CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated as
of May 23, 2008 (the “ Agreement” ), is
made between CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation
(“ CAC ”) and CAC WAREHOUSE FUNDING III, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“ Funding
”).
Funding desires to acquire from time
to time certain Loans and related rights and collateral, including,
but not limited to, certain of CAC’s rights in any related
Dealer Agreements and Purchase Agreements, all of the related
Contracts, and the Collections (other than Dealer Collections)
derived therefrom during the full term of this Agreement, and CAC
desires to transfer, convey and assign from time to time such Loans
and related property to Funding upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth. CAC has also agreed to service the Loans and
related property to be transferred, conveyed and assigned to
Funding.
In consideration of the premises and
the mutual agreements set forth herein, it is hereby agreed by and
between CAC and Funding as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions .
All capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective
meanings specified herein or, if not so specified, the respective
meanings specified in, or incorporated by reference into the Loan
and Security Agreement and shall include in the singular number the
plural and in the plural number the singular:
“ Contributed Property
” means the Initial Contributed Property and the Subsequent
Contributed Property.
“ Initial Contributed
Property ” means (i) the Loans listed on
Exhibit A hereto delivered to the Servicer, the Collateral
Agent and the Backup Servicer on the Initial Funding Date and
(ii) all Related Security with respect thereto.
“ Initial Funding Date
” means date of the Initial Funding, May ___, 2008.
“ Loan and Security
Agreement ” shall mean the Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of May 23, 2008, among Funding, CAC, the Investors
named therein, the CP Entities named therein, Fifth Third Bank,
Relationship Funding Company, LLC and Systems & Services
Technologies, Inc., as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified
from time to time.
“ Related Security
” With respect to any Loan all of CAC’s interest
in:
(i) the
Dealer Agreements (other than Excluded Dealer Agreement Rights, but
including, without limitation, CAC’s rights to service the
Loans and the related Contracts and receive the related collection
fee and receive reimbursement of certain repossession and recovery
expenses, in accordance with the terms of the Dealer Agreements)
and Contracts securing payment of such Loan;
(ii) all
security interests or liens purporting to secure payment of such
Loan, whether pursuant to such Loan, the related Dealer Agreement
or otherwise, together with all financing statements signed by the
related Obligor describing any collateral securing such Loan and
all other property obtained upon foreclosure of any security
interest securing payment of such Loan or any related
Contract;
(iii) all
guarantees, insurance (including insurance insuring the priority of
perfection of any lien) or other agreements or arrangements of any
kind from time to time supporting or securing payment of each
Contract whether pursuant to such Contract or otherwise; including
any of the foregoing relating to any Contract securing payment of
such Loan;
(iv) all
of CAC’s interests in all Records, documents and writing
evidencing or related to such Loan;
(v) all
Collections (other than Dealer Collections), the Collection
Account, the Reserve Account, and all amounts on deposit therein
and investments thereof; and
(vi) the
Proceeds of each of the foregoing.
For the
avoidance of doubt, the term “Related Security” with
respect to any Dealer Loan includes all rights arising after the
end of the Revolving Period under such Dealer Loan which rights are
attributable to advances made under such Dealer Loan as the result
of Dealer Loan Contracts being added after the last date of the
last full Collection Period during the Revolving Period to the
identifiable group of Dealer Loan Contracts to which such Loan
relates.
“ Subsequent Contributed
Property ” means, with respect to the date of any
Incremental Funding, (i) the Loans added to Exhibit A
hereto as of the date of such Incremental Funding, and
(ii) all Related Security with respect thereto.
Section 1.2 Other Terms .
All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9
of the UCC, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as
defined in such Article 9.
Section 1.3 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 means “to but
excluding.”
ARTICLE II
CONTRIBUTION AND SERVICING OF LOANS
Section 2.1 Contribution and
Sale of Loans .
(a) In consideration of the
payments described in Section 3.1, effective as of the Initial
Funding Date, CAC did and hereby does contribute, convey, assign,
sell and transfer to
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Funding
without recourse, except as set forth herein, to Funding all of its
right, title and interest in and to (whether now owned or hereafter
acquired or arising and wherever located) the Initial Contributed
Property.
(b) CAC hereby further agrees
that on the date of each Incremental Funding, in consideration of
the payment described in Section 3.1 with respect to the date
of such Incremental Funding, CAC shall and CAC does hereby agree
to, contribute, convey, assign, sell and transfer to Funding
without recourse, except as set forth in this Agreement, to Funding
all of its right, title and interest in and to (whether now owned
or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located) the
Subsequent Contributed Property on and as of the date of such
Incremental Funding.
(c) Except as specifically
provided in this Agreement, the sale and purchase of Contributed
Property under this Agreement shall be without recourse to CAC;
it being understood that CAC shall be liable
to Funding for all representations, warranties, covenants and
indemnities made by CAC pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
all of which obligations are limited so as not to constitute
recourse to CAC for the credit risk of the Obligors.
