Exhibit 1.1
UPFC AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST
2006-B
$250,000,000 AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES
BACKED NOTES
UPFC AUTO FINANCING
CORPORATION
(SELLER)
UNITED AUTO CREDIT
CORPORATION
(SERVICER AND SPONSOR)
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
December 6, 2006
Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc.
as Underwriter
60 Wall Street, 19 th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Ladies and Gentlemen:
SECTION 1. Introduction .
UPFC Auto Financing Corporation (the “Seller”) proposes
to cause UPFC Auto Receivables Trust 2006-B (the
“Trust”) to issue and sell $55,000,000 principal amount
of its Class A-1 Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”),
$96,000,000 principal amount of Class A-2 Notes (the
“Class A-2 Notes”) and $99,000,000 principal amount of
its Class A-3 Notes (the “Class A-3 Notes,” and
together with the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2
Notes, the “Notes”) to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
as underwriter (the “Underwriter”). The Notes will be
issued pursuant to an Indenture, to be dated as of December 1,
2006 (the “Indenture”), between the Trust and Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee (in such
capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”) and trust collateral
agent. The assets of the Trust will include, among other things, a
pool of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts originated
by third-party dealers and then acquired by United Auto Credit
Corporation (“UACC”) and sold to the Trust on the
Closing Date (the “Receivables”) secured by new and
used automobiles, light-duty trucks, sports utility vehicles and
vans financed thereby (the “Vehicles”), certain monies
received thereunder after the close of business on
November 30, 2006 (the “Cutoff Date”), and the
other property and the proceeds thereof to be conveyed to the Trust
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement to be dated as of
December 1, 2006 (the “Sale and Servicing
Agreement”) among the Trust, the Seller, UACC, as Servicer,
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Centerone Financial
Services LLC, (the “Designated Backup Subservicer”).
Pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Seller will sell
the Receivables to the Trust and UACC will service the Receivables
on behalf of the Trust. The Seller formed the Trust pursuant to a
trust agreement, and it will be governed by an Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) to be dated as
of December 14, 2006 among the Seller and Wells Fargo Delaware
Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”).
The owner trust certificate (the “Certificate”),
representing a fractional undivided interest in the Trust, will be
issued to the Seller pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
The Seller will acquire the
Receivables from UACC pursuant to the terms of the Sale Agreement
(the “Sale Agreement”) dated as of December 1,
2006 between the Seller and UACC. UACC has acquired the Receivables
from third-party dealers (the “Dealers”) pursuant to
certain dealer retail agreements between each Dealer and UACC
(collectively, the “Dealer Retail
Agreements”).
Ambac Assurance Corporation (the
“Insurer”) has agreed to indemnify UACC and the
Underwriter and UACC and the Underwriter have each agreed to
indemnify the Insurer pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement,
dated as of December 14, 2006 (the “Indemnification
Agreement”).
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The Notes will be covered by a Note
Guaranty Insurance Policy (the “Policy”) issued by the
Insurer, pursuant to an Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated as
of December 14, 2006 (the “Insurance Agreement”)
among the Insurer, the Trust, UACC, the Seller, the Indenture
Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Backup
Servicer.
The Trust will pledge to the
Collateral Agent a lien and security interest in all of its right,
title and interest in the Spread Account pursuant to the terms of
the Spread Account Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006,
among the Trust, the Insurer and the Indenture Trustee, the Trust
Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent.
Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Underwriting Agreement (this
“Agreement”) shall have the meanings set forth in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or if not defined therein, then as
defined in the Prospectus Supplement (as defined in
Section 2(i) below). As used herein, the term
“Transaction Documents” refers to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Spread Account Agreement,
the Trust Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Indemnification
Agreement, the Policy and the Sale Agreement.
At or prior to the time when sales
to purchasers of the Notes were first made to investors by the
Underwriter, which was approximately 12:30 a.m. on December 6,
2006 (the “Time of Sale”), the Seller had prepared the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated December 6, 2006 to
the Prospectus dated November 17, 2006 (along with information
referred to under the caption “Static Pool Data”
therein regardless of whether it is deemed a part thereof under the
Rules and Regulations (as defined in Section 2(ii) below),
together the “Preliminary Prospectus”). If, subsequent
to the Time of Sale and prior to the Closing Date, 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 the Underwriter terminates its old “Contracts
of Sale” (within the meaning of Rule 159 under the Securities
Act) and enters into new Contracts of Sale with investors in the
Notes, then the “Preliminary Prospectus” will refer to
the information conveyed to investors at the time of entry into
such new Contract of Sale, in an amended Preliminary Prospectus
approved by the Seller and the Underwriter 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.
