LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP. LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
EXECUTION
COPY
LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP.
LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A
Asset-Backed
Notes, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4
March
22,
2007
Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
As
Representative for the several Underwriters
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Greenwich,
CT 06830
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
New
York,
NY 10013
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Long
Beach Acceptance Receivables Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Transferor”)
and a
wholly owned subsidiary of Long Beach Acceptance Corp., a Delaware corporation
(“LBAC”),
proposes to cause Long Beach Acceptance Auto Receivables Trust 2007-A, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”),
to
sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”),
for
which Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. (“RBS
GC”)
is
acting as representative (the “Representative”),
5.335% Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-1, in the original principal amount of
$100,000,000 (the “Class
A-1 Notes”),
5.150% Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-2, in the original principal amount of
$145,000,000 (the “Class
A-2 Notes”),
4.972% Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-3, in the original principal amount of
$98,000,000 (the “Class
A-3 Notes”)
and
5.025% Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-4, in the original principal amount of
$143,000,000 (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 “Offered
Notes”).
The
assets of the Trust will include primarily a pool (the “Pool”)
of
retail installment sale contracts (the “Receivables”)
secured by the new and used automobiles, vans, sport utility vehicles and light
duty trucks financed thereby. The Receivables will be serviced for the Trust
by
LBAC. The Offered Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of
March 1, 2007 (the “Indenture”),
between the Trust and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association (“Xxxxx
Fargo”),
as
indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture
Trustee”).
The
Offered Notes will be secured by the assets of the Trust, which will be pledged
by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Holders of
the
Offered Notes will have the benefit of a financial guarantee insurance policy
issued by Financial Security Assurance Inc. (“FSA”).
In
addition, simultaneously with the issuance and sale of the Offered Notes, the
Trust will also issue two classes of certificates (the “Certificates”)
in the
manner set forth in the Trust Agreement described below. The Certificates will
be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of
March 1, 2007 (the “Trust
Agreement”),
between the Transferor and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (in such
capacity, the “Owner
Trustee”).
Only
the Offered Notes are being purchased by the several Underwriters hereunder.
The
Certificates will be issued to the Transferor. The Class R Certificate will
be
retained by the Transferor and the Class C Certificate will be sold by the
Transferor to RBS GC or an affiliate thereof. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them
in
Annex A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (as defined herein).
The
Offered Notes are more fully described in a Registration Statement (as defined
herein) which the Transferor and LBAC have furnished to the
Underwriters.
The
Trust
will acquire the Initial Receivables from the Transferor pursuant to a Sale
and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2007 (the “Sale
and Servicing Agreement”),
among
the Trust, the Transferor, LBAC, as originator and servicer, and Xxxxx Fargo,
as
back-up servicer and trust collateral agent. The Transferor will acquire the
Initial Receivables from LBAC and Long Beach Acceptance Receivables Corp.
Warehouse I, a Delaware corporation (“LBARCWI”)
pursuant to the assignment by each of LBAC and LBARCWI to the Transferor (the
“Initial
Assignments”)
on the
Closing Date (as defined herein) and a Purchase Agreement, dated as of March
1,
2007 (the “Purchase
Agreement”),
among
the Transferor, LBARCWI and LBAC.
From
time
to time during the Funding Period pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, LBAC
and
LBARCWI will be obligated to sell, and the Transferor will be obligated to
purchase, additional retail installment sale contracts (the “Subsequent
Receivables”)
secured by the new and used automobiles, vans, sport utility vehicles and light
duty trucks financed thereby, which Subsequent Receivables will be described
in
the schedules to one or more assignments by each of LBAC and LBARCWI to the
Transferor (each, a “Subsequent
Assignment”),
dated
as of the cut-off date specified therein (such date, a “Subsequent
Cut-off Date”).
The
Subsequent Receivables will in turn be sold by the Transferor to the Trust
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and one or more agreements among
LBAC, LBARCWI, the Transferor, the Trust and Xxxxx Fargo (each, a “Transfer
Agreement”
and
each date of transfer, a “Subsequent
Transfer Date”),
each
dated as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date. The maximum aggregate principal
amount of Subsequent Receivables to be sold to the Trust during the Funding
Period is $78,536,059.
At
or
prior to the time when sales to purchasers of the Offered Notes were first
made
by the Underwriters, which was approximately 3:13p.m. on March 13, 2007 (the
“Time
of Sale”),
the
Transferor has prepared the following information (collectively, the
“Time
of Sale Information”):
(i)
the Free Writing Prospectus dated March 12, 2007 (the “Summary
FWP”),
and
(ii) the Free Writing Prospectus dated March 12, 2007, including the prospectus
dated March 31, 2006 and the information referred to under the caption
“Sponsor’s Static Pool Information” therein (the “Time
of Sale FWP”).
If,
at or subsequent to the Time of Sale and prior to the Closing Date (as defined
below), 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 as a result investors in the Offered Notes may terminate their
old “Contracts of Sale” (within the meaning of Rule 159 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”))
for
any Offered Notes and the Underwriters enter into new Contracts of Sale with
investors in the Offered Notes, then “Time of Sale Information” will refer to
the information conveyed to investors at the time of entry into the first such
new Contract of Sale, in an amended Time of Sale FWP or a final Prospectus
(as
defined below) approved by the Transferor and the Representative that corrects
such material misstatements or omissions (a “Corrected
Prospectus”)
and
“Time of Sale” will refer to the time and date on which such new Contracts of
Sale were first entered into.
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Section
I. Representations
and Warranties of Transferor and LBAC.
The
Transferor and LBAC jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree
with the several Underwriters that:
A. A
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-132202) relating to automobile
contract-backed securities, including the Offered Notes, has (i) been prepared
by LBAC in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the
rules
and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”)
thereunder (the “Rules
and Regulations”),
(ii)
been filed by the Transferor with the Commission under the Securities Act and
(iii) become effective under the Securities Act and is still effective as of
the
date hereof. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose
has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Transferor or LBAC, threatened
by the Commission. Copies of such Registration Statement have been delivered
by
the Transferor and LBAC to the Underwriters. “Registration
Statement”
means
such registration statement, at the date and time as of which such registration
statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was
declared effective by the Commission, including any exhibits thereto and any
documents incorporated by reference therein at such time. The Depositor proposes
to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations
a prospectus supplement dated March 19, 2007 (together with information referred
to under the caption “Sponsor’s Static Pool Information” therein regardless of
whether it is deemed a part of the Registration Statement or Prospectus, the
“Prospectus
Supplement”)
to the
prospectus dated March 31, 2006 (the “Base
Prospectus”),
relating to the Offered Notes and the method of distribution thereof.
“Prospectus”
means
the Base Prospectus, as amended or supplemented to the date hereof, as further
supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement. Reference made herein to the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated
by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act,
as
of the date of the Prospectus, and any reference to any amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”),
after
the date of the Prospectus and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus;
and
any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to
include any report filed with the Commission with respect to the Trust pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of the Prospectus
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. There are
no
contracts or documents of the Transferor or LBAC which are required to be filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement pursuant to the Securities Act or
the
Rules and Regulations which have not been so filed or incorporated by reference
therein on or prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement. The
conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General Instructions
thereto, have been satisfied.
