SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 4.79
Execution Copy
This SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated as of September 20, 2012 (the “Agreement”), is made between CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation (“CAC”) and CREDIT ACCEPTANCE FUNDING LLC 2012-2, a Delaware limited liability company (“Funding”).
Funding desires to acquire from time to time certain Loans and related rights and collateral, including certain of CAC’s rights in any related Dealer Agreements and Purchase Agreements, all of the related Contracts, and the Collections (other than Dealer Collections) derived therefrom during the full term of this Agreement, and CAC desires to transfer, convey and assign from time to time such Loans and related property to Funding upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. CAC has also agreed to service the Loans and related property to be transferred, conveyed and assigned to Funding.
In consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, it is hereby agreed by and between CAC and Funding as follows:
ARTICLE I
“Conveyed Property” means the Initial Conveyed Property and the Subsequent Conveyed Property.
“Initial Conveyed Property” means (i) the Loans listed on Exhibit A hereto delivered to the Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the Trust Collateral Agent on the Closing Date and (ii) all Related Security with respect thereto.
“Related Security” With respect to any Loan all of CAC’s interest in:
(i) all rights under the Dealer Agreements and Purchase Agreements related thereto (other than the Excluded Dealer Agreement Rights), including CAC’s right to service the Loans and the related Contracts and to receive the related servicing fees and reimbursement of certain recovery and repossession expenses, in accordance with the terms of the Dealer Agreements and Purchase Agreements; (ii) Collections (other than Dealer Collections) after the applicable Cut-off Date; (iii) a security interest in each Contract securing each Dealer Loan and an ownership interest in each Contract evidencing a Purchased Loan; (iv) all records and documents relating to such Loans and the Contracts; (v) all security interests purporting to secure payment of such Loans; (vi) all security interests purporting to secure payment of each Contract (including a security interest in each Financed Vehicle); (vii) all guarantees, insurance or other agreements or arrangements securing the Contracts; and (viii) all Proceeds of the foregoing.
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For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Related Security” with respect to any Dealer Loan includes all rights arising under such Dealer Loan which rights are attributable to advances made under such Dealer Loan as the result of such Dealer Loan being secured by an Open Pool on the date such Dealer Loan was sold and Dealer Loan Contracts being allocated to such Open Pool after the date such Dealer Loan was sold, and not otherwise included in Subsequent Conveyed Property, including all such rights arising after the last day of the last full Collection Period during the Revolving Period.
“Sale and Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among CAC, Funding, Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 2012-2, as the Issuer, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Trust Collateral Agent, Indenture Trustee and Backup Servicer.
“Subsequent Conveyed Property” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, (i) the Loans added to Exhibit A hereto as of such Distribution Date and (ii) all Related Security with respect thereto.
ARTICLE II
(b) CAC hereby further agrees that on each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period on which it decides to transfer additional Loans to Funding, in consideration of the payment described in Section 3.1 with respect to such Distribution Date, CAC shall, and CAC does hereby agree to convey, assign, sell and transfer to Funding, without recourse, except as set forth in this Agreement, all of its right, title and interest in and to the Subsequent Conveyed Property with respect to such Distribution Date.
(c) CAC hereby further agrees that the above-described conveyances shall, without the need for any further action on the part of CAC or Funding, include all rights arising after the end of the Revolving Period under any Dealer Loan included in the Initial Conveyed Property and Subsequent Conveyed Property, including, without limitation, a security interest in each Dealer Loan Contract securing such Dealer Loan, which rights are attributable to advances made under such Dealer Loan as the result of additional Dealer Loan Contracts being allocated to the Open Pool securing such Dealer Loan after the last day of the last full Collection Period during the Revolving Period.
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(d) Each such contribution, sale, assignment, transfer and conveyance does not constitute an assumption by Funding of any obligations of CAC or any other Person to Obligors or to any other Person in connection with the Loans or under any Contract, Dealer Agreement, Purchase Agreement or other agreement and instrument relating to the Loans.
