EX-10.9 12 d500075dex109.htm EX-10.9 EX-10.9

Exhibit 10.9

 

LOGO   CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
  EXECUTION VERSION

FINCAR FLEET B.V., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA

AS LESSOR

AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE, S.A.

AS LESSEE

AND

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

AS FLEETCO SECURITY AGENT

 

 

SPANISH MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

Clause        Page  
1.   Definitions      2   
2.   Principles of Interpretation      2   
3.   Common Terms      3   
4.   Request for Lease      4   
5.   Lease Term      5   
6.   Vehicle Schedules and Conditions to Lease      6   
7.   Delivery of Vehicles      8   
8.   Use of Vehicles and Sub–Leasing      8   
9.   Non Disturbance and Access      10   
10.   Nature of Lease      11   
11.   Transfer of Risk      11   
12.   Lessee’s Unconditional Obligations      11   
13.   Rent      14   
14.   Casualties and Non-Eligible Vehicles      14   
15.   Programme Vehicle Special Default Payments      15   
16.   Lessee Right to Terminate a Programme Vehicle Lease Prior to the Programme Minimum Term      16   
17.   Fees, Traffic Penalties and Fines      16   
18.   Prepayments and Late Payments      17   
19.   Payment Mechanics      18   
20.   Tax Gross-Up      19   
21.   VAT and Stamp Taxes      19   
22.   Indemnities      20   
23.   Covenants of the Lessee      22   
24.   Representations and Warranties      26   
25.   Redesignation Events      28   
26.   Limitations on Redesignation      29   
27.   Redesignation Mechanics      29   
28.   Termination      30   
29.   Rejected Vehicles      32   
30.   Return/Redelivery of Vehicles      33   
31.   Sale of Vehicles      34   
32.   No Representation or Warranty by Lessor      36   
33.   Limitation of Liability of Lessor and of the FleetCo Security Agent      36   

 

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34.   Assistance of the Spanish Servicer      37   
35.   No Waiver      37   
36.   Contradictory Instructions      37   
37.   Assignment and Security      37   
38.   Volume Premium      37   
39.   Obligations as corporate obligations      38   
40.   FleetCo Security Agent has no responsibility      38   
41.   Time of the Essence      38   
42.   Change of FleetCo Security Agent      38   
43.   Insufficient Recoveries      39   
44.   Amendment      39   
45.   Governing Law      39   
46.   Jurisdiction      39   
47.   Governing language      39   
48.   Execution      39   
Schedule 1 Form of Master Lease Extension Agreement      40   
Schedule 2 Form of Vehicle Request Notice      41   
Schedule 3 Form of Vehicle Schedule      42   
Schedule 4 Condition Precedent Documents      45   

 

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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 5 March 2013

BETWEEN:

 

(1)

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, first entry. (the “Lessor”);

 

(2) AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE, S.A. (registered at the Mercantile Registry of Madrid under volume 2552, page 68, sheet number M-44527, inscription 265ª and with CIF number A28152767), a company incorporated in Spain with its principal place of business in Spain, whose registered office is at (the “Lessee”); and

 

(3) CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK a bank incorporated pursuant to the laws of France with registered office in 9 quai du Président Paul Doumer, 92920 Parigi, la Défense Cedex (France), registered with the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés de Nanterre with number 304.187.701, in its capacity as security trustee (the “FleetCo Security Agent”).

INTRODUCTION:

 

(A) The Lessor purchases, subject to certain conditions being satisfied, Vehicles from certain Vehicle Manufacturers or Vehicle Dealers.

 

(B) The Lessor has agreed to lease Vehicles to the Lessee under this Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement.

 

(C) The Lessee will use Vehicles leased to it for its vehicle rental business located in Spain for use primarily within such jurisdiction and ancillary purposes, and is permitted to sub-lease Vehicles, on the terms and subject to the limits and conditions set out in this Agreement.

 

(D) The Lessor will enter into a servicing agreement (the “Spanish Servicing Agreement”) with the Lessee pursuant to which the Lessee has agreed or will agree to act as servicer (the “Spanish Servicer”) to provide certain administrative services to the Lessor in respect of, amongst other things, the Vehicles as further described in the Spanish Servicing Agreement.

 

(E) Dutch FleetCo will also enter into a Public Deed (“póliza”) of Pledge over Vehicles and a Third Party Holding Agreement in relation to the Public Deed of Pledge over Vehicles in order to secure its obligations in relation to the Spanish Vehicle Fleet in favour of the FleetCo Secured Creditors.

THE PARTIES AGREE as follows:

 

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SECTION A

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1. DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 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 on or about the date hereof, and entered into 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 shall be governed by Spanish law when used in this Agreement.

 

1.2 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. PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION

 

2.1 Construction of words

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.

 

2.2 Principles of law

If any obligations of a party to this Agreement or provisions of this Agreement are subject to or contrary to any mandatory principles of applicable law, compliance with such obligations and/or provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be subject to such mandatory principles (or waived) to the extent necessary to be in compliance with such law.

 

2.3 Meaning of “sub-lease”

In this Agreement, the term “sub-lease” means any underlease, sub-lease, licence, mandate or rental agreement in relation to the use of a Vehicle between the Lessee, as lessor, and a sub-lessee (or equivalent), as lessee.

 

2.4 Performance of the Spanish Servicer

The Lessee agrees and acknowledges that the Spanish Servicer may perform certain of the obligations of the Lessor hereunder, as set out in the Spanish Servicing Agreement, and such performance shall discharge the relevant obligations to the same extent as if the Lessor had performed them.

 

2.5 Lessor’s capacity

Each of the Lessee and the Lessor agrees that the role of the Lessee as Third Party Holder shall prevail over the role of the same as Lessee and that the terms of the Third Party Holding Agreement shall prevail over the terms of this Agreement in the event of any conflict or discrepancy arising.

 

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2.6 For all purposes, the Lessee hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Lessor is not a manufacturer, repairer or servicing agent in respect of any Vehicle.

 

3. COMMON TERMS

 

3.1 Incorporation of Common Terms

The Common Terms shall be incorporated by reference into 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. For the purpose of this Agreement the Common Terms shall be governed, read and construed in accordance with Spanish law.

 

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SECTION B

LEASE

 

4. REQUEST FOR LEASE

 

4.1 Vehicle Request Notice

 

  4.1.1 The Lessee may from time to time, at its sole discretion, send a Vehicle Request Notice to the Lessor copied to the Spanish Servicer.

 

  4.1.2 Each Vehicle Request Notice shall specify the Vehicle Manufacturer or the Vehicle Dealer, the model, the model year, the expected date of delivery to the Lessee’s premises and the number of Vehicles that the Lessee wishes to lease (which shall relate to Vehicles that the Lessor is able to purchase under a Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement or the Vehicle Dealer Agreement).

 

4.2 Purchase of Vehicles and agreement to lease

 

  4.2.1 If the Lessor, subject to Clause 6.2 (Conditions precedent to lease) but otherwise in its absolute discretion, accepts a Vehicle Request Notice from the Lessee by countersigning the relevant Vehicle Request Notice, it will be required to purchase Vehicles and the Lessor agrees that it (or the Spanish Servicer on its behalf) will, subject to receiving sufficient funding under the Transaction Documents and sub-clause 4.2.2, make the relevant Vehicle orders to purchase such Vehicles in accordance with the terms of the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement, Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement, Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement.

 

  4.2.2 If the Lessor (or the Spanish Servicer on its behalf) agrees to purchase Vehicles in accordance with the terms of the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement, Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement, Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement to fulfil a Vehicle Request Notice accepted in accordance with sub-clause 4.2.1, the Lessee shall lease as from the relevant Lease Commencement Date the Vehicles so ordered subject to and in accordance with the terms set out in this Agreement.

 

  4.2.3 The Lessor undertakes for the benefit of the FleetCo Security Agent that it shall not accept any Vehicle Request Notices received after the occurrence of a Master Lease Termination Event where such Master Lease Termination Event has not been waived by or remedied to the satisfaction of the FleetCo Security Agent. The Lessor is entitled to (and shall, unless the FleetCo Security Agent specifies otherwise) reject any Vehicle Request Notice which has been delivered prior to the occurrence of a Master Lease Termination Event in circumstances where (a) the corresponding Vehicles order has yet to be made by the Lessor, and (b) a Master Lease Termination Event has occurred after delivery of a Vehicle Request Notice and such Master Lease Termination Event is continuing.

 

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  4.2.4 If the Lessor does not or cannot accept a Vehicle Request Notice, it shall promptly notify the Lessee in writing thereof and the Lessor shall not incur any Liability whatsoever if it does not or cannot accept a Vehicle Request Notice.

 

4.3 Amendment and cancellation of Vehicle Request Notices

 

  4.3.1 Subject to sub-clause 4.3.2 and Clause 6.4 (Indemnity), and provided that no Master Lease Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Lessee may at any time and at its sole discretion amend or cancel any of the Vehicle Request Notices it has delivered to the Lessor in accordance with Clause 4.1 (Vehicle Request Notice). The Lessor shall only be obliged to accept such amendment or cancellation to the extent that it is permitted to amend or cancel the corresponding Vehicle order under the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement, Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement, Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement.

 

  4.3.2 If the Lessee proposes to cancel or amend any of the Vehicle Request Notices in accordance with sub-clause 4.3.1, it shall send a notice in writing to the Lessor, copied to the Spanish Servicer, by no later than the relevant Lease Commencement Date identifying the Vehicle Request Notice concerned and specifying the amendments and/or cancellation it proposes to make to that Vehicle Request Notice.

 

5. LEASE TERM

 

5.1 Lease Term

 

  5.1.1 The term of the lease granted hereunder in relation to any Vehicle shall be the applicable Lease Term and each Vehicle leased hereunder will be leased by the Lessor to the Lessee with effect from the relevant Lease Commencement Date, subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including satisfaction of the conditions precedent set out in Clause 06.2 (Conditions precedent to lease) in relation to the relevant Vehicle. A lease in respect of a Vehicle hereunder will expire and automatically terminate at the end of the Lease Term provided that such lease may be renewed in accordance with Clause 5.2 (Extension of Lease).

