EXECUTION COPY
U.S.
$50,000,000
LOAN
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated
as of May 23, 2008
Among
CAC
WAREHOUSE FUNDING III, LLC
as the
Borrower
CREDIT
ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
as the Servicer and Custodian
FIFTH
THIRD BANK
as an Investor, the Deal Agent, the Collateral Agent, and as the
Liquidity Agent for the
FIFTH THIRD PURCHASER GROUP
RELATIONSHIP FUNDING COMPANY, LLC
as a CP Entity and a Lender
and
SYSTEMS & SERVICES TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
as the Backup Servicer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1.
Certain Defined Terms
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Section 1.2.
Other Terms
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Section 1.3.
Computation of Time Periods
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Section 1.4.
Interpretation
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ARTICLE II THE
LOAN FACILITY
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Section 2.1.
Funding of the Advance
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Section 2.2.
Grant of Security Interest; Acceptance by Collateral Agent
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Section 2.3.
Procedures for Funding of Advances
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Section 2.4.
Determination of Yield
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Section 2.5.
Reduction of the Facility Limit and a Purchaser Group Facility
Limit; Repurchase
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Section 2.6.
Actions with Respect to Advance
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Section 2.7.
Settlement Procedures
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Section 2.8.
[Reserved.]
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Section 2.9.
Collections and Allocations
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Section 2.10.
Payments, Computations, Etc
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Section 2.11.
[Reserved.]
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Section 2.12.
Fees
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Section 2.13.
Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Illegality
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Section 2.14.
Taxes
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Section 2.15.
Assignment of the Contribution Agreement
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Section 2.16.
Servicer Clean-up Call
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ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING AND EACH FUNDING
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Section 3.1.
Conditions to the Closing and the Initial Funding
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Section 3.2.
Conditions Precedent To All Fundings
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Section 3.3.
Conditions to Effectiveness of this Loan and Security
Agreement
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Section 4.1.
Representations and Warranties of the Borrower
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 4.2.
Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the
Loans and the Related Contracts
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Section 4.3.
Representations and Warranties of the Servicer
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Section 4.4.
Representations and Warranties of the Backup Servicer
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Section 4.5.
Breach of Representations and Warranties
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ARTICLE V GENERAL
COVENANTS
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Section 5.1.
Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower
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Section 5.2.
Negative Covenants of the Borrower
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Section 5.3.
Covenant of the Borrower Relating to the Hedging Agreement
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Section 5.4.
Affirmative Covenants of the Servicer
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Section 5.5.
Negative Covenants of the Servicer
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Section 5.6.
Negative Covenants of the Backup Servicer
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ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF CONTRACTS
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Section 6.1.
Servicing
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Section 6.2.
Duties of the Servicer and Custodian
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Section 6.3.
Rights After Designation of Successor Servicer
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Section 6.4.
Responsibilities of the Borrower
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Section 6.5.
Reports
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Section 6.6.
Additional Representations and Warranties of Credit Acceptance as
Servicer
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Section 6.7.
Establishment of the Accounts
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Section 6.8.
Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer
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Section 6.9.
Annual Independent Public Accountant’s Servicing
Reports
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Section 6.10.
The Servicer Not to Resign
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Section 6.11.
Servicer Termination Events
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Section 6.12.
Appointment of Successor Servicer
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Section 6.13.
Responsibilities of the Borrower
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Section 6.14.
Segregated Payment Account
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ARTICLE VII BACKUP
SERVICER
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Section 7.1.
Designation of the Backup Servicer
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Section 7.2.
Duties of the Backup Servicer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 7.3.
Backup Servicing Compensation
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ARTICLE VIII
[Reserved]
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ARTICLE IX
SECURITY INTEREST
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Section 9.1.
Security Agreement
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Section 9.2.
Release of Lien
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Section 9.3.
Further Assurances
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Section 9.4.
Remedies
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Section 9.5.
Waiver of Certain Laws
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Section 9.6.
Power of Attorney
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION EVENTS
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Section 10.1.
Termination Events
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Section 10.2.
Remedies
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ARTICLE XI
INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 11.1.
Indemnities by the Borrower
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Section 11.2.
Indemnities by the Servicer
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Section 11.3.
After-Tax Basis
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ARTICLE XII THE
DEAL AGENT AND THE LIQUIDITY AGENTS
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Section 12.1.
Authorization and Action
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Section 12.2.
Delegation of Duties
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Section 12.3.
Exculpatory Provisions
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Section 12.4.
Reliance
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Section 12.5.
Non-Reliance on Deal Agent, Liquidity Agents, Collateral Agent and
Other Lenders
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Section 12.6.
Reimbursement and Indemnification
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Section 12.7.
Deal Agent, Liquidity Agents and Collateral Agent in their
Individual Capacities
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Section 12.8.
Successor Deal Agent, Liquidity Agents or Collateral Agent
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ARTICLE XIII
ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
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Section 13.1.
Assignments and Participations
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ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 14.1.
Amendments and Waivers
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Section 14.2.
Notices, Etc
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Section 14.3.
Ratable Payments
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Section 14.4.
No Waiver; Remedies
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Section 14.5.
Binding Effect; Benefit of Agreement
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Section 14.6.
Term of this Agreement
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Section 14.7.
Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Objection to
Venue
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Section 14.8.
Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 14.9.
Costs, Expenses and Taxes
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Section 14.10. No Proceedings
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Section 14.11. Recourse Against Certain Parties
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Section 14.12. Protection of Right, Title and Interest in
Assets; Further Action Evidencing the Funding
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Section 14.13. Confidentiality; Tax Treatment Disclosure
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Section 14.14. Execution in Counterparts; Severability;
Integration
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Section 14.15. Waiver of Setoff
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Funding Notice |
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EXHIBIT B
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Form of Assignment and
Acceptance |
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EXHIBIT C
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Form of Monthly Report |
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EXHIBIT D
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Form of Joinder |
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EXHIBIT E
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Form of Hedging Agreement (including
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EXHIBIT F
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Form of Officer’s
Certificate |
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EXHIBIT G
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Form of Release |
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EXHIBIT H
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Form of Contribution Agreement |
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EXHIBIT I
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Form of Variable Funding Note |
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EXHIBIT J-1
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Form 1 of Dealer Agreement |
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EXHIBIT J-2
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Form 2 of Dealer Agreement |
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EXHIBIT J-3
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Form 3 of Dealer Agreement |
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EXHIBIT J-4
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Form 4 of Dealer Agreement |
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EXHIBIT J-5
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Form 5 of Dealer Agreement |
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EXHIBIT J-6
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Form 6 of Dealer Agreement |
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EXHIBIT K
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EXHIBIT L
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Forms of Contracts |
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EXHIBIT M
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EXHIBIT N
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EXHIBIT O
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Form of Backup Servicing
Agreement |
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EXHIBIT P
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Form of Purchase Agreement |
SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE I
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Condition Precedent Documents |
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SCHEDULE II
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Credit Guidelines |
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SCHEDULE III
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Tradenames, Fictitious Names and
“Doing Business As” Names |
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SCHEDULE IV
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Location of Records and Contract
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SCHEDULE V
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Loan and Contract List |
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SCHEDULE VI
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Collection Guidelines |
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SCHEDULE VII
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Forecasted Collections |
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SCHEDULE VIII
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Commitment Amount of Each
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SCHEDULE IX
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List of Dealer Agreements and
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SCHEDULE X
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Bank Holidays |
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (the
“ Agreement ”) is made as of May 23, 2008,
among:
(1) CAC WAREHOUSE FUNDING III,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “
Borrower ”);
(2) CREDIT ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation (“ Credit
Acceptance ”, the “ Originator ”, the
“ Servicer ” or the “ Custodian
”);
(3) FIFTH THIRD BANK, an Ohio
banking corporation (“ Fifth Third ”), as an
investor for the Fifth Third Purchaser Group (an “
Investor ”), as deal agent (“ Deal Agent
”), as collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent
”), and as the liquidity agent for the Fifth Third Purchaser
Group (a “ Liquidity Agent ”);
(4) RELATIONSHIP FUNDING
COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with
its successors and assigns “ RFC ”, a “
CP Entity ” or a “ Lender ”);
and
(5) SYSTEMS & SERVICES
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Backup
Servicer ”).
IT IS AGREED as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Certain Defined
Terms .
(a) Certain
capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined above
or in this Section 1.1 .
(b) As
used in this Agreement and its schedules, exhibits and other
attachments, unless the context requires a different meaning, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
Accrual Period : The period
commencing on (and including) the Funding Date for the Initial
Funding and ending on (but excluding) the initial Payment Date
(May 27, 2008), and each succeeding period thereafter
commencing on (and including) the immediately preceding Payment
Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Payment Date
(or in the case of the final such period, commencing on (and
including) the immediately preceding Payment Date and ending on
(but excluding) the Collection Date).
Addition Date : (a) With
respect to any open Pool, the date on which any additional Dealer
Loans are added to such Pool and (b) with respect to any
Purchased Loan, the date on which such Purchased Loan is
contributed by Credit Acceptance to the Borrower pursuant to the
Contribution Agreement.
Additional Amount : Defined
in Section 2.14(a) .
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Additional Cut-Off Date :
Each date on and after which Collections on an Additional Loan are
to be transferred to the Collateral.
Additional Entity : Each
commercial paper funded entity which satisfies the conditions set
forth in the definition of “Eligible Assignee” and,
except in the case of any RFC Affiliate, with the prior written
consent of the Deal Agent (in its sole discretion), becomes party
hereto by execution of a Joinder.
Additional Loans : All Loans
that become part of the Collateral after the Initial Funding.
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate :
For any Accrual Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum
of 1.0% and a fraction, expressed as a percentage and rounded
upwards (if necessary), to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, (i) the
numerator of which is equal to the LIBOR Rate for such Accrual
Period and (ii) the denominator of which is equal to 100%
minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage for such Accrual
Period.
Additional Principal Payment
Amount : With respect to any Payment Date during the
Amortization Period, the lesser of: (i) Capital as of the
immediately preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all
payments in reduction of principal on such Payment Date); and (ii)
Collections remaining after distribution of amounts described in
Section 2.7 (a)(i) through (vii) .
Advance : As defined in
Section 2.1 .
Affected Party : Each of the
Lenders, each Investor, each Liquidity Bank, any assignee or
participant of any Lender, Investor or Liquidity Bank, Fifth Third,
any successor to Fifth Third as Deal Agent, any sub-agent of the
Deal Agent, and any successor to any Liquidity Agent.
Affiliate : With respect to a
Person, means any other Person that, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by or under common control with such
Person, or is a director or officer of such Person. For purposes of
this definition, “control” (including the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) when used with respect to
any specified Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of
the power to vote 5% or more of the voting securities of such
Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agent’s Account : An
account at Fifth Third in the name of the Deal Agent or at such
other account as may be designated by the Deal Agent from time to
time.
Aggregate Outstanding Eligible
Loan Balance : On any date of determination, the sum of the
Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Loans on such day.
Aggregate Outstanding Eligible
Loan Net Balance : On any date of determination the Aggregate
Outstanding Eligible Loan Balance less the related Loan Loss
Reserves at the end of the most recent Collection Period.
Aggregate Unpaids : At any
time, an amount, equal to the sum of all accrued and unpaid
Capital, Yield, Breakage Costs, Hedge Breakage Costs, fees,
indemnities and all other amounts owed by the Borrower hereunder,
under any Hedging Agreement (including, without limitation,
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payments
in respect of the termination of any such Hedging Agreement) or
under any other Transaction Document or by the Borrower or any
other Person under any fee letter (including, without limitation,
the Fee Letter) delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (whether due or accrued) and any
unpaid fees due to the Backup Servicer, both before and after the
Assumption Date.
Alternative Rate : An
interest rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate;
provided , however , that the Alternative Rate shall
be the Base Rate if a Eurodollar Disruption Event occurs.
Amortization Event : The
occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the Weighted
Average Original Advance Rate exceeds 50.0%; (ii) a Reserve
Advance is made, except if on the date of such Reserve Advance, the
Capital is zero; or (iii) Collections are less than 85.0% of
Forecasted Collections for any two (2) consecutive Collection
Periods.
Amortization Period : The
period beginning on the earlier of (i) the occurrence of an
Amortization Event, and (ii) the occurrence of the Termination
Date, and ending on the Collection Date.
Applicable Law : For any
Person, all existing and future applicable laws, rules, regulations
(including proposed, temporary and final income tax regulations),
statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates,
orders and licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental
Authority (including, without limitation, usury laws, the Federal
Truth in Lending Act, and Regulation Z and Regulation B
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and
applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, orders, or
action of any Court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial,
or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent
jurisdiction.
Assignment and Acceptance :
An assignment and acceptance entered into by a CP Entity or an
Investor and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Deal Agent
and the Liquidity Agent for the related Purchaser Group, in
substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto.
Assumption Date : Defined in
the Backup Servicing Agreement.
Available Funds : With
respect to any Payment Date: (i) all amounts deposited in the
Collection Account during the Collection Period (other than Dealer
Collections and Repossession Expenses) that ended on the last day
of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in
which such Payment Date occurs and investment earnings thereon;
(ii) all Reserve Advances (which shall be applied in
accordance with Section 2.7(c) hereof); (iii) all
amounts paid by the Borrower pursuant to Section 4.5
hereof during or with respect to the prior Collection Period in
respect of Ineligible Loans; (iv) amounts paid by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.16 hereof; (v) all amounts paid
under any Dealer Agreement; and (vi) any other funds on
deposit in the Collection Account on such date (other than Dealer
Collections and Repossession Expenses).
Backup Servicer : SST.
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Backup Servicing Fee : The
fee payable by the Borrower to the Backup Servicer pursuant to the
Backup Servicing Agreement and Section 7.3
hereof.
Bankruptcy Code : The United
States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101, et
seq.), as amended from time to time.
Base Rate : On any date, a
fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the higher of
(a) the Prime Rate or (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus
2.0%.
Benefit Plan : Any employee
benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA in respect of
which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower is, or at
any time during the immediately preceding six years was, an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
Borrower : CAC Warehouse
Funding Corporation III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
Borrowing Base : On any date
of determination, the product of (i) the Aggregate Outstanding
Eligible Loan Net Balance and (ii) the Net Advance Rate.