SECTION 2. Representations and
Warranties . (a) As a condition of the obligations of the
Underwriter to purchase the Notes, each of the Seller and UACC
makes the representations and warranties set forth below to the
Underwriter. To the extent a representation or warranty
specifically relates to the Seller, such representation or warranty
is made by the Seller and UACC jointly, and to the extent a
representation or warranty specifically relates solely to UACC,
such representation or warranty is only made by UACC and not by the
Seller.
(i) The registration statement on
Form S-3 (No. 333-137374), including the exhibits thereto, has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) for registration under the Securities
Act, which registration statement has been declared effective by
the Commission within the three years prior to the Closing Date and
is still effective as of the date hereof. Such registration
statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended to the date
hereof, is hereinafter called the “Registration
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Statement”; the prospectus
included in the Registration Statement, at the time the
Registration Statement became effective, or as subsequently filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; a
prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, in the form first
filed after the date hereof pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act, including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented
and together, along with information referred to under the caption
“Static Pool Data” therein regardless of whether it is
deemed a part of the Registration Statement or Base Prospectus
under the Rules and Regulations, is hereinafter called the
“Prospectus Supplement”; and the Base Prospectus
together with the Prospectus Supplement are hereinafter called the
“Prospectus.” Any preliminary form of the Prospectus
that has heretofore been filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) is
hereinafter called a “preliminary prospectus.” Any
reference herein to the terms “amend,”
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to
the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus
Supplement, shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of
any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”) or the filing date of the Base
Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to Item 12 of
Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
(ii) The Registration Statement as
of the applicable effective date as to each part thereof pursuant
to Rule 430B(f)(2) and any amendment thereto under the Securities
Act (the “Effective Date”) and as of the Time of Sale,
the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date of the Time of Sale, and
the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement,
complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”);
and the information in the Registration Statement, as of the
Effective Date and as of the Time of Sale, will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Rules and Regulations and did not contain any 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; the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date of the Time
of Sale and as of the Closing Date, will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules
and Regulations; and the Prospectus, and any amendments thereof and
supplements thereto, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement
and as of the Closing Date, will conform in all material respects
to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations and will not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that neither UACC
nor the Seller makes any representations or warranties as to
(i) that part of the Registration Statement which constitutes
the Statement of Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”) on Form
T-1 (the “Form T-1”) of the Indenture Trustee (which
will be represented and warranted to by the Indenture Trustee) and
(ii) the information contained in or omitted from such
Registration Statement or such Prospectus (or any supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to UACC by the Underwriter specifically for
use in the preparation thereof which information consists solely of
the information set forth in the chart following the
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second paragraph, the third, the
fourth, the fifth and the sixth paragraph under the heading
“Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement (the
“Underwriter’s Information”).
(iii) The Preliminary Prospectus, at
the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or 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; provided that the Seller makes no representation and
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter’s
Information.
(iv) Since the respective dates as
of which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus and in
the Prospectus there has not been any material adverse change, or,
to the best of our knowledge, any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition,
financial or otherwise, earnings, business or operations of any of
UACC or its subsidiaries, including the Seller and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as disclosed to the
Underwriter in writing prior to the date hereof.
(v) The Indenture has been qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act.
(vi) The Trust Agreement is not
required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
(vii) The Trust is not required to
register under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Investment Company Act”).
(viii) The issuance and sale of the
Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
of the Seller and, when executed, authenticated and delivered to
and paid for by the Underwriter in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and the Indenture, the Notes will be valid and
binding obligations of the Trust, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof
may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, conservatorship, moratorium or other similar laws now
or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights in
general and to general principles of equity.
(ix) Each of the Seller and UACC has
been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation
with full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and assets and conduct its business as described in
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which its ownership, leasing or operation of its properties or
assets or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
except where the failure to be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller or UACC to
perform its respective obligations under the Agreement and the
Transaction Documents or on the consummation of the transactions as
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and has full corporate
power and authority to execute and perform its obligations under
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party.
