U.S. $325,000,000
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 24, 2009
Among
CAC WAREHOUSE FUNDING CORPORATION II
as the Borrower
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION
as the Servicer and Custodian
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as an Investor, and the other Investors
from time to time party hereto
VARIABLE FUNDING
CAPITAL COMPANY LLC
as a CP Conduit and a Lender, and the other CP Conduits
from time to time party hereto
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES,
LLC
as the Deal Agent
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as the Liquidity Agent for the VFCC Purchaser Group, and the
other Liquidity Agents from time to time party hereto
and
WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as the Backup Servicer and the Collateral Agent
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Certain Defined Terms
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Other Terms
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Computation of Time Periods
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Interpretation
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ARTICLE IITHE LOAN
FACILITY
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Funding of the Advance
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Grant of Security Interest; Acceptance by
Collateral Agent
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Procedures for Funding of Advances
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Determination of Yield
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Reduction of the
Facility Limit and a Purchaser Group Facility Limit;
Repurchase
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Actions with Respect to Advance
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Settlement Procedures
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Collections and Allocations
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Payments, Computations, Etc
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Fees
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Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy;
Illegality
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Taxes
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Assignment of the Contribution Agreement
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Take-Out
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING, EACH FUNDING AND
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
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Conditions to the Closing and the Initial
Funding
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Conditions Precedent To All Fundings
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ARTICLE
IVREPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Representations and Warranties of the
Borrower
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Representations
and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Loans and the
Related Contracts
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Representations and Warranties of the
Servicer
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Representations and Warranties of the Backup
Servicer
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Breach of Representations and Warranties
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ARTICLE VGENERAL
COVENANTS
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Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower
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Negative Covenants of the Borrower
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Covenant of the Borrower Relating to the
Hedging Agreement
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Affirmative Covenants of the Servicer
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Negative Covenants of the Servicer
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Negative Covenants of the Backup Servicer
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ARTICLE VIADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
CONTRACTS
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Servicing
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Duties of the Servicer and Custodian
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Rights After Designation of Successor
Servicer
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Responsibilities of the Borrower
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Reports
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Additional
Representations and Warranties of Credit Acceptance as
Servicer
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Establishment of the Accounts
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Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer
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Annual Independent Public Accountant’s
Servicing Reports
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The Servicer Not to Resign
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Servicer Termination Events
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Appointment of Successor Servicer
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Responsibilities of the Borrower
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Segregated Payment Account
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ARTICLE VIIBACKUP
SERVICER
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Designation of the Backup Servicer
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Duties of the Backup Servicer
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Backup Servicing Compensation
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ARTICLE IXSECURITY
INTEREST
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Security Agreement
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Release of Lien
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Further Assurances
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Remedies
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Waiver of Certain Laws
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Power of Attorney
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ARTICLE
XTERMINATION EVENTS
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Termination Events
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Remedies
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ARTICLE
XIINDEMNIFICATION
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Indemnities by the Servicer
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After-Tax Basis
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ARTICLE XIITHE DEAL AGENT AND THE LIQUIDITY
AGENTS
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Authorization and Action
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Delegation of Duties
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Exculpatory Provisions
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Reliance
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Non-Reliance on
Deal Agent, Liquidity Agents, Collateral Agent and Other
Lenders
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Reimbursement and Indemnification
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Deal Agent,
Liquidity Agents and Collateral Agent in their Individual
Capacities
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Successor Deal Agent, Liquidity Agents or
Collateral Agent
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ARTICLE
XIIIASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
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Assignments and Participations
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Amendments and Waivers
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Notices, Etc
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Ratable Payments
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No Waiver; Remedies
