Exhibit 10.1
SUSQUEHANNA AUTO LEASE TRUST 2005-1
$80,500,000 3.2105% Class A-1 Auto Lease Asset
Backed Notes
$115,000,000 4.08% Class A-2 Auto Lease Asset
Backed Notes
$106,675,000 4.43% Class A-3 Auto Lease Asset
Backed Notes
$16,175,000 4.71% Class B Auto Lease Asset
Backed Notes
$11,070,000 5.09% Class C Auto Lease Asset
Backed Notes
NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
March 23, 2005
Barclays Capital Inc.,
as the Initial Purchaser
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Each of Susquehanna Bank PA, a
Pennsylvania state chartered bank (“ Sponsor A
”), Susquehanna Patriot Bank, a New Jersey state chartered
bank (“ Sponsor B ”), Farmers & Merchants
Bank and Trust, a Maryland state chartered bank (“ Sponsor
C ”), Susquehanna Bank, a Maryland state chartered bank
(“ Sponsor D ”), Citizens Bank of Southern
Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania state chartered bank (“
Sponsor E ”), First American Bank of Pennsylvania, a
Pennsylvania state chartered bank (“ Sponsor F ”
and together with Sponsor A, Sponsor B, Sponsor C, Sponsor D and
Sponsor E, the “ Sponsors ”), SB Pennsylvania
Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Transferor A ”), SB New Jersey Company LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ Transferor B ”), SB
Maryland Company A LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ Transferor C ”), SB Maryland Company B LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“ Transferor D
”), SB Maryland Company C LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ Transferor E ”) and SB Maryland
Company D LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Transferor F ” and together with Transferor A,
Transferor B, Transferor C, Transferor D and Transferor E, the
“ Transferors ”) proposes to cause Susquehanna
Auto Lease Trust 2005-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the “
Issuer ”), to sell $80,500,000 aggregate principal
amount of 3.2105% Auto Lease Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the
“ Class A-1 Notes ”), $115,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 4.08% Auto Lease Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2
(the “ Class A-2 Notes ”), $106,675,000
aggregate principal amount of 4.43% Auto Lease Asset Backed Notes,
Class A-3 (the “ Class A-3 Notes ”), $16,175,000
aggregate principal amount of 4.71% Auto Lease Asset Backed Notes,
Class B (the “ Class B Notes ”) and $11,070,000
aggregate principal
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amount of 5.09% Auto Lease Asset Backed Notes,
Class C (the “ Class C Notes ” and, together
with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes
and the Class B Notes, the “ Offered Notes ”) to
Barclays Capital Inc. (the “ Initial Purchaser
”). All of the Offered Notes and the $11,070,000 aggregate
principal amount of non-interest bearing Class D Auto Lease Asset
Backed Notes (the “ Class D Notes ” and,
together with the Offered Notes, the “ Notes ”)
are to be issued pursuant to the Indenture, to be dated as of March
30, 2005, between the Issuer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
indenture trustee (the “ Indenture Trustee ”).
Payments on the Notes will be made from the property of the Issuer,
which consists primarily of a special unit of beneficial interest
in Hann Auto Trust (the “ Transaction SUBI ”),
which represents the beneficial interest in a portfolio of
automobile leases, the related leased vehicles and certain related
rights. The Transaction SUBI will be serviced for the Issuer by
Boston Service Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation doing
business as Hann Financial Service Corp. (“ Hann
Financial ” or the “ Servicer ”). The
Offered Notes will be issued in book-entry form and will be issued
to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company
(“ DTC ”) pursuant to a letter agreement (the
“ DTC Agreement ”). Each Sponsor is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation (“SBI”) and each Transferor is an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of SBI.
The Sponsors, the Transferors and
SBI understand that the Initial Purchaser proposes to make an
offering of the Offered Notes on the terms and in the manner set
forth herein and agree that the Initial Purchaser may resell,
subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the
Offered Notes to purchasers (the “ Subsequent
Purchasers ”) at any time after the date of this Note
Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”). The
Offered Notes are to be offered and sold through the Initial
Purchaser without being registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”), in reliance
upon exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture,
investors that acquire Offered Notes may only resell or otherwise
transfer such Offered Notes if such Offered Notes are hereafter
registered under the 1933 Act or if an exemption from the
registration requirements of the 1933 Act is available (including
the exemption afforded by Rule 144A (“ Rule 144A
”) of the rules and regulations promulgated under the 1933
Act by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission ”)).
