Exhibit 10.1
Execution Copy
TRANSFER AND SALE AGREEMENT
by and between
HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.,
as Seller
and
HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING
CORP.,
as Purchaser
Dated as of May 1, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITION
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SECTION 1.01.
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GENERAL
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ARTICLE II TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS; ASSIGNMENT OF
AGREEMENT
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1
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SECTION 2.01.
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CLOSING
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SECTION 2.02.
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CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING
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SECTION 2.03.
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ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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SECTION 3.01.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING
SELLER
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SECTION 3.02.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING EACH
CONTRACT
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SECTION 3.03.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE
CONTRACTS IN THE AGGREGATE
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SECTION 3.04.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE
CONTRACT FILES
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ARTICLE IV PERFECTION OF TRANSFER AND PROTECTION
OF SECURITY INTERESTS
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SECTION 4.01.
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CUSTODY OF CONTRACTS
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SECTION 4.02.
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FILING
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SECTION 4.03.
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NAME CHANGE OR RELOCATION
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SECTION 4.04.
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COSTS AND EXPENSES
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10
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SECTION 4.05
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SALE TREATMENT
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SECTION 4.06
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SEPARATENESS FROM TRUST
DEPOSITOR
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SECTION 4.07
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PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS
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ARTICLE V REMEDIES UPON
MISREPRESENTATION
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10
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SECTION 5.01.
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REPURCHASES OF CONTRACTS FOR BREACH OF
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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ARTICLE VI INDEMNITIES
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SECTION 6.01.
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SELLER INDEMNIFICATION
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SECTION 6.02.
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LIABILITIES TO OBLIGORS
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SECTION 6.03.
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TAX INDEMNIFICATION
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SECTION 6.04.
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OPERATION OF INDEMNITIES
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 7.01.
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PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE
TRUST
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SECTION 7.02.
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MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION
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SECTION 7.03.
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TERMINATION
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SECTION 7.04.
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ASSIGNMENT OR DELEGATION BY
SELLER
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SECTION 7.05.
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AMENDMENT
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SECTION 7.06.
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NOTICES
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SECTION 7.07.
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MERGER AND INTEGRATION
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SECTION 7.08.
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HEADINGS
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SECTION 7.09.
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GOVERNING LAW
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Form of Assignment
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Exhibit B
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Form of Officer’s
Certificate
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THIS AGREEMENT
, dated as of May 1, 2009, is
made by and between Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., a Nevada
corporation, as seller hereunder (together with its successors and
assigns “Harley-Davidson Credit” or
“Seller” ), and Harley-Davidson Customer Funding
Corp., a Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller
(together with its successors and assigns “ Trust
Depositor” ), as purchaser hereunder.
WHEREAS, in the regular course of its business, Seller
purchases and services (i) motorcycle conditional sales
contracts from Harley-Davidson motorcycle retailers and
(ii) motorcycle promissory note and security agreements from
Eaglemark Savings Bank, each of which contracts provides for
installment payment obligations by or on behalf of the
retailer’s customer/purchaser and grants a security interest
in the related motorcycle in order to secure such
obligations;
WHEREAS, Seller and Trust Depositor wish to set forth the
terms and conditions pursuant to which Trust Depositor will acquire
from time to time the “ Contract Assets,” as
hereinafter defined; and
WHEREAS , Trust Depositor intends concurrently with its
purchase of Contract Assets hereunder to convey all right, title
and interest in such Contract Assets to Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
Trust 2009-1 (the “ Trust” ) pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2009 by and
among Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit, as Servicer, the
Trust, as issuer (the “Issuer” ) and The Bank of
New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Indenture Trustee (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Sale and Servicing Agreement” ), executed
concurrently herewith;
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, Seller and Trust
Depositor agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01.
General. Unless
otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein
(including in the preamble above) shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE II
TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS; ASSIGNMENT OF
AGREEMENT
Section 2.01.
