EX-10.1 2 d271788dex101.htm LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
THIS LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of December 15, 2011, by and among XXXXX FARGO FINANCIAL GUAM, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Xxxxx Fargo Guam”), and XXXXX FARGO FINANCIAL SAIPAN, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Xxxxx Fargo Saipan”; Xxxxx Fargo Guam and Xxxxx Fargo Saipan are collectively referred to herein from time to time as the “Sellers”), and BANK OF GUAM, a Bank organized under the laws of Guam (the “Buyer”).
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ARTICLE I
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The Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans and the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans are referred to collectively herein as the “Loans”, and the Guam Loan Documents and the Saipan Loan Documents are referred to collectively herein as the “Loan Documents”. For the purposes of this Agreement, Loans shall not include (i) any real estate loans owned by either Seller that are subject to any pending foreclosure or similar court or judicial proceeding to collect amounts
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owed under any mortgage loan, deed of trust or similar interest therein for debts previously contracted; (ii) any loans owned by Xxxxx Fargo Saipan secured by real property in CNMI that are more than sixty (60) days past due; or (iii) any real estate owned by either Seller taken in foreclosure or similar proceeding to collect amounts owed under any mortgage loan, deed of trust or similar interest therein for debts previously contracted. Each of Schedule A and Schedule B was prepared as of 11:59 pm (Central Standard Time) on November 30, 2011 (the “Cut-off Date”). For the purposes hereof, Loan Documents shall only include those documents that are in the possession of relevant Seller or have been duly recorded or otherwise are a matter of record with respect to any Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loan or Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loan, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE II
(2) Assignment of Mortgages;
(3) the Documents specified in Section 3.2(b)(4); and
(4) such other documents and instruments as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Buyer in order to carry out the purposes of this Agreement (the foregoing are collectively referred to as the “Purchase Documents”).
ARTICLE III
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Section 3.2. Conditions to Closing.
(1) The representations and warranties of the Buyer in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Closing Date;
(2) The Buyer shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants, conditions and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed and complied with by the Buyer;
(3) No court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have issued, nor shall any proceedings be pending seeking, an order restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
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(4) The Buyer shall have delivered the Purchase Price to the Sellers. and
(5) The Buyer shall have executed and delivered an Interim Servicing Agreement with each of the Sellers in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(1) The representations and warranties of each of the Sellers in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Closing Date;
(2) The Sellers shall have performed and complied in all material respect with all covenants, conditions and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed and complied with by the Sellers;
(3) No court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have issued, nor shall any proceedings be pending seeking, an order restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
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(4) Each of the Sellers shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Buyer each of the following:
(A) an electronic data file containing the current rate and outstanding balance for each of the Loans owned by such Seller as of the Cut-off Date;
(B) copies of the Purchase Documents executed by such Seller;
(C) a copy of the Interim Servicing Agreement executed by each of the Sellers;
(D) to the extent applicable to the Loans to be sold, transferred and assigned by such Seller, a copy of the consent of the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (“NMHC”) to consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement along with the original NMHC guarantee covering such Loans identified on Schedule C hereto; and
(E) a certified copy of resolutions of the board of directors and the shareholders of each Seller authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereunder.
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benefit of Buyer pursuant to the terms of the Interim Servicing Agreement. Each Seller as an interim servicer shall be entitled to servicing fees calculated as provided in the Interim Servicing Agreement. Except as provided in the Interim Servicing Agreement, neither Seller shall have any responsibility or obligation to service any of the Loans following the Closing Date. The Buyer understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Sellers will need to retain the Loan Files (as defined in Section 3.6 below), including any Loan Documents that may be contained in such Loan Files, for the purposes of servicing the Loans pursuant to the Interim Servicing Agreement. All of the documentation making up the Loan Files (including all material documents related thereto) in the possession of Xxxxx Fargo Guam or Xxxxx Fargo Saipan with respect to the Loans that it owns will be delivered to the Buyer on the Transfer Date.
