$1.0 billion
Series 2009-1 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes
J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers named in
Schedule 1,
c/o J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc.
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
CHESAPEAKE
FUNDING LLC, a Delaware special purpose limited liability company
(the “ Issuer ”), proposes to issue and sell
U.S. $1,000,000,000 principal amount of its Series 2009-1 Floating
Rate Asset Backed Notes (the “ Securities ”).
The Securities will be issued pursuant to the Series 2009-1
Indenture Supplement, to be dated as of June 9, 2009 (the
“ Indenture Supplement ”), between the Issuer
and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee (the “
Indenture Trustee ”), to the Amended and Restated Base
Indenture, dated as of December 17, 2008 (as amended or
modified from time to time, the “ Base Indenture
” and, together with the Indenture Supplement, the “
Indenture ”), between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee. The Issuer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PHH Sub 2 Inc.
(“ PHH Sub 2 ”) and an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of PHH Corporation (“ PHH ”). The
Issuer makes loans to Chesapeake Finance Holdings LLC (“
Holdings ”) pursuant to a Loan Agreement among the
Issuer, Holdings and D.L. Peterson Trust (the “
Origination Trust ”), which are secured by, among
other things, beneficial interests in certain assets of the
Origination Trust. PHH Vehicle Management Services, LLC (“
VMS ”) acts as administrator of the Issuer and
Holdings and acts as the servicer of the assets of the Origination
Trust. VMS is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of PHH. Holdings
is an entity whose sole common member is VMS and whose sole
preferred member is PHH Sub 1 Inc. (“ PHH Sub 1
”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PHH. VMS, PHH and the Issuer
hereby confirm their agreement with the several initial purchasers
named in Schedule 1 hereto (the “ Initial
Purchasers ”) concerning the purchase of the Securities
from the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers.
Certain
of the Initial Purchasers are financial institutions appearing on
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s list of Primary
Government Securities Dealers Reporting to the Government
Securities Dealers Statistics Unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York (each in such capacity, a “ Primary Dealer
”), and may be party to that certain Master Loan and Security
Agreement among the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “
FRBNY ”), as Lender, various Primary Dealers party
thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrator, and The
Bank of New York Mellon, as Custodian (the “ MLSA
”), in the form most recently posted by the
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FRBNY at
http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/talf_docs.html, in connection
with the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“
TALF ”). To the extent expressly provided in this
Agreement, and subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 23 hereof, certain of the rights, benefits and
remedies of the Initial Purchasers under this Agreement will be for
the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each Initial Purchaser
who is a Primary Dealer (each a “ PD Initial Purchaser
”) not only in its capacity as an Initial Purchaser but also
in its capacity as a Primary Dealer and as a signatory to a letter
agreement making such Primary Dealer a party to the
MLSA.
The
Securities will be offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers
without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in reliance
upon an exemption therefrom. PHH, VMS and the Issuer have prepared
a preliminary offering circular dated May 22, 2009 (the
“ First Preliminary Offering Circular ”) and a
second preliminary offering circular dated May 29, 2009 (the
“ Second Preliminary Offering Circular ” and,
together with the First Preliminary Offering Circular, the “
Preliminary Offering Circular ”), and have or will
prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers, on or promptly after
the date hereof, copies of a final offering circular (the “
Final Offering Circular ”), dated the date hereof, to
be used by the Initial Purchasers in connection with their
solicitation of purchases of, or offering of, the Securities. Any
references herein to the Preliminary Offering Circular and the
Final Offering Circular shall be deemed to include all amendments
and supplements thereto and all documents incorporated by reference
thereto, unless otherwise noted. PHH, VMS and the Issuer hereby
confirm that they have authorized the use of the Preliminary
Offering Circular, the other Time of Sale Information (as defined
below) and the Final Offering Circular in connection with the
offering and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in
accordance with Section 2.
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Indenture.
