Exhibit 10.6
EXECUTION VERSION
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
between
AMBAC ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
as Insurer,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES
INC.,
as Underwriter
Dated as of December 6,
2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1.
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Definitions
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Section 2.
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Representations and Warranties of
Ambac
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Section 3.
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Representations, Warranties and Agreements of
the Underwriter
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Section 4.
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Indemnification
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Section 5.
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Indemnification Procedures
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Section 6.
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Contribution
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Section 7.
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Miscellaneous
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INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (as may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “
Agreement ”) dated as of December 6, 2006 by and
among AMBAC ASSURANCE CORPORATION, as Insurer (“ Ambac
”), and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. as Underwriter (the
“ Underwriter ”) named in the Underwriting
Agreement referred to herein.
Section 1. Definitions .
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings specified in the Indenture and the Insurance
Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings provided below:
“ Agreement ”
means this Indemnification Agreement, as amended from time to
time.
“ Ambac Agreements
” means this Agreement and the Insurance
Agreement.
“ Ambac Information
” has the meaning provided in Section 2(h)
hereof.
“ Ambac Party ”
means any of Ambac, its subsidiaries and Affiliates, and any
shareholder, director, officer, employee, agent or
“controlling person,” within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, of any of the foregoing.
“ Ambac Policy ”
means the Note Guaranty Insurance Policy No. AB1053BE dated
December 14, 2006, including any endorsements thereto, issued
by Ambac to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes, for
the benefit of the Holders.
“ Class A-1 Notes
” means the Class A-1 5.34% Asset Backed Notes, issued
pursuant to the Indenture and substantially in the form attached as
an Exhibit to the Indenture.
“ Class A-2 Notes
” means the Class A-2 5.15% Asset Backed Notes, issued
pursuant to the Indenture and substantially in the form attached as
an Exhibit to the Indenture.
“ Class A-3 Notes
” means the Class A-3 5.01% Asset Backed Notes, issued
pursuant to the Indenture and substantially in the form attached as
an Exhibit to the Indenture.
“ Closing Date ”
means December 14, 2006.
“ Date of Issuance
” means the date on which the Ambac Policy is issued as
specified therein.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Federal Securities
Laws ” means the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the
U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the U.S. Investment Company Act
of 1940 and the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940, each as
amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations in effect
from time to time under such Acts.
“ Holder ” has
the meaning given thereto in the Ambac Policy.
“ Indemnified Party
” means any party entitled to any indemnification pursuant to
Section 4 hereof.
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“ Indemnifying Party
” means any party required to provide indemnification
pursuant to Section 4 hereof.
“ Indenture ”
means the Indenture dated as of December 1, 2006 between the
Issuing Entity and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
Indenture Trustee and Trust Collateral Agent, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
“ Indenture Trustee
” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a national
banking association, not in its individual capacity but as
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, or any successor Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture.
“ Insurance Agreement
” means that certain Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated
as of December 14, 2006, among Ambac, the Issuing Entity, the
Servicer, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee, in regard to the
Notes, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
“ Losses ” means
(a) any and all claims, losses, liabilities (including
penalties), actions, suits, judgments, demands, damages, costs or
expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys,
consultants and auditors and reasonable costs of investigations) of
any nature incurred by the party entitled to indemnification or
contribution hereunder, to the extent not paid, satisfied or
reimbursed from funds provided by any other Person other than an
Affiliate of such party (provided that the foregoing shall not
create or imply any obligation to pursue recourse against any such
other Person), plus (b) interest on the amount paid by the
party entitled to indemnification or contribution from the date of
such payment to the date of payment by the party who is obligated
to indemnify or contribute hereunder at the statutory rate
applicable to judgments for breach of contract.
“ Offering Document
” means, taken together, the Prospectus Supplement, dated
December 6, 2006 (the “ Prospectus Supplement
”), and the Prospectus, dated November 17, 2006, of the
Issuing Entity, in respect of the offering and sales of the Notes,
any amendment or supplement thereto, and any other offering
document in respect of the Notes that makes reference to the Ambac
Policy.
“ Notes ” means
the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the
Class A-3 Notes.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, including, unless the
context otherwise requires, the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time.
“ Seller ” means
UPFC Auto Financing Corporation.
“ Transaction ”
means the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
“ Transaction Documents
” means this Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the
Underwriting Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the
Indenture and the Spread Account Agreement and all other documents
and certificates delivered in connection therewith except
for the Ambac Policy.
“ Underwriter ”
means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
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“ Underwriter
Information ” means the information furnished by the
Underwriter in writing expressly for use in the Offering Document
and included in the table following the second paragraph of text
and the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh paragraphs of text
under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus
Supplement.
“ Underwriting
Agreement ” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated
December 6, 2006 between the Underwriter, the Seller and the
Servicer with respect to the offer and sale of the Notes, as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“ Underwriting Party
” means, with respect to each Underwriter, any of the
following: such Underwriter, its parent, subsidiaries and
Affiliates and any shareholder, director, officer, employee, agent
or “controlling person,” within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, of any of the foregoing.
Section 2. Representations
and Warranties of Ambac . Ambac represents, warrants and agrees
as follows as of the Closing Date:
(a) Organization and
Licensing . Ambac is a stock insurance corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Wisconsin.
(b) Corporate Power . Ambac
has the corporate power and authority to issue the Ambac Policy and
execute and deliver this Indemnification Agreement and all other
Transaction Documents to which Ambac is a party and to perform all
of its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(c) Authorization; Approvals
. All proceedings legally required for the execution, delivery and
performance of the Ambac Policy, this Indemnification Agreement and
all other Transaction Documents to which Ambac is a party have been
taken and all licenses, orders, consents or other authorizations or
approvals of Ambac’s Board of Directors or stockholders or
any governmental boards or bodies legally required for the
enforceability of the Ambac Policy, this Indemnification Agreement
and all other Transaction Documents to which Ambac is a party have
been obtained or are not material to the enforceability of the
Ambac Policy, this Indemnification Agreement and all other
Transaction Documents to which Ambac is a party.
(d) Enforceability . The
Ambac Policy, when issued, will constitute, and this
Indemnification Agreement and all other Transaction Documents to
which Ambac is a party constitutes, legal, valid and binding
obligations of Ambac, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, subject to insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, receivership and other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity and subject to principles of public policy limiting the
right to enforce the indemnification provisions contained therein
and herein, insofar as such provisions relate to indemnification
for liabilities arising under Federal Securities Laws.
(e) No Conflict . The
execution by Ambac of the Ambac Policy, this Indemnification
Agreement and all other Transaction Documents to which Ambac is a
party will not, and the performance of the provisions thereof and
hereof will not, conflict with or result in a breach of any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of the Restated Articles of
Incorporation or By-Laws of Ambac, or any restriction contained in
any contract, agreement or instrument to which Ambac is a party or
by which it is bound or constitute a default under any of the
foregoing which would materially and adversely affect its ability
to perform its obligations under the Ambac Policy, this
Indemnification Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to
which Ambac is a party.
(f) Exempt from Registration
. The Ambac Policy, when issued, will be exempt from registration
under the Securities Act.
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(g) Financial Information .
As of the date of the Offering Documents, the consolidated
financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005,
prepared in accordance with U. S. generally accepted accounting
principles, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ambac
Financial Group, Inc. (which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on
March 13, 2006; Commission File No. 1-10777), the
unaudited consolidated financial statements of Ambac Assurance
Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2006 and for the
three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 included in
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac Financial Group, for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2006 (