HYUNDAI AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2009-A $1,317,600,000 ASSET BACKED NOTES HYUNDAI ABS FUNDING CORPORATION (DEPOSITOR) HYUNDAI CAPITAL AMERICA (SELLER AND SERVICER) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
HYUNDAI AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST
2009-A
$1,317,600,000 ASSET BACKED
NOTES
HYUNDAI ABS FUNDING
CORPORATION
(DEPOSITOR)
HYUNDAI CAPITAL
AMERICA
(SELLER AND
SERVICER)
September 2, 2009
Banc of America Securities
LLC
as Representative of
the
Several Underwriters
Hearst Tower
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Charlotte, North Carolina
28255
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
SECTION 1. Introduction. Hyundai ABS Funding Corporation (the
“Depositor”) proposes to cause Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2009-A (the
“Trust”) to issue and sell $379,000,000 principal amount of its Class A-1 Notes
(the “Class A-1 Notes”), $291,000,000 principal amount of its Class A-2 Notes
(the “Class A-2 Notes”), $388,000,000 principal amount of its Class A-3 Notes
(the “Class A-3 Notes”) and $259,600,000 principal amount of its Class A-4 Notes
(the “Class A-4 Notes” and together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2
Notes, and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Notes”) to the several underwriters set
forth on Schedule I (each, an “Underwriter”), for whom Banc of America
Securities LLC is acting as representative (the
“Representative”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture,
to be dated as of September 11, 2009 (the “Indenture”), between the Trust and
Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture
Trustee”). The assets of the Trust will include, among other things,
a pool of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts acquired by Hyundai
Capital America (“HCA”) and sold to the Trust on the Closing Date (the
“Receivables”) secured by new and used automobiles, light-duty trucks and
minivans and financed thereby (the “Vehicles”), certain monies received
thereunder after the close of business on August 8, 2009 (the “Cutoff Date”) and
the other property and the proceeds thereof to be conveyed to the Trust pursuant
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement to be dated as of September 11, 2009 (the
“Sale and Servicing Agreement”) among the Trust, HCA, as servicer, the Depositor
and the Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Depositor will sell the Receivables to the Trust and HCA will
service the Receivables on behalf of the Trust. In addition, pursuant
to the Owner Trust Administration Agreement to be dated as of September 11, 2009
(the “Administration Agreement”) among the Trust, HCA, and the Indenture
Trustee, HCA will agree to perform certain administrative tasks on behalf of the
Trust. The Depositor formed the Trust pursuant to a trust agreement,
and it will be governed by a Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the
“Trust Agreement”) to be dated as of September 11, 2009 among the Depositor, HCA
and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”). The owner trust certificate (the “Certificate”),
representing a fractional undivided interest in the Trust, will be issued to the
Depositor pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
Certain of the Underwriters (as defined
herein) are financial institutions appearing on the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York’s list of TALF Agents (a “TALF Agent”), and may be a party to that certain
Master Loan and Security Agreement among the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(the “FRBNY”), as Lender, various TALF Agents party thereto, the Bank of New
York Mellon, as Administrator, and the Bank of New York Mellon, as Custodian
(the “MLSA”), in connection with the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
(the “TALF”). To the extent expressly provided in this Agreement, and
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 20, all rights, benefits and
remedies of the Underwriters under this Agreement shall be for the benefit of,
and shall be enforceable by, each Underwriter that is also a TALF Agent not only
in its capacity as an Underwriter but also in its capacity as a TALF Agent and
as a signatory to the MLSA.
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The Depositor will acquire the
Receivables from HCA pursuant to the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement
(the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”) to be dated as of September 11, 2009
between the Depositor and HCA. HCA has acquired the Receivables from
franchised dealers (the “Dealers”) pursuant to certain dealer retail agreements
between each Dealer and HCA (collectively, the “Dealer Retail
Agreements”).
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined in this Underwriting Agreement (this “Agreement”) shall have the
meanings set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or if not defined
therein, then as defined in the Prospectus Supplement (as defined
below). As used herein, the term “Transaction Documents” refers to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Administration
Agreement.
At or prior to the time when sales to
purchasers of the Notes were first made to investors by the Underwriters, which
was approximately 11:50 a.m. on September 2, 2009 (the “Time of Sale”), the
Seller had prepared the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated August 26, 2009
to the Prospectus dated August 26, 2009 (along with information referred to
under the caption “Static Pool Data” therein regardless of whether it is deemed
a part thereof under the Rules and Regulations, together the “Preliminary
Prospectus”). If, subsequent to the Time of Sale and prior to the
Closing Date, such information included an untrue statement of 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 and the Underwriters terminate their old “Contracts of Sale” (within
the meaning of Rule 159 under the Securities Act) and enter into new Contracts
of Sale with investors in the Notes, then the “Preliminary Prospectus” will
refer to the information conveyed to investors at the time of entry into such
new Contract of Sale, in an amended Preliminary Prospectus approved by the
Depositor and the Representative that corrects such material misstatements or
omissions (a “Corrected Prospectus”) and “Time of Sale” will refer to the time
and date on which such new Contracts of Sale were entered
into.
SECTION 2. Representations
and Warranties. 1) As a condition of the
several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Notes, each of the
Depositor and HCA makes the representations and warranties set forth below (i)
to the Representative and each of the Underwriters and (ii) with respect to
clauses (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(xix) and (a)(xxxi) of this Section 2 only, to the
Underwriters who are also TALF Agents, in their capacity as TALF Agents with
respect to TALF loans secured by the Notes. To the extent a
representation or warranty specifically relates to the Depositor, such
representation or warranty is made by the Depositor and HCA jointly, and to the
extent a representation or warranty specifically relates solely to HCA, such
representation or warranty is only made by HCA and not by the
Depositor.
(i) The registration
statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-144832), including the exhibits thereto, has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for
registration under the Securities Act, which registration statement has been
declared effective by the Commission within the three years prior to the Closing
Date and is still effective as of the date hereof. Such registration
statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended to the date hereof, is
hereinafter called the “Registration Statement”; the prospectus included in the
Registration Statement, at the time the Registration Statement became effective,
or as subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; a prospectus
supplement relating to the Notes, in the form first filed after the date hereof
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including the Base Prospectus
as so supplemented and together, along with information referred to under the
caption “Static Pool Data” therein regardless of whether it is deemed a part of
the Registration Statement or Base Prospectus under the Rules and Regulations,
is hereinafter called the “Prospectus Supplement”; and the Base Prospectus
together with the Prospectus Supplement are hereinafter called the
“Prospectus.” Any preliminary form of the Prospectus that has
heretofore been filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) is hereinafter called a
“preliminary prospectus.” Any reference herein to the terms “amend,”
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, shall be deemed to refer to and include
the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”) or the filing date of the Base Prospectus or Prospectus
Supplement, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
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(ii) The Registration Statement as
of the applicable effective date as to each part thereof pursuant to Rule
430B(f)(2) and any amendment thereto of the Securities Act (the “Effective
Date”), the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date of the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement,
complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the
“Rules and Regulations”); and the information in the Registration Statement, as
of the Effective Date, will conform in all material respects to the requirements
of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date of the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement and as of the Closing Date, will conform in all material respects to
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations; and the
Prospectus, and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto, as of the date
of the Prospectus Supplement and as of the Closing Date, will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that neither HCA nor the Depositor
makes any representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration
Statement which constitutes the Statement of Qualification under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”) on Form T-1 (the
“Form T-1”) of the Indenture Trustee (which will be represented and warranted to
by the Indenture Trustee) and (ii) the information contained in or omitted from
such Registration Statement or such Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to HCA by or
on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for use in the preparation thereof
which information consists solely of the information set forth in the chart
following the first paragraph, the second paragraph, the selling concession and
reallowance chart at the end of the second paragraph, the third paragraph and
the fourth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” in the Prospectus
Supplement and the fifth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” in the Base
Prospectus (the “Underwriters’ Information”).
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(iii) The Preliminary Prospectus,
at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Depositor makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’
Information.
(iv) Since the respective dates as
of which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus and in the
Prospectus there has not been any material adverse change, or, to the best of
our knowledge, any development involving a prospective material adverse change,
in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business or
operations of any of HCA or its subsidiaries, including the Depositor and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as disclosed to the Representative in
writing prior to the date hereof.
(v) The Indenture has been
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
(vi) The Trust Agreement is not
required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
(vii) The Trust is not required to
register under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment
Company Act”).
(viii) The issuance and sale of the
Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the
Depositor and, when executed, authenticated and delivered to and paid for by the
Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture,
the Notes will be valid and binding obligations of the Trust, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except to the extent that the enforceability
thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
conservatorship, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to creditors’ rights in general and to general principles of
equity.
(ix) Each of the Depositor and HCA
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation with full corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and
conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which its ownership, leasing or operation of its properties
or assets or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Depositor or HCA to perform its respective
obligations under the Agreement and the Transaction Documents or on the
consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
and has full corporate power and authority to execute and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party.
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(x) The execution and delivery of
this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of
the Depositor and HCA, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by the Depositor and HCA and when duly executed and delivered by the other
parties hereto will be the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Depositor
and HCA, enforceable against the Depositor and HCA in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to
creditors’ rights in general and to general principles of
equity.
(xi) The execution and delivery of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action of the Depositor or HCA, as applicable, and, when
duly executed and delivered by the Depositor and HCA (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto), will be
legal, valid and binding agreements of the Depositor and HCA, enforceable
against the Depositor or HCA in accordance with their respective terms, except
to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights in general
and to general principles of equity.
