CREDIT ACCEPTANCE AUTO LOAN TRUST 2008-1 CLASS A ASSET BACKED NOTES CREDIT ACCEPTANCE AUTO LOAN TRUST 2008-1, as the Issuer CREDIT ACCEPTANCE FUNDING LLC 2008-1, as the Seller CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, as the Servicer and in its individual...
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CREDIT ACCEPTANCE AUTO LOAN TRUST 2008-1
CLASS A ASSET BACKED NOTES
CLASS A ASSET BACKED NOTES
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE AUTO LOAN TRUST 2008-1,
as the Issuer
as the Issuer
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE FUNDING LLC 2008-1,
as the Seller
as the Seller
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
as the Servicer and in its individual capacity
as the Servicer and in its individual capacity
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as the Trust Collateral Agent/Indenture Trustee/Backup Servicer
as the Trust Collateral Agent/Indenture Trustee/Backup Servicer
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 18, 2008
Dated as of April 18, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION
1.01. Definitions |
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SECTION 1.02. Usage of Terms |
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SECTION 1.03. Closing Date and Record Date |
28 | |||
SECTION 1.04. Section References |
28 | |||
SECTION 1.05. Compliance Certificates |
28 | |||
SECTION 1.06. [Reserved] |
29 | |||
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF SELLER PROPERTY; FURTHER ENCUMBRANCE THEREOF |
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SECTION 2.01. Sale of the Initial Seller Property to the Trust |
29 | |||
SECTION 2.02. Funding of the Advance |
30 | |||
SECTION 2.03. Revolving Period; Principal Collection Account |
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SECTION 2.04. Title to Trust Property |
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ARTICLE III THE LOANS AND THE CONTRACTS |
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SECTION 3.01. Representations and Warranties of Seller with respect to the Seller
Property |
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SECTION 3.02. Payment Upon Breach |
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SECTION 3.03. Custody of Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements and Contract Files
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ARTICLE IV ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF LOANS AND CONTRACTS |
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SECTION 4.01. Appointment; Duties of Servicer |
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SECTION 4.02. Collection and Application of Payments on the Loans and Contracts |
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SECTION 4.03. Realization Upon Contracts |
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SECTION 4.04. Physical Damage Insurance |
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SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles |
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SECTION 4.06. Covenants of Servicer |
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SECTION 4.07. Payments in Respect of Loans or Contracts Upon Breach |
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SECTION 4.08. Servicer Fee |
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SECTION 4.09. Servicer’s Certificate |
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SECTION 4.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default |
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SECTION 4.11. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountant’s Report |
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SECTION 4.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Loans and
Contracts |
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SECTION 4.13. Servicer Expenses |
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SECTION 4.14. Servicer Not to Resign as Servicer |
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SECTION 4.15. The Backup Servicer |
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SECTION 4.16. Fidelity Bond |
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SECTION 4.17. Obligations in Respect of the Owner Trustee |
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ARTICLE V TRUST ACCOUNTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND NOTEHOLDERS |
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SECTION 5.01. Establishment of Trust Accounts |
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SECTION 5.02. Collections; Allocation |
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SECTION 5.03. Certain Reimbursements to the Servicer |
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SECTION 5.04. Additional Deposits |
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SECTION 5.05. Reserve Account |
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SECTION 5.06. Reserved |
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SECTION 5.07. Reserved |
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SECTION 5.08. Transfers and Distributions |
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SECTION 5.09. Distributions from the Class A Note Distribution Account |
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SECTION 5.10. Certificate Distribution Account |
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SECTION 5.11. Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders |
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SECTION 5.12. Swap Agreement |
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ARTICLE VI THE SELLER AND THE ISSUER |
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SECTION 6.01. Representations and Warranties of the Seller |
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SECTION 6.02. Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others |
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SECTION 6.03. Seller May Own Notes |
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SECTION 6.04. Additional Covenants of the Seller |
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SECTION 6.05. Indemnities of the Issuer |
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ARTICLE VII THE SERVICER |
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SECTION 7.01. Representations of Servicer |
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SECTION 7.02. Indemnities of Servicer |
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SECTION 7.03. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
Servicer; Resignation |
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SECTION 7.04. Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others |
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SECTION 7.05. Delegation of Duties |
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SECTION 7.06. Certification Upon Satisfaction |
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ARTICLE VIII DEFAULT |
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SECTION 8.01. Servicer Defaults |
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SECTION 8.02. Appointment of Successor |
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SECTION 8.03. Notification to Class A Noteholders and Certificateholders |
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SECTION 8.04. Waiver of Past Defaults |
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ARTICLE IX THE TRUST COLLATERAL AGENT |
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SECTION 9.01. Duties of the Trust Collateral Agent |
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SECTION 9.02. Rights of the Trust Collateral Agent |
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SECTION 9.03. Individual Rights of Trust Collateral Agent |
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SECTION 9.04. Reports by Trust Collateral Agent to Holders |
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SECTION 9.05. Compensation |
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SECTION 9.06. Eligibility |
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SECTION 9.07. Trust Collateral Agent’s Disclaimer |
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SECTION 9.08. Limitation on Liability |
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SECTION 9.09. Reliance Upon Documents |
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SECTION 9.10. Successor Trust Collateral Agent |
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SECTION 9.11. Representations and Warranties of the Trust Collateral Agent |
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SECTION 9.12. Waiver of Setoffs |
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ARTICLE X TERMINATION |
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SECTION 10.01. Optional Purchase |
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SECTION 10.02. Termination |
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 11.01. Amendment |
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SECTION 11.02. Protection of Title to Trust |
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SECTION 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Class A Noteholders |
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SECTION 11.04. Governing Law |
100 | |||
SECTION 11.05. Notices |
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SECTION 11.06. Severability of Provisions |
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SECTION 11.07. Assignment |
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SECTION 11.08. Further Assurances |
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SECTION 11.09. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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SECTION 11.10. Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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SECTION 11.11. Actions by Noteholders |
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SECTION 11.12. Corporate Obligation |
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SECTION 11.13. Covenant Not to File a Bankruptcy Petition |
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SECTION 11.14. Multiple Roles |
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EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A
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Financial Covenants | |
Exhibit B
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Servicer’s Certificate | |
Exhibit C
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Form of Dealer Agreement | |
Exhibit D
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Form of Purchase Agreement | |
Exhibit E
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Form of Servicer’s Acknowledgment | |
Exhibit F
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Form of Contracts | |
Exhibit G
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Form of Dealer Loan Contract and Purchased Loan Contract | |
Exhibit H
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Credit Guidelines |
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SCHEDULES |
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Schedule A
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Loans, Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements and Contracts | |||
Schedule B
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Forecasted Collections | |||
Schedule C
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Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
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This Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2008, among CREDIT ACCEPTANCE AUTO
LOAN TRUST 2008-1 (the “Issuer” or the “Trust”), CREDIT ACCEPTANCE FUNDING LLC 2008-1, a
Delaware limited liability company, as Seller (the “Seller”), CREDIT ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation, in its individual capacity (“Credit Acceptance”) and
as Servicer (the “Servicer”) and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association organized under the laws of the United States, in its capacity as Backup Servicer,
Trust Collateral Agent and Indenture Trustee (the “Backup Servicer,” “Trust Collateral
Agent” and “Indenture Trustee”).
WITNESSETH THAT: In consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have
the meaning given such terms in the Indenture.
“Adjusted Collateral Amount” means, on any Distribution Date, during the Revolving
Period, an amount equal to the sum of: (i) the Collateral Amount; and (ii) the amount on deposit
in the Principal Collection Account.
“Administrator” means the Servicer or Credit Acceptance, in its capacity as agent of
the Trust pursuant to Section 4.01(d).
“Advance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02.
“Advance Rate” means, on any Distribution Date, the ratio, expressed as a percentage,
where the numerator is equal to the Class A Note Balance and the denominator is equal to the
Collateral Amount.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling
or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings
correlative to the foregoing. A Person shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any person solely
because such other Person has the contractual right or obligation to manage such Person unless such
other Person controls such Person through equity ownership or otherwise.
“Aggregate Outstanding Eligible Loan Balance” means, on any date of determination, the
sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Loans on such day.
“Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance” means, on any date of determination,
the Aggregate Outstanding Eligible Loan Balance less the related Loan Loss Reserves at the end of
the most recent Collection Period.
“Aggregate Undrawn Amount” means at any time, with respect to the Class A Notes, the
aggregate amount of the Unfunded Commitments in respect of all Class A Notes.
“Agreement” means this Sale and Servicing Agreement, as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“Amortization Period” means the period of time beginning on the earlier of (i) the
close of business on April 15, 2009, and (ii) the close of business on the Business Day before the
day on which an Early Amortization Event automatically occurs or is declared pursuant to
Section 2.03 hereof.
“Amortization Period Additional Contract Collateral Amount” has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 3.02(d)(i) hereof.
“Amortization Period Additional Loan Collateral Amount” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 3.02(d)(i) hereof.
“Amortization Period Payment Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.02(d)(ii) hereof.
“Applicable Law” means, for any Person, all existing and future applicable laws,
rules, regulations (including proposed, temporary and final income tax regulations), statutes,
treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders and licenses of and interpretations by
any Governmental Authority, and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, orders, or
action of any Court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial tribunal or
agency of competent jurisdiction.
“Assumption Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3(a) of the
Backup Servicing Agreement.
“Automatic Amortization Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.03(b) hereof.
“Available Funds” means, with respect to any Distribution Date: (i) all Collections
(other than Dealer Collections and Repossession Expenses) received by the Servicer, the Seller or
the Originator during the related Collection Period with respect to the Contracts and the Loans and
paid over to the Issuer, (ii) all Purchase Amounts paid by the Seller, the Servicer or the
Originator and any amounts paid by the Originator in respect of the Limited Repurchase Option
during the related Collection Period, (iii) all investment earnings and interest on amounts on
deposit in the Reserve Account, the Principal Collection Account and the Collection Account during
the related Collection Period, (iv) any amounts remaining in the Principal Collection Account after
the conclusion of the Revolving Period, (v) any Net Swap Receipts (excluding Swap Termination
Payments received from the Swap Counterparty and deposited into the Swap Termination Payment Account),
(vi) amounts on deposit in the Swap Termination Payment
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Account that exceed the cost of entering into a Replacement Swap Agreement or any amounts on
deposit in the Swap Termination Payment Account if the Issuer determines with the consent of the
Majority Noteholders not to replace the Initial Swap Agreement; (vii) the amount by which any
amounts received from a Replacement Swap Counterparty in consideration for entering into a
Replacement Swap Agreement exceeds the payments due to the Swap Counterparty due to the termination
of the Swap Agreement following an event of default or termination event under the Swap Agreement
and (viii) on any Distribution Date, any amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account in excess of the
Reserve Account Requirement, after giving effect to all deposits to and withdrawals from the
Reserve Account on such Distribution Date.
“Backup Servicer” means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association and its permitted
successors and assigns.
“Backup Servicing Agreement” means the Backup Servicing Agreement dated as of the
Closing Date, among the Backup Servicer, Credit Acceptance, the Seller, the Issuer and the Trust
Collateral Agent.
“Backup Servicing Fee” means, as to each Distribution Date, $4,000; provided,
however, that if the Backup Servicer becomes the successor Servicer, such fee shall no
longer be paid.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §
101, et seq.), as amended from time to time.
“Basic Documents” means this Agreement, the Certificate of Trust (as defined in the
Trust Agreement), the Trust Agreement, the Backup Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the
Contribution Agreement, the Swap Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Class A Notes and all other documents and certificates delivered in connection
therewith.
“Benefit Plan” has the meaning given such term in the Trust Agreement.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banking
institutions are not required or authorized to be closed in New York, New York, Detroit, Michigan
or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“Capped Backup Servicer and Trustee Fees and Expenses” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, in respect of fees, indemnification amounts and expenses due to the Backup
Servicer in its capacity as Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust
Collateral Agent: (i) on any Distribution Date on which (X) no Indenture Event of Default has
occurred or (Y) an Indenture Event of Default has occurred but is no longer continuing or has been
waived, an amount not to exceed $15,000 for any Distribution Date, in the aggregate; and (ii) on
any Distribution Date on which an Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and has
not been waived (A) to the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent,
an amount not to exceed $20,850 for any Distribution Date, in the aggregate; and (B) to the Owner
Trustee, an amount not to exceed $5,000 for any Distribution Date, except with respect to
reasonable and necessary expenses of the Owner Trustee (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs) incurred by the Owner Trustee in
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connection with any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or
criminal, administrative or investigative in which the Owner Trustee is identified as a subject or
named as a party and faces potential liability, censure or penalties, other than as a result of the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Owner Trustee.
“Capped Servicing Fee” means, with respect to the Servicing Fee payable to the Backup
Servicer if it has become Servicer and with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the product of 10.00% and Collections for the related Collection Period.
“Certificate” has the meaning given such term in the Trust Agreement.
“Certificate Distribution Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.01(a)(iii) hereof.
“Certificateholder” has the meaning given such term in the Trust Agreement.
“Certificate Interest” means the allocable percentage interest of a Certificate held
by a Certificateholder.
“Certificate of Title” means, with respect to any Financed Vehicle, the certificate of
title or other documentary evidence of ownership of such Financed Vehicle as issued by the
department, agency or official of the jurisdiction (whether in paper or electronic form) in which
such Financed Vehicle is titled, responsible for accepting applications for, and maintaining
records regarding, certificates of title and liens thereon.
“Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar” means the register
mentioned and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Trust Agreement.
“Class A Commitment” means $150,000,000 (whether at the time funded or unfunded) that
the Holder of Class A Notes is obligated to make to the Issuer from time to time under its Note
Purchase Agreement.
“Class A Commitment Fee” means the commitment fee, payable in accordance with
Section 5.08 hereof, on the Class A Notes that accrues on the Aggregate Undrawn Amount of
the Class A Commitments for each day from and including the Closing Date until the date that the
Aggregate Undrawn Amount of the Class A Notes is reduced to zero and the Issuer is not permitted
under the Note Purchase Agreement to request any further Advances.
“Class A Commitment Fee Amount” means, with respect to the Class A Notes as of any
Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of Class A Commitment Fees accrued during
the related Collection Period plus (b) any Class A Commitment Fee due but not paid on any
prior Distribution Date plus (c) any interest on any Class A Commitment Fee Amount due but
not paid on any prior Distribution Date, which interest shall accrue at the applicable interest
rate for the Class A Notes.
“Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, as of the close of business on any
Distribution Date, the excess of the Class A Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution
Date plus any outstanding Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall from the preceding Distribution
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Date plus interest on such outstanding Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall, to the extent
permitted by law, at the Class A Note Rate from and including such preceding Distribution Date to
but excluding the current Distribution Date, over the amount in respect of interest on the Class A
Notes that was actually deposited in the Class A Note Distribution Account on such current
Distribution Date.
“Class A Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
interest accrued from and including the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, the Closing Date) to, but excluding the current Distribution Date, at the Class
A Note Rate on the Class A Note Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Interest on
the Class A Notes shall be due and payable on each Distribution Date and shall be computed on the
basis of a 360 day year and the actual number of days in the related interest period.
“Class A Note Balance” equals, initially, $69,000,000, and thereafter equals the
initial Class A Note Balance increased by the aggregate amount of any Advance and reduced by all
amounts allocable to principal and previously distributed to the Class A Noteholders;
provided that in no event shall the Class A Note Balance exceed $150,000,000.
“Class A Note Distribution Account” means the Class A Note Distribution Account
established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(ii) hereof.
“Class A Noteholder”, “Noteholder” or “Holder” means the Person in
whose name a Class A Note shall be registered in the Note Register, except that, solely for the
purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request, or demand pursuant to the Basic Documents, the
interest evidenced by any Class A Note registered in the name of the Seller, the Servicer, or any
person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Seller or the Servicer, shall
not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect any
such consent, waiver, request, or demand shall have been obtained.
“Class A Principal Distributable Amount” means, for any Distribution Date: (A) during
the Revolving Period, zero; and (B) during the Amortization Period, an amount equal to the lesser
of: (i) Available Funds remaining after payment of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) through
(vii) of Section 5.08(a) hereto and (ii) the Class A Note Balance; provided,
however, on the Stated Final Maturity, the Class A Principal Distributable Amount will
equal the Class A Note Balance.
“Closing Date” means April 18, 2008.
“Collateral Amount” means, on any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Aggregate
Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance less the aggregate of the Overconcentration Loan Amounts and
the aggregate of the Loan Excess Advance Amounts, if any, after giving effect to all purchases of
Loans on such date. Solely for purposes of calculating the “Collateral Amount”, the determination
of whether a Loan is an “Eligible Loan” shall be made as if such Loan were transferred on the date
of such calculation; provided, however, that a Dealer Loan relating to a Dealer
that has become insolvent after the transfer of such Dealer Loan to the Issuer shall continue to
constitute an “Eligible Dealer Loan” (assuming that such Dealer Loan would
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otherwise be an “Eligible Dealer Loan” on such date of determination if the applicable Dealer
had not become insolvent) for purposes of calculating the “Collateral Amount” so long as (i) the
characterization of such Dealer Loan as an “Eligible Dealer Loan” would not cause the percentage of
the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Dealer Loans relating to Dealers who are insolvent to
exceed 2.5% of the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance and (ii) no bankruptcy court has
entered an order (whether or not final), which order has not been vacated or overturned, stating
that a person other than the Issuer (or the Servicer on the Issuer’s behalf) is entitled to receive
any collections on such Dealer Loans or the Contracts relating thereto.
“Collection Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained
pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) hereof.
“Collection Guidelines” means, with respect to Credit Acceptance, the policies and
procedures of the Servicer in effect on the Closing Date relating to the collection of amounts due
on the Contracts and the Loans and as amended from time to time in accordance with the Basic
Documents, and with respect to the Backup Servicer, as successor Servicer, the usual and customary
servicing policies and procedures of the Backup Servicer.
“Collection Period” means, with respect to each Distribution Date, the immediately
preceding calendar month. Any amount stated “as of the close of business on the last day of a
Collection Period” shall give effect to all collections, charge-offs, reserve adjustments and other
account activity during such Collection Period.
“Collections” means, with respect to any Collection Period, all payments (including
Principal Collections, Dealer Collections, Recoveries, credit-related insurance proceeds and
proceeds of the Related Security and, so long as Credit Acceptance is the Servicer, excluding
certain recovery and repossession expenses, in accordance with the terms of the Dealer Agreements
and Purchase Agreements) received by the Servicer, the Originator, the Issuer or the Seller on or
after the Cut-off Date in respect of the Loans and Contracts in the form of cash, checks, wire
transfers or other form of payment in accordance with the Loans, the Dealer Agreements, the
Purchase Agreements and the Contracts.
“Comerica Credit Agreement” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Acceptance Corporation Credit Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2006, with Comerica Bank, as
administrative agent and collateral agent, and the banks signatory thereto, as amended by that
certain First Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September
20, 2006, that certain Second Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
as of January 19, 2007, that certain Third Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2007 and that certain Fourth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2008.
“Commitment Period” means the commitment period commencing with and including the
Closing Date, and ending on (and including) the Commitment Period Termination Date.
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“Commitment Period Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) the
Amortization Period; (ii) the redemption of the Class A Notes in full; (iii) the first date on
which the Aggregate Undrawn Amount of the Class A Notes has been reduced to zero; (iv) the date on
which the Issuer (or the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer) requests in writing that the Class A
Commitments be reduced to zero; (v) the sale, foreclosure or other disposition of the Trust
Property pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Indenture; or (vi) the satisfaction and discharge of the
Indenture as provided therein.
“Computer Tape” means a computer tape or diskette (or other means of electronic
transmission acceptable to the Backup Servicer) in a readable format acceptable to the Backup
Servicer.
“Continued Errors” has the meaning given such term in the Backup Servicing Agreement.
“Contract” means any Dealer Loan Contract or Purchased Loan Contract.
“Contract Buy-Back Rate” means on any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as
a percentage, the numerator of which is the Class A Note Balance as of the last day of the
preceding Collection Period and the denominator of which is the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Contracts as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period.
“Contract File” means with respect to each Contract, the physical and/or electronic
files in which Credit Acceptance maintains the fully executed original counterpart (for UCC
purposes) of the Contract (to the extent required in accordance with Section 3.03 of this
Agreement), either a standard assurance in the form commonly used in the industry relating to the
provision of a certificate of title or other evidence of lien, the original instruments modifying
the terms and conditions of such Contract and the original endorsements or assignments of such
Contract.
“Contribution Agreement” means the Contribution Agreement dated as of even date
herewith, relating to the contribution by Credit Acceptance to the Seller of the Contributed
Property, as defined therein.
“Corporate Trust Office” has the meaning given such term in the Trust Agreement.
“Credit Acceptance” means Credit Acceptance Corporation, a Michigan corporation.
“Credit Guidelines” means the policies and procedures of Credit Acceptance, relating
to the extension of credit to automobile, light-duty truck, minivan and/or sport utility dealers
and consumers in respect of retail installment contracts for the sale of automobiles, light-duty
trucks, minivans and/or sport utility vehicles including, without limitation, the policies and
procedures for determining creditworthiness of such dealers and consumers and otherwise relating to
the extension of credit to dealers and consumers and the maintenance of installment sale contracts,
as in effect on the Cut-off Date and as amended from time to time in accordance with the Basic
Documents, attached hereto as Exhibit H.
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“Cut-off Date” means, (i) with respect to Loans and related collateral to be
transferred to the Issuer on the Closing Date, the close of business on February 29, 2008, and (ii)
with respect to Loans and related collateral purchased by the Issuer on each Distribution Date
during the Revolving Period, the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding
Collection Period.
“Dealer” means any new or used automobile, light-duty truck, minivan and/or sport
utility vehicle dealer who has entered into a Dealer Agreement or a Purchase Agreement with Credit
Acceptance.
“Dealer Agreement” means, each Dealer Agreement between the Originator and the related
Dealer substantially in one of the forms included as part of Exhibit C attached hereto;
provided, however, that the term “Dealer Agreement” shall, for the purposes of this
Agreement, include only those Dealer Agreements identified from time to time on Schedule A
hereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance herewith.
“Dealer Collections” means, with respect to any Collection Period, the Collections
received by the Servicer during such Collection Period which pursuant to the terms of any Dealer
Agreement, are required to be remitted to the applicable Dealer.
“Dealer Concentration Limit” means, with respect to any Dealer, an amount equal to:
(A) with respect to the Closing Date, 2.5% of the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance
of Dealer Loans as of the initial Cut-off Date and (B) with respect to each Distribution Date
during the Revolving Period on which Dealer Loans are purchased by the Issuer, 2.5% of the
Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance of Dealer Loans as of such Distribution Date, after
giving effect to all Collections received during the related Collection Period and the purchase of
Dealer Loans on such Distribution Date; provided, that for the ten largest Dealers
(measured by the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance of each such Dealer), such limit
shall be equal to 18.0% of the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance of all Dealer Loans
on the initial Cut-off Date or each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period on which Dealer
Loans are purchased by the Issuer, as the case may be.
“Dealer Loan” means a group of advances made by the Originator to a Dealer in respect
of an identified group of Dealer Loan Contracts, all of which secure repayment thereof, plus
revenue accrued with respect to such Dealer Loan in accordance with Credit Acceptance’s accounting
policies set forth in its periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
the payment of monies to a Dealer under the related Dealer Agreement, less Collections on the
related Contracts securing such Dealer Loan applied to the reduction of the balance of such Dealer
Loan and write-offs of such Dealer Loan; provided, however, that the term “Dealer
Loan” shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, include only those Dealer Loans identified from
time to time on Schedule A hereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Dealer Loan Contract” means each retail installment sales contract, in substantially
one of the forms attached hereto as Exhibit G, relating to the sale of a used automobile,
light-duty truck, minivan or sport utility vehicle originated by a Dealer and in which Credit
Acceptance shall have been granted a security interest and shall have acquired certain
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other rights under a related Dealer Agreement to secure the related Dealer’s obligation to
repay one or more related Dealer Loans.
“Defaulted Contract” means each Contract which has become 90 days delinquent, based on
the date the last payment thereon was received by the Servicer or has had an auction check posted
to the relevant account.
“Delivery” when used with respect to property forming a part of a Trust Account means:
(a) with respect to bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of
deposit and other obligations that constitute “instruments” within the meaning of Section
9-102(a)(47) of the UCC and are susceptible of physical delivery, transfer thereof by
physical delivery to the Trust Collateral Agent indorsed to, or registered in the name of,
the Trust Collateral Agent or its nominee or indorsed in blank, and, with respect to a
certificated security (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) transfer thereof (i) by
delivery of such certificated security to the Trust Collateral Agent or by delivery of such
certificated security to a securities intermediary indorsed to, or registered in the name
of, the Trust Collateral Agent or its nominee or indorsed in blank to a securities
intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) and the making by such
securities intermediary of entries on its books and records identifying such certificated
securities as belonging to the Trust Collateral Agent and the sending by such securities
intermediary of a confirmation of the purchase of such certificated security by the Trust
Collateral Agent, or (ii) by delivery thereof to a “clearing corporation” (as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC) and the making by such clearing corporation of appropriate
entries on its books reducing the appropriate securities account of the originator and
increasing the appropriate securities account of a securities intermediary by the amount of
such certificated security, the identification by the clearing corporation of the
certificated securities for the sole and exclusive account of the securities intermediary,
the maintenance of such certificated securities by such clearing corporation or its nominee
subject to the clearing corporation’s exclusive control, the sending of a confirmation by
the securities intermediary of the purchase by the Trust Collateral Agent of such securities
and the making by such securities intermediary of entries on its books and records
identifying such certificated securities as belonging to the Trust Collateral Agent (all of
the foregoing, “Physical Property”), and, in any event, any such Physical Property in
registered form shall be registered in the name of the Trust Collateral Agent or its nominee
or endorsed in blank; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become
appropriate to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such Eligible Investment to
the Trust Collateral Agent, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the
interpretation thereof;
(b) with respect to any security issued by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation or by the Federal National Mortgage Association that is a book-entry
security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations,
the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including applicable
federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: book-entry
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registration of such Eligible Investment to an appropriate book-entry account
maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a securities intermediary which is also a
“depositary” pursuant to applicable federal regulations and issuance by such
securities intermediary of a deposit advice or other written confirmation of such book-entry
registration to the Trust Collateral Agent of the purchase by the Trust Collateral Agent of
such book-entry securities; the making by such securities intermediary of entries in its
books and records identifying such book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve
System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations as belonging to the Trust Collateral Agent
and indicating that such securities intermediary holds such Eligible Investment solely as
agent for the Trust Collateral Agent; and such additional or alternative procedures as may
hereafter become appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Eligible
Investment to the Trust Collateral Agent, consistent with changes in applicable law or
regulations or the interpretation thereof; and
(c) with respect to any Eligible Investment that is an uncertificated security under
Article 8 of the UCC and that is not governed by clause (b) above, registration on the books
and records of the issuer thereof in the name of the Trust Collateral Agent or its nominee
or the securities intermediary, the sending of a confirmation by the securities intermediary
of the purchase by the Trust Collateral Agent or its nominee of such uncertificated
security, and the making by such securities intermediary of entries on its books and records
identifying such uncertificated certificates as belonging to the Trust Collateral Agent.
In furtherance of the foregoing, any Eligible Investments held by the Trust Collateral Agent
through a securities intermediary shall be held only pursuant to a control agreement entered into
among the Seller, the Trust Collateral Agent and the securities intermediary, pursuant to which the
securities intermediary agrees to credit all financial assets (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of
the UCC) purchased (as defined in Section 1-201(32) of the UCC) at the direction of the Trust
Collateral Agent to the securities account maintained by the securities intermediary for the
benefit of the Trust Collateral Agent and agrees to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(8) of the UCC) of the Trust Collateral Agent without the further consent of the
Seller and pursuant to which the securities intermediary waives any prior lien on all financial
assets credited to such securities account to which it might otherwise be entitled. Such control
agreement shall initially be governed by New York law and the Trust Collateral Agent shall not
amend the initial control agreement or enter into a control agreement with a successor securities
intermediary which in either event provides that the laws of a state other than New York shall
govern, without first obtaining a continuation of perfection and priority opinion under the laws of
such new state which is, acceptable to the Majority Noteholders.
