Exhibit 1.1
EXHIBIT 1.1 – UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT
$609,547,000
CARMAX AUTO OWNER TRUST
2007-1
$117,000,000 5.31120% Class A-1
Asset Backed Notes
$200,000,000 5.30% Class A-2 Asset Backed
Notes
$160,000,000 5.24% Class A-3 Asset Backed
Notes
$99,170,000 5.24% Class A-4 Asset Backed
Notes
$19,727,000 5.34% Class B Asset Backed
Notes
$13,650,000 5.53% Class C Asset Backed
Notes
CARMAX AUTO
FUNDING LLC
Depositor
CARMAX BUSINESS
SERVICES, LLC
Servicer
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January 23, 2007
J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc.,
as Representative of the
several Underwriters
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Ladies and Gentlemen:
CarMax Auto Funding LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Depositor”),
confirms its agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“JP
Morgan”) and each of the other underwriters named in
Schedule A hereto (collectively, the
“Underwriters”, which term shall also include any
underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in
Section 11), for whom JP Morgan is acting as representative
(in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect
to the sale by the Depositor and the purchase by the Underwriters,
acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal
amounts set forth in Schedule A of $117,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 5.31120% Class A-1 Asset Backed Notes (the
“Class A-1 Notes”), $200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 5.30% Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-2
Notes”), $160,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.24%
Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-3
Notes”), $99,170,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.24%
Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-4
Notes” and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2
Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Class A
Notes”), $19,727,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.34%
Class B Asset Backed Notes (the “Class B Notes”)
and $13,650,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.53% Class C
Asset Backed Notes (the “Class C Notes” and, together
with the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, the
“Notes”) of the CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2007-1 (the
“Trust”) under the terms and conditions contained
herein. The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as
of February 1, 2007 (the “Indenture”), between the
Trust and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as
trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).
The Depositor understands that the
Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Notes as soon
as the Representative deems advisable after this Agreement has been
executed and delivered and the Indenture has been qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust
Indenture Act”).
Simultaneously with the issuance and
sale of the Notes as contemplated herein, the Trust will issue the
CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2007-1 Asset Backed Certificates (the
“Certificates” and, together with the Notes, the
“Securities”). The Trust was created and the
Certificates will be issued pursuant to an amended and restated
trust agreement, dated as of February 1, 2007 (the
“Trust Agreement”), among the Depositor, The Bank of
New York (“BONY”), as trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”), and The Bank of New York (Delaware) (“BONY
Delaware”), as Delaware trustee (the “Delaware
Trustee”). Each Note will represent an obligation of the
Trust, each Certificate will represent an undivided beneficial
interest in the Trust and the Certificates will be subordinated to
the Notes to the extent described in the Indenture and the Trust
Agreement.
The assets of the Trust will
include, among other things, (i) a pool of motor vehicle
retail installment sale contracts (the “Receivables”)
secured by the new and used motor vehicles financed thereby (the
“Financed Vehicles”), (ii) certain monies payable
under the Receivables after December 31, 2006,
(iii) security interests in the Financed Vehicles,
(iv) amounts on deposit in certain accounts, (v) certain
rights under a receivables purchase agreement, dated as of
February 1, 2007 (the “Receivables Purchase
Agreement”), between CarMax Business Services, LLC
(“CarMax LLC”) and the Depositor, pursuant to
which CarMax LLC will sell the Receivables to the Depositor,
(vi) certain rights under a sale and servicing agreement,
dated as of February 1, 2007 (the “Sale and Servicing
Agreement”), among the Trust, the Depositor and
CarMax LLC, as servicer (in such capacity, the
“Servicer”), pursuant to which the Receivables and
other property of the Trust will be sold to the Trust and the
Receivables will be serviced by the Servicer and (vii) all
proceeds of the foregoing. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Trust
property will be held by the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
holders of the Notes. Pursuant to an administration agreement,
dated as of February 1, 2007 (the “Administration
Agreement”), among CarMax LLC, as administrator (in such
capacity, the “Administrator”), the Trust and the
Indenture Trustee, the Administrator will perform certain
administrative obligations of the Trust under the Indenture. The
Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement
are referred to herein collectively as the “Basic
Documents”. Capitalized terms used herein that are not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as the case may
be.