 

  5.1.2 The Lessee expressly acknowledges that the Lease Commencement Date and associated Lease Term may commence prior to the date of physical delivery of a Vehicle to the Lessee and that the Lease Expiration Date and the expiry of the Lease Term may end after the date of physical redelivery of a Vehicle to the Lessor.

 

5.2 Extension of Lease

 

  5.2.1

Subject to sub-clause 5.2.2 and the other terms of this Agreement, any lease of Vehicles hereunder can be extended/renewed by execution of the Lessor and the Lessee of a Master Lease Extension Agreement in substantially the form set out in Schedule 1 (Form of Master Lease Extension Agreement) on or before the Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date or within 5 (five) Business

 

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  Days after the Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date, in which circumstance the lease of the relevant Vehicle will expire on the immediately following Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date (and, notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, such lease shall have remained in full force and effect during such 5 (five) Business Day period following the relevant Master Lease Scheduled Expiry Date).

 

  5.2.2 The Lessor may only enter into a Master Lease Extension Agreement if no Master Lease Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.

 

  5.2.3 The Master Lease Extension Agreement shall become effective on the date stated therein (subject to the deemed extension provision in sub-clause 5.2.1).

 

  5.2.4 The Lessee shall provide a copy of each Master Lease Extension Agreement to the Transaction Agent, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Liquidation Agent.

 

6. VEHICLE SCHEDULES AND CONDITIONS TO LEASE

 

6.1 Vehicle Schedules

Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions in Clause 6.2.1 (Conditions precedent to lease), if the Lessor has ordered Vehicles in order to fulfil an accepted Vehicle Request Notice and provided that the relevant Vehicle Request Notice has not been cancelled in full in accordance with Clause 4.3 (Amendment and cancellation of Vehicle Request Notices), then following the delivery to the Lessor (or the Spanish Servicer on its behalf) of the relevant Vehicles in accordance with the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement, Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement, Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, the Lessor (or the Spanish Servicer on its behalf) will deliver to the Lessee (with a copy to the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent) a duly completed and duly executed Vehicle Schedule in relation to all the Vehicles by the fifth (5) Business Day following the last day of the week during which the Lease Commencement Date for the relevant Vehicles has occurred and the Lessee shall sign such Vehicle Schedule. Among other things, each Vehicle Schedule shall evidence, in respect of all Vehicles referred to therein, the relevant individual leases for each Vehicle.

 

6.2 Conditions precedent to lease

 

  6.2.1 The agreement of the Lessor to lease any Vehicle to the Lessee hereunder is subject to:

 

  (a) all conditions precedent listed in sub-clause 6.2.2 being satisfied (to the satisfaction of the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent) or waived (with or without conditions) by the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent on the delivery of a duly completed and executed Vehicle Request Notice;

 

  (b) all conditions precedent listed in sub-clause 6.2.2 being satisfied (to the satisfaction of the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent) or waived (with or without conditions) by the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent on the relevant Lease Commencement Date; and

 

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  (c) receipt by the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent of the documents listed in Schedule 4 (Condition Precedent Documents) prior to or on the date of this Agreement, in each case, in a form satisfactory to the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

  6.2.2 For the purposes of sub-clauses 6.2.1(a) and 6.2.1(b), the conditions precedent are:

 

  (a) (i) no Potential Master Lease Termination Event or (ii) no Master Lease Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the delivery of such Vehicle Request Notice or leasing of such Vehicle;

 

  (b) the Master Lease End Date has not occurred;

 

  (c) the Lessee’s representations and warranties in Clause 24 (Representations and Warranties) are true and correct in all material respects by reference to the facts and circumstances existing at the time when such representations and warranties are deemed to be made; and

 

  (d) the relevant Vehicle is an Eligible Vehicle.

 

6.3 Representation and warranty as to conditions precedent

The Lessee hereby agrees that:

 

  6.3.1 on each day that it submits a Vehicle Request Notice, the Lessee shall be deemed to represent and warrant to the Lessor that the conditions precedent referred to in sub-clause 6.2.1(a) are fulfilled unless written notice to the contrary is provided by the Lessee to the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent prior to the date on which the representation and warranty is deemed to be made; and

 

  6.3.2 on each Lease Commencement Date, the Lessee shall be deemed to represent and warrant to the Lessor that the conditions precedent referred to in sub-clause 6.2.1(b) are fulfilled unless written notice to the contrary is provided by the Lessee to the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent prior to the date on which the representation and warranty is deemed to be made.

 

6.4 Indemnity

The Lessee shall indemnify the Lessor in respect of any Liabilities which the Lessor may suffer in circumstances where the Lessor has ordered a Vehicle or Vehicles following the receipt of a Vehicle Request Notice and (i) the Lessee has cancelled or amended the aforementioned Vehicle Request Notice in accordance with Clause 4.3 (Amendment and cancellation of Vehicle Request Notice) and/or (ii) the Lessor has accepted a Vehicle Request Notice but subsequently is made aware of a Master Lease Termination Event and rejects such notice, and/or (iii) a lease is not entered into by the date on which the Lessor pays the purchase price for such Vehicle or Vehicles (including, without limitation, where a lease is not entered into because the conditions precedent in Clause 6.2 (Conditions precedent to lease) are not satisfied).

 

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7. DELIVERY OF VEHICLES

 

7.1 The Lessor shall deliver (or procure the delivery of) the relevant Vehicles which are the subject of a Vehicle Request Notice to the drop location specified by the Lessee to the Lessor before such delivery (and confirmed in the relevant Vehicle Schedule) and such delivery (and any subsequent transportation to the premises of the Lessee) shall be at the Lessee’s expense (and the Lessee shall promptly reimburse the Lessor for such costs and expenses upon receipt of an invoice from the Lessor in respect of the same) to the extent that such costs have not been included in the Capitalised Cost of such Vehicle.

 

7.2 In addition, all deliveries to be made in accordance with this Clause 6 shall be made (i) together with the keys and all relevant title and registration documentation in its possession (or in possession of any of its agent appointed for this purpose) relating to the relevant Vehicle; and (ii) free and clear of any Security Interest (other than any retention of title to the benefit of the Lessor provided pursuant to the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy Back Agreement, Vehicle Manufacturer Buy Back Agreement, Vehicle Dealer Purchase Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Purchase Agreement (if applicable)).

 

7.3 The Lessor shall not be responsible for any Liabilities (including any loss of profit) arising from any delay in the delivery of, or failure to deliver, any Vehicle to the Lessee pursuant to any Vehicle Request Notice.

 

8. USE OF VEHICLES AND SUB–LEASING

 

8.1 Use of Vehicles

 

  8.1.1 During the Lease Term of a Vehicle, the Lessee may use the Vehicles for the following purposes:

 

  (a) without prejudice to the uses specified in paragraphs (b) to (e), in the ordinary course of the Lessee’s vehicle rental business or for use by the Lessee’s employees in activities related to such business;

 

  (b) to use as a Service Vehicle;

 

  (c) to sub-lease to persons, other than Affiliates of the Avis Europe Group established in Spain, for use in the ordinary course of such persons’ own vehicle rental business, or for the use by such persons’ employees in activities related to such business; or

 

  (d) to sub-lease to Affiliates of the Avis Europe Group established in Spain for use by such Affiliates in their own businesses or by its employees in their personal activities or activities related to such business in Spain; or

 

  (e) to sub-lease to Affiliates of the Avis Europe Group or third parties located in a jurisdiction other than Spain for use by such Affiliates or third parties in their own businesses or by their employees in their personal activities or activities related to such business.

 

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  8.1.2 the Lessee may not use any Vehicle for any purpose not set out in the above sub-clause 8.1.1 without obtaining prior written consent from the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

8.2 Conditions to Sub-leases

 

  8.2.1 The Lessee shall ensure that the Vehicles used as Service Vehicles pursuant to Clause 8.1.1. (b) and/or sub-leased pursuant to 8.1.1 (c) to (e) shall at all times comply with the Concentration Limits.

 

  8.2.2 The Lessee may only grant a sub-lease under Clause 8.1 (Use of Vehicles) if the following conditions (or, in the case of sub-leases to be granted under sub-clauses 8.1.1(a) or 8.1.1(b), subject only to the conditions specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (f)) are satisfied at the time such sub-lease is entered into:

 

  (a) the sub-lease must not conflict in any material respect with a lease granted to the Lessee under this Agreement;

 

  (b) the lease term of the sub-lease of any Vehicle may not extend beyond the Lease Term applicable to such Vehicle (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may not exceed 12 months) and the sub-lease shall terminate upon termination of this Agreement;

 

  (c) the sub-lease documentation shall expressly:

 

  (i) acknowledge the Lessor’s ownership of the Vehicles and (where applicable) that security over the Vehicles has been granted in favour of the FleetCo Secured Creditors (and shall not result in a change of registration of the ownership of the Vehicles or a change of registration at the registry in the Relevant Jurisdiction of the Lessee to a different registry);

 

  (ii) be stated to be subject to the Lessor’s rights in respect of the Vehicles (including a right of inspection consistent with Clause 9 (Non Disturbance and Access)); and

 

  (iii) acknowledge the Lessor’s right of repossession;

 

  (d) in the case of a sub-lease granted pursuant to sub-clause 8.1.1(c) or 8.1.1(d), the Vehicles are sub-leased to persons established in the Lessee’s Relevant Jurisdiction;

 

  (e)

the sub-lease shall not permit any further sub-leasing other than in the ordinary course of the relevant sub-lessor’s own vehicle rental business or the use by such sub-lessor’s employees in activities related to such businesses provided that where an Affiliate of the Avis Europe Group to which the Lessee has sub-leased a Vehicle pursuant to sub-clause 8.1.1(d) or 8.1.1(e) wishes to sub-lease such Vehicle to a

 

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  third party for use by such third party’s own vehicle rental business or for use by such third party’s employees in activities related to such business (i) such further sub-lease shall comply with the conditions specified in clause 8.2.2 (or, in the case of sub-leases granted under sub clauses 8.1.1(a) or 8.1.1(b), only with the conditions specified in paragraphs 8.2.2. (a), (b) and (f)), and (ii) the relevant Vehicle is further sub-leased to a person located in the same jurisdiction as the relevant Affiliate or the Lessee;

 

  (f) no sub-lease shall involve any transfer of title or proprietary interest in the Vehicle and the sub-lease shall not in any way discharge or diminish any of the Lessee’s obligations to the Lessor under this Agreement and the Lessee shall remain primarily liable for the performance of all its obligations under this Agreement to the same extent as if such sub-lease had not occurred, including any re–registration requirements (if any) arising from termination or expiry of the sub-lease;

 

  (g) no Potential Master Lease Termination Event or Master Lease Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or would result from the sub-leasing of the Vehicle;

 

  (h) to the knowledge of the Lessee at the time of the granting of the sub-lease or at the time of the undertaking by the Lessee to grant the sub-lease, no Insolvency Event exists in respect of the sub-lessee; and

 

  (i) to the knowledge of the Lessee the sub-lease shall not render any of the Transaction Documents to which the Lessor is a party illegal.

