EXHIBIT 10.4
DFS/GANIS TRANSFER AGREEMENT
between
DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
and
GANIS CREDIT CORPORATION
Dated as of July 1, 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Definitions............................................. 1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions........................... 1
ARTICLE II
Contribution of Receivables
SECTION 2.01. Contribution............................................ 2
SECTION 2.02. Intent of the Parties................................... 3
ARTICLE III
The Receivables
SECTION 3.01. Representations and Warranties as to Receivables........ 4
ARTICLE IV
DFS
SECTION 4.01. Representations of DFS.................................. 10
SECTION 4.02. Corporate Existence..................................... 12
SECTION 4.03. Liability of DFS........................................ 12
SECTION 4.04. Indemnification......................................... 12
SECTION 4.05. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, DFS..................................... 12
SECTION 4.06. Limitation on Liability of DFS and Others............... 13
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.01. Amendment............................................... 13
SECTION 5.02. Protection of Title; Change of Name, Identity, Corporate
Structure or Location, Etc............................. 14
SECTION 5.03. Notices................................................. 14
SECTION 5.04. Assignment.............................................. 15
SECTION 5.05. Limitations on Rights of Others......................... 15
SECTION 5.06. Severability............................................ 15
SECTION 5.07. Separate Counterparts................................... 15
SECTION 5.08. Headings................................................ 15
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SECTION 5.09. Governing Law............................................ 15
SECTION 5.10. Nonpetition Covenants.................................... 16
SECTION 5.11. Waiver................................................... 16
SECTION 5.12. Separate Corporate Existence............................. 16
SECTION 5.13. Submission to Jurisdiction............................... 16
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DFS/GANIS TRANSFER AGREEMENT dated as of July 1, 1999 (this "Agreement")
between DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation ("DFS")
and GANIS CREDIT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Ganis").
WHEREAS, Ganis desires to acquire Receivables from DFS; and
WHEREAS, DFS is willing to contribute such Receivables to Ganis.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein or as the
context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used herein (including in the
recitals hereto) have the respective meanings assigned thereto in Appendix A to
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement.
"Transfer and Servicing Agreement" means the Transfer and Servicing Agreement,
dated the same date as this Agreement, among Distribution Financial Services RV
Trust 0000-0, Xxxxxxxx Recreational Asset Funding Corporation and DFS, as
Servicer, as the same may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified
from time to time.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) All terms defined in Appendix A to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement
shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement or
in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined
in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally
accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting
terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are
inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting
principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document shall control.
(c) The words "hereof", "herein", "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement; Article and Section references
contained in this Agreement are
references to Articles and Sections in this Agreement unless otherwise
specified; and the term "including" shall mean "including without limitation".
(d) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well
as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(e) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or
in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such
agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, amended and
restated or otherwise modified and includes (in the case of agreements or
instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated
therein; references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and
assigns.
(f) Each reference to the "close of business" on a particular day shall
mean 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on such day.
ARTICLE II
Contribution of Receivables
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SECTION 2.01 Contribution. DFS does hereby transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey to Ganis, as a capital contribution, without recourse (subject
to the obligations of DFS set forth herein), all right, title and interest of
DFS in, to and under (but none of the obligations of DFS under):
(a) all of the Receivables originated by DFS or acquired by DFS from
Dealers (all of such Receivables being referred to collectively as the "DFS
Receivables" and individually as a "DFS Receivable") and all moneys received
thereon on and after the Cutoff Date;
(b) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles created pursuant to the
DFS Receivables and any other interest of DFS in the Financed Vehicles;
(c) any proceeds with respect to the DFS Receivables under any Insurance
Policies and all claims under such Insurance Policies;
(d) any proceeds from recourse to Dealers with respect to DFS Receivables;
(e) any Financed Vehicle, relating to a DFS Receivable, acquired in
repossession;
(f) the contents of the Receivable Files with respect to DFS Receivables
and all rights, benefits and proceeds arising therefrom or in connection
therewith;
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(g) all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts, and all
investments and proceeds thereof (including all income thereon); and
(h) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
The DFS Receivables and other items covered by clauses (a)-(h) of this
Section 2.01 shall be referred to collectively as the "DFS Conveyed Property".
