Payment of Trust Expenses The Trustees are authorized to pay or to cause to be paid out of the principal or income of the Trust, or partly out of principal and partly out of income, and according to any allocation to a particular Series and Class made by them pursuant to Section 6.1(f) hereof, all expenses, fees, charges, taxes and liabilities incurred or arising in connection with the business and affairs of the Trust or in connection with the management thereof, including, but not limited to, the Trustees' compensation and such expenses and charges for the services of the Trust's officers, employees, Investment Adviser, Administrator, Distributor, Principal Underwriter, auditor, counsel, Custodian, Transfer Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent, Accounting Agent, Shareholder Servicing Agent, and such other agents, consultants, and independent contractors and such other expenses and charges as the Trustees may deem necessary or proper to incur.
Trust Accounts Distributions Statements to Noteholders SECTION 5.1. Establishment of Trust Accounts...............................43 SECTION 5.2. Pre-Funding Period Reserve Account............................47 SECTION 5.3. Certain Reimbursements to the Servicer........................48 SECTION 5.4. Application of Collections....................................48 SECTION 5.5. Withdrawals from Series 1997-1 Spread Account.................48 SECTION 5.6. Additional Deposits...........................................49 SECTION 5.7. Distributions.................................................49 SECTION 5.8. Note Distribution Account.....................................52 SECTION 5.9. Pre-Funding Account...........................................53 SECTION 5.10. Statements to Noteholders....................................53 SECTION 5.11. Optional Deposits by the Insurer.............................54
Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt The Company covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of any Series when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall be made in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the Securities of any Series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of such Series or upon any redemption or by declaration or otherwise, then upon demand of the Trustee for the Securities of such Series, the Company will pay to the Trustee for the Securities of such Series, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such Series and the Holders of any Coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all Securities of such Series or such Coupons for principal of or interest, as the case may be (with interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Securities of such Series); and in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee. Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Company may pay the principal of and interest on the Securities of any Series to the Persons entitled thereto, whether or not the principal of and interest on the Securities of such Series are overdue. In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee for the Securities of such Series, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon such Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon such Securities and Coupons, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable. In case there shall be any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon such Securities and Coupons, if any, or to the creditors or property of the Company or other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise: (a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Securities of such Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to the Securities of such Series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.01) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities of such Series, and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee) and of the Securityholders and the Holders of any Coupons appertaining thereto allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon all Securities of such Series, or to the creditors or property of the Company or other obligor; and (b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver or liquidator, custodian or other similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make payments to the Trustee for the Securities of such Series, and, in the event that such Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to such Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to such Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by such Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and all other amounts due to such Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any Series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person. All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Securities of any Series or any Coupon appertaining thereto, may be enforced by the Trustee for the Securities of such Series without the possession of any of the Securities of such Series or any Coupon appertaining thereto or the production thereof at any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such Series and Holders of any Coupons in respect of which such action was taken. In any proceedings brought by the Trustee for the Securities of any Series (and also any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Securities of such Series and Coupons appertaining thereto in respect to which such action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto parties to any such proceedings.
Money for Notes Payments to Be Held in Trust If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will, before 11 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Notes, it will, prior to 11 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on the Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes in the making of any payment in respect of the Notes, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Notes. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on the Notes and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Notes shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that, if there are then outstanding any Notes not in global form, the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the City and State of New York notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Designation of Additional Amounts to Be Included in the Excess Spread Amount for the DiscoverSeries Notes At any time that any outstanding Series of certificates issued by the Master Trust provides that the Series Principal Collections allocated to such Series will be deposited into the Group Finance Charge Collections Reallocation Account for the Master Trust to the extent necessary for application to cover shortfalls for other Series issued by the Master Trust, an amount equal to (x) all Series Principal Collections allocated to such Series, multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts for each outstanding Tranche of the DiscoverSeries Notes (including these notes) and the denominator of which is (i) the Aggregate Investor Interest for the Master Trust minus (ii) the sum of the Series Investor Interests for all such Series that provide that the Series Principal Collections allocated to such Series will be so deposited, is hereby designated to be included in the Excess Spread Amount and shall be treated as Series Finance Charge Amounts for the DiscoverSeries.
