NISSAN AUTO LEASE TRUST 2009-B $213,000,000 0.41035% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 $308,000,000 1.22% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2 $423,000,000 2.07% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 $80,850,000 2.65% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.1
$213,000,000
0.41035% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1
0.41035% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1
$308,000,000
1.22% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2
1.22% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2
$423,000,000
2.07% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3
2.07% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3
$80,850,000
2.65% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4
2.65% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
September 1, 2009
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
as Representative of the several Underwriters
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
as Representative of the several Underwriters
Dear Sir or Madam:
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation (“NMAC”), and Nissan Auto
Leasing LLC II, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Depositor”), hereby confirm their
agreement with X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. (the “Representative”) and the several underwriters
named in Schedule A hereto (together with the Representative, collectively, the
“Underwriters”) with respect to the purchase by the Underwriters of $213,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 0.41035% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the “Class A-1 Notes”), $308,000,000
aggregate principal amount of 1.22% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2 (the “Class A-2 Notes”),
$423,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.07% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 (the “Class A-3
Notes”) and $80,850,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.65% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 (the
“Class A-4 Notes”) (collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes,
and the Class A-4 Notes are referred to herein as the “Notes”), of Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2009-B,
a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust” or “Issuer”), which Notes the Depositor proposes to sell to
the Underwriters under the terms and conditions herein.
Each of the Underwriters is a financial institution appearing on the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York’s list of Primary Government Securities Dealers Reporting to the Government
Securities Dealers Statistics Unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (each, in such
capacity, a “TALF Agent”), and may be a party to that certain Master Loan and Security Agreement
(the “MLSA”) among the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “FRBNY”), as Lender, various TALF
Agents party thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrator, and The Bank of New York
Mellon, as Custodian, in connection with the Term Asset-Backed
Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”). To the extent expressly provided in this Agreement, and subject
to the limitations in Section 9, certain of the rights, benefits and remedies of the Underwriters
under this Agreement will be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each Underwriter not
only in such capacity but also in its capacity as a TALF Agent and as a signatory to a letter
agreement making such TALF Agent a party to the MLSA.
The Depositor was formed pursuant to a limited liability company agreement, dated as of
October 29, 2001 (the “Depositor LLC Agreement”), among NMAC, as member (the “Depositor Member”),
and X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, as special members.
Simultaneously with the issuance of the Notes, the Depositor will cause the Trust to issue
$286,548,557.00 aggregate principal amount of Asset Backed Certificates (the “Certificates”). The
Notes and the Certificates shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Securities.” The Notes
will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of September 11, 2009 (the “Indenture”), between
the Trust and U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as indenture trustee (in such capacity,
the “Indenture Trustee”). The Certificates will be issued pursuant to an amended and restated
trust agreement, dated as of September 11, 2009 (the “Trust Agreement”), between the Depositor and
Wilmington Trust Company (“WTC”), as owner trustee (in such capacity, the “Owner Trustee”). Each
Note will represent an obligation of, and each Certificate will represent an undivided interest in,
the Trust. The Certificates will be subordinated to the Notes to the extent described in the
Indenture and the Trust Agreement.
Pursuant to a trust agreement, dated as of July 7, 1998, among NILT Trust, as grantor and
initial beneficiary (“NILT Trust”), NILT, Inc., as trustee (the “Titling Trustee”), WTC, as
Delaware trustee (in such capacity, the “Delaware Trustee”), and U.S. Bank, as trust agent (in such
capacity, the “Trust Agent”), which was subsequently amended and restated by an amended and
restated trust and servicing agreement, dated as of August 26, 1998 (the “Titling Trust
Agreement”), among NILT Trust, NMAC, as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), the Titling
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Trust Agent, Nissan-Infiniti LT, a Delaware statutory trust
(the “Titling Trust”), was created to take assignments and conveyances of and hold in trust various
leases, vehicles and certain related assets (collectively, the “Trust Assets”).
Pursuant to the 2009-B SUBI supplement to the Titling Trust Agreement, dated as of September
11, 2009 (the “2009-B SUBI Supplement”, and together with the Titling Trust Agreement, the “SUBI
Trust Agreement”), among the parties to the Titling Trust Agreement, the Titling Trustee will be
directed by NILT Trust to establish a special unit of beneficial interest to be known as the
“2009-B SUBI” (the “2009-B SUBI”). The Titling Trustee will allocate a portfolio consisting of the
2009-B Leases, the 2009-B Vehicles and certain other related assets to the 2009-B SUBI
(collectively, the “2009-B SUBI Assets”). The Trust Assets (including the
2009-B SUBI Assets) will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to a servicing agreement, dated
as of March 1, 1999, as amended by the First Amendment to Servicing Agreement, dated as of January
3, 2001, and as supplemented by a 2009-B supplement, dated as of September 11, 2009 (collectively,
the “Servicing Agreement”), in each case among the Titling Trust, NILT Trust and the Servicer.
In connection with the creation of the 2009-B SUBI, the Titling Trust will issue to NILT Trust
a certificate (the “SUBI Certificate”) representing a 100% beneficial interest in the 2009-
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B SUBI. Pursuant to a SUBI certificate transfer agreement, dated as of September 11, 2009 (the
“SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement”), between the Depositor and NILT Trust, NILT Trust will sell
the SUBI Certificate to the Depositor. Pursuant to a trust SUBI certificate transfer agreement,
dated as of September 11, 2009 (the “Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement”), between the
Depositor and the Trust, the Depositor will sell the SUBI Certificate to the Trust. This
Underwriting Agreement (this “Agreement”), the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Titling Trust
Agreement, the SUBI Trust Agreement, the SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement, the Servicing
Agreement, the Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement, the Agreement of Definitions (as defined
in the following sentence), the backup security agreement, dated as of September 11, 2009 (the
“Back-up Security Agreement”), among the Titling Trust, NILT Trust, the Depositor, the Trust and
the Indenture Trustee, the control agreement, dated as of September 11, 2009 (the “Control
Agreement”), among NMAC, the Trust and U.S. Bank, as Indenture Trustee, the secured party, and
securities intermediary (in such capacity, the “Securities Intermediary”) and the trust
administration agreement dated as of September 11, 2009 (the “Trust Administration Agreement”),
among the Depositor, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and NMAC, as administrative agent are
referred to herein collectively as the “Basic Documents.” Capitalized terms used herein that are
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement of Definitions,
dated as of September 11, 2009, among the Trust, the Titling Trust, the Titling Trustee, NILT
Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, NMAC, the Indenture Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the
Trust Agent (the “Agreement of Definitions”).
Unless otherwise stated, references to “Section” mean Sections of this Agreement.
NMAC and the Depositor hereby agree with the Underwriters as follows:
Section 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by NMAC and the Depositor. Each of NMAC and the
Depositor, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Underwriters, as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date referred to in Section 2(c), and agrees (i) with the
Underwriters, and (ii) with respect to clauses (a)(ii) and (a)(xv) of this Section 1 only, with the
Underwriters in their capacities as TALF Agents, with respect to TALF loans secured by the Notes,
as follows:
(i) Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus. A
registration statement and Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 thereto (File Nos.
333-147542 and 333-147542-01), including a form of prospectus supplement relating to
the Notes and a form of base prospectus relating to each class of securities to be
registered under such registration statement, has been filed on Form S-3 with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and either (i) has been declared effective under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and is not proposed to be amended or
(ii) is proposed to be amended by amendment or post-effective amendment. If such
registration statement (the “initial registration statement”) has been declared effective,
either (i) any additional registration statement (the “additional registration statement”)
relating to the Notes has been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Act (“Rule 462(b)”) and declared
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effective upon filing, and the Notes have been registered under the Act pursuant to the
initial registration statement and such additional registration statement or (ii) any such
additional registration statement proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(b) will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) and upon such filing the
Notes will have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the initial registration
statement and such additional registration statement. If the Depositor and NMAC do not
propose to amend the initial registration statement, any such additional registration
statement or any post-effective amendment to either such registration statement filed with
the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, then the most recent
amendment (if any) to each such registration statement has been declared effective by the
Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Act (“Rule
462(c)”) or Rule 462(b).
For purposes of this Agreement, “Effective Time” with respect to the initial
registration statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the additional registration statement means (A) if the Depositor and NMAC have advised the
Representative that they do not propose to amend such registration statement, the date and
time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereto (if any) filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, was declared
effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) or
(B) if the Depositor and NMAC have advised the Representative that they propose to file an
amendment or post-effective amendment to such registration statement, the date and time as
of which such registration statement as amended by such amendment or post-effective
amendment, as the case may be, is declared effective by the Commission. If the Depositor
and NMAC have advised the Representative that they propose to file, but have not filed, an
additional registration statement, “Effective Time” with respect to such additional
registration statement means the date and time as of which such registration statement is
filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).
The initial registration statement and all amendments and supplements thereto, as
amended at its time of effectiveness, including all information (A) contained in the
additional registration statement (if any), (B) deemed to be a part of the initial
registration statement as of the time of effectiveness of the additional registration
statement (if any) pursuant to the General Instructions of the Form on which it is filed and
(C) deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement as of its time of effectiveness pursuant
to Rule 430A(b) under the Act (“Rule 430A(b)”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Initial
Registration Statement.” The additional registration statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto, as amended at its time of effectiveness, including the contents of the
initial registration statement incorporated by reference therein and deemed to be a part of
the additional registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b), is
hereinafter referred to as the “Additional Registration Statement.” The Initial
Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement and all Incorporated Documents
(as defined below) are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Registration Statements”
and individually as a “Registration Statement.” As used herein, the term “Incorporated
Documents”, when used with respect to the Registration Statement as of any date, means the
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement (i) as of such date pursuant to
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Item 12 of Form S-3 or pursuant to a no-action letter of the Commission or (ii) as of any
other date pursuant to Rule 430B(f) under the Act. A preliminary prospectus supplement,
dated August 27, 2009, relating to the Notes (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), and
accompanied by the base prospectus, dated August 27, 2009 relating to the Notes (the “Base
Prospectus”), will be filed with the Commission in connection with the offering and sale of
the Notes pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Act (“Rule 424(b)”)
within the time period required thereby (together, including all material incorporated by
reference therein, the “Preliminary Prospectus”). A final prospectus supplement, dated
September 1, 2009, relating to the Notes (the “Prospectus Supplement”), and accompanied by
the Base Prospectus, will be filed with the Commission in connection with the offering and
sale of the Notes pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) within the time period
required thereby (together, including all material incorporated by reference therein, the
“Final Prospectus”). As used herein, and for the sake of clarity, each of the term
“Preliminary Prospectus” and “Final Prospectus” includes all static pool information
disclosed therein in response to Item 1105 of Regulation AB (including, without limitation,
the information disclosed in the Appendices to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the
Prospectus Supplement), whether or not such information is otherwise deemed to be part of
the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus under the rules and regulations of the
Commission (the “Rules and Regulations”).
