SALE AGREEMENT MASTER SECURITIZATION TERMS NUMBER 1000 between VG FUNDING, LLC,
Exhibit 99.2
SALE AGREEMENT MASTER SECURITIZATION TERMS NUMBER 1000
between
VG FUNDING, LLC,
as Seller
and
SLM EDUCATION CREDIT FUNDING LLC,
as Purchaser
Dated as of April 28, 2005
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SALE AGREEMENT MASTER SECURITIZATION TERMS NUMBER 1000
These Sale Agreement Master Securitization Terms Number 1000 (“Master Sale Terms”), dated as of April 28, 2005, between VG Funding, LLC, in its capacity as seller (in such capacity, the “Seller”), and SLM Education Credit Funding LLC, as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), shall be effective upon execution by the parties hereto.
WHEREAS, the Seller is the owner of certain Student Loans;
WHEREAS, the Seller may desire to sell its interest in such loans from time to time and the Purchaser may desire to purchase such Loans from the Seller; and
WHEREAS, from time to time, the Seller may substitute Loans in accordance with these Master Sale Terms.
NOW, THEREFORE, in connection with the mutual promises contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
TERMS
SECTION 1.01. Terms. These Master Sale Terms establish the terms under which the Seller may sell and the Purchaser may purchase the Loans (and all obligations of the Borrowers thereunder) specified on each Sale Agreement (each, a “Sale Agreement”) as the parties may execute from time to time pursuant to these Master Sale Terms. Each such Sale Agreement shall be substantially in the form of Attachment A hereto, incorporating by reference the terms of these Master Sale Terms, and shall be a separate agreement between the Seller and the Purchaser with respect to the Loans covered by the terms of such Sale Agreement for all purposes. If the terms of a Sale Agreement conflict with the terms of these Master Sale Terms, the terms of such Sale Agreement shall supersede and govern.
ARTICLE II.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 2.01. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the definitions set forth in Appendix A to the Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2005, between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
For purposes hereof:
(a) “Xxxx of Sale” means that document executed by an authorized officer of the Seller which shall set forth the Loans offered by the Seller and accepted for purchase by the Purchaser and which shall sell, assign and convey to the Purchaser and its assignees all right, title and interest of the Seller in the Loans listed on the Xxxx of Sale and will certify that the
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representations and warranties made by the Seller pursuant to Section 5.02 of these Master Sale Terms are true and correct.
(b) “Borrower” means the obligor on a Loan.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) “Cutoff Date” means March 18, 2005, and with respect to substitutions hereunder, a date agreed to by the Seller and the Purchaser to use in determining the Principal Balance and accrued interest to be capitalized for purposes of completing the Loan Transmittal Summary Form.
(e) “Delinquent” means the period where any payment of principal or interest due on the Loan is overdue (after giving effect to all grace, forbearance and deferment periods).
(f) “Eligible Loan” means a Loan offered for sale by the Seller under the Sale Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, or substituted by the Seller under any other Sale Agreement entered into after the Closing Date, which, as of the Cutoff Date, or in the case of a Sale Agreement entered into after the Closing Date, as of the related Purchase Date, is current or no more Delinquent than permitted under such Sale Agreement in payment of principal or interest and which meets the following criteria as of the Cutoff Date or as of the applicable Purchase Date, in the case of any Loan substituted pursuant to these Master Sale Terms after the Closing Date:
(i) is a Student Loan;
(ii) is owned by the Seller and is fully disbursed;
(iii) bears interest at a stated rate of not more than the maximum rate permitted under applicable law;
(iv) the last disbursement was before the Cutoff Date, or, in the case of any Loan substituted after the Closing Date pursuant to these Master Sale Terms, before the related Purchase Date;
(v) is supported by the following documentation:
(A) for each Loan:
(1) loan application, and any supplement thereto,
(2) original promissory note and any addendum thereto or the electronic records therefor,
(3) any other document and/or record which the Purchaser may be required to retain pursuant to the Program under which the Loan was originated and
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(4) for each Loan, if applicable:
(5) payment history (or similar documentation) including (i) an indication of the Principal Balance and the date through which interest has been paid, each as of the Cutoff Date or, in the case of any Loan substituted pursuant to these Master Sale Terms after the Closing Date, as of the related Purchase Date and (ii) an accounting of the allocation of all payments by Borrower or on Borrower’s behalf to principal and interest on the Loan,
(6) documentation which supports periods of current or past deferment or past forbearance,
(7) a collection history, if the Loan was ever in a delinquent status, including detailed summaries of contacts and including the addresses or telephone numbers used in contacting or attempting to contact Borrower and any endorser,
(8) evidence of all requests for skip-tracing assistance and current address of Borrower, if located,
(9) evidence of requests for pre-claims assistance, and evidence that the Borrower’s school(s) has/have been notified, and
(10) a record of any event resulting in a change to or confirmation of any data in the Loan file.