 

9. NON DISTURBANCE AND ACCESS

 

9.1 The Lessor undertakes that, provided that there is no Master Lease Termination Event which has occurred and is continuing and subject to Clause 30.3 (Repossession of Vehicles), it shall not, through its own acts, interfere with the quiet enjoyment, possession and use of a Vehicle leased to the Lessee hereunder for so long as the Lessee or any sub-lessee possesses such Vehicle in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

9.2 If a Master Lease Termination Event is continuing and is not remedied or waived by the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent, without prejudice to the Lessor’s or the FleetCo Security Agent’s rights under Clause 28 (Termination), the Lessor, FleetCo Security Agent or any professional adviser to the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent retains the right, but not the duty, to inspect such Vehicles which are at any of the premises of the Lessee (from time to time) and which have been leased by the Lessor to the Lessee during normal business hours without disturbing the ordinary conduct of the Lessee’s business and subject to reasonable advance notice. The Lessor, FleetCo Security Agent and their advisors or agents shall not incur any liability or obligation by reason of making or not making any such inspection.

 

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10. NATURE OF LEASE

The Lessee and the Lessor acknowledge that the relationship between the Lessor and the Lessee pursuant to this Agreement shall be only that of lessor and lessee and that any lease of Vehicles granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be an operating lease governed by Spanish law and ownership over the Vehicles will at all times remain in the Lessor. The Lessee shall not acquire by virtue of this Agreement any rights in, or option to purchase any Vehicles leased to it whatsoever other than the right of possession and use as provided by this Agreement and any lease granted pursuant hereto.

 

11. TRANSFER OF RISK

As of the relevant Lease Commencement Date, and until the later of (i) the Lease Expiration Date or (ii) such time at which the Lessee and the relevant sub-lessee (if any) no longer possesses such Vehicle and the risk of loss, damage, theft, taking, destruction, attachment, seizure, confiscation or requisition with respect to such Vehicle has been transferred to any third party, the Lessee assumes and bears (as between the Lessor and the Lessee) the risk of loss, damage, theft, taking, destruction, attachment, seizure, confiscation or requisition with respect to such Vehicle, however caused or occasioned, and all other risks and liabilities relating to the Vehicle.

 

12. LESSEE’S UNCONDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS

 

12.1 Obligation to pay Rent

Without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 18.1 (Prepayments), the Lessee’s obligation to pay all Rent and other sums hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be subject to any contingency whatsoever, including without limitation:

 

  12.1.1 any abatement, recoupment or other right which either party may have against each other, set–off, counterclaim, deduction or reduction for any reason whatsoever (save where such deduction or reduction is required under any Requirement of Law in which case Clause 20 (Tax Gross Up) shall apply);

 

  12.1.2 the unavailability of the Vehicle for any reason, including delayed or late delivery from a Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer, OpCo or another FleetCo, any lack or invalidity of title or any other defect in title, merchantability, fitness for purpose, condition, design, or operation of any kind or nature of the Vehicle, or the ineligibility of the Vehicle for any particular use, or for registration or documentation under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction, or the destruction of, or damage to, the Vehicle;

 

  12.1.3 any failure or delay on the part of any party hereto, whether with or without fault on its part, in performing or complying with any further terms or conditions of this Agreement;

 

  12.1.4 any Insolvency Event in relation to the Lessor or the Lessee;

 

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  12.1.5 any failure on the part of any sub-lessee to perform or comply with any of the terms of any sub-lease arrangement entered into with the Lessee (including, without limitation, any failure to pay rent under such sub-lease arrangement);

 

  12.1.6 any lack of due authorisation of or other invalidity in relation to this Agreement;

 

  12.1.7 any damage to, removal, abandonment, salvage, loss, theft, scrapping or destruction of or any requisition or taking of the Vehicles or any part thereof;

 

  12.1.8 any restriction, prevention or curtailment of or interference with any use of the Vehicles or any part thereof;

 

  12.1.9 any change, waiver, extension, indulgence or other action or omission in respect of any obligation or liability of the Lessee or the Lessor;

 

  12.1.10 any failure on the part of the Lessor or the Lessee to perform or comply with any of the terms hereof or of any other agreement;

 

  12.1.11 any invalidity or unenforceability of a part of this Agreement or any provision of any thereof, in each case whether against or by the Lessee or otherwise;

 

  12.1.12 any insurance premiums payable by the Lessee with respect to the Vehicles; or

 

  12.1.13 the provisions of a Master Lease Termination Notice.

 

12.2 No termination etc.

The Lessee waives all rights now or hereafter conferred by law or otherwise to terminate this Agreement or to have it nullified, or to any diminution or reduction of Rent or other amounts payable by the Lessee hereunder.

 

12.3 Payments by Lessee final

All payments made by the Lessee hereunder shall be final, absent manifest error and the Lessee shall not seek to recover any such payment or any part thereof for any reason whatsoever.

 

12.4 Survival of obligation to pay Rent

If this Agreement or any lease of a Vehicle shall be terminated in whole or in part by operation of law or otherwise (other than in accordance with Clause 28 (Termination)), the Lessee shall nonetheless pay an amount equal to all Rents and all other amounts due hereunder in respect of any Vehicles which were subject to a lease hereunder at the time and in the manner that such payments would have become due and payable under the terms of this Agreement as if this Agreement and/or that lease had not been terminated in whole or in part until the relevant Lease Expiration Date in respect of such Vehicles has occurred. All covenants and agreements of the Lessee herein shall continue to be performed at its costs, expense and risk unless expressly otherwise stated herein.

 

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12.5 Lessee’s rights and remedies

Subject to Clause 32 (No Representation or Warranty by Lessor), nothing in this Clause will be construed to limit the Lessee’s rights and remedies in the event of the Lessor’s breach of its warranty of quiet enjoyment set forth in Clause 9 (Non disturbance and Access) or to limit the Lessee’s rights and remedies to pursue in a court of law any claim it may have against the Lessor or any other person.

 

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SECTION C

PAYMENT TERMS

 

13. RENT

 

13.1 Payment of Rent

The Lessee shall pay to the Lessor in respect of the Related Month on each Lease Payment Date following the Lease Determination Date and on a Master Lease End Date:

 

  13.1.1 the Base Rent accrued and payable; and

 

  13.1.2 the Variable Rent payable,

in relation to each Vehicle leased by the Lessee from the Lessor under this Agreement.

 

13.2 Accrual and Payment of Rent

Subject to Clause 13.3 (Rent after termination), the Base Rent will accrue on a daily basis from the Lease Commencement Date of such Vehicle and the Variable Rent will accrue from the Lease Commencement Date in respect of the relevant Vehicle until, in the case of both Base Rent and Variable Rent, and subject to the other terms of this Agreement, the Lease Expiration Date of such Vehicle.

 

13.3 Rent after termination

After a Master Lease End Date, Rent shall continue to accrue (in the case of Base Rent) and be payable until the Vehicle is returned to the Lessor or to its order in accordance with Clause 30.2 (Return of Vehicles upon Master Lease End Date) or 30.3 (Repossession of Vehicles).

 

14. CASUALTIES AND NON-ELIGIBLE VEHICLES

 

14.1 Notification by Lessee and Casualty Payment

If a Vehicle the subject of a lease hereunder suffers a Casualty or becomes a Non-Eligible Vehicle, the Lessee shall promptly after such event:

 

  14.1.1 notify the Spanish Servicer and the Lessor in writing thereof; and

 

  14.1.2 pay to the Lessor the Casualty Payment in respect of such Vehicle within 7 Business Days of the date on which such Vehicle suffers a Casualty or becomes a Non-Eligible Vehicle, plus VAT, if and to the extent applicable.

 

14.2 Termination of lease due to Casualty

 

  14.2.1 Subject to Clause 14.4 (Compliance), following receipt by the Lessor of the full amount of a Casualty Payment in respect of a Vehicle, the Lease Expiration Date will occur in respect of such Vehicle.

 

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  14.2.2 The Lessee shall continue to pay Base Rent and Variable Rent on the days and in the amount required under this Agreement notwithstanding that the relevant Vehicle has suffered a Casualty or has become a Non-Eligible Vehicle up to (and including) the Business Day immediately preceding the Lease Expiration Date for such Vehicle.

 

14.3 Proceeds of insurance claim

Subject to Clause 14.4 (Compliance), in the event that the Lessor is entitled to any indemnity arising from and does make a claim under an Insurance Policy in respect of a Vehicle that has suffered a Casualty, the Lessee shall be entitled to the net proceeds of recovery (if any) after deducting (i) any Casualty Payments due but unpaid by the Lessee (if any) in respect of such Vehicle and (ii) any reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Lessor in making such recovery. The Lessor shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt, pay such net proceeds to the Lessee.

 

14.4 Compliance

The Lessor shall not be required to comply with any of its obligations under this Clause 14 unless and until the Lessee complies with its obligations under this Agreement provided that the Lessor shall be entitled to assume that the Lessee has complied with its obligations under this Agreement unless the Lessor has actual knowledge to the contrary.

 

15. PROGRAMME VEHICLE SPECIAL DEFAULT PAYMENTS

 

15.1 The Lessee acknowledges that each Programme Vehicle is subject to the terms and conditions of a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement entered into between the Lessee, the Lessor and the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer (as such may be amended or novated from time to time) pursuant to which, the Lessor may be liable for Excess Damage Charges and/or Excess Mileage Charges. The Lessee shall indemnify the Lessor against any such Excess Damage Charge or Excess Mileage Charge or any payment required to be made by the Lessor under the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement as a result of the Lessee’s use of a Vehicle which is or was the subject of a lease hereunder exceeding the prescribed mileage limit or resulting in the Lessor’s non-compliance with the damage and missing equipment provisions (if any) of the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement.