Breakage Costs : Any amount
or amounts as shall compensate any Lender for any loss, cost or
expense incurred by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in
such Lender’s sole discretion) as a result of a prepayment by
the Borrower of Capital or Yield, the failure by the Borrower to
draw or accept any requested funds on any applicable borrowing
date, or the failure of any Payment Date with respect to any loan
or advance hereunder to occur on the maturity date of the
applicable source of funds, the proceeds of which were used to fund
or maintain such loan or advance (or portion thereof).
Bridge Loan Agreement : The
Bridge Loan Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among RFC,
Fifth Third, as agent and Bridge Loan Lender.
Bridge Loan Lender : Fifth
Third and its successors and permitted assigns.
Business Day : Any day other
than a Saturday or a Sunday or other day (a) on which banks
are required or authorized to be closed in New York, New York or
Delaware, (b) banks are required or authorized to be closed in
Cincinnati, Ohio or Detroit, Michigan (which days are set forth in
Schedule X hereto) and, if the Backup Servicer becomes the
Servicer, Missouri (which days are set forth in Schedule X
hereto), (c) that SIFMA recommends as a closed day for the
United States bond market, and (d) if the term “Business
Day” is used in connection with the determination of the
LIBOR Rate, on which dealings in United States dollar deposits are
carried on in the London interbank market.
Capital : The amounts
advanced to the Borrower by the Lenders pursuant to Section
2.1(a) and Section 2.3 , reduced from time to time
by Collections distributed on account of such Capital pursuant to
Section 2.7 ; provided , however , if
such Capital shall have been reduced by any distribution and
thereafter all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded or
must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Capital shall be
increased by the amount of such rescinded or returned distribution,
as though it had not been made.
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Capped Servicing Fee : With
respect to any Collection Period when the Backup Servicer has
become the Servicer, the greater of (x) an amount equal to the
product of (i) 10.00% and (ii) Collections received during
such Collection Period (exclusive of amounts received under any
Hedging Agreement) and (y) $5,000.
Carrying Costs : with respect
to any Payment Date, the sum of amounts payable under
Section 2.7(a)(v)(A)-(C) .
Change-in-Control : Any of
the following:
(a) the creation or imposition
of any Lien on any shares of membership interest of the
Borrower;
(b) the failure by Originator to
own all of the issued and outstanding membership interest of the
Borrower.
Closing Date : May 23,
2008.
Code : The Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral : Defined in
Section 2.2(a) .
Collateral Agent : Fifth
Third and its successors and permitted assigns.
Collection Account : Defined
in Section 6.7(a) .
Collection Date : The date
following the Termination Date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have
been reduced to zero and indefeasibly paid in full.
Collection Guidelines : With
respect to Credit Acceptance, the policies and procedures of the
Servicer, attached hereto as Schedule VI, relating to the
collection of amounts due on contracts for the sale of automobiles
and/or light-duty trucks, as in effect on the Cut-Off Date and as
amended from time to time in accordance herewith and with the other
Transaction Documents, and with respect to the Backup Servicer, as
Successor Servicer, the servicing policies and procedures set forth
in the Backup Servicing Agreement.
Collection Period : Each
calendar month, except in the case of the first Collection Period,
the period beginning on the Cut-Off Date to and including the last
day of the calendar month in which the Funding Date occurs.
Collections : All payments
(including Recoveries, credit-related insurance proceeds and
proceeds of Related Security and so long as Credit Acceptance is
the Servicer, excluding certain recovery and repossession expenses,
in accordance with the terms of the Dealer Agreements) received by
the Servicer, Credit Acceptance, the Borrower or any Successor
Servicer on or after the Cut-Off Date in respect of the Loans in
the form of cash, checks, wire transfers or other form of payment
in accordance with the Loans and the Dealer Agreements and all net
amounts received under any Hedging Agreement.
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Commercial Paper Notes : With
respect to any CP Entity, on any day, any short-term notes issued
by or on behalf of such CP Entity in the ordinary course of its
financing business or obligations pursuant to interest rate basis
swaps entered into in connection with the issuance of such
short-term notes.
Commitment : For each
Investor, the commitment of such Investor to make Advances to the
Borrower in an amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite
such Investor’s name on Schedule VIII to this Agreement
or as set forth in the Joinder executed by such Investor, as the
case may be.
Commitment Termination Date :
May 23, 2010, or such later date to which the Commitment
Termination Date may be extended in accordance with the terms of
Section 2.1(b) .
Contract : Any Dealer Loan
Contract or Purchased Loan Contract.
Contract Files : With respect
to each Contract, the fully executed original counterpart (for UCC
purposes) of the Contract, either a copy of the application to the
appropriate state authorities for a certificate of title with
respect to the related financed vehicle or a standard assurance in
the form commonly used in the industry relating to the provision of
a certificate of title or other evidence of lien, all original
instruments modifying the terms and conditions of such Contract and
the original endorsements or assignments of such Contract.
Contribution Agreement : The
Contribution Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date,
substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, between Credit
Acceptance and the Borrower, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Contractual Obligation : With
respect to any Person, means any provision of any securities issued
by such Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract,
undertaking, agreement, instrument or other document to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or
is subject.
CP Entity : RFC and any
Additional Entity.
CP Rate : (a) With
respect to RFC, for any day during any Accrual Period, the per
annum rate equivalent to the weighted average of the rates
determined by RFC based upon a per annum money market equivalent
rate which is payable by large issuers of A-1/P-1 commercial paper
selected by RFC in respect of Commercial Paper Notes issued or
outstanding from time to time during such Accrual Period (or
portion thereof), such rate to be determined based on quotes from
at least three nationally recognized dealers of such commercial
paper selected by RFC and assumed issuance amounts and dates
selected by RFC; provided , that if any component of such
rate is a discount rate, RFC shall for such component use the rate
resulting from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing
equivalent rate per annum; provided , further , that
the CP Rate shall reflect and give effect to the commissions and
charges of placement agents and dealers in respect of the issuance
of such Commercial Paper Notes (it being understood that the CP
Rate shall include rates that are a result of payments received
after the time they are due), and (b) with respect to any
other CP Entity, the rate identified as the “CP Rate”
in the Joinder related to its Purchaser Group.
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Credit Acceptance : Credit
Acceptance Corporation, a Michigan corporation, and its successors
and permitted assigns.
Credit Acceptance Payment
Account : The clearinghouse account number xxxxxx5068
maintained by Credit Acceptance at Comerica Bank, or if the Backup
Servicer has become the Successor Servicer or a Successor Servicer
has been appointed hereunder, such other account specified by the
Deal Agent, where payments received in respect of all loans and
contracts are deposited or paid.
Credit Agreement : The Fourth
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 7,
2006 among Credit Acceptance, Comerica Bank, as Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent and the banks signatory thereto, as
amended by the First Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Loan
Agreement dated September 20, 2006, the Second Amendment to
Fourth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated January 19,
2007, and the Third Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Loan
Agreement dated June 14, 2007, and the Fourth Amendment to
Fourth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated January 25,
2008; provided , however , to the extent the Credit
Agreement is amended or terminated after the Effective Date,
references to the Credit Agreement shall refer to the Credit
Agreement on the Effective Date unless otherwise consented to by
the Deal Agent.
Credit Guidelines : The
policies and procedures of Credit Acceptance, relating to the
extension of credit to automobile and light-duty truck dealers and
consumers in respect of retail installment contracts for the sale
of automobiles and/or light-duty trucks, including, without
limitation, the policies and procedures for determining the
creditworthiness of such dealers and consumers and, relating to
this extension of credit to such dealers and consumers, the
maintenance of installment sale contracts, as in effect on the
Cut-Off Date and as amended from time to time in accordance
herewith and with the other Transaction Documents, attached hereto
as Schedule II.
Custodian : Credit
Acceptance, or any person appointed as Custodian pursuant to
Section 6.2(d) .
Cut-Off Date : With respect
to the Initial Funding, March 31, 2008, and with respect to
each Incremental Funding, the related Additional Cut-Off
Date.
Date of Processing : With
respect to any transaction relating to a Loan or a Contract, the
date on which such transaction is first recorded on the
Servicer’s master servicing file (without regard to the
effective date of such recordation).
Deal Agent : Defined in the
preamble of the Agreement.
Dealer : Any new or used
automobile and/or light-duty truck dealer who has entered into a
Dealer Agreement or a Purchase Agreement with Credit
Acceptance.
Dealer Agreement : Each
agreement between Credit Acceptance and any Dealer, in
substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit J-1,
Exhibit J-2, Exhibit J-3, Exhibit J-4,
Exhibit J-5 and Exhibit J-6.
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Dealer Collections : Defined
in Section 2.9(d) .
Dealer Concentration Limit :
At any time, an amount equal to, in the case of Dealer Loans made
to any Dealer, 4.0% of the aggregate Net Loan Balance of such
Dealer Loans, as of the end of the immediately preceding Collection
Period .
Dealer Loan : All amounts
advanced by Credit Acceptance under a Dealer Agreement and payable
from Collections, including servicing charges, insurance charges
and service policies and all related finance charges, late charges,
and all other fees and charges; provided, however, that the term
“Dealer Loan” shall, for the purposes of this
Agreement, include only those Dealer Loans identified from time to
time on Schedule V hereto, as amended from time to time in
accordance herewith, and/or any Funding Notice.
Dealer Loan Contract : Each
retail installment sales contract, in substantially one of the
forms attached hereto as Exhibit L, relating to the sale of a
used automobile or light-duty truck originated by a Dealer and in
which Credit Acceptance shall have been granted a security interest
and shall have acquired certain other rights under a related Dealer
Agreement to secure the related dealer’s obligation to repay
one or more related Dealer Loans.
Defaulted Contract : A
Contract shall be deemed a Defaulted Contract no later than the
earlier of (i) the day all or any portion of any scheduled
payment thereof becomes 90 days delinquent, based on the date
the last payment thereon was received by the Servicer,
(ii) the day on which an auction check is posted to the
relevant account, (iii) the day that such Contract has been
identified by the Servicer or the applicable Originator as
uncollectible, and (iv) the day that such Contract, consistent
with the Credit Guidelines and/or the Collection Guidelines, should
be written off as uncollectible.
Derivatives : Any
exchange-traded or over-the-counter (i) forward, future,
option, swap, cap, collar, floor or foreign exchange contract or
any combination thereof, whether for physical delivery or cash
settlement, relating to any interest rate, interest rate index,
currency, currency exchange rate, currency exchange rate index,
debt instrument, debt price, debt index, depository instrument,
depository price, depository index, equity instrument, equity
price, equity index, commodity, commodity price or commodity index,
(ii) any similar transaction, contract, instrument,
undertaking or security, or (iii) any transaction, contract,
instrument, undertaking or security containing any of the
foregoing.
Determination Date : The
fourth (4 th ) Business Day
prior to the related Payment Date.
Effective Date : The date
this Loan and Security Agreement becomes effective, which shall be
May 23, 2008.
Eligible Assignee : With
respect to any CP Entity: (i) with the prior written consent
of the Deal Agent (in its sole discretion) (a) a Person whose
Commercial Paper Notes have a short-term debt rating by two of the
Rating Agencies of at least A-1 from S&P, P-1 from
Moody’s and F1 from Fitch, or whose obligations under this
Agreement are guaranteed by a Person whose short-term debt rating
by two of the Rating Agencies is at least A-1 from S&P, P-1
from Moody’s and F1 from Fitch, or (b) such other Person
satisfactory to such CP Entity, the Deal Agent and, if applicable,
each of the Rating Agencies rating the Commercial Paper Notes of
such CP Entity,
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(ii) any Liquidity Bank or any Affiliate of a Liquidity Bank
and (iii) any Affiliate of such CP Entity.
Eligible Contract : Each
Eligible Dealer Loan Contract and each Eligible Purchased Loan
Contract.
Eligible Dealer Agreement :
Each Dealer Agreement:
(a) which was originated by the
Originator in compliance with all applicable requirements of law
and which complies with all applicable requirements of law;
(b) with respect to which all
material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or
registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority
required to be obtained, effected or given by the Borrower, Credit
Acceptance or by the Servicer in connection with the origination of
such Dealer Agreement or the execution, delivery and performance by
the Borrower, Credit Acceptance or by the Servicer of such Dealer
Agreement have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in
full force and effect;
(c) (i) as to which at the
time of the transfer of rights thereunder to the Collateral Agent
and the Secured Parties, the Borrower will have good and marketable
title thereto, free and clear of all Liens, and (ii) which
does not contain any terms which would (or purport to) limit or
restrict any of the transfers or assignments contemplated by the
Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, transfer by
the Originator to the Borrower and the collateral assignment by the
Borrower to the Collateral Agent);
(d) the Borrower’s rights
under which have been the subject of a valid grant by the Borrower
of a first priority perfected security interest in such rights and
in the proceeds thereof in favor of the Collateral Agent;
(e) which will at all times be
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Dealer party thereto
(it being understood that recourse for such payment obligation
shall be limited to the extent set forth in the Dealer Agreement),
enforceable against such Dealer in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(f) which constitutes either a
“general intangible” or “tangible chattel
paper” under and as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC;
(g) which, at the time of the
pledge of the rights thereunder to the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties, no right thereunder has been waived or
modified;
(h) which is not subject to any
right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or other defense
(including the defense of usury), other than defenses arising out
of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights in general;
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(i) as to which Credit
Acceptance and the Borrower have satisfied all obligations to be
fulfilled at the time the rights thereunder are pledged to the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties;
(j) as to which the related
Dealer has not asserted that such agreement is void or
unenforceable;
(k) as to which the related
Dealer is not bankrupt or insolvent;
(l) as to which the related
Dealer is not an Affiliate of or an executive of Credit Acceptance
or an Affiliate of Credit Acceptance;
(m) as to which the related
Dealer is located in the United States; and
(n) as to which none of Credit
Acceptance, the Servicer nor the Borrower has done anything to
impair the rights of the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties
therein.
Eligible Dealer Loan Contract
: Each Dealer Loan Contract which at the time of its pledge by the
applicable Dealer to the Originator, satisfied the requirements for
“Qualifying Receivable” set forth in the related Dealer
Agreement.
