CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Transferor and Servicer) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT (Standard Terms)
Exhibit
1.1
CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST
(Transferor
and Servicer)
(Standard
Terms)
[ ],
2007
X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
as
an Underwriter and as Representative
of
the Underwriters named in the applicable Terms Agreement
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Chase
Issuance Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuing Entity”), and
Chase Bank USA, National Association (the “Bank”), as transferor (in
such capacity, the “Transferor”) and servicer (in such capacity, the
“Servicer”) and as beneficiary (in such capacity, the
“Beneficiary”) of the Issuing Entity, propose to sell the
notes of the
series, classes and tranches designated in the applicable Terms Agreement (as
hereinafter defined) (the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued
pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of December
19, 2007 and as supplemented by the Second Amended and Restated Asset Pool
One
Supplement, dated as of December 19, 2007 (the “Asset Pool One
Supplement”), between the Issuing Entity and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture
Trustee”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral
Agent”), the Amended and Restated CHASEseries Indenture Supplement, dated
as of October 15, 2004, and a Terms Document having the date stated in the
applicable Terms Agreement (as so supplemented and as otherwise modified or
amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Issuing Entity
and the Indenture Trustee. The Issuing Entity will be operated
pursuant to a Third Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of March
14,
2006 (as may be further amended from time to time, the “Trust
Agreement”), between the Bank, as Beneficiary, and Wilmington Trust
Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”). The Notes
will be secured pursuant to the Asset Pool One Supplement by certain assets
of
the Issuing Entity, including the Asset Pool One Receivables (as defined in
the
Asset Pool One Supplement), the FUSA Collateral Certificate, the Chase
Collateral Certificate, the FUSA Receivables and the Chase Receivables (the
Asset Pool One Receivables, the
FUSA
Receivables and the Chase Receivables are collectively referred to herein as
the
“Receivables”), as discussed below (collectively, the
“Collateral”).
The
Bank transfers credit card receivables to the First USA Credit Card Master
Trust
(the “First USA Credit Card Master Trust”) pursuant to the Third
Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December
19,
2007, between the Bank, as transferor (in such capacity, the “FUSA
Transferor”) and servicer (in such capacity, the “FUSA Servicer”),
and The Bank of New York (Delaware), as trustee (in such capacity, the “FUSA
Master Trust Trustee”) (as may be further amended from time to time, the
“FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), as supplemented by the
applicable Series Supplement (the “FUSA Series Supplement”; references
herein to the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall mean, unless otherwise
specified, the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement as supplemented by the
FUSA
Series Supplement), having the date stated in the applicable Terms Agreement,
among the Bank, as FUSA Transferor and FUSA Servicer, and the FUSA Master Trust
Trustee.
The
assets of the First USA Credit Card Master Trust include, among other things,
receivables (the “FUSA Receivables”) arising under certain revolving
credit card accounts (the “FUSA Accounts”). Pursuant to the
FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Third Amended and Restated Transfer
and Servicing Agreement, among the Bank, as Transferor, Servicer and
Administrator, the Issuing Entity, and the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral
Agent, dated as of December 19, 2007 (the “Transfer and Servicing
Agreement”), the Bank has caused the First USA Credit Card Master Trust to
issue to the Issuing Entity a collateral certificate (the “FUSA Collateral
Certificate”). The FUSA Collateral Certificate is an investor
certificate under the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement that represents
undivided interests in certain assets of the First USA Credit Card Master
Trust.
The
Bank transfers credit card receivables to the Chase Credit Card Master Trust
(the “Chase Credit Card Master Trust”) pursuant to the Fifth Amended
and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007,
between the Bank, as transferor (in such capacity, the “Chase
Transferor”) and servicer (in such capacity, the “Chase Servicer”)
and The Bank of New York, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Chase Master
Trust Trustee”) and paying agent (as may be further amended from time to
time, the “Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), as supplemented by
the applicable Series Supplement (the “Chase Series Supplement”;
references herein to the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall mean,
unless otherwise specified, the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement as
supplemented by the Chase Series Supplement), having the date stated in the
applicable Terms Agreement, among the Bank, as Chase Transferor and Chase
Servicer, and the Chase Master Trust Trustee.
The
assets of the Chase Credit Card Master Trust include, among other things,
receivables (the “Chase Receivables”) arising under certain revolving
credit card accounts (the “Chase Accounts”). Pursuant to the
Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Transfer and Servicing Agreement,
the Bank has caused the Chase Credit Card Master Trust to issue to the Issuing
Entity a collateral certificate (the “Chase
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Collateral
Certificate”). The Chase Collateral Certificate is an investor
certificate under the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement that represents
undivided interests in certain assets of the Chase Credit Card Master
Trust.
The
Notes designated in the applicable Terms Agreement will be sold in a public
offering by the Issuing Entity through X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as the
representative of the underwriters listed on Schedule I to the applicable Terms
Agreement (any underwriter through which Notes are sold shall be referred to
herein as an “Underwriter” or, collectively, all such Underwriters may
be referred to as the “Underwriters”; X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and
each other representative, if any, may be referred to herein collectively as
“Representative”). Notes sold to the Underwriters for which
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. is a Representative shall be sold pursuant to a
Terms Agreement by and among the Bank, the Issuing Entity and the
Representative, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Terms
Agreement”), which incorporates by reference this Underwriting Agreement
(this “Agreement”, which may include the applicable Terms Agreement if
the context so requires). Any Notes sold pursuant to any Terms
Agreement may include the benefits of a reserve account, letter of credit,
surety bond, cash collateral account, cash collateral guaranty, collateral
interest, interest rate swap, spread account or other contract or agreement
for
the benefit of the holders of Notes of such Series (“Credit
Enhancement”). The term “applicable Terms Agreement”
means each Terms Agreement with respect to a specific Tranche
of Notes that
references this Agreement. To the extent not defined herein,
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Indenture, the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Chase Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Unless otherwise stated herein or in the
applicable Terms Agreement, as the context otherwise requires or if such term
is
otherwise defined in the Indenture, the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement
or
the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each capitalized term used or defined
herein or in the applicable Terms Agreement shall relate only to the Notes
designated in the applicable Terms Agreement and no other Series, Class or
Tranche of Notes issued by the Issuing Entity.
Section
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Registration
Statement.
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The
Bank has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “Act”), a shelf registration statement on Form S-3
(having the registration number stated in the applicable Terms Agreement),
including a form of prospectus, relating to the Notes, the FUSA Collateral
Certificate and the Chase Collateral Certificate. The registration
statement as amended has been declared effective by the
Commission. If any post-effective amendment has been filed with
respect thereto, prior to the execution and delivery of the applicable Terms
Agreement, the most recent such amendment has been declared effective by the
Commission. Such registration statement, as amended at the time of
effectiveness, including all material incorporated by reference therein and
including all information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration
statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act,
is
referred to in this Agreement as the “Registration
Statement”. The Bank also has filed
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with,
or proposes to file with, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule
424(b)”) under the Act a prospectus supplement specifically relating to the
Notes designated in the applicable Terms Agreement (the “Prospectus
Supplement”).
The
related prospectus, filed with the Commission on
[ ], 2007
(the “Most Recent Quarterly Filing Date”), covering the Notes
designated in the applicable Terms Agreement in the form first required to
be
filed to satisfy the condition set forth in Rule 172(c) under the Act is
hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus”, and the Base
Prospectus as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement required to be filed
to
satisfy the condition set forth in Rule 172(c) under the Act is hereinafter
referred to as the “Prospectus”. The Base Prospectus will generally be
filed with the Commission within 60 days of the end of each calendar quarter
and
as required (i) to amend or supplement the Base Prospectus in order to make
the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or (ii) to comply with
law.
