NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST NATIONAL CITY BANK (Originator, Beneficiary, Seller and Servicer) $175,000,000 Class A Asset Backed Notes, Series 2008-2 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT May 15, 2008
EXHIBIT 1.1.2
NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST
NATIONAL CITY BANK
(Originator, Beneficiary, Seller and Servicer)
(Originator, Beneficiary, Seller and Servicer)
$175,000,000 Class A Asset Backed Notes, Series 2008-2
May 15, 2008
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
as an Underwriter and as a Representative
of the several Underwriters set forth
on Schedule A hereto
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
as an Underwriter and as a Representative
of the several Underwriters set forth
on Schedule A hereto
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
as an Underwriter and as a Representative
of the several Underwriters set forth
on Schedule A hereto
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
as an Underwriter and as a Representative
of the several Underwriters set forth
on Schedule A hereto
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
National City Credit Card Master Note Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the
“Issuer”), and National City Bank, a national banking association (the “Bank”), as
originator and as beneficiary of the Issuer, propose to sell $175,000,000 Class A Asset Backed
Notes, Series 2008-2 (the “Notes”) representing debt obligations of the Issuer. The Notes
will be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of August 23, 2005, as supplemented by the
Series 0000-0 Xxxxxxxxx Supplement, to be dated as of May 28, 2008 (as so supplemented and as
otherwise modified or amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and
The Bank of New York, as indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”).
The Issuer is operated pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of August 23,
2005 (as modified and amended from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”), between the Bank,
as Beneficiary and Transferor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”) and the Administration Agreement, dated as of August 23, 2005, between the Bank, as
Administrator and the Issuer. The Notes will be secured by certain assets of the Issuer, including
the Collateral Certificate referred to below (collectively, the “Collateral”).
The Bank has transferred and proposes to continue to transfer Receivables (as defined below)
to the National City Credit Card Master Trust (the “Master Trust”) pursuant to a Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 1995, as amended and restated on July 1, 2000 (as
further amended from time to time, the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), as supplemented
by the Series 2005-CC Supplement, dated as of August 23, 2005 (the “Series Supplement”);
references herein to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall mean, unless otherwise specified,
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as supplemented by the Series Supplement, each between the
Bank, as seller (in such capacity, the “Seller”) and as servicer (in such capacity, the
“Servicer”), and BNYM (Delaware), formerly known as The Bank of New York (Delaware), as
trustee (in such capacity, the “Master Trust Trustee”). The assets of the Master Trust
include, among other things, certain amounts due on a pool of MasterCard® and
VISA® revolving credit card accounts of the Bank (the “Receivables”), and the
benefit of a certain Credit Enhancement (as hereinafter defined), if any. Pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement, the Bank has caused the Master Trust to issue, and
the Issuer to acquire, a series of investor certificates entitled the Series 2005-CC Certificate
(the “Collateral Certificate”). The Collateral Certificate is an investor certificate
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that represents undivided beneficial interests in certain
assets of the Master Trust.
The Notes will be sold in a public offering by the Issuer through the underwriters listed on
Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters”). The representatives of the Underwriters
may be referred to herein individually as a “Representative” and collectively as the
“Representatives.” Any Notes sold pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement may be entitled
to the benefits of a reserve account (“Credit Enhancement”). To the extent not defined
herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture or
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Unless otherwise stated herein, as the context otherwise
requires or if such term is otherwise defined in the Indenture or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, each capitalized term used or defined herein shall relate only to the Notes designated
in this Underwriting Agreement and no other series, class or tranche of notes issued by the Issuer.
The Bank has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), a
shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (having registration numbers 333-131614, 000-000000-00,
333-131614-02), including a form of prospectus, relating to the Notes and the Collateral
Certificate. The registration statement as amended has been declared effective by the Commission.
If any post-effective amendment has been filed with respect thereto, prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the most recent such amendment has been declared effective by the
Commission. Such registration statement, as amended at the time of effectiveness, including all
material incorporated by reference therein and including all information (if any) deemed to be part
of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act, is
referred to in this Agreement as the “Registration Statement.” The Bank proposes to file
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) of the rules and regulations of
the Commission under the Act (the “Rules and Regulations”) a final prospectus supplement
(together with the static pool information (the “Static Pool Information”) required to be
disclosed pursuant to Item 1105 of Regulation AB under the Act, without regard to whether such
information is deemed to be a part of a prospectus
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under Item 1105(d) of Regulation AB under the Act, the “Prospectus Supplement”) and a
final prospectus updating and modifying the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such
prospectus, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) is hereinafter referred
to as the “Basic Prospectus”) relating to the Notes and the method of distribution thereof.
The Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, together with any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.”