(d) CAC hereby further agrees
that the above-described conveyances shall, without the need for
any further action on the part of CAC or Funding, include all
rights arising after the end of the Revolving Period under any
Dealer Loan included in the Initial Contributed Property or
Subsequent Contributed Property which rights are attributable to
advances made under such Dealer 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 Dealer Loan relates.
(e) Each such contribution,
sale, assignment, transfer and conveyance does not constitute an
assumption by Funding (or any of its assigns) or any other Secured
Party under the Loan and Security Agreement of any obligations of
CAC or any other Person to Obligors or to any other Person in
connection with the Loans or under any Contract, Dealer Agreement,
Purchase Agreement or other agreement and instrument relating to
the Loans.
(f) In connection with any such
foregoing conveyance, CAC agrees to record and file on or prior to
the Initial Funding Date, at its own expense, a financing statement
or statements with respect to the Contributed Property conveyed by
CAC hereunder meeting the requirements of applicable state law in
such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect
the interests of Funding created hereby, and to deliver either the
originals of such financing statements or a file-stamped copy of
such financing statements or other evidence of such filings to
Funding on or before the Initial Funding Date.
(g) CAC agrees that from time to
time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all
instruments and documents and take all actions as may be necessary
or as Funding may reasonably request in order to perfect or protect
the interest of Funding in the Loans and other Contributed Property
purchased hereunder or to enable Funding to exercise or enforce any
of its rights hereunder. CAC shall, upon request of Funding, obtain
such additional search
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reports
as Funding shall request. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, Funding shall be and is hereby authorized and
permitted to file continuation statements and amendments to
financing statements and assignments thereof to preserve and
protect its right, title and interest in, to and under the
Contributed Property.
(h) It is the express intent of
CAC and Funding that the conveyance of the Loans and other
Contributed Property by CAC to Funding pursuant to this Agreement
be construed as an absolute sale and contribution of such Loans and
other Contributed Property by CAC to Funding. Further, it is not
the intention of CAC and Funding that such conveyance be deemed a
grant of a security interest in the Loans and other Contributed
Property by CAC to Funding in the nature of a consensual lien
securing an obligation. However, in the event that, notwithstanding
the express intent of the parties, the Loans and other Contributed
Property are construed to constitute property of CAC, then
(i) this Agreement also shall be deemed to be, and hereby is,
a security agreement within the meaning of the UCC as enacted in
the State of Michigan and any other applicable jurisdiction; and
(ii) the conveyance by CAC provided for in this Agreement
shall be deemed to be, and CAC hereby grants to Funding, a security
interest in, to and under all of CAC’s right, title and
interest in, to and under the Contributed Property, to secure the
rights of Funding set forth in this Agreement or as may be
determined in connection therewith by applicable law. CAC and
Funding shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement
were deemed to create such a security interest in the Loans and
other Contributed Property, such security interest would be a
perfected security interest in favor of Funding under applicable
law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this
Agreement and until the earlier of such time as Funding shall have
received all Collections or CAC shall have purchased the Loans and
other Contributed Property pursuant to a Clean-up Call.
(i) In connection with such
conveyance, CAC agrees to deliver to Funding on the Initial Funding
Date, one or more computer files or microfiche lists containing
true and complete lists of all applicable Dealer Agreements and
Loans conveyed to Funding on the Initial Funding Date, and all
Contracts securing all such Loans, identified by, as applicable,
account number, dealer number and pool number. Such file or list
shall be marked as Exhibit A to this Agreement, shall be
delivered to Funding as confidential and proprietary, and is hereby
incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. Such list and
such Exhibit A shall be supplemented and updated by lists
delivered by CAC to Funding on the date of each Incremental Funding
in the Revolving Period describing all Contributed Property
conveyed on the date of each such Incremental Funding so that, on
each such date, Funding will have an aggregate list and
Exhibit A that describes all Loans conveyed by CAC to Funding
hereunder on or prior to said date of Incremental Funding, any
related Dealer Agreements, the related Purchase Agreements and all
Contracts securing all such Loans.
(j) CAC will reflect the
transactions described in paragraph (a) of this
Section 2.1 on its internal non-consolidated financial
statements and on its non-consolidated state tax returns as a sale
or other absolute transfer or contribution of the Loans from CAC to
Funding, even though CAC will reflect this transaction on its
consolidated financial statements as an “on-balance
sheet” item in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. CAC will present the data in
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its
consolidated financial statements with an accompanying footnote
describing Funding’s separate existence and stating that such
item is a financing secured by the Loans and is non-recourse to
CAC.
(k) Each of CAC and Funding
represents and warrants as to itself that each remittance of
amounts by CAC to Funding under this Agreement will have been
(x) in payment of a debt incurred by Funding in the ordinary
course of business or financial affairs of Funding and CAC and
(y) made in the ordinary course of business or financial
affairs of Funding and CAC.
Section 2.2 Servicing of
Loans . The servicing, administering and collection of the
Loans shall be conducted by the Servicer then authorized to act as
such under the Loan and Security Agreement.
