Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
Ford Credit Floorplan
Corporation
Ford Credit Floorplan
LLC
Ford Credit Floorplan Master
Owner Trust A
Series 2009-2
Notes
Underwriting
Agreement
September 29, 2009
Barclays
Capital Inc.
Morgan Stanley
& Co. Incorporated
of the other
Underwriters named in
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
1.
Introduction . Each of Ford Credit Floorplan
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (" FCF Corp " or a "
Depositor "), and Ford Credit Floorplan LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (" FCF LLC " or a "
Depositor " and, together with FCF Corp, the "
Depositors "), propose to sell the Class A Notes (the "
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 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 Notes, the " Underwriters
"). Other capitalized terms used and not defined in this
Agreement will have the meanings given them in the Transaction
Documents (defined below). The rules of usage specified
in the Transaction Documents will apply to this
Agreement.
Each of the Underwriters is a financial
institution appearing on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's
list of TALF Agents who are either primary dealers or
broker-dealers who have been specially designated by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (a " TALF Agent
"), 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 TALF Agents 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 Underwriters under this
Agreement will be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by,
such Underwriter not only in such capacity but also in its capacity
as a TALF Agent and as a signatory to the MLSA.
The 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
") among the Depositors and an owner trustee and Delaware trustee
(the " Owner Trustee ") identified in the Terms
Annex. The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture
(the " Base Indenture ") and an indenture supplement (the "
Indenture Supplement " and, together with the Base
Indenture, the " Indenture ") between the Trust and an
indenture trustee (the " Indenture Trustee ") and will be
secured by a revolving pool of receivables arising in connection
with the purchase and financing by various motor vehicle dealers of
their new and used car and truck inventory (the "
Receivables ") and the Related Security and certain monies
due thereunder on or after the Series Cutoff Date identified in the
Terms Annex. The assets of the Trust also include an
Interest in Other Floorplan Assets comprised of a 100%
participation interest in a pool of Receivables held by Ford Credit
Floorplan Master Owner Trust B (" MOTB
"). References herein to the Receivables include the
Receivables held by the Trust both directly and indirectly through
any participation interest.
The Receivables arising from the purchase by
dealers of Ford-manufactured or -distributed vehicles ("
In-Transit Receivables ") will be or have been sold by Ford
Motor Company, a Delaware corporation (" Ford "), to Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("
Ford Credit "), pursuant to a sale and assignment agreement
(the " Sale and Assignment Agreement ") between Ford and
Ford Credit. All Receivables have been or will be sold
by Ford Credit to the Depositors pursuant to separate receivables
purchase agreements (each, a " Receivables Purchase
Agreement ") between Ford Credit and FCF Corp and FCF LLC, as
applicable, each as further described in the Terms Annex, and in
turn transferred by the related Depositor to the Trust or MOTB and
serviced for the Trust or MOTB by Ford Credit (in such capacity,
the " Servicer ") pursuant to separate transfer and
servicing agreements (each, a " Transfer and Servicing
Agreement "), each as further described in the Terms
Annex. A back-up servicer will perform back-up servicing
functions pursuant to a back-up servicing agreement (the "Back-up
Servicing Agreement"), as described in the Terms
Annex. 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.
The Trust Agreement, the Sale and Assignment
Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the Transfer and
Servicing Agreements, the Back-up Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture and the Administration Agreement are collectively
referred to as the " Basic Documents ." The Basic
Documents and this Agreement are collectively referred to as the "
Transaction Documents ."
The Depositors have 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 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 Depositors also have 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 Notes (the " Prospectus Supplement
"). The prospectus relating to the 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
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.
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 Notes, which time will be specified in the Terms
Annex (such time, the " Time of Sale "), the Depositors have
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
Depositors 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 Depositors that
investors in the 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 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 Depositors
. Each 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 such 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 such 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 such 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 such 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 such Depositor makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished to such 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 such 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 such Depositor in accordance with Section
5(c).
(c)
Trust Free Writing Prospectus . Other than the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, such 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 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 such Depositor makes no representation and
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to such
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 . In the case of
FCF Corp, it is duly organized and validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and it is qualified as a foreign corporation 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 its
ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party. In the case of FCF LLC, it is
duly organized and validly existing as a limited liability company
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and it 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 its 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 such Depositor is a party and the fulfillment of the terms of
the Transaction Documents to which such 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 such 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 such
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 Transfer and
Servicing Agreements), (iii) in the case of FCF Corp, violate its
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws and, in the case of FCF LLC,
violate its Certificate of Formation or Limited Liability Company
Agreement, or (iv) violate any law or, to such Depositor's
knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to such
Depositor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over such 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 such
Depositor's ability to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(g)
Power, Authorization and Enforceability . Such
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. Such 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 such
Depositor will be a party will have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by such Depositor. Each of the Transaction
Documents to which such Depositor will be a party is the legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Depositor enforceable against
such 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 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)
Representations and Warranties in the Basic Documents
. The representations and warranties of such 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.
(k)
Ineligible Trust . Such Depositor is not, and on
the date on which the first bona fide offer of the Notes was made
was not, an "ineligible issuer," as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act.
(l)
Investment Company Act . Neither of the
Depositors 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
").
(m)
TALF Information . The Notes constitute "eligible
collateral" under TALF. The Notes and the Receivables
satisfy all applicable criteria for securities relating to "auto
floorplan 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 Depositors agree to
sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Depositors, the respective
principal amounts of the Notes set forth opposite such
Underwriter's name in the Terms Annex. The Notes will be
purchased by the Underwriters at the purchase prices set forth in
the Terms Annex.
Payment for the Notes will be made to the
Depositors or to their 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
Depositors may determine.
Payment for the 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 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 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
Depositors understand that the Underwriters intend to offer the
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
Notes by the Underwriters, and any advertising expenses in
connection with any offers that the Underwriters may
make.
5.
Covenants of the Depositors . Each 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 Depositors deem
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 Depositors 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 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
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 Notes; provided that such Depositor
will not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or limited
liability company, as applicable, 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 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 Depositors that delivery of a prospectus
is required by law in connection with sales of any 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 Depositors agree 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 Notes at any time
six months or more after the Closing Date, the Representatives will
notify the Depositors 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 Depositors 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 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 Transfer and Servicing Agreements 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 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 Notes, or until such time as
the Representatives advise the Depositors that the Underwriters
have ceased to maintain a secondary market in the 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 Transfer and Servicing Agreements, (ii) each
certificate and the annual statements of compliance delivered to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Article III of the Base
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 Notes by the rating agency or agencies
that initially rate the Notes are conditional upon the
furnishing of
documents or the taking of any other actions by the Depositors, the
Depositors will furnish such documents and take any such other
actions.
(k)
TALF Requirements . For so long as any of the
Notes remain outstanding, the Depositors will (i) monitor the
performance of the Receivables and the 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, (A) promptly notify each Underwriter of
such determination, (B) notify the FRBNY and all registered holders
of the 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 (C) 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, and (ii) notify
the FRBNY and all registered holders of the Notes in writing of the
occurrence of any Series 2009-2 Amortization Event or Trust
Amortization Event.
6.
Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters
. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and
pay for the Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Depositors in this Agreement,
to the accuracy of the statements of officers of Ford Credit and
the Depositors made pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
to the performance by the Depositors of their respective
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 Depositors, 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 each Transfer and Servicing
Agreement and of Ford Credit contained in each Receivables 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) Each
Depositor, in which such officer will state that, to his or her
knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and
warranties of such Depositor contained in the Trust Agreement, each
Transfer and Servicing Agreement and each Receivables Purchase
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects,
and
that such
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 each Depositor representing and
warranting that the representations and warranties of such
Depositor in this Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects, and that such 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 either Depositor, or any material adverse change in the
financial position or results of operations of either 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
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 Business
Days of the scheduled Closing Date for the 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 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 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 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
each of the Depositors 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) FCF
Corp is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation
under the Delaware General Corporation Law, 8 Delaware Code
§101 et seq., as amended (the " Delaware General
Corporation Law "). FCF Corp 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 FCF Corp to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(iv) FCF
LLC is validly existing and in good standing as a limited liability
company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act. FCF LLC 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 FCF LLC to perform its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party.
(v) FCF
Corp has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform all its obligations under the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party under the Delaware General Corporation
Law. FCF Corp 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 action under the Delaware General Corporation
Law. FCF Corp has du
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