Prior to the time the first contract of sale for the Notes was entered into (the “Time of
Sale”), the Bank had prepared a preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated May 15, 2008 (subject to
completion), a preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated May 13, 2008 (subject to completion), and a
Basic Prospectus, dated May 13, 2008, each of which will be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b). The Time of Sale, as designated by the Representatives, is 1:35 p.m. (Eastern Time
(U.S.)) on May 15, 2008. As used herein, “Preliminary Prospectus” means, with respect to any date
or time referred to herein, the preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated May 15, 2008 (subject to
completion), the preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated May 13, 2008 (subject to completion),
and the Basic Prospectus, dated May 13, 2008 (together with any amendments or supplements thereto
on or prior to such date or time, as applicable, and together with the Static Pool
Information), each of which has been prepared and delivered by the Bank to the Underwriters in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
1. Upon the execution of this Agreement, the Bank represents, warrants and covenants to each
Underwriter that:
(a) The Registration Statement on Form S-3 (having registration numbers 333-131614,
000-000000-00, 333-131614-02), including such amendments thereto as may have been required on the
date of this Agreement, has been filed with the Commission and such Registration Statement as
amended has become effective. The conditions to the use of a shelf registration statement on Form
S-3 under the Act, as set forth in the General Instructions to Form S-3, have been satisfied with
respect to the Bank, the Issuer and the Registration Statement. The Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time
period prescribed for such filing by the Rules and Regulations;
(b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued
and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened
by the Commission, and on the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registration
Statement conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and on the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement conforms, and at the time
of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) the Prospectus will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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, and on the Closing Date the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations
and will not include any untrue statement
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of a material fact or omit to state any 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; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Bank and the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(c) The Preliminary Prospectus 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 (it being understood that no representation or warranty is made with respect to the
omission of pricing and price-dependent information, which information shall of necessity appear
only in the final Prospectus); provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with the Underwriters’ Information (as defined below) expressly for use in the Preliminary
Prospectus;
(d) Other than (i) the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus or (ii) any communication by
the Bank, the Issuer or their agents and representatives that constitutes an “issuer free writing
prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act (other than a communication or document not
constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Act or Rule 134 under the Act) (an
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), the Bank (including its agents and representatives other
than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved
or referred to and will not make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any “written
communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or
solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied or, if
used after the date hereof, will comply, in all material respects with the Act and the applicable
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and has been filed or will be filed in accordance with
Rule 433 under the Act (to the extent required thereby);
(e) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of the applicable date thereof, 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;
(f) As of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Bank, as Seller and
Servicer, in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will be true and correct;
(g) The Bank has been duly organized and is validly existing as a national banking association
in good standing under the laws of the United States, with power and authority (corporate and
other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus
and to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to authorize the sale of the Notes, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such
qualification, other than where the failure to be so
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qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Bank and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(h) The Collateral Certificate has been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, authenticated by the Master Trust Trustee and
delivered by the Bank, as Beneficiary (as defined in the Trust Agreement), to the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Issuer pursuant to the Trust Agreement, and is entitled to the benefits provided by
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each increase in the Invested Amount of the Collateral
Certificate will have been authorized and effected in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement as of the applicable issuance date of each series of notes under the Indenture; the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been duly authorized by the Bank and executed and delivered by
the Bank and the Master Trust Trustee and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Bank;
and the Collateral Certificate and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement conform to the descriptions
thereof in the Preliminary Prospectus in all material respects;
(i) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental
agency or governmental body is required to be obtained or made by the Bank for the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except such
as have been obtained and made under the Act, such as may be required under state securities laws
and the filing of any financing statements required to perfect the Master Trust Trustee’s interest
in the Receivables or the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the Collateral;
(j) The Bank is not in violation of its organizational documents or in default in its
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties are bound which
would have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated herein or in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the issuance and delivery of the Collateral Certificate and
the Notes and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a material breach
or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a material default under, any
statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having
jurisdiction over the Bank, or any of its properties or any agreement or instrument to which the
Bank is a party or by which the Bank is bound or to which any of the properties of the Bank is
subject, or the organizational documents of the Bank; and the Bank has full power and authority to
authorize the issuance of the Collateral Certificate and the sale of the Notes as contemplated by
this Agreement, and to enter into this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(k) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, there are no legal
or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened to which any of
the Bank or its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Bank or its
subsidiaries is or may be the subject which, if determined adversely to the Bank, could
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i)
the general affairs, business, prospects, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or
results of operations of the Bank and its subsidiaries, taken as a
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whole, and the interests of the holders of the Notes (the “Noteholders”), or (ii) the
interests of the Noteholders; and there are no contracts or other documents of a character required
to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which will not have been filed as required or which are
not described as required;
(l) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Bank and
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Bank; and
(m) The Bank was not, on the date on which the first bona fide offer of the Notes sold
pursuant to this Agreement was made, an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act.
2. Upon the execution of this Agreement, the Issuer represents, warrants and covenants to
each Underwriter that:
(a) The Registration Statement on Form S-3 (having registration numbers 333-131614,
000-000000-00, 333-131614-02), including such amendments thereto as may have been required on the
date of this Agreement, has been filed with the Commission and such Registration Statement as
amended has become effective. The conditions to the use of a shelf registration statement on Form
S-3 under the Act, as set forth in the General Instructions to Form S-3, have been satisfied with
respect to the Issuer and the Registration Statement. The Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time
period prescribed for such filing by the Rules and Regulations;
(b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued
and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Issuer,
threatened by the Commission, and on the effective date of the Registration Statement, the
Registration Statement conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the
Rules and Regulations, and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and on the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement conforms, and at the time
of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) the Prospectus will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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, and on the Closing Date the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations
and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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; provided, however, that
this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer and the
Bank in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
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(c) The Preliminary Prospectus 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 (it being understood that no representation or warranty is made with respect to the
omission of pricing and price-dependent information, which information shall of necessity appear
only in the final Prospectus); provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with
the Underwriters’ Information (as defined below) expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus;
(d) Other than (i) the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus or (ii) an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, the Issuer (including its agents and representatives other than the
Underwriters in their capacity as such) 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 Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or
solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied or, if
used after the date hereof, will comply, in all material respects with the Act and the applicable
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and has been filed or will be filed in accordance with
Rule 433 under the Act (to the extent required thereby);
(e) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of the applicable date thereof, 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;
(f) As of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Issuer in the Indenture
will be true and correct in all material respects;
(g) The Issuer has been duly created and is validly existing as a statutory trust in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and to execute, deliver and
perform the Indenture, and to authorize the issuance of the Notes, and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Indenture;
(h) As of the Closing Date, the Notes have been duly authorized, and, when executed, issued
and delivered pursuant to the Indenture, duly authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and paid for
by the Underwriters in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered, and valid and binding obligations of the Issuer and entitled
to the benefits provided by the Indenture; the Indenture has been duly authorized by the Issuer
and, when executed and delivered by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (in the case of the
Indenture), each of the Indenture and this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding agreement
of the Issuer; and the Notes and the Indenture conform to the descriptions thereof in the
Preliminary Prospectus in all material respects;
(i) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental
agency or governmental body is required to be obtained or made by the Issuer for the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
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Indenture, except such as have been obtained and made under the Act, such as may be required
under state securities laws and with respect to the filing of any financing statements required to
perfect the Issuer’s interest in the Collateral Certificate or the Indenture Trustee’s interest in
the Collateral;
(j) The Issuer is not in violation of its organizational documents or in default in its
respective performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained
in any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties are bound
which would have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated herein or in the
Indenture. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Indenture, and the
acquisition, pledge and delivery of the Collateral Certificate and the execution and delivery of
the Notes and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a material breach
or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a material default under, any
statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having
jurisdiction over the Issuer or any of its properties or any agreement or instrument to which the
Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound or to which any of the properties of the Issuer
is subject, or the organizational documents of the Issuer; and the Issuer has full power and
authority to authorize, issue and sell the Notes as contemplated by this Agreement and the
Indenture and to enter into the Indenture;
(k) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, there are no legal
or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened to which any of
the Issuer or its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Issuer or its
subsidiaries is or may be the subject which, if determined adversely to the Issuer, could
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i)
the general affairs, business, prospects, management, financial position, equity or results of
operations of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and the interests of the
Noteholders, or (ii) the interests of the Noteholders; and there are no contracts or other
documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus which will not have been filed as required or which are not described as required; and
(l) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Issuer.
3. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each of the Bank and the Issuer agrees to
sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from
the Seller at a purchase price of 99.48925% of the principal amount thereof, $175,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Notes, with each Underwriter to purchase the amounts shown on
Schedule A hereto.
4. The Bank understands that the Underwriters intend (i) to make a public offering of their
respective portions of the Notes as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have
become effective as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable and (ii) initially to
offer the Notes upon the terms set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus.
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5. Payment for the Notes shall be made to the Bank or to its order by wire transfer of same
day funds at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 28, 2008, or at such other time on the same or
such other date, not later than the fifth Business Day thereafter, as the Representatives and the
Bank may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment for the Notes are referred to
herein as the “Closing Date.” As used herein, the term “Business Day” means any
day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City.
6. Upon the execution of this Agreement, the Bank and the Issuer, jointly and severally
covenant and agree with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Bank and the Issuer will
prepare a final Prospectus setting forth the terms of the Notes not otherwise specified in the
Preliminary Prospectus, the price at which such Notes are to be purchased by the Underwriters, the
initial public offering price, the selling concessions and allowances and such other information as
the Bank and the Issuer deem appropriate. The Bank and the Issuer will transmit the final
Prospectus to the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) by a means reasonably calculated to result in
filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).
(b) The Issuer will deliver (or the Bank will cause the Issuer to deliver), at the expense of
the Bank, to each of the Representatives, two signed copies of the Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto, in each case including exhibits, and to each Underwriter a conformed copy of the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, in each case without exhibits and, during the
period mentioned in paragraph (e) below, to each of the Underwriters as many copies of the
Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements
thereto) as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(c) Before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, whether before or after the time
the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Bank or the Issuer will furnish to the
Representatives a copy of the proposed amendment or supplement.
(d) The Bank or the Issuer will advise the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such
advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have become
effective, (ii) when any supplement or amendment to the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any
amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (v) of
the receipt by the Bank or the Issuer of any notification with respect to any suspension of the
qualification of the Notes for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening
of any proceeding for such purpose; and to use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order or notification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(e) The Bank will, if during such period of time after the first date of the public offering
of the Notes as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a Prospectus relating to the Notes
is required by law to be delivered (including any such delivery as contemplated by Rule 172 under
the Act) in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, (i) any event shall occur as a
result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading, or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply
with the law, forthwith prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Bank, to the Underwriters and to
the dealers (whose names and addresses the Representatives will furnish to the Bank and the Issuer)
to which Notes may have been sold and to any other dealers upon request, a copy of such amendments
or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so
amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.
(f) The Issuer will endeavor to qualify (or the Bank will cause the Issuer to qualify) the
Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualification in effect so long as
reasonably required for distribution of the Notes and to pay all fees and expenses (including fees
and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) reasonably incurred in connection with such
qualification and in connection with the determination of the eligibility of the Notes for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate;
provided, however, that neither the Bank nor the Issuer shall be obligated to
qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not currently so qualified; and
provided further that neither the Bank nor the Issuer shall be required to file a
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
(g) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Issuer or the Bank will furnish to the
Representatives copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to
holders of the Notes and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with
the Commission or any national securities exchange.
(h) For a period from the date of this Agreement until the retirement of the Notes, the Bank,
as Servicer, will furnish to the Representatives copies of each certificate and the annual
statements of compliance delivered to the Master Trust Trustee pursuant to Article III of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the annual independent certified public accountant’s servicing
reports furnished to the Master Trust Trustee pursuant to Article III of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, by first-class mail promptly after such statements and reports are furnished to the
Master Trust Trustee.
(i) During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the
Business Day following the Closing Date, neither the Bank nor the Issuer will offer, sell, contract
to sell or otherwise dispose of any credit card backed securities with the same term and other
characteristics identical to the Notes without the prior written consent of the Representatives.
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(j) The Bank will cause the Notes to be registered in a timely manner pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), under the circumstances
where such registration is required, and the Indenture to be qualified pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).
(k) To the extent, if any, that the rating provided with respect to the Notes by the rating
agency or rating agencies rating the Notes (each, a “Rating Agency”) is conditional upon
the furnishing of documents or the taking of any other reasonable action by the Bank or the Issuer
agreed upon on or prior to the Closing Date, the Bank or the Issuer, as applicable, shall furnish
such documents and take any such other reasonable action.
(l) The Bank and the Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act
applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including, without limitation, timely filing with
the Commission or retention where required and legending.
