Representations and Warranties of the Transferor and the Bank. Each of the Transferor (the representations and warranties as to the Transferor being given by the Transferor) and the Bank (the representations and warranties as to the Bank being given by the Bank) represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that: (a) The Transferor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all requisite power, authority and legal right to own its property, transact the business in which it is now engaged and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) and the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), and had at all relevant times and has currently all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the TSA, the PSA, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Trust Agreement and to authorize the issuance of the Notes and the Collateral Certificate. (b) The Bank is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States, has all requisite power, authority and legal right to own its property and conduct its credit card business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and to own the Accounts, and had at all relevant times and has currently all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the TSA, the PSA and the Administration Agreement. (c) The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Program Documents to which it is a party, and the incurrence of the obligations herein and therein set forth and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and with respect to the Transferor, the issuance of the Notes and the Collateral Certificate, have been duly and validly authorized by the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, by all necessary action on the part of the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable. (d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Transferor and the Bank. (e) Each of the Program Documents to which the Transferor or the Bank is a party has been, or on or before the Closing Date will be, executed and delivered by the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, and when executed and delivered by the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, enforceable against the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, except, in each case, to the extent that (i) the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ or other obligees’ rights generally or the rights of creditors or other obligees of institutions insured by the FDIC, (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought and (iii) certain remedial provisions of the Indenture may be unenforceable in whole or in part under the UCC, but the inclusion of such provisions does not render the other provisions of the Indenture invalid and notwithstanding that such provisions may be unenforceable in whole or in part, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, will be able to enforce the remedies of a secured party under the UCC. (f) The Notes have been duly authorized, will be issued pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and, when executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered pursuant to the Indenture and this Agreement, will be duly and validly executed, issued and outstanding and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject to (A) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, reorganization, liquidation and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (B) the effect of general principles of equity including (without limitation) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith, fair dealing (regardless of whether considered and applied in a proceeding in equity or at law), and also to the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, and (C) the unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions indemnifying a party against liability or requiring contribution from a party for liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. The Notes will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, and the Notes and the Indenture will conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. (g) The Collateral Certificate has been issued pursuant to the terms of the PSA and, when executed and authenticated by the WFNMT Trustee in accordance with the PSA, was validly issued. The Collateral Certificate remains outstanding. The Collateral Certificate is in the form contemplated by the PSA, and the Collateral Certificate and the PSA conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. (h) Neither the Transferor nor the Bank is in violation of any Requirement of Law or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property is subject, which violation or defaults separately or in the aggregate would have a material adverse effect on the Transferor or the Bank. (i) None of the issuance and sale of the Notes, the issuance of the Collateral Certificate or the execution and delivery by the Transferor or the Bank of this Agreement or any Program Document to which it is a party, nor the incurrence by the Transferor or the Bank of the obligations herein and therein set forth, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof does or will (i) violate any Requirement of Law presently in effect, applicable to it or its properties or by which it or its properties are or may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with, or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties are bound, which conflict, breach or default would have a material adverse effect on the Notes, the Collateral Certificate, the Transferor or the Bank, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its property or assets (except for those encumbrances created under the Program Documents), which Lien would have a material adverse effect on the Notes, the Collateral Certificate, the Transferor or the Bank. (j) All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders and other actions of any Person or of any court or other governmental body or official required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Transferor or the Bank of this Agreement or the Program Documents to which it is a party or to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, or to the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof have been or will have been obtained on or before the Closing Date. (k) The Bank has authorized the conveyance of the Receivables to the Transferor and WFNMT, as applicable; the Transferor has authorized the conveyance of the Receivables to WFNMT; the Transferor has authorized the issuance of the Collateral Certificate by WFNMT; and the Transferor has authorized the Issuer to issue and sell the Notes. (l) All actions required to be taken by the Transferor or the Bank as a condition to the offer and sale of the Notes as described herein or the consummation of any of the transactions described in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement have been or, prior to the Closing Date, will be taken. (m) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), and complies