Eligible Dealer Loans : Each
Dealer Loan, at the time of its transfer to the Borrower under the
Contribution Agreement (or such other times as specifically
provided for below):
(a) which has arisen under a
Dealer Agreement that, on the day the Dealer Loan was created,
qualified as an Eligible Dealer Agreement;
(b) which was created in
compliance with all applicable requirements of law and pursuant to
an Eligible Dealer Agreement which complies with all applicable
requirements of law;
(c) with respect to which all
material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or
registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority
required to be obtained, effected or given by the Borrower or
Originator, in connection with the creation of such Dealer Loan or
the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower or
Originator, of the related Eligible Dealer Agreement have been duly
obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect;
(d) as to which at the time of
the pledge of such Dealer Loan to the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties, the Borrower will have good and marketable title
thereto, free and clear of all Liens;
(e) as to which a valid first
priority perfected ownership interest in such Dealer Loan, related
security and in the Proceeds thereof has been sold or contributed
by the Originator to the Borrower and a valid first priority
perfected security interest in such Dealer Loan has been granted by
the Borrower in favor of the Collateral Agent;
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(f) which will at all times be
the legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the Obligor
thereof (it being understood that recourse for such payment
obligation shall be limited to the extent set forth in the Dealer
Agreement), enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(g) which constitutes a
“general intangible” under and as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the Relevant UCC
State;
(h) the financing of which with
the proceeds of commercial paper would constitute a “current
transaction” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;
(i) which is denominated and
payable in United States dollars;
(j) which, at the time of its
pledge to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, has not
been waived or modified;
(k) which is not subject to any
right of rescission (subject to the rights of the related Dealer to
repay the outstanding balance of the Dealer Loan and terminate the
related Dealer Agreement), setoff, counterclaim or other defense
(including the defense of usury), other than defenses arising out
of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights in general;
(l) as to which Credit
Acceptance and the Borrower have satisfied all obligations to be
fulfilled at the time it is pledged to the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties;
(m) as to which the related
Dealer has not asserted that the related Dealer Agreement is void
or unenforceable;
(n) as to which the related
Dealer is not bankrupt or insolvent;
(o) as to which, at any time,
none of Credit Acceptance, the Servicer nor the Borrower has done
anything, other than actions permitted under the Collection
Guidelines, to impair the rights of the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties;
(p) which, as of the end of the
Collection Period immediately preceeding the applicable date of
determination, was not an Overconcentration Loan; and
(q) the proceeds of which were
used to finance the purchases of new or used automobiles and/or
light-duty trucks and related products.
Eligible Loans : The Eligible
Dealer Loans and Eligible Purchased Loans.
Eligible Purchased Loan
Contract : Each Purchased Loan Contract which at the time of
its purchase from the applicable Dealer by the Originator,
evidenced an Eligible Purchased Loan.
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Eligible Purchased Loans :
Each Purchased Loan at the time of its transfer to the Borrower
under the Contribution Agreement:
(a) which has been originated in
the United States by a Dealer or the Originator for the retail sale
of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer’s
business and is evidenced by a fully and properly executed
Purchased Loan Contract of which there is only one original
executed copy;
(b) which creates a valid,
subsisting, and enforceable first priority security interest for
the benefit of the Originator in the Financed Vehicle, which
security interest has been, in turn, assigned by the Originator to
the Borrower, and by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent;
(c) which contains customary and
enforceable provisions such that the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof shall be adequate for realization against the
collateral of the benefits of the security;
(d) which provides for, in the
event that such Purchased Loan is prepaid in full, a prepayment
that fully pays the Outstanding Balance of such Purchased Loan (net
of all rebates for the unused portion of any ancillary products and
net of all unearned finance charges);
(e) which was created in
material compliance with all applicable requirements of law;
(f) which will at all times be
the legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the Obligor
thereof, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(g) which is not subject to any
right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or other defense
(including the defense of usury), other than defenses arising out
of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights in general;
(h) the Obligor thereon is not
the United States, any State or any agency, department, or
instrumentality of the United States or any State;
(i) the Obligor thereon is a
natural person;
(j) with respect to which, to
the best of the Originator’s knowledge, no liens or claims
have been filed for work, labor, materials, taxes or liens that
arise out of operation of law relating to the applicable Financed
Vehicle that are prior to, or equal with, the security interest in
the Financed Vehicle granted by the related Purchased Loan
Contract;
(k) with respect to which, to
the best of the Originator’s knowledge, there was no material
misrepresentation by the Obligor thereon on such Obligor’s
credit application;
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(l) which has not been
originated in, and is not subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction
under which the sale, transfer and assignment of such Purchased
Loan under this Agreement or pursuant to the transfer of the
related Purchased Loan Contract shall be unlawful, void or
voidable;
(m) which (i) constitutes
either “tangible chattel paper” or a “payment
intangible,” each as defined in the UCC in the Relevant UCC
State and (ii) if “tangible chattel paper,” shall
be maintained in its original “tangible” form, unless
the Collateral Agent has consented in writing to such chattel paper
being maintained in another form or medium;
(n) the financing of which with
the proceeds of commercial paper would constitute a “current
transaction” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;
(o) which is payable in U.S.
Dollars and the Obligor thereon is an individual who is a United
States resident;
(p) which satisfies in all
material respects the requirements under the Credit
Guidelines;
(q) with respect to which the
collection practices used with respect thereto have complied in all
material respects with the Collection Guidelines;
(r) with respect to which there
are no proceedings pending, or to the best of the
Originator’s knowledge, threatened, wherein the Obligor
thereon or any governmental agency has alleged that such Purchased
Loan is illegal or unenforceable;
(s) with respect to which the
Originator has duly fulfilled all obligations to be fulfilled on
the lender’s part under or in connection with the
origination, acquisition and assignment of such Purchased Loan,
including, without limitation, giving any notices or consents
necessary to effect the acquisition of such Purchased Loan by the
Borrower, and has done nothing to impair the rights of the
Borrower, or the Secured Parties in payments with respect
thereto;
(t) which was originated by the
Originator or purchased by the Originator from a Dealer pursuant to
a Purchase Agreement;
(u) with respect to which the
Dealer from whom the Originator purchased such Purchased Loan has
not engaged in any conduct constituting fraud or misrepresentation
with respect to such Purchased Loan;
(v) with respect to which, at
the time such Purchased Loan was originated the proceeds thereof
were fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future
advances thereunder, and all fees and expenses in connection with
the origination of such Purchased Loan have been paid;
(w) with respect to which Credit
Acceptance holds the certificate of title or the application for a
certificate of title for the related Financed Vehicles as of the
date on which the related Purchased Loan Contract is transferred to
the Borrower and will obtain within 180 days
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of such
date certificate of title with respect to such Financed Vehicle as
to which Credit Acceptance holds only such application; and
(x) with respect to which the
related Purchased Loan Contract has not been extended or rewritten
and is not subject to any forbearance, or any other modified
payment plan other than in accordance with the Credit
Guidelines.
ERISA : The United States
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate :
(a) Any corporation that is a member of the same controlled
group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the
Code) as the Borrower, (b) a trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of Section
414(c) of the Code) with the Borrower, or (c) a member of the
same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m)
of the Code) as the Borrower, any corporation described in clause
(a) above or any trade or business described in clause
(b) above.
Eurocurrency Liabilities :
Defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
Eurodollar Disruption Event :
The occurrence of any of the following: (a) a determination by
a Lender that it would be contrary to law or to the directive of
any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not
having the force of law) to obtain United States dollars in the
London interbank market to make, fund or maintain the Funding,
(b) the failure of one or more of the Reference Banks to
furnish timely information for purposes of determining the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate, (c) a determination by a Lender that the rate
at which deposits of United States dollars are being offered to
such Lender in the London interbank market does not accurately
reflect the cost to such Lender of making, funding or maintaining
the Funding or (d) the inability of a Lender to obtain United
States dollars in the London interbank market to make, fund or
maintain the Advance.
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
: Of any Reference Bank for any period, for Capital means the
percentage applicable during such period (or, if more than one such
percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average of such
percentages for those days in such period during which any such
percentage shall be so applicable) under regulations issued from
time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for such
Reference Bank with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of
or including Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term of one
month.
Excess Reserve Amount : With
respect to any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the amount on
deposit in the Reserve Account over the Required Reserve Account
Amount.
Excluded Dealer Agreement
Rights : With respect to any Dealer Agreement, the rights of
Credit Acceptance thereunder related to loans made to the related
Dealer which are not Dealer Loans pledged by the Borrower to the
Collateral Agent hereunder, including rights of set-off and rights
of indemnification, related to such loans.
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Facility Fee : With respect
to each Purchaser Group, defined in the Fee Letter related to such
Purchaser Group.
Facility Limit : $50,000,000;
or as such amount may vary from time to time upon the written
agreement of the Borrower, Credit Acceptance, the Deal Agent, the
Liquidity Agents and the Lenders; provided , however
, that on any date on or after the end of the Revolving Period with
respect to all Purchaser Groups, the Facility Limit shall mean the
aggregate outstanding Capital on such date.
Federal Funds Rate : For any
period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day
during such period to the weighted average of the federal funds
rates as quoted by Fifth Third and confirmed in Federal Reserve
Board Statistical Release H.15(519) or any successor or substitute
publication selected by Fifth Third (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day), or, if, for any
reason, such rate is not available on any day, the rate determined,
in the sole opinion of Fifth Third, to be the rate at which federal
funds are being offered for sale in the national federal funds
market at 9:00 a.m. Cincinnati, Ohio time.
Fee Letter : In the case of
the Fifth Third Purchaser Group, the Fee Letter, dated as of the
date hereof, between Fifth Third and the Borrower, or in the case
of any other Purchaser Group, the date of the Joinder related to
such Purchaser Group, among the Borrower, Credit Acceptance, the
Deal Agent the related Liquidity Agent, as any such letter may be
amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to
time.
Fifth Third : As defined in
the Preamble hereto.
Fifth Third Purchaser Group :
RFC and Fifth Third as Investor and Liquidity Agent.
Final Score : Means the final
output from the Originator’s proprietary credit scoring
process, which, when divided by 1,000, represents the
Originator’s expectations of the ultimate collection rate on
a contract at inception.
Financed Vehicle : With
respect to a Contract, any new or used automobile, light-duty
truck, minivan or sport utility vehicle, together with all
accessories thereto, securing the related Obligor’s
indebtedness thereunder.
Fitch : Fitch, Inc., and any
successor thereto.
Forecasted Collections : The
expected amount of Collections to be received with respect to the
Aggregate Outstanding Eligible Loan Balance each month as
determined by Credit Acceptance in accordance with its forecasting
model, which amount shall be submitted to the Deal Agent with each
Funding Notice related to a proposed Advance when new Pools are
pledged to the Collateral Agent.
Funding : An Advance by a
Lender pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 2.3
hereof.
Funding Date : In the case of
the Initial Funding, May 27, 2008 and as to any Incremental
Funding, the date determined in accordance with
Section 2.3 .
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Funding Notice : The notice,
in the form of Exhibit A hereto, delivered in accordance with
Section 2.3 hereof.
GAAP : Generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United
States.
Governmental Authority : Any
nation or government, any state or other political subdivision
thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory
authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator having
jurisdiction over such Person, and any accounting board or
authority (whether or not a part of government) which is
responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or
international accounting principles, in each case whether foreign
or domestic.
H.15 : Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15.
Hedge Breakage Costs : For
any Hedging Agreement, any amount payable by the Borrower for the
early termination of such Hedging Agreement or any portion
thereof.
Hedge Costs : For any Hedging
Agreement, any amount payable by the Borrower with respect thereto,
including any swap payments, any breakage payments, any termination
payments, any notional reduction payments and any other amounts due
to the Hedge Counterparty.
Hedge Counterparty : Any
entity that (a) on the date of entering into any Hedge
Transaction (i) is an interest rate swap dealer that is either
a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or has been approved in
writing by the Deal Agent (which approval shall be in the sole
discretion of the Deal Agent), and (ii) unless otherwise
agreed to by the Deal Agent, has a long-term unsecured debt rating
of not less than “A” by S&P and not less than
“A2” by Moody’s (“ Long-term Rating
Requirement ”) and a short-term unsecured debt rating of
not less than “A-1” by S&P and not less than
“P-1” by Moody’s (“ Short-term Rating
Requirement ”), and (b) in a Hedging Agreement
(i) consents to the assignment of the Borrower’s rights
under the Hedging Agreement to the Deal Agent pursuant to
Section 2.2(a) and (ii) agrees that in the event
that Moody’s or S&P reduces its long-term unsecured debt
rating below the Long-term Rating Requirement, or reduces its
short-term unsecured debt rating below the Short-term Rating
Requirement, it shall transfer its rights and obligations under
each Hedging Agreement to another entity that meets the
requirements of clause (a) and (b) hereof and has entered
into a Hedging Agreement with the Borrower on or prior to the date
of such transfer.
Hedge Transaction : Each
interest rate swap or other interest rate protection transaction
between the Borrower and a Hedge Counterparty that is entered into
pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof and is governed by a
Hedging Agreement.
Hedging Agreement : Each
agreement between the Borrower and a Hedge Counterparty that
governs one or more Hedge Transactions entered into pursuant to
Section 5.3 hereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E hereto or such other form as shall be
approved in writing by the Liquidity Agent for the Fifth Third
Purchaser Group, and each “Confirmation” thereunder
confirming the specific terms of each such Hedge Transaction.
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Increased Costs : Any amounts
required to be paid by the Borrower to an Affected Party pursuant
to Section 2.13 .
Incremental Funding : Any
Advance made after the Initial Funding.
Independent Director :
Defined in Section 5.2(o)(xxvii) .
Ineligible Loan : Each Loan
other than an Eligible Loan.
Indebtedness : With respect
to any Person at any date, (a) all indebtedness of such Person
for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property
or services (other than current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with
customary trade practices) or that is evidenced by a note, bond,
debenture or similar instrument, (b) all obligations of such
Person under leases that shall have been or should be, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded
as capital leases, (c) all obligations of such Person in
respect of acceptances issued or created for the account of such
Person, (d) all liabilities secured by any Lien on any
property owned by such Person even though such Person has not
assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof,
(e) all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of that
Person in respect of Derivatives, and (f) obligations under
direct or indirect guaranties in respect of obligations (contingent
or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or to otherwise
assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of the kind referred to in clauses
(a) through (e) above.
Indemnified Amounts : Defined
in Section 11.1(a) .
Indemnified Parties : Defined
in Section 11.1(a) .
