Exhibit 2.1
PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT
This Purchase and Sale Agreement is
entered into as of July 29, 2005, by and between HomeOne
Credit Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Seller
”) , Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ Parent ”) and Vanderbilt Mortgage
and Finance, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (“
Buyer ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell and
Buyer desires to purchase all of Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to certain retail installment sales contracts and
installment loan agreements secured by first priority liens on
Manufactured Homes (as defined below), and, in some cases, a first
priority lien on the real property on which the Manufactured Homes
are situated, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter
contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Buyer and Seller hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used herein, the following
words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, will have
the following meanings:
Additional Contracts:
As defined in
Section 2.2 of this Agreement.
Affiliate : Any Person that, directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or
is under common control with the Person specified. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person
means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person whether by
voting power, contract or otherwise.
Agreement : This Purchase and Sale Agreement,
together with all Exhibits and Schedules hereto and all subsequent
written amendments and supplements hereto and thereto.
Blanket Assignment and Bill of
Sale : The Blanket
Assignment and Bill of Sale in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A executed as of the First Closing Date or the
Second Closing Date.
Business Day
: Any day other than a
Saturday or Sunday, or any other day on which national banks in New
York, New York are permitted or required to be closed.
Buyer : As defined in the first paragraph of
this Agreement.
Closing : The consummation of the transactions
contemplated to take place under this Agreement on the First
Closing Date and/or Second Closing Date.
Closing Date
: The First Closing Date
and/or the Second Closing Date, as applicable.
Contracts : Any retail installment sales contracts
or installment loan agreements or promissory notes evidencing an
Obligor’s obligation to pay the indebtedness provided for
therein and evidencing the respective security interest in a
Manufactured Home and, in some cases, in the real estate upon which
the Manufactured Home is located, which Contracts are to be sold
and assigned by Seller to Buyer and which are set forth in the
Schedule of Contracts and are the subject of this
Agreement. The Contracts include, without limitation, all
related Security Instruments and security interests created thereby
and any and all rights to receive payments (including principal,
interest and fees) pursuant thereto from and after the applicable
Cut-Off Date, but exclude any rights to receive payments that are
received prior to the applicable Cut-Off Date and applied prior to
the applicable Cut-Off Date. For purposes of this Agreement,
the term “Contracts” used herein shall include the
Additional Contracts purchased by Buyer at the Second Closing Date,
as appropriate, using the applicable Cut-Off Date and applicable
Closing Date for such Additional Contracts.
Contract File
: A file maintained by Seller
with respect to a Contract including, but not limited to, the
documents described in Section 9.3(a) of this
Agreement.
Contract Rate
: With respect to a Contract,
the annualized rate of interest to be paid by an Obligor, as stated
in a Contract.
Conveyed Property
: As defined in
Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement.
Cut-Off Date
: The close of business on
July 26, 2005, for the First Closing Date, and the close of
business on the second Business Day preceding the Second Closing
Date for the Second Closing Date.
Financing Statement
: As defined in
Section 2.3 of this Agreement.
First Closing Date
: Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the First Closing Date shall be
July 29, 2005, or such other date as may be mutually agreed to
by Seller and Buyer.
Losses : Any losses, liabilities, claims,
damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’
fees and expenses at trial, on appeal or otherwise) and
disbursements, collectively, including, without limitation, any
such losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs, expenses and
disbursements arising from or related to third party claims; and
net of any insurance proceeds and payments from any other
responsible parties that are paid, without any condition or
contingency, to the respective Person claiming such
Losses.
Manufactured Home
: A unit of manufactured or
modular housing, including all accessions thereto, securing the
indebtedness of an Obligor under the related Contract.
Mortgage : A mortgage, deed of trust, security deed
or similar instrument creating a first lien on an estate in fee
simple in real property that may, in some cases, secure the real
estate upon which the Manufactured Home is located in addition to
the first priority lien on the Manufactured Home that secures a
Contract.
Obligor : The Person or Persons who is indebted
under a Contract, or who has acquired a Manufactured Home subject
to such Contract.
Parent : As defined in the first paragraph of
this Agreement.
