WACHOVIA AUTO LOAN OWNER TRUST 2007-1, as Issuer, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee INDENTURE Dated as of June 1, 2007 $384,000,000 5.3372% Class A-1 Asset Backed Notes $613,000,000 5.36% Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes...
Exhibit
4.1
as
Issuer,
and
U.S.
BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Indenture Trustee
___________________________________
Dated
as
of June 1, 2007
___________________________________
$384,000,000
5.3372% Class A-1 Asset Backed Notes
$613,000,000
5.36% Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes
$200,000,000
5.29% Class A-3a Asset Backed Notes
$518,000,000
LIBOR plus 0.02% Class A-3b Asset Backed Notes
$75,000,000
5.38% Class B Asset Backed Notes
$80,000,000
5.45% Class C Asset Backed Notes
$80,000,000
5.65% Class D Asset Backed Notes
$50,000,000
6.92% Class E Asset Backed Notes
CROSS
REFERENCE TABLE*
TIA
Section
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Section
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310
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(a)(1)
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6.11
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(a)(2)
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6.11
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(a)(3)
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6.10;
6.11
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(a)(4)
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N.A.**
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(a)(5)
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6.11
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(b)
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6.08;
6.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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311
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(a)
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6.12
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(b)
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6.12
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(c)
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N.A.
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312
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(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.02
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(c)
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7.02
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313
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(a)
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7.04
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(b)(1)
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7.04
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(b)(2)
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7.04
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(c)
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7.04;
11.05
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(d)
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7.04
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314
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(a)
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3.09;
7.03
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(b)
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3.06;
11.15
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(c)(1)
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11.01
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(c)(2)
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11.01
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(c)(3)
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11.01
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(d)
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11.01
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(e)
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11.01
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(f)
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11.01
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315
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(a)
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6.01
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(b)
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6.05;
11.01
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(c)
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6.01
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(d)
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6.01
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(e)
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5.13
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316
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(a)
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1.01
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.11
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.12
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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5.07
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(c)
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N.A.
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317
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(a)(1)
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5.03
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(a)(2)
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5.03
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(b)
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3.03
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318
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(a)
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11.07
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*This
Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this
Indenture.
**N.A.
means Not Applicable.
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
ONE
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DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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Section
1.01. Definitions
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2
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Section
1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act
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17
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Section
1.03. Interpretive Provisions
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18
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ARTICLE
TWO
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THE
NOTES
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Section
2.01. Form
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19
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Section
2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery
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19
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Section
2.03. Temporary Notes
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20
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Section
2.04. Tax Treatment
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20
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Section
2.05. Registration; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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20
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Section
2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Notes
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22
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Section
2.07. Persons Deemed Owner
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23
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Section
2.08. Payment of Principal and Interest
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23
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Section
2.09. Cancellation
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29
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Section
2.10. Book-Entry Notes
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29
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Section
2.11. Notices to Clearing Agency
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30
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Section
2.12. Definitive Notes
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30
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Section
2.13. Release of Collateral
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31
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Section
2.14. Employee Benefit Plans
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31
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Section
2.15. Authenticating Agents
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32
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Section
2.16. Calculation Agent
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32
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ARTICLE
THREE
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COVENANTS
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Section
3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest
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34
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Section
3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency
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34
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Section
3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust
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34
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Section
3.04. Existence
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36
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Section
3.05. Protection of Trust Estate
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36
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Section
3.06. Opinions as to Trust Estate
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36
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Section
3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of
Receivables
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37
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Section
3.08. Negative Covenants
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39
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Section
3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance
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40
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Section
3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain
Terms
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40
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Page
Section
3.11. Successor or Transferee
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42
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Section
3.12. No Other Business
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42
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Section
3.13. No Borrowing
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42
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Section
3.14. Master Servicer’s Obligations
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42
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Section
3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other
Liabilities
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42
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Section
3.16. Capital Expenditures
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42
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Section
3.17. Removal of Administrator
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42
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Section
3.18. Restricted Payments
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42
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Section
3.19. Notice of Events of Default
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43
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Section
3.20. Further Instruments and Acts
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43
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Section
3.21. Compliance with Laws
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43
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Section
3.22. Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust
Agreement
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43
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ARTICLE
FOUR
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SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
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Section
4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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44
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Section
4.02. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of the
Notes
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45
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Section
4.03. Application of Trust Money
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46
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Section
4.04. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent
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46
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ARTICLE
FIVE
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
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Section
5.01. Events of Default
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47
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Section
5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment
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48
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Section
5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee
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49
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Section
5.04. Remedies
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51
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Section
5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables
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52
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Section
5.06. Limitation of Suits
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52
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Section
5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal
and Interest
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53
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Section
5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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53
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Section
5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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53
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Section
5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
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53
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Section
5.11. Control by Noteholders of the Controlling
Class
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53
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Section
5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults
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54
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Section
5.13. Undertaking for Costs
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54
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Section
5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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55
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Section
5.15. Action on Notes
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55
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Section
5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain
Obligations
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55
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Page
ARTICLE
SIX
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THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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Section
6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee
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57
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Section
6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee
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58
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Section
6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee
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59
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Section
6.04. Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer
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59
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Section
6.05. Notice of Defaults
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59
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Section
6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to
Noteholders
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59
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Section
6.07. Compensation and Indemnity
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59
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Section
6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee
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60
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Section
6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Xxxxxx
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61
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Section
6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee
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62
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Section
6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification
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63
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Section
6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Issuer
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64
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Section
6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture
Trustee
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64
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
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NOTEHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS
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Section
7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses
of Noteholders
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65
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Section
7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications, Reports and
Certain Documents to Noteholders
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65
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Section
7.03. Reports by Issuer
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65
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Section
7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee
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66
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
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ACCOUNTS,
DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
|
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Section
8.01. Collection of Money
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67
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Section
8.02. Accounts
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67
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Section
8.03. General Provisions Regarding Accounts
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68
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Section
8.04. Release of Trust Estate
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68
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Section
8.05. Opinion of Counsel
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69
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ARTICLE
NINE
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
|
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Section
9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders
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70
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Section
9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Noteholders
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71
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Page
Section
9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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73 |
Section
9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture
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73
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Section
9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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73
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Section
9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental
Indentures
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73
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ARTICLE
TEN
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REDEMPTION
OF NOTES
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Section
10.01. Redemption
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75
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Section
10.02. Form of Redemption Notice
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75
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Section
10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date
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76
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ARTICLE
ELEVEN
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MISCELLANEOUS
|
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Section
11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions,
etc.
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77
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Section
11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture
Trustee
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78
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Section
11.03. Acts of Noteholders
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79
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Section
11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer, Depositor,
Swap Counterparty and Rating Agencies
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80
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Section
11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver
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81
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Section
11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions
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81
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Section
11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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81
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Section
11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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82
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Section
11.09. Successors and Assigns
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82
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Section
11.10. Severability
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82
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Section
11.11. Benefits of Indenture; Third Party
Beneficiaries
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82
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Section
11.12. Legal Holidays
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82
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Section
11.13. GOVERNING LAW
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82
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Section
11.14. Counterparts
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82
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Section
11.15. Recording of Indenture
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82
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Section
11.16. Trust Obligation
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83
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Section
11.17. No Petition
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83
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Section
11.18. Inspection
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83
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Section
11.19. Subordination Agreement
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83
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Section
11.20. Security Interest Matters
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84
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Section
11.21. Obligations with Respect to the Swap
Counterparty
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84
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
– Form of Notes
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A-1
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iv
This
Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2007, is between Wachovia Auto Loan Owner Trust
2007-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), and U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity
but
solely as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal
and
ratable benefit of the holders of the Issuer’s 5.3372% Class A-1 Asset
Backed Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”), 5.36% Class A-2 Asset Backed
Notes (the “Class A-2 Notes”), 5.29% Class A-3a Asset Backed Notes (the
“Class A-3a Notes”), LIBOR plus 0.02% Class A-3b Asset Backed Notes (the
“Class A-3b Notes” and, together with the Class A-3a Notes, the “Class A-3
Notes”), 5.38% Class B Asset Backed Notes (the “Class B Notes”), 5.45%
Class C Asset Backed Notes (the “Class C Notes”), 5.65%
Class D Asset Backed Notes (the “Class D Notes”) and 6.92% Class E
Asset Backed Notes (the Class E Notes and, together with the Class A-1
Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class B
Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes, the “Notes”):
GRANTING
CLAUSE
The
Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date, on behalf
of
and for the benefit of (a) the Noteholders and (b) the Swap Counterparty to
secure the obligations of the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty under the Swap
Agreement, without recourse, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in,
to and under, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising,
(i) the Receivables, (ii) all amounts due and collected on or in
respect of the Receivables (including proceeds of the repurchase of Receivables
by the Seller pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement) after the Cutoff
Date, (iii) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by the
Obligors pursuant to the Receivables, (iv) all proceeds from claims on and
refunds of premiums of any physical damage or theft insurance policies and
extended warranties covering the Financed Vehicles and any proceeds and refunds
of premiums of any credit life or credit disability insurance policies relating
to the Receivables, the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors, (v) the
Receivable Files, (vi) the Collection Account, the Note Payment Account,
the Reserve Fund, and all amounts, securities, Financial Assets, investments
and
other property deposited in or credited to any of the foregoing and all proceeds
thereof, (vii) all rights of the Depositor under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, including the right to require the Seller to repurchase Receivables
from the Depositor, (viii) any proceeds of Dealer Recourse, (ix) all
rights of the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the
right
to require the Seller to repurchase or the Master Servicer to purchase
Receivables from the Issuer, (x) the right to realize upon any property
(including the right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries)
that shall have secured a Receivable and have been repossessed by or on behalf
of the Issuer, (xi) all of the Issuer’s rights and benefits under the First
Tier Assignment and the Swap Agreement (but none of its obligations or
burdens) and (xii) all present and future claims, demands, causes of action
and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing, and all payments
on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect
of
any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof,
voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all accounts,
accounts receivable, general intangibles, chattel paper, documents, money,
investment property, deposit accounts, notes, drafts, acceptances, letters
of
credit, letter of credit rights, Insurance Proceeds, condemnation awards, rights
to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables,
instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of
or
are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
“Collateral”).
The
foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal and interest
on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes and amounts owed by
the
Issuer to the Swap Counterparty pursuant to the Swap Agreement, equally and
ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to secure compliance
with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this
Indenture.
The
Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders,
acknowledges such Xxxxx, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties as
required in this Indenture to the best of its ability to the end that the
interests of the Noteholders may be adequately and effectively
protected.
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.01. Definitions.
(a) Whenever
used in this Indenture, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings.
“60+
Day Receivable Delinquency Rate” means, with respect to any Collection
Period and the related Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a
fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Principal Balance
of
Receivables as of the last day of such Collection Period that are delinquent
in
the amount of at least three Monthly Payments (but are not Defaulted
Receivables) as of the last day of such Collection Period and the denominator
of
which is the Pool Balance as of the last day of such Collection
Period.
“Accounts”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Act”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).
“Additional
Servicing Fee” means, for any Collection Period, if a Successor Master
Servicer is appointed pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the amount, if any, by which (i) the compensation payable
to such Successor Master Servicer for such Collection Period exceeds
(ii) the Monthly Servicing Fee for such Collection Period.
“Administration
Agreement” means the administration agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007
among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture
Trustee.
“Administrator”
means Wachovia Bank, in its capacity as administrator under the Administration
Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
“Affiliate”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
2
“Aggregate
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the Priority Principal Distributable Amount, the Secondary Principal
Distributable Amount, the Third Principal Distributable Amount, the Fourth
Principal Distributable Amount, the Fifth Principal Distribution Amount and
the
Regular Principal Distributable Amount.
“Authenticating
Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
“Authorized
Officer” means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the Owner Trustee
who is authorized to act for or on behalf of the Owner Trustee in matters
relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers
delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date
(as
such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and,
for
so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Assistant Vice
President or more senior officer of the Administrator who is authorized to
act
for the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon
by
the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified
on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the
Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or
supplemented from time to time thereafter).
“Available
Collections” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Available
Funds” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Basic
Documents” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Benefit
Plan” means (i) employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) that are subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) plans described
in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, including individual retirement accounts
or Xxxxx Plans that are not exempt under Section 4975(g) of the Code, and
(iii) any entities whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of
a plan’s investment in such entities.
“Book-Entry
Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes,
the Class C Notes or the Class D Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall
be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in
Section 2.10.
“Business
Day” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Calculation
Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16.
“Certificate
Payment Account” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Certificateholder”
has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Class”
means a class of Notes, which may be the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class B Notes, the
Class C Notes, the Class D Notes or the Class E Notes, as the context
may require.
3
“Class A
Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A Note is registered
in the Note Register.
“Class A
Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the
Class A-3 Notes.
“Class
A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the June, 20 2008 Distribution
Date.
“Class A-1
Interest Rate” means 5.3372% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual
number of days in the related Interest Period divided by 360).
“Class A-1
Notes” means the 5.3372% Class A-1 Asset Backed Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
“Class A-2
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the July 20, 2010 Distribution
Date.
“Class A-2
Interest Rate” means 5.36% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
“Class A-2
Notes” means the 5.36% Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
“Class A-3
Notes” means the Class A-3a Notes and the Class A-3b
Notes.
“Class A-3a
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the April 20,
2012 Distribution Date.
“Class A-3a
Interest Rate” means 5.29% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
“Class A-3a
Notes” means 5.29% Class A-3a Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A.
“Class A-3b
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the April 20,
2012 Distribution Date.
“Class A-3b
Interest Rate” means LIBOR plus 0.02% per annum (computed on the basis of
the actual number of days in the related Interest Period divided by
360).
“Class A-3b
Notes” means the LIBOR plus 0.02% Class A-3b Asset Backed Notes,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Class B
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the July 20, 2012 Distribution
Date.
“Class B
Interest Rate” means 5.38% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
4
“Class B
Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class B Note is registered
in the Note Register.
“Class B
Notes” means the 5.38% Class B Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A.
“Class C
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the October 22,
2012 Distribution Date.
“Class C
Interest Rate” means 5.45% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
“Class C
Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class C Note is registered
in the Note Register.
“Class C
Notes” means the 5.45% Class C Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A.
“Class D
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the February 20,
2013 Distribution Date.
“Class D
Interest Rate” means 5.65% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
“Class D
Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class D Note is registered
in the Note Register.