Initial Facility Limit :
$50,000,000.
Initial Funding : Defined in
Section 2.3(a) .
Insolvency Event : With
respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a decree or
order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in
respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in
an involuntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for
such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s
affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in
effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (b) the
commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any
applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or the
consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person
to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official for such Person or for any substantial part of its
property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person
generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking
of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the
foregoing.
Insolvency Laws : The
Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency,
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reorganization, suspension of payments, or similar debtor relief
laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
Insolvency Proceeding : Any
case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental
Authority relating to any Insolvency Event.
Instrument : Any
“instrument” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC),
other than an instrument that constitutes part of chattel
paper.
Investors : With respect to
the Fifth Third Purchaser Group, Fifth Third Bank, and with respect
to each other Purchaser Group, the financial institutions
identified as “Investors” on the Joinder related to
such Purchaser Group and with respect to any Purchaser Group, any
other Person who becomes an Investor as provided in
Section 13.1(a) .
Investment : With respect to
any Person, any direct or indirect loan, advance or investment by
such Person in any other Person, whether by means of share
purchase, capital contribution, loan or otherwise, excluding the
acquisition of Assets pursuant to the Contribution Agreement and
excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers,
employees and directors made in the ordinary course of
business.
Joinder : With respect to
each Purchaser Group, other than the Fifth Third Purchaser Group,
the agreement among a CP Entity, its related Investors, its related
Liquidity Agent, the Borrower, Credit Acceptance and the Deal
Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
Late Fees : If the Backup
Servicer has become the Successor Servicer, any late fees collected
with respect to any Contract in accordance with the Collection
Guidelines.
Lenders : Collectively, RFC
and its related Investors, each other CP Entity and its related
Investors and any other Person that agrees, pursuant to the
pertinent Assignment and Acceptance, to make or maintain Fundings
pursuant to this Agreement.
LIBOR Rate : For any portion
of Capital on any day during any Accrual Period, a rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal
to the rate of interest which is identified and normally published
by Bloomberg Professional Service Page BBAM 1 as the offered rate
for loans in United States Dollars for the applicable Accrual
Period under the caption British Bankers Association LIBOR Rates as
of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days before the first
day of such Accrual Period. If Bloomberg Professional Service no
longer reports the LIBOR Rate or if such index no longer exists or
if Page BBAM 1 no longer exists, the Deal Agent may select a
replacement index or replacement page, as the case may be,
consistent with market practices at the time. The LIBOR Rate shall
be adjusted for each Accrual Period after the initial Accrual
Period, as of the first day of each such Accrual Period, and as of
the effective day of any change in the maximum reserve
requirement.
Lien : With respect to any
Loan, Dealer Agreement or Contract or any other property or
collateral, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest
or encumbrance of any kind (other than any Permitted Lien).
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Liquidity Agent : With
respect to the Fifth Third Purchaser Group, Fifth Third and with
respect to each other Purchaser Group, the financial institution
identified as the “Liquidity Agent” on the Joinder
related to such Purchaser Group.
Liquidity Agreement :
(a) With respect to RFC, the Liquidity Agreement, dated as of
the Closing Date among RFC, Fifth Third, as liquidity agent and the
liquidity providers from time to time party thereto, as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, and (b) with respect to each other CP Entity, the
liquidity and/or credit support agreement identified as the
“Liquidity Agreement” on the Joinder related to such
Purchaser Group, which shall include any agreement to purchase an
assignment of or participation in a CP Entity’s portion of
the Capital.
Liquidity Bank :
(i) With respect to RFC, each liquidity institution that is a
party to the Liquidity Agreement and (ii) with respect to each
other CP Entity any bank, insurance company or other financial
institution extending or having a commitment to extend funds to or
for the account of such CP Entity (including by an agreement to
purchase an assignment of or participation in such CP
Entity’s portion of the Capital) under a Liquidity Agreement.
Upon the execution and delivery of a corresponding Liquidity
Agreement, each Investor shall be deemed to be a Liquidity Bank for
its related CP Entity.
Loan : Any Dealer Loan or
Purchased Loan.
Loan Loss Reserve : The loan
loss reserve, calculated in accordance with Credit
Acceptance’s accounting policies set forth in its periodic
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Material Adverse Effect :
With respect to any event or circumstance, means a material adverse
effect on (a) the business, condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the
Originator, the Servicer or the Borrower, (b) the validity,
enforceability or collectibility of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document or the validity, enforceability or
collectibility of the Loans, (c) the rights and remedies of
the Deal Agent, the Collateral Agent or Secured Parties,
(d) the ability of the Borrower, the Originator or the
Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any
Transaction Document, or (e) the status, existence, perfection,
priority or enforceability of the Collateral Agent’s or any
Secured Party’s interest in the Collateral.
Material Debt : Defined in
Section 6.11(i) .
Maturity Date : Defined in
Section 2.1(c)(i) .
Monthly Principal Payment
Amount : With respect to any Payment Date, the amount, if any,
necessary to reduce the Capital as of the prior Payment Date to the
Borrowing Base as of the last day of the related Collection
Period.
Monthly Report : Defined in
Section 6.5(a) .
Moody’s : Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.
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Multiemployer Plan : A
“multiemployer plan” as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA that is or was at any time during
the current year or the immediately preceding five years
contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate on behalf of
its employees.
Net Advance Rate : 80%.
Net Loan Balance : With
respect to any Loan, the excess of the related Outstanding Balance
over the related Loan Loss Reserve.
Nonconforming Contract :
Defined in Section 6.2(c)(ii) .
Nonconforming Contract Payment
Amount : With respect to a Nonconforming Contract, an amount
equal to the sum of (i): (x) the product of the Outstanding
Balance of such Contract as of the last day of the related
Collection Period and a fraction, the numerator of which is Capital
as of the Funding Date and the denominator of which is the
Outstanding Balance of Eligible Contracts as of the Funding Date;
(ii) accrued and unpaid Carrying Costs, Increased Costs,
Indemnified Amounts and Additional Amounts related to such Contract
through the date of such deposit; (iii) any related Servicer
Advances; and (iv) and all Hedge Costs due to the relevant
Hedge Counterparties for any termination in whole or in part of one
or more transactions related to the relevant Hedging Agreement, as
required by the terms of any Hedging Agreement.
Notes : The Variable Funding
Notes of the Borrower, issued to (i) the Liquidity Agent, in
the case of the Fifth Third Purchaser Group, and (ii) with
respect to each other Purchaser Group, its Liquidity Agent, in each
case, for the benefit of the related Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.1(c) hereof substantially in the form of
Exhibit I hereto.
Obligor : With respect to any
Loan, Dealer Agreement or Contract, the Person or Persons obligated
to make payments with respect to such Dealer Agreement, Loan or
Contract, respectively, including any guarantor thereof.
Officer’s Certificate :
A certificate signed by any officer of the Borrower, the Originator
or the Servicer, as the case may be, and delivered to the
Collateral Agent.
Opinion of Counsel : A
written opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel are
reasonably acceptable to the Deal Agent.
Original Advance Rate :
Means, with respect to any Dealer, the ratio, expressed as a
percentage, where the numerator is equal to the sum of the
Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Loans of such Dealer on the
dates such Eligible Loans were originated and the denominator is
equal to the sum of payments due under all Eligible Contracts
related to such Dealer on their dates of origination.
Originator : Defined in the
Preamble of this Agreement.
Outstanding Balance :
(i) With respect to any Contract
on any date of determination, all amounts owing under such Contract
(whether considered principal or as finance charges) on such date
of
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determination. The Outstanding Balance with respect to a Contract
shall be deemed to have been created at the end of the day on the
Date of Processing of such Contract; which shall be greater than or
equal to zero (except in the case of a Contract as to which the
final payment on such Contract is in excess of the amount owed on
such Contract on the date of such final payment);
(ii) with respect to any Dealer
Loan on any date of determination, the aggregate amount advanced
under such Dealer Loan plus revenue accrued with respect to such
Dealer Loan in accordance with Credit Acceptance’s accounting
policies set forth in its periodic reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the payment of monies to a
Dealer under the related Dealer Agreement, less collections on the
related Dealer Loan Contracts applied through such date of
determination in accordance with the related Dealer Agreement to
the reduction of the balance of such Loan and write offs of such
Dealer Loan; and
(iii) with respect to any
Purchased Loan on any date of determination, the aggregate amount
advanced under such Purchased Loan plus revenue accrued with
respect to such Purchased Loan in accordance with Credit
Acceptance’s accounting policies set forth in its periodic
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, less
Collections on the related Purchased Loan Contract applied through
the date of determination to the reduction of the balance of such
Purchase Loan and write offs of such Purchased Loan.
Overconcentration Loan : With
respect to any Dealer, the amount by which the aggregate Net Loan
Balance of Dealer Loans made to such Dealer, calculated on a
Funding Date as of the end of the immediately preceding Collection
Period, exceeds the Dealer Concentration Limit.
Payment Date : The nineteenth
(19 th
) day of each calendar month or, if such day is not a Business Day,
the next succeeding Business Day.
Permitted Investments : Any
one or more of the following types of investments:
(a) marketable obligations of
the United States, the full and timely payment of which are backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States of America and
that have a maturity of not more than 270 days from the date
of acquisition;
(b) marketable obligations, the
full and timely payment of which are directly and fully guaranteed
by the full faith and credit of the United States and that have a
maturity of not more than 270 days from the date of
acquisition;
(c) bankers’ acceptances
and certificates of deposit and other interest-bearing obligations
(in each case having a maturity of not more than 270 days from
the date of acquisition) denominated in dollars and issued by any
bank with capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at
least $100,000,000, the short-term obligations of which are rated
at least A-1 by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s;
(d) repurchase obligations with
a term of not more than ten days for underlying securities of the
types described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above entered
into with any bank of the type described in clause
(c) above;
(e) commercial paper rated at
least A-1 by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s; and
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(f) demand deposits, time
deposits or certificates of deposit (having original maturities of
no more than 365 days) of depository institutions or trust
companies incorporated under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof (or domestic branches of any foreign
bank) and subject to supervision and examination by federal or
state banking or depository institution authorities;
provided , however that at the time such investment,
or the commitment to make such investment, is entered into, the
short-term debt rating of such depository institution or trust
company shall be at least A-1 by S&P and P-1 by
Moody’s.
Permitted Liens : Liens for
state, municipal or other local taxes if such taxes shall not at
the time be due and payable and Liens granted pursuant to the
Transaction Documents and with respect to the Dealer Loan
Contracts, the second priority lien of the related Dealer therein
as set forth in the related Dealer Agreement.
Person : An individual,
partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited
liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, sole proprietorship, joint venture, government (or any
agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity.
Pool : An identifiable group
of Dealer Loans related to a particular Dealer Agreement identified
on Schedule V hereto. Dealer Loans are added to a Pool until a
fixed number (as established for the relevant Dealer) of related
Dealer Loan contracts have been allocated to such Pool. An
“open” or “uncapped” Pool is one to which
Dealer Loans are still being added.
Potential Servicer Termination
Event : Means any event which, with the giving of notice or
passage of time or both, would become a Servicer Termination
Event.
Prime Rate : The rate
announced by Fifth Third from time to time as its prime rate in the
United States, such rate to change as and when such designated rate
changes. The Prime Rate is not intended to be the lowest rate of
interest charged by Fifth Third in connection with extensions of
credit to debtors.
Proceeds : With respect to
any portion of the Collateral, all “proceeds” as such
term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC, including, whatever
is receivable or received when such portion of Collateral is sold,
liquidated, foreclosed, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of,
whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes
all rights to payment with respect to any insurance relating
thereto.
Program Fee : With respect to
each Purchaser Group, as defined in the applicable Fee Letter
related to such Purchaser Group.
Program Fee Rate : With
respect to each Purchaser Group, on any day, the rate set forth in
the Fee Letter related to such Purchaser Group as the
“Program Fee Rate.”
Purchase Agreement : Each
agreement between Credit Acceptance and any Dealer in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit P.
Purchased Loan : A motor
vehicle retail installment loan relating to the sale of a used
automobile or light-duty truck originated by a Dealer, purchased by
the Originator from such Dealer and evidenced by a Purchased Loan
Contract; provided, however, that the term
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“Purchased Loan” shall, for purposes of this Agreement,
include only those Purchased Loans identified from time to time on
Schedule V hereto, and/or any Funding Notice.
Purchased Loan Contract :
Each motor vehicle retail installment sales contract, in
substantially one of the forms attached hereto as Exhibit L,
relating to a Purchased Loan.
Purchaser Group : Each CP
Entity, its related Liquidity Agent and the related Investors, all
as identified on the Joinder related to such Purchaser Group.
Purchaser Group Facility
Limit : With respect to each Purchaser Group, the amount so
identified on the Joinder related to such Purchaser Group, and with
respect to the Fifth Third Purchaser Group, $50,000,000.
Qualified Institution :
Defined in Section 6.7(a) .
Rating Agency : Each of
S&P, Moody’s, Fitch and any other rating agency that has
been requested to issue a rating with respect to the Commercial
Paper Notes issued by the Issuer (or its applicable funding
sources).
Records : The Dealer
Agreements, Contracts, Contract Files, certificates of title (and
applications therefor) and all other documents, books, records and
other information (including, without limitation, computer
programs, tapes, discs, punch cards, data processing software and
related contracts, records and other media for storage of
information) maintained with respect to the Loans and the Contracts
and the related Obligors.
Reference Bank : Any bank
that furnishes information for purposes of determining the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate.
Recoveries : All amounts, if
any, received in respect of the Collateral by the Servicer or
Credit Acceptance with respect to Defaulted Contracts.
Register : Defined in
Section 13.1(c) .