B. The
Registration Statement complied, as of the effective date thereof, and any
post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, and the
Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, and any further
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will,
when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may
be,
comply in all respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Rules
and Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
“Trust
Indenture Act”),
and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Registration
Statement, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) and any amendment thereto,
did not contain an 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 Time of Sale FWP, as of its date and as of the
Time
of Sale, did 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. The
Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and as of the Closing
Date, does not and 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 no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted
from the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale FWP or the Prospectus in
reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters Information (as defined
herein).
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C. The
documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as
the
case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue
statement of a 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 any further documents so filed and
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
when
such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case
may be, will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an 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 no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted
from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with the Underwriters Information.
D. The
Time
of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, 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 no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted
from the Time of Sale Information in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriters Information. Other than the Summary FWP, the Time of Sale FWP
and
the Prospectus, the Transferor (including its agents and representatives other
than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared or authorized,
and will not prepare or authorize any “written communication” (as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or
solicitation or an offer to buy the Offered Notes other than the documents,
if
any, listed under “Time of Sale Information” in Schedule I hereto and other
written communication approved by the Representative. Each Free Writing
Prospectus (as defined herein) complied in all material respects with the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and has been filed in accordance
with Section VI (to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Act).
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E. Since
the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale FWP,
there
has not been any material adverse change in the general affairs, management,
financial condition, or results of operations of the Transferor, LBARCWI or
LBAC, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale FWP as
supplemented or amended as of the Time of Sale. Since the respective dates
as of
which information is given in the Prospectus, there has not been any material
adverse change in the general affairs, management, financial condition, or
results of operations of the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC, otherwise than as
set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as supplemented or amended as of the
Closing Date.
F. Each
of
the Transferor, LBARCWI and LBAC has been duly organized and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
has
full power and authority (corporate and other) necessary to own or hold its
properties and to conduct its business as now conducted by it and to enter
into
and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Initial Assignments, each Subsequent
Assignment, each Transfer Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Insurance and
Indemnity Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2007, among FSA, LBAC and the
Transferor (the “Insurance
Agreement”)
and
the Indemnification Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2007, among FSA, the
Underwriters and the Transferor (the “Indemnification
Agreement”)
(all
such agreements, with the exception of this Agreement, are collectively referred
to herein as the “Other
Agreements”),
as
applicable, and, with respect to the Transferor, to cause the Trust to
authorize, issue and sell the Offered Notes as contemplated by this
Agreement.
G. This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the
Transferor and LBAC.
H. The
Sale
and Servicing Agreement, when executed and delivered as contemplated hereby
and
thereby, will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of
the
Transferor and LBAC, and when so executed and delivered, will constitute a
legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement of each of the Transferor and
LBAC, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to
general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
a
proceeding in equity or at law.
I. The
Purchase Agreement, when executed and delivered as contemplated hereby and
thereby, will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of
LBAC,
LBARCWI and the Transferor, and when so executed and delivered, will constitute
a legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement of each of LBAC, LBARCWI
and
the Transferor, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law.
J. The
Trust
Agreement, when executed and delivered as contemplated hereby and thereby,
will
have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Transferor, and when
so
executed and delivered, will constitute a legal, valid, binding and enforceable
agreement of the Transferor, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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K. The
Initial Assignments and each Subsequent Assignment, when executed and delivered
as contemplated hereby and thereby, will have been duly authorized, executed
and
delivered by LBAC and LBARCWI, as the case may be, and when so executed and
delivered, will be legal, valid, binding and enforceable against LBAC and
LBARCWI, as the case may be, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law.
L. Each
Transfer Agreement, when executed and delivered as contemplated hereby and
thereby, will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of
LBAC,
LBARCWI and the Transferor, and when so executed and delivered, will constitute
a legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement of each of LBAC, LBARCWI
and
the Transferor, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or the similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law.
M. Each
Other Agreement to which LBAC, LBARCWI or the Transferor is party, when executed
and delivered as contemplated hereby and thereby, will have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Transferor, LBARCWI and/or LBAC,
as
the case may be, and when so executed and delivered by the Transferor, LBARCWI
and/or LBAC, as the case may be, will constitute legal, valid, binding and
enforceable agreements of the Transferor, LBARCWI and/or LBAC, as the case
may
be, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to
general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
a
proceeding in equity or at law, and except insofar as the indemnification
provisions therein may be limited by applicable law.
N. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase
Agreement, the Initial Assignments, each Subsequent Assignment, each Transfer
Agreement and the Trust Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Offered
Notes and the Certificates and compliance with the terms and provisions hereof
and thereof, will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to
which the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC is a party or by which the Transferor,
LBARCWI or LBAC is bound or to which any of the properties of the Transferor,
LBARCWI or LBAC is subject or of any statute, order or regulation applicable
to
the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Transferor, LBARCWI
or
LBAC or any of their respective properties, in each case which could reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated
herein.
O. The
Offered Notes, the Indenture, the Certificates, the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Initial Assignments and the Purchase
Agreement, and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Dates, each Subsequent
Assignment and each Transfer Agreement, will conform in all material respects
to
the respective descriptions thereof contained in the Time of Sale FWP. As of
the
Closing Date, the Offered Notes, the Indenture, the Certificates, the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Initial Assignments and the
Purchase Agreement, and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Dates, each
Subsequent Assignment and each Transfer Agreement, will conform in all material
respects to the respective descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus.
As
of the Closing Date, the Offered Notes will be duly and validly authorized
and,
when duly and validly executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with
the Indenture and delivered to the Representative for the respective accounts
of
the Underwriters against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly
and
validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of Indenture and
will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Trust, enforceable
against the Trust in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforceability,
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity
regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
As of the Closing Date, the Indenture will be duly and validly authorized and,
when duly and validly executed and delivered, will constitute a legal, valid,
binding and enforceable agreement of the Trust, subject, as to enforceability,
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity
regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
As of the Closing Date, the Certificates will be duly and validly authorized
and, when duly and validly executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance
with the Trust Agreement and delivered to the Transferor (in the case of the
Class R Certificate) and to RBS GC or an affiliate thereof (in the case of
the
Class C Certificate), will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and
entitled to the benefits of the Trust Agreement.
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P. The
Transferor’s, XXXXXXX’s and LBAC’s respective representations and warranties (i)
in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Trust
Agreement, the Insurance Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, as
applicable, will be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing
Date and (ii) in each Transfer Agreement will be true and correct as of the
related Subsequent Transfer Date.
