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The following are standard terms and procedures ("STAPs") that are applicable to financing transactions pursuant to each Cargo
Finance Agreement (each, a "Cargo Finance Agreement") entered into between UPS CAPITAL CORPORATION ("Lender") and a
customer (each a "Borrower"). Each Borrower, by entering into a Cargo Finance Agreement that incorporates the terms (defined in the
Cargo Finance Agreement as the "STAPs") of this Website (defined in the Cargo Finance Agreement as the "Cargo Finance Website"),
will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the following standard terms and procedures. Capitalized terms used herein, unless
otherwise defined, will have the meanings ascribed to them in the applicable Cargo Finance Agreement.
1. Definitions; Rules of Construction. (a) In addition to the defined terms contained in the Cargo Finance Agreement
and elsewhere in these STAPs, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them (terms defined in the singular to
have the same meanings when used in the plural, and vice versa):
"ACH" means Automated Clearing House.
"ACH Borrower" means a Borrower that has expressly authorized Lender to initiate ACH transfers (whether pursuant
to the Cargo Finance Agreement, in accordance with Section 3 of the STAPs or otherwise) in repayment of Advances and other
Obligations.
"Blocked Person" means a Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive
Order No. 13224 or is owned or controlled by, or acts for or on behalf of, any such Person; a Person that is named as a "specially
designated national" on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control
("OFAC") at its official website or any replacement website or other official publication of such list; an agency of the
government of, a Person directly or indirectly controlled by, or a Person resident in, a country on any official list maintained
by OFAC; or any Person affiliated with any of the foregoing Persons.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, a day that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of
Georgia or a day on which banking institutions located in Georgia are authorized or required to be closed.
"Collateral" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 21(l) of the Cargo Finance Agreement, if applicable.
"Collateral Springing Event" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 21(l) of the Cargo Finance Agreement,
if applicable.
“De Minimis Overpayment” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 14 of the STAPs.
"Distribution" means any payment of dividends or other distributions on account of any equity interest in Borrower
and any purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any such equity interest.
"Dollars" and the sign "$" means legal tender in the United States of America.
"Eligible Document" means, with respect to the shipment of any Goods, a Bill of Lading or waybill that is acceptable
in all respects to Lender in its discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) if Lender has not been granted a security interest in the Collateral pursuant to Section 21(l)
of the Cargo Finance Agreement: Lender generally will require each Eligible Document to have the following
characteristics: (A) such Document is a clean sea waybill or Bill of Lading (which, if required by Lender in its
discretion, is a Negotiable Bill of Lading) issued by a UPS Affiliate as non-vessel operating common carrier (with
respect to shipments of Goods by ship) or an air waybill issued by a UPS Affiliate as carrier (with respect to shipments
of Goods by aircraft), in each case, which is issued no earlier than the date on which such Goods are received by and
are on board with the carrier thereof, (B) such Document names Borrower as consignee, and (C) if Lender, in its
discretion, has required the use of Negotiable Bills of Lading for shipments of Goods by ship, an original counterpart
(or all original counterparts, if so required by Lender) of such Document are in the possession of either Lender or a
UPS Affiliate and have been or will be sent to a location of Lender or a UPS Affiliate in the jurisdiction of the port of
destination (which jurisdiction is approved by Lender in its discretion), unless the UPS Affiliate has agreed to release
the Goods without requiring delivery of the original Negotiable Bill of Lading; and
(ii) if Lender has been granted a security interest in the Collateral pursuant to Section 21(l) of the
Cargo Finance Agreement: Lender may require each Eligible Document to have the following characteristics: (A)
such Document is a clean, tangible Negotiable Bill of Lading issued by a UPS Affiliate as non-vessel operating
common carrier (with respect to shipments of Goods by ship) or an air waybill issued by a UPS Affiliate as carrier
(with respect to shipments of Goods by aircraft), in each case, which is issued no earlier than the date on which such
Goods are received by and are on board with the carrier thereof, (B) such Document names Borrower (or, if Lender
so directs, Lender) as consignee, (C) such Document is subject to Lender's security interest and no other Liens except
for Permitted Liens, and (D) with respect to a Negotiable Bill of Lading (but not an air waybill), (1) an original
counterpart (or all original counterparts, if so required by Lender) of such Document are in the possession of either
Lender or a UPS Affiliate and have been or will be sent to a location of Lender or a UPS Affiliate in the United States,
1. Borrower will contact Vendor and request Vendor to arrange for UPS Supply Chain Solutions (“UPS SCS”) to handle Borrower’s next
shipment of Goods.