as to form with the TIA and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder. (n) The representations and warranties made by the Transferor in the TSA, the PSA, the Trust Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement or made in any Officer’s Certificate of the Transferor delivered pursuant to any Program Document to which it is a party were true and correct in all material respects at the time made and will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, as if set forth herein, except that to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation or warranty was true and correct at and as of such earlier date. (o) The representations and warranties made by the Bank in the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and in its capacity as Servicer and Administrator, in the TSA, the PSA and the Administration Agreement, respectively, or made in any Officer’s Certificate of the Bank delivered pursuant to any Program Document to which it is a party were true and correct in all material respects at the time made and will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, as if set forth herein, except that to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation or warranty was true and correct at and as of such earlier date. (p) The Transferor agrees it has not granted, assigned, pledged or transferred and shall not grant, assign, pledge or transfer to any Person a security interest in, or any other right, title or interest in, the Receivables or the Collateral Certificate, except as provided in the PSA and the TSA, and agrees to take all action required by the PSA and the TSA in order to maintain the security interest in the Receivables and the Collateral Certificate granted pursuant to the PSA and the TSA, as applicable. (q) The Bank agrees it has not granted, assigned, pledged or transferred and shall not grant, assign, pledge or transfer to any Person a security interest in, or any other right, title or interest in, the Receivables, except as provided in the PSA or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as applicable, and agrees to take all action required by the PSA or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as applicable, in order to maintain the security interests in the Receivables granted pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the PSA, as applicable. (r) A registration statement on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-113669, 000-000000-00 and 333-113669-02), including a form of prospectus and such amendments thereto as may have been filed prior to the date hereof, relating to the Notes and the offering thereof in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), has been filed with, and has been declared effective by, the Commission. If any post-effective amendment to such registration statement has been filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the most recent such amendment has been declared effective by the Commission. For purposes of this Agreement, “Effective Time” means the date and time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the Commission, and “Effective Date” means the date of the Effective Time. Such registration statement, as amended at the Effective Time, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” The Transferor proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) under the Act a supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such prospectus, in the form it appears in the Registration Statement or in the form most recently revised and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus”) relating to the Notes and the method of distribution thereof. The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, together with any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, are hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus”.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust), Underwriting Agreement (World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust)
Representations and Warranties of the Transferor and the Bank. Each of the Transferor (the representations and warranties as to the Transferor being given by the Transferor) and the Bank (the representations and warranties as to the Bank being given by the Bank) represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:
(a) The Transferor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all requisite power, authority and legal right to own its property, transact the business in which it is now engaged and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) and the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined)Prospectus, and had at all relevant times and has currently all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the TSA, the PSA, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Trust Agreement and to authorize the issuance of the Notes and the Collateral Certificate.
(b) The Bank is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States, and has all requisite power, authority and legal right to own its property and conduct its credit card business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) and the ProspectusProspectus (as hereinafter defined), and to own the Accounts, Accounts and had at all relevant times and has currently all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the TSA, the PSA and the Administration Agreement.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Program Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the incurrence of the obligations herein and therein set forth and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and with respect to the Transferor, the issuance of the Notes and the Collateral Certificate, have been duly and validly authorized by the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, by all necessary action on the part of the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable.
(d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Transferor and the Bank.
(e) Each of the Program Documents to which the Transferor or the Bank is a party has been, or on or before the Closing Date will be, executed and delivered by the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, and when executed and delivered by the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, enforceable against the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, except, in each case, to the extent that (i) the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ ' or other obligees’ ' rights generally or the rights of creditors or other obligees of institutions insured by the FDIC, (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought and (iii) certain remedial provisions of the Indenture may be unenforceable in whole or in part under the UCC, but the inclusion of such provisions does not render the other provisions of the Indenture invalid and notwithstanding that such provisions may be unenforceable in whole or in part, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, will be able to enforce the remedies of a secured party under the UCC.