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Xxxxx Fargo Saipan’s expense, as the case may be, and (iii) the Buyer’s premises, employees and auditors if such access is reasonably deemed necessary by either of the Sellers or any of their parents or affiliates in connection with tax, regulatory, litigation, contractual or other non-competitive matters reasonably related to the Loans or the conduct of either of the Seller’s business prior to the Closing. Access to documentation and information in the Loan Files that is created or placed therein after the Closing Date shall, if requested by the Buyer, be provided by the Buyer upon execution by the relevant Seller or Sellers of an agreement to protect the confidentiality of such documentation and information in form and content mutually acceptable to such Seller or Sellers and the Buyer. The Buyer will preserve and keep the Loan Files for a period of at least seven (7) years from the Transfer Date. Following such time, if the Buyer wishes to destroy any Loan Files, then it will give 60 days’ prior written notice of such planned destruction to each of the Sellers, and, either Seller shall have the right at its option and expense to take possession of such Loan Files within such 60-day period. For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Representatives” means, with respect to any party to this Agreement, such party’s directors, officers, members, managers, affiliates, employees, attorneys, accountants, lenders, consultants, independent contractors and other agents.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
(a) Xxxxx Fargo Guam is duly incorporated, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power, authority, and legal right to sell and assign the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans, enter into this Agreement, and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby. Xxxxx Fargo Guam is duly qualified and registered to transact business and is in good standing in Guam. Xxxxx Fargo Guam has in effect all Guam and federal governmental authorizations necessary for it to carry on its business as now conducted in Guam, and has at all relevant times been duly licensed and qualified to make, enter into, service and enforce loans, including consumer loans and the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans. All necessary corporate action on the part of Xxxxx Fargo Guam has been taken to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the sale and assignment of the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, enforceable against Xxxxx Fargo Guam in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s rights or by general equity principles.
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(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of other documents related to this sale nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby violates or will violate any provision of the organizational documents of Xxxxx Fargo Guam or, to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, any statute, ordinance, regulation, order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency, or, to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, conflicts or will conflict with or will result in any breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of, or the creation of any lien pursuant to the terms of any material contract or agreement to which Xxxxx Fargo Guam is a party or subject to or by which Xxxxx Fargo Guam is bound.
(c) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.1(c), no consents or approvals of, or waivers by, or filings or registrations with, any governmental authority or with any third party are required to be made or obtained by Xxxxx Fargo Guam in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Xxxxx Fargo Guam is not a bank or regulated as such under the laws of Guam or the United States.
(d) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.1(d), no governmental authority in Guam has initiated or has pending (i) any proceeding, enforcement action, or (ii) to the
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knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, investigation or inquiry into the business, operations, policies, practices or disclosures of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, or (iii) to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, threatened any of the foregoing,
(e) Xxxxx Fargo Guam has good and marketable title to the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans, free and clear of all claims, liens, pledges and other encumbrances of any kind whatsoever and has full right and authority to sell and assign the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans.
(f) With respect to each Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loan secured by real property (a “Xxxxx Fargo Guam Mortgage Loan” and collectively, the “Xxxxx Fargo Guam Mortgage Loans”), each Xxxxx Fargo Guam Mortgage Loan is secured by a mortgage that has been duly filed and recorded in the appropriate jurisdiction, and is a valid and subsisting first or subordinate lien of record on the mortgaged property including the land and all buildings and any other improvements on the mortgaged property.
(g) As to the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans, to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, and other than as to the existence of insurance on property securing the Loans, which is governed by Article VIII hereof:
(i) The Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans were each originated in all material respects in accordance with all applicable federal, territorial, commonwealth, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances relating to the origination of such Loan
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and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor(s) named therein, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s rights or by general equity principles; and
(ii) The Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans have been serviced and enforced in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of Guam or the CNMI as applicable, and of the United States, including, but not limited to as applicable, Uniform Consumer Credit Code of Guam, 14 G.C.A.; the Truth-in-Lending Act, 15 U.S. Code § 1601, et seq.; the Equal Credit Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, 00 X.X. Xxxx § 0000, et seq.; the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S. Code § 1692, et seq.; and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S. Code § 2601, et seq..
