Ford Motor
Credit Company
Seller
[Ford
Credit Floorplan Corporation]/[Ford Credit Floorplan LLC]
Buyer
Receivables
Purchase
Agreement
Ford Credit
Floorplan Master Owner Trust __
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions
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Definitions
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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ARTICLE II
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Sale of
Receivables and Interests in Other Floorplan Assets
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Sale of
Receivables and Interests in Other Floorplan Assets
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Representations
and Warranties of Seller Relating to Itself and This
Agreement
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Representations
and Warranties of Seller Relating to Transferred Receivables and
Accounts and Interests in Other Floorplan Assets
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Covenants of
Seller
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Designation of
Additional Accounts and Addition of Interests in Other Floorplan
Assets
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Addition of
Other Floorplan Assets
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Redesignation
of Accounts
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Transfer of
Ineligible Receivables
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Treatment of
Prepayments and Advances Made Pursuant to Cash Management
Agreements
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ARTICLE III
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Administration and
Servicing of Receivables
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Acceptance of
Appointment and Other Matters Relating to Servicer
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Servicing
Compensation
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ARTICLE IV
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Other
Matters Relating to Seller
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Merger or
Consolidation of, or Assumption, of Obligations of
Seller
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Seller
Indemnification of Buyer
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ARTICLE V
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Termination;
Insolvency
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Termination of
Agreement; Insolvency Event
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ARTICLE VI
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Intercreditor
Provisions
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Nonfloorplan
Agreements Between Seller and Dealer
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ARTICLE VII
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Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Amendment
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Protection of
Right, Title and Interest to Receivables and Interests in Other
Floorplan Assets
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Limited
Recourse
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No
Petition
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Governing
Law
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Notices
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Severability of
Provisions
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Assignment
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Further
Assurances
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No Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies
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Counterparts
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Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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Merger and
Integration
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Headings
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Schedule and
Exhibits
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Account
Schedule
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1-1
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Form of
Assignment of Receivables in Additional Accounts or Interests in
Other Floorplan Assets
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A-1
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Form of Opinion
of Counsel Regarding Amendments
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B-1
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Form of Opinion
of Counsel Regarding Additional Accounts or Interests in Other
Floorplan Assets
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C-1
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Form of
Reassignment of Receivables in Redesignated Accounts
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D-1
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Receivables
Purchase Agreement, dated as of
, 20___, by and between Ford
Motor Credit Company , a Delaware corporation, as Seller,
and [ Ford Credit Floorplan
Corporation , a Delaware corporation (“ FCF
Corp ”)]/[ Ford Credit Floorplan LLC , a
Delaware limited liability company (“ FCF LLC
”)], as Buyer.
A.
The Seller desires to sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer desires to
purchase from the Seller, certain Receivables arising from time to
time in connection with the Accounts designated hereunder and
Interests in Other Floorplan Assets.
B.
Pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Buyer has
agreed to transfer to the Issuer all such Receivables and Interests
in Other Floorplan Assets purchased by the Buyer
hereunder.
C.
Pursuant to a transfer and servicing agreement among [FCF
Corp]/[FCF LLC], the Issuer and the Servicer, [FCF Corp]/[FCF LLC]
has also agreed to transfer to the Issuer all the receivables and
interests in other floorplan assets that have been purchased by
[FCF Corp]/[FCF LLC] under a separate receivables purchase
agreement between it and the Seller.
D.
Pursuant to the Indenture and the Indenture Supplements, the Issuer
will issue from time to time Notes secured by the Receivables and
any Interests in Other Floorplan Assets.
In
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows.
Section 1.01. Definitions . Whenever used in
this Agreement, the following words and phrases have the following
meanings, and the definitions of such terms are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the
masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such
terms.
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Account ” means, as of any date of
determination, each Initial Account and, from and after the related
Addition Date, each Additional Account and excluding, from and
after the related Redesignation Date, each Redesignated
Account.
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Account Schedule ” means the Initial Account
Schedule, as the same may be from time to time supplemented by the
Additional Account Schedules, amended by the Redesignated Account
Schedules, supplemented or amended by the Other Floorplan Asset
Schedules, or otherwise modified.
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Addition Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(a).
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Addition Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(a).
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Additional Account ” means each floorplan
financing account established with a Dealer pursuant to a Sales and
Service Agreement or a Floorplan Financing Agreement that is
designated pursuant to Section 2.05 and identified in the
applicable Additional Account Schedule (it being understood, that
any Dealer may have one or more floorplan financing accounts,
depending on how many dealership locations the Dealer has, the
number of credit lines, or both, and that all or only a portion of
a Dealer’s floorplan financing accounts may be designated
pursuant to said Sections).
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Additional Account Schedule ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(e)(iii).
