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Exhibit 10.9
March 31, 2003
Ms. Marian Onischak
Assistant Vice President
BNY Midwest Trust Company
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Dear Marian:
Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2000 (the
"Indenture"), among HPSC Equipment Receivables 2000-1 LLC I and HPSC Equipment
Receivables 2000-1 LLC II, as issuers (the "Issuers"), HPSC, Inc., as servicer
(the "Servicer"), HPSC, Inc. and American Commercial Finance Corporation, as
originators (the "Originators") and BNY Midwest Trust Company as indenture
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee") and the Servicing Agreement dated as of
December 1, 2000 (the "Servicing Agreement") among the Servicer, the
Originators, the Issuers, the Indenture Trustee and BNY Asset Solutions, LLC, as
back-up servicer. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the Servicing Agreement, as the
case may be.
In consideration for the Indenture Trustee's continued service under the
Indenture and the other Transaction Documents, and in conformity with the
Offering Circular dated December 14, 2000 relating to the sale of the Notes, you
have requested that the Servicer provide the Indenture Trustee with an indemnity
covering the Indenture Trustee's performance of its duties under the Servicing
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
In accordance with your request, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee (which shall include any of its
directors, employees, officers and agents), against and from, and reimburse for,
any and all costs, losses, liabilities, obligations, expenses (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of agents and counsel) claims, damages, injuries
(to persons, property or natural resources), penalties, documentary stamp or
similar taxes, actions, suits and judgments to the extent that such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities arose out of, or were imposed upon the Indenture
Trustee in connection with or by reason of the performance by the Indenture
Trustee of its duties under the Servicing Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents, from and after the closing of the subject transaction, except to the
extent that such loss, expense, damage, claim or liability resulted from the
Indenture Trustee's gross negligence or willful misconduct (the "Indemnity").
The Servicer agrees that the Indemnity shall include, without limitation,
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation reasonably
incurred. If the Servicer has made any indemnity payments to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this letter and the Indenture Trustee thereafter collects
any such amounts from others, the Indenture Trustee agrees to promptly repay
such amounts collected to the Servicer, without interest. The provisions of this
letter shall run directly to and be enforceable by the Indenture Trustee subject
to the limitations hereof, and the indemnification provided herein by the
Servicer
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shall survive the payment in full of the Notes, the termination of the
Indenture, and the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that this letter has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that (A)
such enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws (whether statutory, regulatory or decisional)
now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally and (B) the
remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
relief may be subject to certain equitable defenses and to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, whether in a
proceeding at law or in equity.
The undersigned and the Indenture Trustee agree that (i) the terms of this
letter and the Indemnity contained herein will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the obligations, rights
and remedies of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be
determined in accordance with such laws, without regard to the conflict of laws
provisions of any state, and (ii) the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee each
hereby waive any right to have a jury participate in resolving any dispute,
sounding in contract, tort, or otherwise arising out of, connected with, related
to, or in connection with this letter. Instead, any dispute resolved in court
will be resolved in a bench trial without a jury.
The signature page attached hereto may be executed by the Servicer and the
Indenture Trustee in separate counterparts and facsimile signatures shall be
deemed original for all purposes hereunder.
HPSC, Inc., as Servicer
By: /s/ Rene Lefebvre
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Name: Rene Lefebvre
Title: Chief Financial Officer
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
BNY Midwest Trust Company, not in its
Individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ M. Onischak
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Name: Marian Onischak
Title: Assistant Vice President
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