 

15.2 If the Lessee returns a Programme Vehicle to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer (as the case may be), the Lessee shall, to the extent that any Excess Damage Charges and/or Excess Mileage Charges are paid or payable by the Lessor to the Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer or deducted or deductible from the Repurchase Price with respect to such Programme Vehicle, pay to the Lessor any Programme Vehicle Special Default Payment in respect of such Programme Vehicle on or prior to the Lease Payment Date immediately following the Related Month in which the Repurchase Price in respect of such Programme Vehicle is received or receivable by the Lessor.

 

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16. LESSEE RIGHT TO TERMINATE A PROGRAMME VEHICLE LEASE PRIOR TO THE PROGRAMME MINIMUM TERM

In addition to being able to return a Programme Vehicle where Clause 29 (Rejected Vehicles) applies, the Lessee has the right to return a Programme Vehicle prior to the end of the Programme Minimum Term in accordance with Clause 30.1 (Redelivery of Vehicles prior to a Master Lease End Date), and acknowledges that the Lessor will return such Vehicle to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer at such time. If the Lessee exercises such right, the Lessee shall, on the Lease Payment Date (or, if earlier or later, by the Business Day on which the Lessor has to pay any Early Termination Payment to a Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer) immediately following the Related Month in which the Repurchase Price in respect of such Programme Vehicle is received or should have been received by the Lessor, pay to the Lessor an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment in respect of such Programme Vehicle.

 

17. FEES, TRAFFIC PENALTIES AND FINES

 

17.1 Payments of fees, penalties and fines etc. by the Lessee

Notwithstanding the fact that the Lessor is the legal owner (and the registered owner)] of a Vehicle, the Lessee shall be responsible for the payment of (and shall indemnify the Lessor against) all:

 

  17.1.1 vehicle excise duty/motor vehicle duty other Spanish specific duty other applicable registration fees, title fees, licence fees or other similar governmental fees and taxes, to the extent that such fees, costs and taxes are not capitalised by the Dutch FleetCo in respect of such Vehicle at the time the Vehicle is purchased;

 

  17.1.2 costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transfer of title, or annotation or the title register or document to reflect the interests of chargeholders;

 

  17.1.3 premiums relating to any of the Insurance Policies under Clause 23.5 (Insurance); or

 

  17.1.4 traffic summonses, penalties, judgments and fines incurred,

and any other fees, penalties, fines and similar payments in respect of any Vehicle delivered to the Lessor and/or leased under this Agreement incurred or imposed during the relevant Lease Term (or, where a Vehicle is a Casualty or an Non-Eligible Vehicle, for so long as the Lessor holds title to such Vehicle), all such amounts being “Traffic Fines and Penalties”. The Lessee is responsible for the payment of such Traffic Fines and Penalties (in each case whether such payment is due and payable during such Lease Term or after such Lease Term has expired) to any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Requirement of Law with respect to such Vehicles and which are notified to the Lessee (whether by the Lessor or a third party) or of which the Lessor is otherwise aware are due to be paid and which the legal owner or registered owner of such Vehicle is legally obliged to pay until the date on which Programme Vehicles are redelivered by the Lessor to the Vehicle Manufacturers

 

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and/or Vehicle Dealers or the Non–Programme Vehicles are sold by the Lessor to other third party purchasers. Where the Traffic Fines and Penalties are incurred or imposed and notified to the Lessee by any Governmental Authority or any party other than the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent, the Lessee shall notify the Lessor, the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent promptly. In the event that the Lessee makes any payment in accordance with the terms of this Clause 17 which relates to a period that exceeds the Lease Term of the relevant Vehicle (the “Excess Payment”), the Lessee will not be entitled to make any claim against the Lessor for the refund of the Excess Payment or effect any set off of sums due and owing to the Lessor from the Lessee in respect of the same.

 

17.2 Payment during Related Month

The Lessee shall pay to the Lessor on each Lease Payment Date (or, if earlier, the Business Day preceding the date by which such payment is due and payable under a Requirement of Law), an amount equal to the sum of all Traffic Fines and Penalties referred to in Clause 17.1 (Payments of fees, penalties and fines etc. by the Lessee) owed by the Lessee to the Lessor during the Related Month (to the extent that the Lessee has not paid already).

 

18. PREPAYMENTS AND LATE PAYMENTS

 

18.1 Prepayments

Notwithstanding Clause 13.1, on any date, the Lessee may at its option pay to the Lessor any rent or other payment (in whole or in part) in advance of the relevant Lease Payment Date (including making a payment of Variable Rent to satisfy an obligation of Dutch FleetCo to pay the Charge Costs in respect of a Vehicle) to the extent that such Rent or other payments have accrued or will have accrued on or before the next Lease Payment Date.

 

18.2 Consequences of late payment

 

  18.2.1 If the Lessee fails to pay any amount due and payable by it under this Agreement on its due date, without prejudice to any other remedies of the Lessor, 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, 1 per cent. during the period of non-payment.

 

  18.2.2 Any default interest accrued under this Clause 18.2 shall be payable on any Lease Payment Date by the Lessee or on demand by the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent.

Default interests (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded and capitalised with the overdue amount at the end of each period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.

 

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19. PAYMENT MECHANICS

 

19.1 Calculations

All determinations of Rent (including Rental Adjustments and other amounts payable by the Lessee to the Lessor (including Casualty Payments, Programme Vehicle Special Default Payments, Early Termination Payments, Traffic Fines and Penalties and Redesignation Amounts) on any Lease Payment Date or any other date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement will be notified by the Lessor (or the Spanish Servicer on the Lessor’s behalf) to the Lessee in writing by no later than the Lease Determination Date immediately prior to such Lease Payment Date or, where a payment is due on a date other than a Lease Payment Date, the Business Day preceding such date. The notice shall include a statement of the total aggregate amount due and payable by the Lessee to the Lessor on such Lease Payment Date or due date and a description of the amounts payable by the Lessee.

 

19.2 Timing of payments

The Lessee shall ensure that all payments of Rent and other amounts to be paid by the Lessee to the Lessor hereunder shall be payable for same day value (in the Relevant Jurisdiction in which the Lessee is incorporated) on the relevant due date to the Dutch FleetCo Spanish Transaction Account.

 

19.3 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).

 

19.4 Currency of account

EUR is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from one party to another under this Agreement.

 

19.5 Set-off

The Lessee shall not be entitled to set–off any sums payable under this Agreement against any sums payable to it by the Lessor unless otherwise specified in this Agreement.

 

19.6 Aggregation of amounts

The Lessor shall aggregate the Rent due (and unpaid) on all Vehicles, together with any other amounts due to the Lessor.

 

19.7 Application of payments

All payments made to the Lessor under this Agreement (irrespective of the nature of the obligation in respect of which they are paid by the Lessee) shall be applied by the Lessor against Rent and any other amounts due and payable hereunder in the order determined by the Lessor.

 

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20. TAX GROSS-UP

 

20.1 The Lessee shall make all payments to be made by it under this Agreement without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is a Requirement of Law.

 

20.2 The Lessee shall, promptly upon becoming aware that it is required to make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent accordingly.

 

20.3 If the Lessee is required by law to make a Tax Deduction, the amount of the payment due by the Lessee shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due to the payee if no Tax Deduction had been required.

 

20.4 If the Lessee is required to make a Tax Deduction, the Lessee shall make that Tax Deduction and account to the relevant Tax Authority for such amount within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

 

20.5 Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction and/or accounting for such amount to the relevant Tax Authority, the Lessee shall deliver to the Lessor, the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lessor that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant Tax Authority.

 

21. VAT AND STAMP TAXES

 

21.1 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.

 

21.2 Payment of amounts in respect of VAT

Where, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any party (the “Supplier”) makes a supply to any other party (the “Recipient”) for VAT purposes and VAT is or becomes chargeable on such supply (being VAT for which the Supplier is required to account to the relevant Tax Authority): (i) where the Supplier is the Lessor, the Recipient shall pay to the Supplier (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) a sum equal to the amount of such VAT, and the Supplier shall, following receipt of such sum and (unless otherwise required by law) not before, provide the Recipient with a valid VAT invoice in respect of such supply, and (ii) where the Supplier is the Lessee, the Recipient shall, following receipt from the Supplier of a valid VAT invoice in respect of such supply, pay to the Supplier (in addition to any other consideration for such supply) a sum equal to the amount of such VAT.

 

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21.3 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.

 

21.4 Taxes and other duties

The Lessee 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 the Lessor 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.

 

22. INDEMNITIES

 

22.1 The Lessee shall pay to the Lessor and/or the FleetCo Security Agent promptly following demand and indemnify the Lessor and/or the FleetCo Security Agent (acting for the benefit of the FleetCo Secured Creditors) for all expenses (including legal costs) incurred by the Lessor and/or the FleetCo Security Agent (on its behalf or on behalf of other FleetCo Secured Creditors), as the case may be, (i) in contemplation of, or otherwise in connection with, the enforcement of, preservation of any rights under, this Agreement, or (ii) in respect of any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement, condition, or stipulation contained in this Agreement, together with interest from the date on which such expenses were incurred to the date of payment (both before and after judgment).

 

22.2 The Lessee agrees at all times, whether during or after the Lease Term, to pay all costs and expenses of or arising from the matters referred to below and indemnify and hold harmless the Lessor from and against all liabilities relating to, or arising directly or indirectly in any manner or for any cause or reason whatsoever out of:

 

  22.2.1 the age, worthiness, workmanship, materials, manufacture, construction, operation, value, description, suitability, quality, merchantability, fitness for any purpose (including the ability to operate or register any Vehicle or use any Spanish Vehicle Documents in any jurisdictions), state, condition, appearance, safety, durability, design or operation, control and use of any kind or nature of any Vehicle or any part thereof;

 

  22.2.2 defects, whether or not discoverable, known or unknown, apparent or concealed, exterior or interior in respect of any Vehicle or engine; or

 

  22.2.3 the infringement of any patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights.