The conveyance of the DFS Conveyed Property by DFS to Ganis (and the other terms
of this Agreement) shall not be deemed to limit the right of DFS (i) to act as
Servicer or (ii) in its capacity as Servicer, to receive compensation as set
forth in the Basic Documents.
SECTION 2.02 Intent of the Parties. (a) DFS and Ganis intend that the
conveyance by DFS to Ganis of the right, title and interest of DFS in, to and
under the DFS Receivables and the other DFS Conveyed Property pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a capital contribution and not a loan, that such
conveyance is absolute and unconditional, and that DFS retain no interest in, to
or under the DFS Receivables and the other DFS Conveyed Property. However, in
the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such conveyance is
deemed to be a transfer for security and not a capital contribution, then (i)
DFS shall be deemed to have granted, and in such event does hereby grant, to
Ganis a first priority security interest in all of its right, title and interest
in, to and under DFS Conveyed Property, and (ii) this Agreement shall constitute
a security agreement under applicable law with respect to such conveyance.
(b) No party hereto shall take any action that is inconsistent with the
ownership of the DFS Conveyed Property by Ganis, it being understood that this
sentence shall not prevent the transfer of the DFS Conveyed Property by Ganis to
the Depositor in accordance with the Ganis/Depositor Transfer Agreement and the
transfer of the DFS Conveyed Property by the Depositor to the Issuer in
accordance with the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. Each party hereto shall
inform any Person inquiring about the Receivables that the DFS Conveyed Property
has been transferred by DFS to Ganis, by Ganis to the Depositor and by the
Depositor to the Issuer (and such transfers shall be reflected in the accounting
records and computer systems of the parties hereto). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, for accounting, tax and other purposes each party
hereto shall treat the transfer of the DFS Conveyed Property by DFS to Ganis as
a capital contribution by DFS to Ganis. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, no Person shall have any recourse to DFS, Ganis or the Servicer
on account of the financial inability of any Obligor to make payments in respect
of a Receivable.
(c) DFS and Ganis intend that, solely for purposes of allocating income
between DFS and Ganis, (i) the conveyance of DFS Receivables by DFS to Ganis
shall be effective as of the respective dates on which DFS originated or
acquired such DFS Receivables, (ii) all proceeds and income arising on or prior
to the Closing Date in respect of such DFS Receivables shall be deemed to have
been transferred by DFS to Ganis as of such respective dates of origination and
execution, and (iii) Ganis shall be deemed to have paid such proceeds and income
simultaneously to DFS as a repayment of intercompany debt owed by Ganis to DFS.
The preceding sentence shall not limit or otherwise affect the other provisions
of this Agreement,
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including the provisions of Section 3.01 relating to the obligation of DFS to
purchase Receivables in the circumstances contemplated thereby.
ARTICLE III
The Receivables
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SECTION 3.01 Representations and Warranties as to Receivables.
DFS makes the following representations and warranties as to the
Receivables, on which representations and warranties each of Ganis, the
Depositor and the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables.
Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and shall survive the transfer and
assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(i) Characteristics of Receivables. All of the Receivables (other than
the Receivables originated by the Transferor or acquired by the Transferor
from Dealers) were originated by DFS or acquired by DFS from Dealers. Each
DFS Receivable (A) was fully and properly executed by the parties thereto,
(B) contains customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the
rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for realization against
the collateral security, (C) is fully amortizing and provides for fixed
level periodic payments which, if made when due, shall fully amortize the
Amount Financed over the original term (except that if such DFS Receivable
is a Step Rate Receivable, such periodic payments will vary from time to
time during the term of such Receivable) and (D) provides for, in the event
that such DFS Receivable is prepaid in full, payment of an amount that
fully pays the Principal Balance and includes accrued but unpaid interest
at least through the date of prepayment calculated at a rate at least equal
to its Annual Percentage Rate. Each DFS Receivable provides that payments
thereon are to be applied in accordance with the Simple Interest Method. If
a DFS Receivable was originated by a Dealer, such Receivable, to the
knowledge of DFS, (A) was originated by the Dealer for the retail sale of a
Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer's business, (B) was
purchased by DFS from such Dealer for new value under a Dealer Agreement
and (C) was validly assigned by the Dealer to DFS. To the knowledge of DFS,
such Dealer had all necessary licenses and permits to originate DFS
Receivables in the state where such Dealer was located. If such DFS
Receivable was originated by DFS, such DFS Receivable was originated for
value by DFS in the ordinary course of its business to finance the purchase
of, or refinance, the related Financed Vehicle by the related Obligor. DFS
had all necessary licenses and permits to originate or purchase each DFS
Receivable at the time of its origination or purchase of such DFS
Receivable. The DFS Receivables were selected at random by DFS from its
portfolio of recreational vehicle receivables originated by DFS or acquired
by DFS from Dealers.
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(ii) No Fraud or Misrepresentation. To the knowledge of DFS, each DFS
Receivable originated by a Dealer was originated by the Dealer and sold by
the Dealer to DFS without any fraud or misrepresentation on the part of
such Dealer.
(iii) Compliance with Law. To the knowledge of DFS, all requirements
of applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder
(including, without limitation, usury laws, the Federal Truth-in- Lending
Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the
Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the
Federal Trade Commission Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Warranty Act, the Federal
Reserve Board's Regulations "B" and "Z", the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil
Relief Act of 1940, state motor vehicle retail installment sales acts and
lending acts and state adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the
Uniform Consumer Credit Code and other consumer credit laws and equal
credit opportunity and disclosure laws) in respect of all of the DFS
Receivables and each and every sale of Financed Vehicles relating thereto,
have been complied with in all material respects, and each DFS Receivable
and the sale of the Financed Vehicle evidenced by each DFS Receivable
complied at the time it was originated or made and now complies in all
material respects with all applicable legal requirements, including the
laws and regulations contemplated by this clause (iii).
(iv) Origination. Each DFS Receivable was originated in the United
States of America.
(v) Binding Obligation. Each DFS Receivable represents the genuine,
legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the Obligor thereon,
enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
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; and all parties to each DFS Receivable had full legal
capacity to execute and deliver such DFS Receivable and all other documents
related thereto and to grant the security interest purported to be granted
thereby.
(vi) No Government Obligor. No Obligor of a DFS Receivable is the
United States of America or any State or any agency, department,
subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
(vii) Obligor Bankruptcy. At the Cutoff Date, no Obligor had been
identified on the records of DFS as being the subject of a current
bankruptcy proceeding.
(viii) Schedule of Receivables. The information with respect to DFS
Receivables set forth in the Schedule of Receivables is true and correct in
all material respects as of the close of business on the Cutoff Date.
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(ix) Marking Records. By the Closing Date, DFS shall have caused
the portions of its electronic ledger relating to the DFS Receivables to be
clearly and unambiguously marked to show that the DFS Receivables have been
transferred absolutely from DFS to Ganis, from Ganis to the Depositor and
from the Depositor to the Trust.
(x) Computer Tape. The Computer Tape was complete and accurate as
of the Cutoff Date and includes a description of the same DFS Receivables
that are described in the Schedule of Receivables.
(xi) Chattel Paper. The DFS Receivables constitute chattel paper
within the meaning of the UCC as in effect in the states in which the
Obligors reside.
(xii) One Original. There is only one original executed copy of each
DFS Receivable.