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Binding Effect; Benefit of Agreement
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Term of this Agreement
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Governing Law;
Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Objection to Venue
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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Costs, Expenses and Taxes
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No Proceedings
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Recourse Against Certain Parties
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Protection of
Right, Title and Interest in Assets; Further Action Evidencing the
Funding
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Confidentiality; Tax Treatment Disclosure
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Execution in Counterparts; Severability;
Integration
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Waiver of Setoff
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT B
EXHIBIT C
EXHIBIT D
EXHIBIT E
EXHIBIT F
EXHIBIT G
EXHIBIT H
EXHIBIT I
EXHIBIT J-1
EXHIBIT J-2
EXHIBIT J-3
EXHIBIT J-4
EXHIBIT J-5
EXHIBIT J-6
EXHIBIT K
EXHIBIT L
EXHIBIT M
EXHIBIT N
EXHIBIT O
EXHIBIT P
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Form of Funding Notice
Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Form of Monthly Report
Form of Joinder
Form of Hedging Agreement (including Schedule and Confirmation)
Form of Officer’s Certificate as to Solvency
Form of Take-Out Release
Form of Contribution Agreement
Form of Variable Funding Note
Form 1 of Dealer Agreement
Form 2 of Dealer Agreement
Form 3 of Dealer Agreement
Form 4 of Dealer Agreement
Form 5 of Dealer Agreement
Form 6 of Dealer Agreement
[Reserved]
Forms of Contracts
[Reserved]
[Reserved]
Form of Backup Servicing Agreement
Form of Purchase Agreement
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SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE II
SCHEDULE III
SCHEDULE IV
SCHEDULE V
SCHEDULE VI
SCHEDULE VII
SCHEDULE VIII
SCHEDULE IX
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Condition Precedent Documents
Credit Guidelines
Tradenames, Fictitious Names and “Doing Business As”
Names
Location of Records and Contract Files
Loan and Contract List
Collection Guidelines
Forecasted Collections
Commitment Amount of Each Investor
List of Dealer Agreements and Pools
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SCHEDULE X Condition Precedent
Documents Relating to Amendment and RestatementS.NEXTTHIS THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “
Agreement ”) is made as of August 24, 2009,
among:
(1) CAC WAREHOUSE FUNDING
CORPORATION II, a Nevada corporation, (the “ Borrower
”);
(2) CREDIT ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation, (“ Credit
Acceptance ”, the “ Originator ”, the
“ Servicer ” or the “ Custodian
”);
(3) WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as an investor for the VFCC Purchaser Group (an
“ Investor ”) and the other Investors from time
to time party hereto;
(4) VARIABLE FUNDING CAPITAL
COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
VFCC ”, a “ CP Conduit ” or a
“ Lender ”) and the other CP Conduits from time
to time party hereto;
(5) WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
(formerly known as Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC), a Delaware
limited liability company (“ WFS ”), as deal
agent (the “ Deal Agent ”);
(6) WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association with its headquarters
in Charlotte, North Carolina (“ Wachovia ”), as
the liquidity agent for the VFCC Purchaser Group (a “
Liquidity Agent ”) and the other Liquidity Agents from
time to time party hereto;
(7) WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“ Wells
Fargo ”), as backup servicer (the “ Backup
Servicer ”); and
(8) WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as collateral agent
(the “ Collateral Agent ”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Credit
Acceptance, Wachovia, in its capacity as Investor and in its
capacity as Liquidity Agent, VFCC, WFS, in its capacity as Deal
Agent and in its capacity as Collateral Agent and Systems &
Services Technologies Inc. as backup servicer, have entered into a
Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
August 31, 2007, as amended by (i) that certain Amendment
No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of December 21, 2007, (ii) that
certain Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Loan
and Security Agreement dated as of February 13, 2008,
(iii) that certain Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and
Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 10, 2008
and (iv) that certain Amendment No. 4 to Second Amended
and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
August 27, 2008 (as amended through the date hereof, the
“ Existing Loan and Security Agreement ”);
and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to
amend and restate the Existing Loan and Security Agreement in its
entirety as provided herein.
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 : For any
Payment Date, the calendar month immediately preceding such Payment
Date.
Addition Date : (a) With
respect to any open Pool, the date on which any additional Dealer
Loans are added to such Pool. (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.
Additional Conduit : Each
commercial paper conduit which satisfies the conditions set forth
in the definition of “Eligible Assignee” and 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 Cut-Off Date : Each
date on and after which Collections on an Additional Loan are to be
transferred to the Collateral.
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).
Administration Agreement :
That certain Amended and Restated Administration Agreement, dated
as of July 1, 1998, executed between VFCC and Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC, as the same may be amended, supplemented, or
otherwise modified from time to time.
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, WFS, any
successor to WFS as Deal Agent, any sub-agent of the Deal Agent,
Wachovia and any successor to any initial 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 Wachovia Bank, National Association 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 and all other
amounts owed by the Borrower hereunder, under any Hedging Agreement
(including, without limitation, 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 Payment
Rate averaged for any three (3) consecutive Collection Periods
is less than 5.0%; (ii) on any Determination Date, the average
Net Yield Percentage for the preceding three (3) Collection
Periods with respect to which Net Yield Percentage was calculated
is less than 2.0%; (iii) the Weighted Average Performing
Advance Rate exceeds 48.0%; (iv) a Reserve Advance is made,
except if on the date of such Reserve Advance, the Capital is zero;
(v) Collections are less than 75.0% of Forecasted Collections
for any two (2) consecutive Collection Periods; or
(vi) the Commitment Termination Date.
Amortization Period : With
respect to each Purchaser Group, 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 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; and (v) all amounts
paid under any Dealer Agreement.
Backup Servicer : Wells Fargo
or any Person designated as a successor backup servicer following
Wells Fargo’s removal as Backup Servicer pursuant to the
terms of the Backup Servicing Agreement.
Backup Servicing Agreement :
The Backup Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2009,
among Wells Fargo, the Servicer, the Deal Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the Borrower, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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% or (c) the LIBOR Rate.
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 II, a Nevada corporation.