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(x) The execution and delivery of
this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action of the Seller and UACC, and this Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Seller and UACC and when duly
executed and delivered by the other parties hereto will be the
legal, valid and binding agreement of the Seller and UACC,
enforceable against the Seller and UACC in accordance with its
terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
conservatorship, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter
in effect relating to creditors’ rights in general; to
general principles of equity; and to limitations as to rights of
indemnity under applicable securities laws.
(xi) The execution and delivery of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Seller or UACC,
as applicable, and, when duly executed and delivered by the Seller
and UACC (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other parties thereto), will be legal, valid and binding agreements
of the Seller and UACC, enforceable against the Seller or UACC in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that
the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to creditors’ rights in general and to general
principles of equity.
(xii) The execution and delivery by
each of the Seller and UACC of, and the performance by each of the
Seller and UACC of its obligations under, this Agreement, each of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the Seller
under the Notes, the issuance and sale of the Notes to the
Underwriter by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement (subject to
obtaining any consents or approvals as may be required under the
securities or “blue sky” laws to various
jurisdictions), the compliance by the Seller and UACC with the
other provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the
other transactions herein contemplated do not (x) require the
consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of
or with any governmental authority, except as such have been
obtained or made or such as may be required under the securities or
“blue sky” laws of various jurisdictions, or
(y) conflict with or result in a breach or violation or
acceleration of, or constitute a default under, any term or
provision of the organizational documents of the Seller or UACC,
any indenture mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Seller or UACC is a party or by which any
of them or their properties is bound or result in a violation of or
contravene the terms of any statute, order or regulation applicable
to the Seller or UACC of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over
the Seller or UACC, or result in the creation of any lien upon any
property or assets of the Seller or UACC (other than pursuant to
the Transaction Documents), except where such conflict, breach,
default or creation would not have a material adverse effect on the
ability of the Seller and UACC to perform its respective
obligations under the Agreement and the Transaction Documents or on
the consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(xiii) None of the Seller or UACC is
in violation of any term or provision of its charter documents or
by-laws, or in breach of or in default under any statute or
any
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judgment, decree, order, rule or
regulation of any court or other governmental authority or any
arbitrator applicable to the Seller or UACC, the consequence of
which violation, breach or default would have (a) a materially
adverse effect on or constitute a materially adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, properties, business
affairs, net worth or results of operations of the Seller or UACC
or (b) a material and adverse effect on its ability to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents, in each case, to which it is a party.
(xiv) None of the Seller, UACC nor
anyone acting on their behalf has taken any action that would
require registration of the Seller or the Trust under the
Investment Company Act; nor will the Seller nor UACC act, nor has
either of them authorized nor will either of them authorize any
person to act, in such manner.
(xv) Each of the Seller and UACC
possesses all consents, licenses, certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, the absence of which would have a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Seller and UACC to perform its
respective obligations under the Agreement and the Transaction
Documents or on the consummation of the transactions as
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and neither the Seller
nor UACC has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such license, certificate,
authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a
materially adverse effect on or constitute a materially adverse
change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
properties, business affairs, net worth or results of operations of
the Seller or UACC, except as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus.
(xvi) No legal or governmental
proceedings are pending or threatened to which the Seller or UACC
is a party or to which the property of the Seller or UACC is
subject except for such proceedings that would not, if the subject
of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, properties, business affairs,
net worth or results of operations of the Seller or UACC or the
Seller’s or UACC’s ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or on the
consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(xvii) No default exists, and no
event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a default in the due performance and observance of
any term, covenant or condition of any material indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other material agreement or
instrument to which the Seller or UACC is a party or by which the
Seller or UACC or any of its respective properties is
bound.
(xviii) The Notes and the
Transaction Documents conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and in
the Prospectus.
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(xix) Each of the Seller’s and
UACC’s representations and warranties in the Transaction
Documents are true and correct as of the date they are given
therein and will be true and correct on the Closing Date, and such
representations and warranties are incorporated herein by
reference.