“Determination Date” means the fourth Business Day prior to the related Distribution
Date.
“Discretionary Amortization Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.03(c) hereof.
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“Distribution Date” means, for each Collection Period, the 15th day of the following
month, or if the 15th day is not a Business Day, the next following Business Day, commencing with
the First Distribution Date.
“Early Amortization Event” means, collectively, Automatic Amortization Events and
Discretionary Amortization Events.
“Eligible Account” shall mean a non-interest bearing segregated trust account or
accounts maintained with an institution whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, the unsecured and
uncollateralized long term debt obligations of which institution shall be rated “AA-” or higher by
S&P and “Aa3” or higher by Xxxxx’x and in the highest short term rating category by the Rating
Agencies, and which is (i) a federal savings and loan association duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (ii) an institution duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the applicable banking laws of any state, (iii) a national
banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking
laws, (iv) a principal subsidiary of a bank holding company, or (v) approved in writing by the
Class A Noteholders, and, as confirmed in writing by the Rating Agencies, will not result in the
downgrade of the ratings of the Class A Notes.
“Eligible Contract” means each Eligible Dealer Loan Contract and each Eligible
Purchased Loan Contract.
“Eligible Dealer Agreement” means each Dealer Agreement:
(a) which was originated by the Originator in compliance with all applicable
requirements of law and which complies with all applicable requirements of law;
(b) with respect to which all material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations
of, or registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority required to be
obtained, effected or given by the Seller, by the Originator or by the Servicer in
connection with the origination of such Dealer Agreement or the execution, delivery and
performance by the Seller, by the Originator or by the Servicer of such Dealer Agreement
have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect;
(c) as to which at the time of the sale of rights thereunder to the Trust, the Seller
will have good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Liens;
(d) the Originator’s rights under which have been the subject of a valid grant by the
Originator of a first priority perfected security interest in such rights and in the
proceeds thereof in favor of the Seller;
(e) which will at all times be the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Dealer
party thereto (it being understood that recourse for such payment obligation shall be
limited to the extent set forth in the Dealer Agreement), enforceable against such Dealer in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter
in effect, affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except
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as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(f) which constitutes either a “general intangible” or “tangible chattel paper” under
and as defined in Article 9 of the UCC;
(g) which, at the time of the sale of the rights to payment thereunder to the Trust, no
rights to payment thereunder have been waived or modified;
(h) which is not subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or other
defense (including the defense of usury), other than defenses arising out of applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general;
(i) as to which the Originator, the Servicer and the Seller have satisfied all
obligations to be fulfilled at the time the rights to payment thereunder are transferred to
the Trust;
(j) as to which the related Dealer has not asserted that such agreement is void or
unenforceable;
(k) as to which the related Dealer is not an Affiliate of an executive of Credit
Acceptance or an Affiliate of Credit Acceptance;
(l) as to which the related Dealer is located in the United States;
(m) as to which the related Dealer is not bankrupt or insolvent; and
(n) as to which none of the Originator, the Servicer nor the Seller has done anything,
at the time of its sale to the Trust, to impair the rights of the Trust therein.
“Eligible Dealer Loan” means each Dealer Loan, at the time of its transfer to the
Seller under the Contribution Agreement:
(a) which has arisen under a Dealer Agreement that, on the day the Dealer Loan was
created, qualified as an Eligible Dealer Agreement;
(b) which was created in compliance with all applicable requirements of law and
pursuant to an Eligible Dealer Agreement which complies with all applicable requirements of
law;
(c) with respect to which all material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations
of, or registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority required to be
obtained, effected or given by the Originator, in connection with the creation of such
Dealer Loan or the execution, delivery and performance by the Originator, of the related
Eligible Dealer Agreement have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force
and effect;
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(d) as to which at the time of the sale of such Dealer Loan to the Trust, the Seller
will have good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Liens;
(e) as to which a valid first priority perfected security interest in such Dealer Loan,
related security and in the Proceeds thereof has been granted by the Originator in favor of
the Seller, by the Seller in favor of the Issuer and by the Issuer in favor of the Indenture
Trustee;
(f) which will at all times be the legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the
Obligor thereof (it being understood that recourse for such payment obligation shall be
limited to the extent set forth in the Dealer Agreement), enforceable against such Obligor
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter
in effect, affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit
at law or in equity);
(g) which constitutes a “general intangible” under and as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC;
(h) which is denominated and payable in United States dollars;
(i) which, at the time of its sale to the Trust, has not been waived or modified;
(j) which is not subject to any right of rescission (subject to the rights of the
related Dealer to repay the outstanding balance thereof and terminate the related Dealer
Agreement), setoff, counterclaim or other defense (including the defense of usury), other
than defenses arising out of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general;
(k) as to which the Originator, the Servicer and the Seller have satisfied all
obligations to be fulfilled at the time it is pledged to the Trust;
(l) as to which the related Dealer has not asserted that the related Dealer Agreement
is void or unenforceable;
(m) as to which the related Dealer is not bankrupt or insolvent;
(n) as to which none of the Originator, the Servicer nor the Seller has done anything,
at the time of its sale to the Trust and subsequent pledge to the Indenture Trustee, to
impair the rights of the Trust or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be;
(o) has not become subject to the payment of a Purchase Amount in accordance with
Section 3.02 hereof or Section 4.07 hereof (regardless of whether such
Purchase Amount is actually paid); and
(p) the proceeds of which were used to finance the purchases of used automobiles and/or
light-duty trucks and related products.
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“Eligible Dealer Loan Contract” means each Dealer Loan Contract which, at the time of
its pledge by the applicable Dealer to the Originator, satisfied the requirements for “Qualifying
Receivable” set forth in the related Dealer Agreement; provided, however, that an Eligible Dealer
Loan Contract that has become subject to the payment of a Purchase Amount in Accordance with
Section 3.02 hereof or Section 4.07 hereof (regardless of whether such Purchase
Amount is actually paid) shall not constitute an “Eligible Contract”.
“Eligible Investments” means any one or more of the following types of investments
which mature no later than the Business Day preceding each Distribution Date:
(i) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment by,
the United States of America;
(ii) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository
institution (including any Affiliate of the Seller, the Servicer, the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee) or trust company incorporated under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or
any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal
or state banking or depository institution authorities (including depository receipts issued
by any such institution or trust company as custodian with respect to any obligation
referred to in clause (i) above or a portion of such obligation for the benefit of the
holders of such depository receipts); provided, however, that at the time of
the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein (which shall be deemed to be made
again each time funds are reinvested following each Distribution Date), the commercial paper
or other short-term senior unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the
rating of which is based on the credit of a Person other than such depository institution or
trust company) of such depository institution or trust company shall have a credit rating
from Standard & Poor’s of at least A-1+ and from Moody’s of Prime-1;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation
of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust
company (acting as principal) referred to in clause (ii) above;
(iv) commercial paper (including commercial paper of any affiliate of the Seller, the
Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee) having,
at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from
Standard & Poor’s of at least A-1+ and from Xxxxx’x of Prime-1;
(v) investments in money market funds (including funds for which the Seller, the
Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee or any of their
respective Affiliates is investment manager or advisor) having a rating from Standard &
Poor’s of AAA-m or AAAm-G and from Moody’s of Aaa;
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(vi) bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company
referred to in clause (ii) above;
(vii) any other demand or time deposit, obligation, security or investment as may be
acceptable to the Class A Noteholders, as confirmed in writing by the Rating Agencies, will
not result in the downgrade of the ratings of the Class A Notes; and
(viii) money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits,
savings deposits, bankers acceptances, or federal funds, in each case as defined in
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and issued by or sold
by or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank or any depository institution
or trust company (including the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or their successors)
incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States or any States thereof which
has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250,000,000 and
the deposits of which are fully insured by FDIC and which has from Moody’s a short-term
rating of not lower than P-1 or long-term rating of not lower than A-2.
Any of the foregoing Eligible Investments may be purchased from, by or through the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Trust Collateral Agent or any of their respective Affiliates.
“Eligible Loan”: means each Eligible Dealer Loan and each Eligible Purchased Loan.
“Eligible Purchased Loan Contract”: means each Purchased Loan Contract which at the
time of its purchase from the applicable Dealer by the Originator, evidenced an Eligible Purchased
Loan.
“Eligible Purchased Loans”: Each Purchased Loan, at the time of its transfer to the
Seller under the Contribution Agreement:
(a) which has been originated in the United States by a Dealer for the retail sale of a
Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer’s business and is evidenced by a
fully and properly executed Purchased Loan Contract of which there is only one original
executed copy;
(b) which creates a valid, subsisting, and enforceable first priority perfected
security interest for the benefit of the Originator in the Financed Vehicle, which security
interest has been, in turn, assigned by the Originator to the Seller, by the Seller to the
Issuer and by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee;
(c) which contains customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights and
remedies of the holder thereof shall be adequate for realization against the collateral of
the benefits of the security;
(d) which provides for, in the event that such Purchased Loan is prepaid in full, a
prepayment that fully pays the Outstanding Balance of such Purchased Loan (net
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of all rebates for the unused portion of any ancillary products and net of all unearned
finance charges);
(e) which was created in material compliance with all applicable requirements of law;
(f) which will at all times be the legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the
Obligor thereof, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by general
principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(g) which is not subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or other
defense (including the defense of usury), other than defenses arising out of applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general;
(h) the Obligor thereon is not the United States, any State or any agency, department,
or instrumentality of the United States or any State;
(i) the Obligor thereon is a natural person;
(j) with respect to which, to the best of the Originator’s knowledge, no liens or
claims have been filed for work, labor, materials, taxes or liens that arise out of
operation of law relating to the applicable Financed Vehicle that are prior to, or equal
with, the security interest in the Financed Vehicle granted by the related Purchased Loan
Contract;
(k) with respect to which, to the best of the Originator’s knowledge, there was no
material misrepresentation by the Obligor thereon on such Obligor’s credit application;
(l) which has not been originated in, and is not subject to the laws of, any
jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and assignment of such Purchased Loan under this
Agreement or pursuant to the transfer of the related Purchased Loan Contract shall be
unlawful, void or voidable;
(m) which (i) constitutes either “tangible chattel paper” or a “payment intangible,”
each as defined in the UCC and (ii) if “tangible chattel paper,” shall be maintained in its
original “tangible” form, unless the Indenture Trustee has consented in writing to such
chattel paper being maintained in another form or medium;
(n) which is payable and denominated in United States dollars and the Obligor thereon
is an individual who is a United States resident;
(o) which satisfies in all material respects the requirements under the Credit
Guidelines;
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(p) with respect to which the collection practices used with respect thereto have
complied in all material respects with the Collection Guidelines;
(q) with respect to which there are no proceedings pending, or to the best of the
Originator’s knowledge, threatened, wherein the Obligor thereon or any governmental agency
has alleged that such Purchased Loan is illegal or unenforceable;
(r) with respect to which the Originator has duly fulfilled all obligations to be
fulfilled on the lender’s part under or in connection with the origination, acquisition and
assignment of such Purchased Loan, including, without limitation, giving any notices or
consents necessary to effect the acquisition of such Purchased Loan by the Seller, and has
done nothing to impair the rights of the Seller, or the Trust in payments with respect
thereto;
(s) which was purchased by the Originator from a Dealer pursuant to a Purchase
Agreement;
(t) with respect to which the Dealer from whom the Originator purchased such Purchased
Loan has not engaged in any conduct constituting fraud or misrepresentation with respect to
such Purchased Loan;
(u) with respect to which, at the time such Purchased Loan was originated the proceeds
thereof were fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder, and
all fees and expenses in connection with the origination of such Purchased Loan have been
paid;
(v) with respect to which the Servicer holds the certificate of title or the
application for a certificate of title for the related Financed Vehicles as of the date on
which the related Purchased Loan Contract is transferred to the Seller and will obtain
within 180 days of such date certificate of title with respect to such Financed Vehicle as
to which the Servicer holds only such application;
(w) with respect to which the related Purchased Loan Contract has not been extended or
rewritten and is not subject to any forbearance, or any other modified payment plan other
than in accordance with the Credit Guidelines;
(x) as to which the Originator, the Servicer and the Seller have satisfied all
obligations to be fulfilled at the time it is pledged to the Trust; and
(y) as to which none of the Originator, the Servicer or the Seller has done anything,
at the time of its Sale to the Trust and subsequent pledge to the Indenture Trustee, to
impair the rights of the Trust or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
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“ERISA Affiliate” means Credit Acceptance and each entity, whether or not
incorporated, which is affiliated with Credit Acceptance pursuant to Section 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o) of the Code.
“Errors” has the meaning given such term in the Backup Servicing Agreement.
“Final Score” means the final output from the Originator’s proprietary credit scoring
process, which, when divided by 1,000, represents the Originator’s expectations of the ultimate
collection rate on a contract at inception.
“Financed Vehicle” means, with respect to a Contract, any used automobile, light-duty
truck, minivan or sport utility vehicle, together with all accessories thereto, securing the
related Obligor’s indebtedness thereunder.
“Financial Covenants” means the financial covenants of the Servicer set forth in
Exhibit A hereto.
“First Distribution Date” means May 15, 2008.
“Forecasted Collections” means the expected amount of collections to be received with
respect to the Aggregate Outstanding Eligible Loan Balance each month as determined by Credit
Acceptance in accordance with its forecasting model, set forth on Schedule B hereto, which
shall be submitted to the Class A Noteholder with each Funding Notice related to a proposed
Advance.
“Funding” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02.
“Funding Date” means a Distribution Date during the Commitment Period, determined by
the Issuer at the direction of the Servicer in its sole discretion, on which a Funding shall occur.
“Funding Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time
in the United States.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any
body or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions
of or pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person.
“Incomplete Contract” means any Contract the original of which is not contained in the
related Contract File as of the date for the verification thereof set forth in Section
3.03(d) hereof.
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“Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer and
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time.
“Indenture Trustee Fee” means, as to each Distribution Date, $6,000, which, prior to
the Assumption Date, if any, shall include the Backup Servicing Fee.
“Independent” means a Person, who (1) is in fact independent of the Seller and any of
its Affiliates, (2) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial
interest in the Seller or in any Affiliate of the Seller, and (3) is not connected with the Seller
or Affiliate as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director, or person
performing similar functions.
“Independent Accountants” means a firm registered with the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board that is Independent and is acceptable to the Majority Noteholders.
“Ineligible Contract” means each contract other than an Eligible Contract.
“Ineligible Loan” means each Loan other than an Eligible Loan; provided,
however, that a Dealer Loan relating to a Dealer that has become insolvent after the
transfer of such Dealer Loan to the Issuer shall continue to constitute an “Eligible Dealer Loan”
(assuming that such Dealer Loan would otherwise be an “Eligible Dealer Loan” on such date of
determination if the applicable Dealer had not become insolvent) for purposes of calculating the
“Collateral Amount” so long as (i) the characterization of such Dealer Loan as an “Eligible Dealer
Loan” would not cause the percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Dealer Loans
relating to Dealers who are insolvent to exceed 2.5% of the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan
Balance and (ii) no bankruptcy court has entered an order (whether or not final), which order has
not been vacated or overturned, stating that a person other than the Issuer (or the Servicer on the
Issuer’s behalf) is entitled to receive any collections on the Dealer Loans or the Dealer Loan
Contracts relating thereto.
“Initial Funding” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02.
“Initial Reserve Amount” means an amount equal to 1.0% of the Aggregate Outstanding
Net Eligible Loan Balance as of the initial Cut-off Date.
“Initial Seller Property” has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.01(a) hereof.
“Initial Swap Agreement” means the ISDA Master Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, between the Initial Swap Counterparty and the Issuer, the Schedule thereto, dated as of the
Closing Date, the Credit Support Annex, if applicable, and the Confirmations thereto, dated as of
the Closing Date and entered into pursuant to such ISDA Master Agreement, as the same may be
amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Initial Swap Counterparty” means Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the swap
counterparty under the Initial Swap Agreement.
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“Insolvency Proceeds” means the proceeds, after all payments and reserves from the
sale of the assets of the Trust upon the dissolution of the Trust because of an insolvency of the
Seller.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 18,
2008, among Credit Acceptance, CAC Warehouse Funding Corporation II, Credit Acceptance Funding LLC
2006-2, Credit Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan Trust 2006-2, Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2007-1,
Credit Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan Trust 2007-1, Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2007-2, Credit
Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan Trust 2007-2, the Seller, the Issuer, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as
deal agent and collateral agent under the securitization documents relating to CAC Warehouse
Funding Corporation II, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee and trust
collateral agent under the securitization documents relating to Credit Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan
Trust 2006-2, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture trustee and trust collateral
agent under the securitization documents relating to Credit Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan Trust
2007-1 and Credit Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan Trust 2007-2, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association,
as indenture trustee and trust collateral agent under the Indenture, Comerica Bank, as agent under
the Comerica Credit Agreement, and each other Person who becomes a party thereto after the date
hereof.
“Issuer” or “Trust” means Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 2008-1, a Delaware
statutory trust.
“Late Fees” means if the Backup Servicer has become the successor Servicer, any late
fees collected with respect to any Contract in accordance with the Collection Guidelines.
“Lien” means with respect to a Loan, Dealer Agreement, Purchase Agreement or Contract
or other property any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity, or encumbrance of any kind
(other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens, liens of collection attorneys or agents collecting the
property subject to such tax or mechanics’ lien, and any liens which attach thereto by operation of
law).
“Limited Repurchase Option” means the one-time purchase option of Credit Acceptance in
accordance with Section 10.01(c) hereof.
“Loan” means any Dealer Loan or Purchased Loan.
“Loan Excess Advance Amount” means, with respect to any Eligible Loan on any
Distribution Date, the amount by which the Net Loan Balance of such Eligible Loan, on the date it
was originated, exceeds 70% of the Outstanding Balance of the related Eligible Contracts on their
dates of origination.
“Loan Loss Reserve” means the loan loss reserve, calculated in accordance with Credit
Acceptance’s accounting policies set forth in its periodic reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“Maximum Advance Rate” means 80.0%.
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“Minimum Collateral Amount” means on any Distribution Date during the Revolving
Period, an amount equal to the Class A Note Balance divided by the Maximum Advance Rate.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., and its successors and assigns.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 400
1(a)(3) of ERISA) in respect of which an ERISA Affiliate makes contributions or has liability.
“Net Loan Balance” means, with respect to any Loan, the excess of the related
Outstanding Balance over the related Loan Loss Reserve.
“Net Swap Payment” means for the Swap Agreement, the net amounts owed by the Issuer to
the Swap Counterparty, if any, on any Swap Payment Date, excluding Swap Termination Payments.
“Net Swap Receipts” means for the Swap Agreement, the net amounts owed by the Swap
Counterparty to the Issuer, if any, on any Swap Payment Date, including, without limitation, any
Swap Termination Payments.
“Note Purchase Agreement” means the Note Purchase Agreement dated the Closing Date, by
and among the Issuer, Credit Acceptance, the Seller and the Class A Noteholder.
“Obligor” means, with respect to any Contract, the person or persons obligated to make
payments with respect to such Contract, including any guarantor thereof.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the chairman of the board, the
vice chairman, the president, the chief financial officer, any executive vice president, any vice
president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the secretary, any assistant secretary or the
controller of the Seller or the Servicer, as appropriate.
“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or as otherwise required by the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Swap Counterparty or the Class A Noteholder, be employees of or counsel to the Issuer
and who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Swap Counterparty and
the Class A Noteholder, and which shall comply with any applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of
the Indenture, and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Swap Counterparty and the Class A Noteholder.
“Optional Purchase” means the optional purchase of the Trust Property as set forth in
Section 10.01(a) hereof.
“Original Advance Rate” means, with respect to any Dealer, the ratio, expressed as a
percentage, where the numerator is equal to the sum of the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Loans of such Dealer on the dates such Eligible Loans were originated and the
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denominator is equal to the sum of payments due under all Eligible Contracts related to such
Dealer on their dates of origination.
“Original Certificate Interest” means the percentage interest in the Trust represented
by the Certificate(s) initially authenticated and delivered by the Owner Trustee and which is 100%.
“Originator” means Credit Acceptance.
“Outstanding Balance” means (i) with respect to any Contract on any date of
determination, all amounts owing under such Contract (whether considered principal or as finance
charges), on such date of determination which shall be deemed to have been created at the end of
the day on the date of processing of such Contract and which shall be greater than or equal to
zero; (ii) with respect to any Dealer Loan on any date of determination, the aggregate amount
advanced under such Dealer Loan plus revenue accrued with respect to such Dealer Loan in accordance
with Credit Acceptance’s accounting policies set forth in its periodic reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the payment of monies to a Dealer under the related Dealer
Agreement, less Collections on the related Dealer Loan Contracts securing such Dealer Loan applied
through such date of determination to the reduction of the balance of such Dealer Loan and
write-offs of such Dealer Loan; and (iii) with respect to any Purchased Loan on any date of
determination, the aggregate amount advanced under such Purchased Loan plus revenue accrued with
respect to such Purchased Loan in accordance with Credit Acceptance’s accounting policies set forth
in its periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, less Collections on the
related Purchased Loan Contract securing such Purchased Loan applied through the date of
determination to the reduction of the balance of such Purchase Loan and write offs of such
Purchased Loan..
“Overconcentration Loan Amount” means, with respect to any Dealer, the amount by which
the Net Loan Balance of such Dealer’s Eligible Loans, as of the Closing Date or any Distribution
Date during the Revolving Period on which the Issuer purchases one or more Dealer Loans, as the
case may be, exceeds the Dealer Concentration Limit.
“Owner Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its successors in interest or any
successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
“Owner Trustee’s Fees” means (i) for the year commencing with the Closing Date,
$3,000, payable by the Issuer in advance to the Owner Trustee on the Closing Date and (ii)
thereafter, an amount equal to $250 on each Distribution Date, payable by the Issuer to the Owner
Trustee until the Class A Notes are paid in full, in each case, plus reasonable out of pocket
expenses not to exceed $50,000 annually incurred by the Owner Trustee in fulfilling its duties
under the Basic Documents, except for the reasonable and necessary expenses of the Owner Trustee
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred by the Owner Trustee in connection with
any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, in which the Owner Trustee is identified as a subject or named as a party and faces
potential liability, censure or penalties, other than as the result of the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Owner Trustee.
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“Permitted Incomplete Contracts” means (a) with respect to the 120th day after the
Closing Date and the 120th day after each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, 2.0% of
the aggregate number of Contract Files required to be reviewed by each such date in accordance with
Section 3.03(d)(i) hereof, and (b) with respect to the 180th day after the Closing Date and
the 180th day after each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, 2.0% of the aggregate
number of Contract Files required to be reviewed by each such date in accordance with Section
3.03(d)(ii) hereof.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Physical Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Delivery” above.
“Principal Collection Account” means the account designated as such, established and
maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) hereof.
“Principal Collections” means, with respect to any Collection Period, all Collections
which are not Dealer Collections.
“Principal Deficiency” means, on any Distribution Date other than the Stated Final
Maturity, the amount by which the Class A Note Balance (after taking into account all distributions
of principal to be made from Available Funds on such Distribution Date plus amounts on deposit in
the Reserve Account available for the payment of principal) exceeds the Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible Contracts, other than Defaulted Contracts, as of the last day of the related Collection
Period.
“Proceeds” means, with respect to any portion of the Trust Property, all “proceeds”,
as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC, including whatever is receivable or received when
such portion of Trust Property is sold, liquidated, foreclosed, exchanged, or otherwise disposed
of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes all rights to payment with
respect to any insurance relating thereto.
“Program” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11(a) hereof.
“Purchase Agreement” means each agreement between Credit Acceptance and any Dealer in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
“Purchase Amount” means:
(i) with respect to an Ineligible Loan (or Loan with respect to which the payment of a
Purchase Amount is required or is to be made pursuant to Section 10.01(a)), an amount equal
to the product of: (A) the Net Loan Balance related to such Ineligible Loan (or Loan with respect
to which the payment of a Purchase Amount is required or is to be made pursuant to Section
10.01(a)) as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period; and (B) the Advance Rate in
effect on the Distribution Date during such preceding Collection Period;
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(ii) with respect to any Ineligible Contract (other than any Incomplete Contract), the product
of: (A) the Outstanding Balance of such Ineligible Contract; and (B) the Contract Buy-Back Rate;
and
(iii) with respect to a Contract for which payment is required to be made in accordance with
Section 3.02(b)(B) hereof and with respect to each review period described in Section
3.03(d)(ii) and (iii) hereof, the product of: (A) the Outstanding Balance as of the
last day of the preceding Collection Period of all Incomplete Contracts for any such review period,
divided by the aggregate number of Contracts required to be reviewed by the end of such review
period, (B) the difference between (I) the total number of Incomplete Contracts for such review
period, and (II) the number of Permitted Incomplete Contracts for such review period, and (C) the
Contract Buy-Back Rate,
in each case, payable in the manner set forth in Section 5.04 hereof.
“Purchased Loan” means each motor vehicle retail installment loan relating to the sale
of a used automobile or light-duty truck originated by a Dealer, purchased by the Originator from
such Dealer and evidenced by a Purchased Loan Contract; provided, however, that the term “Purchased
Loan” shall, for purposes of this Agreement, include only those Purchased Loans identified from
time to time on Schedule A hereto.
“Purchased Loan Contract” means each motor vehicle retail installment sales contract,
in substantially one of the forms attached hereto as Exhibit G, relating to a Purchased
Loan.
“Rating Agencies” means, collectively S&P and any other nationally recognized
statistical rating organization requested by the Seller or an Affiliate thereof to rate the Class A
Notes.
“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any event or circumstance and any
Rating Agency, either (a) written confirmation to the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and
the Class A Noteholders by such Rating Agency that the occurrence of such event or circumstance
will not itself cause such Rating Agency to downgrade or withdraw its rating assigned to the Class
A Notes or (b) that such Rating Agency shall have been given notice of such event at least ten days
prior to the occurrence of such event (or, if ten days’ advance notice is impracticable, as much
advance notice as is practicable) and such Rating Agency shall not have issued any written notice
to the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Class A Noteholders that the occurrence of
such event will itself cause such Rating Agency to downgrade or withdraw its rating assigned to the
Class A Notes.
“Records” means the Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Contracts, Contract Files
and all other documents, books, records and other information (including, without limitation,
computer programs, tapes, discs, punch cards, data processing software and related contracts,
records and other media for storage of information) maintained with respect to the Loans and the
Contracts and the related Obligors.
“Recoveries” means all amounts, if any, received in respect of the Trust Property by
the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Originator with respect to Defaulted Contracts.
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“Reliening Expenses” means any expenses incurred by the Backup Servicer, if it has
become the successor Servicer, in accordance with Sections 3.03(h)(ii) and 4.05
hereof, in connection with the retitling or reliening of the Financed Vehicles.
“Replacement Swap Agreement” means, with respect to any Swap Counterparty, any
replacement Swap Agreement entered into pursuant to the conditions set forth in the Swap Agreement.
“Replacement Swap Counterparty” means, with respect to any Swap Counterparty, any
replacement Swap Counterparty approved in writing by the Majority Noteholders under a Replacement
Swap Agreement that satisfies the conditions set forth in the Swap Agreement.
“Repossession Expenses” means, for any Collection Period, any expenses payable
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, incurred by the Backup Servicer, if it has become the
successor Servicer, in connection with the liquidation or repossession of any Financed Vehicle, in
an aggregate amount not to exceed the cash proceeds received by the Backup Servicer, if it has
become the successor Servicer from the disposition of such Financed Vehicles during the related
Collection Period.