(h) Xxxxx Fargo Guam has maintained complete and accurate records with respect to the making, administration, servicing and enforcement of the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans and such records have been duly and regularly maintained in the regular course of its business,
(i) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.1(i), neither Xxxxx Fargo Guam nor any of its affiliates has entered into any assignment or securitization of any of the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans or granted any pledge, security interest or any other interest in any of the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans.
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(j) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.1(j), to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, the terms of each note, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement, guaranty, security agreement, UCC-1 Financing Statement, pledge or other collateral document for each Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loan have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by a written instrument reflected in the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loan Files or as identified in the data file with respect to the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans delivered to the Buyer as of the Cut-off date.
(k) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.1(k), to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, there are no material claims, defenses, or disputes raised by any of the respective persons shown as indebted on, or having guaranteed or mortgaged or granted a pledge or security interest in property for, the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans (the “Xxxxx Fargo Guam Obligors”) against Xxxxx Fargo Guam, nor, with respect to each Xxxxx Fargo Guam Mortgage Loan, to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Guam, any threatened condemnation or filing of a superior lien on any related mortgaged property.
(l) The amounts shown in Schedule A with respect to the Xxxxx Fargo Guam Loans represent the true and correct outstanding balances thereon at the Cut-off Date.
(m) Xxxxx Fargo Guam shall be responsible for payment of any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with this Agreement or any matter related hereto to any broker, finder, investment banker or any other person engaged by Xxxxx Fargo Guam or any person acting on behalf of Xxxxx Fargo Guam.
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(a) Xxxxx Fargo Saipan is duly incorporated, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power, authority, and legal right to sell and assign the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans, enter into this Agreement, and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby. Xxxxx Fargo Saipan is duly qualified and registered to transact business and is in good standing in the CNMI. Xxxxx Fargo Saipan has in effect all CNMI and federal governmental authorizations necessary for it to carry on its business as now conducted in the CNMI, and has at all relevant times been duly licensed and qualified to make, enter into, service and enforce loans, including consumer loans and the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans. All necessary corporate action on the part of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan has been taken to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the sale and assignment of the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, enforceable against Xxxxx Fargo Saipan in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s rights or by general equity principles.
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(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of other documents related to this sale nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby violates or will violate any provision of the organizational documents of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan or, to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, any statute, ordinance, regulation, order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency, or, to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, conflicts or will conflict with or will result in any breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of, or the creation of any lien pursuant to the terms of any material contract or agreement to which Xxxxx Fargo Saipan is a party or subject to or by which Xxxxx Fargo Saipan is bound.
(c) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.2(c), no consents or approvals of, or waivers by, or filings or registrations with, any governmental authority or with any third party are required to be made or obtained by Xxxxx Fargo Saipan in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Xxxxx Fargo Saipan is not a bank or regulated as such under the laws of the CNMI or the United States.
(d) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.2(d), no governmental authority in the
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CNMI has initiated or has pending (i) any proceeding, enforcement action; or (ii) to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, investigation or inquiry into the business, operations, policies, practices or disclosures of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan; or (iii) to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, threatened any of the foregoing.
(e) Xxxxx Fargo Saipan has good and marketable title to the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans, free and clear of all claims, liens, pledges and other encumbrances of any kind whatsoever and has full right and authority to sell and assign the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans.
(f) With respect to each Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loan secured by real property (a “Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Mortgage Loan” and collectively, the “Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Mortgage Loans”), each Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Mortgage Loan is secured by a mortgage that has been duly filed and recorded in the appropriate jurisdiction, and is a valid and subsisting first or subordinate lien of record on the mortgaged property including the land and all buildings and any other improvements on the mortgaged property.
