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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                              EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENT

 

 

         This Amended and Restated Exclusivity Agreement is made and entered

into as of June 30, 2005, and amends and restates in its entirety that certain

Letter Agreement dated August 19, 2002 (the "Original Agreement") by and between

CFSC Capital Corp. XXXIV, a Delaware corporation ("Lender"), and NCOP Lakes,

Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Lakes"), NCO Financial Systems, Inc., a Delaware

corporation ("Servicer"), NCO Portfolio Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation

("Parent"), and NCO Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation ("NCOG"). Also

joining in this Agreement are NCOP Capital, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("NCOP

Capital"), and NCOP Capital I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ("NCOP

I"), which have previously acknowledged and agreed to be bound by the terms of

the Original Agreement. Additional entities may join in this Amended and

Restated Exclusivity Agreement as provided herein.

 

         Lender has from time to time entered into Credit Agreements

(collectively, the "Credit Agreements") with Lakes, NCOP Capital and NCOP I

(collectively, the "Borrowers"). Borrowers are wholly owned subsidiaries of

Parent. Additional affiliates of Parent may enter into additional Credit

Agreements in the future as contemplated hereby, each of which shall be

considered a Credit Agreement for the purposes hereof. Affiliates of Lender

(collectively the "Cargill Venturers") may enter into joint investment

arrangements (to be negotiated consistent with the terms set forth on Exhibit A)

(collectively "Joint Venture Agreements" or "Joint Ventures") with affiliates of

Parent (collectively the "NCO Venturers") for the purpose of acquiring interests

in certain classes of assets described in items 1, 3 and 4 on Exhibit A attached

hereto. (The Credit Agreements and Joint Venture Agreements are collectively

referred to herein as "Finance Agreements".)

 

         1. In order to induce Lender and the Cargill Venturers to make loans

under the Credit Agreements and investments under the Joint Venture Agreements

and as a condition precedent to such loans and investments, the Borrowers, the

Parent, the Servicer and NCOG (collectively, the Borrowers, the Parent, the

Servicer and NCOG are herein called the "Grantors"), on behalf of themselves and

on behalf of all parties, whether now existing or subsequently formed, including

any existing or future NCO Venturers, which are related to, controlling, or

controlled by, or under common control with any one or more of the Grantors

(either through financial investment or management responsibility), or any

member or equity holder of any Grantor which holds fifty percent (50%) or more

of the membership or other equity interests in such Grantor (collectively, the

"Affiliated Parties"), hereby grant to the Lender or the Cargill Venturers,

pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the exclusive right to

finance (under the terms of the Credit Agreements) or joint venture (under the

terms of the Joint Venture Agreements) debt obligations of the following classes

(collectively, the "Obligations") to be acquired by any of the Grantors or any

Affiliated Party at any time from and after the date hereof to and including

June 30, 2009 or such later date as the parties hereto may subsequently

designate in writing (the "Termination Date"). "Obligations" shall include

portfolios of debt of the following types:

 

 

 

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            (a) US-based consumer debt with a purchase price equal to or greater

         than $1,000,000.

 

            (b) Non- US-based consumer debt.

 

            (c) Portfolios of payments due for health-care goods or services.

 

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Grantors

shall not be in violation of this Agreement as a result of maintaining, renewing

or extending, or performing under, any existing joint venture arrangement

between Marlin Integrated Holding Corporation or its affiliates and NCOG and its

subsidiaries, including, without limitation, Inovision-Medclr NCOP Ventures,

LLC, Inovision-Medclr-NCOP-NF, L.L.C., Inovision-Medclr-NCOP-F, L.L.C. and

NCOP/Marlin, Inc., as such existing joint venture arrangements may be amended

from time to time, provided that such existing joint venture arrangements are

not amended to add new Obligations other than in a manner expressly permitted

hereunder.

 

 

         2. The Grantors agree, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of each

Affiliated Party, that in the event any Grantor or any Affiliated Party desires

to purchase any Obligations, such Grantor or such Affiliated Party, as

applicable, shall not purchase such Obligations until the Lender or appropriate

Cargill Venturer shall have been given the opportunity to exercise its exclusive

right to finance or invest in the purchase of such Obligations pursuant to the

terms of this Agreement and a Finance Agreement. Thereafter, the Financier (as

defined below) shall accept or reject such Finance Request (as defined below)

within 5 days in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Finance

Agreement. Failure to accept such a request within 5 days in accordance with the

provisions of the applicable Finance Agreement shall be deemed a rejection. The

economic terms pertaining to advance rates, equity participations and residual

sharing arrangements with respect to classes of transactions shall be as set

forth on Exhibit A attached hereto; provided, however, that the Lender, or the

appropriate Cargill Venturer, in its sole discretion, may agree to economic

terms more favorable to the Grantor or the Affiliated Party on a

transaction-by-transaction basis.

 

         3. In the event that any of the Grantors or any Affiliated Party

desires to purchase any Obligations, the Grantors shall cause the appropriate

Borrower or NCO Venturer (a "Purchaser") that is the proposed Purchaser to

provide to the Lender or the appropriate Cargill Venturer (a "Financier") with

respect to such Obligations a request ("Finance Request") and a related bid

package in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Finance Agreement.

Thereafter, the Financier shall accept or reject such Finance Request within 5

days in accordance with the provi


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