The Depositor has prepared and filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”), a registration statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 333-132357), including a base
prospectus and a form of preliminary prospectus supplement relating
to the offering of asset backed notes and asset backed
certificates, issued in series from time to time in accordance with
Rule 415 (“Rule 415”) of the rules and
regulations of the Commission (the “Securities Act
Regulations”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”). Such registration statement
covers the registration of the Notes under the Securities Act and
has been declared effective by the Commission.
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Promptly after execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor will prepare and file
with the Commission a final base prospectus and a final prospectus
supplement relating to the Notes in accordance with the provisions
of Rule 430B of the Securities Act Regulations
(“Rule 430B”) and paragraph (b) of
Rule 424 of the Securities Act Regulations
(“Rule 424(b)”). Any information included in such
base prospectus and prospectus supplement that was omitted from
such registration statement at the time it became effective but
that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration
statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as
“Rule 430B Information”. Such registration
statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto to
such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the
documents incorporated by reference pursuant to the Securities Act
at such time and documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or
included therein by the Securities Act Regulations, is herein
called the “Registration Statement”.
“Base Prospectus” means
the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement, as
amended at the time of the filing of the Prospectus.
“Preliminary Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus and
the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement (including the information
referred to under the caption “Static Pool Information About
Previous Securitizations” therein regardless of whether such
information is deemed a part of the Registration Statement or
Prospectus), used in connection with the offering of the Notes that
omitted the Rule 430B Information and is used prior to the
filing of the Prospectus. “Prospectus” means the
prospectus supplement (including the information referred to under
the caption “Static Pool Information About Previous
Securitizations” therein regardless of whether such
information is deemed a part of the Registration Statement or
Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus that is first filed after the
Time of Sale pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act
Regulations, together with the Base Prospectus, as amended at the
time of such filing, including the documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to the Securities Act at the Time of
Sale. “Prospectus Supplement” means the prospectus
supplement to the Base Prospectus included in the Prospectus.
“Preliminary Prospectus Supplement” means any
preliminary prospectus supplement included in the Preliminary
Prospectus.
“Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing
prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities
Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the
Notes that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by
the Depositor, (ii) is a “road show that is a written
communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i),
whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or
(iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i)
because it contains a description of the Notes or of the offering
that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form
filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not
required to be filed, in the form retained in the Depositor’s
records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Issuer General Use Free
Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors,
and is specified in Schedule B hereto. “Issuer Limited
Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing
Prospectus.
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At or prior to the time when sales
to purchasers of the Notes were first made by the Underwriters,
which was approximately 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on
January 23, 2007 (the “Time of Sale”), the
Depositor had prepared (i) the Issuer General Use Free Writing
Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Time of Sale and
(ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, dated January 23, 2007
and (iii) the information contained on Schedule C hereto
(collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”). If, at
or subsequent to the Time of Sale and prior to the Closing Time,
such information included an untrue statement of material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, and as a result investors in the Notes
may terminate their old “Contracts of Sale” (as that
term is used in Rule 159 under the Securities Act) for any Notes
and the Underwriters enter into new Contracts of Sale with
investors in the Notes, then “Time of Sale Information”
will refer to the information conveyed to investors at the time of
entry into the first such new Contract of Sale in connection with
an amended Preliminary Prospectus approved by the Depositor and the
Representative that corrects such material misstatements or
omissions (a “Corrected Prospectus”) and “Time of
Sale” will refer to the time and date on which such new
Contracts of Sale were entered into.
All references in this Agreement to
financial statements and schedules and other information which is
“contained”, “included” or
“stated” in the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Corrected Prospectus (and all other references of like import)
shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements
and schedules and other information which are or are deemed to be
incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the Securities
Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Corrected Prospectus, as the case may be. All references in this
Agreement to the terms “amend”,
“amendments” or “supplements” with respect
to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Corrected Prospectus shall be
deemed to mean and include the filing of any documents under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), after the effective date (the “Effective
Date”) of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the
Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Corrected Prospectus, as the case may be, which are or are deemed
to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed by the
Securities Act Regulations to be a part thereof or included
therein. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus,
the Corrected Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of
the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the
Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system (“EDGAR”).