(e) In connection with any such foregoing conveyance, CAC agrees to record and file on or prior to the Closing Date, at its own expense, a financing statement or statements (and authorizes the filing of any continuation statements and amendments with respect thereto) with respect to the Conveyed Property conveyed by CAC hereunder meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect the interests of Funding created hereby, and to deliver either the originals of such financing statements or a file-stamped copy of such financing statements or other evidence of such filings to Funding on the Closing Date.
(f) CAC agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all instruments and documents and take all actions as may be necessary or as Funding may reasonably request in order to perfect or protect the interest of Funding in the Loans and other Conveyed Property purchased hereunder or to enable Funding to exercise or enforce any of its rights hereunder. CAC shall, upon request of Funding, obtain such additional search reports as Funding shall request. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Funding shall be authorized and permitted to file continuation statements and amendments to financing statements and assignments thereof to preserve and protect its right, title and interest in, to and under the Conveyed Property.
(g) It is the express intent of CAC and Funding that the conveyance of the Loans and other Conveyed Property by CAC to Funding pursuant to this Agreement be construed as an absolute sale and conveyance of all of CAC's right, title and interest in and to such Loans and other Conveyed Property to Funding and that CAC relinquishes control over and all rights, title and interest (legal or equitable) in any Loan or other Conveyed Property immediately upon the transfer of each such Conveyed Property under this Agreement (except to the extent CAC acts as the Servicer of the Loans). Further, it is not the intention of CAC and Funding that such conveyance be deemed a grant of a security interest in the Loans and other Conveyed Property by CAC to Funding in the nature of a consensual lien securing an obligation. However, notwithstanding the express intent of the parties, if and to the extent the transfer of any of the Loans or other Conveyed Property is for any purpose characterized as a collateral transfer for security or the transaction is characterized as a financing transaction, then (i) this Agreement also shall be deemed to be, and hereby is, a security agreement within the meaning of the UCC as enacted in the State of New York; and (ii) the conveyance by CAC provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be, and CAC hereby grants to Funding, a first priority, perfected security interest in, to and under and a lien on all of CAC’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Conveyed Property, to secure the obligation of CAC to pay to Funding an amount equal to the Issuer Secured Obligations. CAC and Funding shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create such a security interest in the Loans and other Conveyed Property, such security interest would be a perfected security interest in favor of Funding under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement.
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(h) In connection with such conveyance, CAC agrees to deliver to Funding on the Closing Date and each Distribution Date on which Subsequent Conveyed Property are sold by CAC to Funding, as applicable, one or more computer files or microfiche lists containing true and complete lists of all Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Loans conveyed to Funding on the Closing Date, and all Contracts securing or evidencing all such Loans, identified by account number, dealer number and, for Contracts securing Dealer Loans, pool number. Such file or list shall be marked as Exhibit A to this Agreement, shall be delivered to Funding as confidential and proprietary, and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. Such Exhibit A shall be supplemented and updated on each Distribution Date in the Revolving Period on which additional Subsequent Conveyed Property is conveyed by CAC to Funding so that Exhibit A will describe all existing Loans, on an aggregate basis, which have been conveyed by CAC to Funding hereunder on and prior to said Distribution Date, and the related Dealer Agreements, the related Purchase Agreements and all Contracts securing or evidencing all such Loans. Such updated Exhibit A shall be deemed to replace any existing Exhibit A as of such Distribution Date.
(i) CAC will reflect the transactions described in paragraph (a) of this Section 2.1 on its internal non-consolidated financial statements and on any applicable non-consolidated state tax returns as a sale or other absolute transfer of the Loans from CAC to Funding, even though CAC will reflect this transaction on its consolidated financial statements as an "on-balance sheet" item in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. CAC will present the data in its consolidated financial statements with an accompanying footnote describing Funding's separate existence and stating that the Loans have been contributed on an arms-length basis to Funding and that Funding's assets are not available to CAC's creditors.
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ARTICLE III
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ARTICLE IV
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(p) Sale and Contribution Agreement. This Sale and Contribution Agreement is the only agreement pursuant to which Funding acquires Loans from CAC.