At
or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made
(the “ Time of Sale ”), the following
information shall have been prepared (collectively, the “
Time of Sale Information ”): the Preliminary Offering
Circular, as supplemented and amended by a pricing term sheet
substantially in the form of Annex B hereto setting forth the terms
of the Securities omitted from the Preliminary Offering Circular,
and the other written communications listed on Annex A
hereto.
1.
Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Issuer and
PHH . (a) The Issuer and PHH jointly and severally
represent and warrant to, and agree with, (i) the several
Initial Purchasers and (ii) with respect to subsections
(a)(i), (ii), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii) and (xxiv) of this
Section 1, the PD Initial Purchasers in their capacities as
Primary Dealers with respect to the TALF loans secured by the
Securities, on and as of the date hereof and the Closing Date (as
defined in Section 3) that:
(i) The
Preliminary Offering Circular, as of its date, did not, the Time of
Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not and on the Closing
Date will not, and the Final Offering Circular, as of its date and
on the Closing Date, will not, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under
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which they were
made, not misleading; provided , that the Issuer and PHH
make no representation or warranty as to information contained in
or omitted from the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering
Circular in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information relating to the Initial Purchasers furnished to the
Issuer through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Initial
Purchaser specifically for use therein (the “ Initial
Purchasers’ Information ”);
(ii) Each of the
Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular, as
of its respective date, contains all of the information that, if
requested by a prospective purchaser of the Securities on the date
hereof and on the Closing Date, would be required to be provided to
such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under
the Securities Act;
(iii) Assuming the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial
Purchasers contained in Section 2 and their compliance with
the agreements set forth therein, it is not necessary, in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the
Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the
Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by
this Agreement, the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final
Offering Circular, to register the Securities under the Securities
Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act
”);
(iv) The Issuer
has been duly formed as a limited liability company and is validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a
foreign limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, and has the requisite power and
authority to own or hold its properties and to conduct the business
in which it is engaged as described in the Time of Sale Information
and the Final Offering Circular;
(v) The Issuer has
the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture and any other Transaction
Document to which it is a party and perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder;
(vi) Each of the
Transaction Documents to which the Issuer is a party has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer enforceable
against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar laws relating to or affecting generally the
enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable
principles;
(vii) The Issuer
is not in violation of the LLC Agreement or in default in the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan
agreement or lease to which it is a party or by which it or its
properties may be bound. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer is a
party and the incurrence of the obligations and consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will
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not conflict
with, or constitute a breach of or default under, the LLC Agreement
or any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement or lease, to
which the Issuer is a party or by which it or its properties may be
bound, or any law, administrative regulation or court
decree;
(viii) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Issuer;
(ix) The
Securities have been duly authorized for issuance, offer and sale
as contemplated by this Agreement and, when authenticated by the
Indenture Trustee and issued and delivered against payment of the
purchase price therefor, will constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with their
terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, or other similar laws relating to or affecting
generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general
equitable principles;
(x) No consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or
with any court or any regulatory authority or other governmental
agency or body is required for the issuance, offer or sale of the
Securities by the Issuer in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents except to the
extent provided for in the Transaction Documents;
(xi) There are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Issuer is a
party or of which any property of the Issuer is the subject (other
than any such proceedings involving the Issuer’s property
which would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and, to the best of
its knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated
by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(xii) The Issuer
is not an “investment company” within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(xiii) As of the
Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Issuer
contained in the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer is a
party will be true and correct and are repeated herein as though
fully set forth herein;
(xiv) On and
immediately after the Closing Date, the Issuer (after giving effect
to the issuance of the Securities and to the other transactions
related thereto as described in the Time of Sale Information and
the Final Offering Circular) will be Solvent. As used in this
paragraph, the term “ Solvent ” means, with
respect to a particular date, that on such date (A) the
present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the
assets of the Issuer is not less than the total amount required to
pay the probable liabilities of the Issuer on its total existing
debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they
become absolute and matured, (B) the Issuer is able to realize
upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent
obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the
normal course of business, (C) assuming the sale of the
Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Final Offering Circular, the
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Issuer is not
incurring debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such
debts and liabilities mature and (D) the Issuer is not engaged
in any business or transaction, and is not about to engage in any
business or transaction, for which its property would constitute
unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the
prevailing practice in the industry in which the Issuer is engaged.