(xii) The execution and delivery by
each of the Depositor and HCA of, and the performance by each of the Depositor
and HCA of its obligations under, this Agreement, each of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and the Depositor under the Notes, the issuance
and sale of the Notes to the Underwriters by the Depositor pursuant to this
Agreement (subject to obtaining any consents or approvals as may be required
under the securities or “blue sky” laws to various jurisdictions), the
compliance by the Depositor and HCA with the other provisions of this Agreement
and the consummation of the other transactions herein contemplated do not (x)
require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of
or with any governmental authority, except as such have been obtained or made or
such as may be required under the securities or “blue sky” laws of various
jurisdictions, or (y) conflict with or result in a breach or violation or
acceleration of, or constitute a default under, any term or provision of the
organizational documents of the Depositor or HCA, any indenture mortgage, deed
of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or HCA
is a party or by which any of them or their properties is bound or result in a
violation of or contravene the terms of any statute, order or regulation
applicable to the Depositor or HCA of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Depositor
or HCA, or result in the creation of any lien upon any property or assets of the
Depositor or HCA (other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents), except
where such conflict, breach, default or creation would not have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Depositor and HCA to perform its respective
obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents or on the
consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
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(xiii) None of the Depositor or HCA
is in violation of any term or provision of its charter documents or by-laws, or
in breach of or in default under any statute or any judgment, decree, order,
rule or regulation of any court or other governmental authority or any
arbitrator applicable to the Depositor or HCA, the consequence of which
violation, breach or default would have (a) a materially adverse effect on or
constitute a materially adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, properties, business affairs, net worth or results of
operations of the Depositor or HCA or (b) a material and adverse effect on its
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the
Transaction Documents, in each case, to which it is a party.
(xiv) None of the Depositor, HCA
nor anyone acting on their behalf has taken any action that would require
registration of the Depositor or the Trust under the Investment Company Act; nor
will the Depositor nor HCA act, nor has either of them authorized nor will
either of them authorize any person to act, in such manner.
(xv) Each of the Depositor and HCA
possesses all consents, licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits
issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities
necessary to conduct their respective businesses, the absence of which would
have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Depositor and HCA to
perform its respective obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents or on the consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, and neither the Depositor nor HCA has received any notice
of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license,
certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a materially
adverse effect on or constitute a materially adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, properties, business affairs, net worth or
results of operations of the Depositor or HCA, except as described in or
contemplated by the Prospectus.
(xvi) No legal or governmental
proceedings are pending or threatened to which the Depositor or HCA is a party
or to which the property of the Depositor or HCA is subject except for such
proceedings that would not, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling
or finding, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, properties, business affairs, net
worth or results of operations of the Depositor or HCA or the Depositor’s or
HCA’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents or on the consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(xvii) No default exists, and no
event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
a default in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or
condition of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other
material agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or HCA is a party or by
which the Depositor or HCA or any of its respective properties is
bound.
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(xviii) The Notes and the
Transaction Documents conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and in the
Prospectus.
(xix) Each of the Depositor’s and
HCA’s representations and warranties in both (i) the Transaction
Documents and (ii) the Certification as to TALF Eligibility attached
as Appendix B to the Prospectus Supplement (the “TALF Certification”) are true
and correct as of the date they are given therein and will be true and correct
on the Closing Date, and such representations and warranties are incorporated
herein by reference.
(xx) Other than as contemplated by
this Agreement or as disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus and in the
Prospectus, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to
receive from the Depositor or any of its Affiliates or the Underwriters, any
brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(xxi) None of the Depositor, HCA
nor any of their Affiliates has entered into, nor will it enter into, any
contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Notes except for
this Agreement.
(xxii) Assuming that the Notes are
issued in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and distributed in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and as described in the Prospectus,
the Notes are “asset-backed securities” within the meaning of, and satisfy the
requirements for use of, Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
(xxiii) The Notes, when duly and
validly executed by the Indenture Trustee, authenticated and delivered in
accordance with the Indenture, and delivered and paid for pursuant hereto will
be validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
(xxiv) The Certificates, when duly
and validly executed by the Owner Trustee, authenticated and delivered in
accordance with the Trust Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding and
entitled to the benefits of the Trust Agreement.
(xxv) Any taxes, fees and other
governmental charges due on or prior to the Closing Date (including, without
limitation, sales taxes) in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the issuance of
the Notes have been or will have been paid at or prior to the Closing
Date.
(xxvi) Under generally accepted
accounting principles, HCA will report its transfer of the Receivables to the
Depositor as a sale of the Receivables, and the Depositor will report its
transfer of the Receivables to the Trust as a sale of the
Receivables.
(xxvii) None of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the
proceeds from the sale of the Notes) will violate or result in a violation of
Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder,
including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System.
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(xxviii) As of the Time of Sale,
the Depositor was not and as of the Closing Date will not be, an “ineligible
issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(xxix) The Depositor has filed the
Preliminary Prospectus and each Free Writing Prospectus required to have been
filed under the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and it has done so
within the applicable periods of time required under the Securities Act and the
Rules and Regulations.
(xxx) Prior to the date hereof,
none of HCA, the Depositor nor any of their Affiliates (including, without
limitation, all officers and directors thereof) has taken any action which is
designed to or which has constituted or which might have been expected to cause
or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security in
connection with the offering of the Notes.
(xxxi) (i) The Notes shall, on the
Closing Date, constitute “eligible collateral” under TALF, (ii) the Notes and
Receivables shall, on the Closing Date, satisfy all applicable criteria for
securities relating to “prime retail auto loans” under TALF and (iii) the Trust
and HCA have satisfied, or by the Closing Date shall have satisfied, all
requirements under TALF applicable to it with respect to the Notes and related
matters required to be satisfied as of such date for the Notes to be eligible
collateral under TALF; provided, however, that neither HCA, the Depositor nor
any of their Affiliates makes any representation or warranty with respect to the
availability of or the eligibility of a borrower for loans under
TALF. The Preliminary Prospectus contains, and the Prospectus
Supplement will contain, all applicable information required to be included
therein under TALF as then in effect on the date of the Preliminary Prospectus
or Prospectus, as applicable, in order for the Notes to be eligible collateral
thereunder.
(b) The above representations and
warranties shall be deemed to be repeated in their entirety at and as of the
Closing Date.
(c) Each Underwriter hereby makes
the representations and agrees to the statements contained in Xxxxx A
hereto.
SECTION 3. Purchase,
Sale and Delivery of Notes. 2) On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Depositor agrees to cause the Trust
to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase from the Trust the respective principal amount of the Notes
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule I, at a purchase
price (the “Purchase Price”) equal to “Price $” as specified on Schedule II
hereto; provided, however, that due to sales to affiliates, one or more of the
Underwriters may be required to forego a de minimis portion of the selling
concession they would otherwise be entitled to receive. Delivery of
and payment for the Notes shall be made at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, 000
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 at
10:00 a.m. (New York time) on September 11, 2009 (or at such other
place and time on the same or other date as shall be agreed to in writing by the
Representative and the Depositor, the “Closing Date”). Delivery of
one or more global notes representing the Notes shall be made against payment of
the aggregate purchase price in immediately available funds drawn to the order
of the Depositor. The global notes to be so delivered shall be
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”). The interests of beneficial owners of the Notes will
be represented by book entries on the records of DTC and participating members
thereof. Definitive Notes representing the Notes will be available
only under limited circumstances, as described in the
Prospectus.
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(b) The Depositor hereby
acknowledges that the payment of monies pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof (a
“Payment”) by or on behalf of the Underwriters of the aggregate Purchase Price
for the Notes does not constitute closing of a purchase and sale of the
Notes. Only (1) the execution and delivery, by facsimile or
otherwise, of a receipt for Notes by the Representative, and (2) the release of
all Permitted Liens, as listed on Schedule IV hereto, prior to the cut-off time
for DTC settlement on the Closing Date, indicates completion of the closing of a
purchase of the Notes from the Trust. Furthermore, in the event that
the Underwriters make a Payment to the Trust prior to the completion of the
closing of a purchase of Notes, the Depositor hereby acknowledges that until the
Representative executes and delivers such receipt for the Notes and until all
Permitted Liens have been released prior to the cut-off time for DTC settlement
on the Closing Date, the Trust will not be entitled to the Payment and the
Depositor shall cause the Trust to return the Payment to the Underwriters as
soon as practicable (by wire transfer of same-day funds) upon
demand. In the event that the closing of a purchase of Notes is not
completed and the Payment is not returned by the Trust to the Underwriters on
the same day the Payment was received by the Trust, the Depositor agrees to pay,
or otherwise cause the Trust to pay, to the Underwriters in respect of each day
the Payment is not returned by it, in same-day funds, interest on the amount of
such Payment in an amount representing the Underwriters’ cost of financing as
reasonably determined by the Representative.
(c) It is understood that the
Representative or any Underwriter, individually, may (but shall not be obligated
to) make Payment on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters for any of the
Notes to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters. No such
Payment shall relieve such Underwriter or Underwriters from any of its or their
obligations hereunder.
SECTION 4. Offering by
Underwriters. Upon the authorization by
the Representative of the release of the Notes, the several Underwriters propose
to offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and the Prospectus.
SECTION 5. Covenants of
the Depositor and HCA. Each of the Depositor and
HCA covenants and agrees with the Underwriters, and with respect to clause (p)
of this Section 5, with the Underwriters who are also TALF Agents, in their
capacity as TALF Agents with respect to TALF loans secured by the Notes, as set
forth below.
(a) To file the Prospectus,
properly completed, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act no later than the second business day following
the day it is first used. The Depositor will file with the Commission
any Free Writing Prospectus delivered to investors in accordance with Section 6
as the Depositor is required to file under the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and will do so within the applicable period of time required under
the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (which for the avoidance of
doubt shall be in the case of a Free Writing Prospectus that is Pre-pricing and
Pricing Information, the final version of the Pre-pricing and Pricing
Information). The Depositor or HCA will advise the Representative
promptly of any such filing under the Securities Act.
