Exhibit 4.4
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
This ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of April 1, 2001
(as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time and in effect, this "Agreement"), is by and among MMCA AUTO OWNER
TRUST 2001-1, a Delaware business trust (the "Issuer"), MITSUBISHI MOTORS
CREDIT OF AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation, as administrator (the
"Administrator"), and BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY, a New York
banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing 4.6363% Class A-1 Asset
Backed Notes, Floating Rate Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes, Floating Rate
Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes, 5.34% Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes and 6.19%
Class B Asset Backed Notes (collectively, the "Notes") pursuant to the
Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified and in effect from time to time, the "Indenture"), between the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (terms not defined in this Agreement shall
have the meaning set forth in, or incorporated by reference into, the Sale
and Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture or in
the amended and restated trust agreement, dated as of October 1, 1999,
between the Administrator, as beneficiary, and Chase Manhattan Bank USA,
N.A. (formerly known as Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware), a national banking
association, as trustee);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements
in connection with the issuance of the Notes and of certain beneficial
interests in the Issuer, including (i) a Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of April 1, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
and in effect from time to time, the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), among
the Issuer, Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc., as servicer, and
MMCA Auto Receivables Trust, as seller (the "Seller"), (ii) a Letter of
Representations, dated April 18, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Note Depository
Agreement"), among the Issuer, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and
The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") relating to the Notes, (iii) the
Interest Rate Swap Agreements and (iv) the Indenture (the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement, the Interest Rate Swap
Agreements and the Indenture being referred to hereinafter collectively as
the "Related Agreements");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related Agreements, the Issuer
and the Owner Trustee are required to perform certain duties in connection
with (a) the Notes and the collateral therefor pledged pursuant to the
Indenture (the "Collateral") and (b) the beneficial interests in the Issuer
(the registered holders of such interests being referred to herein as the
"Certificateholders");
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have
the Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner
Trustee referred to in the preceding clause and to provide such additional
services consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Related
Agreements as the Issuer and the Owner Trustee may from time to time
request; and
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide
the services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for
the Issuer and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Duties of the Administrator. (a) Duties with Respect to the
Related Agreements. (i) The Administrator agrees to perform all its duties
as Administrator under the Note Depository Agreement. In addition, the
Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of
the Issuer or the Owner Trustee under the Related Agreements. The
Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise
the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer's or
the Owner Trustee's duties under the Related Agreements. The Administrator
shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, or shall
cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of, all such documents,
reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that it shall be
the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Related Agreements. In furtherance of the foregoing, the
Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture including,
without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to
the following matters under the Indenture (references are to sections of
the Indenture):
(A) causing the Note Register to be kept and notifying
the Indenture Trustee of any appointment of a new Note Registrar
and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register
(Section 2.5);
(B) notifying the Noteholders of the final principal
payment on their Notes (Section 2.8(e));
(C) preparing or obtaining the documents and instruments
required for authentication of the Notes and delivering the same
to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2);
(D) preparing, obtaining or filing of the instruments,
opinions and certificates and other documents required for the
release of collateral (Section 2.10);
(E) maintaining an office in the Borough of Manhattan,
City of New York, for registration of transfer or exchange of the
Notes (Section 3.2);
(F) causing newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to
deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the
Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 3.3);
(G) directing the Indenture Trustee to deposit monies
with Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee
(Section 3.3);
(H) obtaining and preserving the Issuer's qualification
to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability
of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other
instrument and agreement included in the Trust Estate (Section
3.4);
(I) preparing all supplements and amendments to the
Indenture and all financing statements, continuation statements,
instruments of further assurance and other instruments and taking
such other action as is necessary or advisable to protect the
Trust Estate (Section 3.5);
(J) delivering the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date
and annually delivering Opinions of Counsel as to the Trust
Estate, and annually delivering the Officer's Certificate and
certain other statements as to compliance with the Indenture
(Sections 3.6 and 3.9);
(K) identifying to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's
Certificate a Person with whom the Issuer has contracted to
perform its duties under the Indenture (Section 3.7(b));
(L) notifying the Indenture Trustee and the Rating
Agencies of an Event of Servicing Termination under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and, if such Event of Servicing Termination
arises from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its
duties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the
Receivables, taking all reasonable steps available to remedy such