Related Security : With
respect to any Loan all of Credit Acceptance’s and the
Borrower’s right, title and interest in:
(i) the Dealer Agreements (other than
Excluded Dealer Agreement Rights, but including, without
limitation, Credit Acceptance’s rights to service the Loans
and the related Contracts and receive the related collection fee
and receive reimbursement of certain repossession and recovery
expenses, in accordance with the terms of the Dealer Agreements)
and Contracts securing payment of such Loan;
(ii) all security interests or liens
purporting to secure payment of such Loan, whether pursuant to such
Loan, the related Dealer Agreement or otherwise, together with all
financing statements signed by the related Obligor describing any
collateral securing such Loan and all other property obtained upon
foreclosure of any security interest securing payment of such Loan
or any related Contract;
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(iii) all guarantees, insurance
(including insurance insuring the priority or perfection of any
lien) or other agreements or arrangements of any kind from time to
time supporting or securing payment of each Contract whether
pursuant to such Contract or otherwise, including any of the
foregoing relating to any Contract securing payment of such
Loan;
(iv) all of the Borrower’s
interest in all Records, documents and writing evidencing or
related to such Loan;
(v) all rights of recovery of the
Borrower against the Originator;
(vi) all Collections (other than
Dealer Collections), the Collection Account, the Reserve Account,
and all amounts on deposit therein and investments thereof;
(vii) all of the Borrower’s
right, title and interest in and to (but not its obligations under)
any Hedging Agreement and any payment from time to time due
thereunder;
(viii) all of the Borrower’s
right, title and interest in and to the Contribution Agreement and
the assignment to the Deal Agent of all UCC financing statements
filed by the Borrower against the Originator under or in connection
with the Contribution Agreement; and
(ix) the Proceeds of each of the
foregoing.
For the
avoidance of doubt, the term “Related Security” with
respect to any Loan includes all rights arising after the end of
the Revolving Period under such Loan which rights are attributable
to advances made under such Loan as the result of Contracts being
added after the last date of the last full Collection Period during
the Revolving Period to the identifiable group of Contracts to
which such Loan relates.
Release
Date : As defined in Section 4.5(b) .
Release
Price : As defined in Section 4.5(a) .
Reliening
Expenses : Defined in Section 6.2(d)(ii) .
Repossession Expenses : For
any Collection Period, any expenses payable pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, incurred by the Backup Servicer, if it has
become the Successor Servicer, in connection with the liquidation
or repossession of any Financed Vehicle, in an aggregate amount not
to exceed the cash proceeds received by the Backup Servicer, if it
has become the Successor Servicer, from the disposition of the
Financed Vehicles.
Required Investors : At a
particular time, Investors with Commitments in excess of 50% of the
Facility Limit.
Required Reserve Account
Amount : With respect to any date of determination, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) the product of (i) 1.0% and
(ii) the Capital on such date (after the
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application of funds pursuant to Section 2.7 on the
related Payment Date) plus (b) all amounts required to be
maintained by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 6.2(c)(ii) hereof); provided ,
however , the Required Reserve Account Amount shall at no
time be less than $150,000 (unless the Capital is zero, in which
case the Required Reserve Account Amount shall be $100,000).
Reserve Account : The
segregated trust account established at the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Secured parties, established pursuant to
Section 6.7(a) .
Reserve Advance : Defined in
Section 2.7(c)(i) .
Responsible Officer : As to
any Person any officer of such Person with direct responsibility
for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to
a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
Retransfer Amount : Defined
in Section 4.5(b) .
Revolving Period : The period
commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the day immediately
preceding the first day of the Amortization Period.
RFC : As defined in the
Preamble hereto.
S&P : Standard &
Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and
any successor thereto.
Secured Party : (i) The
Deal Agent, each Liquidity Agent, the Bridge Loan Lender and each
Lender and (ii) each Hedge Counterparty that is either a
Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender if that Affiliate is a Hedge
Counterparty executes a counterpart of this Agreement agreeing to
be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to a Secured
Party.
Servicer : Credit Acceptance,
the Backup Servicer, if it has become the Successor Servicer, or
any other Successor Servicer, appointed in accordance with the
terms hereof as the Servicer of the Loans and Contracts.
Servicer Advance : An advance
made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.7(c)(ii) .
Servicer Termination Event :
Defined in Section 6.11 .
Servicer Termination Notice :
Defined in Section 6.11 .
Servicer Expenses : Any
expenses incurred by the Backup Servicer, if it has become the
Successor Servicer hereunder, other than Repossession Expenses,
Reliening Expenses or Transition Expenses.
Servicing Fee : For each
Payment Date, a fee payable to Servicer for services rendered
during the related Collection Period, equal to: (i) so long as
Credit Acceptance is the Servicer, the product of (A) 6.00%
and (B) the total Collections for the related Collection
Period (exclusive of amounts received under any Hedging Agreement)
and (ii) if the Backup Servicer is
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the
Servicer, the sum of (1) the greatest of: (a) the product
of 10.0% and the total Collections for the related Collection
Period (exclusive of amounts received under any Hedging Agreement),
(b) the actual costs incurred by the Backup Servicer as
Successor Servicer, and (c) the product of (x) $30.00 and
(y) the aggregate number of Contracts serviced by it during
the related Collection Period, plus (2) without duplication,
Late Fees and Servicer Expenses; provided , however ,
with respect to each Payment Date on which the Backup Servicer is
the Servicer, the Servicing Fee shall be at least equal to
$5,000.
SIFMA : The Securities
Industry and Financial Markets Association.
Solvent : As to any Person at
any time, having a state of affairs such that all of the following
conditions are met: (a) the fair value of the property of such
Person is greater than the amount of such Person’s
liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated
liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated
for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(b) the present fair salable value of the property of such
Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is not less than
the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of
such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured;
(c) such Person is able to realize upon its property and pay
its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and
unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of
business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not
believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such
Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature;
and (e) such Person is not engaged in business or a
transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a
transaction, for which such Person’s property would
constitute unreasonably small capital.
SST : Systems & Services
Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Structuring Fees : The
structuring fee set forth in the Fee Letter related to the Fifth
Third Purchaser Group.
Subsidiary : A corporation of
which the Originator and/or its Subsidiaries own, directly or
indirectly, such number of outstanding shares as have more than 50%
of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors.
Successor Servicer : Defined
in Section 6.12(a) .
Taxes : Any present or future
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, assessments or fees of any
nature (including interest, penalties, and additions thereto) that
are imposed by any Governmental Authority.
Termination Date : The
earliest of: (a) the date that the Liquidity Agreement for the
Fifth Third Purchaser Group shall cease to be in full force and
effect, (b) the date of the declaration of the Termination
Date pursuant to Section 10.1 , (c) the Commitment
Termination Date and (d) the date of termination of the
Facility Limit pursuant to Section 2.5 .
Termination Event : Defined
in Section 10.1 .
Total Commitment : On any
date of determination, the aggregate Commitments of all the
Investors.
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Transaction Documents : This
Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, each Hedging Agreement, the
Fee Letters, the Backup Servicing Agreement, each Joinder and any
additional document the execution of which is necessary or
incidental to carrying out the terms of the foregoing
documents.
Transition Expenses : If the
Backup Servicer has become the Successor Servicer, the sum of:
(i) reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Backup
Servicer in connection with its assumption of the servicing
obligations hereunder, related to travel, Obligor welcome letters,
freight and file shipping plus (ii) a boarding fee equal to
the product of $7.50 and the number of Contracts to be
serviced.
UCC : The Uniform Commercial
Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable jurisdiction
or jurisdictions.
United States : The United
States of America.
Unmatured Termination Event :
Any event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or
both, would become a Termination Event.
Unreimbursed Servicer
Advances : At any time, the amount of all previous Servicer
Advances (or portions thereof) as to which the Servicer has not
been reimbursed as of such time pursuant to Section 2.7
.
Unsatisfactory Audit : The
occurrence of any audit exceptions resulting from any audit,
inspection or review pursuant to Section 6.1(c) ,
Section 6.2(e) or Section 6.9 , which, in
the reasonable judgment of the Deal Agent, would have a Material
Adverse Effect on the ability of the Servicer to identify and
allocate Collections or to service, as provided in this Agreement,
any Collateral.
Weighted Average Original Advance
Rate means, with respect to each Payment Date during the
Revolving Period, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, where the
numerator is equal to the aggregate for all Dealers of the product
of: (i) the Original Advance Rate of each Dealer; and
(ii) the aggregate outstanding Net Loan Balance of all
Eligible Loans for such Dealer and the denominator is equal to the
Aggregate Outstanding Eligible Loan Net Balance.
Yield : With respect to each
Lender and its portion of the Capital, with respect to any Accrual
Period, the sum of the products (for each day during such Accrual
Period) of:
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provided , however , that (i) no provision of
this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection
of Yield in excess of the maximum permitted by Applicable Law and
(ii) Yield shall not be considered paid by any distribution if
at any time such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be
returned for any reason.
Yield Rate : For any Accrual
Period and for the aggregate principal amount of the Advance
allocated to such Accrual Period:
(a) to the extent the relevant
Lender funded the Advance (directly or indirectly) through the
issuance of commercial paper, a rate equal to the CP Rate; or
(b) to the extent the relevant
Lender funded the Advance with the proceeds of a borrowing under
the Bridge Loan Agreement, a rate equal to the LIBOR rate; or
(c) to the extent the relevant
Lender did not fund the Advance through the issuance of commercial
paper or a Bridge Loan, a rate equal to the Alternative Rate;
or
(d) after the occurrence of a
Termination Event, with respect to any Purchaser Group, a rate
equal to the Base Rate, plus 2.0%.
provided , however ,
the Yield Rate shall be the Base Rate for any Accrual Period for
any portion of the Advance as to which (1) any CP Entity has
funded the acquisition or maintenance thereof by the assignment of
an interest therein to any Liquidity Bank under its related
Liquidity Agreement on any day other than the first day of such
Accrual Period and without giving such Liquidity Bank(s) at least
two Business Days’ prior notice of such assignment or (2) any
Investor has funded the acquisition thereof on any day other than
the first day of such Accrual Period and without such Investor(s)
having received at least two Business Days’ prior notice of
such funding pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.3
.
Section 1.2. Other Terms
. All accounting terms used but not specifically defined herein
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in
Article 9 of the UCC in the State of Michigan, and used but
not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such
Article 9.
Section 1.3. Computation of
Time Periods . Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in
the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a
later specified date, the word “from” means “from
and including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding.”
Section 1.4.
Interpretation . In each Transaction Document, unless a
contrary intention appears:
(i)
the singular number includes the plural number and vice
versa;
(ii)
reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and
assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are
permitted by the Transaction Documents;
(iii)
reference to any gender includes each other gender;
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(iv)
reference to any agreement (including any Transaction Document),
document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument
as amended, supplemented or modified and in effect from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the
terms of the other Transaction Documents, and reference to any
promissory note includes any promissory note that is an extension
or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor;
and
(v)
reference to any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law as
amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in
part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder and reference to any section or
other provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such
Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the
substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or
reenactment of such section or other provision.
ARTICLE II
THE LOAN FACILITY
Section 2.1. Funding of the
Advance .
(a)
(i) On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth
(including, without limitation, the conditions set forth in
Sections 3.1 and 3.2 ), the Borrower may, at its
option, on the Closing Date and on any Funding Date request an
advance (an “ Advance ” or a “
Funding ”). Each CP Entity may, in its sole
discretion, make such Advance, or if a CP Entity shall decline to
make such Advance, the Investors related to such CP Entity shall
make the Advance, in each case, from time to time requested by the
Borrower during the period from the date hereof to but not
including the Termination Date. Under no circumstances shall any
Lender make an Advance if, after giving effect to such Advance,
(A) the aggregate Capital outstanding hereunder would exceed
the lesser of (i) the Facility Limit and (ii) the
Borrowing Base or (B) with respect to each Purchaser Group,
the aggregate Capital funded or maintained by the Lenders in such
Purchaser Group would exceed its Purchaser Group Facility
Limit.
(b)
(i) The Borrower may, within 60 days, but no later than
45 days, prior to the then existing Commitment Termination
Date, by written notice to the Deal Agent and each Liquidity Agent,
make written request for the CP Entities and the Investors to
extend the Commitment Termination Date for an additional period of
not greater than 364 days. Each Liquidity Agent will give
prompt notice to its Purchaser Group of its receipt of such request
for extension of the Commitment Termination Date. Each CP Entity
and each Investor shall make a determination, in their sole
discretion, not less than 15 days prior to the then applicable
Commitment Termination Date as to whether or not it will agree to
extend the Commitment Termination Date; provided ,
however , that the failure of any CP Entity or any Investor
to make a timely response to the Borrower’s request for
extension of the Commitment Termination Date shall be deemed to
constitute a refusal by such CP Entity or Investor, as the case may
be, to extend the Commitment Termination Date. The Commitment
Termination Date shall only be extended upon the consent of all of
the CP Entities and all of the Investors.
(ii)
Within two Business Days following the end of the time period set
forth in clause (b)(i) above, the Liquidity Agent for each
Purchaser Group shall notify
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each other
Investor in such Purchaser Group, the Deal Agent, the Borrower and
the Servicer of the identity of any CP Entity or Investor who have
refused (or been deemed to have refused) to extend the Commitment
Termination Date.
(c)
The Notes .
(i)
The Borrower’s obligation to pay the principal of and
interest on all amounts advanced by the Lenders pursuant to the
Fundings shall be evidenced by a variable funding note of the
Borrower for each Purchaser Group (each, a “ Note
”) which shall: (1) be dated the Effective Date;
(2) be in the stated principal amount equal to the Commitment
Amount for such Purchaser Group (as reflected from time to time on
the grid attached thereto); (3) bear interest as provided
therein; (4) be payable to the order of the applicable
Liquidity Agent for the account of the related Lenders in such
Purchaser Group, and mature (whether or not there are funds
available therefor at such time, pursuant to
Section 2.7 or otherwise) on May 23, 2011 (the
“ Maturity Date ”); and (5) be
substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, with blanks
appropriately completed in conformity herewith. The applicable
Liquidity Agent shall, and is hereby authorized to, make a notation
on the schedule attached to each Note of the date and the amount of
the Fundings and the date and amount of the payment of principal
thereon, and prior to any transfer of a Note, the applicable
Liquidity Agent shall endorse the outstanding principal amount of
such Note on the schedule attached thereto; provided ,
however , that failure to make such notation shall not
adversely affect any Lender’s rights with respect to such
Note.
(ii)
Although the Notes shall be dated the Effective Date, interest in
respect thereof shall be payable only for the periods during which
amounts are outstanding thereunder. In addition, although the
stated principal amount of each Note shall be equal to the
Commitment Amount of the related Purchaser Group, such Note shall
be enforceable with respect to the Borrower’s obligation to
pay the principal thereof only to the extent of the unpaid
principal amount of the Capital and Yield and all other amounts
outstanding hereunder and thereunder at the time such enforcement
shall be sought.