“Class D
Notes” means the 5.65% Class D Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A.
“Class E
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the January 20,
2015 Distribution Date.
“Class E
Interest Rate” means 6.92% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
“Class E
Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class E Note is registered
in the Note Register.
“Class E
Notes” means the 6.92% Class E Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A.
“Clearing
Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act, which initially shall be The Depository
Trust Company.
“Clearing
Agency Custodian” means the Indenture Trustee, as custodian for the Clearing
Agency.
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“Clearing
Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
“Closing
Date” means June 7, 2007.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Collateral”
has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this Indenture.
“Collection
Account” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Collection
Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the immediately
preceding calendar month (or, in the case of the first Collection Period, the
period from but excluding the Cutoff Date to and including the last day of
the month immediately preceding the month in which the first Distribution Date
occurs).
“Commission” has
the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Controlling
Class” means the Class A Notes so long as any Class A Notes are
Outstanding and thereafter the Class B Notes so long as any Class B
Notes are Outstanding and thereafter the Class C Notes so long as any
Class C Notes are Outstanding and thereafter the Class D Notes so long
as any Class D Notes are Outstanding and thereafter the Class E Notes
so long as any Class E Notes are Outstanding.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which
office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 00 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX XX XX0X, Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Structured Finance
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WALOT 2007-1, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate
from time to time by written notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee at the
address designated by such successor Indenture Trustee by written notice to
the
Noteholders and the Issuer.
“Cumulative
Net Loss Percentage” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and the
related Collection Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the
numerator of which is equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the
aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables that became Defaulted
Receivables during such Collection Period and all prior Collection Periods
(in
each case as of the day that each such Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable)
over (b) the aggregate Net Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries received by
the Master Servicer during such Collection Period and all prior Collection
Periods and (ii) the denominator of which is the Cutoff Date Pool
Balance.
“Cutoff
Date” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Cutoff
Date Pool Balance” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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“Dealer
Recourse” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Default”
means any event that with notice or the lapse of time or both would become
an
Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Receivable” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Definitive
Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.
“Depositor”
has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Distribution
Date” means the 20th day of each month, or if such 20th day is not a
Business Day, the following Business Day, commencing on July 20,
2007.
“Eligible
Institution” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Eligible
Investments” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
“Excess
Collections” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08(a)(xix).
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Exchange
Act Reports” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Executive
Officer” means, with respect to any (i) corporation, limited liability
company or depository institution, the chief executive officer, the chief
operating officer, the chief financial officer, the president, any Vice
President, the secretary or the treasurer of such corporation, limited liability
company or depository institution and (ii) partnership, any general partner
thereof.
“Fifth
Principal Distributable Amount” means , with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal amount of the Class A
Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes, Class D Notes and Class E Notes on that
Distribution Date (before giving effect to any payments made to holders of
the
Notes on that Distribution Date) over the sum of the Priority Principal
Distributable Amount, the Secondary Principal Distributable Amount, the Third
Principal Distributable Amount, the Fourth Principal Distributable Amount and
the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period; provided,
however, that on and after the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class
E
Notes, the Fifth Principal Distributable Amount will be not less than the amount
that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Class
E
Notes to zero.
“Final
Scheduled Distribution Date” means the Class A-1 Final Scheduled
Distribution Date, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the
Class A-3a Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Class A-3b Final
Scheduled Distribution Date, the Class B Final Scheduled Distribution
Date, the Class C Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Class D Final
Scheduled Distribution Date or the Class E Final Scheduled Distribution
Date, as the context may require.
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“Financed
Vehicle” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Financial
Asset” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“First
Tier Assignment” means the first tier assignment in substantially the form
attached as Exhibit B to the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Fitch”
means Fitch, Inc.
“Fourth
Principal Distributable Amount” means , with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal amount of the Class A
Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes and Class D Notes on that Distribution
Date
(before giving effect to any payments made to holders of the Notes on that
Distribution Date) over the sum of the Priority Principal Distributable Amount,
the Secondary Principal Distributable Amount, the Third Principal Distributable
Amount and the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period;
provided, however, that on and after the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
for
the Class D Notes, the Fourth Principal Distributable Amount will be not less
than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal balance
of
the Class D Notes to zero.
“Grant”
means to mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release,
convey, assign, transfer, create and xxxxx x xxxx upon and a security interest
in and a right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to
this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement
or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal
and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other monies payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make
waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally
to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to
do
or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
“Holder”
or “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on
the Note Register.
“Indenture”
means this Indenture.
“Indenture
Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association, as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, and any successor in
such capacity.
“Independent”
means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person
(i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes,
the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer and any of their respective
Affiliates, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any
material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor,
the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates
and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates
as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director
or
person performing similar functions.
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“Independent
Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with,
the
applicable requirements of Section 11.01, made by an Independent appraiser
or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and acceptable to the Indenture
Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate
shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in this
Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning
thereof.
“Insurance
Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Interest
Carryover Shortfall Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and
a Class of Notes, the excess, if any, of the Interest Distributable Amount
for
that Class of Notes on the immediately preceding Distribution Date over the
amount in respect of interest that is actually deposited in the Note Payment
Account with respect to that Class of Notes on that preceding Distribution
Date,
plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest on the amount of
interest due but not paid to such Noteholders on that preceding Distribution
Date at the applicable Interest Rate.
“Interest
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and a
Class of Notes, the sum of the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and the
Interest Carryover Shortfall Amount for that Class of Notes for that
Distribution Date.
“Interest
Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and the
(i) Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-3b Notes, the period from, and
including, the prior Distribution Date (or from, and including, the Closing
Date
with respect to the first Distribution Date) to, but excluding, the current
Distribution Date and (ii) Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3a Notes,
the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes, the Class D Notes and the
Class E Notes, the period from, and including the 20th day of the month of
the
prior Distribution Date (or from, and including, the Closing Date with respect
to the first Distribution Date) to, but excluding, the 20th day of the month
of
the current Distribution Date (assuming each month has 30 days).
“Interest
Rate” means the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2 Interest
Rate, the Class A-3a Interest Rate, the Class A-3b Interest Rate, the
Class B Interest Rate, the Class C Interest Rate, the Class D
Interest Rate and the Class E Interest Rate, as applicable.
“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940.
“Issuer”
means Wachovia Auto Loan Owner Trust 2007-1 until a successor replaces it and,
thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained
herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.
“Issuer
Order” or “Issuer Request” means a written order or request signed in
the name of the Issuer by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer and delivered
to
the Indenture Trustee by the Administrator, if signed by an officer of the
Administrator, or at the written direction of the Depositor, if signed by an
officer of the Owner Trustee.
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“LIBOR”
means, for any Distribution Date and the related Interest Period, the rate
for
deposits in United States dollars having a one-month maturity, which appears
on
the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the applicable
LIBOR Determination Date; provided, however, that for the first Interest Period,
LIBOR shall mean 5.32759%, which is an interpolated rate for deposits in United
States dollars for a period that corresponds to the actual number of days in
the
first Interest Period.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page on the applicable LIBOR Determination Date, then LIBOR shall be
the
arithmetic mean of the rates at which one-month United States dollar deposits
are offered to prime banks in the London interbank market by four major banks
in
that market selected by the Calculation Agent as of the LIBOR Determination
Date
and time specified above and in an amount that is representative of a single
transaction in such market at such time. If at least two such
quotations are provided by such banks, LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of
such
quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided by such banks,
then LIBOR shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates at which one-month loans
in
United States dollars are offered to leading European banks by three major
banks
in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent as of 11:00 a.m.,
New
York City time, on the applicable LIBOR Determination Date and in an amount
that
is representative of a single transaction in such market at such
time. If no such quotation can be obtained, LIBOR for such
Distribution Date will be LIBOR for the prior Distribution Date. The
determination of LIBOR for each Distribution Date by the Calculation Agent
will
be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.
“LIBOR
Determination Date” means two London Business Days prior to the Distribution
Date preceding the applicable Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, two London Business Days prior to the Closing
Date).
“London
Business Day” means, for the purpose of calculating LIBOR, a day on which
banking institutions in the City of London, England are open for general
business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency
deposits).
“Lien”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Maryland
Vehicle Sales Finance Act” means Maryland Code Annotated, Financial
Institutions §11-401 et seq.
“Master
Servicer” means Wachovia Bank, in its capacity as master servicer under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
“Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date
and any Class of Notes, the interest due on that Class of Notes for the related
Interest Period calculated based on the Interest Rate for that Class of Notes
and the principal amount of that Class of Notes on the preceding Distribution
Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal on such Class of Notes
on
or prior to that Distribution Date, or, in the case of the first Distribution
Date, on the original principal amount of that Class of Notes.
“Monthly
Payment” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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“Monthly
Servicing Fee” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Monthly
Trustee Fees” means the monthly fees and expenses payable to each of the
Trustees on each Distribution Date for the related Collection Period for
performing their respective obligations under the Basic Documents.
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Net
Liquidation Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Net
Swap Payment” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the net amount
owed by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty on such Distribution Date pursuant
to the Swap Agreement, including any accrued interest thereon, but excluding
any
Swap Termination Payments.
“Nonrecoverable
Advance” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Note
Balance” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Notes
that are Outstanding at such time or the aggregate principal amount of all
Notes
of the Controlling Class or a particular Class that are Outstanding at such
time, as the context requires.
“Note
Depository Agreement” means the agreement, dated the Closing Date, between
the Issuer and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency,
relating to the Notes.
“Note
Owner” means, with respect to any Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the
beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the
Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such
Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect
participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency).
“Note
Payment Account” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Note
Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings specified
in Section 2.05(a).
“Notes”
means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes, the Class D Notes
and the Class E Notes.
“Obligor”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the
Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with,
the
applicable requirements of 11.01, and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this Indenture
to an Officer’s Certificate shall be to an Officer’s Certificate of the
Issuer.
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“Opinion
of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an employee of, or outside
counsel to, the Issuer, the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer and
who
shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, and which opinion or opinions
shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee, shall comply with any applicable
requirements of Section 11.01 and shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee.
“Outstanding”
means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated
and
delivered under this Indenture except:
(i) Notes
theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar
for cancellation;
(ii) Notes
or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has
been
theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust
for the Noteholders; provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed,
notice of such redemption must have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
or provision for such notice must have been made in a manner satisfactory to
the
Indenture Trustee; and
(iii) Notes
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a Protected
Purchaser;
provided,
however, that in determining whether the Noteholders of the requisite principal
amount of the Notes Outstanding have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any other Basic
Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding unless all of the Notes
of
the related Class or Classes are owned by the Issuer, any other obligor
upon the Notes, the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of their
respective Affiliates, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer
of
the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of
the
Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and
that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of their respective
Affiliates.
“Overcollateralization
Target Amount” means an amount equal to the greater of (i) the product
of (a) 1.25% and (b) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related
Collection Period and (ii) the product of (a) 0.50% and (b) the Cutoff Date
Pool Balance; provided, however, if on the:
(1) December
2009 Distribution Date (i.e., the 30th Distribution
Date)
(A) the related Cumulative Net Loss Percentage is less than 4.75%, (B) the
average of the 60+ Day Receivable Delinquency Rates for each of the three
Collection Periods preceding that Distribution Date is less than 3.00%, and
(C)
as of the previous Distribution Date, the amount on deposit in the Reserve
Fund
equals or exceeds the Reserve Fund Required Amount for such previous
Distribution Date and the Overcollateralization Amount equals or exceeds the
Overcollateralization Target Amount for such previous Distribution Date (both
after giving effect to all payments and withdrawals on such previous
Distribution Date), the amount referred to in clause (ii) above will equal
0.25%
of the Cutoff Date Pool Balance for that Distribution Date and for each
subsequent Distribution Date through and including the May 2010 Distribution
Date (i.e., the 35th Distribution
Date); and
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(2) June
2010 Distribution Date (i.e., the 36th Distribution
Date), (a) the related Cumulative Net Loss Percentage is less than 5.50%, (b)
the average of the 60+ Day Receivable Delinquency Rates for each of the three
Collection Periods preceding that Distribution Date is less than 3.00% and
(c)
as of the previous Distribution Date, the amount on deposit in the Reserve
Fund
equals or exceeds the Reserve Fund Required Amount for such previous
Distribution Date and the Overcollateralization Amount equals or exceeds the
Overcollateralization Target Amount for such previous Distribution Date (both
after giving effect to all payments and withdrawals on such previous
Distribution Date), the amount referred to in clause (ii) above will equal
0.00%
of the Cutoff Date Pool Balance for that Distribution Date and for each
subsequent Distribution Date.
“Owner
Trustee” has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Paying
Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the
eligibility standards specified in Section 6.11 and is authorized by the
Issuer to make or cause to be made payments to and distributions from the
Collection Account, the Note Payment Account, the Certificate Payment Account
and the Reserve Fund, including payments of principal or interest on the Notes
on behalf of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial
Paying Agent hereunder.
“Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act” means 69 P.S. § 601
et seq.
“Person”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Pool
Balance” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Predecessor
Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated
and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or
stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note.
“Principal
Balance” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Priority
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Note Balance of the Class A Notes as of
such Distribution Date (before giving effect to any payments made to Noteholders
on that Distribution Date) over the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
preceding Collection Period; provided, however, that the Priority Principal
Distributable Amount for each Distribution Date on and after the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date for any Class of Class A Notes will not be less than the
amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal balance of
such Class of Class A Notes to zero.
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“Proceeding”
means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.
“Protected
Purchaser” has the meaning specified in Section 8-303 of the
UCC.
“PTCE”
means Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.
“Rating
Agency” means Fitch, Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s; provided,
however, that if any of Fitch, Xxxxx’x and Standard & Poor’s cease to
exist, Rating Agency shall mean any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization or other comparable Person designated by the Issuer to replace
such
Person, written notice of which designation shall have been given to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustees.
“Rating
Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, that each Rating
Agency shall have been given ten days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to such Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each such Rating
Agency shall have notified the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Swap
Counterparty and the Trustees in writing that such action will not result in
a
qualification, reduction or withdrawal of the then-current rating assigned
by
such Rating Agency to any Class of Notes.
“Receivable”
has the meaning specified in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Receivable
Files” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Receivables
Purchase Agreement” means the receivables purchase agreement, dated as of
June 1, 2007, between the Seller and WDS Receivables, as purchaser.