(f) The Notes have been duly authorized, authorized and will be issued pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and, when executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered pursuant to the Indenture and this Agreement, will be duly and validly executed, issued and outstanding and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject to (A) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, reorganization, liquidation and other similar laws affecting creditors’ ' rights generally, (B) the effect of general principles of equity including (without limitation) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith, fair dealing (regardless of whether considered and applied in a proceeding in equity or at law), and also to the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, and (C) the unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions indemnifying a party against liability or requiring contribution from a party for liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. The Notes will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, and the Offered Notes and the Indenture will conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented.
(g) The Collateral Certificate has been will be issued pursuant to the terms of the PSA and, when executed and authenticated by the WFNMT Trustee in accordance with the PSA, was will be validly issued. The Collateral Certificate remains issued and outstanding. The Collateral Certificate is will be in the form contemplated by the PSA, and the Collateral Certificate and the PSA will conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented.
(h) Neither the Transferor nor the Bank is in violation of any Requirement of Law or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property is subject, which violation or defaults separately or in the aggregate would have a material adverse effect on the Transferor or the Bank.
(i) None of the issuance and sale of the Notes, the issuance of the Collateral Certificate or the execution and delivery by the Transferor or the Bank of this Agreement or any Program Transaction Document to which it is a party, nor the incurrence by the Transferor or the Bank of the obligations herein and therein set forth, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof does or will (i) violate any Requirement of Law presently in effect, applicable to it or its properties or by which it or its properties are or may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with, or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties are bound, which conflict, breach or default would have a material adverse effect on the Notes, the Collateral Certificate, the Transferor or the Bank, bound or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its property or assets (assets, except for those encumbrances created under the Program Transaction Documents), which Lien would have a material adverse effect on the Notes, the Collateral Certificate, the Transferor or the Bank.
(j) All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders and other actions of any Person or of any court or other governmental body or official required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Transferor or the Bank of this Agreement or the Program Transaction Documents to which it is a party or to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, or to the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof have been or will have been obtained on or before the Closing Date.
(k) The Bank has authorized the conveyance of the Receivables to the Transferor and WFNMT, as applicable; the Transferor has authorized the conveyance of the Receivables to WFNMT; the Transferor has authorized the issuance of WFNMT to issue the Collateral Certificate by WFNMTCertificate; and the Transferor has authorized the Issuer to issue and sell the Notes.
(l) All actions required to be taken by the Transferor or the Bank as a condition to the offer and sale of the Notes as described herein or the consummation of any of the transactions described in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement have been or, prior to the Closing Date, will be taken.
(m) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “"TIA”"), and complies as to form with the TIA and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”"COMMISSION") thereunder.
(n) The representations and warranties made by the Transferor in the TSA, the PSA, the Trust Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement or made in any Officer’s 's Certificate of the Transferor delivered pursuant to any Program Transaction Document to which it is a party were will be true and correct in all material respects at the time made and will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, Date as if set forth herein, except that to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation or warranty was is true and correct at and as of such earlier date.
(o) The representations and warranties made by the Bank in the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and in its capacity as Servicer and Administrator, in the TSA, the PSA and the Administration Agreement, respectively, or made in any Officer’s 's Certificate of the Bank delivered pursuant to any Program Transaction Document to which it is a party were will be true and correct in all material respects at the time made and will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, Date as if set forth herein, except that to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation or warranty was is true and correct at and as of such earlier date.
(p) The Transferor agrees it has not granted, assigned, pledged or transferred and shall not grant, assign, pledge or transfer to any Person a security interest in, or any other right, title or interest in, the Receivables or the Collateral Certificate, except as provided in the PSA and the TSA, and agrees to take all action required by the PSA and the TSA in order to maintain the security interest in the Receivables and the Collateral Certificate granted pursuant to the PSA and the TSA, as applicable.
