confirm that:

 

1

I am/We are (check applicable box):

☐ (A) an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act that is acquiring the Senior Notes for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for the offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof and it has not been formed for the purpose of investing in the Senior Notes (unless each beneficial owner of such investment is a qualified institutional buyer or an accredited investor).

☐ (B) a non-U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) purchasing the Senior Notes in an offshore transaction (as defined in Regulation S) in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act.

I/We acknowledge that the following provisions of this letter apply to me/us depending on our status as selected by me/us as set out above.

For U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act):

 

2

I/We understand that the Senior Notes are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Senior Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act (and accordingly the Senior Notes constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), and I/we agree that if in the future I/we decide to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer such Senior Notes or any beneficial interest in such Senior Notes, such Senior Notes or any beneficial interest therein may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only to persons who sign-up the Senior Noteholder Accession Deed and deliver to the Issuer, the Registrar and the Transfer Agent a letter of representation in the form attached to the Senior Noteholder Accession Deed and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or in accordance with Rule 144.

 

3

I/we understand that the Issuer has not registered under the Investment Company Act.

 

4

I/we will notify any purchaser of Senior Notes from us of the resale restrictions and the requirement in paragraph 2 to deliver a letter of representation. I/We understand and agree that any purported transfer of the Senior Notes to a purchaser that does not comply with such requirement shall be null and void ab initio and the Issuer will have the right to direct the purchaser to transfer its Senior Notes to a person who meets the foregoing criteria and who delivers the required letter of representation.

 

219


5

I/We further understand that any Senior Notes acquired by me/us will be in the form of individual definitive physical certificates and that the Note Certificate representing the Senior Notes will bear the legend set forth in the form of Restricted Senior Note Certificate.

 

6

I/We nor any of my/our affiliates nor any person acting on my/our or my/our affiliates’ behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with any offer or sale of Senior Notes.

 

7

I am/We are acquiring the Senior Notes for my/own account and not with a view to distribution thereof or with any present intention of offering or selling any of the Senior Notes or any other disposition thereof in violation of the Securities Act.

 

8

I/We understand that the Issuer has the right to compel any Senior Noteholder or beneficial owner that is a U.S. person that is not an “accredited investor” or a “qualified institutional buyer” to sell such Senior Notes or interest therein, or may sell such Senior Notes or interest therein on behalf of such owner, at the least of (x) the purchase price therefor paid by the Senior Noteholder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, (y) 100 per cent. of the principal amount thereof or (z) the fair market value thereof.

For non-U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act):

 

9

I/We understand that I am/we are acquiring the Senior Notes in reliance on the exemption from registration pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act for my/our own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is a non-U.S. Person and as to each of which I/we exercise sole investment discretion.

 

10

I/We understand that the Senior Notes are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Senior Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, and I/we agree that if in the future I/we decide to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer such Senior Notes or any beneficial interest in such Senior Notes, such Senior Notes may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only to a person who I/we reasonably believe is (a) an accredited investor or qualified institutional buyer in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) or (b) to non-U.S. persons in an “offshore transaction” in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and any other applicable jurisdiction and subject to the provisions of the Senior Noteholder Accession Deed and the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, including complying with the selling restrictions contained in Schedule 6 (Selling Restrictions for Unrestricted Senior Notes) to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

 

11

I/We confirm that neither I/we nor any of my/our affiliates nor any person acting on my/our affiliates’ behalf has engaged or will engage in any “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) with respect to the Senior Notes.

 

12

I/we understand that the Issuer has not registered under the Investment Company Act.

 

13

I/We understand and agree that any purported transfer of the Senior Notes to a purchaser that does not comply with the requirements of the foregoing resale restrictions shall be null and void ab initio and the Issuer will have the right to direct the purchaser to transfer its Senior Notes to a person who meets the foregoing criteria.

 

220


For all transferees:

 

14

I/We have received a copy of the Transaction Documents and acknowledge that I/we have had all access to such financial and other information and have been afforded the opportunity to ask such questions of representatives of the Issuer and received answers thereto as I/we deem necessary in connection with my/our decision to purchase the Senior Notes. I/We acknowledge that (a) none of the Issuer, the Arranger, other transaction parties or any subsidiary, holding or associated company of any of them (including any directors, officers or employees thereof) is acting as a fiduciary or financial or portfolio manager for the purchaser; (b) the purchaser is not relying (for purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon any advice, counsel or representations (whether written or oral) of the Issuer, the Arranger, any other transaction party or any subsidiary, holding or associated company of any of them (including any directors, officers or employees thereof) other than in the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and any representations expressly set forth in a written agreement with such party; (c) none of the Issuer, the Arranger, other transaction parties, any Agent or any subsidiary, holding or associated company of any of them (including any directors, officers or employees thereof) has given to the purchaser (directly or indirectly through any other person) any assurance, guarantee or representation whatsoever as to the expected or projected success, profitability, return, performance, result, effect, consequence or benefit (including legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting or otherwise) as to an investment in the Senior Notes and (d) the purchaser has consulted with its own legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial and accounting advisers to the extent it has deemed necessary, and it has made its own investment decisions based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisers as it has deemed necessary and not upon any view expressed by the Issuer, the Arranger, the other Transaction Parties, any Agent or any subsidiary, holding or associated company of any of them (including any directors, officers or employees thereof).

 

15

I/We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that I am/we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing the Senior Notes, and I/we can bear the economic risk of my/our investment in the Senior Notes.

 

16

I/We are not, and are not acting on behalf of or using assets of, (i) an employee benefit plan subject to the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), (ii) a plan subject to Section 4975 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (iii) any governmental or church plan subject to any federal, state or local law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or (iv) an entity any of whose assets are treated as assets of any such plan.

 

17

I/We understand that the Issuer has the right to compel any Senior Noteholder or beneficial owner to sell its Senior Notes or interest therein, or may sell such Senior Notes or interest therein on behalf of such person, where such person is, or is acting on behalf of or using assets of, (i) an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, (ii) a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) any governmental or church plan subject to any federal, state or local law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or (iv) an entity any of whose assets are treated as assets of any such plan.

 

18

I/We are not purchasing the Senior Notes in order to reduce my/our U.S. federal income tax liability or pursuant to a tax avoidance plan.

 

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I/We acknowledge that you will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgements, representations and agreements set forth herein, and I/we agree to notify you promptly in writing if any of my/our acknowledgments, representations or warranties herein ceases to be accurate and complete. I/We hereby agree that this letter or a copy thereof may be produced to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

I/We understand that there may be certain consequences under United States and other tax laws resulting from an investment in the Senior Notes and I/we have made such investigation and have consulted such tax and other advisors with respect thereto as I/we deem appropriate.

I/We hereby certify that all necessary action has been taken to authorise the purchase of the Senior Notes and the execution of this letter.

THIS LETTER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

This letter relates to €__________________ principal amount of the Senior Notes.

 

 

  (Name of Purchaser)
By:  

         

  Name:
  Title:
  Address:

 

222


Part 3 – Form of Accession Deed for Acceding Liquidation Agent

 

To:   

CarFin Finance International DAC

[Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch]

[Dutch FleetCo]

[Italian FleetCo]

[Issuer Security Trustee]

[FleetCo Security Agent]

Copy:    [Transaction Agent]
From:    [Name of acceding Liquidation Agent]
Dated:    [•]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to the framework deed between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCos and the FleetCo Security Agent dated [•] (the “Framework Agreement”), the German FleetCo Deed of Charge between, among others, Dutch FleetCo and the FleetCo Security Agent dated [•] (the “German FleetCo Deed of Charge”) and the master definitions agreement between, among others, Dutch FleetCo, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the FleetCo Security Agent dated [•] (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

This is an Accession Deed.

 

3

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Accession Deed.

 

4

[Name of acceding Liquidation Agent] agrees to become an [Acceding Liquidation Agent] and to be bound by and to benefit from the terms of the Framework Agreement and each FleetCo Deed of Charge pursuant to Clause 11 (Additional Issuer Secured Creditors and accession of Liquidation Agent) of the Framework Agreement.

 

5

[Name of acceding Liquidation Agent] is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction] and is a limited liability company and registered number [•].

 

6

[Name of acceding Liquidation Agent]’s administrative details are as follows:

 

Address:    [•]
Fax No.:    [•]
Email:    [•]
Attention:    [•]

 

7

This Accession Deed is a FleetCo Transaction Document and an Issuer Transaction Document.

 

8

This Accession Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them are governed by English law.

 

223


EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by

[Name of acceding Liquidation Agent]

Authorised Signatory:    ______________________

Authorised Signatory:    ______________________

 

224


Schedule 7

Part 1 – Form of Issuer Compliance Certificate

 

To:   

[Issuer Security Trustee]

Transaction Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs

This certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Clause 13.2 (Delivery of Compliance Certificates on each Reporting Date) of the Framework Agreement] entered into between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent. All words and expressions defined in or incorporated the Framework Agreement referred to therein shall (save as otherwise provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires) have the same meanings herein.

We hereby certify that, as at [•]:

 

(i)

[other than [•]]/ [we are in compliance with our obligations under the [Issuer Transaction Documents];

 

(ii)

the Issuer Borrowing Base Test is satisfied on the date hereof and will be satisfied on the immediately following Settlement Date; and

 

(iii)

no Potential Event of Default relating to an Issuer Event of Default and no Rapid Amortisation Event (in relation to itself) has occurred since the date of the last Issuer Compliance Certificate [(in the case of the first such certificate only), the date of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and the date of satisfaction of the initial conditions precedent to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement)] which is continuing (or, if such is not the case, specifying the particulars of any such Potential Event of Default or Rapid Amortisation Event (in relation to itself)).

For and on behalf of

CarFin Finance International DAC as Issuer

 

225


Part 2 – Form of FleetCo Compliance Certificate

 

To:   

[FleetCo Security Agent]

[Transaction Agent]

[Issuer]

[Issuer Security Trustee]

   [Date]

Dear Sirs

This certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Clause 13.2 (Delivery of Compliance Certificates on each Reporting Date) of the Framework Agreement entered into between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent. All words and expressions defined or incorporated in the Framework Agreement referred to therein shall (save as otherwise provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires) have the same meanings herein.

We hereby certify that, as at [•]:

 

(i)

no Master Lease Termination Event and no Servicer Termination Event in relation to [Dutch/Italian/French] FleetCo has occurred and is continuing;

 

(ii)

[Dutch/Italian/French] FleetCo is in compliance with its covenants and obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;

 

(iii)

the Country Asset Value Test in respect of [Germany/Italy/Spain/The Netherlands/France] is satisfied and will be satisfied following the drawdown of the FleetCo Advances under the FleetCo [German/Italian/Spanish/Dutch/French] Facility Agreement; and

 

(iv)

no Potential Event of Default relating to a FleetCo Event of Default and no a Rapid Amortisation Event (in relation to itself) has occurred since the date of the last FleetCo Compliance Certificate [(in the case of the first such certificate only), the date of each FleetCo Facility Agreement and the date of satisfaction of the initial conditions precedent to each FleetCo Facility Agreement] which is continuing (or, if such is not the case, specifying the particulars of any such Potential Event of Default or Rapid Amortisation Event (in relation to itself)).

For and on behalf of

[Dutch/Italian/French FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch]

 

226


Part 3 – Form of Finco Compliance Certificate

 

To:   

[FleetCo Security Agent]

[Issuer Security Trustee]

[Transaction Agent]

   [Date]

Dear Sirs

This certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Clause 4.2.21(i) (Finco and Avis Europe Compliance Certificates) of the Framework Agreement entered into between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo, the Central Servicer, each Opco and the Transaction Agent. All words and expressions defined or incorporated in the Framework Agreement referred to therein shall (save as otherwise provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires) have the same meanings herein.

We hereby certify that, as at [•]:

 

(i)

[other than [•]]/[we are in compliance with our obligations under the [Transaction Documents to which we are a party]; and

 

(ii)

no Potential Event of Default relating to a Central Servicer Event of Default, a Subordinated Lender Event of Default or a Finco Guarantor Event of Default, no Central Servicer Event of Default, no Subordinated Lender Event of Default and no Finco Guarantor Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

For and on behalf of

[Finco]

 

227


Part 4 – Form of Avis Europe Compliance Certificate

 

To:   

[Issuer Security Trustee]

[Transaction Agent]

   [Date]

Dear Sirs

This certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Clause 4.2.21(ii) (Finco and Avis Europe Compliance Certificates) of the Framework Agreement entered into between, among others, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee, Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo, the FleetCo Security Agent, Avis Europe and the Transaction Agent. All words and expressions defined or incorporated in the Framework Agreement referred to therein shall (save as otherwise provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires) have the same meanings herein.

We hereby certify that, as at [•]:

 

(i)

[other than [•]]/[we are in compliance with our obligations under the [Transaction Documents to which we are a party]; and

 

(ii)

no Potential Event of Default relating to an Avis Europe Event of Default and no Avis Europe Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

For and on behalf of

AVIS EUROPE

 

228


Schedule 8

Forms of Cash Management Reports

Part 1 – Form of Issuer Cash Management Report

 

229


Part 2 – Form of FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report

 

230


Schedule 9

Form of Fleet Report

Part A

 

231


Part B

 

232


Schedule 10

Form of Central Servicer Reports

Part 1 – Form of Monthly Central Servicer Report

 

233


Part 2 – Form of Intra-Month Central Servicer Report

 

234


Schedule 11

Form of Investor Report

 

235


Schedule 12

Notice Details

 

Name of Party

  

Address and Notice Details

     

 

236


Schedule 13

Form of Issuer Letter of Credit

IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT

No. XXXXXX

19 March 2013

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited

Winchester House

1 Great Winchester Street

London EC2N 2DB

United Kingdom

(the “Issuer Security Trustee” and the “Beneficiary”)

Dear Sir or Madam

The undersigned (a “Letter of Credit Provider”) hereby establishes, at the request and for the account of Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ABCR”), pursuant to, and in accordance with, that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2011 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Credit Agreement”), (among ABCR and the financial institutions party thereto (collectively, the “Letter of Credit Providers”), in accordance with the terms of such Credit Agreement (i) in your favour in respect of Note Deficit Demands (as defined below) and (ii) in your favor in respect of Termination Demands (as defined below), this Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. XXXXXX, (a “Letter of Credit”) in an aggregate maximum amount of Euro [•] (such amount, as the same may be reduced and reinstated from time to time as provided herein, being the “Letter of Credit Amount”), effective immediately and expiring at 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) at our office located at JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., C/O JPMORGAN TREASURY SERVICES, 10420 HIGHLAND MANOR DRIVE, 4TH FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33610, ATTN: STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT DEPT., TELEPHONE NO.: 800-634-1969, FACSIMILE NO.: 856-294-5267 (or at such office or any other office which may be designated by the Letter of Credit Provider by written notice delivered to you, being the “Letter of Credit Provider’s Office”) on the date (the “Expiration Date”) that is the earlier of (i) 19 March 2014 or such later date to which the term of this Letter of Credit is extended (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day) (the “Scheduled Expiration Date”), provided that this Letter of Credit shall be automatically extended without amendment by another year following each Schedule Expiration Date UNLESS we send notice to the Beneficiary at least 60 days prior to any Scheduled Expiration Date that we elect not to extend this Letter of Credit for such additional year and (ii) the date on which we receive written notice from you that the Letter of Credit Termination Date shall have occurred. You are the trustee under that certain Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement (as may be amended from time to time in accordance

 

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with its terms, the “INIFA”), dated as of 5 March 2013. Capitalized terms used herein and in the Annexes hereto and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth, or incorporated by reference, in the INIFA. The Letter of Credit Termination Date shall be a date which is the earlier to occur of (a) the Final Maturity Date and (b) the Senior Issuer Discharge Date.

Upon the earliest of (i) the date on which the Letter of Credit Provider honors a Termination Demand (defined below) presented hereunder, (ii) the date on which the Letter of Credit Provider receives written notice from you that this Letter of Credit has been replaced by an alternate letter of credit and such alternate letter of credit has been received by you, (iii) the date on which the Letter of Credit Provider receives written notice from you in the form attached hereto as Annex D, and (iv) the Scheduled Expiration Date as it may have been extended, this Letter of Credit shall automatically terminate and you shall surrender this Letter of Credit to the undersigned Letter of Credit Provider on such day; provided, however, that a failure to surrender this Letter of Credit following any such date will have no effect on such termination, and this Letter of Credit will be considered terminated notwithstanding any such failure to surrender.

The Letter of Credit Provider irrevocably authorizes you to draw on it, in accordance with the terms and conditions and subject to the reductions in amount as hereinafter set forth, (1) in one or more drawings by the Beneficiary pursuant to the written and completed certificate in the form of Annex A attached hereto (any such certificate being a “Note Deficit Demand”) and (2) in a single drawing by the Beneficiary pursuant to the written and completed certificate signed in the form of Annex B attached hereto (such certificate being a “Termination Demand”). All certificates in the form of Annexes A through B hereto pursuant to the above are each referred to herein as a “Demand”.

All Demands are payable at sight on a Business Day in the amount equal to the amount set forth in such Demand, but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Amount, having a cover letter clearly marked “PAYMENT DEMAND-IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED”, and shall be made by presentation of each cover letter and Demand dated the date of its presentation, by facsimile (at facsimile number 856-294-5267), Attention: STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT DEPT., or electronic transmission, without further need of documentation, including the original of this Letter of Credit, it being understood that each Demand so submitted is to be the sole operative instrument of drawing. You shall use your best efforts to give telephonic notice of a drawing to the Letter of Credit Provider at its Standby Service Unit (at: 1-800-634-1969, Option 1 or alternatively to 813-432-6339) on the Business Day preceding the day of such drawing (but such notice shall not be a condition to drawing hereunder and you shall have no liability for not doing so).

In the event that there is more than one draw request payable on the same Business Day, the draw requests shall be honored in the following order: (1) the Note Deficit Demand; and (2) the Termination Demand; provided that in no event shall the Letter of Credit Provider be required to honor any draw request to the extent such draw request is in an amount greater than the Letter of Credit Amount at such time after giving effect to all other draw requests honored on such day. Upon the honoring of a Termination Date Demand in full, the Letter of Credit Provider shall have no obligation to honor any other draw request. Any payments made by the Letter of Credit Provider shall be paid from funds of the Letter of Credit Provider. “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are required

 

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or authorized by law to close in New York City, New York or [Chicago, Illinois / Tampa Florida]. Upon the Letter of Credit Provider’s honoring any Demand presented hereunder, the Letter of Credit Amount shall automatically be decreased by an amount equal to the amount of said Demand paid by the Letter of Credit Provider to the Beneficiary. In addition to the foregoing reduction, upon the Letter of Credit Provider’s honoring any Termination Date Demand presented to it hereunder in full, the Letter of Credit Amount shall automatically be reduced to zero and this Letter of Credit shall be terminated.

The Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically reinstated when and to the extent, but only when and to the extent, that (i) the Letter of Credit Provider is reimbursed by ABCR for any amount drawn hereunder as a Note Deficit Demand, (ii) the Letter of Credit Provider receives written notice from ABCR in the form of Annex C hereto that the Letter of Credit Amount should be reinstated in an amount set forth therein (which shall equal the amount reimbursed pursuant to clause (i)) and that no Event of Bankruptcy (as defined in Annex C attached hereto) with respect to ABCR has occurred and is continuing and (iii) this Letter of Credit has not been terminated in accordance with the terms hereof.

If the Letter of Credit Provider receives any Demand as herein provided on or prior to the Scheduled Expiration Date, all in conformity with the terms and conditions of this Letter of Credit, not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on a Business Day, the Letter of Credit Provider will make such funds available by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) (i) in respect of a Demand (or part of a Demand) made for an amount equal to or less than Euro [Redacted] (such Euro [Redacted], the “Letter of Credit Cash Amount”) after giving effect to all other draw requests honored on or before such day which have not been reinstated, on the immediately following Business Day, and (ii) in respect of a Demand (or part of a Demand) made for an amount in excess of the Letter of Credit Cash Amount after giving effect to all other draw requests honored on or before such day which have not been reinstated, on the third immediately following Business Day, in each case in accordance with your payment instructions. For the avoidance of doubt, (A) if the amount specified in a Demand is less than or equal to the Letter of Credit Cash Amount (as such Letter of Credit Cash Amount is reduced by all other draw requests honoured on or before such Demand which has not been reinstated, the “Available Letter of Credit Cash Amount”), the Letter of Credit Provider will make funds available equal to the amount specified in such Demand by the time specified in (i) of the immediately preceding sentence and (B) if the amount specified in a Demand exceeds the Available Letter of Credit Cash Amount, the Letter of Credit Provider will (a) make funds available in an amount equal to the Available Letter of Credit Cash Amount by the time specified in (i) of the immediately preceding sentence and (b) make funds available in an amount equal to the remainder of such Demand by the time specified in (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence.

If the Letter of Credit Provider receives any Demand as herein provided on or prior to the termination hereof, all in conformity with the terms and conditions of this Letter of Credit, after 12:00 noon (New York City time) on a Business Day, the Letter of Credit Provider will make the funds available by 6:00 p.m. (New York City time) (i) in respect of a Demand (or part of a Demand) made for an amount equal to or less than the Letter of Credit Cash Amount after giving effect to all other draw requests honored on or before such day which have not been reinstated, on the immediately following Business Day, and (ii) in respect of a Demand (or part of a Demand) made for an amount in excess of the Letter of Credit Cash Amount after giving effect to all other draw requests honored on or before such day which have not been reinstated,

 

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on the third immediately following Business Day, in each case in accordance with your payment instructions. For the avoidance of doubt, (A) if the amount specified in a Demand is less than or equal to the Available Letter of Credit Cash Amount, the Letter of Credit Provider will make funds available equal to the amount specified in such Demand by the time specified in (i) of the immediately preceding sentence and (B) if the amount specified in a Demand exceeds the Available Letter of Credit Cash Amount, the Letter of Credit Provider will (a) make funds available in an amount equal to the Available Letter of Credit Cash Amount by the time specified in (i) of the immediately preceding sentence and (b) make funds available in an amount equal to the remainder of such Demand by the time specified in (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence.

For purposes of the certificates to be delivered by you in the form attached hereto as Annexes A and B, “Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit Provider as of any date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (A) such Letter of Credit Provider’s Letter of Credit Amount as of such date by (B) an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Amounts of all the Letter of Credit Providers under their respective Letters of Credit as of such date; provided that, only for purposes of calculating the Pro Rata Share with respect to any Letter of Credit Provider as of any date, if such Letter of Credit Provider has not complied with its obligation to pay the Beneficiary the amount of any Note Deficit Demand or Termination Demand (as defined in the related Letter of Credit) made prior to such date, such Letter of Credit Provider’s Letter of Credit Amount, as of such date, shall be treated as reduced (for calculation purposes only) by the amount of such unpaid Note Deficit Demand or Termination Demand, as the case may be, and shall not be reinstated for purposes of such calculation unless and until the date as of which such Letter of Credit Provider has paid such amount to the Beneficiary and been reimbursed by ABCR for such amount (provided that the foregoing calculation shall not in any manner reduce the undersigned’s actual liability in respect of any failure to pay any Note Deficit Demand or Termination Demand).

This Letter of Credit is transferable in its entirety to any transferee(s) who you certify to the Letter of Credit Provider has succeeded you, as Beneficiary, and may be successively transferred. Transfer of this Letter of Credit to such transferee shall be effected by the presentation to the Letter of Credit Provider of this Letter of Credit accompanied by a transfer request in the form of Annex E attached hereto. Transfers to designated foreign nationals and /or specially designated nationals are not permitted as being contrary to the U.S. Treasury Department or Foreign Assets Control Regulations. Upon our endorsement of such transfer, the transferee instead of the transferor shall, without necessity of further action, be entitled to all the benefits of and rights under this Letter of Credit in the transferor’s place; provided that, in such case, any certificates of the Beneficiary to be provided hereunder shall be signed by one who states therein that he is a duly authorized officer or agent of the transferee.

This Letter of Credit sets forth in full the undertaking of the Letter of Credit Provider, and such undertaking shall not in any way be modified, amended, amplified or limited by reference to any document, instrument or agreement referred to herein, except only the certificates referred to herein; and any such reference shall not be deemed to incorporate herein by reference any document, instrument or agreement except for such certificates. In furtherance of the foregoing, with regard to any conflict between the terms hereof and those contained in the Credit Agreement, the terms hereof shall govern.

 

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The Letter of Credit Amount may be reduced upon prior written notice (which may be by facsimile transmission with telephone confirmation of receipt at such numbers as herein provided) delivered to the Letter of Credit Provider by the Beneficiary (with prior consent of the Central Servicer) by an amount (which will be expressed in Euro in such notice) set forth in such notice.

Making a non-complying drawing, withdrawing a drawing or failing to make any drawing does not waive or otherwise prejudice the right to make another timely drawing or a timely redrawing.

Except as expressly stated herein, this Letter of Credit is subject to the International Standby Practice, ICC Publication No. 590 (the “ISP98”), except as otherwise provided above. If this Letter of Credit expires during an interruption of business caused by an act of God, riot, civil commotion, insurrection, war or other cause beyond the bank’s control, or by any strike or lockout, we agree to effect payment under this Letter of Credit, if a drawing which conforms to the terms and conditions of this Letter of Credit is made within twenty (20) days after the resumption of business, and, as to matters not covered by the ISP98, shall be governed by the law of the State of New York, including the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

Communications with respect to this Letter of Credit shall be addressed to us at JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., C/O JPMORGAN TREASURY SERVICES, 10420 HIGHLAND MANOR DRIVE, 4TH FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33610, ATTN: STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT DEPT., specifically referring to the number of this Letter of Credit. For telephone assistance, please contact the Standby Client Service Unit at 1-800-634-1969, select Option 1, and have this Letter of Credit number available.