“Record
Date” shall mean, with respect to the Notes and any Distribution Date or
Redemption Date, the close of business on the Business Day preceding such
Distribution Date or Redemption Date, provided, however, that if Definitive
Notes have been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, Record Date shall mean,
with respect to any Distribution Date or Redemption Date, the last day of the
preceding Collection Period.
“Recoveries”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Redemption
Date” means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to
Section 10.01, the Distribution Date specified by the Master Servicer
pursuant to such Section.
“Redemption
Price” means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to
Section 10.01, an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Notes
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the related Interest
Period at the related Interest Rates.
“Regular
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the lesser of (a) the Note
Balance on that Distribution Date (before giving effect to any payments made
to
holders of the Notes on that Distribution Date), and (b) the excess, if any,
of
(1) the sum of the Note Balance on that Distribution Date (before giving effect
to any payments made to holders of the Notes on that Distribution Date) and
the
Overcollateralization Target Amount for that Distribution Date over (2) the
Pool
Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period, over (ii) the
sum
of the Priority Principal Distributable Amount, the Secondary Principal
Distributable Amount, the Third Principal Distributable Amount, the Fourth
Principal Distributable Amount and the Fifth Principal Distribution
Amount.
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“Reserve
Fund” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Reserve
Fund Amount” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Reserve
Fund Deficiency” means, as of any date, the excess of the Reserve Fund
Required Amount over the Reserve Fund Amount.
“Reserve
Fund Draw Amount” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Reserve
Fund Required Amount” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Responsible
Officer” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Reuters
Screen LIBOR01 Page” means the display designated as the LIBOR01 Page on the
Reuters service (or such other page as may replace the LIBOR01 page on that
service or any successor service for the purpose of displaying
LIBOR).
“Sale
and Servicing Agreement” means the sale and servicing agreement, dated as of
June 1, 2007, among the Issuer, the Depositor, the Seller and the Master
Servicer.
“Secondary
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Note Balance of the Class A Notes and
Class B Notes on that Distribution Date (before giving effect to any
payments made to holders of the Notes on that Distribution Date) over the sum
of
the Priority Principal Distributable Amount and the Pool Balance as of the
last
day of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that on and after
the
Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class B Notes, the Secondary Principal
Distributable Amount will be not less than the amount that is necessary to
reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes to
zero.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securityholders”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement
“Seller”
has the meaning specified in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Senior
Swap Termination Payment” means any payment following an event of default or
termination event under the Swap Agreement, including accrued interest thereon,
required to be paid by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty, other than a
Subordinated Swap Termination Payment.
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“Servicer
Termination Event” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Standard &
Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
Division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
“State”
means any of the 50 states of the United States or the District of
Columbia.
“Subordinated
Swap Termination Payment” means any payment, including accrued interest
thereon, required to be paid by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty pursuant
to
the Swap Agreement following any event of default or termination event (other
than the illegality of the transactions contemplated by the Swap Agreement
or
the occurrence of certain tax events) where the Swap Counterparty is the sole
defaulting party or the sole affected party.
“Successor
Master Servicer” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Swap
Agreement” means the ISDA Master Agreement, dated June 7, 2007, between
the Issuer and the Swap Counterparty, including the Schedule thereto, the
Credit Support Annex thereto and the Confirmation relating to the Class A-3b
Notes.
“Swap
Counterparty” means Wachovia Bank, as swap counterparty under the Swap
Agreement.
“Swap
Termination Payment” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, as
applicable, (i) the net amount of any Senior Swap Termination Payment plus
any
Subordinated Swap Termination Payment, owed by the Issuer to the Swap
Counterparty or (ii) the net amount of any swap termination payment owed by
the
Swap Counterparty to the Issuer, as applicable.
“Third
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Note Balance of the Class A Notes, Class B
Notes and Class C Notes on that Distribution Date (before giving effect to
any
payments made to holders of the Notes on that Distribution Date) over the sum
of
the Priority Principal Distributable Amount, the Secondary Principal
Distributable Amount and the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related
Collection Period; provided, however, that on and after the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date for the Class C Notes, the Third Principal Distributable
Amount will be not less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the
outstanding principal balance of the Class C Notes to zero.
“Total
Servicing Fee” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Total
Trustee Fees” means, for any Collection Period and the related Distribution
Date, with respect to each of the Trustees, the sum of (i) the Monthly
Trustee Fees for such Collection Period and (ii) all accrued but unpaid
Monthly Trustee Fees for the previous Collection Period.
“Transition
Costs” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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“Treasury
Regulations” has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Trust
Agreement” means the amended and restated trust agreement, dated as of June
1, 2007, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.
“Trust
Estate” means all money, instruments, rights, and other property that are
subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of this
Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders (including all property and
interests Granted to the Indenture Trustee), including all proceeds
thereof.
“Trust
Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
“Trustees”
means the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
“UCC”
means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code,
as in
effect in the relevant jurisdiction.
“United
States” means the United States of America.
“Vice
President” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Wachovia
Bank” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Wachovia
Dealer Services” means Wachovia Dealer Services, Inc.
“WDS
Receivables” has the meaning specified in the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
(b) Except
as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, for
all
purposes of this Indenture, capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.
Section
1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA,
that provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings:
“indenture
securities” means the Notes.
“indenture
security holder” means a Noteholder.
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture
Trustee.
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the
indenture securities.
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All
other
TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meaning
assigned to them by such definitions.
Section
1.03. Interpretive Provisions. With respect to all
terms in this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) a term
has the meaning assigned to it; (ii) an accounting term not otherwise
defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States;
(iii) “or” is not exclusive; (iv) “including” means including without
limitation; (v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the
plural include the singular; (vi) any agreement, instrument or statute
defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered
in
connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time
to
time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements
or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments
incorporated therein; (vii) references to a Person are also to its
successors and permitted assigns; (viii) the words “hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Indenture shall refer
to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Indenture; (ix) references contained in this Indenture to Section, Schedule
and Exhibit, as applicable, are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits
in or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified; (x) references to
“writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing
words in a visible form; and (xi) the term “proceeds” has the meaning set
forth in the applicable UCC.
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ARTICLE
TWO
THE
NOTES
Section
2.01. Form.
(a) The
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3a
Notes, the Class A-3b Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C
Notes, the Class D Notes and the Class E Notes, in each case together with
the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially
the form set forth in Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted
by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes,
as
evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of
any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference
thereto on the face of the Note.
(b) Notes
shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all
as
determined by the Authorized Officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by
their execution of such Notes.
(c) Each
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the
Notes as set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture and
are incorporated herein by reference.
(d) The
aggregate principal amount of the Notes may from time to time be increased
or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Indenture Trustee or the
Clearing Agency or its nominee, as the case may be, as hereinafter
provided.
(e) Except
as provided in Section 2.12 hereof, owners of beneficial interests in Book-Entry
Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive
Notes.
Section
2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery.
(a) The
Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized
Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes
may be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile
signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer
shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have
ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Notes or did not hold such offices on the date of such Notes.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall, upon Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver for
original issue the following aggregate principal amounts of Notes:
(i) $384,000,000 of Class A-1 Notes, (ii) $613,000,000 of
Class A-2 Notes, (iii) $200,000,000 of Class A-3a Notes, (iv)
$518,000,000 of Class A-3b Notes, (v) $75,000,000 of Class B Notes,
(vi) $80,000,000 of Class C Notes, (vii) $80,000,000 of
Class D Notes and (viii) $50,000,000 of Class E
Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Class A-1 Notes,
Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3a Notes, Class A-3b Notes, Class B
Notes, Class C Notes, Class D Notes and Class E Notes Outstanding
at any time may not exceed such respective amounts except as provided in
Section 2.06.
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(c) Each
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Class A
Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes and Class D Notes shall be issuable as
registered Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples
of
$1,000 in excess thereof. The Class E Notes shall be issuable in one or
more registered, definitive, physical certificates, in minimum denominations
of
$25,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(d) No
Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate
of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the
Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories,
and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section
2.03. Temporary Notes.
(a) Pending
the preparation of Definitive Notes pursuant to Section 2.12, the Issuer
may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive
Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent
with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
(b) If
temporary Notes are issued pursuant to this Section, the Issuer shall cause
Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable
for
Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency
of the Note Registrar to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without
charge to the related Noteholder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a like tenor and
principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive
Notes.
Section
2.04. Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into
this Indenture, and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for
all
purposes including federal, State and local income, single business and
franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer
secured by the Trust Estate. The Issuer, by entering into this
Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each Note
Owner
by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree
to
treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Issuer for all purposes, including
federal, State and local income, single business and franchise tax
purposes.
Section
2.05. Registration; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange.
(a) The
Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note Register”) in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide
for
the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of
Notes. The Indenture Trustee initially shall be the registrar (the
“Note Registrar”) for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as
herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the
Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such
an
appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.
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(b) If
a Person other than the Indenture Trustee or Wachovia Bank is appointed by
the
Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt
written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location,
and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee
shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and
to
obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely
upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive
Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and
the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
(c) Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency
of
the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, provided that the
requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute,
and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Noteholder
making such surrender and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture
Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Notes of the same Class in any authorized denomination and a like aggregate
principal amount. The Indenture Trustee may rely upon the
Administrator with respect to the determination of whether the requirements
of
Section 8-401 of the UCC are met.
(d) At
the option of the related Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of
the
same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, provided
that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met (as determined by
the Issuer), the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Noteholder making such exchange, the Notes
which
such Noteholder is entitled to receive. The Indenture Trustee may
rely upon the Administrator with respect to the determination of whether the
requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met.
(e) All
Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be
the
valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to
the
same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
(f) Each
Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall
be
duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof
or
such Xxxxxx’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature
guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of
the Note Registrar.
(g) No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require payment
by such Noteholder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer
or
exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.03 or 9.06
not involving any transfer.
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(h) The
preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not
be
required to make, and the Note Registrar need not register, transfers or
exchanges of Notes with respect to which the due date for any payment will
occur
within 15 days.
(i) Each
Person to whom a Note is transferred will be required to represent, (i) in
the
case of a Definitive Note, or deemed to represent, in the case of a Book-Entry
Note, that (A) such Person is not a Benefit Plan or (B) such Person is
acquiring a Note and the Person’s acquisition, holding and disposition of the
Note are and will be eligible for relief under PTCE 84-14, 90-1, 91-38,
95-60 or 96-23 or (ii) in the case of the Class E Notes, that such person is
not
a Benefit Plan.
(j) No
Class E Note may be sold or transferred (including, without limitation, by
pledge or hypothecation) unless such sale or transfer is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, is exempt from the registration
requirements under applicable state securities laws and will not cause the
Issuer to become subject to the requirement that it register as an investment
company under the Investment Company Act.
(k) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for ascertaining whether any transfer
complies with, or for otherwise monitoring or determining compliance with,
the
requirements or terms of the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws,
ERISA, the Code or the Investment Company Act; except that if a certificate
is
specifically required by the terms of this Section 2.05 to be provided to the
Indenture Trustee by a prospective transferor or transferee, the Indenture
Trustee shall be under a duty to receive and examine the same to determine
whether it conforms substantially on its face to the applicable requirements
of
this Section 2.05.
Any
purported transfer of a Note not in
accordance with this Section 2.05 shall be null and void and shall not be given
effect for any purpose whatsoever.
Section
2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.
(a) If
(i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the
Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction,
loss
or theft of any Note, (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee harmless and (iii) the requirements of Section 8-405
of the UCC are met, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note
Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a
Protected Purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its request the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu
of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the
same Class; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note,
but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days of the
Indenture Trustee’s receipt of evidence to its satisfaction of such destruction,
loss or theft shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for redemption
pursuant to Section 10.01, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the
Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or
upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. The Indenture
Trustee may rely upon the Administrator with respect to the determination of
whether the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are
met. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a
destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding
sentence, a Protected Purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such
replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note
(or
such payment) from the Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or
any
Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement
Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a Protected Purchaser,
and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided
therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
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(b) Upon
the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in
relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected
therewith.
(c) Every
replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone,
and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
(d) The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
Section
2.07. Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due
presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and any of their respective agents may, subject to Section 2.06,
treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Note Register
(as
of the day of determination) as the owner of such Note for the purpose of
receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note shall be overdue, and
none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective agents
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section
2.08. Payment of Principal and Interest.
(a) On
each Distribution Date, prior to the acceleration of the Notes following the
occurrence of an Event of Default, upon receipt of written instructions from
the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.09(c) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall apply the Available Funds on deposit
in
the Collection Account to make the following payments and deposits in the
following order of priority:
(i) to
the Master Servicer, the Total Servicing Fee and any Nonrecoverable Advances
for
the related Collection Period;
(ii) to
the Trustees pro rata, the Total Trustee Fees, provided; however, that the
aggregate amount to be paid to the Trustees for such fees and expenses pursuant
to this clause shall not exceed $100,000 in any given calendar
year;
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(iii) to
the Swap Counterparty any Net Swap Payment;
(iv) pro
rata, (A) to the Note Payment Account, for payment to the Class A Notes, the
Interest Distributable Amount, ratably, for each Class of Class A
Notes, and (B) to the Swap Counterparty, any Senior Swap Termination
Payment;
(v) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment of principal on the Notes in the priority
set forth in Section 2.08(b), the Priority Principal Distributable Amount,
if any;
(vi) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment to the Class B Notes, the Interest
Distributable Amount for the Class B Notes;
(vii) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment of principal on the Notes in the priority
set forth in Section 2.08(b), the Secondary Principal Distributable Amount,
if any;
(viii) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment to the Class C Notes, the Interest
Distributable Amount for the Class C Notes;
(ix) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment of principal on the Notes in the priority
set forth in Section 2.08(b), the Third Principal Distributable Amount, if
any;
(x) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment to the Class D Notes, the Interest
Distributable Amount for the Class D Notes;
(xi) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment of principal on the Notes in the priority
set forth in Section 2.08(b), the Fourth Principal Distributable Amount, if
any;
(xii) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment to the Class E Notes, the Interest
Distributable Amount for the Class E Notes;
(xiii) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment of principal on the Notes in the priority
set forth in Section 2.08(b), the Fifth Principal Distributable Amount, if
any;
(xiv) to
the Reserve Fund, the Reserve Fund Deficiency for such Distribution Date, if
any;
(xv) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment of principal on the Notes in the priority
set forth in Section 2.08(b), the Regular Principal Distributable Amount, if
any;
(xvi)
to the Swap Counterparty, any Subordinated Swap Termination
Payment;
(xvii) if
a Successor Master Servicer has been appointed pursuant to Section 7.02 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to such Successor Master Servicer, any
Transition Costs due in connection with such transfer of servicing and not
paid
pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, plus the
Additional Servicing Fee, if any, for the related Collection
Period;
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(xviii) to
the Trustees, pro rata, the Total Trustee Fees, to the extent that they have
not
previously been paid; and
(xix) to
the Certificate Payment Account, for payment to the Certificateholders, any
remaining Available Funds (the “Excess Collections”).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event
of Default which has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes, all Available
Funds shall be deposited into the Note Payment Account and applied in accordance
with Section 2.08(f). Any distributions to be made by the
Indenture Trustee under the Basic Documents may be made by the Paying
Agent.