Section 1. Representations
and Warranties .
(a) Representations and
Warranties by the Depositor . The Depositor represents and
warrants to the Underwriters as of the date hereof, the Time of
Sale and as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(b)
and agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
(i) Compliance with Registration
Requirements . The Depositor meets the requirements for use of
Form S-3 under the Securities Act. If the Registration
Statement contains the undertaking specified by Regulation S-K
Item 512(a), the Registration
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Statement, at the Time of Sale,
meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). At the
time the Registration Statement was originally filed, at the
earliest time thereafter that the Depositor or another offering
participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of
Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations) of the Notes
and at the date hereof and at the date the Depositor delivers or
causes to be delivered the Issuer General Use Free Writing
Prospectus, the Depositor was not, is not and will not be an
“ineligible issuer”, as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act Regulations.
(ii) Registration Statement,
Prospectus and Disclosure at Time of Sale .
(A) The Registration Statement
became effective on May 19, 2006, and any post-effective
amendment thereto also has become effective. No stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the
Depositor, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on
the part of the Commission for additional information has been
complied with. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act.
(B) At the respective times the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became effective,
at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters
pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) and at the Closing Time, the
Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Securities Act Regulations, the Trust Indenture Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission under the Trust Indenture Act
(the “Trust Indenture Act Regulations”) and did not and
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading.
(C) When filed with the Commission,
each Preliminary Prospectus (including the prospectus and
prospectus supplement filed as part of the Registration Statement
or any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material
respects with the Securities Act Regulations, and each Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use
in connection with the offering of the Notes will, at the time of
such delivery, be identical to any electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except
to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(D) When filed with the Commission,
the Prospectus shall include all information with respect to the
offering of the Notes required by the Securities Act and the
Securities Act Regulations and shall be in all substantive respects
in the form furnished to the Representative prior to the Time of
Sale or, to the extent not completed at the Time of Sale, shall
contain only such specific additional information and other changes
(beyond those contained in the latest preliminary base prospectus
and preliminary prospectus supplement, if any, that have been
previously furnished to the Representative) as the Depositor has
advised the Representative, prior to the Time of Sale, will be
included or made therein.
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(E) Neither the Prospectus nor any
amendment or supplement thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any
such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time,
included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(F) As of the Time of Sale neither
(1) the Time of Sale Information nor (2) any individual
Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered
together with the Time of Sale Information, included any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(G) Each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times
through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Notes or
until any earlier date that the Depositor notified or notifies JP
Morgan as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and
will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will
conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by
reference therein and any Preliminary Prospectus or other
prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded
or modified.
(H) If at any time following
issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or
occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement or included or
would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at
that subsequent time, not misleading, the Depositor will promptly
notify JP Morgan and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own
expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or
correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
The representations and warranties
in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions
from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information made in reliance
upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information (as
defined in Section 7(a)).
(iii) Incorporated Documents
. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, at the time they were or
hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply
in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the
“Exchange Act
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Regulations”) and, when read
together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the
Effective Date, at the Time of Sale and at the Closing Time, did
not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(iv) No Material Adverse
Change . Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus, except as otherwise set forth therein,
(A) there has been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to
the Depositor and (B) there have been no transactions entered
into by the Depositor, other than those in the ordinary course of
business, which are material with respect to it. As used herein,
the term “Material Adverse Effect” means, when used
with respect to either the Depositor or CarMax LLC, as the
case may be, a material adverse change in its condition, financial
or otherwise, or in its earnings, business affairs or business
prospects, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business, or in its ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and each Basic Document to which it is a
party.
(v) Due Organization . The
Depositor has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited
liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware, and all
filings required at the date hereof under the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. §18-101, et seq.) (the
“LLC Act”) with respect to the due formation and valid
existence of the Depositor as a limited liability company have been
made; the Depositor has all requisite power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to
enter into and to perform its obligations under each Basic Document
to which it is a party (collectively, the “Depositor
Agreements”), this Agreement and the Securities; and the
Depositor is duly qualified or registered as a foreign limited
liability company to transact business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification or registration is
required, whether by reason of the ownership of property or the
conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or
register or to be in good standing would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(vi) Authorization of this
Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Depositor.