(ii) Compliance with Laws; Disclosures. (A) On the effective date of any
Registration Statement whose time of effectiveness is prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, each such Registration Statement conformed, (B) on the date of this
Agreement, each such Registration Statement conforms and (C) on any related effective date
of the Registration Statement, subsequent to the date of this Agreement and on the Closing
Date (as defined in Section 2(c) hereof), each such Registration Statement will conform, in
all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”), and at such times each such Registration
Statement, as amended, did not 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 not misleading.
As of 3:45 P.M. (New York time), September 1, 2009 (the “Date of Sale”), which shall be
the date and time of the first contract of sale for the Notes, and at the time of filing of
the Preliminary Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) (or if no such filing is required, at the
effective date of the Additional Registration Statement that includes the Preliminary
Prospectus), the Preliminary Prospectus, together with the pricing and price dependent
information which appears in the Final Prospectus (the “Pricing Information”), did not
include, does not include and will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact, nor
did, does or will the Preliminary Prospectus, together with the Pricing Information, omit 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.
As of the date of the first use of the Final Prospectus, at the time of filing of the
Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) (or if no such filing is required, at the effective
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date of the Additional Registration Statement that includes the Final Prospectus), on the
date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus, as amended and
supplemented as of such dates, will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and does not include, and will not include, any
untrue statement of a material fact, nor did, does or will the Final Prospectus, as amended
and supplemented as of such dates, omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
The three preceding paragraphs do not apply to statements in or omissions from the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus based upon
Underwriter Information (as defined herein) or that part of the Registration Statement which
constitutes the Statement of Qualification under the 1939 Act on Form T-1 (the “Form T-1”)
of the Indenture Trustee (which will be represented and warranted to by the Indenture
Trustee). If the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement is subsequent to the
date of this Agreement, no Additional Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The
Indenture has been qualified under the 1939 Act.
(iii) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the respective date as of which
information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then amended
or supplemented, except as otherwise set forth therein (exclusive of amendments or
supplements after the date hereof), there has been no material adverse effect in the
condition, financial or otherwise, earnings or business affairs, whether or not arising out
of the ordinary course of business, of the Depositor or any of its affiliates (as such term
is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Act) (each, an “Affiliate”), or in the ability of such
entity to perform its obligations under each Basic Document to which it is a party or by
which it may be bound. Except as otherwise indicated by the context, all references
to the term “material” in this Agreement that refer to the Depositor or its Affiliates,
or any of them, shall be interpreted in proportion to the business of NMAC and its
consolidated subsidiaries, as a whole, and not in proportion to the business of the
Depositor or its Affiliate(s), individually.
(iv) Issuance of the Notes. The Notes have been duly authorized and, at the
Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of Trust and, when
authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and
delivered against the consideration therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations
of the Trust, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with their terms, except as the
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all
laws relating to fraudulent transfers), moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the
Indenture and Trust Agreement.
(v) Description of Notes and Basic Documents. The Notes and each of the Basic
Documents conform in all material respects to the description thereof and the statements
relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Final Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, and will be in substantially the
respective forms previously delivered to the Representative.
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(vi) SUBI Certificate. The SUBI Certificate conforms in all material respects
to the descriptions thereof and the statements relating thereto contained in the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then amended
or supplemented, and the SUBI Certificate has been duly and validly authorized and, when
executed, issued, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the SUBI Trust Agreement,
will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the SUBI
Trust Agreement.
(vii) No Investment Company Registration. None of NMAC, the Depositor, NILT
Trust, the Titling Trust or the Trust is required to be registered as an “investment
company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
(viii) Allocation of 2009-B SUBI Assets. At or prior to the Closing Date, the
Titling Trustee will have allocated 2009-B Leases and 2009-B Vehicles as 2009-B SUBI Assets
that have an aggregate Securitization Value as of the Cut-Off Date equal to
$1,311,398,557.00, and each of the 2009-B Leases and 2009-B Vehicles allocated as a 2009-B
SUBI Asset at the Closing Date will meet the eligibility criteria for selection described in
the SUBI Trust Agreement and the Servicing Agreement.
(ix) Payment of Taxes Fees and Other Charges. Any material taxes, fees and
other governmental charges in connection with the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and any other agreements contemplated
herein or therein shall have been paid or will be paid at or prior to the Closing Date to
the extent then due.
(x) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each
of the Depositor, the Trust and NMAC in each Basic Document to which it is a party are true
and correct in all material respects.
(xi) Independent Public Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP are independent public
accountants with respect to the Depositor within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations.
(xii) Not Ineligible Issuer. The Depositor is not, and on the date on which
the first bona fide offer of the Notes was made, was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined
in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations.
(xiii) Written Communications. Other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Final Prospectus and any materials included in one or more “road shows” (as defined in Rule
433(h) under the Act) relating to the Notes authorized or approved by the Depositor and
NMAC, neither the Depositor nor NMAC (including their respective agents and representatives
other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has 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.
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(xiv) No Other Contract Required. Neither the Depositor nor NMAC knows of any
contract or other document of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as then amended and supplemented, which is
not filed or described as required.
(xv) TALF. Assuming that the Notes receive the expected ratings identified in
the Preliminary Prospectus and are not on review or watch for downgrade (which ratings will
be obtained without the benefit of any third party guarantee), (i) the Notes satisfy the
requirements to be Eligible Collateral (“Eligible Collateral”), as that term is defined in
the form of MLSA, posted on the website of the FRBNY (in the most recently dated version as
of the date of such representation) at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx/ markets/talf
docs.html, among the FRBNY, as lender, the TALF agents party thereto, each on behalf of
itself and its respective applicable borrowers, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as
Administrator and as Custodian, in connection with the FRBNY’s Term Asset-Backed Securities
Loan Facility, and (ii) the Prospectus, as of its date and the Closing Date, when taken as a
whole together with all information provided by the Depositor and the Servicer or on behalf
of the Depositor and the Servicer to any national recognized statistical rating organization
in connection with the offering of the Notes, does 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. No representation is made by the Depositor and the Servicer as to the
eligibility of a borrower under TALF.
(b) Representations and Warranties of the Depositor and the Depositor Member. Each of
the Depositor and NMAC, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Underwriters, as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date referred to in Section 2(c) and agrees with the
Underwriters as follows:
(i) Due Organization. The Depositor has been duly formed and is validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Sections 18-10.1 et seq. (the “Delaware Act”), and all
filings required at the date hereof under the Delaware Act with respect to the due formation
and valid existence of the Depositor as a limited liability company have been made. The
Depositor has power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct
its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then
amended or supplemented, and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic
Documents. NMAC has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of California and has corporate power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, and to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents. Each of the Depositor and
NMAC is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company or corporation, as applicable,
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of
its business or the lease or ownership of its property requires such qualification, except
where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.
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(ii) Depositor Member Interests. NMAC is the sole member of the Depositor and,
at the Closing Date, NMAC will own its 100% membership interest in the Depositor free and
clear of any Liens except as permitted by the Basic Documents.
(iii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Depositor nor NMAC is in
violation of its organizational or charter documents, bylaws, or the Depositor LLC
Agreement, as the case may be, or in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any agreement, contract,
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party
or by which it or its properties or assets may be bound, which would have a material adverse
effect on the Depositor’s or NMAC’s ability to perform its respective obligations under the
Basic Documents or on the validity or enforceability thereof. The execution, delivery and
performance by each of the Depositor or NMAC, as the case may be, of the Basic Documents,
and the issuance and sale of the Notes and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof
will not, subject to obtaining any consents or approvals as may be required under the
securities or “blue sky” laws of various jurisdictions, (i) result in a breach or violation
of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, rule,
regulation, or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction
over the Depositor or NMAC or their respective properties or any
agreement or instrument to which either is a party or by which either is bound or to
which any of their respective properties are subject, except where such breach, violation,
or default would not have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated herein
or on the Depositor’s or NMAC’s respective ability to perform its obligations under the
Basic Documents, (ii) conflict with the Depositor’s or NMAC’s charter or bylaws or the
Depositor LLC Agreement, as the case may be, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien (except as permitted by the Basic Documents) upon any of the Depositor’s or
NMAC’s property or assets is subject, except for Liens that, individually or in the
aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on either of the Depositor’s or NMAC’s
ability to perform its respective obligations under the Basic Documents.
(iv) Absence of Proceedings. Other than as disclosed in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented (exclusive of
amendments or supplements after the date hereof), there is no action, suit or proceeding
(whether individually or in the aggregate) before or by any court or governmental agency or
body, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of each of the Depositor and
NMAC, threatened, against or affecting the Depositor or NMAC that could reasonably be
expected to have any material adverse effect on the Depositor or NMAC, respectively, with
respect thereto.
(v) Absence of Further Requirements. No authorization, approval or consent of
any court, governmental authority or agency or any other person is necessary in connection
with (A) the issuance of the SUBI Certificate, (B) the issuance of the Securities or the
offering and sale of the Notes, (C) the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor
or NMAC of this Agreement or any Basic Document to
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which it is a party or (D) the consummation by the Depositor or NMAC of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
except such authorizations, approvals or consents as have been obtained and are in full
force and effect as of the Closing Date.
(vi) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each of the Depositor and NMAC
possesses all material certificates, authorizations, licenses and permits issued by the
appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies as are necessary to
conduct the business now operated by it; all such certificates, authorizations, licenses and
permits are valid and in full force and effect except where such invalidity or failure to be
in full force and effect does not have a material adverse effect on the Depositor’s or
NMAC’s ability to perform its respective duties under the Basic Documents; and neither the
Depositor nor NMAC has received notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authorization, license or permit which, singly or in
the aggregate, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of either the
Depositor or NMAC to perform its respective obligations under the Basic Documents.
(vii) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositor and NMAC.
(viii) Authorization of Basic Documents. As of the Closing Date, each of the
Basic Documents to which any of the Depositor, NMAC or the Trust is a party and the
Depositor LLC Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each such
entity, and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other
parties thereto) constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Depositor and
NMAC, as applicable, enforceable against such party in accordance with its respective terms,
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including,
without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), moratorium, reorganization
or other similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(ix) Leases. Each 2009-B Lease constitutes the legal, valid, binding and
enforceable agreement of the parties thereto, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to
fraudulent transfers), moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless
of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and each
2009-B Lease complies or will comply on the Closing Date in all material respects as to
content and form with all applicable state and federal laws, including, without limitation,
consumer protection laws, except where the failure to so comply would not have a material
adverse effect on the Trust, with respect thereto.
