EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION
LOAN SALE AGREEMENT
dated as of February 1, 1998
by and between
FIRSTPLUS FINANCIAL, INC.
(Seller)
and
FIRSTPLUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
(Purchaser)
FIRSTPLUS Asset Backed Securities, Series 1998-1
This Loan Sale Agreement, dated as of February 1, 1998 (the
"Agreement"), is made and entered into by and between FIRSTPLUS Investment
Corporation, as purchaser (together with its successors and assigns, the
"Purchaser"), and FIRSTPLUS Financial, Inc., as seller (together with its
successors and assigns, "FFI").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, FFI is engaged in the business of underwriting, originating or
acquiring property improvement and debt consolidation loans secured by
mortgages on residential property;
WHEREAS, FFI desires to sell to Purchaser and Purchaser desires to
purchase from FFI on a whole loan basis the Initial Home Loans and all monies
due and to become due thereunder after January 30, 1998, less one-third of
interest collected thereon during February 1998;
WHEREAS, FFI desires to sell to Purchaser and Purchaser desires to
purchase from FFI all right, title and interest of FFI in and to the
obligations of each Seller of a Home Loan pursuant to each Loan Sale
Agreement in which FFI acquired any Home Loan and all right, title and
interest of FFI in and to the rights and obligations of each Subservicer,
pursuant to any Subservicing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Purchaser intends to transfer the Home Loans and the rights,
titles and interest described above to FIRSTPLUS Home Loan Owner Trust 1998-1
(the "Issuer" or the "Trust") in order to facilitate the issuance by the
Trust of a series of asset backed notes (the "Asset Backed Securities").
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Sale and Servicing Agreement stated as of February 1,
1998, among the Seller, at Transferor and Servicer, the Purchaser, as Seller,
FIRSTPLUS Home Loan Owner Trust 1998-1, as Issuer and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Indenture Trustee and Co-Owner Trustee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and of the mutual
agreements herein set forth, Purchaser and FFI each agree as follows:
Section 1. Representations and Warranties. FFI hereby represents
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and warrants to the Purchaser and the Issuer with respect to each Initial
Home Loan, as of the date hereof (the "Closing Date"), and with respect to
itself, as follows:
(a) Home Loan Information. The information with respect to each
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Home Loan set forth in the Home Loan Schedule is true and correct in all
material respects as of the applicable Cut-Off Date.
(b) Delivery of Home Loan Documents. All of the original or
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certified documentation required to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or
to the Custodian on or prior to the Closing Date or the Subsequent Transfer
Date, as applicable, or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, has or will
be so delivered.
(c) Payments Current. As of the applicable Cut-Off Date, none of
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the Initial Home Loans are more than 29 days contractually delinquent, based
on the terms under which the related Mortgages and Debt Instruments have been
made. The Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly
received any advance of funds from a party other than the related Obligor,
directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required by any Home
Loan.
(d) No Waiver or Modification. The terms of each Debt Instrument
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and Mortgage, have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any
respect, except by written instruments reflected in the Indenture Trustee's
Home Loan File and no provision of any Mortgage or Debt Instrument has been
"▇▇▇▇▇▇ out" or erased unless such modification has been initialed by each of
the parties to the related Home Loan. No instrument of waiver, alteration,
modification or assumption has been executed except for the instruments that
are part of the Indenture Trustee's Home Loan File and the terms of which are
reflected in the Indenture Trustee's Home Loan File.
(e) No Defenses. No Debt Instrument or Mortgage is subject to any
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claim, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, nor
will the operation of any of the terms of any Debt Instrument or Mortgage or
the exercise of any right thereunder, render such Debt Instrument or Mortgage
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any claim, right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury,
and no such claim, right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has
been asserted in any proceeding or was asserted in any state or federal
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the related Home Loan was
originated.
(f) Compliance with Laws; Relief Act Matters. Any and all
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requirements of any federal, state or local law applicable to each Home Loan
have been complied with including, without limitation, all licensing, real
estate settlement procedures act, consumer, usury, truth-in-lending, consumer
credit protection, equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to
each Home Loan. Each Home Loan was originated in compliance with all
applicable laws and no fraud or misrepresentation was committed by any Person
in connection therewith. No relief has been requested by or allowed to an
Obligor under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940.
