Successor Servicer and Administrator The Administrator shall undertake, as promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the Servicer of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to enforce the provisions of such Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, with respect to the appointment of a Successor Servicer. Such Successor Servicer shall, upon compliance with the last sentence of Section 8.2(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, become the successor Administrator hereunder; provided, however, that if the Indenture Trustee shall become such successor Administrator, the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to perform any obligations or duties or conduct any activities as the successor Administrator that would be prohibited by law and not within the banking and trust powers of the Indenture Trustee; and, provided, further, that the Indenture Trustee as the successor Administrator shall not assume any of the obligations specified in Section 2(a)(ii). In such event, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a sub-administrator to perform such obligations and duties. Any transfer of servicing pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and related succession as Administrator hereunder shall not constitute an assumption by the related successor Administrator of any liability of the related outgoing Administrator arising out of any breach by such outgoing Administrator of such outgoing Administrator’s duties hereunder prior to such transfer.
Duties of Servicer The Servicer, for the benefit of the Issuing Entity, and (to the extent provided herein) the Indenture Trustee shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the Receivables with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer or Indenture Trustee, as applicable, exercises with respect to all comparable equipment receivables that it services for its Affiliates or others. The Servicer’s duties shall include collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on such Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending payment coupons or statements to Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors, accounting for collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions. Subject to Section 4.2, the Servicer shall follow its then current customary standards, policies and procedures (“Servicing Procedures”) in performing its duties as Servicer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuing Entity, the Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Noteholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to such Receivables or the Financed Equipment securing such Receivables. If the Servicer shall commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the Issuing Entity shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned, solely for the purpose of collection, such Receivable to the Servicer. If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce such Receivable, the Trustee shall, at the Servicer’s direction (and, so long as the Servicer is NH Credit, at the Servicer’s expense), take steps to enforce such Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders. The Trustee or the Indenture Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Servicer, furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
Duties of Servicer Generally The Servicer’s duties in general shall include management, servicing and administration of the Transition Property; obtaining meter reads, calculating usage (including demand and including any such usage by Customers served by a REP, when and if the Service Area becomes subject to retail competition), billing, collections and posting of all payments in respect of the Transition Property; responding to inquiries by Customers, REPs, the PUCT, or any other Governmental Authority with respect to the Transition Property; delivering Bills to Customers or REPs, if any; investigating and handling delinquencies (and furnishing reports with respect to such delinquencies to the Issuer), processing and depositing collections and making periodic remittances; furnishing periodic reports to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies; making all filings with the PUCT and taking such other action as may be necessary to perfect the Issuer’s ownership interests in and the Indenture Trustee’s first priority Lien on and security interest in the Transition Property; making all filings and taking such other action as may be necessary to perfect and maintain the perfection and priority of the Indenture Trustee’s Lien on and security interest in all System Restoration Bond Collateral; selling as the agent for the Issuer as its interests may appear defaulted or written off accounts in accordance with the Servicer’s usual and customary practices; taking all necessary action in connection with True-Up Adjustments as set forth herein; and performing such other duties as may be specified under the Financing Order to be performed by it. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the duties of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement shall be qualified in their entirety by any PUCT Regulations, the Financing Order, and the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation AB, as in effect at the time such duties are to be performed. Without limiting the generality of this Section 3.01(a), in furtherance of the foregoing, the Servicer hereby agrees that it shall also have, and shall comply with, the duties and responsibilities relating to data acquisition, usage and xxxx calculation, billing, customer service functions, collections, payment processing and remittance set forth in Annex I hereto, as it may be amended from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “usage” when used herein refers to both kilowatt hour consumption and kilowatt demand.
Duties of Servicer as Custodian (a) Safekeeping. The Servicer (or its Affiliates, but only in accordance with the second following sentence) shall hold the Receivable Files for the benefit of the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records and computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File as shall enable the Issuing Entity to comply with this Agreement. In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall act with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to the receivable files relating to all comparable equipment receivables that the Servicer services for its Affiliates or others. The Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, may at any time delegate its duties as custodian to any Affiliate of the Servicer; provided, that no such delegation shall relieve the Servicer of its responsibility with respect to such duties and the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Issuing Entity, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee for its duties hereunder as if the Servicer alone were performing such duties. The Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic audits of the Receivable Files and the related accounts, records and computer systems, in such a manner as shall enable the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee to verify the accuracy of the Servicer’s record keeping. The Servicer shall promptly report to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee any material failure on its part, or its Affiliate’s part, to hold the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as herein provided and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review by the Issuing Entity, the Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of the Receivable Files.