“Repurchased Loan” means a Loan with respect to which payment is required to be made
by the Seller, the Servicer or Credit Acceptance in accordance with Section 3.02 or
Section 4.07 hereof or Section 6.1 of the Contribution Agreement, as applicable.
“Reserve Account” means the account established and maintained pursuant to Section
5.01(a)(iv) hereof.
“Reserve Account Requirement” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the lesser of: (A) 2.0% of the highest Class A Note Balance; and (B) the Class A Note
Balance on such Distribution Date, before giving effect to the payment of principal on such
Distribution Date.
“Revolving Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and terminating the
day the Amortization Period begins.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.
“Securities” means the Class A Notes and the Certificates.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Seller” means Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2008-1 and any permitted successor
thereto (in the same capacity).
“Seller Property” means, collectively, the Initial Seller Property and the Subsequent
Seller Property.
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“Servicer” means Credit Acceptance, as the Servicer of the Loans and the Contracts,
and each successor to Credit Acceptance (in the same capacity) appointed pursuant to Section
7.03 or 8.02 hereof.
“Servicer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
B hereto completed and executed by the Servicer by the chairman of the board, the vice
chairman, the president, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the chief
financial officer, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the controller, or any assistant
controller of the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof.
“Servicer Default” is as defined in Section 8.01 hereof.
“Servicer Expenses” means any expenses incurred by the Backup Servicer, if it has
become the successor Servicer hereunder, other than Repossession Expenses, Reliening Expenses or
Transition Expenses.
“Servicer’s Data Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09(b) hereof.
“Servicer’s Data File” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09(b) hereof.
“Servicing Fee” means, for each Distribution Date, a fee payable to the Servicer for
services rendered during the related Collection Period, equal to: (i) so long as Credit Acceptance
is the Servicer, the product of (A) 6.00% and (B) the total Collections for the related Collection
Period, and (ii) if the Backup Servicer is the Servicer, the sum of: (1) the greatest of: (a) the
product of 10.0% and total Collections for the related Collection Period; (b) actual costs incurred
by the Backup Servicer as successor Servicer; and (c) the product of (x) $30.00 and (y) the
aggregate number of Contracts serviced by it during the related Collection Period, plus (2)
without duplication, Late Fees and Servicer Expenses; provided, however, with
respect to each Distribution Date on which the Backup Servicer is the Servicer, the Servicing Fee
shall be at least equal to $5,000.
“State” means any state or commonwealth of the United States of America, or the
District of Columbia.
“Stated Final Maturity” means, with respect to the Class A Notes, November 15, 2013.
“Subordinated Swap Termination Payments” means any Swap Termination Payments due to
the Swap Counterparty by the Issuer under the Swap Agreement due to a termination of the Swap
Agreement due to an “Event of Default” or “Termination Event” (other than “Illegality” or “Tax
Event”) under the Swap Agreement where the Swap Counterparty is the “Defaulting Party” or sole
“Affected Party” respectively.
“Subsequent Seller Property” has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.03(a) hereof.
“Subsequent Seller Property Purchase Price” means, as to the Subsequent Seller
Property purchased by the Trust on any Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, an
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amount equal to the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance of the Loans transferred
to the Trust on such Distribution Date, in the form of cash and/or capital contribution.
“Swap Agreement” means collectively, the Initial Swap Agreement and any Replacement
Swap Agreement.
“Swap Collateral Account” means a single, segregated trust account in the name of the
Indenture Trustee, which shall be designated as the “Swap Collateral Account” which shall be held
in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders established pursuant to Section 5.12 (e) of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Swap Counterparty” means collectively, the Initial Swap Counterparty and any
Replacement Swap Counterparty.
“Swap Payment Date” means the date on which Net Swap Receipts or Net Swap Payments, as
applicable, are made pursuant to the Swap Agreement.
“Swap Replacement Proceeds” means any amounts received from a Replacement Swap
Counterparty in consideration for entering into a Replacement Swap Agreement for a terminated Swap
Agreement.
“Swap Termination Payment” means any payment due to the Swap Counterparty by the
Issuer or to the Issuer by the Swap Counterparty, including interest that may accrue thereon, under
the Swap Agreement due to a termination of the Swap Agreement due to an “Event of Default” or
“Termination Event” under the Swap Agreement.
“Swap Termination Payment Account” means a single segregated trust account held in the
United States in the name of the Indenture Trustee which shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the Class A Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.12(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Transaction Parties” means, collectively, the Originator, the Servicer, the Seller
and the Issuer.
“Transition Expenses” means, if the Backup Servicer has become the successor Servicer,
the sum of: (i) reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Backup Servicer in connection with
its assumption of the servicing obligations hereunder, related to travel, Obligor welcome letters,
freight and file shipping plus (ii) a boarding fee equal to the sum of: (A) the product of
$7.50 and the number of Contracts to be serviced with respect to the first 10,000 Contracts to be
serviced; and (B) the product of $6.00 and the number of Contracts in excess of 10,000 to be
serviced with respect to any additional Contracts to be serviced; provided,
however, that the boarding fee shall not be less than $50,000.
“Treasury Regulations” shall mean regulations, including proposed or temporary
regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or
temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other
successor Treasury Regulations.
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“Trust Accounts” means the Collection Account, the Principal Collection Account, the
Class A Note Distribution Account, the Reserve Account, the Swap Collateral Account and the Swap
Termination Payment Account.
“Trust Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of the
Closing Date, between the Seller and the Owner Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented
from time to time.
“Trust Property” means the assets conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Sections
2.01 and 2.03 hereof, and all rights of the Issuer in the Swap Agreement.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the respective jurisdiction,
and with respect to the definition of “Delivery” hereunder, refers to the UCC as adopted by the
State of New York.
“Unfunded Commitment” means, as at any date of determination, the amount of the Class
A Commitment minus the aggregate amount of all Advances made by the Class A Noteholder.
“Weighted Average Original Advance Rate” means, with respect to each Distribution Date
during the Revolving Period, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, where the numerator is equal to
the aggregate for all Dealers of the product of: (i) the Original Advance Rate of each Dealer; and
(ii) the aggregate outstanding Net Loan Balance of all Eligible Loans for such Dealer and the
denominator is equal to the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance.
SECTION 1.02. Usage of Terms.
With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural
the singular; words importing any gender include the other gender; references to “writing” include
printing, typing, lithography, and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; references
to agreements and other contractual instruments include all subsequent amendments thereto or
changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this
Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; and the term
“including” means “including without limitation.”
SECTION 1.03. Closing Date and Record Date.
All references to the Record Date prior to the first Distribution Date in the life of the
Trust shall be to the Closing Date.
SECTION 1.04. Section References.
All section references shall be to Sections in this Agreement (unless otherwise provided).
SECTION 1.05. Compliance Certificates.
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Upon any application or request by the Seller or the Servicer to the Trust Collateral Agent to
take any action under any provision herein, the Seller or the Servicer (as the case may be) shall
furnish to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Swap Counterparty an Officer’s Certificate stating
that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for herein relating to the proposed action have
been complied with, except that in the case of any other such application or request as to which
the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate need be furnished.
Every certificate with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided herein
shall include a statement that each individual signing such certificate has read such covenant or
condition and the definitions herein relating thereto.
SECTION 1.06. [Reserved].
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF SELLER PROPERTY; FURTHER ENCUMBRANCE THEREOF
SECTION 2.01. Sale of the Initial Seller Property to the Trust.
(a) In consideration of the Trust’s delivery to, or upon the order of, the Seller on the
Closing Date of the net proceeds from the initial sale of the Class A Notes and the other amounts
to be distributed from time to time to the Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
the Seller does hereby convey, assign, sell and transfer without recourse, except as set forth
herein, to the Trust all of its right, title and interest in and to: (i) the Loans listed on
Schedule A hereto delivered to the Servicer, the Class A Noteholders, the Backup Servicer
and the Trust Collateral Agent on the Closing Date; (ii) all rights under the Dealer Agreements and
Purchase Agreements related thereto (other than the Excluded Dealer Agreement Rights), including
Credit Acceptance’s right to service the Loans and the related Contracts and receive the related
servicing fee and receive reimbursement of certain recovery and repossession expenses, in
accordance with the terms of the Dealer Agreements and Purchase Agreements; (iii) Collections
(other than Dealer Collections) after the applicable Cut-off Date; (iv) a security interest in each
Contract securing each Loan; (v) all records and documents relating to the Loans and the Contracts;
(vi) all security interests purporting to secure payment of the Loans; (vii) all security interests
purporting to secure payment of each Contract (including a security interest in each Financed
Vehicle); (viii) all guarantees, insurance (including insurance insuring the priority or perfection
of any Contract) or other agreements or arrangements securing the Contracts; (ix) the Seller’s
rights under the Contribution Agreement; and (x) all Proceeds of the foregoing (the “Initial
Seller Property”).
(b) Such sale shall be effective as of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial Seller
Property.
(c) In consideration of the sale of the Initial Seller Property, the Trust shall (i) pay or
cause to be paid to the Seller on the Closing Date a purchase price equal to the Aggregate
Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance of the Loans transferred to the Trust on the Closing Date,
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in the form of cash (to the extent of the net proceeds from the sale on the Closing Date of
the Class A Notes) and capital contribution and (ii) deliver the Certificate to the Seller. The
Seller directs that the Initial Reserve Amount be deposited in the Reserve Account from such
purchase price.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Initial Seller Property” with respect to any Loan
includes all rights arising after the Closing Date under such Loans which rights are attributable
to advances made under such Loans as the result of Contracts being added after the Closing Date to
the identifiable group of Contracts to which such Loan relates.
SECTION 2.02. Funding of the Advance
(a) On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, on the Closing Date the Class A
Noteholder will make the initial funding (the “Initial Funding”) to the Issuer in an amount
equal to $69,000,000. On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Issuer may, at its
option, on any Funding Date request an advance (an “Advance” or a “Funding”). The
Class A Noteholder shall make the Advance from time to time as requested by the Issuer during the
Commitment Period; provided that in no event shall an Advance be made after the Commitment Period.
Under no circumstances shall the Class A Noteholder make an Advance if, after giving effect to such
Advance, (A) the purchase of the additional Loans and all collateral related thereto would not, on
a pro forma basis, cause the Collateral Amount to at least equal the Minimum Collateral Amount or
(B) the aggregate total amount of all Advances would be in excess of $150,000,000.
(b) Each Advance hereunder shall be requested by the Issuer delivering to the Class A
Noteholder a written request for an Advance (each, a “Funding Notice”), in substantially
the form of Exhibit A to the Note Purchase Agreement, no later than 5:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North
Carolina time) at least two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed Funding Date. Each Funding
Notice shall: (i) specify the desired amount of such Funding, which amount must be in a minimum
amount of $10,000,000 and an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, (ii) specify the date
of such Funding, and (iii) include a representation that all conditions precedent for a Funding
described in clause (e) below have been met. Each Funding Notice shall be irrevocable.
(c) On each Funding Date, the Class A Noteholder shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in clause (e) below, make available to the Issuer in same day funds, at such
bank or other location reasonably designated by the Issuer in its Funding Notice given pursuant to
this Section 2.02, an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount requested by the Issuer
in the applicable Funding Notice or (B) the Aggregate Undrawn Amount.
(d) In no event shall the Class A Noteholder be required on any date to make any Funding which
would result in the aggregate total amount of all Advances, determined after giving effect to such
Funding, exceeding $150,000,000.
(e) The following conditions precedent must be satisfied with respect to any Funding:
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(i) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Funding, neither (a) an
Indenture Event of Default nor an event the occurrence of which with notice or the lapse of
time or both would become an Indenture Event of Default nor (b) a Servicer Default nor an
event the occurrence of which with notice or the lapse of time or both would become a
Servicer Default, has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Funding;
(ii) at the time of the Initial Funding the Initial Reserve Amount has been or is being
funded and on any other Funding Date the Reserve Account Requirement has been met as of the
related Distribution Date;
(iii) the Class A Noteholder shall have received timely written notice of such Funding
and the amount thereof as provided in clause (b) of this Section 2.02;
(iv) Forecasted Collections for the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance
(after giving effect to the proposed Advance) shall be greater than or equal to the Class A
Note Balance, after giving effect to the proposed Advance;
(v) the aggregate total amount of Advances will not exceed $150,000,000 as of the
applicable Funding Date;
(vi) on each Funding Date following the Closing Date, the Rating Agency Condition shall
be satisfied;
(vii) on each Funding Date following the Closing Date, the Issuer shall have received
the prior written consent of the Initial Swap Counterparty for such Funding; and
(viii) on the Closing Date, the Initial Swap Agreement shall be in place and acceptable
to the Rating Agencies and the Majority Noteholders, and on each Funding Date following the
Closing Date, the Swap Agreement shall be amended as agreed to by the parties thereto and
shall be acceptable to each of the Rating Agencies and the Majority Noteholders.
(f) All Advances funded by the Class A Noteholder shall be evidenced by the Class A Note(s),
which shall be governed by and subject to the Indenture. Advances may not be repaid except in
connection with the repayment of principal on the Class A Note(s) pursuant to Section 5.08
hereof. As set forth in the Indenture, the Note Registrar shall maintain in the Register records
of the Class A Commitment applicable to each Class A Note, the aggregate principal amount of
Advances funded in respect of each Holder of a Class A Note and a record of each transfer of the
Class A Notes. The Servicer will, promptly following the request from the Trustee, provide such
information to the Trustee regarding the date and amount of each Funding and any other information
pertinent to the performance by the Trustee of its duties under the Indenture as the Trustee may
reasonably request.
SECTION 2.03. Revolving Period; Principal Collection Account.
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(a) On each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, the Issuer shall receive Available
Funds after the payment of all amounts due and payable in Section 5.08(a)(i) through
(vi) and shall be required to use those amounts, any amounts on deposit in the Principal
Collection Account and any Advance received on such Distribution Date to purchase additional Loans
and all collateral related thereto from the Seller until the Collateral Amount equals the Minimum
Collateral Amount. If on any Distribution Date during the Revolving Period there are not
sufficient Eligible Loans for purchase by the Issuer to cause the Collateral Amount to equal the
Minimum Collateral Amount, an amount necessary to cause the Adjusted Collateral Amount to equal the
Minimum Collateral Amount will remain on deposit in the Principal Collection Account. Subject to
the foregoing, and in consideration of the payment of the Subsequent Seller Property Purchase
Price, the Seller agrees to convey, assign, sell and transfer without recourse, except as set forth
in this Agreement, to the Trust all of its right, title and interest in and to: (i) the Loans
listed on the schedule delivered to the Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the Trust Collateral
Agent on each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period; (ii) rights under the Dealer
Agreements and Purchase Agreements related thereto (other than the Excluded Dealer Agreement
Rights), including Credit Acceptance’s right to service the Loans and the related Contracts and
receive the related servicing fee and receive reimbursement of certain recovery and repossession
expenses, in accordance with the terms of the Dealer Agreements and Purchase Agreements; (iii)
Collections (other than Dealer Collections) after the applicable Cut-off Date; (iv) a security
interest in each Contract securing each Loan; (v) all records and documents relating to the Loans
and the Contracts; (vi) all security interests purporting to secure payment of the Loans; (vii) all
security interests purporting to secure payment of each Contract (including a security interest in
each Financed Vehicle); (viii) all guarantees, insurance (including insurance insuring the priority
or perfection of any Contract) or other agreements or arrangements securing the Contracts; (ix) the
Seller’s rights under the Contribution Agreement; and (x) all Proceeds of the foregoing (the
“Subsequent Seller Property”).
On each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period on which the Issuer purchases Subsequent
Seller Property, the Issuer shall deliver to the Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Trust
Collateral Agent and the Class A Noteholders a supplement to Schedule A hereto listing the
additional Loans purchased on such Distribution Date, and the Dealer Agreements, Purchase
Agreements and Contracts related thereto.
For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Subsequent Seller Property” with respect to any Loan
includes all rights arising after the end of the Revolving Period under such Loans which rights are
attributable to advances made under such Loans as the result of Contracts being added after the
last day of the last full Collection Period during the Revolving Period to the identifiable group
of Contracts to which such Loan relates.
(b) The occurrence of any one of the following events shall constitute an “Automatic
Amortization Event”:
(i) there is a draw on the Reserve Account;
(ii) a Servicer Default occurs;
(iii) an Indenture Event of Default occurs;
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(iv) on any Distribution Date, after giving effect to all purchases of Loans on such
date, the Adjusted Collateral Amount is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, and such
deficiency continues for two (2) or more Business Days;
(v) cumulative Collections through the end of the related Collection Period, expressed
as a percentage of the cumulative Forecasted Collections through the end of the related
Collection Period, is less than 90.0% for any three (3) consecutive Collection Periods;
(vi) on any Distribution Date, after giving effect to the purchase of additional Loans
on such date, the amount on deposit in the Principal Collection Account is greater than 5.0%
of the Adjusted Collateral Amount, and such excess continues for two (2) or more Business
Days; or
(vii) on any Distribution Date, the Weighted Average Original Advance Rate exceeds
50.0%.
(c) The occurrence of any one of the following events shall constitute a “Discretionary
Amortization Event” only if after any applicable grace or cure period the Indenture Trustee, at the
direction of the Majority Noteholders, upon written notice to the Issuer, the Servicer, the Backup
Servicer and the Trust Collateral Agent, declares that an Early Amortization Event has occurred:
(i) the Issuer fails to make a payment or deposit when required under this Agreement or
within any applicable grace or cure period;
(ii) the Issuer fails to observe or perform in any material respect any of its
covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement and that failure continues unremedied
for 30 days after the earlier of (A) a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee obtaining
actual knowledge of such failure and (B) written notice of such failure to the Issuer by the
Indenture Trustee, at the direction of Majority Noteholders;
(iii) any representation or warranty made by the Issuer in this Agreement or in any
certificate or document that the Issuer is required to deliver to the Indenture Trustee is
incorrect in any material respect for 30 days after the earlier of (A) a Responsible Officer
of the Owner Trustee obtaining actual knowledge of such breach or (B) written notice of that
breach to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Majority Noteholders;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee does not have a valid and perfected first priority security
interest in the Trust Property, or the Issuer or Credit Acceptance or an affiliate of Credit
Acceptance makes that assertion;
(v) there is filed against Credit Acceptance, the Seller or the Issuer: (a) a notice of
federal tax lien from the IRS, (b) a notice of lien from the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation under Section 412(n) of the tax code or Section 302(f) of ERISA for a failure to
make a required installment or other payment to a pension plan to which either of those
sections applies or (c) a notice of any other lien that, in the case of each of
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(a), (b) and (c), could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
business, operations or financial condition of the Issuer or the business, operations or
financial condition of Credit Acceptance and the Seller;
(vi) one or more judgments or decrees are entered against the Seller or Credit
Acceptance involving in the aggregate liability, not paid or fully covered by insurance, of
$100,000 in the case of the Seller, and $5,000,000 in the case of Credit Acceptance, or more
and those judgments or decrees have not been vacated, discharged or stayed within 30 days
from their entry; or
(vii) any of the Basic Documents ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect
other than in accordance with its terms.
(d) If a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge, or the
Indenture Trustee shall receive written notice from the Majority Noteholders, that an Early
Amortization Event has occurred, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly issue written notice of such
Early Amortization Event to the Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Rating Agencies, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Swap Counterparty and each of the Class A Noteholders, which notice shall
advise them of the nature of the Early Amortization Event, to the extent actually known by the
Indenture Trustee, and the date of the occurrence thereof.
(e) On the first Distribution Date during the Amortization Period, any amounts remaining on
deposit in the Principal Collection Account shall be deposited into the Collection Account and
treated as Available Funds.
SECTION 2.04. Title to Trust Property.
(a) Immediately upon the conveyance to the Trust by the Seller of any item of property
pursuant to Section 2.01 or 2.03, all right, title and interest of the Seller in
and to such item of property shall terminate, and all such right, title and interest shall vest in
the Trust, in accordance with the Trust Agreement and Sections 3802 and 3805 of the Statutory Trust
Act (as defined in the Trust Agreement).
(b) Immediately upon the vesting of the Trust Property in the Trust, the Trust shall have the
sole right to pledge or otherwise encumber, such Trust Property but only in accordance with the
terms of the Basic Documents. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Trust shall grant a security interest
in the Trust Property to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders to secure
the repayment of the Class A Notes.
(c) It is the intention of the Seller that (i) the transfer and assignment contemplated by
this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Seller Property from the Seller to the Trust and (ii)
the beneficial interest in and title to the Seller Property shall not be part of the Seller’s
estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any
bankruptcy law.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Seller Property is held to be
property of the Seller, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create
indebtedness or a security interest in the Seller Property, then it is intended that:
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(i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of
Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC;
(ii) The conveyances provided for in Section 2.01 and Section 2.03
shall be deemed to be a grant by the Seller, and the Seller hereby grants, to the Trust a
security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), title
and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Seller Property, to
secure such indebtedness and the performance of the obligations of the Seller hereunder;
(iii) The possession by the Trust, or the Servicer as the Trust’s agent, of the Dealer
Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Loans and Contract Files and any other property which
constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be
“possession by the secured party” or possession by the purchaser or a person designated by
such purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the UCC; and
(iv) Notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the
Trust for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under the UCC.
(e) At such time as there are no Class A Notes outstanding and all sums due to (i) the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 of the Indenture, (ii) the Trust Collateral Agent
pursuant to Section 9.05 hereof, (iii) the Backup Servicer hereunder and under the Backup
Servicing Agreement and (iv) the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement, have been paid, the
Trust Collateral Agent shall, upon instructions from the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.2
of the Indenture, release any remaining portion of the Trust Property from the lien of the
Indenture for distribution in accordance with the Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
THE LOANS AND THE CONTRACTS
SECTION 3.01. Representations and Warranties of Seller with respect to the Seller
Property.
The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as to the Dealer Agreements and
Purchase Agreements, Loans and the Contracts on which each of the Trust Collateral Agent and the
Backup Servicer relies in connection with performance of its obligations hereunder and the Swap
Counterparty relies in entering into the Swap Agreement. Such representations and warranties speak
as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement on the Closing Date and each Distribution Date
on which the Trust purchases Seller Property, as the case may be, and only with respect to the
Seller Property conveyed to the Trust at the time given or made (unless otherwise specified) but
shall survive the sale, transfer, and assignment of the Seller Property to the Trust and the pledge
thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
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(i) Eligibility of Dealer Agreements. Each Dealer Agreement classified as an
“Eligible Dealer Agreement” (or included in any aggregation of balances of “Eligible Dealer
Agreements”) by the Seller or the Servicer in any document or report delivered hereunder
satisfied the requirements contained in the definition of Eligible Dealer Agreement on the
date so delivered.
(ii) Eligibility of Loans. Each Loan classified as an “Eligible Loan” (or
included in any aggregation of balances of “Eligible Loans”) by the Seller or the Servicer
in any document or report delivered hereunder satisfied the requirements contained in the
definition of Eligible Loan on the date so delivered.
(iii) Eligibility of Contracts. Each Contract classified as an “Eligible
Contract” (or included in any aggregation of balances of “Eligible Contracts”) by the Seller
or the Servicer in any document or report delivered hereunder satisfied the requirements
contained in the definition of Eligible Contract on the date so delivered.
(iv) Accuracy of Information. All information with respect to the Loans, the
Dealer Agreements, the Purchase Agreements, the Contracts and other Seller Property provided
to the Trust Collateral Agent or the Class A Noteholders by the Seller or the Servicer was
true and correct in all material respects as of the date such information was provided to
the Trust Collateral Agent or the Class A Noteholders, as applicable.
(v) No Liens. Each Loan and the other Seller Property has been pledged to the
Trust Collateral Agent free and clear of any Lien of any Person, and in compliance, in all
material respects, with all Applicable Laws.
(vi) No Consents. With respect to each Loan and the other Seller Property, all
consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations with any
Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by the Seller, in
connection with the pledge of such Dealer Agreement, Purchase Agreement, Loan, Contract or
other Collateral to the Trust Collateral Agent have been duly obtained, effected or given
and are in full force and effect;
(vii) Schedule of Loans, Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements and Contracts.
Schedule A to this Agreement and each supplement or addendum thereto is and will be
an accurate and complete listing of all Loans, the related Dealer Agreements, Purchase
Agreements and Contracts in all material respects on the date each such Loan and other
Seller Property was transferred to the Trust hereunder, and the information contained
therein is and will be true and correct in all material respects as of such date.
(viii) Adverse Selection. No selection procedure believed by the Seller to be
adverse to the interests of the Class A Noteholders has been or will be used in selecting
the Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Loans or Contracts.
(ix) Contribution Agreement. The Contribution Agreement is the only agreement
pursuant to which the Seller purchases Loans from the Originator.
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(x) Security Interest. The Seller has granted a security interest (as defined
in the UCC) to the Trust Collateral Agent, as agent for the Class A Noteholders, in the
Seller Property, which is enforceable in accordance with Applicable Law upon the Closing
Date. Upon the filing of UCC-1 financing statements naming the Trust Collateral Agent as
secured party and the Seller as debtor, or upon the Trust Collateral Agent obtaining
possession or control, in the case of that portion of the Seller Property which constitutes
chattel paper or instruments, the Trust Collateral Agent, as agent for the secured parties
under the Indenture, shall have a first priority perfected security interest in the Seller
Property. All filings (including, without limitation, such UCC filings) as are necessary in
any jurisdiction to perfect the interest of the Trust Collateral Agent, as agent for the
Trust, in the Seller Property have been made.
(xi) Representations and Warranties in Contribution Agreement. The
representations and warranties made by the Originator to the Seller in the Contribution
Agreement are hereby remade by the Seller on each date to which they speak in the
Contribution Agreement as if such representations and warranties were set forth herein. For
purposes of this Section 3.01(xi), such representations and warranties are
incorporated herein by reference as if made by the Seller to the Trust Collateral Agent, the
Swap Counterparty and the Class A Noteholders under the terms hereof mutatis mutandis.
(xii) Survival. The representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 3.01 shall survive the Seller’s transfer and assignment of the Seller
Property to the Trust and the termination of the rights and obligations of the Servicer.
(xiii) Perfection Representations. The perfection representations, warranties
and covenants made by the Seller and set forth on Schedule C hereto shall be a part
of this Agreement for all purposes.
(xiv) Final Score. With respect to the purchase by the Issuer of Loans and
related Seller Property on each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, on each such
Distribution Date, immediately after giving effect thereto, the weighted average of the
Final Scores of all Contracts is 665 or greater.
SECTION 3.02. Payment Upon Breach.
(a) The Seller, the Servicer, or the Trust Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall inform
the other parties to this Agreement; the Swap Counterparty promptly and the Class A Noteholders, in
writing, upon the discovery (which, in the case of the Trust Collateral Agent shall mean actual
knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Trust Collateral Agent or receipt of written notice of
such breach or failure): (i) of any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties pursuant
to Section 3.01 hereof without regard to any limitation set forth therein concerning the
knowledge of the Seller as to the facts stated therein; or (ii) with respect to each date by which
a review is required to be performed pursuant to Section 3.03(d) hereof, that the aggregate
number of Incomplete Contracts exceeds the number of Permitted Incomplete Contracts for such date.
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(b) Unless any such breach of a representation or warranty described in clause (a)(i) of this
Section 3.02 shall have been cured by, or the number of Incomplete Contracts with respect
to any review period described in clause (a)(ii) of this Section 3.02 continues to exceed
the number of Permitted Incomplete Contracts as of last day of the first full Collection Period
following the discovery thereof: (i) the Seller shall have the obligation, and the Trust Collateral
Agent shall, at the expense of the Seller, enforce such obligation of the Seller, and if necessary,
the obligation of the Originator under the Contribution Agreement, to make a payment to the
Collection Account of the applicable Purchase Amount in respect of: (A) all Loans and Contracts
with respect to which there is a breach of any such representations and warranties, and (B) the
aggregate number of Incomplete Contracts which exceeds the number of Permitted Incomplete
Contracts, which, in the case of each of (A) and (B), are materially and adversely affected by such
event or which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Indenture Trustee, the Class A
Noteholders or the Swap Counterparty as of such last day; and (ii) the Majority Noteholders shall
have the right to demand the Seller, and if necessary, the Originator under the Contribution
Agreement, and upon such demand the Seller and, if applicable, the Originator, shall have the
obligation, to make a payment to the Collection Account of the applicable Purchase Amount in
respect of any Permitted Incomplete Contract which materially and adversely affects such Contract
or which materially and adversely affects the interest of the Indenture Trustee, the Class A
Noteholders or the Swap Counterparty as of such last day.