(vii) Authorization of Basic
Documents . As of the Closing Time, each Depositor Agreement
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositor,
and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding
agreement of the Depositor, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
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(viii) Issuance of the Notes
. The Notes have been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time,
will have been duly executed and, when authenticated, issued and
delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered
against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this
Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Trust, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with their
terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form
contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the
Indenture.
(ix) Issuance of the
Certificates . The Certificates have been duly authorized and,
at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed and, when
authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in
the Trust Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid,
non-assessable and outstanding and will be in the form contemplated
by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Trust
Agreement.
(x) Description of the Securities
and Basic Documents . The Securities and the Basic Documents
conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof and
the statements relating thereto contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
(xi) Absence of Defaults and
Conflicts . The Depositor is not in violation of its limited
liability company agreement or in default in the performance or
observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any
of its properties, operations or assets is subject (collectively,
the “Depositor Agreements and Instruments”), except for
violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate,
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Depositor; and the execution, delivery and performance by the
Depositor of the Depositor Agreements, this Agreement and the
Securities, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein or therein, in the Registration Statement or in the
Prospectus (including the sale of the Notes to the Underwriters
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the use of proceeds
therefrom as described under the heading “Use of
Proceeds” in the Prospectus) and compliance by it with its
obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary action and do not and will not, whether
with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both,
conflict with or constitute a breach of, a default or Repayment
Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, encumbrance,
adverse claim or other security interest (collectively,
“Liens”) upon any of its property or assets pursuant to
the Depositor Agreements and Instruments except for Liens permitted
by the Basic Documents and conflicts, breaches or defaults that,
individually or in the aggregate, will not result in a Material
Adverse Effect with respect to the Depositor, nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of its limited liability
company agreement or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government
instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Depositor or any of its assets, properties or operations.
As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means
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any event or condition which gives
the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness
(or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to
require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion
of such indebtedness by the Depositor or CarMax LLC, as the
case may be.
(xii) Absence of Proceedings
. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation
before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body,
domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the
Depositor, threatened, against or affecting the Depositor which is
required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (other than as stated therein or stated in a document
incorporated by reference therein), or which might reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Depositor; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental
proceedings to which the Depositor is a party or of which any of
its properties or assets is the subject which are not described in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including ordinary
routine litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
the Depositor.
(xiii) Accuracy of Exhibits .
There are no contracts or documents which are required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
documents incorporated by reference therein which have not been so
described and filed as required.
(xiv) Absence of Further
Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval,
consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of,
any court, governmental authority or agency or any other person is
necessary in connection with (A) the issuance of the
Securities or the offering and sale of the Notes, (B) the
authorization, execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor
of the Depositor Agreements or this Agreement or (C) the
consummation by the Depositor of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, except such as have been obtained and are in
full force and effect as of the Closing Time.
(xv) Possession of Licenses and
Permits . The Depositor possesses or, as of the Closing Time,
has applied, for such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and
other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental
Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or
foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the
business now operated by it; the Depositor is in compliance with
the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except
where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Depositor; except for Governmental Licenses that have been applied
for as of the Closing Time, all of the Governmental Licenses are
valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of
such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental
Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have a Material
Adverse Effect with respect to the Depositor or would render a
material portion of the Receivables unenforceable; and the
Depositor has not received any notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses
which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse
Effect with respect to the Depositor or would render a material
portion of the Receivables unenforceable.
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(xvi) Title to Receivables;
Payment of Fees . As of the Closing Time, the
(A) Depositor will have good and marketable title to the
Receivables listed in Schedule 1 to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, free and clear of any Lien, (B) Depositor’s
assignment and delivery of the Receivables to the Trust will vest
in the Trust the good and marketable title purported to be conveyed
thereby to, (C) Trust will be the sole owner of, each
Receivable free and clear of Liens other than the Lien in favor of
the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and
(D) Trust’s Grant of the Collateral to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture will vest in the Indenture
Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, a first priority
perfected security interest therein, subject to no prior Lien; and
all taxes, fees and other governmental charges arising in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the Basic Documents and with the execution and delivery of the
Receivables, including any amendments thereto and assignments
and/or endorsements thereof, have been paid by the
Depositor.
