Proceedings with Respect to Certain Assets and Liabilities (a) In connection with any investigation, proceeding or other matter with respect to any asset or liability of the Failed Bank retained by the Receiver, or any asset of the Failed Bank acquired by the Receiver pursuant to this Agreement, the Assuming Institution shall cooperate to the extent reasonably required by the Receiver.
(b) In addition to its obligations under Section 6.4, the Assuming Institution shall provide representatives of the Receiver access at reasonable times and locations without other limitation or qualification to (i) its directors, officers, employees and agents and those of the Subsidiaries acquired by the Assuming Institution, and (ii) its books and records, the books and records of such Subsidiaries and all Credit Files, and copies thereof. Copies of books, records and Credit Files shall be provided by the Assuming Institution as requested by the Receiver and the costs of duplication thereof shall be borne by the Receiver.
(c) Not later than ten (10) days after the Put Notice pursuant to Section 3.4 or the date of the notice of transfer of any Loan by the Assuming Institution to the Receiver pursuant to Section 3.6, the Assuming Institution shall deliver to the Receiver such documents with respect to such Loan as the Receiver may request, including without limitation the following: (i) all related Credit Documents (other than certificates, notices and other ancillary documents), (ii) a certificate setting forth the principal amount on the date of the transfer and the amount of interest, fees and other charges then accrued and unpaid thereon, and any restrictions on transfer to which any such Loan is subject, and (iii) all Credit Files, and all documents, microfiche, microfilm and computer records (including but not limited to magnetic tape, disc storage, card forms and printed copy) maintained by, owned by, or in the possession of the Assuming Institution or any Affiliate of the Assuming Institution relating to the transferred Loan.
Penalty With Respect to Securities Repurchased by the Manager If pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.1 hereof and prior to the termination of the Manager’s authority to cover any short position incurred under the applicable AAU or such other date as the Manager may specify in a Wire, either: (a) the Manager purchases or contracts to purchase for the account of any Underwriter in the open market or otherwise any Securities which were retained by, or released to, you for direct sale or any Securities sold pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof for which you received a portion of the Selling Concession set forth in the applicable AAU, or any Securities which may have been issued on transfer or in exchange for such Securities, and which Securities were therefore not effectively placed for investment, or (b) if the Manager has advised you by Wire that trading in the Securities will be reported to the Manager pursuant to the “Initial Public Offering Tracking System” of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and the Manager determines, based on notices from DTC, that your customers sold a number or amount of Securities during any day that exceeds the number or amount previously notified to you by Wire, then you authorize the Manager either to charge your account with an amount equal to such portion of the Selling Concession set forth in the applicable AAU received by you with respect to such Securities or, in the case of clause (b), such Securities as exceed the number or amount specified in such Wire, or to require you to repurchase such Securities or, in the case of clause (b), such Securities as exceed the number or amount specified in such Wire, at a price equal to the total cost of such purchase, including transfer taxes, accrued interest, dividends, and commissions, if any.
Prior Notice with Respect to Certain Matters With respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Servicer of record as of the preceding Record Date in writing of the proposed action and such Servicer shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that such Servicer has withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Receivables) and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of the Receivables);
(b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust Act);
(c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture or any other change to this Agreement or any Basic Document in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(d) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture or any other change to this Agreement or any Basic Document in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment would materially adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders;
(e) the amendment, change or modification of the Administration Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner or add any provision that would not materially adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders;
(f) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or Certificate Registrar of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable;
(g) the consent to the calling or waiver of any default of any Basic Document;
(h) the consent to the assignment by the Indenture Trustee or Servicer of their respective obligations under any Basic Document, unless permitted in the Basic Documents;
(i) except as provided in Article 9 hereof, dissolve, terminate or liquidate the Trust in whole or in part;
(j) merge or consolidate the Trust with or into any other entity, or convey or transfer all or substantially all of the Trust’s assets to any other entity;
(k) cause the Trust to incur, assume or guaranty any indebtedness other than as set forth in this Agreement or the Basic Documents;
(l) do any act that conflicts with any other Basic Document;
(m) do any act that would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Trust as described in Section 2.03 hereof;
(n) confess a judgment against the Trust;
(o) possess Trust assets, or assign the Trust’s right to property, for other than a Trust purpose;
(p) cause the Trust to lend any funds to any entity, unless permitted in the Basic Documents; or
(q) change the Trust’s purpose and powers from those set forth in this Agreement. In addition, the Trust shall not commingle its assets with those of any other entity. The Trust shall maintain its financial and accounting books and records separate from those of any other entity. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Trust shall not pay the indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities of any other entity. The Trust shall maintain appropriate minutes or other records of all appropriate actions and shall maintain its office separate from the offices of the Depositor and the Servicer. The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Servicer and to the extent otherwise consistent with the Basic Documents, to (i) remove or replace the Indenture Trustee, (ii) institute proceedings to have the Trust declared or adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (iii) consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Trust, (iv) file a petition or consent to a petition seeking reorganization or relief on behalf of the Trust under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, (v) consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or any similar official) of the Trust or a substantial portion of the property of the Trust, (vi) make any assignment for the benefit of the Trust’s creditors, (vii) cause the Trust to admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due or (viii) take any action, or cause the Trust to take any action, in furtherance of any of the foregoing (any of the above, a “Bankruptcy Action”). So long as the Indenture remains in effect, to the extent permitted by applicable law, no Certificateholder shall have the power to take, and shall not take, any Bankruptcy Action with respect to the Trust or direct the Owner Trustee to take any Bankruptcy Action with respect to the Trust.
Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Majority Certificateholders, to (a) except as expressly provided in the Transaction Documents, sell the Collateral after the termination of the Indenture in accordance with its terms, (b) remove the Administrator under the Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8 thereof or (c) appoint a successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8 thereof. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the Majority Certificateholders.
Covenants of the Company With Respect to Registration In connection with any registration under Sections 6.2 or 6.3 hereof, the Company covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) The Company shall use its best efforts to file a registration statement as soon as practicable and shall use its best efforts to have any registration statement declared effective at the earliest possible time, and shall furnish each Holder desiring to sell Warrant Securities such number of prospectuses as shall reasonably be requested.
(b) Except as provided in Section 6.3(c) above, the Company shall pay all costs (excluding fees and expenses of Holder(s)' counsel and any underwriting or selling commissions or other charges of any broker-dealer acting on behalf of Holder(s)), fees and expenses in connection with all registration statements filed pursuant to Section 6.2 and 6.3(a) hereof including, without limitation, the Company's legal and accounting fees, printing expenses, blue sky fees and expenses. The Holders(s) will pay all costs, fees and expenses in connection with any registration statement filed pursuant to the second sentence of Section 6.3(c).
(c) The Company will take all necessary action which may be required in qualifying or registering the Warrant Securities included in the registration statement for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such states as reasonably are requested by the Holder(s) in writing, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process where it is not so subject or would subject the Company to any tax in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(d) The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the Warrant Securities to be sold pursuant to any registration statement and each person, if any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify the Agent contained in Section 7 of the Agency Agreement.
(e) The Holder(s) of the Warrant Securities to be sold pursuant to a registration statement, and their successors and assigns, shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against all loss, claim, damage or expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from information furnished by or on behalf of such Holders, or their successors or assigns, for specific inclusion in such a registration statement to the same extent and with the same effect as the provision contained in Section 7 of the Placement Agency Agreement pursuant to which the Agent has agreed to indemnify the Company.
(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Holder(s) to exercise their Warrants prior to the initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.
(g) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the registration statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration effective until all such Warrant Securities are sold; cause the prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof as set forth in such registration statement or supplement to the prospectus
(h) The Company shall furnish to each Holder participating in an offering including Warrant Securities pursuant to Sections 6.2 or 6.3 hereof, and to each underwriter, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to such Holder or underwriter, of (i) an opinion of counsel to the Company, dated the effective date of such registration statement (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, an opinion dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement and not the effective date), and (ii) a "cold comfort" letter dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, a letter dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement) signed by the independent public accountants who have issued a report on the Company's financial statements included in such registration statement, in each case covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such accountants' letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel and in accountants' letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public offerings of securities.
(i) The Company shall, as soon as practicable after the effective date of a registration statement relating to any Warrant Securities pursuant to Section 6.2 or 6.3 hereof, and in any event within fifteen (15) months thereafter, use its reasonable efforts to make "generally available to its security holders" (within the meaning of Rule 158 under the Act) an earnings statement (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and covering a period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the registration statement.
(j) The Company shall deliver promptly to each Holder participating in an offering including any Warrant Securities pursuant to Sections 6.2 or 6.3 hereof who so requests and to the managing underwriter copies of all correspondence between the Commission and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions with the Commission or its staff with respect to the registration statement, and shall permit each underwriter to do such investigation, upon reasonable advance notice, with respect to information contained in or omitted from the registration statement as it deems reasonably necessary to comply with applicable securities laws or rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Such investigation shall include access to books, records and properties and opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable extent and at such reasonable times and as often as any such underwriter shall reasonably request as it deems necessary to comply with applicable securities laws and NASD rules.
(k) With respect to a registration pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof, the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by Holders holding a Majority of the Warrant Securities requested to be included in such underwriting, provided that such managing underwriter(s) shall be satisfactory to the Company and each Holder and such agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, each Holder and such managing underwriters, and shall contain such representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and such other terms as are customarily contained in agreements of that type used by the managing underwriter. The Holders shall be parties to any underwriting agreement relating to an underwritten sale of their Warrant Securities and may, at their option, require that any or all the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company to or for the benefit of such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders. Such Holders shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters except as they may relate to such Holders and their intended methods of distribution.
(l) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Majority" in reference to the Holders of Warrants or Warrant Securities, shall mean in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Warrants or Warrant Securities that (i) are not held by the Company, an affiliate (excluding the Agent and any affiliate of the Agent), officer, creditor, employee or agent thereof or any of their respective affiliates, members of their family, persons acting as nominees or in conjunction therewith or (ii) have not been resold to the public pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission under the Act.
Action by Certificateholder with Respect to Certain Matters The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Certificateholder in accordance with the Basic Documents, to (a) remove the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 9.2 thereof or (b) except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, sell the Receivables after the termination of the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the Certificateholder and the furnishing of indemnification satisfactory to the Owner Trustee by the Certificateholder.
Liabilities Held with Respect to a Particular Series All liabilities of the Trust held with respect to a particular Series and all expenses, costs, charges and reserves attributable to that Series shall be charged against the assets held with respect to that Series. Any general liabilities of the Trust that are not readily identifiable as being held with respect to any particular Series shall be allocated and charged by the Trustees to and among any one or more of the Series in such manner and on such basis as the Trustees in their sole discretion deem fair and equitable. All liabilities, expenses, costs, charges, and reserves so charged to a Series are herein referred to as “liabilities held with respect to” that Series. Each allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the Trustees shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders of all Series for all purposes. All liabilities held with respect to a particular Series shall be enforceable against the assets held with respect to such Series only and not against the assets of the Trust generally or against the assets held with respect to any other Series and, except as otherwise provided in this Declaration of Trust with respect to the allocation of General Assets, none of the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to the Trust generally or any other Series thereof shall be enforceable against the assets of such Series. Notice of this limitation on inter-Series liabilities shall be set forth in the Certificate of Trust or in an amendment thereto. To the extent required by Section 3804(a) of the Delaware Act in order to give effect to the limitation on inter-Series liabilities set forth in this Section 3.6, (i) separate and distinct records shall be maintained for each Series, (ii) the assets held with respect to each Series shall be held in such separate and distinct records (directly or indirectly, including through a nominee or otherwise) and accounted for in such separate and distinct records separately from the assets held with respect to all other Series and the General Assets of the Trust not allocated to such Series and/or (iii) the records maintained for each Series shall account for the assets held with respect to such Series separately from the assets of any other Series and from the General Assets of the Trust not allocated to such Series.
Cooperation with Respect to Examinations and Audits Transfer Agent shall provide assistance to and cooperate with the Fund with respect to any federal or state government-directed examinations and with the Fund’s internal or external auditors in connection with any Fund-directed audits. For purposes of such examinations and audits, at the request of the Fund, the Transfer Agent will use all reasonable efforts to make available, during normal business hours of the Transfer Agent’s facilities, all records and Policies solely as they directly pertain to the Transfer Agent’s activities under or pursuant to this Agreement. Such audits and examinations shall be conducted at the Fund’s expense and in a manner that will not interfere with the Transfer Agent’s normal and customary conduct of its business activities. To the extent practicable, the Fund shall make every effort to coordinate Fund-directed audits so as to minimize the inconvenience to the Transfer Agent and, except as otherwise agreed by the parties, no more frequently than once a year. In connection with any Fund-directed audit, the Fund shall not physically access the Transfer Agent’s systems and shall not conduct any testing on such systems. With respect to Fund-directed audits, the Transfer Agent shall provide such assistance in accordance with reasonable procedures and at reasonable frequencies, and the Fund shall provide reasonable advance notice of not less than three (3) business days to the Transfer Agent of such audits, and to the extent possible, of such examinations. The Transfer Agent may require any persons seeking access to its facilities to provide reasonable evidence of their authority. With respect to Fund-directed audits, the Transfer Agent may require such persons to execute a confidentiality agreement before granting access. On an annual basis, the Transfer Agent will provide the Fund with copies of its SOC 1 report.
Prior Notice to Holder with Respect to Certain Matters With respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholder in writing of the proposed action and the Certificateholder shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that the Certificateholder has withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust Statute or unless such amendment would not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Holder);
(b) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholder; or
(d) except pursuant to Section 12.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the amendment, change or modification of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or defect or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner that would not materially adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholder. The Owner Trustee shall notify the Certificateholder in writing of any appointment of a successor Note Registrar or Trust Collateral Agent within five Business Days after receipt of notice thereof.
Action by Owners with Respect to Certain Matters The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Owners, to (a) remove the Administrator under the Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8 thereof, (b) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement, (c) remove the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01 thereof or (d) except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, sell the Receivables after the termination of the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the Owners.