(c) Representations and Warranties of the Titling Trust and NILT Trust. NMAC, on
behalf of the Titling Trust and NILT Trust, each to the extent indicated below, represents and
warrants to the Underwriters, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date referred to in
Section 2(c), and agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
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(i) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the respective date as of which
information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then amended
or supplemented, except as otherwise set forth therein (exclusive of amendments or
supplements after the date hereof), there has been no material adverse effect in the
condition, financial or otherwise, earnings or business affairs, whether or not arising out
of the ordinary course of business, of the Titling Trust or NILT Trust, or in the ability of
either of them to perform its respective obligations under each Basic Document to which
either of them is a party or by which either of them may be bound.
(ii) Due Organization of the Titling Trust and NILT Trust. Each of the Titling
Trust and NILT Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing as a statutory trust in
good standing under Delaware law, and all filings required at the date hereof under Delaware
law with respect to the due formation and valid existence of Titling Trust or NILT Trust,
respectively, as a statutory trust have been made. Each of the Titling Trust and NILT Trust
has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then
amended or supplemented, and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic
Documents. Each of the Titling Trust and NILT Trust is duly qualified as a foreign
statutory trust to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the conduct of its business or the lease or ownership of its property requires such
qualification, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Titling Trust’s or NILT
Trust’s ability to perform its respective obligations under the Basic Documents.
(iii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Titling Trust nor NILT
Trust is in violation of its organizational or charter documents, bylaws, or applicable
trust agreement, as the case may be, or in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any agreement, contract,
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party
or by which it or its properties or assets may be bound, which would have a material adverse
effect on the Titling Trust’s or NILT Trust’s ability to perform its respective obligations
under the Basic Documents or on the validity or enforceability thereof. The execution,
delivery, and performance by each of the Titling Trust or NILT Trust, as the case may be, of
the Basic Documents, and the issuance and sale of the Notes and compliance with the terms
and provisions thereof will not, subject to obtaining any consents or approvals as may be
required under the securities or “blue sky” laws of various jurisdictions, (i) result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under,
any statute, rule, regulation, or order of any governmental agency or body or any court
having jurisdiction over the Titling Trust or NILT Trust or their respective properties or
any agreement or instrument to which either is a party or by which either is bound or to
which any of their respective properties are subject, except where such breach, violation,
or default would not have a material adverse effect on the Titling Trust’s or NILT Trust’s
ability to perform its respective obligations under the Basic Documents, (ii) conflict with
the Titling Trust’s or NILT Trust’s organizational documents or (iii) result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien (except as permitted by the Basic Documents) upon any of the
Titling Trust’s or NILT Trust’s property or assets, except for Liens that, individually or
in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the Titling Trust’s or NILT
Trust’s ability to perform its respective obligations under the Basic Documents.
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(iv) Absence of Proceedings. Other than as disclosed in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then amended and supplemented (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements after the date hereof), there is no action, suit or proceeding
(whether individually or in the aggregate) before or by any court or governmental agency or
body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of NMAC, threatened, against or
affecting any of the Titling Trust or NILT Trust that could reasonably be expected to have
any material adverse effect with respect thereto.
(v) Absence of Further Requirements. No authorization, approval or consent of
any court, governmental authority or agency or any other person is necessary in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by the Titling Trust or NILT Trust of this
Agreement, the SUBI Trust Agreement or any Basic Document to which any of them is a party or
the consummation by any of them of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except
such authorizations, approvals or consents as will have been obtained and are in full force
and effect as of the Closing Date.
(vi) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each of the Titling Trust and NILT
Trust possesses all material certificates, authorizations, licenses and permits issued by
the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies as are necessary to
conduct the business now operated by it; all such certificates, authorizations, licenses and
permits are valid and in full force and effect except where such invalidity or failure to be
in full force and effect does not have a material adverse effect on the Titling Trust’s or
NILT Trust’s ability to perform its respective obligations under the Basic Documents; and
neither the Titling Trust nor NILT Trust has received notice of any proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority, license or permit which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding,
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Titling
Trust or NILT Trust to perform its respective obligations under the Basic Documents.
(vii) Authorization of Basic Documents. As of the Closing Date, each Basic
Document to which any of the Titling Trust or NILT Trust is a party has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Titling Trust or NILT Trust, as the case may be,
and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties
thereto) constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Titling Trust and NILT
Trust, as applicable, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except as
the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without
limitation, all laws related to fraudulent transfers), moratorium, reorganization or other
similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles
of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
(viii) Title to 2009-B SUBI Assets. At the time of execution and delivery of
the 2009-B SUBI Supplement on the Closing Date, the Titling Trust, or the Titling Trustee
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on behalf of the Titling Trust, will own the 2009-B Leases and hold marketable title to the
2009-B Vehicles, together with other rights relating to the 2009-B Vehicles and the 2009-B
Leases being allocated as 2009-B SUBI Assets, in each case free and clear of any Liens
(except as permitted by the Basic Documents).
(ix) Absence of Assignment of 2009-B SUBI Assets. As of the Closing Date, the
Titling Trust has not assigned to any Person any of its right, title or interest in any of
the 2009-B Leases, related contract rights, 2009-B Vehicles or other related rights
constituting the 2009-B SUBI Assets, or has obtained the release of each such prior
assignment.
(x) Allocation of 2009-B SUBI Assets. As of Closing Date, the Servicer has
made the appropriate allocation of assets within the estate of the Titling Trust to the
2009-B SUBI required by the SUBI Trust Agreement.
(xi) Leases. Each 2009-B Lease constitutes the legal, valid, binding and
enforceable agreement of the parties thereto, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws related to
fraudulent transfers), moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless
of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and each
2009-B Lease complies or will comply on the Closing Date in all material respects as to
content and form with all applicable state and federal laws, including, without limitation,
consumer protection laws, except where failure to so comply would not have a material
adverse effect with respect thereto.
(d) Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate respecting the Notes signed by any
officer of the Depositor, NMAC or any of their respective Affiliates and delivered at the Closing
Date to the Underwriters or to counsel to the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Depositor, NMAC or such Affiliate, as the case may be, to the Underwriters as to
the matters covered thereby.
Section 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Notes. On the basis of and in reliance on the representations, warranties and
agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Depositor
agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to
purchase aggregate principal amounts of the Notes set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters
in Schedule A hereto.
(b) Purchase Price. The Notes are to be purchased by the Underwriters at a purchase
price equal to (i) in the case of the Class A-1 Notes, 99.88000% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof, (ii) in the case of the Class A-2 Notes, 99.79030% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof, (iii) in the case of the Class A-3 Notes, 99.68292% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof and (iv) in the case of the Class A-4 Notes, 99.59929% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof.
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(c) Payment. Against payment of the purchase price by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Depositor, the Depositor will deliver the Notes to the Representative, for
the account of the Underwriters, at the office of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-1503 or at such other place as shall be agreed
upon by the Representative, the Depositor and NMAC, on September 11, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., Los
Angeles time, or at such other time not later than seven full Business Days thereafter as the
Representative and the Depositor determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing
Date.” The Notes to be so delivered will be initially represented by one or more certificates
registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The
interests of beneficial owners of the Notes will be represented by book entries on the records of
DTC and participating members thereof. Definitive certificates evidencing the Notes will be
available only under the limited circumstances specified in the Indenture. Certificates for the
Notes shall be made available for examination and packaging by the Representative in The City of
New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York time) on the last Business Day prior to the Closing
Date.
Section 3. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters
propose to offer the Notes for sale to the public as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Final Prospectus.
Section 4. Covenants of NMAC and the Depositor. NMAC and the Depositor jointly and
severally covenant with the Underwriters as follows:
(a) Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus. The
Depositor and NMAC will file the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus with the
Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and
will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. If the time of
effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and an Additional Registration Statement is necessary to register a portion of the Notes
under the Act but the time of effectiveness thereof has not occurred as of such execution and
delivery, the Depositor and NMAC will file the Additional Registration Statement or a
post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 462(b). The Depositor will advise the Representative promptly of any such
filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 462(b), as applicable.
(b) Notice and Effect of Material Events. The Depositor will advise the
Representative promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement as filed
or the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus and will not effect any such amendment or
supplement without the Representative’s reasonable consent. The Depositor will advise the
Representative promptly of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (if the time of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement), of any amendment or supplement of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order
proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement. The Depositor will use its best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if
issued.
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(c) Amendment to Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus. If, during such time
when the delivery of a prospectus shall be required by law in connection with sales of any Notes
(including delivery as contemplated by Rule 172 of the Act), either (i) any event shall have
occurred as a result of which the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as then amended
or supplemented, would include 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, or (ii) for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend
or supplement the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, the Depositor will promptly
notify the Representative and will promptly prepare for review by the Representative and file with
the Commission an amendment or a supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus
that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance. Neither the consent of the
Underwriters to, nor the delivery by the Underwriters of, any such amendment or supplement shall
constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7, unless such consent
specifically waives such conditions.
(d) Earnings Statement. The Depositor will cause the Trust to make generally
available to Holders as soon as practicable, but not later than fourteen months after the effective
date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement of the Trust covering a period of at
least twelve consecutive months beginning after such effective date and satisfying the provisions
of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder); provided that this
covenant may be satisfied by posting the monthly investor reports for the Trust on a publicly
available website or filing such monthly investor reports with the Commission on Form 10-D.
(e) Copies of Registration Statements. The Depositor will furnish to the
Representative copies of the Registration Statement (which will include all exhibits), the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents,
in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representative may from time to
time reasonably request.
(f) Copies of Reports. So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Depositor
will furnish to the Representative copies of all reports or other communications (financial or
otherwise) furnished to Holders, and deliver to the Representative during such same period (i) as
soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed
with the Commission, and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial
condition of the Depositor and the Trust as the Representative may from time to time reasonably
request.
(g) Qualification of Notes for Offer and Sale. The Depositor shall use its reasonable
efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the
applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Underwriters may
reasonably designate in writing and shall maintain such qualifications in effect as long as
required for the sale of the Notes; provided, however, that neither NMAC nor the
Depositor shall be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a
foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so
qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in
which it is not otherwise so subject.
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(h) Rating of Notes. The Depositor shall take all reasonable action necessary to
enable Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Xxxxx’x”), Xxxxx, Inc. (“Fitch”) and Standard and Poor’s
Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. (“S&P” and together with Xxxxx’x
and Fitch, the “Rating Agencies”) to provide the Class A-1 Notes with the highest short-term
rating, and the remaining classes of the Notes with the highest long-term rating or its equivalent
at the Closing Date.
(i) Furnishing of Documents. To the extent, if any, that the rating provided with
respect to the Notes by Moody’s, Fitch or S&P is conditional upon the furnishing of documents or
the taking of any other actions by the Depositor, the Depositor shall furnish, and shall cause NMAC
to furnish, such documents and take such other actions.