The Sponsors have prepared and
delivered to the Initial Purchaser copies of a preliminary private
placement memorandum dated March 15, 2005 (the “
Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum ”) and have
prepared and will deliver to the Initial Purchaser, on or promptly
after the date hereof, copies of a final private placement
memorandum (the “ Final Private Placement Memorandum
”), each to be used by such Initial Purchaser in connection
with its solicitation of purchases of, or its offering of, the
Offered Notes. “ Private Placement Memorandum ”
means, with respect to any date or time referred to in this
Agreement, the most recent private placement memorandum (whether
the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum or the Final Private
Placement Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement provided by
the Sponsors to either such document), including exhibits thereto
and any documents incorporated therein by reference and any other
offering materials provided therewith with the prior written
consent of the Sponsors, which has been prepared and delivered by
the Sponsors to the Initial Purchaser in connection with its
solicitation of purchases of, or its offering of, the Offered
Notes. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Private
Placement Memorandum.
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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties
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(a)
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Representations and Warranties by the
Transferors and the Sponsors . The Transferors and the Sponsors jointly and
severally (except with respect to (xv) below in which case each
respective Transferor and Sponsor will make such applicable
representations and warranties separately) represent and warrant to
the Initial Purchaser, as of the date hereof (if applicable) and as
of the Closing Time, and agree with the Initial Purchaser, as
follows:
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(i)
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Similar
Offerings . None of the
Transferors, the Sponsors nor any of their respective affiliates,
as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an
“ Affiliate ”), has, directly or indirectly,
solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or
indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the
United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any
security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Notes
in a manner that would require the Notes to be registered under the
1933 Act.
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(ii)
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Private
Placement Memorandum .
The Private Placement Memorandum does not, and at the Closing Time
will not, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty
and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from
the Private Placement Memorandum made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to the Issuer, the
Transferors or the Sponsors in writing by the Initial Purchaser
expressly for use in the Private Placement Memorandum.
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(iii)
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No Material
Adverse Change in Business . Since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Private Placement Memorandum, (A) there
has been no material adverse change or development resulting in a
prospective material adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings or business affairs of the Issuer, the
Transferors, Hann Financial, the Sponsors, SBI or Hann Auto
Trust (the “ Origination Trust ”), whether or
not arising in the ordinary course of business, and (B) there have
been no transactions (other than in connection with the issuance
and offering of the Notes) entered into (x) by the Sponsors, other
than those in the ordinary course of business, which would
materially impair the investment quality of the Notes or the
ability of such entity to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents or (y) by any of the Issuer, the Transferors
or the Origination Trust, other than those in the ordinary course
of business, which are material with respect to such
person.
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(iv)
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Good Standing
. Each of the Origination Trust, the
Transferors and the Sponsors has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a statutory trust, limited liability company or state
chartered bank, respectively, in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization and has the power and
authority to sell, own or lease its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Private
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Placement Memorandum and to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement
(if such person is a party hereto), each Transaction Document to
which it is a party or by which it may be bound, the Notes and the
DTC Agreement, as applicable, and each of the Origination Trust,
the Sponsors and the Transferors is duly qualified as a statutory
trust, state chartered bank or limited liability company, as the
case may be, in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good
standing would not result in a material adverse effect on its
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings or business affairs or
on its ability to perform its obligations under each Transaction
Document to which it is a party or by which it may be bound (with
respect to a particular entity, a “ Material Adverse
Effect ”).
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(v)
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Possession
of Certificates and Licenses . Each of the Origination Trust, the Transferors
and the Sponsors possesses all material certificates, authorities,
licenses or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or
foreign regulatory agencies or bodies as are necessary to conduct
the business now operated by it, and it has not received any notice
of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such certificate, authority, license or permit that, singly or in
the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(vi)
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Authorization of Agreement
. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Transferors and
the Sponsors and (assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by each other party hereto) constitutes the valid and
binding obligation of each of the Transferors and the Sponsors
enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
conservatorship, receivership, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors’, mortgagees’ or lessors’ rights and
remedies generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless
of whether sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
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(vii)
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Authorization of the Transaction
Documents . As of the
Closing Time, the Indenture and each other Transaction Document to
which the Issuer, the Transferors, the Origination Trust or the
Sponsors is a party or by which it may be bound shall have been
duly executed and delivered by the Originator Trust, the
Transferors or the Sponsors, as the case may be, and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other
parties thereto, shall constitute the legal, valid and binding
agreement of the Issuer, the Transferors, the Origination Trust or
the Sponsors, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, conversatorship, receivership, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally and, by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether sought in a proceeding
at law or in equity).
