Exhibit 4.4
TRANSFER AGREEMENT
between
CONSECO FINANCE SECURITIZATIONS CORP.
Purchaser
and
CONSECO FINANCE CORP.
Seller
dated as of
March 1, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS........................................................1
SECTION 1.1. General.............................................1
SECTION 1.2. Specific Terms......................................1
SECTION 1.3. Usage of Terms......................................3
SECTION 1.4. No Recourse.........................................3
ARTICLE II. CONVEYANCE OF THE INITIAL LOANS
AND THE INITIAL OTHER CONVEYED PROPERTY...........................4
SECTION 2.1. Conveyance of the Initial Loans and the Initial
Other Conveyed Property.........................4
SECTION 2.2. Purchase Price of Initial Loans.....................4
SECTION 2.3. Conveyance of Subsequent Loans and Subsequent
Other Conveyed Property.........................4
ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...................................5
SECTION 3.1. Representations and Warranties of CFC...............5
SECTION 3.2. Representations and Warranties of CFSC..............7
ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS OF CFC..................................................9
SECTION 4.1. Protection of Title of CFSC and the Trust...........9
SECTION 4.2. Other Liens or Interests...........................10
SECTION 4.3. Indemnification....................................10
ARTICLE V. REPURCHASES.......................................................11
SECTION 5.1. Repurchase of Loans Upon Breach of Warranty........11
SECTION 5.2. Reassignment of Purchased Loans....................11
SECTION 5.3. Waivers............................................12
ARTICLE VI. MISCELLANEOUS....................................................12
SECTION 6.1. Liability of CFC...................................12
SECTION 6.2. Merger or Consolidation of CFC or CFSC.............12
SECTION 6.3. Limitation on Liability of CFC and Others..........13
SECTION 6.4. Amendment..........................................13
SECTION 6.5. Notices............................................14
SECTION 6.6. Merger and Integration.............................14
SECTION 6.7. Severability of Provisions.........................14
SECTION 6.8. Intention of the Parties...........................14
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SECTION 6.9. Governing Law......................................15
SECTION 6.10. Counterparts.......................................15
SECTION 6.11. Conveyance of the Initial Loans and the Initial
Other Conveyed Property to the Trust...........15
SECTION 6.12. Nonpetition Covenant...............................15
SCHEDULES
Schedule A -- Schedule of Initial and Additional Loans
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A -- Form of Subsequent Transfer Agreement
Exhibit B -- Form of Assignment
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TRANSFER AGREEMENT
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THIS TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated as of March 1, 2000, executed between
Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp., a Minnesota corporation, as purchaser
("CFSC"), and Conseco Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, as seller ("CFC").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, CFSC has agreed to purchase from CFC and CFC, pursuant to this
Agreement, is transferring to CFSC the certain home equity loans specified in
the Schedule of Initial and Additional Loans attached hereto as Schedule A (the
"Initial and Additional Loans") and the Initial Other Conveyed Property; and
WHEREAS, CFSC has agreed to purchase from CFC and CFC has agreed to
transfer to CFSC the Subsequent Loans and Subsequent Other Conveyed Property in
an amount set forth herein, prior to June 14, 2000.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt of which is acknowledged, CFSC and CFC, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. General. The specific terms defined in this Article
include the plural as well as the singular. The words "herein," "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision, and Article,
Section, Schedule and Exhibit references, unless otherwise specified, refer to
Articles and Sections of and Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of March 1, 2000, by and among Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. (as
Seller), Conseco Finance Corp. (as Originator, Guarantor and Servicer), and U.S.
Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
SECTION 1.2. Specific Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:
"Agreement" shall mean this Transfer Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.
"Closing Date" means March 27, 2000.
"Initial Other Conveyed Property" means all monies at any time paid or
payable on the Initial and Additional Loans or in respect thereof after the
Cut-off Date (excluding amounts due on or before the Cut-off Date but received
by CFC after the Cut-off Date), an assignment of security interests in the
related real estate, the Certificate Account (including all Eligible Investments
therein and all proceeds therefrom), all items contained in the Loan Files
relating to the Initial and Additional Loans, any and all other documents or
electronic records that CFC keeps on file in accordance with its customary
procedures relating to the Initial and Additional Loans, the Obligors or the
related real estate, property (including the right to receive future Liquidation
Proceeds) that secures an Initial Loan and that has been acquired by or on
behalf of the Trust pursuant to liquidation of such Initial Loan, and all
proceeds of the foregoing.
"Initial and Additional Loans" means the Loans listed on the Schedule
of Initial and Additional Loans attached hereto as Schedule A.
"Other Conveyed Property" means the Initial Other Conveyed Property
conveyed by CFC to CFSC pursuant to this Agreement together with any and all
Subsequent Other Conveyed Property conveyed by CFC to CFSC pursuant to each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
"Related Documents" means the Certificates, the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, each Subsequent Transfer Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement
among CFC, CFSC and the underwriters of the Certificates. The Related Documents
to be executed by any party are referred to herein as "such party's Related
Documents," "its Related Documents" or by a similar expression.
"Repurchase Event" means the occurrence of a breach of any of CFC's
representations and warranties hereunder or under any Subsequent Transfer
Agreement or any other event which requires the repurchase of a Loan by CFC
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement" means the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2000, executed and delivered by Conseco Finance
Corp., as Originator, Servicer and Guarantor, Conseco Finance Securitizations
Corp., as Seller, and the Trustee.
"Schedule of Initial and Additional Loans" means the schedule of all
Loans sold and transferred pursuant to this Agreement which is attached hereto
as Schedule A.
"Schedule of Loans" means the Schedule of Initial and Additional Loans
attached hereto as Schedule A as supplemented by each Schedule of Subsequent
Loans attached to each Subsequent Transfer Agreement as Schedule A.