(g) As to the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans, to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, and other than as to the existence of insurance on property securing such Loans, which is governed by Article VIII hereof:
(i) The Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans were each originated in all material respects in accordance with all applicable federal, territorial,
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commonwealth, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances relating to the origination of such Loan and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor(s) named therein, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s rights or by general equity principles; and
(ii) The Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans have been extended, serviced and enforced in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the CNMI and of the United States, including, but not limited to as applicable, the Regulated Loan Act of 2000 of the CNMI, 4 Division 6, Chapter 10 CNMI Code; the Truth-in-Lending Act, 15 U.S. Code § 1601, et seq.; the Equal Credit Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, 00 X.X. Xxxx § 0000, et seq.; the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S. Code § 1692, et seq.; and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S. Code § 2601, et seq.
(h) Xxxxx Fargo Saipan has maintained complete and accurate records with respect to the making, administration, servicing and enforcement of the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans and such records have been duly and regularly maintained in the regular course of its business.
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(i) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.2(i), Xxxxx Fargo Saipan has not entered into any assignment or securitization of any of the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans or granted any pledge, security interest or any other interest any of the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans.
(j) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.2(j), to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, the terms of each note, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement, guaranty, security agreement, UCC-1 Financing Statement, pledge or other collateral document for each Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loan have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by a written instrument reflected in the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loan Files or as identified in the data file with respect to the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans delivered to the Buyer as of the Cut-off date.
(k) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.2(k), to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, there are no material claims, defenses, or disputes raised by any of the respective persons shown as indebted on, or having guaranteed or mortgaged or granted a pledge or security interest in property for, the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans (the “Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Obligors”) against Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, nor, with respect to each Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Mortgage Loan, to the knowledge of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan, any threatened condemnation or filing of a superior lien of any related mortgaged property.
(l) The amounts shown in Schedule B with respect to the Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Loans represent the true and correct outstanding balances thereon at the Cut-off Date.
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(m) Xxxxx Fargo Saipan shall be responsible for payment of any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with this Agreement or any matter related hereto to any broker, finder, investment banker or any other person engaged by Xxxxx Fargo Saipan or any person acting on behalf of Xxxxx Fargo Saipan.
(a) The execution and delivery by the Buyer of this Agreement and of other documents related to this sale and the performance by the Buyer of its covenants and agreements hereunder and thereunder and the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and this Agreement constitutes and other documents related to this sale shall constitute, a valid and legally binding obligation of the Buyer, enforceable against the Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s rights or by general equity principles.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of other documents related to this sale nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
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hereby and thereby violates or will violate any provision of the organizational documents of the Buyer or, to the knowledge of the Buyer, any statute, ordinance, regulation, order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency or, to the knowledge of the Buyer, conflicts or will conflict with or will result in any breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of, or the creation of any lien pursuant to the terms of any material contract or agreement to which the Buyer is a party or subject to or by which the Buyer is bound.
(c) The Buyer is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing as a bank under the laws of Guam and is duly qualified and registered to do business in Guam and the CNMI and on the Closing Date shall have the full power to acquire the Loans and the Loan Documents as contemplated herein. The Buyer has in effect all Guam, CNMI, and federal governmental authorizations necessary for it to carry on its business as now conducted in Guam and the CNMI, and on the Closing Date shall be duly licensed and qualified to make, enter into, service and enforce loans, including consumer loans.
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(d) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.3(d), no consents or approvals of, or waivers by, or filings or registrations with, any governmental authority or with any third party are required to be made or obtained by the Buyer in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) After the Closing Date, the Buyer shall be solely responsible for, and shall bear the cost of, giving any notice of assignment in accordance with the law governing the terms of each such loan agreement and the perfection of any security interest with respect thereto.
