AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION, as Seller, and AMERICAN HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP., as Purchaser RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT Dated as of February 1, 2010
Exhibit
99.2
EXECUTION
COPY
AMERICAN
HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION,
as
Seller,
and
AMERICAN
HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP.,
as
Purchaser
Dated as
of February 1, 2010
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
ONE
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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Section
1.02
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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ARTICLE
TWO
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CONVEYANCE
OF RECEIVABLES
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Section
2.01
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Conveyance
of Receivables
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Section
2.02
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Representations
and Warranties of the Seller and the Purchaser
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Section
2.03
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Representations
and Warranties as to the Receivables
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Section
2.04
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Covenants
of the Seller
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ARTICLE
THREE
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PAYMENT
OF RECEIVABLES PURCHASE PRICE
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Section
3.01
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Payment
of Receivables Purchase Price
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ARTICLE
FOUR
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TERMINATION
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Section
4.01
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Termination
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ARTICLE
FIVE
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section
5.01
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Amendment.
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Section
5.02
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Protection
of Right, Title and Interest to Receivables
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Section
5.03
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Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
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Section
5.04
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Notices
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Section
5.05
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Severability
of Provisions
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Section
5.06
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Assignment
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Section
5.07
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Further
Assurances
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Section
5.08
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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Section
5.09
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Counterparts
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Section
5.10
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Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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Section
5.11
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Headings
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Section
5.12
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Seller
Indemnification
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Section
5.13
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Merger,
Consolidation or Assumption of the Obligations of the
Seller
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This
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2010, is between
American Honda Finance Corporation, a California corporation, as seller, and
American Honda Receivables Corp., a California corporation, as
purchaser.
In
consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein contained, each party
agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the benefit of the
Owner Trustee:
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions. Whenever
used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings:
“Agreement” means this
Receivables Purchase Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements
hereto.
“Closing Date” means
February 24, 2010.
“Cutoff Date” means
February 1, 2010.
“Delaware Trustee”
means BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as Delaware trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
“Indenture” means the
Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2010, between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee.
“Indenture Trustee”
means Union Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee under the Indenture.
“Issuer” means Honda
Auto Receivables 2010-1 Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust.
“Owner Trustee” means
The Bank of New York Mellon, as owner trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
“Purchaser” means
American Honda Receivables Corp., in its capacity as purchaser of the
Receivables under this Agreement, and its successors and assigns.
“Receivables Purchase
Price” means $1,413,519,731.40 less agreed upon securitization-related
fees, costs and expenses.
“Sale and Servicing
Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February
1, 2010, among American Honda Receivables Corp., as seller, American Honda
Finance Corporation, as servicer, and the Issuer.
“Schedule of
Receivables” means the schedule of receivables attached as Schedule A
hereto.
“Seller” means
American Honda Finance Corporation, in its capacity as seller of the Receivables
under this Agreement, and its successors and assigns.
“Servicer” means
American Honda Finance Corporation in its capacity as servicer under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement and its successors and assigns.
“Trust Agreement”
means the trust agreement dated January 15, 2010, as amended and restated on
February 24, 2010 among American Honda Receivables Corp., as depositor, the
Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.
“Trustees” means the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.
“Warranty Receivable”
means a Receivable purchased by the Seller pursuant to Section
2.03(c).
Section
1.02 Other Definitional
Provisions.
(a) All
capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
meanings used in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) The
words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used
in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement; Section, subsection and Schedule
references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections, subsections
and Schedules in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; the term
“proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable UCC; and the word
“including” means including without limitation.
ARTICLE
TWO
CONVEYANCE
OF RECEIVABLES
Section
2.01 Conveyance of
Receivables.