(xiii) Receivable Files Complete. There exists a Receivable File
pertaining to each DFS Receivable and, to the knowledge of DFS, such
Receivable File contains (a) a fully executed original of the DFS
Receivable, with a fully executed assignment thereof in blank or from the
related Dealer to DFS, as the case may be, if such DFS Receivable was
acquired by DFS from a Dealer, (b) a certificate of physical damage
insurance, application form for such insurance signed by the Obligor or a
signed representation letter from the Obligor named in the DFS Receivable
pursuant to which the Obligor has agreed to obtain physical damage
insurance for the Financed Vehicle, or copies thereof, (c) the Lien
Certificate or a copy of the application therefor or a certification from
the Servicer that it has received confirmation from an authorized official
of the appropriate governmental office of the existence of the first lien
of DFS with respect to the related Financed Vehicle and (d) a credit
application signed by the Obligor, or a copy thereof. Each of such
documents which is required to be signed by the Obligor has been signed by
the Obligor in the appropriate spaces. Each of the foregoing documents has
been correctly prepared. The complete file for each DFS Receivable
currently is in the possession of the Servicer.
(xiv) Receivables in Force. No DFS Receivable has been satisfied,
subordinated or rescinded, and the Financed Vehicle securing each such DFS
Receivable has not been released from the lien of the related DFS
Receivable in whole or in part. No provisions of any DFS Receivable have
been waived, altered or modified (except that DFS as servicer may have, for
administrative purposes, modified the due date of a DFS Receivable to a
different date in the month, which modification is reflected in its
servicing records) in any respect since its origination, except by
instruments or documents identified in the Receivable File. No DFS
Receivable has been modified as a result of application of the Soldiers'
and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended.
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(xv) Lawful Assignment. No DFS Receivable was originated in, or is
subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction the laws of which (a) would make
unlawful, void or voidable the transfer and assignment of such DFS
Receivable under this Agreement or the pledge of such DFS Receivable under
the Indenture or (b) would impair the validity or enforceability of any DFS
Receivable because of any such transfer, assignment or pledge.
(xvi) Good Title. No DFS Receivable has been sold, transferred,
assigned or pledged by DFS except pursuant to this Agreement; immediately
prior to the conveyance of the DFS Receivables by DFS to Ganis pursuant to
this Agreement, DFS had good and indefeasible title to the DFS Receivables,
free and clear of any Lien. No Dealer has a participation in, or other
right to receive, payments or proceeds in respect of any DFS Receivable.
DFS has not taken any action to convey any right to any Person that would
result in such Person having a right to payments received under the related
Insurance Policies or the related Dealer Agreements or to payments due
under such DFS Receivables. This Agreement is effective to transfer to the
Transferor all of the right, title and interest of DFS in, to and under the
DFS Receivables.
(xvii) Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. Each DFS Receivable
has created a valid, binding and enforceable first priority security
interest in favor of DFS in the related Financed Vehicle, which is in full
force and effect. Each Lien Certificate contained in the Receivables Files
shows DFS named as the original secured party under each DFS Receivable and
as the holder of a first priority security interest in such Financed
Vehicle. With respect to each DFS Receivable for which the Lien Certificate
is not contained in the related Receivable File, the Servicer has either
received written evidence that such Lien Certificate showing DFS as first
lienholder has been applied for or has certified in writing in the related
Receivable File that it has received confirmation from the appropriate
governmental office of the existence of the first lien of DFS with respect
to the related Financed Vehicle. The security interest of DFS in each such
Financed Vehicle has been validly assigned by DFS to Ganis pursuant to this
Agreement. Each DFS Receivable is secured by an enforceable and perfected
first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in the name of DFS
as secured party, which security interest is prior to all other Liens upon
and security interests in such Financed Vehicle.
(xviii) All Filings Made; Valid Security Interest. All filings
(including, without limitation, UCC filings) required to be made by any
Person and actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any
jurisdiction to give Ganis a first priority perfected ownership interest in
the DFS Receivables and the proceeds thereof have been made, taken or
performed, subject to the transfer thereof by Ganis to the Depositor. At
the Closing Date Ganis shall have a valid, subsisting and enforceable first
priority ownership interest in each Receivable and the proceeds thereof,
subject to the transfer thereof by Ganis to the Depositor.