7. The Bank will pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
and the obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, (i) all costs and expenses incident to the preparation, issuance, execution,
authentication and delivery of the Notes, (ii) all costs and expenses incident to the preparation,
printing and filing under the Act or the Exchange Act of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including in each
case all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto), (iii) all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment
of the Notes under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate (including
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters), (iv) all costs and expenses related
to any filing with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (v) all costs and
expenses in connection with the printing (including word processing and duplication costs) and
delivery of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and any Blue Sky
Memorandum and the furnishing to Underwriters and dealers of copies of the Registration Statement,
the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as herein
provided, (vi) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Bank’s counsel and accountants, and
(vii) all costs and expenses payable to each Rating Agency in connection with the rating of the
Notes, except that the Underwriters agree to reimburse the Bank for an amount, if any, specified
in this Agreement on the Closing Date for application toward such expenses. It is understood
that, except as specifically provided in Sections 9 and 13 of this Agreement, the Underwriters
will pay all of their own fees, costs and expenses (including the fees and disbursements of its
counsel), transfer taxes and any advertising expenses in connection with sales or offers from the
Underwriters to third parties.
8. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the performance by
the Bank and the Issuer of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions:
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a letter or
letters of Ernst & Young LLP, dated as of the date of the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date of
the Prospectus and as of the Closing Date, confirming that they are
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independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published
Rules and Regulations thereunder, and stating that the engagement to apply agreed-upon procedures
was performed in accordance with the standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, and otherwise in form and in substance satisfactory to the Representatives and
their counsel.
(b) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within
the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the Rules and Regulations and in
accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement; and, as of the Closing Date, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for such
purpose shall be pending before or, to the knowledge of the Bank or the Issuer, threatened by the
Commission; and all requests for additional information from the Commission with respect to the
Registration Statement shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Representatives.
(c) The representations and warranties of the Bank and the Issuer contained herein are true
and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the
Closing Date, and each of the Bank and the Issuer shall have complied with all agreements and all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Vice President
and Attorney for the Bank or such other officer that the Bank may choose (provided that such
officer is acceptable to the Representatives), subject to customary qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Representatives and their counsel, to the effect that:
(i) The Bank is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United
States of America and is authorized to transact the business of banking, including to own
its assets and to transact its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, and had at all relevant times and now has the power, authority and legal right
to acquire, own, sell and service the Accounts and the Receivables;
(ii) The Bank has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture and the other
transaction documents referred to in such opinion that are executed by the Bank, on its
behalf and on behalf of the Issuer as Administrator (the Indenture and such other
transaction documents being referred to herein as the “Trust Documents”) and to
consummate the transactions contemplated herein and therein;
(iii) Each of the Trust Documents and the Collateral Certificate has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Bank;
(iv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental
agency or body or any court is required for the consummation by the Bank of the transactions
contemplated herein or in the Trust Documents, except for
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such consents, approvals, orders or filings as may be required under federal or state
securities laws and except for such filings as may be required to perfect interests in the
Receivables pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Collateral pursuant to
the Trust Agreement and the Indenture;
(v) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of its obligations
under the Trust Documents, the transfer of the Receivables to the Master Trust, the issuance
and delivery of the Collateral Certificate, the issuance and delivery of the Notes, nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated in the Trust Documents will
conflict with, result in a breach of or violation of any of the terms of, or constitute a
default under, the Articles of Association or By-laws of the Bank, each as amended, or any
rule, order, statute or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Bank or the terms of any material indenture
or other material agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Bank is a party
or by which it or its properties are bound; and
(vi) To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no actions, proceedings or investigations
pending or threatened before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal (x)
asserting the invalidity of any Trust Document, the Collateral Certificate or the Notes, (y)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Collateral Certificate or the Notes or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Trust Documents, the Collateral
Certificate or the Notes, which might materially and adversely affect the performance by the
Bank of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, any Trust Document, the
Collateral Certificate or the Notes or (z) seeking adversely to affect the federal income
tax attributes of the Notes as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
under the headings “Prospectus Summary — Tax Status” and “Federal Income Tax Consequences.”
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Xxxxx Day, special counsel for the
Bank and the Issuer, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions,
dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and
their counsel, to the effect that:
(i) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and the Prospectus
has been filed with the Commission, pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Act; to
the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act; and the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus (other than the financial and statistical information therein as to which
such counsel express no opinion), as of their respective effective date or date of issuance,
complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(ii) This Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Collateral
Certificate and the Notes conform in all material respects to the
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descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, in the form in which it
became effective, and the Prospectus;
(iii) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement is not required to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and neither the Master Trust nor the Issuer is now,
or immediately following the sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement will be, required
to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Indenture has
been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) The Indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer,
enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms;
(v) When the Notes have been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, and when
authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered and
paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, the holder of record of any Note
will be entitled to the benefits afforded by the Indenture, and the Notes will constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in
accordance with their terms;
(vi) The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the heading
“Benefit Plan Investors,” to the extent they constitute matters of law or legal conclusions
with respect thereto, have been reviewed by such counsel and are correct in all material
respects.
Such counsel also shall state that they have participated in conferences with representatives
of the Bank and its accountants, the Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters concerning the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus and have considered the
matters required to be stated therein and the matters stated therein, although they are not
independently verifying the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements (except as stated
in paragraph (vi) above) and based upon and subject to the foregoing, nothing has come to such
counsel’s attention to cause such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement (excluding any
exhibits filed therewith), at the time it became effective, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading, that the Prospectus, as of its date or as of
the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or that the Preliminary Prospectus, 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 light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel has not been requested to and
does not make any comment in this paragraph with respect to the financial statements, supporting
schedules and other financial or statistical information contained in the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus or, in the case of the Preliminary Prospectus, the
omission of pricing and price-dependent information, which information shall of necessity appear
only in the final Prospectus). References to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus in this
paragraph include any amendments or supplements thereto.