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(viii)
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Authorization of the
Notes . As of the Closing
Time, the Notes will have been duly authorized by the Issuer and,
at the Closing Time, will have been duly
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executed by the Issuer and, when
authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and
delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable
against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally and, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
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(ix)
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Description
of the Notes and the Transaction Documents . The Notes, the Indenture and the other
Transaction Documents conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Private Placement
Memorandum.
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(x)
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Absence of
Defaults and Conflicts .
The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Origination
Trust, the Transferors and the Sponsors of this Agreement and each
Transaction Document to which it is a party and compliance by each
of the foregoing with its obligations hereunder and thereunder do
not (i) require any approval of the shareholders, members or
managers, as the case may be, of the Origination Trust, the
Transferors or the Sponsors or any approval or consent of any
trustee or holder of any indebtedness or obligation of the
Origination Trust, the Transferors or the Sponsors, other than such
consents and approvals as have been obtained, (ii) contravene any
Applicable Law, (iii) breach or contravene the Origination
Trust’s, any Transferor’s or any Sponsor’s
organizational documents; or (iv) contravene or result in any
breach of or creation of any Adverse Claim upon any property of the
Origination Trust, any Transferor or any Sponsor under any
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Origination Trust, any Transferor or any
Sponsor is a party or by which the Origination Trust, any
Transferor or any Sponsor or any of their respective properties is
bound. None of the Origination Trust, any Transferor nor any
Sponsor is in default under any Transaction Document to which it is
a party.
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(xi)
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Absence of
Proceedings . There is no
action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Transferors or the Sponsors, threatened against the Origination
Trust, the Issuer, the Transferors, Hann Financial or the Sponsors
or by any Governmental Authority that (i) questions the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or (ii) would have a Material
Adverse Effect, other than as set forth in the Private Placement
Memorandum; and, to the best knowledge of the Transferors and the
Sponsors, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others.
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(xii)
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Absence of Further
Requirements . Subject to
compliance by the Initial Purchaser with the representations,
warranties and agreements set forth in clauses (c) and (d) of
Section 2, no filing with, or authorization, approval, consent,
license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court
or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for
the performance by the Transferors and the Sponsors of its
obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or
sale of the Offered Notes hereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this
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Agreement and the Transaction
Documents other than UCC filings, any filings under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the sale of the
Notes or any necessary filings by the Initial Purchaser with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., if
required.
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(xiii)
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Title to
Property . At the Closing
Time, the Origination Trust will have good and marketable title to
the Leases, Vehicles (as defined below) and other rights relating
to the Leases and the Vehicles allocated to the Transaction SUBI as
SUBI Assets (as defined below) pursuant to the Origination Trust
Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Transaction SUBI
Supplement, the Transaction SUBI Servicing Supplement, the
Transaction SUBI Certificate and all amendments, supplements or
modifications thereto (the “ Origination Trust
Documents ”), free and clear of any mortgage, pledge,
security interest, lien or other encumbrance of any kind (except as
permitted by the Transaction Documents), and has not assigned to
any person any of its right, title or interest in any such Leases,
Vehicles or other rights, or obtained the release of any such prior
assignment other than as described in the Private Placement
Memorandum. “ Vehicle ” means an automobile,
sport utility vehicle, van, luxury vehicle, mid-range vehicle,
economy vehicle or light general purpose truck, together with any
and all non-severable appliances, parts, instruments, accessories,
furnishings, other equipment, accessions, additions, improvements,
substitutions and replacements from time to time in or to such
vehicle. “ SUBI Assets ” means a separate
portfolio of assets owned by the Origination Trust and allocated to
a SUBI.
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Allocation
of SUBI Assets . At the
Closing Time, Hann Financial, as Servicer under the Servicing
Agreement, will have made the appropriate allocation of assets
within the estate of the Origination Trust to the Transaction SUBI
Portfolio (defined below), as required by the Origination Trust
Documents. “ Transaction SUBI Portfolio ” means
the portfolio of the assets of the Origination Trust allocated to
the Transaction SUBI.
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(xv)
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Ownership of
the Transferors . Sponsor
A is the sole equity member of Transferor A and owns its membership
interest in Transferor A free and clear. Sponsor B is the sole
equity member of Transferor B and owns its membership interest in
Transferor B free and clear. Sponsor C is the sole equity member of
Transferor C and owns its membership interest in Transferor C free
and clear. Sponsor D is the sole equity member of Transferor D and
owns its membership interest in Transferor D free and clear.