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Additional Cut-Off Date ” means, with respect
to Additional Accounts or Interests in Other Floorplan Assets, the
day specified in the Addition Notice delivered with respect to such
Additional Accounts or Interests in Other Floorplan Assets pursuant
to Section 2.05(a).
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Adjustment Fees ” means the amounts payable by
Ford to Ford Credit in connection with Ford’s assignment to
Ford Credit under the Sale and Assignment Agreement of Ford’s
right to receive amounts payable by a Dealer from time to time in
respect of such Dealer’s purchase of New Vehicles
manufactured or distributed by Ford pursuant to the related Sales
and Service Agreement.
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Adjustment Payment ” has the meaning specified
in Section 3.08(a) of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement.
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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any
specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or
under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes
of this definition, “control” when used with respect to
any specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
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Agreement ” means this Receivables Purchase
Agreement, as the same may be further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
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Amortization Event ” has the meaning specified
in the Indenture.
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Assignment ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(b).
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Business Day ” means any day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions or trust
companies in The City of New York or the State of Delaware are
authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental
decree to be closed.
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Buyer ” means [FCF Corp]/[FCF LLC], as buyer
under this Agreement.
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Cash Management Agreement ” means, with respect
to any Dealer, an agreement entered into between Ford Credit and
such Dealer, the terms of which are governed by the Floorplan
Financing Guidelines, under which such Dealer may, from time to
time, (i) prepay its wholesale obligations arising under the
related Floorplan Financing Agreement to Ford Credit and,
(ii) request new advances from Ford Credit of amounts
previously repaid by such Dealer under such Cash Management
Agreement.
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Class ” means, with respect to any Series, any
one of the classes of Notes of such Series.
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Closing Date ” has, with respect to any Series,
the meaning specified in the related Indenture
Supplement.
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Collections ” means, without duplication, all
payments received by the Seller or the Servicer in respect of the
Receivables or, if applicable, Interests in Other Floorplan Assets,
in the form of cash, checks, wire transfers or any other form of
payment.
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Collection Account ” has the meaning specified
in the Indenture.
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Collection Period ” means, with respect to each
Distribution Date, unless otherwise provided in an Indenture
Supplement, the period from and including the first day of the
preceding calendar month to and including the last day of such
calendar month.
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Common Collateral ” has the meaning specified
in Section 6.01(a).
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Common Vehicle Collateral ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.01(a).
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Common Non-Vehicle Collateral ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.01(a).
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Cut-Off Date ” means the close of business on
, 20___.
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Dealer ” means a Person engaged generally in
the business of purchasing Vehicles from a manufacturer or
distributor thereof and holding such Vehicles for sale or lease in
the ordinary course of business.
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Defaulted Receivable ” means each Transferred
Receivable that on any date of determination:
(a) has been
charged off as uncollectible on or before such date in accordance
with the Servicer’s customary and usual procedures for
servicing dealer floorplan receivables that are comparable to the
Receivables; or
(b) remains
outstanding and owned by the Issuer after the expiration of six
consecutive calendar months from the date on which the Account
giving rise to such Receivable was redesignated pursuant to
Section 2.07(b) after such Account became a Performance
Impaired Ineligible Account.
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Delaware Trustee ” means [Delaware Trustee], a
Delaware [entity type], in its capacity as Delaware trustee under
the Trust Agreement, its successors in interest and any successor
Delaware trustee under the Trust Agreement.
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Designated Jurisdictions ” means the following
states: [list States]. If the Transferor wishes to add Receivables
arising in an Account not located in a Designated Jurisdiction, the
Transferor may amend the definition of “Designated
Jurisdictions” to add such jurisdictions without the prior
consent of the Noteholders or any Series Enhancers;
provided , the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. In
addition, in the event that (a) (i) the Indenture Trustee and
the Owner Trustee receive an Opinion of Counsel from outside
counsel unaffiliated with the Transferors to the effect that, due
to a change in law or regulation or the interpretation of any law
or regulation in any jurisdiction, the expense incurred in
connection with the transfer of Receivables originated in such
jurisdiction would be increased and (ii) the Administrator
certifies that such expense will be increased by $1,000,000 or more
and (b) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, the
definition of “Designated Jurisdictions” will be
amended without the prior consent of the Noteholders or any
Series Enhancers, to remove such jurisdiction from the
definition thereof.
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Determination Date ” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the day that is two Business Days before such
Distribution Date.
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Distribution Date ” means, with respect to any
Series, the date specified in the related Indenture
Supplement.
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Distribution Date Statement ” means, with
respect to any Series, a report prepared by the Servicer on each
Determination Date for the immediately preceding Collection Period
in substantially the form set forth in the related Indenture
Supplement.