Any
reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Notes designated by
the
applicable Terms Agreement (the “Preliminary Prospectus”) or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any exhibits thereto and
the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the
date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, and
any
reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement”
with respect to the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed as of
the
Closing Date (as defined below) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated
by reference therein.
At
or prior to the time when sales to investors (including, without limitation,
contracts of sale) of the Notes designated by the applicable Terms Agreement
were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Bank had prepared the
information (including any “free writing prospectus”, as defined
pursuant to Rule 405 under the Act (a “Free Writing Prospectus”))
listed on Annex I to the applicable Terms Agreement (collectively, the “Time
of Sale Information”).
Section
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Purchase
of the Notes Offered by the Applicable Terms Agreement by the
Underwriters.
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(a)
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Upon
the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Bank agrees
with the
Underwriters as follows:
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(i)
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Subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth and in the applicable
Terms
Agreement, the Bank agrees to cause the Issuing Entity to sell and
deliver
the Notes to the several Underwriters as hereinafter provided, and
each
Underwriter, upon the basis of the
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representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the conditions
hereinafter stated, agrees to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the
Issuing Entity the respective principal amount of the Notes set forth opposite
such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I to the applicable Terms
Agreement. The Notes are to be purchased by the Underwriters at the
purchase price(s) set forth in such Terms Agreement. The Issuing
Entity will not be obligated to deliver any Notes except upon payment for all
of
the Notes to be purchased as provided in the applicable Terms
Agreement.
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(ii)
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The
Bank understands that the Underwriters intend (x) to make a public
offering of their respective portions of the Notes as soon after
the
Registration Statement and this Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement have become effective as in the judgment of the Representative
is advisable and (y) initially to offer the Notes upon the terms
set forth
in the Prospectus. The Bank acknowledges and agrees that the
Underwriters may offer and sell the Notes to or through any affiliate
of
an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell any
Notes
purchased by it to or through any such
Underwriter.
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(iii)
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Payment
for the Notes shall be made to the Bank or to its order by wire transfer
of same day funds on the Closing Date. As used herein, (x) the
term “Closing Date” means, with respect to the applicable Terms
Agreement, the date and time specified in such Terms Agreement or
such
other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth
Business Day thereafter, as the Representative and the Bank may agree
upon
in writing, and (y) the term “Business Day” means any day other
than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed
in New
York City.
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(iv)
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Unless
otherwise provided in the applicable Terms Agreement, payment for
the
Notes shall be made against delivery to the Representative for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Notes registered
in
the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company and
in such denominations as the Representative shall request in writing
not
later than two full Business Days prior to the Closing Date, with
any
transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer to the Underwriters
of the Notes duly paid by the Bank. The Notes will be made
available for inspection and packaging by the Representative at the
office
of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP not later than 5:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the Closing
Date.
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Section
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Representations
and Warranties of the Bank.
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Upon
the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Bank represents and
warrants to each Underwriter that:
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(a)
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Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Registration
Statement has been declared effective by the Commission under the
Act; no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has
been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose
has been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened by the Commission,
and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment
thereto, at the time the Registration Statement became effective
complied,
and as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement will comply, in all
material respects with the Act and the Registration Statement did
not at
the time the Registration Statement became effective and will not
on the
Closing Date contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and as of the date of
the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and on the date of
the applicable Terms Agreement, the Prospectus will not contain any
untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
provided, that the Bank makes no representation and warranty with
respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and
in
conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the
Bank in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly
for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
amendment
or supplement thereto; and the conditions to the use by the Bank
of a
registration statement on Form S-3 under the Act, as set forth in
the
General Instructions to Form S-3, have been satisfied with respect
to the
Registration Statement and the
Prospectus;
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(b)
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Time
of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information did not
at the Time of Sale and will not on the Closing Date contain any
untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that
no
representation or warranty is made with respect to the omission of
pricing
and price-dependent information, which information, shall of necessity
appear only in the final Prospectus); provided that the Bank
makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements
or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Bank in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in such
Time of
Sale Information;
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(c)
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Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses. Other than the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Bank (including its agents and
representatives other than the Underwriters in their capacity as
such) has
not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and
will not
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
other than the documents, if any, listed on Annex II to the applicable
Terms Agreement and other written communication approved in writing
in
advance by the Representative. Pursuant to Rule 433 under the
Act, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free
writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Issuing Entity
or used
or referred to by the Issuing Entity and, in the case of an asset-backed
issuer, prepared by or on behalf of a depositor, sponsor or servicer
(as
defined in Item 1101 of Regulation AB) or affiliated depositor or
used or
referred to by any such person. Each such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Act, has been
filed
to the extent required by Rule 433(d) under the Act and, when taken
together with the Preliminary Prospectus, such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus did not at the Time of Sale, and will not on the Closing
Date
include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict
with
the information then contained in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, and did not at the Time of Sale, and will not on the
Closing
Date contain any untrue statements 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;
provided that the Bank makes no representation and warranty with
respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and
in
conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the
Bank in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly
for use in any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus;
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(d)
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Representations
and Warranties in the Pooling and Servicing Agreements and the Transfer
and Servicing Agreement. As of the Closing Date, the
representations and warranties of the Bank, as Transferor and Servicer,
in
the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Chase Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Transfer and Servicing Agreement will be true and
correct in all material respects;
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(e)
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Organization
and Good Standing. The Bank has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a national banking association in good standing
under
the laws of the United States, with power and authority (corporate
and
other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the
Prospectus and to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and
the
applicable Terms Agreement and to authorize the sale of the Notes,
and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
applicable Terms Agreement and has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under
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the
laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or
conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than where
the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on the Bank and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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(f)
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Due
Authorization. (i) The FUSA Collateral
Certificate has been duly authorized, and has been validly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and is entitled to the benefits
provided by the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each
increase in the Invested Amount of the FUSA Collateral Certificate
will
have been authorized and effected in accordance with the FUSA Pooling
and
Servicing Agreement; each of the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement have been duly
authorized by the Bank, and, when executed and delivered by the Bank,
as
Transferor and Servicer, and the FUSA Master Trust Trustee (in the
case of
the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement), each of the FUSA Pooling
and
Servicing Agreement, this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement
will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Bank; and the
FUSA
Collateral Certificate and the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement
conform to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus in all material
respects; and (ii) the Chase Collateral Certificate has been duly
authorized, and has been validly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered and is entitled to the benefits provided by the Chase Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. Each increase in the Invested Amount
of the Chase Collateral Certificate will have been authorized and
effected
in accordance with the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement; each
of the
Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement and the applicable
Terms Agreement have been duly authorized by the Bank, and, when
executed
and delivered by the Bank, as Transferor and Servicer, and the Chase
Master Trust Trustee (in the case of the Chase Pooling and Servicing
Agreement), each of the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this
Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement will constitute a valid
and
binding agreement of the Bank; and the Chase Collateral Certificate
and
the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement conform to the descriptions
thereof in the Prospectus in all material
respects;
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(g)
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No
Consents. No consent, approval, authorization or order of,
or filing with, any court or governmental agency or governmental
body is
required to be obtained or made by the Bank for the consummation
of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the applicable Terms
Agreement, the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Chase Pooling
and
Servicing Agreement or the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, except
such
as have been obtained and made under the Act, such as may be required
under state securities laws and with respect to the filing of any
financing statements required to perfect the First USA Credit Card
Master
Trust’s or the Chase Credit Card Master Trust’s interest
in
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the
FUSA Receivables or the Chase Receivables, respectively, or the Collateral
Agent’s interest in the Collateral;
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(h)
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No
Violation or Default. Other than as set forth or
contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Bank is not (x) in
violation of its organizational documents, (y) in default in its
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant
or
condition contained in any agreement or instrument to which it is
a party
or by which it or its properties are bound or (z) in violation of
any
statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or
body or
any court having jurisdiction over the Bank, or any of its
properties, which, in the case of clauses (y) and (z) above, would
have a
material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated herein or
in the
FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Chase Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement;
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(i)
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No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Bank of this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement, the FUSA
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement and compliance with the terms and
provisions thereof will not conflict with or result in a material
breach
or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
a
material default under, any statute, rule, regulation or order of any
governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over
the
Bank, or any of its properties or any agreement or instrument to
which the
Bank is a party or by which the Bank is bound or to which any of
the properties of the Bank is subject, or the organizational
documents of the Bank and the Bank has full power and authority to
enter
into this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement, the FUSA Pooling
and
Servicing Agreement, the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement;
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(j)
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Legal
Proceedings. Other than as set forth or contemplated in
the Prospectus and Time of Sale Information, there are no legal,
governmental or regulatory proceedings pending or, to the knowledge
of the
Bank, threatened to which any of the Bank or its subsidiaries is
or may be
a party or to which any property of the Bank or its subsidiaries
is or may
be the subject which, if determined adversely to the Bank, could
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
material
adverse effect on (i) the general affairs, business, prospects,
management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of
operations of the Bank and its subsidiaries, as applicable, taken
as a
whole or (ii) the interests of the holders of the Notes; and there
are no
contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed
as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described
in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus
which are not filed or described as
required;
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(k)
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Underwriting
Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement. This Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Bank and
when executed and delivered by the Bank, each of this Agreement and
the
applicable Terms Agreement will constitute a valid and binding agreement
of the Bank; and
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(l)
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Ineligible
Issuer. The Bank, on the date on which the first bona fide
offer of the Notes sold pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement
is
made, will not be an “ineligible issuer”, as defined in Rule 405
under the Act.
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Section
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Representations
and Warranties of the Issuing
Entity.
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Upon
the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Issuing Entity represents
and warrants to each Underwriter that:
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(a)
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Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has
been declared effective by the Commission under the Act; no stop
order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued
by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted
or, to the knowledge of the Issuing Entity, threatened by the Commission,
and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment
thereto, at the time the Registration Statement became effective
complied,
and as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement will comply, in all
material respects with the Act and the Registration Statement did
not at
the time the Registration Statement became effective and will not on
the Closing Date contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and as of the date of
the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and on the date
of the
applicable Terms Agreement, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
provided, that the Issuing Entity makes no representation and
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the Issuing Entity in writing by such Underwriter through the
Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement and
the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto; and the conditions
to
the use by the Issuing Entity of a registration statement on Form
S-3
under the Act, as set forth in the General Instructions to Form S-3,
have
been satisfied with respect to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus;
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(b)
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Time
of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information did not
at the Time of Sale and will not on the Closing Date contain any
untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in
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order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading (it being understood that no representation
or
warranty is made with respect to the omission of pricing and price-dependent
information, which information, shall of necessity appear only in the final
Prospectus); provided that the Issuing Entity makes no representation
and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to
the
Issuing Entity in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative
expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information;
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(c)
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Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses. Other than the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Issuing Entity (including
its agents and representatives other than the Underwriters in their
capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved
or
referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or
refer
to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer
to buy
the Notes other than the documents, if any, listed on Annex II to
the
applicable Terms Agreement and other written communication approved
in
writing in advance by the Representative. Each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Act,
has
been filed to the extent required by Rule 433(d) under the Act and,
when
taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus, such Issuer Free
Writing
Prospectus did not at the Time of Sale, and will not on the Closing
Date,
include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict
with
the information then contained in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, and did not at the Time of Sale, and will not on the
Closing
Date, contain any untrue statements 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;
provided that the Issuing Entity makes no representation and
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the Issuing Entity in writing by such Underwriter through the
Representative expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus;
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(d)
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Representations
and Warranties in the Indenture. As of the Closing Date,
the representations and warranties of the Issuing Entity in the Indenture
will be true and correct in all material
respects;
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(e)
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Organization
and Good Standing. The Issuing Entity has been duly formed
and is validly existing as a statutory trust in good standing under
the
laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus
and to
execute, deliver and perform the Indenture, and to authorize the
issuance
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of
the Notes, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the
Indenture;
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(f)
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Due
Authorization. As of the Closing Date, the Notes have been
duly authorized, and, when executed, issued and delivered pursuant
to the
Indenture, duly authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and paid for
by the
Underwriters in accordance with this Agreement and the applicable
Terms
Agreement, will be duly and validly executed, authenticated, issued
and
delivered and entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture;
the
Indenture has been duly authorized by the Issuing Entity and, when
executed and delivered by the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee
(in
the case of the Indenture), each of the Indenture, this Agreement
and the
applicable Terms Agreement will constitute a valid and binding agreement
of the Issuing Entity; and the Notes and the Indenture conform to
the
descriptions thereof in the Prospectus in all material
respects;
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(g)
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No
Consents. No consent, approval, authorization or order of,
or filing with, any court or governmental agency or governmental
body is
required to be obtained or made by the Issuing Entity for the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the applicable
Terms
Agreement, the Indenture or the Transfer and Servicing Agreement,
except
such as have been obtained and made under the Act, such as may be
required
under state securities laws and with respect to the filing of any
financing statements required to perfect the First USA Credit Card
Master
Trust’s or the Chase Credit Card Master Trust’s interest in the FUSA
Receivables or the Chase Receivables, respectively, or the Collateral
Agent’s interest in the Collateral;
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(h)
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No
Violation or Default. The Issuing Entity is not (x) in
violation of its organizational documents, (y) in default in its
respective performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any agreement or instrument to
which it
is a party or by which it or its properties are bound or (z) in violation
of any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency
or
body or any court having jurisdiction over the Issuing Entity, or
any of
its properties which, in the case of clauses (y) and (z) above, would
have
a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated herein
or in
the Indenture;
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(i)
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No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement, the Indenture and the
Transfer
and Servicing Agreement and the issuance and delivery of the FUSA
Collateral Certificate, the Chase Collateral Certificate and the
Notes and
compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not conflict
with,
or result in a material breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a material default under, any statute,
rule,
regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court
having
jurisdiction over the Issuing Entity or any of its properties or
any
agreement or
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instrument
to which the Issuing Entity is a party or by which the Issuing Entity is bound
or to which any of the properties of the Issuing Entity is subject, or the
organizational documents of the Issuing Entity; and the Issuing Entity has
full
power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Notes as contemplated
by
this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement, the Indenture and the Transfer
and Servicing Agreement and to enter into the Indenture;
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(j)
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Legal
Proceedings. Other than as set forth or contemplated in
the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, there are no legal
or
governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuing
Entity, threatened to which the Issuing Entity is or may be a party
or to
which any property of the Issuing Entity is or may be the subject
which,
if determined adversely to the Issuing Entity, could individually
or in
the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on
(i) the general affairs, business, prospects, management, financial
position, equity or results of operations of the Issuing Entity,
and the
interests of the holders of the Notes, or (ii) the interests of the
holders of the Notes; and there are no contracts or other documents
of a
character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement
or required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and Preliminary Prospectus which are not filed or described
as
required;
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(k)
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Underwriting
Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement. This Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Issuing
Entity and when executed and delivered by the Issuing Entity, each
of this
Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement will constitute a valid
and
binding agreement of the Issuing Entity;
and
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(l)
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Ineligible
Issuer. The Issuing Entity is not, and on the date on
which the first bona fide offer of the Notes sold pursuant to the
applicable Terms Agreement is made will not be, an “ineligible
issuer”, as defined in Rule 405 under the
Act.