(c) The sole remedy of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Trust, the Class A Noteholders and the
Certificateholders with respect to a breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties pursuant
to Section 3.01 hereof which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Indenture Trustee, the Class A Noteholders or the Swap Counterparty shall be to require the Seller
to make payments in respect of the related Loans pursuant to this Section or to enforce the
obligation of Credit Acceptance to repurchase such Loans pursuant to the Contribution Agreement,
and to require the Seller to make payments in respect of the related Contracts pursuant to this
Section or to enforce the obligation of Credit Acceptance to make such payments pursuant to the
Contribution Agreement. The Trust Collateral Agent shall have no duty to conduct any affirmative
investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the purchase of any Loan or payment
in respect of any Contract pursuant to this Section. Any expenses incurred by the Trust Collateral
Agent in enforcing the obligations of the Seller or Credit Acceptance shall be paid pursuant to
Section 5.08(a) hereof.
(d) (i) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) during the Revolving
Period such payments of Purchase Amounts pursuant to Section 3.02(b) of this
Agreement shall not be required if the Adjusted Collateral Amount is equal to or greater
than the Minimum Collateral Amount, and (B) during the Amortization Period, such payments of
Purchase Amounts pursuant to Section 3.02(b) of this Agreement shall not be
required: (x) with respect to any Loan, so long as the aggregate Net Loan Balance of all
Loans which would be Ineligible Loans as a result of being subject to the foregoing payment
obligations during the Amortization Period is less than the sum of: (1) the product of (i)
the aggregate Net Loan Balance of all Eligible Loans transferred to the Issuer during the
Amortization Period and (ii) the then effective Advance Rate; and (2) all Purchase Amounts
which have been previously paid during the Amortization Period in respect of Ineligible
Loans (such sum, the “Amortization Period Additional Loan Collateral Amount”); and
(y) with respect to any Contract, so long as the aggregate
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Outstanding Balance of all Contracts which would be Ineligible Contracts as a result of
being subject to the foregoing payment obligations during the Amortization Period is less
than the sum of: (1) the product of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Contracts an interest in which is transferred to the Issuer during the Amortization Period
and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Class A Note Balance and the
denominator of which is equal to the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Contracts; and (2)
all Purchase Amounts which have been previously paid during the Amortization Period in
respect of Ineligible Contracts (such sum, the “Amortization Period Additional Contract
Collateral Amount”).
(ii) If such payments are required in accordance with clause (d)(i) of this Section
3.02, they shall be made: (A) with respect to Ineligible Loans, to the extent and in the
amount by which the aggregate Net Loan Balance of all Ineligible Loans which are subject to
the foregoing payment obligations during the Amortization Period exceeds the Amortization
Period Additional Loan Collateral Amount; and (B) with respect to Ineligible Contracts, to
the extent and in the amount by which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Ineligible
Contracts which are subject to the foregoing payment obligations during the Amortization
Period exceeds the Amortization Period Additional Contract Collateral Amount (the foregoing
payment obligations, the “Amortization Period Payment Obligations”).
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller’s obligation to make payments under
Section 3.02 hereof may be waived with the prior written consent of the Indenture
Trustee, at the direction of the Majority Noteholders. Any such waiver by the Indenture
Trustee, at the direction of the Majority Noteholders, as applicable, shall not require any
further waiver, action or consent by any other party. The party providing such waiver shall
give notice thereof to the Owner Trustee.
(e) Any Contract which is subject to a payment in accordance with Section
3.02(b), Section 3.03(d) or Section 4.07 of this Agreement shall be an
Ineligible Contract. Any Loan which is subject to a payment in accordance with Section
3.02(b), Section 3.03(d) or Section 4.07 of this Agreement shall be an
Ineligible Loan.
SECTION 3.03. Custody of Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements and Contract Files.
(a) The Trust hereby revocably appoints Credit Acceptance as custodian of the Dealer
Agreements, the Purchase Agreements, the Contract Files and the Certificates of Title related to
the Financed Vehicles. Credit Acceptance hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to hold, or
appoint an agent acceptable to the Majority Noteholders to hold, each Dealer Agreement, Purchase
Agreement, Contract File and, in states where it is required by applicable law, the original
Certificate of Title related to each Financed Vehicle under this Agreement as custodian for the
Trust and the Trust Collateral Agent.
(b) (i) On or prior to the Closing Date and each Distribution Date during the Revolving
Period, the Servicer shall provide an Acknowledgment substantially in the form of
Exhibit E hereto dated as of the Closing Date or such Distribution Date, as
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applicable, to the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Class A
Noteholders confirming that the Servicer has received and is in possession of the original
of each Dealer Agreement listed on Schedule A hereto (or such amendment or
supplement to Schedule A relating to each Distribution Date, as applicable).
(ii) If, on the 120th day after each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, the
Servicer has not verified the presence of the original Contract related to the Contracts
listed on Schedule A hereto (or such amendment or supplement to Schedule A
relating to each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, as applicable) with respect
to at least 98.0% of the number of Contract Files required to be reviewed by each such 120th
day in accordance with Section 3.03(d) hereof, the Servicer shall provide notice to
the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Class A Noteholders dated as of such
date indicating the number of Incomplete Contracts as of such date.
(iii) On or prior to the 120th day after the Closing
Date, the 180th day
after the Closing Date and the 180th day after each Distribution Date during the Revolving
Period, the Servicer shall provide an Acknowledgment substantially in the form of
Exhibit E hereto, dated as of such date, to the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral
Agent and the Class A Noteholders confirming that the Servicer has verified the presence of
the original contract related to at least 98.0% of the Contract Files required to be
reviewed by such date in accordance with Section 3.03(d) hereof.
(c) To assure uniform quality in servicing the Loans and Contracts and to reduce
administrative costs, the Issuer hereby revocably appoints the Servicer and the Servicer hereby
accepts such appointment, to act as the agent of the Issuer and the Trust Collateral Agent as
custodian of the original Certificates of Title for each Financed Vehicle evidencing the security
interest of the Trust Collateral Agent in the Financed Vehicle which are hereby constructively
delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent as of the Closing Date. The Servicer agrees to maintain
the Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Contract Files, Certificates of Title and Records which
are delivered to it at the offices of the Servicer as shall from time to time be identified to the
Trust Collateral Agent and the Backup Servicer by written notice. The Servicer shall maintain, or
shall appoint an agent acceptable to the Majority Noteholders to maintain, such Certificates of
Title at its principal place of business located at Silver Triangle Building, 00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-8339 or as otherwise notified in writing to the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Backup Servicer and the Class A Noteholders. The Trust Collateral Agent
shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of the Servicer acting as custodian.
(d) The Servicer shall within: (i) 120 days after the Closing Date and 120 days after each
Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, review at least 75.0% of the Contract Files related
to the Loans transferred to the Trust on the Closing Date or such Distribution Date, as applicable,
to verify the presence of the original of the Contract; and (ii) 180 days after the Closing Date
and 180 days after each Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, review the remainder of the
Contract Files related to the Loans transferred to the Trust on the Closing Date or such
Distribution Date, as applicable, to verify the presence of the original of the Contract therein;
provided, however, that in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, the Certificate
of Title with respect to each Contract need not be verified. If the number of Incomplete Contracts
(or the
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number of originals of Contracts that have not otherwise been delivered to the Servicer)
exceeds the number of Permitted Incomplete Contracts as of any such 120th or 180th day, as
applicable, the Seller shall make the payment required by Section 3.02(b) only with respect
to the excess number of Incomplete Contracts, in an amount equal to the related Purchase Amount, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.02(b) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, but subject to the other limitations set forth herein, the Majority Noteholders may, in
their sole discretion, require the Seller to remit the applicable Purchase Amount with respect to
any Permitted Incomplete Contracts.
(e) Subject to the foregoing, Credit Acceptance may temporarily move individual Dealer
Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Contract Files or Records, or any portion thereof without notice
as necessary to allow the Servicer to conduct collection and other servicing activities in
accordance with its customary practices and procedures.
(f) The Servicer shall have and perform the following powers and duties:
(i) hold the Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Contract Files and Records in
trust for the benefit of the Trust Collateral Agent and the Trust and maintain a current
inventory thereof; and
(ii) carry out such policies and procedures in accordance with its customary actions
with respect to the handling and custody of the Dealer Agreements, the Purchase Agreements,
Contract Files and Records so that the integrity and physical possession of the Dealer
Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Contract Files and Records will be maintained.
In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer agrees to act with reasonable care, using that
degree of skill and care that it exercises with respect to similar Dealer Agreements, Purchase
Agreements, Contracts or Loans owned or held by it.
(g) The Servicer shall have the obligation (i) to physically segregate the Contract Files from
the other custodial files it is holding for its own account or on behalf of any other Person and
(ii) to physically mark the Contract folders to demonstrate the transfer of Contract Files and the
Trust Collateral Agent’s security interest hereunder.
(h) (i) If a Servicer Default occurs, the Trust Collateral Agent shall have the rights
set forth in Section 8.01 hereof, including, at the request of the Indenture
Trustee, at the direction of the Majority Noteholders, the right to terminate Credit
Acceptance as the custodian hereunder and the Trust Collateral Agent shall have the right to
appoint a successor custodian hereunder who shall assume all the rights and obligations of
the “custodian” hereunder. On the effective date of the termination of Credit Acceptance as
Servicer, Credit Acceptance shall be released of all of its obligations as custodian arising
on or after such date. The Dealer Agreements, the Purchase Agreements, Contract Files and
Records shall be delivered by Credit Acceptance to the successor custodian, on or before the
date which is two (2) Business Days prior to such date.
(ii) During the continuance of a Servicer Default, the Servicer and the Seller shall,
at the request of the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Majority
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Noteholders or the Trust Collateral Agent, each in its sole discretion, take all steps
necessary to cause the Certificate of Title of each Financed Vehicle to be revised to name
the Trust Collateral Agent on behalf of the Trust as lienholder. Any costs associated with
such revision of the Certificate of Title shall be paid by the Servicer and, and to the
extent such costs are not paid by the Servicer such unpaid costs shall be recovered as
described in Section 5.08 hereof. In no event shall the Trust Collateral Agent or
the successor Servicer be required to expend funds in connection with this Section
3.03(h). If the Backup Servicer has become the successor Servicer, it shall be
reimbursed for all Reliening Expenses (in accordance with the provisions of Section
5.08(a) hereof) for any retitling effort associated with the Financed Vehicles set forth
in this Agreement.
(iii) The Servicer shall provide to the Trust Collateral Agent access to the Dealer
Agreements, the Purchase Agreements, Contract Files and Records and all other documentation
regarding the Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Contracts and the Loans and the
related Financed Vehicles in such cases where the Trust Collateral Agent is required in
connection with the enforcement of the rights or interests of the Trust, or by applicable
statutes or regulations to review such documentation, such access being afforded without
charge.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF LOANS AND CONTRACTS
SECTION 4.01. Appointment; Duties of Servicer.
(a) Servicing; Termination. The Seller and the Trust hereby appoint Credit Acceptance
as Servicer hereunder and Credit Acceptance hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to manage,
collect and administer each of the Loans as Servicer. Upon the occurrence of a Servicer Default,
the Indenture Trustee and Class A Noteholders shall have the rights set forth in Section
8.01 hereof.
(b) Standard of Care; Types of Duties. The Servicer shall manage, service,
administer, and make collections on the Loans and the Contracts with reasonable care, using that
degree of skill and attention that the servicers in the retail automobile financing industry
exercise with respect to all comparable receivables that they service for themselves or others and
the same degree of care that the Servicer exercises with respect to any comparable loan or
automobile contracts that it holds for its own account. The Servicer’s duties shall include
collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Dealers and of Obligors on such
Contracts, investigating delinquencies, sending payment statements or coupons to Dealers and
Obligors, reporting tax information to Dealers and Obligors, accounting for collections, and
furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Trust Collateral Agent with respect to
distributions. The Servicer shall follow prudent standards, policies, and procedures in performing
its duties as Servicer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is hereby
granted a limited power of attorney by the Trust Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, on behalf
of itself, the Trust, the Class A Noteholders, or the Trust Collateral Agent or any of them, any
and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and
all other comparable instruments, with respect to such Loans and Contracts or to the Financed
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securing such Contracts in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If the Servicer shall
commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Loan or a Contract, the Trust Collateral Agent (in the
case of a Loan other than a Repurchased Loan) shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically
assigned, solely for the purpose of collection, such Loan or Contract to the Servicer. The
Servicer shall not make the Seller, the Trust, the Trust Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee
a party to any such legal proceeding without such party’s written consent. If in any enforcement
suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a Loan or a Contract on
the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Loan
or Contract, the Trust Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have automatically assigned such Loan or
Contract to the Servicer, solely for the purpose of collection. The Trust Collateral Agent shall
furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents prepared by the Servicer
reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties hereunder. The Servicer, at its expense, shall obtain on behalf of the Trust
all licenses, if any, required by the laws of any jurisdiction to be held by the Trust in
connection with ownership of the Loans and its security interest in the Contracts which secure the
Loans, and shall make all filings and pay all fees as may be required in connection therewith
during the term hereof. The Seller shall assist the Backup Servicer, as successor Servicer, in
connection with any reports related to distributions.
(c) Duties with Respect to the Basic Documents. Credit Acceptance shall perform all
its duties and, unless otherwise specified, the administrative duties of the Issuer under the Basic
Documents. In addition, Credit Acceptance shall consult with the Indenture Trustee, as Credit
Acceptance deems appropriate regarding the duties of the Issuer under the Basic Documents. Credit
Acceptance shall monitor the performance of the Trust and shall advise the Owner Trustee and
Indenture Trustee, when action is necessary to comply with the Trust’s duties under the Basic
Documents. The Seller (to the extent the Servicer does not) shall execute and deliver all Issuer
Orders and Officer’s Certificates required by the Trust under the Indenture. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Backup Servicer, as successor Servicer, shall not have an
obligation to perform such duties set forth in this Section 4.01(c).
(d) Duties with Respect to the Trust.
(i) In addition to the duties of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement or any of the
Basic Documents, the Servicer, as Administrator, shall perform such calculations, shall
execute and deliver all Issuer Orders and Officer’s Certificates required of the Issuer
under the Basic Documents, and shall prepare for execution by the Trust or the Owner Trustee
or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports,
filings, instruments, Funding Notices, certificates, opinions, financial statements and
accounting books and records as it shall be the duty of the Trust or the Owner Trustee to
prepare, file or deliver pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents or under
state and federal tax and securities laws or any state regulatory filings required to be
made by the Trust and shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Trust to
take pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents, including, without
limitation, pursuant to Section 5.1 (with respect to the preparation and filing of
tax returns) and Section 11.11 of the Trust Agreement.
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(ii) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this
Agreement, the Servicer may enter into transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its
Affiliates; provided, however, that such delegation shall not relieve the
Servicer of its obligations that the terms of any such transaction or dealings shall be in
accordance with any directions received from the Trust and shall be, in the Servicer’s
opinion, no less favorable to the Trust in any material respect.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that the Backup Servicer is acting as
successor Servicer, the Seller shall assist the Backup Servicer in performing the duties of the
Administrator set forth in this Section 4.01(d).
(e) Records. The Servicer shall maintain appropriate books of account and records
relating to its duties performed under Section 4.01(c) and (d) hereof, which books
of account and records shall be accessible for inspection and copy by the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent or the Class A Noteholders at
any time during normal business hours at its offices and in a reasonable manner.
(f) Additional Information to be Furnished to the Trust. The Servicer shall furnish
to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Backup Servicer, the
Swap Counterparty and the Class A Noteholders from time to time such additional information
regarding the Trust or the Basic Documents as the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Backup Servicer, the Swap Counterparty or the Class A Noteholders shall
reasonably request.
(g) Servicer as Independent Contractor. All services, duties and responsibilities of
the Servicer under this Agreement shall be performed and carried out by the Servicer as an
independent contractor for the benefit of the Trust, and none of the provisions of this Agreement
shall be deemed to make, authorize or appoint the Servicer as agent or representative of the
Seller, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Trust or any Class A Noteholder except as provided in
Section 3.03 hereof.
SECTION 4.02. Collection and Application of Payments on the Loans and Contracts.
The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such action as may be necessary or advisable
to collect all amounts due under the Loans and Contracts from time to time, all in accordance with
Applicable Laws, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with the Collection
Guidelines (including, without limitation, selling or assigning Defaulted Contracts to third
parties for collection), it being understood that there shall be no recourse to the Servicer with
regard to the Loans and Contracts except as otherwise provided herein and in the other Basic
Documents. In performing its duties as Servicer, the Servicer shall use the same degree of care
and attention it employs with respect to similar contracts and loans which it services for itself
or others. Each of the Issuer and the Trust Collateral Agent hereby appoints as its agent the
Servicer, from time to time designated pursuant to the terms hereof, to enforce its respective
rights and interests in and under the Trust Property. The Servicer shall hold in trust for the
Issuer and the Trust Collateral Agent all Records and all Collections (other than Dealer
Collections) and any other amounts it receives in respect of the Trust Property. In the event that
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Servicer is appointed, the outgoing Servicer shall deliver to the successor Servicer and the
successor Servicer shall hold in trust for the Issuer and the Trust Collateral Agent all records
which evidence or relate to all or any part of the Trust Property.
SECTION 4.03. Realization Upon Contracts.
On behalf of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer shall use reasonable efforts,
in accordance with the Collection Guidelines and prudent servicing procedures, to repossess or
otherwise convert the ownership of the Financed Vehicle securing any Contract as to which the
Servicer shall have determined eventual payment in full is unlikely, as soon as practicable after
the Servicer makes such determination. The Servicer may also sell or otherwise assign Defaulted
Contracts for collection in an effort to realize upon such Defaulted Contracts. The Servicer shall
follow such prudent practices and procedures as would be deemed prudent in the servicing of
comparable receivables, consistent with the standard of care required by Section 4.01(b)
which may include reasonable efforts to sell the Financed Vehicle at public or private sale. If
the Backup Servicer has become the Servicer, it shall be entitled to receive Repossession Expenses
in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof.
SECTION 4.04. Physical Damage Insurance.
The Servicer, in accordance with prudent servicing procedures, shall require that each Obligor
on a Contract shall have obtained physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle as of the
date of execution of the Contract, as may be required in accordance with the Credit Guidelines.
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles.
The Servicer shall take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security
interest created by each Contract in the related Financed Vehicle, including, without limitation,
taking such steps as are reasonably necessary to maintain the Originator as noted lienholder on
each Certificate of Title relating to a Financed Vehicle in all states where such notation is a
means of perfection under applicable law. The Servicer shall take such steps as are necessary to
reperfect such security interest on behalf of the Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation
of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason. In the event that the assignment of a Contract to
the Indenture Trustee is insufficient without a notation on related Financed Vehicle’s Certificate
of Title, or without fulfilling any additional administrative requirements under the laws of the
state in which the Financed Vehicle is located, to perfect a security interest in the related
Financed Vehicle in favor of the Indenture Trustee, the parties hereto agree that the Originator’s
designation as the secured party on the Certificate of Title is, with respect to each secured
party, as applicable, in its capacity as agent of the Indenture Trustee. The Backup Servicer as
successor Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for all expenses incurred in connection with
its duties under this Section 4.05.
SECTION 4.06. Covenants of Servicer.
(a) Affirmative Covenants. From the date hereof until the Stated Final Maturity or,
if earlier, the date the Class A Notes are paid in full:
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(i) Compliance with Law. The Servicer will comply in all material respects
with all Applicable Laws, including those with respect to the Loans, the Dealer Agreements,
the Purchase Agreements, the Contracts or any part thereof.
(ii) Preservation of Existence. The Servicer will preserve and maintain its
existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation, and
qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
where the failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges
and qualification has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse
effect on the Loans, the Dealer Agreements, the Purchase Agreements, the Contracts or the
Class A Notes.
(iii) Obligations and Compliance with Loans, Dealer Agreements and Purchase
Agreements. The Servicer will duly fulfill and comply with all obligations on the part
of the Seller to be fulfilled or complied with under or in connection with each Loan and
each Dealer Agreement and Purchase Agreement and will do nothing to impair the rights of the
Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty or the Class A
Noteholders in, to and under the Trust Property. The Backup Servicer as successor Servicer
shall not have an obligation to perform the obligations of the Servicer under this
Section 4.06(a)(iii).
(iv) Keeping of Records and Books of Account. The Servicer will maintain and
implement administrative and operating procedures (including without limitation, an ability
to recreate records consistent with standards or practices in the industry evidencing the
Loans and the Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep
and maintain all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or
advisable for the collection of all Loans.
(v) Preservation of Security Interest. The Servicer will file such financing
and continuation statements and any other documents that may be required by any law or
regulation of any Governmental Authority to preserve and protect fully the security interest
of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders in, to and under the
Trust Property. In its capacity as custodian, it will maintain possession of the Dealer
Agreements, Purchase Agreements and the Contract Files and Records, as custodian for the
Trust and the Trust Collateral Agent, as set forth in Section 3.3(a).
(vi) Collection Guidelines. The Servicer will (A) comply in all material
respects with the Collection Guidelines in regard to each Loan and Contract, and (B) furnish
to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Class A Noteholders quarterly, prompt notice of any
material change in the Collection Guidelines and will deliver a copy of such changes to the
Trust Collateral Agent and the Class A Noteholders, quarterly.
(vii) Books and Records. The Servicer shall keep, or cause to be kept, in
reasonable detail, books and records of account of: (A) its assets and business, and shall
clearly reflect therein the ownership of the Trust Property by the Issuer; and (B) any
statutory trust records of the Trust required in accordance with Section 4.1(c)(iv) of the
Trust Agreement.
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(viii) Access to Records; Discussions with Officers. The Servicer shall, at
the Servicer’s expense upon the prior reasonable request of the Majority Noteholders, permit
an authorized agent appointed by the Majority Noteholders, access during normal business
hours at its offices to (i) the Servicer’s books of account, records, reports and other
papers with respect to the Trust Property and the Basic Documents and (ii) any of the
properties of the Servicer, in order to examine all of such books of account, records,
reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom and to discuss the
Servicer’s affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, employees, and subject to the
agreement of such accountants, independent public accountants. Such inspections and
discussions shall be conducted at such reasonable times, as often as may be reasonably
requested and in a commercially reasonable manner.
(ix) ERISA. So long as the Seller or the Issuer are ERISA Affiliates of the
Servicer, the Servicer shall comply in all material respects with the provisions of ERISA,
the Code, and all other applicable laws, except where such non-compliance could not
reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect with respect to the Servicer
and its ERISA Affiliates or with respect to the Trust Property. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Servicer shall not, and shall not permit its ERISA Affiliates to: (i) engage
in any non-exempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code
Section 4975 or ERISA Section 406) with respect to any Benefit Plan for which the Servicer
and its ERISA Affiliates would have a material liability; (ii) suffer to exist any
accumulated funding deficiency as defined in Section 301(a) of ERISA and Section 412(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Benefit Plan in an amount exceeding $500,000
or (iii) terminate any Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan if such termination would result
in any material liability for which the Seller or Issuer would be liable as ERISA
Affiliates.
(x) Financial Reporting. The Servicer shall furnish or cause to be furnished
to the Indenture Trustee, the Class A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty and the Rating
Agencies the following:
(A) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within
one hundred and twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year of the Servicer, the
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Servicer as of the end of such fiscal year, and
the audited consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the
Servicer for such fiscal year in reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the
respective figures for the corresponding date and period in the preceding fiscal year, in
each case prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and accompanied by the
certificate of independent accountants and certified by an authorized officer of the
Servicer as being complete and correct in all material respects, in each case presenting the
financial condition and results of operations of the Servicer as of the dates and for the
periods indicated, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
(B) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event
within 60 days after the close of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the
Servicer, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Servicer as of the end of each
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such quarter, and the unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the
Servicer for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, in reasonable detail and stating in
comparative form the respective figures for the corresponding date and period in the
preceding fiscal year, prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied (subject to
normal year-end adjustments), and certified by an authorized officer of the Servicer as
being complete and correct in all material respects and presenting the financial condition
and results of operations of the Servicer as of the dates and for the periods indicated, in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied (subject as to interim statements to normal
year-end adjustments).
(C) Certification Regarding Servicer Defaults. Concurrently with the delivery
of each financial report delivered under (A) or (B) above, a certification by the chief
financial officer or treasurer of the Servicer that no Servicer Default and no event which,
with the giving of notice or the passage of time, would become a Servicer Default has
occurred and is continuing or, if any such Servicer Default or other event has occurred and
is continuing, such a Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing, the action which the
Servicer has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(D) Notices to Other Creditors. Concurrently with the delivery to the “Agent”
under the Comerica Credit Agreement, but in any event no later than when such reports and
notices are required to be given under such agreement, copies of any static pool analyses,
notices of default, SEC filings, notices disclosing adverse litigation or a material adverse
change in the Servicer’s financial condition, business or operations.
(E) Other Material Events. As soon as possible, and in any event within three
(3) Business Days after becoming aware of (i) any material adverse change in the financial
condition of the Servicer or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate of a financial officer
setting forth the details of such change, or (ii) the submission of any claim or the
initiation of any legal process, litigation or administrative or judicial investigation
against the Servicer or any of its Subsidiaries in any federal, state or local court or
before any arbitration board, or any such proceeding threatened by any governmental agency,
which, if adversely determined, would be reasonably likely to cause a material adverse
effect on the Servicer’s financial condition or operations, its ability to perform its
obligations hereunder or on the collectibility of the Trust Property.
(F) Other Information. Promptly upon request, such other information
respecting the Trust Property or the Servicer as the Swap Counterparty, the Class A
Noteholders or the Rating Agencies may reasonably request.
(b) Negative Covenants. From the date hereof until the Stated Final Maturity or, if
earlier, the date the Class A Notes are paid in full:
(i) Mergers, Acquisition, Sales, etc. Except with respect to the merger of
Vehicle Remarketing Services, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, with and into the Servicer,
which shall not require the Servicer to comply with clause (A) below, the Servicer
will not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its
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properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless the Servicer
is the surviving entity and unless:
(A) the Servicer has delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee,
the Class A Noteholders, the Owner Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Backup Servicer an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that any consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer and such supplemental agreement comply with the terms of this
Agreement and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with and, in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, that such supplemental
agreement is legal, valid and binding with respect to the Servicer and such other matters as
the Trust Collateral Agent or the Majority Noteholders may reasonably request;
(B) the Servicer shall have delivered written notice of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap
Counterparty and the Class A Noteholders; and,
(C) after giving effect thereto, no Servicer Default or event that with notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute a Servicer Default shall have occurred.
(ii) Change of Name or Location of Records. Except as permitted under
Section 7.03, the Servicer shall not (A) change its name or its state of
organization, move the location of its principal place of business and chief executive
office, and the offices where it keeps records concerning the Loans from the location
referred to in Section 3.03(c), or (B) move the Records from the location thereof on
the Closing Date, unless the Servicer has given at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to
the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Class A
Noteholders and has taken all actions required under the UCC of each relevant jurisdiction
in order to continue the first priority perfected security interest of the Trust Collateral
Agent as agent for the Class A Noteholders in the Trust Property.