(xx) Other than as contemplated by
this Agreement or as disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus and in
the Prospectus, there is no broker, finder or other party that is
entitled to receive from the Seller or any of its Affiliates or the
Underwriter, any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or
commission as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(xxi) None of the Seller, UACC nor
any of their Affiliates has entered into, nor will it enter into,
any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the
Notes except for this Agreement.
(xxii) Assuming that the Notes are
issued in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
distributed in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and as
described in the Prospectus, the Notes are “asset backed
securities” within the meaning of, and satisfy the
requirements for use of, Form S-3 under the Securities
Act.
(xxiii) The Notes, when duly and
validly executed by the Indenture Trustee, authenticated and
delivered in accordance with the Indenture, and delivered and paid
for pursuant hereto will be validly issued and outstanding and
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(xxiv) The Certificates, when duly
and validly executed by the Owner Trustee, authenticated and
delivered in accordance with the Trust Agreement, will be validly
issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the Trust
Agreement.
(xxv) Any taxes, fees and other
governmental charges due on or prior to the Closing Date
(including, without limitation, sales taxes) in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Notes have been or
will have been paid at or prior to the Closing Date.
(xxvi) None of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the
use of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes) will violate or
result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any
regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation,
Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
(xxvii) As of the Time of Sale, the
Seller was not and as of the Closing Date is not, an
“ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act.
(xxviii) The Seller has filed the
Preliminary Prospectus and each Free Writing Prospectus required to
have been filed under the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations and it has done so within the applicable periods of
time required under the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations; provided, however that no Free Writing Prospectus has
been filed with respect to this transaction.
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(xxix) Prior to the date hereof,
none of UACC, the Seller nor any of their Affiliates (including,
without limitation, all officers and directors thereof) has taken
any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which
might have been expected to cause or result in stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security in connection with the
offering of the Notes.
(b) The above representations and
warranties shall be deemed to be repeated in their entirety at and
as of the Closing Date.
(c) The Underwriter hereby makes the
representations and agrees to the statements contained in Annex A
hereto.
SECTION 3. Purchase, Sale and
Delivery of Notes . (a) On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Seller
agrees to cause the Trust to sell to the Underwriter, and the
Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Trust the Notes, at a
purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) equal to
“$249,478,911.30”. Delivery of and payment for the
Notes shall be made at the offices of Mitchell
Silberberg & Knupp LLP, 11377 West Olympic Boulevard, Los
Angeles, California 90064-1683 at 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on
December 14, 2006 (or at such other place and time on the same
or other date as shall be agreed to in writing by the Underwriter
and the Seller, the “Closing Date”). Delivery of one or
more global notes representing the Notes shall be made against
payment of the aggregate purchase price in immediately available
funds drawn to the order of the Seller. The global notes to be so
delivered shall be 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. Definitive Notes representing the Notes will be available
only under limited circumstances, as described in the
Prospectus.
(b) The Seller hereby acknowledges
that the payment of monies pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof (a
“Payment”) by the Underwriter of the aggregate Purchase
Price for the Notes does not constitute closing of a purchase and
sale of the Notes. Only (1) the execution and delivery, by
facsimile or otherwise, of a receipt for Notes by the Underwriter,
and (2) the release of all Permitted Liens, by 4:00 p.m. (New
York time) on the Closing Date, indicates completion of the closing
of a purchase of the Notes from the Trust. Furthermore, in the
event that the Underwriter makes a Payment to the Trust prior to
the completion of the closing of a purchase of Notes, the Seller
hereby acknowledges that until the Underwriter executes and
delivers such receipt for the Notes and until all Permitted Liens
have been released by or before 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on the
Closing Date, the Trust will not be entitled to the Payment and the
Seller shall cause the Trust to return the Payment to the
Underwriter as soon as practicable (by wire transfer of same-day
funds) upon demand. In the event that the closing of a purchase of
Notes is not completed and the Payment is not returned by the Trust
to the Underwriter on the same day the Payment was received by the
Trust, the Seller agrees to pay, or otherwise cause the Trust to
pay, to the Underwriter in respect of each day the Payment is not
returned by it, in same-day funds, interest on the amount of such
Payment in an amount representing the Underwriter’s cost of
financing as reasonably determined by the Underwriter.
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SECTION 4. Offering by the
Underwriter . Upon the authorization by the Underwriter of the
release of the Notes, the Underwriter proposes to offer the Notes
for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
and the Prospectus.