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Section
5
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Further
Agreements of the Bank and the Issuing
Entity.
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Upon
the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Bank and the Issuing
Entity, jointly and severally covenant and agree with the several Underwriters
that:
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(a)
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Filing
of Prospectus and Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The
Bank and the Issuing Entity will file the final Prospectus with the
Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) under
the Act
and will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to the extent
required
by Rule 433(d) under the Act.
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(b)
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Delivery
of Copies. The Issuing Entity will, at the
request of the Representative, deliver (or the Bank will cause the
Issuing
Entity to deliver), at the expense of the Bank, during the period
mentioned in subsection 5(e) below, to each of the Underwriters
as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements
thereto) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representative
may
reasonably request.
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(c)
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Amendments
or Supplements. Before using, authorizing, approving,
referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before
filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement
or the
Prospectus, whether before or after the time the Registration Statement
becomes effective, the Bank or the Issuing Entity will furnish to
the
Representative a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
amendment or supplement for review.
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(d)
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Notice
to the Representative. The Bank and the Issuing Entity
will (x) advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice
in
writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall
have
become effective, (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any
amendment to the Prospectus has been filed, (iii) of any request
by the
Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional
information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing
or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
that
purpose, and (v) of the receipt by the Bank or the Issuing Entity
of any
notification with respect to any suspension of the qualification
of the
Notes for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (y) in the case
of
clause (x)(iv) or (x)(v) above, use their best efforts to prevent
the
issuance of any such stop order or notification and, if issued, to
obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof.
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(e)
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Ongoing
Compliance of the Prospectus. The Bank will, if during
such period of time after the first date of the public offering of
the
Notes as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a Prospectus
relating to the Notes is required by law to be delivered (or required
to
be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Act) in connection with sales
by
an Underwriter or any dealer, (i) any event shall occur as a result
of
which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order
to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when
the
Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or (ii) it
is
necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the
law,
forthwith prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Bank, to the
Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the
Representative will furnish to the Bank and the Issuing Entity) to
which
the Notes may have been sold by the
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Representative
on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, a copy
of
such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that
the
statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser,
be
misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.
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(f)
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Blue
Sky Compliance. The Issuing Entity will endeavor to
qualify (or the Bank will cause the Issuing Entity to qualify) the
Notes
for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and
will
continue such qualification in effect so long as reasonably required
for
distribution of the Notes and to pay all fees and expenses (including
fees
and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) reasonably incurred
in
connection with such qualification and in connection with the
determination of the eligibility of the Notes for investment under
the
laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate;
provided, however, that neither the Bank nor the Issuing Entity
shall be required to (i) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction
in
which it is not currently so qualified, (ii) file any general consent
to
service of process in any jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to
taxation
in any such jurisdiction if it is not so
subject.
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(g)
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Earnings
Statement. On or before December 31 of the year following
the year in which the Closing Date occurs, the Bank will cause the
Issuing
Entity to make generally available to Noteholders and to the
Representative as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering
a
period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal
quarter
of the Issuing Entity occurring after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, which shall satisfy the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
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(h)
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Copies
of Compliance Statements and Reports. Upon written request
by the Representative, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding,
the
Issuing Entity or the Bank will furnish to the Representative (i)
copies
of each certificate and the annual statements of compliance delivered
to
(A) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Article
IV of
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, (B) the FUSA Master Trust Trustee
pursuant to Article III of the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and (C) the Chase Master Trust Trustee pursuant to Article III of
the
Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (ii) copies of the annual
independent certified public accountant’s attestation reports furnished to
(X) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Article
IV of
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, (Y) the FUSA Master Trust Trustee
pursuant to Article III of the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and
(Z) the Chase Master Trust Trustee pursuant to Article III of the
Chase
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, by first-class mail promptly after
such
request and following delivery of such statements
and
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reports
to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, the FUSA Master Trust Trustee
or
the Chase Master Trust Trustee, as applicable, and (ii) copies of all reports
or
other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Notes;
provided, however, that neither the Issuing Entity nor the Bank shall
be obligated to provide copies of monthly distribution reports on Form 10-D
or
annual reports filed on Form 10-K if they are available on XXXXX or otherwise
through a Commission website.
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(i)
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Agreement
Not to Engage in Similar Transactions. During the period
beginning on the date of the applicable Terms Agreement and continuing
to
and including the Closing Date, neither the Bank nor the Issuing
Entity
will offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any credit
card
backed securities with the same term and other characteristics identical
to the relevant Tranche of Notes without the prior written consent
of the
Representative.
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(j)
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Trust
Indenture Act. The Indenture will be qualified pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture
Act”).
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(k)
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Note
Rating Agencies. To the extent, if any, that the rating
provided with respect to the Notes by the rating agency or rating
agencies
rating the Notes (each, a “Note Rating Agency”) is conditional
upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of any other reasonable
action by the Bank or the Issuing Entity agreed upon on or prior
to the
Closing Date, the Bank or the Issuing Entity, as applicable, shall
furnish
such documents and take any such other reasonable
action.
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(l)
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Exchange
Act Filings. The Bank and the Issuing Entity (or the Bank
on its behalf) will file or cause to be filed all documents and
certifications required to be filed by the Bank or the Issuing Entity
with
the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods
required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
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Record
Retention. The Bank will, pursuant to reasonable
procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer
Free
Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance
with Rule 433(d) under the Act.
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Section
6.
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Payment
of Costs and Expenses.
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Except
as otherwise specified in the applicable Terms Agreement, the Bank will pay
all
costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations and the
obligations of the Issuing Entity under this Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i)
all
costs and expenses incident to the preparation, issuance, execution,
authentication and delivery of the Notes, (ii) all costs and expenses incident
to the preparation, printing and filing under the Act or the Exchange Act of
the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
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Preliminary
Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including in each case all
exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto), (iii) all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination
of eligibility for investment of the Notes under the laws of such jurisdictions
as the Underwriters may designate (including fees of counsel for the
Underwriters and their disbursements), (iv) all costs and expenses related
to
any filing with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (formerly
known as the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.), (v) all costs
and expenses in connection with the printing (including word processing and
duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, the applicable Terms
Agreement, the FUSA Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Chase Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and any Blue Sky Memorandum and the
furnishing to Underwriters and dealers of copies of the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as herein provided, (vi) the reasonable fees and
disbursements of the Bank’s counsel, (vii) the reasonable fees and disbursements
of the accountants and (viii) all costs and expenses payable to each Note Rating
Agency in connection with the rating of the Notes, except that the Underwriters
agree to reimburse the Bank for an amount, if any, specified in the applicable
Terms Agreement on the Closing Date for application toward such
expenses. It is understood that, except as specifically provided in
this Section6 and in Sections 8, 11 and
12 of this Agreement, the Underwriters
will pay all of their own fees,
costs and expenses (including the fees and disbursements of its counsel),
transfer taxes and any advertising expenses in connection with sales or offers
from the Underwriters to third parties.