 

Very truly yours,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Letter of Credit Provider
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

ANNEX A

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. LETTER OF CREDIT NO. XXXXXX

CERTIFICATE OF NOTE DEFICIT DEMAND

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Facsimile number: (856) 294-5267

Attention: STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT UNIT

 

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AVIS Europe Fleet Financing Platform    LINKLATERS
Amended and Restated Framework Agreement   

Certificate of Note Deficit Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. XXXXXX (the “Letter of Credit”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), dated as of 20 March 2013, issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Letter of Credit Provider, in favor of Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as the “Issuer Security Trustee”), under the Note Issuance Facility Agreement (as may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “INIFA”), dated as of 5 March 2013, between, inter alios, Carfin Finance International DAC as the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee.

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Issuer Security Trustee, hereby certifies to the Letter of Credit Provider as follows:

1. [            ] is the Issuer Security Trustee under the INIFA.

2. The Issuer Security Trustee is making a drawing under the Letter of Credit in an amount equal to Euro ________ (the “Note Deficit Disbursement”), which amount is equal to the lesser of (X) the product of the Letter of Credit Provider’s Pro Rata Share as of the date hereof and the Issuer AF Shortfall (as defined in the Framework Agreement, as such term is defined in the INIFA); and (Y) the Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on the date of this certificate.

3.Concurrently with the draw being demanded hereby, the undersigned is making a draw under each of the other Letters of Credit in an amount equal to the related other Letter of Credit Providers’ Pro Rata Share of the amount to be drawn on the Letters of Credit.

4. You are requested to deliver an amount equal to the Note Deficit Disbursement pursuant to the following instructions: Payment by the Letter of Credit Provider pursuant to this Demand shall be made to

[payment instructions to be inserted]

5. The Beneficiary acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Letter of Credit, upon the Letter of Credit Provider’s honoring in full the draw amount set forth in this certificate, the Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal to the amount paid by the Letter of Credit Provider in respect of such draw.

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AVIS Europe Fleet Financing Platform    LINKLATERS
Amended and Restated Framework Agreement   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer Security Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this ____ day of __________________, ________.

 

Issuer Security Trustee, as Beneficiary
By:  
  Name:
  Title:
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

ANNEX B

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. LETTER OF CREDIT NO. XXXXXX

CERTIFICATE OF TERMINATION DEMAND

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Facsimile number: (856) 294-5267

Attention: STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT UNIT

Certificate of Termination Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. XXXXXX (the “Letter of Credit”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), dated as of 20 March 2013, issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Letter of Credit Provider, in favor of Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as the “Issuer Security Trustee”), under the Note Issuance Facility Agreement (as may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “INIFA”), dated as of 5 March 2013, between, inter alios, Carfin Finance International DAC as the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee.

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Issuer Security Trustee, hereby certifies to the Letter of Credit Provider as follows:

1. [            ] is the Issuer Security Trustee under the INIFA.

2. The Letter of Credit Provider ceases to be an Eligible Issuer LC Provider/The Expected Maturity Date is due to commence on the Business Day immediately following the date of this certificate / The Letter of Credit Provider has given notice to the Beneficiary that the Letter of Credit Expiration Date shall not be automatically extended by one year from the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date and the Issuer has not otherwise provided evidence satisfactory to the Transaction Agent on or before the Business Day falling 15 Business Days prior to the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date that the Issuer Reserves will, on the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date, be more than or equal to the Issuer Reserve Required Amount or the Transaction Agent has not received evidence satisfactory to it 15 Business Days prior to the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date that the Issuer Borrowing Base Test will be met on the then current Letter of Credit Expiration Date

 

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AVIS Europe Fleet Financing Platform    LINKLATERS
Amended and Restated Framework Agreement   

3. The Issuer Security Trustee is making a drawing under the Letter of Credit in an amount equal to Euro ___________ (the “Termination Disbursement”), which amount shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Provider’s Pro Rata Share as of the date hereof of the Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on the date of this certificate.

4. You are requested to deliver an amount equal to the Termination Disbursement pursuant to the following instructions:

Payment by the Letter of Credit Provider pursuant to this Demand shall be made to

[payment instructions to be inserted]

5. The Beneficiary acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Letter of Credit, upon the Letter of Credit Provider’s honoring in full the draw amount set forth in this certificate, the Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal to the amount paid by the Letter of Credit Provider in respect of such draw.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer Security Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this ____ day of __________________, ________.

 

Issuer Security Trustee, as Beneficiary
By:  
  Name:
  Title:
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

ANNEX C

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. LETTER OF CREDIT NO. XXXXXX

CERTIFICATE OF REINSTATEMENT OF LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNT

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Facsimile number: (856) 294-5267

 

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AVIS Europe Fleet Financing Platform    LINKLATERS
Amended and Restated Framework Agreement   

Attention: STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT UNIT

Certificate of Reinstatement of Letter of Credit Amount under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. XXXXXX (the “Letter of Credit”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), dated as of 20 March 2013, issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Letter of Credit Provider, in favor of Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as the “Issuer Security Trustee”), under the Note Issuance Facility Agreement (as may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “INIFA”), dated as of 5 March 2013, between, inter alios, Carfin Finance International DAC as the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee.

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC (“ABCR”), hereby certifies to the Letter of Credit Provider as follows:

1. As of the date of this certificate, the Letter of Credit Provider has been reimbursed by [             ] in the amount of Euro [            ] (the “Reimbursement Amount”) in respect of the [Note Deficit Demand] made on ________________, _______.

2. ABCR hereby notifies you that, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Amount of the Letter of Credit Provider is hereby reinstated in the amount of Euro [            ] (the “Reinstatement Amount”) [NOT TO EXCEED REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT] so that the Letter of Credit Amount of the Letter of Credit Provider after taking into account such reinstatement is in an amount equal to Euro [                ] [NOT TO EXCEED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LETTER OF CREDIT PRIOR TO DRAWING].

3. As of the date of this certificate, no Event of Bankruptcy with respect to ABCR has occurred and is continuing. “Event of Bankruptcy”, with respect to ABCR, means (a) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding-up or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or (b) such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (c) the board of directors of such Person (if such Person is a corporation or similar entity) shall vote to implement any of the actions set forth in clause (b) above.

 

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AVIS Europe Fleet Financing Platform    LINKLATERS
Amended and Restated Framework Agreement   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ABCR has executed and delivered this certificate on this ___ day of __________________, ________.

 

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

Acknowledged and Agreed:

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Reimbursement Amount (as defined above) in the amount set forth above and agrees for the benefit of the Beneficiary that the undersigned’s Letter of Credit Amount is in an amount equal to Euro __________ as of the date hereof after taking into account the reinstatement of the undersigned’s Letter of Credit Amount by an amount equal to the Reinstatement Amount.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

ANNEX D

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. LETTER OF CREDIT NO. XXXXXX

CERTIFICATE OF TERMINATION

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

facsimile number: (856) 294-5267

Attention: STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT UNIT

Certificate of Termination of Letter of Credit Amount under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. XXXXXX (the “Letter of Credit”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), dated as of 20 March 2013, issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Letter of Credit Provider, in favor of Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as the “Issuer Security Trustee”), under the Note Issuance Facility Agreement (as may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “INIFA”), dated as of 5 March 2013, between, inter alios, Carfin Finance International DAC as the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee.

The undersigned, duly authorized officers of the Beneficiary hereby certify to the Letter of Credit Provider as follows:

 

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1. [        ] is the Issuer Security Trustee under the INIFA.

2. As of the date of this certificate, the Letter of Credit Termination Date has occurred.

3. The Issuer Security Trustee hereby notifies the Letter of Credit Provider that, as a result of the occurrence of the Letter of Credit Termination Date, the undersigned is returning the Letter of Credit Provider’s Letter of Credit to the Letter of Credit Provider.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer Security Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this ____ day of __________________, ________.

 

Issuer Security Trustee, as Beneficiary
By:  
  Name:
  Title:
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

ANNEX E

REQUEST TO TRANSFER

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.                                                                                                                   Date:

 

C/O JPMorgan Treasury Services

10420 Highland Manor Drive, 4th Floor

Tampa, FL 33610

Attn: Standby Letter of Credit Unit

Re: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. XXXXXX dated 20 March 2013

We, the undersigned “Transferor”, hereby irrevocably transfer all of our rights to draw under the above referenced Letter of Credit (“Credit”) in its entirety to:

 

NAME OF TRANSFEREE

__________________________________________________________

  (Print Name and complete address of the Transferee) “Transferee”
 

ADDRESS OF TRANSFEREE

____________________________________________________________

 
  ___________________________________________________________

CITY, STATE/COUNTRY ZIP

____________________________________________________________

In accordance with ISP98, Rule 6, regarding transfer of drawing rights, all rights of the undersigned Transferor in such Credit are transferred to the Transferee, who shall have the sole rights as beneficiary thereof, including sole rights relating to any amendments whether increases or extensions or other amendments and whether now existing or hereafter made. All amendments are to be advised directly to the Transferee without necessity of any consent of or notice to the undersigned Transferor.

The original Credit, including amendments to this date, is attached and the undersigned Transferor requests that you endorse an acknowledgment of this transfer on the reverse thereof. The undersigned Transferor requests that you notify the Transferee of this Credit in such form and manner as you deem appropriate, and the terms and conditions of the Credit as transferred. The undersigned Transferor acknowledges that you incur no obligation hereunder and that the transfer shall not be effective until you have expressly consented to effect the transfer by notice to the Transferee.

 

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If you agree to these instructions, please advise the Transferee of the terms and conditions of this transferred Credit and these instructions.

Payment of transfer fee of U.S $_______ is for the account of ABCR who agrees to pay you on demand any expense or cost you may incur in connection with the transfer. Receipt of such shall not constitute consent by you to effect the transfer.

Transferor represents and warrants to Transferring Bank that (i) our execution, delivery, and performance of this request to Transfer (a) are within our powers, (b) have been duly authorized, (c) constitute our legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation, (d) do not contravene any charter provision, by-law, resolution, contract, or other undertaking binding on or affecting us or any of our properties, (e) do not require any notice, filing or other action to, with, or by any governmental authority, (ii) the enclosed Credit is original and complete, (iii) there is no outstanding demand or request for payment or transfer under the Credit affecting the rights to be transferred, (iv) the Transferee’s name and address are correct and complete and (v) the requested Transfer does not violate any applicable United States or other law, rule or regulation.

The Effective Date shall be the date hereafter on which Transferring Bank effects the requested transfer by acknowledging this request and giving notice thereof to Transferee.

WE WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY THAT WE MAY HAVE IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS TRANSFER.

This Request is made subject to ISP98 and is subject to and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

(Signature Page Follows)

 

   SIGNATURE GUARANTEED
   Signature(s) with title(s) conform(s) with that/those on
Sincerely yours,    file with us for this individual, entity or company and
   signer(s) is/are authorized to execute this agreement.
   We attest that the individual, company or entity has
(Print Name of Transferor)    been identified by us in compliance with USA PATRIOT
   Act procedures of our bank.
  

 

(Print Name of Bank)

  

 

(Address of Bank)

  

 

(City, State, Zip Code)

  

 

(Print Name and Title of Authorized Signer)

  

 

(Authorized Signature)

  

 

(Telephone Number)

  

 

(Date)

 

(Transferor’s Authorized Signature)

  
(Print Authorized Signer’s Name and Title)   
(Telephone Number/Fax Number)   

 

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   SIGNATURE GUARANTEED
   Signature(s) with title(s) conform(s) with that/those on
   file with us for this individual, entity or company and
   signer(s) is/are authorized to execute this agreement.
   We attest that the individual, company or entity has
   been identified by us in compliance with USA PATRIOT
   Act procedures of our bank.
  

 

(Print Name of Bank)

  

 

(Address of Bank)

  

 

(City, State, Zip Code)

  

 

(Print Name and Title of Authorized Signer)

Acknowledged:   

 

(Authorized Signature)

(Print Name of Transferee)   

 

(Telephone Number)

(Transferee’s Authorized Signature)   

 

(Date)

(Print Authorized Signer’s Name and Title)   
(Telephone Number/Fax Number)   

 

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Schedule 14

Forms of Drawdown Notices

Part A: Form of Senior Advance Drawdown Notice

 

To:    [•], [•], [•] and [•] (the “Senior Noteholders”)
Cc:   

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as “Issuer Cash Manager”)

 

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

 

Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. (as “Registrar”)

 

[Each Senior Noteholder]

 

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Central Servicer”)

 

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Subordinated Lender”)

From:    CarFin Finance International DAC (as the “Issuer”)

[Date]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to: (i) the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement (the “Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement”) dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer and the Senior Noteholders, (ii) the Framework Agreement (the “Framework Agreement”) dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager and (iii) the Master Definitions Agreement dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement shall bear the same meaning in this Senior Advance Drawdown Notice.

By this notice, the Issuer gives the Transaction Agent notice that the Issuer requests the making of a Senior Advance pursuant to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement as follows:

Senior Advance A

Senior Advance Amount: [     ]

Senior Advance Drawdown Date: [     ]

Senior Advance Repayment Date: [     ]

Senior Noteholder Allocation:

 

     Amount    Commitment %
Senior Noteholder #1      
Senior Noteholder #2      

 

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Senior Noteholder #3
Senior Noteholder #4
Total

Senior Advance B

Senior Advance Amount: [     ]

Senior Advance Drawdown Date: [     ]

Senior Advance Repayment Date: [     ]

Senior Noteholder Allocation:

 

         Amount    Commitment %
  Senior Noteholder #1      
  Senior Noteholder #2      
            Senior Noteholder #3      
  Senior Noteholder #4      
  Total      

 

3

We confirm that:

 

  (i)

the Issuer Repeating Representations will be true and correct on the proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date;

 

  (ii)

we are in compliance with our obligations under the Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (iii)

the Issuer Borrowing Base Test is satisfied on the date hereof and will be satisfied on the immediately following Settlement Date; and

 

  (iv)

no Potential Event of Default relating to an Issuer Event of Default, no Issuer Event of Default and no Rapid Amortisation Event has occurred which is continuing.

 

4

This Senior Advance Drawdown Notice is irrevocable, provided that the Issuer shall be entitled to decrease the amount of the Senior Advance requested in this Senior Advance Drawdown Notice in accordance with clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding Notice) of the Framework Agreement.

Yours faithfully,

 

                                                                          

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

CarFin Finance International DAC

 

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Part B: Form of FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice

 

To:    CarFin Finance International DAC (the “Issuer Lender”) and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (the “French Intermediary Bank”, together with the Issuer Lender, the “Lenders”) Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “FleetCo Security Agent”)
Cc:   

Deutsche Bank AG, London branch (as “Issuer Cash Manager”)

 

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

 

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Central Servicer”)

 

Eurotitrisation (as “FCT Management Company”)

 

Avis Budget Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG (the “German Opco”)

 

Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. (the “Avis Italian Opco”)

 

Maggiore Rent S.p.A. (the “Maggiore Italian Opco”)

 

Avis Alquile un Coche S.A. (the “Spanish Opco”)

 

Avis Budget Autoverhuur B.V.] (the “Dutch Opco”)

 

Avis Location de Voitures SAS (the “French Opco”)

From:   

Fincar Fleet B.V. in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany and The Netherlands (as “Dutch FleetCo”)

 

Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. Fleet Co. S.A.p.A., (as “Italian FleetCo”)

 

Fincar Fleet B.V., Sucursal en España ( as “Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch”)

 

AB FleetCo (as “French FleetCo”)

 

FCT CarFin, represented by Eurotitrisation (as the “FCT Management Company”)

[Date]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to:

 

  (i)

the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement dated 5 March 2013 made between, among others, the Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and the Issuer Lender (the “FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement”);

 

  (ii)

the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement dated 5 March 2013 made between, among others, the Italian FleetCo and the Issuer Lender (the “FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement”);

 

  (iii)

the FleetCo German Facility Agreement dated 5 March 2013 made between, among others, the Dutch FleetCo and the Issuer Lender (the “FleetCo German Facility Agreement”);

 

  (iv)

the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement dated 21 May 2014 made between, among others, the Dutch FleetCo and the Issuer Lender (the “FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement”);

 

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  (v)

the FleetCo French Facility Agreement dated 21 May 2014 made between, among others, the French FleetCo and the French Intermediary Bank (the “FleetCo French Facility Agreement”) and, together with the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement, the FleetCo Italian Facility Agreement, the FleetCo German Facility Agreement and the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, the “Fleetco Facility Agreements”);

 

  (vi)

the VFN Funding Agreement dated 21 May 2014 and made between, among others, the FCT and the Lender (the “VFN Funding Agreement”); and

 

  (vii)

the Master Definitions Agreement dated 5 March 2013 and as amended from time to time, and made between, among others, the Lender, the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement shall bear the same meaning in this FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice.

By this notice:

 

  (i)

each of Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo and Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch (each as specified in the table below) requests the making of a FleetCo Advance pursuant to the FleetCo Facility Agreements as follows:

 

    

Dutch FleetCo (in respect of
its Vehicle Fleet in
Germany)

  

Dutch FleetCo (in respect of
its Vehicle Fleet in The
Netherlands

  

Dutch FleetCo, Spanish
Branch

  

Italian
FleetCo

  

French
FleetCo

FleetCo Advance A      
FleetCo Advance Amount               
FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date               
FleetCo Advance Repayment Date               
FleetCo Advance B      
FleetCo Advance Amount               
FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date               

FleetCo Advance Repayment Date

 

 

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  (ii)

the FCT Manager (on behalf of the FCT) requests the making of a VFN Advance to the FCT pursuant to the VFN Funding Agreement as follows:

VFN Advance A

VFN Advance Amount: [     ]

VFN Advance Drawdown Date: [     ]

VFN Advance Repayment Date: [     ]

VFN Advance B

VFN Advance Amount: [     ]

VFN Advance Drawdown Date: [     ]

VFN Advance Repayment Date: [     ]

 

3

Each of Dutch FleetCo (in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany and The Netherlands), Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, Italian FleetCo and French FleetCo (each as applicable) confirms, in respect of and on behalf of itself only that:

 

  (i)

the FleetCo Repeating Representations will be true and correct on the proposed FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date;

 

  (ii)

no Master Lease Termination Event and no Servicer Termination Event has occurred and is continuing in relation to itself;

 

  (iii)

it is in compliance with its covenants and obligations under the Transaction Documents to which we are party;

 

  (iv)

the Country Asset Value Test in respect of:

 

  (a)

the Dutch FleetCo, Germany and The Netherlands;

 

  (b)

the Italian FleetCo, Italy;

 

  (c)

the Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, Spain; and

 

  (d)

the French FleetCo, France,

 

   

is satisfied and will be satisfied following the drawdown of the FleetCo Advances under the relevant FleetCo Facility Agreement; and

 

  (v)

no Potential Event of Default relating to a FleetCo Event of Default, no FleetCo Event of Default and no Rapid Amortisation Event (in respect of itself) has occurred which is continuing.

 

4

FCT confirms on behalf and in respect of itself only that:

 

  (i)

the FCT Repeating Representations will be true and correct on the proposed VFN Advance Drawdown Date;

 

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  (ii)

we are in compliance with our obligations under the Transaction Documents to which we are party; and

 

  (iii)

no FCT Event of Default or FCT Event of Default (in respect of itself) has occurred.

 

5

This FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully,

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Dutch FleetCo

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Italian FleetCo

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

French FleetCo

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

FCT

 

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Part C: Form of Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice

 

To:    Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Issuer Subordinated Lender”, “Dutch VAT Lender”, “Avis Italian VAT Lender” and “Maggiore Italian VAT Lender”)
Cc:   

Deutsche Bank AG, London branch (as “Issuer Cash Manager”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Avis Budget Italia S.p.A (as “Italian Servicer”)

From:   

CarFin Finance International DAC (as “Issuer”)

FinCar Fleet B.V. (as “Dutch VAT Loan Borrower”)

Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. Fleet Co. S.A.p.A. (as “Avis Italian VAT Loan Borrower” and “Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Borrower”)

[Date]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to: (i) the Issuer subordinated facility agreement dated 5 March 2013, as amended from time to time, and made between, among others, the Issuer and the Subordinated Lender (the “Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement”); (ii) the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement dated 21 May 2014 (as from time to time amended, varied, novated or supplemented, the “Dutch VAT Loan Agreement”); (iii) the Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement dated 5 March 2013 (as from time to time amended, varied, novated or supplemented, the “Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement”); (iv) the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement dated 22 January 2016 (as from time to time amended, varied, novated or supplemented, the “Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement”) and (v) the Master Definitions Agreement dated 5 March 2013, as amended from time to time, and made between, among others, the Lender, the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement, the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement, the Italian VAT Loan Agreement and the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement (as applicable) shall bear the same meaning in this Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice.

 

3

We hereby give you notice that we wish you to make the following, pursuant to:

 

  (i)

the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement and in your capacity as Issuer Subordinated Lender, an Issuer Subordinated Advance on the next Settlement Date;

 

  (ii)

the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement and in your capacity as Dutch VAT Lender, a Dutch VAT Loan Advance on [•];

 

  (iii)

the Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement and in your capacity as Avis Italian VAT Lender, an Avis Italian VAT Loan Advance on [•]; and/or

 

  (iv)

the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement and in your capacity as Maggiore Italian VAT Lender, a Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance on [•].

 

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as follows:

 

  (a)

Issuer Subordinated Advance

Principal Amount:

Drawdown Date:

Repayment Date:

Purpose of Issuer Subordinated Advance: [cross-refer to specific sub-clause of 4.2.1 of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement

 

  (b)

Dutch VAT Loan Advance

Principal Amount:

Utilisation Date:

 

  (c)

Avis Italian VAT Loan Advance

Principal Amount:

Utilisation Date:

 

  (d)

Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance

Principal Amount:

Utilisation Date:

 

4

The proceeds of the Issuer Subordinated Advance, Dutch VAT Loan Advance, Avis Italian VAT Loan Advance and/or Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance should be credited to:

 

  (i)

in relation to an Issuer Subordinated Advance, the Issuer Transaction Account;

 

  (ii)

in relation to a Dutch VAT Loan Advance, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account; and

 

  (iii)

in relation to an Avis Italian VAT Loan Advance or Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance, the Italian Transaction Account.

 

5

This Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully,

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Issuer Subordinated Lender

 

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for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Dutch VAT Loan Borrower

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Avis Italian VAT Loan Borrower

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Borrower

 

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Schedule 15

Forms of Closing and Solvency Certificate

Part 1

Form of Issuer Closing and Solvency Certificate

CarFin Finance International DAC (the “Issuer”)

(incorporated as a private limited company under the laws of Ireland with registered number

463656 and having its registered office at 1 Grant’s Row, Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, Ireland)

 

To:   

Blue Finn S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Zürich Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Jupiter Securitization Company LLC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Managed and Enhanced Tap (Magenta) Funding S.T. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Matchpoint Finance Public Limited Company (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Lloyds Bank Plc (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Société Générale (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

UniCredit Bank AG (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “FleetCo Security Agent”)

[DATE]

Issuer Closing Certificate

 

1

Terms defined in a master definitions agreement (the “Master Definitions Agreement”) dated [•] and signed for the purpose of identification by, inter alios, the Issuer and the Senior Noteholders shall bear the same meaning herein.

 

2

I, [•], am an Authorised Signatory of the Issuer and certify as at the date hereof:

 

  (a)

no Potential Event of Default relating to an Issuer Event of Default and no Issuer Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

  (b)

since [the Signing Date], there has been no change or any development or event involving a prospective adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuer which would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Issuer to perform its payment obligations under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the Senior Notes and the Issuer Subordinated Note Facility Agreement;

 

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  (c)

there has been no event or the discovery of any fact making any of the representations and warranties given by the Issuer contained in Clause 3 (Representations and Warranties) of the Framework Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is party untrue, misleading or incorrect on the Initial Funding Date;

 

  (d)

the Issuer is in compliance with its covenants and obligations under the Relevant Transaction Documents; and

 

  (e)

each copy document relating to it (and attached hereto) is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at a date no earlier than the date of the Initial Funding Date.

For and on behalf of

CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC

 

                                                                                  

Authorised Signatory

 

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Part 2

Form of Parent Closing and Solvency Certificate

Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC (the “Parent”)

(a Delaware limited liability company)

 

To:   

Blue Finn S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Zürich Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Jupiter Securitization Company LLC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Managed and Enhanced Tap (Magenta) Funding S.T. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Matchpoint Finance Public Limited Company (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Lloyds Bank Plc (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Société Générale (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

UniCredit Bank AG (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “FleetCo Security Agent”)

[DATE]

Parent Closing Certificate

 

1

Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms defined in a master definitions agreement (the “Master Definitions Agreement”) dated [•] and entered into by, among others, the Parent and the Senior Noteholders shall bear the same meaning herein.

 

2

I, [•], am an Authorised Signatory of Avis Budget Car Rental LLC and certify as at the date hereof:

 

  (a)

no Potential Event of Default relating to a Parent Event of Default and no Parent Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

  (b)

the Parent has performed or satisfied all of the conditions precedent in relation to itself required to be performed or satisfied by it under the Transaction Documents on and as of the dates specified in such Transaction Documents;

 

  (c)

since the Signing Date, there has been no event or the discovery of any fact making any of the representations and warranties given by the Parent contained in Clause 3 (Representations and Warranties) of the Framework Agreement untrue, misleading or incorrect on the Initial Funding Date; and

 

  (d)

the Parent is in compliance with its covenants and obligations under the Framework Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.

 

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For and on behalf of

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC

 

                                                                                  

Authorised Signatory

 

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Part 3

Form of Subordinated Lender Closing and Solvency Certificate

Avis Finance Company Limited (“Finco” and the “Central Servicer”)

(incorporated under the laws of England whose registered office is at Avis House, Park Road,

Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 2EW, registered under number 02123807)

 

To:   

Blue Finn S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Zürich Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Jupiter Securitization Company LLC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Managed and Enhanced Tap (Magenta) Funding S.T. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Matchpoint Finance Public Limited Company (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Lloyds Bank Plc (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Société Générale (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

UniCredit Bank AG (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “FleetCo Security Agent”)

[DATE]

Finco Closing Certificate

 

1

Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms defined in a master definitions agreement (the “Master Definitions Agreement”) dated [•] and entered into by, among others, Finco and the Senior Noteholders shall bear the same meaning herein.