Person : Any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, business trust, joint venture, association, joint
stock company, trust (including any
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beneficiary thereto), unincorporated
organization or other entity or a government body or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Purchase Price
:
(a)
Subject to the
proviso below in this paragraph and also subject to paragraph
(c) below, for the Contracts and related Conveyed Property
sold by Seller to Buyer on the First Closing Date, ninety-five and
seven-tenths percent (95.7%) of the aggregate Unpaid Principal
Balance of the Contracts purchased by Buyer pursuant to this
Agreement as of the Cut-Off Date for the First Closing Date plus
one hundred percent (100%) of the accrued but unpaid interest
payable on each Contract that is thirty (30) days or less
delinquent as of the Cut-Off Date for the First Closing Date, not
to exceed more than thirty (30) days accrued interest for each such
Contract; provided, that for the Contracts and related Conveyed
Property sold by Seller to Buyer on the First Closing Date in which
the Obligor or related Property under the Contract is involved in
bankruptcy proceedings, which are listed on
Schedule 5.2(s) , sixty-five percent (65%) of the
aggregate Unpaid Principal Balance of the Contracts purchased by
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement as of the Cut-Off Date for the
First Closing Date; plus, with respect to the Contracts purchased
on the First Closing Date, Buyer shall pay Seller an amount equal
to sixty percent (60%) of the unearned forced placed insurance
premiums listed on Schedule 5.2(c) , not to exceed ten
thousand dollars ($10,000). In addition, and pursuant to
the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement (“APA”) by
and among Parent, Fleetwood Retail Corp., and Fleetwood Retail
Corp. Affiliates, and CMH Homes, Inc. and CMH of
KY, Inc., dated July 7, 2005, in the event the sale of
all or substantially all of the retail operations as contemplated
by the APA is consummated, an additional amount for the Conveyed
Property sold by Seller to Buyer on the First Closing Date shall be
paid to Parent under the APA, which additional amount shall equal
two and three-tenths percent (2.3%) of the Unpaid Principal Balance
of the Contracts as of the Cut-off Date for the First Closing
Date.
(b)
Subject to
paragraph (c) below, for the Additional Contracts and related
Conveyed Property sold by Seller to Buyer on the Second Closing
Date, ninety-eight percent (98%) of the aggregate Unpaid Principal
Balance of the Additional Contracts purchased by Buyer pursuant to
this Agreement as of the Cut-Off Date for the Second Closing Date
(or ninety-five and seven tenths percent (95.7%) of the aggregate
Unpaid Principal Balance of the Additional Contracts purchased by
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement as of the Cut-Off Date for the
Second Closing Date if the sale of the retail operations as
contemplated by the APA is not consummated) plus one hundred
percent (100%) of the accrued but unpaid interest payable on each
Additional Contract that is thirty (30) days or less delinquent as
of the Cut-Off Date for the Second Closing Date, not to exceed more
than thirty (30) days accrued interest for each such
Contract.
(c)
In each case of paragraph
(a) and (b) under this definition of Purchase Price, the
respective Purchase Price payable by Buyer for the First Closing
Date and the Second Closing Date shall be reduced by the following
amounts, each as determined as of the applicable Cut-Off Date,
(i) the dollar amount of insurance proceeds with respect to
Contracts held by Seller which have not been applied to reduce the
Unpaid Principal Balance of a Contract or otherwise disbursed (all
such insurance proceeds, “Unapplied Insurance
Proceeds”), (ii) the dollar amount of unapplied partial
payments from Obligors in respect of a Contract which have not been
applied to such Contract (all such payments, the “Unapplied
Funds”), and (iii) the dollar amount of unapplied escrow
deposits held by Seller with respect to a Contract (all such
amounts, “Unapplied Escrow Amounts”).
Repurchase Price
: As defined in
Section 5.4 of this Agreement.
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Schedule of
Contracts : The
schedule listing the Contracts to be purchased by Buyer on the
First Closing Date, which will be supplemented by an additional
schedule for the purchase of the Additional Contracts on the
Second Closing Date, in the form attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit B , and delivered in accordance with
Section 9.1 of this Agreement.