The
Reserve Fund Draw Amount shall be used to make the payments described in Section
4.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
If
the
amount on deposit in the Note Payment Account (including any portion of the
Reserve Fund Draw Amount) on any Distribution Date is less than the amount
described in clause (iv(A)) above for such Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee, either directly or through the Paying Agent, shall pay the
available amount to the Noteholders of each Class of Class A Notes pro rata
based on the Interest Distributable Amount payable to such Class on such
Distribution Date.
If
on any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Collection Account
and
the Reserve Fund equals or exceeds the Note Balance of all Notes Outstanding
as
of the last day of the related Collection Period, the accrued and unpaid
interest thereon and all amounts due to the Master Servicer, the Swap
Counterparty and the Trustees, the Master Servicer shall provide written
notification thereof to the Indenture Trustee and shall direct the Indenture
Trustee to apply all such amounts to retire the Notes and to pay all such
amounts due to the Master Servicer, the Swap Counterparty and the Trustees
in
accordance with the provisions of this Section.
(b) The
principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each Distribution
Date in an aggregate amount (unless the Notes have been declared immediately
due
and payable following an Event of Default) for all Classes of Notes equal to
the
Aggregate Principal Distributable Amount. On each Distribution Date,
upon receipt of instructions from the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.09(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and subject to
Section 2.08(f), the Indenture Trustee shall either directly or through a
Paying Agent apply or cause to be applied the amount on deposit in the Note
Payment Account on such Distribution Date in respect of the Aggregate Principal
Distributable Amount, to make the following payments in the following order
of
priority:
(i) to
the Class A-1 Notes, until the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes has
been
paid in full;
(ii) to
the Class A-2 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes has been
paid in full;
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(iii) pro
rata, to the Class A-3a Notes and Class A-3b Notes until the principal amount
of
the Class A-3a Notes and the Class A-3b Notes has been paid in
full;
(iv) to
the Class B Notes until the principal amount of the Class B Notes has been
paid
in full;
(v) to
the Class C Notes until the principal amount of the Class C Notes has been
paid
in full;
(vi) to
the Class D Notes until the principal amount of the Class D Notes has been
paid
in full; and
(vii) to
the Class E Notes until the principal amount of the Class E Notes has been
paid
in full.
(c) The
unpaid principal amount, to the extent not previously paid of the
(i) Class A-1 Notes shall be due and payable on the Class A-1
Final Scheduled Distribution Date, (ii) Class A-2 Notes shall be due
and payable on the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date,
(iii) Class A-3a Notes shall be due and payable on the Class A-3a
Final Scheduled Distribution Date, (iv) Class A-3b Notes shall be due
and payable on the Class A-3b Final Scheduled Distribution Date, (v)
Class B Notes shall be due and payable on the Class B Final Scheduled
Distribution Date, (vi) Class C Notes shall be due and payable on the
Class C Final Scheduled Distribution Date, (vii) Class D Notes
shall be due and payable on the Class D Final Scheduled Distribution Date
and (viii) Class E Notes shall be due and payable on the Class E
Final Scheduled Distribution Date.
(d) Each
Class of Notes shall accrue interest during each Interest Period at the related
Interest Rate, and such interest shall be due and payable on each Distribution
Date. Interest on the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-3b Notes
shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a
360-day year. Interest on the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3a
Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes, the Class D Notes
and the Class E Notes shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. Subject to Section 3.01, any installment
of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note that is punctually paid
or
duly provided for on the applicable Distribution Date shall be paid to the
Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered
on the related Record Date by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such
Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date;
provided, however, that, unless Definitive Notes have been issued pursuant
to
Section 2.12, with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the
name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be
Cede & Co.), payment shall be made by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to the account designated by such nominee, and except for the
final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a
Distribution Date or on the related Final Scheduled Distribution Date (and
except for the Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption in whole
pursuant to Section 10.01), which shall be payable as provided
below. The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered
shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03. The Indenture
Trustee, either directly or through the Paying Agent, shall pay all Interest
Distributable Amounts for any Distribution Date to the Noteholders on the
related Record Date even if a portion of such Interest Distributable Amount
relates to an earlier Distribution Date.
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(e) All
principal and interest payments on a Class of Notes shall be made pro rata
to
the Noteholders of such Class. Except as otherwise provided herein,
the Indenture Trustee shall, before the Distribution Date on which the Issuer
expects to pay the final installment of principal of and interest on any Note,
notify the Holder of such Note as of the related Record Date of such final
installment. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile
and shall specify that such final installment shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such
Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such
installment. Notices in connection with redemption of Notes shall be
sent by mail to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.02.
(f) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the unpaid principal amount of the Notes and all other amounts
due hereunder and under the Swap Agreement shall be due and payable, to the
extent not previously paid, on the date on which an Event of Default shall
have
occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes
evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class have
declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided
in
Section 5.02(a). On each Distribution Date following
acceleration of the Notes, upon receipt of instructions from the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.09(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent shall deposit all Available Funds into
the
Note Payment Account and shall apply or cause to be applied all such amounts
to
make the following payments and deposits in the following order of
priority:
(i) first,
to the Master Servicer, the Total Servicing Fee and any Nonrecoverable Advances
for the related Collection Period;
(ii) second,
to the Trustees, the Total Trustee Fees;
(iii) third,
to the Swap Counterparty, the Net Swap Payment, if any;
(iv) fourth,
pro rata, (A) to the Class A Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount
for each Class of Class A Notes; and (B) to the Swap Counterparty, any
Senior Swap Termination Payment;
(v)(a)
fifth,
if an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(i), (ii), (v) or
(vi) has occurred, in the following order of priority:
(A) to
the Class A-1 Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full;
(B) to
the Holders of each Class of remaining Class A Notes, pro rata based on the
outstanding principal amount of each such Class of Class A Notes as of such
Distribution Date, payments of principal until the principal amount of each
such
Class of remaining Class A Notes has been paid in full;
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(C) to
the Class B Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class B Notes;
(D) to
the Class B Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class B Notes has been paid in full;
(E) to
the Class C Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class C Notes;
(F) to
the Class C Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class C Notes has been paid in full;
(G) to
the Class D Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class D Notes;
(H) to
the Class D Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class D Notes has been paid in full;
(I) to
the Class E Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class E Notes; and
(J) to
the Class E Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class E Notes has been paid in full;
(v)(b) fifth,
if an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(iii) or (iv) has
occurred, in the following order of priority:
(A) to
the Class B Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class B Notes;
(B) to
the Class C Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class C Notes;
(C) to
the Class D Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class D Notes;
(D) to
the Class E Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class E Notes;
(E) to
the Class A-1 Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full;
(F) to
the Holders of each Class of remaining Class A Notes, pro rata based on the
outstanding principal amount of each such Class of Class A Notes as of such
Distribution Date, payments of principal until the principal amount of each
such
Class of remaining Class A Notes has been paid in full; and
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(G) to
the Class B Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class B Notes has been paid in full;
(H) to
the Class C Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class C Notes has been paid in full;
(I) to
the Class D Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class D Notes has been paid in full; and
(J) to
the Class E Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class E Notes has been paid in full;
(vi) sixth,
to the Swap Counterparty, any Subordinated Swap Termination
Payment;
(vii) seventh,
if a Successor Master Servicer has been appointed pursuant to Section 7.02
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to such Successor Master Servicer, any
Transition Costs due in connection with such transfer of servicing and not
paid
pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement plus the
Additional Servicing Fee, if any, for the related Collection Period;
and
(viii) eighth,
to the Certificateholders, any remaining amounts.
(g) The
Indenture Trustee shall transfer or shall cause the Master Servicer to transfer,
amounts from the Reserve Fund and deposit amounts transferred therefrom at
the
written direction of the Master Servicer in accordance with the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
Section
2.09. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for
payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption in whole pursuant
to
Section 10.01 shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture
Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled
by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever,
and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture
Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or
disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention
or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct
by an
Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, that such
Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by
the
Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.10. Book-Entry Notes. Except as provided in
Section 2.12, the Class A Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes and Class D Notes,
upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Note or
Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to The Depository
Trust
Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the
Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall be registered initially on the
Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial
Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a definitive Note representing
such Note Owner’s interest in such Book Entry Note, except as provided in
Section 2.12. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Class A
Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes and Class D Notes (the “Definitive Notes”)
have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:
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(i) the
provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(ii) the
Note Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all
purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest
on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the
sole
Holder of such Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note
Owners;
(iii) to
the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall
control;
(iv) the
rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and
shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note
Owners and the Clearing Agency or the Clearing Agency Participants; pursuant
to
the Note Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Notes are issued
pursuant to Section 2.12, the Clearing Agency will make book-entry
transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit
payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency
Participants; and
(v) whenever
this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions
or directions of the Holders of Notes (or Holders of Notes of any Class,
including the Controlling Class) evidencing a specified percentage of the Note
Balance, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only
to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners
and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such
required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes or such Class of
Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.11. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice
or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture,
unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to such Note Owners
pursuant to Section 2.12, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices
and communications specified herein to be given to the Noteholders to the
Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to such Note Owners.
Section
2.12. Definitive Notes. Definitive Notes will be
issued only in the following circumstances:
(a) If:
(i) (A) the
Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes and (B) the
Indenture Trustee is not able to locate a qualified successor; or
(ii) after
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer Termination Event, owners
of
Book-Entry Notes representing beneficial interests aggregating not less than
51%
of the principal amount of a Class of Notes advise the Indenture Trustee and
the
Clearing Agency Participant through the Clearing Agency, in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer
in
the best interests of such Note Owners;
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then,
in
each case, the Indenture Trustee shall notify such Note Owners of the related
Class of Notes through the Clearing Agency of the occurrence of any such event
and of the availability of Definitive Notes of the related Class of Notes to
Note Owners requesting the same.
(b) Upon
surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the Note or Notes representing the
Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Issuer at its own expense shall execute and deliver the
Definitive Notes to the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the
Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the
Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions
and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes of a Class, the
Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Noteholders of the Definitive Notes as
Noteholders hereunder.
Section
2.13. Release of Collateral. Subject to
Section 11.01 and the terms of the other Basic Documents, the Indenture
Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt
of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of
Counsel and, if required by Section 11.01, Independent Certificates in
accordance with Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) of the TIA or an Opinion of
Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA
does
not require any such Independent Certificates. If the Commission
shall issue an exemptive order under TIA Section 304(d) modifying the Indenture
Trustee’s obligations under TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1), the Indenture
Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture in accordance
with the conditions and procedures set forth in such exemptive
order.
Section
2.14. Employee Benefit Plans. The Class A Notes,
Class B Notes, Class C Notes and Class D Notes may, in general be purchased
by,
or on behalf of, or with “plan assets” of a Benefit Plan. A fiduciary
of a Benefit Plan purchasing the Class A Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes
or
Class D Notes or a beneficial interest in such Notes, with the assets of a
Benefit Plan is deemed to represent that the purchase of one or more such Notes
or a beneficial interest therein is consistent with its fiduciary duties under
ERISA and does not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction as defined
in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. If the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates (i) has investment or
administrative discretion with respect to the assets of a Benefit Plan,
(ii) has authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives,
investment advice with respect to such Benefit Plan assets, for a fee and
pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such advice will (a) serve
as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to such Benefit Plan
assets and (b) be based on the particular investment needs for such Benefit
Plan or (iii) is an employer maintaining or contributing to such Benefit
Plan, then a purchase of the Class A Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes or
Class D Notes by such a Benefit Plan may represent a conflict of interest or
act
of self-dealing by the fiduciary. Because it is possible that the
Class E Notes may not be treated as “debt” for purposes of the Plan Assets
Regulation, the Class E Notes may not be acquired by a Benefit
Plan.
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Section
2.15. Authenticating Agents. The Indenture Trustee
may appoint one or more Persons (each, an “Authenticating Agent”) with power to
act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication of Notes
in
connection with issuance, transfers and exchanges under Sections 2.02,
2.03, 2.05 and 2.06, as fully to all intents and purposes as though each such
Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by those Sections to
authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the
authentication of Notes by an Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section
shall be deemed to be the authentication of Notes “by the Indenture
Trustee”.
Any
corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted
or
with which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger,
consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party,
or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate
trust
business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such
Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any document
or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating
Agent or such successor corporation.
Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of
resignation to the Trustees. The Indenture Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Owner Trustee. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation or upon such a termination, the Indenture
Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written
notice of any such appointment to the Owner Trustee.
The
Administrator agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time,
reasonable compensation for its services. The provisions of Sections
2.09 and 6.04 shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.
Section
2.16. Calculation Agent.
(a) The
Issuer hereby agrees that, for so long as any of the Class A-3b Notes remain
Outstanding, the Issuer will at all times cause there to be an agent appointed
to calculate LIBOR in respect of each Interest Period (the “Calculation Agent”),
which agent shall (i) be a financial institution, subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority, (ii) have a rating of at least “Baa1”
by Xxxxx’x, “BBB+” by Standard & Poor’s and “BBB+” by Fitch, (iii) have an
office within the United States and (iii) be engaged generally in transactions
in U.S. Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurodollar market.
(b) The
Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as Calculation Agent for purposes
of determining LIBOR on each LIBOR Determination Date for each Interest
Period.
(c) The
Calculation Agent may be removed by the Issuer at any time. If the
Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such, is removed by the
Issuer or fails to determine LIBOR for any Interest Period, the Issuer will
promptly appoint as a replacement Calculation Agent. The Calculation
Agent may not resign its duties without a successor having been duly
appointed.