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Eligible Account ” means each individual
floorplan financing account established with a Dealer pursuant to a
Sales and Service Agreement or a Floorplan Financing Agreement in
the ordinary course of business that, as of the date of
determination with respect thereto:
(a) is in
existence and maintained and serviced by or on behalf of the
Seller;
(b) relates to a
Dealer showroom located in one of the Designated
Jurisdictions;
(c) is in favor of
a Dealer in which Ford or any Affiliate of Ford does not have an
equity investment exceeding ___% as determined by the Servicer on
the Determination Dates occurring in January, April, July and
October of each year, beginning with
, 20___, based on information available to the Servicer as of the
last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period;
(d) is in favor of
a Dealer that has not been classified by the Servicer as
“status” (or comparable classification) under the
Floorplan Financing Guidelines by reason of (i) such Dealer’s
failure to make any principal or interest payment when due under
the related Floorplan Financing Agreement or (ii) the
occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to such Dealer;
and
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(e) is an Account
in respect of which no material amounts have been charged off as
uncollectible at any time within the previous
24 months.
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Eligible Receivable ” means each Receivable
that:
(a) was originated
or acquired by the Seller in the ordinary course of business and,
(i) in the case of a Receivable described in clauses
(a) or (b) of the definition of “Receivable,”
was originated or acquired on or after
, 20___or (ii) in the case of a Receivable relating to an
Account designated on any Addition Date, was originated or acquired
on or after the Eligible Receivable Origination Cut-Off Date
specified in the related Addition Notice;
(b) except for any
Adjustment Fees payable by Ford, is secured by a perfected first
priority interest in the related Vehicle;
(c) is not a Fleet
Receivable;
(d) relates to an
automobile or light-duty truck;
(e) is the subject
of a valid sale and assignment from the Seller to the Buyer of all
the Seller’s rights and interest in such Receivable,
including (i) all Related Security, (ii) all related
rights under, as applicable, the Sales and Service Agreement, the
Sale and Assignment Agreement and the Floorplan Financing Agreement
and (iii) all related proceeds;
(f) is created in
compliance with all requirements of applicable law and pursuant to,
as applicable, the Sales and Service Agreement, the Sale and
Assignment Agreement or the Floorplan Financing
Agreement;
(g) as to which
Ford and Ford Credit, as applicable, have obtained all material
consents and governmental authorizations required to be obtained by
them in connection with (i) the creation of the Receivable,
the sale of the Receivable to the Buyer, the transfer of the
Receivable to the Issuer and the pledge of the Receivable to the
Indenture Trustee and (ii) if applicable, Ford’s
performance under the related Sales and Service Agreement,
Ford’s performance under the related Sale and Assignment
Agreement and/or Ford Credit’s performance under the related
Floorplan Financing Agreement;
(h) as to which
the Buyer and the Issuer will at all times have good and marketable
title, free and clear of all Liens arising before the transfer to
the Issuer or arising at any time, other than the Liens permitted
under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents;
(i) except for any
Adjustment Fees payable by Ford, will at all times be the legal and
assignable payment obligation of the related Dealer, enforceable
against such Dealer in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy or other
similar laws;
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(j) as to any
Adjustment Fees payable by Ford, will at all times be the legal and
assignable payment obligation of Ford, enforceable against Ford in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy or other similar laws;
(k) is not subject
to any right of rescission, setoff or any other defense of the
related Dealer or Ford, as applicable, including defenses arising
out of violations of usury laws;
(l) as to which
Ford, Ford Credit and the Buyer, as applicable, have satisfied in
all material respects all of their obligations required to be
satisfied by them;
(m) as to which
none of Ford, Ford Credit or the Buyer, as applicable, has taken or
failed to take any action that would materially impair the rights
of the Issuer or the Noteholders in the Receivable; and
(n) constitutes
either a “general intangible,” an
“account,” a “payment intangible” or
“tangible chattel paper,” each as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC.
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Eligible Receivable Origination Cut-Off Date ”
means, with respect to Additional Accounts or Interests in Other
Floorplan Assets, the day specified in the Addition Notice
delivered with respect to such Additional Accounts or Interests in
Other Floorplan Assets pursuant to Section 2.06(c); provided
, that such day will not be more than 60 days prior to the
related Addition Date.
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FCF Corp ” means Ford Credit Floorplan
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors.
“
FCF LLC ” means Ford Credit Floorplan LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, and its successors.
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Fleet Receivables ” means all amounts shown on
the Servicer’s records as amounts payable by any Dealer in
connection with fleet purchases of Vehicles by such
Dealer.
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Floorplan Financing Agreement ” means,
collectively, the group of related agreements, as in effect from
time to time, between and among the Seller (either as the
originator of a floorplan financing account or by virtue of an
assignment and assumption by the Seller from the applicable
originator of such account), the Dealer with respect thereto and,
in the case of New Vehicles, a Manufacturer, pursuant to which
(a) the Seller agrees to extend credit to such Dealer to
finance New Vehicles and/or Used Vehicles manufactured or
distributed by such Manufacturer, (b) the Seller has a
security interest in the specific Vehicles financed by the Seller,
certain other Vehicles, certain other collateral and the proceeds
thereof, (c) such Dealer agrees to repay advances made by the
Seller at the time of Vehicle sale or lease and (d) the
obligations of such Dealer to repay such advances is evidenced by
one or more promissory notes of such Dealer.