(g) No Satisfaction or Release of Lien. No Mortgage has been
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satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part. No
Mortgaged Property has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in
whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any
such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission, other than the
subordination of the lien of such Mortgage securing a Home Loan with respect
to a Superior Lien on such Mortgaged Property in connection with the
refinancing of the mortgage loan relating to such Superior Lien.
(h) Valid Lien. With respect to each Debt Instrument, the related
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Mortgage is or creates a valid, subsisting and enforceable lien on the
related Mortgaged Property.
(i) Validity of Home Loan Documents; Entire Agreement. Each Debt
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Instrument and each Mortgage is genuine and each is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Obligor thereof, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
in general and by general principles of equity. All parties to each Debt
Instrument and each Mortgage had legal capacity at the time to enter into the
related Home Loan and to execute and deliver such Debt Instrument and
Mortgage, and such Debt Instrument and Mortgage have been duly and properly
executed by such parties. The Debt Instrument and the Mortgage contain the
entire agreement between the related Obligor and the lender and all
obligations of the lender under the related Home Loan, and no other agreement
defines, modifies, or expands the obligations of the lender under the Home
Loan, except for certain assumptions or modifications included in the
Indenture Trustee's Home Loan File.
(j) Full Disbursement of Proceeds. The proceeds of each Home Loan
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have been fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances
thereunder. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing each
Home Loan and the recording of the Mortgage have been disbursed. The Obligor
is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Debt
Instrument or any related Mortgage and any and all requirements set forth in
the related Home Loan documents have been complied with.
(k) Ownership. Immediately prior to the conveyance thereof to the
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Seller, the Seller had good and marketable title to each Home Loan, Debt
Instrument and Mortgage, the Seller was the sole owner thereof and had full
right to sell each Home Loan, Debt Instrument and Mortgage to the Purchaser;
and upon the conveyance thereof by the Seller to the Purchaser, the Purchaser
became the sole owner of each Home Loan, Debt Instrument and Mortgage free
and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security
interest.
(l) Ownership of Mortgaged Property. With respect to each Home
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Loan, the related Servicer's Home Loan File contains a title document
reflecting that title to the related Mortgaged Property is held at least 50%
by the Obligor under such Home Loan.
(m) No Defaults. There is no default, breach, violation or event of
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acceleration existing under any Mortgage or any Debt Instrument and, to the
best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no event which, with the passage of
time or with notice and/or the expiration of any grace or cure period, would
constitute such a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration and
neither the Seller nor its predecessors have waived any such default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration, except as set forth in an instrument of
waiver, alteration, modification or assumption that is included in the
Indenture Trustee's Home Loan File.
(n) Consent and Delinquency of Superior Lien. No obligation secured
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by a Superior Lien was more than 30 days past due at the time of origination
of the related Home Loan. With respect to each Home Loan that is not a first
mortgage loan, either (i) no consent for the Home Loan is required by the
holder of the related prior lien or (ii) such consent has been obtained and
has been delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
(o) No Condemnation or Damage; Good Repair. To the best of the
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Seller's knowledge, the physical condition of each Mortgaged Property has not
deteriorated since the date of origination of the related Home Loan (normal
wear and tear excepted) and there is no proceeding pending for the total or
partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property. To the best of the Seller's
knowledge, the related Mortgaged Property described in each Mortgage is free
of damage and in good repair or will be free of damage and in good repair
following the completion of any improvements or repairs to be financed by the
related Home Loan.
(p) Environmental Compliance. To the best of the Seller's
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knowledge, the Mortgaged Property is free from any and all toxic or hazardous
substances and there exists no violation of any local, state or federal
environmental law, rule or regulation.
(q) Mortgage Remedies Adequate. Each Mortgage contains customary
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and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof adequate for the realization against the related Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in
the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and
(ii) otherwise, by judicial foreclosure.
(r) Remedies Against Originators. In the event that any Home Loan
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was originated by an entity (such entity, the "Originator") other than the
Seller and to the extent that the Seller has failed to fulfill or is not
capable of fulfilling its obligations to cure, substitute or repurchase such
Home Loan as required hereunder, then the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Securityholders may enforce any remedies for breach of representations and
warranties made by the Originator with respect to such Home Loan.
(s) Security. No Debt Instrument is, or has been, secured by any
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collateral except the lien of the related Mortgage.
(t) Deed of Trust. If a Mortgage for a Home Loan constitutes a deed
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of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such,
has been properly designated and currently so serves as such and is named in
such Mortgage, or a valid substitution of trustee has been recorded or may be
recorded and no extraordinary fees or expenses are, or will become, payable
by the Seller to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection
with default proceedings and a trustee's sale after default by the related
Obligor.
(u) Use of Proceeds of Combination Loan. With respect to each
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Combination Loan the related Obligor has represented to Purchaser that a
portion of the proceeds of such Combination Loan will be used to finance
property improvements.
(v) Inspections of Improvements; and No Encroachment. To the best
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of the Seller's knowledge, all inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made, obtained and issued as of the Closing Date with respect
to the improvements and the use and occupancy of all occupied portions of all
Mortgaged Property have been made, obtained or issued as applicable. To the
best of the Seller's knowledge, all improvements which were considered in
determining the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property lay wholly within
the boundaries and building restrictions lines of the related property and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon such property and no
improvement located on or being a part of such property is in violation of
any applicable zoning laws or regulation.
(w) Flood Insurance. If required by federal or state law, each
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Mortgaged Property is covered by flood insurance with a standard mortgagee
clause and extended coverage in an amount which is not less than the value of
such Mortgaged Property. All such insurance policies meet the requirements
of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration, conform to
the requirements of the FNMA Sellers' Guide and the FNMA Servicers' Guide,
and are of standard type and quality for the locale where the related
Mortgaged Property is located. All acts required to be performed to
preserve the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee in any such
insurance policies have been performed including, without limitation, any
necessary notifications of insurers and assignments of policies or interests
therein.
(x) Underwriting Origination and Servicing Practices. Each Home
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Loan, other than the Home Loans identified in Exhibit A hereto, has been
underwritten or re-underwritten in accordance with the Seller's then-current
underwriting guidelines. The origination practices used by each originator
of the Home Loans and the servicing and collection practices used by the
Seller with respect to each Home Loan have been in all material respects
legal, proper, prudent and customary with respect to the loan origination and
servicing business as applicable to the respective loan type. To the best of
the Seller's knowledge, no fraud or misrepresentation was committed by any
Person in connection with the origination or servicing of each Home Loan.
(y) Selection Criteria; No Bulk Transfer. The Home Loans were not
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selected by the Seller for sale to the Purchaser or the Issuer on any basis
intended to adversely affect the Purchaser or the Issuer. The sale,
transfer, assignment, conveyance and grant of the Debt Instruments and the
Mortgages to the Purchaser are not subject to the bulk transfer laws or any
similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
(z) Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701. On the Closing Date, each
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Subsequent Transfer Date and each date of substitution of a Qualified Home
Loan, 55% or more (by aggregate principal balance) of the Home Loans do not
constitute "real estate mortgages" for the purpose of Treasury Regulation
Section 301.7701 under the Code. For this purpose a Home Loan does not
constitute a "real estate mortgage" if:
(i) The Home Loan is not secured by an interest in real property,
or
(ii) The Home Loan is not an "obligation principally secured by an
interest in real property." For this purpose an obligation is "principally
secured by an interest in real property" if it satisfies either the test set
out in paragraph (1) or the test set out in paragraph (2) below.
(1) The 80-percent test. An obligation is principally secured by
an interest in real property if the fair market value of the interest in
real property securing the obligation
(A) was at least equal to 80 percent of the adjusted issue
price of the obligation at the time the obligation was
originated (or, if later, the time the obligation was
significantly modified); or
(B) is at least equal to 80 percent of the adjusted issue
price of the obligation on the Closing Date or Subsequent
Transfer Date, as applicable.
For purposes of this paragraph (1), the fair market value of
the real property interest must be first reduced by the amount
of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to
the obligation being tested, and must be further reduced by a
proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the
obligation being tested, in each case before the percentages
set forth in (1)(A) and (1)(B) are determined. The adjusted
issue price of an obligation is its issue price plus the
amount of accrued original issue discount, if any, as of the
date of determination.
(2) Alternative test. An obligation is principally secured by an
interest in real property if substantially all of the proceeds of the
obligation were used to acquire or to improve or protect an interest in
real property that, at the origination date, is the only security for
the obligation. For purposes of this test, loan guarantees made by the
United States or any state (or any political subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States or of any state), or other third
party credit enhancement are not viewed as additional security for a
loan. An obligation is not considered to be secured by property other
than real property solely because the obligor is personally liable on
the obligation. For this purpose only substantially all of the proceeds
of the obligation means more than 66-2/3% of the gross proceeds.
(aa) No Fraudulent Conveyance. The Home Loans are not being
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transferred with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditors.
(ab) Value and Marketability. To the best of the Seller's knowledge,
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there do not exist any circumstances, conditions or information with respect
to the Home Loan, the related Mortgaged Property, the Obligor or the
Obligor's credit standing that reasonably can be expected to cause private
institutional investors investing in same type of home loan to regard such
Home Loan as an unacceptable investment, to increase the likelihood that such
Home Loan will become delinquent, or adversely affect the value or
marketability of such Home Loan.
(ac) Terms of Home Loans and Interest Method. Each Home Loan is a
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fixed rate loan. Each Debt Instrument has an original term to maturity of
not less than 24 months nor more than 25 years and three months from the date
of origination. Each Debt Instrument is payable in monthly installments of
principal and interest, with interest payable in arrears, and requires a
monthly payment which is sufficient to amortize the original principal
balance over the original term and to pay interest at the related Home Loan
Interest Rate. No Debt Instrument provides for any extension of the original
term. Interest for each Home Loan is calculated at a rate of interest
computed by the simple interest method or the actuarial method.
(ad) Types of Home Loans; Retail Installment Contracts. Each Home
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Loan is either (i) a Home Improvement Loan, (ii) a Debt Consolidation Loan,
or (iii) a Combination Loan. No Home Loan was originated for the express
purpose of purchasing a manufactured home. Some of the Home Loans are retail
installment contracts for goods or services, and some of the Home Loans are
home improvement loans for goods or services, which are either "consumer
credit contracts" or "purchase money loans" as such terms are defined in
16 C.F.R. Part 433.1.
(ae) No Buydown, GPM or Shared Appreciation Loans. No Home Loan
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contains any provisions pursuant to which principal and interest payments are
paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any separate account
established by the Seller, the Obligor or anyone else on behalf of the
Obligor, or paid by any source other than the Obligor. No Home Loan contains
any other similar provision which may constitute a "buydown" provision. No
Home Loan is a graduated payment mortgage loan. No Home Loan has a shared
appreciation or other contingent interest feature.
(af) No Chattel Paper. Each Debt Instrument is comprised of one
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original promissory note and each such promissory note constitutes an
"instrument" for purposes of Section 9-105(1)(i) of the UCC. No Debt
Instrument constitutes or is comprised of "chattel paper" as such term is
defined in Section 9-105(1)(b) of the UCC. Each Debt Instrument has been
delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
(ag) Description Conforms to Prospectus Supplement. Each Initial
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Home Loan conforms, and all Initial Home Loans in the aggregate conform, in
all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement.
(ah) Review by the Seller. In light of the Seller's underwriting
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guidelines, the Seller has reviewed all of the documents constituting each
Servicer's Home Loan File and each Indenture Trustee's Home Loan File and has
made such inquiries as it deems reasonable under the circumstances to make
and confirm the accuracy of the representations set forth herein.
Section 2. Purchase and Delivery. In consideration for the sale and
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transfer of the Home Loans to Purchaser by FFI, and upon transfer of such
Home Loans to Purchaser or Purchaser's designee from FFI on the date hereof
with respect to the Initial Home Loans, and on the applicable Subsequent
Transfer Date with respect to the Subsequent Home Loans, the Purchaser shall
pay or cause to be paid to FFI good and valuable consideration (the "Purchase
Price") including (without limitation) the net proceeds of (a) the sale of
the Asset Backed Securities and (b) certain residual classes of securities
subordinate to the Asset Backed Securities. The transfer of funds from
Purchaser to FFI for the Purchase Price for all Home Loans purchased shall be
made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account
designated by FFI, or by other method as such parties shall agree.
On the date hereof with respect to the Initial Home Loans, and on the
applicable Subsequent Transfer Date with respect to the Subsequent Home
Loans, FFI shall transfer, assign and convey to Purchaser all of FFI's right,
title and interest in and to each Home Loan and the related Home Loan File,
free and clear of any adverse claims, rights or interests therein. FFI
shall, or shall cause its agent to, deliver to Purchaser or Purchaser's
designee the related Home Loan File.
On the date hereof with respect to the Initial Home Loans, and on the
Subsequent Transfer Date with respect to the Subsequent Home Loans, FFI shall
promptly transfer to Purchaser or its designee good title to the related
Mortgage, if applicable, pursuant to an Assignment of Mortgage and legal
title to the related Debt Instrument pursuant to the endorsement thereof in
the name of the Purchaser or its designee; provided that such Assignment of
Mortgage, if applicable, and endorsement of such Debt Instrument shall be
prepared and executed in the manner as specified in writing by the Purchaser.
FFI shall provide to Purchaser, at FFI's cost, a duly executed Assignment of
Mortgage, if applicable, and a blank endorsement of the related Debt
Instrument. Purchaser shall bear the cost and expense of completing and
recording such Assignment of Mortgage, if applicable, and completing the
endorsement of such Debt Instrument to the Purchaser or its designee.
Section 3. Sale Treatment. It is the express intent of the
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parties hereto that the conveyance of the Home Loans by FFI to the Purchaser
as contemplated by this Agreement be, and be treated as, an absolute transfer
and conveyance of all of FFI's right, title, ownership and other interest in
the Home Loans. In the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the
parties, the Home Loans are held by a court to be the property of FFI, then
(i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the
meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; (ii)
the transfer of the Home Loans provided for herein shall be deemed to be a
grant by FFI to the Purchaser of a security interest (and/or an assignment of
any security interest that FFI may hold) in all of the FFI's right, title,
ownership and other interest in and to the Home Loans and all amounts payable
to the holders of the Home Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into
cash, instruments, securities or other property, to the extent the Purchaser
would otherwise be entitled to own such Home Loans and proceeds thereof;
(iii) the possession by the Purchaser or the Indenture Trustee of the Debt
Instruments and such other items of property as constitute instruments,
money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be
"possession by the secured party" for purposes of perfecting the security
interest pursuant to Section 9-305 (or comparable provision) of the
applicable Uniform Commercial Code; and (iv) notifications to persons holding
such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons
holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments,
receipts or confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents
(as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security
interest under applicable law. Any assignment of the interest of the
Purchaser pursuant to any provision hereof or pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security
interest created hereby. FFI and the Purchaser shall, to the extent
consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably
necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security
interest in the Home Loans, such security interest would be deemed to be a
perfected first priority security interest under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 4. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon
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and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Purchaser and
FFI, respectively.
Section 5. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
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AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS,
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
APPLIED IN SUCH STATE.
Section 6. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used and not
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otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Sale
and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 1998, by and among FFI, as
Transferor and Servicer, the Purchaser, as Seller, FIRSTPLUS Home Loan
Trust 1998-1, as Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture
Trustee and Co-Owner Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Purchaser and FFI have executed this
Loan Sale Agreement as of the date first above written.
FIRSTPLUS FINANCIAL, INC.,
as Seller
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FIRSTPLUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION,
as Purchaser
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