(xvii) Investment Company Act
. Neither the Trust nor the Depositor is required to be registered
as an “investment company” under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company
Act”).
(xviii) Incorporation of
Representations and Warranties . The representations and
warranties of the Depositor in each Depositor Agreement are true
and correct in all material respects and are hereby incorporated by
reference herein and restated for the benefit of the Underwriters
with the same effect as if set forth in full herein.
(b) Representations and
Warranties by CarMax LLC . CarMax LLC represents and
warrants to the Underwriters as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Time that the representations and warranties of the
Depositor set forth in Section 1(a) are true and correct as of
the time made and further represents and warrants to and agrees
with the Underwriters as follows:
(i) Due Organization .
CarMax LLC has been duly formed and is validly existing as a
limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware,
and all filings required at the date hereof under the LLC Act with
respect to the due formation and valid existence of CarMax LLC
as a limited liability company have been made; CarMax LLC is
duly qualified or registered as a foreign limited liability company
to transact business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction
where the character of its properties or the nature of its
activities makes such qualification necessary, except such
jurisdictions, if any, in which the failure to be so qualified will
not have a material adverse effect on either the business or
properties of CarMax LLC or on the ability of CarMax LLC
to perform its obligations under each Basic Document to which it is
a party (collectively, the “CarMax Agreements”) and
this Agreement; CarMax LLC has the requisite power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its
obligations under each CarMax Agreement; and CarMax LLC holds
all material licenses, certificates and permits from all
governmental authorities necessary for the conduct of its business
as described in the Prospectus.
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(ii) Authorization of this
Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by CarMax LLC.
(iii) Authorization of Basic
Documents . As of the Closing Time, each CarMax Agreement has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by CarMax LLC,
and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding
agreement of CarMax LLC, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
(iv) Absence of Defaults and
Conflicts . CarMax LLC is not in violation of its limited
liability company agreement or in default in the performance or
observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any
of its properties, operations or assets is subject (collectively,
the “CarMax Agreements and Instruments”), except for
violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate,
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
CarMax LLC; and the execution, delivery and performance by
CarMax LLC of the CarMax Agreements and this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, in
the Registration Statement or in the Prospectus and compliance by
it with its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary action and do not and will not,
whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or
both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, a default or
Repayment Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien upon any of its property or assets pursuant to the CarMax
Agreements and Instruments except for Liens permitted by the Basic
Documents and conflicts, breaches or defaults that, individually or
in the aggregate, will not result in a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to CarMax LLC, nor will such action result in any
violation of the provisions of its articles of incorporation or
bylaws or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment,
order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality
or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over
CarMax LLC or any of its assets, properties or
operations.
(v) Absence of Proceedings .
There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation
before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body,
domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of
CarMax LLC, threatened, against or affecting CarMax LLC
which is or which might reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to CarMax LLC; the
aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which
CarMax LLC is a party or of which any of its properties,
operations or assets is the subject which are not described in the
Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the
business, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect with respect to CarMax LLC.
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(vi) Absence of Further
Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval,
consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of,
any court, governmental authority or agency or any other person is
necessary in connection with (A) the issuance of the
Securities or the offering and sale of the Notes, (B) the
authorization, execution, delivery and performance by
CarMax LLC of the CarMax Agreements or this Agreement or
(C) the consummation by CarMax LLC of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, except such as have been obtained
and are in full force and effect as of the Closing Time.
(vii) Possession of Licenses and
Permits . CarMax LLC possesses or, as of the Closing Time,
has applied, for such Governmental Licenses issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or
bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it;
CarMax LLC is in compliance with the terms and conditions of
all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to
comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect with respect to CarMax LLC; except for
Governmental Licenses that have been applied for as of the Closing
Time, all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force
and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental
Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full
force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to CarMax LLC or would render a material portion of
the Receivables unenforceable; and CarMax LLC has not received
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in
the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
CarMax LLC or would render a material portion of the
Receivables unenforceable.