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(b) To furnish to the Underwriters
and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the
Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and all
amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available
and in such quantities as the Underwriters reasonably request. The
Prospectus shall be furnished on or prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on or
prior to the second business day preceding the Closing Date. All
other documents shall be so furnished as soon as available and in such
quantities as the Representative may reasonably request. The
Depositor or HCA will pay the expenses of printing, reproducing and distributing
to the Underwriters all such documents.
(c) To advise the Representative
promptly, in writing, of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus and will not effect any such amendment or supplement
to which the Representative shall reasonably object; and to also advise the
Representative promptly of the effectiveness of each Registration Statement and
of any amendment or supplement of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in
respect of the Registration Statement and will use its best efforts to prevent
the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its
lifting, if issued.
(d) To furnish the Underwriters
with copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and each amendment
or supplement, during the period when any Underwriter is required to deliver a
Prospectus under the Securities Act, at the cost and expense of HCA, each in
such quantities as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request
(and subsequent to such period, to assist the Underwriters in obtaining
sufficient additional copies of the Prospectus, at the cost and expense of the
Underwriters requesting such additional copies); and if, at any time prior to
the expiration of the Prospectus delivery period under the Securities Act, any
event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus
is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary
or desirable during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus, to
notify the Representative and promptly prepare and file with the Commission
(subject to the Representative’s prior review pursuant to Section 5(c)), at its
own expense, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or
omission, or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Upon the
Representative’s request, the Depositor will prepare and furnish without charge
to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and
electronic copies as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request
of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct
such statement or omission or effect such compliance. Neither the
Underwriters’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ distribution of any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions
set forth in Section 8 hereof.
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(e) The Depositor will arrange for
the qualification of the Notes for offering and sale in each jurisdiction as the
Representative shall designate including, but not limited to, pursuant to
applicable state securities (“Blue Sky”) laws of certain states of the United
States of America or other U. S. jurisdictions so designated, and the Depositor
shall maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as may be necessary in
order to complete the placement of the Notes; provided, however, that the
Depositor shall not be obliged to file any general consent to service of process
or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a securities dealer in any
jurisdiction or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in
any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. The
Depositor will promptly advise the Representative of the receipt by the
Depositor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(f) The Depositor will cooperate
with the Representative and use its best efforts to permit the Notes to be
eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(g) HCA and the Depositor shall (i)
furnish or make available to the Underwriters or their counsel such additional
documents and information regarding HCA, the Depositor and their respective
affairs as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request prior to
the Closing Date, including any and all documentation reasonably requested in
connection with its due diligence efforts regarding information in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and in order to evidence the accuracy
or completeness of any of the conditions contained in this Agreement and (ii)
provide the Underwriters or their advisors, or both, prior to acceptance of its
subscription, the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers with
respect to such matters.
(h) From the date hereof until the
Closing Date, none of the Depositor, HCA, nor any of their respective Affiliates
will, without the prior written consent of the Representative, directly or
indirectly, offer, sell or contract to sell or announce the offering of, in a
public or private transaction, any other collateralized securities similar to
the Notes.
(i) During the period beginning on
the Closing Date and continuing until and including the date that is six months
after the Closing Date, none of the Depositor, HCA or any of their Affiliates
shall offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of
the Trust, the Depositor or HCA in a public offering that are substantially
similar to the Notes, without first furnishing to the Representative an opinion
of counsel (in form and from such firm as is reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative and counsel to the Representative) stating that such public
offering of securities would not result in any violation of federal or state
securities laws with respect to the Notes.
(j) Until the retirement of the
Notes, neither the Depositor nor HCA shall, nor cause the Trust to, be or become
an open-end investment company, unit investment trust, closed-end investment
company or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.
(k) Until the retirement of the
Notes, or until none of the Underwriters maintains a secondary market in the
Notes, whichever occurs first, HCA shall cause the Depositor to and the
Depositor shall deliver to each of the Underwriters, through the Representative,
the annual statement of compliance and any annual independent certified public
accountants’ report furnished to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, as soon as such statements and reports are furnished to the
Indenture Trustee.
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(l) So long as any of the Notes are
outstanding, HCA shall cause the Depositor to and the Depositor shall deliver to
each of the Underwriters, through the Representative: (i) all documents
distributed to Noteholders and (ii) from time to time, any other information
concerning HCA, the Depositor or the Trust as the Underwriters may reasonably
request only insofar as such information reasonably relates to the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(m) On or before the Closing Date,
HCA and the Depositor (to the extent applicable) shall each cause their computer
records relating to the Receivables to be marked to show the Trust’s absolute
ownership of the Receivables, and from and after the Closing Date neither the
Depositor nor HCA shall take any action inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership
of such Receivables, other than as permitted by the Indenture or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
(n) To the extent, if any, that any
of the ratings assigned to the Notes by any of the rating agencies that
initially rate the Notes are conditional upon the furnishing of documents or the
taking of any other actions by the Depositor or HCA, as the case may be, the
relevant party shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, such documents and take
any such other actions as promptly as possible.
(o) The Depositor or HCA will cause
the Trust to make generally available to Noteholders, as soon as practicable,
but no later than sixteen months after the date hereof, an earnings statement of
the Trust covering a period of at least twelve consecutive months beginning
after the later of (i) the Effective Date of the Registration Statement relating
to the Notes and (ii) the effective date of the most recent post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of
this Agreement.
(p) The Depositor or HCA will, and
will cause the Trust to, promptly pay and perform its respective obligations
under the Transaction Documents.
(q) In the event that Depositor
shall determine that any statement set forth in Item (2) of Appendix B to the
Prospectus Supplement either was incorrect when made or has ceased to be
correct, the Depositor shall (i) immediately notify each Underwriter of such
determination, (ii) notify the FRBNY and all registered holders of the Notes in
writing of such determination no later than 9:00 a.m. New York City time on the
fourth Business Day following such determination, and (iii) issue a press
release regarding such determination no later than 9:00 a.m. New York City time
on the fourth Business Day following such determination; provided, that the
Depositor will cause the Trustee to undertake to provide same Business Day
notice of any change in credit ratings of the Notes issued by any major
nationally recognized statistical rating organization (including any change in
the final rating compared to a preliminary rating) that occurs after pricing of
the Notes and on or prior to the Closing Date.
SECTION
6. Preliminary
Prospectus and Free
Writing Prospectus.
(a) The following terms have the
specified meanings for purposes of this Agreement:
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(i) “Free Writing
Prospectus” means and
includes any information relating to the Offered Notes disseminated by the
Depositor or any Underwriter that constitutes a “free writing prospectus” within
the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(ii) “Issuer
Information” means the
information contained in the Preliminary Prospectus (other than Underwriters’
Information) and the Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (solely limited to (A)
information included in the Preliminary Prospectus and (B) Pre-pricing and
Pricing Information).
(iii) “Underwriter
Free Writing Prospectus”
means a Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of an
Underwriter.
(iv) “Pre-pricing
and Pricing Information”
means the information in an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus consisting of
(A) the underwriting syndicate, syndicate structure and status of the
subscriptions for each class of Notes (both for the issuance as a whole and for
each Underwriter’s specific retention), (B) weighted average lives, ratings,
expected maturities and/or payment windows, benchmarks and legal finals for each
class of Notes, (B) expected or actual pricing parameters for each class of
Notes, (C) expected settlement and non offered notes, (D) CUSIP numbers, ERISA
eligibility, pricing prepayment speed and clean up call and (E) the eligibility
of the Notes under TALF.
(b) The Depositor will not
disseminate to any potential investor any information relating to the Notes that
constitutes a “written communication” (including any “free writing prospectus”,
each as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), other than the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and written communications constituting a
bona fide electronic road show within the meaning of Rule 433(h) under the
Securities Act (the “Road Show Material”) unless the Depositor has obtained the
prior consent of the Representative.
(c) Neither the Depositor nor any
Underwriter shall disseminate or file with the Commission any information
relating to the Notes in reliance on Rule 167 or 426 under the Securities Act,
nor shall the Seller or any Underwriter disseminate any Free Writing Prospectus
“in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted
dissemination” within the meaning of Rule 433(d) under the Securities
Act.
(d) Each Free Writing Prospectus
shall bear the following legend, or a substantially similar legend that complies
with Rule 433 under the Securities Act:
The
Depositor has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the
SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you
invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other
documents the depositor has filed with the SEC for more complete information
about the depositor, the issuing trust, and this offering. You may
get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC Web site at
xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the depositor, any underwriter or any
dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if
you request it by calling toll-free 0-(000) 000-0000 (ext. 2663).
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(e) In the event that the Depositor
or HCA becomes aware that, as of the Time of Sale, any Preliminary Prospectus
contains or contained any untrue statement of material fact or omits or omitted
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (a “Defective Prospectus”), such entity shall promptly notify the
Underwriters of such untrue statement or omission no later than one business day
after discovery and the Depositor shall, if requested by the Underwriters,
prepare and deliver to the Underwriters a Corrected
Prospectus.
(f) Each Underwriter represents,
warrants, covenants and agrees with the Depositor that:
(i) It has not provided and will
not provide to any potential investor any information that would constitute
“written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that
constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes,
including, but not limited to any “ABS informational and computational
materials” as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the Securities Act;
other than that contained in one or more of (a) an Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus (consisting of information limited to (1) information included in the
previously filed Preliminary Prospectus, (2) Pre-pricing and Pricing
Information, (3) Intex .cdi files and (4) information customarily included in
confirmations of sales of securities and notices of allocations), (b) the
Preliminary Prospectus, (c) the Prospectus, and (d) information delivered in
compliance with Rule 134 of the Securities Act.