Second Closing Date
: As defined in
Section 2.2 of this Agreement.
Security Instrument
: A manufacturer’s
certificate or statement of origin, certificate of title, Uniform
Commercial Code financing statement, Mortgage, Contract or security
agreement duly filed and/or recorded, as required, in state and/or
town/city/county offices, as appropriate, evidencing Seller’s
perfected first priority security interest in a Manufactured Home
and, if applicable, the real property on which a Manufactured Home
is located and the applicable mortgage, trust deed, deed of trust
or other security agreement evidencing Seller’s lien on such
real property.
Seller : As defined in the first paragraph of
this Agreement.
Seller Financial
Statements : As
defined in Section 5.1(m) of this Agreement.
Servicing Transfer
Date : As defined
in Section 7.2 of this Agreement.
Taxes : As defined in
Section 5.1(i) of this Agreement.
Unpaid Principal
Balance : With
respect to a Contract, as of a date of determination, the
Obligor’s original principal balance minus the cumulative
principal portion of each installment received prior to such date
from the Obligor and applied to reduce such balance, the
application of such installment having been determined in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Contract.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1
Purchase and Sale
.
(a)
Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the applicable
Closing Date, Seller hereby agrees to sell, assign, transfer, set
over and convey to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to accept, without
recourse but subject to the terms of this Agreement, all of
Seller’s right, title and interest in and to: (i) the
Contracts described in the Schedule of Contracts on the First
Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Security
Instruments and security interests created thereby), including all
principal and interest payments with respect to and fees imposed
pursuant to such Contracts received on or after the Cut-off Date
for the First Closing Date; (ii) the Additional Contracts
described in the supplement to the Schedule of Contracts on
the Second Closing Date (including, without limitation, the
Security Instruments and security interests created thereby),
including all principal and interest payments with respect to and
fees imposed pursuant to such Additional Contracts received on or
after the Cut-off Date for the Second Closing Date; (iii) all
of the rights under any hazard insurance policies relating to the
Manufactured Homes and/or mortgaged properties securing the
Contracts for the benefit of the creditor of such Contracts;
(iv) any deposits and escrowed amounts for insurance, taxes or
other expenses related to the Contracts; (v) all documents
contained in the related Contract Files and servicing files;
(vi) all servicing and collection rights related to the
Contracts; and (vii) all
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proceeds derived
from any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as the
“Conveyed Property”).
(b)
As of the
applicable Closing Date, the ownership of the Conveyed Property and
the contents of the related Contract Files shall be vested in Buyer
free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances. Seller
shall not take any action inconsistent with Buyer’s ownership
of the Conveyed Property, and Seller shall promptly indicate to all
inquiring parties that the Conveyed Property has been sold,
transferred, assigned, set over and conveyed to Buyer, and Seller
shall not claim any further ownership interest in the Conveyed
Property.
(c)
Each of the
parties hereto will treat the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement for all purposes (including tax and financial accounting
purposes) as a sale of the Conveyed Property by Seller to
Buyer. Although the parties intend that the conveyance of
Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Conveyed
Property to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a
sale thereof and not a financing, if such conveyance is deemed to
be a financing, the parties intend that the rights and obligations
of the parties to such financing shall be established pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement. If, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the transactions contemplated hereby should be deemed a
financing, the parties intend and agree that Seller shall be deemed
to have granted to Buyer, and Seller hereby does grant to Buyer, a
perfected first priority lien security interest in all of the
right, title and interest in, to and under the items of Conveyed
Property, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law.
(d)
Seller hereby
acknowledges, agrees, represents and warrants that the conveyance
of the Conveyed Property for the consideration stated in this
Agreement is a transfer for sufficient value and consideration and
that the transfer is not an avoidable conveyance under any
applicable state or federal fraudulent conveyance laws.