 

2

I, [•], am an Authorised Signatory of Avis Finance Company Limited and certify as at the date hereof:

 

  (i)

no Potential Event of Default relating to a Subordinated Lender Event of Default, a Central Servicer Event of Default or a Parent Event of Default, no Subordinated Lender Event of Default, no Central Servicer Event of Default and no Parent Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

  (ii)

since the Signing Date, there has been no change or any development or event involving a prospective adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of Finco which would have a material adverse effect on the ability of Finco or the Central Servicer to perform its material obligations under the Transaction Documents to which Finco or the Central Servicer (as applicable) is a party; and

 

  (iii)

Finco is in compliance with its covenants and obligations under the Transaction Documents to which Finco or the Central Servicer is a party.

 

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For and on behalf of

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED

 

                                                                                  

Authorised Signatory

 

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Part 4

Form of FleetCo Closing and Solvency Certificate

[Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo]

 

To:   

Blue Finn S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Zürich Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Jupiter Securitization Company LLC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Managed and Enhanced Tap (Magenta) Funding S.T. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Matchpoint Finance Public Limited Company (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Lloyds Bank Plc (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Société Générale (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

UniCredit Bank AG (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “FleetCo Security Agent”)

[DATE]

[Dutch FleetCo [(in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany)/(in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands)]/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] Closing Certificate

 

1

Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms defined in a master definitions agreement (the “Master Definitions Agreement”) dated [•] and entered into by, among others, the Issuer and the Senior Noteholders shall bear the same meaning herein.

 

2

I, [•], am an Authorised Signatory of [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] and certify and confirm as at the date hereof:

 

  (a)

no Potential Event of Default relating to a FleetCo Event of Default in relation to [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] and no FleetCo Event of Default in relation to [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] has occurred and is continuing;

 

  (b)

since the Signing Date, there has been no change or any development or event involving a prospective adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] which would have a material adverse effect on the ability of [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] to perform its payment obligations under the FleetCo [Spanish/German/Italian/Dutch/French] Facility Agreement;

 

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  (c)

there has been no event or the discovery of any fact making any of the representations and warranties given by [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] contained in Clause 3 (Representations and Warranties) of the Framework Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] is a party untrue, misleading or incorrect on the Initial Funding Date;

 

  (d)

[Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] is in compliance with its covenants and obligations under the Transaction Documents to which [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] is a party;

 

  (e)

the borrowing or guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, of the total commitments would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar limit binding on [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] to be exceeded and would not cause a Default (which could result in a FleetCo Event of Default) to occur;

 

  (f)

each copy document relating to [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] provided under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, Part 1 of the Framework Agreement is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at a date no earlier than the date of the Initial Funding Date;

 

  (g)

to the best of its knowledge and belief, the execution of the Transaction Documents by [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] and all matters in connection therewith are being effected by [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo] in good faith and in connection with its business, and in its opinion there are reasonable grounds for believing that the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and all related matters will benefit [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo]; and

 

  (h)

to the best of its knowledge and belief, [Dutch FleetCo/Italian FleetCo/Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch/French FleetCo], in entering into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, has not been influenced by a desire to prefer one creditor over any other creditor of [Dutch/Italian/French FleetCo].

For and on behalf of

[DUTCH FLEETCO / ITALIAN FLEETCO / DUTCH FLEETCO, SPANISH BRANCH / FRENCH FLEETCO]

Authorised Signatory

 

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Part 5

Form of Opco Closing and Solvency Certificate

[Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco]

 

To:   

Blue Finn S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Zürich Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Jupiter Securitization Company LLC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Managed and Enhanced Tap (Magenta) Funding S.T. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Matchpoint Finance Public Limited Company (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Lloyds Bank Plc (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Société Générale (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

UniCredit Bank AG (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “FleetCo Security Agent”)

[DATE]

[Opco] Closing Certificate

 

1

Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms defined in a master definitions agreement (the “Master Definitions Agreement”) dated [•] and entered into by, among others, the Issuer and the Senior Noteholders shall bear the same meaning herein.

 

2

I, [•], am an Authorised Signatory of [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] and certify as at the date hereof:

 

  (a)

no Potential Event of Default relating to a [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] Event of Default and no Opco Event of Default relating to a [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] has occurred and is continuing;

 

  (b)

no Master Lease Termination Event, no Potential Master Lease Termination Event, no Servicer Termination Event, no Potential Servicer Termination Event and no Opco Event of Default in relation to it has occurred and is continuing;

 

  (c)

since the Signing Date, there has been no change or any development or event involving a prospective adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] which would have a material adverse effect on the ability of [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] to perform its payment obligations under the [Master Lease Agreement], other than any fact, event, change,

 

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  circumstance or effect resulting from (A) general changes or developments (other than those resulting from acts of terrorism, war or armed hostilities) in the industries in which [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] operates or in the general economy, financial, banking, currency or capital markets, (B) normal seasonal changes in the results of operations of [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco], (C) changes in accounting requirements or principles or any changes in applicable laws or interpretations thereof or (D) any failure in and of itself by [Spanish Opco/German Opco/ any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] to meet any estimates of revenues or earnings or other financial performance for any period (it being agreed that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such failure may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a material adverse effect or material impairment), except, in the case of paragraph (A) above, to the extent such changes referred to therein have a disproportionate adverse effect on [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco], relative to other participants in the industry in which [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] operates, provided that, for the purposes of this paragraph (A) the industries in which [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] operates shall be deemed to be the vehicle rental industry in [jurisdiction];

 

  (d)

there has been no event or discovery of any fact making any of the representations and warranties given by [Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] contained in Clause 21 of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, Clause 23 of the relevant Italian Master Lease Agreement and Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, Clause 24 of the Spanish Master Lease Agreement and French Master Lease Agreement, Clause 3 (Representations and Warranties) of the Framework Agreement or other Transaction Documents to which it is a party untrue, misleading or incorrect on the Initial Funding Date;

 

  (e)

[Spanish Opco/German Opco/any Italian Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] is in compliance with its covenants and obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;

 

  (f)

to the best of its knowledge and belief, the execution of the Transaction Documents by [any Italian Opco/Spanish Opco/German Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] and all matters in connection therewith are being effected by [any Italian Opco/Spanish Opco/German Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco] in good faith and in connection with its business, and in its opinion there are reasonable grounds for believing that the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and all related matters will benefit [any Italian Opco/Spanish Opco/German Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco]; and

 

  (g)

to the best of its knowledge and belief, [any Italian Opco/Spanish Opco/German Opco/French Opco], in entering into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, has not been influenced by a desire to prefer one creditor over any other creditor of [any Italian Opco/Spanish Opco/German Opco/Dutch Opco/French Opco].

 

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For and on behalf of

[SPANISH/GERMAN/ANY ITALIAN/DUTCH/FRENCH OPCO]

 

                                                                                  

Authorised Signatory

 

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Part 6

Form of Avis Europe Closing and Solvency Certificate

Avis Budget EMEA Limited (“Avis Europe”)

(incorporated under the laws of England whose registered office is at Avis House, Park Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 2EW, registered under number 03311438)

 

To:   

Blue Finn S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Zürich Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Jupiter Securitization Company LLC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Managed and Enhanced Tap (Magenta) Funding S.T. (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Matchpoint Finance Public Limited Company (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Lloyds Bank Plc (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Société Générale (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Irish Ring Receivables Purchaser DAC (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

UniCredit Bank AG (as a “Senior Noteholder”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “FleetCo Security Agent”)

[DATE]

Finco Closing Certificate

 

1

Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms defined in a master definitions agreement (the “Master Definitions Agreement”) dated [•] and entered into by, among others, the Issuer and the Senior Noteholders shall bear the same meaning herein.

 

2

I, [•], am an Authorised Signatory of Avis Europe and certify as at the date hereof:

 

  (i)

no Potential Event of Default relating to an Avis Europe Event of Default and no Avis Europe Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

  (ii)

since the Signing Date, there has been no change or any development or event involving a prospective adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of Avis Europe which would have a material adverse effect on the ability of Avis Europe to perform its material obligations under the Transaction Documents to which Avis Europe is a party; and

 

  (iii)

Avis Europe is in compliance with its covenants and obligations under the Transaction Documents to which Avis Europe is a party.

 

For and on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET EMEA LIMITED

 

Authorised Signatory

 

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Schedule 16

Issuer Intercreditor Terms

 

1

Ranking and Priority

 

1.1

Issuer Debt

Unless expressly provided herein and subject to Schedule 3 (Priorities of Payments), each of the Parties agrees that:

 

  (i)

the Senior Issuer Debt shall rank in right and priority of payment pari passu and without preference between the Senior Noteholder Debt and the Issuer Hedging Debt; and

 

  (ii)

the Subordinated Debt shall be subordinated to the Senior Issuer Debt.

 

1.2

Issuer Security

Each of the Parties agrees that the Issuer Security shall rank and secure the Senior Noteholder Debt and the Issuer Hedging Debt pari passu and without any preference between them (but only to the extent that such Issuer Security is expressed to secure such Issuer Debt).

 

2

Undertakings of the Issuer Secured Creditors

Each Issuer Secured Creditor (other than the Issuer Security Trustee) agrees that it will not:

 

  (i)

permit or require the Issuer to discharge any of the Issuer Secured Liabilities owed to it, except to the extent and in the manner permitted under this Agreement and/or the relevant Issuer Transaction Document;

 

  (ii)

without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (i) above, accelerate, or permit or require the Issuer to accelerate, cancel, pay, prepay, repay, redeem, purchase, terminate early or voluntarily terminate or otherwise acquire any of the Issuer Secured Liabilities, except to the extent and in the manner permitted by this Agreement, the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and/or the Issuer Security Documents;

 

  (iii)

take, accept or receive the benefit of any Security Interest (other than any right of set-off permitted pursuant to paragraph (iv) below), guarantee, indemnity (except to the extent and in the manner permitted under this Agreement and/or the Issuer Security Documents and as further specified in the Issuer Transaction Documents or this Agreement) or other assurance against financial loss from the issuer in respect of any of the Issuer Secured Liabilities owed to it except pursuant to the Issuer Security created under the Issuer Security Documents;

 

  (iv)

take, receive or recover from the Issuer by set off, any right of combination of accounts, proceedings of any kind or in any other manner whatsoever (save where permitted in paragraphs (i) to (iii) above) the whole or any part of the Issuer Secured Liabilities owed to it, except:

 

  (a)

in respect of the Issuer Account Bank, to the extent permitted under the Issuer Account Bank Agreement;

 

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  (b)

to the extent permitted under paragraph 4.2 below; or

 

  (c)

in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and/or the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and as further specified in the Issuer Transaction Documents; or

 

  (v)

take any Enforcement Action in respect of the Issuer Security except in accordance with the provisions hereof and the Issuer Security Documents.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this paragraph 2 (Undertakings of the Issuer Secured Creditors) shall affect the obligations of the Issuer towards the Issuer Secured Creditors.

 

3

Senior Noteholders

 

3.1

Payment of Senior Noteholder Debt

The Issuer may make payments in respect of the Senior Noteholder Debt without the prior written consent of any person, in an aggregate amount at any time, to the extent permitted by the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

3.2

Increase of principal: Senior Noteholders

The Senior Noteholders may from time to time (if permitted under the terms of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement) effect an increase in Total Senior Noteholder Commitment without the prior written consent of any person (except the parties as required under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement), and the amount of the increase of Total Senior Noteholder Commitment (together with interest, fees and commission on that amount) shall be treated as being part of the Senior Noteholder Debt.

 

4

Issuer Hedge Counterparties

 

4.1

Identity of Issuer Hedge Counterparties

No person providing hedging arrangements to the Issuer shall be entitled to share in any of the Issuer Security or in the benefit of any guarantee or indemnity in respect of any of the liabilities arising in relation to those hedging arrangements, nor shall such liabilities be treated as Issuer Hedging Debt unless that person is or becomes a party to this Agreement as an Issuer Hedge Counterparty in accordance with Clause 11.2 (Acceding Issuer Hedge Counterparty).

 

4.2

Payments of Issuer Hedging Debt

Subject to paragraph 4.3 below, the Issuer may make Payments to any Issuer Hedge Counterparty in respect of the Issuer Hedging Debt then due to that Hedge Counterparty under any Issuer Hedging Agreement in accordance with the terms of that Issuer Hedging Agreement:

 

  (i)

if the Payment is a scheduled Payment arising under the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement;

 

  (ii)

to the extent that the Issuer’s obligation to make the Payment arises as a result of the operation of:

 

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  (a)

any of sections 2(d) (Deduction or Withholding for Tax), 2(e) (Default Interest; Other Amounts), 8(a) (Payment in the Contractual Currency), 8(b) (Judgments) and 11 (Expenses) of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement of that Issuer Hedging Agreement (if the Hedging Agreement is based on a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement);

 

  (b)

any of sections 2(d) (Deduction or Withholding for Tax), 8(a) (Payment in the Contractual Currency), 8(b) (Judgments), 9(h)(i) (Prior to Early Termination) and 11 (Expenses) of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement of that Issuer Hedging Agreement (if the Issuer Hedging Agreement is based on a 2002 ISDA Master Agreement); or

 

  (c)

any provision of an Issuer Hedging Agreement which is similar in meaning and effect to any provision listed in paragraph (a) or (b) above (if the Issuer Hedging Agreement is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement);

 

  (iii)

to the extent that no Default in respect of the Issuer is continuing at the time of that Payment;

 

  (iv)

prior to the irrevocable and unconditional discharge in full of the Senior Noteholder Debt, the Majority Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent give prior consent to the Payment being made; or

 

  (v)

in accordance with the applicable Termination Events (as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) and applicable Event of Default (as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) set out in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement.

 

4.3

Payment obligations continue

The Issuer shall not be released from the liability to make any Payment (including of default interest, which shall continue to accrue) under any Issuer Transaction Document by the operation of this paragraph 4 (Issuer Hedge Counterparties) even if its obligation to make that Payment is restricted at any time by any of the terms of this paragraph 4 (Issuer Hedge Counterparties).

 

4.4

Restrictions on enforcement of Issuer Security by Issuer Hedge Counterparties

Following the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice by the Issuer Security Trustee to the Issuer, each Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall be entitled to exercise any right it may otherwise have in respect of the Issuer to:

 

  (i)

prematurely close out or terminate any Issuer Hedging Debt; or

 

  (ii)

exercise any right of set-off or take or receive any Payment in respect of any Issuer Hedging Debt.

 

4.5

Required Enforcement: Issuer Hedge Counterparties

An Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall promptly terminate or close out in full any hedging transaction under all or any of the Issuer Hedging Agreement to which it is a party prior to their stated maturity following the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice by the Issuer Security Trustee to the Issuer.

 

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4.6

Treatment of Payments due to the Issuer on termination of hedging transactions

 

  (i)

If, on termination of any hedging transaction under any Issuer Hedging Agreement occurring after the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice to the Issuer or the enforcement of the Issuer Security, a settlement amount or other amount (following the application of any Close-Out Netting or Payment Netting in respect of that Issuer Hedging Agreement) falls due from an Issuer Hedge Counterparty to the Issuer, then that amount shall be paid by that Issuer Hedge Counterparty to the Issuer Security Trustee, treated as the proceeds of enforcement of the Issuer Security and applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Issuer Security Documents.

 

  (ii)

The payment of that amount by the Issuer Hedge Counterparty to the Issuer Security Trustee in accordance with paragraph 4.6.1 above shall discharge the Issuer Hedge Counterparty’s obligation to pay that amount to the Issuer.

 

4.7

Designation of Issuer Transaction Documents

No Issuer Hedge Counterparty may designate a document an “Issuer Transaction Document” for the purposes of this Agreement and other Transaction Documents without the prior consent of the Transaction Agent (acting in accordance with Clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent).

 

5

Subordinated Lenders

 

5.1

Identity of Subordinated Lenders

No person providing any Subordinated Debt to the Issuer shall be entitled to share in any of the Issuer Security or in the benefit of any guarantee or indemnity in respect of any of the liabilities arising in relation to those financing arrangements, nor shall those liabilities be treated as Subordinated Debt unless that person is or becomes a party hereto as a Subordinated Lender in accordance with Clause 11.3 (Acceding Subordinated Lender).

 

5.2

Restrictions on Subordinated Debt

 

  (i)

Until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date and subject to the Issuer Priority of Payments:

 

  (i)

no Subordinated Lender shall take, demand or receive, and the Issuer shall not make any payment, repayment or prepayment, redemption or acquisition of any principal, interest or other amount on or in respect of, or any distribution in respect of, or any redemption, purchase or defeasance of, any Subordinated Debt in cash or in kind, except as permitted by paragraph 5.3 (Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments);

 

  (ii)

no Subordinated Lender shall apply any money or property in or towards discharge of, and the Issuer shall not redeem, purchase or defease, any Subordinated Debt, except as permitted by paragraph 5.3 (Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments);

 

  (iii)

no Subordinated Lender shall, and the Issuer shall not, exercise any set-off against any Subordinated Debt, except as permitted by the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement or by paragraph 5.3 (Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments);

 

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  (iv)

no Subordinated Lender shall permit to subsist or receive, and the Issuer shall not create or permit to subsist, any Security Interest, or any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss, for, or in respect of, any Subordinated Debt other than the Issuer Security;

 

  (v)

no Subordinated Lender shall, and the Issuer shall not, take or omit to take any action whereby the ranking and/or subordination contemplated hereby may be impaired;

 

  (vi)

no Subordinated Lender shall, and the Issuer shall not, permit any Subordinated Debt to be evidenced by a negotiable instrument;

 

  (vii)

no Subordinated Lender shall convert any Subordinated Debt into shares of the Issuer; and

 

  (viii)

notwithstanding the terms of any agreement under which Subordinated Debt is incurred, if there are insufficient Issuer Available Funds to satisfy all amounts due in respect of any Subordinated Debt (including, without limitation, any principal, interest and/or fees) then such amounts as remain unpaid on a due date will be deemed not to have fallen due for payment on the relevant date and the obligation to make such payment shall be suspended.

 

  (ii)

Paragraph 5.2.1 above does not apply to any action taken with the prior written consent of the Issuer Security Trustee in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee).

 

5.3

Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments

 

  (i)

Until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date and subject to paragraph 5.5 (Suspension of Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments), paragraph 6 (Turnover of Receipts), paragraph 9 (Effect on Insolvency), Clause 4.1.35 (Withdrawals from Issuer Transaction Account) and the Issuer Priority of Payments, the Issuer may pay, and the relevant Subordinated Lender may receive and retain, including by way of set-off, payments in respect of any Subordinated Debt.

 

  (ii)

Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph 5.2.1 and 5.3.1 above, following the (i) exercise of the Spain Repayment Option and (ii) the receipt of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) by the Transaction Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco in accordance with Clause 6.2.1(iii)(b), the Issuer shall pay to the Subordinated Lender any Disposal Proceeds it receives under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement pursuant to the Issuer Spain TRO Declaration of Trust, regardless of whether an Issuer Event of Default has occurred. For the avoidance of doubt, paragraph 5.2.1 shall apply prior to the receipt of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) by the Transaction Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco in accordance with Clause 6.2.1(iii)(b).

 

  (iii)

At the time that the Italy Repayment Option and/or Spain Repayment Option and/or the France Repayment Option is exercised, the existing Subordinated Advances may be set off against the amounts to be paid by the Subordinated Lender pursuant to Clauses 6.2.1 (Spain) and 6.2.2 (Italy) and 6.2.3 (France).

 

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5.4

Payment obligations continue

Neither the Issuer nor any Subordinated Lender shall be released from the liability to make any Payment (including of default interest, which shall continue to accrue) under any Issuer Transaction Document by the operation of paragraphs 5.2 (Restrictions on Subordinated Debt) even if its obligation to make that Payment is restricted at any time by the terms of paragraph 5.2 (Restrictions on Subordinated Debt).

 

5.5

Suspension of Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments

Until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date and subject to paragraph 9 (Effect on Insolvency), the Issuer may not make, and no Subordinated Lender may receive, any Permitted Subordinated Debt Payment if an Issuer Event of Default or a Rapid Amortisation Event has occurred or would occur as a result of the relevant payment.

 

5.6

Restrictions on Enforcement of Issuer Security by the Subordinated Lenders

 

  (i)

Until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date and without prejudice to paragraph 5.3 (Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments), no Subordinated Lender shall, except with the prior written consent of or as required by the Issuer Security Trustee (acting on instructions, the Transaction Agent itself acting in accordance with Clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent)), take any Enforcement Action in relation to any Subordinated Debt.

 

  (ii)

If required by the Issuer Security Trustee to take Enforcement Action, the Subordinated Lenders will promptly take the relevant Enforcement Action and apply any proceeds from that Enforcement Action in accordance with paragraph 6 (Turnover of Receipts).

 

5.7

Restrictions on Subrogation

Until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date, no Subordinated Lender shall, and the Issuer shall not, except with the prior written consent of the Issuer Security Trustee (acting on instructions, the Transaction Agent itself acting in accordance with Clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent)), be subrogated to or entitled to exercise any right of any Senior Issuer Finance Party or any Security Interest or guarantee under any Issuer Security Document.

 

5.8

Designation of Transaction Documents

No Subordinated Lender may designate a document a “Transaction Document” for the purposes of the Framework Agreement and other Transaction Documents without the prior consent of the Issuer and the Transaction Agent.

 

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6

Turnover of Receipts

 

6.1

Turnover by the Subordinated Lender

Until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date, if any Subordinated Lender receives or recovers any Subordinated Recoveries except for any Permitted Subordinated Debt Payment, that Subordinated Lender shall:

 

  (i)

within three Business Days of the receipt or recovery, notify details of that receipt or recovery to the Issuer Security Trustee and the Transaction Agent;

 

  (ii)

hold any such Subordinated Recovery received by it, up to the aggregate of all amounts which may be or become payable as Senior Issuer Debt, on trust for the Transaction Agent or, following service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Issuer Security Trustee, for application towards the relevant Senior Issuer Debt in accordance with the Issuer Transaction Documents; and

 

  (iii)

pay an amount equal to any such Subordinated Recovery (or, where the receipt or recovery is by way of discharge by set-off, an equivalent amount), up to the aggregate of all amounts which may be or become payable as the relevant Senior Issuer Debt, to the Transaction Agent or, following service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Issuer Security Trustee, for application towards the relevant Senior Issuer Debt in accordance with the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

6.2

Non-creation of Security Interest

Nothing in this paragraph 6 (Turnover of Receipts) or any other provision hereof is intended to or shall create a Security Interest.

 

7

Redistribution

 

7.1

Recovering Creditor’s rights

 

  (i)

Any amount paid by an Issuer Secured Creditor (other than the Issuer Security Trustee) (a “Recovering Creditor”) to the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent under paragraph 9 (Effect on Insolvency) or paragraph 6 (Turnover of Receipts) shall be treated as having been paid by the Issuer and distributed to the Senior Issuer Finance Parties (each a “Sharing Creditor”) in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

  (ii)

On a distribution by the Transaction Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee under paragraph 7.1.1 above of a Payment received by a Recovering Creditor from the Issuer, as between the Issuer and the Recovering Creditor, an amount equal to the amount received or recovered by the Recovering Creditor and paid to the Transaction Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee (the “Shared Amount”) shall be treated as not having been paid by the Issuer.

 

7.2

Reversal of redistribution

 

  (i)

If any part of the Shared Amount received or recovered by a Recovering Creditor becomes repayable to the Issuer and is repaid by that Recovering Creditor to the Issuer, then:

 

  (i)

each Sharing Creditor shall pay to the Transaction Agent (or following service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice the Issuer Security Trustee) for the account of that Recovering Creditor an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Shared Amount (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Creditor for its proportion of any interest on the Shared Amount which that Recovering Creditor is required to pay) (the “Redistributed Amount”); and

 

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  (ii)

as between the Issuer, each Recovering Creditor and each relevant Sharing Creditor, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount shall be treated as not having been paid by the Issuer.

 

7.3

The Issuer Security Trustee shall not be obliged to pay any Redistributed Amount to a Recovering Creditor under paragraph 7.2.1 above until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that Redistributed Amount from the relevant Sharing Creditor and that it still has it in its possession.

 

7.4

Exclusions

Paragraph 7.1 (Recovering Creditor’s rights) and paragraph 7.2 (Reversal of redistribution) shall not apply to any receipt or recovery by way of Close-Out Netting by an Issuer Hedge Counterparty or Payment Netting by an Issuer Hedge Counterparty.

 

7.5

Permitted assurance and receipts

Nothing herein shall restrict the ability of any Issuer Secured Creditor to:

 

  (i)

arrange with any person which is not a member of the Avis Group any assurance against loss in respect of, or reduction of its credit exposure to, the Issuer (including assurance by way of credit based derivative or sub-participation); or

 

  (ii)

make any assignment or transfer which is permitted by the Framework Agreement,

and that Issuer Secured Creditor shall not be obliged to account to any other Party for any sum received by it as a result of that action.

 

7.6

Sums received by the Issuer

If the Issuer receives or recovers any sum which, under the terms of any of the Issuer Transaction Documents, should have been paid to the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent, the Issuer shall:

 

  (i)

hold an amount of that receipt or recovery equal to the Relevant Liabilities (or, if less, the amount received or recovered) on trust for the Transaction Agent or, following service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice to the Issuer Security Trustee and promptly pay that amount to the Transaction Agent or, following service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Issuer Security Trustee, for application in accordance with the terms hereof and the Transaction Documents; and

 

  (ii)

promptly pay an amount equal to the amount (if any) by which the receipt or recovery exceeds the Relevant Liabilities to the Transaction Agent or, following service of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, the Issuer Security Trustee, for application in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

7.7

Saving provision

If, for any reason, any of the trusts expressed to be created in paragraph 6 (Turnover of Receipts) should fail or be unenforceable, the affected Issuer Secured Creditor or the Issuer will promptly pay an amount equal to that receipt or recovery, net of the costs directly attributable to achieving that receipt or recovery, to the Transaction Agent or the Issuer Security Trustee, as applicable, for application in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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7.8

Non-creation of Security Interest

In the event of any Issuer Secured Creditor or the Issuer breaching the terms of paragraph 2(iii) and Clause 4.1.15 (No Security Interests), respectively, the Security Interest, guarantee or indemnity so granted or given shall be deemed to have been granted or given in favour of the Issuer Security Trustee to hold on the trusts created by this Agreement.

