Exhibit 10.4
Subsequent Transfer Agreement
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT
TRANSFER No. 1 of Subsequent Receivables, dated as of September 11,
1997 pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1997,
among CPS AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 1997-3, a Delaware business trust (the
"Issuer"), CPS RECEIVABLES CORP., a California corporation (the "Seller"),
CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC. a California corporation (the "Servicer"), and
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
(the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Seller wishes
to convey the Subsequent Receivables to the Issuer; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer is willing to accept such conveyance subject to the
terms and conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement unless otherwise
defined herein.
"Subsequent Cutoff Date" shall mean, with respect to the Subsequent
Receivables conveyed hereby, September 3, 1997.
"Subsequent Transfer Date" shall mean, with respect to the Subsequent
Receivables conveyed hereby, September 11, 1997.
SECTION 2. Schedule of Receivables. Annexed hereto is a supplement to
Schedule A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement listing the Receivables that
constitute the Subsequent Receivables to be conveyed pursuant to this Agreement
on the Subsequent Transfer Date.
SECTION 3. Conveyance of Subsequent Receivables. In consideration of
the Issuer's delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of $27,084,812, the
Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Issuer, without recourse (except as expressly provided in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement), all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to:
(a) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the
Subsequent Receivables listed in Schedule A to this Transfer No. 1 and,
with respect to Subsequent Receivables which are Rule of 78's
Receivables, all monies due or to become due thereon
after the Subsequent Cutoff Date (including Scheduled Payments due
after the Subsequent Cutoff Date (including principal prepayments
relating to such Scheduled Payments) but received by the Seller or CPS
on or before the Subsequent Cutoff Date) and, with respect to
Subsequent Receivables which are Simple Interest Receivables, all
monies received thereunder after the Subsequent Cutoff Date and all
Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries received with respect to such
Subsequent Receivables on or after the Subsequent Cutoff Date;
(b) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the
security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors
pursuant to the Subsequent Receivables and any other interest of the
Seller in such Financed Vehicles, including, without limitation, the
certificates of title or, with respect to such Financed Vehicles in the
State of Michigan, all other evidence of ownership with respect to such
Financed Vehicles;
(c) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to any
proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life and credit
accident and health insurance policies or certificates relating to the
Financed Vehicles or the Obligors;
(d) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the
Subsequent Purchase Agreements, including a direct right to cause CPS
to purchase Receivables from the Trust under certain circumstances;
(e) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to
refunds for the costs of extended service contracts with respect to
Financed Vehicles securing Subsequent Receivables, refunds of unearned
premiums with respect to credit life and credit accident and health
insurance policies or certificates covering an Obligor or Financed
Vehicle or his or her obligations with respect to a Financed Vehicle
and any recourse to Dealers for any of the foregoing;
(f) the Receivable File related to each Subsequent Receivable;
(g) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment
contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Subsequent
Receivables and Other Conveyed Property from the Seller to the Issuer and the
beneficial interest in and title to the Subsequent Receivables and the Other
Conveyed Property shall not be part of the Seller's estate in the event of the
filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy
law. In the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the Seller, the transfer
and assignment contemplated hereby is held not to be a sale, this Agreement
shall constitute a grant of a security interest in the property referred to in
this Section 3 for the benefit of the Securityholders and the Note Insurer.
SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller
hereby represents and warrants to the Issuer as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the Subsequent Transfer Date that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of California, with power and authority to
own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are
currently owned and such business is currently conducted, and had at
all relevant times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to
acquire, own and sell the Subsequent Receivables and the Other Conveyed
Property transferred to the Trust.
(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained
all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business shall
require such qualifications.
(c) Power and Authority. The Seller has the power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Basic Documents
to which it is a party and to carry out its terms and their terms,
respectively; the Seller has full power and authority to sell and
assign the Subsequent Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property to be
sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust by it and has duly
authorized such sale and assignment to the Trust by all necessary
corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party have
been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action.
(d) Valid Sale, Binding Obligations. This Agreement effects a
valid sale, transfer and assignment of the Subsequent Receivables and
the Other Conveyed Property, enforceable against the Seller and
creditors of and purchasers from the Seller; and this Agreement and the
Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party, when duly executed and
delivered, shall constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Seller enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and by equitable limitations on the availability of specific
remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Basic Documents and the
fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the Basic Documents
shall not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and
provisions of or constitute (with or without notice, lapse of time or
both) a default under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of
the Seller, or any indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or
other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is
bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of
its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, other than the Basic
Documents, or violate any law, order, rule or regulation applicable to
the Seller of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body,
administrative
agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over
the Seller or any of its properties.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the Seller's knowledge, threatened against the Seller,
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
tribunal or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Seller or its properties (A) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, the Securities or any of the Basic Documents, (B) seeking to
prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents, (C) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents, or (D)
relating to the Seller and which might adversely affect the federal or
state income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the
Securities.
(g) No Consents. No consent, approval, authorization or order
of or declaration or filing with any governmental authority is required
for the issuance or sale of the Securities or the consummation of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have
been duly made or obtained.
(h) Tax Returns. The Seller has filed on a timely basis all
tax returns required to be filed by it and paid all taxes, to the
extent that such taxes have become due.
(i) Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of the
Seller is at 2 Xxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.
(j) Principal Balance. The aggregate Principal Balance of the
Subsequent Receivables listed on the supplement to Schedule A annexed
hereto and conveyed to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement as of the
Subsequent Cutoff Date is $27,084,812.
SECTION 5. Conditions Precedent. The obligation of the Issuer to
acquire the Subsequent Receivables hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, on
or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller in Section 4 of this
Agreement and in Section 3.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall
be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the
Subsequent Transfer Date.
(b) Sale and Servicing Agreement Conditions. Each of the
conditions set forth in Section 2.2(b) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement shall have been satisfied.
(c) Additional Information. The Seller shall have delivered to
the Issuer such information as was reasonably requested by the Issuer
to satisfy itself as to (i) the accuracy of the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement and in Section 3.1
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in this Section 5.
SECTION 6. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this
Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Sale and Servicing Agreement as so supplemented by this
Agreement shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties in separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer have caused
this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly
authorized officers as of day and the year first above written.
CPS AUTO RECEIVABLES
TRUST 1997-3
by BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity, but solely as
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
by ___________________________
Name:
Title:
CPS RECEIVABLES CORP., Seller
by ___________________________
Name:
Title:
CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.,
Servicer
by ___________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and Accepted:
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual
capacity, but solely as
Trustee
by ___________________________
Name:
Title:
