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Exhibit 10.3
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SUBI SALE
AGREEMENT
dated as of
[__________], [_____]
between
VW
CREDIT, INC.,
as
Seller
and
VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE
UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC,
as
Buyer
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.................................................... 1
SECTION 1.1 Certain
Terms............................................ 1
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional
Provisions............................
2
SECTION 1.3 Other Terms.............................................. 2
SECTION 1.4 Computation of Time
Periods..............................
2
ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND CONTRIBUTION..................................... 2
SECTION 2.1 Agreement to Sell and
Contribute......................... 2
SECTION 2.2 Consideration and
Payment................................
2
SECTION 2.3 Representations, Warranties and
Covenants................ 3
SECTION 2.4 Subordinated
Note........................................
5
SECTION 2.5 Protection of
Title......................................
5
SECTION 2.6 Other Adverse Claims or
Interests........................ 6
ARTICLE III MISCELLANEOUS................................................ 6
SECTION 3.1 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security
Interest............ 6
SECTION 3.2 Specific
Performance..................................... 7
SECTION 3.3 Notices,
Etc............................................. 7
SECTION 3.4 Choice of Law............................................ 7
SECTION 3.5
Counterparts............................................. 8
SECTION 3.6
Amendment................................................ 8
SECTION 3.7 Waivers.................................................. 9
SECTION 3.8 Entire
Agreement......................................... 9
SECTION 3.9 Severability of
Provisions...............................
9
SECTION 3.10 Binding Effect;
Assignability............................
9
SECTION 3.11 Acknowledgment and
Agreement.............................
9
SECTION 3.12 No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies........................... 10
SECTION 3.13 Nonpetition
Covenant.....................................
10
SECTION 3.14 Each SUBI Separate;
Assignees of SUBI....................
10
SECTION 3.15 Submission to
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.........
11
Schedule I Representations and Warranties with Respect to Units
Schedule II Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants
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SUBI SALE
AGREEMENT
THIS SUBI SALE AGREEMENT is made and
entered into as of [_____], [_____]
(as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, this
"Agreement") by VW
CREDIT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Seller"), and VOLKSWAGEN
AUTO LEASE
UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
"Buyer").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, VW Credit Leasing, Ltd. is
a Delaware statutory trust (the
"Origination Trust") formed and operated pursuant to that certain
Trust
Agreement dated as of June 2, 1999 (as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, the "Origination Trust Agreement") for the purpose,
among other
things, of acquiring title to Units;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the
Seller, as owner of the entire undivided
interest in the Origination Trust (the "UTI Portfolio"), and U.S.
Bank National
Association, as UTI Trustee (in such capacity, the "UTI Trustee"),
SUBI Trustee
(in such capacity, the "SUBI Trustee") and Administrative Trustee (in
such
capacity, the "Administrative Trustee"; together with the UTI
Trustee, the SUBI
Trustee and Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee (the "Delaware
Trustee"), the "Origination Trustees"), are entering into that
certain
Transaction SUBI Supplement 20[__]-[__] to Origination Trust Agreement (as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Transaction SUBI
Supplement") to create a special unit of beneficial interest (the
"Transaction
SUBI"); and
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell
to the Buyer, and the Buyer desires to
acquire, the Seller's entire beneficial ownership interest in (A) the Units
allocated to the Transaction SUBI (the "Transaction SUBI Portfolio")
and (B) the
certificate issued as evidence thereof (the "Transaction SUBI
Certificate");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual agreements
set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms. Terms
defined in Appendix A to the Indenture,
dated as of [_____], [_____] (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time, the "Indenture"), between Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust
20[__]-[__], a
Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer"), and [_____], as indenture
trustee, are,
unless otherwise defined herein or unless the context otherwise requires, used
herein as defined therein. In addition, the following terms shall have the
following meanings (such terms applicable to both the singular and plural
form):
"Allocation Price" means,
with respect to any Unit, an amount equal to 100%
of the Securitization Value thereof as of the Cut-Off Date.
SUBI Sale Agreement
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"SUBI Allocation Price"
means, with respect to all Units to be allocated to
the Transaction SUBI in accordance with Section 2.1 on the Closing Date, the
aggregate of the Allocation Prices for all Units to be so allocated on such
date.
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional
Provisions.
(a) Each term defined in the
singular form in this Agreement shall mean the
plural thereof when the plural form of such term is used in this Agreement or
any certificate, report or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto,
and
each term defined in the plural form in shall mean the singular thereof when
the
singular form of such term is used herein or therein.
(b) The words "hereof",
"herein", "hereunder" and similar terms when used
in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement, and article, section, subsection,
schedule and exhibit references herein are references to articles, sections,
subsections, schedules and exhibits to or of this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
SECTION 1.3 Other Terms. All
accounting terms not specifically defined
herein or in Appendix A to the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with
GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC and not specifically defined
herein
or in Appendix A to the Indenture are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
SECTION 1.4 Computation of Time
Periods. Unless otherwise stated in this
Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a
later specified date, the word "from" means "from and
including" and the words
"to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding".
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND
CONTRIBUTION
SECTION 2.1 Agreement to Sell and
Contribute.
