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Exhibit 10.7
MAFA Term Sheet
Summary of Required
Terms
Chrysler – GMAC Master
Financial Services Agreement (GMAC MAFA)
Dated as of April 30,
2009
Following is a summary of the
proposed principal terms for a proposed financial services
arrangement between Chrysler LLC (“
Chrysler
”), and GMAC LLC
(“ GMAC ”) in connection with Chrysler’s
proposed industrial alliance with Fiat S.p.A. and efforts to effect
a restructuring with the support of the United States Department of
the Treasury. Both parties agree to be bound by the terms,
conditions, rights and obligations outlined in this Term Sheet
until the Parties execute definitive agreements which will more
fully describe the agreement as set forth in this Term Sheet, upon
execution of which such rights and obligations will be governed by
the terms and conditions of such definitive
agreements.
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Term of
Agreement
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Four year
agreement; automatically renewed for successive 1 year terms unless
Chrysler or GMAC provide 12 months notice of nonrenewal prior to
the end of the current term. In consideration of the wholesale and
retail financing support being provided to Chrysler customers and
dealers, particularly in light of the efforts to support the
Chrysler dealer network, the agreement will have the exclusivity
provisions provided herein. In the event of a termination of this
agreement, GMAC will reasonably cooperate in good faith to assist
Chrysler in facilitating the qualification of another financial
services provider during an appropriate transition period to be
agreed.
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Territories
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The financial services to be rendered by GMAC
will be offered for all brands distributed through the Chrysler
dealer network in the following countries for the duration of the
MAFA:
• USA
(including Puerto Rico on a reasonable best efforts
basis)
• Canada
• Mexico
• Other
International markets as the parties may mutually agree from time
to time
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Transition
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GMAC will use commercially reasonable efforts to
facilitate a smooth transition from Chrysler’s current
agreements with Chrysler Financial. The parties will develop
separate transition plans for wholesale, and retail financing and
ancillary services (e.g., insurance and remarketing
services).
As part of transition planning, GMAC
will use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) put in place new
interim dealer funding for new and used inventory as promptly as
practicable with a target completion date of May 15, 2009, (ii)
promptly conduct a dealer credit assessment to determine whether to
establish longer-term credit lines of adequate amount and
consistent with GMAC credit policies (as determined by GMAC in good
faith) for each Chrysler dealer within 180 days from the date of
this Term Sheet, GMAC and Chrysler will collaborate to establish,
and GMAC will use commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy,
interim targets to be established by May 15, 2009 for the
completion of such process and (iii) begin to offer new retail
financing accommodations to Chrysler dealers as soon as reasonably
practicable with an expected target date of May 15, 2009 for
standard retail financing and June 1, 2009 for subvention programs.
GMAC will provide Chrysler with regular reporting as to
the
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progress of the foregoing. All decisions to
establish credit lines or to decline to provide credit or to
provide other products or services to a dealer or consumer will be
at GMAC’s sole discretion. To the extent that after the
dealer credit assessment GMAC determines not to establish
longer-term credit lines for dealers, GMAC will use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide sufficient advance notice to such
dealers to enable them to determine whether financing will be
available.
As part of the transition plan, GMAC
will provide new dealer funding in accordance with this Term Sheet
and (i) in the U.S. and Canada, the interim program parameters
attached as Annex A hereto and the program parameters attached as
Annex B hereto following the completion of the interim period and
(ii) in Mexico, the program parameters attached as Annex C hereto,
in each case absent a dealer default.
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Financial
Products
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GMAC shall provide the following financial
services and products to Chrysler dealers and customers, as GMAC
deems appropriate from a credit and risk management perspective in
its sole discretion.
Dealer Financing and Services:
• Vehicle
Inventory Financing (New and Used);
• Capital
Loans;
• Equipment
Loans;
• Real
Estate Loans;
• Dealer
insurance products and services, subject to [***];
• Remarketing
(including GMAC SmartAuction and other auction services);
and
• Electronic
cash and drafting settlement systems
Retail Financing:
• Consumer
Retail Financing;
• Commercial
Retail Financing; and
• Fleet
Financing (Commercial Finance).
Currently GMAC does not offer any
leasing products other than standard rate products, but GMAC may
offer such products in the future subject to market conditions and
risk management policies and if offered by GMAC, will be available
to the Chrysler network on a non-discriminatory basis taking into
account that OEMs offer different products and programs and those
products have different residual values.
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Risks
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Subject to GMAC’s credit policies and the
terms below, GMAC shall provide all financing and funding for the
financial services offered and shall bear all risks in connection
with financing services including, but not limited to credit risk;
and residual value risk
Unless otherwise mutually agreed (e.g. in
connection with a specific subvention program), all such financing
and funding will be on a non-recourse basis with respect to
Chrysler and pursuant to which Chrysler shall not bear the credit
risk.
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• [***].
• [***].
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In the event that all or substantially all of
the assets of Chrysler are sold in a transaction that, in the
judgment of GMAC, is likely to result in the successful
stabilization of Chrysler’s automobile manufacturing business
(i.e., if Chrysler emerges from bankruptcy), [***].
In any event, the parties agree to negotiate in
good faith on an annual basis [***].
For the avoidance of doubt, each of
Chrysler’s subsidiaries that are debtors in Chrysler’s
bankruptcy case will guarantee Chrysler’s obligations under
this agreement unless explicitly prevented by any preexisting
agreement or applicable law or to the extent that such guarantees
would result in a material adverse tax consequence to
Chrysler.
Formal approval of dealership credit
lines will be contingent upon having a Vehicle Repurchase Agreement
from Chrysler, in form and substance mutually agreed between the
parties, including the minimum terms outlined in Annex D of this
Term Sheet (the “Vehicle Repurchase
Agreement”).
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Retail
Exclusivity for Subvention Programs
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Chrysler will, (i) beginning six months after
the date of this Term Sheet, use GMAC for at least [***] of
Chrysler subvented volume and (ii) beginning twelve months after
the date of this Term Sheet, use GMAC for at least [***] of
Chrysler subvented volume (the “Volume
Thresholds”).
Prior to the period during which the Volume
Thresholds are in effect, Chrysler will continue to offer subvented
volume through GMAC on a non-exclusive, side-by-side basis with any
third party finance provider.
If there is no Capital Markets
Disruption and [***], Chrysler may provide such specific subvention
program through third parties (without such volume being counted in
the Volume Threshold calculation). In such cases, Chrysler will
consult in good faith with GMAC as to the terms and conditions of
the individual situations in order to facilitate GMAC’s
ability to service Chrysler’s retail financing
needs.
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Capital
Markets Disruption
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Capital markets disruption (“ Capital
Markets Disruption ”) is defined as a period of time in
which global credit markets are such that credit is either
“not available” or “not available on any
commercially reasonable terms” to borrowers with credit
rating and business prospec
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