(a) The
Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser hereby purchases from the Seller, without recourse
(subject to the Seller’s obligations hereunder), all of the right, title and
interest of the Seller in, to and under the following:
(i) the
Receivables listed in the Schedule of Receivables and all monies due thereon or
paid thereunder or in respect thereof (including proceeds of the repurchase of
Receivables by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.03(c)) on or after the Cutoff
Date;
(ii) the
security interests in the Financed Vehicles;
(iii) any
proceeds of any physical damage insurance policies covering the Financed
Vehicles and in any proceeds of any credit life or credit disability insurance
policies relating to the Receivables or the Obligors;
(iv) any
proceeds of Dealer Recourse;
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(v) the
right to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future
Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable and have been
repossessed by or on behalf of the Issuer; and
(vi) the
proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
(b) In
connection with the foregoing conveyance, the Seller agrees to record and file,
at its own expense, one or more financing statements with respect to the
Receivables now existing and hereafter created for the sale of chattel paper (as
defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC as in effect in the State of California)
meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such manner as is necessary
to perfect the sale of the Receivables to the Purchaser, and the proceeds
thereof (and any continuation statements as are required by applicable state
law), and to deliver a file-stamped copy to the Indenture Trustee of each such
financing statement (or continuation statement) or other evidence of such
filings (which may, for purposes of this Section, consist of telephone
confirmation of such filings with the file stamped copy of each such filings to
be provided to the Purchaser in due course), as soon as is practicable after
receipt by the Seller thereof.
In
connection with the foregoing conveyance, the Seller further agrees, at its own
expense, on or prior to the Closing Date (i) to annotate and indicate in its
computer files that the Receivables have been transferred to the Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) to deliver to the Purchaser a computer file or
printed or microfiche list containing a true and complete list of all such
Receivables, identified by account number and by the Principal Balance of each
Receivable as of the Cutoff Date, which file or list shall be marked as Schedule
A to this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Agreement and (iii) to deliver the Receivable Files to or upon the order of the
Purchaser.
The
parties hereto intend that the conveyance hereunder be a sale. In the
event that the conveyance hereunder is not for any reason considered a sale, the
Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser a first priority perfected security
interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the
Receivables, and all other property conveyed hereunder and listed in this
Section and all proceeds of any of the foregoing. The parties intend
that this Agreement constitute a security agreement under applicable
law. Such grant is made to secure the payment of all amounts payable
hereunder, including, without limitation, the Receivables Purchase
Price.
Section
2.02 Representations and
Warranties of the Seller and the Purchaser.
(a) The
Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the date of this
Agreement and the Closing Date that:
(i) Organization and Good
Standing. The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California, and has
power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had
at all relevant times, and shall have, power, authority and legal right to
acquire, own and sell the Receivables.
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(ii) Due
Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses
and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of its business (including the servicing of the Receivables as
required by the Sale and Servicing Agreement) shall require such
qualifications.
(iii) Power and
Authority. The Seller shall have the power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms, and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall have been duly
authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action.
(iv) Binding
Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except as enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) No
Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Seller of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof shall not conflict
with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the Seller, or conflict with or breach any of the
material terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time) a default under, any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which
the Seller is a party or by which it may be bound or any of its properties are
subject; nor result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other
instrument (other than this Agreement); nor violate any law or, to the knowledge
of the Seller, any order, rule or regulation applicable to it or its properties
of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency
or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or any
of its properties.
(vi)
No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller,
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or
governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement,
(ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Seller, would materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) The
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Seller as of the date of this
Agreement and the Closing Date that:
(i) Organization and Good
Standing. The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California,
and has power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as
such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted,
and had at all relevant times, and shall have, power, authority and legal right
to acquire, own and sell the Receivables.
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(ii) Due
Qualification. The Purchaser is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its business shall require such
qualifications.
(iii) Power and
Authority. The Purchaser shall have the power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall have been duly
authorized by the Purchaser by all necessary corporate action.
(iv) Binding
Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) No
Violation. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof shall not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with
or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the Purchaser, or conflict with or breach any of the
material terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time) a default under, any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which
the Purchaser is a party or by which it may be bound or any of its properties
are subject; nor result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of
its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other
instrument (other than this Agreement); nor violate any law or, to the knowledge
of the Purchaser, any order, rule or regulation applicable to it or its
properties of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Purchaser or any of its properties.
(vi) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser,
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or
governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement,
(ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, would materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Purchaser of its obligations under this
Agreement.
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(c) The
representations and warranties set forth in this Section shall survive the sale
of the Receivables by the Seller to the Purchaser and the sale of the
Receivables by the Purchaser to the Issuer. Upon discovery by the Seller or the
Purchaser of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
others.
Section
2.03 Representations and
Warranties as to the Receivables.