(q) Security Interest. CAC has granted a security interest (as defined in the UCC as enacted in the State of New York) to Funding in the Conveyed Property, which is enforceable in accordance with Applicable Law upon the Closing Date and each Distribution Date on which Subsequent Conveyed Property are sold to Funding, as applicable. Upon the filing of UCC-1 financing statements naming Funding as secured party and CAC as debtor, Funding shall have a first priority perfected security interest in the Conveyed Property. All filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) as are necessary in any jurisdiction to perfect the interest of Funding have been made.
(r) [Reserved].
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ARTICLE V
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(e) Credit Guidelines and Collection Guidelines. CAC will not amend, modify, restate or replace, in whole or in part, the Credit Guidelines or Collection Guidelines, which change would impair the collectibility of any Loan or Contract or otherwise adversely affect the interests or the remedies of Funding under this Agreement or any other Basic Document, unless such change is permitted under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and unless CAC obtains the prior written consent of Funding.
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(a) Without limiting any other rights that any such Person may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, CAC hereby agrees to indemnify Funding, or its assignee, and each of their respective Affiliates and officers, directors, employees and agents thereof (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as the “Indemnified Amounts”) awarded against or incurred by such Indemnified Party arising out of or as a result of this Agreement or in respect of any Loan or any Contract, excluding, however, (a) Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnified Party or (b) Indemnified Amounts that arise as a result of non-payment of Loans due to credit problems of Dealers or Obligors. If CAC has made any indemnity payment pursuant to this Section 5.3 and such payment fully indemnified the recipient thereof and the recipient thereafter collects any payments from others in respect of such Indemnified Amounts, then the recipient shall repay to CAC an amount equal to the amount it has collected from others in respect of such indemnified amounts. Without limiting the foregoing, CAC shall indemnify each Indemnified Party for Indemnified Amounts relating to or resulting from:
(i) any Contract or Loan treated as or represented by CAC to be an Eligible Contract or Eligible Loan that is not at the applicable time an Eligible Contract or Eligible Loan;
(ii) reliance on any representation or warranty made or deemed made by CAC or any of its officers under or in connection with this Agreement, which shall have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made or delivered;
(iii) the failure by CAC to comply with any term, provision or covenant contained in this Agreement or any agreement executed in connection with this Agreement, or with any Applicable Law, with respect to any Loan, Dealer Agreement, Purchase Agreement, or Contract, or the nonconformity of any Loan, Dealer Agreement, Purchase Agreement or Contract with any such Applicable Law;
(iv) the failure to vest and maintain vested in Funding, or its assignees, a first priority perfected security interest in the Conveyed Property, free and clear of any Lien;
(v) the failure to file, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other Applicable Laws with respect to the Conveyed Property, whether at the time of the Closing or at any subsequent time;
(vi) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than the discharge in bankruptcy of the Dealer or Obligor) of the relevant Dealer or Obligor to the payment of any Loan or Contract (including, without limitation, a defense based on such Loan or Contract not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms);
(vii) any failure of CAC to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any failure by CAC to perform its respective duties under the Loans;
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(viii) the failure by CAC to pay when due any taxes for which CAC is liable, including without limitation, sales, excise or personal property taxes payable in connection with the Conveyed Property;
(ix) the commingling of Collections of the Loans and Contracts at any time with other funds (except that CAC, as the Servicer of the Loans, retains Collections in its general concentration account for up to two Business Days before remitting the Collections to the Collection Account);
(x) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement or in respect of any Loan or Contract;
(xi) the failure of CAC, in its individual capacity, or any of its agents or representatives to remit to the Servicer or the Trust Collateral Agent, Collections remitted to CAC, in its individual capacity, or any such agent or representative; and
(xii) the failure of a Contract File to contain the relevant original Contract (other than pursuant to the provisos in Section 4.1(g) or Section 5.2(a)).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, CAC shall have no indemnification obligation hereunder with respect to any Loan or Contract in respect of which CAC shall have paid the Purchase Amount under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) Any amounts subject to the indemnification provisions of this Section 5.3 shall be paid by CAC to Funding within five (5) Business Days following the Funding’s demand therefor.
