exv10w2






Exhibit 10.2




EXECUTION VERSION




 





FIRST-TIER SALE AGREEMENT




between



FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,

as Seller



and



FORD CREDIT AUTO LEASE TWO LLC,

acting with respect to its Series of

limited liability company interests designated as

the “2011-A Series”, as Depositor



Dated as of June 1, 2011




 






 









 








TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 

	ARTICLE I USAGE AND DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.1. Usage and Definitions
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	ARTICLE II SALE OF THE FIRST-TIER ASSETS
	 	 	1	 
	Section 2.1. Sale of the First-Tier Assets
	 	 	1	 
	Section 2.2. Closing; Further Assignments
	 	 	2	 
	Section 2.3. Intent; Savings Clause
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	2	 
	Section 3.1. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
	 	 	2	 
	Section 3.2. Representations and Warranties of the Seller
	 	 	4	 
	Section 3.3. Representations of the Seller and the Depositor
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS
	 	 	5	 
	Section 4.1. Conditions to Obligation of the Depositor
	 	 	5	 
	Section 4.2. Conditions to Obligation of the Seller
	 	 	5	 
	Section 4.3. Deemed Satisfaction of Conditions
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE SELLER
	 	 	6	 
	Section 5.1. Protection of Right, Title and Interest to the First-Tier Assets
	 	 	6	 
	Section 5.2. Other Liens or Interests
	 	 	6	 
	Section 5.3. Indemnification
	 	 	6	 
	Section 5.4. Obligations of the Seller
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	7	 
	Section 6.1. Amendment
	 	 	7	 
	Section 6.2. Notices
	 	 	8	 
	Section 6.3. Costs and Expenses
	 	 	8	 
	Section 6.4. Successors and Assigns
	 	 	8	 
	Section 6.5. No Petition
	 	 	9	 
	Section 6.6. Limited Recourse
	 	 	9	 
	Section 6.7. Subordination
	 	 	9	 
	Section 6.8. GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	10	 
	Section 6.9. Submission to Jurisdiction
	 	 	10	 
	Section 6.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	10	 
	Section 6.11. Severability
	 	 	10	 
	Section 6.12. Counterparts
	 	 	10	 
	Section 6.13. Headings
	 	 	10	 
	Section 6.14. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	10	 






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     FIRST-TIER SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2011 (this “Agreement”), between FORD
MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Seller, and FORD CREDIT AUTO
LEASE TWO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, acting with respect to its Series of limited
liability company interests designated as the “2011-A Series,” as Depositor.



BACKGROUND




     On or prior to the date of this Agreement, CAB East LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“CAB East”), CAB West LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CAB West”) and
FCALM, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“FCALM” and, together with CAB East and
CAB West, the “Titling Companies”) issued (or, in the case of FCALM, consented to the
issuance) to Ford Credit a note designated as the “2011-A Exchange Note” having an initial
aggregate outstanding principal balance of $1,088,903,936.04, a fixed interest rate of 1.93% and a
stated maturity date of January 15, 2016.



     Ford Credit and the Titling Companies have also designated the 2011-A Reference Pool in
respect of the 2011-A Exchange Note and the Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles
comprising the 2011-A Reference Pool.



     The Seller wishes to sell the 2011-A Exchange Note and certain related property and rights to
the Depositor on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.



ARTICLE I

USAGE AND DEFINITIONS




     Section 1.1. Usage and Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
in this Agreement are defined in Appendix 1 to the Exchange Note Supplement (the “Exchange Note
Supplement”) to the Credit and Security Agreement (as defined below), dated as of June 1, 2011,
among the Titling Companies, as Borrowers, U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as
Administrative Agent, HTD Leasing LLC (“HTD”), as Collateral Agent, and Ford Motor Credit
Company LLC (“Ford Credit”), as Lender and Servicer. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Agreement or in Appendix 1 to the Exchange Note Supplement are defined in
Appendix A to the Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement (the “Credit and Security
Agreement”), dated as of December 1, 2006, among the Titling Companies, as Borrowers, U.S.
Bank, as Administrative Agent, HTD, as Collateral Agent and Ford Credit, as Lender and Servicer.
Appendix 1 and Appendix A also contain rules as to usage applicable to this Agreement and are
incorporated by reference into this Agreement.



ARTICLE II

SALE OF THE FIRST-TIER ASSETS




     Section 2.1. Sale of the First-Tier Assets.



     (a) Effective as of the 2011-A Closing Date and immediately before the transaction pursuant to
the Second-Tier Sale Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Trust Agreement and the
Indenture, the Seller sells and assigns to the Depositor, without recourse, the First-Tier Assets.



 









 





     (b) In consideration for the First-Tier Assets, the Depositor will pay to the Seller an amount
equal to the net proceeds of the sale of the Class A Notes in cash by federal wire transfer on the
2011-A Closing Date. The Depositor and the Seller each represents and warrants to the other that
the amount of cash paid by the Depositor, together with the increase in the value in the Seller’s
capital in the Depositor, is equal to the fair market value of the 2011-A Exchange Note. The First
Tier Assets will become the property and rights of the Depositor.



     (c) The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the First-Tier Assets pursuant to this
Agreement is without recourse, and the Seller does not guarantee payment on the First-Tier Assets
or collection of any underlying asset included in the 2011-A Reference Pool.



     Section 2.2. Closing; Further Assignments.



     (a) The sale and assignment of the First-Tier Assets will take place on the 2011-A Closing
Date concurrently with the closings under the Second-Tier Sale Agreement, the Indenture and the
Initial Purchase Agreement.



     (b) The Seller acknowledges that (i) the Depositor will, pursuant to the Second-Tier Sale
Agreement, sell, transfer, assign and convey the First-Tier Assets to the Issuer and assign its
rights under this Agreement to the Issuer (and will execute a savings clause analogous to Section
2.3 in favor of the Issuer) and (ii) the Issuer will, pursuant to the Indenture, assign and pledge
the First-Tier Assets and certain other property and rights to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the 2011-A Secured Parties. The Seller consents to such assignments and pledge.



     (c) The Depositor acknowledges the appointment of Ford Credit as Servicer with respect to the
Collateral Specified Interests pursuant to the Servicing Agreement and as Servicer with respect to
the 2011-A Reference Pool pursuant to the Servicing Supplement.



     Section 2.3. Intent; Savings Clause. It is the intention of the Seller and the
Depositor that (i) the sale pursuant to Section 2.1 constitutes an absolute sale of the First-Tier
Assets, including all monies paid thereon and all monies due thereon on or after the Cutoff Date,
conveying good title to the First-Tier Assets free and clear of any Lien other than Permitted
Liens, from the Seller to the Depositor and (ii) the First-Tier Assets not be a part of the
Seller’s estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of the Seller. If, notwithstanding the
intention of the Seller and the Depositor, such sale is deemed to be a pledge in connection with a
financing or is otherwise deemed not to be a sale, the Seller grants, and the parties intend that
the Seller grants, to the Depositor a security interest in the First-Tier Assets and the
performance by the Seller of the obligation by the Seller to pay to the Depositor all amounts
received with respect to the 2011-A Exchange Note, and in such event, this Agreement will
constitute a security agreement under applicable law and the Depositor will have all of the rights
and remedies of a secured party and creditor under the UCC.



ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES




     Section 3.1. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor
represents and warrants to the Seller as of the date of this Agreement and as of the 2011-A Closing
Date:



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     (a) Organization and Qualification. The Depositor is duly organized and validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
The Depositor is qualified as a foreign limited liability company in good standing and has obtained
all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its
properties or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification, license or approval,
unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or approvals would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Depositor’s ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement.



     (b) Power, Authorization and Enforceability. The Depositor has the power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this Agreement. The Depositor has
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement
is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor,
except as the same may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating
to the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.



     (c) No Conflicts and No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement, will not (i) conflict with
or result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument
under which the Depositor is a debtor or guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Depositor pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument
(other than as contemplated by this Agreement), (iii) violate the certificate of formation of the
Depositor or the Depositor LLC Agreement, or (iv) violate any law or, to the Depositor’s knowledge,
any order rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties, the failure to comply with which would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Depositor’s ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement.



     (d) No Proceedings. To the Depositor’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or
investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing before any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement,
(ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect upon the Depositor’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement, or (iv) that would reasonably be expected to (A)
affect the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (B) be
deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or (C) cause
the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation
for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in each case, other than such proceedings that, to the
Depositor’s knowledge, would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect upon the
Depositor or materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations
under, or the validity and enforceability of, the 2011-A Basic Documents or the Notes, or
materially and adversely affect the tax treatment of the Issuer or the Notes.



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     (e) Investment Company Act. The Depositor is not an “investment company” or a company
“controlled by an investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.



     Section 3.2. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents and
warrants to the Depositor as of the date of this Agreement and as of the 2011-A Closing Date:



     (a) Organization and Qualification. The Seller is duly organized and validly existing
as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The
Seller is qualified as a foreign limited liability company in good standing and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its
properties or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification, license or approval,
unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or approvals would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under
this Agreement.



     (b) Power, Authorization and Enforceability. The Seller has the power and authority
to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this Agreement. The Seller has duly authorized the
execution, delivery and performance of the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement is the legal,
valid, binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller, except as the same may be
limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of
creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.



     (c) No Conflicts and No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement, will not (i) conflict with
or result in any breach of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument
under which the Seller is a debtor or guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Seller pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument
(other than as contemplated by this Agreement), (iii) violate the certificate of formation of the
Seller or the limited liability company agreement of the Seller or (iv) violate any law or, to the
Seller’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties, the failure to comply with which
would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect upon the Seller’s ability to perform
its obligations under this Agreement.



     (d) No Proceedings. To the Seller’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or
investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing before any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement (ii)
seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect upon the Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, or (iv)
that would reasonably be expected to (A) affect the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, (B) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, or (C) cause the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly
traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in each case,
other than such proceedings that, to the Seller’s knowledge, would not reasonably be expected to



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have a material adverse effect upon the Seller or materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity and enforceability of, the
2011-A Basic Documents or the Notes, or materially and adversely affect the tax treatment of the
Issuer or the Notes.




     Section 3.3. Representations of the Seller and the Depositor. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements by the Seller and the Depositor set
forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will survive
the closing under Section 2.2.



ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS




     Section 4.1. Conditions to Obligation of the Depositor. The obligation of the
Depositor to purchase the First-Tier Assets as set forth in Section 2.1 is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:



     (a) Representations and Warranties True. The representations and warranties of the
Seller contained in Section 3.2 will be true and correct on the 2011-A Closing Date, and the Seller
will have performed on or prior to the 2011-A Closing Date all obligations to be performed by the
Seller under this Agreement on or prior to the 2011-A Closing Date.



     (b) Delivery of 2011-A Exchange Note. The Seller has delivered to the Depositor the
2011-A Exchange Note, registered in the name of Ford Credit Auto Lease Two LLC or its assignee or
endorsed in blank by an effective endorsement.



     (c) Documents to be Delivered by the Seller. On the 2011-A Closing Date, the Seller
will deliver such other documents as the Depositor may reasonably request.



     (d) Other Transactions. The transactions contemplated by the Credit and Security
Agreement, the Exchange Note Supplement, the Second-Tier Sale Agreement, the Indenture and the
Initial Purchase Agreement will be consummated on or prior to the 2011-A Closing Date.



     Section 4.2. Conditions to Obligation of the Seller. The obligation of the Seller to
sell the 2011-A Exchange Note to the Depositor as set forth in Section 2.1 is subject to each
representation and warranty of the Depositor as set forth in Section 3.1 being true and correct on
the 2011-A Closing Date, and each obligation to be performed by the Depositor under this Agreement
on or prior to the 2011-A Closing Date having been performed on or prior to the 2011-A Closing
Date.



     Section 4.3. Deemed Satisfaction of Conditions. Upon the transfer of the First-Tier
Assets to, and the purchase of the First-Tier Assets by, the Depositor, all of the conditions set
forth in this Article IV will be deemed to have been satisfied.



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ARTICLE V

COVENANTS OF THE SELLER




     Section 5.1. Protection of Right, Title and Interest to the First-Tier Assets.



     (a) The Seller will file financing statements and continuation statements in the manner and
place required by Applicable Law to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Depositor in
the First-Tier Assets. The Seller will deliver to the Depositor file-stamped copies of, or filing
receipts for, any financing statement and continuation statement promptly upon such document
becoming available following filing.



     (b) The Seller authorizes the Depositor to file any financing or continuation statements, and
amendments to such statements, in all jurisdictions and with all filing offices as the Depositor
may determine are necessary or advisable to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the
Depositor in the First-Tier Assets. Such financing and continuation statements may describe the
First-Tier Assets in any manner as the Depositor may reasonably determine to ensure the perfection
of the interest of the Depositor in the First-Tier Assets. The Depositor will deliver to the
Seller file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any financing statement and continuation
statement promptly upon such document becoming available following filing.



     (c) The Seller will give the Depositor at least 60 days’ prior notice of any relocation of its
chief executive office or change in its corporate structure, form of organization or jurisdiction
of organization if, as a result of such relocation or change, Section 9-307 of the UCC could
require the filing of a new financing statement or an amendment to a previously filed financing or
continuation statement and will promptly file any such new financing statement or amendment. The
Seller will maintain its chief executive office within the United States and will maintain its
jurisdiction of organization in only one State.



     (d) The Seller will not change its name in any manner that could make any financing statement
or continuation statement filed in accordance with this Section 5.1 seriously misleading within the
meaning of Section 9-506 of the UCC, unless it has given the Depositor at least five days’ prior
notice of such change and promptly files appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing
statements.



     Section 5.2. Other Liens or Interests. Except for the sales, and assignments under
this Agreement, the Seller will not sell, contribute, pledge, assign, transfer or allow to be
issued any First-Tier Asset to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any Lien on any interest therein, and the Seller will defend the right, title, and interest of the
Depositor in, to and under the First-Tier Assets against all claims of third parties claiming
through or under the Seller. However, the Seller’s obligations under this Section 5.2 with respect
to the First-Tier Assets will terminate upon the payment in full of the 2011-A Exchange Note
pursuant to the Credit and Security Agreement and the Exchange Note Supplement.



     Section 5.3. Indemnification. The Seller will be liable under this Agreement only to
the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement, and
agrees to the following:



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     (a) The Seller will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Depositor, and its officers,
directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages,
claims and liabilities arising out of, or imposed upon the Depositor through the willful
misconduct, negligence or bad faith of the Seller in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of the Seller’s obligations and duties under this
Agreement.



     (b) Promptly upon receipt by the Depositor, or any of its officers, directors, employees and
agents, of notice of the commencement of any suit, action, claim, proceeding or governmental
investigation against it, the Depositor will, if a claim in respect of such suit, action, claim,
proceeding or investigation is to be made against the Seller under this Section 5.3, notify the
Seller of the commencement of such suit, action, claim, proceeding or investigation. The Seller
may participate in and assume the defense and settlement of any such suit, action, claim,
proceeding or investigation at its expense, and no settlement of such suit, action, claim,
proceeding or investigation may be made without the approval of the Seller and the Depositor, which
approvals will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Seller’s obligations under this
Section 5.3 will include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. After
notice from the Seller to the Depositor of the Seller’s intention to assume the defense of such
suit, action, claim, proceeding or investigation with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor, and so long as the Seller so assumes the defense of such suit, action, claim, proceeding
or investigation in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, the Seller will not be
liable for any expenses of counsel to the Depositor unless there is a conflict between the
interests of the Seller and the Depositor, in which case the Seller will pay for the separate
counsel to the Depositor.



     (c) If the Seller makes any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 5.3 and the Depositor
thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, the Depositor will promptly repay such amounts
to the Seller, without interest.



     (d) The indemnity obligations set forth in Section 5.3(a) will be in addition to any
obligation that the Seller may otherwise have and will survive the termination of this Agreement.



     Section 5.4. Obligations of the Seller. The obligations of the Seller under this
Agreement will not be affected by reason of any invalidity, illegality or irregularity of the
2011-A Exchange Note or any Collateral Lease or Collateral Leased Vehicle included in the 2011-A
Reference Pool.



ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS




     Section 6.1. Amendment.



     (a) This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor and the Seller, with prior notice by the
Seller to the Rating Agencies, for any purpose if either (i) the Depositor or the Seller delivers
an Opinion of Counsel to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, in form
reasonably satisfactory to them, to the effect that such amendment will not adversely affect the
interests of the Noteholders in any material respect or (ii) the consent of the Noteholders of a
majority of the Note Balance of each Class of Notes Outstanding adversely affected in any



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material respect is obtained (with each affected Class voting separately, except that all
Noteholders of Class A Notes will vote together as a single class).




     (b) If the consent of the Noteholders is required, they do not need to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment so long as their consent approves the substance of the proposed
amendment.



     (c) Promptly upon the execution of any amendment in accordance with this Section 6.1, the
Seller will send a copy of such amendment to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency.



     Section 6.2. Notices.



     (a) All notices, requests, demands, consents, waivers or other communications to or from the
parties to this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been given:




     (i) upon delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed by registered first class mail,
postage prepaid, three days after deposit in the mail,




     (ii) in the case of a fax, when receipt is confirmed by telephone, reply email or reply
fax from the recipient,




     (iii) in the case of an email, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email
from the recipient, and




     (iv) in the case of an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the
recipient has been provided access, upon delivery of an email to such recipient stating that
such electronic posting has occurred.



     Any such notice, request, demand, consent or other communication must be delivered or
addressed as set forth on Schedule A to the Indenture or at such other address as any party may
designate by notice to the other parties.



     (b) Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder must be sent by overnight
delivery, mailed by registered first class mail, postage prepaid, or sent by fax, to the address of
such Person as shown in the Note Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this
Agreement will be conclusively presumed to have been properly given, whether or not the Noteholder
receives such notice.



     Section 6.3. Costs and Expenses. The Seller will pay all expenses incurred in the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses of the Depositor in connection with the perfection as against third parties of the
Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to the First-Tier Assets and the enforcement of any
obligation of the Seller hereunder.



     Section 6.4. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements contained herein
will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns, all as provided in this Agreement. Any request, notice,
direction, consent,



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waiver or other instrument or action by a party to this Agreement will bind the successors and
assigns of such party. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no other Person will have
any right or obligation under this Agreement.




     Section 6.5. No Petition. Each party to this Agreement covenants that for a period of
one year and one day (or, if longer, any applicable preference period) after payment in full of the
Notes, all Exchange Notes, and all distributions to all Holders of Certificates and all holders of
any other Securities (as defined in the related Titling Company Agreement) the payments on which
are derived in any material part from amounts received with respect to any Titling Company Assets
(as defined in the applicable Titling Company Agreements), it will not institute against, or join
any Person in instituting against, the Issuer, the Depositor, any Holding Company, any Titling
Company, or the Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any
United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations
relating to the 2011-A Exchange Note, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other 2011-A Basic
Documents and agrees it will not cooperate with or encourage others to file a bankruptcy petition
against the Issuer, the Depositor, any Holding Company, any Titling Company or the Holders of the
Collateral Specified Interest Certificates during the same period.



     Section 6.6. Limited Recourse. The Seller and the Depositor agree that any claim that
the Seller or the Depositor may seek to enforce against each other is limited to the First-Tier
Assets only and does not represent a claim against the assets of the Seller or the Depositor as a
whole or any assets other than the First-Tier Assets.



     Section 6.7. Subordination.



     (a) The Seller and the Depositor agree that any claim that the Seller or the Depositor may
seek to enforce at any time against any assets of the Seller or the Depositor other than the
First-Tier Assets will be subordinate to the payment in full of all other claims with respect to
such other assets. However, this Section 6.7(a) will not limit, subordinate or otherwise modify
any claims against the Seller or the Depositor with respect to any right to indemnification,
commitment to repurchase or other obligation of the Seller or the Depositor relating to:




     (i) any of the assets related to the First-Tier Assets,




     (ii) any related credit enhancement,




     (iii) any transactions entered into in connection with the 2011-A Exchange Note (or the
beneficial interest therein),




     (iv) any administrative services performed in connection with the First-Tier Assets,




     (v) any related servicing obligation, or




     (vi) any obligation to any Person acting as trustee, registrar or administrator
(including as Titling Company Registrar, owner trustee or indenture trustee).



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     (b) The Seller agrees that any claim that the Seller may seek to enforce against the Depositor
or any of its assets will be subordinate to the payment in full of the principal of and interest on
the Notes.



     (c) The parties to this Agreement intend that Section 6.7(a) and Section 6.7(b) constitute an
enforceable subordination agreement under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.



     Section 6.8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.



     Section 6.9. Submission to Jurisdiction. The parties submit to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any
New York State Court sitting in New York, New York for purposes of all legal proceedings arising
out of or relating to this Agreement. The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent they may
do so, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such
proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court
has been brought in an inconvenient forum.



     Section 6.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Each party to this agreement irrevocably waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this agreement or the transactions contemplated by this
agreement.



     Section 6.11. Severability. If any of the covenants, agreements or terms of this
Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then it will be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements or terms of this Agreement and will in no way affect the validity,
legality or enforceability of the remaining Agreement.



     Section 6.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts. Each counterpart will be an original, and all counterparts will together constitute
one and the same instrument.



     Section 6.13. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience
only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.



     Section 6.14. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure or delay of the Depositor in
exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement will operate as a waiver. No single or
partial exercise of any power, right or remedy precludes any other or further exercise of such
power, right or remedy or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The powers, rights and
remedies provided in this Agreement are in addition to any powers, rights and remedies provided by
law.



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EXECUTED BY:




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,

     acting with respect to the 2011-A Exchange Note,

     as Seller

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	FORD CREDIT AUTO LEASE TWO LLC,

     acting with respect to its Series of limited liability

     company interests designated as the “2011-A

     Series,” as Depositor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 



[Signature Page to the First-Tier Sale Agreement]