(g) “Excess Distribution Certificate” means the certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement evidencing the right to receive payments thereon as set forth in Sections 2.07(c) and 2.08(c) of the Administration Agreement.
(h) “Initial Payment” means the dollar amount specified as the “Initial Payment” in the applicable Sale Agreement.
(i) “Loan” means the Eligible Loans evidenced by the Notes sold on the Closing Date, or the Eligible Loans evidenced by the Note substituted on the related Purchase Date in the case of any Loans substituted after the Closing Date, pursuant to these Master Sale Terms, the related Sale Agreement and related documentation together with any guaranties and other rights relating thereto.
(j) “Loan Transmittal Summary Forms” means the forms related to each Xxxx of Sale provided to the Seller by the Purchaser and completed by the Seller which list, by Borrower, the Loans subject to the related Xxxx of Sale and the outstanding Principal Balance and accrued interest thereof as of the Cutoff Date, or as of the related Purchase Date, in the case of any Loan substituted pursuant to these Master Sale Terms after the Closing Date.
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(k) “Note” means the promissory note of the Borrower and any amendment thereto evidencing the Borrower’s obligation.
(l) “Payment Cutoff Date” the Closing Date, or, in the case of Loans substituted pursuant to these Master Sale Terms after the Closing Date, the related Purchase Date as specified in the related Sale Agreement.
(m) “Principal Balance” means the outstanding principal amount of the Loan, plus accrued interest to be capitalized (if any).
(n) “Purchase Date” means with respect to any purchase or substitution, the date of the related Xxxx of Sale.
(o) “Purchase Price” means the Initial Payment and the Excess Distribution Certificate.
(p) “Sale Agreement” means a Sale Agreement (including any attachments thereto), substantially in the form of Attachment A hereto, of which these Master Sale Terms form a part by reference.
(q) “Trust Student Loan” means any student loan that is listed on the Schedule of Trust Student Loans on the Closing Date plus any student loan that is permissibly substituted for a Trust Student Loan by the Depositor pursuant to Section 6 of the Sale Agreement or by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Servicing Agreement, but shall not include any purchased student loan following receipt by or on behalf of the Trust of the purchase amount with respect thereto or any liquidated student loan following receipt by or on behalf of the Trust of liquidation proceeds with respect thereto or following such liquidated student loan having otherwise been written off by the Servicer.
ARTICLE III.
SALE AND PURCHASE
SECTION 3.01. Consummation of Sale and Purchase. The sale and purchase of Eligible Loans pursuant to a Sale Agreement shall be consummated upon the Purchaser’s receipt from the Seller of the Xxxx of Sale and the payment by the Purchaser to the Seller of the Initial Payment, and when consummated such sale and purchase shall be effective as of the date of the Xxxx of Sale. The Seller and the Purchaser shall use their best efforts to perform promptly their respective obligations pursuant to such Sale Agreement.
SECTION 3.02. Settlement of the Initial Payment. The Purchaser on the date of the Xxxx of Sale shall pay the Seller the Initial Payment by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Seller.