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Floorplan Financing Guidelines ” means the
written policies and procedures of Ford Credit, as such policies
and procedures may be amended from time to time, (a) relating
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the operation
of its floorplan financing business, including the written policies
and procedures for determining the interest rate charged to
Dealers, the other terms and conditions relating to Ford
Credit’s floorplan financing accounts, the creditworthiness
of Dealers and the extension of credit to Dealers,
(b) relating to the maintenance of accounts and collection of
receivables and (c) relating to Cash Management
Agreements.
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Ford ” means Ford Motor Company, a Delaware
corporation, and its successors.
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Ford Credit ” means Ford Motor Credit Company,
a Delaware corporation, and its successors.
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Governmental Authority ” means the United
States of America or any state or other political subdivision
thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to the
government of the United States of America or any state or other
political subdivision thereof having jurisdiction over the
applicable Person.
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Indenture ” means the Indenture, dated as of
, 20___, between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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Indenture Supplement ” has the meaning
specified in the Indenture.
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Indenture Trustee ” means [Indenture Trustee],
a [State, entity type], in its capacity as indenture trustee under
the Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor
indenture trustee under the Indenture.
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Ineligible Account ” means, as of any date of
determination, each Account that is not an Eligible Account on such
date.
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Ineligible Receivable ” means, as of any date
of determination, each Receivable that is not an Eligible
Receivable on such date.
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Initial Account ” means each floorplan
financing account established with a Dealer pursuant to a Sales and
Service Agreement or a Floorplan Financing Agreement that is
identified in the Initial Account Schedule (it being understood,
that any Dealer may have one or more floorplan financing accounts,
depending on how many dealership locations the Dealer has, the
number of credit lines, or both, and that all or only a portion of
a Dealer’s floorplan financing accounts may be designated
pursuant to this Agreement).
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Initial Account Schedule ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(e)(ii).
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Insolvency Event ” has the meaning specified in
the Indenture.
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Insurance Proceeds ” has the meaning specified
in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
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Interest Collections ” means, without
duplication, (a) all Collections of Interest Receivables owned
by the Buyer, (b) if applicable, all Collections of the
non-principal portion of the Buyer’s Interests in Other
Floorplan Assets, (c) all interest and earnings on Eligible
Investments credited to the Collection Account and the Excess
Funding Account (net of losses and investment expenses) and
(d) all Recoveries.
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Interests in Other Floorplan Assets ” means any
participation interests in receivables that constitute Pooled
Participation Receivables or Purchased Participation
Receivables.
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Interest Receivables ” means, without
duplication:
(a) in connection
with an Account, (i) all amounts billed and payable by the
related Dealer with respect to the Receivables in such Account
pursuant to the related Floorplan Financing Agreement between such
Dealer and Ford Credit that constitute (x) interest and (y)
other non-principal and non-interest charges, including flat
charges established by Ford Credit from time to time to cover
miscellaneous costs, and (ii) all Adjustment Fees described in
clause (c) of the definition of “Receivable”;
and
(b) in connection
with an Interest in Other Floorplan Assets, the amount described in
clause (a) of this definition arising in connection with each
Other Floorplan Account related to such Interest in Other Floorplan
Assets.
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In-Transit Period ” means, with respect to any
Vehicle, the period from and including the day the Vehicle is
released from the factory by Ford for delivery to a Dealer to and
including the day of delivery of the Vehicle to such Dealer;
provided , however , that if an Invoice Amount has
not yet been established for such Vehicle on the day of delivery,
the In-Transit Period with respect to such Vehicle will continue to
and include the day on which the Invoice Amount is established, but
in no event more than 30 days following the day of
delivery.
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Invoice Amount ” means the total amount payable
by a Dealer to the Seller for a Vehicle as set forth on the Vehicle
invoice issued by Ford.
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Issuer ” means Ford Credit Floorplan Master
Owner Trust ___, the corpus of which consists of the Trust
Assets.
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Lien ” means any mortgage, deed of trust,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), preference, participation
interest, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing.
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Manufacturer ” means, with respect to any
Receivable, the manufacturer or distributor of the Vehicle relating
to such Receivable.
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New Vehicle ” means any Vehicle that is
(i) a currently untitled Vehicle, (ii) a previously
titled Vehicle purchased by a Dealer at a closed auction conducted
by Ford or (iii) a
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Vehicle
previously subject to a retail lease under one of Ford
Credit’s retail lease programs that a Dealer has acquired
pursuant to the Dealer’s purchase option relating to such
lease.