Section 2.2. Grant of
Security Interest; Acceptance by Collateral Agent .
(a)
(i) As security for the prompt and complete payment of the
Notes and the performance of all of the Borrower’s
obligations under the Notes, this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, the Borrower hereby grants to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest
in and continuing Lien on all of the Borrower’s property
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and wherever
located) including, without limitation, all of its right, title and
interest to: (i) the Loans, and all monies due or to become
due in payment thereupon on and after the related Cut-Off Date;
(ii) all Related Security; (iii) all of the
Borrower’s right title and interest in an to the Contribution
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the assignment to
the Deal Agent of all UCC financing statements filed by the
Borrower against the Originator under or in connection with the
Contribution Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and
(iv) all income, Collections and Proceeds of the foregoing
(collectively, the “ Collateral ”). The
foregoing pledge does not
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constitute an assumption by the Collateral Agent of any obligations
of the Borrower to Obligors or any other Person in connection with
the Collateral or under any agreement or instrument relating to the
Collateral, including, without limitation, any obligation to make
future advances to or on behalf of such Obligors.
(ii)
In connection with such grant, the Borrower authorizes Credit
Acceptance, and Credit Acceptance agrees to record and file, at
Borrower’s expense, financing statements with respect to the
Collateral now existing and hereafter created meeting the
requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such
jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect the first priority
security interest of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties in the Collateral, and to deliver a file-stamped
copy of such financing statements or other evidence of such filing
to the Collateral Agent, each Liquidity Agent and the Deal Agent on
or prior to each Funding Date. In addition, the Borrower and the
Servicer agree to clearly and unambiguously mark their respective
general ledgers and all accounting records and documents and all
computer tapes and records to show that the Collateral, including
that portion of the Collateral consisting of the Dealer Agreements
listed on Schedule V hereto (and each addendum thereto), the
Loans and the related Contracts and the rights to payment under the
related Dealer Agreements, has been pledged to the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder.
(iii)
In connection with such pledge, the Borrower agrees to deliver to
the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date and each Funding Date on
which new Pools or Purchased Loans are pledged to the Collateral
Agent, as the case may be, one or more computer files containing
true and complete lists of all applicable Dealer Agreements, Pools
and Loans securing the payment of the Notes and amounts due under
the Transaction Documents and all of the Borrower’s
obligations under the Notes and the Transaction Documents as of the
Closing Date and each Funding Date, and all Contracts securing all
such Loans, identified by, as applicable, account number, dealer
number, and pool number and Outstanding Balance as of the end of
the Collection Period immediately preceding the Funding Date. Such
file shall be marked as Schedule V hereto or as an addendum
thereto, shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent as confidential
and proprietary, and such Schedule V and each addendum thereto
are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement and
shall at all times be maintained (and updated, from time to time,
as applicable) by the Servicer and maintained by the Collateral
Agent.
(iv)
In connection with such pledge, each of the Borrower, Credit
Acceptance and the Servicer also agrees, within 180 days of
the Closing Date or relevant Funding Date, as the case may be, to
clearly mark at least 98% of the Contracts or Contract folders
securing a Loan with the following legend: “THIS AGREEMENT
AND ALL RELATED CONTRACTS AND LOANS HAVE BEEN PLEDGED TO FIFTH
THIRD BANK AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CERTAIN SECURED
PARTIES AND ANY PURCHASE, SALE OR COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT OF ANY SUCH
ASSET WOULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF SUCH SECURED PARTIES”. Such
legend shall be in bold, in type face at least as large as 12 point
and shall be entirely in capital letters.
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(b) The
Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges its acceptance, on behalf of
the Secured Parties, of the pledge by the Borrower of the Loans and
all other Collateral. The Collateral Agent further acknowledges
that, prior to or simultaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Borrower delivered to the Collateral Agent the
computer file or microfiche list represented by the Borrower to be
the computer file or microfiche list described in
Section 2.2(a)(iii) .
(c) The
Collateral Agent hereby agrees not to disclose to any Person (other
than to each Secured Party) any of the account numbers or other
information contained in the computer files or microfiche lists
delivered to the Collateral Agent by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.2(a)(iii) , except as is required in connection
with the performance of its duties hereunder or in enforcing the
rights of the Secured Parties or to a Successor Servicer;
provided , however , that notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent may reply to a
request from any Person for a list of Loans, Dealer Agreements,
Contracts or other information referred to in any financing
statement. The Collateral Agent agrees to take such measures as
shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Borrower to
protect and maintain the security and confidentiality of such
information. The Collateral Agent shall provide the Borrower with
written notice five Business Days prior to any disclosure pursuant
to this subsection 2.2(c).
Section 2.3. Procedures for
Funding of Advances .
(a) Each
Advance hereunder shall be requested by the Borrower delivering to
the Deal Agent, the Liquidity Agents and the Lenders (with a copy
to the Collateral Agent) a duly completed Funding Notice no later
than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) at least two (2) Business
Days prior to the proposed Funding Date. Each Funding Notice shall:
(i) specify the desired amount of such Funding which amount
must (a) in the case of the initial funding hereunder (the
“ Initial Funding ”) be in a minimum amount of
$1,000,000, and (b) in the case of any Incremental Funding, be
in an amount equal to $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000
in excess thereof, (ii) specify the date of such Funding, and
(iii) include a representation that all conditions precedent
for a Funding described in Article III hereof have been met.
Each Funding shall be allocated pro rata among each
Purchaser Group based upon the aggregate Commitments related to
each Purchaser Group as a percentage of the Total Commitment. Each
Funding Notice shall be irrevocable.
(b) Following
receipt of such Funding Notice, the Deal Agent, in the case of the
Fifth Third Purchaser Group, and each Liquidity Agent, in the case
of each other Purchaser Group, will consult with RFC, or the
related CP Entity, as applicable, in order to assist RFC or the CP
Entity, as applicable, in determining whether or not to make the
Advance. If the CP Entity decides in its sole discretion that it is
unwilling or unable to make a proposed Advance, the Investors
related to such CP Entity will make such Advance. Each Liquidity
Agent will notify the related Investors by 11:00 am (New York time)
on such Funding Date if the CP Entity has elected not to effect all
or a portion of the proposed Funding. On the Funding Date, the CP
Entity or Investors shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III, initiate a wire to the
Borrower no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time), at such bank or
other location reasonably designated by Borrower in its Funding
Notice given pursuant to this Section 2.3 , an amount
equal to the lesser of (A) the amount requested by the
Borrower from such
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Purchaser Group for such Advance or (B) the excess of the
total Commitments related to such Purchaser Group over such
Purchaser Group’s portion of Capital then outstanding.
(c) In
the event that notwithstanding the fulfillment of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III hereof with respect to a
Funding, the CP Entity elected to make a Funding on a Funding Date
but such CP Entity failed for any reason whatsoever (including,
without limitation, sufficiency of funds) to make such amount
available to the Borrower on such date, the CP Entity shall be
deemed to have rescinded its election to make such purchase, and
neither the Borrower nor any other party shall have any claim
against such CP Entity by reason of its failure to timely effect
such Funding. In any such case, the Liquidity Agent for the related
Purchaser Group shall give notice of such failure not later than
3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Funding Date to each Investor for
such CP Entity and to the Borrower, which notice shall specify
(i) the identity of such CP Entity and (ii) the amount of
the Funding which it had elected but failed to make. Subject to
receiving such notice, each of such CP Entity’s Investors
shall effect such funding on such Funding Date and otherwise in
accordance with this Agreement.
(d) In
no event shall an Investor be required on any date to make any
Funding which would result in its portion of the Capital,
determined after giving effect to such funding, exceeding its
Commitment.
Section 2.4. Determination of
Yield . On each Determination Date, RFC, with respect to the
Fifth Third Purchaser Group, and the related Liquidity Agent with
respect to each other Purchaser Group, shall provide an estimate of
the applicable Yield Rate and the Yield (including unpaid Yield, if
any, due and payable on a prior Payment Date) to be paid by the
Borrower with respect to the Advance on each Payment Date and shall
advise the Servicer and the Backup Servicer thereof on the third
Business Day prior to such Payment Date. Prior to the next
succeeding Determination Date, RFC, on behalf of the Fifth Third
Purchaser Group and each Liquidity Agent, with respect to its
Purchaser Group, shall determine the actual Yield Rate and the
Yield in respect of the immediately preceding Accrual Period. The
amount owed in respect of the Yield for the next succeeding Accrual
Period, as estimated by RFC, or Liquidity Agent, as applicable,
shall be increased or decreased, as appropriate, to take into
account any excess Yield or Yield shortfall, as applicable,
relating to the immediately preceding Accrual Period.
Section 2.5. Reduction of the
Facility Limit and a Purchaser Group Facility Limit; Repurchase
. The Borrower may, upon at least ten (10) Business
Days’ notice to the Deal Agent, each Liquidity Agent and RFC,
terminate in whole or reduce in part the portion of the Facility
Limit that exceeds the aggregate Capital. With respect to any such
reduction, (a) the Commitments of the Investors within each
Purchaser Group shall be reduced proportionately based upon the
total Commitments of such Purchaser Group and (b) each
Purchaser Group Facility Limit shall be reduced pro rata based upon
the Purchaser Group Facility Limit as a percentage of the Facility
Limit; provided , however , that each partial
reduction of the Facility Limit shall be in an aggregate amount
equal to $1,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Each notice of
reduction or termination pursuant to this
Section 2.5(a) shall be irrevocable.
Section 2.6. Actions with
Respect to Advance . The Deal Agent, with respect to the Fifth
Third Purchaser Group, and the related Liquidity Agent with respect
to each other Purchaser Group may take any of the following actions
at any time with respect to the Advance: (i) divide
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the
Advance funded by such Lender into two or more portions of having
aggregate Capital equal to the Capital of such divided Advance;
(ii) combine one portion of the Advance funded by such Lender
with another portion of the Advance funded by such Lender with an
Accrual Period ending on the same day, creating a new Advance
having Capital equal to the Capital of the two portions of Advances
combined or (iii) combine an Advance funded by such Lender
with the Advance to be funded on such day by such Lender, creating
a new Advance having Capital equal to the Capital of the two
Advances combined.
Section 2.7. Settlement
Procedures .
(a) On
each Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, the Collateral Agent
shall withdraw Available Funds and any Excess Reserve Amount and
Servicer Advances (to be applied in accordance with
Section 2.7(c) ) and investment earnings on amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account from the Collection Account and
allocate and distribute such amounts to the applicable Person in
the following order of priority:
(i)
FIRST, to the Hedge Counterparty, an amount equal to any Hedge
Costs (exclusive of termination payments) and any such Hedge Costs
(exclusive of termination payments) unpaid from any prior Payment
Date.
(ii)
SECOND, to the Servicer, an amount equal to any Unreimbursed
Servicer Advances;
(iii)
THIRD, to the Backup Servicer so long as it has not become the
Servicer hereunder, an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid
Backup Servicing Fee due in respect of such Payment Date, any
unpaid Backup Servicing Fee from any prior Payment Date, any
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in SST’s capacity
as Backup Servicer, and any accrued and unpaid Indemnified Amounts
owed by the Borrower to SST up to $17,000, monthly;
(iv)
FOURTH, (A) to the Servicer, an amount equal to any accrued
and unpaid Servicing Fees due in respect of such Payment Date and
any Servicing Fees unpaid from any prior Payment Date;
provided , however , if the Servicer has been
replaced pursuant to Section 6.12 such amount shall not
exceed the Capped Servicing Fee; and (B) to the Backup
Servicer, if it has become the Successor Servicer, any Transition
Expenses;
(v)
FIFTH, to the Deal Agent for the account of the Lenders, an amount
equal to the sum of any accrued and unpaid (A) Yield and
Breakage Costs, (B) the Program Fee, and (C) the Facility
Fee, Increased Costs and any Additional Amounts due in respect of
such Payment Date and any such amounts unpaid from any prior
Payment Date;
(vi)
SIXTH, during the Revolving Period, to the Deal Agent for the
account of the Lenders, an amount equal to the Monthly Principal
Payment Amount for such Payment Date;
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(vii)
SEVENTH, to any Successor Servicer, an amount equal to Reliening
Expenses;
(viii)
EIGHTH, during the Amortization Period, to the Deal Agent for the
account of the Lenders, pro rata, the Additional Principal Payment
Amount, until Capital has been reduced to zero;
(ix)
NINTH, to the Deal Agent for the account of the Lenders and the
Backup Servicer, an amount equal to, without double counting,
Increased Costs, any Additional Amounts and Indemnified Amounts (
provided that , with respect to the Backup Servicer,
such Indemnified Amounts shall include only those Indemnified
Amounts not paid pursuant to clause THIRD above) due in respect of
such Payment Date and unpaid from any prior Payment Date;
(x)
TENTH, to the Reserve Account, (A) an amount equal to any
outstanding Reserve Advances and (B) the amount necessary to
cause the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account to equal the
Required Reserve Account Amount (after giving effect to any
deposits made in subclause (A));
(xi)
ELEVENTH, to the Backup Servicer, any Servicing Fee due in respect
of such Payment Date, to the extent not paid pursuant to clause
FOURTH above and any such Servicing Fee unpaid from any prior
Payment Date;
(xii)
TWELFTH, to the Deal Agent for the account of any other applicable
Person, all remaining amounts up to all Aggregate Unpaids (during
the Revolving Period, other than Capital) until paid in full;
(xiii)
THIRTEENTH, to the Borrower any remaining amounts.
(b)
(i) One Business Day per calendar month, the date of which is
to be chosen by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent shall, upon two
Business Days’ prior written request of the Borrower,
withdraw from the Collection Account an amount not to exceed the
amount on deposit therein on the date of such request. The
Collateral Agent shall distribute such amount to the Deal Agent for
the account of the Lenders, to be distributed by the Deal Agent to
the Lenders, pro rata, as a payment in reduction of Capital.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.7(b) to the
contrary, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to effect any
such withdrawal or the Deal Agent make any such distribution until
an Officer of the Servicer or a representative of the Servicer
designated by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer has certified
to the Collateral Agent and the Deal Agent in writing (which shall
include electronic transmission) that it reasonably believes that
at the end of the related Collection Period the sum of Available
Funds and Excess Reserve Amount, after giving effect to such
payment, will be greater than the amount needed to make the
payments required pursuant to Section 2.7(a)(i) through
(xii) . Any such prepayment of principal shall include all
accrued and unpaid Yield and any applicable Breakage Costs relating
thereto.