(a) Eligibility of
Receivables. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the
Purchaser as of the Cutoff Date that:
(i) Characteristics of
Receivables. Each Receivable (A) shall have been originated in
the United States by a Dealer for the retail sale of the related Financed
Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer’s business, shall have been fully
and properly executed by the parties thereto, shall have been purchased by the
Seller from such Dealer under an existing agreement with the Seller, shall have
been validly assigned by such Dealer to the Seller in accordance with its terms
and, to the best knowledge of the Seller, shall have been sold by a Dealer
without fraud or misrepresentation, (B) shall have created or shall create a
valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority security interest in favor of
the Seller in the related Financed Vehicle, (C) shall contain customary and
enforceable provisions such that the rights and remedies of the holder thereof
shall be adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits of the
security, (D) shall provide for level Monthly Payments (provided that the
payment in the first or last month in the life of the Receivable may be
minimally different from the level payment) that fully amortize the Amount
Financed over its original term and shall provide for a finance charge or shall
yield interest at its APR, (E) shall provide for, in the event that such
Receivable is prepaid, a prepayment that fully pays the Principal Balance and
includes accrued but unpaid interest at least through the date of prepayment in
an amount calculated by using an interest rate at least equal to its APR, (F)
shall have an Obligor that is not a federal, state or local governmental entity
and (G) is a retail installment contract.
(ii) Schedule of
Receivables. The information set forth in the Schedule of
Receivables shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the opening
of business on the Cutoff Date, and no selection procedures believed to be
adverse to the Securityholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables from
those motor vehicle receivables of the Seller which met the selection criteria
set forth in this Agreement.
(iii) Compliance with
Law. Each Receivable and each sale of the related Financed
Vehicle shall have complied at the time it was originated or made, and shall
comply at the time of execution of this Agreement in all material respects with
all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations
thereunder, including usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal
Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting
Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act,
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Warranty Act, Federal Reserve Board Regulations B and Z, state
adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code
and other consumer credit, equal credit opportunity and disclosure
laws.
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(iv) Binding
Obligation. Each Receivable shall constitute the genuine,
legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the related Obligor,
enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law.
(v) No Bankrupt
Obligors. According to the records of the Seller, as of the
Cutoff Date, no Obligor is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
(vi) Security Interest in
Financed Vehicles. According to the records of the Seller, as of the
Cutoff Date, no Financed Vehicle has been repossessed and not reinstated and
immediately prior to the sale, assignment and transfer thereof, all necessary
steps shall be taken so that each Receivable shall be secured by a validly
perfected first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in
favor of the Seller as secured party or all necessary and appropriate action
with respect to such Receivable shall have been taken to perfect a first
priority security interest in such Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as
secured party.
(vii) Receivables in
Force. No Receivable shall have been satisfied, subordinated
or rescinded, nor shall any Financed Vehicle have been released in whole or in
part from the lien granted by the related Receivable.
(viii) No
Waivers. No provision of a Receivable shall have been waived
in such a manner that such Receivable fails to meet all of the other
representations and warranties made by the Seller herein with respect
thereto.
(ix) No
Amendments. No Receivable shall have been amended in such a
manner that the number of Scheduled Payments has been increased or that the
related Amount Financed has been increased or such Receivable fails to meet all
of the other representations and warranties made by the Seller herein with
respect thereto.
(x) No
Defenses. No facts shall be known to the Seller which would
give rise to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, nor shall
the same have been asserted or threatened, with respect to any
Receivable.
(xi) No
Liens. To the knowledge of the Seller, no liens or claims
shall have been filed, including liens for work, labor or materials relating to
a Financed Vehicle, that shall be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with,
the security interest in such Financed Vehicle granted by the related
Receivable.
(xii) No
Defaults. Except for payment defaults continuing for a period
of not more than 30 days as of the Cutoff Date, no default, breach, violation or
event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable shall have
occurred and no continuing condition that with notice or the lapse of time would
constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under
the terms of any Receivable shall have arisen; and the Seller shall not have
waived any of the foregoing except as otherwise permitted
hereunder.
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(xiii) Insurance. Pursuant
to the Receivables, each Obligor has been required to obtain physical damage
insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle and the Obligor is required
under the terms of the related Receivable to maintain such
insurance.
(xiv) Good
Title. It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and
assignment herein contemplated, taken as a whole, constitute a sale of the
Receivables from the Seller to the Purchaser and that the beneficial interest in
and title to the Receivables not be part of the debtor’s estate in the event of
the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any
bankruptcy law. No Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by
the Seller to any Person other than the Purchaser, and no provision of a
Receivable shall have been waived, except as provided in clause (viii) above;
immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Seller
had good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens
and rights of others; immediately upon the transfer and assignment thereof, the
Purchaser shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and
clear of all Liens and rights of others; and the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated has been perfected under the applicable UCC.