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Nonfloorplan Agreement ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.01(a).
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Noteholder ” or “ Holder
” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Note Register and, if applicable, the holder of any Bearer Note or
Coupon, as the case may be, or such other Person deemed to be a
“Noteholder” or “Holder” in the related
Indenture Supplement.
“
Notes ” means the Asset Backed Notes issued by
the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture and the Indenture
Supplements.
“
Officer’s Certificate ” means
(a) with respect to any corporation, unless otherwise
specified in this Agreement, a certificate signed by the Chairman
of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice
President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of such corporation and (b) with respect to any
limited liability company, unless otherwise specified in this
Agreement, a certificate signed by any Manager, the President, any
Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of such limited liability company.
“
Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of
counsel, who may be counsel for, or an employee of, the Person
providing the opinion and who is reasonably acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee.
“
Other Floorplan Account ” means each floorplan
financing account established with a Dealer pursuant to a Floorplan
Financing Agreement for which the related receivables are subject
to an Interests in Other Floorplan Assets sold by the Seller to the
Buyer hereunder (it being understood, that any Dealer may have one
or more floorplan financing accounts, depending on how many
dealership locations the Dealer has, the number of credit lines, or
both, and that all or only a portion of a Dealer’s floorplan
financing accounts may be designated pursuant to this
Agreement).
“
Other Floorplan Asset Schedule ” means, with
respect to any Interests in Other Floorplan Assets, a computer file
or written list specifying the identity of the related Other
Floorplan Accounts (by the Dealer account number or other similar
number assigned by the related seller), and the Principal
Receivables arising in connection therewith as of the related
Additional Cut-Off Date, as the same may be amended from time to
time in connection with the designation or redesignation of Other
Floorplan Accounts subject to such Interests in Other Floorplan
Assets.
“
Other Floorplan Asset Transaction Documents ”
means, with respect to any Interests in Other Floorplan Assets, the
agreements and other writings governing the issuance of such
Interests in Other Floorplan Assets, as identified
therein.
“
Other Floorplan Assets ” means, collectively,
any Pooled Participation Receivables, Purchased Participation
Receivables, Syndicated Receivables, Third-Party Financed
In-Transit Receivables or Third-Party Purchased
Receivables.
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“
Other Floorplan Receivable ” means, in
connection with an Other Floorplan Account, all amounts owing by
the related Dealer that are of the type described in the definition
of “Receivable,” and all agreements and other writings
with respect to such Other Floorplan Account of the type described
in such definition.
“
Owner Trustee ” means [Owner Trustee], a
[State, entity type], in its capacity as owner trustee under the
Trust Agreement, its successors in interest and any successor owner
trustee under the Trust Agreement.
“
Performance Impaired Ineligible Account ” means
an Account that is an Ineligible Account due to the failure to
satisfy the condition specified in clause (d) of the
definition of “Eligible Account.”
“
Person ” means any legal person, including any
individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
organization, governmental entity or other entity of similar
nature.
“
Pooled Participation Receivables ” means
receivables that are originated by Ford Credit under Floorplan
Financing Agreements and transferred by Ford Credit, directly or
indirectly, into a pool of assets existing outside of the Issuer,
in which such pool Ford Credit, directly or indirectly, owns a
participation interest issued under agreements similar to the
Transaction Documents.
“
Principal Collections ” means, without
duplication, (a) all Collections of Principal Receivables
owned by the Buyer, (b) if applicable, all Collections of the
principal portion of the Buyer’s Interests in Other Floorplan
Assets and (c) all amounts representing prepayments by related
Dealers made pursuant to any Cash Management Agreements (excluding,
in all cases, Recoveries thereof).
“
Principal Receivables ” means, without
duplication, (a) in connection with an Account, the amounts
shown on the Servicer’s records as Transferred Receivables
(other than amounts representing Interest Receivables) that are
payable by the related Dealer under (i) the related Sales and
Service Agreement that have been assigned by Ford to Ford Credit
pursuant to the Sale and Assignment Agreement and (ii) the
related Floorplan Financing Agreement and (b) in connection
with an Interest in Other Floorplan Assets, the amount described in
clause (a) of this definition arising in connection with each
Other Floorplan Account related to such Interest in Other Floorplan
Assets.
“
Purchased Participation Receivables ” means
receivables originated by a third party under a dealer floorplan
financing agreement to which such third party is a party, which
receivables are participated to Ford Credit pursuant to a
participation or similar agreement between such third party and
Ford Credit.
“
Rating Agency ” means, with respect to any
outstanding Series or Class, each statistical rating agency
selected by the Transferor to rate the Notes of such Series or
Class, unless otherwise specified in the related Indenture
Supplement.
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“
Rating Agency Condition ” means, with respect
to any action, that each Rating Agency has notified the Transferor,
the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in writing that
such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the
then-current rating of any outstanding Series or Class rated by
such Rating Agency.