Q. None
of
the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC is in violation of its certificate of
incorporation or by-laws or in default under any agreement, indenture or
instrument to which it is a party, the effect of which violation or default
would be material to it. Neither the issuance and sale of the Offered Notes,
nor
the issuance of the Certificates, nor the sale of the Class C Certificate to
RBS
GC (or an affiliate thereof), nor the execution and delivery by the Transferor,
LBARCWI or LBAC of this Agreement or any Other Agreement to which it is a party,
nor the consummation by the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC of any of the
transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the compliance by the
Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC with the provisions hereof or thereof, does or
will
conflict with or result in a breach of any term or provision of the certificate
of incorporation or by-laws of the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC or conflict
with,
result in a breach, violation or acceleration of, or constitute a default under,
the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the
Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC is a party or by which either of them is bound,
or
any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC
of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC. None of the Transferor,
LBARCWI or LBAC is a party to, bound by or in breach or violation of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party, or subject
to
or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it
that materially and adversely affects, or may in the future materially and
adversely affect, (i) the ability of the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or any Other Agreement or
(ii) the business, operations, financial condition, properties, assets or
prospects of the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC.
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R. There
are
no actions or proceedings against, or investigations of, the Transferor, LBARCWI
or LBAC pending, or, to the knowledge of the Transferor or LBAC, threatened,
before any court, arbitrator, administrative agency or other tribunal
(i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any Other Agreement, the
Offered Notes or the Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of
the Offered Notes or the Certificates or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Other Agreement,
(iii) that are reasonably likely to be adversely determined and that might
materially and adversely affect the Receivables or the business, operations,
financial condition, properties, assets or prospects of the Transferor, LBARCWI
or LBAC or the validity or enforceability of, or the performance by the
Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC of its obligations under, this Agreement, any Other
Agreement, the Offered Notes or the Certificates or (iv) seeking to affect
adversely the federal income tax attributes of the Offered Notes as described
in
the Time of Sale FWP or the Prospectus.
S. Immediately
prior to the assignment of the Initial Receivables to the Trust as contemplated
by the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Transferor (i) had good title to,
and was the sole owner of, each Initial Receivable and the property purported
to
be transferred by it to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
free and clear of any pledge, mortgage, lien, security interest or other
encumbrance (collectively, “Liens”)
(except for the Lien of the Indenture) and (ii) had not assigned to any
person any of its right, title or interest in such Receivables or property
or in
the Purchase Agreement. Upon delivery of the Offered Notes to the Representative
for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, the Offered Notes will be
free
of any Liens.
T. Immediately
prior to each assignment of Subsequent Receivables to the Trust as contemplated
by the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the related Transfer Agreement, the
Transferor (i) will have good title to, and will be the sole owner of, each
Subsequent Receivable and the other property purported to be transferred by
it
to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the related
Transfer Agreement free and clear of any Lien (except for the Lien of the
Indenture) and (ii) will not have assigned to any person any of its right,
title
or interest in such Subsequent Receivables or property or in the Purchase
Agreement.
U. Neither
the Transferor nor the Trust is, and neither the issuance and sale of the
Offered Notes or the Certificates and the application of proceeds therefrom
nor
the activities of the Trust pursuant to the Indenture or the Trust Agreement
will cause the Transferor or the Trust to be, an “investment company” or under
the “control” of an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment
Company Act”).
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V. It
is not
necessary to qualify the Trust Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act. The
Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
W. None
of
the Transferor, LBARCWI, LBAC or any affiliate thereof has paid or agreed to
pay
to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any Offered
Notes or the Certificates (except as contemplated herein).
X. Any
taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution
and
delivery of this Agreement and the Other Agreements or the execution, delivery
and sale of the Offered Notes and the Certificates have been or will be paid
on
or prior to the Closing Date.
Y. Deloitte
& Touche llp
is an
independent public accountant with respect to the Transferor, LBARCWI and LBAC,
as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.
Z. No
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or
with any court or governmental agency or body of the United States is required
for the issuance of the Offered Notes and the Certificates and the sale of
the
Offered Notes to the Underwriters, or the consummation by the Transferor,
LBARCWI or LBAC of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the
Other Agreements, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations
or qualifications as may be required under State securities or blue sky laws
in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Offered Notes by the
Underwriters or as have been obtained.
AA. The
Transferor is not, and on the date on which the first bona fide offer of the
Offered Notes was made was not, and as of the Closing Date will not be, an
“ineligible issuer”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
Any
certificates signed by officers of the Transferor, XXXXXXX and LBAC and
delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Representative in connection
with an offering of the Offered Notes shall be deemed a representation and
warranty as to the matters covered thereby to each person to whom the
representations and warranties in this Section I are made.
Section
II. Purchase
and Sale.
Subject
to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties set forth herein, the Transferor agrees to sell to the Underwriters
and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase the Offered
Notes in the respective principal amounts of the Classes of Offered Notes set
forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto at the respective
purchase prices set forth therein.
Section
III. Delivery
and Payment.
Delivery of and payment for the Offered Notes to be purchased by the several
Underwriters shall be made at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP,
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other place as
shall be agreed upon by the Representative and LBAC at 10:00 a.m. New York
City time on March 22, 2007, or at such other time or date as shall be agreed
upon in writing by the Representative and LBAC (such date being referred to
as
the “Closing
Date”).
Delivery
of the Offered Notes shall be made to, or at the direction of, the Representative,
for the respective accounts of the Underwriters,
against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price therefor in
immediately available funds. Each of the Offered Notes to be so delivered shall
be represented by one or more global notes registered in the name of Cede &
Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company.
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The
Transferor agrees to have the Offered Notes available for inspection, checking
and packaging by the Representative in New York, New York, not later than 10:00
a.m. on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
Section
IV. Offering
of the Offered Notes.
It
is
understood that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Notes for sale to the public as set
forth in the Prospectus.
Section
V. Covenants
of the Transferor and LBAC.
The
Transferor and LBAC jointly and severally covenant and agree as
follows:
A. To
prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative and to file
such
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than
the
time required thereby and, subject to Section VI, file any Free Writing
Prospectuses to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act and
the
Rules and Regulations; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the
Registration Statement, any Time of Sale Information or to the Prospectus prior
to the Closing Date except as permitted herein; to advise the Representative,
promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time, during the period that
a
Prospectus is required to be delivered in connection with the offer and sale
of
the Offered Notes, when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been
filed or becomes effective or any supplement to any Time of Sale Information
or
the Prospectus or any amended Time of Sale Information or Prospectus has been
filed and to furnish the Underwriters
with
copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by LBAC with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the
date
of the Prospectus and, for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required
under the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations thereunder in connection
with the offering or sale of the Offered Notes, to promptly advise the
Representative of its receipt of notice of the issuance by the Commission of
any
stop order or of: (i) any order preventing or suspending the use of the
Prospectus; (ii) the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Notes for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction; (iii) the initiation of or threat of
any
proceeding for any such purpose; (iv) any request by the Commission for the
amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, any Time of Sale
Information or the Prospectus or for additional information. In the event of
the
issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use
of
any Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, or suspending any such
qualification, LBAC promptly shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal
of such order by the Commission.
B. To
furnish promptly to the Underwriters
and to
counsel for the Underwriters
a
signed
copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission,
including all consents and exhibits filed therewith.