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 (or,
in the case of a CP Conduit, its Liquidity Agent) in such
Person’s sole discretion) as a result of a prepayment by the
Borrower of Capital or Yield.
Business Day : Any day other
than a Saturday or a Sunday on which (a) banks are not
required or authorized to be closed in New York City, New York,
Charlotte, North Carolina, Detroit, Michigan, Minneapolis,
Minnesota or Nevada, or if the Backup Servicer has become the
Servicer, Minnesota and (b) if the term “Business
Day” is used in connection with the determination of the
LIBOR Rate, 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; provided , further ,
that the aggregate amount of Capital may not, at any time, exceed
the lesser of: (i) the Facility Limit and (ii) the
Borrowing Base.
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 capital stock of the Borrower; or
(b) the failure by Originator to
own all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Borrower.
Closing Date :
September 30, 2003.
Code : The Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral : Defined in
Section 2.2(a).
Collateral Agent : Wells
Fargo, and its successors and 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 or the Borrower 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.
Commercial Paper Notes : With
respect to any CP Conduit, on any day, any short-term promissory
notes issued by such CP Conduit.
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 :
With respect to each Purchaser Group, August 23, 2010.
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
Amended and Restated 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 Conduit : VFCC and any
Additional Conduit.
CP Rate : (a) With
respect to VFCC, for any day during any Accrual Period, the per
annum rate equivalent to the weighted average of the per annum
rates paid or payable by VFCC from time to time as interest on or
otherwise (by means of interest rate hedges or otherwise taking
into consideration any incremental carrying costs associated with
short-term promissory notes issued by VFCC maturing on dates other
than those certain dates on which VFCC is to receive funds) in
respect of the promissory notes issued by VFCC that are allocated,
in whole or in part, by the Deal Agent (on behalf of VFCC) to fund
or maintain Capital during such period, as determined by the Deal
Agent (on behalf of VFCC) and reported to the Borrower and the
Servicer, which rates shall reflect and give effect to (i) the
commissions of placement agents and dealers in respect of such
promissory notes, to the extent such commissions are allocated, in
whole or in part, to such promissory notes by the Deal Agent (on
behalf of VFCC) and (ii) other borrowings by VFCC, including,
without limitation, borrowings to fund small or odd dollar amounts
that are not easily accommodated in the commercial paper market;
provided , however , that if any component of such
rate is a discount rate, in calculating the CP Rate, the Deal Agent
shall for such component use the rate resulting from converting
such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per
annum; and (b) with respect to any other CP Conduit, the rate
identified as the “CP Rate” in the Joinder related to
its Purchaser Group.
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, 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, the Third Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Loan
Agreement dated June 14, 2007, the Fourth Amendment to Fourth
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated January 25, 2008,
the Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as
of July 31, 2008, the Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated
Loan Agreement dated as of December 9, 2008, and the Seventh
Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of June
15, 2009; 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, August 31, 2003, 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.
Dealer Collections : Defined
in Section 2.9(d).
Dealer Concentration Limit :
With respect to any Dealer, an amount equal to, in the case of
Dealer Loans related to any Dealer, 4.0% of the aggregate Net Loan
Balance of Dealer Loans, on the Funding Date.
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.
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 (x) the day it becomes 90 days delinquent,
based on the date the last payment thereon was received by the
Servicer and (y) the day on which an auction check is posted
to the relevant account.
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.
Dissenting Investor : Defined
in Section 2.1(b)(ii).
Downgraded Investor : Defined
in Section 2.5(b).
Effective Date : The date this
Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement becomes
effective, which shall be August 24, 2009.
Eligible Assignee : With
respect to any CP Conduit: (a) a Person whose short-term
rating is at least A-1 from S&P and P-1 from Moody’s, or
whose obligations under this Agreement are guaranteed by a Person
whose short-term rating is at least A-1 from S&P and P-1 from
Moody’s, or (b) such other Person satisfactory to such
CP Conduit, the Deal Agent and each of the rating agencies rating
the Commercial Paper Notes of such CP Conduit.
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) 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;
(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 to payment thereunder to the Collateral Agent
and the Secured Parties, no right to payment 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;
(i) as to which Credit
Acceptance, the Servicer and the Borrower have satisfied all
obligations to be fulfilled at the time the rights to payment
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, at the
time of its pledge to the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties, 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:
(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, in
connection with the creation of such Dealer Loan or the execution,
delivery and performance by the Borrower, 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 security interest in such Dealer Loan, related
security and in the Proceeds thereof has been granted by the
Originator in favor of the Borrower and by the Borrower in favor of
the Collateral Agent;
(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, the Servicer 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 none of Credit
Acceptance, the Servicer nor the Borrower has done anything, at the
time of its pledge to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties,
to impair the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties;
(p) is 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.
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 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;
(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 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 the
Servicer 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 of such date
certificate of title with respect to such Financed Vehicle as to
which the Servicer 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 Dealer Loans.