(j) Use of Proceeds. The Depositor shall cause the Trust to use the net proceeds
received by it from the sale of the Notes in the manner specified in the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Final Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(k) Annual Statement of Compliance. For so long as the Depositor is filing reports
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with respect to the
Issuer, or until such time as the Underwriters shall cease to maintain a secondary market in the
Notes, whichever occurs first, the Depositor will deliver to the Representative the annual
statements of compliance and the annual independent certified public accountants’ reports
furnished to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the 2009-B Servicing Supplement, as soon as such
statements and reports are furnished to the Indenture Trustee.
(l) Requirements Under the TALF Certification. For so long as any of the Notes remain
outstanding, NMAC will comply with its obligations under paragraph 5 of the Certification as to
TALF Eligibility (the “TALF Certification”) (unless such obligations are waived by the FRBNY or its
designated agents) (i) to provide notice to the FRBNY and all registered holders of the Notes in
writing if certain statements are not correct no later than 9:00 a.m. New York City time on the
fourth Business Day following such determination, and (ii) to issue a press release regarding such
determination no later than 9:00 a.m. New York City time on the fourth Business Day following such
determination, and the Depositor will promptly provide each Underwriter a copy of each such
notification.
Section 5. Payment of Expenses. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties
hereto, the Depositor will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the printing (or otherwise reproducing) and filing
of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto; (ii) the
preparation, issuance and delivery of the Notes to the Underwriters; (iii) the fees and
disbursements of the Depositor’s and NMAC’s counsel and accountants; (iv) the fees of DTC in
connection with the book-entry registration of the Notes; (v) the qualification of the Notes under
state securities law in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(g), including filing fees and
the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in
connection with the preparation of the blue sky survey, if required; (vi) the printing (or
otherwise reproducing) and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each of the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto; (vii) the
reproducing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the blue sky survey; and (viii) the fees
charged by
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Moody’s, Fitch and S&P for rating the Notes. The Underwriters shall not be responsible
for the fees and disbursements of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and their respective
counsel. If the Underwriters, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 or Section 12,
terminate this Agreement, NMAC shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters.
Section 6. Covenant of the Underwriters. Each of the Underwriters severally, and not
jointly, covenants and agrees with the Depositor and NMAC that other than the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any materials included in one or more “road shows” (as defined
in Rule 433(h) under the Act) relating to the Notes authorized or approved by the Depositor and
NMAC, without NMAC’s prior written approval, such Underwriter 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) relating to the offer and sale
of the Notes that would constitute a “prospectus” or a “free writing prospectus,” each as defined
in the Act or the Rules and Regulations thereunder, including, but not limited to any “ABS
informational and computational materials” as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the
Act; provided, however, that (i) each Underwriter may prepare and convey one or more “written
communications” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) containing no more than the following: (A)
information contemplated by Rule 134 under the Act and included or to be included in the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, including but
not limited to, information relating to the class, size, weighted average life, rating, expected
final payment date, legal maturity date, and/or the final price of the Notes, 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, (B) an Intex CDI file that does not contain any Issuer Information (as
defined below) other than Issuer Information included in the Preliminary Prospectus previously
filed with the Commission, and (C) information customarily included in confirmations of sales of
securities and notices of allocations (each such written communication, an “Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus”); and (ii) unless otherwise consented to by the Depositor or NMAC, no such
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus shall be conveyed in a manner reasonably designed to lead to
its broad unrestricted dissemination such that, as a result of such conveyance, the Depositor or
NMAC shall be required to make any filing of such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to
Rule 433(d) under the Act. As used herein, the term “Issuer Information” means any information of
the type specified in clauses (1) — (5) of footnote 271 of Commission Release No. 33-8591
(Securities Offering Reform), other than Underwriter Derived Information. As used herein, the term
“Underwriter Derived Information” shall refer to information of the type described in clause (5) of
footnote 271 of Commission Release No. 33-8591 (Securities Offering Reform) when prepared by any
Underwriter, including traditional computational and analytical materials prepared by the
Underwriter.
Section 7. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Depositor and NMAC herein on the date hereof and
at the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Depositor and NMAC made
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Depositor and NMAC of their respective
covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
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(a) [Reserved].
(b) TALF Certification. On or prior to the date that is required by FRBNY under the
TALF Program (the “TALF Delivery Date”), the Sponsor and the Trust will have executed the TALF
Certification relating to the Notes, substantially in the form required under the TALF Program and
delivered such TALF Certification to the FRBNY and the Representative shall have received evidence
of such execution and that such executed TALF Certification was included in the Final Prospectus
filed with the Commission.
(c) Indemnity Undertaking. On or prior to the TALF Delivery Date, the Sponsor will
have executed the Indemnity Undertaking relating to the Notes, substantially in the form required
under the TALF Program, and delivered such Indemnity Undertaking to the FRBNY, with a copy to the
Representative.
(d) Auditor Attestation. On or prior to the TALF Delivery Date, a nationally
recognized certified public accounting firm that is registered with the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board shall have delivered to the FRBNY an executed attestation, substantially in the
form required under the TALF Program or in any other form acceptable to the FRBNY (which will
include a report of management on compliance) within the time frame
required by the FRBNY, indicating that the Notes are eligible collateral under the TALF
Program.
(e) Rating Letters. On or prior to the TALF Delivery Date, the Sponsor will have
submitted to the FRBNY the final credit rating letters for the Notes from each Rating Agency.
(f) Effective Time. If the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final
Prospectus (including any amendments or supplements thereto as of such date) shall have been filed
with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 4(a) of this
Agreement. If the Effective Time of the Registration Statement is not prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 p.m., New
York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Final Prospectus is printed
and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later date as shall have been
consented to by the Representative. Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, shall be contemplated by
the Commission.
(g) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. On or before the Closing Date, Xxxxx & Young LLP
shall have furnished to the Representative letters dated respectively as of the date of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date substantially in the forms of the drafts to which the
Representative previously agreed.
(h) Officers’ Certificates.
(i) The Underwriters shall have received an officers’ certificate, dated the Closing
Date, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President and by a
principal financial or accounting officer of the Depositor representing and warranting that,
to the best of such officers’ knowledge after reasonable investigation, as of the Closing
Date:
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(A) The representations and warranties of the Depositor in this Agreement are
true and correct in all material respects, that the Depositor has complied with all
agreements and satisfied in all material respects all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their
knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission.
(B) There has been no material adverse change, since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus,
as then amended and supplemented, (except as otherwise set forth therein and
exclusive of amendments or supplements after the date hereof), in the condition,
financial or otherwise, earnings or business affairs, whether or not arising out of
the ordinary course of business, of the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, or in the ability of such entity to perform its obligations under
each Basic Document to which it is a party or by which it may be bound.
(ii) The Underwriters shall have received an officers’ certificate, dated the Closing
Date, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President and by a
principal financial or accounting officer of NMAC representing and warranting that, to the
best of such officers’ knowledge after reasonable investigation, as of the Closing Date:
(A) The representations and warranties of NMAC in this Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects, that NMAC has complied with all agreements and
satisfied, in all material respects, all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge, are
contemplated by the Commission.
(B) There has been no material adverse change, since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus,
as then amended and supplemented (except as otherwise set forth therein and
exclusive of amendments or supplements after the date hereof), in the condition,
financial or otherwise, earnings or business affairs, whether or not arising out of
the ordinary course of business, of NMAC or any of its Affiliates, or the ability of
such entity to perform its obligations under each Basic Document to which it is a
party or by which it may be bound.
(i) Opinion of In House Counsel for NMAC and the Depositor. At the Closing Date, the
Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Xxxx Xxxx,
Esq., General Counsel of NMAC and the Depositor, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
counsel for the Underwriters and to the effect (with such changes therein as counsel for the
Underwriters shall reasonably agree) that:
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(i) Except as to the State of California (for which the opinions relative thereto shall
be provided by the outside counsel specified below), NMAC is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
or the ownership of its property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be
in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its
obligations under the Basic Documents.
(ii) Except as to the State of Delaware (for which the opinions relative thereto shall
be provided by the outside counsel specified below) the Depositor is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business or the ownership of its property requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on its ability to
perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.
(iii) The Depositor LLC Agreement and the Basic Documents have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by NMAC and the Depositor, as applicable, and each of the Depositor
and NMAC has the power and authority to enter into and perform its respective obligations
under each Basic Document.
(iv) There are no legal or governmental proceedings known by such counsel to be (i)
pending for which NMAC or the Depositor has been served official notice of, to which the
Depositor, NMAC, NILT Trust or the Titling Trust is a party or to which any property of the
Depositor, NMAC, NILT Trust or the Titling Trust is the subject, or (ii) threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others, which proceedings in
either clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (A) (whether individually or in the aggregate)
are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or
the Final Prospectus or (B)(1) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of all or part of
any Basic Document, (2) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes, (3) (whether individually
or in the aggregate) would materially and adversely affect the Depositor’s, NMAC’s, NILT
Trust’s or the Titling Trust’s respective obligations under any Basic Document to which such
entity is a party, or (4) (whether individually or in the aggregate) seeking adversely to
affect the federal income tax attributes of the Notes as described in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Material Federal Income Tax
Consequences.”
(v) No order, consent, authorization or approval of any Texas or federal court or
governmental authority or agency applicable to NMAC or the Depositor is required in
connection with the issuance of the SUBI Certificate or the Securities or the offering or
the sale of the Notes, except those authorizations, approvals, consents and orders which
have previously been obtained and are in full force and effect as of the Closing Date. Such
counsel need not express an opinion with respect to any orders, consents, permits,
approvals, filings or licenses relating to the authority to lease motor vehicles, originate
lease contracts or to service lease contracts or leased vehicles or any state or foreign
securities laws or as may be required by any regional or local governmental authority
(except for the opinions, as to qualification to transact business as a foreign corporation
and good standing, set forth in clause (i) above).
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(vi) The execution, delivery and performance by each of NMAC and the Depositor of the
Depositor LLC Agreement or any Basic Document to which such entity is a party, and the
performance by each of them of their respective obligations thereunder, will not violate,
result in a breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (except as permitted by
the Basic Documents) upon any property or assets of such entity pursuant to the terms of (1)
NMAC’s Articles of Incorporation or NMAC’s bylaws, (2) except as otherwise provided in the
Basic Documents, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other
instrument to which such entity is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of
the properties or assets of such entity is subject, (3) to such counsel’s knowledge, any
statute, rule, regulation or order of any Texas or federal body or any court, regulatory
body or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or NMAC or
their respective properties that such counsel has, in the exercise of customary professional
diligence, recognized as applicable to the
Depositor or NMAC or to the transactions of the type contemplated by the Basic
Documents, or (4) the Notes; excepting, in the case of clauses (2), (3) and (4) above,
defaults, breaches or violations that do not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Depositor or NMAC to perform its respective obligations under
the Basic Documents or on the validity or enforceability thereof.