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(d) The
Calculation Agent shall, as soon as possible after 11:00 a.m. (London time)
on
each LIBOR Determination Date, but in no event later than 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the Business Day immediately following each LIBOR Determination Date,
calculate LIBOR for the related Interest Period and will communicate such rate
to the Issuer, the Master Servicer, the Swap Counterparty and the Indenture
Trustee (if the Indenture Trustee is not acting as Calculation
Agent).
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ARTICLE
THREE
COVENANTS
Section
3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer
will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Notes
in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Amounts
properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder
of interest or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer
to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
Section
3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer
will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office
or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of
the
Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby appoints
the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing
purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the
Depositor and the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the
location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office and the Issuer hereby
appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders,
notices and demands.
Section
3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust.
(a) As
provided in Section 8.02, all payments of amounts due and payable with
respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the
Accounts shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or
by
the Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Accounts for payments
of
Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this
Section.
(b) On
or before each Distribution Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit
or cause to be deposited in the Note Payment Account an aggregate sum sufficient
to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes, such sum to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless the Paying
Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee
in
writing of its action or failure so to act.
(c) The
Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute
and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as
Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section,
that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold
all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes
in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such
sums to such Persons as herein provided;
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(ii) give
the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor
upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment
required to be made with respect to the Notes;
(iii) at
any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request
of
the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held
in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately
resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums
held by it in trust for the payment of the Notes if at any time it ceases to
meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its
appointment; and
(v) comply
with all requirements of the Code and any State or local tax law with respect
to
the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable
withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting
requirements in connection therewith.
(d) The
Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct
any
Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such
Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts
as those upon which such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such
payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall
be
released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
(e) If
Definitive Notes are issued, subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat
of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust
for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall
be
discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request; and
such
Noteholder shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to
the
Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to
the
Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that
the
Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, shall at the expense and written direction of the Issuer cause to
be
published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of
New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of
such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to or for the account of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
shall also adopt and employ, at the expense and written direction of the Issuer,
any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including mailing
notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not
been surrendered for redemption in whole pursuant to Section 10.01 or whose
right to or interest in monies due and payable but not claimed is determinable
from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last
address of record for each such Holder).
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Section
3.04. Existence. The Issuer will keep in full
effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the
laws
of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder
is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United
States, in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights
and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and
preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other
instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate, including all licenses
required under (i) the Maryland Vehicle Sales Finance Act or (ii) the
Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act in connection with this Indenture
and the other Basic Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby until such time as the Issuer shall terminate in accordance with the
terms hereof.
Section
3.05. Protection of Trust Estate. The Issuer
intends the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of
the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to all other liens
in
respect of the Trust Estate, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary
to
obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the
Noteholders, a first lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest
in the Trust Estate. The Issuer will from time to time authorize,
execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such
financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance
and other instruments, all as prepared by the Administrator and delivered to
the
Issuer, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:
(i) Grant
more effectively any portion of the Trust Estate;
(ii) maintain
or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) created
by
this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(iii) perfect,
publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by
this Indenture;
(iv) enforce
any of the Collateral; or
(v) preserve
and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee
and
the Noteholders in such Trust Estate against the claims of all
Persons.
The
Issuer hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee to file any financing statement
or continuation statement required pursuant to this Section and designates
the
Indenture Trustee as its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any other
instrument required under this Section.
Section
3.06. Opinions as to Trust Estate.
(a) On
the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the
Swap
Counterparty an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such
counsel, either (i) all financing statements and continuation statements
have been executed and filed that are necessary to create and continue the
first
priority perfected security interest of (A) the Indenture Trustee in the
Collateral for the benefit of (1) the Noteholders and (2) the Swap Counterparty
in the Collateral to secure amounts owed by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty
pursuant to the Swap Agreement, and reciting the details of such filings or
referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given or
(ii) no such action shall be necessary to perfect such security
interest.
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(b) Within
90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Issuer beginning
with the first fiscal year beginning more than three months after the Cutoff
Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Swap
Counterparty an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing,
re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto
and any other requisite documents and with respect to the authorization and
filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as is necessary
to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture and
reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such
counsel no such action is necessary to maintain such lien an security
interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording,
filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental
hereto and any other requisite documents and the authorization and filing of
any
financing statements and continuation statements that shall, in the opinion
of
such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security interest of this
Indenture until March 31 in the following calendar year.
Section
3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of
Receivables.
(a) The
Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to permit
any
action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such
Person’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement
included in the Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment,
hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in this Indenture or the other Basic Documents.
(b) The
Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties
under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified
to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer shall be
deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has
contracted with the Master Servicer and the Administrator to assist the Issuer
in performing its duties under this Indenture.
(c) The
Issuer will and will cause the Administrator to, punctually perform and observe
all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other
Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust
Estate, including filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements
and
continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture
and
the other Basic Documents in accordance with and within the time periods
provided for herein and therein.
(d) If
the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Termination
Event, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee
and
each Rating Agency, in writing of such event, and shall specify in such notice
the action, if any, the Issuer is taking in respect of such
default. If a Servicer Termination Event shall arise from the failure
of the Master Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Receivables, the Issuer shall
take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.
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(e) As
promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the Master
Servicer of the Master Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to
Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer may (subject
to the rights of the Indenture Trustee to direct such appointment pursuant
to
Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) appoint a Successor
Master Servicer, and such Successor Master Servicer shall accept its appointment
by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture
Trustee. In the event that a Successor Master Servicer has not been
appointed and has not accepted its appointment at the time when the Master
Servicer ceases to act as Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further
action shall be the successor to the Master Servicer in all respects in
accordance with Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Indenture Trustee may resign as the Successor Master
Servicer by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and the
Depositor and in such event will be released from such duties and obligations,
such release not to be effective until the date a new Master Servicer enters
into a servicing agreement as provided below. Upon delivery of any such
notice to the Issuer, the Issuer shall obtain a new Master Servicer as the
Successor Master Servicer. In each case of either the appointment of
the Indenture Trustee (or any Affiliate as provided below) as Successor Master
Servicer, or resignation of the Indenture Trustee as Master Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee shall provide to the Depositor, in writing, such information
as reasonably requested by the Depositor to comply with its reporting obligation
under the Exchange Act with respect to a Successor Master Servicer or the
resignation of the Master Servicer. Any Successor Master Servicer other
than the Indenture Trustee shall (i) be an established financial
institution having a net worth of not less than $50,000,000 and whose regular
business includes the servicing of retail motor vehicle installment sale
contracts, (ii) enter into a servicing agreement with the Issuer and the
Depositor having substantially the same provisions as the provisions of the
Sale
and Servicing Agreement applicable to the Master Servicer, and (iii) shall
provide to the Depositor, in writing, such information as reasonably requested
by the Depositor to comply with its reporting obligation under the Exchange
Act
with respect to a Successor Master Servicer. If within 30 days
after the delivery of the notice referred to above, the Issuer shall not have
obtained such a new Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint, or
may
petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Successor Master
Servicer. In connection with any such appointment, the Indenture
Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor as
it
and such successor shall agree with, subject to the limitations set forth below
and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in accordance with
Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall enter
into an agreement with such successor for the servicing of the Receivables
(such
agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee). If the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the duties of the
Master Servicer as provided herein, it shall do so in its individual capacity
and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, except as
otherwise provided in the proviso to Section 6.01(a), the provisions of
Article Six shall be inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as
the successor to the Master Servicer and the servicing of the
Receivables. In case the Indenture Trustee shall become successor to
the Master Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as Master Servicer any one of its
Affiliates or agents; provided that the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity
as
Master Servicer, shall be fully liable for the actions and omissions of such
Affiliate or agent in such capacity as Successor Master
Servicer. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture to
the contrary, in no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for any
servicing fee or for any differential in the amount of the servicing fee paid
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the amount necessary to induce any
Successor Master Servicer to act as Successor Master Servicer under the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement.
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(f) The
Issuer shall promptly notify the Depositor, the Trustees, the Swap Counterparty
and the Rating Agencies, in writing of (i) any termination of the Master
Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the
appointment of each Successor Master Servicer, including the name and address
of
such Successor Master Servicer.
(g) The
Issuer shall not waive timely performance or observance by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer or the Seller of their respective duties or obligations under
the Basic Documents if such waiver would reasonably be expected to materially
adversely affect the Noteholders.
Section
3.08. Negative Covenants. For so long as any Notes
are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
(i) except
as expressly permitted by Section 3.10(b) and the Basic Documents, sell,
transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets
of
the Issuer, including those included in the Trust Estate, unless directed to
do
so in writing by the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) claim
any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable
in
respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments
under the Code or applicable State law) or assert any claim against any present
or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed
upon the Issuer;
(iii) (a) permit
the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the
lien created by this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated,
terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants
or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may
be
expressly permitted hereby, (b) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim,
security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this
Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden
the
Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof
(other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise by operation
of law, in each case on any of the Financed Vehicles and arising solely as
a
result of an action or omission of the related Obligor) or (c) permit the
lien created by this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other
than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security interest
in the Trust Estate;
(iv) dissolve
or liquidate in whole or in part;
(v) engage
in any activities other than those permitted by Section 2.03 of the Trust
Agreement and financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the
Receivables as contemplated by the Basic Documents and activities incidental
to
such activities; or
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(vi) incur,
assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than the indebtedness evidenced
by
the Notes or indebtedness otherwise permitted by the Basic
Documents.
Section
3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer
will deliver to the Depositor, the Swap Counterparty and the Indenture Trustee,
on or before June 30 of each year (commencing with the June 30 that is
at least six months after the Closing Date), an Officer’s Certificate stating,
as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate,
that:
(a) a
review of the activities of the Issuer during the preceding year (or such
shorter period in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate) and of its
performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s
supervision; and
(b) to
the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture
throughout the preceding year (or such shorter period in the case of the first
such Officer’s Certificate) or, if there has been a default in its compliance
with any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to
such
Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.
Section
3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain
Terms.
(a) The
Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person,
unless:
(i) the
Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person
organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State and
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Depositor,
the
Swap Counterparty and the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of
the
principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of
every agreement and covenant of this Indenture, and each other Basic Document,
on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed;
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
transaction;
(iv) the
Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered
copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction
will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, the Swap
Counterparty, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(v) any
action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created
by
this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the
Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Swap Counterparty
an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture
relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing
required by the Exchange Act).
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(b) Other
than as specifically contemplated by the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall
not
convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets,
including those included in the Trust Estate, to any other Person,
unless:
(i) the
Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties or assets of
the
Issuer shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States or any State, (B) expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the
performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture
and
each other Basic Document on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed,
all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by means of such supplemental
indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred shall
be
subject and subordinate to the rights of Noteholders, (D) unless otherwise
provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or expense
arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes and (E) expressly
agree
by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of
Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all filings with the Commission
(and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection
with the Notes;
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
transaction;
(iv) the
Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered
copies thereof to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that
such transaction will not have any material adverse federal tax consequence
to
the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(v) any
action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created
by
this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the
Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Swap Counterparty
an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture
relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing
required by the Exchange Act).
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Section
3.11. Successor or Transferee.
(a) Upon
any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with
Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for,
and
may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with
the
same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
(b) Upon
any conveyance or transfer of all the properties and assets of the Issuer in
accordance with Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be released from every
covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the
part
of the Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon the delivery of written
notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor stating that the Issuer is
to
be so released.
Section
3.12. No Other Business. The Issuer shall not
engage in any business other than financing, acquiring, owning and pledging
the
Receivables in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the other Basic
Documents and activities incidental thereto.
Section
3.13. No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue,
incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly,
for
any indebtedness except for (i) the Notes and (ii) any other
indebtedness permitted by or arising under the Basic Documents.
Section
3.14. Master Servicer’s
Obligations. The Issuer shall cause the Master Servicer to comply
with the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section
3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other
Liabilities. Except as contemplated by the Basic Documents, the
Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly
or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s
payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or
otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or
indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or
own,
purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock,
obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any
capital contribution to, any other Person.
Section
3.16. Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not
make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital
assets (either realty or personalty).
Section
3.17. Removal of Administrator. For so long as any
Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without
cause unless the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect
to such removal.
Section
3.18. Restricted Payments. Except as expressly
permitted by the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly,
(i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or
otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof,
to
the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or
otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or
of
the Issuer or to the Master Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or
otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security
or
(iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose;
provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made,
(a) distributions as contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available
for such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement
and (b) payments to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
Section 1.02(b)(ii) of the Administration Agreement. The Issuer
will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the
Collection Account, the Note Payment Account, the Certificate Payment Account
or
the Reserve Fund, except in accordance with this Indenture and the other Basic
Documents.
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Section
3.19. Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall
give each Rating Agency, the Swap Counterparty, a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee and the Depositor prompt written notice of each Event of
Default hereunder and each default on the part of the Seller, the Master
Servicer or the Depositor of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and each default on the part of the Seller or the Depositor of its
obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
Section
3.20. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of
the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper
to
carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Section
3.21. Compliance with Laws. The Issuer shall comply
with the requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which
would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the
ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture
or any Basic Document.
Section
3.22. Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust
Agreement. The Issuer shall not agree to any amendment to Section
9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 11.01 of the Trust
Agreement to eliminate the requirements thereunder that the Indenture Trustee
or
the Noteholders consent to amendments thereto as provided therein.
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ARTICLE
FOUR
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Section
4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except
as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange,
(ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes,
(iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and
interest thereon and the right of the Swap Counterparty to receive amounts
owed
under the Swap Agreement, (iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 3.10,
3.12, 3.13, 3.16 and 3.17, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of
the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee
under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under
Section 4.02) and (vi) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries
hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee
payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and
at
the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes,
when:
(a) either:
(i) all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes (1) that
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 2.06 and (2) for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation; or
(ii) all
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation:
(A) have
become due and payable,
(B) will
become due and payable at the Class E Final Scheduled Distribution Date
within one year or
(C) are
to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to
the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,
and
the
Issuer, in the case of clauses (A), (B) or (C) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture
Trustee, in trust, cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed
by
the United States (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are
payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to
the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due to the related Final Scheduled
Distribution Date or Redemption Date (if Notes shall have been called for
redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), as the case may be;
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(b) the
Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by the Issuer
hereunder and under this Indenture and the other Basic Documents;
(c) the
Issuer has delivered to the Depositor, the Swap Counterparty and the Indenture
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the
TIA or Section 11.01) an Independent Certificate, each meeting the applicable
requirements of Section 11.01(a) and, subject to Section 11.02, each
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating
to
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with;
and
(d) the
Issuer has delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion
of
Counsel to the effect that the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
pursuant to this Section will not cause any Noteholder to be treated as having
sold or exchanged any of its Notes for purposes of Section 1001 of the
Code.
