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Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is not acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Capital One Auto Finance Trust 2005-D), Trust Agreement (Capital One Auto Receivables LLC), Trust Agreement (Capital One Auto Receivables LLC)

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Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church plan or any other employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the provision of Title I fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (cor any interest therein) on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any entity whose underlying assets include governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required). (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificateholders that: Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (i) it is acquiring the Certificates including any entity treated as a partnership for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(11361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, including without limitationa “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an over-the-counter established securities market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy secondary market (or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) 7704 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause would make the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership ineligible for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposesCode.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church plan or any other employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the provision of Title I fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (cor any interest therein) on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any entity whose underlying assets include governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.. 6 Amended & Restated Trust Agreement (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the transferee has first represented Seller determines in its sole and warranted absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in writing the flow-through entity is attributable to the Issuer and flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Certificateholders that:Issuer. (ie) it No transfer shall be permitted if the same is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an established securities market” market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2013-2), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2013-2), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2013-1)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an employee benefit a Benefit Plan or any other plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (cor any interest therein) on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any entity whose underlying assets include other plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such transfer, the name and address of the transferee, and cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required). (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificateholders that: Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (i) it is acquiring the Certificates including any entity treated as a partnership for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(11361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, including without limitationa “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d). (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an over-the-counter established securities market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy secondary market (or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) 7704 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause would make the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership ineligible for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposesCode.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding a Certificate (Aor any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) an employee benefit plan on behalf of a Benefit Plan. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (as defined iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) event the holder of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entityCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the transferee has first represented Depositor determines in its sole and warranted absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in writing the flow-through entity is attributable to the Issuer and flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Certificateholders that:Issuer. (ie) it No transfer shall be permitted if the same is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an established securities market” market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2008-2), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2008-1)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an employee benefit a Benefit Plan or any other plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (cor any interest therein) on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any entity whose underlying assets include other plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required). (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificateholders that: Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (i) it is acquiring the Certificates including any entity treated as a partnership for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(11361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, including without limitationa “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d). (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an over-the-counter established securities market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy secondary market (or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) 7704 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause would make the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership ineligible for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposesCode.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the its Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (Aa) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision provisions of Title I of ERISA ERISA, (Bb) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity (including, without limitation, an insurance company general account) whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a an employee benefit plan’s or other plan’s investment in the entity. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the each Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the such Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2004-1), Trust Agreement (Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2004-2)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is (or any interest therein) may not be acquired or held (in the initial acquisition or through a transfer) by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an employee benefit a Benefit Plan or any other plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not acquiring and will not hold the Certificate (cor any interest therein) any entity whose underlying with the assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment Benefit Plan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such transfer, the name and address of the transferee, and cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required). (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificateholders that: Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (i) it is acquiring the Certificates including any entity treated as a partnership for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(11361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, including without a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Owner Trustee shall not have any obligation to determine the total number of direct or indirect holders or whether any transfer would cause the number of direct or indirect holders to exceed the 95-holder limitation, . (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an over-the-counter established securities market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy secondary market (or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) 7704 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause would make the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership ineligible for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposesCode.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Certificateholder provides, at its expense, to the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (Aor any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason on behalf of a plan’s investment in the entityBenefit Plan. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s 's Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s 's new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Public Auto Loan Securitization LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2005-A)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is (or any interest therein) may not be acquired or held (in the initial acquisition or through a transfer) by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an employee benefit a Benefit Plan or any other plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not acquiring and will not hold the Certificate (cor any interest therein) any entity whose underlying with the assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment Benefit Plan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such transfer, the name and address of the transferee, and cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required). (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificateholders that: Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (i) it is acquiring the Certificates including any entity treated as a partnership for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(11361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, including without limitationa “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d). (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an over-the-counter established securities market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy secondary market (or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) 7704 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause would make the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership ineligible for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposesCode.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church plan or any other employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the provision of Title I fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (cor any interest therein) on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any entity whose underlying assets include governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the transferee has first represented Depositor determines in its sole and warranted absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in writing the flow-through entity is attributable to the Issuer and flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Certificateholders that:Issuer. (ie) it No transfer shall be permitted if the same is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an established securities market” market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2010-1), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2010-1)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church plan or any other employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the provision of Title I fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (cor any interest therein) on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any entity whose underlying assets include governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificateholders that: Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (i) it is acquiring the Certificates including any entity treated as a partnership for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(11361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, including without limitationa “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an over-the-counter established securities market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy secondary market (or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) 7704 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause would make the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership ineligible for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposesCode.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2014-2), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2014-2)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer (a) will not adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding Class that were characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes at the time of their issuance; (b) will not cause the Issuer to be treated deemed to be an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposescorporation; and (c) will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder, and (iii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (Aa) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is whether or not subject to the provision provisions of Title I of ERISA ERISA, (Bb) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of an employee benefit plan's or a plan’s 's investment in the entity. By accepting and holding the Certificate, the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing on behalf of a Benefit Plan. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such the Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s 's Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a the Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a the Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s 's new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any the Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such the Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a the Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Public Auto Loan Securitization LLC), Trust Agreement (Vw Credit Leasing LTD)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church plan or any other employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the provision of Title I fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (cor any interest therein) on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any entity whose underlying assets include governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the transferee has first represented Seller determines in its sole and warranted absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in writing the flow-through entity is attributable to the Issuer and flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Certificateholders that:Issuer. (ie) it No transfer shall be permitted if the same is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an established securities market” market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC), Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (Aiv) an employee benefit plan the Certificate (as defined in Section 3(3or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of ERISA(x) that any person which is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) not a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of United States person under the Code or (cy) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a plan’s investment in Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the entityCertificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iv) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any Certificate part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, if and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer) there ), the Issuer would be have more than 50 Certificateholders (where, for 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the number of Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, a person (beneficial owner) each Person indirectly owning an interest in through a partnershippartnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust, trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”), that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Issuer, is ) shall be treated as a Certificateholder if more unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than 50 percent substantially all of the value of such the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;. (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or purported transferthe substantial equivalent thereof) of a Certificate (or economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or . (yf) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Code Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposestransfer.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Certificateholder provides, at its expense, to the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (Aor any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason on behalf of a plan’s investment in the entityBenefit Plan. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer (a) will not adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding Class that were characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes at the time of their issuance; (b) will not cause the Issuer to be treated deemed to be an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposescorporation; and (c) will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder, and (iii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (Aa) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision provisions of Title I of ERISA ERISA, (Bb) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity. By accepting and holding the Certificate, the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing on behalf of a Benefit Plan. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2003-1)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church plan or any other employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the provision of Title I fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (cor any interest therein) on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any entity whose underlying assets include governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law.. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificateholders that: Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (i) it is acquiring the Certificates including any entity treated as a partnership for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(11361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, including without limitationa “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an over-the-counter established securities market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy secondary market (or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) 7704 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause would make the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership ineligible for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposesCode.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan and (Aiv) an employee benefit plan the Certificate (as defined in Section 3(3or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of ERISA(x) that any person which is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) not a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of United States person under the Code or (cy) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason person considered a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes unless all of its partners for such purposes are United States persons under the Code. By accepting and holding the Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of a plan’s investment in Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the entityCertificate (or any interest therein) the Holder shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that clause (iv) of the first sentence hereof above is satisfied. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any Certificate part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) whether to another Certificateholder or to a Person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, if and no Person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer) there ), the Issuer would be have more than 50 Certificateholders (where, for 95 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the number of Issuer will have more than 95 Certificateholders, a person (beneficial owner) each Person indirectly owning an interest in through a partnershippartnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust, trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”), that owns, directly or through other flow-through entities, an interest in the Issuer, is ) shall be treated as a Certificateholder if more unless the Transferor determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than 50 percent substantially all of the value of such the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;. (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or purported transferthe substantial equivalent thereof) of a Certificate (or economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or . (yf) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5, the Code Owner Trustee is entitled to receive and may conclusively rely on certifications from the Transferor or a Certificateholder stating that the restrictions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) would not be applicable in connection with any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposestransfer.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