(vii) Nothing has come to such counsel’s attention that would cause him to believe that
the Registration Statement on the effective date thereof contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Preliminary Prospectus, as of its
date and as of the Date of Sale (together with the statements in the Final Prospectus with
respect to items identified in the Preliminary Prospectus as to be completed in the Final
Prospectus), and the Final Prospectus as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and as of
the Closing Date (other than the financial statements and the other accounting information
contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no belief)
contained or contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or that the
descriptions therein of statutes and governmental proceedings and contracts and other
documents are inaccurate and do not fairly present the information required to be shown
therein.
(viii) Each of NMAC, the Depositor, NILT Trust and the Titling Trust has obtained all
necessary certificates, authorities, licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations
under the Federal law of the United States and the laws of the State of Texas necessary to
conduct their respective businesses as described in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final
Prospectus, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorities, licenses,
permits and other governmental authorizations would not have a material adverse effect on
the ability of the Depositor, NMAC, NILT Trust or the Titling Trust to perform their
respective duties under the Basic Documents; and, to such
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counsel’s knowledge, none of such
entities has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification
of any such certificate, authority, license or permit that, singly or in the aggregate, if
the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the ability of any of the Depositor, NMAC, NILT Trust or
the Titling Trust to perform its respective obligations under the Basic Documents.
(ix) No authorization, approval, consent, order or permit of any Texas or federal
governmental agency or authority is required on the part of NMAC or the Depositor in
connection with the execution and delivery of and performance by NMAC or the Depositor of
any Basic Document to which it is a party, that the undersigned has, in the exercise of
customary professional diligence, recognized as applicable to NMAC or the Depositor or to
transactions of the type contemplated by the Basic Documents, except such as may be required
under the Act or the Rules and Regulations and state securities laws and except for such
authorizations, approvals or consents as are in full force and effect as of the effective
date of the Registration Statement and the Closing Date.
(j) Opinion of Counsel for NMAC and the Depositor. At the Closing Date, the
Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Xxxxx
Xxxxx LLP, special counsel for NMAC and the Depositor, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters that:
(i) NMAC is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of California and has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform all of its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it is a party and, as of
the Closing Date, to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.
(ii) Each of the Indenture, the SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement, the Servicing
Agreement, the Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement, the Back-up Security Agreement,
the Control Agreement, the Trust Administration Agreement and the Agreement of Definitions,
to which any of NMAC, the Depositor, NILT Trust, the Titling Trust or the Issuer is a party
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such
party in accordance with its terms.
(iii) Each of the Notes is in due and proper form, and when executed, authenticated and
delivered as specified in the Indenture, and delivered against payment of the consideration
specified in this Agreement, each of the Notes will be validly issued and outstanding, will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer, enforceable against the
Issuer in accordance with its terms, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(iv) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the 1939 Act and complies as to form
with the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(v) None of the Trust Agreement, the Trust Agreement, dated as of July 7, 1998, as
amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of March 1, 1999,
among NMAC, U.S. Bank, and WTC, nor the Titling Trust Agreement is required to be qualified
under the 1939 Act.
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(vi) The Registration Statement, as of the effective date specified below (including
the Final Prospectus, as included in the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(1)
and (2) under the Act, as of such effective date), complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations under the Act,
except that (i) such counsel expresses no opinion as to the financial and statistical data
included therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to the Registration Statement, and
(ii) except as and to the extent set forth in paragraphs (viii) and (ix)
below, such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus.
The effective date referenced in this paragraph is September 1, 2009, which the
Representative has informed such counsel is the earlier of the date the Final Prospectus was
first used or the date and time of the first contract of sale of the Notes, and therefore
was the date as of which the Final Prospectus is deemed to be part of and included in the
Registration Statement.
(vii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus have been filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Act in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b). To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted.
(viii) The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the Date of Sale, and the
Final Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, under the headings “Additional
Legal Aspects of the Titling Trust and the SUBI”, “Additional Legal Aspects of the Leases
and the Leased Vehicles” and “ERISA Considerations,” 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.
(ix) Each of the Basic Documents and the Notes conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.
(x) None of NILT Trust, the Depositor, the Issuer or the Titling Trust is now, or
immediately following the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture will be, required
to be registered under the 1940 Act.
(xi) Each Class A-1 Note is an “eligible security” as defined under Rule 2a-7 of the
1940 Act.
(xii) The execution and delivery by each of NMAC, the Depositor and the Issuer of each
Basic Document to which NMAC, the Depositor or the Issuer, as applicable, is a party does
not, and the consummation by NMAC, the Depositor and the Issuer, respectively, of the
transactions contemplated thereby to occur on the date of this
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opinion will not, require any consent, authorization or approval of, the giving of notice to
or registration with any governmental entity, except such as may have been made and such as
may be required under the Federal securities laws, the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or
the Uniform Commercial Code of any state; provided that such counsel expresses no opinion
with respect to any orders, consent, permits, approvals, filing or licenses related to the
authority to sell motor vehicles, originate retail installment sale contracts or service
retail installment sale contracts or as may be required by any regional or local
governmental authority or under any foreign or state securities laws.
(xiii) To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no actions, proceedings or
investigations, pending or threatened, to which the Issuer is a party or of which any
property of the Issuer is the subject, required to be disclosed in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, other than those disclosed therein, (i) asserting the
invalidity of any of any Basic Document or the Notes; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance
of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any Basic
Document; (iii) that, if determined adversely to NMAC, the Depositor or the Issuer, would
adversely affect the performance by NMAC, the Depositor or the Issuer of its respective
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of any Basic Document or the Notes; or
(iv) seeking adversely to affect the Federal income tax attributes of the Notes as described
in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Material Federal
Income Tax Consequences.”
(xiv) The Depositor has duly authorized and executed the written order to the Owner
Trustee to execute and deliver the issuer order to the Indenture Trustee to authenticate the
Notes.
(xv) The Notes will be characterized as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax
purposes and for Texas franchise tax purposes.
(xvi) None of the Titling Trust, NILT Trust or the Trust will be classified as an
association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal
income tax purposes.
(xvii) A purchaser of Notes who is not otherwise subject to Texas franchise tax will
not become subject to the Texas franchise tax solely as a result of such purchaser’s
ownership of the Notes.
(xviii) The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the
heading, “Material 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.
Such counsel’s opinions as to the legal, valid and binding nature and enforceability of any
agreement or instrument are subject to (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law),
including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible
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unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief. In addition, such counsel expresses
no opinion regarding: (i) any severability provision in the Basic Documents; or (ii) any provision
of any Basic Documents that purports to (a) require a premium or make-whole payment in connection
with a prepayment, (b) appoint any person as the attorney-in-fact of any other person, (c) provide
that all rights or remedies of any party are cumulative and may be enforced in addition to any
other right or remedy and that the election of a particular remedy does not preclude recourse to
one or more remedies, (d) permit set-off in the absence of mutuality between the parties, (e)
confer subject matter jurisdiction on a federal court to adjudicate any controversy in any
situation in which such court would not have subject matter jurisdiction, or (f) waive the right to
jury trial or any right to object to the laying of venue or any claim that an action or proceeding
has been brought in an inconvenient forum. In addition, such counsel expresses no opinion
regarding any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus. The opinions of such counsel with respect to
any agreement of the Depositor or NMAC to indemnify any person (including by way of contribution)
are subject to the qualifications that any indemnity obligation may be limited by public policy
considerations and may be subject to defenses available to sureties arising from actions of the
indemnified party.
(k) Negative Assurance Letter. At the Closing Date, Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, as special
counsel to the Depositor and NMAC, shall deliver a letter to the Representative indicating that
such counsel has reviewed the Registration Statement (as used in this Section 7(k), the
term “Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in such opinion) the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and participated in conferences with officers and
representatives of the Depositor, NILT Trust, the Titling Trust and NMAC, officers and
representatives of their independent public accountants, representatives of the Underwriters and
their counsel, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed. The purpose of such counsel’s
professional engagement was not to establish or confirm factual matters set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and such counsel has
not undertaken any obligation to verify independently any of the factual matters set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus. Moreover, many of the
determinations required to be made in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus involve matters of a non-legal nature. Subject to
the foregoing, such counsel shall confirm to the Underwriters that, on the basis of the information
such counsel obtained in the course of performing the services referred to above, nothing came to
such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that (x) the Registration Statement on
the effective date thereof contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; (y) the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the Date of Sale, considered together with the
statements in the Final Prospectus with respect to items identified in the Preliminary Prospectus
as to be completed in the Final Prospectus, included an 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; or (z) the Final Prospectus, as of its
date or as of the Closing Date, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that such
counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement, the
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Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (except as otherwise specifically provided in
such counsel’s opinion dated the Closing Date addressed to Representative relating to Federal
income tax and in Sections 7(j)(viii) and (ix) above, to be delivered on the Closing Date,
addressed to the Representative and others relating to enforceability, securities law and general
corporate matters), and such counsel does not express any belief with respect to the financial
statements or other financial, statistical or accounting data contained in or omitted from the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus.
(l) Reliance by TALF Agents. Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP (or such other counsel satisfactory to
the Representative in its reasonable judgment) will have furnished a letter, dated the Closing
Date, to the Representative, in form satisfactory to the Representative in its reasonable judgment,
to the effect that each Underwriter who is also a TALF Agent, in its capacity as a TALF Agent, and
subject to the limitations contained in Section 9, will be entitled to rely on the negative
assurance letter described in Section 7(k), or such negative assurance letter will provide for such
reliance.
(m) Opinion of Special Delaware Counsel for NMAC and the Depositor. At the Closing
Date, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger P.A.,
special Delaware counsel for NMAC, the Depositor and the Trust, dated as of Closing Date and in
form and substance satisfactory for counsel to the Underwriters, substantially to the effect, among
other things, that (with respect to each capitalized term used in this Section 7(m) and not defined
in this Section 7(m), such terms shall have the meanings set forth in such opinion):
(i) The Depositor has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a
limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ii) Under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101,
et seq. (the “LLC Act”), the Depositor’s Limited Liability Company Agreement
dated as of October 29, 2001 (the “LLC Agreement”), and the Consent, the Depositor has all
necessary limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver the Basic
Documents to which the Depositor is a party, and to perform its obligations thereunder.
(iii) Under the LLC Act, the LLC Agreement and the Consent, the execution and delivery
by the Depositor of the Basic Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by it of
its obligations thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability
company action on the part of the Depositor.
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of the Basic Documents to
which it is a party do not violate (i) the LLC Agreement, or (ii) Delaware law, rule or
regulation.
(v) The LLC Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of NMAC, as the
Depositor’s sole member (the “Member”), and is enforceable against the Member, in accordance
with its terms.