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(f) The Representatives shall have received an opinion or opinions of Xxxxx Day, special
counsel for the Bank and the Issuer, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations
and exceptions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives and their counsel, (i) with respect to the perfection of the Master Trust Trustee’s
interest in the Receivables and certain other matters relating to the applicable Credit
Enhancement, if any, (ii) with respect to the perfection of the Issuer’s interest in the Collateral
Certificate and the Issuer Accounts, (iii) with respect to certain matters relating to the transfer
of the Collateral Certificate and the applicable Credit Enhancement, if any, to the Indenture
Trustee, and (iv) with respect to the applicability of certain provisions of the National Bank Act
and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended by the Financial Institutions, Reform, Recovery
and Enforcement Act of 1989 with respect to the effect of receivership of the Bank on such interest
in the Receivables and with respect to other related matters, in a form previously approved by you
and your counsel. In addition, the Representatives shall have received a reliance letter with
respect to any opinion that the Bank is required to deliver to any Rating Agency.
(g) The Representatives shall have received the opinion delivered by Xxxxx Day, counsel to the
Bank which opinion shall provide that:
(i) to the extent that the Notes are characterized as indebtedness for federal income
tax purposes, they will be characterized as indebtedness for purposes of the Ohio franchise
tax as measured by net income;
(ii) to the extent that the Notes, when issued, will not represent interests in an
association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Notes should not
represent interests in a person or entity (1) taxable as a corporation for purposes of the
Ohio corporation franchise tax measured by net income, (2) subject to the direct tax on an
Ohio “qualifying pass-through entity,” (3) subject to the Ohio income tax levied on
individuals and estates, or (4) subject to the Ohio withholding tax levied on “qualifying
pass-through entity” or a “qualifying trust”; and
(iii) the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the heading
“Federal Income Tax Consequences¾State and Local Taxation,” to the extent they express
legal conclusions with respect to Ohio law, are correct in all material respects.
(h) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP,
special tax counsel for the Bank and the Issuer subject to customary qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Representatives and their counsel, to the effect that the statements in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus under the heading “Federal Income Tax Consequences,” to the extent
they constitute matters of law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, have been reviewed by
such counsel and are correct in all material respects.
(i) The Representatives shall have received an opinion from Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, P.A.,
special Delaware counsel to the Bank and the Issuer, subject to customary qualifications,
assumptions, limitations and exceptions, dated the Closing Date, in
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form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and their counsel, with
respect to (i) the creation of a security interest in the Receivables in favor of the Master Trust
Trustee, (ii) the characterization of the Master Trust for federal income tax purposes being
determinative of the character of the Master Trust under the laws of the State of Delaware
concerning any tax imposed on or measured by income, (iii) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
constituting the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and being enforceable against the Bank in accordance with its terms and (iv) when
authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
the Collateral Certificate will be duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(j) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, special
counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to
such matters relating to this transaction as the Representatives may require, and the Seller shall
have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to
pass upon such matters.
(k) The Representatives shall have received an opinion delivered by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx LLP (or such other counsel as may be satisfactory to the Representatives), as counsel to
the Seller, which opinion shall provide that the characterization of the Issuer for federal income
tax purposes will be determinative of the character of the Issuer under the laws of the State of
Michigan concerning any tax imposed on or measured by income.
(l) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of a Vice
President or more senior officer of the Bank in which such officer, to his or her knowledge after
due inquiry, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Bank in this Agreement are
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, that the Bank has complied
with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder
at or prior to the Closing Date, that the representations and warranties of the Bank, as Seller and
as Servicer, in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material respects
as of the dates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that the Registration Statement
has become effective, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are threatened by the
Commission and that, subsequent to the Time of Sale, there has been no material adverse change in
the financial position or results of operation of the Bank’s credit card business except as set
forth in or contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus.
(m) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Xxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel
to the Master Trust Trustee, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations and
exceptions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives and their counsel, to the effect that:
(i) The Master Trust Trustee is a Delaware banking corporation duly incorporated and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is authorized
and qualified to accept the trusts imposed by the
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Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to act as Master Trust Trustee under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement;
(ii) The Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance of Trustee (the
“Trustee Agreement”), under which agreement the Master Trust Trustee accepted its
appointment as successor Master Trust Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Master Trust Trustee;
(iii) The Master Trust Trustee has duly authenticated the Collateral Certificate;
(iv) The execution and delivery of the Trustee Agreement under which the Master Trust
Trustee accepted its appointment as successor Master Trust Trustee under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement by the Master Trust Trustee and the performance by the Master Trust
Trustee of its obligations under the Trustee Agreement and, as successor Master Trust
Trustee, of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement do not conflict with
or result in a violation of (x) any existing law or regulation of the United States of
America or the State of Delaware governing the banking or trust powers of the Master Trust
Trustee, or (y) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Master Trust Trustee;
(v) No approval, authorization or other action by, or filing with, any governmental
authority of the United States of America or the State of Delaware having jurisdiction over
the banking or trust powers of the Master Trust Trustee is required in connection with the
execution and delivery by the Master Trust Trustee of the Trustee Agreement under which the
Master Trust Trustee accepted its appointment as successor Master Trust Trustee under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the performance of its obligations thereunder or under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
(vi) To the best knowledge of such counsel, there is no action, suit or proceeding
pending or threatened against the Master Trust Trustee (as Master Trust Trustee under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement) before or by any governmental authority that if adversely
decided, would materially adversely affect the ability of the Master Trust Trustee to
perform its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(n) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, P.A.,
special Delaware counsel for the Issuer, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives and their counsel, with respect to the creation of a security interest in the
Collateral Certificate in favor of the Issuer and with respect to the perfection by filing of the
Indenture Trustee’s security interest, for the benefit of the Noteholders, in the Collateral
Certificate and the proceeds thereof.
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(o) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, P.A.,
counsel to the Owner Trustee, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations and
exceptions dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives and their counsel, to the effect that:
(i) The Owner Trustee is duly incorporated and validly existing as a banking
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ii) The Owner Trustee has power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under the Trust Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
thereby.