(ii) In disseminating information
to prospective investors, it has complied and will continue to comply fully with
the Rules and Regulations, including but not limited to Rules 164 and 433 under
the Securities Act and the requirements thereunder for filing and retention of
Free Writing Prospectuses, including retaining any Free Writing Prospectuses
they have used but which are not required to be filed for the required
period.
(iii) Prior to entering into any
Contract of Sale, the applicable Underwriter shall convey the Preliminary
Prospectus to the prospective investor. The Underwriter shall
maintain sufficient records to document its conveyance of the Preliminary
Prospectus to the potential investor prior to the formation of the related
Contract of Sale and shall maintain such records as required by the Rules and
Regulations.
(iv) If a Defective Prospectus has
been corrected with a Corrected Prospectus delivered to such Underwriter, it
shall (A) deliver the Corrected Prospectus to each investor with whom it entered
into a Contract of Sale and that received the Defective Prospectus from it prior
to entering into a new Contract of Sale with such investor, (B) notify such
investor in a prominent fashion that the prior Contract of Sale with the
investor, if any, has been terminated and of the investor’s rights as a result
of such agreement and (C) provide such investor with an opportunity to
affirmatively agree to purchase the Notes on the terms described in the
Corrected Prospectus.
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(g) Each Underwriter shall deliver
to the Depositor, not less than one business day prior to the required date of
filing thereof, all information included in an Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus required to be filed with the Commission under the Securities
Act.
(h) In the event that any
Underwriter shall incur any costs to any investor in connection with the
reformation of the Contract of Sale with such investor that received a Defective
Prospectus (except to the extent the Defective Prospectus results solely from
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriters’ Information), the Depositor and HCA jointly and severally agree to
reimburse such Underwriter for such costs. In the event the Depositor
or HCA shall incur any costs in connection with a Defective Prospectus (to the
extent the Defective Prospectus results solely from statements or omissions made
in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information), the
Underwriters shall jointly and severally reimburse the Depositor or HCA, as
applicable, for such costs.
SECTION 7. Payment of
Expenses. HCA
will pay all expenses incident to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, whether or not the transactions contemplated herein are consummated
or this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, including: (a) the
preparation, printing and distribution of the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement and each amendment or
supplement thereto and delivery of copies thereof to the Underwriters, (b) the
preparation of this Agreement, (c) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the
Notes to the Underwriters (or any appointed clearing organizations), (d) the
fees and disbursements of HCA’s and the Depositor’s accountants, (e) the
qualification of the Notes under state securities laws including filing fees and
the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection
therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky survey
(including the printing and delivery thereof to the Underwriters), (f) any fees
charged by rating agencies for the rating (or consideration of the rating) of
the Notes, (g) the fees and expenses incurred with respect to any filing with,
and review by, DTC or any similar organizations, (h) the fees and disbursements
of the Indenture Trustee and its counsel, if any, (i) the fees and disbursements
of the Owner Trustee and its counsel, if any, (j) the fees and expenses of
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Finger, Delaware counsel to the Trust, (k) the reasonable
fees and expenses of HCA’s and the Depositor’s counsel, (l) all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the delivery of any accountants’ or
auditors’ reports under TALF and (m) any costs reimbursed to the Underwriters
under section 6(g) above. To the extent that the transactions
contemplated by this agreement are consummated, HCA shall only pay the fees and
expenses described in clauses (a) through (m). In addition, if for
any reason the purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated
(other than pursuant to Section 11 hereof), HCA will reimburse the
Representative and the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Representative and the
Underwriters) incurred by them in connection with the offering of the
Notes.
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SECTION 8. Conditions
of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The several obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes will be subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties made herein, to the accuracy of
the statements of officers made pursuant hereto, to the performance by the
Depositor and HCA of their obligations hereunder, and to the following
additional conditions precedent:
(a) On the Closing Date, each of
the Transaction Documents, the Notes and the Certificates shall have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, shall be in full
force and effect and no default shall exist thereunder, and the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee shall have received a fully executed copy thereof or,
with respect to the Notes and Certificates, a conformed copy
thereof. The Transaction Documents, the Notes and the Certificates
shall be substantially in the forms heretofore provided to the
Representative.
(b) At or before the Closing Date,
the Representative shall have received a letter, dated as of the date hereof, of
KPMG LLP, independent certified public accountants, substantially in the form of
the draft to which the Representative has agreed previously and otherwise
substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative and counsel to the Underwriters (and for the avoidance of any
doubt, covering any static pool data pursuant to Item 1105 of Regulation AB
under the Securities Act included or incorporated by reference in the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus).
(c) The Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus and each Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed
with the Commission shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with
Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act and Section 5(a) hereof.
(d) (i) None of the Depositor, HCA
nor any of their subsidiaries shall have sustained, since the date of the latest
audited financial statements provided to the Representative, any material loss
or interference with its respective business from fire, explosion, flood or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
there shall not have been any change, or any development involving a prospective
change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, or
results of operations of the Depositor, HCA, and their respective subsidiaries,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case
described in clause (i) or (ii), in the judgment of the Representative, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the
Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the
Prospectus.
(e) The Representative shall have
received an opinion of in-house counsel to the Depositor and HCA, addressed to
the Representative, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and
substance to the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters, to the effect
that:
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(i) Each of HCA and the Depositor
has been duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and has the power and
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as presently
conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, and had at all relevant
times, and now has, the power and authority to acquire, own, sell and service
the Receivables and the related Collateral.
(ii) Each of this Agreement and
each Transaction Document has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Depositor and HCA, as applicable.
(iii) Each of the Depositor and HCA
is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, and has obtained all
necessary licenses, in each jurisdiction in which failure to so qualify or
obtain such licenses would (a) render any Receivable unenforceable by the
Depositor or the Indenture Trustee on behalf of any Noteholder or (b) have a
material adverse affect upon its business or the ownership of its
property.
(iv) Neither: (A) the transfer of
the Receivables from HCA to the Depositor pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, (B) the transfer of the Receivables from the Depositor to the Trust
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (C) the assignment of the
Collateral from HCA to the Depositor and thereafter to the Trust, (D) the
assignment of the Depositor’s rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement to
the Trust, (E) the grant of the security interest in the Receivables and the
Collateral by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, (F)
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party by HCA, (G) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Depositor, (H) the
consummation of any transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the
Transaction Documents, nor (I) the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement,
the Transaction Documents or the Notes by HCA or the Depositor, as the case may
be, will (1) conflict with, or result in a breach, violation or acceleration of,
or constitute a default under, any term or provision of the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of HCA or the Depositor, or of any indenture or other
agreement or instrument to which either of them is a party or by which any of
them or their respective property is bound, or (2) result in a violation, or
contravene the terms, of any statute, order or regulation applicable to either
of them of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over HCA or the Depositor, in each case that would
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor or HCA of its
obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party.
(v) There are no actions,
proceedings or investigations pending or, to the best of such counsel’s
knowledge after due inquiry, threatened before any court, administrative agency
or other tribunal: (A) asserting the invalidity or unenforceability of this
Agreement or the Transaction Documents, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation
of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents, or the execution and delivery thereof, (C) that could reasonably be
expected to materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of
its obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents to which it is
a party, (D) that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely
affect the performance by HCA of its obligations under this Agreement or the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party or (E) required to be disclosed in
the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus other
than those disclosed therein.
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(vi) Such counsel is familiar with
HCA’s standard operating procedures relating to its acquisition of a perfected
first priority security interest in the vehicles financed by it pursuant to
retail installment sale contracts in the ordinary course of its
business. Assuming that its standard procedures are followed with
respect to the perfection of security interests in the Vehicles (and such
counsel has no reason to believe that HCA has not followed its standard
procedures in all material respects in connection with the perfection of
security interests in the Vehicles), HCA has acquired or will acquire a
perfected first priority security interest in the Vehicles. Neither
such security interest nor the perfection of such security interest shall be
adversely affected by the transfer of the Receivables to the Depositor or to the
Trust or the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee.
(vii) The direction by the Trust to
the Indenture Trustee to authenticate the Notes has been duly authorized by HCA,
acting as the administrator of the Trust under the Administration
Agreement.
(viii) No authorization, consent,
approval or other action by, and notice for, or filing with, any governmental
authority or regulatory body of the State of California is required to the
execution, delivery and performance by HCA or the Depositor of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United States of America, the corporate laws of the State of
Delaware and the laws of the State of California.
(f) The Representative shall have
received an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, special counsel to the Depositor, HCA
and the Trust, addressed to the Representative, dated the Closing Date and
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) Each of the Transaction
Documents to which the Depositor (other than this Agreement and the Trust
Agreement as to which no opinion shall be expressed), the Trust and HCA is a
party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Company,
enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.
(ii) The execution and delivery by
each of HCA, the Depositor and the Trust of the Transaction Documents and this
Agreement to which it is a party, and the consummation by each of the
transactions contemplated thereby, will not violate any applicable law, statute
or governmental rule or regulation.
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(iii) The execution and delivery by
each of HCA, the Depositor and the Trust of the Transaction Documents and this
Agreement to which it is a party does not, and the consummation by each of HCA,
the Seller and the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby to occur on
the date of this opinion will not, require any consent, authorization or
approval of, the giving of notice to or registration with any governmental
entity, except such as may have been made and such as may be required under the
Federal securities laws, the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the Uniform
Commercial Code of any state; provided that such counsel expresses no opinion
with respect to any orders, consents, permits, approvals, filings or licenses
related to the authority to sell motor vehicles, originate retail installment
sale contracts or service retail installment sale contracts or as may be
required by any regional or local government authority or under any foreign or
state securities law.