Closing. Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise
conveys to Trust Depositor, in consideration of Trust
Depositor’s payment of $500,000,000 (less fees and expenses
in connection with the offering and sale of the Class A Notes
and certain deposits to the Reserve Fund on the Closing Date) in
cash as the purchase price therefor, (i) all the right, title
and interest of Seller in and to the Contracts listed on the List
of Contracts in effect on the Closing Date (including, without
limitation, all security interests and all rights to receive
payments which are collected pursuant thereto after the Cutoff
Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding
any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant
thereto on or prior to the Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of
Seller under any physical damage or other individual insurance
policy (including a “ forced placed” policy, if
any), any debt
insurance policy or any debt cancellation
agreement relating to any such Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle
securing such Contract, (iii) all security interests in each
such Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related
Contract Files, (v) all rights of Seller in the Lockbox,
Lockbox Account and related Lockbox Agreement to the extent they
relate to the Contracts, (vi) all rights (but not the
obligations) of the Seller under any motorcycle dealer agreements
between the dealers (i.e. originators of certain Contracts) and the
Seller, (vii) all rights of Seller to certain rebates of
premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt
cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair
agreements and other items financed under such Contracts and
(viii) all proceeds and products of the foregoing (items
(i) - (viii), being collectively referred to herein as the
“ Contract Assets” ). Although Seller and
Trust Depositor agree that any such transfer is intended to be a
sale of ownership in the Contract Assets, rather than the mere
granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing, in the event
such transfer is deemed to be of a mere security interest to secure
indebtedness, Seller shall be deemed to have granted Trust
Depositor a perfected first priority security interest in such
Contract Assets and this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law. If such transfer is deemed to
be the mere granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing,
Trust Depositor may, to secure Trust Depositor’s own
borrowing under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (to the extent
that the transfer of the Contract Assets thereunder is deemed to be
a mere granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing)
repledge and reassign (i) all or a portion of the Contract
Assets pledged to Trust Depositor and not released from the
security interest of this Agreement at the time of such pledge and
assignment, and (ii) all proceeds thereof. Such repledge
and reassignment may be made by Trust Depositor with or without a
repledge and reassignment by Trust Depositor of its rights under
this Agreement, and without further notice to or acknowledgment
from Seller. Seller waives, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, all claims, causes of action and remedies, whether
legal or equitable (including any right of setoff), against Trust
Depositor or any assignee of Trust Depositor relating to such
action by Trust Depositor in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement. To the
extent the cash purchase price for the Contract Assets sold by the
Seller to the Trust Depositor is less than the principal balance of
the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date, the difference shall be deemed
to be a capital contribution by the Seller to the Trust
Depositor.
Section 2.02.
Conditions to the Closing. On or before the Closing Date, Seller
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Trust Depositor each of
the documents, certificates and other items as follows:
(a)
The List of Contracts, certified by the Chairman of the Board,
President or any Vice President of Seller together with an
Assignment substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit A hereto.
(b)
A certificate of an officer of Seller substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto.
(c)
An opinion of counsel for Seller substantially in the form of
Exhibit D to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(d)
A letter or letters from Ernst & Young LLP, or another
nationally recognized accounting firm, addressed to Trust Depositor
and the Issuer and the Trustees and stating that such firm has
reviewed a sample of the Contracts and performed specific
procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms
and identifying those Contracts which do not so conform.
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(e)
Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of Seller or of the
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Seller approving
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereunder, certified in each case by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Seller.
(f)
Officially certified recent evidence of due incorporation and good
standing of Seller under the laws of Nevada.
(g)
Evidence of proper filing with the appropriate office in Nevada of
a UCC financing statement naming Seller as debtor, naming Trust
Depositor as assignor secured party and the Issuer as secured
party, and listing the Contract Assets as collateral as well as
evidence of proper filing with the appropriate office in Delaware
of a UCC financing statement naming the Issuer as debtor, naming
the Indenture Trustee, as secured party, and listing the Contract
Assets as collateral.
(h)
An Officer’s Certificate from Seller certifying that the
Seller, on or prior to the Closing Date, has indicated in its
computer files, in accordance with its customary standards,
policies and procedures, that the Contracts have been conveyed to
the Trust Depositor pursuant to this Agreement.
(i)
The documents, certificates and other items described in
Section 2.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the
extent not already described above.
Section 2.03.
Assignment of Agreement. Trust Depositor has the right to assign
its interest under this Agreement to the Issuer as may be required
to effect the purposes of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, without
further notice to, or consent of, Seller, and the Issuer shall
succeed to such of the rights of Trust Depositor hereunder as shall
be so assigned. Seller acknowledges that, pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, Trust Depositor will assign all of
its right, title and interest in and to the Contract Assets and its
right to exercise the remedies created by Section 5.01 hereof
for breaches of representations and warranties of Seller contained
in Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 and 3.04 hereof to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders. Seller
agrees that, upon such assignment to the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, such representations will run to and be for the benefit of
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee may enforce directly without joinder of Trust
Depositor, the obligations of Seller set forth herein.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Seller makes the following
representations and warranties, on which Trust Depositor will rely
in purchasing the Contract Assets on the Closing Date and
concurrently reconveying the same to the Trust, and on which the
Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders will rely under
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Such representations speak
as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the
Closing Date, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment
of the Contracts to the Trust and the pledge of the Contracts to
the Indenture Trustee. The repurchase obligation of Seller
set forth in Section 5.01 below and in Section 7.08 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement constitutes the sole remedy
available for a breach of a representation or warranty of Seller
set forth in Section 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 of this
Agreement.
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Section 3.01.
Representations and Warranties Regarding Seller.