C. To
deliver promptly to each Underwriter
such
number of the following documents as such Underwriter
shall
reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as
originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case
including exhibits); (ii) the Time of Sale Information and any amended or
supplemented Time of Sale Information, (iii) the Prospectus and any amended
or
supplemented Prospectus; and (iv) any document filed by LBAC and incorporated
by
reference in the Prospectus (including exhibits thereto). If the delivery of
a
prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after
the Closing Date in connection with the offering or sale of the Offered Notes,
and if at such time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any 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 during such same period to amend or supplement
the
Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, LBAC shall notify the Representative and, upon the request of
the
Representative based on advice of counsel (which may consist of oral advice
of
internal or outside counsel), shall file such document and prepare and furnish
without charge to the Representative and to any other Underwriter or dealer
in
securities as many copies as the Representative may from time to time reasonably
request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which
corrects such statement or omission or effects such compliance, and in case
an
Underwriter is required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales of
any
of the Offered Notes at any time nine months or more after the Closing Date,
upon the request of the Representative but at LBAC’s expense, LBAC shall prepare
and deliver to the each Underwriter
as many
copies as such Underwriter
may
reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
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Neither
any Underwriter’s consent to, nor any Underwriter’s delivery of, any such
amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions
set
forth in Section VII.
D. To
file
promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus or any supplement to any Time of
Sale
Information or the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of LBAC or the
Representative, be required by the Securities Act or by the Rules and
Regulations, or requested by the Commission.
E. Prior
to
filing with the Commission any (i) supplement to any Time of Sale Information
or
the Prospectus, (ii) Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and
Regulations or (iii) any Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 of the
Rules and Regulations, to furnish a copy thereof to the Representative and
counsel for the Representative and obtain the consent of the Representative
to
the filing, which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed.
F. To
use
its best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, to qualify the Offered
Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states
and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Representative may
designate, and maintain or cause to be maintained such qualifications in effect
for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Offered Notes;
provided
that the
Transferor and LBAC shall not be required to become subject to any general
consent to service of process or jurisdiction in any jurisdiction in which
it is
not subject as of the date of this Agreement. LBAC will file or cause the filing
of such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each
jurisdiction in which the Offered Notes have been so qualified.
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G. The
Transferor and LBAC jointly and severally agree to pay all costs and expenses
in
connection with the transactions herein contemplated, including, but not limited
to, the fees and disbursements of its counsel; the
costs
incident to the Underwriters’ due diligence exercises; the costs incident to the
preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration
Statement and any amendments and exhibits thereto; the costs of distributing
the
Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto and any
post-effective amendments thereof (including, in each case, exhibits), any
preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement to any Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus or
any
document incorporated by reference therein, all as provided in this Agreement;
the
costs and expenses of printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Other
Agreements, the
Offered Notes and the Certificates; the fees, costs and expenses of Xxxxx Fargo
and the Owner Trustee (to the extent permitted under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Trust Agreement, and except to the extent that another party
is obligated to pay such amounts thereunder); any fees and expenses of any
rating agency issuing a rating in respect of the Offered Notes; the fees and
disbursements of accountants for the Transferor and LBAC; the costs and expenses
in connection with the qualification of the Offered Notes under state securities
or blue sky laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements
of
counsel in connection therewith, in connection with the preparation of any
blue
sky survey and the preparation of any legal investment survey; the expenses
of
printing any such blue sky survey and legal investment survey; provided that
except as provided in this Section VI, each Underwriter shall pay its own costs.
If
this
Agreement is terminated by any Underwriter
in
accordance with the provisions of Section VII or Section X, LBAC and the
Transferor shall jointly and severally reimburse the Underwriters for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the costs and expenses of its
counsel, any transfer taxes on the Offered Notes which they may sell and the
expenses of advertising any offering of the Offered Notes.
H. For
a
period from the date of this Agreement until the payment in full of all amounts
in respect of the Offered Notes, the Transferor and LBAC will deliver to the
Representative the monthly servicing reports, the annual statements of
compliance, the assessments of compliance with servicing criteria and the annual
independent certified public accountants reports furnished to the Indenture
Trustee or the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Indenture as soon as such statements are furnished to the
Indenture Trustee or the Trust Collateral Agent.
I. So
long
as any of the Offered Notes is outstanding, the Transferor will furnish to
you
(i) as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year all documents
required to be distributed to holders of the Offered Notes or filed with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or any order of the Commission
thereunder and (ii) from time to time, any other information concerning the
Transferor filed with any government or regulatory authority that is otherwise
publicly available, as you may reasonably request; provided that this covenant
may be satisfied by posting the related documents or information on a publicly
available website or filing such documents or information with the Commission
on
Form 10-D.
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J. To
apply
the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Notes in the manner set forth
in
the Time of Sale FWP and the Prospectus.
K. To
file
with the Commission within four days of each of the issuance of the Offered
Notes and the end of the Funding Period a current report on Form 8-K or Form
10-D, as applicable, setting forth specific information concerning the Offered
Notes and the Initial Receivables or the Receivables (as the case may be) to
the
extent that such information is not set forth in the Prospectus.
L. Unless
the Representative shall otherwise have given its written consent, no
pass-through certificates or debt securities backed by retail installment sale
contracts secured by the new and used automobiles, vans, sport utility vehicles
and light duty trucks financed thereby or other similar securities representing
interest in or secured by other auto receivable-related assets originated or
owned by LBAC or LBARCWI shall be offered or sold nor shall LBAC or LBARCWI
enter into any contractual arrangements that contemplate the offering or sale
of
such securities for a period of thirty (30) days following the commencement
of
the offering of the Offered Notes to the public.
M. If,
at
any time prior to 90 days after the Closing Date or such earlier date as each
Underwriter shall have resold all of the Offered Notes underwritten by it,
any
event occurs as a result of which any Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus
(in each case as then amended or supplemented) would include an untrue statement
of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, or if it should be necessary to amend or supplement any
Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the
Transferor and LBAC will promptly prepare and furnish to the Underwriters
an
amendment or supplement to any Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus,
as
applicable, satisfactory to the Representative that will correct such statement
or omission.
N. To
the
extent, if any, that any rating provided with respect to the Offered Notes
by
the applicable rating agency is conditional upon the furnishing of documents
or
the taking of any actions by the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC, the Transferor,
LBARCWI or LBAC, as the case may be, shall furnish, or cause to be furnished,
such documents and take, or cause to be taken, any such other
actions.
O. On
the
date of the Time of Sale, on the date of the Prospectus and on the Closing
Date,
Deloitte & Touche llp
shall
furnish to the Underwriters
a
letter
or letters, dated respectively as of the date of the Time of Sale FWP, the
date
of the Prospectus and as of the Closing Date substantially in the forms of
the
drafts to which the Representative will have previously agreed and otherwise
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and to counsel to the
Underwriters
and on each Subsequent Transfer Date, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall furnish to
the Underwriters a letter or letters, dated as of such Subsequent Transfer
Date,
in each case substantially in the forms of the drafts to which the
Representative will have previously agreed and otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory the Representative and to counsel to the Underwriters.