SECTION 5. Covenants of the
Seller and UACC . Each of the Seller and UACC covenants and
agrees with the Underwriter as set forth below.
(a) To file the Prospectus, properly
completed, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act no later than the second
business day following the day it is first used. The Seller will
file with the Commission any Free Writing Prospectus delivered to
investors in accordance with Section 6 as the Seller is
required to file under the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and to do so within the applicable period of time
required under the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations
(which for the avoidance of doubt shall be in the case of a Free
Writing Prospectus that is Pre-pricing and Pricing Information, the
final version of the Pre-pricing and Pricing Information);
provided, as to any Free Writing Prospectus delivered by the
Underwriter, the Seller is given timely notice and copies of such
Free Writing Prospectus. The Seller or UACC will advise the
Underwriter promptly of any such filing under the Securities
Act.
(b) To furnish to the Underwriter
and counsel for the Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of
the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in
each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the
Underwriter reasonably requests. The Prospectus shall be furnished
on or prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on or prior to the second
business day preceding the Closing Date. All other documents shall
be so furnished as soon as available and in such quantities as the
Underwriter may reasonably request. The Seller or UACC will pay the
expenses of printing, reproducing and distributing to the
Underwriter all such documents.
(c) To advise the Underwriter
promptly, in writing, of any proposal to amend or supplement the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and will not effect any
such amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter shall
reasonably object; and to also advise the Underwriter promptly of
the effectiveness of each Registration Statement and of any
amendment or supplement of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop
order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement and will
use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order
and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if
issued.
(d) To furnish the Underwriter with
copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and each
amendment or supplement, during the period when any Underwriter is
required to deliver a Prospectus under the Securities Act, at the
cost and expense of UACC, each in such quantities as the
Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request (and
subsequent to such period, to assist the Underwriter in obtaining
sufficient additional copies of the Prospectus, at the cost and
expense of the Underwriter); and if, at any time prior to the
expiration of the Prospectus delivery period under the Securities
Act, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made when such
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Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if
for any other reason it shall be necessary or desirable during such
same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus, to notify the
Underwriter and promptly prepare and file with the Commission
(subject to the Underwriter’s prior review pursuant to
Section 5(c)), at its own expense, an amendment or supplement
which will correct such statement or omission, or an amendment
which will effect such compliance. Upon the Underwriter’s
request, the Seller will prepare and furnish without charge to the
Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and
electronic copies as the Underwriter may from time to time
reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect
such compliance. Neither the Underwriter’s consent to, nor
the Underwriter’s distribution of any amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus shall constitute a waiver of any of the
conditions set forth in Section 8 hereof.
(e) The Seller will arrange for the
qualification of the Notes for offering and sale in each
jurisdiction as the Underwriter shall designate including, but not
limited to, pursuant to applicable state securities (“Blue
Sky”) laws of certain states of the United States of America
or other U. S. jurisdictions so designated, and the Seller shall
maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as may be
necessary in order to complete the placement of the Notes;
provided, however, that the Seller shall not be obliged to file any
general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign
corporation or as a securities dealer in any jurisdiction or to
subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any
jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. The Seller
will promptly advise the Underwriter of the receipt by the Seller
of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose.
(f) The Seller will cooperate with
the Underwriter and use its best efforts to permit the Notes to be
eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(g) UACC and the Seller shall
(i) furnish or make available to the Underwriter or its
counsel such additional documents and information regarding UACC,
the Seller and their respective affairs as the Underwriter may from
time to time reasonably request prior to the Closing Date,
including any and all documentation reasonably requested in
connection with its due diligence efforts regarding information in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and in order to
evidence the accuracy or completeness of any of the conditions
contained in this Agreement and (ii) provide the Underwriter
or its advisors, or both, prior to acceptance of its subscription,
the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers with
respect to such matters.
(h) From the date hereof until the
Closing Date, none of the Seller, UACC, nor any of their respective
Affiliates will, without the prior written consent of the
Underwriter, directly or indirectly, offer, sell or contract to
sell or announce the offering of, in a public or private
transaction, any other collateralized securities similar to the
Notes.
(i) During the period beginning on
the Closing Date and continuing until and including the date that
is six months after the Closing Date, none of the Seller, UACC or
any of their Affiliates shall offer, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of any securities of the Trust, the Seller or
UACC in a public offering that are substantially similar to the
Notes, without first
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furnishing to the Underwriter an opinion of
counsel (in form and from such firm as is reasonably satisfactory
to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter) stating that
such public offering of securities would not result in any
violation of federal or state securities laws with respect to the
Notes.
(j) Until the retirement of the
Notes, neither the Seller nor UACC shall, nor cause the Trust to,
be or become an investment company that is or is required to be
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company
Act.
(k) Until the retirement of the
Notes, or until the Underwriter no longer maintains a secondary
market in the Notes, whichever occurs first, UACC shall cause the
Seller to and the Seller shall deliver to the Underwriter the
annual statement of compliance and any annual independent certified
public accountants’ report furnished to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as soon as such
statements and reports are furnished to the Indenture
Trustee.
(l) So long as any of the Notes are
outstanding, UACC shall cause the Seller to and the Seller shall
deliver to the Underwriter: (i) all documents distributed to
Noteholders and (ii) from time to time, any other information
concerning UACC, the Seller or the Trust as the Underwriter may
reasonably request only insofar as such information reasonably
relates to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(m) On or before the Closing Date,
UACC and the Seller (to the extent applicable) shall each cause
their computer records relating to the Receivables to be marked to
show the Trust’s absolute ownership of the Receivables, and
from and after the Closing Date neither the Seller nor UACC shall
take any action inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of
such Receivables, other than as permitted by the Indenture or the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(n) To the extent, if any, that any
of the ratings assigned to the Notes by any of the rating agencies
that initially rate the Notes are conditional upon the furnishing
of documents or the taking of any other actions by the Seller or
UACC, as the case may be, the relevant party shall furnish, or
cause to be furnished, such documents and take any such other
actions as promptly as possible.
(o) The Seller or UACC will cause
the Trust to make generally available to Noteholders, as soon as
practicable, but no later than sixteen months after the date
hereof, an earnings statement of the Trust covering a period of at
least twelve consecutive months beginning after the later of
(i) the Effective Date of the Registration Statement relating
to the Notes and (ii) the effective date of the most recent
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become
effective prior to the date of this Agreement, it being understood
that timely delivery of each Servicer’s Certificate pursuant
to Section 4.9 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement satisfies
this covenant.
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SECTION 6. Preliminary Prospectus
and Free Writing Prospectus .
(a) The following terms have the
specified meanings for purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “ Free Writing
Prospectus ” means and includes any information relating
to the Offered Notes disseminated by the Seller or any Underwriter
that constitutes a “free writing prospectus” within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(ii) “ Issuer
Information ” means the information contained in the
Preliminary Prospectus (other than Underwriter’s
Information), any Free Writing Prospectus (other than an
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus) and the Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus (solely limited to (A) information included
in the Preliminary Prospectus and (B) Pre-pricing and Pricing
Information).
(iii) “ Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus ” means a Free Writing Prospectus
prepared by or on behalf of an Underwriter.
(iv) “ Pre-pricing and
Pricing Information ” means the information in an
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus consisting of (A) the
status of the subscriptions for each class of Notes,
(B) weighted average lives, ratings, expected maturities
and/or payment windows, benchmarks and legal finals for each class
of Notes, (B) expected or actual pricing parameters for each
class of Notes, (C) expected settlement and non offered notes
and (D) CUSIP numbers, ERISA eligibility, pricing prepayment
speed and clean up call.
(b) The Seller will not disseminate
to any potential investor any information relating to the Notes
that constitutes a “written communication” within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, other than the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus unless the Seller has
obtained the prior consent of the Underwriter.
(c) Neither the Seller nor the
Underwriter shall disseminate or file with the Commission any
information relating to the Notes in reliance on Rule 167 or 426
under the Securities Act, nor shall the Seller or the Underwriter
disseminate any Free Writing Prospectus “in a manner
reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted
dissemination” within the meaning of Rule 433(d) under the
Securities Act.
(d) Each Free Writing Prospectus
shall bear the following legend, or a substantially similar legend
that complies with Rule 433 under the Securities Act:
The Seller has filed a registration
statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to
which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should
read the prospectus in that registration statement and other
documents the depositor has filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the depositor, the issuing trust, and this
offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on
the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the depositor, any
underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will
arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling
toll-free 1-(866) 669-7629.