(xv) Lawful
Assignment. No Receivable shall have been originated in, or
shall be subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer
and assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement or pursuant to the
transfer of the Securities shall be unlawful, void or voidable.
(xvi) All Filings
Made. Both the Seller and the Purchaser, respectively, have
caused or will have caused, within ten days of the Closing Date, the filing of
all appropriate financing statements (including UCC filings) necessary in the
appropriate jurisdictions under the applicable law to give the Indenture Trustee
a first priority perfected ownership interest in the Receivables.
(xvii) One
Original. There shall be only one original executed copy of
each Receivable.
(xviii) Chattel
Paper. Each Receivable constitutes “tangible chattel paper” as
defined within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
(xix) Additional Representations
and Warranties. (A) Each Receivable shall have an original
maturity of at least 24 months and not more than 72 months and, as of the Cutoff
Date, a remaining maturity of not less than 6 months nor greater than 69 months;
(B) each Receivable shall provide for payment of a finance charge or shall yield
interest calculated on the basis of an APR ranging from 0.70% to 24.70%; (C)
each Receivable shall have had an original principal balance of not less than
$3,393.86 nor more than $61,000.55 and, as of the Cutoff Date, all of the
Receivables shall have an average unpaid principal balance of $15,252.44; (D)
each Receivable was originated on or after April 23, 2004 and on or prior to
September 28, 2009; (E) each Financed Vehicle shall be a new or used Honda or
Acura motor vehicle; (F) the Obligor under each Receivable had a current billing
address in the United States as of the Cutoff Date; and (G) no Receivable shall
have a Scheduled Payment that is more than 30 days past due as of the Cutoff
Date.
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(xx) Possession of
Documents. The Servicer has in
its possession all original copies of the agreements that constitute or evidence
the Receivables. The agreements that constitute or evidence the
Receivables do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture
Trustee (pursuant to and as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Indenture). All financing statements filed or to be filed against the
Seller in favor of Purchaser and assigned to the Indenture Trustee in connection
herewith describing the Receivables contain a statement to the following
effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral
described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Indenture
Trustee.”
(b) Notice of
Breach. The representations and warranties set forth in this
Section shall speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, but
shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the
Purchaser and any subsequent assignment or transfer pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. The Purchaser, the Seller, the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be,
shall inform the other parties promptly, in writing, upon discovery of any
breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties pursuant to this Section
which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders in any
Receivable.
(c) Repurchase of
Receivables. In the event of a breach of any representation or
warranty set forth in Section 2.03(a) which materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Noteholders in any Receivable and unless the breach shall have
been cured by the last day of the second Collection Period following the
Collection Period in which the discovery of the breach is made or notice is
received, as the case may be (or, at the option of the Seller, the last day in
the first Collection Period following the Collection Period in which such
discovery is made), the Seller shall repurchase such Receivable. In
consideration of the purchase of any such Receivable, the Seller shall remit an
amount equal to the Warranty Purchase Payment in respect of such Receivable to
the Purchaser and shall be entitled to receive the Released Warranty Amount. In
the event that, as of the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, any
Liens or claims shall have been filed, including Liens for work, labor or
materials relating to a Financed Vehicle, that shall be prior to, or equal or
coordinate with, the lien granted by the related Receivable (whether or not the
Seller has knowledge thereof), and such breach materially and adversely affects
the interests of the Noteholders in such Receivable, the Seller shall repurchase
such Receivable on the terms and in the manner specified above. Upon
any such repurchase, the Purchaser shall, without further action, be deemed to
transfer, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without recourse,
representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of the Purchaser
in, to and under such repurchased Receivable, all monies due or to become due
with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof. The Purchaser, the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as
applicable, shall execute such documents and instruments of transfer or
assignment and take such other actions as shall reasonably be requested by the
Seller to effect the conveyance of such Receivable pursuant to this
Section. The sole remedy of the Purchaser, the Issuer, the Trustees
or the Securityholders with respect to a breach of the Seller’s representations
and warranties pursuant to Section 2.03(a) or with respect to the existence of
any such Liens or claims shall be to require the Seller to repurchase the
related Receivables pursuant to this Section.