(iii) Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors. The Servicer will not make
any change in its instructions to Obligors (other than pursuant to its Collection
Guidelines) regarding payments to be made directly or indirectly, unless the Trust
Collateral Agent and the Majority Noteholders have each consented to such change and has
received duly executed documentation related thereto; provided, however, any
successor Servicer appointed Servicer hereunder, shall be permitted to make changes to such
instructions directing the Obligors to make payments to such successor Servicer directly or
indirectly upon its appointment, but any subsequent changes shall be subject to the consent
provisions of this clause (iii).
(iv) No Instruments. The Servicer shall take no action to cause any Loan to be
evidenced by any instrument (as defined in the UCC as in effect in the relevant
jurisdictions).
(v) No Liens. The Servicer shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any
other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than in
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favor of the Trust Collateral Agent or the Trust as specifically contemplated herein)
on the Trust Property or any interest therein; the Servicer will notify the Trust Collateral
Agent of the existence of any Lien on any portion of the Trust Property immediately upon
discovery thereof, and the Servicer shall defend the right, title and interest of the Trust
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Class A Noteholders in, to and under the Trust Property
against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Servicer.
(vi) Credit Guidelines and Collection Guidelines. The Servicer will not amend,
modify, restate or replace, in whole or in part, the Credit Guidelines or Collection
Guidelines, which change would materially impair the collectibility of any Loan or Contract
or otherwise materially adversely affect the interests or the remedies of the Trust
Collateral Agent or the Trust under this Agreement or any other Basic Document, without the
prior written consent of the Trust Collateral Agent and the Majority Noteholders.
(vii) Release of Contracts. Except for a release to an insurer in exchange for
insurance proceeds paid by such insurer resulting from a claim for the total insured value
of a vehicle, the Servicer shall not release or direct the Trust Collateral Agent to release
the Financed Vehicle securing each such Contract from the security interest granted by such
Contract in whole or in part, except in the event of (i) payment in full by or on behalf of
the Obligor thereunder, (ii) settlement with the Obligor in respect of Defaulted Contracts
consistent with its Collection Guidelines or (iii) repossession, nor shall the Servicer
impair the rights of the Class A Noteholders or the Swap Counterparty in the Contracts which
secure the Loans, except as may be required by applicable law.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may assign rights in and to Defaulted
Contracts to collection agents as part of the collection process under the Collection Guidelines.
SECTION 4.07. Payments in Respect of Loans or Contracts Upon Breach.
(a) The Servicer or the Trust Collateral Agent (provided that a Responsible Officer of the
Trust Collateral Agent has actual knowledge or has received written notice thereof) shall inform
the other parties to this Agreement and the Swap Counterparty promptly, in writing, upon the
discovery of any breach of Section 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04,
4.05 or 4.06 hereof which materially and adversely affects the interest of the
Issuer, the Swap Counterparty or the Indenture Trustee. Unless the breach shall have been cured by
the last day of the first full Collection Period following such actual knowledge or receipt of
notice by an Authorized Officer of the Servicer, the Servicer shall, as of the Business Day
preceding the Determination Date relating to the respective Collection Period, make payments with
respect to any nonconforming Loan that is materially and adversely affected by such breach or which
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Class A Noteholders, and shall prepay in full
any nonconforming Contract that is materially and adversely affected by such breach or which
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Class A Noteholders; provided,
however, if the Backup Servicer is acting as successor Servicer, it shall not have any
obligation to make payments with respect to any Loans or prepay any Contracts. In consideration of
the making of payments with respect to such Loan or such Contract, the Servicer shall remit the
Purchase Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) during the Revolving Period,
such payments
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shall not be required if the Adjusted Collateral Amount is equal to or greater than the
Minimum Collateral Amount; and (ii) during the Amortization Period, such payments shall not be
required: (A) with respect to any Loan, so long as the aggregate Net Loan Balance of all Loans
which would be Ineligible Loans as a result of being subject to the foregoing payment obligations
during the Amortization Period is less than the Amortization Period Additional Loan Collateral
Amount; and (B) with respect to any Contract, so long as the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all
Contracts which would be Ineligible Contracts as a result of being subject to the foregoing payment
obligations during the Amortization Period is less than the Amortization Period Additional Contract
Collateral Amount.
(b) If such payments are required in accordance with clause (a) of this Section
4.07, they shall be made only with respect to the Amortization Period Payment Obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer’s obligation to make any payment under this
Section 4.07 may be waived with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee,
at the direction of the Majority Noteholders. The Trust Collateral Agent shall have no duty to
conduct any affirmative investigation or inquiry as to the occurrence of any condition requiring
payments to be made with respect to any Loan or Contract pursuant to this Section. Any such waiver
by the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Majority Noteholders, as applicable, shall not
require any further waiver, action or consent by any other party. The party providing such waiver
shall give notice thereof to the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 4.08. Servicer Fee.
The Servicer, including any successor Servicer, shall be entitled to payment of the Servicing
Fee as defined herein, which shall be payable in accordance with Section 5.08(a) hereof.
In no event shall the Indenture Trustee or the Trust Collateral Agent be responsible for the
Servicing Fee or for any differential between the Servicing Fee and the amount necessary to induce
a successor Servicer to assume the obligations of Servicer hereunder.
SECTION 4.09. Servicer’s Certificate.
(a) By the Determination Date in each calendar month, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Rating Agencies, the Swap Counterparty, the Backup Servicer, and Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC, a Servicer’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto containing all information necessary to make the transfers, deposits and distributions
pursuant to Sections 5.04 through 5.11 hereof for the Collection Period immediately
preceding the date of such Servicer’s Certificate and as of the last day of such Collection Period,
and all information necessary for the Trust Collateral Agent to make available statements to Class
A Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.11 hereof. Upon receipt of the Servicer’s Certificate,
the Trust Collateral Agent shall conclusively rely (and shall be fully protected in so relying) on
the information contained therein for the purposes of making distributions and allocations as
provided for herein. Each Servicer’s Certificate shall be certified by a Responsible Officer of
the Servicer. The Seller shall assist the Trust Collateral Agent with its obligation to make
distributions and allocations. Loans purchased by the Trust shall be identified by the Servicer by
the Dealer’s lot number and certain other information with respect to such Loan (as specified in
Schedule A to this Agreement).
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(b) No later than 9:00 A.M. New York time on the third (3rd)
Business Day of each
calendar month (the “Servicer’s Data Date”), the Servicer shall send to the Backup Servicer
a Computer Tape, detailing the Collections received during the prior Collection Period and all
other information in its possession relating to the Loans and the Contracts as may be necessary for
the complete and correct completion of the Servicer’s Certificate (the “Servicer’s Data
File”). Such Computer Tape shall be in the form and have the specifications as may be agreed
to between the Servicer and the Backup Servicer from time to time.
(c) No later than the end of the second (2nd) Business Day prior
to each
Determination Date, the Servicer shall furnish to the Backup Servicer the Servicer’s Certificate
related to the prior Collection Period together with all other information necessary for the
preparation of such Servicer’s Certificate and necessary to determine the application of
Collections. The Backup Servicer shall review the information contained in the Servicer’s
Certificate against the information on the Servicer’s Data File, on an aggregate basis.
The Backup Servicer and the Servicer shall attempt to reconcile any such material
inconsistencies and/or to furnish any such omitted information and the Servicer shall amend the
Servicer’s Certificate to reflect the Backup Servicer’s computations or to include the omitted
information. The Backup Servicer shall in no event be liable to the Servicer with respect to any
failure of the Backup Servicer to discover or detect any errors, inconsistencies, or omissions by
the Servicer with respect to the Servicer’s Certificate and Servicer’s Data File except as
specifically set forth in this Section.
(d) The Servicer shall provide to the Backup Servicer, or its agent, monthly, or as frequently
as may be otherwise requested, information on the Loans and related Contracts sufficient to enable
the Backup Servicer to assume the responsibilities as successor Servicer and collect on the
Contracts.
(e) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Backup Servicer may accept and conclusively rely
on all accounting, records and work of the Servicer without audit, and the Backup Servicer shall
have no liability for the acts or omissions of the Servicer or for the inaccuracy of any data
provided, produced or supplied by the Servicer. If any Error exists in any information received
from the Servicer, and such Errors should cause or materially contribute to any Continued Errors,
the Backup Servicer shall have no liability for such Continued Errors; provided,
however, that this provision shall not protect the Backup Servicer against any liability
that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence in
discovering or correcting any Error or in the performance of its or their duties hereunder or under
this Agreement. In the event the Backup Servicer becomes aware of Errors or Continued Errors, the
Backup Servicer shall use its best efforts to reconstruct and reconcile such data as is
commercially reasonable to correct such Errors and Continued Errors and prevent future Continued
Errors. The Backup Servicer shall be entitled to recover its costs thereby expended from the
Servicer.
(f) The Backup Servicer and its officers, directors, employees and agent shall be indemnified
by the Servicer and the Issuer jointly and severally, from and against all claims, damages, losses
or expenses reasonably incurred by the Backup Servicer (including reasonable attorney’s fees)
arising out of claims asserted against the Backup Servicer by third parties on any
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matter arising out of this Agreement to the extent the act or omission giving rise to the
claim accrues before the date on which the Backup Servicer assumes the duties of Servicer
hereunder, except for any claims, damages, losses or expenses arising from the Backup Servicer’s
own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Indemnification by the Servicer and the
Issuer under this Section 4.09(f) shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
earlier removal or resignation of the Backup Servicer.
(g) Other than as specifically set forth in this Agreement or in the Backup Servicing
Agreement, the Backup Servicer shall have no obligation to supervise, verify, monitor or administer
the performance of the Servicer and shall have no duty, responsibility, obligation, or liability
for any action taken or omitted by the Servicer.
SECTION 4.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default.
(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Rating
Agencies, the Swap Counterparty, the Indenture Trustee and the Class A Noteholders, on or before
April 30th of each year beginning in the year 2009, an Officer’s Certificate, dated as
of the preceding December 31st, stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during
the preceding 12-month (or for the initial certificate, for such shorter period as may have elapsed
from the Closing Date to such December 31st or, with respect to a successor Servicer,
shorter period if a successor Servicer becomes Servicer after the beginning of a calendar year)
period and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision
and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled
all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such period, or, if there has been a default in
the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the
nature and status thereof.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee, the Class A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty, the Backup Servicer and to the Rating
Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five (5)
Business Days thereafter, written notice in an Officer’s Certificate of any event which with the
giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under Section
8.01. The Seller shall deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Class
A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty, the Backup Servicer and to the Rating Agencies, promptly
after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days
thereafter, written notice in an Officer’s Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice
or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under clause (ii) of Section
8.01. The Trust Collateral Agent shall forward a copy of each Officer’s Certificate so
received to each Class A Noteholder.
SECTION 4.11. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountant’s Report.
(a) The Servicer will deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, each Class A Noteholder, the Swap Counterparty and the Rating Agencies, on or before April
30th of each year beginning in the year 2009, a copy of a report prepared by Independent
Accountants, who may also render other services to the Servicer or any of its Affiliates, or to the
Seller, addressed to the Board of Directors of the Servicer and the
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Indenture Trustee and dated during the current year, to the effect that such firm has examined
the Servicer’s policies and procedures and issued its report thereon and expressing a summary of
findings (based on the procedures to be performed on the documents, records and accounting records
set forth in clause (b) of this Section 4.11) relating to the servicing of the Loans and
the related Contracts and the administration of the Loans and the related Contracts and of the
Trust during the preceding calendar year and that such servicing and administration was conducted
in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, except for (i) such exceptions as such firm shall
believe to be immaterial and (ii) such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such report and
that such examination (1) was performed in accordance with standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and (2) included tests relating to auto loans serviced
for others in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Single Attestation Program for
Mortgage Bankers (the “Program”) to the extent the procedures in the Program are applicable
to the servicing obligations set forth in this Agreement. For purposes of clause (i) of this
Section 4.11(a), an amount shall be deemed “immaterial” if it is less than $1,000 or 0.05%.
In the event such independent public accountants require the Trust Collateral Agent or the
Indenture Trustee to agree to the procedures to be performed by such firm in any of the reports
required to be prepared pursuant to this Section 4.11, the Servicer shall direct the Trust
Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree; it being understood and agreed
that the Trust Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement in
conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Servicer, and neither the Trust Collateral Agent nor
the Indenture Trustee has made any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no
obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures.
Such report shall also indicate that the firm is independent of the Servicer and its
Affiliates within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.
(b) The procedures to be performed by the Independent Accountants shall include: (i) a
comparison of the data contained in two (2) Servicer Certificates (which are to be selected at
random by the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Majority Noteholders, from all of the
Servicer Certificates delivered during the applicable fiscal year) to (A) the Servicer’s internal
reports derived from its loan servicing system, (B) information obtained by the Servicer from the
Indenture Trustee in compiling the Servicer Certificates, and (C) such other information used in
the preparation of the Servicer Certificates, to confirm the calculation of the data contained in
the Servicer Certificates; (ii) a comparison of the Aggregate Outstanding Eligible Loan Balance
contained on three (3) Servicer Certificates (which are to be selected at random by the Indenture
Trustee, at the direction of the Majority Noteholders, from all of the Servicer Certificates
delivered during the applicable fiscal year) to the Servicer’s internal reports derived from its
accounting records, to confirm the calculation of such amount; (iii) an audit of the Servicer’s
cash collections procedures by testing a random sample of five (5) daily cash receipts from the
Servicer’s list of cash collections for the applicable fiscal year to confirm that Collections
received are deposited to the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt; and (iv)
such other procedures as may be mutually agreed upon by the Servicer, the Majority Noteholders and
the Independent Accountants which are considered appropriate under the circumstances.
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SECTION 4.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Loans and
Contracts.
The Servicer shall provide to each Class A Noteholder, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust
Collateral Agent and the Swap Counterparty access to its records pertaining to the Loans and the
related Contracts, upon prior written request. Access shall be afforded without charge, but only
upon reasonable request and during the normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer.
Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any Applicable Law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Dealers or the Obligors, and the failure of the
Servicer to provide access to information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a
breach of this Section.
SECTION 4.13. Servicer Expenses.
The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
activities hereunder, including fees and disbursements of independent accountants, taxes imposed on
the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to Class A
Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Swap Counterparty and with
administering the duties of the Trust and the Issuer. If the Backup Servicer has become the
Servicer, it shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all Servicer Expenses, Repossession Expenses,
Reliening Expenses and Transition Expenses in accordance with
Section 5.08(a)
hereof.
SECTION 4.14. Servicer Not to Resign as Servicer.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.03 of this Agreement, the Servicer shall not
resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except
upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be
permissible under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of
the Servicer shall be communicated to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Rating Agencies, the Class A
Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty and the Indenture Trustee within five (5) Business Days
thereafter (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing within five
(5) Business Days thereafter) and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Class A Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall
become effective until the successor Servicer, appointed in accordance with Section 8.02
hereof, shall have taken the actions required by the last paragraph of Section 8.01 of this
Agreement and shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the predecessor Servicer
in accordance with Section 8.02 of this Agreement. The Trust Collateral Agent shall
forward a copy of each notice so received to each Class A Noteholder, the Swap Counterparty and the
Rating Agencies.
SECTION 4.15. The Backup Servicer.
(a) Prior to assuming any of the Servicer’s rights and obligations hereunder the Backup
Servicer shall only be responsible to perform those duties specifically imposed upon it by the
provisions of the Backup Servicing Agreement, and no implied obligations shall be read
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into this Agreement against the Backup Servicer. Such duties generally relate to following
the provisions herein which would permit the Backup Servicer to assume some or all of the
Servicer’s rights and obligations hereunder (as modified or limited herein or in the Backup
Servicing Agreement) with reasonable dispatch, following notice.
The Backup Servicer, prior to assuming any of the Servicer’s duties hereunder, may not resign
hereunder unless it arranges for a successor Backup Servicer reasonably acceptable to the Servicer,
the Seller and the Majority Noteholders, with not less than 30 days’ notice delivered to the
Majority Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty and the Seller. Prior to its becoming successor
Servicer, the Backup Servicer shall have only those duties and obligations imposed by it under this
Agreement, and shall have no obligations or duties under any agreement to which it is not a party,
including but not limited to the various agreements named herein.
(b) The Backup Servicer shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur liability (financial or otherwise) in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the repayment of such funds or written indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it in
writing prior to the expenditure or risk of such funds or incurrence of financial liability.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Backup Servicer, in its capacity as such, and
not in its capacity as successor Servicer, shall not be liable for any obligation of the Servicer
contained in this Agreement, and the parties shall look only to the Servicer to perform such
obligations.
(c) The Servicer shall have no liability, direct or indirect, to any party, for the acts or
omissions of the Backup Servicer, whenever such acts or omissions occur whenever such liability is
imposed, except as set forth in Section 4.09(f). The successor Servicer shall not be
liable for the acts or omissions of any predecessor Servicer.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Majority Noteholders shall have the
right to remove the Backup Servicer for cause at any time and replace the Backup Servicer. In the
event that the Majority Noteholders exercise their right to remove and replace Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
National Association as Backup Servicer, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association shall have no
further obligation to perform the duties of the Backup Servicer under this Agreement.
SECTION 4.16. Fidelity Bond.
The Servicer hereby represents and covenants that the Servicer has obtained, and shall
continue to maintain in full force and effect, a fidelity bond covering the Servicer of a type and
in such amount as is customary for prudent servicers engaged in the business of servicing sub-prime
and non-prime motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts similar to the Contracts.
SECTION 4.17. Obligations in Respect of the Owner Trustee.
To the extent Credit Acceptance is no longer the Servicer hereunder, Credit Acceptance, in its
individual capacity, agrees to perform the obligations of the Servicer, as Administrator, described
in Section 4.01(d) and Section 4.06(a)(vii)(B) hereof and in Sections 5.1, 6.2 and
11.11 of the Trust Agreement.
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ARTICLE V
TRUST ACCOUNTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND NOTEHOLDERS
SECTION 5.01. Establishment of Trust Accounts.
(a) (i) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Trust Collateral Agent, on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty and,
after the Class A Termination Date, the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain in
its own name two Eligible Accounts (respectively, the “Collection Account” and the
“Principal Collection Account”) bearing a designation clearly indicating that the
funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty and,
after the Class A Termination Date, the Certificateholders, as their interests may appear.
The Collection Account and the Principal Collection Account shall initially be established
with the Trust Collateral Agent.
(ii) The Trust Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of
the Class A Noteholders and, after the Class A Termination Date, the Certificateholders,
shall establish and maintain in its own name an Eligible Account (the “Class A Note
Distribution Account”) bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Trust Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Class A Noteholder and, after the Class A Termination Date,
the Certificateholders, as their interests may appear. The Class A Note Distribution
Account shall initially be established with the Trust Collateral Agent.
(iii) The Trust Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit
of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain in its own name an Eligible Account
(the “Certificate Distribution Account”) bearing a designation clearly indicating
that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust Collateral Agent on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Certificate
Distribution Account shall initially be established with the Trust Collateral Agent.
(iv) The Trust Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Class A Noteholders, the Swap
Counterparty and, after the Class A Termination Date, the Certificateholders, as their
interests may appear, shall establish and maintain in its own name an Eligible Account (the
“Reserve Account”) bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Trust Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty and, after the
Class A Termination Date, the Certificateholders, as their interests may appear. The Reserve
Account shall initially be established with the Trust Collateral Agent.
(b) Funds on deposit in the Collection Account, the Principal Collection Account, the Swap
Termination Payment Account, and the Reserve Account shall each be
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invested by the Trust Collateral Agent (or any custodian with respect to funds on deposit in
any such account) in Eligible Investments selected in writing by the Servicer (pursuant to standing
instructions or otherwise), bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on
demand, no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Distribution Date;
provided, however, it is understood and agreed that the Trust Collateral Agent
shall not be liable for any loss arising from such investment in Eligible Investments unless the
Eligible Investment was a direct obligation of the Trust Collateral Agent in its commercial
capacity or unless such loss was caused by the Trust Collateral Agent’s negligence or willful
misconduct (it being understood and acknowledged that no loss on any such Eligible Investment which
was made in conformity with this Agreement and the instructions of the Servicer shall be considered
“caused by the Trust Collateral Agent’s negligence or willful misconduct”). All such Eligible
Investments shall be held by or on behalf of the Trust Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty and, after the Class
A Termination Date, the Certificateholders, as their interests may appear. Funds deposited in the
Collection Account on the day immediately preceding a Distribution Date upon the maturity of any
Eligible Investments are not required to be invested overnight. On each Distribution Date, all
interest and investment income (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds on deposit in the
Collection Account, as of the end of the Collection Period shall be included in Available Funds;
and all interest and other investment income (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds on
deposit in the Reserve Account shall be deposited into the Reserve Account. On each Distribution
Date during the Revolving Period, all interest and other investment income (net of investment
losses and expense) on funds on deposit in the Principal Collection Account shall be deposited into
the Principal Collection Account; thereafter, such interest and other investment income (net of
investment losses and expense) shall be included in Available Funds in the Collection Account.
(c) If (i) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on
deposit in the Collection Account, the Principal Collection Account or the Reserve Account to the
Trust Collateral Agent by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Issuer
and Trust Collateral Agent) on any Business Day; or (ii) an Indenture Default or Indenture Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Class A Notes but the Class A
Notes shall not have been declared due and payable, or, if such Class A Notes shall have been
declared due and payable following an Indenture Event of Default, amounts collected or receivable
from the Trust Property are being applied as if there had not been such a declaration; then the
Trust Collateral Agent shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the
Collection Account, the Principal Collection Account or the Reserve Account, as the case may be, in
Eligible Investments described in clause (v) of the definition thereof.
(d) (i) Subject to the grant of the security interest pursuant to the Indenture in favor of
the Indenture Trustee, the Trust shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts (other than Dealer Collections) and in all proceeds
thereof and all such funds, investments, proceeds and income shall be part of the Trust Property.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trust Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and
control of the Trust Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders, the Swap
Counterparty and, after the Class A Termination Date, the Certificateholders, as their interests
may appear.
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(i) With respect to any Eligible Investments held from time to time in any Trust
Account, the Trust Collateral Agent agrees that:
(A) any Eligible Investment that is held in deposit accounts shall be, except as
otherwise provided herein, subject to the exclusive custody and control of the Trust
Collateral Agent, and the Trust Collateral Agent shall have sole signature authority with
respect thereto;
(B) any Eligible Investment that constitutes Physical Property shall be delivered to
the Trust Collateral Agent in accordance with paragraph (a) of the definition of “Delivery”
and shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by the Trust Collateral Agent or
a securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC)
acting solely for the Trust Collateral Agent;
(C) any Eligible Investment that is a book-entry security held through the Federal
Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered in accordance
with paragraph (b) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Trust
Collateral Agent, pending maturity or disposition, through continued book-entry registration
of such Eligible Investment as described in such paragraph;
(D) any Eligible Investment that is an “uncertificated security” under Article 8 of the
UCC and that is not governed by clause (C) above shall be delivered to the Trust Collateral
Agent in accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be
maintained by the Trust Collateral Agent, pending maturity or disposition, through continued
registration of the Trust Collateral Agent’s (or its nominee’s) ownership of such security;
and
(E) not less than eight (8) days prior to each Distribution Date, the Trust Collateral
Agent shall give notice to each Eligible Institution that holds Eligible Investments in
money market deposit accounts that on such Distribution Date the Trust Collateral Agent may
be withdrawing all funds from the applicable Trust Account.
(e) The Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the Majority Noteholders, to instruct the
Trust Collateral Agent to make withdrawals and payments from the Trust Accounts for the purpose of
permitting the Servicer and the Trust Collateral Agent to carry out its respective duties
hereunder.
(f) If ratings of the unsecured and uncollateralized long-term debt obligations of the Trust
Collateral Agent or its parent are lower than “AA-” by S&P and “Aa3” by Xxxxx’x, then the Servicer
shall, with the Trust Collateral Agent’s assistance as necessary, cause the Trust Accounts to be
moved within five (5) Business Days to another institution where such Trust Accounts will be
Eligible Accounts.
SECTION 5.02. Collections; Allocation.
The Servicer shall remit to the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt all
Collections collected during each Collection Period. On the Closing Date, the
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Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account the foregoing amounts received with respect
to the Loans and Contracts since the initial Cut-off Date.
The Servicer shall determine each month the amount of Collections received during each
Collection Period which constitutes Dealer Collections and shall so notify the Trust Collateral
Agent in writing. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Trust Collateral Agent, at the
written direction of the Servicer, shall distribute on each Distribution Date: (i) to the Issuer an
amount equal to the aggregate amount of Dealer Collections received during or with respect to the
prior Collection Period; and (ii) to the Backup Servicer, if it has become successor Servicer, an
amount equal to Repossession Expenses related to the prior Collection Period prior to the
distribution of Available Funds pursuant to Section 5.08(a) hereof. Upon receipt, the
Issuer shall remit all Dealer Collections to Credit Acceptance. In the event the Backup Servicer
is acting as successor Servicer, the Seller shall assist the Backup Servicer in the performance of
its obligations under this Section 5.02.
SECTION 5.03. Certain Reimbursements to the Servicer.
The Servicer will be entitled to be reimbursed from amounts on deposit in the Collection
Account with respect to a Collection Period for amounts previously deposited in the Collection
Account but later determined by the Servicer to have resulted from mistaken deposits or postings or
checks returned for insufficient funds. The amount to be reimbursed hereunder shall be paid to the
Servicer on the next succeeding Business Day(s) out of collections on Loans and the related
Contracts to be remitted to the Collection Account to the extent the net amount to the Collection
Account is greater than zero.
SECTION 5.04. Additional Deposits.
(a) The Servicer or the Seller, as applicable, shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Collection Account each Purchase Amount paid hereunder. Credit Acceptance shall deposit any
amounts in respect of the Limited Repurchase Option to the Collection Account. All such deposits
with respect to a Collection Period shall be made, in immediately available funds, on the Business
Day immediately preceding the Determination Date related to such Collection Period.
(b) The proceeds of any purchase or sale of the assets of the Trust described in Section
10.01 hereof shall be deposited by the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, in the Collection
Account on the Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which such purchase
shall occur.
(c) Following the acceleration of the Class A Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture,
the proceeds shall be deposited in the Collection Account to be distributed by the Indenture
Trustee in accordance with Section 5.2(b) of the Indenture.
(d) The Indenture Trustee will promptly, but in no event later than noon (New York City time)
on the related Distribution Date, deposit into the Collection Account all Net Swap Receipts
received by it under the Swap Agreement in immediately available funds.
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SECTION 5.05. Reserve Account.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Seller shall direct the Trust Collateral Agent to deposit to the
Reserve Account a cash amount equal to the Initial Reserve Amount.
(b) With respect to each Distribution Date, on the fourth Business Day immediately preceding
such Distribution Date, the Servicer (provided, that in the event the Backup Servicer is acting as
successor Servicer, the Seller shall assist the Backup Servicer in the performance of its
obligations under this Section 5.05(b)) shall instruct the Trust Collateral Agent (based on
the information contained in the Servicer’s Certificate delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent in
respect of the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 4.09), prior to the making of
any transfers pursuant to Section 5.08 hereof, if required, to withdraw from the Reserve
Account to the extent available therein with respect to amounts payable on such Distribution Date,
the amounts specified below, and deposit such amounts in the Collection Account to be applied as
follows:
(i) first, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the Servicing Fee, up to the
Capped Servicing Fee, over (y) the Available Funds required to be applied pursuant to
Section 5.08(a)(i) hereof on such Distribution Date;
(ii) second, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the Indenture Trustee Fee and
fees payable to the Owner Trustee, up to the Capped Backup Servicer and Trustee Fees and
Expenses, over (y) the Available Funds required to be applied pursuant to Section
5.08(a)(i) hereof on such Distribution Date;
(iii) third, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the Net Swap Payment, if any,
over (y) Available Funds required to be applied pursuant to Section 5.08(a)(ii)
hereof on such Distribution Date;
(iv) fourth, an amount equal to the excess of (1) the Class A Interest
Distributable Amount plus the Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, over (2) the
Available Funds required to be applied pursuant to Section 5.08(a)(iii) hereof on
such Distribution Date;
(v) fifth, [Reserved];
(vi) sixth, an amount equal to the Principal Deficiency (assuming that, for
purposes of determining the Principal Deficiency in this clause only, the amounts available
for the distribution of principal are attributable to those amounts required to be applied
pursuant to Section 5.08(a)(vii) and Section 5.08(a)(viii) hereof) on such
Distribution Date;
(vii) seventh, if the next Distribution Date is the Stated Final Maturity, an
amount equal to the excess of (x) the Class A Note Balance over (y) the Available Funds
required to be applied pursuant to Section 5.08(a)(viii) hereof on the Stated Final
Maturity;
(viii) eighth, [Reserved]; and
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(ix) ninth, an amount equal to the excess of the funds remaining in the Reserve
Account after the withdrawals referred to in clauses (i) through (viii)
above over the Reserve Account Requirement on such Distribution Date.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all transfers of funds between accounts may occur on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date related to such transfer; all
distributions from accounts shall occur on the Distribution Date.