(q) The Bank agrees it has not granted, assigned, pledged or transferred and shall not grant, assign, pledge or transfer to any Person a security interest in, or any other right, title or interest in, the Receivables, except as provided in the PSA or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as applicable, and agrees to take all action required by the PSA or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as applicable, in order to maintain the security interests in the Receivables granted pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the PSA, as applicable.
(r) A registration statement on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-113669, 000-000000-00 60418 and 333-11366960418-0201), including a form of prospectus and such amendments thereto as may have been filed prior to the date hereof, relating to the Offered Notes and the offering thereof in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”"ACT"), has been filed with, and has been declared effective by, the Commission. If any post-effective amendment to such registration statement has been filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the most recent such amendment has been declared effective by the Commission. For purposes of this Agreement, “Effective Time” "EFFECTIVE TIME" means the date and time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the Commission, and “Effective Date” "EFFECTIVE DATE" means the date of the Effective Time. Such registration statement, as amended at the Effective Time, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement"REGISTRATION STATEMENT.” " The Transferor proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule "RULE 424(b)”") under the Act a supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”"PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT") to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such prospectus, in the form it appears in the Registration Statement or in the form most recently revised and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus”"BASE PROSPECTUS") relating to the Offered Notes and the method of distribution thereof. The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, together with any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, are hereinafter referred to as the “"PROSPECTUS".
(s) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the "RULES AND REGULATIONS") and the TIA and the rules and regulations thereunder and did not or will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and on the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and at the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the TIA and the rules and regulations thereunder and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements in or omissions from either of such documents based upon written information furnished to the Transferor or the Bank by the Underwriters specifically for use therein. Each of the Transferor and the Bank hereby acknowledges that (i) the only information provided by the Class A Underwriters for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus Supplement in the table under the heading "Class A Notes" and on the line across from "Price to public," in the table listing the Class A Underwriters and the Principal Amount of Class A Notes under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement, in the table following the third paragraph under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement in the column labeled "Class A Notes", and in the final paragraph under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement (the "CLASS A UNDERWRITERS' INFORMATION") and (ii) the only information provided by the Class B Underwriters for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus Supplement in the table under the heading "Class B Notes" and on the line across from "Price to public," in the table listing the Class B Underwriters and the Principal Amount of Class B Notes and under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement, in the table following the third paragraph under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement in the column labeled "Class B Notes", and in the final paragraph under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement (the "CLASS B UNDERWRITERS' INFORMATION").
(t) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus”, except as otherwise set forth therein, there has not been any material adverse change in (i) the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations, of the Bank or the Transferor and (ii) the financial or statisitcial information contained in the Prospectus under the caption "The Trust Portfolio."
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust)
Representations and Warranties of the Transferor and the Bank. Each of the Transferor (the representations and warranties as to the Transferor being given by the Transferor) and the Bank (the representations and warranties as to the Bank being given by the Bank) represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:
(a) The Transferor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all requisite power, authority and legal right to own its property, transact the business in which it is now engaged and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) and the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), and had at all relevant times and has currently all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the TSA, the PSA, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Trust Agreement and to authorize the issuance of the Notes and the Collateral Certificate.
(b) The Bank is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States, has all requisite power, authority and legal right to own its property and conduct its credit card business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and to own the Accounts, and had at all relevant times and has currently all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the TSA, the PSA and the Administration Agreement.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Program Documents to which it is a party, and the incurrence of the obligations herein and therein set forth and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and with respect to the Transferor, the issuance of the Offered Notes and the Collateral Certificate, have been duly and validly authorized by the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, by all necessary action on the part of the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable.
(d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Transferor and the Bank.
(e) Each of the Program Documents to which the Transferor or the Bank is a party has been, or on or before the Closing Date will be, executed and delivered by the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, and when executed and delivered by the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, enforceable against the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, except, in each case, to the extent that (i) the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ or other obligees’ rights generally or the rights of creditors or other obligees of institutions insured by the FDIC, (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought and (iii) certain remedial provisions of the Indenture may be unenforceable in whole or in part under the UCC, but the inclusion of such provisions does not render the other provisions of the Indenture invalid and notwithstanding that such provisions may be unenforceable in whole or in part, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, will be able to enforce the remedies of a secured party under the UCC.