Section
4.02. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of the
Notes.
(a) Upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(b), the Issuer
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all
the
Notes Outstanding, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such
Notes, shall no longer be in effect (and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense
of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except
as to:
(i) the
rights of the Noteholders to receive, from the trust funds described in
Section 4.02(b)(i), payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes
Outstanding at maturity of such principal or interest;
(ii) the
obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Notes under Sections 2.05,
2.06, 3.02 and 3.03;
(iii) the
obligations of the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee under
Section 6.07; and
(iv) the
rights, powers, trusts and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder and
the
duties of the Indenture Trustee hereunder.
(b) The
satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of the Notes pursuant to
Section 4.02(a) is subject to the satisfaction of all of the following
conditions:
(i) the
Issuer has deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably (except as provided
in Section 4.04) with the Indenture Trustee as trust funds in trust,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit
of
the Noteholders, which, through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day
prior to the due date of any payment referred to below, money in an amount
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of Independent
certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on the Notes Outstanding, for principal thereof and interest thereon to the
date
of such deposit (in the case of Notes that have become due and payable) or
to
the maturity of such principal and interest, as the case may be;
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(ii) such
deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute an event
of
default under, any Basic Document or other agreement or instrument to which
the
Issuer is bound;
(iii) no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit
or
on the 91st day after such date;
(iv) the
Issuer has delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion
of
Counsel to the effect that the satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of the
Notes pursuant to this Section will not cause any Noteholder to be treated
as
having sold or exchanged any of its Notes for purposes of Section 1001 of
the Code; and
(v) the
Issuer has delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the defeasance contemplated
by this Section have been complied with.
Section
4.03. Application of Trust Money. All monies
deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be held
in and applied by the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with the provisions
of
the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent, to (a) the Holders of the Notes for the payment or redemption
of
which such monies have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums
due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; and (b) to the Swap
Counterparty for the payment of all sums due and to become due under the Swap
Agreement, but such monies need not be segregated from other funds except to
the
extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or required by
law.
Section
4.04. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect
to
the Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture
Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall,
upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and
applied according to Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
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ARTICLE
FIVE
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section
5.01. Events of Default. Wherever used herein,
“Event of Default” means the occurrence of any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(i) default
in the payment of any interest on any Note of the Controlling Class when
the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period
of five days;
(ii) default
in the payment of the principal of any Note on its Final Scheduled Distribution
Date;
(iii) default
in the observance or performance of any material covenant or agreement of the
Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default
in
the observance or performance of which is specifically dealt with elsewhere
in
this Section) and such default shall continue or not be cured for a period
of
60 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail,
to the Issuer by the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer, the
Depositor and the Indenture Trustee, by the Holders of Notes evidencing not
less
than 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, a written notice
specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;
(iv) any
representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in any
certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time when
the
same shall have been made, and the circumstance or condition in respect of
which
such representation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated
or
otherwise cured for a period of 30 days after there shall have been given,
by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Depositor or the Indenture
Trustee or to the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders
of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling
Class, a written notice specifying such incorrect representation or warranty
and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of Default
hereunder;
(v) the
filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate
in
an involuntary case under any applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official
of
the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs, and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or
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(vi) the
commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any applicable federal
or
State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,
or
the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary
case under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part
of
the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of any general assignment for
the
benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts
as
such debts become due, or the taking of any action by the Issuer in furtherance
of any of the foregoing.
The
Issuer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee, within five
days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s
Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time
or
both would become an Event of Default under clause (iii) or
(iv) above, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
Section
5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment.
(a) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee
or the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of
the
Controlling Class may, upon prior written notice to each Rating Agency and
the Swap Counterparty, declare the Notes to be immediately due and payable
by
written notice to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by
Noteholders), the Depositor and the Master Servicer, and upon any such
declaration the unpaid principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued
and
unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become
immediately due and payable.
(b) If
the Notes have been declared immediately due and payable following an Event
of
Default, before a judgment or decree for payment of the amount due has been
obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article,
the
Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the
Controlling Class, by written notice to the Issuer, the Depositor and the
Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration of acceleration and
its consequences if:
(i) the
Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay
all payments of principal of and interest on the Notes and all other amounts
that would then be due hereunder or upon the Notes and under the Swap Agreement
if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred;
and
(ii) all
Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes
that
has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 5.12.
No
such
rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
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Section
5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee.
(a) If
a default is made in the payment of (i) any interest on any Note of the
Controlling Class when the same becomes due and payable, and such default
continues for a period of five days, or (ii) the principal of any Note on
the related Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Issuer will, upon demand
of
the Indenture Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Noteholders, the entire
amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with
interest upon the overdue principal at the applicable Interest Rate and, to
the
extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon
overdue installments of interest at the applicable Interest Rate and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel
and other amounts due and owing to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.07.
(b) If
the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the
Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may
institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and
may
prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the
same
against the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect in the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such
Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be
payable.
(c) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee
may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.04, in its discretion,
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders
by
such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective
to protect and enforce such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable
right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
(d) If
there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the
Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Trust
Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
if a
receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken
possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or
if
there shall be pending any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to
the
Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of
the
Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether
the
principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or
by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee
shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or
otherwise:
(i) to
file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest
owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the
Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee), and their respective
agents and attorneys, and for all expenses and other amounts due and owing
to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 and of the Noteholders
allowed in such Proceedings;
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(ii) unless
prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the
Noteholders in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing
similar functions in any such Proceedings;
(iii) to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on
any
such claims and to pay all amounts received with respect to the claims of the
Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and
(iv) to
file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary
or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders allowed in any Proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors
and
its property;
and
any
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such
Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make payments
to
the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent
to the making of payments directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture
Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation
to
the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective
agents and attorneys, and all other expenses and amounts due and owing to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07.
(e) Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize
or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any
plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such Proceeding except,
as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar
Person.
(f) All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any
of
the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession
of
any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings
relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by the Indenture
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and
any
recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements
and
compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and
their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of
the
Noteholders.
(g) In
any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to
represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any
Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.
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Section
5.04. Remedies.
(a) If
the Notes have been declared to be immediately due and payable following an
Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may, or at the written direction of
the
Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the
Controlling Class shall, upon prior notice to the Swap Counterparty, take one
or
more of the following actions as so directed (subject to Sections 5.02 and
5.05):
(i) institute
Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the
collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture
with
respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment
obtained and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon the Notes monies
adjudged due;
(ii) institute
Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this
Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;
(iii) exercise
any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate
action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee
and the Noteholders; and
(iv) sell
the Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one
or
more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by
law;
provided,
however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the
Trust Estate at the direction of the Noteholders following an Event of Default,
other than an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(i) or (ii),
unless: (A)(1) the Holders of Notes evidencing 100% of the Note Balance
consent thereto, (2) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation will be
sufficient to pay in full the Note Balance and all accrued but unpaid interest
on the Outstanding Notes or (3) the Indenture Trustee determines that the
Trust Estate will not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment
of
principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have become due if the
Notes had not been declared immediately due and payable, and the Indenture
Trustee obtains the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than
66⅔% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class; and (B) (1) there shall be
sufficient funds available to pay all amounts (including any termination
payments) owed to the Swap Counterparty or (2) the Swap Counterparty shall
have
otherwise consented to the sale or liquidation of the Trust
Estate. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect
to clauses (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and
rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm
of
national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to
the
sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.
(b) If
the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Section
as
a result of selling or liquidating the Trust Estate, it shall pay out such
money
or property (together with all Available Collections and all amounts on deposit
in the Accounts) on the related Distribution Date or other date fixed pursuant
to Section 5.04(c) in the order of priority set forth in
Section 2.08(f).
(c) The
Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and distribution date for any payment
to
Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least five days before such
record date, the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall mail to each
Noteholder, the Swap Counterparty and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states
the record date, the distribution date and the amount to be paid.
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Section
5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If
the Notes have been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02
following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have
not
been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need
not, elect to maintain possession of the Trust Estate and apply
proceeds as if there had been no declaration of acceleration; provided however,
that the Available Funds shall be applied in accordance with such declaration
of
acceleration in the manner specified in Section 2.08(f). It is
the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times
sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes
and
amounts due to the Swap Counterparty, and the Indenture Trustee shall take
such
desire into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession
of
the Trust Estate. In determining whether to maintain possession of
the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely
upon
an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national
reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the
sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.
Section
5.06. Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note
shall have any right to institute any Proceeding with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless:
(a) such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the
Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the
Controlling Class have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to
institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name
as
Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(c) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with
such request;
(d) the
Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and
(e) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture
Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less
than 51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class.
It
is
understood and intended that no one or more Noteholders shall have any right
in
any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Noteholders
or
to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Noteholders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided.
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In
the
event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests
and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each evidencing
less
than 51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, the Indenture Trustee
in
its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken,
notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
Section
5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture,
the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any,
on
such Note on the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in
this
Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall
not
be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section
5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the
Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce
any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture
Trustee or such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in
such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had
been
instituted.
Section
5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent
the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
Section
5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or
omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such
right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or
any
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, as the case may be.
Section
5.11. Control by Noteholders of the Controlling
Class. The Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the
Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the
Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that:
(i) such
direction shall not (A) be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture or (B) materially and adversely affect the Swap Counterparty without
its prior written consent (including any consent given pursuant to Section
5.04);
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(ii) subject
to the terms of Section 5.04, any direction to the Indenture Trustee to
sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than 100% of the Note Balance;
(iii) if
the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 have been satisfied and the
Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to such Section,
then any written direction to the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of Notes
evidencing less than 100% of the Note Balance to sell or liquidate the Trust
Estate shall be of no force and effect; and
(iv) the
Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.
Notwithstanding
the rights of Noteholders set forth in this Section, subject to
Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it
reasonably believes might involve it in costs, expenses and liabilities for
which it will not be adequately indemnified or might materially adversely affect
the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such action.
Section
5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the
declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in
Section 5.02, the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note
Balance of the Controlling Class may, on behalf of all Noteholders, waive
any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default
or
Event of Default (i) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the
Notes or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be
amended, supplemented or modified without the consent of all the
Noteholders. Upon any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee
and the Noteholders shall be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or
other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereto. Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall
cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and
not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereto.
Section
5.13. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Xxxxxx’s acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require,
in
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in
any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of
an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided,
however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by (i) the Indenture Trustee, (ii) any Noteholder, or group
of Noteholders, in each case holding Notes evidencing in the aggregate more
than
10% of the Note Balance (or, in the case of any suit which is instituted by
the
Controlling Class, more than 10% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class)
or (iii) any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of
principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption,
on
or after the Redemption Date).
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Section
5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any
time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit
or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any
time
hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that
it
shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted
to
the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section
5.15. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s
right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall
not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief
under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this
Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders
shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee
against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon
any
portion of the Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the
Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee
shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.04(b).
Section
5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain
Obligations.
(a) Promptly
following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the
Administrator’s expense, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance
by the Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer of their respective
obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or by the Seller of its obligations under or in connection with the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies,
powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection
with the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed
by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default
on
the part of the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer thereunder and
the
institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or
secure performance by the Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer of
their
respective obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee
may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by telephone
(confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of Holders of Notes evidencing
not
less than 66⅔% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, exercise all
rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the
Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer under or in connection with the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or against the Seller under or in connection with
the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to take any
action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Depositor, the
Seller or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, of its obligations to the
Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval,
extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, and any right of the Issuer to take
such
action shall be suspended.
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(c) Promptly
following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the
Administrator’s expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance
by the Seller of its obligations to the Depositor under or in connection with
the Receivables Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and
to
exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available
to the Depositor or the Issuer under or in connection with the Receivables
Purchase Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture
Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the
Depositor or the Seller thereunder and the institution of legal or
administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the
Seller of its obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
(d) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee
may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by telephone
(confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than 66⅔% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, exercise
all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Depositor against
the
Seller under or in connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including
the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or
observance by the Seller of its obligations to the Depositor thereunder and
to
give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver
under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and any right of the Depositor to
take
such action shall be suspended.
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ARTICLE
SIX
THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section
6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee.
(a) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee
shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use
the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own
affairs; provided, however, that if the Indenture Trustee shall assume the
duties of the Master Servicer, pursuant to Section 3.07(e), the Indenture
Trustee in performing such duties shall use the degree of care and skill
customarily exercised by a prudent institutional servicer, with respect to
retail motor vehicle installment sale contracts and installment loans that
it
administers or services, as the case may be, for itself or others.
(b) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the
Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as
are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee;
and
(ii) in
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture
Trustee and, if required by the terms of this Indenture, conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee
shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(i) this
paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 6.01(b);
(ii) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee unless it is proved
that
the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
and
(iii) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it
pursuant to Section 5.11.
(d) Every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture Trustee
is
subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section.
(e) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by
it
except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the
Issuer.
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(f) Money
held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture, the Trust
Agreement, the Swap Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(g) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance
of
any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers
hereunder, if the Indenture Trustee shall have reasonable grounds to believe
that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk
or liability is not assured to it.
(h) Every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability
of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
(i) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default
unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have
actual knowledge of such Event of Default or (ii) written notice of such
Event of Default shall have been given to the Indenture Trustee in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section
6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and
to
have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture
Trustee need not investigate any fact, calculation or matter stated in any
such
document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee, upon
receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports,
documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Indenture Trustee that
shall be specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of
this
Indenture, shall examine them to determine whether they comply as to form to
the
requirements of this Indenture.
(b) Before
the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may request and be
entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate or
Opinion of Counsel unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent
in such reliance.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or
a
custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for
any
misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such
agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers;
provided, however, that such action or omission by the Indenture Trustee does
not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The
Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel
with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall
be
full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to
any
action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
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(f) The
Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or
powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of
the
Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have
offered to the Indenture Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.
Section
6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The
Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates
with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture
Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying
agent may do the same with like rights.
