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Exhibit 1.1
FIFTH THIRD AUTO TRUST
2008-1
FIFTH THIRD HOLDINGS
FUNDING, LLC
(DEPOSITOR)
$201,000,000 2.73023% Auto
Loan Asset Backed Class A-1 Notes
$102,000,000 3.58% Auto
Loan Asset Backed Class A-2-A Notes
$143,000,000 LIBOR + 1.25%
Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-2-B Notes
$157,000,000 4.07% Auto
Loan Asset Backed Class A-3-A Notes
$84,000,000 4.81% Auto
Loan Asset Backed Class A-4-A Notes
$30,000,000 LIBOR + 2.00%
Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-4-B Notes
UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT
March 26,
2008
Barclays Capital
Inc.,
as a Representative of
the
Several
Underwriters
200 Park
Avenue, 5 th Floor
New York, New York
10166
Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC,
as a Representative of
the
Several
Underwriters
11 Madison
Avenue, 4 th Floor
New York, New York
10010
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
SECTION 1.
Introductory . Fifth Third Holdings Funding, LLC (the
“ Depositor ”) proposes to cause Fifth Third
Auto Trust 2008-1 (the “Issuer”) to transfer
$201,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.73023% Auto Loan Asset
Backed Class A-1 Notes (the “ Class A-1 Notes
”), $102,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.58% Auto
Loan Asset Backed Class A-2-A Notes (the “ Class
A-2-A Notes ”), $143,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of LIBOR + 1.25% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-2-B Notes (the
“ Class A-2-B Notes ”), $157,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 4.07% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-3-A
Notes (the “ Class A-3-A Notes ”), $84,000,000
aggregate principal amount of 4.81% Auto Loan Asset Backed
Class A-4-A Notes (the “ Class A-4-A Notes
”) and $30,000,000 aggregate principal amount of LIBOR +
2.00% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-4-B Notes (the “
Class A-4-B Notes ”, and together with the
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2-A Notes, the
Class A-2-B Notes, the Class A-3-A Notes and the
Class A-4-B Notes, the “ Class A Notes ”)
to the several underwriters set forth on
Schedule I (each, an
“ Underwriter ” and collectively, the “
Underwriters ”), for whom you are acting as
representatives (the “ Representatives ”). The
Issuer will also issue an additional $33,000000 aggregate principal
amount of Class A-4-A Notes (the “Retained
Class A-4-A Notes”), $20,925,000 aggregate principal
amount of 5.51% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class B Notes (the “
Class B Notes ”), $20,514,000 aggregate principal
amount of 6.08% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class C Notes (the “
Class C Notes ”) and $23,386,000 aggregate principal
amount of 6.66% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class D Notes (the “
Class D Notes ”, and together with the Class A
Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, the “
Notes ”). The Retained Class A-4-A Notes, the
Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes initially
will be retained by the Depositor. The Notes will be issued
pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2008 (as
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “
Indenture ”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New
York, as indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “
Indenture Trustee ”). The Notes will be secured by the
assets of the Issuer. The assets of the Issuer include, among other
things, motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts or
installment loans secured by a combination of new or used
automobiles or light-duty trucks (the “ Receivables
”) and certain related rights. The Receivables will be sold
to the Issuer by the Depositor and will be serviced for the Issuer
by Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation (the “
Ohio Bank ”), as servicer (in such capacity, the
“ Servicer ”).
Capitalized terms
used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of March 31, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time, the “ Sale and Servicing
Agreement ”), among the Servicer, the Issuer, the
Depositor and the Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(d)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”), the Underwriters, the Depositor, and
the Ohio Bank hereby agree that the “ Closing Date
” shall be March 31, 2008, 10:00 a.m., New York City
time (or at such other place and time on the same or other date as
shall be agreed to in writing by the Representatives and the
Depositor).
The Depositor has
prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ Commission ”) in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
“ Securities Act ”), a shelf registration
statement on Form S-3 (having the registration number 333-144316),
including a form of prospectus, relating to the Notes. The
registration statement as amended has been declared effective by
the Commission not more than three years prior to the Closing Date
or, the Depositor has prepared and filed (before the expiration of
such three year period) with the Commission in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities Act, a new shelf registration
statement on Form S-3 and such new registration statement includes
unsold securities covered by the earlier registration statement,
which such unsold securities may continue to be offered and sold
until the earlier of the effective date of the new registration
statement or 180 days after the third anniversary of the initial
effective date of the prior registration statement, as permitted
pursuant to paragraph (a)(5) of Rule 415 of the Securities Act. If
any post-effective amendment has been filed with respect thereto,
prior to the execution and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement
(this “ Agreement ”), the most recent such
amendment is effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 462 of the Securities Act or has been declared effective by
the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended at the time
of effectiveness, including all material incorporated by reference
therein and including all information (if any) deemed to
be
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part of the registration
statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under
the Securities Act, is referred to in this Agreement as the “
Registration Statement .” The Depositor proposes to
file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act (“ Rule 424(b) ”) a supplement
(the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) to the
prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such prospectus,
in the form it appears in the Registration Statement or in the form
most recently revised and filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Base
Prospectus ”) relating to the Notes and the method of
distribution thereof. The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement, together with any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “
Prospectus .”
Prior to 1:00 p.m.
(Eastern Time) (U.S.) on March 26, 2008 (i.e., the date and
time the first Contract of Sale (as defined below) for the Notes
(the “ Time of Sale ”) was entered into as
designated by the Representatives), the Depositor had prepared a
preliminary prospectus, dated March 26, 2008 (subject to
completion). As used herein, “ Preliminary Prospectus
” means, with respect to any date or time referred to herein,
the most recent preliminary Prospectus (as amended or supplemented,
if applicable), which has been prepared and delivered by the
Depositor to the Underwriters in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
Pursuant to this
Agreement, and subject to the terms hereof, the Depositor agrees to
sell to the Underwriters, the respective principal amount of each
class of Class A Notes set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter on Schedule I .
SECTION 2.
Representations and Warranties . Each of the
Depositor and the Ohio Bank severally represents and warrants (as
to itself) to the Underwriters, as of the date hereof (unless
specified otherwise) and as of the Closing Date, as
follows:
(a) (i) The
Depositor has prepared and filed the Registration Statement with
the Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Securities
Act, including a form of prospectus, relating to the Notes. The
registration statement as amended has been declared effective by
the Commission. The conditions to the use of a registration
statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as set forth in the
General Instructions to Form S-3, and the conditions of Rule 415
under the Securities Act, have been satisfied with respect to the
Registration Statement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement has been issued, and no proceeding
for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the
Commission.
(ii) On the
most recent effective date of the Registration Statement, the
Registration Statement conformed in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and did not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading and, on the Closing Date, the
Registration Statement and, on the date hereof and on the Closing
Date, the Prospectus will conform in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and (x) the
Registration Statement will not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (y) the Prospectus and the Designated Static
Pool Information (as defined below), taken together, will not
contain any untrue statement of a material
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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; provided ,
however , that the foregoing does not apply to (I) that
part of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Statements
of Eligibility of Qualification (Form T-1) of the Indenture Trustee
or other indenture trustees under the Trust Indenture Act or (II)
Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 9(b)
hereof). As used herein the term “ Designated Static Pool
Information ” shall mean the static pool information
referred to in the Preliminary Prospectus, including the static
pool information set forth in Appendix A – “
Static Pool Information Regarding Certain Previous Receivables
Pools ” but deemed to be excluded from the Registration
Statement and Prospectus pursuant to Item 1105(d) of
Regulation AB.
(iii) The
Preliminary Prospectus and the Designated Static Pool Information,
taken together at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date
will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any 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 (it being
understood that no representation or warranty is made with respect
to the omission of pricing and price-dependent information, which
information shall of necessity appear only in the final
Prospectus); provided , however , that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
contained in or omitted from the Preliminary Prospectus based upon
Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 9(b)
hereof).
(iv) Other
than the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Issuer
(including its agents and representatives other than the
Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used,
prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare,
make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written
communication”, including any “free writing
prospectus” (both as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act), that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of any
offer to buy the Notes.