(iv) The execution and delivery by
HCA, the Depositor and the Trust of the Transaction Documents and this Agreement
to which it is a party do not, and the consummation by HCA, the Seller and the
Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby to occur on the date of this
opinion will not, violate or contravene, or constitute a default under
any provisions of the
agreements described in Exhibit A thereto (such agreements, the “Conduit
Documents”).
(v) Each of the Notes is in due and
proper form, and when duly executed, authenticated and delivered as specified in
the Indenture, and delivered against payment of the consideration specified in
this Agreement, each of the Notes will be validly issued and outstanding, will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust, enforceable
against the Trust in accordance with its terms, and will be entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture.
(vi) The Indenture has been duly
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and complies as to form with the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(vii) The Trust Agreement is not
required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
(viii) Each of the Registration
Statement, as of its Effective Date, the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the Time
of Sale, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement,
appears on its face to comply in all material respects with the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations under the Act, except that (i) such
counsel expresses no opinion as to the financial and statistical data included
therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to the Registration Statement and
(ii) except as and to the extent set forth in (x) below, such counsel does not
assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus.
(ix) The Registration Statement has
become effective under the Act, and the Prospectus has been filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in the manner and within the
time period required by Rule 424(b). To the best of our knowledge, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted.
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(x) The statements in the
Prospectus and in the Preliminary Prospectus under the heading “ERISA
Considerations” to the
extent they constitute matters of law or legal conclusions with respect thereto,
have been reviewed by such counsel and are correct in all material
respects.
(xi) The Trust and the Depositor
are not now, and immediately following the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the
Indenture will not be, required to be registered under the Investment Company
Act.
(xii) The Class A-1 Notes are
“eligible securities” within the meaning of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the
Investment Company Act.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United States of America, the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State of Delaware, the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of California, and
the laws of the State of New York.
(g) The Representative shall have
received an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel to the Depositor, HCA and the
Trust, addressed to the Representative, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory
in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters, to
the effect that:
(i) In a properly presented and
argued case in a proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U. S.
C. §101 et seq. (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in which HCA
is the debtor, the bankruptcy court would not, under applicable federal
bankruptcy law, apply the doctrine of substantive consolidation to consolidate
the assets and liabilities of the Depositor with the assets and liabilities of
HCA.
(ii) In a properly presented and
argued case in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, in which HCA is the
debtor, the bankruptcy court would determine that, with respect to the sale of
the Receivables from HCA to the Depositor, such sale was a “true
sale.”
(iii) If HCA were to become a
debtor in a case under the Bankruptcy Code, a federal bankruptcy court, would
hold that (A) the Receivables sold to the Depositor are not property of the
estate of HCA under Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code and (B) the automatic
stay arising pursuant to Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code would not operate to
stay payments by HCA of collections on the Recievables in accordance with the
Transaction Agreements.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United States of America, the laws of the State of
California, and the laws of the State of New York.
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(h) The Underwriters shall have
received a letter of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel to the Depositor, HCA and the
Trust, addressed to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in
form and substance to the Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters, to the
effect that such counsel has reviewed the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and participated in conferences with
officers and other representatives of HCA and the Depositor, representatives of
the independent public accountants for HCA and the Depositor and your
representatives and counsel, at which the contents of the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and related matters were
discussed and, although such counsel does not establish or confirm factual
matters set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, and has not undertaken any obligation to verify independently any of the factual matters
set forth in the
Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and although many of the
determinations required to be made in the preparation of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus involve matters of a non-legal nature, such counsel confirms that, on
the basis of the information gained in the course of performing these services,
nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the
Registration Statement, on the Effective Date thereof, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
that the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, and as of the
Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading or that the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date of the Preliminary
Prospectus and as of the Time of Sale, contained or contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that such counsel
does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (except, to the extent set forth in paragraph II.J
of such counsel’s opinion, to be delivered on the Closing Date, with respect to
certain corporate matters) or for any information omitted from the Preliminary
Prospectus that would be permitted to be omitted from a preliminary prospectus
prepared in reliance on Rule 430B under the Securities Act. In
addition, such counsel does not express any belief with respect to the financial
statements or notes thereto, or the other financial, statistical or accounting
data contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, any changes to the tables under the heading
“Weighted Average Life of the Notes” between the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement or the Indenture Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1. Such counsel expresses no opinion regarding any Underwriter
Free Writing Prospectus.
Such letter may provide that it is being
furnished only to the Underwriters, is solely for their benefit as Underwriters
of the Notes, including in their capacity as TALF Agents in connection with a
loan made under TALF that is secured by the Notes, and is not to be used,
quoted, relied upon or otherwise referred to by any other person (including any
direct or indirect purchaser or owner of any of the Notes, or any other person
claiming by or through any such purchaser or owner, for any purpose or in any
circumstance, whether on the theory that any TALF Agent acts as such purchaser’s
agent or otherwise) or for any other purpose without such counsel’s prior
written consent.
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Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United States of America and the laws of the State of New
York.
(i) Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, in its
capacity as counsel for HCA and the Depositor, shall have delivered one or more
opinions satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to
the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative,
subject to certain considerations set forth therein, substantially to the effect
that
(i) The provisions of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement are effective under the UCC as in effect in the
State of New York (the “New York UCC”) to create in favor of the Depositor a
security interest in HCA’s rights in the portion of the collateral described in
Section 2.01(a) or Section 2.01(d), as applicable, of the Receivables Purchase
Agreement (the “RPA Assets”) and in any identifiable proceeds thereof
(collectively, the “HCA
Collateral”). (Such counsel notes that
a “security interest” as defined in 1-201(37) of the New York UCC includes the
interests of a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and
promissory notes and such counsel references their other opinion dated the
Closing Date with respect to whether the security interest of the Depositor
should be characterized as an ownership interest or solely as a collateral
interest held to secure a
loan made to HCA).
(ii) The provisions of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement are effective under the New York UCC to create in favor of the Trust a
security interest in the Depositor’s rights in the portion of the
collateral described in Section 2.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the
“SSA
Assets”) and in any
identifiable proceeds thereof (the “Depositor
Collateral”). (Such counsel notes that
a “security interest” as defined in 1-201(37) of the New York UCC includes the
interests of a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and
promissory notes and such counsel expresses no opinion as to whether the
security interest of the Trust would be characterized as an ownership interest
or solely as a collateral interest held to secure a loan made to the
Depositor).
(iii) The provisions of the
Indenture are effective under the New York UCC to create in favor of the
Indenture Trustee a security interest in the Trust’s rights in that portion of
the collateral described in the granting clause of the Indenture (the
“Indenture
Collateral”) and in any
identifiable proceeds thereof. Such counsel expresses no opinion as
to whether the security interest of the Indenture Trustee would be characterized
as an ownership interest or solely as a collateral interest held to secure a loan made to
the Depositor.
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(iv) Under the New York UCC
(including the choice of laws provisions thereof) while a debtor is “located” in
a jurisdiction the local law of that jurisdiction governs the perfection by the
filing of a financing statement of a security interest in personal property that
is accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or instruments. Under
the New York UCC (including the choice of laws provisions thereof):
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HCA
is “located” in California and the local law of that state governs
perfection by the filing of financing statements of a security interest in
HCA’s rights in the HCA Collateral.
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(2)
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The
Depositor is “located” in Delaware and the local law of that state governs
perfection by the filing of financing statements of a security interest in
Depositor’s rights in the Depositor
Collateral.
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(3)
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The Trust
is “located” in Delaware and the local law of that state governs
perfection by the filing of financing statements of a security interest in
the Trust’s rights in the Indenture Collateral.
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(v) When the HCA Financing Statement is
filed (within the meaning of Section 9-516 of the UCC as in effect in the State
of California (the “California UCC”) in the California filing office
specified in such opinion (the “California Search Office”), under the provisions
of the California UCC the Depositor’s security interest in the HCA Collateral
will be perfected.
(vi) When the Depositor Financing Statement
is filed (within the meaning of Section 9-516 of the UCC as in effect in the State of
Delaware (the “Delaware UCC”) in the Delaware filing office specified in
such opinion (the “Delaware Search Office”), under the provisions of the Delaware
UCC the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Depositor Collateral will
be perfected.
(vii) When the Issuer Financing Statement is
filed (within the meaning of Section 9-516 of the Delaware in the Delaware Search Office, under the provisions of the Delaware
UCC the Trust’s security interest in the Indenture Collateral will be
perfected.
Under the New York UCC, except as
provided in the next sentence, the law of each of HCA’s, the Depositor’s or the
Trust’s (each, a “Transferring Party”), as applicable, location (as set forth in
paragraph D above) will govern the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the
priority of a nonpossessory security interest in such Transferring Party’s
rights in the HCA Collateral, the Depositor Collateral or Indenture Collateral,
as applicable. To the extent that any of the HCA Collateral, the
Depositor Collateral or Indenture Collateral is or becomes evidenced by
instruments, tangible chattel paper or any other property in which a security
interest may be perfected by taking possession, the local law of the
jurisdiction where such property is located will govern, the effect of
perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of both a
possessory and a nonpossessory security interest in such
property.