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Section
2.04 Covenants of the
Seller. The Seller hereby covenants that:
(a) Security
Interests. Except for the conveyances hereunder, the Seller
will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Receivable, whether now
existing or hereafter created, or any interest therein; the Seller will
immediately notify the Purchaser of the existence of any Lien on any Receivable
and, in the event that the interests of the Noteholders in such Receivable are
materially and adversely affected, such Receivable shall be repurchased from the
Purchaser by the Seller in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
2.03(c), and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the
Purchaser in, to and under the Receivables, whether now existing or hereafter
created, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the
Seller; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall prevent or be
deemed to prohibit the Seller from suffering to exist upon a Receivable any Lien
for municipal or other local taxes if such taxes shall not at the time be due
and payable or if the Seller shall currently be contesting the validity of such
taxes in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall have set aside on its
books adequate reserves with respect thereto.
(b) Delivery of
Payments. The Seller agrees to deliver in kind upon receipt to
the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (if other than the Seller)
all payments received by the Seller in respect of the Receivables as soon as
practicable after receipt thereof by the Seller.
(c) No
Impairment. The Seller shall take no action, nor omit to take
any action, which would impair the rights of the Purchaser in any Receivable,
nor shall it, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, reschedule, revise or defer payments due on any
Receivable.
ARTICLE
THREE
PAYMENT
OF RECEIVABLES PURCHASE PRICE
Section
3.01 Payment of Receivables
Purchase Price. In consideration of the sale of the
Receivables from the Seller to the Purchaser as provided in Section 2.01, on the
Closing Date the Purchaser agrees to pay the Seller an amount equal to the
Receivables Purchase Price. The Receivables Purchase Price shall be
paid in the form of (i) $1,348,642,226.32, the net cash proceeds from the public
offering by the Purchaser of the Notes and (ii) $64,877,505.08, being deemed
paid and returned to the Purchaser as a capital contribution.
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ARTICLE
FOUR
TERMINATION
Section
4.01 Termination. The
respective obligations and responsibilities of the Seller and the Purchaser
created hereby shall terminate, except for the indemnity obligations of the
Seller as provided herein, upon the termination of the Issuer as provided in the
Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE
FIVE
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
5.01 Amendment.
(a) This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Purchaser and the Seller, without the
consent of the Securityholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement
any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein
or to add any other provision with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that such
action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the Purchaser
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of the Securityholders.
(b) This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Purchaser and the Seller
with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the consent of the Holders of Notes
evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the
consent of the Holders (as such term is defined in the Trust Agreement) of
Certificates evidencing at least a majority of all the percentage interests
evidenced by the Certificates, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Agreement.
Section
5.02 Protection of Right, Title
and Interest to Receivables.
(a) The
Seller, at its expense, shall cause this Agreement and/or all financing
statements and continuation statements and any other necessary documents
covering the Purchaser’s right, title and interest to the Receivables and other
property conveyed by the Seller to the Purchaser hereunder to be promptly
recorded, registered and filed, and at all times to be kept recorded, registered
and filed, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully
to preserve and protect the right, title and interest of the Purchaser hereunder
to all of the Receivables and such other property. The Seller shall
deliver to the Purchaser file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any
document recorded, registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available
following such recording, registration or filing. The Purchaser shall
cooperate fully with the Seller in connection with the obligations set forth
above and will execute any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the
intent of this subsection.
(b) In
the event that the Seller makes any change in its name, identity or corporate
structure which would make any financing statement or continuation statement
filed in accordance with Section 5.02(a) seriously misleading within the meaning
of Section 9-507(c) of the UCC as in effect in the applicable state, the Seller
shall give the Purchaser not less than 5 days prior written notice of any such
change and shall, within 30 days of such change, execute and file such financing
statements or amendments as may be necessary to continue the perfection of the
Purchaser’s security interest in the Receivables and the proceeds
thereof.
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(c) The
Seller will give the Purchaser prompt written notice of any relocation of any
office from which the Seller keeps records concerning the Receivables or of its
principal executive office and whether, as a result of such relocation, the
applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of
any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing
statement and shall execute and file such financing statements or amendments as
may be necessary to continue the perfection of the interest of the Purchaser in
the Receivables and the proceeds thereof.