(viii) Title to Receivables;
Payment of Fees . As of the Closing Time, CarMax LLC will
have good and marketable title to the Receivables listed in
Schedule 1 to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, free and
clear of any Lien; and CarMax LLC’s sale and delivery of
the Receivables to the Depositor will vest in the Depositor the
good and marketable title purported to be conveyed
thereby.
(ix) No Material Adverse
Change . Since the date as of which information is given in the
Prospectus, except as otherwise set forth therein, (A) there
has been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to CarMax LLC
and (B) there have been no transactions entered into by
CarMax LLC, other than those in the ordinary course of
business, which are material with respect to it.
(x) Incorporation of
Representations and Warranties . The representations and
warranties of CarMax LLC in each CarMax Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects and are hereby incorporated by
reference herein and restated for the benefit of the Underwriters
with the same effect as if set forth in full herein.
(c) Officer’s
Certificates . Any certificate signed by any officer of
CarMax LLC, the Depositor or any of their respective
Affiliates and delivered at the Closing Time to the Representative
or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation
and warranty by CarMax LLC, the Depositor or such Affiliate,
as the case may be, to the Underwriters as to the matters covered
thereby. When used in this Agreement, the term
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned by
Rule 501(b) of the Securities Act Regulations.
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Section 2. Sale and Delivery
to the Underwriters; Closing .
(a) Purchase of Notes . On
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein
contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth,
the Depositor agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the
Underwriters severally agree to purchase from the Depositor, the
aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite each
Underwriter’s name on Schedule A at a purchase price
equal to, in the case of (i) the Class A-1 Notes,
99.85500% of the principal amount thereof, (ii) the
Class A-2 Notes, 99.78969% of the principal amount thereof,
(iii) the Class A-3 Notes, 99.76267% of the principal
amount thereof, (iv) the Class A-4 Notes, 99.73171% of
the principal amount thereof, (v) the Class B Notes,
99.64290% of the principal amount thereof and (vi) the
Class C Notes, 99.47446% of the principal amount
thereof.
(b) Payment . Payment of the
purchase price, and delivery of certificates, for the Notes shall
be made at the offices of McGuireWoods LLP , One
James Center, 901 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030,
or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the
Representative and the Depositor, at 10:00 A.M. (New York
time) on February 1, 2007, or such other time not later than
five business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the
Representative and the Depositor (such date and time of payment and
delivery being called the “Closing Time”). Pursuant to
Rule 15c6-1(d) of the Exchange Act Regulations, the parties
hereto have agreed that the Closing Time will be not less than five
business days following the date hereof.
Each class of Notes will initially
be represented by one or more certificates registered in the name
of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”). The interests of beneficial owners of the
Notes will be represented by book entries on the records of DTC and
participating members thereof. Certificates for the Securities
shall be made available for examination by the Representative in
Richmond, Virginia not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York time)
on the business day prior to the Closing Time.
Delivery of the Notes shall be made
against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the
Depositor.
Section 3. Agreements of the
Depositor . The Depositor agrees with each Underwriter and each
Underwriter agrees with the Depositor, as applicable, as
follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities
Act Regulations and Commission Requests . The Depositor,
subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of
Rules 424(b) and 430B and will notify the Representative
immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, of (i) the
effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or the filing of any supplement or amendment to the
Prospectus, (ii) the receipt of any comments from the
Commission, (iii) any request by the Commission for any
amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by
reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for
additional information, (iv) the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, or of
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the suspension of the qualification of the Notes
for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or
threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes and
(v) the happening of any event during the period referred to
in Section 3(d) which, in the judgment of the Depositor, makes
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at
the time it is delivered or made available to a purchaser, not
misleading. The Depositor will effect the filings required under
Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required
by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and
will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly
whether the Prospectus transmitted for filing under
Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in
the event that it was not, it will promptly file the Prospectus.
The Depositor will make every reasonable effort to prevent the
issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to
obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible
moment.
(b) Filing of Amendments .
The Depositor will give the Representative notice of its intention
to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or
any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary
prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Registration
Statement or amendment thereto at the time it became effective) or
to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, and the Depositor will furnish the
Representative with copies of all such documents a reasonable
amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case
may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the
Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall
object.