Duties of Administrator (a) DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE RELATED AGREEMENTS. Administrator shall consult with Owner Trustee regarding the duties of Issuer and Owner Trustee under the Related Agreements. Administrator shall monitor the performance of Issuer and shall advise Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with Issuer's or Owner Trustee's duties under the Related Agreements. Administrator shall prepare for execution by Issuer or Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, orders, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of Issuer or Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to any Related Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, Administrator shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of Issuer or Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture including such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters under the Indenture (references are to sections of the Indenture):
(i) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments required for execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes (whether upon initial issuance, transfer or exchange, or otherwise), if any, and delivery of the same to Indenture Trustee (if applicable) (SECTIONS 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.11(c) or 2.14);
(ii) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept, to appoint a successor Transfer Agent and Registrar, if necessary, and to give Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Transfer Agent and Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register (SECTION 2.5);
(iii) the furnishing of Indenture Trustee, Servicer, any Noteholder or the Paying Agent with the names and addresses of Noteholders after receipt of a written request therefor from Indenture Trustee, Servicer, any Noteholder or the Paying Agent, respectively, or as otherwise specified in the Indenture (SECTIONS 2.9(a) and 7.1);
(iv) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of collateral (SECTION 8.7);
(v) the duty to cause Issuer to maintain an office or agency within New York (and as otherwise set forth in an Indenture Supplement) and to give Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders notice of the location, or change in location, of such office or agency (SECTION 3.2);
(vi) the duty to direct Indenture Trustee to deposit with any Paying Agent the sums specified in the Indenture and the preparation of an Issuer Order directing the investment of such funds in Permitted Investments (SECTION 3.3);
(vii) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the Indenture regarding funds held in trust (SECTION 3.3);
(viii) the direction to Paying Agents to pay to Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agents (SECTION 3.3);
(ix) the duty to cause Issuer to keep in full force its existence, rights and franchises as a Delaware business trust and the obtaining and preservation of Issuer's qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other related instrument and agreement (SECTION 3.4);
(x) the preparation of all supplements, amendments, financing statements, continuation statements, if any, instruments of further assurance and other instruments necessary to protect, maintain and enforce the Collateral (SECTION 3.5);
(xi) the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel on each Closing Date and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel as to the Collateral, and the annual delivery of the Officer's Certificate (SECTIONS 3.6 and 3.9);
(xii) the identification to Indenture Trustee in an Officer's Certificate of a Person with whom Issuer has contracted to assist it in performing its duties under the Indenture (SECTION 3.7(b));
(xiii) causing the delivery of notice by Indenture Trustee to the Rating Agencies of the occurrence of any Servicer Default of which Issuer has knowledge and the action, if any, being taken in connection with such default (SECTION 3.7(d));
(xiv) the delivery to Indenture Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Issuer of an Officer's Certificate with respect to various matters relating to compliance with the Indenture (SECTION 3.9);
(xv) the preparation and obtaining of documents, certificates, opinions and instruments required in connection with the consolidation or merger by Issuer with or into any other Person or the sale of Issuer's assets substantially as an entirety to any Person (SECTION 3.10);
(xvi) the delivery of notice to Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of (1) each Event of Default, (2) each default by Servicer or Transferor under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement (SECTION 3.18) and (3) each default by the RPA Seller under the Receivables Purchase Agreement;
(xvii) the monitoring of Issuer's obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officer's Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate relating thereto (SECTION 4.1);
(xviii) the compliance with any directive of Indenture Trustee with respect to the sale of the Collateral if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Notes have been accelerated (SECTION 5.5);
(xix) the preparation of an Officer's Certificate to be delivered to Indenture Trustee and the delivery of such Officer's Certificate to the Noteholders (SECTION 6.3(b));
(xx) the removal of Indenture Trustee, if necessary and in compliance with the Indenture, and the appointment of a successor (SECTION 6.8);
(xxi) the preparation of various reports to be filed with Indenture Trustee and the Commission, as applicable (SECTION 7.3);
(xxii) notifying Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange (SECTION 7.4);
(xxiii) the preparation of an Issuer Order and Officer's Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Collateral (SECTIONS 8.7 and 8.8);
(xxiv) the preparation of Issuer Orders, agreements, certificates, instruments, consents and other documents and the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures (SECTIONS 3.7(f), 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3);
(xxv) the execution of new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (SECTION 10.6);
(xxvi) the preparation of all Officers' Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and, if necessary, Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by Issuer to Indenture Trustee to take any action under the Indenture (SECTION 12.1(a));
(xxvii) the preparation and delivery of Officers' Certificates and the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, in connection with the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of property from the lien of the Indenture (SECTION 12.1(b));
(xxviii) the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (SECTION 12.6); and
(xxix) compliance with the provisions of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, Indenture Supplement and Trust Agreement applicable to Issuer.
Duties of Sub Advisor In carrying out its obligations under Section 1 hereof, the Sub-Advisor shall:
(a) provide the Fund with such executive, administrative and clerical services as are deemed advisable by the Fund's Board of Directors;
(b) determine which issuers and securities shall be represented in the Fund's portfolio and regularly report thereon to the Fund's Board of Directors;
(c) formulate and implement continuing programs for the purchases and sales of the securities of such issuers and regularly report thereon to the Fund's Board of Directors;
(d) take, on behalf of the Fund, all actions which appear to the Fund necessary to carry into effect such purchase and sale programs as aforesaid, including the placing of orders for the purchase and sale of securities of the Fund; and
(e) obtain and evaluate pertinent information about significant developments and economic, statistical and financial data, domestic, foreign or otherwise, whether affecting the economy generally or the Fund, and whether concerning the individual issuers whose securities are included in the Fund's portfolio or the activities in which they engage, or with respect to securities which the Advisor considers desirable for inclusion in the Fund's portfolio.
