HYUNDAI AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2010-A $960,850,000 ASSET BACKED NOTES HYUNDAI ABS FUNDING CORPORATION (DEPOSITOR) HYUNDAI CAPITAL AMERICA (SELLER AND SERVICER) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
$960,850,000 ASSET BACKED
NOTES
HYUNDAI ABS FUNDING
CORPORATION
(DEPOSITOR)
HYUNDAI CAPITAL AMERICA
(SELLER AND
SERVICER)
May 5, 2010
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc.
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as Representative of
the
Several Underwriters
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 31st
Floor
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Ladies and
Gentlemen:
SECTION 1. Introduction. Hyundai ABS Funding Corporation (the
“Depositor”) proposes to cause Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2010-A (the
“Trust”) to issue and sell $219,000,000 principal amount of its Class A-1 Notes
(the “Class A-1 Notes”), $238,000,000 principal amount of its Class A-2 Notes
(the “Class A-2 Notes”), $317,000,000 principal amount of its Class A-3 Notes
(the “Class A-3 Notes”) and $186,850,000 principal amount of its Class A-4 Notes
(the “Class A-4 Notes” and together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2
Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Notes”) to the several underwriters set
forth on Schedule I (each, an “Underwriter”), for whom X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc. is acting as representative (the “Representative”). The Notes
will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, to be dated as of May 13, 2010 (the
“Indenture”), between the Trust and Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee (in
such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”). The assets of the Trust will
include, among other things, a pool of motor vehicle retail installment sale
contracts acquired by Hyundai Capital America (“HCA”) and sold to the Trust on
the Closing Date (the “Receivables”) secured by new and used automobiles,
light-duty trucks and minivans and financed thereby (the “Vehicles”), certain
monies received thereunder after the close of business on April 16, 2010 (the
“Cutoff Date”) and the other property and the proceeds thereof to be conveyed to
the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement to be dated as of May 13,
2010 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) among the Trust, HCA, as servicer, the
Depositor and the Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor
will sell the Receivables to the Trust and HCA will service the Receivables on
behalf of the Trust. In addition, pursuant to the Owner Trust
Administration Agreement to be dated as of May 13, 2010 (the “Administration
Agreement”) among the Trust, HCA and the Indenture Trustee, HCA will agree to
perform certain administrative tasks on behalf of the Trust. The
Depositor formed the Trust pursuant to a trust agreement, and it will be
governed by an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) to
be dated as of May 13, 2010 among the Depositor, HCA and Wilmington Trust
Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”). The owner trust
certificate (the “Certificate”), representing a fractional undivided interest in
the Trust, will be issued to the Depositor pursuant to the Trust
Agreement.
The Depositor will acquire the
Receivables from HCA pursuant to the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement
(the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”) to be dated as of May 13, 2010 between
the Depositor and HCA. HCA has acquired the Receivables from
franchised dealers (the “Dealers”) pursuant to certain dealer retail agreements
between each Dealer and HCA (collectively, the “Dealer Retail
Agreements”).
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Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined in this Underwriting Agreement (this “Agreement”) shall have the
meanings set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or if not defined
therein, then as defined in the Prospectus Supplement (as defined
below). As used herein, the term “Transaction Documents” refers to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture,
the Trust Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Administration
Agreement.
At or prior to the date when sales to
purchasers of the Notes were first made to investors by the Underwriters, which
was May 5, 2010 (the “Applicable Date”), the Seller had prepared the Prospectus
Supplement dated May 3, 2010 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) to the
Base Prospectus dated May 3, 2010 (along with information referred to under the
caption “Static Pool Data” therein regardless of whether it is deemed a part
thereof under the Rules and Regulations, together the “Preliminary
Prospectus”). If, subsequent to the Applicable Date and prior to the
Closing Date, such information included an untrue statement of material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading and the Underwriters terminate their old “Contracts of Sale” (within
the meaning of Rule 159 under the Securities Act) and enter into new Contracts
of Sale with investors in the Notes, then the “Preliminary Prospectus” will
refer to the information conveyed to investors at the time of entry into such
new Contract of Sale, in an amended Preliminary Prospectus approved by the
Depositor and the Representative that corrects such material misstatements or
omissions (a “Corrected Prospectus”) and “Applicable Date” will refer to the
time and date on which such new Contracts of Sale were entered
into.
SECTION 2. Representations
and Warranties. 1) As a condition of the
several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Notes, each of the
Depositor and HCA makes the representations and warranties set forth below to
the Representative and each of the Underwriters. To the extent a
representation or warranty specifically relates to the Depositor, such
representation or warranty is made by the Depositor and HCA jointly, and to the
extent a representation or warranty specifically relates solely to HCA, such
representation or warranty is only made by HCA and not by the
Depositor.
(i) The registration statement on Form S-3
(No. 333-144832), including the exhibits thereto, has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for
registration under the Securities Act, which registration statement has been
declared effective by the Commission within the three years prior to the Closing
Date and is still effective as of the date hereof. Such registration
statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended to the date hereof, is
hereinafter called the “Registration Statement”; the prospectus included in the
Registration Statement, at the time the Registration Statement became effective,
or as subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; a prospectus
supplement relating to the Notes, in the form first filed after the date hereof
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including the Base Prospectus
as so supplemented and together, along with information referred to under the
caption “Static Pool Data” therein regardless of whether it is deemed a part of
the Registration Statement or Base Prospectus under the Rules and Regulations,
is hereinafter called the “Prospectus Supplement”; and the Base Prospectus
together with the Prospectus Supplement are hereinafter called the
“Prospectus.” Any preliminary form of the Prospectus that has
heretofore been filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) is hereinafter called a
“preliminary prospectus.” Any reference herein to the terms “amend,”
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, shall be deemed to refer to and include
the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”) or the filing date of the Base Prospectus or Prospectus
Supplement, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
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(ii) The Registration Statement as of the
applicable effective date as to each part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2)
and any amendment thereto of the Securities Act (the “Effective Date”), the
Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement,
and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, complied in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Rules and
Regulations”); and the information in the Registration Statement, as of the
Effective Date, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; the
Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
and as of the Closing Date, will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations; and the
Prospectus, and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto, as of the date
of the Prospectus Supplement and as of the Closing Date, will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that neither HCA nor the Depositor
makes any representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration
Statement which constitutes the Statement of Qualification under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”) on Form T-1 (the
“Form T-1”) of the Indenture Trustee (which will be represented and warranted to
by the Indenture Trustee) and (ii) the information contained in or omitted from
such Registration Statement or such Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to HCA by or
on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for use in the preparation thereof
which information consists solely of the information set forth in the chart
following the first paragraph, the second paragraph, the selling concession and
reallowance chart at the end of the second paragraph, the third paragraph and
the fourth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” in the Prospectus
Supplement and the fifth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” in the Base
Prospectus (the “Underwriters’ Information”).
(iii) The Preliminary Prospectus, at the
Applicable Date, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that the Depositor makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’
Information.
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(iv) Since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus and in the Prospectus there
has not been any material adverse change, or, to the best of our knowledge, any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business or operations of any of
HCA or its subsidiaries, including the Depositor and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, except as disclosed to the Representative in writing prior to the date
hereof.
(v) The Indenture has been qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act.
(vi) The Trust Agreement is not required to
be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
(vii) The Trust is not required to register
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company
Act”).
(viii) The issuance and sale of the Notes have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Depositor and,
when executed, authenticated and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, the Notes will
be valid and binding obligations of the Trust, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be subject
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to
creditors’ rights in general and to general principles of
equity.
(ix) Each of the Depositor and HCA has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation with full corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and conduct its
business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which its ownership, leasing or operation of its properties or assets or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to
be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of
the Depositor or HCA to perform its respective obligations under this Agreement
and the Transaction Documents or on the consummation of the transactions as
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and has full corporate power and
authority to execute and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(x) The execution and delivery of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the
Depositor and HCA, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Depositor and HCA and when duly executed and delivered by the other parties
hereto will be the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Depositor and HCA,
enforceable against the Depositor and HCA in accordance with its terms, except
to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights in general
and to general principles of equity.
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(xi) The execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action of the Depositor or HCA, as applicable, and, when
duly executed and delivered by the Depositor and HCA (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto), will be
legal, valid and binding agreements of the Depositor and HCA, enforceable
against the Depositor or HCA in accordance with their respective terms, except
to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights in general
and to general principles of equity.