 

7.9

Deferral of Subrogation

 

  (i)

No Issuer Secured Creditor or the Issuer may exercise any rights which it may have by reason of the performance by it of its obligations under the Issuer Transaction Documents to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights under the Issuer Transaction Documents of any Issuer Secured Creditor which ranks ahead of it in accordance with the priorities set out in paragraph 1 (Ranking and Priority) until such time as all of the Liabilities owing to each prior ranking Issuer Secured Creditor (or, in the case of the Issuer, owing to each Issuer Secured Creditor) have been irrevocably paid in full.

 

  (ii)

No Subordinated Lender shall exercise any rights which it may have to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights under the Issuer Transaction Documents of any other Issuer Secured Creditor until such time as all of the Liabilities owing to each other Issuer Secured Creditor have been irrevocably paid in full.

 

8

Instructions to Issuer Security Trustee and exercise of discretion

 

8.1

Subject to paragraph 8.3 below and without prejudice to Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee), the Issuer Security Trustee:

 

  (i)

shall, subject to it being indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction, act, exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Issuer Security Trustee (or refrain from acting, exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Issuer Security Trustee) in accordance with any instructions given to it by:

 

  (i)

prior to the irrevocable and unconditional discharge in full of the Senior Noteholder Debt, the Transaction Agent (acting on instructions given to it in accordance with Clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent));

 

  (ii)

upon and following the irrevocable and unconditional discharge in full of the Senior Noteholder Debt but prior to the irrevocable and unconditional discharge in full of the Issuer Hedging Debt, the Issuer Hedge Counterparties (provided that, in the case of the occurrence of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (each as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) in respect of which an Issuer Hedge Counterparty is an Affected Party (as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) or the Defaulting Party), such Issuer Hedge Counterparty shall be excluded); and

 

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  (iii)

where all Issuer Hedge Counterparties are excluded under paragraph (ii) above or where the Senior Issuer Debt has been irrevocably and unconditionally discharged in full, the Subordinated Lender.

 

  (ii)

shall be entitled to assume (without liability to any person) that:

 

  (a)

any instructions received by it from the Transaction Agent are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents and that the Transaction Agent has all authority and direction to give such instructions and the Issuer Security Trustee shall have no duty to verify whether or not the Transaction Agent has obtained instructions from the relevant portion of Senior Noteholders or other relevant Issuer Secured Creditors, as the case may be; and

 

  (b)

unless it has received actual notice of revocation, that those instructions or directions have not been revoked.

 

8.2

The Issuer Security Trustee shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any direction, from the Transaction Agent (or, as the case may be, the other Issuer Secured Creditors) as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, powers, authorities and discretions under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and the Issuer Security Trustee may refrain from acting unless and until those instructions or clarifications are received by it in form and substance satisfactory to it and shall have no liability to any person for any failure or delay in carrying out such instructions which may result.

 

8.3

Any instructions given to the Issuer Security Trustee by the Transaction Agent shall override any conflicting instructions given by any other Parties.

 

9

Effect on Insolvency

 

9.1

Payment of distributions

 

  (i)

After the occurrence of an Insolvency Event in relation to the Issuer and delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, any Party entitled to receive a distribution out of the assets of the Issuer in respect of Liabilities owed to that Party shall, to the extent it is able to do so, direct the person responsible for the distribution of the assets of the Issuer to pay that distribution to the Issuer Security Trustee until the Liabilities owing to the Issuer Secured Creditors have been paid in full.

 

  (ii)

The Issuer Security Trustee (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) shall apply distributions paid to it under paragraph 9.1.1 above in accordance with the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments.

 

9.2

Filing of claims

 

  (i)

Following the occurrence of an Insolvency Event in respect of the Issuer and the delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date, the Issuer Security Trustee is (if directed by the Transaction Agent (itself directed by the requisite number of Senior Noteholders) and subject to the Issuer Security Trustee being indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction) hereby irrevocably authorised on behalf of the Subordinated Lender to:

 

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  (a)

demand, claim, enforce and prove for the Subordinated Debt;

 

  (b)

file claims and proofs, give receipts and take any proceedings in respect of filing such claims or proofs and do anything which the Issuer Security Trustee considers necessary or desirable to recover the Subordinated Debt; and

 

  (c)

receive all distributions of the Subordinated Debt for application towards the Senior Issuer Debt in accordance with the Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

  (ii)

If and to the extent that the Issuer Security Trustee is not entitled, or, if so directed by the Transaction Agent (itself so directed by the requisite number of Senior Noteholders) elects not, to take any of the actions mentioned in paragraph 9.2.1 above, each Subordinated Lender shall do so.

 

9.3

Distributions to Subordinated Lender

Following the occurrence of an Insolvency Event in respect of the Issuer and delivery of an Issuer Enforcement Notice, until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date, the Subordinated Lender shall:

 

  (i)

hold all Recoveries, up to the aggregate of all amounts which may be or become payable as Senior Issuer Debt, received by it in respect of the Subordinated Debt on trust for the Issuer Security Trustee for application towards the Senior Issuer Debt in accordance with the Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (ii)

pay an amount equal to any Recoveries received by it (or, where the receipt or recovery is by way of discharge by set-off, an equivalent amount), up to the aggregate of all amounts which may be or become payable as Senior Issuer Debt, in respect of the Subordinated Debt to the Issuer Security Trustee for application towards the Senior Issuer Debt in accordance with the Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (iii)

promptly direct the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidator, assignee or other person distributing the assets of the Issuer or their proceeds to pay distributions in respect of the Subordinated Debt directly to the Issuer Security Trustee; and

 

  (iv)

promptly undertake any action requested by the Issuer Security Trustee to give effect to this paragraph 9.3 (Distributions to Subordinated Lender).

 

9.4

Set-Off

 

  (i)

Subject to paragraph 9.4.2 below, to the extent that the Issuer’s Liabilities are discharged by way of set-off (mandatory or otherwise) after the occurrence of an Insolvency Event in respect of the Issuer, any Issuer Secured Creditor which benefited from that set-off shall pay an amount equal to the amount of the Liabilities owed to it which are discharged by that set-off to the Issuer Security Trustee for application in accordance with the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payments.

 

  (ii)

Paragraph 9.4.1 above shall not apply to:

 

  (i)

any Close-Out Netting by an Issuer Hedge Counterparty;

 

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  (ii)

any Payment Netting by an Issuer Hedge Counterparty; and

 

  (iii)

following the receipt of the TRO Proceeds Confirmation from the Issuer (or the Issuer Cash Manager on its behalf) by the Transaction Agent, the Central Servicer and Finco in accordance with Clause 6.2.1(iii)(b), payments by the Issuer to the Subordinated Lender of any Disposal Proceeds it receives under the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement pursuant to the Issuer Spain TRO Declaration of Trust.

 

9.5

Non-cash distributions

Subject to the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payment, if the Issuer Security Trustee or any other Issuer Secured Creditor receives a distribution in a form other than in cash in respect of any of the Liabilities, the Liabilities will not be reduced by that distribution until and except to the extent that the realisation proceeds are actually applied towards the Liabilities.

 

9.6

Issuer Secured Creditors’ actions

Each Issuer Secured Creditor shall:

 

  (i)

do all things that the Issuer Security Trustee (acting in accordance with paragraph 9.7 (Issuer Security Trustee instructions)) requests in order to give effect to this paragraph 9 (Effect on Insolvency); and

 

  (ii)

if the Issuer Security Trustee is not entitled to take any of the actions contemplated by this paragraph 9 (Effect on Insolvency) or if the Issuer Security Trustee (acting in accordance with paragraph 9.7 (Issuer Security Trustee instructions)) requests that an Issuer Secured Creditor take that action, undertake that action itself in accordance with the instructions of the Issuer Security Trustee (acting in accordance with paragraph 9.7 (Issuer Security Trustee instructions)).

 

9.7

Issuer Security Trustee instructions

For the purposes of paragraph 9.2 (Filing of claims) and paragraph 9.6 (Issuer Secured Creditors’ actions) the Issuer Security Trustee shall act only on the instructions of the Transaction Agent under paragraph 10.1 (Enforcement Instructions) or paragraph 10.2 (Manner of enforcement).

 

10

Enforcement of Issuer Security by the Issuer Security Trustee

 

10.1

Enforcement Instructions

 

  (i)

The Issuer Security Trustee shall only enforce the Issuer Security if instructed pursuant to and in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) and provided that it is indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction.

 

  (ii)

Subject to the Issuer Security having become enforceable in accordance with its terms, the Transaction Agent (as directed in accordance with Clause 13.4 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Transaction Agent)) (or, as the case may be, the other relevant Issuer Secured Creditors) may give or refrain from giving instructions to the Issuer Security Trustee to enforce or refrain from enforcing the Issuer Security as it sees fit.

 

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  (iii)

The Issuer Security Trustee is entitled to rely on and comply with instructions given in accordance with this paragraph 10.1 (Enforcement Instructions) but shall have no obligation to take any action, step or proceeding under this paragraph 10 (Enforcement of Issuer Security by the Issuer Security Trustee) unless it has been instructed pursuant to and in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee) and has been indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction.

 

  (iv)

The Issuer Security Trustee shall have no duty to verify any instructions received pursuant to this paragraph 10 (Enforcement of Issuer Security by the Issuer Security Trustee) or determine whether or not the Transaction Agent (or, as the case may be, the other relevant Issuer Secured Creditors) has obtained the Instructions of the relevant portion of Senior Noteholders and shall have no liability to any person for not so doing.

 

10.2

Manner of enforcement

If the Issuer Security is being enforced pursuant to paragraph 10.1 (Enforcement Instructions), the Issuer Security Trustee shall enforce the Issuer Security in such manner (including, without limitation, the selection of any administrator of the Issuer to be appointed by the Issuer Security Trustee acting pursuant to and in accordance with Clause 24.3 (Consents, Directions, Instructions, Amendments, Waivers and Modifications of Transaction Documents by the Issuer Security Trustee)).

 

10.3

Waiver of rights

To the extent permitted under applicable law and subject to paragraph 10.1 (Enforcement Instructions), paragraph 10.2 (Manner of enforcement) and the Issuer Rapid Amortisation Period (Post-Enforcement) Priority of Payment, each of the Issuer Secured Creditors and the Issuer waives all rights it may otherwise have to require that the Issuer Security be enforced in any particular order or manner or at any particular time or that any sum received or recovered from any person, or by virtue of the enforcement of any of the Issuer Security or of any other security interest, which is capable of being applied in or towards discharge of any of the Issuer Secured Liabilities is so applied.

 

11

Failure of Trusts

 

  (i)

If any trust intended to arise pursuant to paragraph 6 (Turnover of Receipts), paragraph 7.1 (Recovering Creditors Rights), paragraph 7.2 (Reversal of redistribution) or paragraph 9.3 (Distributions to Subordinated Lender) fails or for any reason (including the laws of any jurisdiction in which any assets, moneys, payments or distributions may be situated) cannot be given effect to, the relevant Party will pay to the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent (as applicable) for application towards the Senior Issuer Debt in accordance with the Issuer Transaction Documents an amount equal to the amount (or the value of the relevant assets) intended to be so held on trust for the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent (as applicable).

 

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  (ii)

If a Party is obliged to pay any amount to the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent (as applicable) in accordance with paragraph 6 (Turnover of Receipts), paragraph 7.1 (Recovering Creditors Rights), paragraph 7.2 (Reversal of redistribution) or paragraph 9 (Effect on Insolvency):

 

  (a)

the Issuer shall indemnify that Party (to the extent of its liability for the relevant amount so paid) for any costs, liabilities and expenses incurred by it as a result of it having to make that payment;

 

  (b)

the relevant Issuer Debt in respect of which a Party made that payment to the Issuer Security Trustee or the Transaction Agent (as applicable) will be deemed not to have been reduced or discharged in any way or to any extent by the relevant payment, distribution, proceeds or other discharge; and

 

  (c)

if and to the extent that the preceding provisions of this paragraph 11 (Failure of Trusts) are held not to be effective to re-instate the amount of the relevant payment, distribution, proceeds or other discharge of the relevant Issuer Debt, the Issuer shall fully indemnify that Party (to the extent of its liability for the relevant amount so paid) for the relevant amount upon demand.

 

12

Protection of Subordination

 

12.1

Continuing subordination

The subordination provisions herein shall remain in full force and effect by way of continuing subordination and shall not be affected in any way by any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part of any Issuer Debt.

 

12.2

Waiver of defences

Neither the subordination herein nor the obligations of any Senior Issuer Finance Party, Subordinated Lender or the Issuer shall be affected in any way by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this paragraph 12 (Protection of Subordination), would reduce, release or prejudice the subordination or any of those obligations in whole or in part, (without limitation and whether or not known to any Senior Issuer Finance Party, Subordinated Lender, the Issuer or any other person) including:

 

  (i)

any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any person;

 

  (ii)

the release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any person;

 

  (iii)

the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;

 

  (iv)

any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;

 

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  (v)

any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Issuer Transaction Document or any other Issuer Transaction Document or security, including, without limitation, any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Issuer Transaction Document or other document or security;

 

  (vi)

any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Issuer Transaction Document or any other document or security;

 

  (vii)

any insolvency or similar proceedings; or

 

  (viii)

any postponement, discharge, reduction, non-provability or other similar circumstance affecting any obligation of any person under any Issuer Transaction Document resulting from any insolvency, liquidation or dissolution proceedings or from any law, regulation or order.

 

12.3

Immediate recourse

Each Subordinated Lender and the Issuer waive any right it may have of first requiring any Issuer Security Trustee (or any trustee or agent on behalf of any of them) or any other Issuer Secured Creditor to proceed against or enforce any other right or Issuer Security or claim payment from any person before claiming the benefit hereof. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement to the contrary.

 

12.4

Deferral of Subordinated Lenders’ rights

Unless the Issuer Security Trustee otherwise directs, no Subordinated Lender shall exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations hereunder or the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement:

 

  (i)

to be indemnified by the Issuer other than pursuant to any increased costs or tax gross-up provisions, provided that a Default has not occurred and will not occur as a result of such indemnity;

 

  (ii)

to claim any contribution from any guarantor of the Issuer’s obligations under the Issuer Transaction Documents; and/or

 

  (iii)

to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Senior Issuer Finance Parties under the Issuer Transaction Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Issuer Transaction Documents by any Senior Issuer Finance Party.

 

12.5

Discharge

Each Subordinated Lender and the Issuer hereby irrevocably waives any right to appropriate any payments to, or other sum received, recovered or held by, any Issuer Security Trustee or any other Senior Issuer Finance Party in or towards discharge of a particular part of the Senior Issuer Debt and agrees that the Issuer Security Trustee shall have the exclusive right to appropriate any such payment or other sum in accordance herewith.

 

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12.6

Application

The provisions of this paragraph 12 (Protection of Subordination) shall not apply after the Senior Issuer Discharge Date.

 

13

Preservation of Debt

 

13.1

Preservation of Subordinated Debt

Notwithstanding any term hereof postponing, subordinating or preventing the payment of all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, the relevant Subordinated Debt shall, as between the Issuer and the Subordinated Lenders, be deemed to remain owing or due and payable (and interest, default interest or indemnity payments shall continue to accrue) in accordance with the relevant Issuer Transaction Documents.

 

13.2

No liability

Until the Senior Issuer Discharge Date, no Senior Issuer Finance Party shall be liable to any Subordinated Lender for:

 

  (i)

the manner of exercise or any non-exercise of its rights, remedies, powers, authorities or discretions hereunder; or

 

  (ii)

any failure to collect or preserve any Issuer Debt or delay in doing so.

 

14

Information

 

14.1

Defaults

Each Issuer Secured Creditor shall promptly notify the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Security Trustee of the occurrence of an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default (however described, including any termination event) under or breach of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement, the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement, the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement (as applicable), in each case, of which it has actual knowledge.

 

14.2

Amounts of Issuer Debt

Each Issuer Secured Creditor shall, on reasonable request by any of the others or the Issuer Security Trustee from time to time, notify the others and the Issuer Security Trustee of details of the amount of its outstanding Issuer Debt and the Issuer Security Trustee shall rely on such notification without liability to any person.

 

14.3

Discharge of Issuer Debt

No Party shall be required to amend or give any waiver or consent under any provision hereof after the date on which its Issuer Debt has been fully and irrevocably paid or discharged and all commitments of that Party in respect of its Issuer Debt have expired or been cancelled.

 

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15

Preservation

 

15.1

Remedies and Waivers

No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Senior Issuer Finance Party, any Subordinated Lender or the Transaction Agent any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

15.2

Priorities not affected

Except as otherwise provided hereunder, the priorities referred to in paragraph 1 (Ranking and Priority) will:

 

  (i)

not be affected by any reduction or increase in the principal amount secured by the Issuer Security in respect of the Senior Issuer Debt or by any intermediate reduction or increase in, amendment of or variation to any of the Issuer Transaction Documents, or by any variation or satisfaction of any of the Liabilities or any other circumstances;

 

  (ii)

apply regardless of the order in which or dates upon which this Agreement and the other Issuer Transaction Documents are executed or registered or notice of them is given to any person; and

 

  (iii)

secure the Senior Issuer Debt in the order specified, regardless of the date upon which any of the Liabilities arise or of any fluctuations in the amount of any of the Liabilities outstanding.

 

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Schedule 17

Vehicle Manufacturer Group Table

 

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Schedule 18 – Form of VFN Transfer Documents

Part A – VFN Transfer Agreement

[On the letterhead of the FCT Noteholder]

 

To:

[Finco]

[The FCT]

Dated:    [                ]

Dear Sirs

VFN Funding Agreement between, amongst others, Carfin Finance International DAC as FCT Noteholder (the “FCT Noteholder”) and [•] as FCT (represented by Eurotitrisation as Management Company (the “FCT” dated [                ] (the “VFN Funding Agreement”)

We refer to the VFN Funding Agreement and set out below the terms of our proposal (the “VFN Proposal”).

This is a VFN Transfer Agreement. Terms defined in the master definitions agreement dated 5 March 2013 (as amended and restated from time to time) and entered into by, among others, the FCT Noteholder and Finco (the “Master Definitions Agreement”) have the same meaning in this VFN Transfer Agreement unless given a different meaning in this VFN Transfer Agreement.

This VFN Transfer Agreement is made between the FCT Noteholder and Avis Finance Company Limited (“Finco”).

Whereas:

 

A.

The FCT Noteholder and the FCT has entered into the VFN Funding Agreement.

 

B.

The FCT Noteholder wishes to transfer and Finco wishes to acquire all (and not part only) of the FCT Noteholder’s rights, interest and benefits under the Variable Funding Note and the VFN Funding Agreement (including, without limitation, any VFN Advances which may be outstanding as at the VFN Purchase Date.

It is agreed as follows:

 

I.

The FCT Noteholder and Finco agree to the transfer (cessione) of all (and not part only) of the FCT Noteholder’s rights, interest and benefits under the Variable Funding Note and the VFN Funding Agreement (including, without limitation, any VFN Advances which may be outstanding as at the VFN Purchase Date in accordance with Clause 6.2.3 (viii) (VFN Transfer) of the Framework Agreement. The FCT accepts the transfer set out above.

 

II.

The proposed VFN Transfer Date is [                ].

 

III.

The VFN Purchase Price is [                 ].

 

IV.

Finco confirms to the FCT Noteholder and the FCT that it has become entitled to the same rights and that it will assume the same obligations to those Parties as it would have been under if it was the FCT Noteholder.

 

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V.

Finco as successor FCT Noteholder undertakes, therefore, to be bound by the provisions of the VFN Funding Agreement, the Common Terms and the Master Definitions Agreement, and, in particular, to become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, duties and obligations and limitations of rights (including, but not limited to, clause 27.1 (Non-petition) of the Framework Agreement).

 

VI.

The provisions of the VFN Funding Agreement and the Common Terms (including, but not limited to, clause 27.1 (Non-petition) of the Framework Agreement) applicable to the FCT Noteholder shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to Finco as successor FCT Noteholder.

 

VII.

The FCT Noteholder, Finco and the FCT confirm that the VFN Funding Agreement will be terminated and of no further effect with respect to the FCT Noteholder, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent;

 

VIII.

Finco and the FCT confirm that the FCT Noteholder, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent will be released and discharged from their obligations under the VFN Funding Agreement (and any corresponding, ancillary or accessory obligations by which it is bound under the other Transaction Documents to which the FCT Noteholder is a party) provided however that such release shall not affect any liabilities or obligations of the FCT and Finco as successor FCT Noteholder vìs-à-vìs each such Party under the VFN Funding Agreement.

 

IX.

This VFN Transfer Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law. The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this VFN Transfer Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this VFN Transfer Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this VFN Transfer Agreement) (a “Dispute”). The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no such Party will argue to the contrary.

 

X.

This VFN Transfer Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this VFN Transfer Agreement.

If you agree with the VFN Proposal, please reproduce the contents of the VFN Proposal on your letterhead and return it to us duly executed for acceptance.

Yours sincerely

[The FCT Noteholder]

 

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Part B – VFN Transfer Notice

[On Finco’s letterhead]

 

To:

[the other Parties to the VFN Funding Agreement]

Date:    [                ]

Dear Sirs

VFN Funding Agreement between, amongst others, Carfin Finance International DAC as FCT Noteholder (the “FCT Noteholder”) and [•] as FCT (represented by Eurotitrisation as Management Company (the “FCT” dated [                ] (the “VFN Funding Agreement”)

1. We refer to the VFN Funding Agreement. This is a VFN Transfer Notice. Terms defined in the master definitions agreement dated 5 March 2013 (as amended and restated from time to time) and entered into by, among others, the FCT Noteholder and Finco have the same meaning in this in this Transfer Notice.

2. We hereby deliver to you the VFN Transfer Agreement executed by exchange of correspondence between the FCT Noteholder, Finco and the FCT.

3. The effective date of the VFN Transfer shall be [                ].

By:

[Finco]

 

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Schedule 19 – Forms of Delayed Funding Notices

Part A: Form of Basel III Incurred Charges Notice

 

To:    CarFin Finance International DAC (as the “Issuer”)
Cc:   

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as “Issuer Cash Manager”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. (as “Registrar”)

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Central Servicer”)

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Subordinated Lender”)

From:    [•] (the “Incurred Charges Senior Noteholder”)

[Date]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to: (i) the Framework Agreement (the “Framework Agreement”) dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager and (ii) the Master Definitions Agreement dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement shall bear the same meaning in this Basel III Incurred Charges Notice.

By this notice, the Incurred Charges Senior Noteholder gives the Issuer notice and certifies that [it]/[its related Programme Support Provider] has incurred charges under, or in anticipation of, Basel III in respect of [its]/[its related Programme Support Provider’s] [Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment]/[agreement to support such a Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment]/[interest in the Senior Notes], based on [its]/[its related Programme Support Provider’s] “liquidity coverage ratio” calculated under Basel III.

The details of the Basel III Incurred Charges are as follows: [ ]

Yours faithfully,

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of

[•] as the Incurred Charges Senior Noteholder

 

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Part B: Form of Delayed Funding Notice

 

To:    CarFin Finance International DAC (as the “Issuer”)
Cc:   

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as “Issuer Cash Manager”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. (as “Registrar”)

[Each Senior Noteholder]

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Central Servicer”)

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Subordinated Lender”)

From:    [•] (the “Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder”)

[Date]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to: (i) the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice dated [•] and delivered by the Issuer to, among others, the Senior Noteholders (the “Senior Advance Drawdown Notice”), (ii) the Framework Agreement (the “Framework Agreement”) dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager and (iii) the Master Definitions Agreement dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

We also refer to the notification dated [•] from the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder pursuant to clause 14A.4 (Delayed Funding) of the Framework Agreement, notifying the Issuer that it or any related Programme Support Provider has incurred charges under, or in anticipation of, Basel III (which may include external charges incurred by the Conduit Senior Noteholder, Financial Institution Senior Noteholder or Programme Support Provider or internal charges incurred by any of their businesses) in respect of its Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment or any agreement to support such a Relevant Senior Noteholder Commitment, or in respect of its interest in the Senior Notes, based on its “liquidity coverage ratio” calculated under Basel III.

 

3

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement shall bear the same meaning in this Delayed Funding Notice.

By this notice, the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder gives the Issuer notice that it intends to delay its funding of an amount up to its Relevant Senior Noteholder Percentage of the Senior Advance requested in the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice (being €[•]) as follows:

Delayed Amount: [ ]

Delayed Funding Date: [ ]

 

4

This Delayed Funding Notice is irrevocable.

 

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Yours faithfully,

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of

[•] as the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder

 

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Part C: Form of Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice

 

To:   

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as “Issuer Cash Manager”)

[•] (the “Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder”)

Cc:   

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. (as “Registrar”)

[Each Senior Noteholder]

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Central Servicer”)

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Subordinated Lender”)

From:    CarFin Finance International DAC (as the “Issuer”)

[Date]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to: (i) the Delayed Funding Notice dated [•] and delivered by the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder to, among others, the Issuer (the “Delayed Funding Notice”), (ii) the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice dated [•] and delivered by the Issuer to, among others, the Senior Noteholders (the “Senior Advance Drawdown Notice”), (iii) the Framework Agreement (the “Framework Agreement”) dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager and (iv) the Master Definitions Agreement dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement shall bear the same meaning in this Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice.

By this notice, the Issuer hereby gives the Issuer Cash Manager and the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder notice that pursuant to clause 14A.4.2 of the Framework Agreement, it is:

 

  (i)

[decreasing the amount of the Senior Advance to be made with respect to the Senior Notes with respect to the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice to €[•]]/[revoking the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice by decreasing the relevant amount of the Senior Notes to zero]; [and/or]

 

  (ii)

[requiring the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder to reduce the Delayed Amount by €[•], resulting in the Delayed Amount of the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder being €[•]].