(ii) No
more often than two (2) times per calendar month, the Borrower
may, upon two Business Days’ prior written notice (such
notice to be received by the Deal Agent no later than 4:00 p.m.
(New York time) on such day) to the Deal Agent, reduce the Capital
by
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remitting to the Deal Agent: (i) cash and
(ii) instructions to reduce such Capital, related accrued
Yield and Breakage Costs. Such cash shall be remitted to the Deal
Agent for the account of the Lenders, to be distributed by the Deal
Agent to the Lenders, pro-rata. Any such reduction of the Capital
shall be in a minimum amount of $500,000 and will occur only if
sufficient funds have been remitted to pay all such amounts in the
succeeding sentence in full. Upon receipt of such amounts, the Deal
Agent shall apply such amounts first to the pro-rata
reduction of the Capital, second to the payment of related
accrued Yield on the amount of the Yield to be repaid by paying
such amounts to the respective Lenders, and third to the
payment of any Breakage Costs. Any notice relating to any
prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.7(b)(ii) shall be
irrevocable.
(c)
(i) If on any Payment Date the amount paid pursuant to
Section 2.7(a)(v) and (vi) is insufficient to
cover all amounts due thereunder on such Payment Date the
Collateral Agent shall withdraw from the Reserve Account an amount
equal to the lesser of such shortfall and the amount of funds on
deposit in the Reserve Account (such withdrawal, a “
Reserve Advance ”) and deposit such amount to the
Collection Account. The Collateral Agent shall pay such amount to
the Deal Agent for payment to the Lenders.
(ii)
If on any Payment Date the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account
is insufficient to pay the insufficiency set forth in
Section 2.7(c)(i) , on or prior to 9:00 a.m.
(Cincinnati, Ohio time) Credit Acceptance shall deposit to the
Collection Account an amount equal to such insufficiency (each, a
“ Servicer Advance ”), and the Collateral Agent
shall pay such amount to the Deal Agent for payment to the Lenders.
Credit Acceptance shall not be required to make any Servicer
Advance to the extent it does not reasonably deem such amount to be
recoverable from future collections on the Loans.
(iii)
If on any Payment Date during the Amortization Period, the amount
paid pursuant to Section 2.7(a)(viii) is insufficient
to reduce Capital to zero, the Deal Agent, in its sole discretion,
may direct the Collateral Agent to withdraw any or all of the
amount on deposit in the Reserve Account, and pay such amount to
the Deal Agent, for payment to the Lenders in respect of interest
and principal and all other Aggregate Unpaids payable to the
Lenders at such time.
Section 2.8.
[Reserved.]
Section 2.9. Collections and
Allocations.
(a)
Collections . The Servicer shall transfer, or cause to be
transferred, all Collections on deposit in the form of available
funds in the Credit Acceptance Payment Account to the Collection
Account by the close of business on the second Business Day such
Collections are received therein. The Servicer shall promptly (but
in no event later than the second Business Day (or if the Backup
Servicer has become the Successor Servicer hereunder, the third
Business Day) after the receipt thereof) deposit all Collections
received directly by it in the Collection Account. The Servicer
shall make such deposits or payments on the date indicated therein
by wire transfer, in immediately available funds.
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(b)
Initial Deposits . On the Funding Date, the Servicer will
deposit (in immediately available funds) into the Collection
Account all Collections received on and after the applicable
Cut-Off Date and through and including the day immediately
preceding the Funding Date, in respect of the Loans.
(c)
Investment of Funds . (i) Until the occurrence of a
Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event, to the extent
there are uninvested amounts on deposit in the Collection Account
and the Reserve Account, all amounts therein shall be invested as
set forth in Section 6.7(c) .
(ii)
On the date on which Capital is reduced to zero and all Aggregate
Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, all Collateral
is released from the Lien of this Agreement, and this Agreement is
terminated, any amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account shall be
released to the Borrower.
(d)
Allocation of Collections . The Servicer will allocate
Collections monthly in accordance with the actual amount of
Collections received. The Servicer (including any applicable
Successor Servicer) shall determine each month the amount of
Collections received during such month which constitutes amounts
which, pursuant to the terms of any Dealer Agreement, are required
to be remitted to the applicable Dealer (such collections, “
Dealer Collections ”) and shall so notify the
Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the
Collateral Agent, at the direction of the Servicer, shall
distribute on each Payment Date: (i) to the Borrower, an
amount equal to the aggregate amount of Dealer Collections received
during or with respect to the prior Collection Period and
(ii) to the Backup Servicer, if it has become the Successor
Servicer, an amount equal to any Repossession Expenses related to
the prior Collection Period prior to the distribution of Available
Funds pursuant to Section 2.7 .
Section 2.10. Payments,
Computations, Etc .
(a) Unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, all amounts to be paid or
deposited by the Borrower or the Servicer hereunder shall be paid
or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than
10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the day when due in lawful money
of the United States in immediately available funds to the
Agent’s Account and the Deal Agent shall distribute such
amounts actually received by it to the Persons entitled thereto for
receipt no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time). Any amounts
received in the Agent’s Account after 10:00 a.m. (New
York time) shall be deemed to be received on the next subsequent
Business Day and the Deal Agent shall distribute such amounts to
the Persons entitled thereto no later than 11:00 a.m. (New
York time) on such next subsequent Business Day. The Borrower
shall, to the extent permitted by law, pay to the Secured Parties
interest on all amounts not paid or deposited when due hereunder
3.0% per annum above the Base Rate, payable on demand;
provided , however , that such interest rate shall
not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by Applicable
Law. All computations of interest and all computations of Yield and
other fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of
360 days for the actual number of days (including the first
but excluding the last day) elapsed.
(b) Whenever
any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than
a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and
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such
extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation
of payment of Yield, interest or any fee payable hereunder, as the
case may be.
(c) If
the Advance requested by the Borrower for any Funding Date and
approved by a Lender, its Liquidity Agent and the Deal Agent
pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 2.3 ,
is not for any reason made or effectuated, as the case may be, on
the requested Funding Date, the Borrower shall indemnify such
Lender against Breakage Costs, any reasonable loss, cost or expense
incurred by such Lender, including, without limitation, any loss
(including loss of anticipated profits, net of anticipated profits
in the reemployment of such funds in the manner determined by such
Lender), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to
fund or maintain the Funding.
Section 2.11.
[Reserved.]
Section 2.12. Fees.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay to the Deal Agent, for the account of each
Purchaser Group from the Collection Account on each Payment Date,
monthly in arrears, the Program Fee for each Purchaser Group agreed
to in each Fee Letter.
(b) The
Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee, monthly in
arrears in accordance with Section 2.7(a) .
(c) The
Backup Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Backup Servicing
Fee in accordance with Section 2.7(a) .
(d) The
Borrower shall pay to Mayer Brown LLP, as counsel to the Deal
Agent, on the Effective Date, their respective estimated reasonable
fees and out-of-pocket expenses in immediately available funds and
shall pay all additional reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses
of Mayer Brown LLP, within ten (10) Business Days after
receiving an invoice for such amounts.
Section 2.13. Increased
Costs; Capital Adequacy; Illegality .
(a) If
either (i) the introduction of or any change (including,
without limitation, any change by way of imposition or increase of
reserve requirements) in or in the interpretation of any law or
regulation or (ii) the compliance by an Affected Party with
any guideline or request from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law),
shall (A) subject an Affected Party to any Tax (except for Taxes on
the overall net income of such Affected Party imposed on it by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Affected Party is
organized), duty or other charge with respect to the Advance made
by it hereunder, or any right to make the Funding hereunder, or on
any payment made hereunder, (B) impose, modify or deem
applicable any reserve requirement (including, without limitation,
any reserve requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, but excluding any reserve requirement, if
any, included in the determination of Yield), special deposit or
similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the
amount of, or credit extended by, any Affected Party or
(C) impose any other condition affecting the Advance
made
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by it
hereunder or a Lender’s rights hereunder, the result of which
is to increase the cost to any Affected Party or to reduce the
amount of any sum received or receivable by an Affected Party under
this Agreement, then within ten days after demand by such Affected
Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting
forth the basis for such demand), the Borrower shall pay directly
to such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Affected Party for such additional or increased
cost incurred or such reduction suffered.
(b) If
either (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the
interpretation of any law, guideline, rule, regulation, directive
or request or (ii) compliance by any Affected Party with any
law, guideline, rule, regulation, directive or request from any
central bank or other governmental authority or agency (whether or
not having the force of law), including, without limitation,
compliance by an Affected Party with any request or directive
regarding capital adequacy, has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on the capital of any Affected Party as
a consequence of its obligations hereunder or arising in connection
herewith to a level below that which any such Affected Party could
have achieved but for such introduction, change or compliance
(taking into consideration the policies of such Affected Party with
respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Affected
Party to be material, then from time to time, within ten days after
demand by such Affected Party (which demand shall be accompanied by
a statement setting forth the basis for such demand), the Borrower
shall pay directly to such Affected Party such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Affected Party for such reduction.
For avoidance of doubt, any interpretation of Accounting Research
Bulletin No. 51 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
shall constitute an adoption, change, request or directive subject
to this subsection 2.13(b).
(c) If
as a result of any event or circumstance similar to those described
in clauses (a) or (b) of this section, any Affected Party
is required to compensate a bank or other financial institution
providing liquidity support, credit enhancement or other similar
support to such Affected Party in connection with this Agreement or
the funding or maintenance of the Advance hereunder, then within
ten days after demand by such Affected Party, the Borrower shall
pay to such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as may
be necessary to reimburse such Affected Party for any amounts
payable or paid by it.
(d) In
determining any amount provided for in this section, the Affected
Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Any
Affected Party making a claim under this section shall submit to
the Borrower a written description as to such additional or
increased cost or reduction and the calculation thereof, which
written description shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(e) If
a Lender shall notify the Deal Agent that a Eurodollar Disruption
Event as described in clause (a) of the definition of
“Eurodollar Disruption Event” has occurred, the Deal
Agent shall in turn so notify the Borrower, whereupon all Capital
in respect of which Yield accrues at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate
shall immediately be converted into Capital in respect of which
Yield accrues at the Base Rate.
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Section 2.14. Taxes
.
(a) All
payments made by an Obligor in respect of each Loan and each
Contract and all payments made by the Borrower, Originator or
Credit Acceptance under this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents will be made free and clear of and without deduction or
withholding for or on account of any Taxes. If any Taxes are
required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Deal Agent,
the Liquidity Agent or any Secured Party, then the amount payable
to such Person will be increased (such increase, the “
Additional Amount ”) such that every net payment made
under this Agreement after withholding for or on account of any
Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes on such increase)
is not less than the amount that would have been paid had no such
deduction or withholding been deducted or withheld. The foregoing
obligation to pay Additional Amounts, however, will not apply with
respect to net income or franchise taxes imposed on a Lender or the
Deal Agent, respectively, with respect to payments required to be
made by the Borrower or Credit Acceptance under this Agreement, by
a taxing jurisdiction in which such Lender or Deal Agent is
organized, conducts business or is paying taxes (in either case of
conducting business or paying taxes, other than solely as a result
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents) as of the Effective Date (as the case may
be).
(b) The
Borrower will indemnify each Affected Party for the full amount of
Taxes payable by such Person in respect of Additional Amounts and
any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto. All payments in respect of this
indemnification shall be made within ten days from the date a
written invoice therefor is delivered to the Borrower.
(c) The
Borrower will notify the Deal Agent and each Liquidity Agent on a
quarterly annual basis of any payments by the Borrower in respect
of any Taxes, not including those Taxes paid by Credit Acceptance
on a consolidated basis.
(d) If
a Lender is not created or organized under the laws of the United
States or a political subdivision thereof, such Lender shall
deliver to the Borrower, with a copy to the Deal Agent and each
Liquidity Agent, (i) within 15 days after the date
hereof, or, if such Lender becomes a Lender after the Closing Date,
the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder, two (or
such other number as may from time to time be prescribed by
Applicable Laws) duly completed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or Form
W-8ECI (or any successor forms or other certificates or statements
that may be required from time to time by the relevant United
States taxing authorities or Applicable Laws), as appropriate, to
permit the Borrower to make payments hereunder for the account of
such Lender, as the case may be, without deduction or withholding
of United States federal income or similar Taxes and (ii) upon
the obsolescence of or after the occurrence of any event requiring
a change in, any form or certificate previously delivered pursuant
to this Section 2.14(d) , copies (in such numbers as
may from time to time be prescribed by Applicable Laws or
regulations) of such additional, amended or successor forms,
certificates or statements as may be required under Applicable Laws
or regulations to permit the Borrower to make payments hereunder
for the account of such Lender, without deduction or withholding of
United States federal income or similar Taxes.
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(e) If,
in connection with an agreement or other document providing
liquidity support, credit enhancement or other similar support to
the Lenders in connection with this Agreement or the funding or
maintenance of the Funding hereunder, the Lenders are required to
compensate a bank or other financial institution in respect of
Taxes under circumstances similar to those described in this
section then within 10 days after demand by the Lenders, the
Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such additional amount or amounts
as may be necessary to reimburse the Lenders for any amounts paid
by them.
(f) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower
hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained
in this section shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
Section 2.15. Assignment of
the Contribution Agreement . The Borrower hereby assigns to the
Deal Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties
hereunder, all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in
and to, but none of its obligations under, the Contribution
Agreement, the Hedging Agreement and any other Transaction
Documents. The Borrower confirms that the Deal Agent on behalf of
the Secured Parties shall have the sole right to enforce the
Borrower’s rights and remedies under the Contribution
Agreement and the Hedging Agreement for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
Section 2.16. Servicer
Clean-up Call .
(a)
(i) On any Payment Date after the last day of any Collection
Period during the Amortization Period as of which the amount of
Capital shall be less than or equal to 10% of the amount of Capital
as of the beginning of the Amortization Period, Credit Acceptance
shall have the option to purchase the Loans, subsequent Collections
and Related Security for a price equal to the aggregate Release
Price for the Loans. To exercise such option, Credit Acceptance
shall deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to such
aggregate Release Price plus accrued Yield, Hedge Costs and
Breakage Costs in immediately available funds. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Credit Acceptance shall not exercise such option unless
the amount so deposited equals or exceeds the Retransfer Price for
the Loans.