(xii) The execution and delivery by each of
the Depositor and HCA of, and the performance by each of the Depositor and HCA
of its obligations under, this Agreement, each of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party and the Depositor under the Notes, the issuance and sale of
the Notes to the Underwriters by the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement
(subject to obtaining any consents or approvals as may be required under the
securities or “blue sky” laws to various jurisdictions), the compliance by the
Depositor and HCA with the other provisions of this Agreement and the
consummation of the other transactions herein contemplated do not (x) require
the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with
any governmental authority, except as such have been obtained or made or such as
may be required under the securities or “blue sky” laws of various
jurisdictions, or (y) conflict with or result in a breach or violation or
acceleration of, or constitute a default under, any term or provision of the
organizational documents of the Depositor or HCA, any indenture mortgage, deed
of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or HCA
is a party or by which any of them or their properties is bound or result in a
violation of or contravene the terms of any statute, order or regulation
applicable to the Depositor or HCA of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Depositor
or HCA, or result in the creation of any lien upon any property or assets of the
Depositor or HCA (other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents), except
where such conflict, breach, default or creation would not have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Depositor and HCA to perform its respective
obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents or on the
consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(xiii) None of the Depositor or HCA is in
violation of any term or provision of its charter documents or by-laws, or in
breach of or in default under any statute or any judgment, decree, order, rule
or regulation of any court or other governmental authority or any arbitrator
applicable to the Depositor or HCA, the consequence of which violation, breach
or default would have (a) a materially adverse effect on or constitute a
materially adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
properties, business affairs, net worth or results of operations of the
Depositor or HCA or (b) a material and adverse effect on its ability to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, in
each case, to which it is a party.
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(xiv) None of the Depositor, HCA nor anyone
acting on their behalf has taken any action that would require registration of
the Depositor or the Trust under the Investment Company Act; nor will the
Depositor nor HCA act, nor has either of them authorized nor will either of them
authorize any person to act, in such manner.
(xv) Each of the Depositor and HCA possesses
all consents, licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to
conduct their respective businesses, the absence of which would have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Depositor and HCA to perform its respective
obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents or on the
consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
and neither the Depositor nor HCA has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate,
authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a materially adverse effect
on or constitute a materially adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, properties, business affairs, net worth or results of
operations of the Depositor or HCA, except as described in or contemplated by
the Prospectus.
(xvi) No legal or governmental proceedings are
pending or threatened to which the Depositor or HCA is a party or to which the
property of the Depositor or HCA is subject except for such proceedings that
would not, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, singly
or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial
or otherwise), earnings, properties, business affairs, net worth or results of
operations of the Depositor or HCA or the Depositor’s or HCA’s ability to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or on
the consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(xvii)
No default exists, and no
event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
a default in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or
condition of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other
material agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or HCA is a party or by
which the Depositor or HCA or any of its respective properties is
bound.
(xviii)
The Notes and the
Transaction Documents conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and in the
Prospectus.
(xix) Each of the Depositor’s and HCA’s
representations and warranties in the Transaction Documents are true and correct
as of the date they are given therein and will be true and correct on the
Closing Date, and such representations and warranties are incorporated herein by
reference.
(xx) Other than as contemplated by this
Agreement or as disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus and in the Prospectus,
there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the
Depositor or any of its Affiliates or the Underwriters, any brokerage or
finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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(xxi) None of the Depositor, HCA nor any of
their Affiliates has entered into, nor will it enter into, any contractual
arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Notes except for this
Agreement.
(xxii) Assuming that the Notes are issued in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and distributed in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and as described in the Prospectus, the Notes
are “asset-backed securities” within the meaning of, and satisfy the
requirements for use of, Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
(xxiii)
The Notes, when duly and
validly executed by the Indenture Trustee, authenticated and delivered in
accordance with the Indenture, and delivered and paid for pursuant hereto will
be validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
(xxiv) The Certificates, when duly and validly
executed by the Owner Trustee, authenticated and delivered in accordance with
the Trust Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the
benefits of the Trust Agreement.
(xxv)
Any taxes, fees and other
governmental charges due on or prior to the Closing Date (including, without
limitation, sales taxes) in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the issuance of
the Notes have been or will have been paid at or prior to the Closing
Date.
(xxvi)
Under generally accepted
accounting principles, HCA will report its transfer of the Receivables to the
Depositor as a sale of the Receivables, and the Depositor will report its
transfer of the Receivables to the Trust as a sale of the
Receivables.
(xxvii)
None of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the
proceeds from the sale of the Notes) will violate or result in a violation of
Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder,
including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System.
(xxviii)
As of the Applicable Date,
the Depositor was not and as of the Closing Date will not be, an “ineligible
issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(xxix)
The Depositor has filed the
Preliminary Prospectus and each Free Writing Prospectus required to have been
filed under the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and it has done so
within the applicable periods of time required under the Securities Act and the
Rules and Regulations.
(xxx)
Prior to the date hereof,
none of HCA, the Depositor nor any of their Affiliates (including, without
limitation, all officers and directors thereof) has taken any action which is
designed to or which has constituted or which might have been expected to cause
or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security in
connection with the offering of the Notes.
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(b) The above representations and warranties
shall be deemed to be repeated in their entirety at and as of the Closing
Date.
(c) Each Underwriter hereby makes the
representations and agrees to the statements contained in Xxxxx A
hereto.
SECTION 3. Purchase,
Sale and
Delivery of Notes. 2) On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Depositor agrees to cause the Trust
to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase from the Trust the respective principal amount of the Notes
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule I, at a purchase
price (the “Purchase Price”) equal to “Price $” as specified on Schedule II
hereto. Delivery of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the
offices of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 at
10:00 a.m. (New York time) on May 13, 2010 (or at such other place
and time on the same or other date as shall be agreed to in writing by the
Representative and the Depositor, the “Closing Date”). Delivery of
one or more global notes representing the Notes shall be made against payment of
the aggregate purchase price in immediately available funds drawn to the order
of the Depositor. The global notes to be so delivered shall be
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”). The interests of beneficial owners of the Notes will
be represented by book entries on the records of DTC and participating members
thereof. Definitive Notes representing the Notes will be available
only under limited circumstances, as described in the
Prospectus.
(b) The Depositor hereby acknowledges that
the payment of monies pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof (a “Payment”) by or on
behalf of the Underwriters of the aggregate Purchase Price for the Notes does
not constitute closing of a purchase and sale of the Notes. Only (1)
the execution and delivery, by facsimile or otherwise, of a receipt for Notes by
the Representative, and (2) the release of all Permitted Liens, as listed on
Schedule III hereto, prior to the cut-off time for DTC settlement on the Closing
Date, indicates completion of the closing of a purchase of the Notes from the
Trust. Furthermore, in the event that the Underwriters make a Payment
to the Trust prior to the completion of the closing of a purchase of Notes, the
Depositor hereby acknowledges that until the Representative executes and
delivers such receipt for the Notes and until all Permitted Liens have been
released prior to the cut-off time for DTC settlement on the Closing Date, the
Trust will not be entitled to the Payment and the Depositor shall cause the
Trust to return the Payment to the Underwriters as soon as practicable (by wire
transfer of same-day funds) upon demand. In the event that the
closing of a purchase of Notes is not completed and the Payment is not returned
by the Trust to the Underwriters on the same day the Payment was received by the
Trust, the Depositor agrees to pay, or otherwise cause the Trust to pay, to the
Underwriters in respect of each day the Payment is not returned by it, in
same-day funds, interest on the amount of such Payment in an amount representing
the Underwriters’ cost of financing as reasonably determined by the
Representative.
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(c) It is understood that the Representative
or any Underwriter, individually, may (but shall not be obligated to) make
Payment on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters for any of the Notes to be
purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters. No such Payment shall
relieve such Underwriter or Underwriters from any of its or their obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 4. Offering by
Underwriters. Upon the authorization by
the Representative of the release of the Notes, the several Underwriters propose
to offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and the Prospectus.
SECTION 5. Covenants of
the Depositor and HCA. Each of the Depositor and
HCA covenants and agrees with the Underwriters as set forth
below.
(a) To file the Prospectus, properly
completed, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act no later than the second business day following the day
it is first used. The Depositor will file with the Commission any
Free Writing Prospectus delivered to investors in accordance with Section 6 as
the Depositor is required to file under the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and will do so within the applicable period of time required under
the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (which for the avoidance of
doubt shall be in the case of a Free Writing Prospectus that is Pre-pricing and
Pricing Information, the final version of the Pre-pricing and Pricing
Information). The Depositor or HCA will advise the Representative
promptly of any such filing under the Securities Act.
(b) To furnish to the Underwriters and
counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Registration
Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and all amendments and
supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such
quantities as the Underwriters reasonably request. The Prospectus
shall be furnished on or prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on or prior to the second
business day preceding the Closing Date. All other documents shall be
so furnished as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representative
may reasonably request. The Depositor or HCA will pay the expenses of
printing, reproducing and distributing to the Underwriters all such
documents.
(c) To advise the Representative promptly,
in writing, of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus and to not effect any such amendment or supplement to which the
Representative shall reasonably object; and to also advise the Representative
promptly of the effectiveness of each Registration Statement and of any
amendment or supplement of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and of
the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of
the Registration Statement and to use its best efforts to prevent the issuance
of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if
issued.