 

3

This Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully,

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of

CarFin Finance International DAC

 

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Part D: Form of Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice

 

To:    [•], [•], [•] and [•] (the “Senior Noteholders”)
Cc:   

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (as “Issuer Cash Manager”)

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (as “Issuer Security Trustee”)

Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. (as “Registrar”)

[Each Senior Noteholder]

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Central Servicer”)

Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Subordinated Lender”)

From:    CarFin Finance International DAC (as the “Issuer”)

[Date]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to: (i) the Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice dated [•] and delivered by the Issuer to, among others, the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder (the “Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice”), (ii) the Delayed Funding Notice dated [•] and delivered by the Delayed Funding Senior Noteholder to, among others, the Issuer (the “Delayed Funding Notice”), (iii) the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice dated [•] and delivered by the Issuer to, among others, the Senior Noteholders (the “Senior Advance Drawdown Notice”), (iv) the Framework Agreement (the “Framework Agreement”) dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager and (v) the Master Definitions Agreement dated [•] and made between, among others, the Issuer, the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement shall bear the same meaning in this Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice.

By this notice, the Issuer gives the Transaction Agent notice that the Senior Advance Drawdown Notice shall be replaced by this Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice and that the Issuer requests the making of a Senior Advance pursuant to the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement as follows:

Senior Advance A

Senior Advance Amount: [ ]

Senior Advance Drawdown Date: [ ]

Senior Advance Repayment Date: [ ]

Senior Noteholder Allocation:

 

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Amount

  

Commitment %

  

Amount of
Delayed
Amount funded
(if applicable)

  

Relevant Non-Delayed
Funding Senior Noteholder
Percentage (if applicable)

Senior Noteholder #1            
Senior Noteholder #2            
Senior Noteholder #3            
Senior Noteholder #4            
Total            

Senior Advance B

Senior Advance Amount: [ ]

Senior Advance Drawdown Date: [ ]

Senior Advance Repayment Date: [ ]

Senior Noteholder Allocation:

 

    

Amount

  

Commitment %

  

Amount of
Delayed
Amount funded
(if applicable)

  

Relevant Non-Delayed
Funding Senior Noteholder
Percentage (if applicable)

Senior Noteholder #1            
Senior Noteholder #2            
Senior Noteholder #3            
Senior Noteholder #4            
Total            

 

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3

We confirm that:

 

  (iv)

the Issuer Repeating Representations will be true and correct on the proposed Senior Advance Drawdown Date;

 

  (v)

we are in compliance with our obligations under the Issuer Transaction Documents;

 

  (vi)

the Issuer Borrowing Base Test is satisfied on the date hereof and will be satisfied on the immediately following Settlement Date; and

 

  (vii)

no Potential Event of Default relating to an Issuer Event of Default, no Issuer Event of Default and no Rapid Amortisation Event has occurred which is continuing.

 

4

This Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully,

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

CarFin Finance International DAC

 

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Part E: Form of Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice

 

To:    Avis Finance Company Limited (as “Issuer Subordinated Lender”, “Dutch VAT Lender”, “Avis Italian VAT Lender” and “Maggiore Italian VAT Lender”)
Cc:   

Deutsche Bank AG, London branch (as “Issuer Cash Manager”)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as “Transaction Agent”)

Avis Budget Italia S.p.A (as “Italian Servicer”)

From:   

CarFin Finance International DAC (as “Issuer”)

FinCar Fleet B.V. (as “Dutch VAT Loan Borrower”)

Avis Budget Italia S.p.A. Fleet Co. S.A.p.A. (as “Avis Italian VAT Loan Borrower” and “Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Borrower”)

[Date]

Dear Sirs

 

1

We refer to: (i) the Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice dated [•] and delivered by the Issuer to, among others, the Issuer Subordinated Lender (the “Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice”), (ii) the Issuer subordinated facility agreement dated 5 March 2013, as amended from time to time, and made between, among others, the Issuer and the Subordinated Lender (the “Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement”); (iii) the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement dated 21 May 2014 (as from time to time amended, varied, novated or supplemented, the “Dutch VAT Loan Agreement”); (iv) the Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement dated 5 March 2013 (as from time to time amended, varied, novated or supplemented, the “Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement”); (v) the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement dated 22 January 2016 (as from time to time amended, varied, novated or supplemented, the “Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement”) and (vi) the Master Definitions Agreement dated 5 March 2013, as amended from time to time, and made between, among others, the Lender, the Senior Noteholders and the Transaction Agent (the “Master Definitions Agreement”).

 

2

Terms defined in the Master Definitions Agreement, the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement, the Italian VAT Loan Agreement and the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement (as applicable) shall bear the same meaning in this Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice.

 

3

By this notice, we hereby give you notice that the Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice shall be replaced by this Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice and that we wish you to make the following, pursuant to:

 

  (viii)

the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement and in your capacity as Issuer Subordinated Lender, an Issuer Subordinated Advance on the next Settlement Date;

 

  (ix)

the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement and in your capacity as Dutch VAT Lender, a Dutch VAT Loan Advance on [•];

 

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  (x)

the Avis Italian VAT Loan Agreement and in your capacity as Avis Italian VAT Lender, an Avis Italian VAT Loan Advance on [•]; and/or

 

  (xi)

the Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Agreement and in your capacity as Maggiore Italian VAT Lender, a Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance on [•].

as follows:

 

  (a)

Issuer Subordinated Advance

Principal Amount:

Drawdown Date:

Repayment Date:

Purpose of Issuer Subordinated Advance: [cross-refer to specific sub-clause of 4.2.1 of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement

 

  (b)

Dutch VAT Loan Advance

Principal Amount:

Utilisation Date:

 

  (c)

Avis Italian VAT Loan Advance

Principal Amount:

Utilisation Date:

 

  (d)

Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance

Principal Amount:

Utilisation Date:

 

4

The proceeds of the Issuer Subordinated Advance, Dutch VAT Loan Advance, Avis Italian VAT Loan Advance and/or Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance should be credited to:

 

  (i)

in relation to an Issuer Subordinated Advance, the Issuer Transaction Account;

 

  (ii)

in relation to a Dutch VAT Loan Advance, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account; and

 

  (iii)

in relation to an Avis Italian VAT Loan Advance or Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Advance, the Italian Transaction Account.

 

5

This Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully,

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Issuer Subordinated Lender

 

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for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Dutch VAT Loan Borrower

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Avis Italian VAT Loan Borrower

 

                                                                                  

for and on behalf of the Central Servicer as attorney for

Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Borrower

 

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Schedule 5

Amended and Restated Central Servicing Agreement

The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank. The Amended and Restated Central Servicing Agreement will be attached hereto and separately paginated.

 

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LOGO    CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP

 

EXECUTION VERSION

FINCAR FLEET B.V.

AS DUTCH FLEETCO

FINCAR FLEET B.V., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA

AS DUTCH FLEETCO, SPANISH BRANCH

AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. FLEET S.A.P.A.

AS ITALIAN FLEETCO

AB FLEETCO

AS FRENCH FLEETCO

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED

AS CENTRAL SERVICER

CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC

AS ISSUER

AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A.

AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE, S.A.

AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERMIETUNG GMBH & CO. KG

AVIS LOCATION DE VOITURES SAS

AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERHUUR B.V.

MAGGIORE RENT S.P.A.

AS OPCOS

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH

AS ISSUER CASH MANAGER

AND

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

AS FLEETCO SECURITY AGENT

 

 

CENTRAL SERVICING AGREEMENT

AS AMENDED BY A SECOND AMENDMENT

AGREEMENT DATED 15 APRIL 2013 AND AS

FURTHER AMENDED AND RESTATED ON 21 MAY

2014 AND AS FURTHER AMENDED AND RESTATED

ON 22 JANUARY 2016 AND AS FURTHER AMENDED

AND RESTATED AS AT 3 DECEMBER 2021

 

 


EXECUTION VERSION

 

CONTENTS

 

Clause

       Page  

1.

  Definitions      4  

2.

  Principles of Interpretation      4  

3.

  Common Terms      5  

4.

  Appointment of Central Servicer      6  

5.

  Outsourcing      7  

6.

  Grant of Powers of Attorney      8  

7.

  Liability and Force Majeure      8  

8.

  Representations and Warranties      10  

9.

  Covenants      10  

10.

  Central Servicer Fees      12  

11.

  Costs and Expenses      13  

12.

  Payment Mechanics      13  

13.

  Servicer Termination Events      15  

14.

  Obligations of Central Servicer after Termination      16  

15.

  Entire Agreement      18  

16.

  Further Assurance      18  

17.

  FleetCo Security Agent Party to Agreement      19  

18.

  Change of FleetCo Security Agent      19  

19.

  Services Non-Exclusive      19  

20.

  No Partnership      20  

21.

  Continuation of Obligations      20  

22.

  Assignment and Subcontracting      20  

23.

  Obligations as Corporate Obligations      21  

24.

  Time of the Essence      21  

25.

  Value Added Tax and Stamp Taxes      21  

26.

  Issuer Insufficient Recoveries      22  

27.

  FleetCo Insufficient Recoveries      22  

28.

  Amendment      22  

29.

  Governing Law      22  

30.

  Jurisdiction      22  

31.

  Execution      23  

Schedule 1 Services

     27  

Part A Central Services

     27  

Part B German Cash Management Services

     31  

Part C Dutch Cash Management Services

     38  

Part D Issuer Cash Management Services

     46  

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made on 5 March 2013 as amended on 15 April 2013 and as further amended and restated on 21 May 2014 and as further amended and restated on 22 January 2016 and as further amended and restated on 3 December 2021.

BETWEEN:

 

(1)

FINCAR FLEET B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, having its official seat (statutaire zetel) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and its office at [Redacted], registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under number [Redacted] (the “Dutch FleetCo”);

 

(2)

FINCAR FLEET B.V., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA, the Spanish branch of Dutch FleetCo with registered address at [Redacted]and Spanish fiscal identification number [Redacted]and registered at the Mercantile Registry in Madrid under [Redacted] (the “Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch”);

 

(3)

AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. FLEET CO. S.A.P.A., (formerly, Avis Autonoleggio S.p.A. Fleet Co. S.A.p.A.) a partnership limited by shares (società in accomandita per azioni) incorporated in the Republic of Italy with registered office at [Redacted], fiscal code, VAT code and companies’ register of Rome number [Redacted] (the “Italian FleetCo”);

 

(4)

AB FLEETCO, a société par actions simplifiée incorporated under the laws of France, registered with the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Beauvais under number [Redacted], with its registered office at [Redacted] (the “French FleetCo”);

 

(5)

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED, a company with registered number [Redacted] whose registered address is at [Redacted] (the “Central Servicer”);

 

(6)

CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number [Redacted]and having its registered office at [Redacted], Ireland (the “Issuer”);

 

(7)

AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. a joint stock company (societa per azioni) incorporated in the Republic of Italy with registered office at [Redacted], fiscal code and companies’ register of Rome number [Redacted], with a share capital equal to [Redacted] (the “Avis Italian OpCo”);

 

(8)

MAGGIORE RENT S.P.A. a joint stock company (societa per azioni) incorporated in the Republic of Italy with registered office at [Redacted], fiscal code and companies’ register of Rome number [Redacted] (the “Maggiore Italian OpCo”);

 

(9)

AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE, S.A. (registered at the Mercantile Registry of Madrid under [Redacted] and with fiscal identification number [Redacted]), a company incorporated in Spain with its principal place of business in Spain, whose registered office is at [Redacted] (the “Spanish OpCo “);

 

(10)

AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERMIETUNG GMBH & CO. KG, a limited partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft) with a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) as its general partner (Komplementär) established under the laws of Germany, having its business address at [Redacted], Germany and registered with the Commercial Register (Handelsregister) of the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Bad Homburg under [Redacted] (the “German OpCo”);

 

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(11)

AVIS LOCATION DE VOITURES SAS, a société par actions simplifiée incorporated under the laws of France, registered with the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre under number [Redacted], with its registered office at [Redacted] (the “French OpCo”);

 

(12)

AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERHUUR B.V. a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the law of The Netherlands, having its official seat (statutaire zetel) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and its office at Louis Armstrongweg [Redacted], registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under number [Redacted] (the “Dutch OpCo”);

 

(13)

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH, a public company duly organised and existing under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany and having its principal place of business at [Redacted]acting through its London Branch operating in the United Kingdom under branch number [Redacted], whose address for the purposes of this Agreement is at [Redacted] (the “Issuer Cash Manager”); and

 

(14)

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK a bank incorporated pursuant to the laws of France with registered office in [Redacted], registered with the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés de Nanterre with number [Redacted], in its capacity as FleetCo Security Agent for the FleetCo Secured Creditors (the “FleetCo Security Agent”).

INTRODUCTION:

 

(A)

Each of Avis Italian OpCo and Spanish OpCo has entered into a Servicing Agreement pursuant to which it provides fleet management and cash management services to its related FleetCo and German OpCo has entered into a Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement and Master German Fleet Lease Agreement.

 

(B)

Maggiore Italian OpCo will, on or about the date hereof, enter into a Servicing Agreement pursuant to which it will provide fleet management to its related FleetCo.

 

(C)

French OpCo has entered into a Servicing Agreement pursuant to which it provides fleet management and cash management services to French FleetCo. Dutch OpCo has entered into a Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement and Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement pursuant to which Dutch OpCo, as seller and lessee of the Dutch Vehicle Fleet, conducts relevant fleet management activities.

 

(D)

Each of Avis Italian OpCo, Spanish OpCo, German OpCo, French OpCo and Dutch OpCo has entered into, and Maggiore Italian OpCo has acceded or will accede to, a Framework Agreement pursuant to which each of them will undertake to, inter alia, provide certain reporting and ensure the satisfaction of Country Asset Value and Concentration Limits in relation to its Related Jurisdiction.

 

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(E)

The Issuer has entered into a Framework Agreement pursuant to which it will undertake to, inter alia, provide certain reporting and ensure the satisfaction of Issuer Borrowing Base Test and Concentration Limits.

 

(F)

Each of the parties hereto agree that the Central Servicer shall be appointed to, inter alia, co-ordinate with the relevant OpCo, FleetCo, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager in order to satisfy the relevant reporting and calculation requirements and to provide cash management services in relation to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany and The Netherlands.

THE PARTIES AGREE as follows:

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

 

SECTION A

DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION

 

1.

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1

Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement or the context requires otherwise, words and expressions used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in clause 1 (Definitions) of the master definitions agreement signed for the purpose of identification by, inter alios, certain parties to this Agreement on 5 March 2013 and by all parties to this Agreement on the date hereof (the “Master Definitions Agreement”) (as the same may be amended, varied or supplemented from time to time, including on or about the date hereof).

 

1.2

For the purpose of this Agreement,

Central Services” means the services set out under Part A of Schedule 1 hereto;

Dutch Cash Management Services” means the Dutch cash management services set out under Part C of Schedule 1 hereto;

German Cash Management Services” means the German cash management services set out under Part B of Schedule 1 hereto.

Issuer Cash Management Services” means the Issuer cash management services set out under Part D of Schedule 1 hereto.

Services” means, as the context may require, any of the Central Services, the German Cash Management Services, the Dutch Cash Management Services or the Issuer Cash Management Services.

 

2.

PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION

 

2.1

Construction of words

Unless the context requires otherwise, words and expressions used in this Agreement have the constructions ascribed to them in clause 2 (Principles of Interpretation and Construction) of the Master Definitions Agreement.

 

2.2

Inconsistencies with other Transaction Documents

If there is any inconsistency between the definitions given in this Agreement and those given in the Master Definitions Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the definitions set out in this Agreement will prevail.

 

2.3

Meaning of “to ensure” or “to procure”

In this Agreement, where there is a reference to the giving of notices, performing of calculations, provision of documents, making of determinations and other administrative activities, in each case, to be carried out “to ensure” or “to procure” the compliance with or performance of certain terms in certain agreements, any such reference means the giving of all such notices, the making of all such calculations, the provision of all such documents, the making of all such determinations and all such other administrative activities as are required by the terms of such agreements to make such compliance or performance possible.

 

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2.4

Meaning of “to arrange”

Where this Agreement states that the Central Servicer is “to arrange” for a payment to be made, or other obligations to be performed, to or by the relevant FleetCo or OpCo or any other person, the Central Servicer (unless expressly provided otherwise) shall be obliged to use best endeavours to make all the necessary arrangements within the Central Servicer’s control required on the part of the relevant FleetCo and/or OpCo and/or of itself to facilitate such payment or performance and to the extent that it has done so shall have discharged its obligation “to arrange” for the relevant payment to be made or other obligation to be performed and shall not be liable as primary debtor, indemnitor, guarantor or otherwise as surety, in respect of such payment or other obligations.

 

2.5

Central Servicer not regarded as payer

In this Agreement the Central Servicer shall not be regarded as the “payer” merely by reason of it making necessary arrangements within the Central Servicer’s control for the transmission or payment of funds.

 

3.

COMMON TERMS

 

3.1

Incorporation of Common Terms

The Common Terms apply to this Agreement and shall be binding on the parties to this Agreement as if set out in full in this Agreement.

 

3.2

Conflict with Common Terms

If there is any conflict between the Common Terms as incorporated by reference into this Agreement and the other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of the incorporated Common Terms shall prevail to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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SECTION B

APPOINTMENT AND DELEGATION

 

4.

APPOINTMENT OF CENTRAL SERVICER

 

4.1

Appointment

 

  4.1.1

Each FleetCo and OpCo hereby appoints the Central Servicer in accordance with this Agreement to provide the Central Services in accordance with the terms of this Agreement with effect from 5 March 2013 in the case of Italian FleetCo, Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany, Avis Italian OpCo, Spanish OpCo and German OpCo and from 21 May 2014 in respect of French FleetCo, Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands, Dutch OpCo and French OpCo, and from the date hereof Maggiore Italian OpCo and, in each case, the Central Servicer accepts such appointment.

 

  4.1.2

Dutch FleetCo hereby appoints the Central Servicer in accordance with this Agreement to provide the German Cash Management Services in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany in accordance with the terms of this Agreement with effect from 5 March 2013 and the Central Servicer accepts such appointment.

 

  4.1.3

Dutch FleetCo hereby appoints the Central Servicer in accordance with this Agreement to provide the Dutch Cash Management Services in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands in accordance with the terms of this Agreement with effect from the date hereof and the Central Servicer accepts such appointment.

 

  4.1.4

The Issuer (and, together with each FleetCo and OpCo, an “Appointor”) hereby appoints the Central Servicer in accordance with this Agreement to provide the Issuer Cash Management Services in accordance with the terms of this Agreement with effect from 5 March 2013 and the Central Servicer accepts such appointment.

 

  4.1.5

Each of the parties hereto (other than the Issuer Cash Manager and the FleetCo Security Agent) appoints the Central Servicer as its process agent to receive, on their behalf, service of process by which any suit, action or proceeding is begun in the courts of England arising out of or in connection with the Transaction Documents to which they are a party.

 

4.2

Central Servicer’s agency limited

The Central Servicer shall have no authority by virtue of this Agreement to act for or represent an Appointor as agent or otherwise save in respect of those functions and duties which it is expressly authorised to perform and discharge by this Agreement in an agency capacity and for the period during which this Agreement so authorises it to perform and discharge those functions and duties.

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

 

4.3

Central Servicer’s authority necessary to exercise of rights

In connection with the rights, powers and discretions conferred to the Central Servicer under this Agreement, the Central Servicer shall have the full power, authority and right to do or cause to be done any and all things which it reasonably considers necessary in relation to the exercise of such rights, powers and discretions in relation to the performance of the relevant Services.

 

4.4

Servicing Standard

The Central Servicer shall, at all times during the term of this Agreement, perform its obligations with all reasonable care, skill and diligence and in the utmost good faith and in the same manner as it would service assets to which it was beneficially entitled and with at least the same care and skill that would be expected of a professional servicer of similar assets (the “Servicing Standard”).

 

5.

OUTSOURCING

The Central Servicer may delegate all or part of the Services to any person as its Sub-contractor on the condition that:

 

  5.1.1

the Central Servicer reasonably believes that the Sub-contractor is capable of, and experienced in, performing the sub-contracted Services;

 

  5.1.2

no cost shall be borne by the Appointor in connection with such delegation;

 

  5.1.3

the Central Servicer shall maintain up-to-date records of the Services which have been delegated to any Sub-contractor, and such records shall contain the name and contact information of the Sub-contractor;

 

  5.1.4

in delegating any of the Services to a Sub-contractor, the Central Servicer shall act as a principal and not as an agent of any Appointor and shall use reasonable skill and care in choosing a Sub-contractor;

 

  5.1.5

the Central Servicer shall not be released or discharged from any liability under this Agreement, and no liability shall be diminished, and shall remain primarily liable for the performance of all of the obligations of the Central Servicer under this Agreement;

 

  5.1.6

the performance or non-performance and the manner of performance by any Sub-contractor of any of the Services shall not affect the Central Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement;

 

  5.1.7

any breach in the performance of the Services by a Sub-contractor shall be treated as a breach of this Agreement by the Central Servicer;

 

  5.1.8

neither the relevant Appointor nor the FleetCo Security Agent shall have any liability for any act or omission of any Sub-contractor and shall have no responsibility for monitoring or investigating the suitability of any Sub-contractor; and

 

  5.1.9

any obligations delegated to an entity are identical or similar to those obligations undertaken by the Central Servicer vis-a-vis the relevant Appointor under this Agreement.

 

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6.

GRANT OF POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Each Appointor shall from time to time upon receipt of request by the Central Servicer, promptly give to the Central Servicer any powers of attorney or other written authorisations or mandates and instruments as are reasonably necessary to enable the Central Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Such powers of attorney shall cease to have effect when the Central Servicer ceases to act as servicer under this Agreement.

 

7.

LIABILITY AND FORCE MAJEURE

 

7.1

Liabilities

The Central Servicer shall not be liable in respect of any Liabilities suffered or incurred by any Appointor or the FleetCo Security Agent as a result of the performance of its obligations under this Agreement save where such Liability is suffered or incurred as a result of any negligence, fraud or wilful default of the Central Servicer or a Sub-contractor or any material breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement (including any breach under Clause 4.4 (Servicing Standard)).

 

7.2

Central Servicer not liable for obligations

Subject to Clause 7.1 (Liabilities) but notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, if the Central Servicer is rendered unable to carry out any of its obligations under this Agreement as a result of:

 

  7.2.1

failure by a FleetCo Secured Creditor to comply with any of its obligations under a Relevant Transaction Document; or

 

  7.2.2

it being prevented from so doing by any Regulatory Direction or any Requirement of Law (other than arising as a result of an Insolvency Event in respect of the Central Servicer); or

 

  7.2.3

the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event,

the Central Servicer shall not be liable for any failure to carry out such obligations for so long as it is so prevented, provided that this Clause shall not apply if such event arises as a result of a wilful default, fraud, illegal dealing or breach of an agreement by the Central Servicer or its Sub-contractor

 

7.3

Central Servicer to minimise loss

Notwithstanding that in the circumstances specified in Clause 7.2 (Central Servicer not liable for obligations) it is relieved from liability for failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Central Servicer shall take such reasonable steps as are available to it (if any) to meet such obligations while such circumstances subsist and shall take such reasonable steps as are available to it in its sole discretion to procure that such event ceases to occur and/or that any loss resulting from any such event is minimised, including the installation and use of back-up information technology systems.

 

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7.4

Central Servicer notice of failure to carry out obligations

If the Central Servicer is prevented from carrying out any of its obligations under this Agreement as a result of any event referred to in Clause 7.2 (Central Servicer not liable for obligations), the Central Servicer shall give notice to the relevant Appointor and the FleetCo Security Agent as soon as reasonably practicable after being so prevented detailing the particulars of such event and, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, upon written request of the relevant Appointor and the FleetCo Security Agent, a notice indicating the steps, if any, which the Central Servicer proposes to take pursuant to Clause 7.3 (Central Servicer to minimise loss).

 

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SECTION C

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

8.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Central Servicer represents and warrants to each Appointor, as at the Maggiore Accesion Date and the FleetCo Security Agent on the terms set out below, as at the Effective Date, such representations and warranties of the Central Servicer and FleetCo Security Agent to be repeated on each Lease Determination Date and each Lease Payment Date, with reference to the facts and circumstances then existing, that:

 

8.1

Solvency

no Insolvency Event has occurred in respect of the Central Servicer;

 

8.2

No Default

no Servicer Termination Event or Potential Servicer Termination Event has occurred or is continuing;

 

8.3

No Cross Default

to the best of the Central Servicer’s knowledge and belief, it is not in breach of or default under any agreement, indenture, contract, mortgage, deed or other instrument to which it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets where such breach or default would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect in respect of the Central Servicer (as if references in the definition of Material Adverse Effect to Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo and the Issuer were a reference to the Central Servicer); and

 

8.4

Arm’s Length Transactions

this Agreement has been entered into by the Central Servicer in good faith for the benefit of the Central Servicer and on arm’s length commercial terms.

 

9.

COVENANTS

The Central Servicer covenants from the date hereof to each Appointor and the FleetCo Security Agent, on the terms set out below, that:

 

9.1

Compliance with Relevant Transaction Documents

it will at all times comply with and perform all its obligations under the Relevant Transaction Documents;

 

9.2

Notification

it shall promptly, upon becoming aware of any:

 

  9.2.1

breach of any of the representations and warranties in Clause 8 (Representations and Warranties);

 

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  9.2.2

breach of any undertaking given by the Central Servicer (in such capacity) under this Agreement;

 

  9.2.3

pending legal proceedings which, if adversely determined, might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect in respect of the Central Servicer (as if references in the definition of Material Adverse Effect to Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, French FleetCo and the Issuer were a reference to the Central Servicer);

 

  9.2.4

FleetCo Event of Default;

 

  9.2.5

Potential Servicer Termination Event; and

 

  9.2.6

Servicer Termination Event,

notify each Appointor, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent of the occurrence of any such event and (in connection with an event under sub-clauses 9.2.1, 9.2.2 and 9.2.5) the action the Central Servicer proposes to take with respect thereto and, to the extent that any Appointor has an obligation to deliver notices required by a Relevant Transaction Document in relation to such event, deliver such notices on behalf of the relevant Appointor in accordance with the terms of such Relevant Transaction Document to which the Central Servicer is a party (sending in each case a copy of such notice to the Appointor, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent), and do all other things and make all such arrangements as are permitted and necessary pursuant to such Relevant Transaction Document in relation to such event;

 

9.3

No Assignment

without prejudice to Clause 5 (Outsourcing), the Central Servicer shall not assign its rights or novate any of its obligations under this Agreement other than pursuant to or as contemplated in any Relevant Transaction Document; and

 

9.4

Instructions

following a Servicer Termination Event, comply with any reasonable directions, orders or instructions which the relevant Appointor or the FleetCo Security Agent may from time to time give in accordance with this Agreement (and in the event of conflict, those of the FleetCo Security Agent shall prevail).