“
Reassignment ” means a Reassignment of
Receivables in Redesignated Accounts, between the Seller and the
Buyer, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“
Receivable ” means, in connection with an
Account, all amounts shown on the Servicer’s records
as:
(a) amounts
payable by the related Dealer in respect of such Dealer’s
purchase of a New Vehicle manufactured or distributed by Ford or
its affiliates pursuant to the related Sales and Service Agreement,
but only if the payment of such amounts upon delivery of such New
Vehicle to such Dealer will be financed by Ford Credit pursuant to
the Floorplan Financing Agreement establishing such
Account;
(b) amounts
payable by the related Dealer which constitute Third-Party Financed
In-Transit Receivables;
(c) Adjustment
Fees payable by Ford to Ford Credit in respect of the amounts
payable, as described in clauses (a) and (b) above, that
have been purchased by Ford Credit from Ford pursuant to the Sale
and Assignment Agreement; and
(d) amounts
payable by the related Dealer in respect of an advance made by the
Seller (including any advances requested by such Dealer from the
Seller pursuant to its Cash Management Agreement) to finance such
Dealer’s purchase of a Vehicle under the related Floorplan
Financing Agreement;
together with,
in the case of each of clauses (a), (b), (c) and
(d) above, the group of agreements and other writings, as in
effect from time to time, evidencing such amounts and the security
interest created in connection therewith. A Receivable that becomes
a Defaulted Receivable will not be shown on the Servicer’s
records as amounts payable (and will cease to be included as a
Receivable) on the day on which it becomes a Defaulted
Receivable.
“
Recoveries ” means, with respect to any
Determination Date, all amounts received, including Insurance
Proceeds, by the Servicer during the Collection Period immediately
preceding such Determination Date for application against Defaulted
Receivables or, if applicable, Interests in Other Floorplan Assets
that have defaulted.
“
Redesignated Account ” means a former Account
that has been redesignated by the Seller pursuant to
Section 2.07 and is identified in the applicable Redesignated
Account Schedule.
“
Redesignated Account Schedule ” means, with
respect to any Redesignated Accounts, a computer file or written
list specifying the identity of such Redesignated Accounts (by the
Dealer account number assigned by the Seller), and the Principal
Receivables arising in connection therewith as of the related
Redesignation Date.
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“
Redesignation Date ” means the date on which
Accounts are redesignated to the Seller as specified in the related
Redesignation Notice.
“
Redesignation Notice ” means the notice
furnished by the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) in
connection with the redesignation of Accounts as Redesignated
Accounts pursuant to Section 2.07(b)(i).
“
Related Security ” means (a) the security
interest granted by or on behalf of the related Dealer with respect
to any Transferred Receivable, including (i) a first priority
perfected security interest in the related Vehicle, (ii) a
perfected security interest in certain parts inventory, equipment,
fixtures, service accounts or realty of such Dealer and
(iii) all guarantees of such Receivable and (b) in the
case of a Receivable described in clauses (a) or (b) of
the definition of “Receivable,” all of the
Seller’s rights, remedies, powers and privileges under the
Sale and Assignment Agreement.
“
Repurchase Price ” means, (x) with respect
to any Receivable for any date on which such Receivable is to be
repurchased pursuant to Section 2.03(c), an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the amounts payable by the Dealer in respect
thereof as reflected in the records of the Servicer as of the date
of repurchase and (b) without duplication, if applicable,
(i) any Adjustment Payment with respect thereto and
(ii) all accrued and unpaid interest from the last date in
respect of which interest on such Receivable was received by the
Servicer, at a per annum rate equal to the rate charged to the
Dealer under the related Floorplan Financing Agreement and
(y) with respect to any Interest in Other Floorplan Assets for
any date on which such Other Floorplan Assets are to be repurchased
pursuant to Section 2.03(c), the sum of the Repurchase Prices
of each Other Floorplan Receivable relating to such Interest in
Other Floorplan Assets.
“
Requirements of Law ” for any Person means the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or
governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or Governmental
Authority, whether federal, state or local, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or to which such Person is
subject.
“
Sale and Assignment Agreement ” means the Sale
and Assignment Agreement, dated as of
, 20___, between Ford and Ford Credit pursuant to which
(a) Ford sells and assigns to Ford Credit the right to receive
amounts payable by a Dealer to Ford from time to time in respect of
such Dealer’s purchase of New Vehicles manufactured or
distributed by Ford pursuant to the related Sales and Service
Agreement, (b) Ford agrees to pay Ford Credit the related
Adjustment Fees in respect of such sale and assignment and
(c) Ford assigns to Ford Credit the first priority perfected
security interest granted to Ford by such Dealer in such New
Vehicles, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“
Sales and Service Agreement ” means each Sales
and Service Agreement, together with any related Vehicle Terms of
Sale Bulletin as in effect from time to time, between a Dealer and
Ford pursuant to which, among other things, such Dealer purchases
from time to time Vehicles from Ford or its Affiliates, as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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“
Seller ” means Ford Credit, as seller under
this Agreement.