failure (Section 3.7(d));
(M) causing the Servicer to comply with Sections 3.7,
3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, and 4.9 and Article VII of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.14);
(N) preparing and obtaining documents and instruments
required for the conveyance or transfer of any of the Issuer's
properties or assets (Section 3.10(b));
(O) delivering written notice to the Indenture Trustee
and the Rating Agencies of each Event of Default under the
Indenture and each default by the Issuer, the Servicer or the
Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, by the Seller or
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. under the Purchase
Agreement, or by any Swap Counterparty under the Interest Rate
Swap Agreements (Section 3.19);
(P) monitoring the Issuer's obligations as to the
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and preparing an
Officer's Certificate and obtaining the Opinion of Counsel and the
Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1);
(Q) delivering to the Noteholders and the Note Owners any
Officer's Certificate received from the Issuer regarding the
default in the observance or performance of any material covenant
or agreement of the Issuer made in the Indenture or the breach of
any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in the Indenture
or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant to the
Indenture (Sections 5.1 and 7.4(b));
(R) complying with any written direction of the Indenture
Trustee with respect to the sale of the Trust Estate at one or
more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner
permitted by law if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (Section 5.4);
(S) preparing and delivering notice to the Noteholders of
the removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointing a successor
Indenture Trustee (Section 6.8);
(T) preparing any written instruments required to confirm
more fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and
any written instruments necessary in connection with the
resignation or removal of any co-trustee or separate trustee
(Section 6.10);
(U) furnishing the Indenture Trustee with the names and
addresses of the Noteholders during any period when the Indenture
Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.1);
(V) preparing and, after execution by the Issuer, filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
any applicable state agencies and the Indenture Trustee, documents
required to be filed on a periodic basis with, and summaries
thereof as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed by,
the Commission and any applicable state agencies and transmitting
such summaries, as necessary, to the Noteholders (Section 7.3);
(W) delivering to the Noteholders of Officer's
Certificates and reports, if any, delivered to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.10 and 3.11 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement (Section 7.4);
(X) opening one or more accounts in the Issuer's name,
preparing and delivering Issuer Orders, Officer's Certificates and
Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect
to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts
(Sections 8.2 and 8.3);
(Y) preparing an Issuer Request and Officer's Certificate
and obtaining an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates,
if necessary, for the release of the Trust Estate (Sections 8.4
and 8.5);
(Z) preparing Issuer Orders and obtaining Opinions of
Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures
and mailing to the Noteholders and to the Rating Agencies notices
with respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1, 9.2
and 9.3);
(AA) executing and delivering new Notes conforming to any
supplemental indenture (Section 9.6);
(A2) notifying the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies of
redemption of the Notes or causing the Indenture Trustee to
provide such notification (Section 10.1);
(B2) preparing and delivering all Officer's Certificates
and Opinions of Counsel and obtaining any Independent Certificates
with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee to take any action under the Indenture (Section 11.1(a));
(C2) preparing and delivering Officer's Certificates and
obtaining any Independent Certificates necessary for the release
of property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.1(b));
(D2) notifying the Rating Agencies, upon the failure of
the Indenture Trustee to give such notification, of the
information required pursuant to Section 11.4 of the Indenture
(Section 11.4);
(E2) preparing and delivering to the Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee any agreements with respect to alternate payment
and notice provisions (Section 11.6);
(F2) recording the Indenture, if applicable (Section
11.15); and
(G2) preparing Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency (Section 2.13).
(ii) The Administrator will:
(A) pay the Indenture Trustee from time to time
reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(B) except as otherwise expressly provided in the
Indenture, reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its request for
all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or
made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with any provision of
the Indenture (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence
or bad faith;
(C) indemnify the Indenture Trustee and its agents for,
and hold them harmless against, any losses, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, including the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance
of any of their powers or duties under the Indenture; and
(D) indemnify the Owner Trustee (in its individual and
trust capacities) and its agents for, and hold them harmless
against, any losses, liability or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the
transactions contemplated by the Trust Agreement, including the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance
of any of their powers or duties under the Trust Agreement.
(b) Duties with Respect to the Interest Rate Swap Agreements. (i)
Promptly following the early termination of an Interest Rate Swap Agreement
due to a Termination Event or an Event of Default (as such terms are
defined in the related Interest Rate Swap Agreement) (unless the Indenture
Trustee is selling or liquidating the Trust Estate), the Administrator
agrees to use reasonable efforts to cause the Issuer to enter into a
replacement interest rate swap agreement on terms similar to those of such
Interest Rate Swap Agreement with an eligible swap counterparty. If and to
the extent any Swap Termination Payments that are received from a Swap
Counterparty are to be applied as an initial payment to a replacement Swap
Counterparty, the Administrator shall direct the Indenture Trustee to
retain such amounts and shall provide the Indenture Trustee with written
instructions regarding the application and payment of such amounts.
