Exhibit 1.1
Execution Copy
Ford Credit Auto Receivables Two
LLC
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
2009-B
Underwriting Agreement
June 2, 2009
Barclays Capital Inc.
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
of the other Underwriters named in
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1.
Introduction . Ford Credit Auto Receivables Two
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the " Depositor
"), formed under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation
of Ford Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC (such certificate, the "
Certificate of Formation ") and operating pursuant to an
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as
of March 1, 2001 (the " Limited Liability Company Agreement
"), executed by Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (" Ford Credit "), as sole member,
proposes to sell the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes (the " Publicly Registered
Notes ") described in the Terms Annex (the " Terms Annex
") that is attached as Annex A and incorporated into and made part
of this agreement (this agreement including the Terms Annex, this "
Agreement "). The Publicly Registered Notes will
be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission ") and will be sold to the applicable
underwriters listed in the Terms Annex through the representatives
(the " Representatives ") signing this Agreement on behalf
of themselves and such underwriters (the Representatives and the
other underwriters of the Publicly Registered Notes, the "
Underwriters "). Other capitalized terms used and
not defined in this Agreement will have the meanings given them in
Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (defined
below). The rules of usage specified in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement will apply to this Agreement.
Each of the Representatives is a
financial institution appearing on the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York's list of Primary Government Securities Dealers Reporting to
the Government Securities Dealers Statistics Unit of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (a " Primary Dealer "), and may be
a party to that certain Master Loan and Security Agreement among
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the " FRBNY "), as
Lender, various Primary Dealers party thereto, The Bank of New York
Mellon, as Administrator, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as
Custodian (the " MLSA "), in connection with the Term
Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (" TALF
"). It is expressly intended by the parties hereto that
all rights, benefits and remedies of the Representatives, as
Underwriters, under this Agreement will be for the benefit of, and
will be enforceable by, each Representative not only in such
capacity but also in its capacity as a Primary Dealer and as a
signatory to the MLSA.
The Publicly Registered Notes will
be issued by a Delaware statutory trust (the " Trust ")
identified in the Terms Annex and established under a trust
agreement (the " Trust Agreement ")
between the Depositor and an owner trustee (the
" Owner Trustee "). Simultaneously with the
issuance and sale of the Publicly Registered Notes as contemplated
in this Agreement, the Trust will issue the Class A-1 Notes, (the "
Class A-1 Notes " and, together with the Publicly Registered
Notes, the " Notes "). The Class A-1 Notes will
be sold pursuant to a note purchase agreement (the " Class A-1
Note Purchase Agreement "). Each of the Notes will
be issued pursuant to an indenture (the " Indenture ")
between the Trust and an indenture trustee (the " Indenture
Trustee ") and will be secured by a pool of retail installment
sale contracts for new and used cars and light trucks (the "
Receivables ") and certain other property of the
Trust.
Ford Credit will sell the
Receivables to the Depositor pursuant to a purchase agreement (the
" Purchase Agreement ") and the Depositor will sell the
Receivables to the Trust pursuant to a sale and servicing agreement
(the " Sale and Servicing Agreement "). Ford
Credit (in such capacity, the " Servicer ") will service the
Receivables on behalf of the Trust pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. Ford Credit will also act as
administrator for the Trust pursuant to an administration agreement
(the " Administration Agreement ") among Ford Credit, the
Trust and the Indenture Trustee.
In order to perfect the security
interest of the Indenture Trustee in certain accounts, the Trust,
the Indenture Trustee and the financial institution acting as the
securities intermediary will enter into an account control
agreement (the " Control Agreement ").
The Trust Agreement, the Purchase
Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the
Administration Agreement and the Control Agreement are collectively
referred to as the " Basic Documents ." The Basic
Documents and this Agreement are collectively referred to as the "
Transaction Documents ."
