Common use of Creation and Funding of Issuer; Transfer of Loan Assets Clause in Contracts

Creation and Funding of Issuer; Transfer of Loan Assets. (a) The Issuer has been created pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement, upon the execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement and the filing by the Owner Trustee of an appropriately completed Certificate of Trust (as defined in the Trust Agreement) under the Statutory Trust Statute. The Trust Depositor, as settlor of the Issuer, shall fund and convey assets to the Issuer pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof. The Issuer shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Securityholders. The Owner Trustee is hereby specifically recognized by the parties hereto as empowered to conduct business dealings on behalf of the Issuer in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Trust Agreement. The initial Servicer is hereby specifically recognized by the parties hereto as empowered to act on behalf of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee in accordance with Section 5.02(g) and Section 5.02(h). The Servicer is hereby specifically recognized by the parties hereto as empowered to perform the duties and obligations required to be performed by the Servicer under the Transaction Documents. (b) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Trust Depositor hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Issuer, for a purchase price consisting of $546,000,000 in cash (less the amount of the deposit made on the date hereof to the Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 7.01(e) and placement expenses and certain other expenses associated with the initial offer and sale of the Notes the proceeds of which represent consideration paid by the Issuer herein), $29,100,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Class E Note, $24,900,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Class F Note and the Certificate, all the right, title and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the Initial Loan Assets. To the extent the purchase price paid to the Trust Depositor for any Loan is less than the fair market value of such Loan, the difference between such fair market value and the purchase price shall be deemed to be a capital contribution made by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer on the Closing Date in the case of the Initial Loans and as of the related Cut-Off Date in the case of any Additional Loans or Substitute Loans. (c) The Originator and the Trust Depositor each acknowledge with respect to itself that the representations and warranties of the Originator in the Loan Sale Agreement and of the Trust Depositor in Section 3.01 through Section 3.04 will run to and be for the benefit of the Issuer and the Trustees, and the Issuer and the Trustees may enforce directly (without joinder of the Trust Depositor when enforcing against the Originator), the repurchase obligations of the Originator or Trust Depositor, as applicable, with respect to breaches of such representations and warranties as set forth in the Loan Sale Agreement or in this Agreement. (d) The sale, transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance of the Loan Assets by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement does not constitute and is not intended to result in a creation or an assumption by the Trust Depositor or the Issuer of any obligation of the Originator as lead agent, collateral agent or paying agent under any Agented Note. The Trust Depositor also hereby assigns to the Issuer all of the Trust Depositor’s right, title and interest (but none of its obligations) under the Loan Sale Agreement, including but not limited to the Trust Depositor’s right to exercise the remedies created by the Loan Sale Agreement. (e) The Originator, Trust Depositor and Issuer intend and agree that (i) the transfer of the Loan Assets to the Trust Depositor under the Loan Sale Agreement and the transfer of the Loan Assets to the Issuer hereunder are intended to be a sale, conveyance and transfer of ownership of the Loan Assets, as the case may be, rather than the mere granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing and (ii) such Loan Assets shall not be part of the Originator’s or the Trust Depositor’s estate in the event of a filing of a bankruptcy petition or other action by or against such Person under any Insolvency Law. In the event, however, that notwithstanding such intent and agreement, such transfers are deemed to be a mere granting of a security interest to secure indebtedness, the Originator shall be deemed to have granted (and as of the Closing Date hereby grants to) the Trust Depositor and the Trust Depositor shall be deemed to have granted (and as of the Closing Date hereby grants to) the Issuer, as the case may be, a perfected first priority security interest in all right, title and interest of the Originator or of the Trust Depositor, respectively, in such Loan Assets and this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under Applicable Law, securing the repayment of the purchase price paid hereunder, the obligations and/or interests represented by the Securities, in the order and priorities, and subject to the other terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust Agreement, together with such other obligations or interests as may arise hereunder and thereunder in favor of the parties hereto and thereto. (f) If any such transfer of the Loan Assets is deemed to be the mere granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing, the Trust Depositor may, to secure the Trust Depositor’s own borrowing under this Agreement (to the extent that the transfer of the Loan Assets thereunder is deemed to be a mere granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing) repledge and reassign (i) all or a portion of the Loan Assets pledged to Trust Depositor by the Originator and with respect to which the Trust Depositor has not released its security interest at the time of such pledge and assignment, and (ii) all proceeds thereof. Such repledge and reassignment may be made by Trust Depositor with or without a repledge and reassignment by Trust Depositor of its rights under any agreement with the Originator, and without further notice to or acknowledgment from the Originator. The Originator waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all claims, causes of action and remedies, whether legal or equitable (including any right of setoff), against Trust Depositor or any assignee of Trust Depositor relating to such action by Trust Depositor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (g) The Trust Depositor and the Issuer acknowledge and agree (and the Trustee is hereby directed to acknowledge and does acknowledge) that, solely for administrative convenience, any assignment agreement required to be executed and delivered in connection with the transfer of a Loan in accordance with the terms of related Underlying Loan Agreements may reflect that the Originator is assigning such Loan directly to the Issuer. Nothing in such assignment agreements shall be deemed to impair the transfers of the Loan Assets by the Originator to the Trust Depositor in accordance with the terms of the Loan Sale Agreement and the subsequent transfer of the Loan Assets by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer in accordance with the terms hereof.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (NewStar Financial, Inc.)