(vi) If properly presented to a Delaware court, a Delaware court applying Delaware law,
would conclude that (i) in order for a person to file a voluntary bankruptcy
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petition on behalf of the Depositor, the prior affirmative vote of 100% of the board of
managers of the Depositor, including all of the independent board of managers, as provided
for in the LLC Agreement, is required, and (ii) such provision, contained in the LLC
Agreement, that requires the prior affirmative vote of 100% of the board of mangers of the
Depositor, including all of the independent board of mangers, in order for a Person to file
a voluntary bankruptcy petition on behalf of the Depositor, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Member, and is enforceable against the Member, in accordance with
its terms.
(vii) While under the LLC Act, on application to a court of competent jurisdiction, a
judgment creditor of the Member may be able to charge the Member’s share of any profits and
losses of the Depositor and the Member’s right to receive distributions of the Depositor’s
assets (the “Member’s Interest”), to the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only
the right to receive any distribution or distributions to which the Member would otherwise
have been entitled in respect of such Member’s Interest. Under the LLC Act, no creditor of
the Member shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or
equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the Depositor. Thus, under the LLC Act,
a judgment creditor of the Member may not satisfy its claims against the Member by asserting
a claim against the assets of the Depositor.
(viii) Under the LLC Act (i) the Depositor is a separate legal entity, and (ii) the
existence of the Depositor as a separate legal entity shall continue until the cancellation
of the LLC.
(ix) Under the LLC Act and the LLC Agreement, the bankruptcy or dissolution of the
Member will not, by itself, cause the Depositor to be dissolved or its affairs to be wound
up.
(x) A federal bankruptcy court would hold that Delaware law and not federal law,
governs the determination of what persons or entities have authority to file a voluntary
bankruptcy petition on behalf of the Depositor.
(xi) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust has been duly filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware. The Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing as a
statutory trust and is in good standing under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del.
C. § 3801, et seq. (the “Trust Act”), and has the power and authority
under the Trust Agreement and the Trust Act to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under each Basic Document to which the Trust is a party and the Note Depository Agreement
(collectively, the “Trust Documents”), to issue the Notes and to pledge the Owner Trust
Estate to the Indenture Trustee as security for the Notes under the Indenture.
(xii) The Notes, the Certificates and the Trust Documents have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Trust. The holders of the Certificates are entitled to the
benefits of the Trust Agreement.
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(xiii) The Trust Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor
and the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, in
accordance with its terms.
(xiv) Neither the execution or delivery nor the performance by the Trust of the Trust
Documents, nor the consummation by the Trust of any of the transactions 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 with the Secretary of State.
(xv) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust of the Trust
Documents, nor the consummation by the Trust 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 Trust.
(xvi) Under § 3805(b) of the Trust Act, no creditor of any Certificateholder shall have
any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with
respect to, the property of the Trust except in accordance with the terms of the Trust
Agreement.
(xvii) Under the Trust Act, the Trust is a separate legal entity and, assuming that the
Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement conveys good title to the Trust property to the
Trust as a true sale and not as a security arrangement, the Trust rather than the
Certificateholders will hold whatever title to the Trust property as may be conveyed to it
from time to time pursuant to the Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement, except to the
extent that the Trust has taken action to dispose of or otherwise transfer or encumber any
part of the Trust property.
(xviii) (A) The Financing Statement naming the Depositor as debtor and U.S. Bank
National Association as Secured Party is in an appropriate form for filing in the State of
Delaware; (B) Insofar as Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State
of Delaware on the date hereof (the “Delaware UCC”) is applicable (without regard to
conflict of laws principles), upon the filing of the Financing Statement (as defined in such
opinion) with the Division, the Secured Party will have a perfected security interest in the
Depositor’s rights in that portion of the Assets (as defined in the Trust SUBI Certificate
Transfer Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of a UCC
financing statement with the Division (for purposes of this clause, the “Filing Collateral”)
and the proceeds thereof (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the Delaware UCC; and (C)
The Search Report (as defined in such opinion) sets forth the proper filing office and the
proper debtor necessary to identify those Persons who under the Delaware UCC have on file
financing statements against the Depositor covering the Filing Collateral as defined in such
opinion as of the Effective Time (as defined in such opinion). The Search Report identifies
all persons who are secured parties who have filed with the Division a financing statement
naming the Depositor as debtor and describing the Filing Collateral prior to the Effective
Time.
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(xix) Under § 3805(c) of the Trust Act, except to the extent otherwise provided in the
Trust Agreement, a Certificateholder (including the Depositor in its capacity as such) has
no interest in specific Trust property.
(xx) Each of NILT Trust and the Titling Trust has been duly formed and is validly
existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Trust Act.
(xxi) Under the Trust Act and the NILT Formation Documents, NILT Trust has all
necessary statutory trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its
obligations under, the Basic Documents to which it is a party. Under the Trust Act, the
Nissan-Infiniti Formation Documents and the 2009-B SUBI Supplement, the Titling Trust has
all necessary statutory trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its
obligation under, the Basic Documents to which it is a party and to issue the 2009-B SUBI
Certificate.
(xxii) Under the Trust Act and the NILT Formation Documents, the execution and delivery
by NILT Trust of the Basic Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by it
thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary statutory trust action on the part of
NILT Trust. Under the Trust Act, the Nissan-Infiniti Formation Documents and the 2009-B
SUBI Supplement, the execution and delivery by the Titling Trust of the Basic Documents to
which it is a party and the issuance of the SUBI Certificate, and the performance by it
thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary trust action on the part of the
Titling Trust.
(xxiii) The NILT Trust Agreement, the Titling Trust Agreement and the 2009-B SUBI
Supplement are legal, valid and binding agreements of the parties thereto, enforceable
against such parties in accordance with their respective terms.
(xxiv) The 2009-B SUBI Certificate has been duly and validly authorized and, when
executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the Titling Trust Agreement and the
2009-B SUBI Supplement, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the
benefits of the Titling Trust Agreement and the 2009-B SUBI Supplement.
(xxv) Under § 3805(b) of the Trust Act, no creditor of any holder of a UTI Certificate
or a 2009-B SUBI Certificate shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise
exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of Titling Trust except
in accordance with the terms of the Titling Trust Agreement and the 2009-B SUBI Supplement.
(xxvi) Under § 3805(b) of the Trust Act, no creditor of any holder of a beneficial
interest in NILT Trust shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise
legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of NILT Trust except in accordance
with the terms of the NILT Trust Agreement.
(xxvii) Insofar as the Delaware UCC is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws
principles), the 2009-B SUBI Certificate constitutes a “certificated security” within the
meaning of Section 8-102 (a)(4) of the Delaware UCC.
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(xxviii) Insofar as Section 9-305(a)(1) of the Delaware UCC is applicable (without
regard to conflicts of laws principles), a security interest in a “certificated security” is
perfected pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such certificated security is
located.
(xxix) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by either of NILT Trust or the
Titling Trust of the Basic Documents to which it is a party, nor the consummation by NILT
Trust or the Titling Trust of any of the transactions 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.
(xxx) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by either of NILT Trust or the
Titling Trust of the Basic Documents to which it is a party, nor the consummation by NILT
Trust or the Titling Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby, is in violation of the
NILT Trust Agreement or the Titling Trust Agreement or any law, rule or regulation of the
State of Delaware applicable to either NILT Trust or the Titling Trust.
(xxxi) [RESERVED].
(xxxii) Assuming for federal income tax purposes that none of the Trusts (as defined in
such opinion) nor the Depositor is classified as an association or a publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation, and the Notes will be characterized as indebtedness,
for Delaware income tax purposes (i) each of the Trusts and the Depositor will not be
subject to any tax (including, without limitation, net or gross income, tangible or
intangible property, net worth, capital, franchise or doing business tax), fee or other
governmental charge under the laws of the State of Delaware or any political subdivision
thereof (“Taxes”) (other than gross receipts taxes imposed at a combined rate of 2.208% upon
the lessor and lessee of tangible personal property leased for use within the State of
Delaware and net income taxes imposed at various rates upon net income received from the
lease of tangible personal property within the State of Delaware), and (ii) Noteholders of
Notes that are not residents of or otherwise subject to tax in Delaware will not be subject
to any tax (including, without limitation, net or gross income, tangible or intangible
property, net worth, capital, franchise or doing business tax), fee or other governmental
charge under the laws of the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof as a
result of purchasing, holding (including receiving payments with respect to) or selling an
Note.
(xxxiii) (A) The Financing Statements (as defined in such opinion, collectively, for
purposes of this clause, the “Financing Statements”) naming (i) the Trust as debtor and the
Indenture Trustee as secured party (pursuant to the Indenture), (ii) NILT Trust as debtor
and the Indenture Trustee as secured party (pursuant to the Backup Security Agreement),
(iii) the Depositor as debtor and the Indenture Trustee as secured party (pursuant to the
Backup Security Agreement), (iv) the Titling Trust as debtor and the Indenture Trustee as
secured party (pursuant to the Backup Security Agreement), (v) the Trust as debtor and the
Indenture Trustee as secured party (pursuant to the Backup Security Agreement) are in an
appropriate form for filing in the State of Delaware;
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(B) Insofar as Article 9 of the Delaware UCC is applicable (without regard to conflict of
laws principles), upon the filing of such Financing Statements with the Division, the
Indenture Trustee will have a perfected security interest in (i) the Trust’s rights in that
portion of the Collateral (as defined in the Indenture) and (ii) the rights of each of the
Trust, NILT Trust, the Depositor and the Titling Trust in that portion of the Collateral (as
defined in the Backup Security Agreement), in which a security interest may be perfected by
the filing of a UCC financing statement with the Division (for purposes of this clause, the
“Filing Collateral”) and the proceeds thereof (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the
Delaware UCC), and the security interest of the Indenture will be prior to any other
security interest granted by the Trust that is perfected solely by the filing of financing
statements under the Delaware UCC; and (C) Each of the Search Reports (as defined in such
opinion) sets forth the proper filing office and the proper debtor necessary to identify
those Persons who under the Delaware UCC have on file financing statements against the
Trust, NILT Trust, the Depositor and the Titling Trust, as applicable, covering the Filing
Collateral as of the Trust Effective Time (as defined in such opinion) or the Back up
Effective Time (as defined in such opinion), as the case may be. Each of the Reports
identifies each secured party who has filed with the Division a financing statement naming
the Trust, NILT Trust, the Depositor and the Titling Trust, as applicable, as debtor and
describing the Filing Collateral prior to the Effective Time or the Back up Effective Time,
as the case may be.
(n) Opinion of Special Bankruptcy and UCC Counsel to NMAC and the Depositor. At the
Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP,
special bankruptcy and UCC counsel to NMAC, NILT Trust, the Depositor and the Trust, dated as of
Closing Date and in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, with respect
to certain bankruptcy and perfection of security interest matters.