In computing the amount of such contingent liabilities at any time,
it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount
that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at
such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
become an actual or matured liability;
(xv) The
Securities satisfy the eligibility requirements of
Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act;
(xvi) None of the
Issuer, any of its affiliates or any person acting on its or their
behalf has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering
of the Securities, in any directed selling efforts (as such term is
defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (“
Regulation S ”)), and all such persons have
complied and will comply with the offering restrictions
requirements of Regulation S to the extent
applicable;
(xvii) Neither the
Issuer nor any of its affiliates has, directly or through any
agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise
negotiated in respect of, any security (as such term is defined in
the Securities Act), which is or will be integrated with the sale
of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of
the Securities under the Securities Act;
(xviii) None of
the Issuer, any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its
or their behalf has engaged, in connection with the offering of the
Securities, in any form of general solicitation or general
advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities
Act;
(xix) There are no
securities of the Issuer registered under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”),
or listed on a national securities exchange or quoted in a U.S.
automated inter-dealer quotation system;
(xx) The Issuer
has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in
connection with the offering of the Securities;
(xxi) Assuming the
Securities receive the ratings described in the Preliminary
Offering Circular, the Securities satisfy all requirements to be
“eligible collateral” (“ Eligible
Collateral ”) as such term is defined under the MLSA with
reference to the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility: Terms
and Conditions, effective May 19, 2009 or as in effect on the
date of the Preliminary Offering Circular or the date of the Final
Offering Circular, posted by the FRBNY at
http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/talf_terms.html and the Term
Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility Frequently Asked Questions,
effective May 19, 2009 or as in effect on the date of the
Preliminary Offering Circular or the date of the Final
Offering
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Circular,
posted by the FRBNY at
http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/talf_faq.html under
TALF;
(xxii) The
Securities and the Unit Leases and the Fleet Receivables underlying
the Securities satisfy all applicable criteria for securities
relating to “auto loans” under TALF, including that the
Securities are being issued to refinance existing Series of
Variable Funding Investor Notes with commitment termination dates
in 2009 and that the initial aggregate principal amount of the
Securities does not exceed the maximum aggregate Invested Amount of
such Series; and
(xxiii) The
Preliminary Offering Circular contains, and the Final Offering
Circular will contain, all information required to be included
therein under TALF in order for the Securities to be Eligible
Collateral.
(xxiv) As of the
date hereof and the Closing Date, the representations and
warranties of the Issuer and PHH contained in the Certification as
to TALF Eligibility to be attached as Annex A to the Final Offering
Circular (the “ TALF Certification ”) are and
will be true and correct and are repeated herein as though fully
set forth herein.