(iii) The Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Owner
Trustee and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee,
enforceable against the Owner Trustee in accordance with its terms.
(iv) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Owner Trustee, in its
individual capacity or as Owner Trustee, as the case may be, of the Trust Agreement, nor the
consummation of the transactions by the Owner Trustee, in its individual capacity or as
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated thereby, requires the consent or approval
of, the withholding of objection on the part of, the giving of notice to, the filing,
registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any
governmental authority or agency of the State of Delaware or the United States of America
governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee (other than the filing of the
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State, which certificate of trust has
been duly filed).
(v) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Owner Trustee, in its
individual capacity or as Owner Trustee, as the case may be, of the Trust Agreement, nor the
consummation of the transactions by the Owner Trustee, in its individual capacity or as
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated thereby, is in violation of the charter or
by laws of the Owner Trustee or of any law, governmental rule or regulation of the State of
Delaware or of the United States of America governing the banking or trust powers of the
Owner Trustee or, to our knowledge, without independent investigation, of any indenture,
mortgage, bank credit agreement, note or bond purchase agreement, long-term lease, license
or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or, to our
knowledge, without independent investigation, of any judgment or order applicable to the
Owner Trustee.
(vi) To such counsel’s knowledge, without independent investigation, there are no
pending or threatened actions, suits or proceedings affecting the Owner Trustee before any
court or other government authority which, if adversely determined, would materially and
adversely affect the ability of the Owner Trustee to carry out the transactions contemplated
by the Trust Agreement.
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(p) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, P.A.,
special Delaware counsel to the Bank and the Issuer, subject to customary qualifications,
assumptions, limitations and exceptions dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Representatives and their counsel, substantially to the effect that:
(i) The Issuer has been duly created and is validly existing in good standing as a
statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12
Del.C. § 3801, et seq. (referred to in this subsection (p) as the “Act”);
(ii) The Trust Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee
and the Beneficiary (as defined in the Trust Agreement), enforceable against the Owner
Trustee and the Beneficiary, in accordance with its terms;
(iii) The Trust Agreement and the Act authorize the Issuer to execute and deliver the
Indenture and the other transaction documents referred to in such opinion (collectively
referred to in this subsection (p) as the “Trust Documents”), to issue the Notes and
the Issuer’s certificate of beneficial interest (referred to in this subsection (p) as the
“Trust Certificate”) and to grant the trust estate to the Indenture Trustee as
security for the Notes;
(iv) The Issuer has the power and authority, pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the
Act, to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Trust Documents, the Notes
and the Trust Certificate and the execution and delivery of such agreements and obligations
have been duly authorized;
(v) The Trust Certificate has been validly issued and is entitled to the benefits of
the Trust Agreement;
(vi) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of the Trust
Documents, the Notes or the Trust Certificate, nor the consummation by the Issuer of any of
the transactions by the Issuer contemplated thereby, requires the consent or approval of,
the withholding of objection on the part of, the giving of notice to, the filing,
registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any
governmental authority or agency of the State of Delaware, other than the filing of the
certificate of trust of the Issuer with the Delaware Secretary of State (which certificate
of trust has been duly filed) and the filing of any financing statements with the Delaware
Secretary of State in connection with the Trust Documents;
(vii) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of the Trust
Documents, nor the consummation by the Issuer of the transactions contemplated thereby, is
in violation of the Trust Agreement or of any law, rule or regulation of the State of
Delaware applicable to the Issuer;
(viii) Under § 3805(b) of the Act, no creditor of the holder of the Trust Certificate
shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable
remedies with respect to, the property of the Issuer except in accordance with the terms of
the Trust Agreement;
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(ix) Under § 3808(a) and (b) of the Act, the Issuer may not be terminated or revoked by
the Beneficiary (as defined in the Trust Agreement), and the dissolution, termination or
bankruptcy of any holder of the Trust Certificate shall not result in the termination or
dissolution of the Issuer, except to the extent otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement;
(x) The Owner Trustee is not required to hold legal title to the owner trust estate in
order for the Issuer to qualify as a statutory trust under the Act;
(xi) There is no stamp, documentary or other excise tax imposed by the State of
Delaware upon the perfection of a security interest in the Collateral Certificate;
(xii) There is no stamp, documentary or other excise tax imposed by the State of
Delaware upon the transfer of the Collateral Certificate to or from the Issuer;
(xiii) The corpus of the Issuer is not subject to any personal property or similar ad
valorem tax imposed by the State of Delaware;
(xiv) The characterization of the Issuer for federal income tax purposes, whether as a
trust, partnership or association taxable as a corporation, is determinative of the
character of the Issuer for State of Delaware income tax purposes, and, if the Issuer is
characterized as a partnership for State of Delaware income tax purposes, no State of
Delaware income tax is imposed upon the Issuer. For State of Delaware income tax purposes,
taxable income would be derived from “federal taxable income,” and for the purpose of
ascertaining such taxable income for State of Delaware income tax purposes, the amount of
federal taxable income as determined for federal income tax purposes would be determinative,
whether such amount of federal taxable income is determined upon a characterization of the
transaction as a sale or as a loan;
(xv) There is no stamp, documentary or other excise tax imposed by the State of
Delaware upon the Notes;
(xvi) There is no income tax imposed by New Castle County, Delaware, upon the Issuer
and New Castle County, Delaware, is prohibited by Delaware State law from imposing a
personal property tax upon or measured by the corpus of the Issuer; and
(xvii) The Beneficiary (as defined in the Trust Agreement) is the sole beneficial owner
of the Issuer.
(q) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of an
authorized representative of the Issuer in which such representative, to his or her knowledge after
due inquiry, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Issuer in this Agreement
are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, that the Issuer has
complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that the representations and
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warranties of the Issuer in the Indenture are true and correct in all material respects as of
the dates specified in the Indenture, that the Registration Statement has become effective, that no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been issued or are threatened by the Commission and that,
subsequent to the Time of Sale, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position
or results of operation of the Issuer’s business except as set forth in or contemplated by the
Preliminary Prospectus.