Section
6.04. Indenture Trustee’s
Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
(i) responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, (ii) accountable for the Issuer’s
use of the proceeds from the Notes and (iii) responsible for any statement
of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with
the
sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate
of authentication.
Section
6.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and
is continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder and the Swap
Counterparty notice of such Default within 30 days after it
occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or
interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption
provisions of such Note), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice to
the
Noteholders if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of
Noteholders.
Section
6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to
Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver, within a
reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, to each Person
who at any time during such calendar year was a Noteholder, such information
furnished to the Indenture Trustee as may be required to enable such Person
to
prepare its federal and State income tax returns.
Section
6.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall pay or cause to be paid to the
Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its
services. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited
by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Administrator on behalf of the Issuer, shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee
for
all expenses, advances and disbursements reasonably incurred or made by it,
including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services;
provided, however, that the Administrator need not reimburse the Indenture
Trustee for any expense incurred through the Indenture Trustee’s willful
misconduct, negligence, or bad faith. Such expenses shall include the
reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee
for, and hold it and its officers, directors, employees, representatives and
agents, harmless against, any and all loss, liability or expense (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the
administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder;
provided, however, that the Administrator need not indemnify the Indenture
Trustee for, or hold it harmless against, any such loss, liability or expense
incurred through the Indenture Trustee’s willful misconduct, negligence, or bad
faith. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the
Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity. Any failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the
Issuer and the Administrator shall not, however, relieve the Administrator
of
its obligations hereunder. The Administrator, on behalf of the
Issuer, shall defend any such claim. The Indenture Trustee may have
separate counsel in connection with the defense of any such claim, and the
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall pay the fees and expenses of
such
counsel. Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator need reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the
Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith. The Administrator may delegate any of its
foregoing obligations to the Master Servicer with prior notice to the Issuer
and
the Indenture Trustee.
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(b) The
payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section shall
survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and the discharge
of
this Indenture. When the Indenture Trustee incurs fees or expenses
after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 5.01(v) or
(vi) with respect to the Issuer, such fees and expenses are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
law.
Section
6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee.
(a) No
resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Indenture Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section. The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying
the Issuer, the Depositor, the Swap Counterparty and the Noteholders, and will
provide all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply
with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K under the Exchange
Act, with respect to the resignation of the Indenture Trustee. The
Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the
Notes may remove the Indenture Trustee without cause by notifying the
Indenture Trustee (with a copy to the Issuer, the Depositor, the Swap
Counterparty and the Rating Agencies) of such removal and, following such
removal, may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. The Issuer shall
remove the Indenture Trustee if:
(i) the
Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
(ii) the
Indenture Trustee is adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its
property; or
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(iv) the
Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
The
Depositor may remove the Indenture
Trustee if the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 3.07(e),
Section 6.08 or Section 6.09 with respect to notice to or providing information
to the Depositor or the Swap Counterparty, or with Article Nine of the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement, in each case if such failure continues for the lesser
or 10
days or such period in which the applicable Exchange Act Report can be timely
filed (without taking into account any extensions). If the Indenture
Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the
Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being
referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Administrator shall
promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee and notify the Depositor such
appointment.
(b) Any
successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Swap Counterparty
and the Depositor and shall also provide all information reasonably
requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation
under the Exchange Act with respect to the replacement Indenture
Trustee. Upon delivery of such written acceptance, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of
the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture
Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Noteholders. The
retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it
as
Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
(c) If
a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of
the
Note Balance of the Controlling Class may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee. If
the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
(d) Notwithstanding
the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuer’s
and the Administrator’s obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for
the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.
Section
6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Xxxxxx.
(a) If
the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers
all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another
corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee
corporation or banking association, without any further act, shall be the
successor Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that such corporation or banking
association must be otherwise qualified and eligible under
Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Rating
Agencies, the Swap Counterparty and the Depositor with prior written notice
of
any such transaction and shall provide the Depositor with written notice of
such
event no later than five Business Days after the effective date of such merger,
together with the information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order
to
comply with its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to
a
successor Indenture Trustee.
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(b) If
at the time such successor or successors by consolidation, merger or conversion
to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture
any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such
successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication
of any predecessor trustee and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in
case
at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any such
successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the
name of any predecessor trustee or in the name of the successor to the Indenture
Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full
force which the Notes or this Indenture provide that the certificate of the
Indenture Trustee shall have.
Section
6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting
any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate
may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator, acting
jointly, shall have the power and may execute and deliver an instrument to
appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly
with
the Indenture Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or
any
part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such
capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Trust Estate
or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section,
such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may
consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee
under this Indenture shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as
a
successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice of the appointment of
any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under
Section 6.08.
(b) Each
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture
Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the
Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being
understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee shall not be authorized
to
act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to
the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or
acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate
or
any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed
singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction
of
the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) no
trustee under this Indenture shall be personally liable by reason of any act
or
omission of any other trustee under this Indenture; and
(iii) the
Indenture Trustee and the Administrator may at any time accept the resignation
of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed
to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing
any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the
conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee,
upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates
or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all
the
provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Each such instrument shall be
filed with the Indenture Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Administrator.
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(d) Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee,
its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent
permitted by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture
on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment
of a
new or successor trustee.
Section
6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture
Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA
Section 310(a). The Indenture Trustee or its parent shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most
recent published annual report of condition and shall have a long term debt
rating of investment grade by each Rating Agency or shall otherwise be
acceptable to each Rating Agency. The Indenture Trustee shall comply
with TIA Section 310(b).
If
at any
time following the occurrence of an Event of Default which shall not have been
cured or waived, the Indenture Trustee shall ascertain that it has a conflict
of
interest (as defined in TIA Section 310(b)), with respect to one or more Classes
of Notes, then within 90 days after ascertaining such conflict of interest,
unless authorized by the Commission, the Indenture Trustee shall either
eliminate such conflict of interest or, except as otherwise provided in TIA
Section 310(b), resign with respect to such Class or Classes of Notes in
accordance with Section 6.08, and the Issuer shall appoint a successor
Indenture Trustee for each such Class, as applicable, so that there will be
one
or more separate Indenture Trustees, as necessary, for any Class or Classes
of Notes as to which the retiring Indenture Trustee had a conflict of
interest. In the event the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with the
terms of the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee shall comply with clauses
(ii) and (iii) of TIA Section 310(b).
In
the
case of the appointment pursuant to this Section of a successor Indenture
Trustee with respect to one or more Classes of Notes, the Issuer, the retiring
Indenture Trustee and the successor Indenture Trustee with respect to such
Class
of Notes shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein
each
successor Indenture Trustee shall accept such appointment and which
(i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, the successor Indenture Trustee all
the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect
to the Notes of the Class to which the appointment of such successor
Indenture Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Indenture Trustee is not
retiring with respect to all Classes of Notes, shall contain such provisions
as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes
of
each Class as to which the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring shall
continue to be vested in the Indenture Trustee and (iii) shall add to or
change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Indenture Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Indenture Trustees co-trustees
of
the same trust and that each such Indenture Trustee shall be a trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Indenture Trustee; and upon the removal of the
retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
herein.
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Section
6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA
Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA
Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent
indicated.
Section
6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture
Trustee. The Indenture Trustee hereby makes the following
representations and warranties on which the Issuer and the Noteholders shall
rely:
(a) it
is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the United States;
(b) it
has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver, and perform
its
obligations under this Indenture and has taken all necessary action to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Indenture;
and
(c) this
Indenture is an enforceable obligation of the Indenture Trustee.
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
NOTEHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS
Section
7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of
Noteholders. The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Indenture Trustee (i) not more than five days after each Record Date, a
list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names
and addresses of the Noteholders as of such Record Date and (ii) at such
other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days
after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than ten days prior to the time such list is
furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the
Note
Registrar or the Notes are issued as Book-Entry Notes, no such list shall be
required to be furnished.
Section
7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications, Reports and
Certain Documents to Noteholders.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of the Noteholders contained in the most
recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01
and the names and addresses of Noteholders received by the Indenture Trustee
in
its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new
list so furnished.
(b) Noteholders
may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes.
(c) The
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the protection
of TIA Section 312(c).
(d) The
Indenture Trustee will provide to Securityholders the reports, certificates,
opinions and documents specified in Section 3.14 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, upon written request to the Indenture Trustee.
Section
7.03. Reports by Issuer.
(a) The
Issuer shall:
(i) file
with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to
file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any
of
the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) that the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(ii) file
with the Indenture Trustee, the Commission, in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional
information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer
with
the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time
to
time by such rules and regulations; and
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(iii) supply
to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall mail to all
Noteholders described in TIA Section 313(c)) such summaries of any
information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.03(a) and by
the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
(b) Unless
the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall end on
December 31 of each year.
Section
7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee.
(a) If
required by TIA Section 313(a), within 60 days after each December 15
beginning with December 15, 2007, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each
Noteholder as required by TIA Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such
date that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Indenture
Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b).
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall provide to the Administrator and the Master Servicer,
to
be filed by the Administrator or the Master Servicer with the Commission and
each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed, a copy of each
report mailed to Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture. The Issuer
shall notify the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any
stock
exchange.
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
ACCOUNTS,
DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section
8.01. Collection of Money. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery
of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or
assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other
property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee
shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture and
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided
in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or
performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust Estate,
the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce
such
payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate
Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right
to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to
proceed thereafter as provided in Article Five.
Section
8.02. Accounts.
(a) On
or before the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Master Servicer to
establish and maintain, at an Eligible Institution, which shall initially be
the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of
the
Securityholders, the Master Servicer, the Trustees, the Swap Counterparty and
the Paying Agent, the Collection Account as provided in Section 4.01(a) of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. On or before each Distribution
Date, the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account all amounts
required to be deposited therein with respect to the preceding Collection Period
as provided in Sections 4.05 and 4.08 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall apply or cause to be applied the amount on deposit in the Collection
Account on such Distribution Date in accordance with Section 2.08(a) (or
following the acceleration of the Notes after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, in accordance with Section 2.08(f)).
(b) On
or before the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Master Servicer to
establish and maintain, at Wachovia Bank in the name of the Indenture Trustee,
for the benefit of the Securityholders and the Swap Counterparty, the Reserve
Fund as provided in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. On or before each Distribution Date, upon receipt of
instructions from the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.09(c) of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee, directly or through the
Paying Agent, shall withdraw or cause to be withdrawn from the Reserve Fund
and
deposit in the Collection Account, the Reserve Fund Draw Amount, if any, for
such Distribution Date.
(c) On
or before the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Master Servicer to
establish and maintain, at an Eligible Institution, which shall initially be
the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of
the
Noteholders, the Master Servicer, the Swap Counterparty, the Trustees and the
Paying Agent, the Note Payment Account as provided in Section 4.01(a) of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. On each Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall, directly or through the Paying Agent, apply or cause
to
be applied the amount on deposit in the Note Payment Account on such
Distribution Date in accordance with Section 2.08.
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Section
8.03. General Provisions Regarding Accounts.
(a) So
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
all or a portion of the funds in the Accounts shall be invested by the Master
Servicer or the Indenture Trustee at the written direction of the Master
Servicer, as applicable, in Eligible Investments as provided in Sections 4.01
of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. All income or other gain (net of
losses and investment expenses) from investments of monies deposited in the
Accounts shall be withdrawn (or caused to be withdrawn) by the Indenture
Trustee, from such accounts and distributed (but only under the circumstances
set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement) as provided in
Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08 and 4.09 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Master Servicer shall not and shall not direct the
Indenture Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment
held in any of the Accounts unless the security interest granted and perfected
in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds
of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and,
in
connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such
investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall
deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee, to such effect.
(b) Subject
to Section 6.01(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held
liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Accounts resulting from
any
loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for losses attributable
to the Indenture Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments
issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor
and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.
(c) If
(i) the Master Servicer shall have failed to give written investment
directions for any funds on deposit in the Accounts to the Indenture Trustee
by
11:00 A.M., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed upon by
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee), on the related Deposit Date or
(ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and
payable pursuant to Section 5.02 or (iii) if the Notes shall have been
declared due and payable following an Event of Default but amounts collected
or
receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with
Section 5.05 as if there had not been such a declaration, then the
Indenture Trustee upon actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee of such event shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest
and reinvest funds in the Accounts in the one or more Eligible Investments
listed in clause (vii) of the definition of the term “Eligible
Investments”.
Section
8.04. Release of Trust Estate.
(a) Subject
to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07, the
Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture
shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture,
or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under
circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the
Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article shall be bound to ascertain
the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any
conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.
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(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and
all
sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 and to the Swap
Counterparty pursuant to the Swap Agreement, have been paid in full, release
any
remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes from the lien
of
this Indenture and release or cause to be released to the Issuer or any other
Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the
Accounts. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien
of this Indenture pursuant to this Section only upon receipt of an Issuer
Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and,
if required by the TIA or Section 11.01, Independent Certificates in accordance
with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1), and otherwise in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 11.01.
Section
8.05. Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee
shall receive at least seven days notice when requested by the Issuer to take
any action pursuant to Section 8.04(a), accompanied by copies of any
instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, except
in
connection with any action contemplated by Section 8.04(b), as a condition
to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to
the
Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the
steps required to complete such action, and concluding that all conditions
precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such action
will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Notes or the
rights of the Noteholders or the Swap Counterparty in contravention of the
provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel
shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Trust
Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without
independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate
or
other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any
such
action.
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ARTICLE
NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders.
(a) The
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may,
without the consent of any Holders of any Notes but with prior written notice
to
the Rating Agencies and the Swap Counterparty (which written notice, in the
case
of the Swap Counterparty shall include a draft of any such supplemental
indenture), at any time and from time to time, enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any
of
the following purposes:
(i) to
correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the
lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the
Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien
of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this Indenture additional
property;
(ii) to
evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof,
of
another Person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Issuer herein and in the Notes contained;
(iii) to
add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, or
to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;
(iv) to
convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the
Indenture Trustee;
(v) to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any
supplemental indenture that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein
or in any supplemental indenture or in any (i) offering document used in
connection with the initial offer and sale of the Notes or to add any provisions
to or change in any manner or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture
which will not be inconsistent with other provisions of this Indenture or
(ii) other Basic Document with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture;
(vi) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a
successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of
the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to
the
requirements of Article Six; or
(vii) to
modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent
as
shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the
TIA
or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this
Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA or
the
rules and regulations of the Commission.
