Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
among
AMBAC ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
as Insurer,
and
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
LLC,
as representative of the
several Underwriters
Dated as of November 9,
2005
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Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
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 Underwriters
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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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Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT (as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, this “ Agreement ”) dated as of November
9, 2005 by and among AMBAC ASSURANCE CORPORATION, as Insurer
(“ Ambac ”), and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
as representative (the “ Representative ”) of
the several Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement
referred to herein (the “ Underwriters
”).
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:
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Agreement ” means this Indemnification Agreement, as
amended from time to time.
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Ambac Agreements ” means this Agreement and the
Insurance Agreement.
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Ambac Information ” has the meaning provided in
Section 2(g) hereof.
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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.
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Ambac Policy ” means the Note Guaranty Insurance
Policy No. AB0941BE dated November 17, 2005, including any
endorsements thereto, issued by Ambac to the Indenture Trustee with
respect to the Notes, for the benefit of the Holders.
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AmeriCredit ” means AmeriCredit Financial Services,
Inc. in its capacity as servicer under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and as seller under the Purchase Agreement.
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Class A-1 Notes ” means the Class A-1
4.3436% Asset Backed Notes, issued pursuant to the Indenture and
substantially in the form attached as an Exhibit to the
Indenture.
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Class A-2 Notes ” means the Class A-2 4.75%
Asset Backed Notes, issued pursuant to the Indenture and
substantially in the form attached as an Exhibit to the
Indenture.
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Class A-3 Notes ” means the Class A-3 4.87%
Asset Backed Notes, issued pursuant to the Indenture and
substantially in the form attached as an Exhibit to the
Indenture.
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Class A-4 Notes ” means the Class A-4 5.02%
Asset Backed Notes, issued pursuant to the Indenture and
substantially in the form attached as an Exhibit to the
Indenture.
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Closing Date ” means November 17, 2005.
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Date of Issuance ” means the date on which the Ambac
Policy is issued as specified therein.
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Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
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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.
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Holder ” has the meaning given thereto in the Ambac
Policy.
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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.
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Indenture ” means the Indenture dated as of November
9, 2005 between the Issuer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Indenture Trustee and Trust Collateral Agent, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
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Indenture Trustee ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a
national banking association, not in its individual capacity but as
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, or any successor Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture.
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Insurance Agreement ” means that certain Insurance and
Indemnity Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2005, among Ambac,
the Issuer, AmeriCredit, as seller under the Purchase Agreement and
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.
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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.
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Offering Document ” means, taken together, the
Prospectus Supplement, dated November 8, 2005 (the “
Prospectus Supplement ”), and the Prospectus, dated
January 7, 2005, of the Issuer, 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.
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Notes ” means the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4
Notes.
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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.
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Transaction ” means the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents.
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Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the
Insurance Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement, the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement,
the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Spread Account
Agreement, the Custodian Agreement, the Lockbox Agreement and all
other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith
except for the Ambac Policy.
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Underwriters ” means the several Underwriters named in
the Underwriting Agreement.
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Underwriter Information ” means the information
furnished by the Underwriters in writing expressly for use in the
Offering Document and included in the first paragraph, the fourth
paragraph and the first sentence of the eighth paragraph after the
Class A-4 Notes table under the heading “Underwriting”
in the Prospectus Supplement.
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Underwriting Agreement ” means the Underwriting
Agreement, dated November 8, 2005 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.
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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.
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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, all other Transaction Documents to which Ambac is a
party, will constitute and this Indemnification Agreement
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.
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(f)
Exempt from Registration . The Ambac Policy, when issued,
will be exempt from registration under the Securities
Act.
(g)
Financial Information .The consolidated financial statements
of Ambac and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004,
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 on March 15, 2005; Securities and Exchange
Commission File No. 1 10777), the unaudited consolidated financial
statements of Ambac and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2005 and
for the
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