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P. On
the
Closing Date, the Transferor and LBAC shall furnish to the Underwriters
a
letter
from Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) such
counsel has no reason to believe that (a) the Registration Statement, as of
the
Effective Date, and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing
Date, contained any 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, (b) the Time of Sale FWP as of its date and as of the
Time of Sale contained any untrue statement of a 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 or (c)
the
Prospectus as of its date and as of the Closing Date contained any untrue
statement of a 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 (ii) and that the descriptions in
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale FWP and the Prospectus, as the case
may
be, of the Offered Notes, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement,
the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement and the Transfer Agreements are accurate
in all material respects; it being understood that such counsel need express
no
opinion or belief as to the financial and statistical statements or other
financial data contained in or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale FWP or the Prospectus, as applicable.
Q. To
make
generally available to holders of the Offered Notes as soon as practicable,
but
in any event no later than eighteen months after the Closing Date, an earnings
statement for the Trust complying with Rule 158 under the Securities Act and
covering a period of at least twelve consecutive months beginning after the
Closing Date; provided that this covenant may be satisfied by posting the
monthly investor reports for the Trust on a publicly available website or filing
such monthly investors reports with the Commission on Form 10-D.
Section
VI. Written
Communications.
A. The
following terms have the specified meanings for purposes of this
Agreement:
1. “Free
Writing Prospectus”
means
and includes any information relating to the Offered Notes (including without
limitation the Summary FWP and the Time of Sale FWP) disseminated by LBAC,
the
Transferor or any Underwriter that constitutes a “free writing prospectus”
within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
2. “Issuer
Information”
means
(1) the information contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus which
information is also included in or superseded by the Summary FWP or the Time
of
Sale FWP (other than Underwriters Information), (2) any “issuer information” as
defined in Rule 433(h)(1) and footnote 271 of the Commission’s Securities
Offering Reform Release No. 83-8591 under the Rules and Regulations, including
without limitation any computer tape in respect of the Offered Notes or the
Receivables (or other information) furnished to the Underwriters through the
Representative by or on behalf of LBAC, LBARCWI or the Transferor concerning
the
Transferor, LBARCWI, LBAC or the Receivables. and (3) any information specified
in clause (2) above or any information in the Time of Sale Information that
is
used to calculate or create any Derived Information.
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3. “Derived
Information”
means
such written information regarding the Offered Notes as is disseminated by
any
Underwriter to a potential investor, which information is neither (A) Issuer
Information nor (B) contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of them,
taking into account information incorporated therein by reference (other than
information incorporated by reference from any information regarding the Offered
Notes that is disseminated by any Underwriter to a potential investor).
B. Neither
LBAC nor the Transferor shall disseminate to any potential investor any
information relating to the Offered Notes that constitutes a “written
communication” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, other
than the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, unless LBAC has obtained
the prior consent of the Representative.
C. None
of
LBAC nor any Underwriter shall disseminate or file with the Commission any
information relating to the Offered Notes in reliance on Rule 167 or 426 under
the Securities Act, nor shall LBAC, the Transferor or any Underwriter
disseminate any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) “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
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus shall bear the following legend, or a
substantially similar legend that complies with Rule 433 under the Securities
Act:
The
Depositor and Long Beach Acceptance Receivables Corp. II (together, the
“co-registrants”) have 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 co-registrants have filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the depositor, the issuing entity, 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.
E. In
the
event the Transferor or LBAC becomes aware that, as of the Time of Sale, any
Time of Sale Information 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 (when read in conjunction with all Time of Sale
Information) in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (a “Defective
Prospectus”),
such
party shall promptly notify the Representative of such untrue statement or
omission no later than one business day after discovery and LBAC shall, if
requested by the Representatives, prepare and deliver to the Underwriters a
Corrected Prospectus.
F. Each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents to the Transferor and LBAC
as
follows:
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1. Other
than the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, it has not made, used,
prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use,
authorize, approve or refer to any “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 Offered 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; provided, however, that (i) such
Underwriter may prepare and convey one or more “written communications” (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) containing no more than the
following: (1) information included in the Time of Sale Information with the
consent of LBAC (except as provided in clauses (2) through (4) below, for which
no consent shall be required), (2) information relating to the class, size,
rating, price, CUSIPS, coupon, yield, spread, benchmark, status and/or legal
maturity date of the Offered Notes, the weighted average life, expected final
payment date, the trade date, the settlement date and payment window of one
or
more classes of Offered Notes, (3) the eligibility of the Offered Notes to
be
purchased by XXXXX plans and (4) a column or other entry showing the status
of
the subscriptions for the Offered Notes (both for the issuance as a whole and
for each Underwriter’s retention) and/or expected pricing parameters of the
Offered Notes (each such written communication, an “Underwriter
Free Writing Prospectus”);
(ii)
unless otherwise consented to by LBAC, no such Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus shall be conveyed if, as a result of such conveyance, LBAC or the
Trust shall be required to make any registration or other filing solely as
a
result of such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under
the Securities Act other than the filing of the final terms of the Offered
Notes
pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5) of the Securities Act; and (iii) each Underwriter
will be permitted to provide allocation notices and confirmations of
sale.
2. In
disseminating information to prospective investors, it has complied and will
continue to comply 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 for
the
required period any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectuses they have used but
which are not required to be filed.
3. Prior
to
entering into any Contract of Sale, it shall convey the Time of Sale Information
to the prospective investor. Such Underwriter shall maintain sufficient records
to document its conveyance of the Time of Sale Information 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.
4. If
a
Defective Prospectus has been corrected with a Corrected Prospectus, 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 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 agree to purchase the Offered
Notes
on the terms described in the Corrected Prospectus, in each case as consistent
with the Underwriter’s good faith interpretation of the requirements of
Commission Release No. 33-8591.
5. Immediately
following the use of any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus containing any
“issuer information” as defined in Rule 433(h)(1) and footnote 271 of the
Commission’s Securities Offering Reform Release No. 83-8591 of the Securities
Act it has provided the Transferor a copy of such Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus, unless such “issuer information” consists of the terms of the
Offered Notes, and such information is not the final information to be included
in the Prospectus Supplement.
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6. 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, LBAC and the Transferor jointly and severally agree to
reimburse such Underwriter for such costs.
G. The
Transferor shall file with the Commission any Free Writing Prospectus delivered
to investors in accordance with this Section VI as the Transferor is required
to
file under the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and to do so within
the applicable period of time required under the Securities Act and the Rules
and Regulations. The Transferor shall file with the Commission the final terms
of the Offered Notes pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5) of the Securities
Act.
Section
VII. Conditions
to Purchase of the Offered Notes.