(d) Amounts withdrawn from the Reserve Account pursuant to clause (b)(i)-(viii) above
shall be used solely for the amounts described in clause (b)(i)-(viii) above, as
applicable. Amounts withdrawn from the Reserve Account pursuant to clause (b)(ix) above
shall constitute Available Funds.
SECTION 5.06. Reserved.
SECTION 5.07. Reserved.
SECTION 5.08. Transfers and Distributions.
(a) Unless the Class A Notes have been accelerated in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, on each Distribution Date, after making any transfers and distributions required by
Sections 5.02, 5.03, 5.04 and 5.05(b)) hereof, the Trust Collateral
Agent shall (based on the information contained in the Servicer’s Certificate delivered on the
related Determination Date) cause to be made the following transfers and distributions for such
Distribution Date from Available Funds and amounts deposited to the Collection Account from the
Reserve Account (such amounts from the Reserve Account to be applied in accordance with Section
5.05(b)), in the following order of priority:
(i) pro rata: (A) (i) to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and any Servicing Fee unpaid
from any prior Distribution Date, or (ii) if the Servicer has been replaced pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, to the Backup Servicer, the Servicing Fee and any Servicing Fee
unpaid from any prior Distribution Date up to the Capped Servicing Fee; and (B) to the
Backup Servicer: (i) any Transition Expenses and (ii) any accrued and unpaid indemnification
amounts owed to it up to $17,000; and (C) pro rata, to the Backup Servicer,
so long as it has not become the Servicer, any accrued and unpaid Backup Servicing Fees, and
to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent, pro rata, their
related accrued and unpaid fees or Indenture Trustee Fee, as applicable, indemnification
amounts and expenses, up to the Capped Backup Servicer and Trustee Fees and Expenses;
(ii) to the Swap Counterparty, the Net Swap Payment;
(iii) to the Class A Note Distribution Account, on a pro rata basis,
any accrued and unpaid Class A Commitment Fee Amount due and payable on such Distribution
Date, the Class A Interest Distributable Amount due and payable on such Distribution Date
and the Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, from any prior Distribution Date for
distribution to the Class A Noteholders;
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(iv) to any successor Servicer, an amount equal to the Reliening Expenses;
(v) [Reserved];
(vi) to the Reserve Account, an amount equal to the amount necessary to cause the
amount on deposit in the Reserve Account to equal the Reserve Account Requirement for such
Distribution Date;
(vii) during the Revolving Period, to the Principal Collection Account: (A) for
application by the Issuer to purchase additional Loans from the Seller, the amount needed to
cause the Collateral Amount to equal the Minimum Collateral Amount, and if the Minimum
Collateral Amount cannot be reached due to an insufficient amount of Loans for purchase by
the Issuer, the amount needed to cause the Adjusted Collateral Amount to equal the Minimum
Collateral Amount; and (B) the amount needed to cure any Principal Deficiency;
(viii) pro rata, (A) during the Amortization Period, to the Class A Note Distribution
Account, the Class A Principal Distributable Amount for distribution to the Class A
Noteholders, until the Class A Note Balance has been reduced to zero; and (B) to the Swap
Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payments (other than Subordinated Swap Termination
Payments) payable by the Issuer;
(ix) [Reserved];
(x) to the Swap Counterparty, any Subordinated Swap Termination Payments payable by the
Issuer;
(xi) pro rata, (A) to the Backup Servicer, any amounts owed to the Backup Servicer
pursuant to clause (1), to the extent not paid pursuant to clause (1); and (B) pro rata, to
the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee and Trust Collateral Agent, any accrued fees, expenses
or indemnification amounts to the extent not paid pursuant to clause (1); and
(xii) following the payment in full of all distributable amounts and after making all
allocations set forth in clauses (i) through (xi) above, to the Indenture Trustee for
deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account any remaining Available Funds in the
Collection Account for distribution to the Certificateholder pursuant to Section
5.10 hereof.
(b) In the event that the Collection Account is maintained with an institution other than the
Trust Collateral Agent, the Servicer shall instruct the Trust Collateral Agent to instruct and
cause such institution to make all transfers, deposits and distributions pursuant to Section
5.08(a) hereof on the related Distribution Date.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all transfers of funds between accounts may occur on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date related to such transfer; all
distributions from accounts shall occur on the Distribution Date.
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SECTION 5.09. Distributions from the Class A Note Distribution Account.
(a) Subject to Section 5.12 hereof, on each Distribution Date, after making all
transfers and distributions required to be made on such Distribution Date by Sections 5.05
and 5.08 hereof, the Trust Collateral Agent shall (based on the information contained in
the Servicer’s Certificate delivered on the related Determination Date) distribute all amounts on
deposit in the Class A Note Distribution Account to Noteholders in respect of the Class A Notes in
the following amounts and in the following order of priority:
(i) to the Class A Noteholders the sum of (1) the Class A Commitment Fee Amount for
such Distribution Date, (2) the Class A Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution
Date and (3) the Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date;
(ii) after the application of clause (i) above and until the outstanding principal
balance of the Class A Notes is reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class A Notes, the
Class A Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date.
(b) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust’s payment (or allocations of
income) to a Class A Noteholder, such withholding tax shall reduce the amount otherwise
distributable to the Class A Noteholder in accordance with this Section 5.09. The Trust
Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable
to the Class A Noteholders sufficient funds for the payment of any withholding tax that is legally
owed by the Trust as instructed by the Servicer, in writing in a Servicer’s Certificate (but such
authorization shall not prevent the Trust Collateral Agent from contesting at the expense of the
Seller any such withholding tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of withholding
such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any
withholding tax imposed with respect to a Class A Noteholder shall be treated as cash distributed
to such Class A Noteholder at the time it is withheld by the Trust and remitted to the appropriate
taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a
distribution (such as a distribution to a non-US Noteholder), the Trust Collateral Agent may
withhold such amounts in accordance with this clause (b). In the event that a Class A Noteholder
wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Trust Collateral Agent shall
reasonably cooperate with such Class A Noteholder in making such claim so long as such Class A
Noteholder agrees to reimburse the Trust Collateral Agent for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
(c) Distributions required to be made to Noteholders on any Distribution Date shall be made to
each Class A Noteholder of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire transfer, in
immediately available funds, to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if (i) such Class A Noteholder shall have provided to the Class A
Note Registrar appropriate written instructions at least ten Business Days prior to such
Distribution Date or (ii) such Class A Noteholder is the Seller, or an Affiliate thereof, or, if
not, by check mailed to such Class A Noteholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Note
Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final distribution in respect of any Class A Note
(whether on the Stated Final Maturity or otherwise) will be payable only upon presentation and
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surrender of such Class A Note at the office or agency maintained for that purpose by the Note
Registrar pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture.
SECTION 5.10. Certificate Distribution Account.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Collateral Agent shall (based on the information
contained in the Servicer’s Certificate delivered on the related Determination Date) distribute all
amounts on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account to the Certificateholders.
(b) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust’s payment (or allocations of
income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the
Certificateholder in accordance with this Section. The Trust Collateral Agent is hereby authorized
and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders sufficient
funds for the payment of any tax that is legally owed by the Trust as instructed in writing by the
Servicer (but such authorization shall not prevent the Trust Collateral Agent from contesting, at
the expense of the Seller, any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such
tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding
tax imposed with respect to a Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such
Certificateholder at the time it is withheld by the Trust and remitted to the appropriate taxing
authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a
distribution (such as a distribution to a non-US Certificateholder), the Trust Collateral Agent may
withhold such amounts in accordance with this clause (b). In the event that a Holder wishes to
apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Trust Collateral Agent shall reasonably
cooperate with such Certificateholder in making such claim so long as such Certificateholder agrees
to reimburse the Trust Collateral Agent for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
(c) Distributions required to be made to Certificateholders on any Distribution Date shall be
made to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire transfer, in
immediately available funds, to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if (i) such Certificateholder shall have provided to the
Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions at least ten Business Days prior to such
Distribution Date and such Holder’s Certificates in the aggregate evidence a denomination of not
less than $500,000 or (ii) such Certificateholder is the Seller, or an Affiliate thereof, or, if
not, by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final distribution in respect of any
Certificate (whether on the Stated Final Maturity or otherwise) will be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office or agency maintained for that purpose
by the Certificate Registrar pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Trust Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all transfers of funds between accounts may occur on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date related to such transfer; all
distributions from accounts shall occur on the Distribution Date.
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SECTION 5.11. Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders.
On or prior to each Distribution Date, the Servicer (provided, that in the event the Backup
Servicer is acting as successor Servicer, the Seller shall assist the Backup Servicer in the
performance of its obligations under this Section 5.11) shall provide to the Trust
Collateral Agent the Servicer’s Certificate (with copies to the Rating Agencies and the Swap
Counterparty). The Trust Collateral Agent will be required to make the Servicer’s Certificate
related to such Distribution Date available to the Swap Counterparty, the Class A Noteholders, the
Certificateholder and Bloomberg, L.P. Each Servicer’s Certificate will include, among other
things, the following information with respect to the Class A Notes with respect to the related
Distribution Date, or the period since the previous Distribution Date, as applicable.
(i) the amount of the related distribution allocable to principal;
(ii) the amount of the related distribution allocable to interest;
(iii) the amount of the related distribution payable out of the Reserve Account;
(iv) the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance, the Aggregate Outstanding
Eligible Loan Balance and the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Contracts as of
the close of business on the last day of the preceding Collection Period;
(v) the Class A Note Balance;
(vi) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect to the related
Collection Period and/or due but unpaid with respect to such Collection Period or prior
Collection Periods, as the case may be;
(vii) the Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any;
(viii) the total amount of Collections for the related Collection Period;
(ix) the aggregate Purchase Amount for the Ineligible Loans and Ineligible Contracts,
if any, that was paid in such period;
(x) LIBOR for the current Distribution Date and LIBOR for the next Distribution Date;
(xi) the Net Swap Receipts, the Swap Termination Payment, if any, and the Net Swap
Payment, if any; and
(xii) the amount of any withdrawals pursuant to Section 5.12.
Each amount set forth pursuant to paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), (vi) and (vii) above shall be
expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of the initial note principal balance or the Original
Certificate Balance, as applicable.
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The Trust Collateral Agent shall make such information and certain other documents, reports,
and Loan and Contract information provided by the Servicer’s Certificate available to each Class A
Noteholder and the Swap Counterparty via the Indenture Trustee’s website. The Indenture Trustee’s
internet website shall be initially located at “xxx.XXXXxxx.xxx” or at such other address as shall
be specified by the Indenture Trustee from time to time in writing to the Class A Noteholders. In
connection with providing access to the Indenture Trustee’s website, the Indenture Trustee may
require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Trust Collateral Agent will make no
representation or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will assume
no responsibility therefor.
The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be liable for the dissemination of information received
and distributed in accordance with this Agreement.
SECTION 5.12. Swap Agreement
(a) The Issuer shall enter into the Initial Swap Agreement with the Initial Swap Counterparty.
Subject to the requirements of this Section 5.12, the Issuer shall from time to time, upon
the direction of the Majority Noteholders, enter into one or more Replacement Swap Agreements in
the event that the Initial Swap Agreement is terminated due to any “Termination Event” or “Event of
Default” (each as defined in the Initial Swap Agreement) prior to its scheduled expiration and in
accordance with the terms of such Swap Agreement. Other than any Replacement Swap Agreement
entered into pursuant to this Section 5.12(a), the Issuer may not enter into any additional
interest rate swap agreements.
(b) In the event of any early termination of any Swap Agreement, (i) the Indenture Trustee
shall establish the Swap Termination Payment Account (the “Swap Termination Payment Account”) over
which the Indenture Trustee shall have exclusive control and the sole right of withdrawal, and in
which no Person other than the Indenture Trustee and the Class A Noteholders shall have any legal
or beneficial interest, (ii) any Swap Termination Payments received from the Swap Counterparty will
be remitted to the Swap Termination Payment Account and (iii) any Swap Replacement Proceeds
received from a Replacement Swap Counterparty will be remitted directly to the Swap Counterparty
being replaced; provided, that any such remittance to the Swap Counterparty being replaced shall
not exceed the amounts, if any, owed to the Swap Counterparty under the related Swap Agreement;
provided, further that a Swap Counterparty shall only receive Swap Replacement Proceeds if all Swap
Termination Payments due from such Swap Counterparty to the Issuer have been paid in full and if
such amounts have not been paid in full then the amount of Swap Replacement Proceeds necessary to
make up any deficiency shall be remitted to the Swap Termination Payment Account.
(c) The Issuer shall promptly, following the early termination of the Initial Swap Agreement
due to an “Event of Default” or “Termination Event” (each as defined in the Initial Swap Agreement)
and in accordance with the terms of such Swap Agreement, enter into a Replacement Swap Agreement to
the extent possible and practicable through application of funds available in the Swap Termination
Payment Account, upon the direction of the Majority Noteholders.
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(d) To the extent that (i) the funds available in the Swap Termination Payment Account exceed
the costs of entering into a Replacement Swap Agreement or (ii) the Issuer determines with the
written consent of the Majority Noteholders, not to replace the Initial Swap Agreement and the
Rating Agency Condition is met with respect to such determination, the amounts in the Swap
Termination Payment Account (other than funds used to pay the costs of entering into a Replacement
Swap Agreement, if applicable) shall be included in Available Funds and allocated in accordance
with the order of priority specified in Section 5.08(a) on the following Distribution Date.
In any other situation, amounts on deposit in the Swap Termination Payment Account at any time
shall be invested pursuant to Section 5.01(b) and on each Distribution Date after the
creation of a Swap Termination Payment Account, the funds therein shall be used to cover any
shortfalls in the amounts payable under Section 5.08(a)(i) through (xi) provided
that in no event will the amount withdrawn from the Swap Termination Payment Account on such
Distribution Date exceed the amount of Net Swap Receipts that would have been required to be paid
on such Distribution Date under the terminated interest rate swap transaction had there been no
termination of such transaction. Any amounts remaining in the Swap Termination Payment Account
after payment in full of the Class A Notes shall be included in Available Funds and allocated in
accordance with the order of priority specified in Section 5.08(a) on the following
Distribution Date.
(e) If the Swap Counterparty is required to post collateral under the terms of the Swap
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall establish the Swap Collateral Account (the “Swap Collateral
Account”) over which the Indenture Trustee shall have exclusive control and the sole right of
withdrawal, and in which no Person other than the Indenture Trustee and the Class A Noteholders
shall have any legal or beneficial interest. The Indenture Trustee shall deposit all collateral
received from the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement into the Swap Collateral Account. Any
and all funds at any time on deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Swap Collateral Account
shall be held in trust by the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders. The
only permitted withdrawal from or application of funds on deposit in, or otherwise to the credit
of, the Swap Collateral Account shall be (i) for application to obligations of the Swap
Counterparty to the Issuer under the Swap Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Swap
Agreement or (ii) to return collateral to the Swap Counterparty when and as required by the Swap
Agreement.
(f) If at any time the Swap Agreement becomes subject to early termination due to the
occurrence of an “Event of Default” or “Termination Event” (as defined in the Swap Agreement), the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall use reasonable efforts (following the expiration of any
applicable grace period) to enforce the rights of the Issuer thereunder as may be permitted by the
terms of the Swap Agreement and consistent with the terms hereof and subject to any rights of the
Class A Noteholders herein or under the Swap Agreement. To the extent not fully paid from Swap
Replacement Proceeds, any Swap Termination Payment owed by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty
under the Swap Agreement shall be payable to the Swap Counterparty on each following Distribution
Date until paid in full in accordance with the order of priority specified in Section
5.08(a). To the extent that the Swap Replacement Proceeds exceed any such Swap Termination
Payments (or if there are no Swap Termination Payments due to the Swap Counterparty), the Swap
Replacement Proceeds in excess of such Swap Termination Payments, if any, shall be included in
Available Funds and allocated and applied in accordance with the order of priority specified in
Section 5.08(a) on the following Distribution Date.
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ARTICLE VI
THE SELLER AND THE ISSUER
SECTION 6.01. Representations and Warranties of the Seller.
The Seller makes the following representations on which the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and
the Trust Collateral Agent relied in accepting the Trust Property in trust and in connection with
the performance by the Trust Collateral Agent and the Backup Server of its obligations hereunder,
the Swap Counterparty relied in entering into the Swap Agreement. The representations speak as of
the execution and delivery of this Agreement on the Closing Date but shall survive the sale of the
Contracts to the Trust:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is duly organized and validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and has and had at
all relevant times, full power, authority, and legal right to acquire and own the Loans and
the related Contracts.
(ii) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign limited liability company in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses
and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualifications.
(iii) Power and Authority. The Seller has the power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and to carry
out their respective terms. The Seller has full power and authority to sell and assign the
property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust and has duly authorized
such sale and assignment to the Trust by all necessary action; and the execution, delivery,
and performance of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party have
been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary action and do not require any additional
approvals or consents or other action by or any notice to or any filing with, any Person.
(iv) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement evidences a valid sale,
transfer, and assignment of the Trust Property enforceable against creditors of and
purchasers from the Seller; and a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity.
(v) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and the fulfillment of the
terms hereof and thereof does not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms
and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under,
the Certificate of Formation, limited liability company agreement of the
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Seller, or any indenture, agreement, or other instrument to which the Seller is a party
or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of
its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement, or other instrument;
or violate any law or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, any order, rule, or regulation
applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Seller or its properties.
(vi) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or to
the Seller’s best knowledge threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its
properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any other Basic Document to
which it is a party or the Class A Notes; (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Class A
Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or, any
other Basic Document to which it is a party; (C) seeking any determination or ruling that
might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any other Basic Document to
which it is a party or the Class A Notes; or (D) relating to the Seller and which might
adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of the Class A Notes.
(vii) Principal Place of Business; Jurisdiction of Organization. The principal
place of business of the Seller is located in Michigan. The Seller is organized under the
laws of Delaware as a limited liability company, and is not organized under the laws of any
other jurisdiction. “Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2008-1” is the correct legal name of the
Seller indicated on the public records of the Seller’s jurisdiction of organization which
shows it to be organized.
(viii) [Reserved.]
(ix) Certificates, Statements and Reports. The officers’ certificates,
statements, reports and other documents prepared by the Seller and furnished by the Seller
to the Issuer; the Indenture Trustee or the Class A Noteholders pursuant to this Agreement
or any other Basic Document to which the Seller is a party, and in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, when taken as a whole, do not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained hereon or therein not misleading.
(x) Accuracy of Information. All information heretofore furnished by the
Seller to the Trust or its successors and assigns or to the Class A Noteholders pursuant to
or in connection with any Basic Document or any transaction contemplated thereby is, and all
such information hereafter furnished by the Seller will be, true and accurate in every
material respect on the date such information is stated or certified and does not contain an
material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make
the statements contained therein not misleading.
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(xi) Ownership of Seller. Credit Acceptance is the sole owner of the
membership interests of the Seller, all of which are fully paid and nonassessable and owned
of record, free and clear of all mortgages, assignments, pledges, security interests,
warrants, options and rights to purchase.
(xii) Use of Proceeds. No proceeds of any sale of Seller Property will be used
(i) for a purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X
promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time or
(ii) to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13 or 14 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(xiii) Taxes. The Seller has filed on or before their respective due dates,
all tax returns which are required to be filed in any jurisdiction or has obtained
extensions for filing such tax returns and has paid all taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges against the Seller or any of its properties, income or franchises, to
the extent that such taxes have become due, other than any taxes or assessments, the
validity of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with
respect to which adequate provision has been made on the books of the Seller as may be
required by GAAP. To the best of the knowledge of the Seller, all such tax returns were
true and correct in all material respects and the Seller knows of any proposed material
additional tax assessment against it nor any basis therefor. Any taxes, assessments, fees
and other governmental charges payable by the Seller in connection with the execution and
delivery of the Basic Documents and the issuance of the Class A Notes have been paid or
shall have been paid at or prior to Closing Date.
(xiv) Consolidated Returns. The Originator, the Seller and the Issuer will
file a consolidated federal income tax return at all times until the termination of the
Basic Documents.
(xv) ERISA. The Seller is in compliance in all material respects with ERISA.
(xvi) Compliance with Laws. The Seller has complied in all material respects
with all applicable, laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions,
decrees or awards to which it may be subject.
(xvii) Material Adverse Change. Since the date of its formation, no event has
occurred that would have a material adverse effect on (i) the financial condition or
operations of the Seller, (ii) the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under
the Basic Documents, or (iii) the collectibility of the Loans generally or any material
portion of the Loans.
(xviii) Special Purpose Entity.
(A) The capital of the Seller is adequate for the business and undertakings of the
Seller.
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(B) Other than as provided in the Basic Documents, the Seller is not engaged in any
business transactions with Credit Acceptance.
(C) Other than in connection with the Basic Documents, the Seller has not incurred any
indebtedness or assumed or guarantied any indebtedness of any other entity.
(D) At least two directors of the board of directors of the Seller shall be persons who
are not, and will not be, a director, officer, employee or holder of any equity securities
of Credit Acceptance or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(E) Once identified as Seller funds and assets by the Servicer and separated in
accordance with the Servicer’s normal and customary business practices, the funds and assets
of the Seller are not, and will not be, commingled with the funds of any other Person,
except for Dealer Collections and erroneous deposits.
(F) The limited liability company agreement of the Seller requires it to maintain (A)
correct and complete minute books and records of account, and (B) minutes of the meetings
and other proceedings of its shareholders and board of directors.
(xix) Solvency; Fraudulent Conveyance. The Seller is solvent, is able to pay
its debts as they become due and will not be rendered insolvent by the transactions
contemplated by the Basic Documents and, after giving effect thereto, will not be left with
an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to engage in its business. The Seller
does not intend to incur, or believes that it has incurred, debts beyond its ability to pay
such debts as they mature. The Seller does not contemplate the commencement of insolvency,
bankruptcy, liquidation or consolidation proceedings or the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, conservator, trustee or similar official or any of its assets. The amount of
consideration being received by the Seller upon the sale of the Seller Property to the Trust
constitutes reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for the Seller Property. The
Seller is not selling the Seller Property to the Trust, as provided in the Basic Documents,
with any intent to hinder, deal or defraud any of Credit Acceptance’s creditors.
(xx) Payment to Originator. The Seller has given reasonably equivalent value
and fair consideration for the Contributed Property conveyed to the Seller under the
Contribution Agreement and such transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent
debt. No transfer by the Originator of any originator property under the Contribution
Agreement is or may be voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy Code.
SECTION 6.02. Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others.
Neither the Seller nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Seller
shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Trust Collateral Agent or the Class A Noteholders or
the Certificateholders, except as provided under this Agreement for any action taken or omitted to
be taken pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that this provision shall
not protect the Seller against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of
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willful misconduct or negligence in the performance of their respective duties under this Agreement. Each
of the Seller and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith
on the advice of counsel, Opinion of Counsel, Officer’s Certificate, or on any document of any
kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. 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 this Agreement, and that in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the
Seller may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of
this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the
Class A Noteholders and the Certificateholders under this Agreement. In such event, the legal
expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs,
and liabilities of the Seller.
SECTION 6.03. Seller May Own Notes.
The Seller and any Person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Seller
may in their individual or any other capacities become the owner or pledgee of the Class A Notes
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or an affiliate thereof, except as
otherwise provided in the definition of “Noteholder” specified in Section 1.01 and except
as otherwise specifically provided herein. The Class A Notes so owned by or pledged to the Seller
or such controlling, controlled or commonly controlled Person shall have an equal and proportionate
benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority, or distinction as
among all of the Class A Notes.
SECTION 6.04. Additional Covenants of the Seller.
The Seller shall not do any of the following, without: (i) the prior written consent of the
Majority Noteholders; (ii) the prior written consent of the Swap Counterparty; and (iii) the prior
written consent of the Trust Collateral Agent, who shall, without any exercise of its own
discretion, also provide its written consent to the Seller upon receipt by it of a copy of the
written consent of the Majority Noteholders:
(i) engage in any business or activity other than those set forth in the Certificate of
Formation or limited liability company agreement of the Seller or amend the Seller’s
Certificate of Formation or limited liability company agreement other than in accordance
with its terms as in effect on the date hereof;
(ii) incur any indebtedness, or assume or guaranty any indebtedness of any other
entity, other than (A) any indebtedness incurred in connection with the Class A Notes, and
(B) any indebtedness to Credit Acceptance incurred in connection with the acquisition of the
Loans, which indebtedness shall be subordinated to all other obligations of the Seller and
Credit Acceptance; or
(iii) dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in part; consolidate or merge with or into any
other entity or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any entity.
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SECTION 6.05. Indemnities of the Issuer.
The Issuer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically undertaken by the Issuer under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which
it is a party and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the
Issuer.
(i) The Issuer shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Trust Collateral
Agent,
the Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the
Owner Trustee and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and the Trust
from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims, and liabilities,
arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership, or operation by the Issuer or any
Affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle.
(ii) The Issuer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Trust Collateral
Agent,
the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Swap
Counterparty and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and the Trust
from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against them with respect to the
transactions contemplated herein, including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts,
general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege, or license taxes (but, in the
case of the Trust, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of,
the sale of the Loans to the Trust or the issuance and original sale of the Class A Notes,
or asserted with respect to ownership of the Loans, or federal or other income taxes arising
out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and costs and expenses in defending
against the same.
(iii) The Issuer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Trust, the
Servicer,
the Backup Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the Swap Counterparty and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and
agents, and the Class A Noteholders from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses,
claims, damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage,
or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon such party through the breach by the Issuer
of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party,
the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Issuer in the performance of its
duties under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party.
(iv) The Issuer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Trust Collateral
Agent,
the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Swap Counterparty, the Servicer, the Backup
Servicer and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and
against all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities arising out of or
incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein
contained, except, with respect to any such indemnified party, to the extent that such cost,
expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability: (a) shall be due to the willful misconduct, bad
faith, or negligence (or in the case of the Owner Trustee, gross negligence) of such
indemnified party; or (b) shall arise from such indemnified party’s
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breach of any of its representations or warranties in any material respect set forth in the Indenture.
(v) The Issuer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless, the Indenture Trustee,
the
Owner Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and each of their officers, directors, employees and
agents from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities
arising out of or incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts
and duties contained in the Trust Agreement, except, as to any such party, to the extent
that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability: (a) shall be due to the willful
misconduct, bad faith or negligence (or in the case of the Owner Trustee, gross negligence)
of such party; or (b) shall arise from such breach of any of its representations or
warranties set forth in the Trust Agreement. The indemnification of the Owner Trustee
hereunder shall include indemnification for the matters set forth in Section 8.2 of
the Trust Agreement.
Indemnification under this Section by the Issuer shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If
the Issuer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the recipient
thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, the recipient shall promptly repay such
amounts to the Issuer, without interest. Amounts payable by the Issuer pursuant to this
Section 6.05 shall only be payable: (i) in accordance with and only to the extent funds
are available therefor pursuant to Section 5.08(a) hereof; or (ii) to the extent the Issuer
receives additional funds designated for such purpose. No amount owing by the Issuer under this
Section 6.05 shall constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code)
against the Issuer and recourse to it.