Facility Limit : $325,000,000;
or as such amount may vary from time to time upon the written
agreement of the Borrower, Credit Acceptance, the Deal Agent and
the Liquidity Agents; 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, and; provided ,
further , if the Termination Date occurs with respect to
fewer than all Purchaser Groups, the Facility Limit shall be equal
to the sum of the Purchaser Group Facility Limits for each
Purchaser Group for which the Termination Date has not occurred
plus the outstanding Capital on the Termination Date for
each Purchaser Group for which the Termination Date has
occurred.
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 Wachovia and confirmed in Federal Reserve Board
Statistical Release H.15(519) or any successor or substitute
publication selected by Wachovia (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 Wachovia, to be the rate at which federal funds are
being offered for sale in the national federal funds market at 9:00
a.m. Charlotte, North Carolina time.
Fee Letter : With respect to
each Purchaser Group, the Fee Letter, dated as of the date hereof,
in the case of the VFCC Purchaser Group, or in the case of any
other Purchaser Group, the date of the Joinder related to such
Purchaser Group, among the Borrower, Wachovia and the Deal Agent,
in the case of VFCC and among the Borrower, the Servicer, the Deal
Agent and the related Liquidity Agent, in the case of any other
Purchaser Group, as any such letter may be amended, modified,
supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.
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.
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 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, and as to any Incremental Funding, the second
Business Day immediately following receipt by the Deal Agent and
the Liquidity Agents of a Funding Notice, delivered in accordance
with Section 2.2, provided that such Funding Notice is
received by 5:00 pm, Charlotte time.
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 not be unreasonably
withheld), 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 VFCC Purchaser
Group, and each “Confirmation” thereunder confirming
the specific terms of each such Hedge Transaction.
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 that increases the aggregate
outstanding Capital hereunder.
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 :
$325,000,000.
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, 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 VFCC Purchaser Group, Wachovia Bank, National Association, 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.
Issuer : VFCC, each CP Conduit
and any other Lender, whose principal business consists of issuing
commercial paper or other securities to fund its acquisition or
maintenance of receivables, accounts, instruments, chattel paper,
general intangibles and other similar assets.
Joinder : With respect to each
Purchaser Group, other than the VFCC Purchaser Group, the agreement
among a CP Conduit, 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, VFCC
and its related Investors, each other CP Conduit 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 and any day during any Accrual Period, an interest rate
per annum equal to:
(i) the
posted rate for 30-day deposits in United States Dollars appearing
on Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
Business Day which is the second Business Day immediately preceding
the first day of the applicable Accrual Period; or
(ii) if no
such rate appears on Telerate page 3750 at such time and day, then
the LIBOR Rate shall be determined by Wachovia at its principal
office in Charlotte, North Carolina as its rate (each such
determination, absent manifest error, to be conclusive and binding
on all parties hereto and their assignees) at which 30-day deposits
in United States Dollars are being, have been, or would be offered
or quoted by Wachovia to major banks in the applicable interbank
market for Eurodollar deposits at or about 11:00 a.m.
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on such day.
Lien : With respect to any
Loan, Dealer Agreement or Contract, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind (other than
any tax liens, mechanics’ liens, liens of collection
attorneys or agents collecting the property subject to such tax
lien or mechanics’ lien and any liens which attach thereto by
operation of law).
Liquidity Agent : With respect
to the VFCC Purchaser Group, Wachovia Bank, National Association,
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 VFCC, the Liquidity Purchase Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, among VFCC, as seller, the Investors
named therein, WCM, as deal agent and documentation agent, and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as liquidity agent, as amended
and (b) with respect to each other CP Conduit, 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 Conduit’s portion of the Capital.
Liquidity Bank : (i) With
respect to VFCC, each liquidity bank that is a party to the
Liquidity Agreement and (ii) with respect to each other CP
Conduit any bank, insurance company or other financial institution
extending or having a commitment to extend funds to or for the
account of such CP Conduit (including by an agreement to purchase
an assignment of or participation in such CP Conduit’s
portion of the Capital) under a Liquidity Agreement. Each Investor
shall be deemed to be a Liquidity Bank for its related CP
Conduit.
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).
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.
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.
Net Yield Percentage : For any
Collection Period in which a Take-Out does not occur, the ratio,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to the
product of (i) 12 and (ii) the excess of (A) the
product of (I) Collections (for the respective Collection
Period) and (II) 20% over (B) the sum of amounts
distributed under Section 2.7(a)(i) through (v) and the
denominator of which is equal to the average of the
(i) Borrowing Base as of the first day of such Collection
Period and (ii) Borrowing Base as of the last day of such
Collection Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the Net Yield
Percentage will not be required to be calculated for any Collection
Period in which a Take-Out occurs.
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 Deal Agent, in the
case of the VFCC 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 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.