SECTION 3.03. Special Programs. In consideration of the sale or substitution of the Eligible Loans under these Master Sale Terms and each Sale Agreement, the Purchaser agrees to cause the Servicer to offer each Borrower of a Trust Student Loan sold or substituted hereunder all special programs, whether or not in existence as of the date of any Sale Agreement generally
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offered to the obligors of comparable loans owned by SLM Corporation or any of its Affiliates, at all times subject to the terms and conditions of Section 3.12 of the Servicing Agreement. The Seller is selling the Trust Student Loans to the Purchaser without regard to the effect of the special programs. If required, the Seller shall remit to the Purchaser any amounts necessary to offset any effective yield reductions on related Trust Student Loans set forth in Section 3.12 of the Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.04. Intent of the Parties. With respect to each sale or substitution of Eligible Loans pursuant to these Master Sale Terms and the related Sale Agreements, it is the intention of the Seller and the Purchaser, and the Seller hereby warrants that, except for U.S. federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, the transfer and assignment constitute a valid sale of such Loans from the Seller to the Purchaser or a valid substitution of such Loans and that the beneficial interest in and title to such Loans not be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of the bankruptcy of the Seller or the appointment of a receiver with respect to the Seller.
ARTICLE IV.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO SALE/PURCHASE OR SUBSTITUTION
SECTION 4.01. Activities Prior to the Sale. Following the execution of a Sale Agreement, the Seller shall provide any assistance requested by the Purchaser in determining that all required documentation on the Loans is present and correct.
SECTION 4.02. Continued Servicing. The Seller shall service, or cause to be serviced, all Loans until the date of the Xxxx of Sale.
SECTION 4.03. Xxxx of Sale/Loan Transmittal Summary Form. The Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser:
(a) A Xxxx of Sale executed by an authorized officer of the Seller covering Loans offered by the Seller and accepted by the Purchaser as set forth thereon, selling, assigning and conveying to the Purchaser and its assignees all right, title and interest of the Seller, in each of the Loans (excluding any and all surety bonds relating to the Loans and including any Back-End Fees relating to the Loans), and stating that the representations and warranties made by the Seller in Article V of these Master Sale Terms are true and correct on and as of the date of the Xxxx of Sale; and
(b) The Loan Transmittal Summary Form, attached to the Xxxx of Sale, identifying each of the Eligible Loans which is the subject of the Xxxx of Sale and setting forth the unpaid Principal Balance of each such Loan.
SECTION 4.04. Endorsement. The Seller shall provide a blanket endorsement transferring the entire interest of the Seller in the related Eligible Loans to the Trustee for the benefit of the Purchaser with the form of endorsement provided for in the related Sale Agreement.
At the direction of and in such form as the Purchaser may designate, the Seller also agrees to individually endorse any Eligible Loan as Purchaser may request from time to time.
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SECTION 4.05. Officer’s Certificate. The Seller shall furnish to the Purchaser, with each Xxxx of Sale provided in connection with each sale or substitution of Loans pursuant to these Master Sale Terms, an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of the date of such Xxxx of Sale.
SECTION 4.06. Reserved.
SECTION 4.07. Power of Attorney. The Seller hereby grants to the Trustee on behalf of the Purchaser an irrevocable power of attorney, which power of attorney is coupled with an interest, to individually endorse or cause to be individually endorsed in the name of the Seller any Eligible Loan to evidence the transfer of such Eligible Loan to the Trustee on behalf of the Purchaser and to transfer or to cause to be transferred physical possession of any Note from Xxxxxx Xxx or the Servicer to the Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or any other custodian on behalf of either of them.
ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
SECTION 5.01. General. The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that as of the date of each Sale Agreement and Xxxx of Sale;
(a) The Seller is duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and
(b) The Seller has all requisite power and authority to enter into and to perform the terms of these Master Sale Terms and each Sale Agreement.