 

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22.3 The Lessee shall indemnify the Lessor against any loss or costs incurred by the Lessor (i) in consequence of the Lessee having to make a FATCA Deduction on any payment made to the Lessor under this Agreement, and (ii) in respect of any indemnity payment the Lessor itself is required to make to the Issuer pursuant to clause 11.3 of the FleetCo Spanish Facility Agreement.

 

22.4 The indemnities in this Clause 22.1 shall not extend to Liabilities to the extent that such Liabilities would not have arisen or been suffered or incurred, but for the failure of the Lessor (and not the Spanish Servicer acting on its behalf) to perform, or the breach by such parties of, any obligations in this Agreement or any wilful misconduct or gross negligence of such parties, except to the extent that such failure or breach is caused by the breach of the Lessee of any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Spanish Servicer under the Spanish Servicing Agreement where the Spanish Servicer is itself liable or any act or failure to act of any other person.

 

22.5 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 (“Party A”) shall pay such amount (the “Payment”) to the other party (“Party B”) and shall ensure that Party B is, so far as is practically possible, restored to the same position as it would have been in had the matter giving rise to Party A’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 Party B which results from the matter giving rise to the Payment and (b) whether the Payment is subject to tax in Party B’s hands.

 

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SECTION D

COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

23. COVENANTS OF THE LESSEE

The Lessee covenants and undertakes to the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the FleetCo Secured Creditors) that, unless at any time the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent shall otherwise expressly consent in writing, it will:

 

23.1 General covenants

 

  23.1.1 only use the Vehicles for the purposes permitted under Clause 8 (Use of Vehicles and Sub–Leasing);

 

  23.1.2 obtain (where not already obtained), maintain and comply with all Authorisations required in the Relevant Jurisdictions which are necessary for the Lessee to lease, use, operate and sub-lease the Vehicles in accordance with its ordinary day-to-day rental business activities and perform its obligations hereunder;

 

  23.1.3 acknowledge at all times that its role as Third Party Holder prevails over its role as Lessee and that the terms of the Third Party Holding Agreement shall prevail over the terms of this Agreement in the event of any conflict or discrepancy arising; and

 

  23.1.4 refrain from (i) creating any Security over any Vehicle or (ii) permitting any Security to exist over any Vehicle, in each case other than as effected under the FleetCo Security Documents.

 

23.2 Possession of Vehicles

Whilst any Vehicle that is a Programme Vehicle owned by the Lessor which is in the possession of the Lessee and until such Vehicle has been returned to the Lessor or to its order in accordance with Clause 30 (Return/Redelivery of Vehicles), not take or omit to take any action which would cause the Lessor to cause a breach of the undertakings and obligations of the Lessor under the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement in respect of that Vehicle;

 

23.3 Covenants as to Vehicles

 

  23.3.1 not knowingly use any Vehicle for any unlawful purpose;

 

  23.3.2 until each Vehicle has been redelivered to the Lessor or to its order in accordance with Clause 30 (Return/Redelivery of Vehicles) ensure that all maintenance and repairs to keep each Vehicle which has been delivered to the Lessee hereunder in good working order and condition are undertaken at the expense of the Lessee including:

 

  (a)

where required under a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement, using only spare parts

 

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  and servicing arrangements approved by the Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer and, when required by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer, returning each Vehicle only to an authorised Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer facility or the applicable Vehicle Manufacturer’s and/or Vehicle Dealer’s authorised warranty stations for warranty work;

 

  (b) in the case of Non-Programme Vehicles, returning each Vehicle only to an authorised Vehicle Manufacturer or Vehicle Dealer facility or the applicable Vehicle Manufacturer’s or Vehicle Dealer’s authorised warranty stations for warranty work;

 

  (c) if a Vehicle is recalled by a Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer for any modification or warranty work to be performed in respect of such Vehicle by such Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer, returning the Vehicle or procuring the return of the Vehicle to an authorised Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer facility or the applicable Vehicle Manufacturer’s and/or Vehicle Dealer’s authorised warranty work station and procuring the performance of the relevant warranty work or modification;

 

  (d) paying, or causing to be paid, all usual and routine expenses incurred in the use and operation of each Vehicle including, but not limited to, fuel, lubricants, and coolants; and

 

  (e) not making any material alterations (other than through repairs carried out in accordance with (a), (b) and (c) above) to the Vehicle without the prior consent of the Lessor.

Any improvements or additions to a Vehicle will become and will remain the property of the Lessor, except that any addition to a Vehicle made by the Lessee will remain the property of the Lessee if they can be disconnected from a Vehicle and are so disconnected from the Vehicle prior to the date on which the Lessee has redelivered the relevant Vehicle to the Lessor in accordance with Clause 30 (Return/Redelivery of Vehicles), in each case, without impairing the functioning of such Vehicle or its resale value;

 

23.4 Reporting

Promptly after becoming aware thereof and having made due enquiry, give notice in writing of the occurrence of any Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default to each of the Lessor, the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent.

 

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23.5 Insurance

 

  23.5.1 arrange for the following insurances to be effected and maintained until the Master Lease End Date for the Lessor, for itself and, to the extent each or either of them is required to do so for any other person in each case arising out of the use of any vehicle at or above any applicable minimum limits of indemnity/liability as a Requirement of Law and consistent with past practice of the Lessee or otherwise prudent industry practice:

 

  (a) 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 (the insurance specified in this paragraph (a), the “Motor Third Party Liability Cover”); and

 

  (b) in accordance with applicable law, insurance protecting against loss or damage to property belonging to third parties (the insurance specified in this paragraph (b), the “Motor Third Party Property Damage Liability Cover”, and together with the Motor Third Party Liability Cover, the “Insurance Policies” and each an “Insurance Policy”),

in each case with reputable, licensed insurance companies or underwriters acceptable to the FleetCo Security Agent and ensure that the Lessor is entitled to directly claim under such Insurance Policies;

 

  23.5.2 on or prior to the Initial Funding Date, and then (i) on an annual basis (on each anniversary date of the execution of this Agreement) and (ii) on any date on which a new policy is entered into by the Lessee in substitution of, or in supplement to any existing insurance policy, provide to the Lessor a copy of the certificate delivered by the insurer to confirm that the insurance policy in relation to the Leased Vehicles is in full force and effect, together with a complete copy of the relevant insurance policy;

 

  23.5.3 upon knowledge of the occurrence of an event giving rise to a claim under any of the Insurance Policies, 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 in accordance with the terms of the applicable insurance arrangement;

 

  23.5.4 ensure that the Insurance Policies are renewed or (as the case may be) replaced in a timely manner and shall pay premiums promptly and in accordance with the requirements of the relevant Insurance Policy;

 

  23.5.5 notify the Lessor, the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent of any material changes, variations or cancellations of insurance policies made or, to the knowledge of the Lessee, threatened or pending to either the Lessee’s or the Lessor’s insurance coverage under any of the Insurance Policies;

 

  23.5.6 not to take or omit to take any action which would entitle the relevant insurer to cancel an Insurance Policy or avoid a claim;

 

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  23.5.7 promptly notify the Lessor, the Transaction Agent and the FleetCo Security Agent of:

 

  (a) any notice of threatened cancellation or avoidance of any of the Insurance Policies received from the relevant insurer; and

 

  (b) any failure to pay premiums to the insurer or broker in accordance with the terms of any such Insurance Policies;

 

  23.5.8 procure that the insurer promptly notifies directly the Lessor and the Transaction Agent of (i) any default of payment by it of any amounts due to any insurer, including any insurance premium and (ii) any termination of an insurance policy or suspension of any relevant guarantee;

 

  23.5.9 indemnify the Lessor for the amount of any premium and any liabilities incurred in relation to replacement of the relevant Insurance Policy or payment of the premiums due by the Lessor, as the case may be, (and such indemnity shall be immediately due and payable by the Lessee), if (i) any of the Insurance Policies are not kept in full force and effect and/or the Lessee fails to pay any premiums thereunder, and (ii) the Lessor exercises its right to replace the relevant Insurance Policy or to pay the premiums due (if permitted under the relevant Insurance Policy);

 

  23.5.10 ensure that no provision is contained in any insurance policy entered into by the Lessee which would render the Lessor liable for any unpaid premium or could render the Lessor liable to the insurer in relation to the insurance excess in the event the Lessee does not comply with any of its obligations under such policy;

 

  23.5.11 ensure that the insurer undertakes not to reclaim any amounts from the Lessor in respect of circumstances in which the Lessor might be held liable as the owner of the Vehicles and in the event this requirement is not complied with, indemnify the Lessor for any amounts the Lessor is obliged to pay (if any) in this respect;

 

  23.5.12 act with the necessary diligence when subleasing a Vehicle to a customer;

 

  23.5.13 retain custody of the original Insurance Policy documents and any correspondence regarding claims in respect of any of the Insurance Policies and shall supply the Lessor, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent with (i) copies of the Insurance Policy documents, and (ii) details of any claim which may have a Material Adverse Effect on the Lessor;

 

  23.5.14 comply, and use reasonable endeavours to ensure that any Affiliate to which a vehicle has been sub-leased pursuant to the Master Lease Agreement and any sub-contractor, if any and to the extent required, complies, with the terms and conditions of the Insurance Policies, and shall not consent to, or voluntarily permit any act or omission which might invalidate or render unenforceable the whole or any part of the Insurance Policies; and

 

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  23.5.15 in respect of the Motor Third Party Property Damage Liability Cover if such insurance is obtained through a placing broker (or such placing broker is replaced with another), use reasonable endeavours to obtain a letter of undertaking in respect thereof.

 

23.6 Registration of Vehicles

 

  23.6.1 procure (with the co-operation of the Lessor, where required) and at its expense the registration of the Lessor as the owner of the Vehicles in the Registro Administrativo de Tráfico (supervised by the Dirección General de Tráfico) during the relevant Lease Term, within any applicable time limits for such registration; and

 

  23.6.2 if requested by the Lessor, co-operate in the registration of any other person as owner or holder of any Vehicle following the applicable Lease Expiration Date or following the Master Lease End Date except where such Vehicle has become a Casualty or a Non-Eligible Vehicle and title has been transferred to the Lessee.