(f) The Buyer shall be responsible for payment of any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with this Agreement or any matter related hereto to any broker, finder, investment banker or any other person engaged by the Buyer or any person acting on behalf of the Buyer.
(g) Buyer has, and will have at the Closing, adequate financial resources to satisfy its monetary and other obligations under this Agreement.
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(h) The Buyer (i) has received all information or access to all information that the Buyer deems necessary to make an informed decision with respect to a purchase of the Loans; (ii) has had the opportunity to make such investigation as the Buyer desires pertaining to the Loans and its purchase thereof and to verify any information furnished to the Buyer; and (iii) has had the opportunity to ask questions concerning the Loans and its purchase thereof. The Buyer has independently and without reliance (other than with respect to the representations and warranties of the Sellers contained herein) conducted its own credit evaluation, reviewed such information as it has deemed adequate and appropriate and made its own analysis of the transactions contemplated hereunder. Other than with respect to the representations and warranties of the Sellers contained herein, the Buyer has not relied upon any investigation or analysis conducted by, advice or communication from, nor any warranty or representation by either of the Sellers, any of their affiliates or any agent or employee of either of the Sellers or any of their affiliates, expressed or implied.
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SECTION 4.2, ON THE PART OF XXXXX FARGO SAIPAN, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS ARE BEING SOLD, TRANFERRED AND ASSIGNED TO THE BUYER ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. The Buyer further acknowledges, understands and agrees that neither Seller makes any representation or warranty with respect to the completeness of any of the Loans Files.
ARTICLE V
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(a) To endorse the name of the relevant Seller upon all checks, drafts, notes, powers and other forms of exchange received in payment on any of the relevant Loans.
(b) To demand, collect, and receive any and all of the relevant Loans, to enforce any of the rights in respect thereof, to give receipts and releases for and in respect of the same, and to do all acts necessary to perfect in Buyer’s name any liens, mortgages or security interests in real or personal property held as security for the Loans by the relevant Seller.
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ARTICLE VI – SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION
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portion of the performance of which may or is specified to occur after the Closing Date shall survive the Closing Date hereunder indefinitely or for such lesser period of time as may be specified therein, but not to exceed the applicable statute of limitations in the event of a breach of such covenant or other agreement.
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Section 6.5. Defense of Claims.
(a) If any claim (the “Claim”) is filed or initiated against any party entitled to the benefit of indemnity hereunder (the “Indemnified Party”), written notice thereof specifying in detail the source of the Claim or potential Claim under Section 6.2, Section 6.3 or Section 6.4, as the case may be, shall be given to the indemnifying party (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days after notice of the Claim); provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give timely notice shall not affect rights to indemnification
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hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party demonstrates actual damage caused by such failure. After such notice, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled, if it so elects, to take control of the defense and investigation of such Claim and to employ and engage attorneys of its own choice to handle and defend the same, such attorneys to be reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, at the Indemnifying Party’s cost, risk and expense and to compromise or settle such Claim, which compromise or settlement shall be made only with the written consent of the Indemnified Party; provided such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and provided, further, that if the sole settlement relief payable to a third party in respect of such Claim is monetary damages that are paid in full by the Indemnifying Party and such settlement includes an unconditional term (subject only to the foregoing payment being concurrently made) releasing the Indemnified Party and its affiliates from all liability in respect of such Claim, the Indemnifying Party may settle such claim without the consent of the Indemnified Party.