2.2
Purchase of Additional Contracts
and Related Conveyed Property . Seller and Buyer
acknowledge that Seller may originate and fund up to ten million
dollars ($10,000,000) principal balance of additional Contracts for
a period of sixty (60) days following the First Closing Date (the
“Additional Contracts”), which Additional Contracts are
similar to the Contracts acquired by Buyer as of the First Closing
Date (including at least a Weighted Average Coupon (WAC) of ten
percent (10%), weighted average FICO scores of six hundred
eighty-five (685) and ninety percent (90%) new homes). Seller
agrees to sell such Additional Contracts and related Conveyed
Property to Buyer and Buyer agrees to purchase such Additional
Contracts and related Conveyed Property from Seller on
substantially the same terms and subject to the same conditions set
forth in this Agreement for those Contracts sold and purchased as
of the First Closing Date (except for the Purchase Price for
Additional Contracts, which is set forth in the definition of
Purchase Price), and conditioned upon such Additional Contracts
satisfying the criteria in the first sentence of this
paragraph. The applicable closing date for such Additional
Contracts shall be September 30, 2005, or such other date as
may be mutually agreed to by Seller and Buyer (the “Second
Closing Date”). Buyer shall have no obligation to
purchase any Additional Contracts that do not satisfy the
representations and warranties set forth herein (without regard to
any exceptions thereto).
2.3
Filing: Name Change or
Relocation .
(a)
On or prior to
the applicable Closing Date, Buyer may, in its discretion, cause to
be filed in the appropriate office of the Secretary of State, a UCC
financing statement (the “Financing Statement”)
describing the Conveyed Property being transferred in that state
(including a list of the Contracts) on such Closing Date and naming
Seller as “Seller” and Buyer
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as
“Purchaser.” The Financing Statement shall bear a
statement on the face thereof indicating that the parties intend
the Financing Statement to evidence a true sale of the Conveyed
Property, but if the transaction is recharacterized as a loan from
the described Purchaser to the described Seller, the Financing
Statement is to perfect the described Purchaser’s security
interest in the Conveyed Property. Buyer may, in its
discretion, cause to be filed any continuation statements for the
foregoing described Financing Statement, and Seller shall execute
such documents and take such actions as reasonably requested by
Buyer to file such continuation statements.
(b)
Seller hereby
represents and warrants that its state of incorporation is
Delaware. Seller shall not change its name, identity or
structure or relocate its principal executive office or change its
state of incorporation without first giving notice to Buyer.
If any change in Seller’s name, identity or structure or the
relocation of its principal executive office would make the
Financing Statement seriously misleading under the Uniform
Commercial Code, Seller shall assist Buyer in filing such
amendments as may be required to preserve and protect Buyer’s
interests in the Conveyed Property.
ARTICLE 3
PURCHASE PRICE
3.1
Purchase Price for
Contracts .
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, at the applicable
Closing, Buyer agrees to pay Seller the Purchase Price in U.S.
dollars for the Contracts purchased on the First Closing Date and
the Additional Contracts purchased on the Second Closing Date, in
each case pursuant to this Agreement, and the respective Purchase
Price for each closing shall be delivered on or before
4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time via wire transfer by Buyer to
the account designated by Seller in writing.
3.2
Certain Taxes and Fees
. All sales, transfer,
documentary, stamp, recording and other similar taxes and/or fees
that may be due or payable in connection with the sale of the
Conveyed Property pursuant to this Agreement shall be borne by the
respective party against whom such taxes and/or fees may be
assessed. Seller shall be responsible for payment of all
legal expenses incurred by Seller prior to Closing as such expenses
relate to the Conveyed Property, including without limitation,
legal expenses related to collection of the Contracts.
ARTICLE 4
TRANSFER
4.1
Transfer Documentation and
Notice .
(a)
Seller and Buyer
shall notify the Obligors of the transfer of the Conveyed Property
to Buyer in accordance with Section 7.2.
(b)
Seller shall
deliver to Buyer on the First Closing Date a power of attorney
substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto,
authorizing Buyer to, among other things, to take such action as
may be necessary to more fully vest Buyer’s right, title and
interest in the Conveyed Property.
(c)
Seller or
Seller’s agents shall deliver to the applicable insurers
notification to change the loss payee on the respective hazard
insurance policy for the Contracts to “Buyer and its
assigns.”