SECTION 5.02. Particular. The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser as to the Loans purchased by the Purchaser or substituted by the Seller under the related Sale Agreement and each Xxxx of Sale executed pursuant to these Master Sale Terms, that as of the related Sale Agreement, or as of a date otherwise note:
(a) The Seller has good and marketable title to, and is the sole owner of, the Loans, free and clear of all security interests, liens, charges, claims, offsets, defenses, counterclaims or encumbrances of any nature and no right of rescission, offsets, defenses, or counterclaims have been asserted or threatened with respect to the Loans;
(b) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Loans in favor of the Purchaser, which security interest is prior to all other security interests, liens, charges, claims, offsets, defenses, counterclaims or encumbrances, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller;
(c) The Loans constitute “instruments” within the meaning of the applicable UCC;
(d) The Loans are Eligible Loans and the description of the Loans set forth in the Sale Agreement and the Loan Transmittal Summary Form is true and correct;
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(e) The Seller is authorized to sell, assign, transfer, substitute and repurchase the Loans; and the sale, assignment and transfer of such Loans is or, in the case of a Loan repurchased or substituted by the Seller, will be made pursuant to and consistent with the laws and regulations under which the Seller operates, and will not violate any decree, judgment or order of any court or agency, or conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any agreement or instrument to the Seller is a party or by which the Seller or its property is bound, or constitute a default (or an event which could constitute a default with the passage of time or notice or both) thereunder;
(f) The Loans are each in full force and effect in accordance with their terms and are legal, valid and binding obligations of the respective Borrowers thereunder subject to no defenses (except the defense of infancy);
(g) No consents and approvals are required by the terms of the Loans to the sale of the Loans hereunder to the Seller;
(h) Each Loan has been duly made and serviced in accordance with the guidelines of one of the Programs under which the Loan was originated;
(i) Any payments on the Loans received by the Seller which have been allocated to reduction of principal and interest on such Loans have been allocated on a simple interest basis; the information with respect to the Loans as of the Cutoff Date or, in the case of any substituted Loans, the Payment Cutoff Date, as stated on the related Loan Transmittal Summary Form is true and correct;
(j) Due diligence and reasonable care have been exercised in the making, administering, servicing and collecting of the Loans;
(k) Each Loan has been duly made and serviced in accordance with the provisions of all applicable Federal and state laws;
(l) No Loan is thirty (30) days or more Delinquent as of the Cutoff Date and no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Loan has arisen; and neither the Seller nor any predecessor holder of any Loan has waived any of the foregoing other than as permitted by the Basic Documents;
(m) It is the intention of the Seller and the Purchaser, and the Seller hereby warrants, that the transfer and assignment herein contemplated constitute a valid sale of the Loans from the Seller to the Purchaser and that the beneficial interest in and title to such Loans not be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of the bankruptcy of the Seller or the appointment of a receiver with respect to the Seller;
(n) The Seller has caused or will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Loans granted to the Trustee hereunder;
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(o) There is only one original executed copy of the promissory note evidencing each Loan or the electronic records evidencing the same. The Seller has in its possession a copy of the endorsement and Loan Transmittal Summary Form identifying the Notes that constitute or evidence the Loans. The Notes that constitute or evidence the Loans do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Trustee;
(p) Other than the security interest granted to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Loans. The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that include a description of collateral covering the Loans other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Purchaser hereunder or that has been terminated or released. The Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Seller; and
(q) No Borrower of any Loan as of the Cutoff Date is noted in the related Loan File as being currently involved in a bankruptcy proceeding.
ARTICLE VI.
PURCHASE OF TRUST STUDENT LOANS; REIMBURSEMENT
SECTION 6.01. Purchase of Trust Student Loans; Reimbursement. Each party to this Agreement shall give notice to the other such parties and to the Servicer, the Administrator and Xxxxxx Mae promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties made pursuant to Article V hereof which has a materially adverse effect on the interest of the Purchaser in any Trust Student Loan. In the event of such a material breach, the Seller shall cure or repurchase any affected Trust Student Loan not later than 270 days following the date of discovery of such material breach. The Seller shall also remit as provided in Section 2.06 of the Administration Agreement on the date of purchase of any Trust Student Loan pursuant to this Article VI an amount equal to all interest amounts with respect to such Trust Student Loan. In consideration of the purchase of any such Trust Student Loan pursuant to this Article VI, the Seller shall remit the Purchase Amount in the manner specified in Section 2.06 of the Administration Agreement.
