PURCHASE AGREEMENT between UPFC AUTO RECEIVABLES CORP., as Transferor and ACE SECURITIES CORP., as Purchaser Dated August 31, 2004
EXHIBIT 10.117
between
UPFC AUTO RECEIVABLES CORP.,
as Transferor
and
ACE SECURITIES CORP.,
as Purchaser
Dated August 31, 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.1. |
DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.2. |
OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS |
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF RECEIVABLES |
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SECTION 2.1. |
PURCHASE AND SALE OF RECEIVABLES |
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SECTION 2.2. |
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE PRICE |
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SECTION 2.3. |
TRANSFEROR’S REPURCHASE RIGHT |
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SECTION 2.4. |
EXPENSES |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 3.1. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER |
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SECTION 3.2. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF TRANSFEROR |
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SECTION 3.3. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AS TO EACH RECEIVABLE |
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SECTION 3.4. |
REPURCHASE UPON BREACH |
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SECTION 3.5. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO REVISED ARTICLE 9 | 13 | ||
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS |
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SECTION 4.1. |
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION OF THE PURCHASER |
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SECTION 4.2. |
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION OF THE TRANSFEROR |
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SECTION 4.3. |
TERMINATION OF OBLIGATIONS |
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF TRANSFEROR |
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SECTION 5.1. |
PROTECTION OF TITLE TO TRANSFEROR ASSETS |
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SECTION 5.2. |
OTHER LIENS OR INTERESTS |
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SECTION 5.3. |
INDEMNIFICATION |
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SECTION 5.4. |
NONPETITION COVENANT |
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ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION |
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SECTION 6.1. |
INDEMNIFICATION |
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SECTION 6.2. |
CONTRIBUTION |
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 7.1. |
OBLIGATIONS OF TRANSFEROR |
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SECTION 7.2. |
TRANSFEROR’S ASSIGNMENT OF PURCHASED RECEIVABLES |
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SECTION 7.3. |
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER TO ISSUER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 7.4. |
AMENDMENT |
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SECTION 7.5. |
WAIVERS |
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SECTION 7.6. |
NOTICES |
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SECTION 7.7. |
COSTS AND EXPENSES |
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SECTION 7.8. |
REPRESENTATIONS TO TRANSFEROR |
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SECTION 7.9. |
GOVERNING LAW |
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SECTION 7.10. |
COUNTERPARTS |
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SECTION 7.11. |
THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES |
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THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, this “Agreement”) is made as of this 31st day of August, 2004, by and between UPFC AUTO RECEIVABLES CORP., a California corporation (the “Transferor”), and ACE SECURITIES CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”).
WHEREAS, Purchaser desires to purchase from Transferor such portfolio of Loans; and
WHEREAS, Transferor is willing to sell such portfolio of Loans to Purchaser.
ARTICLE I
“PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT” means the prospectus supplement dated September, 2004, relating to the Notes.
“REGISTRATION STATEMENT” means the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-110039) filed by the Seller with the Commission on October 28, 2003 pursuant to the Securities Act.