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(xix) No Impairment. DFS has not done and shall not do anything to
convey any right to any Person that would result in such Person having a
right to payments due under a Receivable or otherwise to impair the rights
of the Trust in any Receivable or the proceeds thereof.
(xx) No Release. No DFS Receivable is assumable by another Person
in a manner which would release the Obligor thereof from such Obligor's
obligations to DFS with respect to such DFS Receivable.
(xxi) No Defenses. No DFS Receivable is subject to any right of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense and, to the knowledge of DFS,
no such right has been asserted or threatened with respect to any DFS
Receivable. The operation of the terms of any DFS Receivable or the
exercise of any right thereunder shall not render the DFS Receivable
unenforceable in whole or in part or subject to any right of rescission,
setoff, counterclaim or defense, and to the knowledge of DFS, no such right
of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense has been asserted or
threatened with respect thereto.
(xxii) No Default. To the knowledge of DFS, there has been no
default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms
of any DFS Receivable (other than payment delinquencies as of the Cutoff
Date of not more than 59 days), and no condition exists or event has
occurred and is continuing that with notice, the lapse of time or both
would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting
acceleration under the terms of any DFS Receivable, and there has been no
waiver of any of the foregoing. As of the Cutoff Date, no Financed Vehicle
relating to any DFS Receivable had been repossessed.
(xxiii) Insurance. Each DFS Receivable requires the Obligor to
maintain physical loss and damage insurance, naming DFS and its successors
and assigns as additional insured parties or loss payees , and each DFS
Receivable permits the holder thereof to obtain physical loss and damage
insurance at the expense of the Obligor if the Obligor fails to do so. No
Financed Vehicle relating to any DFS Receivable was insured under a policy
of force-placed insurance on the Cutoff Date.
(xxiv) Past Due. At the Cutoff Date, no DFS Receivable was more than
59 days past due.
(xxv) No Liens. There are no Liens or claims which have been filed,
and, to the knowledge of DFS, none pending or threatened to be filed, for
work, labor, materials or unpaid state or federal taxes affecting the
Financed Vehicle securing any DFS Receivable which are or may become liens
prior or equal to the lien of the DFS Receivable.
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(xxvi) Remaining Principal Balance. At the Cutoff Date, the
Principal Balance of each DFS Receivable set forth in the Schedule of
Receivables is true and accurate in all material respects.
(xxvii) Final Scheduled Maturity Date. No Receivable has a final
maturity which is sooner than the first Monthly Payment Date following the
Closing Date or later than 240 months after the Cutoff Date.
(xxviii) Certain Characteristics. (A) Each Receivable had a remaining
maturity, as of the Cutoff Date, of at least seven months but not more than
240 months; (B) each Receivable had an original maturity of at least 12
months but not more than 240 months; (C) each Receivable had an original
principal balance of at least $1,838 and not more than $969,969; (D) each
Receivable had a Principal Balance as of the Cutoff Date of at least $429
and not more than $961,814; (E) as of the Cutoff Date, each Receivable has
an Annual Percentage Rate of at least 6.99% and not more than 21.00%; (F)
approximately 43.02% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables
(measured as of the Cutoff Date), constituting 43.28% of the number of such
Receivables, were secured by used Financed Vehicles at the time such
Receivables were originated; (G) no funds have been advanced by DFS, any
Dealer, or any Person acting on behalf of any of them in order to cause any
DFS Receivable to qualify under paragraph (xxv) above; (H) as of the Cutoff
Date, other than California (19.78%), Florida (8.65%) and Texas (11.08%),
no State represented more than 5% of the Initial Pool Balance with respect
to the billing addresses of the Obligors (determined by reference to the
records of DFS); and (I) the Principal Balance of each DFS Receivable set
forth in Schedule of Receivables is true and accurate in all material
respects as of the Cutoff Date.
For purposes of determining whether DFS is obligated to purchase a
Receivable on account of a breach of a representation and warranty pursuant
to this Section 3.01 or indemnify in respect of such breach pursuant to the
last paragraph of this Section 3.01, the determination as to whether a
representation or warranty that is made to the knowledge of DFS has been
breached shall be made without regard to such knowledge of DFS as if such
representation and warranty were not qualified by the knowledge of DFS.