(d) To furnish the Underwriters with copies
of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and each amendment or
supplement, during the period when any Underwriter is required to deliver a
Prospectus under the Securities Act, at the cost and expense of HCA, each in
such quantities as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request
(and subsequent to such period, to assist the Underwriters in obtaining
sufficient additional copies of the Prospectus, at the cost and expense of the
Underwriters requesting such additional copies); and if, at any time prior to
the expiration of the Prospectus delivery period under the Securities Act, any
event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus
is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary
or desirable during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus, to
notify the Representative and promptly prepare and file with the Commission
(subject to the Representative’s prior review pursuant to Section 5(c)), at its
own expense, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or
omission, or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Upon the
Representative’s request, the Depositor will prepare and furnish without charge
to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and
electronic copies as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request
of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct
such statement or omission or effect such compliance. Neither the
Underwriters’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ distribution of any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions
set forth in Section 8 hereof.
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(e) The Depositor will arrange for the
qualification of the Notes for offering and sale in each jurisdiction as the
Representative shall designate including, but not limited to, pursuant to
applicable state securities (“Blue Sky”) laws of certain states of the United
States of America or other U. S. jurisdictions so designated, and the Depositor
shall maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as may be necessary in
order to complete the placement of the Notes; provided, however, that the
Depositor shall not be obliged to file any general consent to service of process
or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a securities dealer in any
jurisdiction or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in
any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. The
Depositor will promptly advise the Representative of the receipt by the
Depositor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(f) The Depositor will cooperate with the
Representative and use its best efforts to permit the Notes to be eligible for
clearance and settlement through DTC.
(g) HCA and the Depositor shall (i) furnish
or make available to the Underwriters or their counsel such additional documents
and information regarding HCA, the Depositor and their respective affairs as the
Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request prior to the Closing Date,
including any and all documentation reasonably requested in connection with its
due diligence efforts regarding information in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and in order to evidence the accuracy or completeness of any of
the conditions contained in this Agreement and (ii) provide the Underwriters or
their advisors, or both, prior to acceptance of its subscription, the
opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers with respect to such
matters.
(h) From the date hereof until the Closing
Date, none of the Depositor, HCA, nor any of their respective Affiliates will,
without the prior written consent of the Representative, directly or indirectly,
offer, sell or contract to sell or announce the offering of, in a public or
private transaction, any other collateralized
securities similar to the Notes.
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(i) During the period beginning on the
Closing Date and continuing until and including the date that is six months
after the Closing Date, none of the Depositor, HCA or any of their Affiliates
shall offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of
the Trust, the Depositor or HCA in a public offering that are substantially
similar to the Notes, without first furnishing to the Representative an opinion
of counsel (in form and from such firm as is reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative and counsel to the Representative) stating that such public
offering of securities would not result in any violation of federal or state
securities laws with respect to the Notes.
(j) Until the retirement of the Notes,
neither the Depositor nor HCA shall, nor cause the Trust to, be or become an
open-end investment company, unit investment trust, closed-end investment
company or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.
(k) Until the retirement of the Notes, or
until none of the Underwriters maintains a secondary market in the Notes,
whichever occurs first, HCA shall cause the Depositor to and the Depositor shall
deliver to each of the Underwriters, through the Representative, the annual
statement of compliance and any annual independent certified public accountants’
report furnished to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, as soon as such statements and reports are furnished to the Indenture
Trustee.
(l) So long as any of the Notes are
outstanding, HCA shall cause the Depositor to and the Depositor shall deliver to
each of the Underwriters, through the Representative: (i) all documents
distributed to Noteholders and (ii) from time to time, any other information
concerning HCA, the Depositor or the Trust as the Underwriters may reasonably
request only insofar as such information reasonably relates to the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(m) On or before the Closing Date, HCA and
the Depositor (to the extent applicable) shall each cause their computer records
relating to the Receivables to be marked to show the Trust’s absolute ownership
of the Receivables, and from and after the Closing Date neither the Depositor
nor HCA shall take any action inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of such
Receivables, other than as permitted by the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(n) To the extent, if any, that any of the
ratings assigned to the Notes by any of the rating agencies that initially rate
the Notes are conditional upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of any
other actions by the Depositor or HCA, as the case may be, the relevant party
shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, such documents and take any such other
actions as promptly as possible.
(o) The Depositor or HCA will cause the
Trust to make generally available to Noteholders, as soon as practicable, but no
later than sixteen months after the date hereof, an earnings statement of the
Trust covering a period of at least twelve consecutive months beginning after
the later of (i) the Effective Date of the Registration Statement relating to
the Notes and (ii) the effective date of the most recent post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of
this Agreement.
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(p) The Depositor or HCA will, and will
cause the Trust to, promptly pay and perform its respective obligations under
the Transaction Documents.
SECTION
6. Preliminary
Prospectus and Free
Writing Prospectus.
(a) The following terms have the specified
meanings for purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Free Writing
Prospectus” means and
includes any information relating to the Offered Notes disseminated by the
Depositor or any Underwriter that constitutes a “free writing prospectus” within
the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(ii) “Issuer
Information” means the
information contained in the Preliminary Prospectus (other than Underwriters’
Information) and the Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (solely limited to (A)
information included in the Preliminary Prospectus and (B) Pre-pricing and
Pricing Information).
(iii) “Underwriter
Free Writing Prospectus”
means a Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of an
Underwriter.
(iv) “Pre-pricing
and Pricing Information”
means the information in an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus consisting of
(A) the underwriting syndicate, syndicate structure and status of the
subscriptions for each class of Notes (both for the issuance as a whole and for
each Underwriter’s specific retention), (B) weighted average lives, ratings,
expected maturities and/or payment windows, benchmarks and legal finals for each
class of Notes, (C) expected or actual pricing parameters for each class of
Notes, (D) expected settlement and non offered notes and (E) CUSIP numbers,
ERISA eligibility, pricing prepayment speed and clean up
call.
(b) The Depositor will not disseminate to
any potential investor any information relating to the Notes that constitutes a
“written communication” (including any “free writing prospectus”, each as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), other than the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and written communications constituting a bona fide
electronic road show within the meaning of Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act
(the “Road Show Material”) unless the Depositor has obtained the prior consent
of the Representative.
(c) Neither the Depositor nor any
Underwriter shall disseminate or file with the Commission any information
relating to the Notes in reliance on Rule 167 or 426 under the Securities Act,
nor shall the Seller or any Underwriter disseminate any Free Writing Prospectus
“in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted
dissemination” within the meaning of Rule 433(d) under the Securities
Act.
(d) Each Free Writing Prospectus shall bear
the following legend, or a substantially similar legend that complies with Rule
433 under the Securities Act:
The
Depositor has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the
SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you
invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other
documents the depositor has filed with the SEC for more complete information
about the depositor, the issuing trust, and this offering. You may
get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC Web site at
xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the depositor, any underwriter or any
dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if
you request it by calling toll-free 0 (000) 000-0000.
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(e) In the event that the Depositor or HCA
becomes aware that, as of the Applicable Date, any Preliminary Prospectus
contains or contained any untrue statement of material fact or omits or omitted
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (a “Defective Prospectus”), such entity shall promptly notify the
Underwriters of such untrue statement or omission no later than one business day
after discovery and the Depositor shall, if requested by the Underwriters,
prepare and deliver to the Underwriters a Corrected
Prospectus.
(f) Each Underwriter represents, warrants,
covenants and agrees with the Depositor that:
(i) It has not provided and will not provide
to any potential investor any information that would constitute “written
communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that
constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes,
including, but not limited to any “ABS informational and computational
materials” as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the Securities Act;
other than that contained in one or more of (a) an Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus (consisting of information limited to (1) information included in the
previously filed Preliminary Prospectus, (2) Pre-pricing and Pricing
Information, (3) Intex .cdi files and (4) information customarily included in
confirmations of sales of securities and notices of allocations), (b) the
Preliminary Prospectus, (c) the Prospectus, and (d) information delivered in
compliance with Rule 134 of the Securities Act.
(ii) In disseminating information to
prospective investors, it has complied and will continue to comply fully with
the Rules and Regulations, including but not limited to Rules 164 and 433 under
the Securities Act and the requirements thereunder for filing and retention of
Free Writing Prospectuses, including retaining any Free Writing Prospectuses
they have used but which are not required to be filed for the required
period.
(iii) Prior to entering into any Contract of
Sale, the applicable Underwriter shall convey the Preliminary Prospectus to the
prospective investor. The Underwriter shall maintain sufficient
records to document its conveyance of the Preliminary Prospectus to the
potential investor prior to the formation of the related Contract of Sale and
shall maintain such records as required by the Rules and
Regulations.
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(iv) If a Defective Prospectus has been
corrected with a Corrected Prospectus delivered to such Underwriter, it shall
(A) deliver the Corrected Prospectus to each investor with whom it entered into
a Contract of Sale and that received the Defective Prospectus from it prior to
entering into a new Contract of Sale with such investor, (B) notify such
investor in a prominent fashion that the prior Contract of Sale with the
investor, if any, has been terminated and of the investor’s rights as a result
of such agreement and (C) provide such investor with an opportunity to
affirmatively agree to purchase the Notes on the terms described in the
Corrected Prospectus.
(g) Each Underwriter shall deliver to the
Depositor, not less than one business day prior to the required date of filing
thereof, all information included in an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus
required to be filed with the Commission under the Securities
Act.
(h) In the event that any Underwriter shall
incur any costs to any investor in connection with the reformation of the
Contract of Sale with such investor that received a Defective Prospectus (except
to the extent the Defective Prospectus results solely from statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’
Information), the Depositor and HCA jointly and severally agree to reimburse
such Underwriter for such costs. In the event the Depositor or HCA
shall incur any costs in connection with a Defective Prospectus (to the extent
the Defective Prospectus results solely from statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information), the
Underwriters shall jointly and severally reimburse the Depositor or HCA, as
applicable, for such costs.
SECTION
7.
Payment of
Expenses. HCA
will pay all expenses incident to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, whether or not the transactions contemplated herein are consummated
or this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, including: (a) the
preparation, printing and distribution of the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement and each amendment or
supplement thereto and delivery of copies thereof to the Underwriters, (b) the
preparation of this Agreement, (c) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the
Notes to the Underwriters (or any appointed clearing organizations), (d) the
fees and disbursements of HCA’s and the Depositor’s accountants, (e) the
qualification of the Notes under state securities laws including filing fees and
the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection
therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky survey
(including the printing and delivery thereof to the Underwriters), (f) any fees
charged by rating agencies for the rating (or consideration of the rating) of
the Notes, (g) the fees and expenses incurred with respect to any filing with,
and review by, DTC or any similar organizations, (h) the fees and disbursements
of the Indenture Trustee and its counsel, if any, (i) the fees and disbursements
of the Owner Trustee and its counsel, if any, (j) the fees and expenses of
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, P.A., Delaware counsel to the Trust, (k) the
reasonable fees and expenses of HCA’s and the Depositor’s counsel and (l) any
costs reimbursed to the Underwriters under section 6(h) above. To the
extent that the transactions contemplated by this agreement are consummated, HCA
shall only pay the fees and expenses described in clauses (a) through
(l). Neither HCA nor the Depositor is responsible for any out
-of-pocket expenses of the Representative or the Underwriters in connection with
the offering of the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any
reason the purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated (other
than pursuant to Section 11 hereof), HCA will reimburse the Representative and
the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Representative and the Underwriters) incurred by
them in connection with the offering of the Notes.
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SECTION 8. Conditions
of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The several obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes will be subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties made herein, to the accuracy of
the statements of officers made pursuant hereto, to the performance by the
Depositor and HCA of their obligations hereunder, and to the following
additional conditions precedent:
(a) On the Closing Date, each of the
Transaction Documents, the Notes and the Certificates shall have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, shall be in full
force and effect and no default shall exist thereunder, and the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee shall have received a fully executed copy thereof or,
with respect to the Notes and Certificates, a conformed copy
thereof. The Transaction Documents, the Notes and the Certificates
shall be substantially in the forms heretofore provided to the
Representative.
(b) At or before the Closing Date, the
Representative shall have received a letter, dated as of the date hereof, of
KPMG LLP, independent certified public accountants, substantially in the form of
the draft to which the Representative has agreed previously and otherwise
substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative and counsel to the Underwriters (and for the avoidance of any
doubt, covering any static pool data pursuant to Item 1105 of Regulation AB
under the Securities Act included or incorporated by reference in the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus).
(c) The Prospectus, the Preliminary
Prospectus and each Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed with the
Commission shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule
424(b) of the Securities Act and Section 5(a) hereof.
(d) (i) None of the Depositor, HCA nor any
of their subsidiaries shall have sustained, since the date of the latest audited
financial statements provided to the Representative, any material loss or
interference with its respective business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
there shall not have been any change, or any development involving a prospective
change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, or
results of operations of the Depositor, HCA, and their respective subsidiaries,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case
described in clause (i) or (ii), in the judgment of the Representative, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the
Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the
Prospectus.
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(e) The Representative shall have received
an opinion of in-house counsel to the Depositor and HCA, addressed to the
Representative, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to
the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters, to the effect
that:
(i) Each of HCA and the Depositor has been
duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and has the power and authority to
own its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted, and to
enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents to which each is a party, and had at all relevant times, and now has,
the power and authority to acquire, own, sell and service the Receivables and
the related Collateral.
(ii) Each of this Agreement and each
Transaction Document has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Depositor and HCA, as applicable.
(iii) Each of the Depositor and HCA is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses, in each jurisdiction in which failure to so qualify or obtain such
licenses would (a) render any Receivable unenforceable by the Depositor or the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of any Noteholder or (b) have a material adverse
affect upon its business or the ownership of its property.
(iv) Neither: (A) the transfer of the
Receivables from HCA to the Depositor pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, (B) the transfer of the Receivables from the Depositor to the Trust
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (C) the assignment of the
Collateral from HCA to the Depositor and thereafter to the Trust, (D) the
assignment of the Depositor’s rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement to
the Trust, (E) the grant of the security interest in the Receivables and the
Collateral by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, (F)
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party by HCA, (G) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Depositor, (H) the
consummation of any transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the
Transaction Documents, nor (I) the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement,
the Transaction Documents or the Notes by HCA or the Depositor, as the case may
be, will (1) conflict with, or result in a breach, violation or acceleration of,
or constitute a default under, any term or provision of the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of HCA or the Depositor, or of any indenture or other
agreement or instrument to which either of them is a party or by which any of
them or their respective property is bound, or (2) result in a violation, or
contravene the terms, of any statute, order or regulation applicable to either
of them of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over HCA or the Depositor, in each case that would
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor or HCA of its
obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party.
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(v) There are no actions, proceedings or
investigations pending or, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge after due
inquiry, threatened before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal:
(A) asserting the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or the
Transaction Documents, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, or the
execution and delivery thereof, (C) that could reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, (D) that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect
the performance by HCA of its obligations under this Agreement or the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party or (E) required to be disclosed in
the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus other
than those disclosed therein.
(vi) Such counsel is familiar with HCA’s
standard operating procedures relating to its acquisition of a perfected first
priority security interest in the vehicles financed by it pursuant to retail
installment sale contracts in the ordinary course of its
business. Assuming that its standard procedures are followed with
respect to the perfection of security interests in the Vehicles (and such
counsel has no reason to believe that HCA has not followed its standard
procedures in all material respects in connection with the perfection of
security interests in the Vehicles), HCA has acquired or will acquire a
perfected first priority security interest in the Vehicles. Neither
such security interest nor the perfection of such security interest shall be
adversely affected by the transfer of the Receivables to the Depositor or to the
Trust or the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee.
(vii) The direction by the Trust to the
Indenture Trustee to authenticate the Notes has been duly authorized by HCA,
acting as the administrator of the Trust under the Administration
Agreement.
(viii)
No authorization, consent,
approval or other action by, and notice for, or filing with, any governmental
authority or regulatory body of the State of California is required to the execution, delivery
and performance by HCA or the Depositor of the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United
States of America, the
corporate laws of the State of Delaware and the laws of the State of
California.
(f) The Representative shall have received
an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, special counsel to the Depositor, HCA and the
Trust, addressed to the Representative, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory
in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters, to
the effect that:
(i) Each of the Transaction Documents to
which the Depositor (other than this Agreement and the Trust Agreement as to
which no opinion shall be expressed), the Trust and HCA is a party has been duly
executed and delivered by and on behalf of such party and constitutes a valid
and binding obligation of such Company, enforceable against such party in
accordance with its terms.
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(ii) The execution and delivery by each of
HCA, the Depositor and the Trust of the Transaction Documents and this Agreement
to which it is a party, and the consummation by each of the transactions
contemplated thereby, will not violate any applicable law, statute or
governmental rule or regulation.
(iii) The execution and delivery by each of
HCA, the Depositor and the Trust of the Transaction Documents and this Agreement
to which it is a party does not, and the consummation by each of HCA, the Seller
and the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby to occur on the date of
this opinion will not, require any consent, authorization or approval of, the
giving of notice to or registration with any governmental entity, except such as
may have been made and such as may be required under the Federal securities
laws, the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the Uniform Commercial Code of
any state; provided that such counsel expresses no opinion with respect to any
orders, consents, permits, approvals, filings or licenses related to the
authority to sell motor vehicles, originate retail installment sale contracts or
service retail installment sale contracts or as may be required by any regional
or local government authority or under any foreign or state securities
law.
(iv) The execution and delivery by HCA, the
Depositor and the Trust of the Transaction Documents and this Agreement to which
it is a party do not, and the consummation by HCA, the Seller and the Trust of
the transactions contemplated thereby to occur on the date of this opinion will
not, violate or contravene, or constitute a default under any provisions of the agreements
described in Exhibit A thereto.
(v) Each of the Notes is in due and proper
form, and when duly executed, authenticated and delivered as specified in the
Indenture, and delivered against payment of the consideration specified in this
Agreement, each of the Notes will be validly issued and outstanding, will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust, enforceable
against the Trust in accordance with its terms, and will be entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture.