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(viii) The Search Reports were
requested using the proper legal names of each Transferring
Party. Such counsel has reviewed the Search Reports (as defined in
such opinion and each as of the dates set forth therein) and, except for the
financing statements naming specified parties as the secured parties, such
Search Reports identify no secured party who has filed with the Search Offices a
financing statement naming a Transferring
Party as a debtor or seller and indicating the HCA Collateral, the Seller Collateral or the Collateral, as applicable, as
collateral. Accordingly,
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under
Article 9 of the applicable UCC and based solely on such counsel’s review
of the Search Reports, upon
the filing of the HCA Financing Statement in the California Search
Office, the Depositor’s perfected
security interest in the HCA Collateral will be prior to any other
security interest granted by HCA that is perfected solely by the filing of financing
statements in the California
Search Office;
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(2)
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under
Article 9 of the applicable UCC and based solely on such counsel’s review
of the Search Reports, upon the filing of the Depositor Financing
Statement in the Delaware Search Office, the Trust’s perfected security
interest in the Depositor Collateral will be prior to any other security
interest granted by the Depositor that is perfected solely by the filing
of financing statements in the Delaware Search Office;
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under Article 9 of the applicable UCC and based
solely on such counsel’s review of the Search Reports, assuming the Indenture Trustee’s
security interest is perfected by the filing in the Delaware Search Office
of a properly prepared financing statement (as to which we express no
opinion), such perfected security interest in the Indenture
Collateral will be
prior to any other security interest granted by the Trust that is
perfected solely by the filing of financing statements in the Delaware
Search Office.;
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(ix) Pursuant to (a) Sections 9-301
through 9-307 of the NY
UCC and 9-705(c) of the UCC
in effect as of the Closing Date in each Transferring Party’s “location” as set
forth in paragraph D above, and (b) former Section 9-103 (repealed) of the UCC
in such Transferring Party’s “location” as set forth in paragraph D
above, the Search Offices constitute all of the states in which searches must be
made of filings naming a Transferring Party as debtor to determine whether a
security interest in the HCA Collateral, Depositor Collateral or Indenture
Collateral, as applicable, has been perfected by filing.
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(x) Pursuant to Section 9-305(a)(3)
of the New York UCC, the local law of a securities intermediary’s jurisdiction
governs perfection of a security interest by a method other than the filing of a
financing statement in a securities account maintained by such securities
intermediary and the security entitlements to financial assets credited
thereto. With respect to the Reserve Account maintained with the
Securities Intermediary pursuant to the Control Agreement, when the Securities
Intermediary indicates by book entry that a financial asset has been credited to
the Reserve Account, a security entitlement will exist with respect to such
financial asset. Assuming that (a) the State of New York is the
Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction for purposes of the applicable UCC, (b)
the Reserve Account is a securities account maintained by the Securities
Intermediary for the Indenture Trustee, and (c) the
Securities Intermediary has agreed to treat the Indenture
Trustee as the sole person entitled to exercise the rights that comprise any
financial assets credited to the Reserve Account, the Indenture Trustee’s security
interest in the Trust’s rights in the Reserve Account and in security
entitlements to financial assets credited thereto, is perfected by “control”
within the meaning of Section 9-106 of the New York UCC. Such
security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Reserve Account and the
security entitlements carried in the Reserve Account is prior to any other
security interest therein under the New York UCC that is perfected by a method
other than “control”.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal law of the United States of America and the laws of the State of New
York.
(j) Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, in its
capacity as Federal tax counsel for the Depositor and the Trust, shall have
delivered an opinion satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative
and counsel to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representative, to the effect that, for United States federal income tax
purposes: (A) (i) the Trust will not be treated as an association or a publicly
traded partnership, taxable as a corporation, and (ii) the Notes will be treated
as indebtedness; and (B) based on the facts and assumptions and subject to the
limitations set forth in the Prospectus, the statements in the Prospectus, as of
the date of the Prospectus Supplement and as of the Closing Date, and the
Preliminary Prospectus, as of the Time of Sale and as of the Closing Date, under
the heading “MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES,” to the
extent such statements constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, are
correct in all material respects.
(k) The Representative shall have
received an opinion, addressed to the Representative, of Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date and
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Indenture Trustee, based
upon a certificate of corporate existence issued by the Comptroller of the
Currency, is validly existing as a banking association in good standing under
the laws of the United States, and has the requisite power entity power and
authority to execute and deliver each Transaction Document to which it is a
party and to perform its obligations thereunder.
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(ii) Each of the Transaction
Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party has been duly authorized by
all requisite action, executed and delivered by the Indenture
Trustee.
(iii) Each of the Transaction
Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party, assuming (unless opined to
therein) the necessary entity power and authority, authorization, execution,
authentication, payment and delivery of and by each party thereto, is a valid
and legally binding agreement under the laws of the State of New York,
enforceable thereunder in accordance with its terms against the Indenture
Trustee.
(iv) With respect to the Indenture
Trustee, the performance of its obligations under each of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby do not require any consent, approval,
authorization or order of, filing with or notice to any United States federal or
State of New York court, agency or other governmental body under any United
States federal or State of New York statute or regulation that is normally
applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, except as such may be required under the securities laws of any State
of the United States or such as have been obtained, effected or
given.
(v) With respect to the Indenture
Trustee, the performance of its obligations under each of the Transaction
Documents to which it is party and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby will not result in any breach or violation of any United
States federal or State of New York statute or regulation that is normally
applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(vi) The Notes have been duly
authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the
Indenture.
(l) The Representative shall have
received an opinion addressed to the Representative, of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx &
Finger, counsel to the Owner Trustee, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in
form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters, to the
effect that:
(i) The Owner Trustee is duly
formed and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with trust
powers and with its principal place of business in the State of
Delaware.
(ii) The Owner Trustee has the full
corporate trust power to accept the office of trustee under the Trust Agreement
and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Trust
Agreement.
(iii) The execution and delivery of
the Trust Agreement and the performance by the Owner Trustee of its obligations
under the Trust Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action of
the Owner Trustee.
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(iv) The execution and delivery by
the Owner Trustee of the Trust Agreement does not require any consent, approval
or authorization of, or any registration or filing with Delaware or United
States Federal governmental authority.
(v) The Owner Trustee has duly
authorized, executed and delivered the Trust Agreement and on behalf of the
Trust, the Owner Trustee has duly executed and delivered the Transaction
Documents to which the Trust is a party.
(vi) The Notes and the Certificates
have been duly executed and delivered by the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust.
(m) The Representative shall have
received an opinion addressed to the Representative, of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx &
Finger, special Delaware counsel for the Trust, dated the Closing Date and
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Trust Agreement constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee and the Depositor
enforceable against the Owner Trustee and the Depositor in accordance with its
terms subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws relating to
and affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, and (ii)
principles of equity (regardless of whether considered and applied in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
(ii) The Trust has been duly formed
and is validly existing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust
Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq. (the “Statutory Trust Act”) and has
the power and authority under the Trust Agreement and the Statutory Trust Act to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to
which the Trust is a party.
(iii) The Transaction Documents to
which the Trust is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Trust.
(iv) To the extent that Article 9
of the Delaware UCC is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws
principles), upon the filing of the Financing Statement with the Division, the
Indenture Trustee will have a perfected security interest in the Trust's rights
in that portion of the Collateral (as defined in the Indenture) described in the
Financing Statement that may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing
statement with the Division (the "Filing Collateral") and the proceeds (as
defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the Delaware UCC)
thereof.
(v) The Search Report sets forth the correct
filing office and the correct debtor name that are necessary to identify those
persons, under the Delaware UCC, who have on file financing statements against
the Trust covering the Filing Collateral as of the Effective
Time. The Search Report identifies no secured party who has filed
with the Division a financing statement naming the Trust as debtor and
describing the Filing Collateral prior to the Effective
Time.
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(vi) Assuming for federal income
tax purposes that the Trust will not be classified as an association or a
publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, and that the Notes will be
characterized as indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, then the Trust
will not be subject to any franchise or income tax under the laws of the State
of Delaware, and the Notes will also be characterized as indebtedness for
Delaware tax purposes.
(vii) Under § 3805(c) of the
Statutory Trust Act, the Trust is a separate legal entity and, assuming that the
Sale and Servicing Agreement conveys good title to the Trust property to the
Trust as a true sale and not as a security arrangement, the Trust rather than
the holders of the Certificates will hold whatever title to the Trust property
as may be conveyed to it from time to time pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, except to the extent that the Trust has taken action to dispose of or
otherwise transfer or encumber any part of the Trust
property.
(viii) Under § 3805(b) of the
Statutory Trust Act, no creditor of any Certificateholder shall have any right
to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with
respect to, the property of the Trust except in accordance with the terms of the
Trust Agreement.
(ix) Under 3808(a) and (b) of the
Statutory Trust Act, the Trust may not be terminated or revoked by any holder of
Certificates, and the dissolution, termination or bankruptcy of any holders of
Certificates shall not result in the termination or dissolution of the Trust,
except to the extent otherwise provided in the Trust
Agreement.
(x) The execution, delivery and
performance by the Owner Trustee of the Trust Agreement and, on behalf of the
Trust, the Transaction Documents to which the Trust is a party, do not require
any consent, approval or authorization of, or any registration or filing with,
any governmental authority of the State of Delaware, except for the filing of
the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State.
(xi) Neither the consummation by
the Owner Trustee of the transactions contemplated in the Trust Agreement or, on
behalf of the Trust, the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents
to which the Trust is a party nor the fulfillment of the terms thereof by the
Owner Trustee will conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any law
of the State of Delaware.
Such opinion may contain such
assumptions, qualifications and limitations as are usual and customary in
opinions of this type and are reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Underwriters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that
they express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws
of the State of Delaware. Capitalized terms used in the above opinion
paragraphs and not otherwise defined in this Agreement will have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the relevant opinion.
(n) The Representative shall have
received from Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion
or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the
Representative may require, and the Depositor and HCA shall have furnished to
such counsel such documents as it may reasonably request for the purpose of
enabling it to pass upon such matters.
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(o) TALF
Deliveries:
(i) On or prior to the time that is
required by the FRBNY under TALF, a nationally recognized independent accounting
firm that is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will
have furnished an attestation, substantially in the form required under TALF
which will include a Report of Management on Compliance substantially in the
form required under TALF and executed by HCA and the Administrator on behalf of
the Trust, in the manner required by the FRBNY under TALF, to the FRBNY, with a
copy to the Representative via electronic mail.