Upon discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties of DFS set forth in this Section, which
materially and adversely affects the value of the Receivables or the
interest therein of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee (or which
materially and adversely affects the interest of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee in the related Receivable in the case of a representation
and warranty relating to a particular Receivable), the party discovering
such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto.
On the last day of the Collection Period following the Collection Period
during which DFS discovers or receives notice of any such breach of any
such representation or warranty, if such breach shall not have been cured
in all material respects by such last day, DFS shall purchase such
Receivable from the Issuer (or from the Depositor, if the Depositor is
required to purchase such Receivable pursuant
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to Section 3.01 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement) as of such last
day at a price equal to the Purchase Amount of such Receivable, which price
DFS shall remit in the manner specified in Section 5.05 of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement; provided, that, with respect to the representation set
forth in paragraph (xiii) above, such purchase shall be required with
respect to a Receivable only if any resulting breach is not cured (it being
understood that if the related Lien Certificate has been duly applied for
from the applicable governmental offices as evidenced by a copy of the
application therefor, the receipt of such Lien Certificate shall not be
required to cure a breach of the applicable representation and warranty)
within 90 days after completion of the review and examination of the
Receivable File for such Receivable pursuant to Section 3.02 of the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement. Subject to the indemnification provisions
contained in the last paragraph of this Section, the sole remedy of Ganis,
the Depositor, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Residual Interestholder and the Noteholders with respect to a breach of
representations and warranties of DFS set forth in this Section shall be to
require DFS to purchase Receivables pursuant to this Section, subject to
the conditions contained herein.
DFS shall indemnify Ganis, the Depositor, the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and hold each harmless against any loss,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand,
defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach
of the representations and warranties of DFS contained in this Agreement;
provided that DFS shall not be liable for any indirect damages or for any
loss, damage, penalty, fine, forfeiture, legal fees and related costs,
judgments and other costs and expenses caused by the wilful misconduct of
Ganis, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
ARTICLE IV
DFS
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SECTION 4.01. Representations of DFS. DFS makes the following
representations on which each of Ganis, the Depositor and the Issuer is deemed
to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. The representations speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case
of the Receivables, and shall survive the transfer of the Receivables to the
Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. DFS is duly organized and validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Nevada, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, the corporate
power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the Receivables.
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(b) Due Qualification. DFS 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. DFS has the corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its respective terms; DFS
has full power and authority to transfer and assign the property to be
transferred and assigned to Ganis, and DFS has duly authorized such transfer and
assignment by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by DFS has been duly authorized by DFS by all
necessary corporate action.
(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of DFS enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement by DFS and the fulfillment of the terms hereof by DFS do not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
articles of incorporation or bylaws of DFS, or any indenture, agreement or other
instrument to which DFS 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 or other instrument (other than pursuant
to the Basic Documents); or violate any law or, to the best of the knowledge of
DFS, any order, rule or regulation applicable to DFS of any court or of any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over DFS or its properties.
(f) No Proceedings. To the best knowledge of DFS, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or threatened before any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over DFS or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, the Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents, the Notes or the
Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the
Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by DFS of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability
of, this Agreement, the Indenture, any of the other Basic Documents, the Notes
or the Certificates or (iv) which might adversely affect the federal or state
income tax attributes of the Notes or the Certificates.
(g) Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of DFS is located
at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
SECTION 4.02. Corporate Existence. During the term of this Agreement, DFS
shall keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
corporation under the laws of
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the jurisdiction of its incorporation and shall obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this
Agreement, the Basic Documents and each other instrument or agreement necessary
or appropriate to the proper administration of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 4.03. Liability of DFS. DFS shall be liable in accordance herewith
only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by DFS under this
Agreement.