The
obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder to purchase the Offered Notes
pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject: (i) to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Transferor, LBARCWI and LBAC
contained herein and in the Other Agreements as of the date hereof and as of
the
Closing Date; (ii) to the accuracy of the statements of the Transferor, LBARCWI
and LBAC made in any certificate delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof;
(iii) to the performance by the Transferor, XXXXXXX and LBAC of all of their
respective obligations hereunder and in the Other Agreements; and (iv) to the
following additional conditions:
A. The
Prospectus and any supplements thereto shall have been filed with the Commission
in accordance with the Rules and Regulations. The Representative shall have
received confirmation of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall
have been initiated or threatened by the Commission. Any request of the
Commission for inclusion of additional information in the Registration
Statement, any Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus shall have been
complied with.
B. No
Underwriter shall have discovered and disclosed to LBAC on or prior to the
Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
(when
read together) or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains
an untrue statement of a fact or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion
of
counsel for the Underwriters,
is
material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
C. All
corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization,
form and validity of this Agreement, the Other Agreements, the Offered Notes,
the Certificates, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and
the Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement, the
Other Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall
be
satisfactory in all respects to counsel for the Underwriters,
and
LBAC, LBARCWI and the Transferor shall have furnished or cause to be furnished
to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request
to enable them to pass upon such matters.
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D. Each
of
the Transferor and LBAC shall have delivered to the Underwriters an Officer’s
Certificate dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such
certificate has carefully examined this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus and that, to the best of such signer’s knowledge: (i) the
representations and warranties of the Transferor or LBAC, as the case may be,
in
this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the
Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; (ii) it has
complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part
to
be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; and (iii) such person
has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus and, in such person’s opinion (u) as of its effective date,
the Registration Statement did not include an untrue statement of material
fact
and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (v) as of its date
and
as of the Time of Sale, the Time of Sale FWP did not include an untrue statement
of material fact and did not 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, (w) as of its date and as of the Closing Date, the
Prospectus did not include an untrue statement of material fact and did not
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,
(x)
since the effective date of the Registration Statement, no event has occurred
which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the
Registration Statement, (y) since the date of the Time of Sale Information,
no
event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment
to the Time of Sale FWP or (z) since the date of the Prospectus, no event has
occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the
Prospectus.
E. The
Underwriters
shall
have received a favorable opinion addressed to the Underwriters
of
Sidley Austin llp,
counsel
for the Underwriters,
dated
the Closing Date, with respect to the validity of the Offered Notes, the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale FWP, the Prospectus and such other
related matters as the Representative shall require, and LBAC and the Transferor
shall have furnished or cause to be furnished to such counsel such documents
as
such counsel may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass
upon such matters.
F. The
Underwriters
shall
have received a favorable opinion addressed to them, dated the Closing Date,
from Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP, special counsel for the Transferor, LBAC and LBARCWI,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters.
G. The
Underwriters
shall
have received a favorable opinion addressed to them, dated the Closing Date,
from Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq., General Counsel of LBAC and Counsel of the
Transferor and LBARCWI, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative
and counsel to the Underwriters.
H. [Reserved.]
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I. The
Underwriters
shall
have received a favorable opinion addressed to them, dated the Closing Date,
from Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, P.A., counsel to the Trust, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters.
J. The
Underwriters
shall
have received a favorable opinion addressed to them, dated the Closing Date,
from Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.A., counsel to the Owner Trustee, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters.
K. The
Underwriters have received a favorable opinion addressed to them, dated the
Closing Date, from Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, special counsel to Xxxxx Fargo, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters, to the effect that each of the Indenture and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Xxxxx
Fargo and constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement of
Xxxxx Fargo, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights in
general and by general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement
is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and as to such other matters
as
may be agreed upon by the Representative and Xxxxx Fargo.
L. The
Underwriters shall have received from in-house counsel for FSA a favorable
opinion addressed to them, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters.
M. The
Underwriters 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 (a) in the office of the Secretary
of
State of the State of the State of Delaware reflecting the transfer of the
interest of LBAC and LBARCWI in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof to
the
Transferor and the transfer of the interest of the Transferor in the Receivables
and the proceeds thereof to the Trust, respectively, and (b) in the office
of
the Secretary of the State of Delaware reflecting the pledge of such interest
to
the Indenture Trustee.
N. On
the
date of the Time of Sale FWP, the date of the Prospectus, and on the Closing
Date, Deloitte & Touche llp
shall
furnish to the Underwriters a letter or letters, dated respectively as of the
date of the Time of Sale FWP, the date of the Prospectus, and as of the Closing
Date, substantially in the forms of the drafts to which the Representative
has
previously agreed and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representative.
O. The
Underwriters shall have received from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., a rating letter assigning a rating
of “A-1+” to the Class A-1 Notes, “AAA” to the Class A-2 Notes, “AAA” to the
Class A-3 Notes and “AAA” to the Class A-4 Notes, which ratings shall not have
been modified, lowered or withdrawn.
P. The
Underwriters shall have received from Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., a rating
letter or letters assigning a rating of “P-1” to the Class A-1 Notes, “Aaa” to
the Class A-2 Notes, “Aaa” to the Class A-3 Notes and “Aaa” to the Class A-4
Notes, which ratings shall not have been modified, lowered or
withdrawn.
Q. [Reserved.]
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R. [Reserved.]
S. The
Class
R Certificate and the Class C Certificate shall have been issued and delivered
to the Transferor and RBS GC or an affiliate thereof, respectively.
T. The
financial guaranty insurance policy relating to the Offered Notes shall have
been issued and delivered by FSA.
U. The
Owner
Trustee shall have furnished to the Underwriters a certificate of the Owner
Trustee, signed by one or more duly authorized officers of the Owner Trustee,
dated the Closing Date, as to the due authorization, execution and delivery
of
the Trust Agreement by the Owner Trustee and the acceptance by the Owner Trustee
of the trust created by the Trust Agreement and such other matters as the
Representative shall reasonably request.
V. The
Indenture Trustee shall have furnished to the Underwriters a certificate of
the
Indenture Trustee, signed by one or more duly authorized officers of the
Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date, as to the due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Indenture Trustee and the due
execution, authentication and delivery of the Offered Notes by the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture and such other matters as the Representative shall
reasonably request.
W. Prior
to
the Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with
such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose
of
enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Offered Notes as herein
contemplated and related proceedings or in order to evidence the accuracy and
completeness of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment
of
any of the conditions, herein contained, and all proceedings taken by LBAC,
LBARCWI and the Transferor in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Offered Notes as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance
to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.
X. Subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement none of the following shall
have
occurred: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange,
the American Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market shall have been
suspended or minimum prices shall have been established on either of such
exchanges or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other
regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction; (ii) a banking
moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities; (iii)
the
United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been
an
escalation of hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been
a
declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States; or (iv) there
shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic,
political or financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions
on
the financial markets of the United States shall be such) as to make it, in
the
judgment of any Underwriter, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or delivery of the Offered Notes on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.
Y. All
proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and all documents incident hereto shall be satisfactory in form and substance
to
the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters, and the Representative
and
counsel to the Underwriters shall have received such information, certificates
and documents as the Representative or such counsel may have reasonably
requested.