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(d)
With respect to
any mortgaged property, on or before each Closing, Seller, at
Seller’s expense, shall deliver to Buyer the original
recorded mortgage, the original assignment, if any, and any
intervening assignment of the mortgage, each with evidence of
recording thereon, showing Seller as mortgagee or the complete
recorded chain of assignment of the mortgage from origination to
Seller, together with an individual assignment to Buyer for each
mortgage, duly executed and in recordable form (with applicable
book/page no. reference and in a form reasonably acceptable to
Buyer) for the jurisdiction in which the mortgaged property is
located.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER AND PARENT
5.1
Seller Representations and
Warranties .
Each of
Seller and Parent, jointly and severally, hereby represents and
warrants to Buyer, as of the applicable Closing Date, as
follows:
(a)
Organization
and Good Standing . Each of Seller and
Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization and has the corporate power to own its assets and to
transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Each of
Seller and Parent is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned
or leased by it requires such qualification and in which the
failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the
Conveyed Property or the business, properties, assets or condition
(financial or other) of Seller or Parent.
(b)
Authorization;
Binding Obligations . Each of Seller and
Parent has the corporate power and authority to make, execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement and has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered,
this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with
its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, by
the availability of equitable remedies (whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity) and by the discretion of any court
before which any proceeding may be brought. When executed and
delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of Parent enforceable against Parent in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, by the availability of equitable remedies (whether
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and by the
discretion of any court before which any proceeding may be
brought.
(c)
No Consent
Required . Seller or Parent has
obtained, if required, the consent of any other party or any
consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration
or declaration or filing with, any governmental authority, bureau
or agency in connection with the execution, delivery or performance
of this Agreement.
(d)
No
Violations . The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by Seller will not
violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any
order or decree of any court or the Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws of Seller, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage,
indenture, contract or other agreement to which Seller is a party
or by which Seller may be bound. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by Parent will not
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violate any
provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree
of any court or the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Parent,
or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture,
contract or other agreement to which Parent is a party or by which
Parent may be bound.
(e)
Litigation
. Except as
disclosed on Schedule 5.1(e) hereto, no
litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court,
tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or threatened,
against Seller or its Affiliates or any of their respective
properties or with respect to this Agreement that, if adversely
determined, would have a material adverse effect on the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Conveyed
Property. Except as disclosed on
Schedule 5.1(e) hereto, no litigation or
administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or
governmental body is currently pending, or threatened, against
Parent or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement
that, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect
on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Conveyed
Property.
(f)
Approvals,
Licensing . Seller was duly
licensed, registered and qualified to do business in each
applicable state at the time each Contract was written, to the
extent such licensing, registration and qualification was required
by applicable law. Seller is currently duly licensed,
registered and qualified to do business in each state in which
Contracts were originated, to the extent such licensing,
registration and qualification is required by applicable law.
All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions,
variances, franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and
licenses required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may
be, by or from any federal, state or other governmental authority
or agency, that are necessary or advisable in connection with the
execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and other
documents to be entered into in connection herewith, and the
execution and delivery by Parent of this Agreement and other
documents to be entered into in connection herewith, have been duly
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and
effect, are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals
(administrative, judicial or otherwise) and either the time within
which any appeal therefrom may be taken or review thereof may be
obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained or appeal
therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
documents to be entered into in connection herewith on the part of
Seller and Parent and the performance by Seller and Parent of their
obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(g)
No Brokerage
or Finder’s Fees . There are no
brokerage or finder’s fees, or any similar payments
whatsoever called, due on this transaction between Seller and Buyer
or other like payments that may or can be claimed by any Person as
a result of this Agreement which brokerage or finder’s fees
or similar payments are due to any acts or agreements made by
Seller.
(h)
Bulk Transfer
Laws . The transfer,
assignment and conveyance of the Conveyed Property by Seller
pursuant to this Agreement is not subject to the bulk transfer or
any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction.