SECTION 4.04. Indemnification. (a) DFS shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless Ganis against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against Ganis
with respect to any sales, tangible personal property, privilege or license
taxes relating to this Agreement (but not including any taxes asserted with
respect to, and as of the date of, the transfer of the Receivables to Ganis or
the issuance and original sale of the Notes and the Residual Interest, or
asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables, or federal or other
income taxes) and costs and expenses in defending against the same.
(b) DFS shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Ganis and any of the
officers, directors, employees and agents of Ganis from and against any loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of the willful misfeasance of DFS, bad
faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by
reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive termination of this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents and shall include reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If DFS shall have made any
indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of
whom such payments are made thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from
others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to DFS, without interest.
SECTION 4.05. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, DFS. Any Person (a) into which DFS may be merged or consolidated, (b) which
may result from any merger or consolidation to which DFS shall be a party or (c)
which may succeed to the properties and assets of DFS substantially as a whole,
which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption
to perform every obligation of DFS under this Agreement, shall be the successor
to DFS hereunder without the execution or filing of any document or any further
act by any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (i)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or
warranty made by DFS in Section 3.01 shall have been breached (unless the
applicable breach shall have been cured in all material respects, or the
applicable Receivable shall have been purchased in accordance herewith), (ii)
DFS shall have delivered to Ganis, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with
this Section and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, (iii) DFS shall
have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of
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Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing
statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed
and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the
Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the DFS Receivables and
reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such
interests. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the
foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred
to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above.
SECTION 4.06. Limitation on Liability of DFS and Others. DFS and any
director, officer, employee or agent of DFS may rely in good faith on the advice
of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and
submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. DFS shall not
be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that
shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
SECTION 4.07. Notice of Events. DFS shall give each of the Rating Agencies
prior written notice of (i) any mergers involving DFS, (ii) any amendments to
this Agreement and (iii) any assignment under this Agreement as permitted by
Sections 4.05 and 5.04 of this Agreement.
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.01. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties
hereto, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, but without the consent of
any other Person; provided, however, that no such amendment shall be effective
unless either (a) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall have been
delivered an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment shall not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or the
Residual Interestholder, or (b) the Holders of 100% of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes shall have consented to such amendment.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, Ganis shall
furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to
the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies.
Prior to the execution of or the consent to any amendment to this
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of or the consent to such
amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Indenture Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, consent to any such amendment which affects
the Indenture Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or
otherwise.
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SECTION 5.02 Protection of Title; Change of Name, Identity, Corporate
Structure or Location, Etc.
(a) DFS shall execute and file such financing statements and cause to be
executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such
places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the
interest of Ganis, the Issuer and of the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables
and in the proceeds thereof. DFS shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing
receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available
following such filing.
(b) DFS shall not change its name, identity or corporate structure in any
manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation
statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading
within the meaning of Section 9-402(7) of the UCC, unless it shall have given
Ganis, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least five days' prior
written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed appropriate amendments to
all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.
(c) DFS shall give Ganis, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at
least 60 days' prior written notice of any relocation of its chief executive
office if, as a result of such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC
would require the filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or
continuation statement or of any new financing statement and shall promptly file
any such amendment or new financing statement.
(d) If at any time DFS shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in,
or otherwise transfer any interest in recreational vehicle receivables to any
prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, DFS shall give (or shall
cause the Servicer to give) to such prospective purchaser, lender or other
transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from
backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any DFS
Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such DFS Receivable has been transferred
by DFS to Ganis and by Ganis to the Issuer and is owned by the Issuer and has
been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
(e) DFS shall cooperate fully and in good faith with the Servicer (if at
any time DFS is not the Servicer) and the Indenture Trustee in order to maintain
and promote the perfection and priority of security interests in the Financed
Vehicles and in order to facilitate enforcement and collection of the
Receivables.