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 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 the
Funding Date, exceeds the Dealer Concentration Limit described in
clause (i) of the definition of Dealer Concentration
Limit.
Payment Date : The fifteenth
(15 th ) day of each calendar month or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
Payment Rate : With respect to
any Collection Period, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is equal to Collections received during such
Collection Period and the denominator of which is equal to the
Aggregate Outstanding Eligible Loan Net Balance as of the first day
of such Collection Period.
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;
(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;
and
(g) money market mutual funds
(including funds for which the Collateral Agent may act as a
sponsor or advisor or for which the Collateral Agent may receive
fee income) having a rating, at the time of such investment, from
the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted
thereby.
Each of the Permitted Investments may
be purchased by the Collateral Agent or through an Affiliate of the
Collateral Agent.
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 by 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.
Prime Rate : The rate
announced by Wachovia 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 Wachovia 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 “Purchased
Loan” shall, for purposes of this Agreement, include only
those Purchased Loans identified from time to time on
Schedule V hereto.
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
Conduit, 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 VFCC Purchaser Group, $325,000,000, subject to reduction as
provided herein.
Qualified Institution :
Defined in Section 6.7(a) .
Rating Agency : Each of
S&P, Moody’s and any other rating agency that has been
requested to issue a rating with respect to the commercial paper
notes issued by the Issuer.
Records : The Dealer
Agreements, Contracts, Contract Files 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 interest in:
(i) the
Dealer Agreements (other than Excluded Dealer Agreement Rights, but
including 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;
(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 Dealer Loan
includes all rights arising after the end of the Revolving Period
under such Dealer Loan which rights are attributable to advances
made under such Dealer Loan as the result of Dealer Loan Contracts
being added after the last date of the last full Collection Period
during the Revolving Period to the identifiable group of Dealer
Loan Contracts to which such Dealer Loan relates.
Release Date : As defined in
Section 4.5(b).
Release Price : As defined in
Section 4.5(a).
Released Contract Price : As
defined in Section 4.5(c).
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 Reports :
Collectively, the Monthly Report and the quarterly financial
statement of the Servicer required to be delivered to the Deal
Agent and the Liquidity Agents pursuant to Section 6.5
hereof.
Required Reserve Account
Amount : With respect to any date of determination, an amount
equal to the product of (i) 1.0% and (ii) the Capital on
such date (after the application of funds pursuant to
Section 2.7 on the related Payment Date plus 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 $1,000,000 (unless the Capital is zero, in which
case the Required Reserve Account Amount shall be $300,000).
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.
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 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 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.
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.
Structuring Fees : The
structuring fee set forth in the Fee Letter related to the VFCC
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) .
Take-Out : The release of
certain Loans and the related contracts from the Lien of this
Agreement and the reduction of the Capital by at least the lesser
of (a) 85% of currently outstanding Capital or (b)
$100,000,000.
Take-Out Release : The release
to be executed pursuant to Section 2.16 hereto, substantially
in the form of Exhibit G hereto.
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 : With
respect to each Purchaser Group, the earliest of: (a) the date
that the related Liquidity Agreement shall cease to be in full
force and effect, (b) the date of the declaration of the
Termination Date pursuant to Section 10.2 ,
(c) August 23, 2011 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.
Transaction Documents : This
Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, the Liquidity Agreements,
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.
Unused Fee : With respect to
each Purchaser Group, defined in the Fee Letter related to such
Purchaser Group.
VFCC : Variable Funding
Capital Company LLC.
VFCC Purchaser Group : VFCC,
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Liquidity Agent and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Investor.
Weighted Average Performing
Advance Rate : With respect to any Collection Period, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is equal to the
Borrowing Base as of the last day of such Collection Period, and
the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all Eligible Contracts less the Outstanding Balance of
all Defaulted Contracts, as of the last day of such Collection
Period.
Wells Fargo : Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, and it successors and assigns.
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:
YR x C x
1
360
where:
C = the outstanding principal amount
of the Advance of such Lender; and
YR = the Yield Rate for such Lender
applicable on such day;
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 through the issuance of commercial paper,
a rate equal to the CP Rate, or
(b) to the extent the relevant
Lender did not fund the Advance through the issuance of commercial
paper, a rate equal to the Alternative Rate; or
(c) after the occurrence of an
Amortization Event or a Termination Event, with respect to any
Purchaser Group, the rate provided in the applicable Fee
Letter.
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 Conduit 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 2.1(a) .
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 New York, 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;
(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 ”). The Deal Agent may act on behalf
of and for the benefit of the VFCC Purchaser Group in this regard
and each Liquidity Agent may act on behalf of and for the benefit
of its Purchaser Group. Each CP Conduit may, in its sole
discretion, make such Advance, or if a CP Conduit shall decline to
make such Advance, the Liquidity Agent related to such CP Conduit
shall make the Advance on behalf of the Investors related to such
Purchaser Group, 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 Conduits and the Investors to extend the Commitment Termination
Date for an additional period of 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 Conduit 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 Conduit 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 Conduit or Investor, as the case
may be, to extend the Commitment Termination Date. With respect to
each Purchaser Group, the Commitment Termination Date shall only be
extended upon the consent of (i) the related CP Conduit and
(ii) 100% of the related Investors.