(c) Delivery of Registration
Statements . The Depositor has furnished or will deliver to the
Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, a
signed copy of the Registration Statement and of each amendment
thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by
reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part
thereof) and a signed copy of all consents and certificates of
experts, and will also deliver to the Representative, without
charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement and of each
amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters.
The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto
furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by
Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Offering
Documents . The Depositor will deliver to each Underwriter,
without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as
such Underwriter may reasonably request, and the Depositor hereby
consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the
Securities Act. The Depositor will furnish to each Underwriter,
without charge, during the period when a prospectus is required to
be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, such
number of copies of the Prospectus as such Underwriter may
reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical
to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by
Regulation S-T.
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(e) Continued Compliance with
Securities Laws . The Depositor will comply with the Securities
Act and the Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange Act and the
Exchange Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act Regulations so
as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Notes as
contemplated in this Agreement, the Basic Documents, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If at any time when a
prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in
connection with sales of the Notes, any event shall occur or
condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or counsel to the
Depositor, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time
it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the
opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration
Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply
with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Act
Regulations, the Depositor will promptly prepare and file with the
Commission, subject to the review and approval provisions afforded
to the Representative described in Section 3(b), such
amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such
statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus comply with such requirements, the Depositor will use
its best efforts to have such amendment declared effective as soon
as practicable and the Depositor will furnish to the Underwriters,
without charge, such number of copies of such amendment or
supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any
time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there
occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which
such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict
with the information contained in the Registration Statement or
included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Depositor
will promptly notify JP Morgan and will promptly amend or
supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or
omission.
(f) State Securities Law
Qualifications . The Depositor will use its best efforts, in
cooperation with the Underwriters, in arranging for the
registration and qualification of the Notes for offering and sale
and the determination of their eligibility for investment, as the
case may be, under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Underwriters designate and will continue to assist the Underwriters
in maintaining such registrations and qualifications in effect for
a period of not less than one year from the date of the Prospectus
and in filing such consents to service of process or other
documents as may be necessary in order to effect such registrations
and qualifications; provided, however, that the Depositor shall not
be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or
to qualify as a foreign limited liability company or as a dealer in
securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or
to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any
jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. The Depositor
will also supply the Underwriters with such information as is
necessary for the determination of the legality of the offering and
sale of the Notes for investment under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably
request.
(g) Earnings Statement . The
Depositor will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange
Act as are necessary in order to
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cause the Trust to make generally available to
holders of the Notes as soon as practicable an earnings statement
for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the
benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a)
of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities
Act.
(h) Use of Proceeds . The
Depositor shall cause the Trust to use the net proceeds received by
it from the sale of the Notes in the manner specified in the Base
Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds”.
(i) Reports, Statements and
Certificates . So long as any Notes are outstanding, the
Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Underwriters, as soon as copies become available, copies of
(i) each payment date certificate delivered to Securityholders
pursuant to Section 4.9 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
(ii) the annual statements of compliance, annual independent
certified public accountants’ reports and annual opinions of
counsel furnished to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee
pursuant to the Basic Documents, as soon as such statements,
reports and opinions are furnished to the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, (iii) all documents of the
Depositor or the Trust required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act or any order of the Commission
thereunder and (iv) such other information concerning
CarMax LLC, the Depositor, the Trust or the Securities as the
Underwriters may reasonably request from time to time.
(j) Reporting Requirements .
The Depositor, during the period when the Prospectus is required to
be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will
file all documents required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by
the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations.
Section 4. Payment of
Expenses .
(a) Expenses . The Depositor
shall pay all of its own expenses incident to the performance of
its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation
(i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each
amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) the preparation,
reproduction and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement,
any agreement among Underwriters, each Basic Document and each
other document as may be required in connection with the issuance
and delivery of the Securities or the offering, purchase or sale of
the Notes, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the
certificates for the Notes to the Underwriters and the Certificates
to the Depositor, (iv) the fees and expenses of the counsel,
accountants and other advisors of the Depositor and any of its
Affiliates, in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, (v) the qualification of the Notes under state
securities laws in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3(f), including filing fees and the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection
therewith, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters
of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Depositor
and the Representative, the Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, including the reasonable fees
and disbursements of their