(vi) The Indenture has been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act and complies as to form with the Trust Indenture
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(vii) The Trust Agreement is not required to
be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
(viii)
Each of the
Registration Statement, as of its Effective Date, the Preliminary Prospectus, as
of the Applicable Date, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus
Supplement, appears on its face to comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations under the Act, except that
(i) such counsel expresses no opinion as to the financial and statistical data
included therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to the Registration
Statement and (ii) except as and to the extent set forth in (x) below, such
counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.
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(ix) The Registration Statement has become
effective under the Act, and the Prospectus has been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in the manner and within the time period
required by Rule 424(b). To the best of our knowledge, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted.
(x) The statements in the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement under the headings “SUMMARY
OF TERMS—ERISA CONSIDERATIONS” and “ERISA CONSIDERATIONS” and in the Base
Prospectus under the headings “SUMMARY OF TERMS—ERISA CONSIDERATIONS” and “ERISA
CONSIDERATIONS” to the extent they constitute matters of law or legal
conclusions with respect thereto, have been reviewed by such counsel and are
correct in all material respects.
(xi) The Trust and the Depositor are not now,
and immediately following the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture
will not be, required to be registered under the Investment Company
Act.
(xii) The Class A-1 Notes are “eligible
securities” within the meaning of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment
Company Act.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United
States of America, the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware, the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State of California, and the laws of the State of
New York.
(g) The Representative shall have received
an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel to the Depositor, HCA and the Trust,
addressed to the Representative, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form
and substance to the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters, to the
effect that:
(i) In a properly presented and argued case
in a proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U. S.
C. §101 et seq. (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in which HCA
is the debtor, the bankruptcy court would not, under applicable federal
bankruptcy law, apply the doctrine of substantive consolidation to consolidate
the assets and liabilities of the Depositor with the assets and liabilities of
HCA.
(ii) In a properly presented and argued case
in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, in which HCA is the debtor, the
bankruptcy court would determine that, with respect to the sale of the
Receivables from HCA to the Depositor, such sale was a “true
sale.”
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(iii) If HCA were to become a debtor in a case
under the Bankruptcy Code, a federal bankruptcy court would hold that (A) the
Receivables sold to the Depositor are not property of the estate of HCA under
Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code and (B) the automatic stay arising pursuant
to Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code would not operate to stay payments by HCA
of collections on the Recievables in accordance with the Transaction
Agreements.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United
States of America, the laws
of the State of California, and the laws of the State of
New York.
(h) The Underwriters shall have received a
letter of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel to the Depositor, HCA and the Trust,
addressed to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form
and substance to the Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters, to the effect
that such counsel has reviewed the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and participated in conferences with officers and
other representatives of HCA and the Depositor, representatives of the
independent public accountants for HCA and the Depositor and your
representatives and counsel, at which the contents of the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and related matters were
discussed and, although such counsel does not establish or confirm factual
matters set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, and has not undertaken any obligation to verify independently any of the factual matters
set forth in the
Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and although many of the
determinations required to be made in the preparation of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus involve matters of a non-legal nature, such counsel confirms that, on
the basis of the information gained in the course of performing these services,
nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the Registration Statement, at the
Effective Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or that the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the
Applicable Date, considered together with the statements in the Prospectus with
respect to blanks and other items identified in the Preliminary Prospectus as to
be completed in the Prospectus, included an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of its date or as of the Closing Date,
included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except,
to the extent set forth in paragraph II.J of such counsel’s opinion, to be
delivered on the Closing Date, with respect to certain corporate matters) or for
any information omitted from the Preliminary Prospectus that would be permitted
to be omitted from a preliminary prospectus prepared in reliance on Rule 430B
under the Securities Act. In addition, such counsel does not express
any belief with respect to the financial statements or notes thereto, or the
other financial, statistical or accounting data contained in or omitted from the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the
Indenture Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1. Such
counsel expresses no opinion regarding any Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus.
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Such letter may provide that it is being
furnished only to the Underwriters, is solely for their benefit as Underwriters
of the Notes, and is not to be used, quoted, relied upon or otherwise referred
to by any other person (including any direct or indirect purchaser or owner of
any of the Notes, or any other person claiming by or through any such purchaser
or owner, for any purpose or in any circumstance) or for any other purpose
without such counsel’s prior written consent.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United
States of America and the
laws of the State of New
York.
(i) Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, in its capacity as
counsel for HCA and the Depositor, shall have delivered one or more opinions
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative,
subject to certain considerations set forth therein, substantially to the effect
that
(i) The provisions of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement are effective under the UCC as in effect in the State of New
York (the “New York UCC”) to create in favor of the Depositor a security
interest in HCA’s rights in the portion of the collateral described in Section
2.01(a) or Section 2.01(d), as applicable, of the Receivables Purchase Agreement
(the “RPA Assets”) and in any identifiable proceeds thereof (collectively, the
“HCA Collateral”). (Such counsel notes that a “security interest” as
defined in 1-201(37) of the New York UCC includes the interests of a buyer of
accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes and such
counsel references their other opinion dated the Closing Date with respect to
whether the security interest of the Depositor should be characterized as an
ownership interest or solely as a collateral interest held to secure a loan made to
HCA).
(ii) The provisions of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement are effective under the New York UCC to create in favor of the Trust a
security interest in the Depositor’s rights in the portion of the
collateral described in Section 2.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the
“SSA Assets”) and in any identifiable proceeds thereof (the “Depositor
Collateral”). (Such counsel notes that a “security interest” as
defined in 1-201(37) of the New York UCC includes the interests of a buyer of
accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes and such
counsel expresses no opinion as to whether the security interest of the Trust
would be characterized as an ownership interest or solely as a collateral
interest held to secure a loan made to the Depositor).
(iii) The provisions of the Indenture are
effective under the New York UCC to create in favor of the Indenture Trustee a
security interest in the Trust’s rights in that portion of the collateral
described in the granting clause of the Indenture (the “Indenture Collateral”)
and in any identifiable proceeds thereof. Such counsel expresses no
opinion as to whether the security interest of the Indenture Trustee would be
characterized as an ownership interest or solely as a collateral interest held to secure a loan made to
the Depositor.
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(iv) Under
the New York UCC (including the choice of laws provisions thereof) while a
debtor is “located” in a jurisdiction the local law of that jurisdiction governs
the perfection by the filing of a financing statement of a security interest in
personal property that is accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or
instruments. Under the New York UCC (including the choice of laws
provisions thereof):
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HCA
is “located” in California and the local law of that state governs
perfection by the filing of financing statements of a nonpossessory
security interest in HCA’s rights in the HCA
Collateral.
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(2)
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The
Depositor is “located” in Delaware and the local law of that state governs
perfection by the filing of financing statements of a nonpossessory
security interest in Depositor’s rights in the Depositor
Collateral.
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The Trust is
“located” in Delaware and the local law of that state governs perfection
by the filing of financing statements of a nonpossessory security interest
in the Trust’s rights in the Indenture
Collateral.
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(v) When the HCA Financing Statement is
filed (within the meaning of Section 9-516 of the UCC as in effect in the State
of California (the “California UCC”)) in the California filing office
specified in such opinion (the “California Search Office”), under the provisions
of the California UCC, the Depositor’s security interest in the HCA Collateral
will be perfected.
(vi) When the Depositor Financing Statement
is filed (within the meaning of Section 9-516 of the UCC as in effect in the State of
Delaware (the “Delaware UCC”)) in the Delaware filing office specified in
such opinion (the “Delaware Search Office”), under the provisions of the Delaware
UCC, the Issuer’s security interest in the Depositor Collateral will be
perfected.
(vii) When the Issuer Financing Statement is
filed (within the meaning of Section 9-516 of the Delaware UCC in the Delaware Search Office), under the provisions of the Delaware
UCC, the Trust’s security interest in the Indenture Collateral will be
perfected.
Under the New York UCC, except as
provided in the next sentence, the local law of each of HCA’s, the Depositor’s
or the Trust’s (each, a “Transferring Party”), as applicable, location (as set
forth in clause (iv) above) will govern the effect of perfection or
nonperfection and the priority of a nonpossessory security interest in such
Transferring Party’s rights in the HCA Collateral, the Depositor Collateral or
Indenture Collateral, as applicable. To the extent that any of the
HCA Collateral, the Depositor Collateral or Indenture Collateral is or becomes
evidenced by instruments, tangible chattel paper or any other property in which
a security interest may be perfected by taking possession, the local law of the
jurisdiction where such property is located will govern, the effect of
perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of both a
possessory and a nonpossessory security interest in such
property.