(ii) Any Investor which notifies
the applicable Liquidity Agent of its refusal to consent to the
extension or which does not expressly notify such Liquidity Agent
that it is willing to consent to an extension of the Commitment
Termination Date during the time period set forth in clause (b)(i)
above shall be deemed to be a “ Dissenting Investor
” from the date of its refusal notice or the end of the
applicable time period set forth in clause (i) above and,
after the Commitment Termination Date then in effect, such
Dissenting Investor’s Commitment shall be zero. If an
Investor has agreed to extend its Commitment Termination Date, and,
at the end of the applicable time period set forth in clause
(i) above no Termination Event shall have occurred, the
Commitment Termination Date for such Investor then in effect shall
be extended to the date which is 364 days following the first
day of the time period set forth in clause (i) above or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business
Day.
(iii) Within two Business Days
following the end of the time period set forth in clause (i) above,
the Liquidity Agent for each Purchaser Group shall notify each
other Investor in such Purchaser Group, the Deal Agent, the
Borrower and the Servicer of the identity of any Dissenting
Purchaser and the amount of its Commitment, if any. The affected CP
Conduit, may (but shall not be required to) request one or more
other Investors in such Purchaser Group, with the consent of the
related Liquidity Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld),
or seek another financial institution reasonably acceptable to such
Liquidity Agent and, the affected CP Conduit in its sole
discretion, to acquire all or a portion of the Commitment of the
Dissenting Investor and all amounts payable to it hereunder. Each
Dissenting Investor hereby agrees to assign all or a portion of its
Commitment and the amounts payable to it hereunder to a replacement
investor identified by the Liquidity Agent for its Purchaser Group
in accordance with the preceding sentence, subject to ratable
payment of such Dissenting Investor’s portion of the Capital,
together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and a
ratable portion of all fees and other amounts due to it
hereunder.
(iv) If the Commitment of a
Dissenting Investor is not assigned in accordance with subsection
(b)(iii), (A) the Purchaser Group Facility Limit shall be
reduced by the Commitment of the Dissenting Investor existing on
the Commitment Termination Date; and (B) the Facility Limit
shall be reduced by the Commitment of the Dissenting Investor
existing on the Commitment Termination Date. The Capital
outstanding on the Commitment Termination Date in effect on the
date such Investor becomes a Dissenting Investor shall be paid in
accordance with Section 2.7(a)(viii).
(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 Wachovia for the account of the applicable Lender; 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
outstanding 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,
without recourse except as provided herein, 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; and (iii) all income and
Proceeds of the foregoing (collectively, the “
Collateral ”). The foregoing pledge does not
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.(i)
(ii) In connection with such
grant, the Borrower agrees to record and file, at its own 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 or any 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 or
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 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.
(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 HAS BEEN PLEDGED TO
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT
OF CERTAIN SECURED PARTIES”; provided , that in
respect of Contracts originated after the Effective Date, the
foregoing legend shall make reference to “WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION” rather than “WACHOVIA CAPITAL
MARKETS, LLC.” Such legend shall be in bold, in type face at
least as large as 12 point and shall be entirely in capital
letters.
(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 (including any 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 and the
Liquidity Agents (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) a duly
completed Funding Notice no later than 5:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North
Carolina 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 VFCC Purchaser
Group, and each Liquidity Agent, in the case of each other
Purchaser Group, will consult with VFCC, or the related CP Conduit,
as applicable, in order to assist VFCC or the CP Conduit, as
applicable, in determining whether or not to make the Advance. If a
CP Conduit decides in its sole discretion that it is unwilling or
unable to make a proposed Advance, the Investors related to such CP
Conduit will make such Advance. Each CP Conduit shall notify its
Liquidity Agent by 10:00 am (New York City time) on the applicable
Funding Date whether it has elected to effect the proposed Funding
and each Liquidity Agent will notify the related Investors by 11:00
am (New York City time) on such Funding Date if the related CP
Conduit has elected not to effect all or a portion of the proposed
Funding. On the Funding Date, the CP Conduit or Investors shall,
upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III, make available to the Borrower in same day funds,
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 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, a CP
Conduit elected to make a Funding on a Funding Date but failed to
make such amount available to the Borrower on such date, such CP
Conduit 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 Conduit 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 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Funding Date
to each Investor for such CP Conduit and to the Borrower, which
notice shall specify (i) the identity of such CP Conduit and
(ii) the amount of the Funding which it had elected but failed
to make. Subject to receiving such notice, each of such CP
Conduit’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 . The Deal Agent, with respect to the VFCC Purchaser
Group, and the related Liquidity Agent with respect to each other
Purchaser Group, shall initially determine 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 for the related Accrual Period 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 Payment Date, the Deal Agent, on behalf of the VFCC
Purchaser Group and each Liquidity Agent, with respect to its
Purchaser Group, shall determine the amount of Yield, if any,
payable in connection with Section 2.16(a)(iv) and not
previously paid. The amount owed in respect of the Yield for the
next succeeding Accrual Period, as initially determined by the Deal
Agent, or Liquidity Agent, as applicable shall be increased, if
necessary and as appropriate, to reflect any Yield payable in
connection with Section 2.16(a)(iv) and not previously
paid.