(b) PHH
and VMS jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree
with, the several Initial Purchasers on and as of the date hereof
and the Closing Date that:
(i) VMS
(A) has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited
liability company and is in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, (B) is qualified to do business and is in
good standing as a foreign limited liability company in each
jurisdiction in which the ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where
such lack of qualification or good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on its condition (financial or other),
business or results of operations or its ability to perform its
obligations hereunder or under the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party (a “ VMS Material Adverse Effect
”) and (C) has the requisite power and authority to own
or hold its properties and to conduct the business in which it is
engaged as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final
Offering Circular;
(ii) VMS has the
requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and any Transaction Document to which it is a party and perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(iii) This
Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which VMS is a
party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and
constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable
against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar laws relating to or affecting generally the
enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable
principles;
(iv) VMS is not in
violation of its organizational documents or in default in the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan
agreement or lease to which it is a party or by
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which it or its
properties may be bound which would have a VMS Material Adverse
Effect. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents to which VMS is a party and the incurrence of
the obligations and consummation of the transactions herein and
therein contemplated will not conflict with, or constitute a breach
of or default under any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan
agreement or lease, to which VMS is a party or by which it or its
properties may be bound, or any law, administrative regulation or
court decree, with only such exceptions as would not have a VMS
Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any
violation of its organizational documents;
(v) VMS possesses
adequate certificates, licenses, authorities or permits issued by
appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct
the business now operated by it, with only such exceptions as would
not have a VMS Material Adverse Effect, and has not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any such certificate, license, authority or permit;
(vi) There are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending to which VMS, Holdings or
the Origination Trust is a party or of which any of its property is
the subject that, if determined adversely to it, individually or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a VMS Material
Adverse Effect; and to the best of VMS’s knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened by others;
(vii) As of the
Closing Date, VMS’s representations and warranties contained
in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party will be true
and correct and are repeated herein as though fully set forth
herein;
(viii) As of the
Closing Date, the representations and warranties of each of
Holdings and the Origination Trust contained in the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party will be true and correct and are
repeated herein as though fully set forth herein;
(ix) No
forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A
of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act)
contained in the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final
Offering Circular has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable
basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith;
(x) Since the date
as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information,
there has been no material adverse change or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change in its,
Holdings’ or the Origination Trust’s, condition,
financial or otherwise, or in their respective earnings, business
affairs, management or business prospects, whether or not arising
in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) The
Origination Trust has good and marketable title to the Origination
Trust Assets allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio and the 1999-1B
Sold SUBI Portfolio, free and clear of Liens (except as permitted
or contemplated by the Transaction Documents), and has not assigned
to any person any of its right, title or interest in any such
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Trust Assets,
or obtained the release of any such prior assignment other than as
described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering
Circular;
(xii) Holdings, as
Initial Beneficiary, has made the appropriate allocation of assets
within the estate of the Origination Trust to the appropriate SUBI
Portfolios, as required by the Origination Trust Documents;
and
(xiii) VMS is the
sole common member of Holdings and owns its membership interests
therein free and clear of Liens.
(c) PHH
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Initial
Purchasers on and as of the date hereof and the Closing Date
that:
(i) PHH
(A) has been duly formed and is validly existing as a
corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of
Maryland, (B) is qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where such lack of
qualification or good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on its condition (financial or other), business or results
of operations or its ability to perform its obligations hereunder
or under the performance guaranty of the indemnity and repurchase
obligations of VMS under the Servicing Agreement by it, dated
October 25, 2001 (the “ PHH Guarantee ”) (a
“ PHH Material Adverse Effect ”) and
(C) has the requisite power and authority to own or hold its
properties and to conduct the business in which it is
engaged;
(ii) PHH has the
requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and the PHH Guarantee and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder;
(iii) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by PHH
and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable
against PHH in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of
creditors’ rights or by general equitable
principles;
(iv) The PHH
Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by PHH
and the PHH Guarantee constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar laws relating to or affecting generally
the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable
principles;
(v) PHH is not in
violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or in
default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement or lease to which it is a party
or by which it or its properties may be bound which would have a
PHH Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the PHH Guarantee and the incurrence of the
obligations and consummation of the transactions
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(vi) herein and
therein contemplated will not conflict with, or constitute a breach
of or default under any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan
agreement or lease, to which PHH is a party or by which it or its
properties may be bound, or any law, administrative regulation or
court decree, with only such exceptions as would not have a PHH
Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any
violation of its certificate of incorporation or
by-laws;
(vii) PHH
possesses adequate certificates, licenses, authorities or permits
issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to
conduct the business now operated by it, with only such exceptions
as would not have a PHH Material Adverse Effect, and has not
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, license, authority or
permit;
(viii) There are
no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which PHH is a
party or of which any of its property is the subject that, if
determined adversely to it, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a PHH Material Adverse Effect; and
to the best of PHH’s knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others;
(ix) PHH is the
sole common stockholder of each of PHH Mortgage Corporation and PHH
Sub 2 and owns its stock therein free and clear of
Liens;
(x) PHH Mortgage
Corporation is the sole common stockholder of PHH Sub 1;
(xi) PHH Sub 2 is
the sole member of the Issuer and owns its membership interests
therein free and clear of Liens; and
(xii) PHH Sub 1 is
the sole preferred member of Holdings and owns its preferred
membership interests therein free and clear of Liens.