Sponsor E is the sole equity member of Transferor E and owns its
membership interest in Transferor E free and clear. Sponsor F is
the sole equity member of Transferor F and owns its membership
interest in Transferor F free and clear. Each Sponsor is a wholly
owned subsidiary of SBI.
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(xvi)
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Representations in Transaction
Documents . As of the
Closing Time, the representations and warranties of each Transferor
and each Sponsor in each Transaction Document to which it is a
party and in each Officer’s Certificate of a Transferor and a
Sponsor delivered at the Closing Time will be true and correct, and
the Initial Purchaser may rely on such representations and
warranties as if they were set forth herein in full.
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(xvii)
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Investment
Company Act . None of the
Issuer, the Origination Trust, the Transferors nor the Sponsors is,
or upon the issuance and sale of the Notes as herein contemplated
and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in
the Private Placement Memorandum, will be, an “investment
company” or an “entity” controlled by an
investment company as such terms are defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ 1940 Act
”).
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(xviii)
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Exempt
Resale . The Notes are
eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at the
Closing Time, of the same class as securities listed on a national
securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act
”), or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation
system.
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(xix)
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No General
Solicitation . None of
the Origination Trust, the Transferors, the Sponsors nor any of
their respective Affiliates or any person (other than the Initial
Purchaser and its Affiliates and any person acting on its behalf,
as to whom each of the Transferors and the Sponsors makes no
representation, warranty or agreement) acting on its behalf has
engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the
Notes, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising
within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the 1933 Act.
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(xx)
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No
Registration Required .
Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchaser with the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2(c) and (d),
it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery
of the Offered Notes to the Initial Purchaser and to each
Subsequent Purchaser from the Initial Purchaser in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement and the Private Placement Memorandum
to register the Notes under the 1933 Act or to qualify the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
“ 1939 Act ”).
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(xxi)
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Margin
Regulations . None of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds
from the sale of the Notes) will violate or result in a violation
of Section 7 of the 1934 Act, or any regulation promulgated
thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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(b)
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Officer’s Certificates
. Any certificate signed by any
officer, manager or administrator (as the case may be) of any of
the Transferors, the Sponsors or SBI and delivered to the Initial
Purchaser or to counsel for the Initial Purchaser at the Closing
Time shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such
Transferor, Sponsor, or SBI as the case may be, to the Initial
Purchaser as to the matters covered thereby.
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(c)
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Representations and Warranties by
SBI
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(i)
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Good
Standing . SBI has been
duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and
has the power and authority to sell, own or lease its properties
and to conduct its business as described in the Private Placement
Memorandum and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement, each Transaction Document to which it is a
party or by which it may be bound, the Notes and the DTC Agreement,
as applicable, and each of the Origination Trust, the Sponsors and
the Transferors is duly qualified as a corporation in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except where
the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ii)
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Authorization of Agreement
. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by SBI and constitutes the valid
and binding obligation of SBI enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’,
mortgagees’ or lessors’ rights and remedies generally,
and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether sought
in a proceeding at law or in equity).
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(iii)
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Authorization of the Transaction
Documents . As of the
Closing Time, each Transaction Document to which SBI is a party or
by which it may be bound shall have been duly executed and
delivered by SBI, and, assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, shall constitute
the legal, valid and binding agreement of SBI enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
and remedies generally and, by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether sought in a proceeding at law or in
equity).
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(iv)
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Absence of
Defaults and Conflicts .
The execution, delivery and performance by SBI of this Agreement
and each Transaction Document to which it is a party and compliance
by it with its obligations hereunder and thereunder do not (i)
require any approval of the shareholders of SBI or any approval or
consent of any trustee or holder of any indebtedness or obligation
of SBI, other than such consents and approvals as have been
obtained, (ii) contravene any Applicable Law, (iii) breach or
contravene SBI’s organizational documents; or (iv) contravene
or result in any breach of or creation of any Adverse Claim upon
any property of SBI under any indenture, mortgage, loan agreement,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which SBI is a party or
by which SBI or any of its respective properties is bound. SBI is
not in default under any Transaction Document to which it is a
party.
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SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Initial
Purchaser; Closing .
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(a)
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Securities
. On the basis of the
representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, each of the Sponsors and the
Transferors agree to cause the Issuer to sell to the Initial
Purchaser, severally and not
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jointly, and the Initial
Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Issuer at the price set forth
on Schedule A the aggregate principal amount of Offered
Notes set forth on Schedule A opposite the Initial
Purchaser’s name. The compensation to the Initial Purchaser
for its respective commitment and obligation hereunder in respect
of the Offered Notes will be paid by the Trans
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