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If
any of
the conditions specified in this Section VII shall not have been fulfilled
in
all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, if any of the
Transferor or LBAC is in breach of any covenants or agreements contained herein,
if LBARCWI has breached any covenant or agreements made by the Transferor or
LBAC herein with respect to LBARCWI, or if any of the opinions and certificates
referred to above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material
respects satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel
to
the Underwriters, this Agreement and all the obligations of the several
Underwriters hereunder may be canceled by the Representative at, or at any
time
on or prior to, the Closing Date. Notice of such cancellation shall be given
to
the Transferor and LBAC in writing, or by telephone or facsimile transmission
confirmed in writing, and such cancellation shall be without liability of any
party to any other party, except as provided in Section V(G).
Section
VIII. Indemnification
and Contribution.
LBAC and
the Transferor agree with the several Underwriters that:
A. LBAC
and
the Transferor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless
each
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
from and against any and all loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several,
or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss,
claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of the
Offered Notes), to which such Underwriter or any such controlling person may
become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar
as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based
upon: (a)(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact
contained in the Registration Statement, the Summary FWP (when read together
with the Time of Sale FWP), the Time of Sale FWP or the Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in the Issuer Information or (ii) the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of
Issuer Information, when considered together with the Time of Sale FWP), in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and
shall
reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person promptly upon demand
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or
such
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing
to
defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred; provided,
however,
that
neither LBAC nor the Transferor shall be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is
based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made (i) in the the Time of Sale FWP (or any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto), the Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto) or the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereof)
in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to either
LBAC or the Transferor by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
Representative specifically for inclusion therein, (ii) to the extent that
such misstatement or omission was corrected reasonably prior to the initial
Time
of Sale and such Underwriter did not deliver, prior to the initial Time of
Sale,
a copy of the Time of Sale Information as then revised, amended or supplemented,
if either LBAC or the Transferor has previously furnished copies thereof
reasonably prior to the initial Time of Sale to such Underwriter in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement or (iii) in the Derived Information that
does not arise out of or is not based upon an error or material omission in
the
information contained in the Time of Sale Information, in the Prospectus, in
the
Registration Statement or in the Issuer Information; or (b) the breach of any
representation or warranty by the Transferor, LBARCWI or LBAC in this Agreement
or any Other Agreement to which it is a party, or in any document executed
in
connection herewith or therewith or which is related to or arises out of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and the Transferor and LBAC will
jointly and severally reimburse each Underwriter and any other indemnified
party
for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such Underwriter or
such
indemnified party (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel incurred by such Underwriter or such other indemnified
party in any action or proceeding between such Underwriter or such indemnified
party and LBAC, the Transferor and/or any third party, or otherwise), as
incurred, in connection with investigating or defending such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition
to
any liability which LBAC and the Transferor may otherwise have to any
Underwriter or any controlling person of such Underwriter.
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B. Each
Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
LBAC and the Transferor, each of their respective directors, each of their
respective officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person,
if
any, who controls LBAC or the Transferor, respectively, within the meaning
of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against
any
and all loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof,
to
which LBAC, the Transferor or any such director, officer or controlling person
may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise,
insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or
is
based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale FWP or the
Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or in the Derived
Information or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but
in
each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that the untrue statement
or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with the Underwriters Information supplied by such
Underwriter, other than a misstatement or omission arising from a misstatement
or omission in the Issuer Information, and shall reimburse LBAC, the Transferor
and any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by LBAC, the Transferor or any director, officer
or
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The foregoing
indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which each Underwriter
may
otherwise have to LBAC, the Transferor or any such director, officer or
controlling person.
C. Promptly
after receipt by any indemnified party under this Section VIII of notice of
any
claim or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under
this
Section VIII notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the
commencement of that action; provided,
however,
that
the failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have under this Section VIII except to the extent it
has
been materially prejudiced by such failure and, provided, further, that the
failure to notify any indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section
VIII.
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If
any
such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it
shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any
other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from
the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable
to
the indemnified party under this Section VIII for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
Any
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses
of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless: (i)
the
employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying party
in
writing; (ii) such indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel
that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party and in the
reasonable judgment of such counsel it is advisable for such indemnified party
to employ separate counsel; (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 failed to assume the
defense of such action and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party, in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the
indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the
expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the
right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party,
it being understood, however, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection
with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related
actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations
or
circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one
separate firm of attorneys (in addition to local counsel) at any time for all
such indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing by the
Representative, if the indemnified parties under this Section VIII consist
of
any Underwriter or any of such Underwriter’s controlling persons, or by LBAC or
the Transferor, if the indemnified parties under this Section VIII consist
of
LBAC or the Transferor or any of LBAC’s or the Transferor’s respective
directors, officers or controlling persons.
Each
indemnified party, as a condition of the indemnity agreements contained in
Section VIII(A) and (B), shall use its best efforts to cooperate with the
indemnifying party in the defense of any such action or claim. No indemnifying
party shall be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without
its
written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if
settled with its written consent or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability
by
reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without
the
written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual
or
potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise
or
judgment (a) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from
all
liability arising out of such action or claim and (b) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act,
by or
on behalf of the indemnified party in connection therewith.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested
an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses
of counsel, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such
settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying
party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the
date of such settlement.
D. If
the
indemnification provided for in this Section VIII shall for any reason be
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
Section VIII(A) or (B), in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability,
or
any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party
shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim,
damage or liability, or action in respect thereof (a) if such loss, claim,
damage or liability does not arise from the Underwriters Information supplied
by
such Underwriter, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect
the
relative benefits received by LBAC, LBARCWI and the Transferor on the one hand
and such Underwriter on the other from the offering of the Offered Notes or
(ii)
if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable
law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under Section
VIII(C), in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of LBAC,
LBARCWI and the Transferor on the one hand and such Underwriter on the other
with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted if such loss, claim,
damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations and (b) if such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises from Underwriters Information supplied by such Underwriter, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by LBAC,
LBARCWI and the Transferor on the one hand and such Underwriter on the other
from the offering of the Offered Notes and the relative fault of LBAC, LBARCWI
and the Transferor on the one hand and such Underwriter on the other with
respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claims,
damages or liability, or actions in respect thereof, as well as any other
relevant equitable consideration.
The
relative benefits of any Underwriter on the one hand and LBAC, LBARCWI and
the
Transferor on the other hand shall be deemed to be in such proportions that
such
Underwriter is responsible for that portion of such losses, liabilities, claims,
damages and expenses equal to the product of the underwriting discount
percentage set forth on the cover of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
multiplied by the initial public offering price of the Offered Notes
underwritten by such Underwriter as set forth thereon, and LBAC and the
Transferor shall be jointly and severally responsible for the
balance.
The
relative fault of any Underwriter on the one hand and LBAC, LBARCWI and the
Transferor on the other hand shall be determined by reference to whether the
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission
or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by
LBAC, LBARCWI, the Transferor or by such Underwriter, the intent of the parties
and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such statement or omission and other equitable
considerations.