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(viii) The Search Reports were requested using
the proper legal names of each Transferring Party. Such counsel has
reviewed the Search Reports (as defined in such opinion and each as of the dates
set forth therein) and, except for the financing statements naming specified
parties as the secured parties, such Search Reports identify no secured party
who has filed with the Search Offices a financing statement naming a Transferring Party as a debtor or seller and
indicating the HCA Collateral, the Seller
Collateral or the Collateral, as
applicable, as collateral. Accordingly,
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under Article 9 of
the applicable UCC and based solely on such counsel’s review of the Search
Reports, upon the filing of the HCA Financing Statement in the California
Search Office, the Depositor’s perfected security interest in the HCA
Collateral will be prior to any other security interest granted by HCA
that is perfected solely by the filing of financing statements in the
California Search Office;
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under Article 9 of the applicable UCC and based
solely on such counsel’s review of the Search Reports, upon the filing of
the Depositor Financing Statement in the Delaware Search Office, the
Trust’s perfected security interest in the Depositor Collateral will be
prior to any other security interest granted by the Depositor that is
perfected solely by the filing of financing statements in the Delaware
Search Office; and
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under Article 9 of
the applicable UCC and based solely on such counsel’s review of the Search
Reports, assuming the Indenture Trustee’s security interest is perfected
by the filing in the Delaware Search Office of a properly prepared
financing statement (as to which we express no opinion), such perfected
security interest in the Indenture Collateral will be prior to any other
security interest granted by the Trust that is perfected solely by the
filing of financing statements in the Delaware Search
Office.
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(ix) Pursuant to (a) Sections 9-301 through
9-307 of the NY
UCC and 9-705(c) of the UCC
in effect as of the Closing Date in each Transferring Party’s “location” as set
forth in paragraph D above, and (b) former Section 9-103 (repealed) of the UCC
in such Transferring Party’s “location” as set forth in paragraph D
above, the Search Offices constitute all of the states in which searches must be
made of filings naming a Transferring Party as debtor to determine whether a
security interest in the HCA Collateral, Depositor Collateral or Indenture
Collateral, as applicable, has been perfected by filing.
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(x) Pursuant to Section 9-305(a)(3) of the
New York UCC, the local law of a securities intermediary’s jurisdiction governs
perfection of a security interest by a method other than the filing of a
financing statement in a securities account maintained by such securities
intermediary and the security entitlements to financial assets credited
thereto. With respect to the Reserve Account maintained with the
Securities Intermediary pursuant to the Control Agreement, when the Securities
Intermediary indicates by book entry that a financial asset has been credited to
the Reserve Account, a security entitlement will exist with respect to such
financial asset. Assuming that (a) the State of New York is the
Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction for purposes of the applicable UCC, (b)
the Reserve Account is a securities account maintained by the Securities
Intermediary for the Indenture Trustee, and (c) the
Securities Intermediary has agreed to treat the Indenture
Trustee as the sole person entitled to exercise the rights that comprise any
financial assets credited to the Reserve Account, the Indenture Trustee’s security
interest in the Trust’s rights in the Reserve Account and in security
entitlements to financial assets credited thereto, is perfected by “control”
within the meaning of Section 9-106 of the New York UCC. Such
security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Reserve Account and the
security entitlements carried in the Reserve Account is prior to any other
security interest therein under the New York UCC that is perfected by a method
other than “control”.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United
States of America and the
laws of the State of New
York.
(j) Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, in its capacity as
Federal tax counsel for the Depositor and the Trust, shall have delivered an
opinion satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to
the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, to
the effect that, for United States federal income tax purposes: (A) (i) the
Trust will not be treated as an association or a publicly traded partnership,
taxable as a corporation, and (ii) the Notes will be treated as indebtedness;
and (B) based on the facts and assumptions and subject to the limitations set
forth in the Prospectus, the statements in the Base Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and as of the Closing
Date, and the Base Prospectus and Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as of the
Applicable Date and as of the Closing Date, under the headings “SUMMARY OF
TERMS—TAX STATUS” and “MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES,”
to the extent such statements constitute matters of law or legal conclusions,
are correct in all material respects.
(k) The Representative shall have received
an opinion, addressed to the Representative, of Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date and
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters, to the effect that:
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(i) The Indenture Trustee, based upon a
certificate of corporate existence issued by the Comptroller of the Currency, is
validly existing as a banking association in good standing under the laws of the
United States, and has the requisite entity power and authority to execute and
deliver each Transaction Document to which it is a party and to perform its
obligations thereunder.
(ii) Each of the Transaction Documents to
which the Indenture Trustee is a party has been duly authorized by all requisite
action, executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee.
(iii) Each of the Transaction Documents to
which the Indenture Trustee is a party, assuming (unless opined to therein) the
necessary entity power and authority, authorization, execution, authentication,
payment and delivery of and by each party thereto, is a valid and legally
binding agreement under the laws of the State of New York, enforceable
thereunder in accordance with its terms against the Indenture
Trustee.
(iv) With respect to the Indenture Trustee,
the performance of its obligations under each of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby do not require any consent, approval, authorization or
order of, filing with or notice to any United States federal or State of New
York court, agency or other governmental body under any United States federal or
State of New York statute or regulation that is normally applicable to
transactions of the type contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except as
such may be required under the securities laws of any State of the United States
or such as have been obtained, effected or given.
(v) With respect to the Indenture Trustee,
the performance of its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents to
which it is party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby
will not result in any breach or violation of any United States federal or State
of New York statute or regulation that is normally applicable to transactions of
the type contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(vi) The Notes have been duly authenticated
and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the
Indenture.
(l) The Representative shall have received
an opinion addressed to the Representative, of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx,
P.A., counsel to the Owner Trustee, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in
form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters, to the
effect that:
(i) The Owner Trustee is duly formed and
validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with trust powers and with its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware.
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(ii) The Owner Trustee has the full corporate
trust power to accept the office of trustee under the Trust Agreement and to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Trust
Agreement.
(iii) The execution and delivery of the Trust
Agreement and the performance by the Owner Trustee of its obligations under the
Trust Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Owner
Trustee.
(iv) The execution and delivery by the Owner
Trustee of the Trust Agreement does not require any consent, approval or
authorization of, or any registration or filing with Delaware or United States Federal governmental
authority.
(v) The Owner Trustee has duly authorized,
executed and delivered the Trust Agreement and on behalf of the Trust, the Owner
Trustee has duly executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to which the
Trust is a party.
(vi) The Notes and the Certificates have been
duly executed and delivered by the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust.
(m) The Representative shall have received
an opinion addressed to the Representative, of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx,
P.A., special Delaware counsel for the Trust, dated the Closing Date and
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Trust Agreement constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee and the Depositor
enforceable against the Owner Trustee and the Depositor in accordance with its
terms subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws relating to
and affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, and (ii)
principles of equity (regardless of whether considered and applied in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
(ii) The Trust has been duly formed and is
validly existing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12
Del. C. § 3801,
et seq. (the “Statutory Trust Act”) and has
the power and authority under the Trust Agreement and the Statutory Trust Act to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to
which the Trust is a party.
(iii) The Transaction Documents to which the
Trust is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Trust.
(iv) To the extent that Article 9 of the
Delaware UCC is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws principles), upon
the filing of the Financing Statement with the Division, the Indenture Trustee
will have a perfected security interest in the Trust’s rights in that portion of
the Collateral (as defined in the Indenture) described in the Financing
Statement that may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement with
the Division (the “Filing Collateral”) and the proceeds (as defined in Section
9-102(a)(64) of the Delaware UCC) thereof.
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(v) The Search Report sets forth the correct
filing office and the correct debtor name that are necessary to identify those
persons, under the Delaware UCC, who have on file financing statements against
the Trust covering the Filing Collateral as of the Effective
Time. The Search Report identifies no secured party who has filed
with the Division a financing statement naming the Trust as debtor and
describing the Filing Collateral prior to the Effective
Time.
(vi) Assuming for federal income tax purposes
that the Trust will not be classified as an association or a publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation, and that the Notes will be characterized
as indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, then the Trust will not be
subject to any franchise or income tax under the laws of the State of Delaware,
and the Notes will also be characterized as indebtedness for Delaware tax
purposes.
(vii) Under § 3805(c) of the Statutory Trust
Act, the Trust is a separate legal entity and, assuming that the Sale and
Servicing Agreement conveys good title to the Trust property to the Trust as a
true sale and not as a security arrangement, the Trust rather than the holders
of the Certificates will hold whatever title to the Trust property as may be
conveyed to it from time to time pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
except to the extent that the Trust has taken action to dispose of or otherwise
transfer or encumber any part of the Trust property.
(viii)
Under § 3805(b) of the
Statutory Trust Act, no creditor of any Certificateholder shall have any right
to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with
respect to, the property of the Trust except in accordance with the terms of the
Trust Agreement.
(ix) Under 3808(a) and (b) of the Statutory
Trust Act, the Trust may not be terminated or revoked by any holder of
Certificates, and the dissolution, termination or bankruptcy of any holders of
Certificates shall not result in the termination or dissolution of the Trust,
except to the extent otherwise provided in the Trust
Agreement.
(x) The execution, delivery and performance
by the Owner Trustee of the Trust Agreement and, on behalf of the Trust, the
Transaction Documents to which the Trust is a party, do not require any consent,
approval or authorization of, or any registration or filing with, any
governmental authority of the State of Delaware, except for the filing of the
Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State.