SECTION 6.02. Substitution.
In lieu of repurchasing Trust Student Loans pursuant to this Article VI, the Seller may, at its option, substitute Eligible Loans or arrange for the substitution of Eligible Loans which are substantially similar on an aggregate basis as of the date of substitution to the Trust Student Loans for which they are being substituted with respect to the following characteristics:
(i) status (i.e., in-school, grace, deferment, forbearance or repayment);
(ii) Program type (i.e., MEDLOANS, LAW Loans, MBA Loans or Signature Student Loans);
(iii) school type;
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(iv) total return;
(v) principal balance; and
(vi) remaining term to maturity.
In addition, each substituted Eligible Loan will comply, as of the date of substitution, with all of the representations and warranties made hereunder. In choosing Eligible Loans to be substituted pursuant to this Article VI, the Seller shall make a reasonable determination that the Eligible Loans to be substituted will not have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders. In connection with each substitution, a Sale Agreement and related Xxxx of Sale regarding such substituted Loans will be executed and delivered by the applicable parties.
In the event that the Seller elects to substitute Eligible Loans pursuant to this Article VI, the Seller will remit to the Administrator the amount of any shortfall between the Purchase Amount of the substituted Eligible Loans and the Purchase Amount of the Trust Student Loans for which they are being substituted. The Seller shall also remit to the Administrator an amount equal to all interest amounts with respect to the Trust Student Loans in the manner provided in Section 2.06 of the Administration Agreement. The sole remedy of the Purchaser, the Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders with respect to a breach by the Seller pursuant to Article V hereof shall be to require the Seller to purchase Trust Student Loans, to reimburse the Purchaser as provided above or to substitute Student Loans pursuant to this Article VI. Trustee shall have no duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the purchase of any Trust Student Loan or the reimbursement for any interest penalty pursuant to this Article VI.
ARTICLE VII.
OBLIGATION
TO REMIT SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS
AND FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS
SECTION 7.01. Obligation to Remit Subsequent Payments. Any payment received by the Seller with respect to amounts accrued after the Date of the Xxxx of Sale for any Loan sold to the Purchaser, which payment is not reflected in the Loan Transmittal Summary Form, shall be received by the Seller in trust for the account of the Purchaser and the Seller hereby disclaims any title to or interest in any such amounts. Within two (2) business days following the date of receipt, the Seller shall remit to the Purchaser an amount equal to any such payments along with a listing on a form provided by the Purchaser identifying the Loans with respect to which such payments were made, the amount of each such payment and the date each such payment was received.
SECTION 7.02. Forward Communications. Any written communication received at any time by the Seller with respect to any Loan subject to any Sale Agreement shall be transmitted by the Seller to Servicer within two (2) business days of receipt. Such communications shall include, but not be limited to, letters, notices of death or disability, notices of bankruptcy, forms requesting deferment of repayment or loan cancellation, and like documents.
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ARTICLE VIII.
CONTINUING OBLIGATION OF SELLER
SECTION 8.01. Continuing Obligation of Seller. The Seller shall provide all reasonable assistance necessary for the Purchaser to resolve account problems raised by any Borrower provided such account problems are attributable to or are alleged to be attributable to (a) an event occurring during the period the Seller owned the Loan, or (b) a payment made or alleged to have been made to the Seller. Further, the Seller agrees to execute any financing statements at the request of the Purchaser in order to reflect the Purchaser’s interest in the Loans.
ARTICLE IX.
LIABILITY OF SELLER; INDEMNITIES
SECTION 9.01. Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under this Sale Agreement.
