CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST CHASESERIES CLASS A(2004-10) NOTES TERMS AGREEMENT

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EX-1.1B 3 dex11b.htm UNDERWRITING TERMS AGREEMENT Underwriting Terms Agreement

Exhibit 1.1b

 

CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST

CHASESERIES

CLASS A(2004-10) NOTES

TERMS AGREEMENT

 

Dated: November 4, 2004

 

To: Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association (the “Bank”)

 

Re: Underwriting Agreement dated November 4, 2004

 

Series Designation: CHASEseries

 

Underwriters:

 

The Underwriters named on Schedule I attached hereto are the “Underwriters” for the purpose of this Agreement and for the purposes of the above referenced Underwriting Agreement as such Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

 

Terms of the Class A(2004-10) Notes:

 

Initial

Principal

Amount


  

Interest

Rate or Formula


 

Price to

Public


$850,000,000

   One-month LIBOR plus 0.020% per annum   100.00%

 

Interest Payment Dates: The 15th of each month or if that day is not a Business Day, as defined in the Indenture, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing December 15, 2004.

 

Note Ratings: “AAA” by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and Fitch, Inc. and “Aaa” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.


Indenture: The Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of October 15, 2004, between Chase Issuance Trust, by the Bank, as Beneficiary, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and acknowledged and accepted by the Bank, as Servicer.

 

Asset Pool One Supplement: The Amended and Restated Asset Pool One Supplement, dated as of October 15, 2004, between Chase Issuance Trust, by the Bank, as Beneficiary, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent and acknowledged by the Bank, as Transferor, Servicer and Administrator.

 

Indenture Supplement: The CHASEseries Indenture Supplement, dated as of October 15, 2004, between Chase Issuance Trust, by the Bank, as Beneficiary, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent.

 

Terms Document: The Class A(2004-10) Terms Document, dated as of November 16, 2004, between Chase Issuance Trust, by the Bank, as Beneficiary and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent.

 

Transfer and Servicing Agreement: The Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2004, between Chase Issuance Trust, by the Bank, as Beneficiary and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent.

 

First USA Pooling and Servicing Agreement: The Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2002, as may be further amended, between the Bank, as Transferor and Servicer, and The Bank of New York (Delaware), as trustee (the “Master Trust Trustee”).

 

First USA Series Supplement: The Amended and Restated Series 2002-CC Supplement, dated as of October 15, 2004, between the Bank, as Transferor and Servicer, and the Master Trust Trustee.

 

Chase Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Third Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 15, 1999, as amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated as of March 31, 2001, the Second Amendment thereto, dated as of March 1, 2002, the Third Amendment thereto, dated July 15, 2004, and the Fourth Amendment thereto, dated October 15, 2004, each between the Bank, as Transferor and Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Chase Credit Card Master Trust (the “Chase Master Trust Trustee”).

 

Chase Series Supplement. The Series 2004-CC Supplement, dated as of October 20, 2004, between the Bank, as Transferor and Servicer, and Chase Master Trust Trustee.

 

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Purchase Price:

 

The purchase price payable by the Underwriters for the Notes covered by this Agreement will be the following percentage of the principal amounts to be issued:

 

Per Class A(2004-10) Note: 99.800%

 

Registration Statement: 333-118423.

 

Underwriting Commissions, Concessions and Discounts:

 

The Underwriters’ discounts and commissions, the concessions that the Underwriters may allow to certain dealers, and the discounts that such dealers may reallow to certain other dealers, each expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Class A(2004-10) Notes, shall be as follows:

 

Underwriting
Discounts and
Concessions


   Selling
Concessions


    Reallowance

 

0.200%

   0.120 %   0.060 %

 

Underwriters’ Information: The information furnished by the Underwriters through the Representative for purposes of Section 9(b) of the Underwriting Agreement consists of the chart and the third and seventh paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement.

 

Closing Date: Pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Underwriters, the Bank and the Issuer hereby agree that the Closing Date shall be November 16, 2004, 9:00 a.m., New York Time.

 

Location of Closing: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Four Times Square, New York, New York 10036.

 

Payment for the Notes:

 

The Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, subject to the terms and provisions of the above referenced Underwriting Agreement which is incorporated herein in its entirety and made a part hereof, to purchase the respective principal amounts of the above referenced Class A(2004-10) Notes set forth opposite their names on Schedule I hereto.

 

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Representations of the Underwriters:

 

Each Underwriter of the Class A(2004-10) Notes has represented and agreed that: (a) it has not offered or sold, and prior to the date which is six months after the date of issue of the Class A(2004-10) Notes, will not offer or sell any Class A(2004-10) Notes to persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995; (b) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Class A(2004-10) Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and (c) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and it will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Class A(2004-10) Notes in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuer.

 

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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC., as a
Representative of the Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto

By:

 

/s/ Olivier Levitte


Name:

 

Olivier Levitte

Title:

 

Vice President

 

Accepted:

 

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Transferor and Servicer

By:

 

/s/ Keith Schuck


Name:

 

Keith Schuck

Title:

 

President

CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST

By:

 

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

not in its individual capacity but solely as Beneficiary

on behalf of the Issuer

By:

 

/s/ Keith Schuck


Name:

 

Keith Schuck

Title:

 

President

 

Signature Page to the Chase Issuance Trust

CHASEseries Class A(2004-10) Terms Agreement


SCHEDULE I

 

UNDERWRITERS

 

$850,000,000 Principal Amount of CHASEseries Class A(2004-10) Notes

 

     Principal Amount

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

   $ 273,334,000

Banc of America Securities LLC

   $ 273,333,000

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 273,333,000

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

   $ 30,000,000
    

Total

   $ 850,000,000