2.
Purchase and Resale of the Securities . (a) On the
basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained
herein, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Issuer agrees to issue and sell to each of the Initial
Purchasers, severally and not jointly, and each of the Initial
Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the
Issuer, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the
name of such Initial Purchaser on Schedule 1 hereto at a
purchase price equal to [***]% of the principal amount thereof.
Interest on the Securities will accrue during each
Series 2009-1 Interest Period at the rate of [***]% per annum
above One-Month LIBOR, as determined in accordance with the
Indenture. The Issuer shall not be obligated to deliver any of the
Securities except upon payment for all of the Securities to be
purchased as provided herein.
(b) The
Initial Purchasers have advised the Issuer that they propose to
offer the Securities for resale upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein and in the Time of Sale Information.
Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, the Issuer and VMS that (i) it
is purchasing the Securities pursuant to a private sale exempt from
registration under the Securities Act, (ii) it has not
solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit
offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of
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form of general
solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule
502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“
Regulation D ”) or in any manner involving a
public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act, (iii) it has solicited and will solicit offers
for the Securities only from, and has offered or sold and will
offer, sell or deliver the Securities, as part of its initial
offering, only to (A) persons whom it reasonably believes to
be qualified institutional buyers (“ Qualified
Institutional Buyers ”) as defined in Rule 144A
under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144A ”),
or if any such person is buying for one or more institutional
accounts for which such person is acting as fiduciary or agent,
only when such person has represented to it that each such account
is a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice has been given
that such sale or delivery is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and in each case, in transactions in accordance with
Rule 144A and (B) in the case of offers outside the
United States, to persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in
Regulation S in the Securities Act) in accordance with
Rule 903 of Regulation S, (iv) it has not offered or
sold and, prior to the date six months after the date of issuance
of the Securities will not offer or sell, any Securities to persons
in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities
involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of
investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their
businesses or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted
and will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom
within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations
1995 or the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “
FSMA ”), (v) it has only communicated or caused
to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be
communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment
activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) received by
it in connection with the issue or sale of any Securities in
circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to
the Issuer and (vi) it has complied and will comply with all
applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by
it in relation to such Securities in, from or otherwise involving
the United Kingdom. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not
jointly, agrees that, prior to or simultaneously with the
confirmation of sale by such Initial Purchaser to any purchaser of
any of the Securities purchased by such Initial Purchaser from the
Issuer pursuant hereto, such Initial Purchaser shall furnish to
that purchaser a copy of the Time of Sale Information (and any
amendment or supplement thereto that the Issuer shall have
furnished to such Initial Purchaser prior to the date of such
confirmation of sale). In addition to the foregoing, each Initial
Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Issuer and, for purposes
of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant
to Sections 6(h) and (p), counsel for the Issuer and for the
Initial Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers and their
compliance with their agreements contained in this Section 2,
and each Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such
reliance.
(c) The
Issuer acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may sell
Securities to any affiliate of an Initial Purchaser and that any
such affiliate may sell Securities purchased by it to an Initial
Purchaser.
3.
Delivery of and Payment for the Securities .
(a) Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made
at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New
York, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by you as the
representatives (collectively, the “ Representatives
”) of the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer, at
10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 9, 2009 (such
date and time of payment and delivery being referred to herein as
the “ Closing Date ”).
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(b) On
the Closing Date, payment of the purchase price for the Securities
shall be made to the Issuer by wire or book-entry transfer of
same-day funds to such account or accounts as the Issuer shall
specify prior to the Closing Date or by such other means as the
parties hereto shall agree prior to the Closing Date against
delivery to the Representatives, for the account of each of the
Initial Purchasers of the certificates evidencing the Securities.
Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place
specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the
obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder. Upon delivery, the
Securities shall be in global form, registered in such names and in
such denominations as the Representatives shall have requested in
writing not less than two full business days prior to the Closing
Date. The Issuer agrees to make one or more global certificates
evidencing the Securities available for inspection by the
Representatives in New York, New York at least 24 hours prior to
the Closing Date.
4.
Further Agreements of the Issuer, PHH and VMS . Each of the
Issuer, PHH and VMS, jointly and severally, agrees with each of the
several Initial Purchasers and, in the case of subsections (s),
(t), (u) and (v) of this Section 4, the PD Initial
Purchasers in their capacities as Primary Dealers with respect to
the TALF loans secured by the Securities, that:
(a) the
Issuer will advise the Representatives promptly and, if requested,
confirm such advice in writing, of the happening of any event at
any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the
Securities as a result of which any Time of Sale Information or the
Final Offering Circular as then amended or supplemented would
include any 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 existing when such Time of Sale
Information or the Final Offering Circular is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading; the Issuer shall advise the
Representatives promptly of any order preventing or suspending the
use of the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Circular,
of any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction and of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and the Issuer,
PHH and VMS shall use their respective best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any such order preventing or suspending the use of the
Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Circular or
suspending any such qualification and, if any such suspension is
issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible
time;
(b) the
Issuer, PHH and VMS shall prepare the Final Offering Circular in a
form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives and the Issuer
shall furnish promptly to each of the Representatives and counsel
for the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the
Preliminary Offering Circular, any other Time of Sale Information
and the Final Offering Circular (and any amendments or supplements
thereto) as may be reasonably requested;
(c) prior
to making any amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale
Information or the Final Offering Circular, the Issuer shall
furnish a copy thereof to each of the Representatives and counsel
for the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer shall not effect any such
amendment or supplement to which the Representatives shall
reasonably object by notice to the Issuer after a reasonable period
to review;
(d) if,
at any time prior to the Closing Date, any event shall occur or
condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Time of Sale Information in
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order that the
Time of Sale Information 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, or if it is necessary
at any such time to amend or supplement the Time of Sale
Information to comply with applicable law, the Issuer shall
promptly prepare such amendment or supplement as may be necessary
to correct such untrue statement or omission or so that the Time of
Sale Information, as so amended or supplemented, will comply with
applicable law;
(e) if,
at any time prior to completion of the resale of the Securities by
the Initial Purchasers but in no event in excess of 180 days
from the date hereof, any event shall occur or condition exist as a
result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final
Offering Circular in order that the Final Offering Circular 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 existing at the time it is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it is necessary at
any such time to amend or supplement the Final Offering Circular to
comply with applicable law, the Issuer shall promptly prepare such
amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such untrue
statement or omission or so that the Final Offering Circular, as so
amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable
law;
(f) for
so long as the Securities are outstanding and are “restricted
securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under
the Securities Act, the Issuer, PHH and VMS shall furnish to
holders of the Securities and prospective purchasers of the
Securities designated by such holders, upon request of such holders
or such prospective purchasers, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities
Act, unless the Issuer is then subject to and in compliance with
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (the foregoing
agreement being for the benefit of the holders from time to time of
the Securities and prospective purchasers of the Securities
designated by such holders);
(g) the
Issuer shall supply to each Initial Purchaser, on a continuing
basis, three (3) copies of all correspondence with, and information
that the Issuer and its affiliates make available to, the Indenture
Trustee in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby;
(h) the
Issuer shall promptly take from time to time such actions as the
Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities
for offering and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdiction
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