EXHIBIT INDEX
1.1 --Form of Underwriting Agreement.
4.1 --Form of Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the form
of Certificates and certain other related agreements as
Exhibits thereto.*
5.1 --Opinion of Mayer, Brown & Platt with respect to legality.
8.1 --Opinion of Mayer, Brown & Platt with respect to tax matters.
10.1 --Form of Receivables Purchase Agreement.*
23.1 --Consent of Mayer, Brown & Platt (included in its opinions filed as
Exhibit 5.1 and Exhibit 8.1).
24.1 --Powers of Attorney.*
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* Previously filed.
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EXHIBIT 1.1
Exhibit 1.1
CPS AUTO GRANTOR TRUST 1996-2
$[___________], [___]% Class A Pass-Through Certificates
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[September __], 1996
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated
135 East Baltimore Street
MS 8-8-3
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Black Diamond Securities, LLC
230 Park Avenue, Suite 635
New York, New York 10169
Ladies and Gentlemen:
CPS Receivables Corp., a California corporation (the "Company") and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc., a California
corporation ("CPS"), proposes to issue and sell to you in your capacities as the
Underwriters (the "Underwriters"), $[ ] aggregate principal amount of CPS Auto
Grantor Trust 1996-2 [ ]% Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A (the
"Certificates"). The Certificates will be issued by CPS Auto Grantor Trust
1996-2 (the "Trust") pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") dated as of [September __], 1996 among the
Company, CPS, as servicer (in such capacity, the "Servicer") and Norwest Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust will also issue $[ ] aggregate
principal amount of CPS Auto Grantor Trust 1996-2 [ ]% Asset-Backed
Certificates, Class B (the "Class B Certificates") which are not being offered
pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) and are not the
subject of this Agreement. The Class A Certificates will evidence, in the
aggregate, beneficial ownership of an undivided [95]% interest in the Trust
(other than interest received by the Trust in excess of the Class A Pass-Through
Rate). The Class B Certificates will evidence, in the aggregate, beneficial
ownership of an undivided [5]% interest in the Trust (other than interest
received by the Trust in excess of the Class B Pass- Through Rate). The assets
of the Trust will include, among other things, a pool of retail installment sale
contracts and all rights and obligations thereunder (collectively, the
"Receivables"), with respect to Rule of 78's Receivables, all payments due
thereunder after September [__], 1996 (the "Cutoff Date"), with respect to
Simple Interest Receivables, all payments received thereunder after the Cutoff
Date, security interests in the new and used automobiles, light trucks, vans and
minivans securing the Receivables, certain bank accounts and the proceeds
thereof, the Policy (for the benefit of the Class A Certificateholders only) and
the right of CPS to receive certain insurance proceeds and certain other
property, all as more specifically described in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
The Class A Certificates will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of
$[__________] which is equal to [95]% of the aggregate principal balance of the
Receivables as of the Cutoff Date. The Class A Certificates will bear interest
at an annual rate equal to [__]% (the "Class A Pass-Through Rate") in accordance
with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Class B
Certificates will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of $[_________]
which is equal to [5]% of the aggregate principal balance of the Receivables as
of the Cutoff Date. The Class B Certificates will bear interest at an annual
rate equal to [__]% (the "Class B Pass-Through Rate") in accordance with the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
To the extent not otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
As the Underwriters, each of you have advised the Company that (a) you are
authorized to enter into this Agreement and (b) each of you is willing, acting
severally and not jointly, to purchase the aggregate principal amount of the
Certificates set forth opposite your respective names in Schedule I hereto.
In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the
interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company, with respect to the Company, and CPS, with respect to CPS, and
both the Company and CPS in all other instances, each represents and warrants
to, and agrees with each Underwriter, as of the date hereof and as of the
Issuance, that:
(a) CPS has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-09343),
including a Base Prospectus, for registration of the offering and sale of the
Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and
the
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rules and regulations (the "1933 Act Regulations") of the Commission thereunder
which conforms with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations. CPS has complied with the conditions for the use of a Registration
Statement on Form S-3. CPS may have filed with the Commission one or more
amendments to such Registration Statement, and may have used a Preliminary Final
Prospectus, each of which has been previously furnished to each of the
Underwriters. The offering of the Certificates is a Delayed Offering and,
although the Base Prospectus may not include all the information with respect to
the Certificates and the offering thereof required by the 1933 Act and the 1933
Act Regulations to be included in the Final Prospectus, the Base Prospectus
includes all such information required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations to be included therein as of the Effective Date. The Company will
hereafter file with the Commission pursuant to Rules 415 and 424(b), a final
supplement to the Base Prospectus relating to the Certificates and the offering
thereof. As filed, such final supplement shall include all required information
with respect to the Certificates and, except to the extent the Underwriters
shall agree in writing to any modification thereof, shall be in all substantive
respects in the form furnished to each of the Underwriters prior to the
Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall be
in such form with only such specific additional information and other changes
(beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Final
Prospectus) as the Company has advised each of the Underwriters, prior to the
Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will, and when
the Final Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance with Rule 424(b)
and on the Closing Date (as defined below), the Final Prospectus (as
supplemented and amended as of the Closing Date) will, comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act
Regulations, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"),
and the rules and regulations thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"); on the
Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not or will not 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 not
misleading; and, on the Effective Date, the Final Prospectus, if not filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b), did not or will not, and on the date of any filing
pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (as
supplemented and amended in the case of the Closing Date) will not, include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that
each of CPS and the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the
information contained in or omitted from the Registration
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Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion in the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement or amendment
thereto) or the information regarding the Certificate Insurer set forth under
the heading "THE SECURITY INSURER" in or incorporated by reference in the
Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.
(c) The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the
meanings indicated.
"Base Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus referred to in Section
1(a) hereof contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.
"Delayed Offering" shall mean the offering of the Certificates
pursuant to Rule 415 which does not commence promptly after the effective
date of the Registration Statement, with the result that only information
required pursuant to Rule 415 need be included in such Registration
Statement at the effective date thereof with respect to the Certificates.
"Effective Date" shall mean each date that the Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment(s) thereto became or become effective and
each date after the date hereof on which a document incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement is filed by the Company.
"Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is
executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
"Final Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to
the Certificates that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933
Act after the Execution Time, together with the Base Prospectus.
"Preliminary Final Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus
supplement to the Base Prospectus which describes the Certificates and the
offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Final Prospectus.
"Prospectus" shall mean, collectively, the Base Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.
"Registration Statement" shall mean (i) the Registration Statement
referred to in Section 1(a) hereof, including all documents incorporated
therein by reference,
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exhibits, financial statements and notes thereto and related schedules and
other statistical and financial data and information included therein, as
amended at the Execution Time (or, if not effective at the Execution Time,
in the form in which it shall become effective); (ii) in the event any
post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing
Date, such Registration Statement as so amended; and (iii) in the event any
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing
Date, such Registration Statement as so modified by the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, from and after the effectiveness thereof. Such term
shall include any Rule 430A Information deemed to be included therein at
the Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.
"Rule "415", "Rule 424", "Rule "430A" and "Regulation S-K" refer to
such rules or regulation under the 1933 Act.
"Rule 430A Information" means information with respect to the
Certificates and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the
Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" means a Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act relating to the offering
covered by the Registration Statement (File No. 333-09343).
Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus,
any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to
Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the 1934 Act on or before the
Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the
case may be; and any reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or
"supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus,
any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing of any document under the 1934 Act after the
Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the
case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
(d) Each of the Company and CPS is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California and is
duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation in each
jurisdiction in which it is required to be so qualified and in which the failure
to so
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qualify, taken in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on it.
(e) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, there has not been any material
adverse change, or any development which could reasonably be expected to result
in a material adverse change, in or affecting the financial position,
shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company or CPS or the
Company's or CPS's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents (as
defined below), other than as set forth or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
(f) Except for the registration of the Certificates under the 1933 Act and
such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may
be required under the 1934 Act and applicable State securities or Blue Sky laws
in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Certificates by the
Underwriters or the filing requirements of Rule 430A or Rule 424(b) under the
1933 Act, no consent, approval, authorization or order of or declaration or
filing with any governmental authority is required for the issuance or sale of
the Certificates or the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any of the other Basic
Documents, except such as have been duly made or obtained or as will be duly
made or obtained on or before the Closing Date.
(g) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use
of any Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Certificates, nor
instituted proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement contains,
and the Final Prospectus together with any amendments or supplements thereto
will contain, all statements which are required to be stated therein by, and
will conform to, the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(h) The documents (other than the financial statements of the Certificate
Insurer, as to which no representation is made by CPS or the Company) which are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
or from which information is so incorporated by reference, as of the dates they
were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the
1934 Act Regulations, as applicable, and any documents so filed and incorporated
by reference subsequent to the Effective Date shall, when they are filed with
the Commission, conform in all material respects with the requirements of the
1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
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(i) Each of the Company and CPS confirms as of the date hereof that it is
in compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida, Chapter
92-198, An Act Relating to Disclosure of doing Business with Cuba, and each of
the Company and CPS further agrees that if it commences engaging in business
with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba
after the date the Registration Statement becomes or has become effective with
the Commission or with the Florida Department of Banking and Finance (the
"Department"), whichever date is later, or if the information included in the
Final Prospectus, if any, concerning either the Company's or CPS's business with
Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any material
way, each of the Company and CPS, as the case may be, will provide the
Department notice of such business or change, as appropriate, in a form
acceptable to the Department.
(j) All representations and warranties of the Company and CPS contained in
each of the Basic Documents, including this Agreement, will be true and correct
in all material respects as of the Closing Date and are hereby incorporated by
reference as if each such representation and warranty were specifically made
herein.
(k) Each of the Company and CPS has full power and authority (corporate and
other) to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Insurance
Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Spread Account Agreement, the
Lock-Box Agreement and the Servicing Assumption Agreement (collectively, the
"Basic Documents"), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
(l) On or before the Closing Date, the direction by the Company to the
Trustee to authenticate the Certificates will have been duly authorized by the
Company, the Certificates will have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement and delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement,
will be duly issued and entitled to the benefits and security afforded by the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject as to the enforcement of remedies (x)
to applicable bankruptcy insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (y) to general principles
of equity (regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(m) This Agreement and each Basic Document to which the Company or CPS is a
party has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company
and CPS and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and
CPS, enforceable
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against the Company and CPS in accordance with its terms, subject as to the
enforcement of remedies (x) to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally, (y) to general principles of equity (regardless of whether the
enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)
and (z) with respect to rights of indemnity under this Agreement, to limitations
of public policy under applicable securities laws.
(n) Neither the Company nor CPS is in breach or violation of its Articles
of Incorporation or By-Laws or in default in the performance or observance of
any credit or security agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is
a party or by which it or its properties may be bound, or in violation of any
applicable law, statute, regulation, order or ordinance of any governmental body
having jurisdiction over it, which breach or violation would have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Company or CPS to perform its obligations
under any of the Basic Documents or the Certificates.
(o) The issuance and delivery of the Certificates, the consummation of any
other of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or in any of the other Basic Documents or the fulfillment of the terms
of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any of the other
Basic Documents, subject to the registration of the Certificates under the 1933
Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under the 1934 Act and applicable State
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Certificates by the Underwriters or the filing requirements of Rule 430A or
Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act, do not and will not conflict with or violate any
term or provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or
CPS, any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Company or CPS of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company or CPS and do not and will not conflict with,
result in a breach or violation or the acceleration of or constitute a default
under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any of the property or assets of the Company or CPS (other than in favor of
the Trustee or as otherwise permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)
pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or CPS is a party or by
which the Company or CPS may be bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the Company or CPS may be subject except for conflicts, violations, breaches,
accelerations and defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
materially adverse to the Company or CPS or materially adverse to the
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transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Basic Documents.
(p) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges due on or prior to the
Closing Date (including, without limitation, sales taxes) in connection with the
execution, delivery and issuance of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the other Basic Documents and the Certificates have been or will have
been paid at or prior to the Closing Date.
(q) The Receivables are chattel paper as defined in the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in the State of California.
(r) Under generally accepted accounting principles, CPS will report its
transfer of the Receivables to the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement as
a sale of the Receivables and the Company will report its transfer of the
Receivables to the Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as a
sale of the Receivables. Each of CPS and the Company has been advised by KPMG
Peat Marwick, Certified Public Accountants, that the transfers pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement will be so classified under generally accepted accounting
principles in accordance with Statement No. 77 of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (December 1983) and, on and after January 1, 1997, with
Statement No. 125 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (June 1996).
(s) Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, CPS is transferring to the Company
ownership of the Receivables, the security interests in the Financed Vehicles
securing the Receivables, certain other property related to the Receivables and
the proceeds of each of the foregoing (collectively, the "Trust Assets"), and,
immediately prior to the transfer thereof to the Trust, the Company will be the
sole owner of all right, title and interest in, and has good and marketable
title to, the Receivables and the other Trust Assets. The assignment of the
Receivables and the other Trust Assets, including all the proceeds thereof, to
the Trust pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, vests in the Trust
all interests which are purported to be conveyed thereby, free and clear of any
liens, security interests or encumbrances.
(t) Immediately prior to the transfer of the Receivables to the Trust, the
Company's interest in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof shall have been
perfected, UCC-1 financing statements (the "Financing Statements") shall have
been filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of California
and there shall be no unreleased statements affecting the Receivables filed in
such office other than the Financing Statements. If a court concludes that the
transfer of the Receivables from the Company to the Trust is a sale, then the
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interest of the Trust in the Receivables, the other Trust Assets and the
proceeds thereof, will be perfected by virtue of the Financing Statements having
been filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of California.
If a court concludes that such transfer is not a sale, the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby constitute a grant by the
Company to the Trust of a valid security interest in the Receivables, the other
Trust Assets and the proceeds thereof, which security interest will be perfected
by virtue of the Financing Statements having been filed in the office of the
Secretary of State of the State of California. No filing or other action, other
than the filing of the Financing Statements in the office of the Secretary of
State of the State of California referred to above and the execution and
delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, is necessary to perfect the
interest or the security interest of the Trust in the Receivables and the
proceeds thereof against third parties.
(u) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement is not required to be qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act.
(v) None of the Company, CPS or the Trust is required to be registered as
an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act.
2. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE CERTIFICATES.
Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations, warranties and covenants herein set forth, the Company agrees
to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase from the Company the initial principal amount of the
Certificates set forth opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule I hereto, at
the purchase price set forth opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule I,
which purchase price is equal to [__]% of such initial principal amount plus
accrued interest at the Class A Pass-Through Rate calculated from and including
[_________], 1996, to but excluding the Closing Date.
The Company will deliver against payment of the purchase price the
Certificates in the form of one or more permanent global Certificates in
definitive form (the "Global Certificates") deposited with the Trustee as
custodian for The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") and registered in the name of
Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. Interests in any Global Certificates will be
held only in book-entry form through DTC except in the limited circumstances
described in the Final Prospectus. Payment for the Certificates will be made by
the Underwriters by wire transfer of same day funds to an account previously
designated to the Underwriters by the Company at the offices of Mayer, Brown &
Platt, 1675 Broadway, New York, New
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York 10019, at 9:30 a.m. (New York time) on [September ], 1996, or at such other
time as is mutually agreed (such time being herein referred to as the "Closing
Date") against delivery of the Global Certificates representing all of the
Certificates. The Global Certificates will be made available for checking at the
above office of Mayer, Brown & Platt at least 24 hours prior to the Closing
Date.
As used herein, "business day" means a day on which the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in New York, California and
Minnesota are open for business and are not permitted by law or executive order
to be closed.
3. OFFERING BY THE UNDERWRITERS.
The Company is advised by the Underwriters that they propose to make a
public offering of the Certificates, as set forth in the Final Prospectus, from
time to time as and when the Underwriters deem advisable after the Registration
Statement becomes effective.
4. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment thereto, to
become effective as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter or, if the
procedure in Rule 430A is followed, prepare and timely file with the Commission
under Rule 424(b) a Final Prospectus containing information previously omitted
at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule
430A. Prior to the termination of the offering of the Certificates, the Company
will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or amendments or
supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus)
to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the
Company has furnished to each of the Underwriters a copy for its review prior to
filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which any
of the Underwriters reasonably objects and which is not in compliance with the
1933 Act Regulations. The Company will promptly advise the Underwriters (i) when
the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any
amendment thereto, shall have become effective; (ii) when the Final Prospectus,
and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b); (iii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the
Certificates, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed
or become effective; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any
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amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Final Prospectus or
for any other additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
institution of any proceeding for that purpose and (vi) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
of the Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any
proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent
the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification
and, if issued or suspended, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof.
(b) Prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, the Company will
submit to each of the Underwriters, for its approval after reasonable notice
thereof, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, a copy of any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement proposed to be filed or a copy of any document proposed
to be filed under the 1934 Act before the termination of the offering of the
Certificates by the Underwriters if such document would be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus.
(c) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Underwriters,
from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Final Prospectus as the
Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the
order of, the Underwriters during the period when delivery of a Final Prospectus
is required under the 1933 Act, as many copies of the Final Prospectus, or as
thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
The Company will deliver to the Underwriters at or before the Closing Date, two
signed copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including
all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to the Underwriters such number
of copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of copies of the
exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested), including documents
filed under the 1934 Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, and
of all amendments thereto, as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably
request.
(d) The Company will, and will cause the Trust to, comply with the 1933
Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, so as
to permit the completion of the distribution of the Certificates as contemplated
in this Agreement and the Final Prospectus. If during the period in which a
prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer in
connection with the sale of any Class A Certificates, any event shall occur as a
result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of
the
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Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
existing at the time the Final Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not
misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Final
Prospectus to comply with any law or to file under the 1934 Act any document
which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement to comply with the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, the Company will promptly
notify each of the Underwriters and will promptly either (i) prepare and file,
or cause to be prepared and filed, with the Commission an appropriate amendment
to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Final Prospectus or (ii)
prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, with the Commission (at the
expense of the Company) an appropriate filing under the 1934 Act which shall be
incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus so that the Final Prospectus
as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when
it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Final Prospectus will comply
with applicable law.
(e) The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters in endeavoring to
qualify the Certificates for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Underwriters may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so
long as required for the distribution of the Certificates, except that the
Company will not be obligated to qualify the Certificates in any jurisdiction in
which such qualification would require the Company to qualify to do business as
a foreign corporation, file a general or unlimited consent to service of process
or subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction to which it is not
subject and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the
Certificates for purchase by institutional investors. The Company will, from
time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents as
are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a
period as the Underwriters may reasonably request for distribution of the
Certificates.
(f) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by
the Company from its sale of the Certificates in such a manner as would require
the Company, CPS or the Trust to register as an investment company under the
1940 Act.
(g) Until the retirement of the Certificates, or until such time as the
Underwriters shall cease to maintain a secondary market in the Certificates,
whichever occurs first, the Company will deliver to each Underwriter the annual
statements of compliance and the annual independent certified public
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accountant's reports furnished to the Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, as soon as such statements and reports are furnished to the
Trustee.
(h) The Company or CPS shall, from the date hereof through and including
the Closing Date, furnish, or cause to be furnished, or make available, or cause
to be made available, to each Underwriter or its counsel such additional
documents and information regarding each of them and their respective affairs as
each Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request and which the Company
or CPS possess or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense, including
any and all documentation requested in connection with such Underwriter's due
diligence efforts regarding information in the Registration Statement and the
Final Prospectus and in order to evidence the accuracy or completeness of any of
the conditions contained in this Agreement; and all actions taken by the Company
or CPS to authorize the sale of the Certificates shall be reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to each Underwriter.
(i) The Company will cause the Trust to make generally available to Class A
Certificateholders as soon as practicable, but no later than sixteen months
after the Effective Date, an earnings statement of the Trust covering a period
of at least twelve consecutive months beginning after such Effective Date and
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158
promulgated thereunder).
(j) So long as any of the Class A Certificates are outstanding, the Company
will furnish to the Underwriters copies of all reports or other communications
(financial or otherwise) furnished or made available to Class A
Certificateholders, and deliver to the Underwriters during such period, (i) as
soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements filed
by or on behalf of the Trust or the Company with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) such additional
information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as
the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request.
(k) On or before the Closing Date, the Company and CPS shall cause the
respective computer records of the Company and CPS relating to the Receivables
to be marked to show the Trustee's absolute ownership of the Receivables, and
from and after the Closing Date neither the Company nor CPS shall take any
action inconsistent with the Trustee's ownership of such Receivables, other than
as expressly permitted by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(l) To the extent, if any, that the ratings provided with respect to the
Certificates by either of the Rating Agencies is
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conditional upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of any other actions
by the Company or CPS, CPS shall, or shall cause the Company to, furnish such
documents and take any such other actions.
(m) On the Closing Date, the Company and CPS shall cause the Certificate
Insurer to issue the Policy to the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the
Certificates in form and substance satisfactory to each Underwriter.
5. [RESERVED]
6. COSTS AND EXPENSES.
The Company will pay upon receipt of a written request therefor all costs,
expenses and fees incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Agreement and reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel,
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to
market the Certificates or in contemplation of performing the Underwriters'
obligations hereunder and including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the following: (i) accounting fees of the Company; (ii) the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company; (iii) the cost of printing and
delivering to, or as requested by, the Underwriters copies of the Registration
Statement, Preliminary Final Prospectuses, the Final Prospectus, this Agreement,
the listing application in respect of the Certificates, the Blue Sky Survey, if
any, and any supplements or amendments thereto; (iv) the filing fees of the
Commission; (v) any fees charged by the Rating Agencies for rating the
Certificates; and (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee, in connection with the
Certificates, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the other Basic Documents
to which the Trustee is a party and the expenses, including the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, incurred in connection with the
qualification of the Certificates under State securities or Blue Sky laws. If
this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 7
hereof are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by each of the
Underwriters pursuant to Section 12 hereof (other than on the basis of a default
by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 hereof), or by reason of any failure,
refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any undertaking or
satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms
hereof on its part to be performed, unless such failure to satisfy said
condition or to comply with said terms be due to the default or omission of any
Underwriter, then the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel,
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reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to
market the Certificates or in contemplation of performing their obligations
hereunder upon receipt of a written request therefor; but the Company shall not
in any event be liable to any of the Underwriters for damages on account of loss
of anticipated profits from the sale by them of the Certificates. Except to the
extent expressly set forth in this Section 6, the Underwriters shall each be
responsible for their own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of
their counsel.
7. CONDITIONS OF OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the
Certificates on the Closing Date are subject to the accuracy in all material
respects as of the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective prior to the
Execution Time, unless the Underwriters agree in writing to a later time, the
Registration Statement will become effective not later than (i) 5:30 p.m. New
York City time on the date of determination of the public offering price of the
Certificates, if such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 p.m. New York
City time on such date or (ii) 12:00 noon New York City time on the business day
following the day on which the public offering price of the Certificates was
determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00 p.m. New York City time on
such date; if filing of the Final Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is
required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Final Prospectus, and any such supplement,
shall have been filed within the applicable time period prescribed for such
filing by Rule 424(b), and any request of the Commission for additional
information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise) shall
have been disclosed to the Underwriters and complied with to their reasonable
satisfaction. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the
Company, shall be contemplated by the Commission and no injunction, restraining
order, or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent
jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent
the issuance of the Certificates.
(b) On or prior to the date of this Agreement and on or prior to the
Closing Date, each Underwriter shall have received a letter or letters, dated as
of [September __], 1996, and as of the Closing Date, respectively, of KPMG Peat
Marwick, Certified
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Public Accountants, substantially in the form of the drafts to which each of the
Underwriters has previously agreed and otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to each Underwriter and its counsel.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall
not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective
change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company,
CPS or any Affiliate of the Company or CPS which, in the judgment of each
Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Certificates or
the ability of CPS to act as Servicer or (ii) any downgrading in the rating of
any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company, CPS or any Affiliate
thereof by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act), or any public
announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its
rating of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company, CPS or any
Affiliate thereof (other than an announcement with positive implications of a
possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading of such
rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally
on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on
such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company or
CPS or any Affiliate of the Company or CPS on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by Federal, New
York or California authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major
hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by
Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity, emergency
or change in financial markets if, in the judgment of each Underwriter, the
effect of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity, emergency or
change makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the
private placement of the Certificates.
(d) The Company and CPS shall have furnished each Underwriter with such
number of conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents
as it may reasonably request.
(e) On the Closing Date, each of the Basic Documents and the Certificates
shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto,
shall be in full force and effect and no default shall exist thereunder, and the
Trustee shall have received a fully executed copy thereof or, with respect to
the Certificates, a conformed copy thereof. The Basic Documents and the
Certificates shall be substantially in the forms heretofore provided to each
Underwriter.
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(f) Each Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the Trustee, as
to the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by the Trustee.
(g) Each Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to such
Underwriter that the Certificates have been rated "Aaa" by Moody's and "AAA" by
Standard & Poor's.
(h) Each Underwriter shall have received from Mayer, Brown & Platt, special
counsel for CPS and the Company, opinions dated the Closing Date, addressed to
such Underwriter, in a form satisfactory to such Underwriter.
(i) Each Underwriter shall have received from Mayer, Brown & Platt, special
Federal tax counsel for the Company, an opinion dated the Closing Date,
addressed to such Underwriter, with respect to the status of the Trust for
federal income tax purposes.
(j) Each Underwriter shall have received from Mayer, Brown & Platt, an
opinion dated the Closing Date, addressed to such Underwriter, with respect to
the validity of the Certificates and such other related matters as such
Underwriter shall require and the Company or CPS shall have furnished or caused
to be furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request
for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(k) Each Underwriter shall have received from counsel to the Trustee, the
Standby Servicer and the Collateral Agent (which counsel shall be reasonably
acceptable to such Underwriter), an opinion addressed to such Underwriter dated
the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to such Underwriter and its
counsel, Mayer, Brown & Platt.
(l) Each Underwriter shall have received from counsel to the Certificate
Insurer, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to such Underwriter, an
opinion addressed to such Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to such Underwriter and its counsel, Mayer, Brown &
Platt.
(m) At the Closing Date, each Underwriter shall have received any and all
opinions of counsel to the Company and CPS supplied to the Rating Agencies and
the Certificate Insurer relating to, among other things, the interest of the
Trustee in the Receivables and the other Trust Assets and the proceeds thereof
and certain monies due or to become due with respect thereto, certain bankruptcy
issues and certain matters with respect to the Certificates. Any such opinions
shall be addressed to each Underwriter or shall indicate that such Underwriter
may rely on such opinions as though they were
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addressed to such Underwriter, and shall be dated the Closing Date.
(n) At the Closing Date, the Company and CPS shall have furnished to each
Underwriter a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President or any Vice
President of the Company or CPS, as the case may be, in which each such officer
shall state that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company or CPS,
as applicable, in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing
Date; (ii) the Company or CPS, as applicable, has complied with all agreements
and satisfied all conditions on its part required to be performed or satisfied
hereunder and under each of the other Basic Documents at or prior to the Closing
Date; (iii) the representations and warranties of the Company or CPS, as
applicable, in each of the Basic Documents are true and correct as of the dates
specified therein; (iv) the Registration Statement has become effective under
the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been taken
or are, to his or her knowledge, contemplated by the Commission; (v) he or she
has carefully examined the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and,
in his or her opinion, as of the Effective Date of the Registration Statement,
the statements contained in the Registration Statement were true and correct,
and as of the Closing Date the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact with respect to the Company or CPS necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, and since the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, no
event has occurred with respect to the Company or CPS which should have been set
forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the Final Prospectus which has not
been so set forth in such supplement or amendment; and (vi) subsequent to the
respective dates as of which conformation is given in the Registration Statement
and the Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, or any
development with respect to the Company or CPS which could reasonably be
expected to result in a material adverse change, in or affecting particularly
the business or properties of the Trust, the Company or CPS except as
contemplated by the Final Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
(o) Each Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to such
Underwriter that the Certificate Insurer shall have issued the Policy to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders in form and substance
satisfactory to such Underwriter.
(p) Each Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that,
on or before the Closing Date, the
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Financing Statements have been filed in the office of the Secretary of State of
California reflecting the assignment of the interest of CPS in the Receivables
and the other Trust Assets and the proceeds thereof to the Company, and the
transfer of the interest of the Company in the Receivables and the other Trust
Assets and the proceeds thereof to the Trustee.
(q) All proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each of the other Basic
Documents and all documents incident hereto or thereto shall be satisfactory in
form and substance to each Underwriter.
(r) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters such further
certificates and documents confirming the representations and warranties,
covenants and conditions contained herein and related matters as the
Underwriters may reasonably have requested.
The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed
to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material
respects reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and to Mayer, Brown &
Platt, counsel for the Underwriters.
If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 7 shall
not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled,
the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the
Underwriters by notifying the Company of such termination in writing or by
telegram at or prior to the Closing Date. In such event, the Company and the
Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to each other (except to the
extent provided in Sections 6 and 9 hereof).
8. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.
The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the portion of the
Certificates required to be delivered as and when specified in this Agreement
are subject to the condition that, at the Closing Date, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and in
effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened.
9. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Company and CPS, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees and agents and
each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the 1933
Act or the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
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to which such Underwriter or any such other person may become subject under the
1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary
Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
(other than information contained therein under the heading "the Certificate
Insurer" and information incorporated by reference therein), or (ii) the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made; and will reimburse each
Underwriter and each such person within 30 days of presentation for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or liability, action or
proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry related to the
offering of the Certificates, whether or not such Underwriter or such person is
a party to any action or proceeding, upon receipt of a written request therefor;
provided, however, that neither the Company nor CPS will be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or
alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company or CPS, as the case may be, by, through or on behalf of
the Underwriters specifically for use in the preparation thereof. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company or CPS may
otherwise have. The indemnity agreement of the Company and CPS in this Agreement
is subject to the condition that, insofar as it relates to any untrue statement,
alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission made in the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or in the Final
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, such indemnity agreement
shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter if such Underwriter failed to
send or give a copy of the Final Prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the
Company or CPS, as the case may be, shall have furnished any amendment or
supplement thereto to such Underwriter, which corrected such untrue statement or
omission that is the basis of the loss, liability, claim, damage or expense for
which indemnification is sought) to the person asserting any such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense at such time as the Final Prospectus, as so
amended or supplemented, was required under the 1933 Act to be delivered to such
person.
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(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold
harmless each of the Company and CPS, each of their directors, officers,
employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from each of the Company and CPS to any Underwriter, its directors,
officers, employees and agents and each person who controls any such
Underwriter, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions or alleged
untrue statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company or CPS, as the case may be, by, through or
on behalf of such Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation of the
Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus,
the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may
otherwise have.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall
be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought
pursuant to this Section 9, such person (the "indemnified party") shall promptly
notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying
party") in writing. The failure to give such notice shall not relieve the
indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to
the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the
provisions of Section 9(a) or (b), except and only to the extent such omission
so to notify shall have materially prejudiced the indemnifying party under
Section 9(a) or (b). In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any
indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to
the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and
disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such
proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel
at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall
pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the fees and expenses of the
counsel retained by the indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying
party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of
such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the
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indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel
acceptable to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after
notice of commencement of the action. It is understood that the indemnifying
party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the
same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm for all such indemnified parties. Such firm shall be
designated in writing by the underwriters in the case of parties indemnified
pursuant to Section 9(a) and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified
pursuant to Section 9(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled
with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or
threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought
hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party
to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or
consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 9(a) or (b)
above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or
proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or
proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company and CPS on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Certificates. If, however,
the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted
by applicable law then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Company or CPS on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be
in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before
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deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters (in each case as set
forth in the table on the cover page of the Final Prospectus). As between the
Underwriters, the relative benefits received by Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated,
on the one hand, and Black Diamond Securities, LLC, on the other, shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the respective portions of the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by each of them. The relative
fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company
on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission.
The Company, CPS and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 9(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 9(d). The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in
this Section 9(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim, subject to the limitations set forth
above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9(d), (i) no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting
discounts and commissions applicable to the Certificates purchased by such
Underwriter and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution
from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters' obligations in this Section 9(d) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any
supplement or amendment thereto, each party against whom contribution may be
sought under this Section 9 hereby consents to the jurisdiction of any court
having jurisdiction over any other contributing party, agrees that process
issuing from such court may be served upon him or it by any other contributing
party and consents to the service of such process and agrees that any other
contributing party may join him
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or it as an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other
contributing party is a party.
(f) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an
indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this
Section 9 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 and the
representations and warranties of each of the Company and CPS set forth in this
Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i)
any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or CPS,
their respective directors, officers, employees or agents or any persons
controlling any Underwriter or the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Certificates
and payment thereof or hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A
successor to any Underwriter, the Company or CPS, their respective directors,
officers, employees or agents, or any person controlling any Underwriter, the
Company or CPS, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution
and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 9.
10. DEFAULT BY THE UNDERWRITERS.
If on the Closing Date, Black Diamond Securities, LLC shall fail to
purchase and pay for all or any portion of the Certificates which such
Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay for on such date (otherwise than by
reason of any default on the part of the Company or CPS), then Alex Brown & Sons
Incorporated shall use reasonable efforts to procure within 36 hours thereafter
one or more additional Underwriters to purchase from the Company such amounts as
may be agreed upon and upon the terms set forth herein, the Certificates which
the defaulting Underwriter failed to purchase. If during such 36 hours the
non-defaulting Underwriter shall not have procured one or more additional
Underwriters to purchase the Certificates agreed to be purchased by the
defaulting Underwriter, then (a) if the aggregate amount of Certificates with
respect to which such default shall occur does not exceed 10% of the
Certificates covered hereby, the non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated
to purchase the Certificates which such defaulting Underwriter failed to
purchase, or (b) if the aggregate number of shares of Certificates with respect
to which such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the Certificates covered
hereby, the Company or the non-defaulting Underwriter will have the right, by
written notice given within the next 36-hour period to the parties to this
Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the part of the
non-defaulting Underwriter or of the Company except to the extent provided in
Section 9 hereof. In the event of a default by Black Diamond Securities, LLC, as
set forth in
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this Section 10, the Closing Date may be postponed for such period, not
exceeding seven days, as the non-defaulting Underwriter may determine in order
that the required changes in the Registration Statement or in the Final
Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes any person
substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section 10
shall not relieve Black Diamond Securities, LLC from liability in respect of any
default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
11. NOTICES.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise
provided herein, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or telegraphed and
confirmed as follows:
if to the Underwriters, to each of the following addresses:
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated
135 East Baltimore Street
MS 8-8-3
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attention: General Counsel
Fax: (410) 783-3028
and
Black Diamond Securities, L.L.C.
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
Attention: Jeffrey W. Kramer
Fax: (212) 953-6063;
if to the Company, at the following address:
CPS Receivables Corp.
2 Ada
Irvine, California 92718
Attention: Charles Bradley, Jr.
Facsimile No.: (714) 753-6805;
or, if sent to CPS at the following address:
Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.
2 Ada
Irvine, California 92718
Attention: Charles Bradley, Jr.
Facsimile No.: (714) 753-6805
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12. TERMINATION.
This Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriters by notice by each of
the Underwriters to the Company as follows:
(a) at any time prior to the Closing Date, if any of the following has
occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, any material adverse change or
any development involving a prospective material adverse change in the business,
properties, results of operations, financial condition or business prospects of
the Company and the Significant Subsidiary taken as a whole, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency or other national or
international calamity or crisis or change in economic or political conditions
if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity,
crisis or change on the financial markets of the United States would, in each of
the Underwriters' reasonable judgment, make it impracticable to market the
Certificates or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Certificates, (iii) any
suspension of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or
the American Stock Exchange or limitation on prices (other than limitations on
hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on either such Exchange,
(iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute,
regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in
each of the Underwriters' reasonable opinion materially and adversely affects or
may materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company,
(v) declaration of a banking moratorium by United States or New York State
authorities, (vi) any downgrading or the giving of notice of any intended or
potential downgrading in the rating of the Company's debt securities by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes
of Rule 436(g) under the 1934 Act) ; (vii) the suspension of trading of the
Common Stock by the Commission on the New York Stock Exchange or (viii) the
taking of any action by any governmental body or agency in respect of its
monetary or fiscal affairs which in each of the Underwriters' reasonable opinion
has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or
(b) as provided in Sections 7 and 10 of this Agreement.
13. SUCCESSORS.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the
Underwriters, CPS and the Company and their respective successors, executors,
administrators, heirs and assigns, and the respective affiliates, officers,
directors, employees, agents and
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controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right
or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of the Certificates from any
Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of such
purchase.
14. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY UNDERWRITERS.
The Company and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only
information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company for
inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary
Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements
thereto, consists of the information set forth in the last paragraph on the
front cover page concerning the terms of the offering by the Underwriters
(insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters), legends required by
Item 502(d) of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act and the information under the
caption "Methods of Distribution" in the Registration Statement and under the
caption "Underwriting" in the Final Prospectus.
15. MISCELLANEOUS.
The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in
this Agreement and the representations, warranties and covenants in this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of (a) any
termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or the Company, their respective directors, officers, employees or
agents or any controlling person of any Underwriter or the Company indemnified
herein and (c) delivery of and payment for the Certificates under this
Agreement.
Each Underwriter agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one
day after the payment in full of all securities issued by the Company or by a
trust for which the Company was the depositor, which securities were rated by
any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, it will not institute
against, or join any other person in instituting against, the Company any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
or other proceedings under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws provisions
thereof. With respect to any claim arising out of this Agreement (i) each party
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State
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of New York and the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York, and (ii) each party irrevocably waives (1) any objection which it may
have at any time to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating hereto brought in any such court, (2) any claim that
any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought
in any inconvenient forum and (3) the right to object, with respect to such
claim, suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court, that such court
does not have jurisdiction over such party. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, each Underwriter, the Company and CPS irrevocably waive all
right of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of
or in connection with this Agreement or any matter arising hereunder.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating
to the subject matter hereof.
Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by
the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought.
The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited, unenforceable or not
authorized in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition, unenforceability or non-authorization without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity,
enforceability or legality of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof,
whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company and the several
Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
CPS RECEIVABLES CORP.
By:
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Name:
Title:
CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written:
ALEX. BROWN & SONS INCORPORATED
By:
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Name:
Title:
BLACK DIAMOND SECURITIES, LLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
Schedule of Underwriters
Initial
Principal Amount
of the Class A
Certificates to
Underwriter be Purchased Purchase Price
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Alex. Brown & Sons $[ ] $[ ]
Incorporated
Black Diamond Securities, [ ] [ ]
LLC
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Total $[ ] $[ ]
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EXHIBIT 5.1
Exhibit 5.1
September __, 1996
Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.
2 Ada (Suite 100)
Irvine, CA 92718
CPS Receivables Corp.
2 Ada (Suite 100)
Irvine, CA 92718
Re: Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-09343)
We have acted as special counsel to CPS Receivables Corp., a California
corporation (the "Seller"), and Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc., a California
corporation ("CPS"), in connection with the above-referenced Registration
Statement (together with the exhibits and any amendments thereto, the
"Registration Statement"), filed by CPS with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with the registration of the Asset Backed Certificates
(the "Certificates") to be sold from time to time in one or more series in
amounts to be determined at the time of sale and to be set forth in one or more
supplements (each a "Prospectus Supplement") to the Prospectus (the
"Prospectus") included in the Registration Statement.
As described in the Registration Statement, the Certificates of each series
will be issued by a trust (the "Trust") to be formed by the Seller pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") by and
among the Seller, as seller, CPS, as servicer, and Norwest Bank Minnesota,
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") and standby servicer. The
Certificates issued by the Trust will include one or more classes of
certificates.
We are generally familiar with the proceedings required to be taken in
connection with the proposed authorization, issuance and sale of the
Certificates, and in order to express the opinion hereinafter stated, we have
examined copies of the Registration Statement, including the form of Pooling and
Servicing Agreement included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We
have examined such other documents and such matters of law, and we
CPS Receivables Corp.
September __, 1996
Page 3
have satisfied ourselves as to such matters of fact, as we have considered
relevant for purposes of this opinion.
On the basis of the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Certificates,
when, as and if (i) the Registration Statement becomes effective pursuant to the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) the amount, price,
interest rate and other principal terms of such Certificates have been duly
approved by the Board of Directors of the Seller, (iii) the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement relating thereto has been duly completed, executed and
delivered by the parties thereto substantially in the form we have examined,
duly reflecting the terms established as described above, and (iv) such
Certificates have been duly issued by the applicable Trust and authenticated by
the applicable Trustee all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and sold by the Seller in the manner described
in the Registration Statement, such Certificates will have been duly authorized
by all necessary action of the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and will have been
legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will be enforceable in
accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally (including, without limitation, the determination
pursuant to 12 USC ss. 1821(e) of any liability for the disaffirmance or
repudiation of any contract) or the relief of debtors, as may be in effect from
time to time, or by general principles of equity.
We do not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion, and
accordingly we do not purport to cover herein, the application of securities or
"Blue Sky" laws of the various states to the offer of sale of the Securities.
We wish to advise you that we are members of the bar of the State of New
York and the opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of
New York and the federal laws of the United States.
CPS Receivables Corp.
September __, 1996
Page 4
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement, and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus under
the caption "Legal Opinions".
Sincerely,
EXHIBIT 8.1
Exhibit 8.1
September __,1996
Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.
2 Ada (Suite 100)
Irvine, CA 92718
CPS Receivables Corp.
2 Ada (Suite 100)
Irvine, CA 92718
Re: Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-09343)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to CPS Receivables Corp., a California
corporation (the "Seller"), and Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc., a California
corporation ("CPS"), in connection with the above-referenced Registration
Statement (together with the exhibits and any amendments thereto, the
"Registration Statement") filed by the Servicer with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connetion with the registration by the Servicer of Asset Backed
Certificates (the "Certificates") to be sold from time to time in one or more
series in amounts to be determined at the time of sale and to be set forth in
one or more Supplements (each, a "Prospectus Supplement") to the Prospectus (the
"Prospectus") included in the Registration Statement.
In connection with our engagement, we have examined and relied upon (i) the
Prospectus, (ii) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, and (iii) such other documents as we have deemed
necessary. In addition, we have examined and considered executed originals or
counterparts, or certified or other copies identified to our satisfaction as
being true copies of such certificates, instruments, documents and other
corporate records of the Seller and such matters of fact and law as we have
deemed necessary for the purposes of the opinion expressed below. Capitalized
terms
The Parties Listed on
Schedule I attached hereto
September __, 1996
Page 3
used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
In our examination we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to
original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic
copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to
any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which were not independently
established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of
officers and representatives of the Seller, CPS, and others.
In rendering our opinion, we have also considered and relied upon the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, administrative rulings, judicial
decisions, regulations, and such other authorities, all in effect on the date
this opinion letter is delivered, as we have deemed appropriate. The statutory
provisions, regulations, interpretations and other authorities upon which our
opinion is based are subject to change, and such changes could apply
retroactively. In addition, there can be no assurance that positions contrary to
those stated in our opinion will not be taken by the Internal Revenue Service
("IRS"). No tax rulings will be sought from the IRS with respect to any of the
matters discussed herein.
We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
federal laws of the United States of America to the extent specifically referred
to herein.
Based on and subject to the foregoing and assuming that the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement is executed and delivered in substantially the form we have
examined, we hereby confirm that the statements described to be our legal
opinions in the Prospectus under the heading "Certain Federal Income Tax
Consequences" constitute our opinions as to the material federal income tax
consequences discussed therein. There can be no assurance, however, that the tax
conclusions presented therein will not be successfully challenged by the IRS, or
significantly altered by new legislation, changes in IRS positions or judicial
decisions, any of which challenges or alterations may be applied retroactively
with respect to completed transactions.
The Parties Listed on
Schedule I attached hereto
September __, 1996
Page 4
Except for the opinion expressed above, we express no opinion as to any
other tax consequences of the transaction to any party under federal, state,
local, or foreign laws.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and the use of our name under the headings "Summary --
Tax Status" and "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences" in the Prospectus.
Very truly yours,