Directions by Certificateholders and Duties of Trustee During Event of Default During the continuance of any Event of Default, Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 25% of the aggregate Voting Interest represented by all Certificates may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to pursue any such remedy, or to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this agreement (including, without limitation, (i) the conducting or defending of any administrative action or litigation hereunder or in relation hereto and (ii) the terminating of the Master Servicer from its rights and duties as servicer hereunder) at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the cost, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby and, provided further, that, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, in accordance with an Opinion of Counsel, determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith determines that the action or proceeding so directed would involve it in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the nonassenting Certificateholders.
Allocations of Principal Collections The Servicer shall allocate to the Series 1997-1 Certificateholders the following amounts as set forth below:
Distributions to Certificateholders; Payment of Special Primary Insurance Premiums (a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee (or any duly appointed paying agent) shall (i) subject to Section 3.05(a)(viii), withdraw from the Certificate Account any Special Primary Insurance Premium payable on such Distribution Date and pay such amount to the insurer under the applicable Special Primary Insurance Policy and (ii) withdraw from the Certificate Account the REMIC II Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and distribute, from the amount so withdrawn, to the extent of the REMIC II Available Distribution Amount, the REMIC II Distribution Amount to the Certificateholders (including the Class R Certificateholders with respect to any distribution to the Holders of the Class R-2 Residual Interest), all in accordance with the written statement received from the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02(b). Any Special Primary Insurance Premiums distributed pursuant to clause (i) above shall be distributed by means of payment acceptable to the insurer under the respective Special Primary Insurance Policy. Amounts distributed to the Certificateholders pursuant to clause (ii) above shall be distributed by wire transfer in immediately available funds for the account of, or by check mailed to, each such Certificateholder of record on the immediately preceding Record Date (other than as provided in Section 9.01 respecting the final distribution), as specified by each such Certificateholder and at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. (b) All reductions in the Certificate Principal Balance of a Certificate effected by distributions of principal and all allocations of Realized Losses made on any Distribution Date shall be binding upon all Holders of such Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer or exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, whether or not such distribution is noted on such Certificate. The final distribution of principal of each Certificate (and the final distribution upon the Class R Certificates upon (i) the termination of REMIC I and REMIC II and (ii) the payment, or making provision for payment, of all liabilities of the Trust) shall be payable in the manner provided above only upon presentation and surrender thereof on or after the Distribution Date therefor at the office or agency of the Certificate Registrar specified in the notice delivered pursuant to Section 4.04(c)(ii) and Section 9.01(b). (c) Whenever, on the basis of Curtailments, Payoffs and Monthly Payments on the Mortgage Loans and Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received and expected to be received during the Payoff Period, the Master Servicer has notified the Trustee that it believes that the entire remaining unpaid Class Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates will become distributable on the next Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, no later than the 18th day of the month of such Distribution Date, mail or cause to be mailed to each Person in whose name a Certificate to be so retired is registered at the close of business on the Record Date and to the Rating Agencies a notice to the effect that: (i) it is expected that funds sufficient to make such final distribution will be available in the Certificate Account on such Distribution Date, and (ii) if such funds are available, (A) such final distribution will be payable on such Distribution Date, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose (the address of which shall be set forth in such notice), and (B) no interest shall accrue on such Certificate after such Distribution Date.