Section 2.5. Reduction of the
Facility Limit and a Purchaser Group Facility Limit; Repurchase
.
(a) The Borrower may, upon at
least two (2) Business Days’ notice to the Deal Agent
and each Liquidity Agent, 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.
(b) In the event that an
Investor is a Downgraded Investor, the related CP Conduit shall
have the right to replace such Investor with a replacement Investor
consented to by the Borrower (which consent shall not be withheld
except for a commercially reasonable purpose or reason), which
replacement Investor shall succeed to the rights of such Investor
under this Agreement in respect of its Commitment as an Investor,
and such Investor shall assign such Commitment and its interest in
the Capital to such replacement Investor in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 2.5(b); provided , that
(A) such Investor shall not be replaced hereunder with a new
investor until such Investor has been paid in full its outstanding
portion of the Capital and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
by such new investor and all other amounts owed to it pursuant to
this Agreement. For purposes of this subsection, an Investor shall
be a “ Downgraded Investor ” if and so long as
the credit rating assigned to its short-term obligations by
Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s on the date on which
it became a party to this Agreement shall have been reduced or
withdrawn, or as may be otherwise agreed among the Borrower, such
Investor, the CP Conduit in its Purchaser Group and the Deal
Agent.
Section 2.6. Actions with
Respect to Advance . The Deal Agent, with respect to the VFCC
Purchaser Group, and the related Liquidity Agent with respect to
each other Purchaser Group may, with the consent of the Lender that
has funded the Advance, take any of the following actions at any
time with respect to the Advance: (i) divide 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, 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 by the 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 Unused 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;
(vii) SEVENTH, to any Successor
Servicer, an amount equal to Reliening Expenses;
(viii) EIGHTH, (i) during
the Revolving Period with respect to each Dissenting Investor after
the time its Commitment has been reduced to zero pursuant to
Section 2.1(b)(iv) , pro rata, an amount equal to its
outstanding Capital until such Dissenting Investor’s Capital
has been reduced to zero and (ii) 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 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) 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 an 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) .
(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.(i)
(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. (Minneapolis, Minnesota time) the Servicer 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. The Servicer 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.
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Collections and Allocations.
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(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 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.
(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 shall be invested as set forth in
Section 6.7(c).(i)
(ii) On the date on which
Capital is reduced to zero and all Aggregate Unpaids have been
indefeasibly paid in full, 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 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 11:00 a.m.
(Charlotte, North Carolina 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 no
later than 2:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time). Any amounts
received in the Agent’s Account after 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte,
North Carolina 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 2:00 p.m.
(Charlotte, North Carolina 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 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 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.
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Section 2.12.
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Fees.
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(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
the Deal Agent, on the Effective Date, the Structuring Fee and
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in immediately available
funds.
(e) The Borrower shall pay to
Dechert LLP, as counsel to the Deal Agent, on the Effective Date,
its 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 Dechert 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), 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 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 Servicer a
written description as to such additional or increased cost or
reduction and the calculation thereof, which written description
shall be conclusive absent demonstrable 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.
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 or the Servicer under this Agreement 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 Servicer under this Agreement, by a taxing jurisdiction
in which such Lender or Deal Agent is organized, conducts business
or is paying taxes 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.
(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 and the Hedging Agreement. 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. Take-Out
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(a) On any Business Day (the
“ Take-Out Date ”), the Borrower shall have the
right to effect a Take-Out and require the Collateral Agent to
release its security interest and Lien on the related Contracts and
Loans, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i) The Borrower shall have
given the Deal Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Backup Servicer and
each Liquidity Agent and the Servicer at least five
(5) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intent to
effect the Take-Out, which notice shall be irrevocable;
provided however , failure to effect such Take-Out on
the Take-Out Date shall not result in a Termination Event (except
as specifically set forth in Section 10.1(u)), but the
Borrower shall be obligated to pay any Breakage Costs and any other
losses incurred by the Lenders in connection therewith.