(o) Opinion of Counsel for U.S. Bank. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall
have received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to U.S. Bank, as Indenture
Trustee, Trust Agent and Securities Intermediary, dated as of Closing Date and in form and
substance satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters,
substantially to the effect that:
(i) U.S. Bank has been duly organized and is validly existing as a national banking
association, in good standing under the laws of the United States of America with full power
and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business, as
presently conducted by it, and to enter into and perform its obligations as Indenture
Trustee, Trust Agent and Securities Intermediary under each Basic Document (as defined in
such opinion) to which it is a party.
(ii) Each Basic Document (as defined in such opinion) to which U.S. Bank is a party has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by U.S. Bank and constitutes the legal, valid
and binding obligations of U.S. Bank enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as
the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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(iii) The Notes have been duly authenticated and delivered by U.S. Bank in its capacity
as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
(iv) Neither the execution nor delivery by U.S. Bank of each Basic Document (as defined
in such opinion) to which it is a party nor the consummation of any of the transactions by
U.S. Bank contemplated thereby require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to,
the registration with or the taking of any other action with respect to, any governmental
authority or agency under any existing federal law of the United States of America governing
the banking or trust powers of U.S. Bank.
(v) The execution and delivery of each Basic Document (as defined in such opinion) to
which U.S. Bank is a party and the performance by U.S. Bank of their terms do not conflict
with or result in a violation of (A) any federal law or regulation of the United States of
America governing the banking or trust powers of U.S. Bank, (B) the Amended and Restated
Articles of Association or bylaws of U.S. Bank, or (C) to the best of such counsel’s
knowledge, any indenture, lease, or material agreement to which U.S. Bank is a party or to
which its assets are subject.
(vi) All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Titling Trustee is owned by
U.S. Bank, free and clear of any Liens.
(p) Opinion of Counsel for Titling Trustee. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters
shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Titling Trustee, dated as
of Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters and counsel to the
Underwriters, substantially to the effect that:
(i) The Titling Trustee has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with corporate power
and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to conduct its business, as
presently conducted by it, and to enter into and perform its obligations as Indenture
Trustee under each Basic Document (as defined in such opinion) to which it is a party.
(ii) The shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Titling Trustee have
been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by
U.S. Bank, free and clear of any liens.
(iii) Each Basic Document (as defined in such opinion) to which the Titling Trustee is
a party has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Titling Trustee and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Titling Trustee enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or other similar
laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law).
(iv) The Titling Trustee is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact
business and is in good standing in the States of California, New York and Tennessee (the
“Trust States”).
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(v) The SUBI Certificate has been duly executed, authenticated and delivered by the
Titling Trustee in its capacity as Trustee under the Titling Trust Agreement.
(vi) Neither the execution nor delivery by the Titling Trustee of each Basic Document
to which it is a party nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Titling
Trustee as contemplated thereby require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to,
the registration with or the taking of any other action with respect to, any governmental
authority or agency under any existing federal or state law in the Trust States, except such
notices and approvals as have been given and remain in effect on the date of the related
opinion from such counsel.
(vii) The execution and delivery of each Basic Document to which the Titling Trustee is
a party and the performance by the Titling Trustee of their terms do not conflict with or
result in a violation of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Titling Trustee or,
to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement,
note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or to which its assets are subject.
(q) Opinion of Counsel for WTC. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have
received the opinion of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger P.A., counsel to WTC, as Owner Trustee and
Delaware Trustee, dated as of Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for
the Underwriters, substantially to the effect, among other things, that:
(i) WTC is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing as a banking
corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ii) WTC has power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
each of the Trust Agreement, the 2009-SUBI Supplement and the Agreement of Definitions, and
to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.
(iii) Each of the Trust Agreement, the 2009-B SUBI Supplement and the Agreement of
Definitions has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by WTC and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of WTC.
(iv) Neither the execution or delivery nor the performance by WTC of the Trust
Agreement, the 2009-B SUBI Supplement or the Agreement of Definitions nor the consummation
by WTC of any of the transactions contemplated thereby nor compliance by WTC with the terms
or provisions of the Trust Agreement, the 2009-B SUBI Supplement or the Agreement of
Definitions will violate any Delaware or United States federal law, rule or regulation
governing the trust powers of WTC or WTC’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws or
require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the
taking of any other action with respect to, any governmental authority or agency under the
laws of the State of Delaware or the United States governing the banking or trust powers of
WTC other than the filing of the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware.
(r) Tennessee Opinion. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received an
opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx, LLP, special Tennessee tax counsel to the Depositor
and NMAC, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative
and its counsel, to the effect that:
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(i) The Trust is not subject to the Tennessee taxes imposed by T.C.A. §§ 67-2-101
et seq. (the “Hall Tax”) or T.C.A. §§ 67-4-701 et seq. (the “Business Tax”).
(ii) If the Trust is subject to the Tennessee taxes imposed by T.C.A. §§67-4-2001
et seq. (the “Excise Tax”) or T.C.A. §§67-4-2101 et seq. (the “Franchise
Tax”), any lien imposed on the Collateral by the State of Tennessee for a failure to pay
Excise Tax or Franchise Tax will be subordinate to a pre-existing, perfected security
interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral.
(iii) The Notes are “bonds” under T.C.A. §67-2-101(1)(A) (2008) for purposes of the
Hall Tax, and the interest paid by the Trust to the non-corporate holders of Notes who are
Tennessee residents is taxable under the Hall Tax.
(iv) Holders of Notes who are persons or entities who would otherwise be taxable under
T.C.A. §67-2-102 (2008) but are not residents of the State of Tennessee are not subject to
the Hall Tax.
(v) Holders of Notes who would otherwise be taxpayers within the meaning of T.C.A.
§67-4-2004(32) (2008) but are not doing business in the State of Tennessee within the
meaning of T.C.A. §67-4-2004(11) (2008) are not subject to the Excise Tax, the Franchise Tax
or the Business Tax and will not be treated as doing business within the State of Tennessee
solely as a result of their interest in the Notes.
(vi) With respect to the holders of Notes that are corporations subject to the Excise
Tax, the Excise Tax characterization of the Notes and the distributions thereon will be the
same as for United States federal income tax purposes.
(vii) The Titling Trustee is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a
foreign corporation under the laws of the State of Tennessee.
(viii) The execution, delivery and performance by each of NMAC and the Depositor of the
Depositor’s limited liability company agreement or any of the Basic Documents to which such
entity is a party and the performance by each of them, of their respective obligations
thereunder will not violate, result in a breach of or constitute a default under, or with
the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, constitute a default under or result in
the creation or imposition of any Lien (except as permitted by the Basic Documents) upon any
property or assets of such entity pursuant to the terms of any statutes, rules, regulations
or judicial decisions of any executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory
body of the State of Tennessee (and not including any regional or local governmental
authority) having jurisdiction over the Depositor and NMAC (each, a “Governmental
Authority”) that, in such counsel’s experience, are normally applicable to transactions of
the type contemplated by the Basic Documents (“Applicable Law”), excepting defaults,
breaches or violations that do not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
Depositor’s or NMAC’s ability to perform their respective obligations under the Basic
Documents or on the validity or enforceability thereof.
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(ix) No order, certificate, permit, consent, approval, license, authorization or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, any Governmental Authority
(“Governmental Approval”) is required under Applicable Law on the part of NMAC or the
Depositor in connection with the issuance of the 2009-B SUBI Certificate or the Securities
or the offering or sale of the Notes, except (A) as may be required under the securities
laws, rules or regulations of any Governmental Authority, (B) as have previously been
obtained and are in full force and effect as of the Closing Date, and (C) as may be required
relating to the authority to lease motor vehicles, originate lease contracts or to service
lease contracts or leased vehicles.
(x) Each of NMAC, the Depositor, NILT Trust and the Titling Trust has obtained all
necessary Governmental Approvals under Applicable Law necessary to conduct the business now
operated by it as described in the Final Prospectus, except where the failure to possess
such Governmental Approvals would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of NMAC,
the Depositor, NILT Trust or the Titling Trust to perform their respective obligations under
the Basic Documents, and none of such entities has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Approval that, singly or
in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
ability of NMAC, the Depositor, NILT Trust or the Titling Trust to perform its respective
obligations under the Basic Documents.
(s) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters
(including in each such Underwriter’s capacity as a TALF Agent) shall have received the favorable
opinion, dated as of Closing Date, of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters. In rendering such opinion,
such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law
of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(t) Reliance Letters. Counsel to NMAC, the Depositor or the Titling Trustee shall
provide reliance letters to the Representative, as representative of the Underwriters, relating to
each legal opinion relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement rendered to the
Owner Trustee, the Titling Trustee or any of the Rating Agencies (or the Representative, as
representative for the Underwriters, shall be an addressee to each such legal opinion).
(u) Maintenance of Rating. At the Closing Date, the Class A-1 Notes shall be rated by
each Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating, the remaining classes of Notes shall be rated
by each Rating Agency in its highest long-term rating, and NMAC and the Depositor shall have
delivered to the Underwriters a letter dated the Closing Date from each Rating Agency, or other
evidence satisfactory to the Underwriters, confirming that the Notes have such ratings.
(v) Additional Documents. At the Closing Date, counsel to the Underwriters shall have
been furnished with such additional documents and additional opinions as it may
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reasonably require for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon the issuance of the Securities and
the sale of the Notes as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
representations or warranties or the fulfillment of any of the conditions herein contained; and all
proceedings taken by NMAC or the Depositor in connection with the foregoing shall be reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Underwriters.
(w) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not
have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the
Underwriters by notice to the Depositor and NMAC at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and
such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in
Section 5 and except that Sections 1, 8 and 10 shall survive any such termination and remain in
full force and effect.
Section 8. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Depositor and NMAC shall, jointly and
severally, indemnify and hold each Underwriter (including in its capacity as a TALF Agent) and each
person, if any, who controls any Underwriter (including in its capacity as a TALF Agent) within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each a “Control
Person”), harmless against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter (including in its capacity as a TALF Agent) or Control Person 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 the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are 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, and will reimburse each Underwriter (including in its
capacity as a TALF Agent) and Control Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such Underwriter (including in its capacity as a TALF Agent) or Control Person in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that neither the Depositor nor NMAC will 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 of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information (as
defined below).