 

24. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Lessee makes (i) the representations and warranties it makes under Clause 3.2 of the Framework Agreement at the times set out in the Framework Agreement and (ii) the representations and warranties in this Clause 24 to the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent (for itself and on behalf of the FleetCo Secured Creditors) on each Lease Payment Date, on the date of submission of a Vehicle Request Notice, on each Lease Commencement Date and each date on which a Vehicle Schedule is delivered to the Lessee, with reference to the facts and circumstances then existing.

 

24.1 Centre of Main Interests

Its centre of main interests (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Council of the European Union Regulation No. 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings) is located in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

24.2 Solvency

No Insolvency Event has occurred in relation to the Lessee.

 

24.3 No Default

 

  24.3.1 Unless otherwise notified in writing to the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent, no Potential Master Lease Termination Event or Master Lease Termination Event has occurred and is continuing; and

 

  24.3.2 unless notified in writing to the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no Event of Default has occurred in respect of the Lessee;

 

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24.4 Insurances

Neither the Insurance Policies nor any part thereof are subject to any Security save for any Security granted pursuant to the FleetCo Security Documents;

 

24.5 Lease Term

if an Eligible Vehicle is a Programme Vehicle (and remains so designated), the Lease Term in respect of such Vehicle does not exceed the Programme Maximum Term for such Vehicle.

 

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SECTION E

REDESIGNATION, TERMINATION AND RETURN OF VEHICLES

 

25. REDESIGNATION EVENTS

 

25.1 Redesignation of Programme Vehicles as Non-Programme Vehicles

 

  25.1.1 If the Lessor determines or becomes aware that:

 

  (a) a Programme Vehicle that ceases to fall within sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “Eligible Vehicle” and/or ceases to satisfy the remaining conditions of that definition (including in circumstances where it is ineligible for repurchase under the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement); or

 

  (b) a Programme Vehicle cannot otherwise be returned to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer (as the case may be) under the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement,

the Lessor shall promptly redesignate such Programme Vehicle as a Non–Programme Vehicle in accordance with Clause 27 (Redesignation Mechanics).

 

  25.1.2 If the Lessor determines, in the case of a Programme Vehicle which the Lessor is not obliged to sell within a specified period to a Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer under the terms of the applicable Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement, that it does not wish to sell such Vehicle to the Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer from whom the Vehicle was purchased, the Lessor may redesignate such Programme Vehicle as a Non–Programme Vehicle, subject to such redesignation not resulting in a breach of the terms of the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement.

 

25.2 Redesignation of Programme Vehicles as Non-Programme Vehicles due to Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default

If a Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default occurs, the Lessor shall promptly upon becoming aware of the same redesignate all Programme Vehicles expected to be repurchased by the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer (as the case may be) as Non-Programme Vehicles.

 

25.3 Redesignation of Non-Programme Vehicles as Programme Vehicles

If the Lessor:

 

  25.3.1 has redesignated a Programme Vehicle as a Non–Programme Vehicle in accordance with sub-clause 25.1.1 and the Lessor subsequently determines or becomes aware that the circumstances referred to in that Clause have ceased or are found not to have applied at the relevant time; or

 

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  25.3.2 redesignated a Programme Vehicle as a Non-Programme Vehicle in accordance with Clause 25.2 (Redesignation of Programme Vehicles as Non-Programme Vehicles due to Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default) and the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default is capable of being and is subsequently cured; or

 

  25.3.3 determines that it wishes to sell a Non–Programme Vehicle eligible to be purchased under a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer,

the Lessor may redesignate all such relevant Non–Programme Vehicles as Programme Vehicles.

 

26. LIMITATIONS ON REDESIGNATION

The Lessor may not redesignate any Vehicle in accordance with Clause 27 (Redesignation Mechanics) other than in circumstances specified in Clause 25 (Redesignation Events).

 

27. REDESIGNATION MECHANICS

 

27.1 Notification by Lessor

Within 5 (five) Business Days of redesignating a Vehicle in accordance with Clause 25 (Redesignation Events), the Lessor shall notify the Lessee in writing thereof and provide information to the Lessee, the Transaction Agent , the FleetCo Security Agent and the Central Servicer showing the revised Depreciation Charge per calendar month in respect of such Vehicle to enable the Central Servicer to prepare an updated FleetCo Cash Management and Lease Report pursuant to the terms of the Framework Agreement.

 

27.2 Payment of Redesignation Amounts by Lessee or reduction of Base Rent

 

  27.2.1 If during the period starting on (but excluding) a Lease Determination Date and ending on (and including) the following Lease Determination Date any Vehicles are redesignated in accordance with Clauses 25.1 (Redesignation of Programme Vehicles as Non-Programme Vehicles), 25.2 (Redesignation of Programme Vehicles as Non-Programme Vehicles due to Vehicle Manufacturer Event of Default) and/or 25.3 (Redesignation of Non-Programme Vehicles as Programme Vehicles), the Lessor shall calculate on such later Lease Determination Date the aggregate of all Redesignation Amounts applicable to all Vehicles that have been redesignated during the aforementioned period (the “Aggregate Redesignation Amount”) and notify the Lessee of such Aggregate Redesignation Amount in accordance with Clause 19.1 (Calculations).

 

  27.2.2 If the Aggregate Redesignation Amount is a positive amount, the Lessee shall pay to the Lessor such Aggregate Redesignation Amount on the Lease Payment Date immediately following such aforementioned Lease Determination Date.

 

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  27.2.3 Unless a Master Lease Termination Event has occurred and has not been remedied to the satisfaction of, or waived by, the FleetCo Security Agent if the Aggregate Redesignation Amount is a negative amount, the Lessor shall, on the Lease Payment Date immediately following such aforementioned Lease Determination Date reduce the Base Rent payable on that date in relation to each Vehicle by an amount equal to the multiple of: (a) such Aggregate Redesignation Amount (treated for this purpose as a positive number) multiplied by (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Base Rent calculated for the Vehicle to which such Base Rent relates on such Lease Determination Date prior to reduction and payable on the immediately following Lease Payment Date by (ii) the aggregate Base Rents calculated on such Lease Determination Date prior to reduction and payable on the immediately following Lease Payment Date for all Vehicles leased under this Agreement to the Lessee during the Related Month (provided that a Base Rent shall not be reduced to an amount less than zero).

 

28. TERMINATION

 

28.1 Termination of this Master Lease Agreement

 

  28.1.1 Dutch FleetCo is entitled to withdraw from this Agreement for any reason whatsoever upon giving 60 days’ notice to the Spanish OpCo and upon receiving consent to withdraw from the FleetCo Security Agent (a copy of such notice to be provided to the Transaction Agent). Spanish OpCo expressly waives any indemnity rights vis-à-vis the Dutch FleetCo in respect of expenses, fees and loss of profits to which it will be entitled as a consequence of such withdrawal under Spanish law.

 

  28.1.2 Subject to a Master Lease End Date not having occurred and subject to sub-clause 28.4.1, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the date on which all Vehicles leased hereunder together with the Spanish Vehicle Documents are returned to the Lessor or to its order in accordance with Clause 30 (Return/Redelivery of Vehicles).

 

28.2 Termination by notification

If a Master Lease Termination Event occurs, the Lessor (with the consent of the FleetCo Security Agent) or the FleetCo Security Agent may give the other parties hereto written notice (a “Master Lease Termination Notice”) that such event has occurred upon which a Master Lease End Date shall occur.

 

28.3 Consequences of Master Lease End Date

If a Master Lease End Date occurs:

 

  28.3.1 the Lessee’s right to lease Vehicles hereunder shall terminate automatically without the need for any further action by the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent;

 

  28.3.2 the Lessee shall not be able to lease additional Vehicles from the Lessor in accordance with Clause 5 (Lease Term);

 

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  28.3.3 the Lessee shall be required to immediately return or cause to be returned all Vehicles (together with the relevant Spanish Vehicle Documents) in accordance with Clause 30.2 (Return of Vehicles upon Master Lease End Date) whereupon the lease shall terminate automatically without the need for any further action by the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent;

 

  28.3.4 all accrued and unpaid Rent and all other payments accrued but unpaid under this Agreement shall automatically, without further action by the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent become immediately due and payable;

 

  28.3.5 the Lessee shall pay to the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent on demand all costs and expenses incurred by the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent in connection with the recovery of any Vehicles (together with the relevant Spanish Vehicle Documents) which have been sub-leased by the Lessee and, as the case may be, further sub-leased by such sub–lessee in each case in accordance with Clause 8 (Use of Vehicles and Sub–Leasing) where the Lessee fails to return or redeliver such Vehicles in accordance with Clause 30.2 (Return of Vehicles upon Master Lease End Date);

 

  28.3.6 the Lessee shall indemnify the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent against all Liabilities incurred by the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent in connection with such termination including all costs and expenses incurred in recovering possession of each Vehicle, Spanish Vehicle Documents and/or carrying out any works or modifications required to bring the Vehicles up to, in the case of Programme Vehicles, the conditions specified in the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement for the Lessor to benefit from the Vehicle Manufacturer’s and/or Vehicle Dealer’s obligation to purchase such Vehicles or, in the case of Non–Programme Vehicles, such condition as the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent (as applicable) reasonably thinks fit in order to sell the relevant Non–Programme Vehicles; and

 

  28.3.7 each party’s accrued rights and obligations hereunder at the date of termination are unaffected but, subject to sub-clause 28.4.1 each party’s further rights and obligations shall cease immediately;

 

28.4 Miscellaneous termination provisions

 

  28.4.1 Clauses 6.4, 14.1, 15, 16, 17.1, 21, 22, 28.3, 28.4.1, 28.4.2, 30, 32, 33, 40, 41 and 43 and those clauses the survival of which is necessary for the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement, shall survive termination of this Agreement in accordance with Clause 28.1 and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

  28.4.2 If the Lessee fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Lessor and/or the FleetCo Security Agent may, without being in any way obliged or responsible for doing so and without prejudice to the ability of the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent to treat that non–compliance as a Master Lease Termination Event, effect compliance on the Lessee’s behalf, and if the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent incurs any expenditure in effecting such compliance, the Lessor and/or the FleetCo Security Agent shall be entitled to recover such expenditure from the Lessee.