(b) If the Indemnifying Party fails to assume the defense of such Claim within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice thereof pursuant to this Section 6.5, the Indemnified Party against which such Claim has been filed or initiated will (upon delivering notice to such effect to the Indemnifying Party) have the right to undertake, at the Indemnifying Party’s cost and expense, to the extent otherwise provided herein, the defense, compromise or settlement of such Claim on behalf of and for the account and risk of the Indemnifying Party; provided, however, that such Claim shall not be compromised or settled without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the event the
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Indemnified Party assumes defense of the Claim, the Indemnified Party will keep the Indemnifying Party reasonably informed of the progress of any such defense, compromise or settlement and will consult with, when appropriate, and consider any reasonable advice from, the Indemnifying Party of any such defense, compromise or settlement. To the extent otherwise provided herein, the Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any settlement of any action effected pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 6.5 and for any final judgment (subject to any right of appeal), and the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Party from and against any Damages by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(c) If the Indemnifying Party elects to defend any Claim under this Section 6.5, then the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate (but not control) such defense with counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnifying Party, at such Indemnified Party’s sole cost and expense, provided, that in any Claim where both an Indemnified Party and an Indemnifying Party are named as defendants, if counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably conclude in writing that there is a reasonably apparent conflict of interest between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to select one law firm reasonably acceptable to the Indemnifying Party at the Indemnifying Party’s expense as separate counsel on behalf of the Indemnified Parties. If the Indemnifying Party elects to defend, compromise or settle such Claim, the Indemnified Party shall cooperate in the defense against, or compromise or settlement of, such Claim. If the Indemnifying Party chooses to defend any claim, the Indemnified Party shall make available to the Indemnifying Party any personnel or any books, records or other documents within its control that are reasonably necessary or appropriate for such defense, subject to the execution of appropriate confidentiality agreements.
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(d) Any Indemnified Party seeking indemnification for any Claim or potential Claim arising from a claim asserted by any party to this Agreement against the Indemnifying Party shall give prompt written notice to the Indemnifying Party specifying in detail the source of the Claim or potential Claim under Section 6.2, Section 6.3 or Section 6.4, as the case may be.
Section 6.6. Limitation of Claims.
(a) The Buyer and each of the Sellers agree for themselves and on behalf of their other Indemnified Parties, respectively, that with respect to each indemnification obligation in this Agreement in no event shall the Indemnifying Party have liability to the Indemnified Party for any consequential, special, exemplary, incidental, indirect or punitive damages, lost profits or similar items. In any case where an Indemnified Party actually recovers from a third person any amount in respect of a matter for which an Indemnifying Party has indemnified it pursuant to this Article VI, such Indemnified Party shall promptly pay over to the Indemnifying Party the amount so recovered. Any breach of any representation or warranty of a party resulting from any actions taken (or omitted) by such party at the express written direction or request of the other party or in complying with or performing its obligations under this Agreement shall not be deemed a breach of a representation or warranty for the purpose of Section 6.2, Section 6.3 or Section 6.4 of this Article VI.
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(b) Each of the parties agrees to take all reasonable steps to mitigate their respective Damages upon and after becoming aware of any event or condition which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any Damages that are indemnifiable hereunder.
(c) The Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to any right of action which an Indemnified Party may have against another person with respect to any matter giving rise to any claim for indemnification hereunder.
(d) None of the Indemnified Parties shall have any right to seek indemnification under Section 6.2, Section 6.3 or Section 6.4, as the case may be, until Damages with respect to all indemnification claims against the Sellers, on the one hand, and the Buyer, on the other, in the aggregate pursuant to this Article VI, of the Indemnified Parties exceed $2,000,000 (the “Threshold Amount”), after which time only the aggregate amount of such Damages in excess of the Threshold Amount shall be recoverable in accordance with the terms hereof.
(e) None of the Indemnified Parties shall have any right to obtain any indemnification under Section 6.2, Section 6.3 or Section 6.4 hereof to the extent amounts received by the Indemnified Parties in the aggregate as indemnification hereunder exceed $20,000,000 (the “Cap”).
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with the Loans to the extent such payments are owing pursuant to this Article VII. The amount of any reimbursement payments to be paid by the Sellers to the Buyer shall be calculated pursuant to this Article VII. For the purposes of this Agreement, “credit losses” shall mean credit losses incurred or charge-offs taken by the Buyer with respect to any Loans sold to the Buyer by the Sellers; provided that such credit losses or charge-offs are taken by the Buyer in a manner consistent with its customary loan-loss and charge-off practices.