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Creation and Funding of Issuer; Transfer of Loan Assets. (a) The Issuer has been was created pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement, upon the execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement and the filing by the Owner Trustee of an appropriately completed the Certificate of Trust (as defined in the Trust Agreement) under the Delaware Statutory Trust StatuteAct. The Trust Depositor, as settlor of the Issuer, shall fund and convey assets to the Issuer pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof. The Issuer shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Securityholders. The Owner Trustee is hereby specifically recognized by the parties hereto as empowered to conduct business dealings on behalf of the Issuer in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Trust Agreement. The initial Servicer is hereby specifically recognized by the parties hereto as empowered to act on behalf of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee in accordance with Section 5.02(e), Section 5.02(g) and Section 5.02(h). The Servicer is hereby specifically recognized by the parties hereto as empowered otherwise to perform the duties and obligations required to be performed by the Servicer under the Transaction Documents. (b) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth hereinherein (including, without limitation, Section 13.22), the Trust Depositor hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Issuer, for a purchase price consisting of $546,000,000 296,000,000 in cash (less the amount of the deposit made on the date hereof to the Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 7.01(e) and placement expenses and certain other expenses associated with the initial offer and sale of the Notes the proceeds of which represent consideration paid by the Issuer herein), $29,100,000 32,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Class D Notes, $54,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Class E Note, $24,900,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Class F Note Notes and the Certificate, all the right, title and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the Initial Loan Assets. . (c) To the extent the purchase price paid to the Trust Depositor for any Loan Asset conveyed under this Agreement is less than the fair market value of such Loan, the difference between such fair market value and the purchase price shall be deemed to be a capital contribution made by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer on the Closing Date Date, in the case of the Initial Loans Loans, and as of on the related applicable Cut-Off Date Date, in the case of any Additional Loans or Substitute Loans. (cd) The Originator and the Trust Depositor each acknowledge with respect to itself that the representations and warranties of the Originator in the Loan Sale Agreement and of the Trust Depositor in Section 3.01 through Section 3.04 will run to and be for the benefit of the Issuer and the Trustees, and the Issuer and the Trustees may enforce directly (without joinder of the Trust Depositor when enforcing against the Originator), ) the repurchase obligations of the Originator or Trust Depositor, as applicable, with respect to breaches of such representations and warranties as set forth in the Loan Sale Agreement or in this Agreement. (de) The sale, transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance of the Loan Assets by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement does not constitute and is not intended to result in a creation or an assumption by the Trust Depositor or the Issuer of any obligation of the Originator as lead agent, collateral agent or paying agent under any Agented NoteLoan. The Trust Depositor also hereby assigns to the Issuer all of the Trust Depositor’s right, title and interest (but none of its obligations) under the Loan Sale Agreement, including but not limited to the Trust Depositor’s right to exercise the remedies created by the Loan Sale Agreement. (ef) The Originator, Trust Depositor and Issuer intend and agree that (i) the transfer of the Loan Assets to the Trust Depositor under the Loan Sale Agreement and the transfer of the Loan Assets to the Issuer hereunder are intended to be a sale, conveyance and transfer of ownership of the Loan Assets, as the case may be, rather than the mere granting grant of a security interest to secure a borrowing and (ii) such Loan Assets shall not be part of the Originator’s or the Trust Depositor’s estate in the event of a filing of a bankruptcy petition or other action by or against such Person under any Insolvency Law. In the event, however, that notwithstanding such intent and agreement, such transfers are deemed to be a mere granting grant of a security interest to secure indebtedness, the Originator shall be deemed to have granted (and as of the Closing Date hereby grants togrants) to the Trust Depositor and the Trust Depositor shall be deemed to have granted (and as of the Closing Date hereby grants togrants) to the Issuer, as the case may be, a perfected first priority security interest in all right, title and interest of the Originator or of the Trust Depositor, respectively, in such Loan Assets and this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under Applicable Law, Law securing the repayment of the purchase price paid hereunder, hereunder and the obligations and/or interests represented by the Securities, in the order and of priorities, and subject to the other terms and conditions ofconditions, of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust Agreement, together with such other obligations or interests as may arise hereunder and thereunder in favor of the parties hereto and thereto. (fg) If any such transfer of the Loan Assets is deemed to be the a mere granting grant of a security interest to secure a borrowing, the Trust Depositor may, to secure the Trust Depositor’s own borrowing under this the Loan Sale Agreement (to the extent that the transfer of the Loan Assets thereunder is deemed to be a mere granting grant of a security interest to secure a borrowing) ), repledge and reassign (i) all or a portion of the Loan Assets pledged to Trust Depositor by the Originator and with respect to which the Trust Depositor has not released its security interest at the time of such pledge and assignment, and (ii) all proceeds thereof. Such repledge and reassignment may be made by the Trust Depositor with or without a repledge and reassignment by the Trust Depositor of its rights under any agreement with the Originator, Originator and without further notice to or acknowledgment from the Originator. The Originator waives, to the extent permitted by applicable lawApplicable Law, all claims, causes of action and remedies, whether legal or equitable (including any right of setoff), against the Trust Depositor or any assignee of Trust Depositor relating to such action by the Trust Depositor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (g) The Trust Depositor and the Issuer acknowledge and agree (and the Trustee is hereby directed to acknowledge and does acknowledge) that, solely for administrative convenience, any assignment agreement required to be executed and delivered in connection with the transfer of a Loan in accordance with the terms of related Underlying Loan Agreements may reflect that the Originator is assigning such Loan directly to the Issuer. Nothing in such assignment agreements shall be deemed to impair the transfers of the Loan Assets by the Originator to the Trust Depositor in accordance with the terms of the Loan Sale Agreement and the subsequent transfer of the Loan Assets by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer in accordance with the terms hereof.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Ares Capital Corp)

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