ARTICLE VII
THE SERVICER
SECTION 7.01. Representations of Servicer.
Credit Acceptance makes the following representations on which the Trust, the Indenture
Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent relies in accepting the Trust Property in trust and in
connection with the performance by the Trust Collateral Agent of its obligations hereunder, the
Swap Counterparty relies in entering into the Swap Agreement. The representations speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement on the Closing Date but shall survive the sale of the
Loans to the Trust:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Michigan,
with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and has and had at
all relevant times, full power, authority, and legal right to acquire, own, sell, and
service the Loans and the related Contracts and to perform its other obligations under the
Basic Documents.
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(ii) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals
in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
business including the servicing of the Loans and the related Contracts as required by this
Agreement requires such qualifications except where such failure will not have a material
adverse effect.
(iii) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and to carry
out their respective terms; and the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement
and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by the
Servicer by all necessary corporate action.
(iv) Binding Obligations. This Agreement and the other Basic Documents to
which it is a party constitute legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Servicer
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and to general principles of equity.
(v) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and the fulfillment of the
terms hereof and thereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and
provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Servicer, or any indenture, agreement, or
other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it
may be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement, or other instrument
(other than this Agreement); nor, to the best of the Servicer’s knowledge, violate any law
applicable to the Servicer or any order, rule, or regulation applicable to the Servicer of
any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties or in
any way materially adversely affect the interest of the Class A Noteholders, the Swap
Counterparty, the Trust, the Trust Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee in any of the
Trust Property or adversely affect the Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations under
this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party.
(vi) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or,
to the Servicer’s best knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Servicer or its properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any of the Basic
Documents to which it is a party or the Class A Notes, (B)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Class A Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to which it is a party, (C) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the
Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any
of the Basic Documents to which it is a party or the Class A Notes,
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or D) relating to the Servicer and which might adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of the Class A
Notes.
(vii) No Consents. The Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any
other party or any consent, license, approval or authorization, or registration or
declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the
execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the other
Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(viii) Approvals. The Servicer: (i) is not in violation of any laws,
ordinances, governmental rules or regulations to which it is subject, which violation
materially and adversely affects the business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Servicer and its subsidiaries, the Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder
or under any other Basic Document or any of the Trust Property; (ii) has not failed to
obtain any licenses, permits, franchises or other governmental authorizations necessary to
the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business which failure to obtain will
materially and adversely affect the business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Servicer and its subsidiaries, the Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder
or under any other Basic Document or any of the Trust Property; and (iii) is not in
violation of any term of any agreement, charter instrument, bylaw or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it may be bound, which violation or failure to obtain materially and
adversely affect the business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Servicer and its
subsidiaries, the Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other
Basic Document or any of the Trust Property.
(ix) Investment Company. The Servicer is not an investment company which is
required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(x) Taxes. The Servicer has filed on a timely basis all material tax returns
required to be filed by it and paid all material taxes, to the extent that such taxes have
become due.
(xi) No Injunctions. There are no existing injunctions, writs, restraining
orders or other similar orders which might adversely affect the performance by the Servicer
or its obligations under, or the validity and enforceability of, this Agreement or any other
Basic Document to which it is a party.
(xii) Practices. The practices used or to be used by the Servicer, to monitor
collections with respect to the Trust Property and repossess and dispose of the Financed
Vehicles related to the Trust Property will be, in all material respects, in conformity with
the requirements of all applicable federal and State laws, rules and regulations, and this
Agreement. The Servicer is in possession of all State and local licenses (including all
debt collection licenses) required for it to perform its services hereunder, and none of
such licenses has been suspended, revoked or terminated, except where the failure to have
such licenses would not be reasonably likely to have material adverse effect on its ability
to service the Loans or Contracts or on the interest of the
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Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Swap Counterparty or the Class A Noteholders.
SECTION 7.02. Indemnities of Servicer.
The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which
it is a party and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the
Servicer.
(i) The Servicer shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Trust Collateral
Agent,
the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Owner Trustee and
their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and the Trust from and against
any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims, and liabilities, arising out of or
resulting from the use, ownership, or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of
a Financed Vehicle.
(ii) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty, the Owner Trustee, the Backup Servicer
and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and the Trust from and
against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against them with respect to the
transactions contemplated herein, including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts,
general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege, or license taxes (but, in the
case of the Trust, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of,
the sale of the Loans to the Trust or the issuance and original sale of the Class
A Notes, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Loans, or federal or other income
taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and costs and expenses
in defending against the same.
(iii) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Trust, the Backup
Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap
Counterparty and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and the
Class A Noteholders from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages,
and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability
arose out of, or was imposed upon such party through the breach by the Servicer of its
obligations under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party, in its
capacity as Servicer, the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Servicer in the
performance of its duties under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a
party.
(iv) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Swap Counterparty, the Backup Servicer
and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against all
costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities arising out of or incurred in
connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein contained,
except, with respect to the any such indemnified party, to the extent that such cost,
expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability: (a) shall be due to the willful
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misconduct, bad faith, or negligence (or, in the case of the Owner Trustee, gross negligence) of such
indemnified party; (b) shall arise from such indemnified party’s breach of any of its
representations or warranties in any material respect set forth in the Indenture; or (c) as
to the Trust Collateral Agent, shall arise out of or be incurred in connection with the
performance by the Trust Collateral Agent of the duties of successor Servicer hereunder.
(v) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless, the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and each of their officers, directors, employees and
agents from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities
arising out of or incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts
and duties contained in the Trust Agreement, except, as to any such party, to the extent
that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability: (a) shall be due to the willful
misconduct, bad faith or negligence (or in the case of the Owner Trustee, gross negligence)
of such party; or (b) shall arise from such breach of any of its representations or
warranties set forth in the Trust Agreement. The Servicer agrees to the indemnification set
forth in Section 8.2 of the Trust Agreement, which provisions are incorporated by reference
herein.
(vi) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless, the Backup Servicer and
its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against all costs, expenses, losses,
claims, damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, claim, damage, or
liability arose out of, or was imposed upon the Backup Servicer resulting from the acts or
omissions of the Servicer in the performance of its duties in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to
which it is a party.
Indemnification under this Section by the Servicer, with respect to the period such Person was
(or was deemed to be) the Servicer, shall survive the termination of such Person as Servicer or a
resignation by such Person as Servicer as well as the termination of this Agreement and shall
include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall
have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the recipient thereafter collects any
of such amounts from others, the recipient shall promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer,
without interest.
For purposes of this Section 7.02, in the event of the termination of the rights and
obligations of the Servicer (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 7.03) as Servicer
pursuant to Section 8.01 or a resignation by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, such
Servicer shall remain the Servicer until a successor Servicer has accepted its appointment pursuant
to Section 8.02. The provisions of this paragraph shall in no way affect the survival
pursuant to the preceding paragraph of the indemnification by the Servicer.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligations of the Servicer
described in this Section shall not terminate or be deemed released upon the resignation or
termination of the Servicer and shall survive any termination of this Agreement to the extent that
such obligations arise from the Servicer’s actions hereunder while acting as Servicer.
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SECTION 7.03. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer;
Resignation.
Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any
merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, or (iii) succeeding to
the business of the Servicer (or to substantially all of the Servicer’s business insofar as it
relates to the making of Loans and the servicing of the Loans and the related Contracts), which
corporation in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption acceptable to the
Majority Noteholders (which acceptance shall be in writing) to perform every obligation of the
Servicer under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party, will be the
successor to the Servicer under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
to this Agreement; provided, however, that (x) the Servicer shall have delivered to
the Trust Collateral Agent, the Swap Counterparty, the Owner Trustee, the Class A Noteholders and
the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, conversion, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this
Section and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents to which it is a party relating to such transaction have been complied with and (y) the
Servicer shall have delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Swap Counterparty, the Owner
Trustee, the Class A Noteholders and the Indenture 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 filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of
the Trust in the Contracts which secure 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 interest and (z) the Rating
Agency Condition shall have been satisfied. The Servicer shall provide notice of any merger,
conversion, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section to the Class A Noteholders, the
Swap Counterparty, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Rating Agencies then providing a rating for
the Class A Notes. The Trust Collateral Agent shall forward a copy of each such notice to each
Class A Noteholder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the
foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (x), (y) and (z) above shall be
conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv)
above.
SECTION 7.04. Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.
Subject to Section 7.02, neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or
employees or agents of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Swap Counterparty or the Class A Noteholders or the Certificateholders, except as
provided under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party, for any action
taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to this Agreement in the good faith business judgment of the
Servicer; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer
against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of bad faith, willful misconduct in
the performance of duties, or by reason of negligence in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party. The Servicer and any director,
officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any advice of counsel,
Opinion of Counsel or on any Officer’s Certificate of the Seller or certificate of auditors or
other
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document of any kind believed to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party in
respect of any matters arising under this Agreement.
Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear
in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its duties to service the
Loans and the related Contracts in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may
undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this
Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the Class
A Noteholders and the Certificateholders under this Agreement. In such event, the legal expenses
and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs, and
liabilities of the Servicer.
SECTION 7.05. Delegation of Duties.
The Servicer may at any time perform specific duties or all the duties enumerated herein as
servicer under this Agreement through a sub-contractor acceptable to the Majority Noteholders;
provided, that no such delegation or subcontracting shall relieve the Servicer of its
responsibilities with respect to such duties as to which the Servicer shall remain primarily
responsible with respect thereto.
SECTION 7.06. Certification Upon Satisfaction.
Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Section 4.1 thereof,
the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee a written certification of a Responsible Officer
stating, to the best knowledge of such Responsible Officer, that (a) no claims remain against the
Issuer, or (b) the only pending or threatened claims known to such Responsible Officer (including
contingent and unliquidated claims) are those listed on a schedule to such certification.
ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULT
DEFAULT
SECTION 8.01. Servicer Defaults.
If any one of the following events (each, a “Servicer Default”) shall occur:
(i) any failure by the Servicer: (x) to deposit to the Collection Account
(A) any
amount required to be deposited therein by the Servicer (other than any such failure
resulting from an administrative or technical error of the Servicer in the amount so
deposited); or (B) within one (1) Business Day after the Servicer becomes aware that, as a
result of an administrative or technical error of the Servicer, any amount previously
deposited by the Servicer to the Collection Account was less than the amount required to be
deposited therein by the Servicer, the amount of such shortfall; or (y) to deliver to the
Trust Collateral Agent the Servicer’s Certificate on the related Determination Date;
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(ii) failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or to perform in any
material
respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in any Basic Document,
or any representation or warranty of the Servicer made in this Agreement, any other Basic
Document or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant to any Basic Document
proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall
have been made, which default, if capable of cure, shall continue unremedied for a period of
30 days (or a longer period, not in excess of 60 days, as may be reasonably necessary to
remedy such default, if the default is capable of remedy within 60 days or less and the
Servicer delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that it
has commenced, or will promptly commence and diligently pursue, all reasonable efforts to
remedy the default) after (x) there shall have been given written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, (1) to the Servicer, by the Trust Collateral Agent, or
(2) to the Servicer by the Trust Collateral Agent at the direction of Class A Noteholders
representing at least 25% or the Outstanding Class A Note Balance; or (y) discovery of such
failure by an officer of the Servicer; or
(iii) 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 for the Servicer or any of its subsidiaries in any insolvency, readjustment of
debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings, or for the winding up
or liquidation of its respective affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days or the entry
of any decree or order for relief in respect of the Servicer or any of its subsidiaries
under any bankruptcy, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of
debt, or similar law, whether now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order for relief
continues unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(iv) the consent by the Servicer or any of its subsidiaries to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling
of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or any of
its subsidiaries or relating to substantially all of its property; or the admission by the
Servicer or any of its subsidiaries in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally
as they become due, the filing by the Servicer or any of its subsidiaries of a petition to
take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, the making by the
Servicer or any of its subsidiaries of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
the voluntarily suspension by the Servicer or any of its subsidiaries of payment of its
obligations;
(v) the Servicer breaches any Financial Covenants; or
(vi) the Originator or Servicer, if Credit Acceptance is the Servicer, fails to pay
when due Purchase Amounts in excess of $100,000;
then, and in each and every case, the Trust Collateral Agent, if so requested by the Majority
Noteholders by notice then given in writing to the Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Swap
Counterparty and the Trust Collateral Agent, may terminate all of the rights and obligations of
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the Servicer under this Agreement. Upon sending or receiving any such notice, the Trust Collateral
Agent shall promptly send a copy thereof to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Rating
Agencies, the Swap Counterparty and to each Class A Noteholder. Within 30 days after the receipt
by the Backup Servicer of such written notice (if such notices relates to terminating the Servicer)
and subject to Section 8.02(a)), all authority and power of the Servicer under this
Agreement, whether with respect to the Class A Notes or the Loans or Contracts or otherwise, shall,
without further action, pass to and be vested in the Backup Servicer or such successor Servicer as
may be appointed under Section 8.02; and, without limitation, the Backup Servicer is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the predecessor servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish
all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Loans and the Contracts and
related documents, or otherwise.
The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer and the Backup Servicer
in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under
this Agreement, including the transfer to the Backup Servicer or the successor Servicer for
administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the predecessor servicer
for deposit, or shall thereafter be received with respect to a Loan or related Contract, and the
related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer. All Transition Expenses shall be paid by
the predecessor servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. If such Transition Expenses are not paid to the
successor Servicer by the predecessor Servicer, such Transition Expenses shall be paid under
Section 5.08(a)(i) hereof.
SECTION 8.02. Appointment of Successor.
(a) Upon the Servicer’s receipt of notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.01, or
the Servicer’s resignation in accordance with the terms of Section 4.14, the predecessor
servicer shall continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement, in the case of
termination, only until (i) the date specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is
specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, (ii) in the case of
resignation, until the later of (x) the date 30 days from the delivery to the Backup Servicer and
the Trust Collateral Agent and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such resignation (or the
date of written confirmation of such notice prior to the expiration of the 45 days) in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and (y) the date upon which the predecessor servicer shall become
unable to act as Servicer, as specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of
Counsel. In the event of the Servicer’s resignation or termination hereunder, and, if the Majority
Noteholders so directs, the Backup Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer
in its capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for
herein and shall be subject to the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed
on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof, as modified or limited hereby or by the Backup
Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Backup Servicer shall not be
liable for any actions of any Servicer prior to such succession or for any breach by the Servicer
of any of its representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any related document
or agreement. Notwithstanding the above, if the Backup Servicer is legally unable to so act or,
the Majority Noteholders otherwise directs, the Majority Noteholders may appoint a
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successor Servicer, otherwise, the Trust Collateral Agent shall appoint (after soliciting bids from potential
servicers), or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Servicer as the successor
Servicer hereunder, in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or
liabilities of the outgoing Servicer hereunder. In the event that Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Backup Servicer, is legally unable to act as Servicer under this Agreement and
another entity is appointed as successor Servicer under this Section 8.02(a), Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association shall have no further obligation to perform the obligations of Servicer
or Backup Servicer under this Agreement. Pending appointment of a successor to the outgoing
Servicer hereunder, if the Backup Servicer is prohibited by law from so acting (as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class A
Noteholders) or, the Majority Noteholders otherwise direct, the outgoing Servicer shall continue to
act as Servicer hereunder until a successor Servicer which shall be acceptable to the Majority
Noteholders is appointed and assumes the obligations as successor Servicer. In the event the
Backup Servicer assumes the responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.02,
the Backup Servicer will make reasonable efforts consistent with Applicable Law to become licensed,
qualified and in good standing under the laws which require licensing or qualification, in order to
perform its obligations as Servicer hereunder or, alternatively, shall retain an agent who is so
licensed, qualified and in good standing.
(b) Upon appointment, the Backup Servicer or the successor Servicer shall be the successor in
all respects to the predecessor servicer and shall be subject to the responsibilities, duties, and
liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the predecessor servicer, (subject to the
limitations and modifications thereto set forth herein or in the Backup Servicing Agreement) and
shall be entitled to (to the extent arranged in accordance with the following paragraph) the
Servicing Fee, Servicer Expenses, Reliening Expenses, Repossession Expenses and all of the rights
granted to the predecessor servicer, by the terms and provisions of this Agreement, provided that
neither the Backup Servicer nor the successor Servicer shall be liable for the acts or omissions of
any predecessor servicer. The Backup Servicer or any successor Servicer shall provide Credit
Acceptance with copies of all documents and information reasonably necessary for Credit Acceptance
to perform its obligations under Section 4.17 of this Agreement.
(c) In connection with such appointment, the Trust Collateral Agent may make such arrangements
for the compensation of such successor Servicer (including Transition Expenses) out of payments on
Loans and related Contracts as it, the Majority Noteholders and such successor Servicer shall
agree; provided, however, that no such compensation (excluding Transition Expenses,
Repossession Expenses and Reliening Expenses) shall be in excess of the Servicing Fee. The Backup
Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent and any such successor Servicer shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
SECTION 8.03. Notification to Class A Noteholders and Certificateholders.
Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this
Article VIII, the Trust Collateral Agent shall promptly upon its receipt of notice thereof give
prompt written notice thereof to Class A Noteholders and the Certificateholders at their respective
addresses appearing in the Note Register and the Certificate Register, to the Owner
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Trustee and to each of the Rating Agencies then rating the Class A Notes and the Swap Counterparty.
SECTION 8.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Majority Noteholders, may, on behalf of all Class A Noteholders, waive any or all
default(s) by the Servicer or the Seller in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its
consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments from a Trust Account
in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall
cease to exist, and any Servicer Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied
for every purpose of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Majority Noteholders, shall have the right to waive the
payment of any Purchase Amount required hereunder.
ARTICLE IX
THE TRUST COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION 9.01. Duties of the Trust Collateral Agent.
(a) The Issuer hereby appoints Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Trust Collateral
Agent, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association hereby accepts such appointment.
(b) (i) the Trust Collateral Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as
are specifically set forth in this Agreement and the Basic Documents and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Basic Documents against the
Trust Collateral Agent; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trust
Collateral Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trust Collateral Agent and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement and the
Basic Documents; however, the Trust Collateral Agent shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this
Agreement and the Basic Documents.
(c) The Trust Collateral Agent may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own bad faith or willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section; and
(ii) the Trust Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trust Collateral Agent unless it is proved that
the Trust Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
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(d) Money held in trust by the Trust Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Agreement.
(e) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Trust Collateral Agent to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur liability (financial or otherwise) in the performance of any of
its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk
or liability reasonably satisfactory to it is not reasonably assured to it.
(f) Every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trust Collateral Agent shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
(g) Without limiting the generality of this Section, the Trust Collateral Agent shall have no
duty (A) to see to any recording, filing or depositing of this Agreement or any agreement referred
to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest in
the Contracts which secure the Loans or the Financed Vehicles, or to see to the maintenance of any
such recording or filing or depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any
thereof, (B) to see to any insurance on the Financed Vehicles or Obligors or to effect or maintain
any such insurance, (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge or any Lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or
levied against any part of the Trust, (D) to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or
certificates delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement believed by the
Trust Collateral Agent to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties, or (E) to inspect the Contracts at any time or ascertain or inquire as to the performance
or observance of any of the Issuer’s, the Seller’s or the Servicer’s representations, warranties or
covenants or the Servicer’s duties and obligations as Servicer and as custodian of the Dealer
Agreements, the Purchase Agreements, the original Certificates of Title relating to the Financed
Vehicles and the Contracts under this Agreement.
(h) In no event shall Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, in any of its capacities
hereunder, be deemed to have assumed any duties of the Owner Trustee under the Delaware Statutory
Trust Act, common law, or the Trust Agreement.
(i) Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association by its execution hereof accepts its appointment as
Trust Collateral Agent under the Indenture and this Agreement. The Trust Collateral Agent shall
act upon and in compliance with the written instructions of the Indenture Trustee delivered
pursuant to the Indenture promptly following receipt of such written instructions; provided that
the Trust Collateral Agent shall not act in accordance with any instructions: (i) which are not
authorized by, or in violation of the provisions of, the Indenture or this Agreement; (ii) which
are in violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; or (iii) for which the Trust Collateral
Agent has not received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. Receipt of such instructions shall
not be a condition to the exercise by the Trust Collateral Agent of its express duties hereunder,
except where the Indenture or this Agreement provides that the Trust Collateral Agent is permitted
to act only following and in accordance with such instructions.
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SECTION 9.02. Rights of the Trust Collateral Agent.
(a) Before the Trust Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be liable for
any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate or
Opinion of Counsel.
(b) The Trust Collateral Agent may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee
and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent, attorney, custodian or
nominee appointed with due care.
(c) The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in
good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided,
however, that the Trust Collateral Agent’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith.
(d) The Trust Collateral Agent may consult with counsel, and the written advice or opinion of
counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Class A
Notes or Certificates shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in
respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance
with the written advice or opinion of such counsel.
(e) The Trust Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, or to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation under this Agreement or in relation to this Sale and Servicing Agreement, at
the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of Notes or Certificates or the instructing
party, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it shall have been
offered to the Trust Collateral Agent security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against
the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby.
(f) The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by the Majority Noteholders; provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trust Collateral Agent of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be
incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trust Collateral
Agent, not reasonably assured to the Trust Collateral Agent by the security afforded to it by the
terms of this Agreement, the Trust Collateral Agent may require indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to it against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable
expense of every such examination shall be paid by the requesting Holders or the instructing party,
as the case may be, or, if paid by the Trust Collateral Agent, shall be reimbursed by the
requesting Holders upon demand.
(g) Delivery of any reports, information and documents to the Trust Collateral Agent provided
for herein is for informational purposes only (unless otherwise expressly stated
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herein) and the
Trust Collateral Agent’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive knowledge of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Servicer’s, Seller’s or Issuer’s compliance with any of its representations, warranties or
covenants hereunder (as to which the Trust Collateral Agent is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers’ Certificates).
(h) The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Servicer Default or
an Early Amortization Event unless a Responsible Officer of the Trust Collateral Agent has actual
knowledge or has received written notice thereof.
(i) In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for any indirect, or consequential,
punitive or special damages, regardless of the form of action and whether or not any such damages
were foreseeable or contemplated.
(j) The Trust Collateral Agent may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, approval or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the property party or parties.
(k) In no event shall the Trust Collateral Agent be liable for any act or omission on the part
of the Issuer or the Servicer or any other Person. The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be
responsible for monitoring or supervising the Issuer or the Servicer.
SECTION 9.03. Individual Rights of Trust Collateral Agent.
The Trust Collateral Agent in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trust Collateral Agent.
The Trust Collateral Agent and its Affiliates are permitted to receive additional compensation
that could be deemed to be in the Trust Collateral Agent’s economic self-interest for (i) serving
as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with
respect to certain of the Eligible Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in
certain Eligible Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Eligible Investments. The
Trust Collateral Agent does not guarantee the performance of any Eligible Investments.
In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time
to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist
activities and money laundering, the Trust Collateral Agent is required to obtain, verify and
record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business
relationship with the Trust Collateral Agent. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agree to
provide the Trust Collateral Agent upon its request from time to time such identifying
information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trust
Collateral Agent to comply with such laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from
time to time applicable to banking institutions.
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SECTION 9.04. Reports by Trust Collateral Agent to Holders.
The Trust Collateral Agent shall on behalf of the Issuer deliver to each Class A Noteholder
such information as may be reasonably required to enable such Holder to prepare its Federal and
state income tax returns.
SECTION 9.05. Compensation.
(a) The Issuer shall pay to the Trust Collateral Agent from time to time compensation provided
under this Agreement, as provided in a separate fee letter, and all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for
its services, except any such expense as may be attributable to its willful misconduct, negligence
or bad faith. Such compensation and expenses shall be paid in accordance with Section
5.08(a) hereof. Such expenses shall include securities transaction charges relating to the
investment of funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts and the reasonable compensation and reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trust Collateral Agent’s counsel and of all persons not
regularly in its employ; provided, however, that the securities transaction charges
referred to above shall, in the case of certain Eligible Investments selected by the Servicer, be
waived for a particular investment in the event that any amounts are received by the Trust
Collateral Agent from a financial institution in connection with the purchase of such Eligible
Investments.
(b) [Reserved.]
(c) The Issuer’s and the Servicer’s payment obligations to the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant
to this Section shall survive the discharge of this Agreement and any resignation or removal of the
Trust Collateral Agent. When the Trust Collateral Agent incurs expenses after the occurrence of an
Indenture Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(iv) or (v) of the Indenture with respect to the
Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the
United States Code or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Agreement or the Basic Documents, the Trust
Collateral Agent agrees that the obligations of the Issuer or the Seller (but not the Servicer) to
the Trust Collateral Agent hereunder and under the Basic Documents shall not be recourse to the
assets of the Issuer, the Seller or any Class A Noteholder.
SECTION 9.06. Eligibility.
The Trust Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall at all times be a corporation or banking
association having an office in the same state as the location of the Corporate Trust Office as
specified in this Agreement; acceptable to the Majority Noteholders; organized and doing business
under the laws of such state or the United States of America; authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers; having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000;
having long-term unsecured debt obligations rated at least
“Baa2” by Xxxxx’x and “BBB-” by Standard and Poor’s; and subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authorities. If such corporation shall publish reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or
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authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trust Collateral Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trust Collateral Agent shall resign
immediately, provided that such resignation shall not be effective until a successor Trust
Collateral Agent accepts appointment in accordance with Section 9.10(d) hereof.
SECTION 9.07. Trust Collateral Agent’s Disclaimer.
The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for and make no representation as to the
validity, sufficiency or adequacy of this Agreement, the Trust Property or the Securities, shall
not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and shall not be
responsible for any statement of the Issuer in this Agreement or in any document issued in
connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities.
SECTION 9.08. Limitation on Liability.
Neither the Trust Collateral Agent nor any of its directors, officers or employees shall be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder, or in connection
herewith, except that the Trust Collateral Agent shall be liable for its negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct; nor shall the Trust Collateral Agent be responsible for the validity,
effectiveness, value, sufficiency or enforceability against the Issuer of this Agreement or any of
the Trust Property (or any part thereof). Notwithstanding any term or provision of this Agreement,
the Trust Collateral Agent shall incur no liability to the Issuer for any action taken or omitted
by the Trust Collateral Agent in connection with the Trust Property, except for the negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trust Collateral Agent, and, further, shall incur no
liability to the Issuer except for negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in carrying out its
duties to the Issuer. Subject to Section 9.09, the Trust Collateral Agent shall be
protected and shall incur no liability to any such party in relying upon the accuracy, acting in
reliance upon the contents, and assuming the genuineness of any notice, demand, certificate,
signature, instrument or other document reasonably believed by the Trust Collateral Agent to be
genuine and to have been duly executed by the appropriate signatory (absent actual knowledge of a
Responsible Officer of the Trust Collateral Agent to the contrary), and the Trust Collateral Agent
shall not be required to make any independent investigation or inquiry with respect thereto. The
Trust Collateral Agent shall at all times be free independently to establish to its reasonable
satisfaction, but shall have no duty to independently verify, the existence or nonexistence of
facts that are a condition to the exercise or enforcement of any right or remedy hereunder or under
any of the Basic Documents. The Trust Collateral Agent may consult with counsel, and shall not be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance
with the written advice of such counsel.
SECTION 9.09. Reliance Upon Documents.
In the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trust Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any communication, instrument, paper or other document
reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper
Person or Persons and shall have no liability in acting, or omitting to act, where such
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action or
omission to act is in reasonable reliance upon any statement or opinion contained in any such
document or instrument.
SECTION 9.10. Successor Trust Collateral Agent.