“
Series ” means any series of Notes issued
pursuant to the Indenture and the related Indenture
Supplement.
“
Series Account ” means any deposit, trust,
escrow, reserve or similar account maintained for the benefit of
the Noteholders of any Series or Class, as specified in the related
Indenture Supplement.
“
Series Cut-Off Date ” has, with respect to
any Series, the meaning specified in the related Indenture
Supplement.
“
Series Enhancer ” has the meaning
specified in the Indenture.
“
Servicer ” means, initially, Ford Credit, in
its capacity as servicer under this Agreement and, after any
Servicing Transfer, the Successor Servicer.
“
Servicing Fee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.02(a) of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement.
“
Successor Servicer ” has the meaning specified
in Section 6.02(a) of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement.
“
Syndicated Receivables ” means receivables that
are originated by Ford Credit under a syndicated floorplan
financing arrangement between a Dealer and a group of lenders, one
of which is Ford Credit.
“
Tax Opinion ” means, with respect to any
action, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, for United States
federal income tax purposes, (a) such action will not
adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of the Notes of
any outstanding Series or Class that were characterized as debt at
the time of their issuance, (b) such action will not cause the
Issuer to be treated as an association (or publicly traded
partnership) taxable as a corporation and (c) such action will
not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be
recognized by any Noteholder.
“
Third-Party Financed In-Transit Receivables ”
means receivables representing the payment obligations of Dealers
in respect of the In-Transit Period and arising from their
purchases of New Vehicles of which Ford is the Manufacturer and for
which Ford Credit will not be the finance source.
“
Third-Party Purchased Receivables ” means
receivables originated by a third party under a dealer floorplan
financing agreement to which such third party is a party, which
receivables are purchased by Ford Credit pursuant to a purchase or
similar agreement between such third party and Ford
Credit.
“
Transaction Documents ” has the meaning
specified in the Indenture.
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“
Transfer and Servicing Agreement ” means the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
, 20___, among the Transferor, the Servicer and the Issuer, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“
Transfer Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(a).
“
Transferor ” means [FCF Corp]/[FCF LLC] and its
successors and assigns permitted under the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement.
“
Transferor Interest ” has the meaning specified
in the Indenture.
“
Transferred Receivable ” means, with respect to
any Account, each Receivable arising in connection with such
Account that is (i) an Eligible Receivable or (ii) an
Ineligible Receivable transferred in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2.08.
“
Trust Agreement ” means the Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement relating to the Issuer, dated as of
, 20___, among [FCF Corp], [FCF LLC], the Owner Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Trust Assets ” has the meaning specified in the
Indenture.
“
Trust Termination Date ” has the meaning
specified in the Trust Agreement.
“
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as
amended from time to time, in effect in the applicable
jurisdiction.
“
Used Vehicle ” means any Vehicle other than a
New Vehicle.
“
Vehicle ” means an automobile, a light-,
medium-, or heavy-duty truck, van or other vehicle classification
used by Ford Credit from time to time.
“
Vice President ” when used with respect to the
Servicer means any vice president whether or not designated by a
number or word or words added before or after the title “vice
president.”
Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions
.
(a) All
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement,
the Trust Agreement, the Indenture or, with respect to any Series,
the related Indenture Supplement, as applicable.
(b) All
terms defined in this Agreement have the defined meanings when used
in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(c) As
used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not
defined in this Agreement or
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in any such
certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined
in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to
the extent not defined, have the respective meanings given to them
under generally accepted accounting principles or regulatory
accounting principles, as applicable and as in effect on the date
of this Agreement. To the extent that the definitions of accounting
terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under
generally accepted accounting principles or regulatory accounting
principles in the United States, the definitions contained in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document will
control.
(d) Any
reference to each Rating Agency only applies to any specific rating
agency if such rating agency is then rating any outstanding
Series.
(e) Unless
otherwise specified, references to any dollar amount as of any
particular date mean such amount at the close of business on such
day.
(f) The
words “hereof,” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement. References to any
subsection, Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to
subsections, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this
Agreement, unless otherwise specified. The term
“including” means “including without
limitation.”
Sale of
Receivables and Interests in Other Floorplan Assets
Section 2.01. Sale of Receivables and Interests in Other
Floorplan Assets .