(xi) Neither the consummation by the Owner
Trustee of the transactions contemplated in the Trust Agreement or, on behalf of
the Trust, the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents to which
the Trust is a party nor the fulfillment of the terms thereof by the Owner
Trustee will conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any law of the
State of Delaware.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws
of the State of Delaware. Capitalized terms used in
the above opinion paragraphs and not otherwise defined in this Agreement will
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the relevant
opinion.
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(n) The Representative shall have received
from Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or
opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the
Representative may require, and the Depositor and HCA shall have furnished to
such counsel such documents as it may reasonably request for the purpose of
enabling it to pass upon such matters.
(o) The Representative shall have received
copies of each opinion of counsel delivered to any rating agency, together with
a letter addressed to the Representative, dated the Closing Date, to the effect
that the Representative and the Underwriters may rely on each such opinion to
the same extent as though such opinion was addressed to each as of its
date.
(p) The Representative shall have received
certificates dated the Closing Date of any two of the President, Chief Financial
Officer, any Vice President, the Controller or the Treasurer of the Depositor
and HCA in which such officers shall state that: (A) the representations and
warranties made by such entity contained in the Transaction Documents and this
Agreement are true and correct, that such party has complied with all agreements
and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied under such
agreements on or before the Closing Date, (B) since the date of this Agreement
there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving
a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition, financial
or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Trust, the
Depositor or HCA except as disclosed to the Representative in writing, and (C)
there are no actions, proceedings or investigations to which the Depositor or
HCA is a party or that are threatened before any court, administrative agency or
other tribunal having jurisdiction over HCA or the Depositor, (i) that are
required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, (ii) asserting the
invalidity of this Agreement, any Transaction Document or the Notes,
(iii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents, (iv) which could reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Depositor or HCA of its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any Transaction
Document or the Notes or (v) seeking adversely to affect the federal income tax
attributes of the Notes as described in the Prospectus or the Preliminary
Prospectus under the headings “MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX
CONSEQUENCES.”
(q) The Representative shall have received
evidence satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters
that, on or before the Closing Date, UCC-1 financing statements, have been or
are being filed in all applicable governmental offices reflecting (A) the
transfer of the interest of HCA in the Receivables, and the proceeds thereof to
the Depositor pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (B) the transfer
of the interest of the Depositor in the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the
Receivables, and the proceeds thereof to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, and (C) the grant by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee
under the Indenture of a security interest in the interest of the Trust in the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Receivables, the Collateral and the proceeds
thereof.
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(r) The Class A-1 Notes shall have been
rated in the highest short-term rating by both Standard and Poor’s, a Standard
& Poor’s Financial Services LLC business (“S&P”) and Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc. (“Xxxxx’x”). The Notes (other than the Class
A-1 Notes) shall have been rated in the highest long-term rating by each of
S&P and Moody’s.
(s) The Representative shall have received,
from each of HCA and the Depositor, a certificate executed by a secretary or
assistant secretary thereof to which shall be attached certified copies of the:
(i) charter, (ii) by-laws, (iii) applicable resolutions and (iv) designation of
incumbency of each such entity.
(t) The Representative shall have received
evidence of any required Lien releases to be filed or recorded (immediately
following the Closing Date) with respect to the Permitted Liens affecting the
Receivables from all applicable creditors of HCA, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters.
(u) The Representative shall have received
from the Indenture Trustee, a certificate stating that any information contained
in the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) filed with the
Registration Statement, is true, accurate and complete.
(v) All representations and warranties made
by or on behalf of HCA and the Depositor in the Transaction Documents to which
each is a party are true and correct as of the Closing Date.
(w) The Representative shall have received
evidence that the Trust has obtained Sales Finance Company Licenses from the
States of Arizona, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The Depositor will provide or cause to
be provided to the Representative conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and documents as the Representative or counsel to the
Underwriters reasonably request.
SECTION 9. Termination. This Agreement shall be
subject to termination in the sole discretion of the Representative by notice to
the Depositor given on or prior to the Closing Date in the event that either the
Depositor or HCA shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform all
obligations and satisfy all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior thereto or, if at or prior to the Closing Date, (a)
trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been
suspended or materially limited or minimum or maximum prices shall have been
established by or on, as the case may be, the Securities and Exchange Commission
or the New York Stock Exchange; (b) trading of any securities of HCA or the
Depositor shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter
market; (c) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have
been declared by either federal or New York State authorities; (d) a material disruption has occurred in
commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United
States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe and, in the sole judgment of the
Representative, the effect of any such disruption makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Notes as
contemplated by the Prospectus, as amended as of the date hereof; (e) there shall have occurred (i) an
outbreak or escalation of hostilities between the United States and any foreign
power, (ii) an outbreak or escalation of any other insurrection or armed
conflict involving the United States, or (iii) any other calamity or crisis or
materially adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions
having an effect on the U. S. financial markets and, in the sole judgment of the
Representative, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, insurrection,
conflict, calamity or crisis makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering or the delivery of the Notes as contemplated by the Prospectus, as
amended as of the date hereof; (f) any change in or affecting the Receivables or
particularly the business or properties of the Trust, the Depositor or HCA shall
have occurred which, in the judgment of the Representative, materially impairs
the investment quality of the Notes or makes it impractical or inadvisable to
market the Notes; or (g) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of
HCA, the Depositor, if any, by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act),
or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or
review its rating of any such debt securities (other than an announcement with
positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible
downgrading, of such rating) shall have occurred. Termination of this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability of any party to
any other party except for the liability of HCA in relation to expenses as
provided in Sections 7 hereof, the indemnity provided in Section 10 hereof and
any liability arising before or in relation to such
termination.
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SECTION 10. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) The Depositor and HCA shall, jointly and
severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors,
officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or such controlling
person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, to the extent
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement made by the Depositor or HCA in Section 2 hereof,
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained or incorporated in the Registration
Statement, the Issuer Information, the Road Show Material or the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or
(iii) the omission or alleged omission to
state in the Registration Statement, the Issuer Information, the Road Show
Materials or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
not misleading,
and will reimburse, as incurred, each
such indemnified party for any legal or other costs or expenses reasonably
incurred by it in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing
as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Depositor and HCA will not be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement,
the Issuer Information, the Road Show Materials or the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriters’ Information; provided, further, that the Depositor and HCA shall
not be liable to any Underwriter or any of the directors, officers, employees
and agents of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, with respect to any loss, claim, damage or liability that
results from the fact that the Underwriter sold Notes to a person to whom there
was not sent or given, at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, if
delivery thereof was required, a copy of the Prospectus or the Prospectus as
then amended or supplemented, whichever is most recent, if the Depositor has
previously furnished copies thereof to such Underwriter within a reasonable time
period prior to such confirmation. The indemnity provided for in this
Section 10 shall be in addition to any liability which the Depositor and HCA may
otherwise have.
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(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not
jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless each of the Depositor and HCA, each of
its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor
or HCA within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the
Depositor, HCA or any such director, officer or controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or the
Prospectus Supplement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or (ii) the
omission or the alleged omission to state in the Preliminary Prospectus, any
Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but
only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
the Underwriters’ Information, and will reimburse, as incurred, any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Depositor, HCA or any such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending
against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or any action in respect thereof. The
remedies provided for in this Section 10 are not exclusive and shall not limit
any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party
at law or in equity.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any
governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section 10, such person (for purposes of this paragraph (c), the “indemnified
party”) shall, promptly after receipt by such party of notice of the
commencement of such action, notify the person against whom such indemnity may
be sought (for purposes of this paragraph (c), the “indemnifying party”), but
the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Section
10. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party,
and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified,
to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party (which may be counsel to such indemnifying party if otherwise
reasonably acceptable to the indemnified party); provided, however, that if the
defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to
the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to
direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties
and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate
counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense of any such action and approval
by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 10 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of
investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed
separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence
(it being understood, however, that in connection with such action the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (in addition to local counsel in each applicable local
jurisdiction) in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, designated in
writing by the Representative in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 10,
representing the indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) who are parties to
such action or actions), (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized the
employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the
indemnifying party, (iii) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to
represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest or (iv) the indemnifying party has elected to assume the defense of
such proceeding but has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified parties. All fees and
expenses reimbursed pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be reimbursed as they
are incurred. After such notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and
expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party
without the consent of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party
shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x)
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not
include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure
to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
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(d) In circumstances in which the indemnity
agreement provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 10 is
unavailable or insufficient, for any reason, to hold harmless an indemnified
party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof), each indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and
equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i)
the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one
hand and the indemnified party on the other from the offering of Notes or (ii)
if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by
applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of
the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements
or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Depositor and
HCA on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in
the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering of the Notes (before
deducting expenses) received by the Depositor and HCA (including for such
purpose, the value of the Certificates) bear to the total discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters (the “Spread”) as set forth in the
Prospectus. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Depositor, HCA or the Underwriters, the
parties’ relative intents, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission, and any other equitable
considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The Depositor, HCA
and the Underwriters agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such
contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method
of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations
referred to above in this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph (d), no Underwriter shall be obligated to make
contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the amount by which the
Spread received by it in the initial offering of such Notes, less the aggregate
amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay
in respect of the same or any substantially similar claim, and no person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 (f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled
to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute
hereunder are several in proportion to their respective principal amount of
Notes they have purchased hereunder, and not joint. For purposes of
this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the
same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the
Depositor and HCA, each officer of the Depositor and HCA and each person, if
any, who controls the Depositor and HCA within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Depositor and HCA.