(i)
Tax
Matters . All federal, state
and local tax returns and reports required as of the date hereof to
be filed by Seller and Parent and their respective subsidiaries for
taxable periods ending prior to the date hereof have been duly and
timely filed by Seller and Parent and their respective subsidiaries
(except where such party has obtained an extension to file) with
the appropriate governmental agencies, and all such returns and
reports are true, correct and complete in all material
respects. All federal, state and local income, profits,
franchise, sales, use, occupation, property, excise, payroll,
withholding, employment, estimated and other taxes of any nature,
including interest, penalties and other additions to such taxes
(“Taxes”), payable by, or
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due from, Seller
and Parent and their respective subsidiaries for all periods prior
to the date hereof have been fully paid or adequately reserved for
by Seller and Parent and their respective subsidiaries or, with
respect to Taxes required to be accrued, Seller and Parent have
properly accrued or will properly accrue such Taxes in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice of Seller and
Parent. Accruals for Taxes reflected on the books of Seller
and Parent and their respective subsidiaries at the applicable
Closing will be adequate to pay all Taxes that thereafter become
due with respect to Seller and Parent and their respective
subsidiaries or their assets or operations with respect to periods
prior to the applicable Closing. No liens, claims or
encumbrances for unpaid Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due or
payable) shall attach to or affect the Conveyed Property. For
each year preceding calendar year 2005, and within the time
prescribed by applicable law, rule or regulation, Seller has
transmitted to the Internal Revenue Service and to each Obligor a
Form 1098 or other form approved by the Internal Revenue
Service setting forth the amount of interest paid by such Obligor
to Seller during such calendar year.
(j)
Powers of
Attorney . There are no persons,
firms, associates, corporations, business organizations or other
entities holding general or special powers of attorney from Seller
with respect to the Conveyed Property.
(k)
Deliveries
. All
Contracts, Contract Files, documents, files and other items to be
delivered by Seller pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered
to Buyer in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. Each certificate of an officer, statement
furnished in writing or report delivered pursuant to the terms
hereof by Seller is true and correct in all material
respects.
(l)
Solvency of
Seller . Seller is not
insolvent, nor will Seller be made insolvent by the transfer of the
Contracts, nor does Seller contemplate any pending
insolvency.
(m)
Financial
Statements .
Schedule 5.1(m) attached hereto includes an audited
balance sheet of Seller as of the fiscal years ended March 31,
2005, and March 31, 2004, respectively, and the related
audited statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal years
then ended (the “Seller Financial Statements”).
The Seller Financial Statements, and the financial statements of
Parent as set forth in its annual 10-K report and 10-Q reports,
fairly present the assets, liabilities, financial condition, and
results of operations of Parent and Seller as of the respective
dates thereof and for the periods therein presented, all in
accordance with generally accepted United States accounting
principles consistently applied.
5.2
Representations and Warranties
With Respect to Contracts . For each Contract
purchased by Buyer, Parent and Seller hereby jointly and severally
represent and warrant to Buyer that, as of the applicable Closing
Date (or such other date to the extent expressly set forth in the
applicable representation and warranty):
(a)
Schedule of
Contracts . As of the applicable
Closing Date, the information set forth in the Schedule of
Contracts as of the applicable Cut-Off Date is true and
correct. The information regarding Unapplied Insurance
Proceeds, Unapplied Funds and Unapplied Escrow Amounts with respect
to each Contract is true and correct.
(b)
Binding
Obligation . Each Contract
(including the related Security Instrument) is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Obligor thereunder and is enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s
rights
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generally and by
general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
(c)
Insurance
Coverage . As of the applicable
Closing Date, the Manufactured Home securing each Contract is
covered by a hazard insurance policy (naming Seller as loss payee)
for an amount equal to the Unpaid Principal Balance of the Contract
or the cash value of the Manufactured Home, whichever is
less. No forced placed insurance premiums have been added to
Obligor’s principal balance under the Contract. A list
of (a) the total outstanding forced placed insurance premium
and (b) the unearned portion of the forced placed premium so
advanced by Seller for each Contract is set forth on
Schedule 5.2(c) hereto.
(d)
Lawful
Assignment . Each Contract was not
originated in and is not subject to the laws of any jurisdiction
whose laws would make the transfer of the Contract (including the
related Security Instrument) pursuant to this Agreement unlawful or
render the Contract (including the related Security Instrument)
unenforceable.