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(e) In the event that the Seller or
UACC become aware that, as of the Time of Sale, any Preliminary
Prospectus contains or contained any untrue statement of material
fact or omits or omitted to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (a
“Defective Prospectus”), such entity shall promptly
notify the Underwriter of such untrue statement or omission no
later than one business day after discovery and the Seller shall,
if requested by the Underwriter, prepare and deliver to the
Underwriter a Corrected Prospectus.
(f) The Underwriter represents,
warrants, covenants and agrees with the Seller that:
(i) It has not provided and will not
provide to any potential investor any information that would
constitute “written communication” (as defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or
solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, including, but not
limited to any “ABS informational and computational
materials” as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB
under the Securities Act; other than that contained in one or more
of (a) an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (consisting of
information limited to (1) information included in the
previously filed Preliminary Prospectus, (2) Pre-pricing and
Pricing Information, (3) Intex .cdi files and
(4) information customarily included in confirmations of sales
of securities and notices of allocations), (b) the Preliminary
Prospectus, (c) the Prospectus, and (d) information
delivered in compliance with Rule 134 of the Securities
Act.
(ii) In disseminating information to
prospective investors, it has complied and will continue to comply
fully with the Rules and Regulations, including but not limited to
Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act and the requirements
thereunder for filing and retention of Free Writing Prospectuses,
including retaining any Free Writing Prospectuses they have used
but which are not required to be filed for the required
period.
(iii) Prior to entering into any
Contract of Sale, the Underwriter shall convey the Preliminary
Prospectus to the prospective investor. The Underwriter shall
maintain sufficient records to document its conveyance of the
Preliminary Prospectus to the potential investor prior to the
formation of the related Contract of Sale and shall maintain such
records as required by the Rules and Regulations.
(iv) If a Defective Prospectus has
been corrected with a Corrected Prospectus delivered to the
Underwriter, it shall (A) deliver the Corrected Prospectus to
each investor with whom it entered into a Contract of Sale and that
received the Defective Prospectus from it prior to entering into a
new Contract of Sale with such investor, (B) notify such
investor in a prominent fashion that the prior Contract of Sale
with the investor, if any, has been terminated and of the
investor’s rights as a result of such agreement and
(C) provide such investor with an opportunity to affirmatively
agree to purchase the Notes on the terms described in the Corrected
Prospectus.
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(g) The Underwriter shall deliver to
the Seller, not less than one business day prior to the required
date of filing thereof, all information included in an Underwriter
Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed with the Commission
under the Securities Act.
(h) In the event that the
Underwriter shall incur any costs to any investor in connection
with the reformation of the Contract of Sale with such investor
that received a Defective Prospectus (except to the extent the
Defective Prospectus results solely from statements or omissions
made in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriter’s Information), the Seller and UACC jointly and
severally agree to reimburse the Underwriter for such costs. In the
event the Seller or UACC shall incur any costs in connection with a
Defective Prospectus (to the extent the Defective Prospectus
results solely from statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with the Underwriter’s Information), the
Underwriter shall reimburse the Seller or UACC, as applicable, for
such costs.
SECTION 7. Payment of
Expenses . UACC will pay all expenses incident to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether or not the
transactions contemplated herein are consummated or this Agreement
is terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, including:
(a) the preparation, printing and distribution of the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement and each amendment or supplement thereto and
delivery of copies thereof to the Underwriter, (b) the
preparation of this Agreement, (c) the preparation, issuance
and delivery of the Notes to the Underwriter (or any appointed
clearing organizations), (d) the fees and disbursements of
UACC’s and the Seller’s accountants, (e) the
qualification of the Notes under state securities laws including
filing fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Underwriter in connection therewith and in connection with the
preparation of any Blue Sky survey (including the printing and
delivery thereof to the Underwriter), (f) any fees charged by
rating agencies for the rating (or consideration of the rating) of
the Notes, (g) the fees and expenses incurred with respect to
any filing with, and review by, DTC or any similar organizations,
(h) the fees and disbursements of the Indenture Trustee and
its counsel, if any, (i) the fees and disbursements of the
Owner Trustee and its counsel, if any, (