DUTIES OF THE CUSTODIAN WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY OF THE FUND HELD BY THE CUSTODIAN IN THE UNITED STATES
Indemnities of Servicer The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement:
(a) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Note Registrar, the Securities Intermediary, the Noteholders and the Certificateholder and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the each such party from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees, costs and expenses, and including any such reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any enforcement (including any action, claim, or suit brought by such indemnified parties) of any indemnification or other obligation of the Servicer), arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Intermediary, the Certificateholder and the Noteholders and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Seller, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Intermediary, the Certificateholder and the Noteholders from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees, costs and expenses, and including any such reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any enforcement (including any action, claim, or suit brought by such indemnified parties) of any indemnification or other obligation of the Servicer), to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arose out of, or is imposed upon any such Person through, the negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, including those that may be incurred by any such indemnified party as a result of any act or omission by the Servicer in connection with its maintenance and custody of the Receivables Files.
(d) Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 7.02 or Section 4.08 (a “Servicer Indemnified Party”) of notice of the commencement of any action, such Servicer Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the party providing indemnification under this Section 7.02 or 4.08 (a “Servicer Indemnifying Party”), notify such Servicer Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof. In case any such action is brought against any Servicer Indemnified Party under this Section 7.02 or 4.08 and it notifies the Servicer Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the Servicer Indemnifying Party will assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Servicer Indemnified Party (who may, unless there is, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel to the Servicer Indemnified Party stating that there is an unwaivable conflict of interest, be counsel to the Servicer Indemnifying Party), and the Servicer Indemnifying Party will not be liable to such Servicer Indemnified Party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Servicer Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation. The obligations set forth in this Section 7.02 and Section 4.08 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest. For purposes of this Section, in the event of the termination of the rights and obligations of TMCC (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 7.03) as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01, or a resignation by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer pending appointment of a successor Servicer (other than the Indenture Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.02.
Duties of Master Servicer (a) Subject to the written direction of the Issuer, the Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Issuer (to the extent provided herein), shall provide for, arrange and maintain, or take such actions as are necessary to provide for, arrange and maintain, the servicing and administration of the Student Loans in accordance with prudent industry practices with one or more Servicers in accordance with this Agreement and shall perform the other actions required by the Master Servicer under this Agreement, with reasonable care. The Master Servicer shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate in connection with providing for, arranging and maintaining such servicing and administration relationships with Servicers, including without limitation (1) entering into one or more Servicing Agreements with the Servicers and/or with the Issuer and the Servicers, (2) providing or arranging for the replacement of any Servicing Agreement that expires or is terminated, (3) consulting with any Servicer regarding the negotiation, execution and performance of any Servicing Agreement or the servicing and administration of any related Student Loan, and (4) terminating any Servicing Agreement that may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Servicing Agreement, provided, that upon termination of any such Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall arrange for an appropriate Servicing Agreement with a Servicer pertaining to and maintaining continuous servicing of the Student Loans previously serviced under the terminated Servicing Agreement. The servicing arrangements provided for by the Master Servicer shall maintain servicing standards in accordance in all material respects with all applicable agreements and indentures of the Issuer and all applicable federal and state laws, including all applicable standards, guidelines and requirements of the Higher Education Act and any Guarantee Agreement with respect to the Student Loans, the failure to comply with which would adversely affect the eligibility of one or more of the Student Loans for Guarantee Payments or would have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities hereunder through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as hereinafter set forth. As part of its master servicing responsibilities hereunder, the Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Issuer, shall oversee, administer and enforce the obligations of each Servicer under the related Servicing Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of such Servicing Agreements and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Student Loans.
Sellers Engagement of Servicer to Perform Servicing Responsibilities Section 2.01. Contract for Servicing; Possession of Servicing Files. The Seller, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, does hereby contract with the Servicer as an independent contractor, subject to the terms of this Agreement, for the servicing of the Mortgage Loans. On or before the Servicing Transfer Date the Seller shall cause the Prior Servicer to deliver to the Servicer the Servicing Files with respect to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The Servicer shall maintain a Servicing File with respect to each Mortgage Loan in order to service such Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement and each Servicing File delivered to the Servicer shall be held in trust by the Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Servicer shall have no liability for any Servicing Files (or portions thereof) not delivered by the Seller. The Servicer’s possession of any portion of the Mortgage Loan documents shall be at the will of the Trustee for the sole purpose of facilitating servicing of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement, and such retention and possession by the Servicer shall be in a custodial capacity only. The ownership of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, and the contents of the Servicing File shall be vested in the Trustee and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of the Servicer shall immediately vest in the Trustee and shall be retained and maintained, in trust, by the Servicer at the will of the Trustee in such custodial capacity only. The portion of each Servicing File retained by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement shall be appropriately marked to clearly reflect the ownership of the related Mortgage Loan by the Trustee. The Servicer shall release from its custody the contents of any Servicing File retained by it only in accordance with this Agreement.