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Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel (at no cost or expense to the Owner Trustee) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, purposes and (iiiii) the Certificate is (or any interest therein) may not be acquired or held (in the initial acquisition or through a transfer) by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an employee benefit a Benefit Plan or any other plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in or Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not acquiring and will not hold the Certificate (cor any interest therein) any entity whose underlying with the assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment Benefit Plan or any other plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the entityevent the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by (i) a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably requirerequire and (ii) such other documentation as may be required by the Owner Trustee to comply with applicable law. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such transfer, the name and address of the transferee, and cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required in order to avoid withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required). (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificateholders that: Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (i) it is acquiring the Certificates including any entity treated as a partnership for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(11361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, including without a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer. Each Certificateholder (or indirect holder on whose behalf any Certificates are held) shall notify the Administrator of any changes in ownership, and the Administrator shall monitor the number of direct and indirect holders for purposes of this clause (d). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Owner Trustee shall not have any obligation to determine the total number of direct or indirect holders or whether any transfer would cause the number of direct or indirect holders to exceed the 95-holder limitation, . (e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an over-the-counter established securities market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy secondary market (or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) 7704 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause would make the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership ineligible for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposesCode.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding a Certificate (Aor any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) an employee benefit plan on behalf of a Benefit Plan. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (as defined iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) event the holder of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entityCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 100 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 100 Certificateholders, each person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the transferee has first represented Depositor determines in its sole and warranted absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in writing the flow-through entity is attributable to the Issuer and flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Certificateholders that:Issuer. (ie) it No transfer shall be permitted if the same is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an established securities market” market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2007-1)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer (a) will not adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding Class that were characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes at the time of their issuance; (b) will not cause the Issuer to be treated deemed to be an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposescorporation; and (c) will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder, and (iii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (Aa) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is whether or not subject to the provision provisions of Title I of ERISA ERISA, (Bb) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or a plan’s investment in the entity. By accepting and holding the Certificate, the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing on behalf of a Benefit Plan. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such the Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a the Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a the Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any the Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such the Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a the Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2005-1)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer (a) will not adversely affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding Class that were characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes at the time of their issuance; (b) will not cause the Issuer to be treated deemed to be an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposescorporation; and (c) will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder, and (iii) the Certificate is may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (Aa) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision provisions of Title I of ERISA ERISA, (Bb) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) 4975 of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity. By accepting and holding the Certificate, the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing on behalf of a Benefit Plan. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (ba) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (cb) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2003-2)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not acquired by or for the account of or with cause the assets of (A) an employee benefit the Issuer to be deemed "plan (assets" as defined in 29 C.F.R. Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity2510.3-101. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s 's Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s 's new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2003-1)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is not acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA ERISA, (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (cC) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a an employee benefit plan’s or other plan’s investment in the entity. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Capital One Auto Receivables LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the its Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not acquired by or for the account of or with cause the assets of (A) an employee benefit the Issuer to be deemed "plan (assets" as defined in 29 C.F.R. Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity2510.3-101. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the each Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the such Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s 's Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s 's new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2003-2)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is not acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of (A) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a an employee benefit plan’s or other plan’s investment in the entity. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Capital One Auto Receivables LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is not acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding a Certificate (Aor any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) an employee benefit plan on behalf of a Benefit Plan. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (as defined iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) event the holder of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entityCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 100 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 100 Certificateholders, each person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the transferee has first represented Depositor determines in its sole and warranted absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in writing the flow-through entity is attributable to the Issuer and flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Certificateholders that:Issuer. (ie) it No transfer shall be permitted if the same is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an established securities market” market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Bas Securitization LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is not acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding a Certificate (Aor any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) an employee benefit plan on behalf of a Benefit Plan. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (as defined iii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) event the holder of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entityCertificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuerIssuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated hereinherein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificate Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a CertificateholderCertificateholder if, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any of the Certificateholders will recognize after such transfer (or purported transfer), unless the transferee has first represented and warranted in writing to the Issuer and would have more than 100 Certificateholders. For purposes of determining whether the Certificateholders that:Issuer will have more than 100 Certificateholders, each person indirectly owning an interest through (ie) it No transfer shall be permitted if the same is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an established securities market” market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Citizens Auto Receivables, LLC)

Transfer of Certificate. (a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, (ii) the Certificateholder provides, at its expense, to the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (iii) the Certificate is (or any interest therein) may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding the Certificate (Aor any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provision of Title I of ERISA (B) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason on behalf of a plan’s investment in the entityBenefit Plan. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s 's Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue, to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s 's new percentage of beneficial interest in the issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate. (ba) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer. (cb) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no transfer (or purported transfer) of any Certificate (or any economic interest therein, including any contract described in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B)) 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 50 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 percent 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) or such transfer would otherwise cause the Issuer to become a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (e) 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, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee 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 Certificateholders that: (i) it is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and is the sole beneficial owner of such Certificates; (ii) the transfer is not being effected on or through (x) an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(1) of the Code, including without limitation, an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (y) a “secondary market” or “substantial equivalent thereof” within the meaning of Section 7704(a)(2) of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder; and (iii) such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such purchaser or transferee will not take any action, including any subsequent disposition of such Certificates or economic interest therein, that would cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2004-A)

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