(ii) Unless the Take-Out is to
be effected on a Payment Date (in which case the relevant
calculations with respect to such Take-Out shall be reflected on
the applicable Monthly Report), the Servicer shall deliver to the
Deal Agent an Officer’s Certificate, together with evidence
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Deal Agent (which evidence
may consist solely of the Officer’s Certificate signed by an
officer of the Servicer) that the Borrower shall have sufficient
funds on the related Take-Out Date to effect the contemplated
Take-Out in accordance with this Agreement. In effecting the
Take-Out, the Borrower may use the proceeds of sales of the Loans
(which sales must be made in arm’s-length transactions).
(iii) After giving effect to the
Take-Out and the release to the Borrower of the Loans and related
Contracts on the Take-Out Date, (x) the representations and
warranties contained in Section 4.1 and 4.2 hereof shall continue
to be correct in all material respects, except to the extent
relating to an earlier date and (y) neither an Unmatured
Termination Event nor a Termination Event shall have resulted.
(iv) On the Take-Out Date, the
Collateral Agent shall have received, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties and the Hedge Counterparties, as applicable, in
immediately available funds, an amount equal to the sum of:
(A) the aggregate outstanding Capital being paid plus
(B) an amount equal to the related unpaid Yield (including
Yield not yet accrued) to the end of the Accrual Period plus
(C) an aggregate amount equal to the sum of all other amounts
due and owing to the Deal Agent, the Lenders, the Backup Servicer,
the Successor Servicer, the Hedge Counterparties and the other
Secured Parties, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, to the extent accrued to such date and to
accrue thereafter (including, without limitation, Breakage Costs
and Hedge Costs) plus (D) any outstanding Servicer
Advances plus (E) all other Aggregate Unpaids. No such
reduction shall be given effect unless the Borrower has complied
with the terms of any Hedging Agreement requiring that any
derivative transaction related thereto be terminated in whole or in
part as a result of any such reduction in the Capital and Borrower
has paid all Hedge Costs due to the relevant Hedge Counterparty for
any such termination.
(v) Upon receipt of the amount
set forth in Section 2.16(a)(iv), the Collateral Agent shall
apply such amounts first to the pro-rata reduction of the Capital,
second to the payment of accrued Yield on the amount of Capital to
be repaid and to the payment of any Breakage Costs, by paying such
amounts to the Lenders, and third to pay any Hedge Costs related to
such reduction of the Capital due to the relevant Hedge
Counterparty, and fourth to pay all other Aggregate Unpaids related
to such reduction of the Capital due to the relevant party.
(vi) The Borrower shall certify
in writing to the Collateral Agent, each Liquidity Agent and the
Deal Agent that no adverse selection was employed in the selection
of the Loans and Contracts to be released.
(b) The Borrower hereby agrees
to pay the reasonable legal fees and expenses of the Deal Agent,
the Liquidity Agents and the Lenders in connection with any
Take-Out (including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in
connection with the release of the Lien of the Collateral Agent,
the Lenders and any other party having such an interest in the
Loans in connection with such Take-Out).
(c) In connection with any
Take-Out, on the related Take-Out Date, the Collateral Agent, on
behalf of the Lenders, shall, at the expense of the Borrower:
(i) execute such instruments of release with respect to the
portion of the Loans to be released to the Borrower, in favor of
the Borrower as the Borrower may reasonably request;
(ii) deliver any portion of the Loans to be released to the
Borrower in its possession to the Borrower; 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 to the Borrower and deliver to the Borrower
such Loans.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING, EACH FUNDING AND AMENDMENT AND
RESTATEMENT
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), (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 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, provided , however , that Schedules V,
VII and IX to the Agreement, Schedule I to the Contribution
Agreement, the Funding Date Officer’s Certificate regarding
the Agreement, the Funding Date Officer’s Certificate
regarding the Contribution Agreement, the filed financing
statements on Form UCC-1, the Funding Notice, the UCC-3 termination
statements and the contractual release shall not be required prior
to the Initial Funding on the Initial Funding Date, and
(ii) the executed Notes in the aggregate face amount of
$325,000,000 shall have been delivered to the Deal Agent.
(b) The Deal Agent shall have
received (i) satisfactory evidence that the Borrower, the
Originator and the Servicer 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 the Servicer 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 Servicer for a breach of its
representation or warranty that all such consents and approvals
have, in fact, been obtained.
(c) The Borrower, the
Originator and the Servicer 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 VFCC 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 any event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of
time, or both, would become a 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 $295,000 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) 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) Each CP Conduit shall have
received evidence satisfactory to it that its advance of amounts
hereunder will not result in a reduction or downgrade of the
ratings of its Commercial Paper Notes by the Rating Agencies.
(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 Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement. This Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement shall not become effective until:
(a) Each document specified in
the Schedule of Documents attached hereto as Schedule X 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, the Backup
Servicer and the Secured Parties on the Closing Date, the Effective
Date and each Funding Date as follows:
(a) Organization and Good
Standing . The Borrower has been duly organized, and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Nevada, 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 corporation 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, 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.
(e) No Violation . The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Ag