 

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  28.4.3 The rights and remedies of the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent provided in this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided at law.

 

29. REJECTED VEHICLES

 

29.1 Entitlement to reject

Subject to Clause 29.3 (Rejections after payment for Vehicle), the Lessee will be entitled to reject any Vehicle delivered to it by or on behalf of the Lessor pursuant to Clause 7 (Delivery of Vehicles) (i) if the Lessor is itself entitled to reject such Vehicle under the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Agreement pursuant to which such Rejected Vehicle was ordered and (ii) subject to the same conditions (to the extent applicable) as to rejection as may be applicable to the Lessor under the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Agreement in respect of such Rejected Vehicle.

 

29.2 Notification and return to Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer

Any rejection of a Vehicle under this Clause 29 shall be notified in writing by the Lessee to the Lessor, and the Lessee shall be responsible for returning the Rejected Vehicles directly to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer or to the order of the other selling parties, in accordance with terms of the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Agreement applicable to such rejection.

 

29.3 Rejections after payment for Vehicle

Subject to Clause 29.4 (Cessation of accrual of Rent), if the Lessee requests to reject a Vehicle after payment for such Vehicle has been made, the rejection shall be subject to the condition that the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer agrees (without set off or counterclaim) to repurchase such Vehicle from the Lessor for an amount equal to the Capitalised Cost of such Vehicle at the time of repurchase.

 

29.4 Cessation of accrual of Rent

Rent shall cease to accrue (and shall not be payable by the Lessee) in respect of a Rejected Vehicle on the date on which the Lessor receives for value and without set off or counterclaim the payment referred to in Clause 29.3 (Rejections after payment for Vehicle) or (in respect of Vehicles which have not been paid for) a successful claim is made in accordance with Clause 29.1 (Entitlement to reject).

 

29.5 Vehicle Manufacturer’s/Vehicle Dealer’s warranties

If a Vehicle is covered by a Vehicle Manufacturer’s warranty or a Vehicle Dealer’s warranty pursuant to a Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement or a Vehicle Dealer Agreement, the Lessor acknowledges that the Lessee, during the Lease Term for such Vehicle, shall have the right to make any claims under such warranty which the Lessor is entitled to make. For such purposes the Lessor undertakes to issue any confirmation thereof or grant to the Lessee any special proxies or mandate upon first request of the Lessee (without any liability for the Lessor).

 

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30. RETURN/REDELIVERY OF VEHICLES

 

30.1 Redelivery of Vehicles prior to a Master Lease End Date

Prior to a Master Lease End Date, in relation to any Vehicle which has not suffered a Casualty or become a Non-Eligible Vehicle:

 

  30.1.1 the Lessee shall, at the Lessee’s sole expense, return each Programme Vehicle together with all Vehicles Documents to the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer or to the nearest related manufacturer official auction site or other facility designated by such Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer, within the relevant period allowed for the repurchase for such Vehicle and in accordance with the relevant terms for the return of such Vehicle in the applicable Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement; and

 

  30.1.2 the Lessee shall, at the Lessee’s sole expense, return each Non-Programme Vehicle together with all Vehicles Documents to or to the order of the Lessor no later than the last Business Day of the month during which such Non-Programme Vehicle ceases to fall within sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “Eligible Vehicle” and/or fails to satisfy the remaining conditions of that definition.

 

30.2 Return of Vehicles upon Master Lease End Date

Following a Master Lease End Date, the Lessee shall (if it has not already done so) immediately return the Vehicle(s) which were the subject of a lease hereunder (together with all Spanish Vehicle Documents relating to such Vehicle(s)) to such location in the Relevant Jurisdiction as the Lessor (with the consent of the FleetCo Security Agent) or as the FleetCo Security Agent shall direct and the Lessee shall promptly provide all assistance reasonably requested by the Lessor to procure the return of the Spanish Vehicle Documents not in its possession.

 

30.3 Repossession of Vehicles

The Lessee agrees that, in the event that it fails to return Vehicles to or to the order of the Lessor as required under Clause 30.1 (Redelivery of Vehicles prior to a Master Lease End Date) or 30.2 (Return of Vehicles upon Master Lease End Date) as applicable, the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent (or any of their agents acting on their behalf) is entitled to take all steps and/or initiate all actions or recourses (whether judicial or not) which may be available under applicable law in order to re-possess any Vehicles and/or Spanish Vehicle Documents which have not been returned as aforementioned. The Lessor shall inform the FleetCo Security Agent (with a copy to the Transaction Agent) of any such steps, actions and recourses taken and/or initiated by it to repossess the Vehicles and/ or Spanish Vehicle Documents.

 

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30.4 Preparation of Programme Vehicles

Where required under a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement, the Lessee shall arrange and pay for any and all costs in connection with the refurbishment (if applicable) and repair of any Programme Vehicle prior to or following the inspection of the Programme Vehicle by the Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer in connection with a sale of such Programme Vehicle to the Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer.

 

31. SALE OF VEHICLES

 

31.1 Sale of Vehicles by the Lessor

The Lessor has the right (at any time with the consent of the Lessee) to arrange, with the assistance of the Spanish Servicer, if it deems it necessary or useful, for the sale of any Vehicle to a third party (if, in the case of Programme Vehicles the sale to such third party is permitted under the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement), provided that the price is at least equal to the then current wholesale or, where applicable, retail market value.

Following the occurrence of an Event of Default in relation to the Spanish Servicer, Dutch FleetCo shall immediately instruct the Spanish Servicer and the Spanish Servicer shall immediately notify the Vehicle Dealers and Vehicle Manufacturers in writing that the obligations of Dutch FleetCo under each Vehicle Purchasing Agreement to which Dutch FleetCo is a party will be terminated. Such termination to be effective on the date of occurrence of such Event of Default (for the avoidance of doubt, Spanish OpCo may continue to purchase Vehicles under the Vehicle Purchasing Agreement for its own account).

 

31.2 Lease Expiration Date

Following the Lease Expiration Date in respect of a Vehicle, to the extent that the occurrence of such Lease Expiration Date is not covered by items (a) or (b) of such definition, the Lessor, or the Lessee on its behalf, shall be entitled to either dispose of such Vehicle or treat such Vehicle as a Non-Eligible Vehicle. For the avoidance of doubt, any costs associated with such a disposal shall not be funded outside of the FleetCo Advances ultimately funded by the Senior Noteholders.

 

31.3 Sale of Vehicles between FleetCos and OpCos

 

  31.3.1

Unless a Master Lease Termination Event has occurred and has not been remedied (in which case, the following shall not be permitted), (i) the Lessor and (ii) the Lessee or another FleetCo (with the consent of the Lessee) may from time to time agree, in their absolute discretion, for the Lessor to sell to the Lessee or another FleetCo (with the consent of the Lessee) by way of separate agreement any Vehicle (including any Vehicle that has suffered a Casualty) (unless such sale is prohibited under the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer Agreement or Vehicle Dealer Agreement and the relevant Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer has not provided its consent) provided that (a) the price of such sale is at least equal to the then market value of such Vehicle (unless the then market value of the relevant Vehicle is

 

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  lower than the Net Book Value, in which case the sale price shall be the Net Book Value of such Vehicle, plus any penalties (if any) that may arise under the relevant Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement as a result of the Vehicle being sold to a third party) and (b) in the case of a sale of a Vehicle by the Lessor to another FleetCo, the relevant OpCo has signed and the relevant FleetCo has accepted a Vehicle Request Notice (as defined in the Master Lease Agreement to which such OpCo and FleetCo are parties) in respect of such Vehicle, all conditions precedent to that Vehicle Request Notice have been satisfied in accordance with the terms and conditions of the aforementioned Master Lease Agreement and a Security has been granted over such Vehicle in favour of the FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with the Relevant Transaction Documents to which such FleetCo is party.

 

  31.3.2 Notwithstanding sub-clause 31.3.1, no Vehicle may be sold by the Lessor to another FleetCo, if such Vehicle is expected to, or must be returned to, a Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer from whom the Lessor purchased the Vehicle in accordance with a Vehicle Dealer Buy-Back Agreement or Vehicle Manufacturer Buy-Back Agreement.

 

  31.3.3 A copy of any agreement pursuant to which a Vehicle is sold under this Clause 31.3 will be provided by the Lessee to the FleetCo Security Agent (with a copy to the Transaction Agent).

 

31.4 Payment of accrued Rent

 

  31.4.1 Notwithstanding the disposal of a Vehicle in accordance with this Clause 31 prior to the end of the Related Month, the Lessee will be required to pay to the Lessor all accrued and unpaid Rent up to the relevant Lease Expiration Date and all other amounts (if any) then due and payable with respect to such Vehicle on the immediately following Lease Payment Date.

 

  31.4.2 Notwithstanding the sale of a Non-Programme Vehicle by or on behalf of the Lessor in accordance with the relevant Servicing Agreement prior to the end of the Related Month, the Lessee will be required to pay to the Lessor all accrued and unpaid Rent up to the relevant Lease Expiration Date and all other amounts (if any) then due and payable with respect to such Vehicle on the immediately following Lease Payment Date.

 

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SECTION F

MISCELLANEOUS

 

32. NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY BY LESSOR

 

32.1 The Lessee expressly agrees and acknowledges that, no condition, warranty or representation of any kind is or has been given by or on behalf of the Lessor in respect of any Vehicle, any engine, or any part of a Vehicle or engine, or any Spanish Vehicle Documents or other documentation, and accordingly the Lessee confirms that it has not, in entering into this Agreement, relied on any condition, warranty or representation by the Lessor or any person on the Lessor’s behalf, express or implied, whether arising by law or otherwise in relation to any Vehicle, any engine, or any part of a Vehicle or engine, or any Spanish Vehicle Documents or other documentation, including warranties or representations as to:

 

  32.1.1 the age, worthiness, workmanship, materials, manufacture, construction, operation, value, description, suitability, quality, merchantability, fitness for any purpose (including the ability to operate or register any Vehicle or use any Vehicle’s documentation in any or all jurisdictions), state, condition, appearance, safety, durability, design or operation of any kind or nature of any Vehicle or any part thereof, and the benefit or any such condition, warranty or representation by the Lessor is hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waived by the Lessee. No third party making any representation or warranty relating to any Vehicle or any part of any Vehicle is the agent of the Lessor, nor has any such third party authority to bind the Lessor. Nothing contained in this sub-clause 32.1.1 is intended to prejudice any claims which the Lessee or the Lessor may have against the Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealer in respect to any Vehicle or any third party; or

 

  32.1.2 the absence of latent or other defects, whether or not discoverable, known or unknown, apparent or concealed, exterior or interior in respect of any Vehicle or engine; or

 

  32.1.3 the absence of any infringement of any patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights; or

 

  32.1.4 any implied warranty arising from course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade.