“UNDERWRITERS’ INFORMATION” means the information set forth in the table following the second paragraph of text and the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh paragraphs of text under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF RECEIVABLES
(a) all right, title and interest of Transferor in and to the Receivables, and all monies received thereon after the Cutoff Date;
(b) all right, title and interest of Transferor in the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of Transferor in the Financed Vehicles and any other property that shall secure the Receivables;
(c) the interest of Transferor in any proceeds with respect to the Receivables from claims on any Insurance Policies covering Financed Vehicles or the Obligors or from claims under any lender’s single interest insurance policy naming Transferor as an insured;
(d) the interest of Transferor in any proceeds from (i) any Receivable repurchased by a Dealer pursuant to a Dealer Agreement as a result of a breach of representation or warranty in the related Dealer Agreement, (ii) a default by an Obligor resulting in the repossession of the
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Financed Vehicle under the applicable Receivable or (iii) any Dealer Recourse or other rights relating to the Receivables under Dealer Agreements;
(e) all right, title and interest of Transferor in any instrument or document relating to the Receivables;
(f) all rights but not the obligations of Transferor under the Sale Agreement; and
(g) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
The sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance made hereunder shall not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by Purchaser of any obligation of Transferor to the Obligors, the Dealers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables and the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
It is the express intention of Transferor and Purchaser that (a) the assignment and transfer herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Receivables and the other Transferor Assets described above, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, security interests or rights of other Persons from Transferor to Purchaser and (b) the Receivables and the other Transferor Assets described above not be a part of Transferor’s estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of Transferor. If, notwithstanding the intention of Transferor and Purchaser, such conveyance is deemed to be a pledge in connection with a financing or is otherwise deemed not to be a sale, Transferor hereby grants, and the parties intend that Transferor shall have granted to the Purchaser, a first priority perfected security interest in all of Transferor’s right, title and interest in the items of the Transferor Assets and all proceeds of the foregoing, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law and the Purchaser shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party and creditor under the UCC as in force in the relevant jurisdictions. Notwithstanding the foregoing the Transferor intends on treating the sale of the Transferor Assets to the Purchaser as a financing for accounting purposes.
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month; provided, however, that the Receivables repurchased pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not include any Receivables repurchased pursuant to Section 3.4.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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(a) Organization and Good Standing. Transferor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of California and has the power and authority to execute and legal right to own its properties and conduct its motor vehicle retail installment sale contract business as such properties are at present owned and such business is at present conducted and had at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal right to acquire, own and sell the Transferor Assets pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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or bylaws of Transferor, (ii) any material indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument or agreement to which Transferor is a party or by which Transferor is bound, or (iii) any law, order, rule or regulation applicable to Transferor of any federal or state regulatory body, any court, administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over Transferor.
(j) Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of Transferor is 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.
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thereof to Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Such representations and warranties are made as of the Closing Date, unless otherwise noted below.
(c) Past Due. At the Cutoff Date, no Receivable was more than 30 days past due.
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amended or collections with respect to which waived, other than as evidenced in the Receivable File related thereto.
(f) No Fraud or Misrepresentation. Each Receivable was originated by the Dealer and sold by the Dealer to UACC without any fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such Dealer.
(h) Origination. Each Receivable was originated in the United States.
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(k) Obligor Bankruptcy. No Obligor is identified on the records of the Transferor or UACC as being the subject of a current bankruptcy proceeding.
(n) Adverse Selection. No selection procedures believed by the Transferor to be adverse to the Purchaser or the Noteholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables from those receivables owned by UACC or Transferor eligible for transfer to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
(p) Chattel Paper. Each Receivable constitutes “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of the relevant UCC.
(q) One Original. There is only one original executed copy of each Receivable.
(s) Receivables in Force. As of the Cutoff Date, no Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, and the Financed Vehicle securing each such Receivable has not been released from the lien of the related Receivable in whole or in part; no provisions of any Receivable have been waived, altered or modified in any respect since its origination, except by instruments or documents identified in the Receivable File; and no Receivable has been modified as a result of application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
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(x) All Filings Made. All filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) required to be made by any Person and actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any jurisdiction to give the Purchaser a first priority perfected lien on, or ownership interest in, the Receivables and the proceeds thereof have been made, taken or performed.
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(aa) No Defenses. No Receivable is subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense and no such right has been asserted or threatened with respect to any Receivable.
(dd) Paid Ahead. As of the Cutoff Date, any amounts paid ahead on the Receivables have been applied to the unpaid principal balance of the Receivables, as reflected in the Schedule of Receivables.
(ff) Underwriting Guidelines. Each Receivable has been originated in accordance with UACC’s underwriting guidelines.
(gg) Bulk Transfer Laws. The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Receivables and the related Receivable Files from the Transferor to the Purchaser are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
(hh) Geographic. No Receivable was originated by a Dealer located in Mississippi or Maine.
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(a) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Purchaser, which security interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Transferor.
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(b) UACC has taken all steps necessary to perfect its security interest against each related Obligor in the Financed Vehicles securing the Receivables.