(c) The obligations of CAC under this Section 5.3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
(a) CAC and Funding shall inform the other party promptly in writing, upon the discovery (i) of any breach of CAC’s representations and warranties pursuant to Sections 4.1(h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (q), (bb), (cc) and (dd) hereof or of any breach of CAC's covenant pursuant to Section 5.1(i) hereof as of the time such representation, warranty or covenant was made but without regard to any limitation set forth therein concerning the knowledge of CAC as to the facts stated therein or (ii) with respect to each date by which a review is required to be performed pursuant to Section 3.03(d) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, that the aggregate number of Incomplete Contracts exceeds the number of Permitted Incomplete Contracts for such date.
(b) Unless any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant as described in Section 6.1(a) above shall have been cured or the number of Incomplete Contracts with respect to any review period described in clause (a)(ii) of this Section 6.1(a) no longer exceeds the number of Permitted Incomplete Contracts, as applicable, by last day of the first full Collection Period following the discovery thereof and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.02(d) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, CAC shall have the obligation to make a payment to Funding of the applicable Purchase Amount in respect of (A) all Loans and Contracts with respect to which there is a breach of any such representations, warranties or covenant and (B) the aggregate number of Incomplete Contracts which exceeds the number of Permitted Incomplete Contracts, which, in the case of each of (A) and (B), are materially and adversely affected by such event or which materially and adversely affect the interests of Funding therein as of such last day (such Loans and Contracts, the “Ineligible Loans”).
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(c) CAC hereby acknowledges that, concurrently with the transfers under this Agreement, the Ineligible Loans are being (or will be) transferred to the Trust under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Funding may be required to repurchase from the Trust such Ineligible Loans in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. CAC hereby agrees to repurchase directly from the Trust such Ineligible Loans by making a payment to the Collection Account of the applicable Purchase Amount in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, if it is requested by the Trust Collateral Agent to do so. Funding hereby acknowledges that any repurchase of Ineligible Loans under this Article VI, whether from Funding or directly from the Trust, shall be the sole remedy of Funding in respect to the Ineligible Loans.
(d) Each Dealer Loan, Dealer Loan Contract, Purchased Loan or Purchased Loan Contract which is subject to a payment in accordance with Sections 6.1(b) or (c) above shall, upon payment in full of the related Purchase Amount, be reconveyed to CAC and shall no longer constitute Conveyed Property. After payment in full of the related Purchase Amount and upon the request of CAC, Funding shall execute and deliver to CAC any assignments, termination statements and any other releases and instruments as CAC may reasonably request in order to effect and evidence the release of Funding's security interest on such Dealer Loan, Dealer Loan Contract, Purchased Loan or Purchased Loan Contract.
ARTICLE VII
(a) All representations and warranties of CAC and the Servicer contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing Date with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on such date;
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(b) With respect to those Loans contributed on the Closing Date, all information concerning such Loans provided to Funding shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date;
(c) CAC and the Servicer shall have substantially performed all other obligations required to be performed by the provisions of this Agreement;
(d) CAC shall have filed or caused to be filed, or shall have delivered for filing, the financing statement(s) required to be filed pursuant to Section 2.1(e); and
(e) All corporate and legal proceedings and all instruments in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Funding, and Funding shall have received from CAC copies of all documents (including, without limitation, records of corporate proceedings) relevant to the transactions herein contemplated as Funding may reasonably have requested.