ARTICLE III
CONSIDERATION AND PAYMENT
Section 3.1 Consideration
. The consideration for the Loans and other Contributed Property
conveyed on the Initial Funding Date to Funding by CAC under this
Agreement shall be an amount equal to (i) the net cash
proceeds of each advance to Funding under the Loan and Security
Agreement used by Funding to purchase the Loans and other
Contributed Property conveyed on the Initial Funding Date,
plus (ii) 100% of the sole membership interest in
Funding. Thereafter, on the date of each Incremental Funding in the
Revolving Period, the consideration for the Loans and other
Contributed Property conveyed on the date of such Incremental
Funding will be cash in the amount of (i) the Aggregate
Outstanding Eligible Loan Net Balance of such Loans, plus
(ii) 100% of the sole membership interest in Funding. The
Contributed Property shall be deemed to have a fair value equal to
the aggregate principal amount of the Loans sold and contributed by
CAC to Funding.
Section 3.2 Membership
Interest . The membership interest of CAC in Funding shall
arise on the Initial Funding Date. Such membership interest may not
be sold or otherwise transferred by CAC except as otherwise
permitted in the Loan and Security Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.1 Representations
and Warranties . CAC represents and warrants to Funding, for
the benefit of Funding and each of its successors and assigns, as
of the Closing Date, the Initial Funding Date and the date of each
Incremental Funding, that:
(a) Organization and Good
Standing . CAC 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 obligations under the Transaction Documents.
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(b) Due Qualification .
CAC 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.
(c) Power and Authority; Due
Authorization . CAC (i) has all necessary power, authority
and legal right to: (A) execute and deliver this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
(B) carry out the terms of the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party, and (C) transfer and contribute each Loan and
all other Related Security on the terms and conditions herein
provided and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary action
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transfer
and contribution of the Loans and all other Related Security on the
terms and conditions herein provided. This Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party have been duly executed
and delivered by it.
(d) Valid Sale; Binding
Obligations . This Agreement evidences a valid sale,
contribution, transfer, and assignment of the Contributed Property
and this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which CAC
is a party constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of CAC
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the effects
of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ or secured
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of
equity.
(e) No Violation . The
execution, delivery and consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction 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, or constitute (with or without notice or
lapse of time) a default under, the Articles of Incorporation or
by-laws of CAC, or any indenture, agreement, or other instrument to
which CAC is a party or by which it is or 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
(other than this Agreement), or other instrument; or violate any
law or, to the best of CAC’s knowledge, any order, rule, or
regulation applicable to CAC of any court or of any federal or
state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over CAC or its
properties.
(f) No Proceedings .
There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or to
CAC’s best knowledge threatened, before any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over CAC or its properties: A) asserting the
invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which it is a party; B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party; or C) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect
the performance by CAC of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement, or any other Transaction
Document to which it is a party.
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(g)
Solvency; Fraudulent Conveyance . CAC is solvent, is
able to pay its debts as they become due and will not be rendered
insolvent by the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents and, after giving effect thereto, will not be left with
an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to engage in its
business. CAC does not intend to incur, nor does it believe that it
has incurred, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they
mature. CAC 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 CAC upon the sale or other absolute transfer of
the Contributed Property to Funding constitutes reasonably
equivalent value and fair consideration for the Contributed
Property. CAC is not transfering the Contributed Property to
Funding with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its
creditors.
(h) Bulk Sales . The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby do not require compliance with any
“bulk sales” act or similar law by CAC.
(i) Security Interest .
As of the Initial Funding Date, CAC has granted a security interest
(as defined in the UCC as enacted in the State of Michigan) to
Funding in the Contributed Property, which is enforceable in
accordance with Applicable Law. Upon the filing of UCC-1 financing
statements naming Funding as secured party and CAC as debtor,
Funding shall have a first priority perfected security interest in
the Contributed Property. All filings (including, without
limitation, UCC filings) as are necessary in any jurisdiction to
perfect the interest of Funding in the Contributed Property have
been made.
(j) Contribution
Agreement . This Contribution Agreement is the only agreement
pursuant to which Funding purchases and or otherwise acquires Loans
from CAC.
(k) Perfection . As of
the Initial Funding Date, CAC will be the owner of all of the Loans
and the other Contributed Property, free and clear of all Liens. On
or prior to the date of each contribution of Loans and the other
Contributed Property to Funding pursuant to this Agreement, all
financing statements and other documents required to be recorded or
filed in order to perfect and protect the ownership interest of
Funding in and to the Loans and the other Contributed Property
against all creditors of and purchasers from CAC will have been
duly filed in each filing office necessary for such purpose and all
filing fees and taxes, if any, payable in connection with such
filings shall have been paid in full.
(l) Accuracy of
Information . All information with respect to the Loans and
other Contributed Property (and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby) provided to Funding hereunder by CAC was true
and correct in all material respects as of the date such
information was provided to Funding and did not omit to state any
material facts necessary to make the statements contained therein
not misleading.
(m) Taxes . CAC has
filed on or befo
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