(c) The Receivables constitute “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
(d) The Transferor owns and has good and marketable title to the Receivables free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.
(e) All original executed copies of each agreement that constitutes or evidences the Receivables have been delivered to the Custodian.
(f) Other than the security interest granted to the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the Transferor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The Transferor has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Transferor that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Purchaser hereunder or that has been terminated. The Transferor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Transferor.
(g) None of the agreements that constitute or evidence the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that it has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Purchaser.
Such representations and warranties shall speak as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Receivables to Purchaser under this Agreement, the transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the pledge thereof to Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. These representations and warranties are not waivable.
ARTICLE IV
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each of the Transferor and the Servicer shall have performed all obligations to be performed by it hereunder and under the other Basic Documents on or before the Closing Date.
(i) the Schedule of Receivables;
(ii) an Officer’s Certificate of each of the Transferor and Servicer, each in a form satisfactory to Purchaser;
(iii) opinions of counsel for the Transferor and the Servicer addressed to the Purchaser, in a form satisfactory to Purchaser;
(iv) copies of resolutions of the board of directors of each of the Transferor and the Servicer approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Basic Documents to which each of the Transferor and the Servicer is a party, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary;
(v) copies of the organizational documents of each of the Transferor and the Servicer, together with all amendments, revisions and supplements thereto, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization as of a recent date, to the effect that the Transferor or the Servicer, as applicable, has been duly organized, is in good standing and has a legal corporate existence;
(vi) UCC search reports from the appropriate offices in California as to UACC and the Transferor;
(vii) a letter from KPMG LLP [and a letter from Deloitte & Touche] as to certain financial and statistical information in the Prospectus Supplement, which letter shall be acceptable in form and substance to the Purchaser;
(viii) UACC and the Transferor shall record and file, at its own expense, on or prior to the Closing Date, a financing statement in each jurisdiction in which such filing is required by applicable law, with UACC, as debtor, and naming the Transferor as
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purchaser or secured party and the Indenture Trustee as assignee, and with the Transferor, as Seller or debtor, and naming the Purchaser as purchaser or secured party, and the Indenture Trustee, as assignee, naming the Receivables and the related property described in Section 2.01 (a) as collateral, meeting the requirements of the laws of each such jurisdiction and in such manner as is necessary to perfect the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Receivables to the Transferor or Purchaser, as applicable; and UACC and the Transferor shall deliver a file-stamped copy, or other evidence satisfactory to the Purchaser of such filings, to the Purchaser on the Closing Date;
(ix) such other documents, certificates and opinions as may be requested by the Purchaser or its counsel.
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shall have been the entry of a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Transferor, or for the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Transferor; (iii) there shall have been the consent by the Transferor to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Transferor or of or relating to substantially all of the Mortgaged Property of the Transferor; (iv) any purchase and assumption agreement with respect to the Transferor or substantially all of the assets and Transferor Assets of the Transferor shall have been entered into; or (v) a Termination Event shall have occurred. The termination of the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder shall not terminate the Purchaser’s rights hereunder or its right to exercise any remedy available to it at law or in equity. A “Termination Event” means the existence of any one or more of the following conditions:
(a) a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued or a proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission;
(b) subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall have occurred an adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, in the earnings, affairs, regulatory situation or business prospects of the Transferor reasonably determined by the Purchaser to be material;
(c) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Transferor or any of its Affiliates, if any, by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any such debt securities (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) shall have occurred; or
(d) subsequent to the date of this Agreement there shall have occurred any of the following: (i) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Transferor on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market or a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities substantially similar to the Notes; (ii) a material disruption has occurred in securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York declared by either Federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) the engagement by the United States in hostilities, or the escalation of such hostilities, or any calamity or crisis, if the effect of any such event specified in this clause (iv) in the judgment of the Purchaser makes it
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impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus Supplement.