Section
5.03 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the
parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
Each
of the parties hereto hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York State
court sitting in New York City for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. Each of the parties hereto hereby further irrevocably waives
any claim that any such courts lack jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not
to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this
Agreement in any of the aforesaid courts, that any such court lacks jurisdiction
over such party. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim
that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
Section
5.04 Notices. All
demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, return receipt requested, or overnight delivery service, by
facsimile or by electronic mail (if an address therefore has been provided by
the respective party in writing) to, in the case of (i) the Purchaser, to
American Honda Receivables Corp., 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: President; (ii) the Seller, to American Honda Finance
Corporation, 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
President; and (iii) the Indenture Trustee, to Union Bank, N.A., 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Department; or, as to any
of such Persons, at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in
a written notice to the other Persons.
Section
5.05 Severability of
Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any reason whatsoever be held
invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed
severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions and terms of this
Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement or any amendment or
supplement hereto.
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Section
5.06 Assignment. This
Agreement may not be assigned by the Purchaser or the Seller except as
contemplated by this Section and the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided,
however, that simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Purchaser shall assign all of its right, title and interest herein to the
Issuer, which in turn, will pledge its rights to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Noteholders as provided in Section 2.01 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, to which the Seller hereby expressly consents. The Seller
agrees to perform its obligations hereunder for the benefit of the Issuer and
that the Indenture Trustee may enforce the provisions of this Agreement,
exercise the rights of the Purchaser and enforce the obligations of the Seller
hereunder without the consent of the Purchaser.
Section
5.07 Further
Assurances. The Seller and the Purchaser agree to do and
perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all further
instruments required or reasonably requested by the other party hereto or by the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee more fully to effect the purposes of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, the execution of any financing
statements, amendments, continuation statements or releases relating to the
Receivables for filing under the provisions of the UCC or other law of any
applicable jurisdiction.
Section
5.08 No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising,
on the part of the Purchaser, the Issuer or the Seller, any right, remedy, power
or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single
or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and
privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Section
5.09 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, (and by different parties
on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section
5.10 Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, each of which shall be
considered to be third-party beneficiaries hereof. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, no other Person will have any right or
obligation hereunder.
Section
5.11 Headings. The
headings herein are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise
affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
Section
5.12 Seller
Indemnification.
(a) Purchaser, Issuer and
Securityholders. The Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless
the Purchaser, the Issuer and the Securityholders from and against any loss,
liability, expense or damage suffered or sustained by reason of any acts,
omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of activities of the Seller
pursuant to this Agreement or as a result of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, but not limited to, any judgment, award, settlement,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs or expenses incurred in connection
with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding or claim;
provided, however, that the Seller shall not indemnify the Purchaser, the Issuer
or the Securityholders if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions
constitute negligence or willful misconduct by the Purchaser, the Issuer or the
Securityholders.
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(b) Trustees. The
Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trustees from and against
any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities to the
extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arose out of,
and was imposed upon the Trustees through the negligence, willful misfeasance or
bad faith of the Seller in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or
by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement.
(c) Taxes. The
Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser and any of the
officers, directors, employees and agents of the Purchaser from and against any
taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to
the transactions contemplated herein and in the other Basic Documents, including
any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property,
privilege or license taxes and costs and expenses in defending against the
same.
Section
5.13 Merger, Consolidation or
Assumption of the Obligations of the Seller.
(a) The
Seller shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey
or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, unless:
(i) the
corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Seller is merged or
the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of
the Seller substantially as an entirety shall be organized and existing under
the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
and, if the Seller is not the surviving entity, shall expressly assume, by an
agreement supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Purchaser and the
Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Purchaser and the Indenture
Trustee, the performance of every covenant and obligation of the Seller
hereunder and shall benefit from all the rights granted to the Seller hereunder;
and
(ii) the
Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser and the Indenture Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate of the Seller and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that
such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental
agreement comply with this Section and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b) The
obligations of the Seller hereunder shall not be assignable nor shall any Person
succeed to the obligations of the Seller hereunder except in each case in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06 and this Section.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
AMERICAN
HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION,
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as
Seller
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Honda
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Name: Xxxx
X. Honda
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Title: Assistant
Vice President, Assistant
Secretary
and Compliance Officer
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AMERICAN
HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP.,
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as
Purchaser
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Honda
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Name: Xxxx
X. Honda
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Title: Treasurer
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SCHEDULE
A
SCHEDULE
OF RECEIVABLES
[Omitted
— originals on file at the offices
of the
Seller and the Xxxxxxxxx]
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