(r) The Underwriters shall have received an opinion of Xxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel to
the Indenture Trustee, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions
dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and
their counsel, to the effect that:
(i) The Indenture Trustee is a banking corporation organized and validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of New York and is authorized and qualified to
accept the trusts imposed by the Indenture and to act as Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture;
(ii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Indenture
Trustee;
(iii) The Indenture Trustee has duly executed and authenticated the Notes on the
Closing Date;
(iv) The execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Indenture Trustee and the
performance by the Indenture Trustee of the terms of the Indenture do not conflict with or
result in a violation of (x) any law or regulation of the United States of America or the
State of New York governing the banking or trust powers of the Indenture Trustee, or (y) the
organization certificate or by-laws of the Indenture Trustee;
(v) No approval, authorization or other action by, or filing with, any governmental
authority of the United States of America or the State of New York having jurisdiction over
the banking or trust powers of the Indenture Trustee is required in connection with the
execution and delivery by the Indenture Trustee of the Indenture or the performance by the
Indenture Trustee thereunder;
(vi) To the best knowledge of such counsel, there is no action, suit or proceeding
pending or threatened against the Indenture Trustee (as Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture or in its individual capacity) before or by any governmental authority that if
adversely decided, would materially adversely affect the ability of the Indenture Trustee to
perform its obligations under the Indenture; and
(vii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Indenture Trustee of the Indenture
will not subject any of the property or assets of the Issuer, or any portion thereof, to the
imposition of any lien which may be asserted against the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee in
its capacity as Indenture Trustee.
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(s) The Representatives shall receive evidence satisfactory to them that, on or before the
Closing Date, UCC-1 financing statements have been filed in the office of the Secretaries of State
of the states of Ohio and Delaware (and such other states as may be necessary or desirable pursuant
to applicable state law) reflecting the interest of the Master Trust in the Receivables and the
proceeds thereof, and the interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral Certificate and the
proceeds thereof, each as applicable.
(t) The Representatives shall have received evidence satisfactory to them that the Notes shall
be rated “Aaa” by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), “AAA” by Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Services (“Standard & Poor’s”) and “AAA” by Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”).
The Bank will furnish you, or cause you to be furnished with, such number of conformed copies
of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request.
9. (a) The Bank and the Issuer, 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 Act as follows: (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of or based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as
incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any
claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Bank; and
(iii) against any and all expenses whatsoever (including, subject to Section 9(d) hereof, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by you) as reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding
by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon
any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the
extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above; provided,
however, that the Bank and the Issuer will not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any such documents in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Bank or the Issuer by the
Underwriters expressly for use therein. Each of the Bank and the Issuer acknowledges that
information relating to the Underwriters set forth under the heading “Underwriting” in the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (other than the information in the last three paragraphs
under such heading) constitutes the only information furnished in writing by the Underwriters or
on behalf of the
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Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (the
“Underwriters’ Information”).
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Bank and
the Issuer against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Bank or the Issuer may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon untrue statements or omissions, or
alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in
conformity with the Underwriters’ Information expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(c) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Bank and the Issuer against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Bank or the
Issuer may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus
(as defined in Section 15(a) herein), or arising out of or based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that such Underwriter will
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in any
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with (i) any written
information furnished to such Underwriter by the Bank or the Issuer expressly for use therein or
(ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, which
information was not corrected by information subsequently provided by the Bank or the Issuer to
such Underwriter prior to the time of use of such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof; provided, however, that the omission to so
notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it
may otherwise have to any indemnified party other than under subsection (a) or (b) above unless, to
the extent the indemnifying party did not otherwise learn of such action, such failure results in
the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses. The indemnifying
party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying
party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is
sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and
expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth
below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the
indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to
represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable
fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the
indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest
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that cannot be waived, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in or targets of any such
action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying
party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified
party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution
of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize in writing the indemnified party to
employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. The indemnifying party shall not
be liable for any settlement of any claim or proceeding effected without its written consent. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,
unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action.
10. If the indemnification provided for in Section 9 is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party under subsection 9(a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection 9(a) or (b) above. In
determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, (i) there
shall be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of the Notes
or, (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, there
shall be considered not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of each party in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities and expenses as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by each party shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the
Bank or the Issuer (including the proceeds of the offering of the Notes paid to the Bank by the
Issuer) bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters.
The relative fault of each party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Bank, the Issuer or by the
Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. Each of the Bank, the Issuer and each
Underwriter agrees that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were
determined by a pro rata, a per capita or any other form of allocation that does not take into
account these equitable considerations. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this Section 10
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim that is the subject of
this Section 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10, in no case shall any
Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among the Underwriters relating to the
offering of the Notes) be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discount
or commission applicable to the Notes purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 10, no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
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Underwriters’ obligation, pursuant to this Section 10, to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and are not joint. For purposes of this
Section 10, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the
Bank, each officer of the Bank who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who
controls the Bank within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Bank.
11. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, this Agreement may be terminated in the
absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Bank, if after the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) there has occurred any material
adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting
the general affairs, business, prospects, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or
results of operation of National City Corporation or the Bank and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, the effect of which in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives materially impairs
the investment quality of the Notes; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any outstanding notes
issued by the Issuer or any outstanding investor certificates issued by the Master Trust, by any
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such term is defined for purposes of
Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under
surveillance or review its rating of such notes or investor certificates (other than an
announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible
downgrading, of such rating); (iii) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially
limited on or by, as the case may be, the New York Stock Exchange; (iv) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities in New York, Michigan or Ohio shall have been declared by either
Federal or New York, Michigan or Ohio State authorities; or (v) there shall have occurred any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of
war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in
the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
completion of the sale and payment for the Notes.
