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 July 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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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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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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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 July 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 2009-2 (the “ Trust” ) pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of July 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 $700,000,000 (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)
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, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office
in Nevada, as well as a UCC financing statement naming the Issuer
as debtor, naming the Indenture Trustee, as secured party and
listing the Collateral as collateral, in proper form for filing
with the appropriate office in Delaware.
(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