(ii) On or prior to the time that
is required by the FRBNY under TALF, the Trust and HCA, will have delivered to
each Representative, on behalf of the TALF Agents, a copy of the Prospectus
Supplement, which shall include as an attachment a copy of the TALF
Certification with conformed signatures.
(iii) On or prior to the time that
is required by the FRBNY under TALF, HCA will have executed the Indemnity
Undertaking and HCA and the Administrator on behalf of the Trust will have
executed the TALF Certification relating to the Notes, substantially in the form
required under TALF, and delivered in the manner required by the FRBNY under
TALF on or prior to the date that is required by the FRBNY under TALF such
Indemnity Undertaking and the TALF Certification, to the FRBNY with a copy to
the Representative via electronic mail.
(iv) On or prior to the time that
is required by the FRBNY under TALF, the Depositor and HCA will have received a
copy of the ratings letter from each rating agency rating the Notes and
delivered such ratings letters to the FRBNY, with a copy to the Representative
via electronic mail.
(p) The Representative shall have
received copies of each opinion of counsel delivered to any rating agency,
together with a letter addressed to the Representative, dated the Closing Date,
to the effect that the Representative and the Underwriters may rely on each such
opinion to the same extent as though such opinion was addressed to each as of
its date.
(q) The Representative shall have
received certificates dated the Closing Date of any two of the President, Chief
Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Controller or the Treasurer of the
Depositor and HCA in which such officers shall state that: (A) the
representations and warranties made by such entity contained in the Transaction
Documents and this Agreement are true and correct, that such party has complied
with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied under such agreements on or before the Closing Date, (B) since the
date of this Agreement there has not occurred any material adverse change, or
any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting
the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
operations of the Trust, the Depositor or HCA except as disclosed to the
Representative in writing, and (C) there are no actions, proceedings or
investigations to which the Depositor or HCA is a party or that are threatened
before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal having jurisdiction
over HCA or the Depositor, (i) that are required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement, (ii) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement,
any Transaction Document or the Notes, (iii) seeking to prevent the
issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, (iv) which
could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the performance
by the Depositor or HCA of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement, any Transaction Document or the Notes or (v)
seeking adversely to affect the federal income tax attributes of the Notes as
described in the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus under the heading
“MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES.”
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(r) The Representative shall have
received evidence satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters that, on or before the Closing Date, UCC-1 financing statements,
have been or are being filed in all applicable governmental offices reflecting
(A) the transfer of the interest of HCA in the Receivables, and the proceeds
thereof to the Depositor pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (B) the
transfer of the interest of the Depositor in the Receivables Purchase Agreement,
the Receivables, and the proceeds thereof to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, and (C) the grant by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee
under the Indenture of a security interest in the interest of the Trust in the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Receivables, the Collateral and the proceeds
thereof.
(s) The Class A-1 Notes shall have
been rated in the highest short-term rating by both Standard and Poor’s, a
division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. (“S&P”) and Fitch,
Inc. (“Fitch”). The Notes (other than the Class A-1 Notes)
shall have been rated in the highest long-term rating by each of S&P and
Fitch.
(t) The Representative shall have
received, from each of HCA and the Depositor, a certificate executed by a
secretary or assistant secretary thereof to which shall be attached certified
copies of the: (i) charter, (ii) by-laws, (iii) applicable resolutions and (iv)
designation of incumbency of each such entity.
(u) The Representative shall have received
evidence of any required Lien releases to be filed or recorded (immediately
following the Closing Date) with respect to the Permitted Liens affecting the
Receivables from all applicable creditors of HCA, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the
Underwriters.
(v) The Representative shall have
received from the Indenture Trustee, a certificate stating that any information
contained in the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) filed
with the Registration Statement, is true, accurate and
complete.
(w) All representations and
warranties made by or on behalf of HCA and the Depositor in the Transaction
Documents to which each is a party are true and correct as of the Closing
Date.
The Depositor will provide or cause to
be provided to the Representative conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and documents as the Representative or counsel to the
Underwriters reasonably request.
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SECTION 9. Termination. This Agreement shall be
subject to termination in the sole discretion of the Representative by notice to
the Depositor given on or prior to the Closing Date in the event that either the
Depositor or HCA shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform all
obligations and satisfy all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior thereto or, if at or prior to the Closing Date, (a)
trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been
suspended or materially limited or minimum or maximum prices shall have been
established by or on, as the case may be, the Securities and Exchange Commission
or the New York Stock Exchange; (b) trading of any securities of HCA or the
Depositor shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter
market; (c) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have
been declared by either federal or New York State authorities; (d) a material disruption has occurred in
commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United
States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe and, in the sole judgment of the
Representative, the effect of any such disruption makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Notes as
contemplated by the Prospectus, as amended as of the date hereof; (e) there shall have occurred (i) an
outbreak or escalation of hostilities between the United States and any foreign
power, (ii) an outbreak or escalation of any other insurrection or armed
conflict involving the United States, or (iii) any other calamity or crisis or
materially adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions
having an effect on the U. S. financial markets and, in the sole judgment of the
Representative, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, insurrection,
conflict, calamity or crisis makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering or the delivery of the Notes as contemplated by the Prospectus, as
amended as of the date hereof; (f) any change in or affecting the Receivables or
particularly the business or properties of the Trust, the Depositor or HCA shall
have occurred 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; or (g) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of
HCA, the Depositor, if any, by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act),
or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or
review its rating of any such debt securities (other than an announcement with
positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible
downgrading, of such rating) shall have occurred. Termination of this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability of any party to
any other party except for the liability of HCA in relation to expenses as
provided in Sections 7 hereof, the indemnity provided in Section 10 hereof and
any liability arising before or in relation to such
termination.
SECTION 10. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) The Depositor and HCA shall,
jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter (including
in its capacity as TALF Agent), the directors, officers, employees and agents of
each Underwriter (including in its capacity as TALF Agent) and each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter (including in its capacity as TALF Agent)
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, to which such Underwriter (including in its capacity as TALF Agent)
or such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or
otherwise, to the extent such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:
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(i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement made by the Depositor or HCA in Section 2
hereof,
(ii) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained or incorporated in the
Registration Statement, the Issuer Information, the Road Show Material or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or
(iii) the omission or alleged
omission to state in the Registration Statement, the Issuer Information, the
Road Show Materials or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, not misleading,
and will reimburse, as incurred, each
such indemnified party for any legal or other costs or expenses reasonably
incurred by it in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing
as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Depositor and HCA will not be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement,
the Issuer Information, the Road Show Materials or the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriters’ Information; provided, further, that the Depositor and HCA shall
not be liable to any Underwriter or any of the directors, officers, employees
and agents of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, with respect to any loss, claim, damage or liability that
results from the fact that the Underwriter sold Notes to a person to whom there
was not sent or given, at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, if
delivery thereof was required, a copy of the Prospectus or the Prospectus as
then amended or supplemented, whichever is most recent, if the Depositor has
previously furnished copies thereof to such Underwriter within a reasonable time
period prior to such confirmation. The indemnity provided for in this
Section 10 shall be in addition to any liability which the Depositor and HCA may
otherwise have. The Depositor and HCA will not, without the prior
written consent of the Representative, settle or compromise or consent to the
entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether
or not the Representative or any person who controls the Representative is a
party to such claim, action, suit or proceeding), unless such settlement,
compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of all of the
Underwriters (including in its capacity as TALF Agent) and such controlling
persons from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding
and (ii) does not include a statement as to or admission of, fault, culpability
or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Underwriter (including in its
capacity as TALF Agent) or controlling person.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and
not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless each of the Depositor and HCA,
each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the
Depositor or HCA within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which the Depositor, HCA or any such director, officer or
controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus,
any Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state in the
Preliminary Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and
in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information, and will reimburse, as
incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Depositor, HCA
or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
investigating, defending against or appearing as a third-party witness in
connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or any action in respect
thereof. The remedies provided for in this Section 10 are not
exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
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(c) In case any proceeding
(including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any
person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to paragraph (a) or
(b) of this Section 10, such person (for purposes of this paragraph (c), the
“indemnified party”) shall, promptly after receipt by such party of notice of
the commencement of such action, notify the person against whom such indemnity
may be sought (for purposes of this paragraph (c), the “indemnifying party”),
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from
any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Section
10. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party,
and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified,
to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party (which may be counsel to such indemnifying party if otherwise
reasonably acceptable to the indemnified party); provided, however, that if the
defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to
the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to
direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties
and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate
counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense of any such action and approval
by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 10 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of
investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed
separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence
(it being understood, however, that in connection with such action the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (in addition to local counsel in each applicable local
jurisdiction) in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, designated in
writing by the Representative in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 10,
representing the indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) who are parties to
such action or actions), (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized the
employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the
indemnifying party, (iii) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to
represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest or (iv) the indemnifying party has elected to assume the defense of
such proceeding but has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified parties. All fees and
expenses reimbursed pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be reimbursed as they
are incurred. After such notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and
expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party
without the consent of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party
shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x)
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not
include 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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(d) In circumstances in which the
indemnity agreement provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 10
is unavailable or insufficient, for any reason, to hold harmless an indemnified
party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof), each indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and
equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i)
the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one
hand and the indemnified party on the other from the offering of Notes or (ii)
if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by
applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of
the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements
or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Depositor and
HCA on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in
the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering of the Notes (before
deducting expenses) received by the Depositor and HCA (including for such
purpose, the value of the Certificates) bear to the total discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters (the “Spread”) as set forth in the
Prospectus. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Depositor, HCA or the Underwriters, the
parties’ relative intents, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission, and any other equitable
considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The Depositor, HCA
and the Underwriters agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such
contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method
of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations
referred to above in this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph (d), no Underwriter shall be obligated to make
contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the amount by which the
Spread received by it in the initial offering of such Notes, less the aggregate
amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay
in respect of the same or any substantially similar claim, and no person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 (f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’
obligations to contribute hereunder are several in proportion to their
respective principal amount of Notes they have purchased hereunder, and not
joint. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who
controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each director, officer, employee and
agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such
Underwriter, and each director of the Depositor and HCA, each officer of the
Depositor and HCA and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor and HCA
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Depositor and
HCA.