"Schedule of Subsequent Loans" means the schedule of all Loans sold and
transferred pursuant to a Subsequent Transfer Agreement which is attached to
such Subsequent
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Transfer Agreement as Schedule A, which Schedule of Subsequent Loans shall
supplement the Schedule of Initial and Additional Loans.
"Subsequent Loans" means the Loans specified in the Schedule of
Subsequent Loans attached as Schedule A to each Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
"Subsequent Other Conveyed Property" means the Subsequent Other
Conveyed Property conveyed by CFC to CFSC pursuant to each Subsequent Transfer
Agreement.
"Subsequent Transfer Agreement" shall have the meaning given in Section
2.3(b)(iii).
"Trust" means the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
the estate of which consists of the Trust Fund.
"Trustee" means U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee of the Trust, and any
successor trustee appointed and acting pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
"Trust Property" means the property and proceeds of every description
conveyed by the Seller to the Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and pursuant to any Subsequent Transfer Instrument, together with the
Certificate Account, Capitalized Interest Account and Pre-Funding Account
(including all investments of the Certificate Account and all proceeds
therefrom).
SECTION 1.3. Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms used in this
Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words
importing any gender include the other gender; references to "writing" include
printing, typing, lithography, and other means of reproducing words in a visible
form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all
subsequent amendments thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with
their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement or the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors
and assigns; and the terms "include" or "including" mean "include without
limitation" or "including without limitation."
SECTION 1.4. No Recourse. Without limiting the obligations of CFC
hereunder, no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, under this
Agreement or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith
or therewith, against any stockholder, officer or director, as such, of CFC, or
of any predecessor or successor of CFC.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF THE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL LOANS
AND THE INITIAL OTHER CONVEYED PROPERTY
SECTION 2.1. Conveyance of the Initial and Additional Loans and the
Initial Other Conveyed Property. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, CFC hereby sells, transfers, assigns, and otherwise conveys to CFSC
without recourse (but without limitation of its obligations in this Agreement or
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), and CFSC hereby purchases, all right,
title and interest of CFC in and to the Initial and Additional Loans and the
Initial Other Conveyed Property. It is the intention of CFC and CFSC that the
transfer and assignment contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale
of the Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed Property from
CFC to CFSC, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any Liens, and the
Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed Property shall not
be part of CFC's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by
or against CFC under any bankruptcy or similar law.
SECTION 2.2. Purchase Price of Initial and Additional Loans.
Simultaneously with the conveyance of the Initial and Additional Loans and the
Initial Other Conveyed Property to CFSC, CFSC has paid or caused to be paid to
or upon the order of CFC approximately $990,082,857.83 by wire transfer of
immediately available funds (representing the proceeds to CFSC from the sale of
the Initial and Additional Loans after (i) deducting expenses of approximately
$425,000 incurred by CFSC in connection with such sale and (ii) depositing the
Pre-Funded Amount in the Pre-Funding Account.
SECTION 2.3. Conveyance of Subsequent Loans and Subsequent Other
Conveyed Property.
(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) below
and the terms and conditions in the related Subsequent Transfer
Agreement, in consideration of CFSC's delivery on the related
Subsequent Transfer Date to or upon the order of CFC of an amount equal
to the purchase price of the Subsequent Loans (as set forth in the
related Subsequent Transfer Agreement), CFC hereby agrees to sell,
transfer, assign, and otherwise convey to CFSC without recourse (but
without limitation of its obligations in this Agreement and the related
Subsequent Transfer Agreement), and CFSC hereby agrees to purchase all
right, title and interest of CFC in and to the Subsequent Loans and the
Subsequent Other Conveyed Property described in the related Subsequent
Transfer Agreement.
(b) CFC shall transfer to CFSC, and CFSC shall acquire, the
Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property to be
transferred on any Subsequent Transfer Date only upon the satisfaction
of each of the following conditions on or prior to such Subsequent
Transfer Date:
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(i) CFSC shall have provided the Trustee and the
Rating Agencies with an Addition Notice at least five Business
Days prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date and shall
have provided any information reasonably requested by the
Trustee with respect to the Subsequent Loans;
(ii) CFC shall have delivered the related Loan File
for each Subsequent Loan to the Trustee at least two Business
Days prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date;
(iii) CFC shall have delivered to CFSC a duly
executed Subsequent Transfer Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Subsequent Transfer
Agreement"), which shall include a List of Loans identifying
the related Subsequent Loans;
(iv) as of each Subsequent Transfer Date, as
evidenced by delivery of the Subsequent Transfer Agreement,
neither CFC nor CFSC shall be insolvent nor shall they have
been made insolvent by such transfer nor shall they be aware
of any pending insolvency;
(v) such transfer shall not result in a material
adverse tax consequence to the Trust (including the REMIC or
the Certificateholders or Class C Certificateholder;
(vi) the Pre-Funding Period shall not have ended; and
(vii) no Subsequent Loan will have a Combined LTV
greater than 100%, and;
(c) CFC covenants to transfer to CFSC pursuant to paragraph
(a) above Subsequent Loans with aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances
of approximately equal to $9,492,242.17; provided, however, that the
sole remedy of CFSC with respect to a failure of such covenant shall be
to enforce the provisions of Section 8.08 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.1. Representations and Warranties of CFC. CFC makes the
following representations and warranties, on which CFSC relies in purchasing the
Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed Property and in
transferring the Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed
Property to the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Such
representations are made as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, but
shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Initial and Additional
Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed Property hereunder and the sale, transfer
and assignment thereof by CFSC to the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. CFC and CFSC agree that
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CFSC will assign to the Trustee all of CFSC's rights under this Agreement and
that the Trustee will thereafter be entitled to enforce this Agreement against
CFC in the Trustee's own name.