ARTICLE VIII
SECTION 8.2. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(a) in the case of Funding:
Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2012-2
Silver Triangle Building
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 (ext. 4432)
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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with a copy to:
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC
Asset Backed Finance
NC 0610
One Wachovia Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(b) in the case of CAC and in the case of the Servicer (for so long as the Servicer is CAC):
Credit Acceptance Corporation
Silver Triangle Building
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 (ext. 4432)
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Funding and CAC each have caused this Sale and Contribution Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
FUNDING:
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CREDIT ACCEPTANCE FUNDING LLC 2012-2
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2012-2
Silver Triangle Building
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation No.: (000) 000-0000 (ext. 4432)
CAC: CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Credit Acceptance Corporation
Silver Triangle Building
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Facsimile No. (000) 000-0000
Confirmation No.: (000) 000-0000 (ext. 4432)
EXHIBIT A
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Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Loans and Contracts
EXHIBIT B
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Perfection Representations, Warranties And Covenants
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement, CAC hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to Funding as follows on the Closing Date and on each Distribution Date on which Funding purchases Loans, in each case only with respect to the Conveyed Property conveyed to Funding on such Closing Date or the relevant Distribution Date:
1. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in UCC Section 9-102) in the Conveyed Property in favor of Funding, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from and assignees of CAC.
2. Each Contract constitutes “tangible chattel paper” or a “payment intangible”, within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102. Each Dealer Loan constitutes a “payment intangible” or a “general intangible” within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102.
3. Each Dealer Agreement and Purchase Agreement constitutes either a “general intangible” or “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102.
4. CAC has taken or will take all necessary actions with respect to the Loans to perfect Funding’s security interest in the Loans and in the property securing the Loans.
Creation
1. CAC owns and has good and marketable title to the Initial Conveyed Property or Subsequent Conveyed Property, as applicable, free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person, excepting only (i) liens that will be terminated or amended on the Closing Date or each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, as applicable, to reflect a release of the Initial Conveyed Property or Subsequent Conveyed Property, as applicable, and (ii) liens for taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges or levies incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable or as to which any applicable grace period shall not have expired, or that are being contested in good faith by proper proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established, but only so long as foreclosure with respect to such a lien is not imminent and the use and value of the property to which the Lien attaches is not impaired during the pendency of such proceeding.
1. CAC has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of the Indenture, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the contribution and sale of the Conveyed Property from the Originator to Funding, the transfer and sale of the Seller Property from the Seller to the Issuer, and the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
2. With respect to Seller Property that constitutes tangible chattel paper, such tangible chattel paper is in the possession of the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian for the Trust and the Trust Collateral Agent, and the Trust Collateral Agent has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, that it is holding such tangible chattel paper solely on its behalf and for the benefit of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Seller, the Trust and the relevant Dealer(s). All financing statements filed or to be filed against CAC in favor of Funding in connection with this Sale and Contribution Agreement describing the Conveyed Property contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party.”
1. None of CAC, the Servicer nor Funding has authorized the filing of, or is aware of any financing statements against either Funding, CAC or the Trust that includes a description of the Conveyed Property and proceeds related thereto other than any financing statement: (i) relating to the transfer of Conveyed Property by the Originator to the Seller under the Sale and Contribution Agreement, (ii) relating to the transfer to the Trust under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (iii) relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture; or (iv) that will be terminated or amended to reflect a release of the Conveyed Property. Other than the security interest granted to Funding pursuant to this Sale and Contribution Agreement, CAC has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Conveyed Property.
2. Neither the Seller, the Originator nor the Trust is aware of any judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against either the Seller, the Originator or the Trust.
3. None of the tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Contracts, the Dealer Agreements or the Purchase Agreements has any marks or notations indicating that it has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than CAC, the Servicer, Funding, the Trust, a collection agent or the Trust Collateral Agent.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture or any other Basic Document, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Exhibit shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect (notwithstanding any replacement of the Servicer or termination of Servicer’s rights to act as such) until such time as all obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, Sale and Contribution Agreement and the Indenture have been finally and fully paid and performed.
No Waiver
1. The parties hereto: (i) shall not, without obtaining a confirmation of the then-current rating of the Class A and Class B Notes, waive any of the perfection representations, warranties or covenants; (ii) shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any breach of the perfection representations, warranties or covenants, and shall not, without obtaining a confirmation of the then-current rating of the Class A and Class B Notes as determined after any adjustment or withdrawal of the ratings following notice of such breach, waive a breach of any of the perfection representations, warranties or covenants.