EIB 99-17 Small Business Single Buyer Export Credit Insurance Poli

Export – Import Bank of the United States

Small Business Single Buyer Export Credit Insurance Policy

Enhanced Assignment of Policy Proceeds

A. General Information

Policy No._______________________

Insured: _________________________________________________________________________

Buyer: __________________________________________________________________________

Assignee: ________________________________________________________________________

Maximum Enhanced Payment Amount: $_______________________________________________

B. Agreements of Insured

Without limiting any of its duties under the Policy, the Insured agrees with Ex-Im Bank to:

1. Submit to the Assignee as a basis for financing, only those receivables satisfying all of the following:

(a) Are owed to the Insured and arise out of an insured transaction as defined in the Policy; and

(b) Are not in default.

2. Instruct the Buyer in writing to make payments directly to the Assignee or the Insured’s account with the Assignee.

3. Indemnify Ex-Im Bank for amounts Ex-Im Bank paid to the Assignee that the Insured would not have been entitled to receive under the Policy, plus any costs incurred by Ex-Im Bank to enforce this provision.

4. Provided payment is made by Ex-Im Bank as specified in D.2 below, to look solely to the Assignee for payment of any amounts payable under this Agreement.

C. Agreements of Assignee

The Assignee agrees with Ex-Im Bank to:

1. Provide financing on receivables submitted by the Insured that arise from shipments within the Policy Period. Financing provided prior to shipment will not be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement unless and until shipment occurs.

2. Obtain originals or copies of:

(a) Buyer’s executed purchase order, pro forma invoice or contract of sale for the products shipped; and

(b) The Insured’s commercial invoice for the products shipped;

(c) A bill of lading identifying the Insured and the Buyer and evidencing the export of the products shipped; and

(d) Insured’s notice to Buyer to make payments directly to Assignee or Insured’s account with Assignee.

3. Not reschedule or accelerate the payment due date of any receivable financed under this Assignment;

4. Upon Ex-Im Bank’s payment under this Assignment, assign to Ex-Im Bank all rights, title and interest, including security interests and guarantees, if any, in any defaulted financed receivable and deliver to Ex-Im Bank a copy of all documentation relating to the defaulted financed receivable giving rise to payment under this Assignment.

5. Cooperate with Ex-Im Bank in minimizing losses and effecting recoveries, including, providing Ex-Im Bank with all information reasonably requested, making written demand for payment and, at Ex-Im Bank’s expense, initiating legal action.

D. Enhanced Payment Benefits

1. Ex-Im Bank agrees to pay, regardless of the Insured’s performance under the Policy and under the Agreements of the Insured contained herein, losses incurred as a result of a defaulted financed receivable; provided:

(a) Such default has continued for at least 90 days after the due date;

(b) A full and accurate claim is made by the Insured as required by the Policy or if the Insured is unwilling or unable to file such a claim, the Assignee does so within two hundred seventy (270) days from the due date of the defaulted financed receivable; and

(c) The Assignee has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement.

2. If in Ex-Im Bank’s sole discretion, it determines that the Insured has complied with the terms of the Policy and the Agreements of the Insured contained herein, amounts payable under the Policy will be made jointly to the Assignee and the Insured; otherwise, amounts payable under the Policy and this Agreement will be made solely to the Assignee.

E. Amounts Payable under this Assignment

1. If the Insured has complied with the Policy and the Agreements of the Insured contained herein:

The amount paid by Ex-Im Bank will be the amount payable under the Policy.

or 2. If the Insured has not complied with the Policy and the Agreements of the Insured contained herein: The amount paid by Ex-Im Bank will be the outstanding amount financed, not to exceed 90% of the Insured’s receivable(s) and subject to the Maximum Enhanced Payment Amount.

plus 3. 90% of the accrued and unpaid interest to the date of claim payment at the Assignee’s contract rate on the amount payable under E.1 or E.2.

4. Interest payable as set forth above does not include any penalty or late interest amounts.

F. Exclusions

No payment will be made under E.2 of this Agreement with respect to any financed receivable:

1. funded by a working capital guarantee from Ex-Im Bank or the United States Small Business Administration;

2. that arises from shipments outside the Policy Period;

3. that exceeds the Maximum Enhanced Payment Amount.

G. General Conditions

1. Unless otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, this Agreement does not prohibit the Assignee from financing receivables on transactions excluded by Ex-Im Bank under the Policy.

2. Each payment made by Ex-Im Bank under this Agreement shall reduce the principal amount of the Maximum Enhanced Payment Amount and the Insured’s Policy Payment Limit.

3. All notices and communications under this Agreement shall be made in writing and forwarded to all parties executing this Agreement at their respective addresses set forth below.

4. Any legal action relating to this Agreement shall be instituted only in a federal court sitting in the District of Columbia.

5. The construction, validity, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by New York law, inclusive of its conflict of law rules.

6. Ex-Im Bank reserves the right to audit, at any time, any of the Insured’s or Assignee’s documentation relating to financed receivables covered under this Agreement.

8. This Agreement is effective upon the date that Ex-Im Bank designates the Effective Date, as indicated below.

_________________________________________________ Name of Assignee		_________________________________________________ Name of Insured (as specified in the Declarations)
_________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________		_________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________
Phone____________Fax__________E-mail______________		Phone____________Fax__________E-mail______________
_________________________________________________ Signature of Officer		_________________________________________________ Signature of Officer
_________________________________________________ Name (Print or Type)		_________________________________________________ Name (Print or Type)
_________________________________________________ Title Date Signed		_________________________________________________ Title Date Signed

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES:

_________________________________________________ Signature of Officer	__________________________________________________ Effective Date
_________________________________________________ Name (Print or Type	__________________________________________________ Title

PLEASE SUBMIT FOUR SIGNED ORIGINALS.

EXECUTED ORIGINALS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE ASSIGNEE, INSURED AND BROKER

Send form to: Export - Import Bank, Short Term Trade Finance,

811 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20571

For information call (202)565-3681 or 1-800-565-EXIM Fax (202) 565-3675 or Internet http:\\www.exim.gov

The insured is hereby notified that the information requested on this form is done so under authority of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended (12 USC 635 et seq.); provision of this information is mandatory, and failure to provide the requested information may result in Ex-Im Bank being unable to process this form. Ex-Im Bank may not require the information, and the insurer is not required to provide the information requested, unless a currently valid OMB control number is displayed on this form.

Public Burden Statement: Reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including reviewing instructions, searching data sources, gathering information, completing and reviewing the application. Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including suggestions for reducing it, to Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project OMB# 3048-0009, Washington, D.C. 20503.

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EIB-99-17 (5/06)