(b) Within thirty (30) days of the end of any Reimbursement Period in which reimbursement payments are owed to the Buyer, the Buyer shall deliver to the Sellers a written reimbursement claim (a “Reimbursement Claim”) indicating the amount of reimbursement payment owed to the Buyer by the Sellers for such Period. Such Reimbursement Claim shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations used to determine the amount of such reimbursement payment, including (1) the average aggregate monthly principal balance of all of the Loans in the relevant Reimbursement Period, (2) the Reimbursement Threshold Amount (as defined in Section 7.1(c) below) for the relevant Reimbursement Period, (3) credit losses incurred or charge-offs taken during such Period, and (4) recoveries, if any, realized by the Buyer with respect to any Loans transferred pursuant to this Agreement and any loans (the “Charged-off Loans”) sold to the Buyer by the Sellers pursuant to the terms of that Charged-off Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of December 15, 2011, by and among the Buyer and the Sellers (the “Charged-off Loan Agreement”). With thirty (30) days of its receipt of any Reimbursement Claim, the Sellers shall either pay to the Buyer the amount of reimbursement payment indicated
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as owing in the Reimbursement Claim or communicate to the Buyer the basis upon which the Sellers disagree with the amount of the reimbursement payment indicated as owing in such Reimbursement Claim. Should the Sellers disagree with the Buyers as to the amount of any reimbursement payment, the parties agree to cooperate to resolve any differences the parties may have with respect to such reimbursement payment.
(c) The Buyer shall have no right to any reimbursement payment for a Reimbursement Period under this Article VII unless aggregate credit losses with respect to the Loans during such period exceed .50% of the principal balance of all the Loans calculated based on an average aggregate monthly balance in the relevant Reimbursement Period (the “Reimbursement Threshold Amount”), and in such case, only the aggregate amount of such credit losses in excess of the Reimbursement Threshold Amount shall be paid to the Buyer in accordance with the terms hereof. Any reimbursement payment owed for a Reimbursement Period shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis to the extent of recoveries realized by the Buyer during such Reimbursement Period with respect to any Loans transferred pursuant to this Agreement and any Charged-off Loans.
(d) The amount of the reimbursement payment payable to Buyer by the Sellers for any Reimbursement Period under this Article VII shall not exceed $320,000 in the aggregate.
(e) The Sellers shall have no reimbursement obligation for any credit losses except as provided in this Article VII.
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(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Sellers understand, acknowledge and agree that the Buyer shall have no obligation to initiate or continue to pursue the recovery of any Charged-off Loans and that any such action shall be in Buyer’s sole discretion.
ARTICLE VIII — INSURANCE INDEMNITY
Section 8.1. Casualty Losses. (a) The Buyer and the Sellers acknowledge that certain Loan Files with respect to Loans that constitute Xxxxx Fargo Guam Mortgage Loans or Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Mortgage Loans may fail to show or contain adequate or customary evidence of insurance on the real property securing such Loans.
(b) The relevant Seller agrees that it will indemnify the Buyer for any casualty loss incurred by the Buyer with respect to any Xxxxx Fargo Guam Mortgage Loan or Xxxxx Fargo Saipan Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, but only to the extent that such casualty loss arises by virtue of the fact that insurance policies, that are required to be maintained on the real property securing such Loan under the relevant Loan Documents, are not in place or have otherwise lapsed or expired. For purposes hereof, a casualty loss shall equal the amount the Buyer would have recovered with respect to the casualty event had such insurance policies been in place or otherwise had not lapsed or expired.
(c) Neither Seller shall have any indemnification obligation under Section 8.1(b)
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unless (i) the event giving rise to any such casualty loss occurs within one hundred and twenty (120) days of the Closing Date and (ii) the relevant Seller receives written notice from the Buyer of a claim for indemnification under Section 8.1(b) within two hundred ten (210) days of the Closing Date. Such written notice shall indicate the amount claimed to be owed along with an explanation of the facts supporting the claim for indemnification.