(a) By
execution of this Agreement, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer,
assign, set over and otherwise convey, without recourse (except as
expressly provided herein), to the Buyer the following property on
and as of the dates specified below:
(i) on the first Closing
Date, (A) all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under each Receivable arising in connection with each Initial
Account and all Related Security with respect thereto owned by the
Seller at the close of business on the Cut-Off Date and
(B) all monies due or to become due and all amounts received
with respect thereto and all proceeds (including
“proceeds,” as defined in the UCC) and Recoveries
thereof;
(ii) on the applicable
Addition Date, (A) all of its right, title and interest in, to
and under each Transferred Receivable arising in connection with
each Additional Account and all Related Security with respect
thereto or any Interest in Other Floorplan Assets (including,
without limitation, any security interest granted to the Seller
pursuant to the terms of such Interest in Other Floorplan Assets)
owned by the Seller at the close of business on the applicable
Additional Cut-Off Date, and (B) all monies due or to become
due and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds
(including “proceeds,” as defined in the UCC) and
Recoveries thereof; and
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(iii) on each Business
Day occurring before the earlier of (x) the occurrence of an
Amortization Event specified in Section 5.01(ii) of the
Indenture or (y) the Trust Termination Date, on which day a
new Transferred Receivable is created in connection with the
Accounts (each such Business Day being a “ Transfer
Date ”), (A) all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under such Transferred Receivable and all
Related Security with respect thereto owned by the Seller at the
close of business on the applicable Transfer Date and not
previously sold to the Buyer pursuant hereto and (B) all
monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect
thereto and all proceeds (including “proceeds,” as
defined in the UCC) and Recoveries thereof.
(b) The
foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance, and
any subsequent sales, transfers, assignments, set-overs and
conveyances of additional assets (including any Interests in Other
Floorplan Assets), do not constitute, and are not intended to
result in, the creation, or an assumption by the Buyer, of any
obligation of the Servicer, the Seller, Ford or any other Person in
connection with the Accounts, the related Receivables, the
Interests in Other Floorplan Assets or under any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, including any obligation to any
Dealers or Ford. The foregoing sales, transfers, assignments,
set-overs and conveyances are not sales, transfers, assignments,
set-overs and conveyances of the Accounts; they are sales,
transfers, assignments, set-overs and conveyances of the
Transferred Receivables arising in connection with the
Accounts.
(c) In
connection with such sales, the Seller will record and file, at its
own expense, a financing statement on form UCC-1 or any other
applicable form (and continuation statements when applicable)
naming the Seller as “seller” and the Buyer as
“buyer” thereon with respect to (i) the
Transferred Receivables now existing and hereafter created for the
sale of “tangible chattel paper,” “payment
intangibles,” “general intangibles” or
“accounts” (each as defined in the UCC) and
(ii) Interests in Other Floorplan Assets for the sale of
“certificated securities,” “payment
intangibles” or “general intangibles” (each as
defined in the UCC), meeting the requirements of applicable law in
such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect
the sale and assignment of the Transferred Receivables and the
Related Security and any Interests in Other Floorplan Assets to the
Buyer, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing
statements or other evidence of such filing to the Buyer on or
before the first Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts,
and (if any additional filing is necessary) the applicable Addition
Date, in the case of Additional Accounts or Interests in Other
Floorplan Assets. The Buyer is under no obligation whatsoever to
file such financing statement, or a continuation statement to such
financing statement, or to make any other filing under applicable
law in connection with such sales.
(d) The
Seller and the Buyer intend that all transfers of Transferred
Receivables and Interests in Other Floorplan Assets under this
Agreement constitute sales of such Transferred Receivables or
Interests in Other Floorplan Assets and not transfers of such
Transferred Receivables or Interests in Other Floorplan Assets as
security for a loan. However, if the transfers of the Transferred
Receivables or Interests in Other Floorplan Assets hereunder were
to be characterized as transfers of security for a loan and not as
sales, then (i) the Seller will have granted, and hereby
grants, to the Buyer a security interest in each Transferred
Receivable and the accompanying Related Security and each Interest
in Other Floorplan Assets (including, without limitation, any
security interest granted to the Seller pursuant to the terms of
such
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Interest
in Other Floorplan Assets), in each case, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, and all monies due or to become due and all
amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds (including
“proceeds,” as defined in the UCC) and Recoveries
thereof and (ii) this Agreement constitutes a security
agreement.
(e) In
connection with such sales, at its own expense, on or before the
first Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, and on or
before the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional
Accounts or Interests in Other Floorplan Assets, the Seller
will:
(i) indicate in its
computer files that the Transferred Receivables arising in
connection with the Accounts and the Related Security or the
Interests in Other Floorplan Assets, as applicable: (A) have
been sold or assigned, as the case may be, to the Buyer pursuant to
this Agreement, then (B) transferred by the Buyer to the
Issuer pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and then
(C) pledged by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Noteholders and any Series Enhancers pursuant
to the Indenture;
(ii) in the case of the
Initial Accounts, deliver to the Buyer a computer file or written
list of such Initial Accounts specifying the identity of such
Initial Accounts (by the Dealer account number assigned by the
Seller) and the Principal Recei
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