SECTION 5.03. Notices. All demands, notices, directions, communications and
instructions upon, to, or by DFS, Ganis, the Depositor, the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall
be in writing, personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt
requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the
case of DFS, to Deutsche Financial Services Corporation, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Senior Vice President/Treasurer or
Chief Legal Officer, (b) in the case of Ganis, to Ganis Credit Corporation, 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Senior Vice
President, (c) in the case
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of the Depositor, to Deutsche Recreational Asset Funding Corporation, 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: President, (d) in
the case of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office (as
defined in the Trust Agreement), (e) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at
the Corporate Trust Office, (f) in the case of Fitch, to Fitch IBCA, Inc., Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Asset-Backed Securities
Surveillance Group, (g) in the case of Standard & Poor's, to Standard & Poor's
Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., 00 Xxxxxxxx
(00xx Xxxxx), Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance
Department and (h) in the case of Moody's, to Xxxxx'x Investors Service, 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Moody's ABS Monitoring
Group; or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be
designated by written notice to the other Persons listed in this Section.
SECTION 5.04. Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, except as provided in Section 4.05 of this Agreement, this
Agreement may not be assigned by DFS. DFS hereby acknowledges and consents to
(i) the transfer by Ganis to the Depositor pursuant to the Ganis/Depositor
Transfer Agreement of all right, title and interest of Ganis in, to and under
(but none of the obligations of Ganis under) the DFS Conveyed Property and this
Agreement, (ii) the transfer by the Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement of all right, title and interest of the
Depositor in, to and under (but none of the obligations of the Depositor under)
the DFS Conveyed Property and this Agreement, including the representations and
warranties of DFS in this Agreement, together with all rights of Ganis with
respect to any breach thereof, including the right to require DFS to purchase
Receivables in accordance with this Agreement, and (iii) the other terms of and
transactions contemplated by the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and the other
Basic Documents.
SECTION 5.05. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this
Agreement are solely for the benefit of DFS, Ganis, the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and,
except as expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall
be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or
provisions contained herein.
SECTION 5.06. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.07. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
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SECTION 5.08. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections
herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any
of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 5.09. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION (AND THE EFFECT OF
PERFECTION OR NON-PERFECTION) OF THE INTERESTS OF ANY PERSON IN CONVEYED
PROPERTY ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
SECTION 5.10. Nonpetition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior termination
of this Agreement, DFS shall not acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or
cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for
the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, DFS shall not
acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Depositor to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case against the Depositor under any federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Depositor or
any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of the affairs of the Depositor.
SECTION 5.11. Waiver. Each party hereto hereby (a) acknowledges that Xxxxx,
Xxxxx & Xxxxx represents (i) DFS, the Transferor, and the Depositor in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents, (ii)
Affiliates of the Transferor, DFS and the Depositor in other matters, (iii)
underwriters of the Notes (and Affiliates of underwriters of the Notes) in other
matters, (iv) the institutions which are the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee (and Affiliates of such institutions) in other matters, and (v) the
Specified Accountants in other matters, and (b) waives any conflict of interest
relating thereto. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Xxxxx,
Xxxxx & Xxxxx is entitled to rely on this Section.
SECTION 5.12. Separate Corporate Existence. Each party hereto hereby
acknowledges that the Trust is entering into the transactions contemplated by
the Basic Documents in reliance upon (i) the identity of DFS as a legal entity
separate from the Depositor and (ii) the identity of Ganis as a legal entity
separate from the Depositor. Therefore, each party hereto shall take all
reasonable steps to make it apparent to third Persons that the Depositor is an
entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of DFS and Ganis and that
the Depositor is not a division of DFS, Ganis or any other Person. Without
limiting the foregoing, each party hereto shall operate and conduct its
respective businesses and otherwise act in a manner which is consistent with
Section 10.13 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
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SECTION 5.13. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any other Basic Document or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United
States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts
from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such
courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue
of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding
was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be
effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its
address set forth in Section 5.03 or at such other address notified to the other
party to this Agreement pursuant thereto; and
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of
process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in
any other jurisdiction.
[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this DFS/Ganis Transfer
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and
year first above written.
DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
GANIS CREDIT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Assistant Treasurer
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