(b) The documents
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto (other than documents filed by Persons other
than the Depositor), when they became or become effective under the
Securities Act or were or are filed with the Commission under the
Exchange Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder.
(c) As of the
Closing Date and as of the date hereof, each of the
Depositor’s and Issuer’s representations and warranties
in the Transaction Documents will be true and correct.
(d) The execution,
delivery and performance by the Depositor or the Ohio Bank, as
applicable, of this Underwriting Agreement, and each Transaction
Document to which it is a party, and the issuance and sale of the
Notes, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited
liability
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company or corporate action
on the part of the Depositor or the Ohio Bank, respectively.
Neither the execution and delivery by the Depositor or the Ohio
Bank, as applicable, of such instruments, nor the performance by
the Depositor or the Ohio Bank, respectively, of the transactions
herein or therein contemplated, nor the compliance by the Depositor
or the Ohio Bank, as applicable, with the provisions hereof or
thereof, will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any
of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
of the provisions of the limited liability company agreement,
certificate of formation, articles of incorporation or by-laws, as
applicable, of such entity, (ii) result in a material conflict
with any of the provisions of any judgment, decree or order binding
on the Depositor or the Ohio Bank, as applicable, or its
properties, (iii) conflict with any of the provisions of any
material indenture, mortgage, agreement, contract or other
instrument to which the Depositor or the Ohio Bank, as applicable,
is a party or by which it is bound, (iv) conflict with,
contravene or constitute a violation of any law, statute,
ordinance, rule or regulation to which it is subject, or
(v) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge
or encumbrance upon any of the Depositor’s or the Ohio
Bank’s, as applicable, property pursuant to the terms of any
such indenture, mortgage, contract or other instrument.
(e) The Depositor
or the Ohio Bank, as applicable, has duly executed and delivered
this Underwriting Agreement and, as of the Closing Date, will have
duly executed and delivered each Transaction Document to which it
is a party. When executed and delivered by the parties thereto,
each of the Indenture and each Transaction Document to which the
Depositor or the Ohio Bank is a party will constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Depositor or the Ohio Bank, as
applicable, enforceable against such entity 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 and to
general principles of equity. All approvals, authorizations,
consents, filings, orders or other actions of any person,
corporation or other organization, or of any court, governmental
agency or body or official (except with respect to the securities
laws of any foreign jurisdiction or the state securities or Blue
Sky laws of various jurisdictions), required in connection with the
valid and proper authorization, issuance and sale of the Notes
pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture have been
or will be taken or obtained on or before the Closing
Date.
(f) The Notes, when
validly issued pursuant to the Indenture and sold to the
Underwriters pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement, will conform
in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and will be validly
issued and entitled to the benefits and security afforded by the
Indenture. As of the Closing Date, the Issuer’s pledge of the
Receivables to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture will
vest in the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders
and the Swap Counterparty, a perfected security interest therein,
subject to no prior lien, mortgage security interest, pledge,
adverse claim, charge or other encumbrance, except as may be
permitted by the terms of the Transaction Documents.
(g) Neither the
Depositor nor the Ohio Bank nor anyone acting on their behalf has
taken any action that would require registration of the Depositor
or the Issuer under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the “ Investment Company Act ”); nor will
the
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Depositor or the Ohio Bank
act, nor has either of them authorized nor will either of them
authorize any person to act, in such manner.
(h) There are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Depositor or the Ohio Bank, threatened against the Depositor or the
Ohio Bank before or by any governmental authority that
(i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this
Underwriting Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents,
(ii) seek to prevent the issuance or sale of the Notes or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Underwriting Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents,
(iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially
and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor or the Ohio
Bank of its obligations under this Underwriting Agreement or any of
the other Transaction Documents or the collectibility or
enforceability of the Receivables, (iv) relate to the
Depositor or the Ohio Bank that would materially and adversely
affect the federal or applicable state income, excise, franchise or
similar tax attributes of the Notes or (v) could reasonably
have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders.
(i) As of the
Closing Date and as of the date hereof, the Ohio Bank’s
representations and warranties in the Transaction Documents (other
than the representations and warranties concerning the
characteristics of the Receivables which representations and
warranties will be true and correct in all material respects as of
the date set forth in the applicable Transaction Document) will be
true and correct.
(j) The Indenture
has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the
“ Trust Indenture Act ”), as amended.
(k) Since
December 31, 2007, there has not occurred any material adverse
change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse
change, in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise,
earnings, business or operations of the Depositor or the Ohio Bank
and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as
disclosed to you in writing prior to the date hereof.
(l) The Depositor
acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Notes:
(1) the Underwriters have acted at arms’ length, are not
agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Depositor or any
other person, (2) the Underwriters owe the Depositor only
those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and
(3) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those
of the Depositor. The Depositor waives to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the
Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in
connection with the offer of the Notes.
(m) As of the
Closing Date, there are no contracts or documents that are required
to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that have not
been so filed.
(n) The Depositor
was not, on the date on which the first bona fide offer of the
Notes sold pursuant to this Agreement was made, an
“ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act.
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(o) As of the
Closing Date, the Transaction Documents will conform in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, as then amended and supplemented.
SECTION 3.
Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Notes . On the basis
of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained,
but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Depositor agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the respective
principal amount of each class of Class A Notes set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule I at
a purchase price equal to the following percentages of the
aggregate principal amounts thereof: (i) in the case of the
Class A-1 Notes, 99.88000%, (ii) in the case of the
Class A-2-A Notes, 99.84884%, (iii) in the case of the
Class A-2-B Notes, 99.86000%, (iv) in the case of the
Class A-3-A Notes, 99.82563%, (v) in the case of the
Class A-4-A Notes, 99.79059% and (vi) in the case of the
Class A-4-B Notes, 99.80000%. Delivery of and payment for the
Notes shall be made at the Chicago offices of Mayer Brown LLP, at
10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date. Delivery of
one or more global notes representing Notes shall be made against
payment of the aggregate purchase price in immediately available
funds drawn to the order of the Depositor. 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.
SECTION 4.
Offering by Underwriters .
(a) Subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions in Section 6 , each
Underwriter shall purchase the Class A Notes for resale upon
the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. If the
Prospectus specifies an initial public offering price or a method
by which the price at which such Class A Notes are to be sold,
then after the Class A Notes are released for sale to the
public, the Underwriters may vary from time to time the public
offering price, selling concessions and reallowances to dealers
that are members of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. (“ NASD ”) and other terms of sale
hereunder and under such selling arrangements.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, each Underwriter agrees that it has not and will not
offer or sell any Notes within the United States, its territories
or possessions or to persons who are citizens thereof or residents
therein, except in transactions that are not prohibited by any
applicable securities, bank regulatory or other applicable
law.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, each Underwriter agrees that it has not and will not
violate any applicable securities laws in its offer or sale of any
Notes within any other country, its territories or possessions or
to persons who are citizens thereof or residents
therein.
(d) Each
Underwriter agrees that:
(i) it has
only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only
communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or
inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of
Section 21 of the Financial Services and
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Markets Act 2000,
as amended (the “ FSMA ”) received by it in
connection with the issue or sale of any Notes in circumstances in
which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the
Issuer;
(ii) it has
complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the
Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995, as amended (the
“ Regulations ”) and the FSMA with respect to
anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise
involving the United Kingdom; and
(iii) after
the Closing Date, it will provide the Depositor with a list of all
foreign jurisdictions related to any written confirmations of sale
of Notes it has sent.
(e) Each
Underwriter agrees that (i) if the Prospectus is not delivered
with the confirmation in reliance on Rule 172 under the Securities
Act, it will include in every confirmation sent out by such
Underwriter the notice required by Rule 173 under the Securities
Act informing the investor that the sale was made pursuant to the
Registration Statement and that the investor may request a copy of
the Prospectus from such Underwriter; (ii) if a paper copy of
the Prospectus is requested by a person who receives a
confirmation, such Underwriter shall deliver a printed or paper
copy of such Prospectus; and (iii) if an electronic copy of
the Prospectus is delivered by an Underwriter for any purpose, such
copy shall be the same electronic file containing the Prospectus in
the identical form transmitted electronically to such Underwriter
by or on behalf of the Depositor specifically for use by such
Underwriter pursuant to this Section 4(e) ; for
example, if the Prospectus is delivered to an Underwriter by or on
behalf of the Depositor in a single electronic file in .pdf format,
then such Underwriter will deliver the electronic copy of the
Prospectus in the same single electronic file in .pdf format. Each
Underwriter further agrees that if it delivers to an investor the
Prospectus in .pdf format, upon such Underwriter’s receipt of
a request from the investor within the period for which delivery of
the Prospectus is required, such Underwriter will promptly deliver
or cause to be delivered to the investor, without charge to the
investor, a paper copy of the Prospectus.
(f) Prior to the
Closing Date, the Representatives shall notify the Ohio Bank and
the Depositor of (i) the date on which the Preliminary
Prospectus is first used and (ii) the Time of Sale to which
such Preliminary Prospectus Supplement relates.
(g) Each
Underwriter represents and agrees (i) that it did not enter
into any Contract of Sale for any Notes prior to the Time of Sale
and (ii) that it will, at any time that such Underwriter is
acting as an “underwriter” (as defined in
Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act) with respect to the
Notes, deliver to each investor to whom Notes are sold by it during
the period prior to the filing of the final Prospectus (as notified
to the Underwriters by the Depositor), prior to the applicable time
of any such Contract of Sale with respect to such investor, the
Preliminary Prospectus.
(h) In relation to
each Member State of the European Economic Area which has
implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “ Relevant
Member State ”), each Underwriter represents and agrees
with the Depositor that with effect from and including the date on
which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant
Member State (the “ Relevant Implementation Date
”) it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes to the
public in that
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Relevant Member State prior
to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Notes which
has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant
Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant
Member State and notified to the competent authority in that
Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus
Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the
Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Notes to the public
in that Relevant Member State at any time:
(i) to legal
entities that are authorised or regulated to operate in the
financial markets or, if not so authorised or regulated, whose
corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(ii) to any
legal entity that has two or more of (1) an average of at
least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a
total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an
annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its
last annual or consolidated accounts; or
(iii) in any
other circumstances which do not require the publication by the
issuer of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus
Directive.
For the purposes of
this Section 4(h) , (A) the expression an “
offer of Notes to the public ” in relation to any
Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any
form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the
offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to
decide to purchase or subscribe the Notes, as the same may be
varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the
Prospectus Directive in that Member State, (B) the expression
“ Prospectus Directive ” means Directive
2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each
Relevant Member State and (C) the countries comprising the
“ European Economic Area ” are Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovak
Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom,
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
(i) If the
Depositor, the Ohio Bank or an Underwriter determines or becomes
aware that any “written communication” (as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (including without limitation
the Preliminary Prospectus) or oral statement (when considered in
conjunction with all information conveyed at the time of the
“contract of sale” within the meaning of Rule 159 under
the Securities Act and all Commission guidance relating to such
rule (the “ Contract of Sale ”)) made or
prepared by the Depositor or such Underwriter contains an untrue
statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading at the time that a
Contract of Sale was entered into, either the Depositor or such
Underwriter may prepare corrective information, with notice to the
other party and, if applicable, the other Underwriters, and such
Underwriter shall deliver such information in a manner reasonably
acceptable to both parties, to any person with whom a Contract of
Sale was entered into based on such written communication or oral
statement, and such information shall provide any such person with
the following:
(i) adequate
disclosure of the contractual arrangement;
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(ii) adequate
disclosure of the person’s rights under the existing Contract
of Sale at the time termination is sought;
(iii)
adequate disclosure of the new information that is necessary to
correct the misstatements or omissions in the information given at
the time of the original Contract of Sale; and
(iv) a
meaningful ability to elect to terminate or not terminate the prior
Contract of Sale and to elect to enter into or not enter into a new
Contract of Sale.
Any costs or losses
incurred in c
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