(f) The Offered Notes have been duly authorized, will be issued pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and, when executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered pursuant to the Indenture and this Agreement, will be duly and validly executed, issued and outstanding and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject to (A) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, reorganization, liquidation and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (B) the effect of general principles of equity including (without limitation) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith, fair dealing (regardless of whether considered and applied in a proceeding in equity or at law), and also to the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, and (C) the unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions indemnifying a party against liability or requiring contribution from a party for liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. The Offered Notes will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, and the Offered Notes and the Indenture will conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement.
(g) The Issued Notes have been issued pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and, when executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered pursuant ot the Indenture and the Note Purchase Agreements, were duly and validly issued. The Issued Notes constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject to (A) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, reorganization, liquidation and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (B) the effect of general principles of equity including (without limitation) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith, fair dealing (regardless of whether considered and applied in a proceeding in equity or at law), and also to the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, and (C) the unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions indemnifying a party against liability or requiring contribution from a party for liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. The Issued Notes remain outstanding and are in the form contemplated by the Indenture.
(h) The Collateral Certificate has been issued pursuant to the terms of the PSA and, when executed and authenticated by the WFNMT Trustee in accordance with the PSA, was validly issued. The Collateral Certificate remains outstanding. The Collateral Certificate is in the form contemplated by the PSA, and the Collateral Certificate and the PSA conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement.
(hi) Neither the Transferor nor the Bank is in violation of any Requirement of Law or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property is subject, which violation or defaults separately or in the aggregate would have a material adverse effect on the Transferor or the Bank.
(ij) None of the issuance and sale of the Notes, the issuance of the Collateral Certificate or the execution and delivery by the Transferor or the Bank of this Agreement or any Program Document to which it is a party, nor the incurrence by the Transferor or the Bank of the obligations herein and therein set forth, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof does or will (i) violate any Requirement of Law presently in effect, applicable to it or its properties or by which it or its properties are or may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with, or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties are bound, which conflict, breach or default would have a material adverse effect on the Notes, the Collateral Certificate, the Transferor or the Bank, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its property or assets (except for those encumbrances created under the Program Documents), which Lien would have a material adverse effect on the Notes, the Collateral Certificate, the Transferor or the Bank.
(jk) All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders and other actions of any Person or of any court or other governmental body or official required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Transferor or the Bank of this Agreement or the Program Documents to which it is a party or to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, or to the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof have been or will have been obtained on or before the Closing Date.
(kl) The Bank has authorized the conveyance of the Receivables to the Transferor and WFNMT, as applicable; the Transferor has authorized the conveyance of the Receivables to WFNMT; the Transferor has authorized the issuance of the Collateral Certificate by WFNMT; and the Transferor has authorized the Issuer to issue and sell the Notes.
(lm) All actions required to be taken by the Transferor or the Bank as a condition to the offer and sale of the Offered Notes as described herein or the consummation of any of the transactions described in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement have been or, prior to the Closing Date, will be taken.
(mn) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), and complies as to form with the TIA and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder.
(no) The representations and warranties made by the Transferor in the TSA, the PSA, the Trust Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement or made in any Officer’s Certificate of the Transferor delivered pursuant to any Program Document to which it is a party were true and correct in all material respects at the time made and will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, as if set forth herein, except that to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation or warranty was true and correct at and as of such earlier date.
(op) The representations and warranties made by the Bank in the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and in its capacity as Servicer and Administrator, in the TSA, the PSA and the Administration Agreement, respectively, or made in any Officer’s Certificate of the Bank delivered pursuant to any Program Document to which it is a party were true and correct in all material respects at the time made and will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, as if set forth herein, except that to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation or warranty was true and correct at and as of such earlier date.