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LBAC,
the
Transferor and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable
if
contributions pursuant to this Section VIII(E) were to be determined by pro
rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable
by
an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section VIII(E) shall
be
deemed to include, for purposes of this Section VIII(E), any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim.
In
no
case shall any Underwriter be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount
in
excess of (x) the amount received by such Underwriter in connection with its
resale of the Offered Notes over (y) the amount paid by such Underwriter to
the
Transferor for the Offered Notes hereunder. 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.
F. The
several Underwriters hereby confirm, and each of the Transferor and LBAC hereby
acknowledge, that the information set forth (i) in the first and second
paragraphs, the last sentence of the penultimate paragraph and the last
paragraph under the caption “Method of Distribution” in the Prospectus
Supplement and (ii) the Derived Information (collectively, the “Underwriters
Information”)
constitutes the only information furnished in writing to LBAC and the Transferor
by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representative specifically
for
inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
Section
IX. Representations,
Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.
All
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or
contained in certificates of officers of LBAC, LBARCWI and the Transferor
submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or
controlling persons thereof, or by or on behalf of LBAC, LBARCWI or the
Transferor or controlling persons thereof and shall survive delivery of any
Offered Notes to the Representative.
Section
X. Termination
of Agreement; Default of the Underwriters.
The
Representative may terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice to LBAC
and
the Transferor, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if any of the events
or conditions described in Section VII(W) of this Agreement shall occur and
be
continuing. In the event of any such termination, the provisions of Section
V(G), the indemnity and contribution agreement set forth in Section VIII, and
the provisions of Sections IX and XIII shall remain in effect.
If
any
Underwriter participating in the offering of the Offered Notes defaults in
its
obligation hereunder to purchase the aggregate amounts of the Offered Notes
set
forth in Schedule I hereto and the aggregate principal amount of such Offered
Notes that such defaulting Underwriter agreed, but failed, to purchase does
not
exceed 10% of the total original principal amount of the Offered Notes, the
Representative may make arrangements satisfactory to the Transferor and LBAC
for
the purchase of such Offered Notes by other Persons, but if no such arrangements
are made within a period of 36 hours after the Closing Date, the non-defaulting
Underwriter shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the
Offered Notes which such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
If any Underwriter so defaults and the aggregate principal amount of Offered
Notes with respect to which such default occurs is more than 10% of the total
original principal amount of the Offered Notes and arrangements satisfactory
to
the Representative, the Transferor and LBAC for the purchase of such Offered
Notes by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this
Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting
Underwriter, the Transferor or LBAC. As used in this Agreement, the term
“Underwriter” includes any person substituted for any Underwriter under this
Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability
for
its default.
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Section
XI. Notices.
All
communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt,
and,
if sent to the Representative
will be mailed, delivered or transmitted by facsimile and confirmed to it at
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Asset-Backed Finance, Fax: (000) 000-0000;
or, if sent to the Transferor or LBAC will be mailed, delivered or transmitted
by facsimile and confirmed to it at Long Beach Acceptance Corp., Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel, Fax: (000)
000-0000.
Section
XII. Persons
Entitled to the Benefit of this Agreement.
This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters,
LBAC and the Transferor, and their respective successors. This Agreement and
the
terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons,
except that the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements
contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the
person or persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and for
the
benefit of directors of LBAC or the Transferor, officers of LBAC or the
Transferor who have signed the Registration Statement and any person controlling
LBAC or the Transferor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall
be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this
Section XII, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect
of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
Section
XIII. Role
of Underwriters.
Each of
the Transferor and LBAC hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Representative
and the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm's length
contractual counterparty to the Transferor and LBAC with respect to the offering
of the Offered 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 Transferor, LBAC, LBARCWI, or any person.
Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising
the Transferor, LBAC, LBARCWI, or any other person as to any legal, tax,
investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Transferor
and LBAC each hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Transferor, LBAC and
LBARCWI shall each 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 neither Representative
nor any Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the
Transferor, LBAC or LBARCWI with respect thereto. Any review by the
Representative or any Underwriter of the Transferor, LBAC, LBARCWI, the
Receivables, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating
to
such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representative
and the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Transferor, LBAC or
LBARCWI.
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Section
XIV. Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of New York.
Section
XV. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts and, if executed in more than one
counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original
but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
Section
XVI. Headings.
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.
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If
the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please
sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between you, the Transferor
and
LBAC.
Very
truly yours,
LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE
RECEIVABLES
CORP.
By: /s/
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Executive Vice President
LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP.
By: /s/
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Executive Vice President
The
foregoing Agreement is
xxxxxx
confirmed and accepted
as
of the date first above
written.
GREENWICH
CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By: /s/
Xxxxxxxxxxx X’Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxxxxx X’Xxxxxxx
Title:
Director
SCHEDULE
I
Underwriting
Agreement dated March 13, 2007.
As
used
in the Underwriting Agreement, the term “Registration Statement” refers to the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-132202) filed on December
30,
2005, as amended, and declared effective by the Commission on April 7,
2006.
Closing
Date:
March
22, 2007.
Approximate
Aggregate Principal Balance of the Initial Receivables:
$413,615,839.
Initial
Cut-Off Date:
March
1, 2007.
Title,
Purchase Price and Description of Offered Notes:
The
Underwriters’ discounts and commissions, expressed as a percentage of the
principal amount of the Offered Notes, shall be as follows:
Class
|
Original
Principal
Amount
|
Purchase
Price
|
Underwriting
Discount
|
Net
Proceeds to the
Transferor
|
|||||||||
Class
A-1
|
$
|
100,000,000
|
100.00
|
%
|
20
|
%
|
$
|
80,000,000
|
|||||
Class
A-2
|
$
|
145,000,000
|
100.00
|
%
|
20
|
%
|
$
|
116,000,000
|
|||||
Class
A-3
|
$
|
98,000,000
|
100.00
|
%
|
20
|
%
|
$
|
78,400,000
|
|||||
Class
A-4
|
$
|
143,000,000
|
100.00
|
%
|
20
|
%
|
$
|
114,400,000
|
The
purchase price payable by each Underwriter for each Class of Offered Notes
covered by this Underwriting Agreement shall be the percentages set forth in
the
table above of the principal amount of the Notes purchased by such Underwriter
set forth below:
Underwriter
|
Original
Class
Principal
Amount
of
Class A-1 Notes
|
Original
Class
Principal
Amount
of
Class A-2 Notes
|
Original
Class
Principal
Amount
of
Class A-3 Notes
|
Original
Class
Principal
Amount
of
Class A-4 Notes
|
|||||||||
Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
|
$
|
85,000,000
|
$
|
123,250,000
|
$
|
83,300,000
|
$
|
121,550,000
|
|||||
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
|
$
|
15,000,000
|
$
|
21,750,000
|
$
|
14,700,000
|
$
|
21,450,000
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
100,000,000
|
$
|
145,000,000
|
$
|
98,000,000
|
$
|
143,000,000
|
Time
of Sale Information
Free
Writing Prospectus dated March 12, 2007
Free
Writing Prospectus dated March 12, 2007, including the prospectus dated March
31, 2006
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