On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, on
the date hereof, the Seller hereby:
(a) transfers, assigns, sets over,
sells and otherwise conveys to the
Buyer, and the Buyer hereby purchases from the Seller, all of the Seller's
right, title and interest in and to the Transaction SUBI Certificate and the
Transaction SUBI, including, but not limited to, all Collections thereunder
after the Cut-Off Date; and
(b) directs the UTI Trustee and the
Servicer to identify from the
Origination Trust Assets allocable to the UTI Interest, and to allocate to the
Transaction SUBI Portfolio represented by the Transaction SUBI Certificate, the
Transaction SUBI Assets identified in Section 11.1 of the Transaction SUBI
Supplement.
SECTION 2.2 Consideration and
Payment. In consideration of the transfer of
the Transaction SUBI transferred to the Buyer on the Closing Date, the Buyer
shall pay to the Seller
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on the Closing Date the SUBI Allocation Price with respect thereto by (i)
making
a cash payment to the Seller to the extent that the Buyer has received a cash
payment from the Issuer pursuant to the SUBI Transfer Agreement and (ii) if the
SUBI Allocation Price to be paid for the Units exceeds the amount of any cash
payment for the account of the Seller on such day pursuant to clause (i), (x)
such excess shall automatically be considered to have been contributed to the
Buyer by the Seller as a capital contribution or (y) at the option of the
Seller
(as evidenced by notice to the Buyer), to the extent the Buyer would not be
left
with insufficient capital to meet, with a reasonable degree of certainty, its
reasonably foreseeable obligations as they come due, the Buyer may increase the
principal amount due and outstanding under the Subordinated Note (as defined
below). As of the Closing Date, the Buyer paid in cash $[__________] of the
SUBI
Allocation Price, and the Seller contributed to the Buyer such Units as had an
aggregate Securitization Value equal to $[ ] and received the Subordinated Note
(as defined below) in an initial outstanding principal amount of $[__________].
SECTION 2.3 Representations,
Warranties and Covenants.
(a) The Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Buyer that, as of the
date hereof:
(i) Existence and Power. The
Seller is a corporation and the
Origination Trust is a statutory
trust, in each case, duly organized,
validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its state of
organization, and each of the Seller
and the Origination Trust has all
power and authority required to
carry on its business as it is now
conducted. Each of the Seller and
the Origination Trust has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals, in
all jurisdictions where the failure to
do so would materially and adversely
affect the business, properties,
financial condition or results of
operations of the Seller or the
Origination Trust, respectively,
taken as a whole.
(ii) Corporate Authorization
and No Contravention. The execution,
delivery and performance by each of
the Seller and the Origination Trust of
each Transaction Document to which
it is a party (i) have been duly
authorized by all necessary
corporate action, (ii) do not contravene or
constitute a default under (A) any
applicable law, rule or regulation, (B)
its organizational documents or (C)
any agreement, contract, order or other
instrument to which it is a party or
its property is subject and (iii) will
not result in any Adverse Claim on
the Transaction SUBI or give cause for
the acceleration of any indebtedness
of the Seller or the Origination
Trust.
(iii) No Consent Required. No
approval, authorization or other action
by, or filing with, any Governmental
Authority is required in connection
with the execution, delivery and
performance by the Seller or the
Origination Trust of any Transaction
Document other than UCC filings and
other than approvals and
authorizations that have previously been obtained
and filings which have previously
been made.
(iv) Binding Effect. Each
Transaction Document to which the Seller or
the Origination Trust is a party
constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Person
enforceable against such Person in accordance
with its terms, except as limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, or other
similar laws of general application
relating to or
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affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and subject to
general principles of equity.
(v) Ownership and Transfer of
Transaction SUBI. Immediately preceding
its sale of the Transaction SUBI to
the Buyer, the Seller was the owner of
the Transaction SUBI, free and clear
of any Adverse Claim, and after such
sale of the Transaction SUBI to the
Buyer, the Buyer shall at all times be
entitled, with respect to the
Transaction SUBI, to all of the rights and
benefits of a holder of a SUBI under
the Origination Trust Documents.
(vi) Applicable Law. Each of
the Seller and the Origination Trust is
in compliance with all Applicable
Laws, the failure to comply with which
would have a material adverse
effect.
(vii) Litigation. There are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending
or, to the knowledge of the Seller,
threatened against the Seller before or
by any Governmental Authority that
(i) question the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or
adversely affect the ability of the
Seller to perform its obligations
hereunder or (ii) individually or in the
aggregate would have a material
adverse effect. Neither the Seller nor the
Origination Trust is in default with
respect to any orders of any
Governmental Authority, the default
under which individually or in the
aggregate would have a material
adverse effect.
(viii) Status of Seller. The
Seller is not an "investment company"
within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. The
Seller is not subject to regulation
as a "holding company", an "affiliate"
of a "holding company", or
a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company",
within the meaning of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended.
(ix) Status of Origination
Trust. The Origination Trust is not an
"investment company"
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. The Origination
Trust is not subject to regulation as a
"holding company", an
"affiliate" of a "holding company", or a "subsidiary
company" of a "holding
company", within the meaning of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended.
The representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 2.3(a) shall
speak only as of the date hereof and shall survive the sale of the Transaction
SUBI hereunder.
(b) The Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Buyer with respect to
each Unit being allocated to the Transaction SUBI on the Closing Date that, as
of the Cut-Off Date or the Closing Date, as applicable, the representations and
warranties set forth on Schedule I hereto were true and correct with respect to
such Unit. The representation and warranties set forth on Schedule I hereto
shall survive the allocation of such Unit hereunder.
(c) Upon discovery by the Buyer or
the Seller of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.3(b) at the time such
representations and warranties were made which materially and adversely affects
the interests of the Issuer in the related Unit, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the