 

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SECTION D

FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES

 

10.

CENTRAL SERVICER FEES

As consideration for the provision of the relevant Services by the Central Servicer, the following fees (exclusive of any applicable VAT) will be charged per annum:

 

Dutch FleetCo in respect of the German Cash Management Services:    EUR [Redacted]
Dutch FleetCo in respect of the Dutch Cash Management Services:    EUR [Redacted]
Issuer in respect of the Issuer Cash Management Services:    EUR [Redacted]
Dutch FleetCo, acting through its Spanish Branch:    EUR [Redacted]
Italian FleetCo:    EUR [Redacted]
French FleetCo:    EUR [Redacted]
German OpCo:    EUR [Redacted]
Spanish OpCo:    EUR [Redacted]
Avis Italian OpCo:    EUR [Redacted]
Maggiore Italian OpCo:    EUR [Redacted]
French OpCo:    EUR [Redacted]
Dutch OpCo:    EUR [Redacted]

(together, the “Central Servicer Fee”).

On each Lease Payment Date each Appointor shall pay a pro-rated amount of the above fee to the Central Servicer in respect of the Related Month, subject to, where the Appointors are the Issuer or a FleetCo, the FleetCo Priority of Payments and the Issuer Priority of Payments.

 

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11.

COSTS AND EXPENSES

 

11.1

Relevant FleetCo to reimburse Central Servicer for Liabilities

Each relevant FleetCo will reimburse the Central Servicer on each Lease Payment Date, in accordance with the relevant FleetCo Priority of Payments, in respect of all Liabilities incurred by the Central Servicer in such capacity or on behalf of the relevant FleetCo pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the activities carried out for such relevant FleetCo in respect of the Related Month, provided that, for the purposes of this Clause 11.1, “Liabilities” shall not include payments made (or to be made hereunder) by the Central Servicer by way of indemnity or otherwise hereunder to the relevant FleetCo (or to any other Appointor) or any Liabilities incurred by the Central Servicer other than in accordance with this Agreement or which the Central Servicer has incurred as a result of a breach of, or failure to perform under, this Agreement.

 

11.2

Unreimbursed costs and expenses to bear interest

 

  11.2.1

If the relevant FleetCo fails to pay any amount payable by it under this Agreement on its due date, without prejudice to any other remedies of the Central Servicer, default interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate equal to [Redacted] during the period of non-payment.

 

  11.2.2

Any interest accruing under clause 11.2.1 shall be payable by the relevant FleetCo to the Central Servicer, in accordance with and on the dates specified in the relevant FleetCo Priority of Payments.

 

12.

PAYMENT MECHANICS

 

12.1

Business days

Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

 

12.2

Currency of account

EUR is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from one party to another under this Agreement.

 

12.3

Set-off

All payments required to be made by any party under this Agreement shall be calculated without reference to any set-off or counterclaim and shall be made free and clear of and without any deduction for or on account of any set-off or counterclaim.

 

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12.4

After-tax basis

All indemnities in this Agreement are given on an after-tax basis, which shall mean that any party liable to make a payment under an indemnity (the “Payer”) shall pay such amount (the “Payment”) to the other party (the “Payee”) and shall ensure that the Payee is, so far as is practically possible, restored to the same position as it would have been in had the matter giving rise to the Payer’s obligation to make the Payment not arisen and, accordingly, the amount of the Payment shall take into account inter alia (a) the amount of any deduction against profits (or tax) arising to the Payee which results from the matter giving rise to the Payment and (b) whether the Payment is subject to tax in the Payee’s hands.

 

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SECTION E

TERMINATION OF SERVICER’S APPOINTMENT

 

13.

SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS

 

13.1

Termination by notification

Following one or more of the following events (each a “Servicer Termination Event”):

 

  13.1.1

the occurrence of a Central Servicer Event of Default; or

 

  13.1.2

if the Central Servicer is prevented or severely hindered for a period of [Redacted] or more from complying with its obligations under this Agreement as a result of a Force Majeure Event and such Force Majeure Event continues for a further [Redacted] after written notice of such Force Majeure Event has been given by the FleetCo Security Agent,

the relevant FleetCo (with prior consent of the FleetCo Security Agent), the Issuer (with the prior consent of the Issuer Security Trustee) and/or the FleetCo Security Agent may terminate the appointment of the Central Servicer under this Agreement by giving not less than [Redacted] written notice (a “Servicer Termination Notice”) to the Central Servicer, which termination shall take effect upon notification by the FleetCo Security Agent to the Central Servicer that alternative servicing has been implemented which is satisfactory to the FleetCo Security Agents,

 

  (a)

provided that, if any of the events specified in clause 13.1.1 or 13.1.2 occurs in respect of the Central Services but not the German Cash Management Services, the Dutch Cash Management Services or the Issuer Cash Management Services, the appointment in respect of the Central Services only may be terminated; and

 

  (b)

provided further that if any of the events specified in clause 13.1.1 or 13.1.2 occurs in respect of the German Cash Management Services but not the Central Services, the Dutch Cash Management Services or the Issuer Cash Management Services, the appointment in respect of the German Cash Management Services only may be terminated; and

 

  (c)

provided further that if any of the events specified in clause 13.1.1 or 13.1.2 occurs in respect of the Issuer Cash Management Services but not the Central Services, the Dutch Cash Management Services or the German Cash Management Services, the appointment in respect of the Issuer Cash Management Services only may be terminated.

 

  (d)

provided further that if any of the events specified in clause 13.1.1 or 13.1.2 occurs in respect of the Dutch Cash Management Services but not the Central Services, the Issuer Cash Management Services or the German Cash Management Services, the appointment in respect of the Dutch Cash Management Services only may be terminated.

 

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13.2

Resignation

The Central Servicer may, by giving not less than [Redacted] written notice to each Appointor and the FleetCo Security Agent, resign as Central Servicer, provided that, a replacement Central Servicer satisfactory to the FleetCo Security Agent and each Appointor has been or will, simultaneously with the termination of the Central Servicer’s appointment under this Agreement, be appointed.

 

13.3

Termination on Final Maturity Date

Unless previously terminated in accordance with Clause 13.1 (Termination by notification) or Clause 13.2 (Resignation), the appointment of the Central Servicer under this Agreement shall terminate on the Final Maturity Date.

 

14.

OBLIGATIONS OF CENTRAL SERVICER AFTER TERMINATION

 

14.1

Central Servicer to deliver records

On the Servicer Termination Date, the Central Servicer shall (save as prohibited or required otherwise by any Requirement of Law or any Regulatory Direction) promptly deliver to the order of or make available to (and in the meantime shall hold to the order of) the FleetCo Security Agent (or as it may direct) and the relevant Appointor the Servicer Records (provided that the Central Servicer shall have the right to promptly make and retain such copies of any such records as it desires at its own cost and provided that the exercise of such right shall not materially delay the return of such documents to the relevant Appointor) and any other assets of the relevant Appointor then held by it.

 

14.2

Central Servicer to cooperate with FleetCo before termination

If a notice of termination or resignation of the appointment of the Central Servicer under the provisions of Clause 13 (Servicer Termination Events) is validly given, the Central Servicer shall, both prior to and after such termination or resignation becomes effective, co-operate with the relevant Appointor and the FleetCo Security Agent to ensure that any replacement Central Servicer has all the documents and information it requires in order to fully perform the Services and the Central Servicer agrees to co-operate with the relevant Appointor, the FleetCo Security Agent and any replacement Central Servicer to effect such replacement and, on or prior to the termination of this Agreement, to (i) (in relation to the German Cash Management Services) facilitate the obtaining of new German Account Mandates for the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts as soon as reasonably practical to enable Dutch FleetCo, the FleetCo Security Agent and any replacement Central Servicer to operate such Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts and to (ii) (in relation to the Dutch Cash Management Services) facilitate the obtaining of new Dutch Account Mandates for the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts as soon as reasonably practical to enable Dutch FleetCo, the FleetCo Security Agent and any replacement Central Servicer to operate such Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts.

 

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14.3

Obligations of Central Servicer from Servicer Termination Date

From the Servicer Termination Date:

 

  14.3.1

all authority and power of the Central Servicer under this Agreement shall be terminated and shall be of no further effect;

 

  14.3.2

the Central Servicer shall no longer hold itself out in any way as the agent of the relevant Appointor;

 

  14.3.3

the rights and obligations of the Central Servicer under this Agreement and any obligations of the relevant Appointor and the FleetCo Security Agent to the Central Servicer shall cease but the relevant termination shall be without prejudice to:

 

  (a)

any rights, liabilities or obligations of the Central Servicer hereunder incurred or arising prior to and up to the Servicer Termination Date;

 

  (b)

any rights, liabilities or obligations of the relevant Appointor or the FleetCo Security Agent incurred or arising prior to and up to the Servicer Termination Date; and

 

  (c)

any of the Central Servicer’s obligations under this Clause 14.

 

14.4

Fees and other amounts owed to Central Servicer

Subject always to clause 27 (Non-Petition and Limited Recourse) of the Framework Agreement, the Central Servicer shall be entitled to receive all fees and other monies accrued and owing to it under this Agreement (whether or not due and payable) pro-rated up to the Servicer Termination Date but shall not be entitled to any compensation which accrues after the Servicer Termination Date. Without prejudice to each FleetCo’s rights under Clause 12.3 (Set-off), any monies so receivable by the Central Servicer shall be paid by the relevant FleetCo at the times on which they would otherwise have fallen due under this Agreement.

 

14.5

Appointment of a new Central Servicer

Following the termination of the appointment of the Central Servicer, no other person may be appointed to act as a replacement Central Servicer under the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement unless the relevant Appointor has granted a power of attorney in such person’s favour in a form (i) substantially similar to the power of attorney granted by it to the Central Servicer on or about the date hereof, and (ii) agreed by the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

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SECTION F

MISCELLANEOUS

 

15.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

15.1

Entire Agreement

This Agreement and any document referred to in this Agreement constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede any previous agreements between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

15.2

No Waiver

A failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by law does not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or a waiver of other rights or remedies. No single or partial exercise of a right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by law prevents further exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise of another right or remedy. The discontinuance, abandonment or adverse determination of any proceedings taken by any party hereto to enforce any right or any provisions shall not operate as a waiver of, or preclude any exercise or enforcement or other exercise or enforcement by such party of, that or any other right or provision. No waiver shall be effective unless specifically made in writing and signed by the duly authorised officer of the party granting such waiver.

 

15.3

No reliance

Each party hereto agrees that:

 

  15.3.1

it has not entered into this Agreement in reliance upon any representation, warranty or undertaking of any other party which is not expressly set out or referred to in Clause 8 (Representations and Warranties) or any other Relevant Transaction Document; and

 

  15.3.2

except in respect of an express representation or warranty under Clause 8 (Representations and Warranties) or any other Relevant Transaction Document, it shall not have any claim or remedy in respect of any misrepresentation or breach of warranty by any other party or in respect of any untrue statement by any other party, regardless of whether such misrepresentation, breach or untrue statement was made, occurred or was given prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

16.

FURTHER ASSURANCE

Each Appointor and the Central Servicer shall (at such Party’s cost) do and execute, or arrange for the doing and executing of, each act, document and thing requested of it by the FleetCo Security Agent in order to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement.

 

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17.

FLEETCO SECURITY AGENT PARTY TO AGREEMENT

 

17.1

Better preservation and enforcement of rights

Except where this Agreement provides otherwise, the FleetCo Security Agent has agreed to become a party to this Agreement for the better preservation and enforcement of its rights under this Agreement and shall not assume any liabilities or obligations under this Agreement unless such obligation or liability is expressly assumed by the FleetCo Security Agent in this Agreement.

 

17.2

FleetCo Security Agent has no responsibility

The FleetCo Security Agent shall not have any responsibility for any of the obligations of the other Parties and the other Parties acknowledge that the FleetCo Security Agent has no such responsibility and that the FleetCo Security Agent is entitled to the protections contained in and on the terms set out in this Agreement and the Framework Agreement. The Parties acknowledge that, by declaring that it accepts the above mentioned rights and benefits under this Agreement, the FleetCo Security Agent shall have no liabilities to, and will not assume or have any obligations of, any other party to this Agreement.

 

18.

CHANGE OF FLEETCO SECURITY AGENT

If there is an appointment of a replacement FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with the terms of the relevant FleetCo Deed of Charge, each of the Parties shall execute such documents and take such action as the successor FleetCo Security Agent and the outgoing FleetCo Security Agent may reasonably require for the purposes of vesting in the replacement FleetCo Security Agent the benefit of this Agreement and the rights, powers and obligations of the FleetCo Security Agent under this Agreement, and releasing the outgoing FleetCo Security Agent from its future obligations under this Agreement.

 

19.

SERVICES NON-EXCLUSIVE

 

19.1

Non-Exclusivity

Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Party from rendering services similar to those provided for in this Agreement to other persons, firms or companies or from carrying on any business similar to or in competition with the business of any of the Parties.

 

19.2

Existing Businesses

Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Party from carrying on its own business in the manner which it thinks fit, unless, by so doing, it would render itself unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement in the manner contemplated in this Agreement.

 

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20.

NO PARTNERSHIP

Except where this Agreement provides otherwise, no provision of this Agreement creates a partnership between any of the Parties or makes a Party the agent of another Party for any purpose. Except where this Agreement provides otherwise, a Party has no authority or power to bind, to contract in the name of, or to create a liability for another Party in any way or for any purpose.

 

21.

CONTINUATION OF OBLIGATIONS

 

21.1

FleetCos

Except to the extent that they have been performed and except where this Agreement specifically provides otherwise, the warranties, representations, indemnities, and obligations contained in this Agreement remain in force after the date on which they were expressed to take effect until the date on which all obligations due or owing by the relevant FleetCo under the Relevant Transaction Documents have been paid or discharged in full.

 

21.2

Central Servicer

In the event that Dutch FleetCo terminates (in whole or in part) the Central Servicer’s appointment in respect of the Dutch Cash Management Services in accordance with clause 8.5.3 (Dutch Opco Event of Default) of the Framework Agreement and any obligations of the Central Servicer in respect of the Dutch Cash Management Services have not already been performed in full at that date of termination (the “Outstanding Obligations”), then the obligation to perform those Outstanding Obligations shall remain in force after the date on which the appointment is expressed to be terminated until the date on which the obligations have been satisfied in full.

 

22.

ASSIGNMENT AND SUBCONTRACTING

 

22.1

Successors

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each Party and its or any subsequent successors, transferees and assigns.

 

22.2

Assignment

No party may assign or transfer or purport to assign or transfer any right or obligation under this Agreement except (a) where any Relevant Transaction Document provides otherwise, (b) with the prior written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent, or (c) in connection with the grant of the Security by the relevant FleetCo in any FleetCo Security Document.

 

22.3

Benefit

Each Party (other than the FleetCo Security Agent) is entering into this Agreement for its own benefit and not for the benefit of another person. The FleetCo Security Agent is entering into this Agreement in its own name and on behalf of the FleetCo Secured Creditors.

 

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22.4

Delegation

Except where this Agreement specifically provides otherwise, a Party may not subcontract or delegate the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

23.

OBLIGATIONS AS CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS

 

23.1

No recourse against shareholders and others

No party shall have any recourse against nor shall any personal liability attach to any shareholder, officer, agent, employee or director of the relevant Appointor, the Central Servicer or the FleetCo Security Agent in its capacity as such, by any proceedings or otherwise, in respect of any obligation, covenant, or agreement of the relevant Appointor, the Central Servicer or the FleetCo Security Agent contained in this Agreement.

 

23.2

No liability for Obligations of Appointor

The parties, other than the relevant Appointor, shall not have any liability for the obligations of such Appointor under the Relevant Transaction Documents and nothing in this Agreement shall constitute the giving of a guarantee, an indemnity or the assumption of a similar obligation by any of such other parties in respect of the performance by such Appointor of such obligations.

 

24.

TIME OF THE ESSENCE

Subject to any grace periods provided hereunder, time shall be of the essence of this Agreement as regards any time, date or period, whether as originally agreed or altered by agreement between all the parties (and, where required, with consent) or in any other manner provided in this Agreement, for the performance of the Central Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

25.

VALUE ADDED TAX AND STAMP TAXES

 

25.1

Sums payable exclusive of VAT

All sums or other consideration set out in this Agreement or otherwise payable or provided by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is or becomes chargeable on any supply or supplies for which such sums or other consideration (or any part thereof) are the whole or part of the consideration for VAT purposes.

 

25.2

Costs and expenses

References in this Agreement to any fee, cost, loss, disbursement, commission, damages, expense, charge or other liability incurred by any party to this Agreement and in respect of which such party is to be reimbursed or indemnified by any other party under the terms of, or the amount of which is to be taken into account in any calculation or computation set out in, this Agreement shall include such part of such fee, cost, loss, disbursement, commission, damages, expense, charge or other liability as represents any VAT, but only to the extent that such first party is not entitled to a refund (by way of credit or repayment) in respect of such VAT from any relevant Tax Authority.

 

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25.3

Stamp Taxes

The Central Servicer shall pay all stamp, registration and other taxes and duties (including any interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) which may be payable on or in connection with this Agreement and shall indemnify (on an after-tax basis) Dutch FleetCo against any claim, demand, action, liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including, without limitation, legal fees) which it may incur or may be made against it as a result or arising out of or in relation to any failure to pay or delay in paying any of the same.

 

26.

ISSUER INSUFFICIENT RECOVERIES

If, or to the extent that, after the Issuer Secured Property has been as fully as practicable realised and the proceeds thereof have been applied in accordance with the applicable Issuer Priority of Payments, the amounts recovered on realisation of the Issuer Secured Property are insufficient to pay or discharge amounts due from the Issuer to the Issuer Secured Creditors in full for any reason, the Issuer will have no liability to pay or otherwise make good any such insufficiency.

 

27.

FLEETCO INSUFFICIENT RECOVERIES

If, or to the extent that, after the relevant FleetCo Secured Property has been as fully as practicable realised and the proceeds thereof have been applied in accordance with the applicable FleetCo Priority of Payments, the amounts recovered on realisation of the relevant FleetCo Secured Property are insufficient to pay or discharge amounts due from the relevant FleetCo to the relevant FleetCo Secured Creditors in full for any reason, such FleetCo will have no liability to pay or otherwise make good any such insufficiency

 

28.

AMENDMENT

This Agreement shall not be amended without the prior consent of the Parties hereto.

 

29.

GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising from it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

 

30.

JURISDICTION

With respect to any suit, action, dispute or proceedings relating to this Agreement and to any non-contractual obligations arising from or connected to it, each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of England and Wales and agrees that the English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any suit, action, dispute or proceedings and accordingly neither party will argue to the contrary.

 

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31.

EXECUTION

The Parties have executed this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto and is intended to be and is hereby delivered on the date first above written.

 

FINCAR FLEET B.V.

as Dutch FleetCo

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:   Managing Director / Proxyholder A
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:   Managing Director / Proxyholder B

FINCAR FLEET B.V., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA

as Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:   Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch representative

AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. FLEET CO. S.A.P.A.

as Italian FleetCo

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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AB FLEETCO

as French FleetCo

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED

as Central Servicer

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
SIGNED by a duly authorised attorney of
CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:   Authorised Attorney

AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A.

 

as Avis Italian OpCo

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE, S.A.

 

as Spanish OpCo

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

                                      

AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERMIETUNG GMBH & CO. KG

 

as German OpCo

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

AVIS LOCATION DE VOITURES SAS

 

as French OpCo

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERHUUR B.V.

 

as Dutch OpCo

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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MAGGIORE RENT S.P.A.
as Maggiore Italian OpCo
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By: DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH
as Issuer Cash Manager
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
as FleetCo Security Agent
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE 1

SERVICES

PART A

CENTRAL SERVICES

 

1.

Co-ordination of information and reporting

 

1.1

The Central Servicer shall co-ordinate with each Italian Servicer, Spanish Servicer and the French Servicer and collect information from the relevant Servicer for the purposes of preparation of the following reports:

 

  1.1.1

the Monthly Central Servicing Report; and

 

  1.1.2

the Intra-Month Central Servicer Report

together the “CS Reports”.

 

1.2

The Central Servicer shall deliver the CS Reports to the Transaction Agent, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager on the dates set out in the Framework Agreement.

 

1.3

The Central Servicer shall collate all data and information received from the relevant FleetCo, the relevant Italian Servicer, Spanish Servicer, French Servicer, Dutch OpCo and German OpCo to the extent information is required to be provided pursuant to the Framework Agreement on an aggregated basis.

 

2.

Calculation and Determinations

Facility Agreements

 

2.1

The Central Servicer shall:

 

  2.1.1

on behalf and in the name of the Issuer, following the approval by the Issuer of any amounts inserted into any draft Senior Advance Drawdown Notice or Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice in accordance with paragraph 2.3 of Part D (Issuer Cash Management Services) of Schedule 1 (Services) to this Agreement, execute and deliver such Senior Advance Drawdown Notice or Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice to the Senior Noteholders, the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Registrar and the Subordinated Lender in accordance with the provisions of the Framework Agreement;

 

  2.1.2

on behalf and in the name of the Issuer:

 

  (a)

insert into any draft Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice the instruction notified to the Central Servicer by the Issuer; and

 

  (b)

execute and deliver the same to the Issuer Cash Manager, the Transaction Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee, the Registrar, each Senior Noteholder and the Subordinated Lender;

 

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  2.1.3

on behalf and in the name of Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, French FleetCo and FCT:

 

  (a)

insert into any draft FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notices in the form provided in the Framework Agreement:

 

  (i)

any FleetCo Advance Amount(s), FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date(s) and FleetCo Advance Repayment Date(s) provided to the Central Servicer by any relevant FleetCo; and

 

  (ii)

any VFN Advance Amount(s), VFN Advance Drawdown Date(s) and VFN Advance Repayment Date(s) provided to the Central Servicer by FCT;

 

  (b)

send the relevant draft FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice to:

 

  (i)

the Issuer, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent in respect of FleetCo Advance Drawdown Notices in respect of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch and Italian FleetCo; and

 

  (ii)

the French Intermediary Bank, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent in respect of FleetCo Advance Drawdown Notices in respect of French FleetCo; and

 

  (c)

following confirmation of compliance with the Country Asset Value Test and the Issuer Borrowing Base Test from the Transaction Agent on the Information Date or Intra-Month Information Date (as applicable) pursuant to clause 14A.1.1 of the Framework Agreement, execute such FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice and deliver the same to the Issuer, the French Intermediary Bank, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent, by no later than 1pm (CET) on the Information Date or Intra-Month Information Date, as applicable,

in each case in accordance with the provisions of the Framework Agreement;

 

  2.1.4

on behalf of the Issuer and the French Intermediary Bank, review draft FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notices (including those prepared by it in accordance with paragraph 2.1.3(a) above) and verify such drawdown requests by reference to the relevant CS Report on the Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date (as applicable); and

 

  2.1.5

on behalf and in the name of the Issuer, the Dutch VAT Loan Borrower and the Italian VAT Loan Borrower,

 

  (a)

insert into any draft Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice in the form provided in the Framework Agreement (including any Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice delivered pursuant to clause 14A.4.3 of the Framework Agreement):

 

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  (i)

the Principal Amount, the Drawdown Date and Repayment Date of any Issuer Subordinated Advance provided to the Central Servicer by the Issuer;

 

  (ii)

the Principal Amount and Utilisation Date of any Dutch VAT Loan Advance provided to the Central Servicer by the Dutch VAT Loan Borrower;

 

  (iii)

the Principal Amount and Utilisation Date of any Italian VAT Loan Advance provided to the Central Servicer by the Italian VAT Loan Borrower; and

 

  (b)

execute such Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice (including any Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice delivered pursuant to clause 14A.4.3 of the Framework Agreement) and deliver the same to the Issuer Subordinated Lender, Dutch VAT Lender, Italian VAT Lender, Issuer Cash Manager, Transaction Agent and Italian Servicer,

in each case in accordance with the provisions of the Framework Agreement.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Central Servicer’s duties in this paragraph 2.1 are mechanical and administrative in nature. In the making of any Senior Advance Drawdown Notice, Senior Advance Decrease/Delayed Amount Reduction Notice, FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice and Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice, the Central Servicer may rely upon the instruction or approval given to it by the Issuer, Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo, Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, French FleetCo, FCT, Dutch VAT Loan Borrower or Italian VAT Loan Borrower as applicable.

 

2.2

The Central Servicer shall notify the Transaction Agent of any prepayment or repayment of any FleetCo Advance and shall agree with the Transaction Agent the date of any repayment of any FleetCo Advance if it is different to the FleetCo Advance Repayment Date specified in the related FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice.

 

2.3

The Central Servicer shall notify Italian FleetCo, Dutch FleetCo, Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, French FleetCo, the Spanish Servicer, each Italian Servicer, the French Servicer, the Issuer Cash Manager and the Transaction Agent of each determination of FleetCo Advance Interest Amounts payable under a FleetCo Facility Agreement on the relevant Payment Confirmation Date as soon as practical following its receipt of the interest amount due and payable in respect of the Senior Advance from the Transaction Agent.