ARTICLE V
SECTION 5.1. PROTECTION OF TITLE TO TRANSFEROR ASSETS. Transferor covenants and agrees with Purchaser as follows:
(a) Transferor shall authorize and file such UCC financing statements and cause to be authorized and filed such UCC continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of Purchaser, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof. Transferor shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to Purchaser file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing. In the event that Transferor fails to perform its obligations under this subsection, Purchaser, Issuer or the Trust Collateral Agent may do so, at the expense of such Transferor. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Transferor hereby authorizes the Purchaser, the Issuer or the Trust Collateral Agent to file a record or records (as defined in the applicable UCC), including, without limitation, financing statements, in all jurisdictions and with all filing offices as each may determine, in its sole discretion, are necessary or advisable to perfect the security interest granted to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement. Such financing statements may describe the collateral in the same manner as described herein or may contain an indication or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as such party may determine, in its sole discretion, is necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the collateral granted to the Purchaser herein.
(b) Transferor shall not change its name, identity or corporate structure or jurisdiction of organization in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of the UCC, unless it shall have given Purchaser, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee at least 60 days’ prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.
(c) Transferor shall give Purchaser, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee at least 60 days’ prior written notice of any relocation of its principal executive office or change in its jurisdiction or organization, if, as a result of such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing statement and shall promptly file any such amendment or new financing statement.
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(d) Transferor shall maintain its computer systems relating to installment loan recordkeeping so that, from and after the time of sale under this Agreement of its Receivables, Transferor’s master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of Purchaser, Issuer and Indenture Trustee in such Receivable and that such Receivable has been sold to Purchaser and by Purchaser to Issuer and is owned by Issuer and has been pledged to Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Indication of Purchaser’s, Issuer’s and Indenture Trustee’s interest in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on Seller’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full, repurchased by Transferor, purchased by Servicer or sold pursuant to Section 4.3(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(e) If at any time Transferor shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, Transferor shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold to Purchaser and then sold by Purchaser to Issuer and pledged to Indenture Trustee.
(f) Transferor shall, upon receipt of reasonable prior notice, permit Purchaser, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee and their respective agents at any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from Transferor’s records regarding any Receivable.
(g) Upon request at any time Purchaser, Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee shall have reasonable grounds to believe that such request is necessary in connection with the performance of its duties under this Agreement, Transferor shall furnish to Purchaser, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee, within thirty (30) Business Days, a list of all Receivables (by contract number and name of Obligor) conveyed to Purchaser hereunder and then owned by Issuer, and pledged to Indenture Trustee, together with a reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Receivables and to each of Servicer’s Reports furnished before such request indicating removal of Receivables from Issuer.
(h) Transferor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee:
(1) promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment hereto, an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the
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interest of Purchaser in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest; and
(2) within 120 days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than four months after the Cutoff Date and until there are no Outstanding Notes, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 120-day period, either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of Purchaser in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (1) or (2) above shall specify any action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the following year to preserve and protect such interest.
(a) Transferor shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser, the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Custodian, the Owner Trustee, the Insurer, the Noteholders and the Certificateholder from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims, and liabilities, arising out of or resulting from any breach of any of Transferor’s representations and warranties contained herein.
(b) Transferor shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser, the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Custodian, the Owner Trustee, the Insurer, the Noteholders and the Certificateholder from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities arising out of or resulting from any action taken, or failed to be taken, by it in respect of any portion of the Receivables other than in accordance with this Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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(c) Transferor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser, the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Custodian, the Owner Trustee, the Insurer, the Noteholders and the Certificateholder from and against any loss, liability or expense imposed upon, or incurred by, Purchaser, the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Custodian, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholder as result of the failure of any Receivable, or the sale of the related Financed Vehicle, to comply with all requirements of applicable law.