(b) Indemnification of NMAC and the Depositor. Each Underwriter shall, severally and
not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and NMAC against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities to which the Depositor or NMAC 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 the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the
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Depositor or NMAC by such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein,
and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Depositor or NMAC in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
The Depositor and NMAC acknowledge and agree that the only such written information furnished to
the Depositor or NMAC by any Underwriter through the Representative consists of the following: the
statements in the second and third paragraphs (concerning initial offering prices, concessions and
reallowances) and in the ninth paragraph (concerning stabilizing and other activities) under the
heading “Underwriting” in each of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus
(collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification; Settlement. If any suit, action,
proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be
brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to
either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify
the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the
commencement thereof, but the omission to so notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve it from
any liability that it may otherwise have to any Indemnified Party under such preceding paragraphs,
and with respect to such preceding paragraphs, any such omission shall not relieve it from any
liability except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such omission. In case any
such action is brought against any Indemnified Party and it notifies the Indemnifying Party of the
commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, jointly with any other Indemnifying Party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who may be counsel to the
Indemnifying Party) and after notice from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof and after acceptance of counsel by the Indemnified Party,
the Indemnifying Party will not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section for any
legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. In any such proceeding, any
Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnified Party has
reasonably concluded (based upon advice of counsel to the Indemnified Party) that there may be
legal defenses available to it or other Indemnified Parties that are different from or in addition
to those available to the Indemnifying Party, (iii) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based
upon advice of counsel to the Indemnified Party) between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
Party (in which case the Indemnifying Party will not have the right to direct the defense of such
action on behalf of the Indemnified Party), or (iv) the Indemnifying Party has elected to assume
the defense of such proceeding but has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall not, with respect to any
action brought against any Indemnified Party, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Parties, and all such fees and expenses
shall be reimbursed within a reasonable period of time as they are incurred. Any separate firm
appointed for the Underwriters and any Control Person in accordance with this subsection (c) shall
be designated in writing by the Representative, and any such separate firm appointed for the
Depositor or the NMAC, its respective directors, officers who sign the Registration Statement and
Control Persons in accordance with this subsection (c) shall be designated in writing by the
Depositor or the
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NMAC, as the case may be. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of
any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, with respect
to an action of which the Indemnifying Party was notified and had the opportunity to participate in
(whether or not it chose to so participate), the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify any
Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Party shall have requested an
Indemnifying Party to reimburse the Indemnified Party for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by the fourth sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Party agrees that it shall
be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such
settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Party of the
aforesaid request, and during such 60 day period the Indemnifying Party has not responded thereto,
and (ii) such Indemnifying Party shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Party in accordance with
such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding 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 (x) includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under subsection (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 (a) or (b) above in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Depositor and
NMAC on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Notes. If,
however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by
applicable law, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative
benefits but also the relative fault of the Depositor and NMAC on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Depositor and NMAC on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall
be deemed to be in the same proportion that the total net proceeds from the offering (before
deducting expenses) received by the Depositor and NMAC bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault 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
Depositor or NMAC or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The
Depositor, NMAC and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above in this
subsection (d). The amount paid by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages
or liabilities referred to above in this subsection (d) 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 which is the subject of
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this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at
which the Notes underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds
the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 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
Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their
respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) Obligations Cumulative. The obligations of the Depositor and NMAC under this
Section shall be in addition to any liability that the Depositor or NMAC may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this
Section shall be in addition to any liability that the respective Underwriters may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Depositor or NMAC, to
each officer of the Depositor or NMAC who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person,
if any, who controls NMAC or the Depositor within the meaning of the Act.
Section 9. Limitation of Representations and Covenants of NMAC and the Depositor. The
representations, covenants and agreements made by the Depositor and NMAC to any TALF Agent,
including, without limitation, those made in this Agreement, shall only extend to a TALF Agent in
connection with the performance by such TALF Agent of its obligations under the TALF Program, and
do not extend to and may not be relied upon by any direct or indirect purchaser or owner of the
Notes, or any other Person claiming by or through any such purchaser or owner or any third party
beneficiary, for any purpose or in any circumstance, whether on the theory that a TALF Agent has
acted or acts as their agent or otherwise.
Section 10. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of
officers of NMAC, the Depositor and their respective Affiliates submitted pursuant hereto shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of the Underwriters or one of its Control Persons, or by or on behalf of NMAC, the Depositor and
their respective Affiliates, and shall survive delivery of the certificates to the Underwriters.
Section 11. Failure to Purchase the Notes. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default on
its or their obligations to purchase Notes hereunder and the aggregate principal amount of Notes
that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10%
of the total principal amount of such Notes, the Representative may make arrangements satisfactory
to the Depositor for the purchase of such Notes by other persons, including the non-defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters shall be obligated, in proportion to their commitments
hereunder, to purchase the Notes that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed
to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of
Notes with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal
amount of Notes, as applicable, and arrangements satisfactory to the
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non-defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters and the Depositor 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 NMAC or any of its Affiliates,
except as provided in Section 10.
As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an
Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters from liability for its default.
Section 12. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement, by notice to
NMAC and the Depositor, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if there shall have occurred
(i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the
business or properties of the Depositor, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Nissan North America, Inc. (“NNA”)
or NMAC that, in the judgment of the Representative, materially impairs the investment quality of
the Notes or makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and
payment for the Notes; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of NNA or any of
its direct or indirect subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”
(as 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 any such debt securities (other than an
announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible
downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally
on the New York Stock Exchange or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv)
any material disruption in commercial banking, securities settlement or clearance services in the
United States; (v) any banking moratorium declared by federal or New York authorities; or (vi) any
outbreak or escalation of major 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 Representative, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion
of the sale of and payment for the Notes.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 5, and provided
further that Sections 1, 8 and 10 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and
effect.
Section 13. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed, delivered, sent by facsimile transmission or
by e-mail and confirmed. Notices (i) to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative
at X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxx Xxx (facsimile number: (000) 000-0000); (ii) to NMAC shall be directed to it at
P.O. Box 685011, Franklin, TN 37068-5011, Attention: Treasurer (facsimile number: (000) 000-0000)
(e-mail: xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx-xxx.xxx and xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxx-xxx.xxx); and (iii) to the Depositor
shall be directed to it at One Xxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Treasurer (facsimile number: (000) 000-0000) (e-mail: xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx-xxx.xxx and
xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxx-xxx.xxx).
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Section 14. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each
of the Underwriters, NMAC, the Depositor and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or
mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or
corporation, other than the Underwriters, NMAC, the Depositor and their respective successors and
the controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 8 any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this agreement or any provision herein contained.
This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, NMAC, the Depositor and their respective successors, and the
controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 8 and their heirs and legal
representatives and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes
from the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
Section 15. Representation of Underwriters. The Representative will act for the several
Underwriters in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement, and any action taken
by the Representative under this Agreement will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
Section 16. Representation and Warranties of Underwriters. With respect to any offers or
sales of the Notes outside the United States (and solely with respect to any such offers and sales)
each Underwriter severally and not jointly makes the following representations and warranties:
(a) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it will comply with all applicable laws and
regulations in each jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers or sells the Notes or possesses or
distributes the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other offering material and
will obtain any consent, approval or permission required by it for the purchase, offer or sale by
it of Notes under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which it is subject or
in which it makes such purchases, offers or sales and neither the Depositor or NMAC shall have any
responsibility therefor;
(b) No action has been or will be taken by such Underwriter that would permit public offering
of the Notes or possession or distribution of any offering material in relation to the Notes in any
jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required unless the Depositor or NMAC has agreed to
such actions and such actions have been taken;
(c) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it will not offer, sell or deliver any of the
Notes or distribute any such offering material in or from any jurisdiction except under
circumstances that will result in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and that will not
impose any obligation on the Depositor or NMAC or the Underwriters;
(d) Such Underwriter acknowledges that it is not authorized to give any information or make
any representation in relation to the Notes other than (i) oral communications that are consistent
with the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus and would not cause the Trust, the
Depositor or NMAC to incur liability, (ii) those contained or incorporated by reference in the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus for the Notes and (iii) an Underwriter Free
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Writing Prospectus in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement, or (iv) such additional
information, if any, as the Depositor or NMAC shall, in writing, provide to and authorize such
Underwriter so to use and distribute to actual and potential purchasers of the Notes;
(e) Each Underwriter has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) with respect to anything done by such Underwriter
in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and
(f) Each Underwriter will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or
inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received
by it in connection with the issue or sale of any securities in circumstances in which Section
21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Depositor.
Section 17. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS (OTHER
THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).
Section 18. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 19. No Bankruptcy Petition. Each Underwriter agrees that prior to the date that is
one year and one day after the date upon which all obligations under each Securitized Financing
have been paid in full, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting
against NILT Trust, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Titling Trust, the Issuer, any Special Purpose
Affiliate or any Beneficiary, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation Proceeding or other Proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
Section 20. Acknowledgement. Each of NMAC and the Depositor hereby acknowledges that
pursuant to this Agreement (a) the Underwriters are acting as principals and not as agents or
fiduciaries of NMAC or the Depositor and (b) the engagement by NMAC and the Depositor of the
Underwriters is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, each of
NMAC and the Depositor agrees that none of the Underwriters is advising NMAC, the Depositor or any
other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. Each of NMAC and the Depositor agrees that it is solely responsible for
independently making its own judgments with respect to the matters covered by this Agreement
(irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising NMAC or the
Depositor on other matters), and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to NMAC
or the Depositor with respect to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters.
Section 21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by each of the parties hereto in
any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of
which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to NMAC and the Depositor a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all
counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, NMAC and the Depositor in
accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a California corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Treasurer | |||
NISSAN AUTO LEASING LLC II, a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Treasurer |
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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written: X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC., as Representative of the Several Underwriters |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxx | |||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
Xxxx Xxx Managing Director |
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SCHEDULE A
Principal Amount of | Principal Amount of | Principal Amount of | Principal Amount of | |||||||||||||
Class A-1 | Class A-2 | Class A-3 | Class A-4 | |||||||||||||
Underwriters | Notes | Notes | Notes | Notes | ||||||||||||
X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. |
$ | 106,500,000 | $ | 154,000,000 | $ | 211,500,000 | $ | 40,425,000 | ||||||||
Deutsche
Bank Securities, Inc. |
$ | 44,730,000 | $ | 64,680,000 | $ | 88,830,000 | $ | 16,978,500 | ||||||||
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. |
$ | 44,730,000 | $ | 64,680,000 | $ | 88,830,000 | $ | 16,978,500 | ||||||||
Greenwich Capital Markets,
Inc. |
$ | 4,260,000 | $ | 6,160,000 | $ | 8,460,000 | $ | 1,617,000 | ||||||||
BNP Paribas
Securities Corp. |
$ | 4,260,000 | $ | 6,160,000 | $ | 8,460,000 | $ | 1,617,000 | ||||||||
SG Americas Securities, LLC |
$ | 4.260,000 | $ | 6,160,000 | $ | 8,460,000 | $ | 1,617,000 | ||||||||
Calyon
Securities (USA) Inc. |
$ | 4,260,000 | $ | 6,160,000 | $ | 8,460,000 | $ | 1,617,000 | ||||||||
Total |
$ | 213,000,000 | $ | 308,000,000 | $ | 423,000,000 | $ | 80,850,000 | ||||||||
A-1