Section
7.
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Conditions
of Underwriters’ Obligations.
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The
several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the performance
by the Bank and the Issuing Entity of their respective obligations hereunder
and
under the applicable Terms Agreement and to the following additional
conditions:
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I.
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Most
Recent Quarterly Filing Date.
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(a)
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Comfort
Letters. On the Most Recent Quarterly Filing Date (as
defined in the applicable Terms Agreement), the Representative shall
have
received a letter, dated the respective date of delivery thereof,
of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Certified Public Accountants (or such
other
independent accountants as shall be named in the applicable Terms
Agreement) confirming that they are independent public accountants
within
the meaning of the Act and stating that the engagement to apply
agreed-upon procedures was performed in accordance with the standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,
and
substantially in the form heretofore agreed and otherwise in form and
in substance satisfactory to its
counsel.
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(b)
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Opinion
and Letter of Counsel for the Bank and the Issuing Entity. (i) The
Representative shall have received an opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, special counsel for the Bank and the Issuing
Entity, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations
and
exceptions, dated the Most Recent Quarterly Filing Date, in form
and
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substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and its counsel, with respect
to
general corporate matters, the validity of the Notes, the Registration Statement
and the Base Prospectus, the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and
the information contained in each of the Registration Statement and the Base
Prospectus; and
(ii) Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, special counsel for the Bank and the
Issuing Entity, shall provide a letter, dated the Most Recent Quarterly Filing
Date, that they have participated in conferences with representatives of the
Bank and its accountants, the Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters
concerning the Registration Statement and the Base Prospectus and have
considered the matters required to be stated therein and the matters stated
therein, although they are not independently verifying the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of such statements and based upon and subject to the
foregoing, nothing has come to such counsel’s attention to cause such counsel to
believe that the Registration Statement (excluding any exhibits filed
therewith), at the time it became effective, contained an untrue statement
of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that
the
Base Prospectus (and, with respect to the issuance of the Notes, the Prospectus
Supplement substantially in the form filed with the Registration Statement
which
such counsel assumes will be completed and include the identification of the
class of Notes offered, the terms of such Notes including all pricing
information and the plan of distribution for such Notes), as of its date,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 (it being understood
that such counsel has not been requested to and shall not make any comment
in
the letter with respect to the financial statements, supporting schedules and
other financial or statistical information included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement or the Base Prospectus or excluded therefrom,
including the Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of a trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act); provided, however, that if, no later than the
first Business Day of any calendar quarter, the Representative requests that
a
letter described in subsection 7(II)(h) be provided on each Closing
Date during such calendar quarter, the letter contemplated by this
subsection 7(I)(b)(ii) shall not be required to be
delivered.
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Opinion
of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative shall
have received an opinion of XxXxx Xxxxxx LLP, special counsel for
the
Underwriters, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions, dated the Most Recent Quarterly Filing
Date,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative
and
its counsel, with respect to (i) general corporate matters, (ii)
the
validity of the Notes, the Registration Statement and the Base Prospectus,
(iii) the effectiveness
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of
such Registration Statement and (iv) the information contained in each of the
Registration Statement and the Base Prospectus; provided,
however, that if, no later than the first Business Day of any
calendar
quarter, the Representative requests that an opinion described in subsection
7(II)(i) be provided on each Closing Date during such calendar quarter, the
opinion contemplated by subsection 7(I)(c)(iv) shall not be required to
be delivered.
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(d)
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FDIC
Rule / True Sale Opinion. The Representative
shall have received from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP,
special counsel for the Bank and the Issuing Entity, such opinion
or
opinions, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations
and exceptions, dated the Most Recent Quarterly Filing Date, in form
and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, with respect
to
the applicability of certain provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act, as amended by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and
Enforcement Act of 1989 with respect to the effect of receivership
on the
Bank’s security interest in the Receivables and the Issuing Entity’s and
the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Receivables, the FUSA
Collateral Certificate and the Chase Collateral Certificate, and
with
respect to other related matters in a form previously approved by
the
Representative and its counsel.
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(e)
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Opinion
of Counsel to the FUSA Master Trust Trustee. The
Representative shall have received an opinion of McGuireWoods LLP,
counsel
to the FUSA Master Trust Trustee, subject to customary qualifications,
assumptions, limitations and exceptions, dated the Most Recent Quarterly
Filing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative and its counsel, with respect to general corporate
matters
relating to the FUSA Master Trust
Trustee.
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(f)
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Opinion
of Counsel to the Chase Master Trust Trustee. The
Representative shall have received an opinion of Xxxxx, Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxx, LLP, counsel to the Chase Master Trust Trustee, subject to
customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions,
dated
the Most Recent Quarterly Filing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative and its counsel, with respect
to
general corporate matters relating to the Chase Master Trust
Trustee.
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(g)
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Opinion
of Counsel to the Owner Trustee. The Representative shall
have received an opinion of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, counsel to the
Owner Trustee, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions dated the Most Recent Quarterly Filing
Date, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative
and its
counsel, with respect to general corporate matters relating to the
Owner
Trustee.
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(h)
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Opinion
of Counsel to the Issuing Entity. The Representative shall
have received an opinion of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, special
Delaware counsel to the Issuing Entity, subject to customary
qualifications,
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assumptions,
limitations and exceptions dated the Most Recent Quarterly Filing Date, in
form
and substance satisfactory to the Representative and its counsel, with respect
to certain matters relating to the Issuing Entity and the establishment
thereof.
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(i)
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Opinion
of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee and Collateral
Agent. The Representative shall have received an opinion
of internal legal counsel to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association,
subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations and
exceptions dated the Most Recent Quarterly Filing Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and its counsel,
with respect to general corporate
matters.
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II. Closing
Date.
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(a)
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Registration
Compliance; No Stop Order. The Prospectus and each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the
Commission under the Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433(d) under the Act)
and in
accordance with subsection 5(a) of this Agreement; and, as of the
Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for
such
purpose shall be pending before or, to the knowledge of the Bank
or the
Issuing Entity, threatened by the Commission; and all requests for
additional information from the Commission with respect to the
Registration Statement shall have been complied with to the
reasonable satisfaction of the
Representative.
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(b)
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Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the
Bank and the Issuing Entity contained herein are true and correct
in all
material respects on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and
as of
the Closing Date, and each of the Bank and the Issuing Entity shall
have
complied with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder and, as applicable, under the applicable
Terms Agreement on or prior to the Closing
Date.
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(c)
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Federal
Income Tax Opinion. The Representative shall have received
an opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, special tax
counsel for the Bank and the Issuing Entity, subject to customary
qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions, dated the
Closing
Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative
and its counsel, that (i) the Notes will be characterized as debt
for
Federal income tax purposes; (ii) the Issuing Entity will not be,
and the
issuance of the Notes will not cause any master trust to be, classified
as
an association, or publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation
for Federal income tax purposes; and (iii) the statements in the
Prospectus under “Federal Income Tax Consequences”,
insofar as such statements constitute
a
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summary
of the U.S. legal matters or documents referred to therein, fairly present
such
legal matters or documents.
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(d)
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Rating
Agency Opinions. The Representative shall have received a
reliance letter with respect to any opinion that the Bank is required
to
deliver to the Note Rating Agency that is not otherwise addressed
to the
Representative.