2. Vendor will contact UPS SCS and make an ocean or air booking request.
3. UPS SCS will send an e-mail "booking notice" to Borrower, Vendor and Lender, which will include the anticipated shipping date of the
Goods (i.e., the "estimated time of departure" or "ETD" of the goods), a booking number and, if applicable, the Estimated Arrival Date for
such Goods.
4. Borrower will (a) prepare and sign a Funding Request Letter in substantially the form included in the STAPs as Exhibit B (with such changes
thereto as Lender may require in its discretion), which will, among other things, identify the applicable booking number assigned to the
shipment of the Goods, and (b) deliver by e-mail or facsimile to Lender the signed Funding Request Letter.
5. Following Lender's receipt of the signed Funding Request Letter, Lender will obtain from UPS SCS or from Borrower (a) a copy of the
commercial invoice related to the purchased Goods, and (b) a copy of the waybill or Bill of Lading (which, if required by Lender in its
discretion, is a Negotiable Bill of Lading) issued by UPS SCS and related to the purchased Goods, which shall name Borrower (or, if Lender
so elects in the case of a Negotiable Bill of Lading, Lender) as consignee, and otherwise shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender
in its discretion.
6. Upon Lender’s receipt and approval of the documents referenced in paragraphs 4 and 5 above, Lender will, subject to all of the terms and
conditions of the Cargo Finance Agreement, transfer to Borrower funds in an amount not to exceed the percentage of the Invoice Price of the
purchased Goods that is agreed to from time to time by Lender.
7. Borrower will pay Vendor the full Invoice Price for the Eligible Goods relating to any Advance on or before the Required Payment Date. If
requested by Lender, Borrower shall promptly provide to Lender, by e-mail or facsimile, evidence satisfactory to Lender in its discretion of
Borrower's payment in full for the Goods (e.g., evidence of Borrower's wire transfer to Vendor).
Typically, if all conditions to funding (including, without limitation, Lender's determination that the applicable Goods are Eligible Goods)
are satisfied at or prior to 12:00 o'clock noon (Atlanta, Georgia time) on a Business Day, the ACH or wire transfer will be initiated on the
same Business Day; if all such conditions are satisfied after 12:00 o'clock noon (Atlanta, Georgia time) on a Business Day, the ACH or
wire transfer will be initiated on the following Business Day.
All conditions to funding the requested Advance must be satisfied (as determined by Lender in its discretion) no later than the date
the purchased Goods arrive in the jurisdiction of the port or gateway of destination.
Borrower acknowledges that Lender’s decision whether or not to honor this Funding Request with respect to any Advance is purely discretionary
on Lender’s part; if Lender elects to honor any Advance requested under this Funding Request, such Advance will be repayable, with interest and any
applicable fees, in accordance with the Cargo Finance Agreement; the Lender’s honoring of any Advance requested under this Funding Request will
not be deemed to establish a course of conduct or an agreement on Lender’s part to honor any future Funding Request. Upon Lender’s receipt of this
Funding Request Letter, Lender shall re irrevocably authorized (but not required) to disburse at any time on or after such receipt, the sum of the
requested any or all requested Advances to Borrower to the disbursement instructions for Borrower set forth above (which will be by one or more ACH
transfers or, if ACH transfers are not available with respect to the account designated above, by one or more wire transfers). Lender may, in its
discretion, treat this Funding Request Letter as having been withdrawn with respect to any Advance if Borrower has not satisfied all of the funding
requirements set forth in the Cargo Finance Agreement and the STAPs before the applicable Goods arrive in the jurisdiction of the applicable port or
gateway of destination.
If Borrower is an ACH Borrower, Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to initiate one or more ACH transfers from the applicable Deposit
Account(s) of Borrower in repayment of the Advance(s) (and all Obligations related thereto) requested hereby such that funds would be received by
Lender on the due date of such Obligations, Borrower hereby acknowledging and agreement that, notwithstanding the authorization provided herein
and in the other Credit Documents, Borrower shall bear full responsibility for the timely repayment of all such Obligations.
By signing in the space provided below and accepting any Advance requested herein, Borrower certifies to Lender that Borrower has access and
has reviewed the STAPs (which can be found online at http://www.upscapital.com/cargofinancecontract), and Borrower agrees to be bound by all the
terms and conditions therein with respect to the Advance(s) requested hereby.
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