 

2.4

The Central Servicer shall notify each Italian VAT Borrower, the Avis Italian Servicer and the Transaction Agent of each determination of interest payable under any Italian VAT Loan Agreement.

 

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2.5

The Central Servicer shall notify the Dutch VAT Borrower and the Transaction Agent of each determination of interest payable under the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement.

Determinations

 

2.6

The Central Servicer shall co-ordinate with each Italian Servicer, the Spanish Servicer, the French Servicer and German OpCo and Dutch OpCo and collect information from the relevant Servicer and German OpCo and Dutch OpCo for the purposes of determining the Country Asset Value Test and the Issuer Borrowing Base Test.

 

2.7

The Central Servicer shall co-ordinate with each Italian Servicer, the Spanish Servicer and the French Servicer as well as German OpCo and Dutch OpCo to determine, on a periodic basis, whether the Credit Enhancement Required Amount, Issuer Reserved Required Amount and Concentration Limits are met and shall liaise with the Subordinated Lender in relation to such determinations.

 

2.8

The Central Servicer shall, following receipt of notice from the Spanish Servicer, any Italian Servicer or the French Servicer notify the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager in writing by 5pm (GMT) on each Reporting Date in the event of a FleetCo AF Shortfall of the Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Spanish Vehicle Fleet, Italian FleetCo or French FleetCo.

 

2.9

The Central Servicer shall notify Avis Europe if there will be a FleetCo AF Shortfall.

 

2.10

The Central Servicer shall, following receipt of notice from the FCT Management Company notify the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager in writing by 5pm (GMT) on each Reporting Date in the event of a FCT AF Shortfall of the FCT.

Costs and Expenses

 

2.11

The Central Servicer shall co-ordinate with the Transaction Agent and the Issuer Cash Manager in relation to information provided by them regarding the determination of the costs of funds, interest rate, interest amount or other amounts determined by them in respect of the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and co-ordinate with each Italian Servicer, the Spanish Servicer and the French Servicer in respect of the relevant amounts payable under the respective FleetCo Facility Agreement.

 

2.12

The Central Servicer shall calculate the FleetCo Spanish Advances Proportion, the FleetCo German Advances Proportion, the FleetCo Italian Advances Proportion, the FleetCo Dutch Advances Proportion and the FleetCo French Advances Proportion of any Ongoing Issuer Fees or the fees, costs, charges, expenses and liabilities of the Liquidation Agent. On calculating the amounts due by each of Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, Italian FleetCo and French FleetCo, the Central Servicer shall notify the Spanish Servicer, the Italian Servicer and the French Servicer accordingly.

 

2.13

The Central Servicer shall calculate the Dutch FleetCo Level Spanish Advances Proportion, the Dutch FleetCo Level German Advances Proportion and the Dutch FleetCo Level Dutch Advances Proportion of any Dutch FleetCo Dutch Expenses. On calculating the amounts due by Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch, the Central Servicer shall notify the Spanish Servicer accordingly.

 

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PART B

GERMAN CASH MANAGEMENT SERVICES

 

1.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS AND AUDITORS

 

1.1

Compliance Certificate

The Central Servicer will, where required, assist with the preparation of any FleetCo Compliance Certificate and deliver it to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager on or before each Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date.

 

1.2

Preparation and basis of Accounts

The Central Servicer will, where required, assist with the preparation of a profit and loss account, balance sheet, Dutch FleetCo’s Dutch financial statements, directors’ report and any other report or information in accordance with:

 

  1.2.1

any Requirement of Law (including, without limitation, in accordance with any time limits thereunder); and

 

  1.2.2

on a consistent basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices in the Netherlands,

so as to show a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities and profit and loss of Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany at the end of Dutch FleetCo’s Accounting Reference Period.

 

2.

TAX

 

2.1

Central Servicer to assist in preparation of Dutch tax returns

 

  2.1.1

The Central Servicer shall, where necessary, assist with the preparation of any Dutch tax returns required to be filed by Dutch FleetCo in the Netherlands in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany as required by any Requirement of Law, in each case on a prompt and timely basis and shall, where necessary, file such returns at least [Redacted] before such returns are due to be filed under applicable Requirement of Law.

 

  2.1.2

The Central Servicer shall, where necessary, provide Dutch FleetCo with administrative assistance in relation to compliance by Dutch FleetCo with relevant tax legislation (including, without limitation, assistance in relation to the payment by Dutch FleetCo of applicable taxes) in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany.

 

2.2

Dutch FleetCo to furnish information

Dutch FleetCo shall furnish the Central Servicer with all such information as the Central Servicer may reasonably require to enable it to perform its obligations under this paragraph 2.

 

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3.

VAT MANAGEMENT

The Central Servicer shall, where necessary, provide Dutch FleetCo with such administrative assistance as is necessary for Dutch FleetCo to comply with relevant VAT legislation in Germany or The Netherlands in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany (including, without limitation, assistance in relation to the preparation and filing of VAT returns, VAT refunds and the issue of VAT invoices and credit notes for VAT purposes).

 

4.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS

 

4.1

The Central Servicer shall ensure that it establishes the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account, the VAT Component and Charge Costs Component Trust Account and, where required, the Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account (on behalf of and in the name of Dutch FleetCo) with the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank, which shall not commingle any monies of Dutch FleetCo with any other monies or accounts whatsoever other than those of Dutch FleetCo (excluding Excluded Payments).

 

4.2

The Central Servicer shall ensure that the mandates relating to the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts opened on the Initial Funding Date have been delivered to and accepted by the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator.

 

5.

OPERATION OF LEDGERS ON THE DUTCH FLEETCO GERMAN BANK ACCOUNTS

Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account

 

5.1

The Central Servicer shall ensure that it maintains ledgers (in Computer Readable Form) for the proper management of funds (the “Ledgers”) including, without limitation, ledgers relating to Dutch FleetCo in respect of:

 

  (a)

Rent and other amounts paid to Dutch FleetCo under the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement (including as distinct line items, Casualty Payments received from the Lessee in accordance with clause 13.1 (Notification by Lessee and Casualty Payment) of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, Redesignation Amounts received from the Lessee in accordance with clause 24.2 (Payment of Redesignation Amounts by Lessee or reduction in German Base Rent) of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement and amounts representing Traffic Fines and Penalties received from the Lessee in accordance with clause 14.1 (Payments of fees, penalties and fines etc. by the Lessee) of the Master German Fleet Lease Agreement, in each case during the period starting on (and including) the previous Lease Determination Date and ending on but excluding) the immediately following Lease Determination Date;

 

  (b)

Eligible Receivables and Disposal Proceeds in respect of Vehicles sold to German OpCo (on a Vehicle by Vehicle and Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer by Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer basis) and/or other third parties;

 

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  (c)

interest (if any) received on any balance standing from time to time to the credit of its Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account credited during the preceding calendar month;

 

  (d)

the VAT charged or to be charged by Dutch FleetCo on supplies of goods or services treated for German VAT purposes as made by Dutch FleetCo in the relevant month, other than the VAT Amount and the Third Party Purchase Price VAT Amount (the “German Monthly Output VAT Ledger”);

 

  (e)

the VAT paid or to be paid by Dutch FleetCo on supplies of goods or services treated for German VAT purposes as made to Dutch FleetCo in the relevant month (excluding the VAT Component) (the “German Monthly Input VAT Ledger”);

 

  (f)

the principal amount of all FleetCo Advances in respect of the German Vehicle Fleet;

 

  (g)

monies standing to the credit of the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account which constitute Excluded Payments and distributed in accordance with paragraph 8.4, Part B, Schedule 1 (the “Excluded Payments ledger”);

 

  (h)

amounts for which a provision is made on a Settlement Date in accordance with item (B), Part A, Part 5, Schedule 3 of the Framework Agreement (the “provisioned items ledger”); and

 

  (i)

the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s German Vehicle Fleet.

 

5.2

The Central Servicer shall ensure that all Ledgers are updated on a regular basis.

Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account

 

5.3

The Central Servicer shall operate the Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account and maintain any necessary ledgers to evidence amounts deposited to and withdrawn from such account in accordance with instructions received from the Transaction Agent.

Notification to German OpCo

 

5.4

Following the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator notifying the Central Servicer that a payment will not be made pursuant to clauses 4.1.6 or 6.3.2 of the German Account Bank Agreement, the Central Servicer shall notify German OpCo.

 

6.

VAT COMPONENT AND CHARGE COSTS COMPONENT TRUST ACCOUNT

 

6.1

The Central Servicer shall not withdraw any amount from the VAT Component and Charge Costs Component Trust Account except for the sole purpose of paying the Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers in accordance with the relevant Vehicle Purchasing Agreements and also in accordance with the German Trust Agreement.

 

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6.2

Upon receipt of and in accordance with the instructions received from German OpCo, the Central Servicer shall withdraw any VAT Component or Charge Costs Component required to be paid to the Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers indicated by German OpCo from the VAT Component and Charge Costs Component Trust Account and transfer such amounts to the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account such that Dutch FleetCo may make a single payment of purchase price to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer.

 

7.

CHANGE OF ACCOUNT BANK

 

7.1

Change of Account Bank

 

  7.1.1

If, in accordance with the terms of the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Agreement, (a) the Central Servicer or Dutch FleetCo wishes to terminate the appointment of the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and/or the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator, or (b) the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank at which the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts are held and/or the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator tenders its resignation in accordance with the terms of clause 12.3 (Resignation of Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank or Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator) of the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Agreement, the Central Servicer shall ensure that:

 

  (1)

in the case of paragraph 6.1.1(a) above only, Dutch FleetCo obtains a written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent to effect such termination (such consent not to be unreasonably delayed or withheld by the FleetCo Security Agent), and, following the receipt of such consent, provides written notice of such termination to the relevant Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator not less than [Redacted] prior to the proposed date of such termination;

 

  (2)

Dutch FleetCo appoints a successor to the relevant Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and/or Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator (if necessary) in accordance with clause 12.7 (Successor Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator) of the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Agreement; and

 

  (3)

Dutch FleetCo transfers each Dutch FleetCo German Bank Account to a successor Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank.

 

7.2

Central Servicer action on transfer of Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts

Simultaneously with the transfer of the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts to a new account bank:

 

  7.2.1

the Central Servicer shall ensure that such new Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts are secured in the same manner as the original Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts were secured under the FleetCo Security Documents and Dutch FleetCo shall execute such documents and give such notices as may be required by the FleetCo Security Agent for that purpose; and

 

  7.2.2

the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts shall continue to apply to the new Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts.

 

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8.

OPERATION OF DUTCH FLEETCO GERMAN TRANSACTION ACCOUNT

 

8.1

FleetCo funds

The Central Servicer shall ensure that all amounts payable to Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in Germany (save for any amounts required to be credited to the Dutch FleetCo German Reserve Account and the VAT Component and Charge Costs Component Trust Account) shall be paid directly into the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account. Upon the Central Servicer becoming aware that any of such amounts is inadvertently deposited into any of the Central Servicer’s bank accounts or any other Dutch FleetCo German Bank Account, such amount shall be transferred to the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account by the Central Servicer within [Redacted] Business Days.

 

8.2

FleetCo Payment Date Payments

On each FleetCo Payment Date, the Central Servicer (acting on behalf of Dutch FleetCo) shall direct that funds standing to the credit of the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account will be applied towards the satisfaction of amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in Germany under the Relevant Transaction Document in accordance with the applicable FleetCo Priority of Payments.

 

8.3

Provisioned Payments

 

  8.3.1

The Central Servicer (acting on behalf of Dutch FleetCo) may, on any Business Day, withdraw any amounts credited by way of a provision on a previous Settlement Date to the provisioned items ledger of the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account and apply such amounts, inter alia, towards the following payments:

 

  (a)

towards payment of any amounts that are due and payable to the relevant Transaction Party and as set out as amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo in accordance with the relevant FleetCo Priority of Payments (other than amounts listed in (b) to (g) below), otherwise than on the next FleetCo Payment Date, in accordance with the provisions of the Relevant Transaction Documents;

 

  (b)

towards payment of any accrued and unpaid Taxes (and VAT) imposed upon Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in Germany by any applicable Tax Authority;

 

  (c)

towards payment of the purchase price (plus any VAT Component and Charge Costs Component) in relation to the purchase of Vehicles by Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the Master German Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

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  (d)

towards payments of VAT Amounts to German OpCo in accordance with clause 6.4 of the German Master Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

  (e)

towards payment of any excess amounts to German OpCo which represent the difference between the Net Book Value and the Vehicle Manufacturer Repurchase Price (excluding VAT) in accordance with clause 6.3 of the German Master Fleet Purchase Agreement;

 

  (f)

towards payments of Third Party Purchase Price VAT Amounts to German OpCo in accordance with clause 6.6 of the German Master Fleet Purchase Agreement; and

 

  (g)

towards payment of any excess amounts to German OpCo which represent the difference between the OpCo Repurchase Price and the Third Party Purchase Price (excluding VAT) in accordance with clause 6.5 of the German Master Fleet Purchase Agreement,

provided that upon the delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice to Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the terms of the Relevant Transaction Document, the Central Servicer shall not withdraw any such amounts from the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account without instructions from the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

  8.3.2

The Central Servicer (acting on behalf of Dutch FleetCo) may, on any Scheduled Repayment Date of a FleetCo Advance drawn under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement, withdraw any amounts from the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account to repay such FleetCo Advances.

 

8.4

Excluded Payments

Any Excluded Payments standing to the credit of the Excluded Payments ledger of the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account shall be remitted by the Central Servicer, upon the Central Servicer becoming aware of the same, to the person who is entitled to such funds. In particular this may include, inter alia, any amounts paid into the Dutch FleetCo German Transaction Account:

 

  (a)

in respect of a Vehicle which is owned by German OpCo, and such amounts shall be paid to German OpCo; and

 

  (b)

in error to Dutch FleetCo and to which Dutch FleetCo is not contractually entitled, to the person who is so entitled to such funds.

 

8.5

Reconciliations

On the [Redacted] Business Day of each month, the Central Servicer shall carry out a reconciliation of the balances of the Dutch FleetCo German Bank Accounts against its record of the directions given by it to the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator pursuant to this Agreement and shall promptly contact the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator in order to resolve any discrepancy which it identified.

 

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9.

CALCULATIONS AND REPORTS

 

9.1

Calculations

The Central Servicer shall, on behalf of Dutch FleetCo, make all the calculations on a timely basis with respect to:

 

  9.1.1

any fees and amounts in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s participation in the transaction effected by the Transaction Documents relating to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in Germany (including all amounts due under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement and other Relevant Transaction Documents); and

 

  9.1.2

ensuring that the FleetCo Advances made to the Dutch FleetCo under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement do not exceed the Dutch FleetCo’s Country Asset Value in Germany.

 

9.2

Prior to each Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date, as applicable, the Central Servicer shall (i) calculate the amounts to be borrowed by Dutch FleetCo under the FleetCo German Facility Agreement, (ii) establish the corresponding FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date and also the FleetCo Proposed Repayment Schedule, and (iii) prepare a corresponding draft FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice.

 

9.3

The Central Servicer shall send the relevant draft FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in Germany to the Issuer, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent on the Reporting Date or the Intra-Month Reporting Date, as applicable.

 

9.4

Following confirmation of compliance with the Country Asset Value Test and the Issuer Borrowing Base Test in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s German Vehicle Fleet from the Transaction Agent on or prior to the Information Date or the Intra-Month Information Date pursuant to clause 14A.1.1 of the Framework Agreement, the Central Servicer shall complete the actions described in paragraph 2.1.3(c) of Part A (Central Services) of this Schedule 1 (Services).

 

9.5

The Central Servicer shall calculate the FleetCo Available Funds in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s German Vehicle Fleet on each Reporting Date.

 

9.6

The Central Servicer shall notify the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager in writing by 5pm (GMT) on each Reporting Date in the event of a FleetCo AF Shortfall of the Dutch FleetCo in respect of its German Vehicle Fleet.

 

9.7

Reports

The Central Servicer shall co-ordinate with the German OpCo and collect the relevant information from German OpCo required for the purposes of completing the Fleet Report and the FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report in each case in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s German Vehicle Fleet. Upon completion of such reports the Central Servicer shall deliver them to Dutch FleetCo, the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager by 2pm (CET) on each Reporting Date.

 

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PART C

DUTCH CASH MANAGEMENT SERVICES

 

1.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS AND AUDITORS

 

1.1

Compliance Certificate

The Central Servicer will, where required, assist with the preparation of any FleetCo Compliance Certificate and, to the extent the Compliance Certificate is not delivered pursuant to paragraph 1.1, Part B, Schedule 1, deliver it to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager on or before each Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date.

 

1.2

Preparation and basis of Accounts

The Central Servicer will, where required, assist with the preparation of a profit and loss account, balance sheet, Dutch FleetCo’s Dutch financial statements, directors’ report and any other report or information in accordance with:

 

  1.2.1

any Requirement of Law (including, without limitation, in accordance with any time limits thereunder); and

 

  1.2.2

on a consistent basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices in the Netherlands,

so as to show a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities and profit and loss of Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands at the end of Dutch FleetCo’s Accounting Reference Period.

 

2.

TAX

 

2.1

Central Servicer to assist in preparation of Dutch tax returns

 

  2.1.1

The Central Servicer shall, where necessary, assist with the preparation of any Dutch tax returns required to be filed by Dutch FleetCo in The Netherlands in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands as required by any Requirement of Law, in each case on a prompt and timely basis and shall, where necessary, file such returns at least [Redacted] Business Days before such returns are due to be filed under applicable Requirement of Law.

 

  2.1.2

The Central Servicer shall, where necessary, provide Dutch FleetCo with administrative assistance in relation to compliance by Dutch FleetCo with relevant tax legislation (including, without limitation, assistance in relation to the payment by Dutch FleetCo of applicable taxes) in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands.

 

2.2

Dutch FleetCo to furnish information

Dutch FleetCo shall furnish the Central Servicer with all such information as the Central Servicer may reasonably require to enable it to perform its obligations under this paragraph 2.

 

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3.

VAT MANAGEMENT

The Central Servicer shall, where necessary, provide Dutch FleetCo with such administrative assistance as is necessary for Dutch FleetCo to comply with relevant VAT legislation in The Netherlands in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands (including, without limitation, assistance in relation to the preparation and filing of VAT returns, VAT refunds and the issue of VAT invoices and credit notes for VAT purposes).

 

4.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS

 

4.1

The Central Servicer shall ensure that it establishes the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account, and, where required, the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account (on behalf of and in the name of Dutch FleetCo) with the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank, which shall not commingle any monies of Dutch FleetCo with any other monies or accounts whatsoever other than those of Dutch FleetCo (excluding Excluded Payments).

 

4.2

The Central Servicer shall ensure that the mandates relating to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts opened on the Dutch Accession Date have been delivered to and accepted by the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator.

 

5.

OPERATION OF LEDGERS ON THE DUTCH FLEETCO DUTCH BANK ACCOUNTS

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account

 

5.1

The Central Servicer shall ensure that it maintains ledgers (in Computer Readable Form) for the proper management of funds (the “Ledgers”) including, without limitation, ledgers relating to Dutch FleetCo in respect of:

 

  (a)

Rent and other amounts paid to Dutch FleetCo under the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement (including as distinct line items, pre-paid Rent in accordance with clause 17.1 (Prepayment) of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, Casualty Payments received from the Lessee in accordance with clause 14.1 (Notification by Lessee and Casualty Payment) of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, Redesignation Amounts received from the Lessee in accordance with clause 26.2 (Payment of Redesignation Amounts by Lessee or reduction of Base Rents) of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement and amounts representing Traffic Fines and Penalties received from the Lessee in accordance with clause 15.1 (Payments of fees, penalties and fines etc. by the Lessee) of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement, in each case during the period starting on (and including) the previous Lease Determination Date and ending on (but excluding) the immediately following Lease Determination Date;

 

  (b)

Eligible Receivables and Disposal Proceeds in respect of Vehicles sold to Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers (on a Vehicle by Vehicle and Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer by Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer basis) and/or other third parties in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands;

 

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  (c)

interest (if any) received on any balance standing from time to time to the credit of its Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account credited during the preceding calendar month;

 

  (d)

the VAT charged or to be charged by Dutch FleetCo on supplies of goods or services treated for Dutch VAT purposes as made by Dutch FleetCo in the relevant month in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands (the “Dutch Monthly Output VAT Ledger”);

 

  (e)

the VAT paid or to be paid by Dutch FleetCo on supplies of goods or services treated for Dutch VAT purposes as made to Dutch FleetCo in the relevant month in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands (the “Dutch Monthly Input VAT Ledger”);

 

  (f)

any Dutch VAT Refunds received by Dutch FleetCo from the Dutch Tax Authorities;

 

  (g)

the principal amount of all FleetCo Advances in respect of the Dutch Vehicle Fleet;

 

  (h)

the principal amount of all Dutch VAT Loan Advances made under the Dutch VAT Loan Agreement;

 

  (i)

monies standing to the credit of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account which constitute Excluded Payments and distributed in accordance with paragraph 7.4, Part C, Schedule 1 (the “Excluded Payments ledger”);

 

  (j)

any amounts received from the Lessee as a prepayment of Variable Rent which represents Charge Costs in respect of a particular Vehicle as further detailed in paragraphs 5.4 to 5.7 below;

 

  (k)

amounts for which a provision is made on a Settlement Date in accordance with item (B), Part D, Part 5, Schedule 3 of the Framework Agreement (the “provisioned items ledger”); and

 

  (l)

the Monthly Target Corporate Profit Amount in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Dutch Vehicle Fleet.

 

5.2

The Central Servicer shall ensure that all Ledgers are updated on a regular basis.

Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account

 

5.3

The Central Servicer shall operate the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account and maintain any necessary ledgers to evidence amounts deposited to and withdrawn from such account in accordance with instructions received from the Transaction Agent.

 

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Charge Costs ledger

 

5.4

The Central Servicer shall maintain a separate ledger for Charge Costs in the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account.

 

5.5

The Central Servicer shall ensure that upon receipt of a prepayment (or portion) of Variable Rent from the Lessee which is to be used to satisfy Dutch FleetCo’s obligation to pay Charge Costs in respect of a particular Vehicle, the Central Servicer shall credit such amount to the Charge Costs ledger in the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account.

 

5.6

The Central Servicer shall not withdraw any amount from the Charge Costs ledger except for the sole purpose of paying the Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers in accordance with the relevant supplemental agreement to the Vehicle Purchasing Agreement.

 

5.7

Upon the date upon which any Charge Costs in respect of a particular Vehicle are due to be paid to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer, the Central Servicer shall debit the respective Charge Costs from the Charge Costs ledger of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account, provided that such amounts have previously been received from the Lessee and credited to this ledger.

Notification to Dutch OpCo

 

5.8

Following the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator notifying the Central Servicer that a payment will not be made pursuant to clauses 4.1.7 or 6.3.2 of the Dutch Account Bank Agreement, the Central Servicer shall notify Dutch OpCo.

 

6.

CHANGE OF ACCOUNT BANK

 

6.1

Change of Account Bank

 

  6.1.1

If, in accordance with the terms of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Agreement, (a) the Central Servicer or Dutch FleetCo wishes to terminate the appointment of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and/or the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator, or (b) the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank at which the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts are held and/or the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator tenders its resignation in accordance with the terms of clause 12.3 (Resignation of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank or Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator) of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Agreement, the Central Servicer shall ensure that:

 

  (1)

in the case of paragraph 6.1.1(a) above only, Dutch FleetCo obtains a written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent to effect such termination (such consent not to be unreasonably delayed or withheld by the FleetCo Security Agent), and, following the receipt of such consent, provides written notice of such termination to the relevant Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator not less than [Redacted] days prior to the proposed date of such termination;

 

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  (2)

Dutch FleetCo appoints a successor to the relevant Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and/or Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator (if necessary) in accordance with clause 12.7 (Successor Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator) of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Agreement; and

 

  (3)

Dutch FleetCo transfers each Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Account to a successor Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank.

 

6.2

Central Servicer action on transfer of Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts

Simultaneously with the transfer of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts to a new account bank:

 

  6.2.1

the Central Servicer shall ensure that such new Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts are secured in the same manner as the original Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts were secured under the FleetCo Security Documents and Dutch FleetCo shall execute such documents and give such notices as may be required by the FleetCo Security Agent for that purpose; and

 

  6.2.2

the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts shall continue to apply to the new Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts.

 

7.

OPERATION OF DUTCH FLEETCO DUTCH TRANSACTION ACCOUNT

 

7.1

FleetCo funds

The Central Servicer shall ensure that all amounts payable to Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands (save for any amounts required to be credited to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Reserve Account) shall be paid directly into the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account. Upon the Central Servicer becoming aware that any of such amounts is inadvertently deposited into any of the Central Servicer’s bank accounts or any other Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Account, such amount shall be transferred to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account by the Central Servicer within [Redacted] Business Days.

 

7.2

FleetCo Payment Date Payments

On each FleetCo Payment Date, the Central Servicer (acting on behalf of Dutch FleetCo) shall direct that funds standing to the credit of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account will be applied towards the satisfaction of amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo in relation to its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands under the Relevant Transaction Document in accordance with the applicable FleetCo Priority of Payments.

 

7.3

Provisioned Payments

 

  7.3.1

The Central Servicer (acting on behalf of Dutch FleetCo) may, on any Business Day, withdraw any amounts credited by way of a provision on a previous Settlement Date to the provisioned items ledger of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account and apply such amounts, inter alia, towards the following payments:

 

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  (a)

towards payment of any amounts that are due and payable to the relevant Transaction Party and as set out as amounts due and payable by Dutch FleetCo in accordance with the relevant FleetCo Priority of Payments (other than amounts listed in (b) to (g) below), otherwise than on the next FleetCo Payment Date, in accordance with the provisions of the Relevant Transaction Documents;

 

  (b)

towards payment of any accrued and unpaid Taxes (and VAT) imposed upon Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands by any applicable Tax Authority; and

 

  (c)

towards payment of the purchase price in relation to the purchase of Vehicles by Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the Master Dutch Fleet Purchase Agreement,

provided that upon the delivery of a FleetCo Enforcement Notice to Dutch FleetCo pursuant to the terms of the Relevant Transaction Document, the Central Servicer shall not withdraw any such amounts from the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account without instructions from the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

  7.3.2

The Central Servicer (acting on behalf of Dutch FleetCo) may, on any Scheduled Repayment Date of a FleetCo Advance drawn under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, withdraw any amounts from the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account to repay such FleetCo Advances.