(ii) Credit
Acceptance shall have the right to purchase from time to time
Loans, subsequent Collections and Related Security (as selected by
the Borrower without adverse selection) so long as in the aggregate
such purchases do not exceed 1.0% of the Loans based upon the
Aggregate Outstanding Eligible Loan Net Balance on the date of
purchase, for an amount equal to the greater of: (A) the
Release Price plus any accrued Yield, Hedging Costs and Breakage
Costs related to such Loans; and (B) the aggregate fair market
value of such Loans. Such amount shall be paid by depositing
immediately available funds in the Collection Account.
(iii) Credit
Acceptance shall give at least 2 Business Days’ notice to the
Collateral Agent, each Liquidity Agent and the Deal Agent of its
intent to exercise either of the foregoing options.
(b) The
Borrower hereby agrees to pay the reasonable legal fees and
expenses of the Deal Agent, any Successor Servicer, the Liquidity
Agents and the Lenders in connection with any such purchase option
(including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in
connection
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with the
release of the Lien of the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and any
other party having such an interest in the Loans).
(c) In
connection with any such purchase option, on the related date of
purchase, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall, at
the expense of the Borrower: (i) arrange for the execution by
the Lenders of such instruments of release with respect to the
Loans being released, in favor of the Borrower and the purchaser as
the Borrower or purchaser may reasonably request, including without
limitation, a release in the form of Exhibit G hereto;
(ii) deliver any portion of the Loans to be released in its
possession to the Borrower or purchaser; and (iii) otherwise take
such actions, and cause or permit the Collateral Agent to take such
actions, as are necessary and appropriate to release the Lien of
the Collateral Agent on the Loans to be released and deliver to the
Borrower or purchaser such Loans; provided , that the
Collateral Agent shall not have the power or authority to sign any
document in the name of RFC.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING AND EACH FUNDING
Section 3.1. Conditions to
the Closing and the Initial Funding . The Closing Date shall
not occur and no Lender shall be obligated to make an Advance
hereunder on the occasion of the Initial Funding, nor shall any
Lender, the Deal Agent, the Liquidity Agent, the Backup Servicer or
the Collateral Agent be obligated to take, fulfill or perform any
other action hereunder, until (i) in the case of the Closing
Date, the conditions set forth in clauses (a)(i) (other than with
respect to the Hedging Agreements), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(f) and (j) and (ii) in the case of the Initial
Funding, all of the following conditions, after giving effect to
the proposed Advance, in each case, have been satisfied, in the
sole discretion of, or waived in writing by, the Deal Agent:
(a)
(i) Each Transaction Document, each Liquidity Agreement and
the Bridge Loan Agreement shall have been duly executed by, and
delivered to, the parties hereto and thereto and the Deal Agent
shall have received such other documents, instruments, agreements
and legal opinions as the Deal Agent shall request in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including,
without limitation, all those specified in the Schedule of
Documents attached hereto as Schedule I, each in form and
substance satisfactory to the Deal Agent, and (ii) the
executed Notes in the aggregate face amount of $50,000,000 shall
have been delivered to the Deal Agent.
(b) The
Deal Agent shall have received (i) satisfactory evidence that
the Borrower, the Originator and Credit Acceptance have obtained
all required consents and approvals of all Persons, including all
requisite Governmental Authorities, to the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to which each is a party and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) an Officer’s
Certificate from each of the Borrower, the Originator and Credit
Acceptance in form and substance satisfactory to the Deal Agent
affirming that no such consents or approvals are required; it being
understood that the acceptance of such evidence or officer’s
certificate shall in no way limit the recourse of the Deal Agent or
any Secured Party against the Borrower, the Originator or Credit
Acceptance for a breach of its representation or warranty that all
such consents and approvals have, in fact, been obtained.
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(c) The
Borrower, the Originator and Credit Acceptance shall each be in
compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and
shall have delivered a Certificate to the Deal Agent as to this and
other closing matters.
(d) The
Borrower shall have paid all fees required to be paid by it on the
Closing Date, including all fees required hereunder and under the
Fee Letter related to the Fifth Third Purchaser Group, and shall
have reimbursed each Lender, the Backup Servicer, the Deal Agent
and the Collateral Agent for all fees, costs and expenses of
closing the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other
Transaction Documents, including the attorney fees and any other
legal and document preparation costs incurred by any Lender, the
Backup Servicer, the Deal Agent and/or the Collateral Agent.
(e) No
Amortization Event, Termination Event or Unmatured Termination
Event shall have occurred.
(f) No
Servicer Termination Event or Potential Servicer Termination Event
shall have occurred.
(g) No
adverse selection procedures were used by the Borrower with respect
to the Loans, Contracts or Dealer Agreements.
(h) The
Borrower shall have deposited to the Reserve Account an amount
equal to 1.0% of the Capital after giving effect to the proposed
Advance.
(i) The
Hedging Agreement shall be in effect.
(j) The
Borrower shall have deposited $500,000 to the Reserve
Account.
Section 3.2. Conditions
Precedent To All Fundings . Each request for a Funding
hereunder (each, a “ Transaction ”) shall be
subject to the further conditions precedent:
(a) With
respect to any Advance (including the Initial Funding), the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Deal Agent and the Liquidity
Agents, on or prior to the date of the Advance in form and
substance satisfactory to the Deal Agent, (i) the Funding
Notice and (ii) Exhibit A to the Contribution Agreement,
including the Schedule of Loans and Contracts attached thereto,
thereto dated within two (2) Business Days prior to the date
of the Advance and containing such additional information as may be
reasonably requested by the Deal Agent.
(b) On
the date of such Transaction the following statements shall be true
and the Borrower shall be deemed to have certified that, after
giving effect to the proposed Advance and pledge of Additional
Loans:
(i)
The representations and warranties contained in
Sections 4.1 , 4.2 and 4.3 are true and
correct on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day
and shall be deemed to have been made on such day;
(ii)
On and as of such day, after giving effect to the proposed Advance,
(A) the outstanding Capital does not exceed the lesser of
(1) the Borrowing Base and (2)
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the Facility
Limit and (B) with respect to each Purchaser Group the
aggregate Capital funded or maintained by the Lender in such
Purchaser Group does not exceed the total Commitments of the
Investors in such Purchaser Group or its Purchaser Group Facility
Limit;
(iii)
On and as of such day, the Borrower, the Originator and the
Servicer each has performed all of the agreements contained in this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party to be performed by such person at or prior to such day;
and
(iv)
No law or regulation shall prohibit, and no order, judgment or
decree of any federal, state or local court or governmental body,
agency or instrumentality shall prohibit or enjoin, the making of
the Funding by the Lender in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
(c) The
Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent the
information described in Section 2.2(a)(iii) .
(d) All
financing statements necessary to perfect the Collateral
Agent’s first priority security interest in the Collateral
shall have been filed in the appropriate filing offices.
(e) Forecasted
Collections for the Aggregate Outstanding Eligible Loan Net Balance
(after giving effect to the proposed Advance) shall be greater than
or equal to Capital, after giving effect to the proposed
Advance.
(f)
(i) All other documents, opinions, certificates and documents
listed on Schedule I hereto shall have been delivered to the
Deal Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Deal Agent
and its counsel and (ii) all conditions required to be
satisfied in the Contribution Agreement shall have been
satisfied.
(g) No
Amortization Event, Termination Event or Unmatured Termination
Event shall have occurred.
(h) No
Servicer Termination Event or any event, that with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer
Termination Event shall have occurred.
(i) No
adverse selection procedures were used by the Borrower with respect
to the Loans, Contracts or Dealer Agreements.
(j) The
Borrower shall have deposited to the Reserve Account an amount
equal to 1.0% of the Capital after giving effect to the proposed
Advance. In addition, the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account
shall not be less than the Required Reserve Account Amount.
(k) The
Hedging Agreement shall be in effect.
(l) There
shall be no litigation, proceeding or investigation, to the best
knowledge of the Borrower and Servicer, threatened against the
Borrower or the Servicer, before any Governmental Authority
(i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any
other
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Transaction Document to which the Borrower or Servicer is a party,
(ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which the Borrower or Servicer is a party
or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could
reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect.
(m) The
Deal Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or
documents as the Deal Agent or its counsel may reasonably
require.
Section 3.3. Conditions to
Effectiveness of this Loan and Security Agreement. This Loan
and Security Agreement shall not become effective until:
(a) Each
document specified in the Schedule of Documents attached hereto has
been duly executed by, and delivered to, the parties hereto and
thereto and the Deal Agent has received all such executed
documents.
(b) the
executed Notes in the face amounts representing the Commitment
Amount of each Purchaser Group have been delivered to each
Purchaser Group.
(c) The
Deal Agent has received such other approvals, opinions or documents
as the Deal Agent or its counsel may reasonably require.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.1. Representations
and Warranties of the Borrower . The Borrower represents and
warrants to the Collateral Agent, the Deal Agent, any Successor
Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the Secured Parties on the
Closing Date, and on each date thereafter until the Collection
Date, as follows:
(a)
Organization and Good Standing . The Borrower has been duly
organized, and is validly existing as a limited liability company
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with all
requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and
conduct its business as such business is presently conducted, and
the Borrower had at all relevant times, and now has all necessary
power, authority and legal right to acquire, own and pledge the
Collateral and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b)
Due Qualification . The Borrower is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing as a limited liability company and
has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all
jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, licenses or
approvals.
(c)
Power and Authority; Due Authorization . The Borrower:
(i) has all necessary power, authority and legal right to:
(A) execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (B) carry out
the terms of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and
(C) transfer and assign each Loan, Related Security and all
other Collateral on the terms and conditions herein provided and
(ii) has duly authorized by all necessary action the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transfer and
assignment of the Loans,
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Related
Security and all other Collateral on the terms and conditions
herein provided. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document
to which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by
it.
(d)
Binding Obligation . This Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, each
enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms,
subject to any defense, if any, arising out of a breach or other
action or inaction of a party thereto other than the Borrower or
any Affiliate of the Borrower.
(e)
No Violation . The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and
thereof will not (i) conflict with, result in any breach of
any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the
Borrower’s certificate of formation, operating agent or any
Contractual Obligation of the Borrower, (ii) result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien upon any of the Borrower’s
properties pursuant to the terms of any such Contractual
Obligation, other than this Agreement, or (iii) violate any
Applicable Law.
(f)
No Proceedings . There is no litigation, proceeding or
investigation pending against the Borrower, before any Governmental
Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party,
(ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party or
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would
reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect and is
reasonably expected to occur.
(g)
All Consents Required . All approvals, authorizations,
consents, orders or other actions of any Person or of any
Governmental Authority (if any) required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and any
other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party have
been obtained except where the failure to so obtain is not
reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(h)
Bulk Sales . The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement do not require compliance with any “bulk
sales” act or similar law by Borrower.
(i)
Solvency . The transactions under this Agreement and any
other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party do not
and will not render the Borrower not Solvent and the Borrower shall
deliver to the Deal Agent on the Closing Date and the Effective
Date a certification in the form of Exhibit F. The Originator
has confirmed in writing to the Borrower that, so long as the
Borrower is Solvent, the Originator will not cause the Borrower to
file a voluntary petition under the Bankruptcy Code or any other
Insolvency Laws and, in any event, no such action shall be taken
other than in accordance with and as permitted by the
Borrower’s organizational documents.
(j)
Selection Procedures . No procedures believed by the
Borrower to be adverse to the interests of the Collateral Agent or
the Lenders were utilized by the Borrower in
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identifying and/or selecting Loans or Dealer Agreements. In
addition, each Loan shall have been underwritten in accordance with
and satisfy the standards of any Credit Guidelines that has been
established by the Borrower or the Originator and is then in
effect.
(k)
Taxes . The Borrower has filed or caused to be filed all tax
returns that are required to be filed by it. The Borrower has paid
or made adequate provisions for the payment of all Taxes and all
assessments made against it or any of its property (other than any
amount of Tax the validity of which is currently being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which
reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of
the Borrower), and no tax lien has been filed and, to the
Borrower’s knowledge, no claim is being asserted, with
respect to any such Tax, fee or other charge.
(l)
Exchange Act Compliance; Regulations T, U and X . None of
the transactions contemplated herein (including, without
limitation, the use of the proceeds from the pledge of the
Collateral) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7
of the Securities Exchange Act, or any regulations issued pursuant
thereto, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R.,
Chapter II. The Borrower does not own or intend to carry or
purchase, and no proceeds from the pledge of the Collateral will be
used to carry or purchase, any “margin stock” within
the meaning of Regulation U or to extend “purchase
credit” within the meaning of Regulation U.
(m)
Quality of Title . Each Loan, together with the Related
Security related thereto, shall, at all times, be owned by the
Borrower free and clear of any Lien except as provided in
Section 4.2(a)(iii) , and upon each Funding, the
Collateral Agent as agent for the Secured Parties shall acquire a
valid and perfected first priority security interest in such Loans,
the Related Security related thereto and all Collections then
existing or thereafter arising, free and clear of any Lien, except
as provided in Section 4.2(a)(iii) . No effective
financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering
any Loan or Dealer Agreement shall at any time be on file in any
recording office except such as may be filed (i) in favor of
the Borrower in accordance with the Contribution Agreement or
(ii) in favor of the Collateral Agent in accordance with this
Agreement.
(n)
Security Interest . The Borrower has granted a security
interest (as defined in the UCC) to the Collateral Agent, as agent
for the Secured Parties, in the Collateral, which is enforceable in
accordance with applicable law upon execution and delivery of this
Agreement. Upon the filing of UCC-1 financing statements naming the
Collateral Agent as secured party and the Borrower as debtor, the
Collateral Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, shall have a
first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral. All
filings (including, without limitation, such UCC filings) as are
necessary in any jurisdiction to perfect the interest of the
Collateral Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, in the
Collateral have been made.
(o)
Accuracy of Information . All information heretofore
furnished by the Borrower (including without limitation, the
Monthly Report and Credit Acceptance’s financial statements)
to the Deal Agent, Collateral Agent, any Liquidity Agent or any
Lender for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document, or any transaction contemplated hereby
or thereby, will be true, correct, complete and accurate in every
material respect, on the date such information is stated or
certified.
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(p)
Location of Offices . The principal place of business and
chief executive office of the Borrower and the of
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