Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

MASTER RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

between

 

 

HOUSEHOLD AUTOMOTIVE FINANCE CORPORATION,

as Seller

 

and

 

 

HOUSEHOLD AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,

as Purchaser

 

 

dated as of

 

December 18, 2001

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
  ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.1

  	
   

  	
  General

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.2

  	
   

  	
  Specific Terms

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.3

  	
   

  	
  Other
  Definitional Provisions.

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.4

  	
   

  	
  Certain References

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.5

  	
   

  	
  No Recourse

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II
  CONVEYANCE OF THE RECEIVABLES AND THE OTHER CONVEYED PROPERTY

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 2.1

  	
   

  	
  Purchase.

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 3.1

  	
   

  	
  Representations
  and Warranties of Seller

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 3.2

  	
   

  	
  Representations
  and Warranties of HARC

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV
  COVENANTS OF SELLER

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 4.1

  	
   

  	
  Seller’s Covenants

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V REPURCHASES

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 5.1

  	
   

  	
  Repurchase
  of Receivables Upon Breach of Warranty

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 5.2

  	
   

  	
  Reassignment
  of Repurchased Receivables

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 5.3

  	
   

  	
  Waivers

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI
  MISCELLANEOUS

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.1

  	
   

  	
  Liability of
  Seller

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.2

  	
   

  	
  Amendment

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.3

  	
   

  	
  GOVERNING LAW

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.4

  	
   

  	
  Notices

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.5

  	
   

  	
  Severability
  of Provisions

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.6

  	
   

  	
  Assignment

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.7

  	
   

  	
  Acknowledgment
  and Agreement of Seller

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.8

  	
   

  	
  Further Assurances

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.9

  	
   

  	
  No
  Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.10

  	
   

  	
  Counterparts

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.11

  	
   

  	
  Binding
  Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.12

  	
   

  	
  Merger and
  Integration

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.13

  	
   

  	
  Heading

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.14

  	
   

  	
  Schedules and
  Exhibits

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.15

  	
   

  	
  Survival
  of Representations and Warranties

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.16

  	
   

  	
  Nonpetition
  Covenant

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

	
  EXHIBITS

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  EXHIBIT A

  	
   

  	
  Form of Receivables Purchase
  Agreement Supplement

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SCHEDULES

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SCHEDULE A

  	
   

  	
  Schedule of
  Receivables

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

THIS MASTER RECEIVABLES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 18, 2001, executed between
Household Auto Receivables Corporation, a Nevada corporation, as purchaser (“HARC”)
and Household Automotive Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as seller
(“Seller”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, HARC has agreed
to purchase from time to time from Seller, and Seller, pursuant to this
Agreement, has agreed to transfer from time to time to HARC the Receivables and
the Other Conveyed Property.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements hereinafter contained,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
acknowledged, HARC and Seller, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

SECTION 1.1  General.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Master Sale
and Servicing Agreement.

 

SECTION 1.2  Specific Terms.  Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:

 

“Agreement” means
this Master Receivables Purchase Agreement and all amendments hereof and
supplements hereto.

 

“Closing Date”
means December 18, 2001.

 

“Conveyance” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

 

“Conveyance Papers”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

“Cutoff Date”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Master Sale and Servicing
Agreement or applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement.

 

“Master Sale and
Servicing Agreement” means the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as
of December 18, 2001, by and among Household Automotive Warehouse Trust,
as Issuer, HARC, as Seller, Household Finance Corporation, as Master Servicer,
and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, as
the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.

 

 

“Other Conveyed
Property” means all money, instruments, rights and other property that are
subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of the
Indenture (including all property and interests granted to the Indenture
Trustee), including all proceeds thereof, other than the Receivables.

 

“Purchase Date”
means, with respect to Receivables, any date, on which Receivables are to be
purchased by HARC pursuant to this Agreement and a Receivables Purchase
Agreement Supplement is executed and delivered by Seller and HARC.

 

“Receivables”
means the Receivables listed on the Schedules of Receivables attached to this
Agreement or to each Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement as Schedule A.

 

“Receivables Purchase
Agreement Supplement” means an agreement between HARC and Seller,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

“Repurchase Event”
means a determination pursuant to Section 3.2 or Section 4.7 of the
Master Sale and Servicing Agreement that HARC is required to repurchase a
Receivable.

 

“Schedule of
Receivables” means the schedule of Receivables sold and transferred
pursuant to this Agreement and each related Receivables Purchase Agreement
Supplement from time to time, which schedule collectively includes the
schedules attached as Schedule A to this Agreement and Schedule A to
each related Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement.

 

SECTION 1.3 Other
Definitional Provisions.

 

(a) All terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate, other documents, or Conveyance Paper made or delivered pursuant
hereto unless otherwise defined herein.

 

(b) The words “hereof”,
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement or any Conveyance Paper shall refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and Section, Subsection,
Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are
references to Sections, Subsections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

(c) All
determinations of the principal or finance charge balance of Receivables, and
of any collections thereof, shall be made in accordance with the Master Sale
and Servicing Agreement and the Series Supplement.

 

SECTION 1.4 Certain
References.  All
references to the Principal Balance of a Receivable as of any date of
determination shall refer to the close of business on such day, or as of the
first day of a Collection Period shall refer to the opening of business on such
day.  All references to the last day of a
Collection Period shall refer to the close of business on such day.

 

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SECTION 1.5 No
Recourse.  Without
limiting the obligations of Seller hereunder, no recourse may be taken,
directly or indirectly, under this Agreement or any certificate or other
writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against any stockholder,
officer or director, as such, of Seller, or of any predecessor or successor of
Seller.

 

ARTICLE II

 

CONVEYANCE OF THE
RECEIVABLES

AND THE OTHER CONVEYED PROPERTY

 

SECTION 2.1                          Purchase.

 

(a) By execution of
this Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on
each Purchase Date Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, and otherwise convey to
HARC (collectively, the “Conveyance”) without recourse (but without
limitation of its obligations in this Agreement), and HARC shall purchase, all
right, title and interest of Seller in and to:

 

(i)                                     each
and every Receivable listed from time to time on Schedule A hereto or to
each related Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement and all monies paid or
payable thereon or in respect thereof on or after the related Cutoff Date
(including amounts due on or before the related Cutoff Date but received by
Seller on or after such date);

 

(ii)                                  the
security interests in the related Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors
pursuant to such Receivables and any other interest of Seller in such Financed
Vehicles;

 

(iii)                               all
rights of Seller against Dealers pursuant to Dealer Agreements or Dealer
Assignments related to such Receivables;

 

(iv)                              any
proceeds and the right to receive proceeds with respect to such Receivables
repurchased by a Dealer, pursuant to a Dealer Agreement, as a result of a
breach of representation or warranty in the related Dealer Agreement;

 

(v)                                 all
rights of Seller under any Service Contracts on the related Financed Vehicles;

 

(vi)                              any
proceeds and the right to receive proceeds with respect to the related
Receivables from claims on any physical damage, loss, credit life or disability
insurance policies, if any, covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors, including
rebates of insurance premiums relating to the Receivables and any proceeds from
the liquidation of such Receivables;

 

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(vii)                           all
items contained in the Receivables Files with respect to such Receivables and
any and all other documents that Seller or Master Servicer keeps on file in
accordance with its customary procedures relating to the related Receivables,
or the related Financed Vehicles or Obligor;

 

(viii)                        all
property (including the right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that
secures each related Receivable and that has been acquired by or on behalf of
HARC pursuant to the liquidation of such Receivable; and

 

(ix)                                all
present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of
any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of
every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing,
including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash
or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable,
notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance
proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and
other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which
at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of
the foregoing.

 

(b) Simultaneously
with the conveyance of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property to HARC
by Seller, HARC has paid or caused to be paid to or upon the order of Seller an
amount equal to 100% of the Principal Balance of the Receivables on the books
and records of Seller, plus the present value of anticipated excess spread on
such Receivables, discounted to take into account any uncertainty as to future performance
matching historical performance, servicing fees, delinquencies, pay down rates,
yield and such other factors as may be mutually agreed upon between Seller and
HARC, by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

(c) In connection
with such Conveyance, Seller further agrees that it will, at its own expense,
on or prior to the Purchase Date (i) indicate in its computer files or
microfiche lists that the Receivables have been conveyed to HARC in accordance
with this Agreement and have been conveyed by HARC to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement for the benefit of the
Secured Parties by including in such computer files and microfiche lists the
code identifying each such Receivable and (ii) deliver to HARC (or to the
Indenture Trustee if HARC so directs) a computer file or microfiche list
containing a true and complete list of all such Receivables specifying for each
such Receivable, as of the Cutoff Date (A) its account number and (B) the
outstanding balance of such Receivable. 
Such computer files or microfiche lists shall be delivered to HARC (or
to the Indenture Trustee if so directed by HARC) and marked as proprietary and
confidential.  Seller further agrees not
to alter the code referenced in clause (i) of this paragraph with respect
to any Receivable during the term of this Agreement.

 

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(d) The parties
hereto intend that the conveyance of Seller’s right, title and interest in and
to the Receivables and Other Conveyed Property shall constitute a sale,
conveying good title free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or
rights of others from Seller to HARC and that the Receivables and Other
Conveyed Property shall not be part of Seller’s estate in the event of the
insolvency of Seller or a conservatorship, receivership or similar event with
respect to Seller.  It is the intention
of the parties hereto that the arrangements with respect to the Receivables and
Other Conveyed Property shall constitute a purchase and sale of such
Receivables and not a loan.  In the
event, however, that a court of competent jurisdiction were to hold that the
transactions evidenced hereby constitute a loan and not a purchase and sale, it
is the intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law, and that Seller shall be deemed to
have granted to HARC a first priority perfected security interest in all of
such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Receivables and Other
Conveyed Property.

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES

 

SECTION 3.1 Representations
and Warranties of Seller. 
Seller makes the following representations and warranties as of the date
hereof on which HARC relies in purchasing the Receivables and the Other
Conveyed Property and in transferring the Receivables and the Other Conveyed
Property to the Issuer under the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement.  Such representations are made as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and as to Receivables and Other
Conveyed Property conveyed thereunder, as of the execution and delivery of each
Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement, but shall survive the sale, transfer
and assignment of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property hereunder, and
the sale, transfer and assignment thereof by HARC to the Issuer under the
Master Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
Seller and HARC agree that HARC will assign to Issuer all HARC’s rights
under this Agreement and each Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement and
that the Indenture Trustee will thereafter be entitled to enforce this
Agreement and each Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement against Seller in
the Indenture Trustee’s own name on behalf of the Securityholders.

 

(a) Eligibility
Criteria.  Each of the Receivables
which is to be pledged as collateral for the Notes will satisfy the Eligibility
Criteria set forth in Schedule I to the Series Supplement.

 

(b) Organization
and Good Standing.  Seller is a
corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, full power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as such properties are
presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c) Due
Obligation.  Seller is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or is exempt
from such requirements) and has obtained

 

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all necessary licenses and approvals, in each
jurisdiction in which failure to so qualify or to obtain such licenses and
approvals would (i) render any Receivable unenforceable by Seller, HARC or
the Trust and (ii) have a material adverse effect on the Secured Parties.

 

(d) Due
Authorization.  The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and any other document or instrument
delivered pursuant hereto (such other documents and instruments, including, but
not limited to, the Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement collectively, the
“Conveyance Papers”) and the consummation of the transactions provided
for in this Agreement or any other Conveyance Papers have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of Seller and constitute or will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable in
accordance with their terms.

 

(e) No Conflict.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the Conveyance Papers, the performance of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers, and the fulfillment of the terms of
this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers applicable to Seller will not conflict
with, violate or result in any breach of any of the material terms and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both)
a material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of
trust, or other instrument to which Seller is a party or by which it or any of
its properties are bound.

 

(f) No Violation.  The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers and the fulfillment of the terms
contemplated herein and therein applicable to Seller will not conflict with or
violate any requirements of law applicable to Seller.

 

(g) No
Proceedings.  There are no
proceedings or investigations pending or, to the best knowledge of Seller,
threatened against Seller, before any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or other tribunal or governmental 
instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or
the Conveyance Papers, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers, (iii) seeking
any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of Seller, would
materially and adversely affect the performance by Seller of its obligations
under this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers, (iv) seeking any
determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity
or enforceability of this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers or (v) seeking
to affect adversely the income tax attributes of the Trust under United States
Federal, Nevada or California income tax systems.

 

(h) All Consents.  All authorizations, consents, orders,
approvals, registrations or declarations with, or of, any Governmental
Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by Seller in connection
with the execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement or the Conveyance
Papers and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the Conveyance Papers by Seller have been duly obtained, effected or given
and are in full force and effect.

 

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SECTION 3.2 Representations
and Warranties of HARC. 
HARC makes the following representations and warranties, on which Seller
relies in selling, assigning, transferring and conveying the Receivables and
the Other Conveyed Property to HARC hereunder. 
Such representations are made as of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and as to Receivables and Other Conveyed Property conveyed
thereunder, as of the execution and delivery of each Receivables Purchase
Agreement Supplement, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of
the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property hereunder and the sale,
transfer and assignment thereof by HARC to the Issuer under the Master Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

 

(a) Organization
and Good Standing.  HARC is a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of
Nevada and has, in all material respects, full power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and
such business is presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers.

 

(b) Due
Authorization.  The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers and the consummation of
the transactions provided for in this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers have
been duly authorized by HARC by all necessary corporate action on the part of
HARC.

 

(c) No Conflict.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the Conveyance Papers, the performance of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers, and the fulfillment of the terms
hereof and thereof, will not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the
material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or
lapse of time or both) a material default under, any indenture, contract,
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which HARC is a party
or by which it or its properties is bound.

 

(d) No Violation.  The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers by HARC and the fulfillment of the
terms contemplated herein and therein applicable to HARC will not conflict with
or violate any requirements of law applicable to HARC.

 

(e) No Proceeding.  There are no proceedings or investigations pending
or, to the best knowledge of HARC, threatened against HARC, before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, or other tribunal or governmental
instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the
Conveyance Papers, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers, (iii) seeking
any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of HARC, would
materially and adversely affect the performance by HARC of its obligations
under this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers or (iv) seeking any
determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity
or enforceability of this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers.

 

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(f) All Consents.  All authorizations, consents, orders or
approvals of or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority
required to be obtained, effected or given by HARC in connection with the
execution and delivery by HARC of this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers and
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Conveyance Papers or the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the
Conveyance Papers by HARC have been duly obtained.

 

In the event of any
breach of a representation and warranty made by HARC hereunder, Seller
covenants and agrees that it will not take any action to pursue any remedy that
it may have hereunder, in law, in equity or otherwise, until a year and a day
have passed since the date on which all Notes and Certificates issued by the
Trust have been paid in full.  Seller and
HARC agree that damages will not be an adequate remedy for such breach and that
this covenant may be specifically enforced by HARC, Issuer or by the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders.  Seller agrees that
with respect to its obligations in connection with a Repurchase Event it will
exercise no rights of offset with respect to any claims it may have against
HARC.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COVENANTS OF
SELLER

 

SECTION 4.1                          Seller’s Covenants.  Seller hereby covenants and agrees with HARC
as follows:

 

(a) Receivables
Not To Be Evidenced by Promissory Notes. 
Seller will take no action to cause any Receivable to be evidenced by
any instrument (as defined in the UCC).

 

(b) Security
Interests.  Except for the
conveyances hereunder or as otherwise provide herein, Seller will not sell,
pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or take any other action
inconsistent with HARC’s ownership of the Receivables or grant, create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Receivable, whether now existing or
hereafter created, or any interest therein, and Seller shall not claim any
ownership interest in the Receivables and shall defend the right, title and
interest of HARC in and to the Receivables, whether now existing or hereafter
created, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under Seller.

 

(c) Security’s
Interest.  Except for the conveyances
hereunder and in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.6,
Seller hereby agrees not to transfer, assign, exchange or otherwise convey or
pledge, hypothecate or otherwise grant a security interest in the Receivables
and any such attempted transfer, assignment, exchange, conveyance, pledge,
hypothecation or grant shall be void.

 

(d) Delivery of
Collections or Recoveries.  In the
event that Seller receives collections or recoveries with respect to the
Receivables, Seller agrees to pay to HARC

 

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(or to the Master Servicer if HARC so directs) all
such collections and recoveries to the extent such amounts are payable to HARC
as soon as practicable after receipt thereof.

 

(e) Notice of
Liens.  Seller shall notify HARC
promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any Receivable other than the
conveyances hereunder.

 

(f) Documentation
of Transfer.  Seller shall undertake
to file the documents which would be necessary to perfect and maintain the
transfer of the security interest in and to the Receivables and Other Conveyed
Assets.

 

(g) Approval of
Office Records.  Seller shall cause
this Agreement to be duly approved by Seller’s Board of Directors, and Seller
shall maintain the Agreement as a part of the official records of Seller for
the term of the Agreement.

 

(h) Maintenance
of Security Interests in Vehicles. 
In the event that the assignment of a Receivable to HARC or any assignee
thereof is insufficient, without a notation on the related Financed Vehicle’s
certificate of title, or without fulfilling any additional administrative
requirements under the laws of the state in which the Financed Vehicle is
located, to perfect a security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in
favor of the HARC or any assignee thereof, Seller hereby agrees that the
designation of Seller or any Affiliate of Seller as the secured party on the
certificate of title is in its capacity as agent of HARC or the agent of any
assignee of HARC for such limited purpose.

 

ARTICLE V

 

REPURCHASES

 

SECTION 5.1                          Repurchase of Receivables
Upon Breach of Warranty.  Upon
the occurrence of a Repurchase Event, Seller shall, unless the breach which is
the subject of such Repurchase Event shall have been cured in all material
respects, repurchase the Receivable relating thereto from the Issuer by the
last day of the first full calendar month following the discovery of such
breach by Seller or receipt by Seller of notice of such breach from any of the
Master Servicer, HARC, a Trust Officer of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee and, simultaneously with the repurchase of the Receivable, Seller shall
deposit the Repurchase Amount in full, without deduction or offset, in the
Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Master Sale and
Servicing Agreement.  It is understood
and agreed that, except as set forth in Section 6.1 hereof, the obligation
of Seller to repurchase any Receivable, as to which a breach occurred and is
continuing, shall, if such obligation is fulfilled, constitute the sole remedy
against Seller for such breach available to HARC, the Issuer, the Secured
Parties, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders or the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.  The provisions of this Section 5.1 are
intended to grant the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer a direct right against
Seller to demand performance hereunder, and in connection therewith, Seller
waives any requirement of prior demand against HARC with respect to such
repurchase obligation.  Any such
repurchase shall take place in the manner specified in Section 3.2 of the
Master Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
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or the Master Sale and
Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the obligation of Seller under this Section shall
not terminate upon a termination of Household Finance Corporation as Master
Servicer under the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall be performed
in accordance with the terms hereof notwithstanding the failure of the Master
Servicer or HARC to perform any of their respective obligations with respect to
such Receivable under the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.2                          Reassignment of
Repurchased Receivables.  Upon
deposit in the Collection Account of the Repurchase Amount of any Receivable
repurchased by Seller under Section 5.1 hereof, HARC and the Issuer shall
take such steps as may be reasonably requested by Seller in order to assign to
Seller all of HARC’s and the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to such
Receivable and all security and documents and all Other Conveyed Property
conveyed to HARC and the Issuer directly relating thereto, without recourse,
representation or warranty, except as to the absence of liens, charges or
encumbrances created by or arising as a result of actions of HARC or the
Issuer.  Such assignment shall be a sale
and assignment outright, and not for security. 
If, following the reassignment of a Repurchased Receivable, in any
enforcement suit or legal proceeding, it is held that Seller may not enforce
any such Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest
or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, HARC and the Issuer shall, at
the expense of Seller, take such steps as Seller deems reasonably necessary to
enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in HARC’s or in the Issuer’s
name.

 

SECTION 5.3                          Waivers.  No failure or delay on the part of HARC, or
the Issuer as assignee of HARC, in exercising any power, right or remedy under
this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other or
future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 6.1                          Liability of Seller.  Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith
only to the extent of the obligations in this Agreement specifically undertaken
by Seller and the representations and warranties of Seller.

 

SECTION 6.2                          Amendment.  This Agreement and any Conveyance Papers and
the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder may not be changed orally,
but only by an instrument in writing signed by HARC and Seller in accordance
with this Section 6.2.  This
Agreement and any Conveyance Papers may be amended from time to time, with the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, where one exists, or
otherwise, the Managing Agents, by HARC and Seller, provided that HARC provides
to Seller (a) an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that HARC reasonably
believes that such amendment will not have an adverse effect upon the interest
of any Secured Party, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders and (b) an
Opinion of Counsel addressed and

 

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delivered to Seller,
dated the date of such amendment, to the effect that the conditions precedent
to any such amendment have been satisfied.

 

SECTION 6.3                          GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CONVEYANCE PAPERS
SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS,
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

SECTION 6.4                          Notices.  All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered at or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested,
to (a) in the case of Seller, 5855 Copley Drive, San Diego, California
92111, Attention:  Chief Operating
Officer, with a copy to 2700 Sanders Road, Prospect Heights, Illinois
60070  Attention:  Director—Asset Securitization, (b) in
the case of HARC, 1111 Town Center Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
Attention:  Compliance Officer, with a
copy to 2700 Sanders Road, Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070,  Attention: 
Treasurer; or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.

 

SECTION 6.5                          Severability of Provisions.
 If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms of this Agreement or Conveyance
Paper shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants,
agreements, provisions, or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions, and terms of this Agreement or any
Conveyance Paper and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of
the other provisions of this Agreement or of any Conveyance Paper.

 

SECTION 6.6                          Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, other than HARC’s assignment of its rights, title, and
interests in, to, and under this Agreement to the Issuer and by the Issuer to
the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as contemplated
by the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 6.7 hereof, the
Receivables, the Other Conveyed Property, this Agreement and all other
Conveyance Papers may not be assigned by the parties hereto; provided, however,
that Seller shall have the right to assign its rights, title and interests, in
to and under this Agreement to (i) any successor by merger or
consolidation, or any Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or sale the
properties and assets of Seller or (ii) any Affiliate owned directly or
indirectly by Household International, Inc.  The right granted in the foregoing proviso is
subject to the further condition that any such successor or other Person shall
expressly assume by written agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to
HARC, the obligations of Seller hereunder and under the Conveyance Papers.

 

SECTION 6.7                          Acknowledgment and
Agreement of Seller.  By
execution below, Seller expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of HARC’s
right, title, and interest in, to, and under this Agreement, including, without
limitation, all of HARC’s right title, and interest in and to the Receivables
purchased pursuant to this Agreement, shall be assigned by HARC to the Issuer
and by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the

 

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benefit of the Secured
Parties, and Seller consents to such assignment.  Additionally, Seller agrees for the benefit
of the Indenture Trustee that any amounts payable by Seller to HARC hereunder
which are to be paid by HARC to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Secured Parties shall be paid by Seller, on behalf of HARC, directly to the
Indenture Trustee.  Any payment required
to be made on or before a specified date in same-day funds may be made on the
prior business day in next-day funds.

 

SECTION 6.8                          Further Assurances.  HARC and Seller agree to do and perform, from
time to time, any and all acts to authenticate any and further records, to
execute any and further instruments, in each case required or reasonably
requested by the other party more fully to effect the purposes of this
Agreement and the Conveyance Papers, including, without limitation, the
execution of any financing statements or continuation statements or equivalent
documents relating to the Receivables for filing under the provisions of the
UCC or other law of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 6.9                          No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies.  No failure to
exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of HARC or Seller, any right,
remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, remedy, power or privilege. 
The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are
cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by law.

 

SECTION 6.10                    Counterparts.  This Agreement and all Conveyance Papers may
be executed in two or more counterparts (and by different parties on separate
counterparts), each of which shall be an original, but all of which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

SECTION 6.11                    Binding Effect; Third-Party
Beneficiaries.  This Agreement
and the Conveyance Papers will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  Each of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee shall be considered a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.12                    Merger and Integration.  Except as specifically stated otherwise
herein, this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers set forth the entire
understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all
prior understandings, written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement and the
Conveyance Papers.  This Agreement  and the Conveyance Papers may not be modified,
amended, waived or supplemented except as provided herein.

 

SECTION 6.13                    Heading.  The headings are for purposes of reference
only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision hereof.

 

SECTION 6.14                    Schedules and Exhibits.  The schedules and exhibits attached hereto
and referred to herein shall constitute a part of this Agreement and are
incorporated into this Agreement for all purposes.

 

SECTION 6.15                    Survival of Representations and
Warranties.  All
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or
contained in any Conveyance Paper, shall remain operative and in full force and
effect and shall

 

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survive conveyance of the
Receivables by HARC to the Issuer pursuant to the Master Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.16                    Nonpetition Covenant.  Until the date which is one year and one day
after payment in full of all the Notes, neither HARC nor Seller shall petition
or otherwise invoke the process of any court or government authority for the
purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against HARC, Seller or the Issuer
under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other
similar official of HARC, Seller or the Issuer or any substantial part of their
respective properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs
of HARC, Seller or the Issuer.  This
provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have caused this Master Receivables Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.

 

	
   

  	
  HOUSEHOLD
  AUTOMOTIVE FINANCE

  CORPORATION,

  
	
   

  	
  as Seller

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ T. R. Condon

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  T. R. Condon

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Executive Vice
  President and Chief

  Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  HOUSEHOLD AUTO
  RECEIVABLES

  CORPORATION,

  
	
   

  	
  as Purchaser

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Steven H.
  Smith

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Steven H. Smith

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Vice President
  and Assistant Treasurer

  
					

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SUPPLEMENT

 

Transfer No.        of
Receivables, dated as of                             ,
pursuant to a Master Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”)
dated as of December 18, 2001, between Household Automotive Finance
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”) and Household Auto
Receivables Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“HARC”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, Seller wishes to convey Receivables and Other Conveyed
Property to HARC; and

 

WHEREAS, HARC is willing
to accept such conveyance subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, Seller
and HARC hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Defined
Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement unless
otherwise defined herein.

 

“Cutoff Date”
shall mean with respect to the Receivables conveyed hereby, the close of
business on                                                ,
20      .

 

“Purchase Date”
shall mean with respect to the Receivables conveyed hereby,                                                ,
20      .

 

“Purchase Price”
shall mean 100% of the Principal Balance of the Receivables on the books and
records of Seller, plus the present value of anticipated excess spread on such
Receivables, discounted to take into account any uncertainty as to future
performance matching historical performance, servicing fees, delinquencies,
paydown rates, yield and such other factors as may be mutually agreed upon by
Seller and HARC.

 

“Transfer Date”
means, with respect to Receivables, any date on which Receivables are to be
transferred to the Trust pursuant to the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement
and this Agreement.

 

2.                                       Schedule of
Receivables.  Annexed as Schedule A
hereto is a computer file which reflects the Receivables that constitute the
Receivables to be conveyed pursuant to this Agreement on the Purchase Date.

 

3.                                       Conveyance
of Receivables.  In consideration of HARC’s
delivery to or upon the order of Seller of the Purchase Price, Seller does
hereby sell, transfer,

 

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assign, set over and
otherwise convey to HARC, without recourse (except as expressly provided in the
Purchase Agreement), all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to:

 

(i)            each and every Receivable listed on Schedule A
hereto and all monies paid or payable thereon or in respect thereof on or after
the Cutoff Date (including amounts due on or before the Cutoff Date but
received by the Seller on or after such date);

 

(ii)           the security interests in the related
Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to such Receivables and any
other interest of the Seller in such Financed Vehicles;

 

(iii)          all rights of Seller against Dealers
pursuant to Dealer Agreements or Dealer Assignments related to such
Receivables;

 

(iv)          any proceeds and the right to receive
proceeds with respect to such Receivables repurchased by a Dealer, pursuant to a
Dealer Agreement, as a result of a breach of representation or warranty in the
related Dealer Agreement;

 

(v)           all rights of Seller under any
Service Contracts on the related Financed Vehicles;

 

(vi)          any proceeds and the right to receive
proceeds with respect to the related Receivables from claims on any physical
damage, loss, credit life or disability insurance policies, if any, covering
Financed Vehicles or Obligors, including rebates of insurance premiums relating
to the Receivables and any proceeds from the liquidation of such Receivables;

 

(vii)         all items contained in the Receivables
Files with respect to such Receivables and any and all other documents that the
Seller or the Master Servicer keeps on file in accordance with its customary
procedures relating to the related Receivables, or the related Financed
Vehicles or Obligor;

 

(viii)        property (including the right to receive
future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that secures each related Receivable and that
has been acquired by or on behalf of HARC pursuant to liquidation of such
Receivable;

 

(ix)           all present and future claims,
demands, causes and chooses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing
and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature
whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property,
all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances,
chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation
awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations
and receivables, instruments and other property which at any

 

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time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any
of the foregoing.

 

4.                                       Representations
and Warranties of the Seller.  As of
the Purchase Date, the Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties
to HARC that are set forth in Section 3.1 of the Purchase Agreement with
respect to the Conveyance effected hereby to the same extent as if set forth in
full herein.

 

5.                                       Representations
and Warranties of HARC.  As of the
Purchase Date, HARC hereby makes the representations and warranties to the
Seller that are set forth in Section 3.2 of the Purchase Agreement with
respect to the Conveyance effected hereby to the same extent as if set forth in
full herein.

 

In the event of any
breach of a representation and warranty made by HARC hereunder, the Seller
covenants and agrees that it will not take any action to pursue any remedy that
it may have hereunder, in law, in equity or otherwise, until a year and a day
have passed since the date on which all Notes and Certificates issued by the
Trust have been paid in full.  Seller and
HARC agree that damages will not be an adequate remedy for such breach and that
this covenant may be specifically enforced by HARC, the Issuer or by the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and the Owner Trustee on behalf
of the Certificateholders.

 

6.                                       Conditions
Precedent.  The obligation of HARC to
acquire the Receivables hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior
to the Purchase Date, of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                  Representations
and Warranties.  Each of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller in Section 4 of this
Agreement and in Section 3.1 of the Master Receivables Purchase Agreement
shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the
Purchase Date.

 

(b)                                 Additional
Information.  The Seller shall have
delivered to HARC such information as was reasonably requested by HARC to
satisfy itself as to (i) the accuracy of the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement and in Section 3.1
of the Master Receivables Purchase Agreement and (ii) the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in this Section.

 

7.                                       Ratification
of Agreement.  As supplemented by
this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Purchase Agreement as so supplemented by this Agreement shall
be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

8.                                       Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties in separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.

 

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9.                                       Conveyance
of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property to the Issuer.  The Seller acknowledges that HARC intends,
pursuant to the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement, to convey the Receivables
and the Other Conveyed Property, together with its rights under this Agreement,
to the Issuer on the Transfer Date.  The
Seller acknowledges and consents to such conveyance and pledge and waives any
further notice thereof and covenants and agrees that the representations and
warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement and the rights of HARC
hereunder are intended to benefit the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee, the Secured Parties and the Certificateholders.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Seller
covenants and agrees to perform its duties and obligations hereunder, in
accordance with the terms hereof for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee and that, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Seller shall be directly liable
to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Secured Parties
(notwithstanding any failure by the Master Servicer or HARC to perform their
respective duties and obligations hereunder or under any Basic Document) and
that the Indenture Trustee may enforce the duties and obligations of the Seller
under this Agreement against the Seller for the benefit of the Secured Parties
and the Owner Trustee.

 

10.                                 GOVERNING
LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Seller and HARC have caused this Purchase Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of day and the year
first above written.

 

 

	
   

  	
  HOUSEHOLD
  AUTOMOTIVE FINANCE

  CORPORATION,

  
	
   

  	
  as Seller

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  HOUSEHOLD AUTO
  RECEIVABLES

  CORPORATION,

  
	
   

  	
  as
  Purchaser

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES

 

(COMPUTER FILE HELD AT THE OFFICES OF DEWEY
BALLANTINE LLP)

 

A-1Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

MASTER RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

between

 

 

HOUSEHOLD AUTOMOTIVE CREDIT CORPORATION,

as Seller

 

and

 

 

HOUSEHOLD AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,

as Purchaser

 

 

dated as of

 

June 24, 2002

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
  ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.1

  	
  General

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.2

  	
  Specific Terms

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.3

  	
  Other
  Definitional Provisions.

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.4

  	
  Certain
  References

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 1.5

  	
  No Recourse

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF THE RECEIVABLES AND THE OTHER CONVEYED
  PROPERTY

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 2.1

  	
  Purchase.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 3.1

  	
  Representations
  and Warranties of Seller

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 3.2

  	
  Representations
  and Warranties of HARC

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV COVENANTS OF SELLER

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 4.1

  	
  Seller’s
  Covenants

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V REPURCHASES

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 5.1

  	
  Repurchase
  of Receivables Upon Breach of Warranty

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 5.2

  	
  Reassignment
  of Repurchased Receivables

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 5.3

  	
  Waivers

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.1

  	
  Liability
  of Seller

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.2

  	
  Amendment

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.3

  	
  GOVERNING LAW

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.4

  	
  Notices

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.5

  	
  Severability
  of Provisions

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.6

  	
  Assignment

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.7

  	
  Acknowledgment
  and Agreement of Seller

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.8

  	
  Further
  Assurances

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.9

  	
  No
  Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.10

  	
  Counterparts

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.11

  	
  Binding
  Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.12

  	
  Merger
  and Integration

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.13

  	
  Heading

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.14

  	
  Schedules
  and Exhibits

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.15

  	
  Survival
  of Representations and Warranties

  	
   

  
	
  SECTION 6.16

  	
  Nonpetition
  Covenant

  	
   

  

 

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EXHIBITS

 

	
  EXHIBIT A

  	
  Form of
  Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement

  	
   

  
	
  SCHEDULE A

  	
  Schedule of
  Receivables

  	
   

  

 

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THIS MASTER RECEIVABLES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 24, 2002, executed between Household
Auto Receivables Corporation, a Nevada corporation, as purchaser (“HARC”)
and Household Automotive Credit Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, as seller
(“Seller”).

 

W I T N E S S
E T H
:

 

WHEREAS, HARC has agreed
to purchase from time to time from Seller, and Seller, pursuant to this
Agreement, has agreed to transfer from time to time to HARC the Receivables and
the Other Conveyed Property.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements hereinafter contained,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
acknowledged, HARC and Seller, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

SECTION 1.1                        General.  Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the
Master Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

SECTION 1.2                        Specific
Terms.  Whenever used in this
Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings:

 

“Agreement” means
this Master Receivables Purchase Agreement and all amendments hereof and
supplements hereto.

 

“Conveyance” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

 

“Conveyance Papers”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

“Cutoff Date”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Master Sale and Servicing
Agreement or applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement.

 

“Master Sale and Servicing
Agreement” means the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 18,
2001, by and among Household Automotive Warehouse Trust, as Issuer, HARC, as
Seller, Household Finance Corporation, as Master Servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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“Other Conveyed
Property” means all money, instruments, rights and other property that are
subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of the
Indenture (including all property and interests granted to the Indenture
Trustee), including all proceeds thereof, other than the Receivables.

 

“Purchase Date”
means, with respect to Receivables, any date, on which Receivables are to be
purchased by HARC pursuant to this Agreement and a Receivables Purchase
Agreement Supplement is executed and delivered by Seller and HARC.

 

“Receivables”
means the Receivables listed on the Schedules of Receivables attached to this
Agreement or to each Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement as Schedule A.

 

“Receivables Purchase
Agreement Supplement” means an agreement between HARC and Seller,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

“Repurchase Event”
means a determination pursuant to Section 3.2 or Section 4.7 of the
Master Sale and Servicing Agreement that HARC is required to repurchase a
Receivable.

 

“Schedule of
Receivables” means the schedule of Receivables sold and transferred
pursuant to this Agreement and each related Receivables Purchase Agreement
Supplement from time to time, which schedule collectively includes the
schedules attached as Schedule A to this Agreement and Schedule A to
each related Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement.

 

SECTION 1.3                        Other
Definitional Provisions.

 

(a) All terms defined in
this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate,
other documents, or Conveyance Paper made or delivered pursuant hereto unless
otherwise defined herein.

 

(b) The words “hereof”, “herein”
and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement or any
Conveyance Paper shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement; and Section, Subsection, Schedule and
Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections,
Subsections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.

 

(c) All determinations of
the principal or finance charge balance of Receivables, and of any collections
thereof, shall be made in accordance with the Master Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Series Supplement.

 

SECTION 1.4                        Certain
References.  All references to
the Principal Balance of a Receivable as of any date of determination shall
refer to the close of business on such day, or as of the first day of a
Collection Period shall refer to the opening of business on such day.  All references to the last day of a Collection
Period shall refer to the close of business on such day.

 

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SECTION 1.5                        No
Recourse.  Without limiting
the obligations of Seller hereunder, no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, under this Agreement or any certificate or other writing delivered
in connection herewith or therewith, against any stockholder, officer or
director, as such, of Seller, or of any predecessor or successor of Seller.

 

ARTICLE II

 

CONVEYANCE OF THE
RECEIVABLES

AND THE OTHER CONVEYED PROPERTY

 

SECTION 2.1                        Purchase.

 

(a) By execution of this
Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on each
Purchase Date Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, and otherwise convey to HARC
(collectively, the “Conveyance”) without recourse (but without limitation
of its obligations in this Agreement), and HARC shall purchase, all right,
title and interest of Seller in and to:

 

(i)                                     each
and every Receivable listed from time to time on Schedule A hereto or to
each related Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement and all monies paid or
payable thereon or in respect thereof on or after the related Cutoff Date
(including amounts due on or before the related Cutoff Date but received by
Seller on or after such date);

 

(ii)                                  the
security interests in the related Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors
pursuant to such Receivables and any other interest of Seller in such Financed
Vehicles;

 

(iii)                               all
rights of Seller against Dealers pursuant to Dealer Agreements or Dealer
Assignments related to such Receivables;

 

(iv)                              any
proceeds and the right to receive proceeds with respect to such Receivables
repurchased by a Dealer, pursuant to a Dealer Agreement;

 

(v)                                 all
rights of Seller under any Service Contracts on the related Financed Vehicles;

 

(vi)                              any
proceeds and the right to receive proceeds with respect to the related
Receivables from claims on any physical damage, loss, credit life or disability
insurance policies, if any, covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors, including
rebates of insurance premiums relating to the Receivables and any proceeds from
the liquidation of such Receivables;

 

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(vii)                           all
items contained in the Receivables Files with respect to such Receivables and
any and all other documents that Seller or Master Servicer keeps on file in
accordance with its customary procedures relating to the related Receivables,
or the related Financed Vehicles or Obligor;

 

(viii)                        all
property (including the right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that
secures each related Receivable and that has been acquired by or on behalf of
HARC pursuant to the liquidation of such Receivable; and

 

(ix)                                all
present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of
any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of
every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing,
including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash
or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable,
notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance
proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and
other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property
which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of
any of the foregoing.

 

(b) Simultaneously with
the conveyance of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property to HARC by
Seller, HARC has paid or caused to be paid to or upon the order of Seller an
amount equal to 100% of the Principal Balance of the Receivables on the books
and records of Seller, plus the present value of anticipated excess spread on
such Receivables, discounted to take into account any uncertainty as to future
performance matching historical performance, servicing fees, delinquencies, pay
down rates, yield and such other factors as may be mutually agreed upon between
Seller and HARC, by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

(c) In connection with
such Conveyance, Seller further agrees that it will, at its own expense, on or
prior to the Purchase Date (i) indicate in its computer files or
microfiche lists that the Receivables have been conveyed to HARC in accordance
with this Agreement and have been conveyed by HARC to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement for the benefit of the
Secured Parties by including in such computer files and microfiche lists the
code identifying each such Receivable and (ii) deliver to HARC (or to the
Indenture Trustee if HARC so directs) a computer file or microfiche list
containing a true and complete list of all such Receivables specifying for each
such Receivable, as of the Cutoff Date (A) its account number and (B) the
outstanding balance of such Receivable.  Such
computer files or microfiche lists shall be delivered to HARC (or to the
Indenture Trustee if so directed by HARC) and marked as proprietary and
confidential.  Seller further agrees not
to alter the code referenced in clause (i) of this paragraph with respect
to any Receivable during the term of this Agreement.

 

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(d) The parties hereto
intend that the conveyance of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the
Receivables and Other Conveyed Property shall constitute a sale, conveying good
title free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or rights of others
from Seller to HARC and that the Receivables and Other Conveyed Property shall
not be part of Seller’s estate in the event of the insolvency of Seller or a
conservatorship, receivership or similar event with respect to Seller.  It is the intention of the parties hereto
that the arrangements with respect to the Receivables and Other Conveyed
Property shall constitute a purchase and sale of such Receivables and not a
loan.  In the event, however, that a
court of competent jurisdiction were to hold that the transactions evidenced
hereby constitute a loan and not a purchase and sale, it is the intention of the
parties hereto that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under
applicable law, and that Seller shall be deemed to have granted to HARC a first
priority perfected security interest in all of such Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to the Receivables and Other Conveyed Property.

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES

 

SECTION 3.1                        Representations
and Warranties of Seller. 
Seller makes the following representations and warranties as of the date
hereof on which HARC relies in purchasing the Receivables and the Other Conveyed
Property and in transferring the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property to
the Issuer under the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement.  Such representations are made as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and as to Receivables and Other
Conveyed Property conveyed thereunder, as of the execution and delivery of each
Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement, but shall survive the sale, transfer
and assignment of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property hereunder,
and the sale, transfer and assignment thereof by HARC to the Issuer under the
Master Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
Seller and HARC agree that HARC will assign to Issuer all HARC’s rights
under this Agreement and each Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement and
that the Indenture Trustee will thereafter be entitled to enforce this
Agreement and each Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement against Seller in
the Indenture Trustee’s own name on behalf of the Securityholders.

 

(a) Eligibility
Criteria.  Each of the Receivables
which is to be pledged as collateral for the Notes will satisfy the Eligibility
Criteria set forth in Schedule I to the Series Supplement.

 

(b) Organization and
Good Standing.  Seller is a
corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws
of the state of Delaware and has, in all material respects, full power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as such properties are
presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c) Due Obligation.  Seller is duly qualified to do business and
is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or is exempt from such
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all necessary
licenses and approvals, in each jurisdiction in which failure to so qualify or
to obtain such licenses and approvals would (i) render any Receivable
unenforceable by Seller, HARC or the Trust and (ii) have a material
adverse effect on the Secured Parties.

 

(d) Due Authorization.  The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and any other document or instrument delivered pursuant hereto
(such other documents and instruments, including, but not limited to, the
Receivables Purchase Agreement Supplement collectively, the “Conveyance
Papers”) and the consummation of the transactions provided for in this
Agreement or any other Conveyance Papers have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of Seller and constitute or will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable in
accordance with their terms.

 

(e) No Conflict.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the Conveyance Papers, the performance of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers, and the fulfillment of the terms of
this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers applicable to Seller will not conflict
with, violate or result in any breach of any of the material terms and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both)
a material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of
trust, or other instrument to which Seller is a party or by which it or any of
its properties are bound.

 

(f) No Violation.  The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers and the fulfillment of the terms
contemplated herein and therein applicable to Seller will not conflict with or
violate any requirements of law applicable to Seller.

 

(g) No Proceedings.  There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the best knowledge of Seller, threatened against Seller, before
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or
governmental  instrumentality (i) asserting
the invalidity of this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers, (ii) seeking to
prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Conveyance Papers, (iii) seeking any determination or
ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of Seller, would materially and
adversely affect the performance by Seller of its obligations under this
Agreement or the Conveyance Papers, (iv) seeking any determination or
ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers or (v) seeking
to affect adversely the income tax attributes of the Trust under United States
Federal, Nevada or California income tax systems.

 

(h) All Consents.  All authorizations, consents, orders,
approvals, registrations or declarations with, or of, any Governmental
Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by Seller in connection
with the execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement or the Conveyance
Papers and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the Conveyance Papers by Seller have been duly obtained, effected or given
and are in full force and effect

 

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SECTION 3.2                        Representations
and Warranties of HARC.  HARC
makes the following representations and warranties, on which Seller relies in
selling, assigning, transferring and conveying the Receivables and the Other
Conveyed Property to HARC hereunder. 
Such representations are made as of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and as to Receivables and Other Conveyed Property conveyed
thereunder, as of the execution and delivery of each Receivables Purchase
Agreement Supplement, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of
the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property hereunder and the sale,
transfer and assignment thereof by HARC to the Issuer under the Master Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

 

(a)                                  Organization
and Good Standing.  HARC is a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of
Nevada and has, in all material respects, full power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and
such business is presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers.

 

(b)                                 Due
Authorization.  The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers and the consummation of
the transactions provided for in this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers have
been duly authorized by HARC by all necessary corporate action on the part of
HARC.

 

(c)                                  No
Conflict.  The execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers, the performance of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers, and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, will not conflict with, result in
any breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with
or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under, any
indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to
which HARC is a party or by which it or its properties is bound.

 

(d)                                 No
Violation.  The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers by HARC and the
fulfillment of the terms contemplated herein and therein applicable to HARC
will not conflict with or violate any requirements of law applicable to HARC.

 

(e)                                  No
Proceeding.  There are no proceedings
or investigations pending or, to the best knowledge of HARC, threatened against
HARC, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other
tribunal or governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of
this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers, (ii) seeking to prevent the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Conveyance Papers, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of HARC, would materially and adversely affect the
performance by HARC of its obligations under this Agreement or the Conveyance
Papers or (iv) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially
and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the
Conveyance Papers.

 

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(f)                                    All
Consents.  All authorizations,
consents, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations with any
Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by HARC in
connection with the execution and delivery by HARC of this Agreement and the
Conveyance Papers and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Conveyance Papers or the fulfillment of the terms of this
Agreement and the Conveyance Papers by HARC have been duly obtained.

 

In the event of any
breach of a representation and warranty made by HARC hereunder, Seller
covenants and agrees that it will not take any action to pursue any remedy that
it may have hereunder, in law, in equity or otherwise, until a year and a day
have passed since the date on which all Notes and Certificates issued by the
Trust, have been paid in full.  Seller
and HARC agree that damages will not be an adequate remedy for such breach and
that this covenant may be specifically enforced by HARC, Issuer or by the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and the Owner Trustee on behalf
of the Certificateholders.  Seller agrees
that with respect to its obligations in connection with a Repurchase Event it
will exercise no rights of offset with respect to any claims it may have
against HARC.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COVENANTS OF SELLER

 

SECTION 4.1                        Seller’s
Covenants.  Seller hereby
covenants and agrees with HARC as follows:

 

(a)                                  Receivables
Not To Be Evidenced by Promissory Notes. 
Seller will take no action to cause any Receivable to be evidenced by
any instrument (as defined in the UCC).

 

(b)                                 Security
Interests.  Except for the
conveyances hereunder or as otherwise provide herein, Seller will not sell,
pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or take any other action
inconsistent with HARC’s ownership of the Receivables or grant, create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Receivable, whether now existing or
hereafter created, or any interest therein, and Seller shall not claim any
ownership interest in the Receivables and shall defend the right, title and
interest of HARC in and to the Receivables, whether now existing or hereafter
created, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under Seller.

 

(c)                                  Security’s
Interest.  Except for the conveyances
hereunder and in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.6,
Seller hereby agrees not to transfer, assign, exchange or otherwise convey or
pledge, hypothecate or otherwise grant a security interest in the Receivables
and any such attempted transfer, assignment, exchange, conveyance, pledge,
hypothecation or grant shall be void.

 

(d)                                 Delivery
of Collections or Recoveries.  In the
event that Seller receives collections or recoveries with respect to the
Receivables, Seller agrees to pay to HARC

 

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(or to the Master
Servicer if HARC so directs) all such collections and recoveries to the extent
such amounts are payable to HARC as soon as practicable after receipt thereof.

 

(e)                                  Notice
of Liens.  Seller shall notify HARC
promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any Receivable other than the
conveyances hereunder.

 

(f)                                    Documentation
of Transfer.  Seller shall undertake
to file the documents which would be necessary to perfect and maintain the
transfer of the security interest in and to the Receivables and Other Conveyed
Assets.

 

(g)                                 Approval
of Office Records.  Seller shall
cause this Agreement to be duly approved by Seller’s Board of Directors, and
Seller shall maintain the Agreement as a part of the official records of Seller
for the term of the Agreement.

 

(h)                                 Maintenance
of Security Interests in Vehicles. 
In the event that the assignment of a Receivable to HARC or any assignee
thereof is insufficient, without a notation on the related Financed Vehicle’s
certificate of title, or without fulfilling any additional administrative
requirements under the laws of the state in which the Financed Vehicle is
located, to perfect a security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in
favor of HARC or any assignee thereof, Seller hereby agrees that the
designation of Seller or any Affiliate of Seller as the secured party on the
certificate of title is in its capacity as agent of HARC or the agent of any
assignee of HARC for such limited purpose.

 

ARTICLE V

 

REPURCHASES

 

SECTION 5.1                        Repurchase
of Receivables Upon Breach of Warranty.  Upon the occurrence of a Repurchase Event,
Seller shall, unless the breach which is the subject of such Repurchase Event
shall have been cured in all material respects, repurchase the Receivable
relating thereto from the Issuer by the last day of the first full calendar
month following the discovery of such breach by Seller or receipt by Seller of
notice of such breach from any of the Master Servicer, HARC, a Trust Officer of
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee and, simultaneously with the
repurchase of the Receivable, Seller shall deposit the Repurchase Amount in
full, without deduction or offset, in the Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.2
of the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
It is understood and agreed that, except as set forth in Section 6.1
hereof, the obligation of Seller to repurchase any Receivable, as to which a
breach occurred and is continuing, shall, if such obligation is fulfilled, constitute
the sole remedy against Seller for such breach available to HARC, the Issuer,
the Secured Parties, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf
of the Noteholders or the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.  The provisions of this Section 5.1 are
intended to grant the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer a direct right against
Seller to demand performance hereunder, and in connection therewith, Seller
waives any requirement of prior demand against HARC with respect to such repurchase
obligation.  Any such repurchase shall
take place in the manner specified in Section 3.2 of the Master Sale and
Servicing Agreement.  Notwithstanding any
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or the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the
obligation of Seller under this Section shall not terminate upon a
termination of Household Finance Corporation as Master Servicer under the
Master Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall be performed in accordance with
the terms hereof notwithstanding the failure of the Master Servicer or HARC to
perform any of their respective obligations with respect to such Receivable
under the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.2                        Reassignment
of Repurchased Receivables. 
Upon deposit in the Collection Account of the Repurchase Amount of any
Receivable repurchased by Seller under Section 5.1 hereof, HARC and the
Issuer shall take such steps as may be reasonably requested by Seller in order
to assign to Seller all of HARC’s and the Issuer’s right, title and interest in
and to such Receivable and all security and documents and all Other Conveyed
Property conveyed to HARC and the Issuer directly relating thereto, without
recourse, representation or warranty, except as to the absence of liens,
charges or encumbrances created by or arising as a result of actions of HARC or
the Issuer.  Such assignment shall be a
sale and assignment outright, and not for security.  If, following the reassignment of a
Repurchased Receivable, in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding, it is held
that Seller may not enforce any such Receivable on the ground that it shall not
be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable,
HARC and the Issuer shall, at the expense of Seller, take such steps as Seller
deems reasonably necessary to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit
in HARC’s or in the Issuer’s name.

 

SECTION 5.3                        Waivers.  No failure or delay on the part of HARC, or
the Issuer as assignee of HARC, in exercising any power, right or remedy under
this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other or
future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 6.1                        Liability
of Seller.  Seller shall be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations in this
Agreement specifically undertaken by Seller and the representations and
warranties of Seller.

 

SECTION 6.2                        Amendment.  This Agreement and any Conveyance Papers and
the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder may not be changed orally,
but only by an instrument in writing signed by HARC and Seller in accordance
with this Section 6.2.  This
Agreement and any Conveyance Papers may be amended from time to time, with the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, where one exists, or
otherwise, the Managing Agents, by HARC and Seller.

 

SECTION 6.3                        GOVERNING
LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE
CONVEYANCE PAPERS SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS

 

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CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

SECTION 6.4                        Notices.  All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered at or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested,
to (a) in the case of Seller, 5855 Copley Drive, San Diego, CA 92111,
Attention:  Chief Operating Officer, with
a copy to 2700 Sanders Road, Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070  Attention: 
Director—Asset Securitization, (b) in the case of HARC, 1111 Town
Center Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89134 Attention:  Compliance Officer, with a copy to 2700
Sanders Road, Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070, 
Attention:  Treasurer; or, as to
each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a
written notice to each other party.

 

SECTION 6.5                        Severability
of Provisions.  If any one or
more of the covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms of this Agreement or
Conveyance Paper shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions, and terms of this Agreement or any
Conveyance Paper and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of
the other provisions of this Agreement or of any Conveyance Paper.

 

SECTION 6.6                        Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, other than HARC’s assignment of its rights, title, and
interests in, to, and under this Agreement to the Issuer and by the Issuer to
the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as contemplated
by the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 6.7 hereof, the
Receivables, the Other Conveyed Property, this Agreement and all other
Conveyance Papers may not be assigned by the parties hereto; provided, however,
that Seller shall have the right to assign its rights, title and interests, in
to and under this Agreement to (i) any successor by merger or
consolidation, or any Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or sale the
properties and assets of Seller or (ii) any Affiliate owned directly or
indirectly by Household International, Inc.  The right granted in the foregoing proviso is
subject to the further condition that any such successor or other Person shall
expressly assume by written agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to
HARC, the obligations of Seller hereunder and under the Conveyance Papers.

 

SECTION 6.7                        Acknowledgment
and Agreement of Seller. 
By execution below, Seller expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of
HARC’s right, title, and interest in, to, and under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, all of HARC’s right title, and interest in and to the
Receivables purchased pursuant to this Agreement, shall be assigned by HARC to
the Issuer and by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and Seller consents to such assignment.  Additionally, Seller agrees for the benefit
of the Indenture Trustee that any amounts payable by Seller to HARC hereunder
which are to be paid by HARC to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
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Indenture Trustee.  Any payment
required to be made on or before a specified date in same-day funds may be made
on the prior business day in next-day funds.

 

SECTION 6.8                        Further
Assurances.  HARC and Seller
agree to do and perform, from time to time, any and all acts to authenticate
any and further records, to execute any and further instruments, in each case
required or reasonably requested by the other party more fully to effect the
purposes of this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers, including, without
limitation, the execution of any financing statements or continuation
statements or equivalent documents relating to the Receivables for filing under
the provisions of the UCC or other law of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 6.9                        No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. 
No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of HARC
or Seller, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges
herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies,
powers and privileges provided by law.

 

SECTION 6.10                  Counterparts.  This Agreement and all Conveyance Papers may
be executed in two or more counterparts (and by different parties on separate
counterparts), each of which shall be an original, but all of which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

SECTION 6.11                  Binding
Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries. 
This Agreement and the Conveyance Papers will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.  Each of the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall be considered a third-party beneficiary of
this Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.12                  Merger
and Integration.  Except as
specifically stated otherwise herein, this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers
set forth the entire understanding of the parties relating to the subject
matter hereof,  and all prior
understandings, written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement and the
Conveyance Papers.  This Agreement  and the Conveyance Papers may not be
modified, amended, waived or supplemented except as provided herein.

 

SECTION 6.13                  Heading.  The headings are for purposes of reference
only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision hereof.

 

SECTION 6.14                  Schedules
and Exhibits.  The schedules and
exhibits attached hereto and referred to herein shall constitute a part of this
Agreement and are incorporated into this Agreement for all purposes.

 

SECTION 6.15                  Survival
of Representations and Warranties. 
All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement or contained in any Conveyance Paper, shall remain operative and in
full force and effect and shall

 

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survive conveyance of the Receivables by HARC to the Issuer pursuant to
the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.16                  Nonpetition
Covenant.  Until the date
which is one year and one day after payment in full of all the Notes, neither
HARC nor Seller shall petition or otherwise invoke the process of any court or
government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against
HARC, Seller or the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of HARC, Seller or the Issuer or any
substantial part of their respective properties, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of the affairs of HARC, Seller or the Issuer.  This provision shall survive the termination
of this Agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have caused this Master Receivables Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
   

  	
  HOUSEHOLD
  AUTOMOTIVE CREDIT

  CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
  as
  Seller

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Timothy R.
  Condon

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Timothy R.
  Condon

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Executive Vice
  President & CFO

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  HOUSEHOLD AUTO
  RECEIVABLES

  CORPORATION,

  
	
   

  	
  as
  Purchaser

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Steven H. Smith

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Steven H. Smith

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Vice President
  and Assistant Treasurer

  
						

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT

 

Transfer No.      
of Receivables, dated as of                               ,
pursuant to a Master Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”)
dated as of June 12, 2002, between Household Automotive Credit
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”) and Household Auto
Receivables Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“HARC”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, Seller wishes to convey Receivables and Other Conveyed
Property to HARC; and

 

WHEREAS, HARC is willing
to accept such conveyance subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, Seller
and HARC hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Defined
Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement unless
otherwise defined herein.

 

“Cutoff Date”
shall mean with respect to the Receivables conveyed hereby, the close of
business on                                         ,
200   

 

“Purchase Date”
shall mean with respect to the Receivables conveyed hereby,                                        ,
200      .

 

“Purchase Price”
shall mean 100% of the Principal Balance of the Receivables on the books and
records of the Seller, plus the present value of anticipated excess spread on
such Receivables, discounted to take into account any uncertainty as to future
performance matching historical performance, servicing fees, delinquencies,
paydown rates, yield and such other factors as may be mutually agreed upon by
Seller and HARC.

 

“Transfer Date”
means, with respect to Receivables, any date on which Receivables are to be
transferred to the Trust pursuant to the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement
and this Agreement.

 

2.                                       Schedule of
Receivables.  Annexed as Schedule A
hereto is a computer file which reflects the Receivables that constitute the
Receivables to be conveyed pursuant to this Agreement on the Purchase Date.

 

3.                                       Conveyance
of Receivables.  In consideration of
HARC’s delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of the Purchase Price,
Seller does hereby sell, transfer,

 

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assign, set over and otherwise convey to HARC, without recourse (except
as expressly provided in the Purchase Agreement), all right, title and interest
of the Seller in and to:

 

(i)                                     each
and every Receivable listed on Schedule A hereto and all monies paid or
payable thereon or in respect thereof on or after the Cutoff Date (including
amounts due on or before the Cutoff Date but received by Seller on or after
such date);

 

(ii)                                  the
security interests in the related Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant
to such Receivables and any other interest of the Seller in such Financed
Vehicles;

 

(iii)                               all
rights of the Seller against Dealers pursuant to Dealer Agreements, or Dealer
Assignments related to such Receivables;

 

(iv)                              any
proceeds and the right to receive proceeds with respect to such Receivables
repurchased by a Dealer pursuant to a Dealer Agreement;

 

(v)                                 all
rights of Seller under any Service Contracts on the related Financed Vehicles;

 

(vi)                              any
proceeds and the right to receive proceeds with respect to the related
Receivables from claims on any physical damage, loss, credit life or disability
insurance policies, if any, covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors, including
rebates of insurance premiums relating to the Receivables and any proceeds from
the liquidation of such Receivables;

 

(vii)                           all
items contained in the Receivables Files with respect to such Receivables and
any and all other documents that the Seller or the Master Servicer keeps on
file in accordance with its customary procedures relating to the related
Receivables, or the related Financed Vehicles or Obligor;

 

(viii)                        property
(including the right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that secures
each related Receivable and that has been acquired by or on behalf of HARC
pursuant to liquidation of such Receivable;

 

(ix)                                all
present and future claims, demands, causes and chooses in action in respect of
any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of
every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing,
including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash
or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable,
notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds,
condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of
obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time
constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing.

 

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4.                                       Representations
and Warranties of Seller.  As of the
Purchase Date, Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties to HARC
that are set forth in Section 3.1 of the Purchase Agreement with respect
to the Conveyance effected hereby to the same extent as if set forth in full
herein.

 

5.                                       Representations
and Warranties of HARC.  As of the
Purchase Date, HARC hereby makes the representations and warranties to Seller
that are set forth in Section 3.2 of the Purchase Agreement with respect
to the Conveyance effected hereby to the same extent as if set forth in full
herein.  In the event of any breach of a
representation and warranty made by HARC hereunder, the Seller covenants and
agrees that it will not take any action to pursue any remedy that it may have
hereunder, in law, in equity or otherwise, until a year and a day have passed
since the date on which all Notes and Certificates issued by the Trust have
been paid in full.  The Seller and HARC
agree that damages will not be an adequate remedy for such breach and that this
covenant may be specifically enforced by HARC, the Issuer or by the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders.

 

6.                                       Conditions
Precedent.  The obligation of HARC to
acquire the Receivables hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior
to the Purchase Date, of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                              Representations
and Warranties.  Each of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller in Section 4 of this
Agreement and in Section 3.1 of the Master Receivables Purchase Agreement
shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the
Purchase Date.

 

(b)                             Additional
Information.  Seller shall have
delivered to HARC such information as was reasonably requested by HARC to
satisfy itself as to (i) the accuracy of the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement and in Section 3.1
of the Purchase Agreement and (ii) the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in this Section.

 

7.                                       Ratification
of Agreement.  As supplemented by
this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Purchase Agreement as so supplemented by this Agreement shall
be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

8.                                       Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties in separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.

 

9.                                       Conveyance
of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property to the Issuer.  The Seller acknowledges that HARC intends,
pursuant to the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement, to convey the Receivables
and the Other Conveyed Property, together with its rights under this Agreement,
to the Issuer on the Transfer Date.  The
Seller acknowledges and consents to such conveyance and pledge and waives any
further notice thereof and covenants and agrees that the representations and
warranties of the

 

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Seller contained in this Agreement and the rights of HARC hereunder are
intended to benefit the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Secured Parties and the Certificateholders. 
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Seller covenants and agrees to
perform its duties and obligations hereunder, in accordance with the terms
hereof for the benefit of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
and the Secured Parties and that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, the Seller shall be directly liable to the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Secured Parties (notwithstanding any
failure by the Master Servicer or HARC to perform their respective duties and
obligations hereunder or under any Basic Document) and that the Indenture
Trustee may enforce the duties and obligations of the Seller under this
Agreement against Seller for the benefit of the Secured Parties and the Owner
Trustee.

 

10.                                 GOVERNING
LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Seller and HARC have caused this Purchase Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of day and the year
first above written.

 

 

	
   

  	
  HOUSEHOLD AUTOMOTIVE CREDIT

  CORPORATION,

  
	
   

  	
  as Seller

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  HOUSEHOLD AUTO RECEIVABLES

  CORPORATION,

  
	
   

  	
  as Purchaser

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES

 

(COMPUTER FILE HELD AT THE OFFICES OF DEWEY
BALLANTINE LLP)

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