(pq) The Transferor agrees it has not granted, assigned, pledged or transferred and shall not grant, assign, pledge or transfer to any Person a security interest in, or any other right, title or interest in, the Receivables or the Collateral Certificate, except as provided in the PSA and the TSA, and agrees to take all action required by the PSA and the TSA in order to maintain the security interest in the Receivables and the Collateral Certificate granted pursuant to the PSA and the TSA, as applicable.
(qr) The Bank agrees it has not granted, assigned, pledged or transferred and shall not grant, assign, pledge or transfer to any Person a security interest in, or any other right, title or interest in, the Receivables, except as provided in the PSA or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as applicable, and agrees to take all action required by the PSA or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as applicable, in order to maintain the security interests in the Receivables granted pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the PSA, as applicable.
(rs) A registration statement on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-113669, 000-000000-00 60418 and 333-11366960418-0201), including a form of prospectus and such amendments thereto as may have been filed prior to the date hereof, relating to the Offered Notes and the offering thereof in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), has been filed with, and has been declared effective by, the Commission. If any post-effective amendment to such registration statement has been filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the most recent such amendment has been declared effective by the Commission. For purposes of this Agreement, “Effective Time” means the date and time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the Commission, and “Effective Date” means the date of the Effective Time. Such registration statement, as amended at the Effective Time, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” The Transferor proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) under the Act a supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such prospectus, in the form it appears in the Registration Statement or in the form most recently revised and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus”) relating to the Offered Notes and the method of distribution thereof. The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, together with any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, are hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus”.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust)
Representations and Warranties of the Transferor and the Bank. Each of the Transferor (the representations and warranties as to the Transferor being given by the Transferor) and the Bank (the representations and warranties as to the Bank being given by the Bank) represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:
(a) The Transferor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all requisite power, authority and legal right to own its property, transact the business in which it is now engaged and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) and the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), and had at all relevant times and has currently all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the TSA, the PSA, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Trust Agreement and to authorize the issuance of the Notes and the Collateral Certificate.
(b) The Bank is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States, has all requisite power, authority and legal right to own its property and conduct its credit card business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and to own the Accounts, and had at all relevant times and has currently all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the TSA, the PSA and the Administration Agreement.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Program Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the incurrence of the obligations herein and therein set forth and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and with respect to the Transferor, the issuance of the Notes and the Collateral Certificate, have been duly and validly authorized by the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, by all necessary action on the part of the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable.
(d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Transferor and the Bank.
(e) Each of the Program Documents to which the Transferor or the Bank is a party has been, or on or before the Closing Date will be, executed and delivered by the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, and when executed and delivered by the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, enforceable against the Transferor and the Bank, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, except, in each case, to the extent that (i) the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ or other obligees’ rights generally or the rights of creditors or other obligees of institutions insured by the FDIC, (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought and (iii) certain remedial provisions of the Indenture may be unenforceable in whole or in part under the UCC, but the inclusion of such provisions does not render the other provisions of the Indenture invalid and notwithstanding that such provisions may be unenforceable in whole or in part, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, will be able to enforce the remedies of a secured party under the UCC.
(f) The Notes have been duly authorized, will be issued pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and, when executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered pursuant to the Indenture and this Agreement, will be duly and validly executed, issued and outstanding and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject to (A) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, reorganization, liquidation and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (B) the effect of general principles of equity including (without limitation) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith, fair dealing (regardless of whether considered and applied in a proceeding in equity or at law), and also to the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, and (C) the unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions indemnifying a party against liability or requiring contribution from a party for liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. The Notes will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, and the Offered Notes and the Indenture will conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement.
(g) The Collateral Certificate has been issued pursuant to the terms of the PSA and, when executed and authenticated by the WFNMT Trustee in accordance with the PSA, was validly issued. The Collateral Certificate remains outstanding. The Collateral Certificate is in the form contemplated by the PSA, and the Collateral Certificate and the PSA conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement.