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SECTION 11. Defaults by
an Underwriter. If any one or more
Underwriter(s) fail(s) to purchase and pay for any of the Notes agreed to be
purchased by such Underwriter(s) hereunder, and such failure constitutes a
default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the
remaining Underwriter(s) shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in
the respective proportions that the amount of Notes set forth opposite their
names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate amount of Notes set forth opposite
the names of all the remaining Underwriter(s)) the Notes that the defaulting
Underwriter(s) agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that if the
aggregate amount of Notes that the defaulting Underwriter(s) agreed but failed
to purchase exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes, the
remaining Underwriter(s) shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be
under any obligation to purchase any, of the Notes, and if such non-defaulting
Underwriter(s) do not purchase all the Notes, this Agreement will terminate
without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter. In the event of
a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this paragraph, the Closing Date
shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the remaining
Underwriter(s) shall determine in order that the required changes in the
Prospectus Supplement or in any other documents or arrangements may be
effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any
defaulting Underwriter(s) of any liability to the Depositor, HCA, their
Affiliates and any non-defaulting Underwriter(s) for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
SECTION 12. Survival of
Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements set forth in or
made pursuant to this Agreement or contained in certificates of officers
submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation or statement as to the results thereof, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Notes. If for any reason the
purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated, each of the
Depositor and HCA shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or
reimbursed pursuant to Section 7 and the obligations pursuant to Section 10
shall remain in effect. If for any reason the purchase of the Notes
by the Underwriters is not consummated (other than as a result of any
Underwriters’ breach under Section 4 of this Agreement), the Depositor and HCA
will reimburse the Underwriters severally, upon demand, for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by
any Underwriter in connection with the offering of the
Notes.
SECTION 13. Obligations
Solely Contractual in Nature. Each of the Depositor and
HCA acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters' responsibility to the
Depositor and HCA is solely contractual in nature and that none of the
Underwriters or their affiliates shall be acting in a fiduciary or advisory
capacity, or otherwise owe any fiduciary or advisory duty, to the Depositor or
HCA in connection with the offering of the Notes and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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SECTION 14. Notices. Any notice or notification
in any form to be given under this Agreement may be delivered in person or sent
by mail, facsimile or telephone (subject in the case of a communication by
telephone to confirmation by facsimile) addressed to:
in the case of the
Depositor:
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Hyundai ABS Funding
Corporation
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0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
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Irvine,
California 92612
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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Attention: Vice President;
Secretary
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in the case of
HCA:
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Hyundai Capital
America
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0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
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Irvine,
California 92612
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Facsimile
000-000-0000
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Attention: Vice President;
Finance
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in the case of the
Representative:
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Banc of America Securities
LLC
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Hearst
Tower
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Charlotte, NC
28255-0001
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
|
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Any such notice shall take effect, in
the case of delivery, at the time of delivery and, in the case of facsimile, at
the time of dispatch.
SECTION 15. Successors. This Agreement will inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective
successors and agents, and the directors, officers and control persons referred
to in Section 10, and no other person will have any rights or obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 16. The
Representative. The Representative
represents and warrants to the Depositor and HCA that it is duly authorized to
enter into this Agreement. The Representative shall act for the
several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under
this Agreement taken by the Representative will be binding upon all the
Underwriters. In all dealings hereunder, the parties hereto shall be
entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on
behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the
Representative.
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SECTION 17. Miscellaneous.
(a) Time shall be of the essence of
this Agreement.
(b) The headings herein are
inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of,
or to affect, the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement,
(a) “business day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open
for trading, and (b) each of “subsidiary” and “Affiliate” has the meaning set
forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(d) This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, all of which, taken together, shall constitute
one and the same Agreement and any party may enter into this Agreement by
executing a counterpart.
(e) This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and shall be binding upon the several Underwriters, the
Depositor, HCA and their respective successors and legal representatives, and
nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be
construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein contained, this
Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and
being for the sole and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of
no other person, except that (i) the indemnities of the Depositor and HCA
contained in Section 10 hereof shall also be for the benefit of any person or
persons who control any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and (ii) the indemnities of the
Underwriters contained in Section 10 hereof shall also be for the benefit of the
directors of the Depositor and HCA, the officers of the Depositor and HCA and
any person or persons who control the Depositor or HCA within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act. No purchaser of Notes from any Underwriter shall be deemed a
successor because of such purchase.
(f) The respective representations,
warranties, agreements, covenants, indemnities and other statements of the
Depositor and HCA, its officers and the several Underwriters set forth in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Depositor or HCA, any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents, any Underwriter or any controlling person
referred to in Section 10 hereof and (ii) delivery of and payment for the
Notes. The respective agreements, covenants, indemnities and other
statements set forth in Sections 6 and 10 hereof shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this
Agreement.
SECTION 18. Severability. It is the desire and intent
of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest
extent permissible under the law and public policies applied in each
jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, in the
event that any provision of this Agreement would be held in any jurisdiction to
be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to
such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining
provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
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SECTION 19. Governing
Law. THE VALIDITY AND
INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN,
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS.
SECTION 20. Limitation
of Representations and Covenants of the Depositor. The representations, covenants and
agreements made by the Depositor to any TALF Agent, including, without
limitation, those made in this Agreement, shall only extend to a TALF Agent in
connection with the performance by such TALF Agent of its obligations under the
TALF, and do not extend to and may not be relied upon by any direct or indirect
purchaser or owner of the Notes, or any other Person claiming by or through any
such purchaser or owner or any third party beneficiary, for any purpose or in
any circumstance, whether on the theory that a TALF Agent has acted or acts as
their agent or otherwise.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with
your understanding, please sign and return to us five counterparts hereof, and
upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this
letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among
each of the Underwriters and the Depositor and HCA.
Very truly yours,
HYUNDAI ABS FUNDING
CORPORATION
By: /s/ Min Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxx
Name: Min Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxx
Title: Vice President and
Secretary
HYUNDAI CAPITAL
AMERICA
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxx
Xx
Name: Xxx Xxxx Xx
Title: Treasurer
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC,
on behalf of itself and as
Representative of the
several Underwriters
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Title: Managing
Director
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriter
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Class A-1
Notes
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Class A-2
Notes
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Class A-3
Notes
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Class A-4
Notes
|
||||
Banc of America Securities
LLC
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$151,601,000
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$116,401,000
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$155,200,000
|
$103,840,000
|
||||
Barclays Capital
Inc.
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$105,173,000
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$80,753,000
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$107,670,000
|
$72,039,000
|
||||
RBS Securities
Inc.
|
$105,172,000
|
$80,752,000
|
$107,670,000
|
$72,039,000
|
||||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc.
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$8,527,000
|
$6,547,000
|
$8,730,000
|
$5,841,000
|
||||
SG Americas Securities,
LLC
|
$8,527,000
|
$6,547,000
|
$8,730,000
|
$5,841,000
|
||||
Total
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$379,000,000
|
$291,000,000
|
$388,000,000
|
$259,600,000
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SCHEDULE II
Security
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Original Principal Balance
$
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Price
$*
|
||
Class A-1
Notes
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$379,000,000
|
$378,355,700.00
|
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Class A-2
Notes
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$291,000,000
|
$290,239,587.90
|
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Class A-3
Notes
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$388,000,000
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$386,844,846.40
|
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Class A-4
Notes
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$259,600,000
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$258,660,351.84
|
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Total Price to
Depositor
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$1,314,100,486.14
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*Due to sales to affiliates, one or more
of the underwriters may be required to forego a de minimis portion of the
selling concession they would otherwise be entitled to receive, resulting in an
increase in the price to Depositor.
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SCHEDULE III
LIST OF OFFICES TO FILE FINANCING
STATEMENTS
1. HCA Financing Statements -
California
2. Depositor Financing Statements -
Delaware
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SCHEDULE IV
LIST OF PERMITTED
LIENS
1.
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Second Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2002, as amended,
among Hyundai BC Funding Corporation and the Purchasers and Agents parties
thereto.
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2.
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Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated
as of January 17, 2000, as amended, between Hyundai Motor Finance Company,
as seller, and Hyundai BC Funding Corporation, as
purchaser.
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ANNEX A
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE
UNDERWRITERS
(a) Each Underwriter represents and agrees
that:
(i) it has only communicated or caused to be
communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation
or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21
of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (“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
Issuer; and
(ii) it has complied and will comply with all
applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in
relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United
Kingdom.
(b) In relation to each Member State of the
European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a
“Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter represents and agrees that with
effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is
implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”),
each Underwriter has not made and will not make an offer of Notes to the public
in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in
relation to Notes which has been approved by the competent authority in that
Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member
State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all
in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect
from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of
Underwritten Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State at any
time:
(i) to legal entities which are authorized
or regulated to operate in financial markets or, if not so authorized or
regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in
securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or
more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year;
(2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net
turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated
accounts; or
(iii) in any other circumstances which do not
require the publication by the Issuer of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of
the Prospectus Directive.
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For purposes of this Annex A, the
expression an “offer of Notes to the public” in relation to any notes in any
Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of
sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so
as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Notes, as the
same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the
Prospectus Directive in that Member State, and the expression “Prospectus
Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing
measure in each Relevant Member State.
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