(a) Representations Regarding Loans. The representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 3.02, 3.04 and 3.05 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement are true and correct.
(b) Organization and Good Standing. CFC has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to
own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are
currently owned and such business is currently conducted, and had at
all relevant times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to
acquire, own and sell the Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial
Other Conveyed Property transferred to CFSC.
(c) Due Qualification. CFC is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or
lease of its property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification.
(d) Power and Authority. CFC has the power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and its Related Documents and to
carry out its terms and their terms, respectively; CFC has full power
and authority to sell and assign the Initial and Additional Loans and
the Initial Other Conveyed Property to be sold and assigned to and
deposited with CFSC hereunder and has duly authorized such sale and
assignment to CFSC by all necessary corporate action; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and CFC's Related
Documents have been duly authorized by CFC by all necessary corporate
action.
(e) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement and CFC's
Related Documents have been duly executed and delivered, shall effect a
valid sale, transfer and assignment of the Initial and Additional Loans
and the Initial Other Conveyed Property, enforceable against CFC and
creditors of and purchasers from CFC; and this Agreement and CFC's
Related Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of
CFC enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and by equitable limitations on the availability of specific
remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(f) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Documents and the
fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the Related Documents
shall not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the
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terms and provisions of or constitute (with or without notice, lapse
of time or both) a default under, the articles of incorporation or
bylaws of CFC, or any indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or
other instrument to which CFC is a party or by which it is bound, or
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien, upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, other than this Agreement
and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or violate any law, order,
rule or regulation applicable to CFC of any court or of any federal or
state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over CFC or any of its properties.
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to CFC's knowledge, threatened against CFC, before any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over CFC or its
properties (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the
Related Documents, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Related Documents, (iii)
seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely
affect the performance by CFC of its obligations under, or the validity
or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the Related Documents or
(iv) seeking to affect adversely the federal income tax or other
federal, state or local tax attributes of, or seeking to impose any
excise, franchise, transfer or similar tax upon, the transfer and
acquisition of the Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial Other
Conveyed Property hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(h) Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of CFC
is located at 1100 Landmark Towers, 000 Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx,
XX 00000-0000.
(i) Licensing. CFC is duly licensed in each state in which
Loans were originated to the extent CFC is required to be licensed by
applicable law in connection with the origination and servicing of the
Loans.
SECTION 3.2. Representations and Warranties of CFSC. CFSC makes the
following representations and warranties, on which CFC relies in selling,
assigning, transferring and conveying the Initial and Additional Loans and the
Initial Other Conveyed Property to CFSC hereunder. Such representations are made
as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the sale,
transfer and assignment of the Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial
Other Conveyed Property hereunder and the sale, transfer and assignment thereof
by CFSC to the Trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. CFSC has been duly
organized and is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation
under the laws of the State of Minnesota, with the power and authority
to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties
are currently owned and such business is currently conducted, and had
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at all relevant times, and has, full power, authority and legal right
to acquire and own the Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial
Other Conveyed Property and to transfer the Initial and Additional
Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed Property to the Trust pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) Due Qualification. CFSC is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions where the failure
to do so would materially and adversely affect (i) CFSC's ability to
acquire the Initial and Additional Loans or the Initial Other Conveyed
Property, (ii) the validity or enforceability of the Initial and
Additional Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed Property or (iii)
CFSC's ability to perform its obligations hereunder and under the
Related Documents.
(c) Power and Authority. CFSC has the power, authority and
legal right to execute and deliver this Agreement and its Related
Documents and to carry out the terms hereof and thereof and to acquire
the Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed
Property hereunder; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and its Related Documents and all of the documents required
pursuant hereto or thereto have been duly authorized by CFSC by all
necessary action.
(d) No Consent Required. CFSC is not required to obtain the
consent of any other Person, or any consent, license, approval or
authorization or registration or declaration with, any governmental
authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery
or performance of this Agreement and the Related Documents, except for
such as have been obtained, effected or made.
(e) Binding Obligation. This Agreement and each of its Related
Documents constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of CFSC,
enforceable against CFSC in accordance with its terms, subject, as to
enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
conservatorship, receivership, liquidation and other similar laws and
to general equitable principles.
(f) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by
CFSC of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Documents and the
fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the Related Documents do
not and will not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the
terms and provisions of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time) a default under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of
CFSC, or conflict with or breach any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under,
any indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
to which CFSC is a party or by which CFSC is bound or to which any of
its properties are subject, or result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
(other than the
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Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture), or violate any law,
order, rule or regulation, applicable to CFSC or its properties, of any
federal or state regulatory body or any court, administrative agency,
or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over CFSC or
any of its properties.
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending, or, to the knowledge of CFSC, threatened against CFSC, before
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other tribunal or
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over CFSC or its
properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of
the Related Documents, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the
Related Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by CFSC of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement
or any of the Related Documents or (iv) that may adversely affect the
federal or state income tax attributes of, or seeking to impose any
excise, franchise, transfer or similar tax upon, the transfer and
acquisition of the Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial Other
Conveyed Property hereunder or the transfer of the Initial and
Additional Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed Property to the Trust
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
In the event of any breach of a representation and warranty made by CFSC
hereunder, CFC covenants and agrees that it will not take any action to pursue
any remedy that it may have hereunder, in law, in equity or otherwise, until a
year and a day have passed since the later of (i) the date on which all
pass-through certificates or other similar securities issued by the Trust, or a
trust or similar vehicle formed by CFSC, have been paid in full, or (ii) all
Certificates or other similar securities issued by the Trust, or a trust or
similar vehicle formed by CFSC, have been paid in full. CFC and CFSC agree that
damages will not be an adequate remedy for such breach and that this covenant
may be specifically enforced by CFSC or by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS OF CFC
SECTION 4.1 Transfer of Loans.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, or the Subsequent
Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Loans, CFC shall deliver the
Loan Files to CFSC. CFC has filed a form UCC-1 financing statement
regarding the sale of the Loans to CFSC, and shall file continuation
statements in respect of such UCC-1 financing statement as if such
financing statement were necessary to perfect such sale. CFC shall take
any other actions necessary to maintain the perfection of the sale of
the Loans to CFSC.