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(e)
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Officer’s
Certificate of the Bank. The Representative shall have
received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of a Vice President
or
more senior officer of the Bank in which such officer shall state
that, to
his or her knowledge after due inquiry, (i) the representations and
warranties of the Bank in this Agreement are true and correct in
all
material respects on and as of the Closing Date, (ii) the Bank has
complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its
part to
be performed or satisfied hereunder on or prior to the Closing Date,
(iii)
the representations and warranties of the Bank, as the Transferor,
the
FUSA Transferor and the Chase Transferor are true and correct in
all
material respects as of the dates specified in the FUSA Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
as
applicable, (iv) the Registration Statement has become effective,
no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
are
threatened by the Commission, (v) subsequent to the Time of Sale,
there has been no material adverse change in the financial position
or
results of operations of the Bank’s credit card business except as set
forth in or contemplated by the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus or as described in such certificate and (vi) the officer
has
reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and the
Prospectus and the representation set forth in subsection 3(a)
hereof is true and correct.
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(f)
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Officer’s
Certificate of the Issuing Entity. The Representative
shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of an
authorized representative of the Issuing Entity in which such
representative shall state that, to his or her knowledge after due
inquiry, (i) the representations and warranties of the Issuing Entity
in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on
and as
of the Closing Date, (ii) the Issuing Entity has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed
or
satisfied hereunder and under the applicable Terms Agreement on or
prior
to the Closing Date, (iii) the representations and warranties of
the
Issuing Entity in the Indenture are true and correct in all material
respects as of the dates specified in the Indenture, (iv) the Registration
Statement has become effective, no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement have been issued and no proceedings
for that
purpose have been instituted or are threatened by the Commission,
(v)
subsequent to the Time of Sale, there has been no material adverse
change
in the financial position or results of operations
of
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the
Issuing Entity’s business except as set forth in or contemplated by the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus or as described in such certificate and
(vi)
the officer has reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus and the representation set forth in
subsection 4(a) hereof is true and correct.
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(g)
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Rating
Agency Letters. The Representative shall have received
evidence satisfactory to it that the Notes shall be rated in accordance
with the applicable Terms Agreement by each Note Rating
Agency.
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(h)
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Letter
of Counsel for the Bank and the Issuing Entity. If
requested by the Representative prior to the Time of Sale for an
issuance,
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, special counsel for the Bank
and the Issuing Entity, shall provide a letter, dated the relevant
Closing
Date, stating that they have participated in conferences with
representatives of the Bank and its accountants, the Underwriters
and
counsel to the Underwriters concerning the Registration Statement
and the
Prospectus and have considered the matters required to be stated
therein
and the matters stated therein, although they are not independently
verifying the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements
and
based upon and subject to the foregoing, nothing has come to such
counsel’s attention to cause such counsel to believe that the Registration
Statement (excluding any exhibits filed therewith), at the time it
became
effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make
the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus as
of its
date or as of the relevant Closing Date, contained or contains any
untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light
of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being
understood that such counsel has not been requested to and does not
make
any comment in this letter with respect to the financial statements,
supporting schedules and other financial or statistical information
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
or the
Prospectus or excluded therefrom, including the Form T-1). In
addition, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP shall state that on
the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to their attention
that
have caused such counsel to believe that documents included in the
General
Disclosure Package (as defined below), all considered together, as
of the
Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact
or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not
misleading (it being understood that such counsel has not been requested
to and does not make any comment in this letter with respect to the
financial statements, supporting schedules and other financial or
statistical information included or incorporated by reference in
the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus,
including the Form T-1, or, in the case of the Preliminary
Prospectus, the
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omission
of pricing and price-dependent information, which information shall of necessity
appear only in the final Prospectus); provided, however, that in the
event the letter described in subsection 7(I)(b)(ii) shall have been
delivered on the Most Recent Quarterly Filing Date, then the letter so delivered
pursuant to subsection 7(I)(b)(ii) shall not apply with respect to any
Tranche of Notes issued on a Closing Date for which a letter under this
subsection 7(II)(h) shall have been delivered.
“General
Disclosure Package” means the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or
prior to the Applicable Time, the Preliminary Prospectus and the statements
in
the Prospectus with respect to any other items dependent upon the pricing terms
and the delivery date of the Notes, all considered together.
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(i)
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Opinion
of Counsel for the Underwriters. If requested by the
Representative prior to the Time of Sale for an issuance, XxXxx Xxxxxx
LLP, special counsel for the Underwriters, shall provide an opinion,
subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations and
exceptions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative and its counsel, with respect
to the
Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus and Time of Sale Information
and
information contained in each of the Prospectus Supplement and the
Prospectus and Time of Sale Information; provided, however, that
in the event the opinion described in subsection
7(I)(c)(iv) shall have been delivered on the Most Recent
Quarterly Filing Date, then the opinion so delivered pursuant to
subsection 7(I)(c)(iv) shall not apply with respect to any
Tranche of Notes issued on a Closing Date for which an opinion under
this
subsection 7(II)(i) shall have been
delivered.
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The
Bank will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Representative such number
of conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as
it
reasonably requests.
Section
8.
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Indemnification
and Contribution.
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(a)
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Indemnification
of the Underwriters. The Bank and the Issuing Entity,
jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter
within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act and under Section 20 of the
Exchange
Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which
they may become subject insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or based
upon (1)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or in any
revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or any Preliminary
Prospectus, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein
a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein,
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in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (2)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuing Entity Information (as defined
in subsection 9(c)) contained in any Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus (as defined in subsection 9(c)) or in any Free Writing
Prospectus for which the Bank or any person acting on its behalf provided,
authorized or approved information that is prepared and published or
disseminated by a person unaffiliated with the Bank or any other offering
participant that is in the business of publishing radio or television
broadcasting or otherwise disseminating communications, or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact required to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal
or
other expense reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided,
however, that neither the Bank nor the Issuing Entity 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 or
omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Bank or the Issuing Entity by any
Underwriter specifically for use therein or any revision or amendment thereof
or
supplement thereto.
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(b)
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Indemnification
of the Bank and the Issuing Entity. Each Underwriter
severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Bank,
its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement,
the Issuing Entity and each person, if any, who controls the Bank
or the
Issuing Entity within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act and under
Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims,
damages
or liabilities to which they may become subject insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out
of or are based upon any untrue statements or alleged untrue statements
of
any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
or in any revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto, any
related
Preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they
were
made, 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 (i) in reliance upon and in conformity
with
written information furnished to the Bank or the Issuing Entity by
such
Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any Free Writing Prospectus, Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any revision or amendment thereof
or
supplement thereto) or (ii) in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus
and
agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or
other
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expenses
reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any
such
loss, claim, damage or liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, that no Underwriter shall be obligated to so indemnify and
hold harmless an indemnified party to the extent such losses, claims, damages
or
liabilities are caused by a misstatement or omission resulting from an error
or
omission in (A) the Issuing Entity Information (as hereinafter defined)
which was not corrected by Issuing Entity Information subsequently supplied
by the Bank or the Issuing Entity to the Underwriter at any time prior to the
Time of Sale, or (B) the information contained in the Prospectus or Time of
Sale
Information. Each indemnified party shall give prompt written notice
to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of
which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an
indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability
which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement;
provided, that the indemnifying party is not materially prejudiced by
such failure to so notify. An indemnifying party may participate at
its own expense in the defense of any such action. In no event shall
the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one
counsel separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in
connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in
the
same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could
have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release
of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject
matter of such action and (y) does not include any statement as to or any
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
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(c)
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Contribution
and Limitation on Liability. In order to provide for just
and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity
agreement provided for in subsection 8(a) is for any reason held
to be unavailable other than in accordance with its terms, the Bank
and
the Issuing Entity and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature
contemplated by said indemnity agreement incurred by the Bank and
the
Issuing Entity and the Underwriters, as incurred, in such proportions
that
the Underwriters are responsible for that portion represented by
the
percentage that the underwriting discount and commissions bear to
the
initial public offering price appearing thereon and the Bank and
the
Issuing Entity are jointly and severally responsible for the
balance. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection
8(c), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount
in
excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the
Notes
purchased by it hereunder. The Bank and the
Underwriters
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agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if
the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation which does not take account of any of the equitable
considerations referred to above in this subsection 8(c). 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. For purposes of this
Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act shall have the same rights to contribution
as
such Underwriter, and each director of the Bank, each officer of the Bank who
signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the
Bank within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act shall have the same rights
to
contribution as the Bank.
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(d)
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Static
Pool Information. For clarification purposes, in this
Section 8 only, it is understood that the terms
“Preliminary Prospectus” and “Prospectus” include static
pool information required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 1105 of
Regulation AB under the Act, without regard to whether such information
is
deemed to be a part of a prospectus under Item 1105(d) of Regulation
AB
under the Act.
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Section
9.
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Offering
Communications; Free Writing Prospectuses and ABS Informational and
Computational Materials.
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(a)
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Except
as generally set forth in the applicable Terms Agreement, each
Underwriter, severally, represents, warrants and agrees with the
Bank and
the Issuing Entity that it has not distributed and will not distribute
any
written materials that would be treated as “ABS informational and
computational material”, as defined in Item 1101(a) of
Regulation AB under the Act (“ABS Informational and Computational
Material”). If the Bank and the Issuing Entity shall have
agreed pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement to the use of any
Free
Writing Prospectus, the provisions of this
Section 9 shall apply with respect
thereto.
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(b)
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Each
Underwriter severally represents, warrants and agrees with the Bank
and
the Issuing Entity that other than the Preliminary Prospectus and
the
final Prospectus, it has not conveyed and will not convey, without
the
Bank’s prior written approval, to any potential investor in the Notes
any
other written material of any kind containing any “issuer
information” as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) of the Act, that would
constitute a “prospectus” or a “free writing
prospectus”, each as defined in the Act, including, but not limited
to any ABS Informational and Computational Materials; provided,
however, each Underwriter may convey to one or more of its potential
investors a Free Writing Prospectus containing only information permitted
under Rule 134 of the Act, including bona fide estimates of the price
range for the Notes and the final price of the Notes and
information
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previously
included in the Preliminary Prospectus, as well as a column or other entry
showing the status of the subscriptions for each tranche of the Notes and/or
expected pricing parameters of the Notes.
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(c)
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Each
Underwriter severally represents and warrants to the Bank and the
Issuing
Entity that each Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf
of an
Underwriter which is not listed on Annex I (each an “Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus”) did not, as of the date such Free Writing
Prospectus was conveyed or delivered to any potential investor in
the
Notes, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any
material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein,
in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that such Underwriter makes no representation
to the extent such misstatements or omissions were the result of
any
inaccurate information which was publicly available or provided to
such
Underwriter by the Bank or the Issuing Entity (such information,
“Issuing Entity Information”), which information was not
corrected by Issuing Entity Information subsequently supplied by
the Bank
or the Issuing Entity to such Underwriter prior to the Time of
Sale.
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(d)
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The
Bank, the Issuing Entity and the Underwriters each agrees that any
Free
Writing Prospectus prepared by it shall contain the legend required
by
Rule 433 under the Act.
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Section
10.
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Termination. Notwithstanding
anything herein contained, this Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representative, by notice given to the Bank, if after the execution
and
delivery of this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement and
prior to
the Closing Date there shall have occurred (i) any change, or any
development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly
the business or properties of the Issuing Entity, the First USA Credit
Card Master Trust, the Chase Credit Card Master Trust or the Bank
which,
in the judgment of the Representative, materially impairs the investment
quality of the Notes or makes it impractical or inadvisable to market
the
Notes; (ii) any suspension or limitation on trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the National Association
of
Securities Dealers National Market System, or any setting of minimum
prices for trading on such exchange or market system; (iii) any suspension
of trading of any securities of JPMorgan Chase & Co. on any exchange
or in the over-the-counter market which materially impairs the investment
quality of the Notes or makes it impractical or inadvisable to market
the
Notes; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by Federal, Delaware
or New
York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities
or armed conflict, any declaration of war by Congress, or any other
substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in
the
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.
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Section
11.
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Defaulting
Underwriter.
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(a)
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If
any Underwriter defaults in its obligations to purchase Notes hereunder
and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes that such defaulting
Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of
the total
principal amount of such Notes, the Representative may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Bank for the purchase of such Notes by other
persons,
including the non-defaulting Underwriters, but if no such arrangements
are
made by the Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be
obligated, in proportion to their commitments hereunder, to purchase
the Notes that such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to
purchase. If any Underwriter so defaults and the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such default
or
defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of such
Notes and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the
Bank for
the purchase of such Notes by other persons are not made within 36
hours
after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability
on the
part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Bank, except as provided
in
Section 8 of this Agreement. Nothing
herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its
default.
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(b)
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In
the event of any such default which does not result in a termination
of
this Agreement, either the Representative or the Bank shall have
the right
to postpone the Closing Date for a period not exceeding seven days
in
order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement
or the
Prospectus or in any other documents or
arrangements.
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Section
12.
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Reimbursement
of Expenses. If for any reason other than as set forth in
Section11 of this Agreement the purchase of the Notes
by
the Underwriters is not consummated, the Bank shall remain responsible
for
the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to
Section6 of this Agreement and the respective
obligations of the Bank, the Issuing Entity, and the Underwriters
pursuant
to Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement shall remain in
effect. If the purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not
consummated for any reason other than solely because of the occurrence
of
any event specified in clauses (ii), (iv) or (v) of
Section10 of this Agreement, the Bank will reimburse the
Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection
with
the offering of the Notes.
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Section
13.
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Notices. Any
action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representative
on
behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the
Representative shall be binding upon the Underwriters. All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall
be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any
standard
form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be
given to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00,
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: R. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Executive Director,
telephone: (000) 000-0000, fax: (000)
000-0000,
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or
to such other address as the Representative may designate in writing to the
Bank. Notices to the Bank shall be given to it at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President,
telephone: (000) 000-0000, fax: (000) 000-0000 with a copy to JPMorgan Chase
& Co., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Vice President - Securitization, telephone: (000) 000-0000, fax: (000)
000-0000.
Section
14.
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Representations
of the Underwriters.
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(a)
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Each
Underwriter, severally, represents that it will not, at any time
that such
Underwriter is acting as an “underwriter” (as defined in Section
2(a)(11) of the Act) with respect to the Notes, transfer, deposit
or
otherwise convey any Notes into a trust or other type of special
purpose
vehicle that is sponsored by such Underwriter or an Affiliate of
such
Underwriter and that issues securities or other instruments backed
in
whole or in part by, or that represents interests in, such Notes
without
the prior written consent of the
Bank.
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(b)
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Each
Underwriter, severally, represents and agrees (i) that it did not
enter
into any contract of sale for any Notes prior to the Applicable Time
(as
defined in the applicable Terms Agreement) and (ii) that it will,
at any
time that such Underwriter is acting as an “underwriter” (as
defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Act) with respect to the Notes,
convey
to each investor to whom the Notes are sold by it during the period
prior
to the filing of the final Prospectus (as notified to the Underwriters
by
the Bank), at or prior to the applicable time of any such contract
of sale
with respect to such investor, the Preliminary
Prospectus.
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(c)
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Each
Underwriter, severally, represents and agrees that: (i) it has not
offered
or sold, and prior to the date which is six months after the date
of issue
of the Notes, will not offer or sell any of the same Notes to persons
in
the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities involve
them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments
(as
principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise
in
circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public in the
United
Kingdom for the purposes of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations
1995; (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable
provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000 (the
“FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it in relation to the
Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and (iii)
it has
only communicated or caused to be communicated and it 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 the
Notes in
circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to
the
Issuing Entity.
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Section
15.
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Persons
Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Bank, the Issuing
Entity,
the Underwriters, any controlling persons referred to herein and
their
respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or
mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any
other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy
or
claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein
contained. No purchaser of Notes from any Underwriter shall be
deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such
purchase.
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Section
16.
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Arm’s-Length
Transaction. The Bank acknowledges and agrees that the
Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length
contractual counterparty to the Bank with respect to the offering
of Notes
contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the
terms of
the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or
an
agent of, the Bank or any other person. Additionally, neither
the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the Bank
or any
other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or
regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Bank shall consult
with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible
for
making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility
or
liability to the Bank with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters
of the Bank, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters
relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit
of
the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the
Bank.
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Section
17.
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Counterparts. This
Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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Section
18.
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GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT
TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS
THEREOF.
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Section
19.
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Amendments
or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom,
shall
in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and
signed
by the parties hereto.
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Section
20.
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Waiver
of Jury Trial. The Bank and the Underwriters hereby
irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and
all
right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating
to this agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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If
the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly
sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become
a
binding agreement among the Bank, the Issuing Entity and the Underwriters in
accordance with its terms.
Very
truly yours,
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CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION,
as Transferor and as Servicer
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST
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By:
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CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION,
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not
in its individual capacity but solely as
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Beneficiary
on behalf of the Issuing Entity
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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The
foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed
and
accepted as of the date first above written.
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as
Underwriter and as Representative
of
the Underwriters named in
Schedule
I to the applicable Terms Agreement
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
A
CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST
CHASESERIES
CLASS
[_(200_-_)] NOTES
TERMS
AGREEMENT
Dated:
To: CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Bank”)
Re: Underwriting
Agreement dated _____________
Series
Designation: ____________
Underwriters:
The
Underwriters named on Schedule I
attached hereto are the “Underwriters” for the purpose of this Terms
Agreement (this “Agreement”) and for the purposes of the above
referenced Underwriting Agreement as such Underwriting Agreement is incorporated
herein in its entirety and made a part hereof.
Terms
of the Class [_(200_-_)] Notes:
Initial
Principal
Amount
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Interest
Rate
or Formula
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Price
to
Public
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Interest
Payment Dates: _______________, _______________,
______________
and _______________, commencing _____________ __, _____.
Note
Rating[s]:
Indenture: The
Third Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2007, between
Chase Issuance Trust, as Issuing Entity, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Indenture Trustee, and acknowledged and accepted by the Bank,
as
Servicer.
Asset
Pool One Supplement: The Second Amended and Restated Asset Pool
One Supplement, dated as of December 19, 2007, between Chase Issuance
Trust, as Issuing Entity,
Exhibit
A-1
and
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral
Agent, and acknowledged and accepted by the Bank, as Transferor, Servicer and
Administrator.
Indenture
Supplement: The Amended and Restated CHASEseries Indenture
Supplement, dated as of October 15, 2004, between Chase Issuance Trust, as
Issuing Entity, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee
and Collateral Agent.
Terms
Document: The Class [_(2007-_)] Terms Document, dated as of
[_____] [_], 200_, between Chase Issuance Trust, as Issuing Entity, and Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral
Agent.
Transfer
and Servicing Agreement: The Third Amended and Restated Transfer
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007, among the Bank, as
Transferor, Servicer and Administrator, Chase Issuance Trust, as Issuing Entity,
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral
Agent.
First
USA Pooling and Servicing Agreement: The Third Amended and
Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007, between
the Bank, as Transferor and Servicer, and The Bank of New York (Delaware),
as
trustee (the “FUSA Master Trust Trustee”).
First
USA Series Supplement: The Amended and Restated Series 2002-CC
Supplement, dated as of October 15, 2004, between the Bank, as Transferor and
Servicer, and the FUSA Master Trust Trustee.
Chase
Pooling and Servicing Agreement: The Fifth Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007, between the
Bank, as Transferor and Servicer and The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the
Chase Credit Card Master Trust (the “Chase Master Trust Trustee”) and
paying agent.
Chase
Series Supplement: The Series 2004-CC Supplement, dated as of October 20,
2004, between the Bank, as Transferor and Servicer, and the Chase Master Trust
Trustee.
Purchase
Price:
The
purchase price payable by the
Underwriters for the Notes covered by this Agreement will be the following
percentage of the principal amounts to be issued:
[Per
Class [_(200_-_)] Notes:
__________%]
Registration
Statement: 333-145109.
Underwriting
Discounts and Commissions, Selling Concessions and Reallowance:
The
Underwriters’ discounts and
commissions, the selling concessions that the Underwriters may allow to certain
dealers, and the discounts that such dealers
Exhibit
A-2
may
reallow to certain other dealers, each expressed as a percentage of the
principal amount of the Class [_(200_-_)] Notes, shall be as
follows:
Underwriting
Discounts
and
Commissions
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Selling
Concessions
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Reallowance
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___%
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___%
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___%
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Underwriters’
Information: The information furnished by the Underwriters
through the Representative for purposes of subsection 8(b) of the
Underwriting Agreement consists of the chart and the third and
[ ] paragraphs
under the heading “Underwriting” in the Prospectus
Supplement.
[Reimbursement
of Expenses:
The
Underwriters shall reimburse the
Bank for an amount not to exceed $__________ for application towards
expenses.]
Most
Recent Quarterly Filing Date:
Closing
Date: Pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(d) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the Underwriters, the Bank and the Issuing Entity
hereby agree that the Closing Date shall be __________ __, _____, __________
a.m., New York Time.
Applicable
Time: [ ]:[ ] [a./p.]m. (New York Time) on
[ ],
[ ]
Location
of Closing: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
[Opinion
Modifications:]
Payment
for the Notes:
The
Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, subject to the terms and
provisions of the above referenced Underwriting Agreement which is incorporated
herein in its entirety and made a part hereof, to purchase the respective
principal amounts of the above referenced Series of Notes set forth opposite
their names on Schedule I hereto.
Exhibit
A-3
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
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As
Representative of the
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Underwriters
named in
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Schedule
I hereto
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Accepted:
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST
not
in its individual capacity but
solely as
Beneficiary
on behalf of the Issuing
Entity
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit
A-4
SCHEDULE
I
UNDERWRITERS
$____________________
Principal Amount of CHASEseries Class [_(200-_)] Notes
Principal
Amount
[Names
of
Underwriters] $
_______________
$______________
Exhibit
A-5
ANNEX
I
TIME
OF SALE INFORMATION
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·
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Preliminary
Prospectus, dated as of
[ ],
200[ ].
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Exhibit
A-6
ANNEX
II
ISSUER
FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES
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·
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Class
[_(200_-_)] Transaction Summary dated
[ ],
200[ ]
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Exhibit
A-7