(ii) If a Swap Counterparty is required to collateralize
any Interest Rate Swap transaction, the Administrator shall send written
instructions to the Indenture Trustee to establish individual collateral
accounts and to hold any securities deposited therein in trust and invest
any cash amounts therein in accordance with the provisions of the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement.
(iii) The Administrator shall notify the Indenture
Trustee of the occurrence or existence of a default, event of default or
similar condition or event with respect to any credit support provider for
a Swap Counterparty.
(iv) The Administrator shall notify the Swap
Counterparties of any proposed amendment or supplement to this Agreement or
to any of the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Trust Agreement. If such proposed amendment or supplement
would adversely affect any of the Swap Counterparties' rights or
obligations under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements or modify the
obligations of, or impair the ability of the Issuer to fully perform any of
its obligations under, the Interest Rate Swap Agreements, the Administrator
shall obtain the consent of the Swap Counterparties prior to the adoption
of such amendment or supplement, provided, the Swap Counterparties' consent
to any such amendment or supplement shall not be unreasonably withheld, and
provided further, a Swap Counterparty's consent will be deemed to have been
given if the Swap Counterparty does not object in writing within ten
Business Days of receipt of a written request for such consent and in
accordance with the terms of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
(v) At least five days prior to the effective date of any
proposed amendment or supplement to any Interest Rate Swap Agreement, the
Administrator shall provide the Rating Agencies with a copy of the
amendment or supplement. Unless the amendment or supplement clarifies any
term or provision, corrects any inconsistency, cures any ambiguity, or
corrects any typographical error in the Interest Rate Swap Agreement, an
amendment or supplement to the Interest Rate Swap Agreement will be
effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.
(c) Additional Duties. (i) In addition to the duties of the
Administrator set forth above, the Administrator shall perform such
calculations and shall prepare or shall cause the preparation by other
appropriate persons of, and shall execute on behalf of the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee, all such documents, reports, filings, instruments,
certificates and opinions that it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related
Agreements or Section 5.5 of the Trust Agreement, and at the request of the
Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Related Agreements. In
furtherance thereof, the Owner Trustee shall, on behalf of itself and of
the Issuer, execute and deliver to the Administrator and to each successor
Administrator appointed pursuant to the terms hereof, one or more powers of
attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, appointing the
Administrator the attorney-in-fact of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer for
the purpose of executing on behalf of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer all
such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions.
Subject to Section 5 of this Agreement, and in accordance with the
directions of the Owner Trustee, the Administrator shall administer,
perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection
with the Collateral (including the Related Agreements) as are not covered
by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the
Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the
Administrator. Such responsibilities shall include obtaining and
maintaining any licenses required to be obtained or maintained by the
Issuer under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act. In addition,
the Administrator shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee in writing of any amendment to the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales
Finance Act that would affect the duties or obligations of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee under any Basic Document and shall assist the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in obtaining and maintaining any
licenses required to be obtained or maintained by the Indenture Trustee or
the Owner Trustee thereunder. In connection therewith, the Administrator
shall cause the Seller to pay all fees and expenses under such Act.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the
Related Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible
for promptly notifying the Owner Trustee in the event that any withholding
tax is imposed on the Issuer's payments (or allocations of income) to a
Certificateholder as contemplated in Section 5.2(c) of the Trust Agreement.
Any such notice shall specify the amount of any withholding tax required to
be withheld by the Owner Trustee pursuant to such provision.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the
Related Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible
for performing the duties of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee set forth in
Section 5.2(b) and (c), Section 5.5(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), the second
paragraph of Section 5.5 and Section 5.6(a) of the Trust Agreement with
respect to, among other things, accounting and reports to the
Certificateholders.
(iv) The Administrator will provide, prior to January 15,
2002, a certificate of a Responsible Officer in form and substance
satisfactory to the Owner Trustee as to whether any tax withholding is then
required and, if required, the procedures to be followed with respect
thereto to comply with the requirements of the Code. The Administrator
shall be required to update the letter in each instance that any additional
tax withholding is subsequently required or any previously required tax
withholding shall no longer be required.
(v) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the
Administrator specified in Section 10.2 of the Trust Agreement required to
be performed in connection with the resignation or removal of the Owner
Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed by the
Administrator under the Trust Agreement or any other Related Agreement.
(vi) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its
other obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into
transactions or otherwise deal with any of its affiliates; provided,
however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in
accordance with any directions received from the Issuer and shall be, in
the Administrator's opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be
available from unaffiliated parties.