(e)
Compliance
with Law . Each Contract, and
the origination and servicing thereof, complies with, and has
complied with, all requirements of all federal, state and local
laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Contract,
including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, equal
credit opportunity laws, consumer credit laws and lender licensing
laws, including, without limitation, laws relating to prepaid
finance charges, origination fees, discount points and processing
fees.
(f)
Valid Security
Interest .
(i)
Each Contract
(together with the related Security Instrument) provides a valid
and enforceable perfected first priority security interest in favor
of Seller in the Manufactured Home covered thereby as security for
payment of the principal balance and all other amounts owing under
such Contract, except for covenants, conditions and restrictions,
rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of
the date of the recording of each Contract and that do not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
the value of the Manufactured Home. Upon execution and
delivery of the applicable Blanket Assignment and Bill of Sale,
Seller shall have assigned all of its right, title and interest in
such Contract, including Seller’s perfected first priority
security interest in the Manufactured Home covered thereby, to
Buyer, whereupon Buyer shall have a valid and perfected and
enforceable first priority security interest in the Manufactured
Home covered thereby, except for covenants, conditions and
restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public
record as of the date of the recording of each Contract and that do
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the value of the Manufactured Home.
(ii)
With respect to
any real property that also secures a Contract, each Mortgage
thereon is a valid first lien in favor of Seller on real property
securing the amount owed by the Obligor under the related Contract,
except for covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way,
easements and other similar matters of public record as of the date
of the recording of each Contract and that do not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the value of
the Manufactured Home or the mortgaged property or the occupation
or use thereof, and such Mortgage complies with all applicable
laws, and, as of the date of recording of each Contract, the
respective property shall be free and clear of any
mechanic’s, materialmen’s or similar liens, and there
shall be no outstanding claims asserted against Seller or which
could be asserted
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against Seller
or its assigns by any mechanics, materialmen, contractors or
subcontractors or third parties relating to such property that
would have a material adverse effect on the value of such
property. At the applicable Closing, Seller shall have
assigned all of its right, title and interest in such mortgaged
property, whereupon Buyer shall have a valid and perfected and
enforceable first priority lien upon the real property described in
such loan file, except for covenants, conditions and restrictions,
rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of
the date of the recording of each Contract and that do not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
the value of the Manufactured Home or the mortgaged property or the
occupation or use thereof. Each of the Contracts that is
secured by a Mortgage is identified as such on the Schedule of
Contracts hereto.
(iii)
At the time of
the applicable Closing and to Seller’s knowledge, there are
no delinquent unpaid taxes with respect to any Manufactured Home or
real property securing a Contract which has resulted in a lien
upon, or tax sale with respect to, such Manufactured Home or real
property, or which if unpaid could result in a lien upon, or a tax
sale with respect to, such Manufactured Home or real property,
except in the case of any Manufactured Home or real property
securing a Contract that is located in Texas or any other state in
which Seller has entered into an escrow agreement, the
“knowledge” qualifier above in this paragraph shall not
be applicable.
(g)
Origination
. The
Contract was either (i) originated by a manufactured housing
dealer acting in the regular course of its business and was
purchased by Seller in the regular course of its business for fair
value or (ii) originated by Seller in the regular course of
its business for fair value.
(h)
Good
Title . Seller has not sold,
assigned or pledged the Contracts to any Person (other than certain
Contracts currently pledged by HomeOne Funding I to Greenwich
Capital Financial Products, Inc. pursuant to a warehouse
credit facility and held by US Bank National Association as
custodian, which lien shall be paid and released in full on the
First Closing Date and on the First Closing Date, the original
Contracts shall be delivered to Buyer or a custodian on behalf of
Buyer), and, immediately prior to the sale and transfer of the
Contracts (including any related Security Instrument) to Buyer at
the applicable Closing, Seller had good and marketable title
thereto free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, loan, pledge,
charge, claim or security interest and was the sole owner thereof
with full right to transfer the Contracts (including the related
Security Instrument) to Buyer. At the applicable Closing,
Buyer shall be vested with good and marketable title to the
Contracts (including the rela
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