 

33. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF LESSOR AND OF THE FLEETCO SECURITY AGENT

To the extent permitted by law, the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent will not be liable to the Lessee, the ultimate rental customers of such Lessee, any sub–lessee or any other person in respect of any cost, loss or damage (consequential or otherwise) arising out of the condition, the use, the operation, the rental, the maintenance, repair, delay or failure in delivery of any Vehicle, or the interruption/suspension of possession, use or quiet enjoyment in respect of any Vehicle.

 

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34. ASSISTANCE OF THE SPANISH SERVICER

The Lessee acknowledges and agrees that the Lessor may be assisted by any person who will then act as a service provider of the Lessor (and not as an agent of the business), for all or part of its obligations under this Agreement and shall notify the Lessee of the appointment of such service provider and the identity of the entity or entities who will act in such capacity pursuant to this Clause 34 for purposes of assisting the Lessor with the performance of, inter alia, certain of its duties hereunder.

 

35. NO WAIVER

A failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by law, by the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent does not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or a waiver of its other rights or remedies. No single or partial exercise of a right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by law prevents the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent from 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 the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent 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 the Lessor or the FleetCo Security Agent 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 person entitled to provide such waiver.

 

36. CONTRADICTORY INSTRUCTIONS

If the Lessee receives contradictory instructions, information or other matter from the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent, it shall notify the Lessor, the FleetCo Security Agent and the Transaction Agent of the contradiction. Following a FleetCo Event of Default, the instructions of the FleetCo Security Agent shall prevail.

 

37. ASSIGNMENT AND SECURITY

The Lessee and the Lessor may not assign or transfer or purport to assign or transfer any right or obligation under this Agreement without the written consent of the FleetCo Security Agent, save that the Lessor may enter into an assignment by way of security or grant a right of pledge over, amongst other things, certain of the Lessor’s rights, title and interest in and under this Agreement pursuant to or as contemplated in any Transaction Document.

 

38. VOLUME PREMIUM

In consideration for the volume of Vehicles the Lessee may rent hereunder (and to the extent that such amounts have been received by the Lessor from the Vehicle Manufacturer and/or Vehicle Dealers and are not included in the Vehicle’s Capitalised Cost), the Lessor agrees to pay to the Lessee, as a volume premium (the “Volume Premium”) an amount equal (and limited) to any such amounts as the Vehicle Manufacturers and Vehicle Dealers may pay to the Lessor and which constitute or reflect any bonus, rebates, credit or similar incentive relating to Vehicles purchased by the Lessor and leased to the Lessee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Lessee agrees that the Lessor shall pay to the Lessee any Volume Premium on the Business Day following actual receipt of the corresponding amounts from the Vehicle Manufacturers and/or Vehicle Dealers out, and within the limit, of such amounts.

 

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39. OBLIGATIONS AS CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS

 

39.1 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 Lessor or the Lessee in his capacity as such, by any proceedings or otherwise, in respect of any obligation, covenant, or agreement of the Lessor or the Lessee contained in this Agreement.

 

39.2 No liability for obligations of the Lessor

The Lessee shall not have any liability for the obligations of the Lessor under the Relevant Transaction Documents to which the Lessee is a party solely by reason of this Agreement 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 the Lessor of such obligations.

 

40. 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 and the FleetCo Deed of Charge. The FleetCo Security Agent hereby declares that it accepts, for the purposes of article 1257 of the Spanish Civil Code, the right and benefits in its favour set out in this 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.

 

41. 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 Lessee of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

42. CHANGE OF FLEETCO SECURITY AGENT

If there is an appointment of a replacement FleetCo Security Agent in accordance with the terms of the Framework Agreement, 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.

 

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43. INSUFFICIENT RECOVERIES

If, or to the extent that, after the 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 FleetCo Secured Property are insufficient to pay or discharge amounts due from Dutch FleetCo to the FleetCo Secured Creditors in full for any reason, Dutch FleetCo will have no liability to pay or otherwise make good any such insufficiency.

 

44. AMENDMENT

This Agreement shall not be amended without the consent of the Parties hereto.

 

45. GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising from it shall be governed by Spanish Law.

 

46. JURISDICTION

 

46.1 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 Madrid and agrees that Madrid is the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any suit, action, Dispute or Proceedings and accordingly neither party will argue to the contrary.

 

46.2 Clause 46.1 above is for the benefit of the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent only. As a result, the Lessor and the FleetCo Security Agent shall not be prevented from taking Proceedings relating to any suit, action, Dispute or Proceedings in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by law, the Lessor may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

 

47. GOVERNING LANGUAGE

This Agreement is written in the English language. If this Agreement is translated into another language, the English text will prevail.

 

48. EXECUTION

The Parties have executed this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE 1

FORM OF MASTER LEASE EXTENSION AGREEMENT

 

To: FinCar Fleet B.V., Sucursal en España (the “Lessor”); and

Spanish Servicer;

From: Avis Alquile un Coche, S.A. (the “Lessee”)

Copy to: Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, (the “FleetCo Security Agent” for itself and on behalf of the Spanish FleetCo Secured Creditors and “Transaction Agent”); and Fiserv Automotive Solutions, Inc (the “Liquidation Agent”).

Date: [—]

Dear Sirs

We refer to the Master Lease Agreement, dated on or about 5 March 2013 (as amended from time to time) between the Lessee and the Lessor (the “Master Lease Agreement”). Words and expressions used in this letter have the meanings ascribed to them in the Master Lease Agreement.

We hereby request that all the leases of Vehicles entered into and that have not been terminated as of the date hereof in accordance with the Master Lease Agreement be extended until [date] [year] on the terms set out in the Master Lease Agreement.

This letter is a Master Lease Extension Agreement and all provisions of the Master Lease Agreement continue to apply mutatis mutandis.

Yours faithfully

[—]

for and on behalf of the Lessee

We hereby agree to the extension of the Master Lease Agreement on the terms set out therein.

[—]

for and on behalf of the Lessor

 

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SCHEDULE 2

FORM OF VEHICLE REQUEST NOTICE

Master Lease Agreement between Dutch FleetCo and Spanish OpCo

Vehicle Request Notice

Number of Vehicles

Manufacturer

Vehicle model and year

Expected date of delivery to the Lessee’s premises

 

Executed by:
Lessee
AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE, S.A.
By:  

 

Date:  

 

Lessor
FINCAR FLEET B.V.
By:  

 

Date:  

 

 

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SCHEDULE 3

FORM OF VEHICLE SCHEDULE

Master Lease Agreement between Dutch FleetCo and Spanish OpCo

Vehicle Schedule

Lessor:

FinCar Fleet B.V., Sucursal en España (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, first entry;

Lessee:

Avis Alquile un Coche, S.A., a sociedad anónima incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Spain, whose registered office is at Avenida Manoteras, nº 32, 28050 Madrid, Spain, registered with Tax Identity Code A28152767.

Lease Commencement Date (Fecha de Comienzo del Arrendamiento):

Term: [—] calendar months after the aforementioned Lease Commencement Date, which may be extended.

Vehicle Identification Number(s): (número de matrícula)

Motor vehicle number: (número de bastidor)

Registration Number:

Vehicle Manufacturer: (fabricante)

Model Year:

Model:

Colour:

Mileage:

On Rent Indicator:

 

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Location details (if vehicle is not on rent)

Current location code

Current Location Address

Current Location Telephone number

Location Details (if vehicle on rent)

Customer Name

Customer Address

Customer Telephone number

Expected check in location code

Expected check in address

Expected location telephone number

Delivery date

Programme/Non–Programme

The rent and the terms and conditions of the lease entered into in connection with the Vehicle are contained in the Spanish Master Lease Agreement entered into by FinCar Fleet B.V., Sucursal en España and Avis Alquile un Coche, S.A. on or about 5 March 2013.

Executed by:

Lessor

FINCAR FLEET B.V., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA

 

By:

  

 

 

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We hereby acknowledge that the Vehicles referred hereunder are leased as from the relevant Lease Commencement Date specified hereunder in accordance with the Master Lease Agreement

Lessee

 

AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE, S.A.

 

With a copy to the Transaction Agent

 

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SCHEDULE 4

CONDITION PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS

 

1. A copy certified by an authorised signatory of the Lessee to be a true, complete and up–to–date copy, of the constitutional documents of the Lessee.

 

2. A copy certified by an authorised signatory of the Lessee to be a true copy, and being in full force and effect and not amended or rescinded, of resolutions of the board of directors of the Lessee:

 

  (a) approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

  (b) authorising a person or persons to sign and deliver on behalf of the Lessee this Agreement, any Vehicle Request Notice, any Vehicle Schedule and any notices or other documents to be given pursuant thereto.

 

3. A power of attorney granted by a legal representative or an authorised signatory of the Lessee authorising a person or persons to sign and deliver on behalf of the Lessee this Agreement, any Vehicle Request Notice, any Vehicle Schedule and any notices or other documents to be given pursuant thereto.

 

4. Specimen signatures, authenticated by an officer of the Lessee of each of the authorised signatories referred to in paragraph 2(b) above.  

 

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EXECUTION PAGE

Lessor

FINCAR FLEET B.V., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA

 

By:  

/s/ Biatriz Diez Arranz

Name:   Biatriz Diez Arranz
Title:   Managing Director / Proxyholder A
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:   Managing Director / Proxyholder B
Lessee
AVIS ALQUILE UN COCHE, S.A.
By:  

/s/ Massimo Marsili

Name:   Massimo Marsili
Title:   Managing Director

FleetCo Security Agent

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

 

By:  

/s/ Edith Lusson

Name:   Edith Lusson
Title:   Managing Director

 

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