(d) Non-Ministerial Matters. (i) With respect to matters that in
the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the
Administrator shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time
before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the
Owner Trustee of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee shall not have
withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of
the preceding sentence, "non-ministerial matters" shall include, without
limitation:
(A) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer
and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or
against the Issuer (other than in connection with the collection
of the Receivables or Permitted Investments);
(C) the amendment, change or modification of the Related
Agreements;
(D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars,
successor Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant
to the Indenture or the appointment of successor Administrators or
Successor Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note
Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its obligations
under the Indenture; and
(E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x)
make any payments to the Noteholders under the Related Agreements or (y)
take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take
on its behalf.
2. Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of
account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books
of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at any time during normal
business hours.
3. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the
Administrator's obligations under this Agreement and, as reimbursement for
its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to $500
per month which shall be solely an obligation of the Seller.
4. Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer. The
Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably
request.
5. Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this
Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall
not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee with
respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its
obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the
Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer or
the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of
the Issuer or the Owner Trustee.
6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall
constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee
as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate,
unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed
to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to
confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur
any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.
7. Other Activities of Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent
the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or,
in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an
administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or
entity may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator.
(a) This Agreement shall continue in force until the dissolution of the
Issuer, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
(b) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator may
resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least sixty
(60) days' prior written notice.
(c) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Issuer may remove the
Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator with at least
sixty (60) days' prior written notice.
(d) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), at the sole option of the
Issuer, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of
termination from the Issuer to the Administrator if any of the following
events shall occur:
(i) the Administrator shall default in the performance of
any of its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such default,
shall not cure such default within ten (10) days (or, it such default
cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within ten (10) days such
assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer);
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall
enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have
been vacated within sixty (60) days, in respect of the Administrator in any
involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the
Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the
winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in
an involuntary case under any such law, shall consent to the appointment of
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or
similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its
property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of
any substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for
the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they
become due.
The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in
clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 8 shall occur, it shall give written
notice thereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee within seven (7)
days after the happening of such event.
(e) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to
this Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall
have been appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such successor Administrator
shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in
the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
(f) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be
effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with
respect to the proposed appointment.
(g) Subject to Section 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator
acknowledges that upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall immediately
resign and such Successor Servicer shall automatically become the
Administrator under this Agreement.
9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon
the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
8(a), the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the
removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or (d), the
Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable
expenses accruing to it to this date of such termination, resignation or
removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant
to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or
relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator. In the
event of the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or
the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or (d), the
Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps
requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of the duties
of the Administrator.
10. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given
hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:
(a) if to the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to:
MMCA Auto Owner Trust 2001-1
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration Department
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
(b) if to the Administrator, to:
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc.
Attention: Executive Vice President and Treasurer
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
(c) If to the Indenture Trustee, to:
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other
parties in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be
deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid,
or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above.
11. Amendments. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the written consent of the
Owner Trustee but without the consent of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or
Certificateholders; provided that such amendment will not, as set forth in
an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or
Certificateholder. This Agreement may also be amended by the Issuer, the
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee with the written consent of the
Owner Trustee and the holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a group, and the holders of
Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the Certificate Balance for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided,
however, that no such amendment may (i) increase or reduce in any manner
the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of
payments on Receivables or distributions that are required to be made for
the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentages of the holders of Notes and Certificates which are
required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the
holders of all the outstanding Notes and Certificates. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Administrator may not amend this Agreement without the
consent of the Seller, which permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) Upon any proposed amendment or supplement to this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 11, if such proposed amendment or supplement would
adversely affect any of the Swap Counterparties' rights or obligations
under the related Interest Rate Swap Agreement or modify the obligations
of, or impair the ability of the Issuer to fully perform any of its
obligations under, the related Interest Rate Swap Agreement, then the
Administrator shall obtain the consent of such Swap Counterparty prior to
the adoption of such amendment or supplement, provided each such Swap
Counterparty's consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and provided,
further, a Swap Counterparty's consent will be deemed to have been given if
the Swap Counterparty does not object in writing within ten Business Days
of receipt of a written request for such consent and in accordance with the
terms of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by
the Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in
writing by the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and subject to the satisfaction
of the Rating Agency Condition in respect thereof. Any assignment without
such consent and satisfaction shall be null and void. An assignment with
such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the
assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by
the Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to
a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger,
consolidation or purchase of assets) to the Administrator; provided that
such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an agreement in which such corporation or
other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said
assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any successors or
assigns of the parties hereto.
13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUCH LAWS.
14. Headings. The Section headings hereof have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the
meaning, construction or affect of this Agreement.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
16. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in
any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
17. Not Applicable to Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. in
Other Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. may have in any capacity other
than as Administrator under this Agreement.
18. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture
Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
this instrument has been countersigned by Wilmington Trust Company not in
its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the
Issuer and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its individual
capacity or any beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of
the Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to
the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the
performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner
Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and
provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
this Agreement has been countersigned by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust
Company not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee and
in no event shall Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company have any liability
for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices
or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall
be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
19. Third-Party Beneficiary. The Owner Trustee is a third-party
beneficiary to this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits
hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party
hereto.
20. Successor Servicer and Administrator. The Administrator shall
undertake, as promptly as possible after the giving of notice of
termination to the Servicer of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to
Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to enforce the provisions
of Section 8.2 with respect to the appointment of a successor Servicer.
Such successor Servicer shall, upon compliance with the last sentence of
Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, become the successor
Administrator hereunder; provided, however, that if the Indenture Trustee
shall become such successor Administrator, the Indenture Trustee shall not
be required to perform any obligations or duties or conduct any activities
as successor Administrator that would be prohibited by law and not within
the banking and trust powers of the Indenture Trustee. In such event, the
Indenture Trustee may appoint a sub-administrator to perform such
obligations and duties.
21. No Petition; Subordination; Claims Against Seller. (a)
Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Seller, the
Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall not, prior
to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this
Agreement with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise
invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government
authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the
Issuer under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial
part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the
affairs of the Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this
Agreement, (x) the Issuer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one
day after the termination of this Agreement with respect to the Seller,
acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Seller to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing
or sustaining a case against the Seller under any Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Seller or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up
or liquidation of the affairs of the Seller; (y) any claim that the Issuer,
the Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may have at
any time against the Subtrust Assets of any Subtrust unrelated to the
Notes, the Certificates or the Receivables, and any claim that they may
have at any time against the Seller that they may seek to enforce against
the Subtrust Assets of any Subtrust unrelated to the Notes, the
Certificates or the Receivables, shall be subordinate to the payment in
full, including post-petition interest, in the event that the Seller
becomes a debtor or debtor in possession in a case under any applicable
Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect or otherwise subject to any insolvency, reorganization,
liquidation, rehabilitation or other similar proceedings, of the claims of
the holders of any Securities related to such unrelated Subtrust and the
holders of any other notes, bonds, contracts or other obligations that are
related to such unrelated Subtrust and (z) the Issuer, the Administrator,
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee hereby irrevocably make the
election afforded by Title 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code Section 1111(b)(1)(A)(i)
to secured creditors to receive the treatment afforded by Title 00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Code Section 1111(b)(2) with respect to any secured claim that they
may have at any time against the Depositor. The obligations of the Seller
under this Agreement are limited to the related Subtrust and the related
Subtrust Assets.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first
above written.
MMCA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2001-1
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Senior Financial Services Officer
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI
TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Trust Officer
MITSUBISHI MOTORS CREDIT OF
AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrator
By: /s/ C.A. Xxxxxxx
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Name: C.A. Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
and General Manager
EXHIBIT A
POWER OF ATTORNEY
STATE OF DELAWARE }
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COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE }
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Wilmington Trust Company, a
banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner
trustee (the "Owner Trustee") for MMCA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2001-1 (the
"Issuer"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Mitsubishi Motors
Credit of America, Inc., in its capacity as administrator under the
Administration Agreement dated as of April 1, 2001 (the "Administration
Agreement"), among the Issuer, Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc.
and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, as the
same may be amended from time to time, and its agents and attorneys, as
Attorneys-in-Fact to execute on behalf of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer
all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and
opinions as it should be the duty of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer to
prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements, or pursuant to
Section 5.5 of the Trust Agreement, including, without limitation, to
appear for and represent the Owner Trustee and the Issuer in connection
with the preparation, filing and audit of Federal, state and local tax
returns pertaining to the Issuer, and with full power to perform any and
all acts associated with such returns and audits that the Owner Trustee
could perform, including without limitation, the right to distribute and
receive confidential information, defend and assert positions in response
to audits, initiate and defend litigation, and to execute waivers of
restrictions on assessments of deficiencies, consents to the extension of
any statutory or regulatory time limit, and settlements.
All powers of attorney for this purpose heretofore filed or
executed by the Owner Trustee are hereby revoked.
Capitalized terms that are used and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Administration Agreement.
EXECUTED this 18th day of April, 2001.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
______________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE OF DELAWARE }
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COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE }
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
appeared ______________________________, known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing instruments, and acknowledged to me
that he/she signed the same for the purposes and considerations therein
expressed.
Sworn to before me this ____
day of __________, 2001.
_________________________________
Notary Public - State of Delaware