Indemnification under this Section 5.3 shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation and shall survive payment of the Notes and the Certificate. The indemnity obligations hereunder shall be in addition to any obligation that Transferor may otherwise have.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
(a) Each of the Transferor and UACC agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, each of its directors, each of its officers and each person, if any, who controls the Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively referred to for the purposes of this Section 6.1 and 6.2 as the “Purchaser”) against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, to which the Purchaser may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus Supplement or the Base Prospectus (in the case of the Base Prospectus, to the extent it describes or purports to describe the Basic Documents) or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and
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shall reimburse the Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Purchaser directly in connection with investigating or preparing to defend or defending against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage or liability (or any action in respect thereof) as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither UACC nor the Transferor shall be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter’s Information or the information set forth under the captions “The Policy” or “The Insurer” (or incorporated therein); provided, further, that such indemnity with respect to any preliminary prospectus supplement or any amendment or supplement thereto shall not inure to the benefit of the Purchaser from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the Notes which are the subject thereof (or to the benefit of any person controlling the Purchaser) if at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Notes a copy of the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented) was not sent or delivered to such person and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in such preliminary prospectus supplement was corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented) provided that UACC furnished such Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) to the Purchaser reasonably prior to the delivery of such confirmation.
(b) The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless each of UACC and the Transferor, each of its directors, each person, if any, who controls UACC or the Transferor, as applicable, within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, to which they may become subject, under the Securities Act (collectively referred to solely for the purposes of this Section 6.1 and 6.2 as “UACC” or the “Transferor,” as applicable) or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus supplement or the Prospectus Supplement or in any amendment or supplement thereto but only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement was made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter’s Information, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, but only to the extent that the omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter’s Information, (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Base Prospectus (in the case of the Base Prospectus, to the extent it does not describe or purport to describe the Basic Documents) or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iv) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Base Prospectus (in the case of the Base Prospectus, to the extent not describing the Basic Documents) a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6.1 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6.1, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 6.1. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 6.1 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, an indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel for the indemnified party will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (1) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of counsel to the indemnified party) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based upon advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. Each indemnified party, as a condition of the indemnity agreements contained in Sections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b), shall use all reasonable efforts to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the defense of any such action or claim. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent, but if settled with its written consent or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a
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party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
Each of UACC and the Transferor and the Purchaser agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 6.2 were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Purchaser were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability referred to above in this Section 6.2 shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations on the fees and expenses of separate counsel set forth in Section 6.1, for purposes of this Section 6.2, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such claim or any action in respect thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6.2, the Purchaser shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Notes underwritten by the Underwriters and distributed to the public were offered to the public less the amount of any damages which the Purchaser has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
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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.
ARTICLE VII
SECTION 7.3. SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER TO ISSUER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE. Transferor acknowledges that:
(a) Purchaser will, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, sell the Receivables to Issuer and assign its rights under this Agreement to the Issuer for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, and that the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the rights of Purchaser under Section 3.4 hereof are intended to benefit Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders. Transferor hereby consents to such sale and assignment.
(b) Issuer will, pursuant to the Indenture, pledge the Receivables and its rights under this Agreement to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, and that the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the rights of Purchaser under this Agreement, including under Section 3.4 are intended to benefit the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders. Transferor hereby consents to such pledge.
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Agency Condition, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by Transferor and Purchaser, with the consent of the Servicer, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee, the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement; provided 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 Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Certificate Balance, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the outstanding Notes and the Holders of all the outstanding Certificates of each class affected thereby.
(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, Purchaser shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee. Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, Purchaser shall furnish written notification the substance of such amendment or consent to each Noteholder, Certificateholder, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders or Noteholders pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
(e) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, Purchaser, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely conclusively upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 5.1(h)(1) has been delivered. Purchaser, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects Purchaser’s, Owner Trustee’s or Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
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SECTION 7.9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
It is acknowledged and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement may be enforced by or on behalf of such Persons to the same extent as if it were a party hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby have caused this Purchase Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date and year first above written.
UPFC AUTO RECEIVABLES CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||
ACE SECURITIES CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President |
Acknowledged and agreed with respect to Article VI of the Purchase Agreement: | ||
UNITED AUTO CREDIT CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Executive Vice President |
EXHIBIT A
United Auto Receivables Corp.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Tel: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
ACE Securities Corp.
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Attn:
Tel:
Fax: