Exhibit 10.1


 
 
 

FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT

dated as of [             ], 20[__]

between

SUNTRUST BANK

and

SUNTRUST AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC,

as Purchaser




 
 
 

 






TABLE OF CONTENTS

 


	
                         
 	
                         
 	
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                        ARTICLE I      DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
 	
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      SECTION 1.1
 	
      Definitions
 	
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                        SECTION 1.2
 	
                        Other Interpretive Provisions
 	
                        1
 
	
                        ARTICLE II      PURCHASE
 	
                        2
 
	
                        SECTION 2.1
 	
                        Agreement to Sell and Contribute on the Closing Date
 	
                        2
 
	
                        SECTION 2.2
 	
                        Consideration and Payment
 	
                        2
 
	
                        ARTICLE III      REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
 	
                        2
 
	
                        SECTION 3.1
 	
                        Representations and Warranties of SunTrust
 	
                        2
 
	
                        SECTION 3.2
 	
                        Representations and Warranties of SunTrust as to each Receivable
 	
                        3
 
	
                        SECTION 3.3
 	
                        Repurchase upon Breach
 	
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                        SECTION 3.4
 	
                        Protection of Title
 	
                        4
 
	
                        SECTION 3.5
 	
                        Other Liens or Interests
 	
                        5
 
	
                        SECTION 3.6
 	
                        Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants
 	
                        5
 
	
                        ARTICLE IV      MISCELLANEOUS
 	
                        6
 
	
                        SECTION 4.1
 	
                        Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest
 	
                        6
 
	
                        SECTION 4.2
 	
                        Notices, Etc
 	
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                        SECTION 4.3
 	
                        Choice of Law
 	
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                        SECTION 4.4
 	
                        Headings
 	
                        7
 
	
                        SECTION 4.5
 	
                        Counterparts
 	
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                        SECTION 4.6
 	
                        Amendment
 	
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                        SECTION 4.7
 	
                        Waivers
 	
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                        SECTION 4.8
 	
                        Entire Agreement
 	
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                        SECTION 4.9
 	
                        Severability of Provisions
 	
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                        SECTION 4.10
 	
                        Binding Effect
 	
                        9
 
	
                        SECTION 4.11
 	
                        Acknowledgment and Agreement
 	
                        9
 
	
                        SECTION 4.12
 	
                        Cumulative Remedies
 	
                        9
 
	
                        SECTION 4.13
 	
                        Nonpetition Covenant
 	
                        9
 
	
                        SECTION 4.14
 	
                        Submission to Jurisdiction
 	
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                        SECTION 4.15
 	
                        Third-Party Beneficiaries
 	
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      EXHIBIT A-1
 	
      Form of SunTrust Re-Assignment
 
	
                        EXHIBIT A-2
 	
                        Form of SunTrust Cross Receipt
 
	
                         
 	
                         
 
	
                        SCHEDULE I
 	
                        Schedule of Receivables
 
	
                        SCHEDULE II
 	
                        Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants
 




 

 


	
                         
 	

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THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of [             ], 20[__] (as amended from time to time, this “Agreement”) by SUNTRUST BANK, a Georgia banking corporation (“SunTrust”), and SUNTRUST AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase from SunTrust a portfolio of motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts that are secured by new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks; and

WHEREAS, SunTrust is willing to sell such portfolio of motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts and related property to the Purchaser on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND USAGE

SECTION 1.1  Definitions. Except as otherwise defined herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) between SunTrust Auto Trust 20[__]-[_], SunTrust, as Servicer, the Purchaser, as Depositor, and [___________________], as Indenture Trustee, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein. As used herein, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:

“Purchased Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

SECTION 1.2  Other Interpretive Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles; (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or
Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or to this Agreement and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term “including” means “including without limitation”; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; and (g) references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns.

 


 






ARTICLE II

 

PURCHASE

SECTION 2.1  Agreement to Sell and Contribute on the Closing Date. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, SunTrust does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign and otherwise absolutely convey to the Purchaser without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) on the Closing Date all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables, the Collections after the Cut-Off Date, the Receivable Files and the Related Security relating thereto, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, identified on Schedule I (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”). The sale, transfer,
assignment and conveyance made hereunder does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the Purchaser of any obligation of SunTrust or the Originator to the Obligors or any other Person in connection with the Receivables or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.

SECTION 2.2  Consideration and Payment. In consideration of the sale of the Purchased Assets sold to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay to SunTrust on such date an amount equal to $[                   ] (the “Purchase Price”), representing the estimated fair market value of the Purchased Assets on the Closing Date. A portion of the Purchase Price equal to $[______] shall be paid to SunTrust in immediately available funds and an undivided interest in such Purchased Assets in an amount equal to $[______] shall be deemed to have been contributed to the Purchaser by SunTrust. 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

SECTION 3.1  Representations and Warranties of SunTrust. SunTrust makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Purchaser will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Purchased Assets. The representations and warranties will survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser, the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the pledge thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:

(a) Existence and Power. SunTrust is a Georgia banking corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has, in all material respects, full power and authority to own its assets and operate its business as presently owned or operated, and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or affect the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Purchased Assets. SunTrust has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of SunTrust to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part
of the Purchased Assets.

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necessary action on the part of SunTrust and do not contravene or constitute a default under (i) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (ii) its organizational documents or (iii) any material indenture or material agreement or instrument to which SunTrust is a party or by which its properties are bound (other than violations of such laws, rules, regulations, indentures or agreements which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or SunTrust’s ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents). 

(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by SunTrust of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Purchased Assets or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of SunTrust to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which SunTrust is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of SunTrust enforceable against SunTrust in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of corporations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.

(e) No Proceedings. There are no actions, orders, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of SunTrust, threatened against SunTrust before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by SunTrust of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders or (iv) relating to SunTrust that would materially and adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax
State income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes.

SECTION 3.2  Representations and Warranties of SunTrust as to each Receivable. On the date hereof, SunTrust hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth on Schedule I to the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the Purchaser as to the Receivables sold, transferred, assigned and otherwise conveyed to the Purchaser under this Agreement on which such representations and warranties the Purchaser relies in acquiring the Receivables. Such representations and warranties shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and the Grant of the Receivables by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Notwithstanding any statement to
the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, SunTrust shall not be required to notify any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy obtained by an Obligor.

 


	
                         
 	
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SECTION 3.3  Repurchase upon Breach. Upon discovery by or notice to the Purchaser or SunTrust of a breach of any of the representations and warranties described in Section 3.2 with respect to any Receivable at the time such representations and warranties were made which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable, the party discovering such breach or receiving such notice shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other party; provided, that delivery of the Servicer’s Certificate shall be deemed to constitute prompt notice by the Servicer and the Issuer of such breach;
provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of SunTrust hereunder. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Purchaser, the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable, then SunTrust shall either (a) correct or cure such breach or (b) repurchase such Receivable from the Purchaser, in either case on or before the Payment Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day after the date that SunTrust became aware or was notified of such breach. Any such breach or failure will not be deemed to have a material and adverse effect if such breach or failure does not affect the ability of the Purchaser (or its assignee) to receive and retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. Any such purchase by SunTrust shall be at a price equal to the Repurchase Price. In consideration for such repurchase, SunTrust shall make
(or shall cause to be made) a payment to the Purchaser equal to the Repurchase Price by depositing such amount into the Collection Account prior to noon, New York City time on the date of such repurchase. Upon payment of such Repurchase Price by SunTrust, the Purchaser shall release and shall execute and deliver a SunTrust Re-Assignment and SunTrust Cross Receipt substantially in the forms of Exhibit A-1 and A-2, respectively, and any such other instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as may be reasonably requested by SunTrust to evidence such release, transfer or assignment or more effectively vest in SunTrust or its designee any Receivable and related Purchased Assets repurchased pursuant to this Section 3.3. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of SunTrust to purchase any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Purchaser.

SECTION 3.4  Protection of Title.

(a) SunTrust shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to be authorized and filed such continuation and other statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Purchaser under this Agreement in the Purchased Assets (other than any Purchased Assets with respect thereto, to the extent that the interest of the Purchaser therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). SunTrust shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Purchaser file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.

(b) SunTrust shall not change its name, identity, corporate structure or jurisdiction of organization in any manner that would make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by SunTrust in accordance with paragraph (a) above “seriously misleading” within the meaning of Sections 9-506, 9-507 or 9-508 of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Purchaser at least five days’ prior written notice thereof and, to the extent necessary, shall have promptly filed amendments to previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above.

 


	
                         
 	
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(c) SunTrust shall give the Purchaser at least five days’ prior written notice of any change of location of SunTrust for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC and shall have taken all action prior to making such change (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not possible to take such action in advance) reasonably necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Purchaser to amend all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above. 

(d) SunTrust shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payment owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such Receivable.

(e) SunTrust shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) its computer systems so that, from time to time after the conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables, the master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Purchaser (or any subsequent assignee of the Purchaser) in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by such Person. Indication of such Person’s interest in a Receivable shall not be deleted from or modified on such computer systems until, and only until, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.

(f) If at any time SunTrust shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, SunTrust shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Purchaser (or any subsequent assignee of the Purchaser).

SECTION 3.5  Other Liens or Interests. Except for the conveyances and grants of security interests pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, SunTrust shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer the Receivables or other property transferred to the Purchaser to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any interest therein, and SunTrust shall defend the right, title and interest of the Purchaser in, to and under such Receivables or other property transferred to the Purchaser against all claims of third parties claiming through or under SunTrust.

SECTION 3.6  Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants. SunTrust hereby makes the perfection representations, warranties and covenants attached hereto as Schedule II to the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall be deemed to have relied on such representations, warranties and covenants in acquiring the Purchased Assets.

 


	
                         
 	
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ARTICLE IV

 

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 4.1 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest.

(a) Each of the parties hereto expressly intends and agrees that the transfers contemplated and effected under this Agreement are complete and absolute sales and transfers rather than pledges or assignments of only a security interest and shall be given effect as such for all purposes. It is further the intention of the parties hereto that the Receivables and related Purchased Assets shall not be part of SunTrust’s estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of SunTrust. The sales and transfers by SunTrust of the Receivables and related Purchased Assets hereunder are and shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty (express or implied) by, SunTrust, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. The limited rights of recourse specified herein against SunTrust are intended to provide a remedy for breach of representations and warranties relating to
the condition of the property sold, rather than to the collectibility of the Receivables.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other Purchased Assets are held to be property of SunTrust, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security interest in the Receivables and other Purchased Assets, then it is agreed that:

(i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction;

(ii) The conveyances provided for in Section 2.1 shall be deemed to be a grant by SunTrust of, and SunTrust hereby grants to the Purchaser, a security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables and other Purchased Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the performance of the obligations of SunTrust hereunder;

(iii) The possession by the Purchaser or its agent of the Receivables Files and any other property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by the purchaser or a person designated by such purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction; and

(iv) Notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.

SECTION 4.2  Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States 

 


	
                         
 	
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mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by facsimile, and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule II to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Noteholder as shown in the Note Register. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder; provided, however, that any notice to a Noteholder mailed within the time prescribed in this
Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Noteholder shall receive such notice.

SECTION 4.3  Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW BUT EXCLUDING TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ALL OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

SECTION 4.4  Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

SECTION 4.5  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 4.6  Amendment.

(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by SunTrust and the Purchaser without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person; provided that such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder; provided, further, that such amendment shall be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder, and no Opinion of Counsel shall be required, if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.

(b) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by SunTrust and the Purchaser but without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person to add, modify or eliminate any provisions as may be necessary or advisable in order to enable the Depositor, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any law or regulation or any accounting rule or principle, it being a condition to any such amendment that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied.

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Note Balance, voting as a single class, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.

(d) Prior to the execution of any such amendment, SunTrust shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, SunTrust shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency and the Indenture Trustee.

(e) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Purchaser, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.

SECTION 4.7  Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Purchaser, the Servicer, SunTrust, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on the Purchaser or SunTrust in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by any party under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement
shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.

SECTION 4.8  Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.

SECTION 4.9  Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 


	
                         
 	
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SECTION 4.10  Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree.

SECTION 4.11  Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, SunTrust expressly acknowledges and consents to the sale of the Purchased Assets and the assignment of all rights and obligations of SunTrust related thereto by the Purchaser to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the pledge, assignment and Grant of a security interest in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders. In addition, SunTrust hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have the right to exercise all powers, privileges and claims of the Purchaser under this Agreement.

SECTION 4.12  Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

SECTION 4.13  Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party hereto shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any
substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) none of the parties hereto shall commence or join with any other Person in commencing any proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 4.14  Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

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in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Agreement; and

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 4.15  Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and the Noteholders and their respective successors and permitted assigns and each of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be an express third-party beneficiary hereof and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no other Person will have any right hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

 


	
                         
 	
                         
 	
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EXHIBIT A-1

FORM OF SUNTRUST RE-ASSIGNMENT

(PURCHASE AGREEMENT)

[DATE]

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of [                  ], 20[__] (the “Purchase Agreement”), between SunTrust Bank (the “Assignee”) and SunTrust Auto Receivables, LLC (the “Assignor”), and the transactions contemplated thereby, in exchange for the Repurchase Price from the Assignee, the Assignor does hereby assign, transfer and otherwise absolutely convey unto the Assignee all of the Assignor’s right, title and interest, whether now or hereafter existing, in and to (i) the Receivables identified on
Schedule I hereto (such Receivables, the “Repurchased Receivables”); (ii) all Collections thereon after the date hereof; (iii) all other property related to such Repurchased Receivables transferred by the Assignee to the Assignor under the Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date and (iv) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing. 

The Assignee hereby acknowledges receipt from the Assignor of the Repurchased Receivables and other property described above, and the Assignor hereby acknowledges receipt from the Assignee of the Repurchase Price. 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in (or by reference in) the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [_____________], 20[__], between SunTrust Auto Trust 20[__]-[_], as Issuer, SunTrust Auto Receivables, LLC, as Depositor, SunTrust Bank, as Servicer, and [____________________], as Indenture Trustee.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Re-Assignment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 


	
                         
 	
                         
 	
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SCHEDULE I

to Re-Assignment

 

SCHEDULE OF REPURCHASED RECEIVABLES

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EXHIBIT A-2

FORM OF SUNTRUST CROSS RECEIPT

(SUNTRUST RE-ASSIGNMENT)

[DATE]

Reference is hereby made to the Re-Assignment pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “SunTrust Re-Assignment”), by and between SunTrust Auto Receivables, LLC (the “Assignor”) and SunTrust Bank (the “Assignee”).

The Assignee hereby acknowledges receipt from the Assignor of the Repurchased Receivables pursuant to the terms of the SunTrust Re-Assignment.

The Assignor hereby acknowledges receipt from the Assignee of the Repurchase Price for the Repurchased Receivables pursuant to the terms of the SunTrust Re-Assignment.

As used herein, the term “Repurchased Receivables” has the meaning assigned to such term in the SunTrust Re-Assignment. 

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [                 ], 20[__], between SunTrust Auto Trust 20[__]-[_], as Issuer, SunTrust Auto Receivables, LLC, as Depositor, SunTrust Bank, as Servicer, and [_______________________], as Indenture Trustee.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Cross Receipt to be duly executed as of the date first above written. 

 

 


	
                         
 	
                         
 	
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                        SUNTRUST AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC, as Assignor
 
	
                          
 	
                         
 	
                        

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SCHEDULE I

SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES

[On file with SunTrust Bank and the Indenture Trustee]

 

 


	
                         
 	
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SCHEDULE II

PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement, SunTrust hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to the Purchaser as follows on the Closing Date:

General

1. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets in favor of the Purchaser, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from SunTrust. 

2. The Receivables constitute “chattel paper” (including “electronic chattel paper” or “tangible chattel paper”), “accounts,” “instruments” or “general intangibles,” within the meaning of the UCC. 

3. Each Receivable is secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party.

Creation

4. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of a Receivable by SunTrust to the Purchaser, SunTrust owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to the Purchaser, the Purchaser will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien. 

5. SunTrust has received all consents and approvals to the sale of the Receivables hereunder to the Purchaser required by the terms of the Receivables that constitute instruments.

Perfection

6. SunTrust has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of this Agreement, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the sale of the Receivables from SunTrust to the Purchaser, and the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Purchaser hereunder; and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such instruments or tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party/Purchaser”.

 


	
                         
 	
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7. With respect to Receivables that constitute an instrument or tangible chattel paper, either: 


	
                         
 	
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                        Such instruments or tangible chattel paper are in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian) is holding such instruments or tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee; or 
 





	
                         
 	
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Priority

8. SunTrust has not authorized the filing of, or is aware of, any financing statements against SunTrust that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the security interest granted to the Purchaser hereunder, (ii) that has been terminated or (iii) that names [The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta] as secured party.

9. SunTrust is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against SunTrust. 

10. Neither SunTrust nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an authoritative copy of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.

11. None of the instruments, tangible chattel paper or electronic chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Purchaser, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.

Survival of Perfection Representations

12. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule II shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Notes have been finally and fully paid and performed.

 


	
                         
 	
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No Waiver

13. The parties to the Purchase Agreement shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule II, and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants. 

 


	
                         
 	
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