12. If any Underwriter defaults in its obligations to purchase Notes hereunder and the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes that such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of such Notes, you may make
arrangements satisfactory to the Bank for the purchase of such Notes by other persons, including
the non-defaulting Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, in proportion to their commitments hereunder, to
purchase the Notes that such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase. If any
Underwriter so defaults and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such
default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of such Notes and arrangements
satisfactory to you and the Bank for the purchase of such Notes by other persons are not made
within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of
any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Bank, except as provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.
Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
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13. If for any reason other than as set forth in Section 12 of this Agreement the purchase of
the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated, the Bank shall remain responsible for the
expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement and the respective
obligations of the Bank, the Issuer, and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 9 and 10 of this
Agreement shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not
consummated for any reason other than solely because of the occurrence of any event specified in
clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 11 of this Agreement, the Bank will reimburse the
Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of
counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Notes.
14. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by either Representative on behalf
of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by a Representative shall be binding upon the
Underwriters. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication.
Notices to the Underwriters shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered jointly to the
addresses for the Representatives set forth on the first page hereof. Notices to the Bank shall
be sufficient in all respects if delivered to National City Bank, 0000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
15. (a) Each Underwriter, severally, represents, warrants and covenants to the Bank and the
Issuer that it has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved, disseminated or referred to and
will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve, disseminate or refer to any “written
communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), other than the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus, that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes,
including but not limited to any “ABS informational and computational materials” as defined in
Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the Act, unless such Underwriter has obtained the prior
written approval of the Bank and the Issuer; provided, however, that each
Underwriter may prepare and convey to one or more of its potential investors one or more “written
communications” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) containing no more than the following:
information contemplated by Rule 134 under the Act and included or to be included in the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as well as a column or other entry showing the status of
the subscriptions for the Notes and/or expected pricing parameters of the Notes (each such written
communication, an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
(b) Each Underwriter severally represents, warrants and agrees with the Issuer and the Bank
that:
(i) each Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus prepared by it will not, as of the date
such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus was delivered to any prospective purchaser of
Notes, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact necessary
to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided, however, that no Underwriter makes such
representation, warranty or agreement to the extent such misstatements or omissions were the
result of any inaccurate information which was included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any written information furnished to the
related Underwriter by the Issuer
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or the Bank expressly for use therein, which information was not corrected by
information subsequently provided by the Issuer or the Bank to the related Underwriter prior
to the time of use of such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus;
(ii) each Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus prepared by it shall contain a legend
substantially in the form of and in compliance with Rule 433(c)(2)(i) of the Act, and shall
otherwise conform to any requirements for “free writing prospectuses” under the Act;
(iii) each Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus prepared by it shall be delivered to the
Issuer and the Bank no later than the time of first use and, unless otherwise agreed to by
the Issuer and the Bank and the related Underwriter, such delivery shall occur no later than
the close of business for the Bank (Eastern Time) on the date of first use;
provided, however, if the date of first use is not a Business Day, such
delivery shall occur no later than the close of business for the Bank (Eastern Time) on the
first Business Day preceding such date of first use.
16. Each Underwriter, severally, represents that it will not, at any time that such
Underwriter is acting as an “underwriter” (as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Act) with respect
to the Notes, transfer, deposit or otherwise convey any Notes into a trust or other type of
special purpose vehicle that issues securities or other instruments backed in whole or in part by,
or that represents interests in, such Notes without the prior written consent of the Bank.
17. Each Underwriter, severally, represents and agrees (i) that it did not enter into any
contract of sale for any Notes prior to the Time of Sale and (ii) that it will, at any time that
such Underwriter is acting as an “underwriter” (as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Act) with
respect to the Notes, convey to each investor to whom Notes are sold by it during the period prior
to the filing of the final Prospectus (as notified to the Underwriters by the Bank), at or prior
to the applicable time of any such contract of sale with respect to such investor, the Preliminary
Prospectus.
18. Each Underwriter, severally, represents and agrees that it has not and will not, directly
or indirectly, offer, sell or deliver any of the Notes or distribute the Prospectus or any other
offering materials relating to the Notes in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances
that will, to the best of its knowledge and belief, result in compliance by it with any applicable
laws and regulations thereof and that will, to the best of its knowledge and belief, not impose
any obligations on the Bank or the Issuer except as set forth herein.
19. This Agreement shall become effective upon its execution and delivery.
20. The Bank and the Issuer acknowledge and agree that (i) the transaction contemplated by
this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Bank and the Issuer, on the
one hand, and the each of the Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith with
respect to all aspects of the transaction contemplated herein, each Underwriter is acting as a
principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Bank and the Issuer and the Bank hereby expressly
disclaim any fiduciary relationship with respect thereto, and (iii) none of the Underwriters has
assumed an advisory responsibility in favor of the Bank or
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the Issuer with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto
(irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Bank or the
Issuer on other matters) or any other obligation to the Bank or the Issuer except the obligations
expressly set forth in this Agreement.
21. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Bank, the Issuer,
the Underwriters, any controlling persons referred to herein and their respective successors and
assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or
in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. No purchaser of Notes from any
Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the
conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and
return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the
Bank, the Issuer and the Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||||
NATIONAL CITY BANK, | ||||
as Originator, Beneficiary and Seller | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||||
NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER | ||||
NOTE TRUST, as Issuer | ||||
By: | National City Bank, not in its individual | |||
capacity but solely as Administrator on | ||||
behalf of the Issuer | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President |
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. | ||||
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED, | ||||
as Underwriter and as a Representative | ||||
of the several Underwriters named on Schedule A hereto | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxx
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Title: Managing Director | ||||
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, | ||||
as Underwriter and as a Representative | ||||
of the several Underwriters named on Schedule A hereto | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Director |
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SCHEDULE A
Class A Notes
Principal Amount of | ||||
Underwriters | Notes | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
$ | 58,334,000 | ||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
$ | 58,334,000 | ||
NatCity Investments, Inc. |
$ | 58,332,000 | ||
Total |
$ | 175,000,000 |