Seller represents and
warrants, as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as
of the Closing Date, that:
(a)
Organization and Good Standing. Seller 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. Seller 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 business, properties, assets, or condition (financial
or otherwise) of Seller or Trust Depositor. Seller is
properly licensed in each jurisdiction to the extent required by
the laws of such jurisdiction to service the Contracts in
accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(b)
Authorization; Binding Obligation. Seller has the power
and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party
and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party, and
has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party. This
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller
is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of
Seller enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as
enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and by the availability of equitable
remedies.
(c)
No
Consent Required. Seller is not required to obtain the
consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or
authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any
governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the
execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the
Seller is a party.
(d)
No
Violations. Seller’s execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to which the Seller is a party 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 or any of
Seller’s properties may be bound.
(e)
Litigation. No litigation or administrative proceeding
of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently
pending, or to the knowledge of Seller threatened, against Seller
or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party which, if
adversely determined, would in the opinion of Seller have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or
condition (financial or other) of Seller or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which the Seller is a party.
(f)
State of Incorporation; Name; No Changes. Seller’s
state of incorporation is the State of Nevada. Seller’s
exact legal name is as set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
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Seller has not changed its name
whether by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, by
reorganization or otherwise, and has not changed its state of
incorporation, within the four months preceding the Closing
Date.
(g)
Operations . Approximately 5.00% of the aggregate
principal balance of contracts financed from time to time by the
Seller are secured by motorcycles manufactured by Buell.
(h)
Solvency . The Seller, after giving effect to the
conveyances made by it hereunder, is Solvent.
Section 3.02.
Representations and Warranties Regarding Each Contract.
Seller represents and
warrants as to each Contract as of the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and as of the Closing Date that:
(a)
List of Contracts . The information set forth in the List
of Contracts is true, complete and correct in all material respects
as of the Cutoff Date.
(b)
Payments . As of the Cutoff Date, the most recent
scheduled payment with respect to any Contract either had been made
or was not delinquent for more than 30 days. To the best of
Seller’s knowledge, all payments made on each Contract were
made by the respective Obligor or under a debt insurance policy or
debt cancellation agreement.
(c)
No
Waivers . As of the Closing Date, the terms of the
Contracts have not been waived, altered or modified in any respect,
except by instruments or documents included in the related Contract
File.
(d)
Binding Obligation . Each Contract is a legal, valid and
binding payment obligation of the Obligor thereunder and is
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy,
moratorium, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.
(e)
No
Defenses . No Contract is subject to any right of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense
of usury, and the operation of any of the terms of such Contract or
the exercise of any right thereunder will not render the Contract
unenforceable in whole or in part or subject to any right of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense
of usury, and no such right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or
defense has been asserted with respect thereto.
(f)
Insurance . The Seller, in accordance with its policies
and procedures, has determined that, as of the date of origination
of each Contract, the related Obligor had obtained or agreed to
obtain physical damage insurance covering the Motorcycle. The
terms of each Contract require that for the term of such Contract
the Motorcycle securing such Contract will be covered by physical
damage insurance.
(g)
Origination . Each Contract (i) was originated by a
Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealer or by Eaglemark Savings Bank, in
each case, in the regular course of its business, (ii) was
fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, and
(iii) has been purchased by Seller in the
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regular course of its
business. Each Contract was sold by Eaglemark Savings Bank or
such motorcycle dealer, as the case may be, to the Seller without
any fraud or misrepresentation on the part of Eaglemark Savings
Bank or, to the knowledge of the Seller, such motorcycle
dealer.
(h)
Lawful Assignment . No Contract was originated in or is
subject to the laws of any jurisdiction whose laws would make the
sale, transfer and assignment of the Contract under this Agreement
or under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the pledge of the
Contract under the Indenture unlawful, void or voidable.
(i)
Compliance with Law . None of the Contracts, the
origination of the Contracts by Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealers
or Eaglemark Savings Bank, the purchase of the Contracts by the
Seller, the sale of the Contracts by the Seller to the Trust
Depositor or by the Trust Depositor to the Trust, or any
combination of the foregoing, violated at the time of origination
or as of the Closing Date, in any material respect any requirement
of any federal, state or local law and regulations thereunder,
including, without limitation, usury, truth in lending, motor
vehicle installment loan and equal credit opportunity laws,
applicable to the Contracts and the sale of Motorcycles.
(j)
Contract in Force . As of the Closing Date, no Contract
has been satisfied or subordinated in whole or in part or
rescinded, and the related Motorcycle securing any Contract has not
been released from the lien of the Contract in whole or in
part.
(k)
Valid Security Interest . Each Contract creates a valid,
subsisting and enforceable first priority perfected security
interest in favor of Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank (as the case
may be) in the Motorcycle covered thereby, and such security
interest has been validly assigned by Eaglemark Savings Bank to
Seller (where applicable) and by Seller to the Trust
Depositor. Seller’s security interest has been validly
assigned by the Seller to the Trust Depositor pursuant to this
Agreement and by the Tru