(a) Merger. Any Person into which the Trust Collateral Agent may be converted or
merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer its trust
business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any Person resulting from any such
conversion, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer to which the Trust Collateral Agent is a party,
shall (provided it is otherwise qualified to serve as the Trust Collateral Agent hereunder) be and
become a successor Trust Collateral Agent hereunder and be vested with all of the trusts, powers,
discretions, immunities, privileges and other matters as was its predecessor without the execution
or filing of any instrument or any further act, deed or conveyance on the part of any of the
parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Trust Collateral Agent shall
give notice to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Class A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty
and the Rating Agencies of any such transaction.
(b) Resignation. The Trust Collateral Agent and any successor Trust Collateral Agent
may resign at any time by giving sixty days prior written notice to the Issuer, the Rating
Agencies, the Swap Counterparty and the Class A Noteholders; provided, that such resignation shall
not be effective until a successor Trust Collateral Agent is appointed and accepts appointment in
accordance with clause (d) below.
(c) Removal.
(i) The Issuer, prior to the Class A Termination Date with the prior written consent of
the Majority Noteholders, may remove the Trust Collateral Agent by written notice if:
(A) a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Trust
Collateral Agent in an involuntary case or proceeding under federal or state banking
or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, shall have entered a decree or
order granting relief or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, conservator, sequestrator (or similar official) for the Trust Collateral
Agent or for any substantial part of the Trust Collateral Agent’s property, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Trust Collateral Agent’s affairs;
(B) an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter
in effect, or another present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law is commenced with respect to the Trust Collateral Agent and such case is
not dismissed within 60 days;
(C) the Trust Collateral Agent commences a voluntary case under any federal or
state banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or consents
to the appointment of or taking possession by a
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receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, conservator, sequestrator (or other similar official) for the
Trust Collateral Agent or for any substantial part of the Trust Collateral Agent’s
property, or makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors or fails generally to
pay its debts as such debts become due or takes any corporate action in furtherance
of any of the foregoing;
(D) failure to comply with any material covenant hereunder; or
(E) the Trust Collateral Agent otherwise becomes legally incapable of acting.
(ii) The Majority Noteholders may remove the Trust Collateral Agent for any reason by
30 days’ prior written notice.
(iii) If the Trust Collateral Agent resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trust Collateral Agent for any reason (the Trust Collateral Agent in such event
being referred to herein as the retiring Trust Collateral Agent), prior to the Class A
Termination Date the Majority Noteholders may appoint a successor Trust Collateral Agent and
if it fails to, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trust Collateral Agent
acceptable to the Majority Noteholders. After the Class A Termination Date, the Issuer may
appoint a successor Trust Collateral Agent without the consent of the Majority Noteholders.
A successor Trust Collateral Agent shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to
the retiring Trust Collateral Agent and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trust Collateral Agent shall become effective, and the successor Trust Collateral Agent
shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Trust Collateral Agent under this
Indenture subject to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition and the written consent of the
Majority Noteholders. The successor Trust Collateral Agent shall mail a notice of its succession
to Class A Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Rating Agencies. The
retiring Trust Collateral Agent shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trust Collateral
Agent to the successor Trust Collateral Agent.
If a successor Trust Collateral Agent that is, prior to the Class A Termination Date,
acceptable to the Majority Noteholders does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trust
Collateral Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Trust Collateral Agent, or the Majority
Noteholders may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trust Collateral Agent that is meets the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 9.06
hereof.
If the Trust Collateral Agent fails to comply with Section 9.12, any Noteholder, prior
to the Class A Termination Date with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trust Collateral Agent and the
appointment of a successor Trust Collateral Agent acceptable to the Majority Noteholders.
Any resignation or removal of the Trust Collateral Agent and appointment of a successor Trust
Collateral Agent pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trust Collateral Agent acceptable to
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the Majority
Noteholders pursuant to this Section 9.10(c) and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Trust Collateral Agent by the Servicer and the Issuer.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section, the
Issuer’s and the Servicer’s obligations under Section 9.05 shall continue for the benefit
of the retiring Trust Collateral Agent.
(d) Acceptance by Successor. If the Trust Collateral Agent has resigned or has been
removed pursuant to this Section 9.10, the Majority Noteholders have the right to appoint a
successor Trust Collateral Agent and if it fails to, , the Owner Trustee shall have the sole right
to appoint each successor Trust Collateral Agent that meets the qualifications required hereunder.
Every temporary or permanent successor Trust Collateral Agent appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Owner Trustee, each Class A Noteholder, each
Certificateholder, the Rating Agencies, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Issuer
an instrument in writing accepting such appointment hereunder and the relevant predecessor shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver such other documents and instruments as will effectuate the
delivery of all Collateral to the successor Trust Collateral Agent, whereupon such successor,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the estates,
properties, rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor. Such predecessor shall,
nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer, execute and deliver an instrument transferring
to such successor all the estates, properties, rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder. In
the event that any instrument in writing from the Issuer is reasonably required by a successor
Trust Collateral Agent to more fully and certainly vest in such successor the estates, properties,
rights, powers, duties and obligations vested or intended to be vested hereunder in the Trust
Collateral Agent, any and all such written instruments shall, at the request of the temporary or
permanent successor Trust Collateral Agent, be forthwith executed, acknowledged and delivered by
the Owner Trustee or the Issuer, as the case may be. The designation of any successor Trust
Collateral Agent and the instrument or instruments removing any Trust Collateral Agent and
appointing a successor hereunder, together with all other instruments provided for herein, shall be
maintained with the records relating to the Trust Property and, to the extent required by
applicable law, filed or recorded by the successor Trust Collateral Agent in each place where such
filing or recording is necessary to effect the transfer of the Trust Property to the successor
Trust Collateral Agent or to protect or continue the perfection of the security interests granted
hereunder.
If no successor Trust Collateral Agent shall have been appointed and accepted the appointment
within sixty (60) days after the giving of notice of resignation, the resigning Trust Collateral
Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trust
Collateral Agent that meets the qualifications required hereunder.
SECTION 9.11. Representations and Warranties of the Trust Collateral Agent.
The Trust Collateral Agent represents and warrants to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Swap Counterparty and to the Class A Noteholders as follows:
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(i) The Trust Collateral Agent is a national banking association, duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States and is authorized to conduct and engage
in a banking and trust business under such laws.
(ii) The Trust Collateral Agent has full corporate power, authority, and legal right to
execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a
party, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery, and
performance, by it of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(iii) This Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party have been
duly executed and delivered by the Trust Collateral Agent.
(iv) This Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party are the legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Trust Collateral Agent enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general
principles of equity.
SECTION 9.12. Waiver of Setoffs.
Except with respect to the Certificate Distribution Account, the Trust Collateral Agent hereby
expressly waives any and all rights of setoff that the Trust Collateral Agent may otherwise at any
time have under applicable law with respect to any Trust Account and agrees that amounts in the
Trust Accounts shall at all times be held and applied solely in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
TERMINATION
SECTION 10.01. Optional Purchase.
(a) On the last day of any Collection Period as of which the Class A Note Balance shall be
less than or equal to 15% of the face amount of the Class A Notes, the Servicer shall have the
option, upon no less than ten days prior written notice prior to the related Distribution Date to
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Class A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty and the
Rating Agencies, to reacquire the Trust Property, other than the Trust Accounts and the Swap
Agreement. To exercise such option, the Servicer shall deposit pursuant to Section 5.04 in
the Collection Account an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Amount for the Loans, plus the
appraised value of any other property held by the Trust (other than the Trust Accounts and the Swap
Agreement), such value to be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and
the Majority Noteholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not exercise such
option unless the aggregate Purchase Amount is sufficient to pay the full amount of principal and
interest due and payable on the Class A Notes, and all amounts due and payable to the Swap
Counterparty, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Backup Servicer and the Owner
Trustee under the Basic Documents. Upon such deposit the Servicer shall succeed to all interests
in and to the Trust (other than the Trust Accounts).
(b) Notice of any termination of the Trust shall be given by the Servicer to the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Class A Noteholders, the Swap
Counterparty and the Rating Agencies as soon as practicable after the Servicer has received notice
of the occurrence of an event of termination under Section 9.1(a) of the Trust Agreement.
(c) Credit Acceptance shall have the right to purchase at any time up to 1.0% of the Loans,
based upon the Aggregate Outstanding Net Eligible Loan Balance on the date of purchase for an
amount equal to the greater of: (i) the Purchase Amount related to such Loans; and (ii) the
aggregate fair market value of such Loans.
SECTION 10.02. Termination.
Upon the earlier of (a) the payment of the full amount of principal and interest due and
payable on the Class A Notes, and all amounts due and payable to the Swap Counterparty, the
Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Backup Servicer and the Owner Trustee under the
Basic Documents and the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, and (b) the payment in full or
other liquidation of the last outstanding Loan and the subsequent distribution of amounts in
respect of such Loans as provided in the Basic Documents and the satisfaction and discharge of the
Indenture, this Agreement shall terminate; provided that Section 7.06, Section
9.05(c), Section 11.13 and the indemnification obligations of the Issuer under
Section 6.05 and of the Servicer under Section 4.09(f) and Section 7.02
shall survive such termination.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended by the Seller, the Servicer, and the Trust Collateral Agent (at
the written direction of the Issuer), with the consent of the Majority Noteholders (which consent
of any Holder of a Class A Note given pursuant to this Section or pursuant to any other provision
of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and on all future Holders of such
Class A Note and of any Class A Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange thereof or in lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Class
A Note) to: (i) cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement, or
to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; or (ii) reflect the succession of
a successor Servicer; provided, however, that in connection with any amendment
pursuant to clause (i), (a) the action referred to therein shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Class A Noteholder and (b)
that such amendment could not materially and adversely affect the rights and obligations of the
Swap Counterparty under this Agreement unless the Swap Counterparty shall have consented in writing
to such amendment; and provided, further, that in connection with any amendment pursuant to
clause (ii) above, the Servicer shall deliver notice of such amendment to the Swap Counterparty and
shall deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Swap Counterparty, the Class A Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee a letter from each Rating Agency, which then has a rating on the Class A Notes,
to the effect that such amendment will not cause the then current ratings on the Class A Notes to
be qualified, reduced or withdrawn.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the Servicer, and the
Trust Collateral Agent (at the written direction of the Issuer) with the consent of the Majority
Noteholders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Agreement, or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
the Class A Notes; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or
reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments
on Contracts or distributions that shall be required to be made on any Class A Note or change the
Class A Note Rate or the Class A Principal Distributable Amount, (b) be entered into which could
materially and adversely affect the rights and obligations of the Swap Counterparty under this
Agreement unless the Swap Counterparty shall have consented in writing to such amendment or (c)
reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of
the Holders of all Class A Notes then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, no
consent of any Class A Noteholder shall be required in connection with any amendment in order for
the Certificateholders to sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of the excess interest,
provided that the Certificateholders present evidence to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Swap
Counterparty that the ratings of the Class A Notes shall not be reduced or withdrawn as a result.
Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Servicer will provide and the
Trust Collateral Agent shall distribute written notification of the substance of
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such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency then rating the Class A Notes and a copy of
the proposed amendment or consent to the Swap Counterparty and the Class A Noteholers.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Trust Collateral Agent
shall furnish a copy of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Class A Noteholder and
each Certificateholder.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Class A 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. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any
other consents of Class A Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Class A Noteholders shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Trust Collateral Agent may prescribe.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Trust Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to
in Section 11.02(i)(1). The Trust Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such amendment which affects the Trust Collateral Agent’s own rights, duties or
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 11.02. Protection of Title to Trust.
(a) The Seller shall file such financing statements and cause to be filed such 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 the Class A Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust
Collateral Agent in the Loans and the related Contracts and in the proceeds thereof and the sale of
accounts and chattel paper. The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Trust
Collateral Agent file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided
above, as soon as available following such filing.
(b) None of the Originator, the Seller nor the Servicer shall change its name, identity, state
of incorporation or formation or corporate structure in any manner that would, could, or might make
any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Seller in accordance with paragraph
(a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of §9-506 or §9-507 of the UCC, unless it shall
have given the Trust Collateral Agent and the Class A Noteholders at least five days’ prior written
notice thereof and shall have promptly filed appropriate amendments to all previously filed
financing statements or continuation statements.
(c) The Seller, the Originator and the Servicer shall give the Trust Collateral Agent and the
Class A Noteholders at least 60 days’ prior written notice of any relocation of its principal
executive office or change of its state of incorporation or formation if, as a result of any such
change, 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. The Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from which
it shall service the Loans and the related Contracts, and its principal executive office, within
the United States of America.
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(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Loan and Contract accurately
and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such
Loan and Contract, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of
each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Loan and
Contract and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such
Loan and Contract.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale
under this Agreement of the Loans and the related Contracts to the Trust, the Servicer’s master
computer records (including any back-up archives) that refer to a Loan or Contract shall indicate
clearly (including by means of tagging) the interest of the Trust in such Loan or Contract and that
such Loan or Contract is owned by the Trust. Indication of the Trust’s ownership of a Loan or
Contract shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when,
the Loan or Contract shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
(f) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security interest
in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive receivables to any prospective purchaser,
lender, or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender, or
other transferee computer tapes, records, or print-outs (including any restored from back-up
archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Loan or Contract, shall
indicate clearly (including by means of tagging) that such Loan or Contract has been sold and is
owned by the Trust.
(g) The Servicer shall, upon reasonable prior notice, permit the Trust Collateral Agent and
its agents at any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit, and make copies of and
abstracts from the Servicer’s records regarding any Loan or Contract at the office of the Servicer
in a reasonable manner.
(h) Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture
Trustee and the Class A Noteholders, within twenty Business Days, a list of all Loans and Contracts
(by agreement or contract number and name of Dealer or Obligor) then held as part of the Trust,
together with a reconciliation of such list to the schedule of Loans, Dealer Agreements, Purchase
Agreements and Contracts attached hereto as Schedule A and to each of the Servicer’s
Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of Loans or Contracts from the Trust.
(i) The Seller shall deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Swap Counterparty and the
Indenture Trustee:
(1) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment
thereto, an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all financing statements (and releases of financing statements) and
continuation statements have been filed that are necessary fully to preserve and
protect the interest of the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent in the
Loans and the related Contracts, and reciting the details of the expected filings
thereof or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given,
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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 90 days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the
first calendar year beginning more than three months after the Cut-off Date, an
Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, either (A) stating
that, in the opinion of such Counsel, all financing statements and continuation
statements have been filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the
interest of the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent in the Loans and
the related Contracts, 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. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the filing of
any financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of
such counsel, be required to preserve and protect the interest of the Indenture
Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent in the Loans and the related Contracts, until
the 90th day in the following calendar year.
Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (i)(1) or (i)(2) above shall specify any action
necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the following calendar year to preserve
perfection of such interest.
(j) For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Agreement and for other purposes,
this Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be
deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Class A Noteholders.
No Class A Noteholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided in this Agreement or in
the Indenture) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust, or the
obligations of the parties to this Agreement, nor shall anything in this Agreement set forth, or
contained in the terms of the Class A Notes be construed so as to constitute the Class A
Noteholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any Class A
Noteholder be under any liability to any third person by reason of any action taken pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement.
No Class A Noteholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself of any provisions
of this Agreement to institute any suit, action, or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or
with respect to this Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trust
Collateral Agent a written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, and unless also (i)
the default arises from the Seller’s or the Servicer’s failure to remit payments when due
hereunder, or (ii) the Majority Noteholders shall have made written request upon the Trust
Collateral Agent to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trust Collateral
Agent under this Agreement and such Holder shall have offered to the Trust Collateral Agent such
indemnity as it may reasonably require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred
therein or thereby, and the Trust Collateral Agent, for 30 days after its receipt of such
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notice, request, and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such
action, suit or proceeding and during such 30-day period no request or waiver inconsistent with
such written request has been given to the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section or
Section 8.04; no one or more Holders of Notes or Certificates shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this Agreement
to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of the Class A Notes or the
Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder,
or to enforce any right, under this Agreement except in the manner provided in this Agreement and
for the equal, ratable, and common benefit of all Class A Noteholders and all Certificateholders.
For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each Class A Noteholder, each
Certificateholder and the Trust Collateral Agent shall be entitled to such relief as can be given
either at law or in equity.
In the event the Trust Collateral Agent shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and
indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Class A Notes, each representing less than the
required amount of the Class A Notes, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine
what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.04. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
(INCLUDING SECTION 1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), 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.
SECTION 11.05. Notices.
All demands, notices, and communications upon or to the Seller, the Servicer, the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty or any
Rating Agency under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered, electronically
delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been
duly given upon receipt: (a) in the case of the Seller at the following address: Attention:
Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2008-1/Xxxx Xxxx, Silver Triangle Building, 00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000; phone: (000) 000-0000 (ext. 4432); fax: (000) 000-0000; (b)
in the case of the Servicer at the following address: Attention: Credit Acceptance
Corporation/Xxxx Xxxx, Silver Triangle Building, 00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000-0000; phone: (000) 000-0000 (ext. 4432); fax: (000) 000-0000; (c) in the case of the Backup
Servicer, Trust Collateral Agent and Indenture Trustee, at MAC #0000-000, Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Services — Asset-Backed
Administration, phone: (000) 000-0000; fax: (000) 000-0000; (d) in the case of the Owner Trustee,
at: 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, phone: (000)
000-0000; fax: (000) 000-0000; (e) in the case of S&P, via electronic delivery to
Xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx (or for any information not available in electronic format, send hard
copies to: Standard & Poor’s
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Rating Services, ABS Surveillance Group, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or to such other
address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties); and (f) in the case of the
Initial Swap Counterparty, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Derivatives Documentation Group or to such other address as shall be designated by written notice
to the other parties. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Class A Noteholder or
Certificateholder, as the case may be shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the
address of such Holder as shown in the Class A Note or Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed
within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Class A Noteholder or the Certificateholder, as the case may be, shall
receive such notice.
SECTION 11.06. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms of this Agreement shall
be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms
shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms of this
Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Securities or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 11.07. Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Section
7.03 and as provided in the provisions of this Agreement concerning the resignation of the
Servicer, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller or the Servicer without the prior
written consent of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Swap Counterparty and the Majority Noteholders.
SECTION 11.08. Further Assurances.
The Seller and the Servicer agree to do and perform, from time to time, any and all acts and
to execute any and all further instruments required or reasonably requested by the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Majority Noteholders more fully to effect the purposes of this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents, including, without limitation, the execution of any
financing statements or continuation statements relating to the Loans or the related Contracts for
filing under the provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.09. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Trust Collateral Agent,
the Indenture Trustee or the Class A Noteholders or the Certificateholders, any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies,
powers and privileges therein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies,
powers and privileges provided by law.
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SECTION 11.10. Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the
Indenture Trustee, the Class A Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty and the Certificateholders,
respectively, and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as may be otherwise
provided in this Agreement, no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The Swap
Counterparty is an express third party beneficiary of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.11. Actions by Noteholders.
(a) Wherever in this Agreement a provision is made that an action may be taken or a notice,
demand, or instruction given by Class A Noteholders, such action, notice, demand or instruction may
be taken or given by any Class A Noteholder, unless such provision requires a specific percentage
of Class A Noteholders.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement a Person is seeking an action be taken by or notice, demand, or
instruction be given by Class A Noteholders, the Person seeking such action, notice, demand or
instruction may contact the Indenture Trustee to obtain such action, notice, demand or instruction
from the Class A Noteholders.
(c) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Agreement to be taken or given by Class A Noteholders, may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Class A
Noteholders, in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing.
(d) The fact and date of the execution by any Class A Noteholder or any Certificateholder of
any instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trust Collateral Agent
deems sufficient.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other act by a
Class A Noteholder shall bind such Class A Noteholder and every subsequent holder of such Class A
Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the Trust Collateral Agent, the Seller or the
Servicer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Class A
Note.
(f) The Trust Collateral Agent may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in
this Section as it shall deem necessary.
SECTION 11.12. Corporate Obligation.
No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, against any partner, incorporator,
subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Seller or the
Servicer with respect to their respective obligations and indemnities under this Agreement or any
certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith.
SECTION 11.13. Covenant Not to File a Bankruptcy Petition.
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The parties hereto agree that until one year and one day after such time as the Class A Notes
issued under the Indenture are paid in full, they shall not (i) institute the filing of a
bankruptcy petition against the Seller or the Trust based upon any claim in its favor arising
hereunder or under the Basic Documents; (ii) file a petition or consent to a petition seeking
relief on behalf of the Seller or the Trust under the Bankruptcy Law; or (iii) consent to the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the
Seller or the Trust or any portion of the property of the Seller or the Trust. The parties hereto
agree that all obligations of the Issuer and the Seller are non-recourse to the Trust Property
except as specifically set forth in the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.14. Multiple Roles.
The parties expressly acknowledge and consent to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association acting
in the possible dual capacity of successor Servicer and in the capacity as Indenture Trustee and
Trust Collateral Agent. Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association may, in such dual capacity,
discharge its separate functions fully, without hindrance or regard to conflict of interest
principles, duty of loyalty principles or other breach of fiduciary duties to the extent that any
such conflict or breach arises from the performance by Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association of
express duties set forth in this Agreement or any other Basic Document in any of such capacities,
all of which defenses, claims or assertions are hereby expressly waived by the other parties hereto
except in the case of negligence (other than errors in judgment) and willful misconduct by Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer, Seller, Credit Acceptance, as Servicer and in its individual
capacity, Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent have caused this
Sale and Servicing Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and
year first above written.
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE FUNDING LLC 2008-1, as Seller |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, as Servicer and in its individual capacity | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE AUTO LOAN TRUST 2008-1, as Issuer | ||||||
By: U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Assistant Vice President | ||||||
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Backup Servicer, Trust Collateral Agent and Indenture Trustee | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Vice President |
EXHIBIT A
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
AND RELATED DEFINITIONS
AND RELATED DEFINITIONS
1. Maintain Asset Coverage Ratio. The Servicer shall, on a consolidated basis, maintain at
all times, Consolidated Net Assets at a level greater than or equal to Consolidated Funded Debt.
2. Maintain Funded Debt Ratio Level. The Servicer shall, on a Consolidated basis, maintain
as of the end of each fiscal quarter a ratio of Consolidated Funded Debt (including in the
calculation thereof, all Debt incurred by a Special Purpose Subsidiary, whether or not included
therein under GAAP) to the Servicer’s Consolidated Tangible Net Worth equal to or less than 4.0 to
1.0.
3. Maintain Minimum Net Income. The Servicer shall, on a Consolidated basis, maintain as
of the end of each fiscal quarter calculated for the two fiscal quarters then ending, Consolidated
Net Income of not less than $1.00.
4. Maintain Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Servicer shall, on a Consolidated basis,
maintain as of the end of each fiscal quarter a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.75
to 1.0.
DEFINITION
Other than the term “Servicer” which shall have the meaning given to it in this Agreement,
capitalized terms used in this Exhibit A shall have the meanings given such terms in the
Comerica Credit Agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
EXHIBIT B
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 2008-1
Servicer’s Certificate
Servicer’s Certificate
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF DEALER AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF
SERVICER’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT
SERVICER’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Credit Acceptance Corporation (the “Servicer”) under the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of April 18, 2008 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) among Credit Acceptance
Auto Loan Trust 2008-1, Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2008-1, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association and Credit Acceptance Corporation, as the Servicer and in its individual capacity,
pursuant to which the Servicer holds on behalf of the Class A Noteholders and the Trust Collateral
Agent certain [Dealer Agreements / Purchase Agreements] [Contracts] as described in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, hereby acknowledges receipt thereof, listed on Schedule A to said Sale
and Servicing Agreement except as noted in the Exception List attached as Schedule I hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer has caused this acknowledgment to be executed by its duly
authorized officer as of this
day of
,
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CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, as Servicer | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF CONTRACTS
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF DEALER LOAN CONTRACT AND PURCHASED LOAN CONTRACT
EXHIBIT H
CREDIT GUIDELINES
[On file with the Servicer]
SCHEDULE A
to Sale and
Servicing Agreement
to Sale and
Servicing Agreement
Loans, Dealer Agreements, Purchase Agreements and Contracts
SCHEDULE B
to Sale and
Servicing Agreement
to Sale and
Servicing Agreement
Forecasted Collections
Credit Acceptance | ||
Cumulative Forecasted | ||
Collection Period
|
Collections |
SCHEDULE C
to Sale and
Servicing Agreement
to Sale and
Servicing Agreement
Perfection Representations, Warranties And Covenants
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement, the
Seller hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee as follows
on the Closing Date and on each Distribution Date on which the Trust purchases Loans, in each case
only with respect to the Seller Property conveyed to the Trust on such Closing Date or the relevant
Distribution Date:
General
1. The Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in UCC Section 9-102)
in the Seller Property in favor of the Trust, which security interest is prior to all other Liens,
and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from and assignees of the Seller.
2. Each Contract constitutes “tangible chattel paper” or a “payment intangible”, within the meaning
of UCC Section 9-102. Each Loan constitutes a “payment intangible” or a “general intangible”
within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102.
3. Each Dealer Agreement and Purchase Agreement constitutes either a “general intangible” or
“tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102.
4. The Seller has taken or will take all necessary actions with respect to the Loans to perfect its
security interest in the Loans and in the property securing the Loans.
Creation
1. The Seller owns and has good and marketable title to the Initial Seller Property or Subsequent
Seller Property, as applicable, free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person,
excepting only liens for taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges or levies incurred in
the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable or as to which any applicable
grace period shall not have expired, or that are being contested in good faith by proper
proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established, but only so long as foreclosure
with respect to such a lien is not imminent and the use and value of the property to which the Lien
attaches is not impaired during the pendency of such proceeding.
Perfection
1. The Seller has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of the
Indenture, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the
appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the contribution and sale of the
Contributed Property from the Originator to the Seller, the transfer and sale of the Seller
Property
from the Seller to the Issuer, and the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture.
2. With respect to Seller Property that constitutes tangible chattel paper, such tangible chattel
paper is in the possession of the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian for the Trust and the
Trust Collateral Agent, and the Trust Collateral Agent has received a written acknowledgment from
the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, that it is holding such tangible chattel paper solely
on its behalf and for the benefit of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Seller, the Trust and the
relevant Dealer(s). All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Seller in favor of
the Issuer or its assignee in connection with this Agreement describing the Seller Property contain
a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral
described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party.”
Priority
1. Other than the security interest granted to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller
has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the
Seller Property. None of the Originator, the Servicer nor the Seller has authorized the filing of,
or is aware of any financing statements against either the Seller, the Originator or the Trust that
includes a description of the Seller Property and proceeds related thereto other than any financing
statement: (i) relating to the sale of Contributed Property by the Originator to the Seller under
the Contribution Agreement, (ii) relating to the security interest granted to the Trust hereunder,
(iii) relating to the security interest granted to the Trust Collateral Agent under the Indenture;
or (iv) that has been terminated or amended to reflect a release of the Seller Property.
2. Neither the Seller, the Originator nor the Trust is aware of any judgment, ERISA or tax lien
filings against either the Seller, the Originator or the Trust.
3. None of the tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Contracts, the Dealer
Agreements or the Purchase Agreements has any marks or notations indicating that it has been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Originator, the Servicer, the
Seller, the Trust, a collection agent or the Trust Collateral Agent.
Survival of Perfection Representations
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, the Indenture
or any other Basic Document, the Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants contained in
this Schedule shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect (notwithstanding any
replacement of the Servicer or termination of Servicer’s rights to act as such) until such time as
all obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, Contribution Agreement and the Indenture
have been finally and fully paid and performed.
No Waiver
1. The parties hereto: (i) shall not, without obtaining a confirmation of the then-current ratings
of the Class A Notes, waive any of the Perfection Representations, Warranties or Covenants; (ii)
shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any breach of the Perfection
Representations, Warranties or Covenants, and shall not, without obtaining a
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confirmation of the then-current ratings of the Class A Notes as determined after any adjustment or
withdrawal of the ratings following notice of such breach, waive a breach of any of the Perfection
Representations, Warranties or Covenants.
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