(a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser and the Trustee in its individual capacity and their officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and in the other Basic Documents (except any such income taxes arising out of fees paid to the Trustee), including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible and intangible personal property, privilege or license taxes and costs and expenses in defending against the same.
(b) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser and the Trustee in its individual capacity and their officers, directors, employees and agents of the Purchaser and the Trustee from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of, or imposed upon such Person through, the Seller’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties under the Sale Agreement, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Sale Agreement.
(c) The Seller shall be liable as primary obligor for, and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trustee in its individual capacity and its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against, all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, obligations and liabilities arising out of, incurred in connection with or relating to the Sale Agreement, the other Basic Documents, the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties set forth herein and in the Sale Agreement or the action or the inaction of the Trustee hereunder, except to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, obligation or liability: (i) shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Trustee; (ii) shall arise from any breach by the Trustee of its covenants in its individual capacity under any of the Basic Documents; or (iii) shall arise from the breach by the Trustee of any of its representations or warranties in its individual capacity set forth in these Master Sale Terms or any Sale Agreement. In the event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to
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this paragraph, the Trustee’s choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the approval of the Seller, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination of these Master Sale Terms and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or for the benefit of whom such payments are made thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.
ARTICLE X.
MERGER
OR CONSOLIDATION OF, OR ASSUMPTION
OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER
SECTION 10.01. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of Seller. Any Person (a) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole, shall be the successor to the Seller without the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to these Master Sale Terms; provided, however, that the Seller hereby covenants that it will not consummate any of the foregoing transactions except upon satisfaction of the following: (i) the surviving Person, if other than the Seller, executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under these Master Sale Terms, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 5 herein shall have been breached, (iii) the surviving Person, if other than the Seller, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in these Master Sale Terms relating to such transaction have been complied with, and that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction, (iv) if the Seller is not the surviving entity, such transaction will not result in a material adverse Federal or state tax consequence to the Purchaser or the Noteholders or the Certificateholders and (v) if the Seller is not the surviving entity, the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Purchaser and the Trustee, respectively, in the Loans and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests.
ARTICLE XI.
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF SELLER AND OTHERS
SECTION 11.01. Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller and any director or officer or employee or agent thereof may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
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respecting any matters arising hereunder (provided that such reliance shall not limit in any way the Seller’s obligations under Article V herein). The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under these Master Sale Terms or any Sale Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability. Except as provided herein, the repurchase (or substitution) and reimbursement obligations of the Seller will constitute the sole remedy available to the Purchaser for uncured breaches; provided, however, that the information with respect to the Loans listed on the Xxxx of Sale may be adjusted in the ordinary course of business subsequent to the date of the Xxxx of Sale and to the extent that the aggregate Principal Balance listed on the Xxxx of Sale is less than the aggregate Principal Balance stated on the Xxxx of Sale, the Seller shall remit such amount to the Trustee for the benefit of the Purchaser. Such reconciliation payment shall be made from time to time but no less frequently than semi-annually.
ARTICLE XII.
EXPENSES
SECTION 12.01. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, each party to these Master Sale Terms or any Sale Agreement shall pay its own expense incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of these Master Sale Terms or any Sale Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein or therein.
ARTICLE XIII.
SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS/SUPERSESSION
SECTION 13.01. Survival of Covenants/Suppression. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein and in or pursuant to any Sale Agreements executed pursuant to these Master Sale Terms shall survive the consummation of the purchase of the Loans provided for in each Sale Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made or furnished pursuant hereto by or for the benefit of the Seller shall bind and inure to the benefit of any successors or assigns of the Purchaser and shall survive with respect to each Loan. Each Sale Agreement supersedes all previous agreements and understandings between the Purchaser and the Seller with respect to the subject matter thereof. A Sale Agreement may be changed, modified or discharged, and any rights or obligations hereunder may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by a duly authorized officer of the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver, change, modification or discharge is sought. The waiver by the Purchaser of any covenant, agreement, representation or warranty required to be made or furnished by the Seller or the waiver by the Purchaser of any provision herein contained or contained in any Sale Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any breach of any other covenant, agreement, representation, warranty or provision herein contained or contained in any Sale Agreement, nor shall any waiver or any custom or practice which may evolve between the parties in the administration of the terms hereof or of any Sale Agreement, be construed to lessen the right of the Purchaser to insist upon the performance by the Seller in strict accordance with said terms.