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(b) If at any time during the term of this Agreement CFC does
not have a long-term senior debt rating of A- or higher from S&P,
Xxxxx'x (if rated by Xxxxx'x) and Duff & Xxxxxx (if rated by Duff &
Xxxxxx), (i) CFC shall within 30 days execute and deliver to CFSC (if
it has not previously done so) endorsements of each Loan and
assignments in recordable form of each mortgage, deed of trust or
security deed securing a Loan, and (ii) CFSC, at CFC's expense, shall
within 60 days file in the appropriate recording offices the
assignments to CFSC of each mortgage, deed of trust or security deed
securing a Loan; provided, however, that such execution and filing of
the assignments with respect to the Loans shall not be required if CFSC
receives written confirmation from each of S&P, Xxxxx'x and Xxxx &
Xxxxxx that the ratings of the Certificates would not be reduced or
withdrawn by the failure to execute and file such assignments;
provided, however, that such execution and filing shall not be required
if CFC delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
assignment and recordation is not necessary to effect the assignment to
CFSC of CFC's lien on the real property securing each Loan.
(c) If, as of the Post-Funding Payment Date, the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of Loans secured by real property located
in Maryland ("Maryland Loans") exceeds 10% of the Pool Scheduled
Principal Balance, CFC shall, within sixty (60) days, submit to the
appropriate recording offices the assignments to CFSC on behalf of the
Trust of the number of mortgages, deeds of trust or security deeds
required to reduce to less than 10% of the Pool Scheduled Principal
Balance the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of Maryland Loans as
to which such assignments are not recorded.
SECTION 4.2. Costs and Expenses. CFC shall pay all reasonable costs and
disbursements in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder
and under each Subsequent Transfer Agreement and its Related Documents.
SECTION 4.3. Indemnification.
(a) CFC will defend and indemnify CFSC against any and all
costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, including
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation
arising out of or resulting from the use or ownership of any real
estate related to a Loan by CFC or the Servicer or any Affiliate of
either. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
obligation of CFC under this Section shall not terminate upon a Service
Transfer pursuant to Article VII of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, except that the obligation of CFC under this Section 4.3
shall not relate to the actions of any subsequent Servicer after a
Service Transfer.
(b) No obligation or liability to any Obligor under any of the
Loans is intended to be assumed by CFSC under or as a result of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and, to the maximum
extent permitted and valid under mandatory provisions of law, CFSC
expressly disclaims such assumption.
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(c) CFC agrees to pay, and to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless CFSC from, any taxes which may at any time be asserted with
respect to, and as of the date of, the transfer of the Loans to CFSC,
including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts, general
corporation, personal property, privilege or license taxes and costs,
expenses and reasonable counsel fees in defending against the same,
whether arising by reason of the acts to be performed by CFC under this
Agreement or imposed against CFSC.
(d) Indemnification under this Section 4.3 shall include,
without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and
expenses of litigation. If the Originator has made any indemnity
payments to CFSC pursuant to this Section 4.3 and CFSC thereafter
collects any of such amounts from others, CFSC will repay such amounts
collected to CFC, without interest.
ARTICLE V
REPURCHASES
SECTION 5.1. Repurchase of Loans Upon Breach of Warranty.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Repurchase Event CFC shall,
unless such breach shall have been cured in all material respects,
repurchase such Loan from the Trust pursuant to Section 3.06 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to the limitation of Section
3.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. It is understood and
agreed that, the obligation of CFC to repurchase any Loan as to which a
breach has occurred and is continuing shall, if such obligation is
fulfilled, constitute the sole remedy against CFC for such breach
available to CFSC, the Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders. The provisions of this Section 5.1 are intended to
grant the Trustee a direct right against CFC to demand performance
hereunder, and in connection therewith, CFC waives any requirement of
prior demand against CFSC with respect to such repurchase obligation.
Any such purchase shall take place in the manner specified in Section
3.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, any Subsequent Transfer Agreement or the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Subsequent Transfer Agreement to
the contrary, the obligation of CFC under this Section shall not
terminate upon a termination of CFC as Servicer under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and shall be performed in accordance with the terms
hereof notwithstanding the failure of the Servicer or CFSC to perform
any of their respective obligations with respect to such Loan under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(b) In lieu of repurchasing a Loan when required by Section
5.1(a) of this Agreement and Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, CFC may deliver an Eligible Substitute Loan
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.06(b) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
(c) In addition to the foregoing and notwithstanding whether
the related Loan shall have been purchased by CFC, CFC shall indemnify
the Trustee, the Trust and the Certificateholders against all costs,
expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, including
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reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, which may be asserted against
or incurred by any of them as a result of third party claims arising
out of the events or facts giving rise to such Repurchase Events.