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SECTION 11. Defaults by
an Underwriter. If any one or more
Underwriter(s) fail(s) to purchase and pay for any of the Notes agreed to be
purchased by such Underwriter(s) hereunder, and such failure constitutes a
default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the
remaining Underwriter(s) shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in
the respective proportions that the amount of Notes set forth opposite their
names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate amount of Notes set forth opposite
the names of all the remaining Underwriter(s)) the Notes that the defaulting
Underwriter(s) agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that if the
aggregate amount of Notes that the defaulting Underwriter(s) agreed but failed
to purchase exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes, the
remaining Underwriter(s) shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be
under any obligation to purchase any, of the Notes, and if such non-defaulting
Underwriter(s) do not purchase all the Notes, this Agreement will terminate
without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter. In the event of
a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this paragraph, the Closing Date
shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the remaining
Underwriter(s) shall determine in order that the required changes in the
Prospectus Supplement or in any other documents or arrangements may be
effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any
defaulting Underwriter(s) of any liability to the Depositor, HCA, their
Affiliates and any non-defaulting Underwriter(s) for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
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SECTION 12. Survival of
Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements set forth in or
made pursuant to this Agreement or contained in certificates of officers
submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation or statement as to the results thereof, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Notes. If for any reason the
purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated, each of the
Depositor and HCA shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or
reimbursed pursuant to Section 7 and the obligations pursuant to Section 10
shall remain in effect. If for any reason the purchase of the Notes
by the Underwriters is not consummated (other than as a result of any
Underwriters’ breach under Section 4 of this Agreement), the Depositor and HCA
will reimburse the Underwriters severally, upon demand, for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by
any Underwriter in connection with the offering of the
Notes.
SECTION 13. Obligations
Solely Contractual in Nature. Each of the Depositor and
HCA acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely
in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Depositor and HCA with respect to the offering of Notes
contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the
offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of,
the Depositor,
HCA or any other
person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other
Underwriter is advising the
Depositor, HCA or any other
person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory
matters in any jurisdiction. Each of the Depositor and HCA
shall consult with its own
advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own
independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby,
and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Depositor
or HCA with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the
Depositor, HCA, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating
to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the
Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Depositor or
HCA.
SECTION 14. Notices. Any notice or notification
in any form to be given under this Agreement may be delivered in person or sent
by mail, facsimile or telephone (subject in the case of a communication by
telephone to confirmation by facsimile) addressed to:
in the case of the
Depositor:
|
Hyundai ABS Funding
Corporation
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0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
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Irvine, California 92612
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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Attention: Vice President;
Secretary
|
in the case of
HCA:
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Hyundai Capital America
|
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
|
Irvine, California 92612
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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Attention: Chief Financial
Officer
|
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in the case of the
Representative:
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc.
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000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 31st
Floor
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New York, New York 10179
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Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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Attention: Xxxx
Xxx
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Any such notice shall take effect, in
the case of delivery, at the time of delivery and, in the case of facsimile, at
the time of dispatch.
SECTION 15. Successors. This Agreement will inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective
successors and agents, and the directors, officers and control persons referred
to in Section 10, and no other person will have any rights or obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 16. The
Representative. The Representative
represents and warrants to the Depositor and HCA that it is duly authorized to
enter into this Agreement. The Representative shall act for the
several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under
this Agreement taken by the Representative will be binding upon all the
Underwriters. In all dealings hereunder, the parties hereto shall be
entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on
behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the
Representative.
SECTION 17. Miscellaneous.
(a) Time shall be of the essence of this
Agreement.
(b) The headings herein are inserted for
convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect,
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, (a)
“business day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading, and (b) each of “subsidiary” and “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth
in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(d) This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and
the same Agreement and any party may enter into this Agreement by executing a
counterpart.
(e) This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and shall be binding upon the several Underwriters, the Depositor,
HCA and their respective successors and legal representatives, and nothing
expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein contained, this Agreement
and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the
sole and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other
person, except that (i) the indemnities of the Depositor and HCA contained in
Section 10 hereof shall also be for the benefit of any person or persons who
control any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and (ii) the indemnities of the Underwriters
contained in Section 10 hereof shall also be for the benefit of the directors of
the Depositor and HCA, the officers of the Depositor and HCA and any person or
persons who control the Depositor or HCA within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No purchaser of
Notes from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor because of such
purchase.
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(f) The respective representations,
warranties, agreements, covenants, indemnities and other statements of the
Depositor and HCA, its officers and the several Underwriters set forth in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Depositor or HCA, any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents, any Underwriter or any controlling person
referred to in Section 10 hereof and (ii) delivery of and payment for the
Notes. The respective agreements, covenants, indemnities and other
statements set forth in Sections 6 and 10 hereof shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this
Agreement.
SECTION 18. Severability. It is the desire and intent
of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest
extent permissible under the law and public policies applied in each
jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, in the
event that any provision of this Agreement would be held in any jurisdiction to
be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to
such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining
provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
19. Governing
Law. THE
VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET
FORTH HEREIN, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PROVISIONS RELATING TO
CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with
your understanding, please sign and return to us five counterparts hereof, and
upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this
letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among
each of the Underwriters and the Depositor and HCA.
Very truly yours,
HYUNDAI ABS FUNDING
CORPORATION
By: /s/ Min Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxx
Name: Min Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxx
Title: Vice
President and Secretary
HYUNDAI CAPITAL AMERICA
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxx
Xx
Name: Xxx Xxxx
Xx
Title: Treasurer
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES
INC.,
on behalf of itself and as
Representative of the
several Underwriters
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xx
Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xx
Title: Vice
President
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriter
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Class A-1
Notes
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Class A-2
Notes
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Class A-3
Notes
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Class A-4
Notes
|
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc.
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$ | 87,600,000 | $ | 95,200,000 | $ | 126,800,000 | $ | 74,740,000 | ||||||||
RBS Securities Inc.
|
$ | 60,225,000 | $ | 65,450,000 | $ | 87,175,000 | $ | 51,383,750 | ||||||||
SG Americas Securities,
LLC
|
$ | 60,225,000 | $ | 65,450,000 | $ | 87,175,000 | $ | 51,383,750 | ||||||||
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
.
|
$ | 10,950,000 | $ | 11,900,000 | $ | 15,850,000 | $ | 9,342,500 | ||||||||
Total
|
$ | 219,000,000 | $ | 238,000,000 | $ | 317,000,000 | $ | 186,850,000 |
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SCHEDULE II
Security
|
Original Principal Balance
$
|
Price
$
|
||||||
Class A-1
Notes
|
$ | 219,000,000.00 | $ | 218,781,000.00 | ||||
Class A-2
Notes
|
$ | 238,000,000.00 | $ | 237,557,105.80 | ||||
Class A-3
Notes
|
$ | 317,000,000.00 | $ | 316,289,761.50 | ||||
Class A-4
Notes
|
$ | 186,850,000.00 | $ | 186,351,727.11 | ||||
Total Price to
Depositor
|
$ | 958,979,594.41 |
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SCHEDULE III
LIST OF PERMITTED
LIENS
1.
|
Second Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2002, as amended,
among Hyundai BC Funding Corporation and the Purchasers and Agents parties
thereto.
|
2.
|
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated
as of January 17, 2000, as amended, between Hyundai Motor Finance Company,
as seller, and Hyundai BC Funding Corporation, as
purchaser.
|
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ANNEX A
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE
UNDERWRITERS
(a) Each Underwriter represents and agrees
that:
(i) it has only communicated or caused to be
communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation
or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21
of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (“FSMA”)) received by
it in connection with the issue or sale of the Notes in circumstances in which
Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuer; and
(ii) it has complied and will comply with all
applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in
relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United
Kingdom.
(b) In relation to each Member State of the
European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a
“Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter represents and agrees that with
effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is
implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”),
each Underwriter has not made and will not make an offer of Notes to the public
in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in
relation to Notes which has been approved by the competent authority in that
Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member
State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all
in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect
from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of
Underwritten Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State at any
time:
(i) to legal entities which are authorized
or regulated to operate in financial markets or, if not so authorized or
regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in
securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or
more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year;
(2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net
turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated
accounts; or
(iii) in any other circumstances which do not
require the publication by the Issuer of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of
the Prospectus Directive.
For purposes of this Annex A, the
expression an “offer of Notes to the public” in relation to any notes in any
Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of
sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so
as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Notes, as the
same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the
Prospectus Directive in that Member State, and the expression “Prospectus
Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing
measure in each Relevant Member State.
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