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ARTICLE XIV.
COMMUNICATION AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 14.01. Communication and Notice Requirements. All communications, notices and approvals provided for hereunder shall be in writing and mailed or delivered to the Seller or the Purchaser, as the case may be, addressed as set forth in the Sale Agreement or at such other address as either party may hereafter designate by notice to the other party. Notice given in any such communication, mailed to the Seller or the Purchaser by appropriately addressed registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given on the day following the date of such mailing.
ARTICLE XV.
FORM OF INSTRUMENTS
SECTION 15.01. Form of Instruments. All instruments and documents delivered in connection with these Master Sale Terms and any Sale Agreement, and all proceedings to be taken in connection with these Master Sale Terms and any Sale Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein and therein, shall be in a form as set forth in the attachments hereto, and the Purchaser shall have received copies of such documents as it or its counsel shall reasonably request in connection therewith. Any instrument or document which is substantially in the same form as an Attachment hereto or a recital herein will be deemed to be satisfactory as to form.
ARTICLE XVI.
AMENDMENT
SECTION 16.01. Amendment. These Master Sale Terms and any Sale Agreement may be amended by the parties thereto without the consent of the related Noteholders for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of such Master Sale Terms and Sale Agreements or of modifying in any manner the rights of such Noteholders; provided that such action will not, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the related Indenture Trustees, materially and adversely affect the interest of any such Noteholder.
In addition, these Master Sale Terms and any Sale Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller and the Purchaser, with the consent of the Noteholders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of these Master Sale Terms or any Sale Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the time of, collections of payments with respect to Loans or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Noteholders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of all outstanding Noteholders.
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Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent (or, in the case of the Rating Agencies, five Business Days prior thereto), the Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to the Indenture Trustee, and each of the Rating Agencies.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of 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.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to these Master Sale Terms, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Sale Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 7.01(i) of the Administration Agreement. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
ARTICLE XVII.
NONPETITION COVENANTS
SECTION 17.01. Nonpetition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior termination of these Master Sale Terms, the Seller shall not acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Purchaser to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Purchaser 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 Purchaser or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Purchaser.
Notwithstanding any prior termination of these Master Sale Terms, the Purchaser shall not acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Seller to invoke the process of commencing or sustaining a case against the Seller 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 Seller or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Purchaser.
ARTICLE XVIII.
ASSIGNMENT
SECTION 18.01. Assignment. The Seller hereby assigns its entire right, title and interest as purchaser under this Agreement and any Sale Agreement thereunder to the Purchaser as of the date hereof and acknowledges that the Purchaser will assign the same, together with the right, title and interest of the Purchaser and the Trustee hereunder, to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
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ARTICLE XIX.
GOVERNING LAW
SECTION 19.01. Governing Law. THESE MASTER SALE TERMS AND ANY SALE AGREEMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sale Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
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Attachment A
SALE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 28, 2005
SALE AGREEMENT NUMBER 1
VG Funding, LLC (the “Seller”) hereby offers for sale to SLM Education Credit Funding LLC (the “Purchaser”) the entire right, title and interest of the Seller in the Loans described in the Xxxx of Sale and Loan Transmittal Summary Form incorporated herein and, to the extent indicated below, the Purchaser accepts the Seller’s offer. In order to qualify as Eligible Loans, no payment of principal or interest shall be thirty (30) days or more Delinquent as of the Cutoff Date, which date shall be March 18, 2005.