(h) Neither the Transferor nor the Bank is in violation of any Requirement of Law or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property is subject, which violation or defaults separately or in the aggregate would have a material adverse effect on the Transferor or the Bank.
(i) None of the issuance and sale of the Notes, the issuance of the Collateral Certificate or the execution and delivery by the Transferor or the Bank of this Agreement or any Program Transaction Document to which it is a party, nor the incurrence by the Transferor or the Bank of the obligations herein and therein set forth, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof does or will (i) violate any Requirement of Law presently in effect, applicable to it or its properties or by which it or its properties are or may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with, or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties are bound, which conflict, breach or default would have a material adverse effect on the Notes, the Collateral Certificate, the Transferor or the Bank, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its property or assets (except for those encumbrances created under the Program Transaction Documents), which Lien would have a material adverse effect on the Notes, the Collateral Certificate, the Transferor or the Bank.
(j) All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders and other actions of any Person or of any court or other governmental body or official required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Transferor or the Bank of this Agreement or the Program Transaction Documents to which it is a party or to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, or to the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof have been or will have been obtained on or before the Closing Date.
(k) The Bank has authorized the conveyance of the Receivables to the Transferor and WFNMT, as applicable; the Transferor has authorized the conveyance of the Receivables to WFNMT; the Transferor has authorized the issuance of the Collateral Certificate by WFNMT; and the Transferor has authorized the Issuer to issue and sell the Notes.
(l) All actions required to be taken by the Transferor or the Bank as a condition to the offer and sale of the Notes as described herein or the consummation of any of the transactions described in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement have been or, prior to the Closing Date, will be taken.
(m) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), and complies as to form with the TIA and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder.
(n) The representations and warranties made by the Transferor in the TSA, the PSA, the Trust Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement or made in any Officer’s Certificate of the Transferor delivered pursuant to any Program Document to which it is a party were true and correct in all material respects at the time made and will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, as if set forth herein, except that to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation or warranty was true and correct at and as of such earlier date.
(o) The representations and warranties made by the Bank in the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and in its capacity as Servicer and Administrator, in the TSA, the PSA and the Administration Agreement, respectively, or made in any Officer’s Certificate of the Bank delivered pursuant to any Program Document to which it is a party were true and correct in all material respects at the time made and will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, as if set forth herein, except that to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation or warranty was true and correct at and as of such earlier date.
(p) The Transferor agrees it has not granted, assigned, pledged or transferred and shall not grant, assign, pledge or transfer to any Person a security interest in, or any other right, title or interest in, the Receivables or the Collateral Certificate, except as provided in the PSA and the TSA, and agrees to take all action required by the PSA and the TSA in order to maintain the security interest in the Receivables and the Collateral Certificate granted pursuant to the PSA and the TSA, as applicable.
(q) The Bank agrees it has not granted, assigned, pledged or transferred and shall not grant, assign, pledge or transfer to any Person a security interest in, or any other right, title or interest in, the Receivables, except as provided in the PSA or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as applicable, and agrees to take all action required by the PSA or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as applicable, in order to maintain the security interests in the Receivables granted pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the PSA, as applicable.
(r) A registration statement on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-113669, 000-000000-00 and 333-113669-02), including a form of prospectus and such amendments thereto as may have been filed prior to the date hereof, relating to the Offered Notes and the offering thereof in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), has been filed with, and has been declared effective by, the Commission. If any post-effective amendment to such registration statement has been filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the most recent such amendment has been declared effective by the Commission. For purposes of this Agreement, “Effective Time” means the date and time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the Commission, and “Effective Date” means the date of the Effective Time. Such registration statement, as amended at the Effective Time, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” The Transferor proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) under the Act a supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such prospectus, in the form it appears in the Registration Statement or in the form most recently revised and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus”) relating to the Offered Notes and the method of distribution thereof. The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, together with any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, are hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus”.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust)