Common use of Certificate Transfer Restrictions Clause in Contracts

Certificate Transfer Restrictions. (a) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition (i) complies with the requirements and restrictions set forth in the related Certificate Purchase Agreement (except that for the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor, the requirements for transfer shall be deemed to have been met by the Depositor) and (ii) is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable State securities laws, or is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State securities laws. Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of Certificates or any interest therein shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify each of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State laws. (b) The Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of a (i) an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, subject to any federal, state or local law which is, to a material extent, similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iv) an entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA and Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101) or (v) a Person investing “plan assets” of any such plan (including without limitation, for purposes of this subsection, an insurance company general account, but excluding any entity registered under the Investment Company Act) (each, a “Benefit Plan”). Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, and each Certificate Owner, by its acceptance of a beneficial interest in the Certificates, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and not a Person acting on behalf of a Benefit Plan or a Person using the assets of a Benefit Plan to effect the transfer of the related Certificate. Any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Seller and acquires more than 49.9% of the Percentage Interests of the Certificates will be deemed to represent that it is not a party in interest (within the meaning of ERISA) or a disqualified person (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code) with respect to any Benefit Plan, other than a Benefit Plan that it sponsors for the benefit of its employees, and that no Benefit Plan with respect to which it is a party in interest has or will acquire any interest in the Notes. (c) No transfer (or purported transfer) of a Certificate (or economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective; any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio; no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any of the Certificateholders will recognize such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and the Certificate Registrar that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; and (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (A) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the Code, including an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (B) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof’ within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(2) of the Code and any Treasury Regulations thereunder; (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein) shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), there would be more than 75 Certificateholders (where, for purposes of determining the number of Certificateholders, a Person (beneficial owner) owning an interest in a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation (“flow-through entity”), that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Issuer, is treated as a Certificateholder if more than 50% of the value of such beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer) unless the transferee delivers an Opinion of Counsel, in a form acceptable to the Certificate Registrar, that the transfer will not cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2), Trust Agreement (California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2), Trust Agreement (California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1)

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Certificate Transfer Restrictions. (a) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition (i) complies with the requirements and restrictions set forth in the related Certificate Purchase Agreement (except that for the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor, the requirements for transfer shall be deemed to have been met by the Depositor) and (ii) is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable State securities laws, or is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State securities laws. Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of Certificates or any interest therein shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify each of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State laws. (b) The Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of a (i) an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, subject to any United States federal, state State or local law which is, to a material extent, similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iv) an entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA and Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101) or (v) a Person investing “plan assets” of any such plan (including without limitationincluding, for purposes of this subsection, an insurance company general account, but excluding any entity registered under the Investment Company Act) (each, a “Benefit Plan”). Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, and each Certificate Owner, by its acceptance of a beneficial interest in the Certificates, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and not a Person acting on behalf of a Benefit Plan or a Person using the assets of a Benefit Plan to effect the transfer of the related Certificate. Any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Seller and acquires more than 49.9% of the Percentage Interests of the Certificates will be deemed to represent that it is not a party in interest (within the meaning of ERISA) or a disqualified person (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code) with respect to any Benefit Plan, other than a Benefit Plan that it sponsors for the benefit of its employees, and that no Benefit Plan with respect to which it is a party in interest has or will acquire any interest in the Notes. (c) No transfer (or purported transfer) of a Certificate (or economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective; any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio; no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any of the Certificateholders Certificateholder will recognize such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and the Certificate Registrar that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; and (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (A) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the Code, including an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (B) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof’ within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(2) of the Code and any Treasury Regulations thereunder; (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein) shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), there would be more than 75 Certificateholders (where, for purposes of determining the number of Certificateholders, a Person (beneficial owner) owning an interest in a partnership, grantor trust Grantor Trust or S corporation (“flow-through entity”), that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Issuer, is treated as a Certificateholder if more than 50% of the value of such beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer) unless the transferee delivers an Opinion of Counsel, in a form acceptable to the Certificate Registrar, that the transfer will not cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. United States federal income tax purposes. (e) Unless the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally recognized tax counsel that the restriction on the proposed acquisition of a Certificate (or interest therein) described by this paragraph is no longer necessary to conclude that any such acquisition (and subsequent resale of the applicable Notes described below) will not cause the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 385 to apply to the applicable Notes described below in a manner that could cause a material adverse effect on the Issuer or the Issuer to be treated as other than a Grantor Trust, (i) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot acquire a Certificate (or interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder owns any Notes or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group owns any Notes and (ii) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot hold a Certificate (or interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder acquires any Notes from the Issuer, any Affiliate of the Issuer or through the marketplace or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group acquires any Notes from the Issuer, an Affiliate of the Issuer or through the marketplace. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the holder or potential holder of the applicable Notes is a U.S. corporate member of the same U.S. corporate affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) filing a consolidated United States federal income tax return that includes each of any applicable related Section 385 Certificateholders (including in the case of a partnership, the relevant “expanded group partner” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-3(g)(12)). If a Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) fails to comply with the requirements of this paragraph, the Issuer or Depositor are authorized, at its discretion, to compel such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) to sell its Certificate (or interest therein) to a Person whose ownership does not result in a failure to comply with this paragraph.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (California Republic Funding LLC), Trust Agreement (California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2018-1), Trust Agreement (California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2018-1)

Certificate Transfer Restrictions. (a) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition (i) complies with the requirements and restrictions set forth in the related Certificate Purchase Agreement (except that for the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor, the requirements for transfer shall be deemed to have been met by the Depositor) and (ii) is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable State securities laws, or is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State securities laws. Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of Certificates or any interest therein shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify each of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State laws. (b) The Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of a (i) an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, subject to any federal, state or local law which is, to a material extent, similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iv) an entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA and Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101) or (v) a Person investing “plan assets” of any such plan (including without limitation, for purposes of this subsection, an insurance company general account, but excluding any entity registered under the Investment Company Act) (each, a “Benefit Plan”). Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, and each Certificate Owner, by its acceptance of a beneficial interest in the Certificates, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and not a Person acting on behalf of a Benefit Plan or a Person using the assets of a Benefit Plan to effect the transfer of the related Certificate. Any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Seller and acquires more than 49.9% of the Percentage Interests of the Certificates will be deemed to represent that it is not a party in interest (within the meaning of ERISA) or a disqualified person (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code) with respect to any Benefit Plan, other than a Benefit Plan that it sponsors for the benefit of its employees, and that no Benefit Plan with respect to which it is a party in interest has or will acquire any interest in the Notes. (c) No transfer (or purported transfer) of a Certificate (or economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective; any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio; no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any of the Certificateholders will recognize such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and the Certificate Registrar that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; and (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (A) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the Code, including an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (B) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof’ within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(2) of the Code and any Treasury Regulations thereunder; (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein) shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), there would be more than 75 Certificateholders (where, for purposes of determining the number of Certificateholders, a Person (beneficial owner) owning an interest in a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation (“flow-through entity”), that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Issuer, is treated as a Certificateholder if more than 50% of the value of such beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer) unless the transferee delivers an Opinion of Counsel, in a form acceptable to the Certificate Registrar, that the transfer will not cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. (e) Unless the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally recognized tax counsel that the restriction on the proposed acquisition of a Certificate (or interest therein) described by this paragraph is no longer necessary to conclude that any such acquisition (and subsequent resale of the applicable Notes described below) will not cause the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 385 to apply to the applicable Notes described below in a manner that could cause a material adverse effect on the Issuer or the Issuer to be treated as other than a grantor trust under subpart E, part 1, subchapter J, chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code, (i) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot acquire a Certificate (or interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder owns any Notes or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group owns any Notes and (ii) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot hold a Certificate (or interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder acquires any Notes from the Issuer, any Affiliate, or through the marketplace or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group acquires any Notes from the Issuer, any Affiliate, or through the marketplace. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the holder or potential holder of the applicable Notes is a U.S. corporate member of the same U.S. corporate affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) filing a consolidated federal income tax return that includes each of any applicable related Section 385 Certificateholders (including in the case of a partnership, the relevant “expanded group partner” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1. 385-3(g)(12)). If a Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) fails to comply with the requirements of this paragraph, the Issuer or Depositor are authorized, at its discretion, to compel such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) to sell its Certificate (or interest therein) to a Person whose ownership does not result in a failure to comply with this paragraph.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Trust Agreement (California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1)

Certificate Transfer Restrictions. (a) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition (i) complies with the requirements and restrictions set forth in the related Certificate Purchase Agreement (except that for the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor, the requirements for transfer shall be deemed to have been met by the Depositor) and (ii) is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable State securities laws, or is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State securities laws. Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of Certificates or any interest therein shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify each of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State laws. (b) The Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of a (i) an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, subject to any federal, state or local law which is, to a material extent, similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iv) an entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA and Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101) or (v) a Person investing “plan assets” of any such plan (including without limitation, for purposes of this subsection, an insurance company general account, but excluding any entity registered under the Investment Company Act) (each, a “Benefit Plan”). Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, and each Certificate Owner, by its acceptance of a beneficial interest in the Certificates, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and not a Person acting on behalf of a Benefit Plan or a Person using the assets of a Benefit Plan to effect the transfer of the related Certificate. Any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Seller and acquires more than 49.9% of the Percentage Interests of the Certificates will be deemed to represent that it is not a party in interest (within the meaning of ERISA) or a disqualified person (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code) with respect to any Benefit Plan, other than a Benefit Plan that it sponsors for the benefit of its employees, and that no Benefit Plan with respect to which it is a party in interest has or will acquire any interest in the Notes. (c) No transfer (or purported transfer) of a Certificate (or economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective; any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio; no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any of the Certificateholders will recognize such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and the Certificate Registrar that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; and (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (A) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the Code, including an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (B) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof’ within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(2) of the Code and any Treasury Regulations thereunder; (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein) shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), there would be more than 75 Certificateholders (where, for purposes of determining the number of Certificateholders, a Person (beneficial owner) owning an interest in a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation (“flow-through entity”), that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Issuer, is treated as a Certificateholder if more than 50% of the value of such beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer) unless the transferee delivers an Opinion of Counsel, in a form acceptable to the Certificate Registrar, that the transfer will not cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. (e) Unless the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally recognized tax counsel that the restriction on the proposed acquisition of a Certificate (or interest therein) described by this paragraph is no longer necessary to conclude that any such acquisition (and subsequent resale of the applicable Notes described below) will not cause the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 385 to apply to the applicable Notes described below in a manner that could cause a material adverse effect on the Issuer or the Issuer to be treated as other than a grantor trust under subpart E, part 1, subchapter J, chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code, (i) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot acquire a Certificate (or interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder owns any Notes or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group owns any Notes and (ii) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot hold a Certificate (or interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder acquires any Notes from the Issuer, any Affiliate, or through the marketplace or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group acquires any Notes from the Issuer, any Affiliate, or through the marketplace. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the holder or potential holder of the applicable Notes is a U.S. corporate member of the same U.S. corporate affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) filing a consolidated federal income tax return that includes each of any applicable related Section 385 Certificateholders (including in the case of a partnership, the relevant “expanded group partner” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-3(g)(12)). If a Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) fails to comply with the requirements of this paragraph, the Issuer or Depositor are authorized, at its discretion, to compel such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) to sell its Certificate (or interest therein) to a Person whose ownership does not result in a failure to comply with this paragraph.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Trust Agreement

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Certificate Transfer Restrictions. (a) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition (i) complies with the requirements and restrictions set forth in the related Certificate Purchase Agreement (except that for the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor, the requirements for transfer shall be deemed to have been met by the Depositor) and (ii) is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable State securities laws, or is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State securities laws. Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of Certificates or any interest therein shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify each of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with the Securities Act and such State laws. (b) The Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of a (i) an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, subject to any federal, state or local law which is, to a material extent, similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (iv) an entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA and Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101) or (v) a Person investing “plan assets” of any such plan (including without limitation, for purposes of this subsection, an insurance company general account, but excluding any entity registered under the Investment Company Act) (each, a “Benefit Plan”). Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, and each Certificate Owner, by its acceptance of a beneficial interest in the Certificates, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and not a Person acting on behalf of a Benefit Plan or a Person using the assets of a Benefit Plan to effect the transfer of the related Certificate. Any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Seller and acquires more than 49.9% of the Percentage Interests of the Certificates will be deemed to represent that it is not a party in interest (within the meaning of ERISA) or a disqualified person (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code) with respect to any Benefit Plan, other than a Benefit Plan that it sponsors for the benefit of its employees, and that no Benefit Plan with respect to which it is a party in interest has or will acquire any interest in the Notes. (c) No transfer (or purported transfer) of a Certificate (or economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective; any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio; no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any of the Certificateholders will recognize such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and the Certificate Registrar that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; and (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (A) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the Code, including an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (B) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof’ within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(2) of the Code and any Treasury Regulations thereunder; (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein) shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), there would be more than 75 Certificateholders (where, for purposes of determining the number of Certificateholders, a Person (beneficial owner) owning an interest in a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation (“flow-through entity”), that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Issuer, is treated as a Certificateholder if more than 50% of the value of such beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer) unless the transferee delivers an Opinion of Counsel, in a form acceptable to the Certificate Registrar, that the transfer will not cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. (e) Unless the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally recognized tax counsel that the restriction on the proposed acquisition of a Certificate (or interest therein) described by this paragraph is no longer necessary to conclude that any such acquisition (and subsequent resale of the applicable Notes described below) will not cause the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 385 to apply to the applicable Notes described below in a manner that could cause a material adverse effect on the Issuer or the Issuer to be treated as other than a grantor trust under subpart E, part 1, subchapter J, chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code, (i) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot acquire a Certificate (or interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder owns any Notes or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group owns any Notes and (ii) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot hold a Certificate (or interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder acquires any Notes from the Issuer, any Affiliate, or through the marketplace or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group acquires any Notes from the Issuer, any Affiliate, or through the marketplace. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the holder or potential holder of the applicable Notes is a U.S. corporate member of the same U.S. corporate affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) filing a consolidated federal income tax return that includes each of any applicable related Section 385 Certificateholders (including in the case of a partnership, the relevant “expanded group partner” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1. 385-3(g)(12)). If a Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) fails to comply with the requirements of this paragraph, the Issuer or Depositor are authorized, at its discretion, to compel such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) to sell its Certificate (or interest therein) to a Person whose ownership does not result in a failure to comply with this paragraph.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Trust Agreement (California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1)

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