TERMS, CONDITIONS AND COVENANTS
In consideration of the Purchase Price, the Seller hereby sells to the Purchaser the entire right, title and interest of the Seller in the Loans accepted for purchase, subject to all the terms and conditions of the Sale Agreement Master Securitization Terms Number 1000 (the “Master Sale Terms”) and any amendments thereto, each incorporated herein by reference, between the Seller and the Purchaser. The Initial Payment for the Loans shall equal $542,691,763.06 (representing the Principal Balance of the Loans accepted for purchase equal to $537,318,577.29 multiplied by 101%).
This document shall constitute a Sale Agreement as referred to in the Master Sale Terms and, except as modified herein, each term used herein shall have the same meaning as in the Master Sale Terms. All references in the Master Sale Terms to Loans or Eligible Loans shall be deemed to refer to the Loans governed by this Sale Agreement. The Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof, all the representations and warranties contained in the Master Sale Terms and makes such representations and warranties with respect to the Loans governed by this Sale Agreement.
The parties hereto intend that the transfer of Loans described in the Xxxx of Sale and Loan Transmittal Summary Form be, and be construed as, a valid sale of such Loans. However, in the event that notwithstanding the intentions of the parties, such transfer is deemed to be a transfer for security, then the Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser a first priority security interest in and to all Loans described in the Xxxx of Sale and Loan Transmittal Summary Form to secure a loan in an amount equal to the Purchase Price of such Loans.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sale Agreement Number 1 to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
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SALE AGREEMENT NUMBER 1
BLANKET ENDORSEMENT DATED APRIL 28, 2005
VG Funding, LLC (the “Seller”), by execution of this instrument, hereby endorses the attached promissory note which is one of the promissory notes (the “Notes”) described in the Xxxx of Sale executed by the Seller in favor SLM Education Credit Funding LLC (the “Purchaser”). This endorsement is in blank, unrestricted form and without recourse except as provided in Article VI of the Master Sale Terms referred to in the Sale Agreement between the Seller and the Purchaser which covers this promissory note.
This endorsement may be effected by attaching either this instrument or a facsimile hereof to each or any of the Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller agrees to individually endorse each Note in the form provided by the Purchaser as Purchaser may from time to time require.
THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE LOANS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND COVENANTS, INCLUDING THE BLANKET ENDORSEMENT, AS SET FORTH IN THE SALE AGREEMENT MASTER LOAN SECURITIZATION TERMS 1000. BY EXECUTION HEREOF, THE SELLER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SELLER HAS READ, UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE SALE AGREEMENT (“ SALE AGREEMENT”). THE SALE AND PURCHASE SHALL BE CONSUMMATED UPON THE PURCHASER’S PAYMENT TO THE SELLER OF THE INITIAL PAYMENT AS DEFINED IN THE MASTER SALE TERMS AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED BY THE SELLER AND THE PURCHASER, SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE OF THE XXXX OF SALE.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Blanket Endorsement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
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XXXX OF SALE DATED APRIL 28, 2005
The undersigned VG Funding, LLC (the “Seller”) for value received and pursuant to the terms and conditions of Sale Agreement Number 1 (the “Sale Agreement”) between the Seller and SLM Education Credit Funding LLC (the “Purchaser”) does hereby sell, assign and convey to the Purchaser and its assignees all right, title and interest of, in the Loans (excluding any and all surety bonds relating to the Loans and including any Back-End Fees relating to the Loans) identified herein which the Purchaser has accepted for purchase. The portfolio accepted for purchase by the Purchaser and the effective date of sale and purchase are described below and the individual Loans are listed on the Schedule A attached hereto.
The Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in Article V of the Sale Agreement Master Securitization Terms Number 1000 incorporated by reference in the Sale Agreement.
LISTING OF LOANS ON FOLLOWING PAGE
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[Table to be provided]
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ADDITIONAL LOAN CRITERIA
• Not in claims status, not previously rejected
• Not in litigation
• Last disbursement is greater than 120 days from the Cutoff Date
• Loan is not swap-pending
*Based upon the Seller’s estimated calculations, which may be adjusted upward or downward based upon the Purchaser’s reconciliation.
**Includes interest to be capitalized.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Xxxx of Sale to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
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