SECTION 5.2. Reassignment of Purchased Loans. Upon deposit of the
Repurchase Price of any Loan repurchased or replaced by CFC under Section 5.1,
CFSC shall cause the Trustee to take such steps as may be reasonably requested
by CFC in order to assign to CFC all of CFSC's and the Trust's right, title and
interest in and to such Loan and all security and documents and all Other
Conveyed Property conveyed to CFSC and the Trust directly relating thereto,
without recourse, representation or warranty, except as to the absence of liens,
charges or encumbrances created by or arising as a result of actions of CFSC or
the Trustee. Such assignment shall be a sale and assignment outright, and not
for security. If, following the reassignment of a Loan, in any enforcement suit
or legal proceeding, it is held that CFC may not enforce any such Loan on the
ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to
enforce the Loan, CFSC and the Trustee shall, at the expense of CFC, take such
steps as CFC deems reasonably necessary to enforce the Loan, including bringing
suit in CFSC's or the Trustee's name.
SECTION 5.3. Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of CFSC, or the
Trustee as assignee of CFSC, in exercising any power, right or remedy under this
Agreement or under any Subsequent Transfer Agreement shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or
remedy preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other power, right or remedy.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.1. Liability of CFC. CFC shall be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations in this Agreement or in any
Subsequent Transfer Agreement specifically undertaken by CFC and the
representations and warranties of CFC.
SECTION 6.2. Merger or Consolidation of CFC or CFSC. Any corporation or
other entity (i) into which CFC or CFSC may be merged or consolidated, (ii)
resulting from any merger or consolidation to which CFC or CFSC is a party or
(iii) succeeding to the business of CFC or CFSC, in the case of CFSC, which
corporation has a certificate of incorporation containing provisions relating to
limitations on business and other matters substantively identical to those
contained in CFSC's certificate of incorporation, provided that in any of the
foregoing cases such corporation shall execute an agreement of assumption to
perform every obligation of CFC or CFSC, as the case may be, under this
Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement and, whether or not such
assumption agreement is executed, shall be the successor to CFC or CFSC, as the
case may be, hereunder and under each such Subsequent Transfer Agreement
(without relieving CFC or CFSC of its responsibilities hereunder, if it survives
such merger or consolidation) without the execution or filing of any document or
any further act by
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any of the parties to this Agreement or each Subsequent Transfer Agreement. CFC
or CFSC shall promptly inform the other party and the Trustee of such merger,
consolidation or purchase and assumption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as a
condition to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) above, (x) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no representation or warranty made pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or similar representation or warranty made in
any Subsequent Transfer Agreement, shall have been breached (for purposes
hereof, such representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the
consummation of such transaction), (y) CFC or CFSC, as applicable, shall have
delivered written notice of such consolidation, merger or purchase and
assumption to the Rating Agencies prior to the consummation of such transaction
and shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such
agreement of assumption comply with this Section 6.3 and that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement, or in each Subsequent
Transfer Agreement, relating to such transaction have been complied with, and
(z) CFC or CFSC, as applicable, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel, stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all
financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have
been executed and filed that are necessary to preserve and protect the interest
of the Trustee in the Trust Property and reciting the details of the filings or
(B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
SECTION 6.3. Limitation on Liability of CFC and Others. CFC shall not
be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that
is not incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, any Subsequent
Transfer Agreement or its Related Documents and that in its opinion may involve
it in any expense or liability.
SECTION 6.4. Amendment.
(a) This Agreement and any Subsequent Transfer Agreement may
be amended by CFC and CFSC and without the consent of the Trustee or
any of the Certificateholders (A) to cure any ambiguity or (B) to
correct any provisions in this Agreement or any such Subsequent
Transfer Agreement; provided, however, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee, adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by
CFC and CFSC, with the prior written consent of the Trustee and the
Holders of Certificates representing, in the aggregate, 66 2/3% or more
of the Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance, for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of this Agreement, or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such
amendment shall (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Loans
or, distributions that are required to be made on any Certificate or
(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent
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to any such amendment or any waiver hereunder, without the consent of
the Holders of all Certificates then outstanding.
(c) This Agreement shall not be amended under this Section
without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the Class C
Certificateholder if such amendment would result in the
disqualification of the Trust as a REMIC under the Code.
(d) Concurrently with the solicitation of any consent pursuant
to this Section 6.4, CFSC shall furnish written notification to S&P,
Xxxxx'x and Xxxx & Xxxxxx. Promptly after the execution of any
amendment or consent pursuant to this Section 6.4, CFSC shall furnish
written notification of the substance of such amendment to S&P, Xxxxx'x
and Duff & Xxxxxx, each Certificateholder and the Class P and Class C
Certificateholder.
(e) It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders pursuant to this Section 6.4 to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization
of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such
reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe, including the
establishment of record dates. The consent of any Holder of a
Certificate given pursuant to this Section or pursuant to any other
provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on such
Holder and on all future Holders of such Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange thereof or
in lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon
the Certificate.
SECTION 6.5. Notices. All demands, notices and communications to CFC or
CFSC hereunder shall be in writing, personally delivered, or sent by telecopier
(subsequently confirmed in writing), reputable overnight courier or mailed by
certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been given
upon receipt (a) in the case of CFC, to Conseco Finance Corp., 1100 Landmark
Towers, 000 Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Chief
Financial Officer, or such other address as shall be designated by CFC in a
written notice delivered to the other party or to the Trustee or (b) in case of
CFSC, to Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp., 300 Landmark Towers, 000 Xx.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Chief Financial
Officer.
SECTION 6.6. Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated
otherwise herein, this Agreement and the Related Documents set forth the entire
understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all
prior understandings, written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement and the
Related Documents. This Agreement may not be modified, amended, waived or
supplemented except as provided herein.