(d) The Buyer shall have no any right to seek indemnification under Section 8.1(b) until casualty losses with respect to all indemnification claims against the Sellers in the aggregate pursuant to Section 8.1(b) exceed $50,000, after which time, only the aggregate amount of such casualty losses in excess of such amount shall be recoverable in accordance with the terms of the Article VIII. In addition, the Buyer shall have no right to obtain any indemnification under Section 8.1(a) to the extent amounts received by the Seller in the aggregate as indemnification thereunder exceed $5,000,000.
ARTICLE IX
Section 9.1. Non-Compete. Each of Xxxxx Fargo Guam and Xxxxx Fargo Saipan agrees that it shall not engage in the Business within Guam or the CNMI for a period of one (1) year from the Closing Date (the “Non-compete Period”). Nothing contained in this Section 9.1, however, shall preclude either Seller (i) from acquiring, during the Non-compete Period, any
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business or making any investment in any venture that may engage in the Business within Guam, the CNMI or elsewhere; (ii) from succeeding in any manner or capacity, during the Non-compete Period, to any business (including the Business) within Guam or the CNMI that currently is conducted by any affiliate of such Seller or that may be acquired by any such affiliate; (iii) servicing, administering or otherwise engaging in collection efforts with respect to any of its assets in Guam or CNMI that are not to be sold, transferred or assigned to the Buyer hereunder or under the Charged-off Loan Agreement; or (iv) from providing any of the services contemplated by the Interim Servicing Agreement or the Charged-off Loan Agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Business” shall mean the origination and servicing of consumer loans secured by mortgages/deeds of trust encumbering real property and other collateral, consumer loans unsecured or secured by automobiles and/or other personal property, and retail installment sales contracts and revolving charge agreements.
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ARTICLE X
ACTIONS PENDING THE COMPLETION OF TRANSACTION
Section 10.1. Conduct of the Sellers’ Business. From the date hereof and until the Closing Date, except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, each Seller will not:
(a) conduct its business other than in compliance with all applicable laws and in the ordinary and usual course for a consumer lending business that is winding down its operations;
(b) change its material operating policies;
(c) modify any Loan or grant any discretionary release of collateral or guarantees related to any Loan in a manner that is inconsistent with its ordinary course of business or inconsistent with its policies and procedures in effect as of the date of this Agreement; or
(d) implement or adopt any change in its accounting principles, practices or methods that would materially affect the balance of the Loans to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 11.1. Further Instruments. Whenever and as often as it shall be requested to do so by any other party hereto, each party hereto (at the sole expense of the party requesting such
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action) shall cause to be executed, acknowledged or delivered any and all such further instruments and documents as may be reasonably necessary or proper, to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement.
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To Seller: | Xxxxx Fargo Financial Guam, Inc. | |
Xxxxx Fargo Financial Saipan, Inc. | ||
c/o Wells Fargo & Company | ||
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
MAC D1053-300 | ||
One Wachovia Center |
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000 | ||
Fax: (000) 000-0000 | ||
To Buyer: | Bank of Guam | |
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Senior Vice President | ||
General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer | ||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000 |
Any notice so given by mail shall be deemed to have been given as of the date of delivery (whether accepted or refused) established by U.S. Post Office return receipt or the overnight carrier’s proof of delivery, as the case may be. Any notice given by personal delivery or by facsimiles transmission shall be deemed given upon delivery of the same to the party addressed.
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Section 11.9. Choice of Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder determined, in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California without regard for choice of law principles and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto will be determined in accordance with such laws. Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process by mailing of a copy thereof, by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the party (with copyholders). THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT.
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XXXXX FARGO FINANCIAL GUAM, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Title: | President | |
XXXXX FARGO FINANCIAL SAIPAN, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Title: | President | |
BANK OF GUAM | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Title: | EVP/Chief Operating Officer |
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