 

7.4

Excluded Payments

Any Excluded Payments standing to the credit of the Excluded Payments ledger of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account shall be remitted by the Central Servicer, upon the Central Servicer becoming aware of the same, to the person who is entitled to such funds. In particular this may include, inter alia, any amounts paid into the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Transaction Account:

 

  (a)

which constitutes any rebates (if any) and any bonus for the purchase of Vehicles (provided that neither such rebates nor bonus constitute the Capitalised Cost of any Vehicle nor constitute any no-return bonus if such amount is taken into account for the purpose of clause 30.1 (Sale of Vehicles by the Lessor) of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement) and such amounts shall be paid to Dutch OpCo in accordance with clause 16 (Volume Premium) of the Master Dutch Fleet Lease Agreement;

 

  (b)

in reimbursement for work performed on such Vehicle by Dutch OpCo (at its own cost) where such work is covered by warranty and such amounts shall be paid to Dutch OpCo;

 

  (c)

in respect of a Vehicle which is owned by Dutch OpCo, and such amounts shall be paid to Dutch OpCo; and

 

  (d)

in error to Dutch FleetCo and to which Dutch FleetCo is not contractually entitled, to the person who is so entitled to such funds.

 

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7.5

Reconciliations

On the [Redacted] Business Day of each month, the Central Servicer shall carry out a reconciliation of the balances of the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Bank Accounts against its record of the directions given by it to the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator pursuant to this Agreement and shall promptly contact the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank and the Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator in order to resolve any discrepancy which it identified.

 

8.

CALCULATIONS AND REPORTS

 

8.1

Calculations

The Central Servicer shall, on behalf of Dutch FleetCo, make all the calculations on a timely basis with respect to:

 

  8.1.1

any fees and amounts in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s participation in the transaction effected by the Transaction Documents relating to Dutch FleetCo’s Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands (including all amounts due under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement and other Relevant Transaction Documents); and

 

  8.1.2

ensuring that the FleetCo Advances made to the Dutch FleetCo under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement do not exceed the Dutch FleetCo’s Country Asset Value in The Netherlands.

 

8.2

Prior to each Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date, as applicable, the Central Servicer shall (i) calculate the amounts to be borrowed by Dutch FleetCo under the FleetCo Dutch Facility Agreement, (ii) establish the corresponding FleetCo Advance Drawdown Date and also the FleetCo Proposed Repayment Schedule, and (iii) prepare a corresponding draft FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice.

 

8.3

The Central Servicer shall send the relevant draft FleetCo Advance/VFN Advance Drawdown Notice in relation to the Vehicle Fleet in The Netherlands to the Issuer, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Security Trustee, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent on the Reporting Date or the Intra-Month Reporting Date, as applicable.

 

8.4

Following confirmation of compliance with the Country Asset Value Test and the Issuer Borrowing Base Test in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Dutch Vehicle Fleet from the Transaction Agent on or prior to the Information Date or the Intra-Month Information Date pursuant to clause 14A.1.1 of the Framework Agreement, the Central Servicer shall complete the actions described in paragraph 2.1.3(c) of Part A (Central Services) of this Schedule 1 (Services).

 

8.5

The Central Servicer shall calculate the FleetCo Available Funds in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Dutch Vehicle Fleet on each Reporting Date.

 

8.6

The Central Servicer shall notify the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager in writing by 5pm (GMT) on each Reporting Date in the event of a FleetCo AF Shortfall of the Dutch FleetCo in respect of its Dutch Vehicle Fleet.

 

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8.7

Reports

The Central Servicer shall co-ordinate with the Dutch OpCo and collect the relevant information from Dutch OpCo required for the purposes of completing the Fleet Report and the FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report in each case in respect of Dutch FleetCo’s Dutch Vehicle Fleet. Upon completion of such reports the Central Servicer shall deliver them to Dutch FleetCo, the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager by 2pm (CET) on each Reporting Date.

 

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PART D

ISSUER CASH MANAGEMENT SERVICES

 

1.

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

The Central Servicer will assist with the preparation of the Issuer Compliance Certificate. Once the completed certificate is signed by the Issuer Corporate Services Provider, the Central Servicer shall deliver the signed Issuer Compliance Certificate to the Transaction Agent, the Issuer, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager on or before each Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date.

 

2.

AGGREGATION OF ISSUER FUNDING

 

2.1

On or before each Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date, as applicable, the Central Servicer shall aggregate the amounts to be borrowed by each of Dutch FleetCo, Italian FleetCo and French FleetCo and calculate the amounts to be borrowed by the Issuer under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement and the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement.

 

2.2

On or before each Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date (or following the receipt of a Delayed Funding Notice, on or before 10:00 a.m. (CET) on the [Redacted] Business Day preceding the relevant Senior Advance Drawdown Date in accordance with clause 14A.4.3 of the Framework Agreement), as applicable, the Central Servicer shall calculate the quantum to be drawn down from each Senior Noteholder under the Issuer Note Issuance Facility Agreement.

 

2.3

On having made such calculations, the Central Servicer shall prepare a draft Senior Advance Drawdown Notice or a Revised Senior Advance Drawdown Notice (as applicable) and submit, on the Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date (or following the receipt of a Delayed Funding Notice, on or before 10:00 a.m. (CET) on the [Redacted] Business Day preceding the relevant Senior Advance Drawdown Date in accordance with clause 14A.4.3 of the Framework Agreement), as applicable, a copy of such draft notice to the Transaction Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager.

 

2.4

On or before each Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date (or following the receipt of a Delayed Funding Notice, on or before 10:00 a.m. (CET) on the [Redacted] Business Day preceding the relevant Senior Advance Drawdown Date in accordance with clause 14A.4.3 of the Framework Agreement), as applicable, the Central Servicer shall calculate the quantum to be drawn down from the Issuer Subordinated Lender under the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement.

 

2.5

Having made such calculations, the Central Servicer shall prepare a draft Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice or a Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice (as applicable) and, where such Subordinated Advance Drawdown Notice or a Revised Subordinated Advance/VAT Loan Advance Drawdown Notice (as applicable) relates to an Issuer Subordinated Advance to be drawn for the purposes set out in Clause 4.2.1(a) of the Issuer Subordinated Facility Agreement, submit, on a Reporting Date or Intra-Month Reporting Date (or following the receipt of a Delayed Funding Notice, on or before 10:00 a.m. (CET) on the [Redacted] Business Day preceding the relevant Senior Advance Drawdown Date in accordance with clause 14A.4.3 of the Framework Agreement), a copy of such draft notice to the Transaction Agent, the Issuer and the Issuer Cash Manager.

 

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2.6

The Central Servicer shall notify the Issuer, the Issuer Cash Manager, the Issuer Subordinated Lender and the Transaction Agent of each determination of interest payable on an Issuer Subordinated Advance by the Payment Confirmation Date.

 

2.7

The Central Servicer shall determine, and notify the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager in writing by 5pm (GMT) on each Reporting Date in the event of any Issuer AF Shortfall.

 

2.8

The Central Servicer shall notify Avis Europe if there will be an Issuer AF Shortfall.

 

2.9

The Central Servicer shall notify the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent, the Issuer Security Trustee and the Issuer Cash Manager of the occurrence of the Expected Maturity Date.

 

2.10

The Central Servicer shall calculate the Country Excess Subordination Amount and in each Monthly Central Servicer Report and each Intra-Month Central Servicer Report, allocate the Excess Subordination Amount to any Country at its sole discretion, provided that any Country Excess Subordination Amount allocated to any Country individually or collectively in the same Monthly Central Servicer Report or, as the case may be, the same Intra-Month Central Servicer Report shall not exceed the Excess Subordination Amount in respect of the relevant Reporting Date or, as the case may be, the Intra-Month Reporting Date.

 

3.

ISSUER LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

3.1

Drawings under Issuer Letters of Credit

 

  3.1.1

The Issuer may only make a drawing under any Issuer Letter of Credit in accordance with clause 14A.3.1 of the Framework Agreement.

 

  3.1.2

Following the occurrence of the Expected Maturity Date, the Central Servicer shall determine the Available L/C Commitment Amount in respect of the relevant Issuer L/C Provider and notify the Issuer.

 

  3.1.3

If, at any time an Issuer LC Provider ceases to be an Eligible Issuer LC Provider, the Central Servicer shall notify the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee or give notice to the Issuer and the Issuer Security Trustee that the Letter of Credit shall not be automatically extended by one year and the Issuer has not otherwise provided for the Issuer Reserve Required Amount.

 

  3.1.4

If, at any time the Available L/C Commitment Amount in respect of the relevant Issuer L/C Provider is modified, the Central Servicer shall notify the Transaction Agent of such modification within a reasonable time of such modification being made.

 

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4.

REPORTING OF TRANSACTIONS UNDER ISSUER HEDGING AGREEMENTS

 

4.1

The Central Servicer (at its own expense) shall ensure that in respect of each Issuer Hedging Agreement:

 

  4.1.1

the details of each Transaction (as defined in the Issuer Hedging Agreement); and

 

  4.1.2

the details of any modification or termination of a Transaction,

that are required to be reported by the Issuer pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (as amended or restated from time to time, “EMIR”) and the delegated and implementing acts adopted under such Article 9 of EMIR (the “Article 9 Delegated and Implementing Acts”), are reported to a trade repository in accordance with Article 9 of EMIR and the Article 9 Delegated and Implementing Acts.

 

4.2

The Central Servicer (at its own expense) shall in respect of each Issuer Hedging Agreement:

 

  4.2.1

perform, on behalf of the Issuer, to the extent permitted by EMIR the Issuer’s obligations under Article 11 of EMIR in respect of risk mitigation techniques for “OTC derivative contracts” (as such term is defined in EMIR); and

 

  4.2.2

on behalf of the Issuer, monitor whether the Issuer is a non-financial counterparty (as such term is defined in EMIR) and whether the Issuer is subject to a clearing obligation pursuant to EMIR in respect of any Transaction (as defined in the relevant Issuer Hedging Agreement) and make any notifications that are required to be made if the Issuer is no longer a non-financial counterparty (as such term is defined in EMIR) or becomes subject to a clearing obligation under EMIR and, to the extent that the Issuer has delegated any of its obligations under EMIR to a third party, provide assistance and information to such third party as it may reasonably request in order to satisfy the Issuer’s obligations under EMIR. )

 

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Execution Page
Issuer and FCT Noteholder
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED
for and on behalf of
CARFIN FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DAC
by its lawfully appointed attorney:
/s/ DAVID DUNNE
Name:   David Dunne
Title:  

 

in the presence of /s/ Frankie Pegg

 

Name:   Frankie Pegg
Address:   1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland
Occupation:   Assistant Relationship Manager, Capital Markets

 

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Transaction Agent and Arranger
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
By:  

/s/ EDITH LUSSON

Name:   Edith Lusson
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ LAURENT HAIK

Name:   Laurent Haik
Address:   12 place de Etats-Unis, 92120 Montrouge, France
Occupation   Managing Director

 

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Issuer Security Trustee    
EXECUTED as a DEED by    
DEUTSCHE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED    
by:   by:
/s/ CHRISTOPHER   /s/ ED BOND
ENGLISH_________________Attorney   _____________________Attorney
In the presence of:   In the presence of:

/s/ HASSAN ALI

   

/s/ HASSAN ALI

NAME: Hassan Ali   NAME: Hassan Ali

 

ADDRESS:   c/o Legal Department    ADDRESS:    c/o Legal Department
  Winchester House       Winchester House
  1 Great Winchester Street       1 Great Winchester Street
  London       London
  EC2N 2DB       EC2N 2DB

 

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FleetCo Security Agent
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
By:  

/s/ EDITH LUSSON

Name:   Edith Lusson
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ LAURENT HAIK

Name:   Laurent Haik
Address:   12 place des Etats-Unis, 92120 Montrouge, France
Occupation:   Managing Director

 

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The Opcos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERMIETUNG GMBH & CO. KG (as German Opco)
By:  

/s/ LAURENT SCULIER

Name:   Laurent Sculier
Title:   Managing Director
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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The Opcos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. (as Avis Italian Opco, Maggiore Italian Opco and an Italian Opco)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The Opcos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. (as VAT Sharing Italian Opco)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The Opcos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE S.A. (as Spanish Opco)
By:  

/s/ FRANCISCO FARRÁS FERNÁNDEZ

Name:   Francisco Farrás Fernández
Title:   General Manager

 

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The Opcos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERHUUR B.V. (as Dutch Opco)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The Opcos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS LOCATION DE VOITURES SAS (as French Opco)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The Servicers
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE S.A. (as Spanish Servicer)
By:  

/s/ FRANCISCO FARRÁS FERNÁNDEZ

Name:   Francisco Farrás Fernández
Title:   General Manager

 

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The Servicers
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED (as Central Servicer)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The Servicers
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. (as Avis Italian Servicer, Maggiore Italian Servicer and an Italian Servicer)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The Servicers
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS LOCATION DE VOITURES SAS (as French Servicer)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Leslie Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The Lessees
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERMIETUNG GMBH & CO. KG (as German Lessee)
By:  

/s/ LAURENT SCULIER

Name:   Laurent Sculier
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of

Name:
Address:
Occupation:

 

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The Lessees
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. (as an Italian Lessee)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

Signature Page - Twelfth Master Amendment and Restatement Deed


The Lessees
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE S.A. (as Spanish Lessee)
By:  

/s/ FRANCISCO FARRÁS FERNÁNDEZ

Name:   Francisco Farrás Fernández
Title:   General Manager

 

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The Lessees
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET AUTOVERHUUR B.V. (as Dutch Lessee)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The Lessees
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS LOCATION DE VOITURES SAS (as French Lessee)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Leslie Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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FleetCo Holdings
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED
for and on behalf of
CARFIN FINANCE HOLDINGS DAC
by its lawfully appointed attorney:
/s/ DAVID DUNNE
Name:   David Dunne
Title:  

 

in the presence of /s/ FRANKIE PEGG

Name:   Frankie Pegg
Address:   1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland
Occupation:   Assistant Relationship Manager, Capital Markets

 

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The FleetCos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
FINCAR FLEET B.V. (as Dutch FleetCo)
By:  

/s/ HENRI KRÖNER

Name:   Henri Kröner
Title:   Proxy Holder
By:  

/s/ YVONNE THEUNS

Name:   Yvonne Theuns
Title:   Director B

 

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The FleetCos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
FINCAR FLEET B.V., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA (as Dutch FleetCo, Spanish Branch)
By:  

/s/ BEATRICE DIEZ

Name:   Beatrice Diez
Title:   Representative
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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The FleetCos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET ITALIA S.P.A. FLEET CO. S.A.P.A. (as Italian FleetCo, Avis Italian VAT Loan Borrower and Maggiore Italian VAT Loan Borrower)
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The FleetCos
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AB FLEETCO (as French FleetCo)
By:  

/s/ PIERRE DORIER

Name:   Pierre Dorier
Title:   Géraut of MHS France Corporate, being itself President of AB FleetCo

 

in the presence of /s/ KSENIIA PROSHINA

Name:   Kseniia Proshina
Address:   21 rue elément Marot, 75008, Paris
Occupation:   Senior Corporate Associate at MHS France Corproate

 

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Parent
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
By:  

/s/ DAVID CALABRIA

Name:   David Calabria
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

in the presence of /s/ SUNA CHANG

Name:   Suna Chang
Address:   6 Sylvan Way, Parsippany, NJ 07054
Occupation:   Attorney

 

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Finco, Avis Italian VAT Lender, Maggiore Italian VAT Lender, Dutch VAT Lender and the Subordinated Lender
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
AVIS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
Avis Europe
AVIS BUDGET EMEA LIMITED
By:  

/s/ PAUL FORD

Name:   Paul Ford
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ CLAIRE HOOK

Name:   Claire Hook
Address:   Avis Budget House, Bracknell, RG12 2EW
Occupation:   Legal Assistant

 

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The Account Banks
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
DEUTSCHE BANK S.A.E. (as Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank)
By:  

/s/ JOSÉ ANTONIO ALDAMA

Name:   José Antonio Aldama
Title:  
By:  

/s/ GREGOR WINKLER

Name:   Gregor Winkler
Title:  

 

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EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
DEUTSCHE BANK S.P.A. (as Italian FleetCo Account Bank)
By:  

/s/ A.M. PETINELLI

Name:   A.M. Petinelli
Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ F. FOLCI

Name:   F. Folci
Title:   Vice President

 

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EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
DEUTSCHE BANK AG (as Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank)
By:  

/s/ SABINE EBERT

Name:   Sabine Ebert
Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ MARTIN KÖHN

Name:   Martin Köhn
Title:   Vice President

 

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EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch (as Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank)
By:  

/s/ JAN ROOS

Name:   Jan Roos
Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ I. SANDBERG

Name:   I. SANDBERG
Title:   Vice President

 

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EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, PARIS BRANCH (as French FleetCo Account Bank)
By:  

/s/ ISABELLA LUSA-TOURETTE

Name:   Isabella Lusa-Tourette
Title:   Vice-President
By:  

/s/ BENJAMIN MADJAR

Name:   Benjamin Madjar
Title:   Managing Director

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH (as Issuer Cash Manager, Issuer Account Bank, Dutch FleetCo Spanish Account Bank Operator, Dutch FleetCo German Account Bank Operator, Dutch FleetCo Dutch Account Bank Operator, French FleetCo Account Bank Operator, FleetCo German Back-up Cash Manager, FleetCo Italian Back-up Cash Manager, FleetCo Spanish Back-up Cash Manager, FleetCo French Back-up Cash Manager and FleetCo Dutch Back-up Cash Manager)

 

EXECUTED AS A DEED for and on behalf of      
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH      
by:     by:

/s/ CHRISTOPHER ENGLISH

   

/s/ ED BOND

In the presence of:     In the presence of:

/s/ HASSAN ALI

   

/s/ HASSAN ALI

NAME: Hassan Ali     NAME: Hassan Ali

 

ADDRESS:   c/o Legal Department    ADDRESS:    c/o Legal Department
  Winchester House       Winchester House
  1 Great Winchester Street       1 Great Winchester Street
  London       London
  EC2N 2DB       EC2N 2DB

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH
By:   /s/ GARETH JAMES
Name:   Gareth James
Title:   Director

 

in the presence of /s/ SARAH HOPE

Name:   Sarah Hope
Address:   Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester Street, London, EC2N 2DB
Occupation:  

 

By:   /s/ HARLAN ROTHMAN
Name:   Harlan Rothman
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ JENNIFER ROTHMAN

Name:   Jennifer Rothman
Address:   75 Clifton Hill, NW8 0JN, London
Occupation:  

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE
AND INVESTMENT BANK
By:  

/s/ EDITH LUSSON

Name:   Edith Lusson
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ LAURENT HAIK

Name:   Laurent Haik
Address:   12 place des Etats-Unis, 92120 Montrouge, France
Occupation:   Managing Director

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
Blue Finn S.à r.l., LUXEMBOURG, ZURICH BRANCH
By:   /s/ MANUEL WELLER
Name:   Manuel Weller
Title:   Branch Manager, Blue Finn Zurich Branch

 

in the presence of /s/ NICOLE BURLIEGH

Name:   Nicole Burliegh
Address:   Blue Finn Zurich Branch
Occupation:   CCO

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
JUPITER SECURITIZATION COMPANY LLC
By JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., its attorney-in-fact
By:   /s/ ADAM J. KLIMEK
Name:   Adam J. Klimek
Title:   Executive Director

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By:   /s/ ADAM J. KLIMEK
Name:   Adam J. Klimek
Title:   Executive Director

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
MANAGED AND ENHANCED TAP (MAGENTA) FUNDING S.T.
By: /s/ PASCAL VINCENS
Name: Pascal Vincens
Title: Head of Management Department
By:
Name:
Title:

 

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The Senior Noteholder      
GIVEN under the common seal of    

/s/ LENKA LYONS

MATCHPOINT FINANCE PUBLIC     Director (Lenka Lyons)
LIMITED COMPANY      
in the presence of:    

 

    Director/Secretary

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
LLOYDS BANK PLC
By:  

/s/ MICHAEL HODGSON

Name:   Michael Hodgson
Title:   Director
By:  

/s/ BATOOL ARIF

Name:   Batool Arif
Title:   Director

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE S.A.
By:   /s/ PIERRE-CLAUDE MANNUCCI
Name:   Pierre-Claude Mannucci
Title:   Asset Backed Products (ABP)

 

in the presence of /s/ MAXIME BURLOT

Name:   Maxime Burlot
Address:   Societe Generale
Occupation:   Asset Backed Products (ABP)

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
IRISH RING RECEIVABLES PURCHASER DAC
By:   /s/ AUSTIN J. MEIER
Name:   Austin J. Meier
Title:   Attorney Signatory

 

in the presence of /s/ CHARLES DANIEL PRESS

Name:   Charles Daniel Press
Address:   100 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AA
Occupation:   Banker

 

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The Senior Noteholder
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
UNICREDIT BANK AG
By:   /s/ DENIZ STOLTENBERG
Name:   Deniz Stoltenberg
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ ANDY LUPO

Name:   Andy Lupo
Address:   UniCredit Bank AG
Occupation:   Managing Director

 

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The Exiting Senior Noteholder    
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of    
HSBC CONTINENTAL EUROPE    
By:   /s/ GUILLAUME BOUET       /s/ EDOUARD DE NEYRIEU
Name:   Guillaume Bouet      
Title:   Director      

 

in the presence of: /s/ FABRICE GARNIER

Name:   Fabrice Garnier
Address:  
Occupation:   Director

 

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French Intermediary Bank
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
By:  

/s/ EDITH LUSSON

Name:   Edith Lusson
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ LAURENT HAIK

Name:   Laurent Haik
Address:   12 place des Etats-Unis, 92120 Montrouge, France
Occupation:   Managing Director

 

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The Corporate Services Providers

EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of

INTERTRUST (NETHERLANDS) B.V. (as a Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Provider)

 

By:   

/s/ HENRI KRÖNER

   By:   

/s/ EDWIN VAN ANKEREN

Name:    Henri Kröner    Name:    Edwin van Ankeren
Title:    Proxy Holder    Title:    Proxy Holder

 

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EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of

VISTRA B.V. (as a Dutch FleetCo Corporate Services Provider)

 

By:   

/s/ Y.M. THEUNS

   By:   

R.G. Hawley

Name:    Y.M. Theuns    Name:    R.G. Hawley
Title:    Proxy Holder A    Title:    Proxy Holder A

 

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PRESENT when the COMMON SEAL of

INTERTRUST FINANCE MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) LIMITED

(as Issuer Corporate Services Provider and FleetCo Holdings Corporate Services Provider)

was affixed hereto and this DEED was delivered

 

/s/ IMELDA SHINE

Name: Imelda Shine

Title: Director

/s/ GUSTAVO NICOLOSI

Name: Gustavo Nicolosi

Title: Authorised Signatory

Address: DO4 XN32

 

 

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Registrar      
EXECUTED as a DEED    )   

/s/ CHRISTOPHER ENGLISH

and delivered by two attorneys of    )    Attorney
DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.    )   
   )   

/s/ ED BOND

   )    Attorney

 

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FCT Servicer
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
By:  

/s/ EDITH LUSSON

Name:   Edith Lusson
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ LAURENT HAIK

Name:   Laurent Haik
Address:   12 place des Etats-Unis, 92120 Montrouge, France
Occupation:   Managing Director

 

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FCT CARFIN
Represented by Eurotitrisation
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
EUROTITRISATION
By:  

/s/ PASCAL VINCEN

Name:   Pascal Vincen
Title:   Head of Management Department

 

in the presence of /s/ ALEXANDRE YE

Name:   Alexandre Ye
Address:   Rue James Watt – 93200, Saint Demis, France
Occupation:   In-house Lawyer

 

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FCT Custodian
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
CACEIS BANK
By:  

/s/ CARINE ECHELARD

Name:   Carine Echelard
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of

Name:
Address:
Occupation:

 

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FCT Registrar
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
CACEIS CORPORATE TRUST
By:  

/s/ LIONEL BARTHELEMY

Name:   Lionel Barthelemy
Title:   Deputy Managing Director

 

in the presence of

Name:
Address:
Occupation:

 

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The Issuer Hedge Counterparty
EXECUTED as a deed on behalf of
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
By:  

/s/ KSHAMTA KAUSHIK

Name:   Kshamta Kaushik
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ NICHOLAS HAMBLETON

Name:   Nicholas Hambleton
Address:   201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3NS
Occupation:   Banker

 

By:  

/s/ SONYA BIKHIT

Name:   Sonya Bikhit
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ NICHOLAS HAMBLETON

Name:   Nicholas Hambleton
Address:   201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3NS
Occupation:   Banker

 

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The Issuer Hedge Counterparty

EXECUTED as a deed on behalf of

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

 

By:  

/s/ RACHEL TRESSER

Name:   Rachel Tresser
Title:   Managing Director

 

in the presence of /s/ Rodrigo Placido

Name:   Rodrigo Placido
Address:  
Occupation:   Managing Director

 

By:  

/s/ LYDIE MICHEL

Name:   Lydie Michel
Title:   Managing Director, Regional Chief Operating Officer of GMD

 

in the presence of /s/ Rodrigo Placido

Name:   Rodrigo Placido
Address:  
Occupation:   Managing Director

 

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The Issuer Hedge Counterparty
EXECUTED AS A DEED on behalf of
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
By: /s/ PIERRE-CLAUDE MANNUCCI
Name: Pierre-Claude Mannucci
Title: Asset Backed Products (ABP)

 

in the presence of /s/ MAXIME BURLOT

Name:   Maxime Burlot
Address:   Society Generale
Occupation:   Asset Balcked Products (ABP)

 

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