SECTION 6.7. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason
whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, provisions or terms shall be
deemed severable from the remaining covenants,
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provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.8. Intention of the Parties. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement and of each Subsequent Transfer Agreement shall constitute an
acknowledgment by CFC and CFSC that they intend that each assignment and
transfer herein and therein contemplated constitute a sale and assignment
outright, and not for security, of the Initial and Additional Loans and the
Initial Other Conveyed Property and the Subsequent Loans and Subsequent Other
Conveyed Property, as the case may be, conveying good title thereto free and
clear of any liens, from CFC to CFSC, and that the Initial and Additional Loans
and the Initial Other Conveyed Property and the Subsequent Loans and Subsequent
Other Conveyed Property shall not be a part of CFC's estate in the event of the
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding,
or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, or the
occurrence of another similar event, of, or with respect to, CFC. In the event
that such conveyance is determined to be made as security for a loan made by
CFSC, the Trust or the Certificateholders to CFC, the parties intend that CFC
shall have granted to CFSC a security interest in all of CFC's right, title and
interest in and to the Initial and Additional Loans and the Initial Other
Conveyed Property and the Subsequent Loans and Subsequent Other Conveyed
Property, as the case may be, conveyed pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof or
pursuant to any Subsequent Transfer Agreement, and that this Agreement and each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under
applicable law.
SECTION 6.9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to the
principles of conflicts of laws thereof, and the obligations, rights and
remedies of the parties under this Agreement shall be determined in accordance
with such laws.
SECTION 6.10. Counterparts. For the purpose of facilitating the
execution of this Agreement and for other purposes, this Agreement may be
executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts
shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 6.11. Conveyance of the Initial and Additional Loans and the
Initial Other Conveyed Property to the Trust. CFC acknowledges that CFSC
intends, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to convey the Initial
and Additional Loans and the Initial Other Conveyed Property, together with its
rights under this Agreement, to the Trust on the date hereof. CFC acknowledges
and consents to such conveyance and waives any further notice thereof and
covenants and agrees that the representations and warranties of CFC contained in
this Agreement and the rights of CFSC hereunder are intended to benefit the
Trustee, the Trust, and the Certificateholders. In furtherance of the foregoing,
CFC covenants and agrees to perform its duties and obligations hereunder, in
accordance with the terms hereof for the benefit of the Trustee, the Trust, and
the Certificateholders and that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, CFC shall be directly liable to the Trustee and the Trust
(notwithstanding any
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failure by the Servicer or CFSC to perform its duties and obligations hereunder
or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and that the Trustee may enforce
the duties and obligations of CFC under this Agreement against CFC for the
benefit of the Trust and the Certificateholders.
SECTION 6.12. Nonpetition Covenant. Neither CFSC nor CFC shall petition
or otherwise invoke the process of any court or government authority for the
purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Trust (or, in the case of
CFC, against CFSC) under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Trust (or CFSC) or any substantial
part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs
of the Trust (or CFSC).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Transfer Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective officers this 27th day of March, 2000.
CONSECO FINANCE SECURITIZATIONS CORP.,
as Purchaser
By /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CONSECO FINANCE CORP., as Seller
By /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL LOANS
[Included as Exhibit L to Pooling and Servicing Agreement]
A-1
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT
between
CONSECO FINANCE SECURITIZATIONS CORP.
Purchaser
and
CONSECO FINANCE CORP.
Seller
dated as of
________, 2000
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated as of ________, 2000, between
Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp., a Minnesota corporation, as purchaser
("CFSC"), and Conseco Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, as seller ("CFC"),
pursuant to the Transfer Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2000, between CFSC and
CFC.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, CFC and CFSC are parties to a Transfer Agreement, dated as of
March 1, 2000 (as amended or supplemented, the "Transfer Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Transfer Agreement and this Agreement, CFSC
has agreed to purchase from CFC and CFC is transferring to CFSC the Subsequent
Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt of which is acknowledged, CFSC and CFC, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Transfer
Agreement.
"Agreement" means this Subsequent Transfer Agreement and all amendments
hereof and all supplements hereto.
"Schedule of Subsequent Loans" means the schedule of all home equity
loans sold and transferred pursuant to this Agreement attached hereto as
Schedule A, which Schedule of Subsequent Loans shall supplement the Schedule of
Initial and Additional Loans attached to the Transfer Agreement.
"Subsequent Cutoff Date" shall mean, with respect to the Subsequent
Loans conveyed hereby, _________, 2000.
"Subsequent Other Conveyed Property" means, for the purposes of this
Agreement, all monies at any time paid or payable on the Subsequent Loans
conveyed hereby or in respect thereof after the Subsequent Cut-off Date
(including amounts due on or before the Subsequent Cut-off Date but received by
CFC after the Subsequent Cut-off Date), an assignment of security interests in
the related real estate and any and all other documents or electronic records
that CFC keeps on file in accordance with its customary procedures relating to
the Subsequent Loans, the Obligors or the related real estate, property
(including the right to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that secures a
Subsequent Loan and that has been acquired by or on behalf of the Trust pursuant
to liquidation of such Subsequent Loan, and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Ex. A-1
"Subsequent Loans" means, for purposes of this Agreement, the Loans
listed in the Schedule of Subsequent Loans.
2. Conveyance of the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed
Property. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Transfer
Agreement, CFC hereby sells, transfers, assigns, and otherwise conveys to CFSC
without recourse (but without limitation of its obligations in this Agreement
and the Transfer Agreement), and CFSC hereby purchases, all right, title and
interest of CFC in and to the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed
Property. It is the intention of CFC and CFSC that the transfer and assignment
contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Subsequent Loans
and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property from CFC to CFSC, conveying good
title thereto free and clear of any Liens, and the Subsequent Loans and the
Subsequent Other Conveyed Property shall not be part of CFC's estate in the
event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against CFC under any
bankruptcy or similar law.