The Depositor has prepared and filed
with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the " Securities Act "), and the rules and regulations of
the Commission under the Securities Act (the " Rules and
Regulations "), a registration statement on Form S-3 (having
the registration number stated in the Terms Annex), including a
form of prospectus and all amendments that are required as of the
date of this Agreement relating to the Publicly Registered Notes
and the offering of notes from time to time in accordance with Rule
415 under the Securities Act. The registration
statement, as amended, has been declared effective by the
Commission. Such registration statement, as amended at
the time of effectiveness, including all material incorporated by
reference therein, is referred to in this Agreement as the "
Registration Statement ." The Depositor also has
filed with, or will file with, the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) (" Rule 424(b) ") under the Securities Act a
prospectus supplement relating to the Publicly Registered Notes
(the " Prospectus Supplement "). The prospectus
relating to the Publicly Registered Notes in the form first
required to be filed to satisfy the condition set forth in Rule
172(c) under the Securities Act is referred to as the " Base
Prospectus ," and the Base Prospectus as supplemented by the
Prospectus Supplement required to be filed to satisfy the condition
set forth in Rule 172(c) under the Securities Act is referred to as
the " Prospectus ." Any reference in this
Agreement to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus
used in connection with the offering of the Publicly Registered
Notes described in the Terms Annex (the " Preliminary
Prospectus ") or the Prospectus will be deemed to refer to and
include any exhibits thereto and any documents incorporated by
reference therein, as of the effective date of the Registration
Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus,
as the case may be. The Depositor has included certain
static pool information (the " Static Pool Information ")
relating to prior securitized pools in Annex A to the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement.
At or prior to the time that the
Representatives first entered into "contracts of sale" (within the
meaning of Rule 159 under the Securities Act, the " Contracts of
Sale ") with investors in Publicly Registered Notes, which time
will be specified in the Terms Annex (such time, the " Time of
Sale "), the Depositor had prepared the Preliminary Prospectus
and the information (including any "free-writing prospectus," as
defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act (a " Free
Writing Prospectus ")) listed in the Terms Annex under "Time of
Sale Information" (collectively, the " Time of Sale
Information "). If, subsequent to the initial Time
of Sale, the Depositor and the Representatives determine that 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 the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading and the Representatives advise the
Depositor that investors in the Publicly Registered Notes have
elected to terminate their initial Contracts of Sale and enter into
new Contracts of Sale, then the " Time of Sale " will refer
to the time of entry into the first new Contract of Sale and the "
Time of Sale Information " will refer to the information
available to purchasers at the time of entry (prior to the Closing
Date) into the first new Contract of Sale, including any
information that corrects such material misstatements or omissions
(such new information, the " Corrective Information ") and
the Terms Annex will be deemed to be amended to include such
Corrective Information in the Time of Sale
Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the
purposes of Section 7 hereof, in the event that an investor elects
not to terminate its initial Contract of Sale and enter into a new
Contract of Sale, " Time of Sale " will refer to the time of
entry into such initial Contract of Sale and " Time of Sale
Information " with respect to Publicly Registered Notes to be
purchased by such investor will refer to information available to
such purchaser at the time of entry into such initial Contract of
Sale.
2.
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
. The Depositor represents and warrants to and agrees
with the Underwriters that, as of the date of this
Agreement:
(a)
Registration Statement and Prospectus . The
Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
Commission under the Securities Act; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the
Commission and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted
or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened by the
Commission, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
any amendment thereto, at the time the Registration Statement
became effective and as of the Time of Sale complied, and as of the
date of the Prospectus Supplement will comply, in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the Registration Statement,
did not, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or
as of the Time of Sale, and will not, on the Closing Date, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and as of the date of
the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and on the
date of this Agreement, the Prospectus 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 Depositor makes no representation and
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to Ford Credit or the Depositor in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto; and the conditions to the use by the Depositor
of a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act,
as set forth in the General Instructions to Form S-3, have been
satisfied with respect to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. When the Indenture is executed by all the
parties to the Indenture, it will conform in all material
respects
with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the " TIA "), and at all times thereafter will be duly
qualified under the TIA.
(b)
Time of Sale Information . The Time of Sale
Information, 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 Depositor makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished to the Depositor by an Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information;
provided that if subsequent to the Time of Sale but prior to
or on the Closing Date the Depositor and the Representatives
determine that the Time of Sale Information included an untrue
statement of material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein in light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading, for
purposes of this paragraph, Time of Sale Information will include
any Corrective Information provided to the Representatives or
Underwriters by the Depositor in accordance with Section
5(c).
(c)
Trust Free Writing Prospectus . Other than the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Depositor (including
its agents and representatives other than the Underwriters in their
capacity as such) has not prepared or authorized, and will not
prepare or authorize any "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 Publicly Registered
Notes other than the documents, if any, listed as a Trust Free
Writing Prospectus (each, a " Trust Free Writing Prospectus
") under "Time of Sale Information" in the Terms
Annex. Each such Trust Free Writing Prospectus complied
in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been filed in
accordance with Section 8 (to the extent required by Rule 433 under
the Securities Act) and, when taken together with the Preliminary
Prospectus, such Trust Free Writing Prospectus, did not at the Time
of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue
statements 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 Depositor makes no representation and
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the
Depositor by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly
for use in such Trust Free Writing Prospectus.
(d)
Documents Incorporated by Reference . The
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they
were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively,
the " Exchange Act "); and any further documents so filed
and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such
documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
(e)
Organization and Qualification . The Depositor is
duly organized and validly existing as a limited liability company
in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. The Depositor is qualified as a foreign
limited liability company in good standing and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the
ownership or lease of its properties or the conduct of its
activities requires such qualification, license or approval, unless
the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or approvals
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the Depositor's ability to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(f)
No Conflicts and No Violation . The consummation
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to
which the Depositor is a party and the fulfillment of the terms of
the Transaction Documents to which the Depositor is a party will
not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar
agreement or instrument under which the Depositor is a debtor or
guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the
Depositor pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or
instrument (other than the lien pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement), (iii) violate the Certificate of Formation or Limited
Liability Company Agreement, or (iv) violate any law or, to the
Depositor's knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to
the Depositor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties, in each
case which conflict, breach, default, lien, or violation would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Depositor's ability to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(g)
Power, Authorization and Enforceability . The
Depositor has the power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform the terms of each of the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party. The Depositor has authorized the execution,
delivery and performance of the terms of this Agreement and on the
Closing Date, the other Transaction Documents to which the
Depositor will be a party will have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Depositor. Each of the Transaction
Documents to which the Depositor will be a party is the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against
the Depositor, except as may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy,
reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles.
(h)
Conformity of Transaction Documents . The
Transaction Documents will conform to their descriptions in the
Prospectus in all material respects.
(i)
Enforceability of Notes . On the Closing Date,
the Publicly Registered Notes will have been duly executed, issued
and delivered, and when authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and
paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with this Agreement,
will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Trust entitled
to the benefits provided by the Indenture.
(j)
Schedule of Receivables . The Schedule of
Receivables to be delivered by Ford Credit as sponsor under the
Purchase Agreement will be true and correct in all material
respects as of the date specified in the Schedule of
Receivables.
(k)
Representations and Warranties in the Basic Documents
. The representations and warranties of the Depositor in
the Basic Documents to which it will be a party will be true and
correct in all material respects as of the date
specified.
(l)
Ineligible Issuer . The Depositor is not, and on
the date on which the first bona fide offer of the Publicly
Registered Notes was made was not, an "ineligible issuer," as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(m)
Static Pool Information . The Static Pool
Information will be true and correct in all material respects as of
the date of the Preliminary Prospectus and as of the date of the
Prospectus.
(n)
Investment Company Act . Neither the Depositor
nor the Trust is, or will, after giving effect to the issuance and
sale of the Notes hereunder, be, required to be registered as an
"investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the " Investment Company Act ").
(o)
TALF Information . The Notes constitute "eligible
collateral" under TALF. The Notes and the Receivables
satisfy all applicable criteria for securities relating to "prime
retail auto loans" under TALF, and the Trust and Ford Credit, as
Sponsor, have satisfied, or by the Closing Date will have
satisfied, all applicable requirements under TALF. The
Preliminary Prospectus contains, and the Prospectus will contain,
all applicable information required to be included therein under
TALF.
3.
Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes . On the
Closing Date, on the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements contained in this Agreement, but subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Depositor agrees to
sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Depositor, the respective
principal amounts of the Publicly Registered Notes set forth
opposite such Underwriter's name in the Terms Annex. The
Publicly Registered Notes will be purchased by the Underwriters at
the purchase prices set forth in the Terms Annex.
Payment for the Publicly Registered
Notes will be made to the Depositor or to its order by wire
transfer of immediately available funds at 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the closing date specified in the Terms Annex (the "
Closing Date ") or at such other time not later than seven
(7) full Business Days after such specified closing date as the
Representatives and the Depositor may determine.
Payment for the Publicly Registered
Notes will be made against delivery to the Representatives, for the
account of the Underwriters, at the office of Dewey & LeBoeuf
LLP, New York, New York, on the Closing Date. Each of
the Publicly Registered Notes to be so delivered will be initially
represented by one or more notes registered in the name of Cede
& Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company ("
DTC "). The interests of beneficial owners of the
Publicly Registered Notes will be represented by book entries on
the records of DTC and its participating members.
4.
Offering by Underwriters; Payment of Certain Costs and
Expenses .
(a) The
Depositor understands that the Underwriters intend to offer the
Publicly Registered Notes for sale to the public (which may include
selected dealers) upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus, in
the Time of Sale Information and any Preliminary
Prospectus.
(b) The
Underwriters will pay the following costs and expenses incident to
the performance of their obligations under this
Agreement: (i) all Blue Sky fees and expenses as well as
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel in connection with state
securities law qualifications and any legal investment surveys; and
(ii) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the
Underwriters. Except as provided in Section 5(h) and
Section 10, the Underwriters will pay all their own costs and
expenses, including the cost of printing any agreement among the
Underwriters, transfer taxes on resale of the Publicly Registered
Notes by the Underwriters, and any advertising expenses in
connection with any offers that the Underwriters may
make.
5.
Covenants of the Depositor . The Depositor (and,
with respect to Section 5(h) only, Ford Credit) covenants and
agrees with the Underwriters:
(a)
Preparation of Offering Documents . Immediately
following the execution of this Agreement, to prepare a prospectus
supplement setting forth such information from the Terms Annex and
such other information as the Depositor deems
appropriate.
(b)
Filing of Prospectus and any Trust Free Writing Prospectus
. If required, to transmit the Prospectus to the
Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such
filings under the Rules and Regulations by a means reasonably
calculated to result in a timely filing with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) and subject to Section 8, file any Trust
Free Writing Prospectuses to the extent required by Rule 433 under
the Securities Act.
(c)
Delivery of Proposed Amendment or Supplement
. Prior to the Closing Date, to furnish the
Representatives with a copy of any proposed amendment or supplement
to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale
Information and to give the Representatives reasonable opportunity
to review such amendment or supplement before it is filed and to
provide any final Corrective Information to the Representatives or
such Underwriter at a time prior to the new Time of Sale reasonably
calculated to allow such Underwriter to provide such Corrective
Information to each investor at least 24 hours (or such lesser
period as may be agreed to by the Depositor and the
Representatives) prior to the new Time of Sale.
(d)
Notice to the Representatives . Prior to the
Closing Date, to advise the Representatives promptly (i) when any
amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the
Prospectus is filed or becomes effective, (ii) of any request by
the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or
any supplement to the Prospectus, (iii) of any stop order issued by
the Commission suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for that
purpose, and (iv) of the receipt of any notification with respect
to any suspension of the qualification of the Publicly Registered
Notes for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threat of any proceeding for such purpose; and to use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or
notification and, if issued, to promptly use its best efforts to
obtain its withdrawal.
(e)
Blue Sky Compliance . To endeavor to qualify the
Publicly Registered Notes for offer and sale under the securities
laws of such states as the Representatives may reasonably request
and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as necessary
under such laws for the distribution of such Publicly Registered
Notes; provided that the Depositor will not be required to
qualify as a foreign limited liability company to do business, or
to file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction; and provided further that the expense of
maintaining any such qualification more than one year from the
Closing Date with respect to the Publicly Registered Notes will be
at the Representatives' expense.
(f)
Delivery of Prospectus . To furnish the
Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented in such quantities as the Representatives may
reasonably request prior to the Closing Date. If the
Representatives notify the Depositor that delivery of a prospectus
is required by law in connection with sales of any Publicly
Registered Notes in the six-month period following the Closing
Date, and either (i) an event has occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus would include an 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, or (ii) for any other reason it is
necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, the Depositor agrees to
notify the Representatives and to prepare and furnish to the
Representatives, as the Representatives may from time to time
reasonably request, an amendment or a supplement to the Prospectus
that will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance. If an Underwriter is required by law to
deliver a prospectus or other offering document in connection with
sales of any Publicly Registered Notes at any time six months or
more after the Closing Date, the Representatives will notify the
Depositor and inquire if either clause (i) or (ii) above is
applicable and, if so, upon the Representatives' request, but at
the expense of such Underwriter, the Depositor will prepare and
deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as the Representatives
may reasonably request of an amended or supplemented prospectus or
offering document complying with the Securities Act.
(g)
Earnings Statement . To make generally available
to Noteholders as soon as practicable, but in any event no later
than eighteen months after the Closing Date, an earnings statement
for the Trust complying with Rule 158 under the Securities Act and
covering a period of at least twelve consecutive months beginning
after the Closing Date; provided that this covenant may be
satisfied by posting the monthly investor report for the Trust on a
publicly available website.
(h)
Payment of Costs and Expenses . To pay or cause
to be paid, jointly and severally, the following costs and expenses
incident to the performance of each of their obligations
hereunder: (i) the Commission's filing fees with respect
to the Publicly Registered Notes; (ii) all fees of any rating
agencies rating the Notes; (iii) all fees and expenses of the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee; (iv) all reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel to the Indenture Trustee; (v) all
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Owner Trustee; (vi)
all fees and expenses of the independent accountants relating to
the letters referred to in Sections 6(a) and 6(t); (vii) all fees
and expenses of accountants incurred in connection with the
delivery of any accountants' or auditors' reports required pursuant
to the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or under TALF;
(viii) the cost of printing any preliminary and final prospectuses
provided to investors (including any amendments and supplements
thereto required within six months from the Closing Date pursuant
to Section 5(f)) relating to the Publicly Registered Notes and the
Registration Statement; and (ix) any other fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of each of their
obligations hereunder.
(i)
Delivery of Reports . From the date of this
Agreement until the retirement of the Publicly Registered Notes, or
until such time as the Representatives advise the Depositor that
the Underwriters have ceased to maintain a secondary market in the
Publicly Registered Notes, whichever occurs first, to deliver to
the Representatives upon request to the extent not otherwise
available from any publicly available source copies of: (i) the
annual statement of compliance, the Servicer's report on its
assessment of compliance with the minimum servicing criteria and
the related attestation report delivered pursuant to Article III of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii) each certificate and the
annual statements of compliance delivered to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Article III of
the Indenture, (iii) each material amendment to any Basic Document
and (iv) each monthly investor report for the Trust.
(j)
Cooperation with Rating Agencies . If the ratings
provided with respect to the Publicly Registered Notes by the
rating agency or agencies that initially rate the Publicly
Registered Notes are conditional upon the furnishing of documents
or the taking of any other actions by the Depositor, the Depositor
will furnish such documents and take any such other
actions.
(k)
TALF Requirements . For so long as any of the
Publicly Registered Notes remain outstanding, the Depositor will
monitor the performance of the Receivables and the Publicly
Registered Notes and will, upon determining that any statement set
forth in paragraph (2) of Annex C to the Prospectus Supplement
either was not correct when made or has ceased to be correct, (i)
promptly notify each Underwriter of such determination, (ii) notify
the FRBNY and all registered holders of the Publicly Registered
Notes in writing of such determination no later than 9:00 a.m. New
York City time on the fourth Business Day following such
determination, and (iii) issue a press release regarding such
determination no later than 9:00 a.m. New York City time on the
fourth Business Day following such determination.
6.
Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters
. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and
pay for the Publicly Registered Notes will be subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Depositor in
this Agreement, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of
Ford Credit and the Depositor made pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement, to the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under this Agreement and to the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a)
Accountant's Letter . On or prior to the Time of
Sale and on or prior to the Closing Date, PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (or other independent accountants reasonably acceptable to the
Representatives) will have furnished to the Representatives a
letter substantially in the form and substance of the draft to
which the Representatives previously agreed, concerning information
in the Preliminary Prospectus and the final Prospectus,
respectively.
(b)
Registration Compliance; No Stop Order . The
Prospectus and each Trust Free Writing Prospectus will have been
timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the
case of an Trust Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by
Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section
5(b) of this Agreement; and, as of the Closing Date, no stop order
will have been issued suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, and no
proceedings for such purpose will be pending before or, to the
knowledge of the Depositor, threatened by the
Commission.
(c)
Officer's Certificates as to Representations and Warranties
. The Representatives will have received an officer's
certificate dated the Closing Date of the Chairman of the Board,
the President, an Executive Vice President, a Vice President, the
Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of:
(i) Ford
Credit, in which such officer will state that, to his or her
knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and
warranties of the Servicer contained in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and of Ford Credit contained in the Purchase Agreement
are true and correct in all material respects and that Ford Credit
has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions to be
performed by it or satisfied by it under such agreements in all
material respects.
(ii) The
Depositor, in which such officer will state that, to his or her
knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and
warranties of the Depositor contained in the Trust Agreement, the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Purchase Agreement are true
and correct in all material respects, and that the Depositor has
complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions to be
performed by it or satisfied by it under such agreements in all
material respects.
(d)
Officer's Certificates as to Conditions Precedent.
The Representatives will have received as of the
Closing Date an officer's certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, an Executive Vice President, the Treasurer or
any Assistant Treasurer of the Depositor representing and
warranting that the representations and warranties of the Depositor
in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects,
and that the Depositor has complied with all agreements and
satisfied all conditions to be performed by it or satisfied by it
under this Agreement in all material respects.
(e)
No Material Adverse Change . Since the dates as
of which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, there has not occurred any material
adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change, in or affecting particularly (i) the business or
assets of the Depositor, or any material adverse change in the
financial position or results of operations of the Depositor or
(ii) the business or assets of Ford Credit and its subsidiaries
considered as a whole, or any material adverse change in the
financial position or results of operations of Ford Credit and its
subsidiaries considered as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Prospectus, which in any case makes it
impracticable or inadvisable in the Representatives' reasonable
judgment to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Publicly Registered Notes on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.
(f)
War Out, Market Out . Subsequent to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement:
(i) (A)
there will not have occurred a declaration of a general moratorium
on commercial banking activities by either the Federal or New York
State authorities or a material disruption in the securities
settlement or clearance systems in the United States, which
moratorium or disruption remains in effect and which, in the
Representatives' reasonable judgment, substantially impairs the
Underwriters' ability to settle the transaction; provided
that the exercise of such judgment will take into account the
availability of alternative means for settlement and the likely
duration of such moratorium or disruption with the understanding
that if the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or
with respect to a banking moratorium, the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System or New York State banking authority, as
applicable, has unequivocally stated prior to the Closing Date that
the resumption of such systems will occur within three (3) Business
Days of the scheduled Closing Date for the Publicly Registered
Notes, the ability to settle the transaction will not be deemed to
be substantially impaired and (B) the United States will not have
become engaged in hostilities which have resulted in the
declaration of a national emergency or a declaration of war, which
makes it impracticable or inadvisable, in the Representatives'
reasonable judgment, to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the Publicly Registered Notes on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
and
(ii) there
will not have occurred (A) any suspension or limitation on trading
in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the
National Association of Securities Dealers National Market system,
or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange or
market system, (B) any suspension of trading of any securities of
Ford Motor Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter
market or (C) any material outbreak or material escalation of
hostilities involving the engagement of armed conflict in which the
United States is involved or (D) any material adverse change in the
general economic, political, legal, tax, regulatory or financial
conditions or currency exchange rates in the United States (whether
resulting from events within or outside the United States) which,
in the Representatives' view has caused a substantial deterioration
in the price and/or value of the Publicly Registered Notes, that in
the case of clause (A), (B), (C) or (D), in the mutual reasonable
determination of the Representatives and Ford Credit, the effect of
any such event or circumstance makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of
the Publicly Registered Notes on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented.
(g)
In-house Opinion. Susan J. Thomas, Secretary of
the Depositor and Ford Credit and Associate General Counsel, Global
Structured Finance, of Ford Credit, or other counsel satisfactory
to the Representatives in their reasonable judgment, will have
furnished to the Representatives, her written opinion, dated as of
the Closing Date, in form satisfactory to the Representatives in
their reasonable judgment, substantially to the effect
that:
(i) Ford
Credit is validly existing and in good standing as a limited
liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act,
6 Delaware Code §18-101 et seq., as amended (the " Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act "). Ford Credit is duly qualified
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in the United States of America in which the conduct of its
business or the ownership of its properties requires such
qualification, unless the failure to obtain such qualification
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the ability of Ford Credit to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(ii) Ford
Credit has the limited liability company power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform all its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party under the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act. Ford Credit has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby by all requisite limited liability company
action under the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act. Ford Credit has duly executed and delivered each of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party under the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act.
(iii) The
Depositor is validly existing and in good standing as a limited
liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act. The Depositor is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in the United
St