Redemptions by Trustee; Purchases by Depositor Any Unit tendered for redemption by a Unitholder or his duly authorized attorney to the Trustee at its unit investment trust division office shall be redeemed by the Trustee no later than the seventh calendar day following the day on which tender for redemption is made in proper form, provided that if such day of payment is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than the first Business Day prior thereto (herein referred to as the "Settlement Date"). Unitholders must sign the request exactly as their name appears on the records of the Trustee. If the amount of redemption is $500 or less and the proceeds are payable to the Unitholders of record at the address of record, no signature guarantee is necessary for redemptions by individual account owners (including joint owners). Additional documentation may be requested, and a signature guarantee is always required, from corporations, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians and associations. The signatures must be guaranteed by a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, as may be accepted by the Trustee. Subject to (a) the next succeeding paragraph, (b) payment by such Unitholder of any tax or other governmental charges which may be imposed thereon and (c) payments in the form of In Kind Distributions (as defined below), such redemption is to be made by payment of cash equivalent to the Unit Value determined on the basis of a Trust Fund Evaluation made in accordance with Section 5.01 determined by the Trustee as of the Evaluation Time on the Redemption Date, multiplied by the number of Units tendered for redemption (herein called the "Redemption Value"), or, if the Unitholder wishes to redeem a number of Units less than all those so tendered, multiplied by the number of Units so designated by such Unitholder for redemption. Units received for redemption by the Trustee on any day after the Evaluation Time will be held by the Trustee until the next day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and will be deemed to have been tendered on such day for redemption at the Redemption Value computed on that day. The portion of the Redemption Value which represents income shall be withdrawn from the Principal Account to the extent available. The balance paid on any Redemption Value, including income not paid from the Principal Account, if any, shall be withdrawn from the Principal Account to the extent that funds are available for such purpose. If such available funds shall be insufficient, the Trustee shall sell such Securities as have been designated on the current list for such purpose by the Supervisor (or by the Evaluator), as hereinafter in this Section 5.02 provided, in amounts as the Trustee in its discretion shall deem advisable or necessary in order to fund the Principal Account for purposes of such redemption. Sale of Securities by the Trustee shall be made in such manner as the Trustee shall determine will bring the best price obtainable for a Trust, subject to any limitations as to the minimum amount of Securities to be sold specified in the Reference Trust Agreement. In the event that either (i) funds are withdrawn from the Principal Account and are applied to the payment of income upon any redemption of Units or (ii) Securities are sold for the payment of the Redemption value and any portion of the proceeds of such sale is applied to the payment of income upon such redemption, then, in either such event, the Principal Account shall be reimbursed therefor at such time as sufficient funds may be next available in the Principal Account for such purpose. The Trustee may in its discretion, and shall when so directed by the Depositor in writing, suspend the right of redemption for Units of a Trust or postpone the date of payment of the Redemption Value for more than seven calendar days following the day on which tender for redemption is made (i) for any period during which the New York Stock Exchange is closed other than customary weekend and holiday closings or during which (as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission) trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted; (ii) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of the Securities by the Trustee is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable fairly to determine in accordance herewith the underlying value of the Securities; or (iii) for such other period as the Securities and Exchange Commission may by order permit, and shall not be liable to any person or in any way for any loss or damage which may result from any such suspension or postponement. Not later than the close of business on the day of tender of any Unit for redemption by a Unitholder other than the Depositor, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor of such tender. The Depositor shall have the right to purchase such Unit by notifying the Trustee of its election to make such purchase as soon as practicable thereafter but in no event subsequent to the close of business on the second succeeding Business Day after the day on which such Unit was tendered for redemption. Such purchase shall be made by payment by the Depositor to the Unitholder at the price so bid by making payment therefor to the Unitholder in an amount not less than the Redemption Value on the day of tender not later than the day on which the Units would otherwise have been redeemed by the Trustee to such Unitholder. So long as the Depositor maintains a bid in the secondary market, the Depositor may repurchase the Units tendered to the Trustee for redemption by the Depositor but shall be under no obligation to maintain any bids and may, at any time while so maintaining such bids, cease to do so immediately at any time or from time to time without notice. Any Units so purchased by the Depositor may at the option of the Depositor be tendered to the Trustee for redemption at the unit investment trust office of the Trustee in the manner provided in the first paragraph of this Section 5.02. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.02, until the close of business on the second Business Day after the day on which such Unit was tendered for redemption, the Trustee is hereby irrevocably authorized in its discretion, in the event that the Depositor does not purchase any Units tendered to the Trustee for redemption, or in the event that a Unit is being tendered by the Depositor for redemption, in lieu of redeeming Units, to sell Units in the over-the-counter market through any broker-dealer of its choice for the account of the tendering Unitholder at prices which will return to the Unitholder an amount in cash, net after deducting brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and other charges, equal to or in excess of the Redemption Value which such Unitholder would otherwise be entitled to receive on redemption pursuant to this Section 5.02. The Trustee shall pay to the Unitholder the net proceeds of any such sale on the day on which such Unitholder would otherwise be entitled to receive payment of the Redemption Value hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.02, any Unitholder may, if such Unitholder tenders at least that minimum amount of Units for redemption specified in the Prospectus, request at the time of tender to receive from the Trustee in lieu of cash such Unitholder's pro rata share of each Security then held by such Trust; provided, however, if a Unitholder tenders for redemption Units having an aggregate value of at least the amount specified in the Prospectus, if any, the Depositor reserves the right to direct the Trustee to make an In Kind Distribution rather than make a cash payment. Such tendering Unitholder will receive his pro rata number of whole shares of each of the Securities comprising the portfolio of such Trust and cash from the Principal Account equal to the value of the fractional shares to which such tendering Unitholder is entitled. Such pro rata share of each Security and the related cash to which such tendering Unitholder is entitled is referred to herein as an "In Kind Distribution." An In Kind Distribution will be made by the Trustee through the distribution of each of the Securities in book-entry form to the account of the Unitholder's bank or broker-dealer at DTC. If funds in the Principal Account are insufficient to cover the required cash distribution to the tendering Unitholder, the Trustee shall sell Securities according to the criteria discussed herein. The Depositor may terminate the right of Unitholder to make In-Kind Distributions at any time or from time to time without notice. The Supervisor shall maintain with the Trustee a current list of Securities designated to be sold for the purpose of funding the Principal Account for redemption of Units tendered for redemption and, to the extent necessary, for payment of expenses under this Indenture. In connection therewith, the Depositor may specify in the Prospectus and/or the Reference Trust Agreement the minimum amounts of any Securities to be sold at any one time. If the Supervisor shall for any reason fail to maintain such a list, the Trustee may in its sole discretion designate a current list of Securities for such purposes. The net proceeds of any sale of such Securities representing income shall be credited to the Principal Account and then disbursed therefrom for payment of expenses and payments to Unitholders required to be paid under this Indenture. Any balance remaining after such disbursements shall remain credited to the Principal Account. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable or responsible in any way for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of any sale of Securities made pursuant to this Section 5.02. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no In Kind Distribution requests made pursuant to this Section 5.02 and submitted during the 30 business days prior to the trust's Mandatory Termination Date will be honored. In addition, no unitholder will be eligible for an In Kind Distribution of securities pursuant to Section 9.02. Furthermore, the availability of In Kind Distributions may be modified or discontinued as described in the Prospectus. (19) The heading and the first sentence of Section 5.04 are hereby amended as follows:
Payments and Statements to Certificateholders Remic Administration Section 5.01 Distributions On each Distribution Date, based solely on the information in the Servicer's Certificate, the Trustee shall distribute out of the Certificate Account (to the extent funds are available therein) to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided in Section 10.01 respecting the final distribution) (a) by check mailed to such Certificateholder entitled to receive a distribution on such Distribution Date at the address appearing in the Certificate Register, or (b) upon written request by the Holder of a Regular Certificate or a Class A-PO Certificate, by wire transfer or by such other means of payment as such Certificateholder and the Trustee shall agree upon, such Certificateholder's Percentage Interest in the amount to which the related Class of Certificates is entitled in accordance with the priorities set forth below in Section 5.02; provided, however, that distributions of principal to the Special Retail Certificates shall be made as described in Section 5.09. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the distribution to the Holders of the Class SES Certificates shall be reduced by the amount of the Class SES Compensating Interest for such Distribution Date. None of the Holders of any Class of Certificates, the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee shall in any way be responsible or liable to Holders of any Class of Certificates in respect of amounts properly previously distributed on any such Class. Amounts distributed with respect to any Class of Certificates (other than any Ancillary Income distributed with respect to the Class SES Certificates) shall be applied first to the distribution of interest thereon and then to principal thereon.