3. Purchase Price. Simultaneously with the conveyance of the Subsequent
Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property to CFSC, CFSC has paid or
caused to be paid to or upon the order of CFC, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds (representing certain proceeds to CFSC from the sale of the
Certificates on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account), the amount of funds as
specified below:
(i) Principal Balance of Subsequent Loans: $_______
(ii) Proceeds to CFC: $_______
4. Representations and Warranties of CFC. CFC makes the following
representations and warranties, on which CFSC relies in purchasing the
Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property and in transferring
the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property to the Trust
under the Subsequent Transfer Agreement. Such representations are made as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the sale, transfer
and assignment of the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed
Property hereunder, and the sale, transfer and assignment thereof by CFSC to the
Trust under the Subsequent Transfer Agreement. CFC and CFSC agree that CFSC will
assign to the Trust all of CFSC's rights under the Agreement, and that the Trust
will thereafter be entitled to enforce this Agreement against CFC in the Trust's
own name.
(a) Schedule of Representations. The representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 3.02, 3.03 and 3.04 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement are true and correct.
(b) Organization and Good Standing. CFC has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to
own its properties and to conduct its business as such
Ex. A-2
properties are currently owned and such business is currently
conducted, and had at all relevant times, and now has, power, authority
and legal right to acquire, own and sell the Subsequent Loans and the
Subsequent Other Conveyed Property transferred to CFSC.
(c) Due Qualification. CFC is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or
lease of its property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification.
(d) Power and Authority. CFC has the power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the Subsequent Transfer
Agreement and to carry out its terms and their terms, respectively; CFC
has full power and authority to sell and assign the Subsequent Loans
and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property to be sold and assigned to
and deposited with CFSC hereunder and has duly authorized such sale and
assignment to CFSC by all necessary corporate action; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Subsequent Transfer Agreement have been duly authorized by CFC by all
necessary corporate action.
(e) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement and the
Subsequent Transfer Agreement have been duly executed and delivered,
shall effect a valid sale, transfer and assignment of the Subsequent
Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property, enforceable against
CFC and creditors of and purchasers from CFC; and this Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of CFC enforceable
in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law.
(f) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Subsequent Transfer Agreement
and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the Subsequent
Transfer Agreement shall not conflict with, result in any breach of any
of the terms and provisions of or constitute (with or without notice,
lapse of time or both) a default under, the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws of CFC, or any indenture, agreement, mortgage,
deed of trust or other instrument to which CFC is a party or by which
it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon
any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture,
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, other than this
Agreement and the Subsequent Transfer Agreement, or violate any law,
order, rule or regulation applicable to CFC of any court or of any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over CFC or any of its
properties.
Ex. A-3
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to CFC's knowledge, threatened against CFC, before any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over CFC or its
properties (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the
Subsequent Transfer Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the Subsequent Transfer Agreement, (iii) seeking any determination
or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by
CFC of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of,
this Agreement or the Subsequent Transfer Agreement, or (iv) seeking to
affect adversely the federal income tax or other federal, state or
local tax attributes of, or seeking to impose any excise, franchise,
transfer or similar tax upon, the transfer and acquisition of the
Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property hereunder
or under the Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
(h) Insolvency. As of the Subsequent Cut-off Date and the
Subsequent Transfer Date, neither CFC nor CFSC is insolvent nor will
either of them have been made insolvent after giving effect to the
conveyance set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, nor are any of
them aware of any pending insolvency.
(i) Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of CFC
is located at 1100 Landmark Towers, 000 Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000.
(j) Licensing. CFC is duly licensed in each state in which
Loans were originated to the extent CFC is required to be licensed by
applicable law in connection with the origination and servicing of the
Loans.
5. Representations and Warranties of CFSC. CFSC makes the following
representations and warranties, on which CFC relies in selling, assigning,
transferring and conveying the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other
Conveyed Property to CFSC hereunder. Such representations are made as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the sale, transfer
and assignment of the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed
Property hereunder and the sale, transfer and assignment thereof by CFSC to the
Trust under the Subsequent Transfer Instrument.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. CFSC has been duly
organized and is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation
under the laws of the State of Minnesota, with the power and authority
to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties
are currently owned and such business is currently conducted, and had
at all relevant times, and has, full power, authority and legal right
to acquire and own the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other
Conveyed Property, and to transfer the Subsequent Loans and the
Subsequent Other Conveyed Property to the Trust pursuant to the
Subsequent Transfer Instrument.
Ex. A-4
(b) Due Qualification. CFSC is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions where the failure
to do so would materially and adversely affect CFSC's ability to
acquire the Subsequent Loans or the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property
or the validity or enforceability of the Subsequent Loans and the
Subsequent Other Conveyed Property or to perform CFSC's obligations
hereunder and under the Subsequent Transfer Instrument.
(c) Power and Authority. CFSC has the power, authority and
legal right to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out the
terms hereof and to acquire the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent
Other Conveyed Property hereunder; and the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and all of the documents required
pursuant hereto have been duly authorized by CFSC by all necessary
action.
(d) No Consent Required. CFSC is not required to obtain the
consent of any other Person, or any consent, license, approval or
authorization or registration or declaration with, any governmental
authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery
or performance of this Agreement and the Subsequent Transfer Agreement,
except for such as have been obtained, effected or made.
(e) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of CFSC, enforceable against CFSC in
accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership,
liquidation and other similar laws and to general equitable principles.
(f) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by
CFSC of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Subsequent Transfer Instrument
and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the Subsequent
Transfer Instrument do not and will not conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of CFSC, or conflict with or breach any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time) a default under, any indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of
trust or other instrument to which CFSC is a party or by which CFSC is
bound or to which any of its properties are subject, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien upon any of its properties pursuant
to the terms of any such indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust
or other instrument (other than the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
the Subsequent Transfer Instrument), or violate any law, order, rule or
regulation, applicable to CFSC or its properties, of any federal or
state regulatory body, any court, administrative agency, or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over CFSC or any of
its properties.
Ex. A-5
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending, or, to the knowledge of CFSC, threatened against CFSC, before
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other tribunal or
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over CFSC or its
properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the
Subsequent Transfer Instrument, (ii) seeking to prevent the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the Subsequent Transfer Instrument, (iii) seeking any determination
or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by
CFSC of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of,
this Agreement or the Subsequent Transfer Instrument, or (iv) that may
adversely affect the federal or state income tax attributes of, or
seeking to impose any excise, franchise, transfer or similar tax upon,
the transfer and acquisition of the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent
Other Conveyed Property hereunder or the transfer of the Subsequent
Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property to the Trust pursuant
to the Subsequent Transfer Instrument.
In the event of any breach of a representation and warranty made by CFSC
hereunder, CFC covenants and agrees that it will not take any action to pursue
any remedy that it may have hereunder, in law, in equity or otherwise, until a
year and a day have passed since the date on which all pass-through certificates
or other similar securities issued by the Trust, or a trust or similar vehicle
formed by CFSC, have been paid in full. CFC and CFSC agree that damages will not
be an adequate remedy for such breach and that this covenant may be specifically
enforced by CFSC or by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust.
6. Conditions Precedent. The obligation of CFSC to acquire the
Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed Property hereunder is subject
to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, of the
following conditions precedent, and CFC hereby confirms that such conditions
precedent are satisfied;
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the
representations and warranties made by the CFC in Section 4 of this
Agreement and in Section 3.1 of the Transfer Agreement shall be true
and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Subsequent
Transfer Date.
(b) Transfer Agreement Conditions. Each of the conditions set
forth in Section 2.3(b) of the Transfer Agreement applicable to the
conveyance of Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other Conveyed
Property shall have been satisfied.
(c) Additional Information. CFC has have delivered to CFSC
such information as was reasonably requested by CFSC to satisfy itself
as to (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth
in Section 4 of this Agreement and in Section 3.1 of the Transfer
Agreement and (ii) the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this
Section 6.
Ex. A-6
7. Ratification of Transfer Agreement. As supplemented by this
Agreement, the Transfer Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and
the Transfer Agreement as so supplemented by this Agreement shall be read, taken
and construed as one and the same instrument.
8. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to the principles of conflicts
of laws thereof, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties under
this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
9. Counterparts. For the purposes of facilitating the execution of this
Agreement and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously
in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be
an original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
10. Conveyance of the Subsequent Loans and the Subsequent Other
Conveyed Property to the Trust. CFC acknowledges that CFSC intends, pursuant to
a Subsequent Transfer Instrument, to convey the Subsequent Loans and the
Subsequent Other Conveyed Property, together with its rights under this
Agreement and under the Transfer Agreement, to the Trust on the date hereof. CFC
acknowledges and consents to such conveyance and waives any further notice
thereof and covenants and agrees that the representations and warranties of CFC
contained in this Agreement and the rights of CFSC hereunder and thereunder are
intended to benefit the Trustee, the Trust and the Certificateholders. In
furtherance of the foregoing, CFC covenants and agrees to perform its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the Transfer Agreement, in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof for the benefit of the Trustee, the Trust and the
Certificateholders and that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or in the Transfer Agreement, CFC shall be directly liable to the
Trustee and the Trust (notwithstanding any failure by CFSC to perform its duties
and obligations hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
Subsequent Transfer Agreement) and that the Trustee may enforce the duties and
obligations of CFC under this Agreement and the Transfer Agreement against CFC
for the benefit of the Trust and the Certificateholders.
Ex. A-7
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
CONSECO FINANCE SECURITIZATIONS CORP.,
as Purchaser
By _______________________________
[Name]
[Title]
CONSECO FINANCE CORP., as Seller
By _______________________________
[Name]
[Title]
Ex. A-8
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
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In accordance with the Transfer Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as of
March 1, 2000, between the undersigned and Conseco Finance Securitizations
Corp., the undersigned does hereby transfer, convey and assign, set over and
otherwise convey, without recourse, to Conseco Finance Home Equity Loan Trust
2000-B, created by the Agreement, to be held in trust as provided in the
Agreement, (i) all right, title and interest in the home equity loans identified
in the List of Loans attached to the Agreement (including, without limitation,
all related mortgages, deeds of trust and security deeds and any and all rights
to receive payments on or with respect to the Loans due after the applicable
Cut-off Date), (ii) all rights under any hazard, flood or other individual
insurance policy on the real estate securing a Loan for the benefit of the
creditor of such Initial Loan, (iii) all rights Conseco Finance Corp. may have
against the originating lender with respect to Initial and Additional Loans
originated by a lender other than Conseco Finance Corp., (iv) all rights of the
Seller under the Transfer Agreement, (v) all rights under the Errors and
Omissions Protection Policy and the Fidelity Bond as such policy and bond relate
to the Initial and Additional Loans, (vi) all rights under any title insurance
policies, if applicable, on any of the properties securing Initial and
Additional Loans, (vii) all documents contained in the Loan Files relating to
the Initial and Additional Loans, (viii) amounts in the Certificate Account, the
Capitalized Interest Account and the Pre-Funding Account (including all proceeds
of investments of the funds in Certificate Account) and (ix) all proceeds and
products of the foregoing.
This Assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations and
warranties on the part of the undersigned contained in Article III of the
Agreement and no others. All undefined capitalized terms used in this Assignment
have the meanings given them in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assignment to be
duly executed this ________ day of ______________, 2000.
CONSECO FINANCE CORP.
[Seal] By:
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[Name]
[Title]
Ex. B-1