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provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture (i) may materially adversely
affect the interests of any Noteholder and (ii) will be permitted unless an
Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that
such
supplemental indenture will not cause the Issuer to be characterized for federal
income tax purposes as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable
as
a corporation or otherwise have any material adverse impact on the federal
income taxation of any Notes Outstanding or any Noteholder. The
Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained.
A
supplemental indenture shall be
deemed not to materially adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder if
the
Person requesting such supplemental indenture (i) has delivered no fewer than
ten days prior written notice of such supplemental indenture to each Rating
Agency and (ii) obtains and delivers to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the supplemental indenture would not materially
adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder.
Upon
execution of any such supplemental
indenture, an executed copy of such supplemental indenture shall be provided
to
the Swap Counterparty.
Section
9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Noteholders. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when
authorized by an Issuer Order, may, with the consent of the Holders of Notes
evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class and
with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies and the Swap Counterparty
(which prior written notice shall include, in the case of the Swap Counterparty
a draft of any such proposed supplemental indenture), by Act of such Holders
delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, at any time and from time
to
time enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose
of
adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of, this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that (i) the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect such action
and
(ii) no such supplemental indenture will be permitted unless an Opinion of
Counsel is delivered to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such
supplemental indenture will not cause the Issuer to be characterized for federal
income tax purposes as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable
as
a corporation or otherwise have any material adverse impact on the federal
income taxation of any Notes Outstanding or any Noteholder; and, provided
further, that no such supplemental indenture may, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Note, to the extent any such Person is materially
and
adversely affected by such supplemental indenture:
(a) change
any Final Scheduled Distribution Date or the date of payment of any installment
of principal of or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof,
the Interest Rate applicable thereto or the Redemption Price with respect
thereto, change the provisions of this Indenture relating to the application
of
collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Trust Estate to payment
of
principal of or interest on the Notes, or change any place of payment where,
or
the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is
payable;
(b) impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this
Indenture requiring the application of available funds, as provided in
Article Five, to the payment of any amount due on the Notes on or after the
respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date);
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(c) reduce
the percentage of the Note Balance or the Note Balance of the Controlling Class,
the consent of the Holders of Notes of which is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of Notes of which is
required for any waiver of compliance with the provisions of this Indenture
or
of defaults hereunder and their consequences as provided in this
Indenture;
(d) modify
or alter (A) the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term
“Outstanding”, (B) the definition of the term “Note Balance” or
(C) the definition of the term “Controlling Class”;
(e) reduce
the percentage of the Note Balance required to direct the Indenture Trustee
to
sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 if the proceeds
of such sale would be insufficient to pay in full the principal amount of and
accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes;
(f) reduce
the percentage of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class the consent of
the Holders of Notes of which is required for any such supplemental indenture
amending the provisions of this Indenture which specify the applicable
percentage of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class the consent of
which is required for such supplemental indenture or the amendment of any other
Basic Document;
(g) affect
the calculation of the amount of any interest on or principal of the Notes
payable on any Distribution Date (including the calculation of any of the
individual components of such calculation);
(h) modify
any of the provisions of this Indenture in such a manner as to affect the rights
of the Holders of the Notes to the benefit of any provisions for the mandatory
redemption of the Notes; or
(i) permit
the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this
Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or, except as otherwise
permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the lien of this Indenture on any
such collateral at any time subject hereto or deprive the Noteholders of the
security provided by the lien of this Indenture.
The
Administrator shall certify to the Indenture Trustee whether or not any Notes
would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such certification
shall
be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or thereafter
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
It
shall
not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be
sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
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The
Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained.
Promptly
after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall mail (i) to
the
Noteholders to which such supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth
in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture and (ii) tothe
Swap Counterparty a copy of such supplemental indenture. Any failure
of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice or supplemental indenture, or
any
defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity
of
any such supplemental indenture.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 9.01 or Section 9.02, no amendment or
supplemental indenture to this Indenture, or any provision or definition set
forth in any other Basic Document which is incorporated by reference in this
Indenture, may be entered into without the prior written consent of the Swap
Counterparty if such amendment or supplemental indenture could have a materially
adverse effect on the Swap Counterparty.
Section
9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In
executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of the
trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that
all
conditions precedent in this Indenture to the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture have been satisfied. The Indenture Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture
that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section
9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof,
this Indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be modified and amended in
accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the
respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities
and
immunities under this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the
Noteholders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder
subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms
and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to
be
part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all
purposes.
Section
9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every
amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant
to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in
effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the
TIA.
Section
9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental
Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and if required
by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the
Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall so determine,
new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee
and
the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed
by
the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange
for Outstanding Notes.
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ARTICLE
TEN
REDEMPTION
OF NOTES
Section
10.01. Redemption.
(a) The
Notes are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, at the direction
of
the Seller pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, on
any Distribution Date on which the Seller exercises its option to purchase
the
assets of the Issuer pursuant to said Section, and the amount paid by the Seller
shall be treated as collections in respect of the Receivables and applied to
pay
all amounts due to the Master Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
the Total Trustee Fees, all amounts owed to the Swap Counterparty and the unpaid
principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon. The Seller or the Issuer shall furnish each Rating Agency
and the Swap Counterparty, notice of such redemption. If the Notes
are to be redeemed pursuant to this Section, the Seller shall furnish notice
of
such redemption to the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor,
the Swap Counterparty and the Rating Agencies, not later than 30 days prior
to the Redemption Date and the Issuer shall deposit one Business Day prior
to
the Redemption Date with the Indenture Trustee in the Note Payment Account
the
Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed (all or a portion of which deposit
may be made from Available Funds), whereupon all such Notes shall be due and
payable on the Redemption Date upon the furnishing of a notice complying with
Section 10.02 to each Noteholder.
(b) In
the event that the assets of the Issuer are purchased by the Seller pursuant
to
Section 8.01(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all amounts (i) on
deposit in the Note Payment Account shall be paid to the Noteholders up to
the
unpaid principal amount of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
and (ii) owed to the Swap Counterparty shall be paid in full. If such
amounts are to be paid to Noteholders pursuant to this Section, the Issuer
shall, to the extent practicable, furnish or cause the Seller to furnish notice
of such event to the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty
and
the Rating Agencies, not later than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date,
whereupon all such amounts shall be payable on the Redemption Date.
Section
10.02. Form of Redemption Notice. Notice of
redemption of the Notes under Section 10.01 shall be given by the Indenture
Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile transmitted
promptly following receipt of notice from the Issuer or the Seller pursuant
to
Section 10.01(a), but not later than ten days prior to the applicable
Redemption Date to each Noteholder, as of the close of business on the Record
Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Noteholder’s address or
facsimile number appearing in the Note Register.
All
notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the
Redemption Date;
(ii) the
Redemption Price;
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(iii) the
place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption
Price
(which shall be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided
in Section 3.02); and
(iv) that
on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each Note and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after the
Redemption Date.
Notice
of
redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name
and
at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption,
or any defect therein, to any Noteholder shall not impair or affect the validity
of the redemption of any other Note.
Section
10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes
to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required by
Section 10.02, on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the
Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the
Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any
period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes
of
calculating the Redemption Price.
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ARTICLE
ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
(a) Upon
any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the
Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in
the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with and (iii) if required by Section 11.01(b)(ii) or the TIA or an
Independent Certificate, except that, in the case of any such application or
request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required
by
any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need
be
furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a
statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has
caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(ii) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are based;
(iii) a
statement that, in the opinion of each signatory, such signatory has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(iv) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each signatory, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
(b) (i) Prior
to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with the
Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of any property
or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in
addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.01(a) or elsewhere in this
Indenture, deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying
or stating the opinion of each individual signing such certificate as to the
fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral
or other property or securities to be so deposited.
(ii) Whenever
the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the
matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters,
if
the fair value to the Issuer of the property or securities to be so deposited
and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or
release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer,
as
set forth in the certificates furnished pursuant to clause (i) above
and this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the Note Balance, but such a
certificate need not be furnished with respect to any property or securities
so
deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related
Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than 1% of the Note
Balance.
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(iii) Other
than with respect to any release described in clause (A) or (B) of
Section 11.01(b)(v), whenever any property or securities are to be released
from the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture
Trustee and the Swap Counterparty an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating
the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value
(within 90 days of such release) of the property or securities
proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the
proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture in
contravention of the provisions hereof.
(iv) Whenever
the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee or the Swap
Counterparty an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any
signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the
Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate
as
to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of
all
other property (other than property described in clauses (A) or (B) of
Section 11.01(b)(v)) released from the lien of this Indenture since the
commencement of the then-current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates
required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10%
or more of the Note Balance, but such certificate need not be furnished in
the
case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as
set
forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than 1%
of the Note Balance at the time of such release.
(v) Notwithstanding
Section 2.13 or any other provision of this Section, the Issuer may,
without compliance with the requirements of the other provisions of this
Section, (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables
and Financed Vehicles as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic
Documents and (B) make cash payments out of the Accounts as and to the
extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents.
Section
11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture
Trustee.
(a) In
any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered
by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
(b) Any
certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise
of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which such Officer’s Certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or
Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, one or more officers of
the
Seller, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Issuer or the Administrator,
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Issuer or
the
Administrator, unless such Authorized Officer or counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
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(c) Where
any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments
under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
(d) Whenever
in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report
to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any
document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence
of
the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and
accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective
date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and
opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent
to
the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency
of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be
construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and
accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided
in Article Six.
Section
11.03. Acts of Noteholders.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in
writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the
Indenture Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of
the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer,
if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems
sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Note shall bind the Holder of every Note issued
upon
the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect
of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or
the
Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon
such Note.
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Section
11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer,
Depositor, Swap Counterparty and Rating
Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted
by this Indenture shall be in writing and if such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders is
to be
made upon, given or furnished to or filed with:
(a) the
Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or the Issuer shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and sent by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier or facsimile (followed
by
original) to or with the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office;
(b) the
Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if in writing and sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
overnight courier or facsimile (followed by original) to the Issuer addressed
to: Wachovia Auto Loan Owner Trust 2007-1, in care of Wilmington Trust Company,
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration (with a copy to the Administrator, 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx Xxxxx, XX0000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 28288-5578, Attention: ABS Deal
Administration), or at any other address previously furnished in writing to
the
Indenture Trustee by the Issuer or the Administrator; the Issuer shall promptly
transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the Indenture
Trustee;
(c) the
Depositor by the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer or any Noteholder,
shall
be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and sent by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier or facsimile (followed by original)
to
the Depositor addressed to WDS Receivables LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: Treasury ABS Department or at
any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the
Depositor; or
(d) the
Swap Counterparty by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee
or any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing
and sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier or facsimile
(followed by original) to the Swap Counterparty addressed to Wachovia Bank,
National Association, 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xx. XX0000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
00000--0600, Attention: Derivatives Documentation.
Notices
required to be given to each Rating Agency, as applicable, by the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be in writing, personally
delivered, telecopied, mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested,
or
sent by electronic delivery in the case of (i) Fitch, at Fitch Inc., 0
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Auto ABS
Group (e-mail: Xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx), (ii)
Moody’s, at Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(e-mail: XxxxxxxxXxxxxxx@Xxxxxx.xxx) and
(iii) Standard & Poor’s, at Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a Division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department
(e-mail: Xxxxxxxx_Xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx); or at such other address as shall be
designated by written notice to the other parties.
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Section
11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall
be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by
such event, at such Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register, not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any
defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice
that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed
to
have been duly given.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived
in
writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the
Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the
validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
In
case,
by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike,
work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of
any
event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any
provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall
be
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving
of such notice.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice to any Rating Agency, failure to give such
notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder,
and
shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of
Default.
Section
11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice
Provisions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or
any of the Notes to the contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement with
any Noteholder providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture
Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Noteholder, that is different from the
methods provided for in this Indenture for such payments or
notices. The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee a copy of
each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to be made
and
notices to be given in accordance with such agreements.
Section
11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof
that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions
of
the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
The
provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any Person
(including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly
excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether
or
not physically contained herein.
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Section
11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the
Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning
or
interpretation of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section
11.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements
of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors,
co-trustees and agents.
Section
11.10. Severability. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Indenture and the Notes shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section
11.11. Benefits of Indenture; Third Party
Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express
or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder and the Noteholders, and any other party secured hereunder,
and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Trust Estate,
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Indenture shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and the Owner Trustee,
the Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty, the Certificateholders and their
respective successors and permitted assigns shall be third party
beneficiaries. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, no other
Person shall have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section
11.12. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date
on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding
any other provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made
on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest
shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.
SECTION
11.13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF
THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section
11.14. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to
be an original, but all of which counterparts shall together constitute but
one
and the same instrument.
Section
11.15. Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is
subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording
shall be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion
of
Counsel (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such
recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any
other
Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted
to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
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Section
11.16. Trust Obligation. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 3.07(e), no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee
or
the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate
or
other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against
(i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity,
(ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of
the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder
of
a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee
or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee
in
its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed
(it
being understood that the Indenture Trustee, except as otherwise provided in
Section 3.07(e), and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacities) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary
shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid
consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any
installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of this
Indenture, 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 Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust
Agreement.
Section
11.17. No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by
entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting
a
Note or a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, hereby covenant
and
agree that they will not at any time institute against the Issuer or the
Depositor, or join in any institution against the Issuer or the Depositor of,
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or State
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the
Notes, this Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents.
Section
11.18. Inspection. The Issuer shall, with
reasonable prior notice, permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee,
during the Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine the books of account,
records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts
therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified public
accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the
Issuer’s officers, employees, and Independent certified public accountants, all
at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. The Indenture Trustee shall and shall cause its
representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to the extent
disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for
confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent
with its obligations hereunder.
Section
11.19. Subordination Agreement. Each Noteholder, by
accepting a Note, hereby covenants and agrees that, to the extent it is deemed
to have any interest in any assets of the Depositor, or a securitization vehicle
(other than the Issuer) related to the Depositor, dedicated to other debt
obligations of the Depositor or debt obligations of any other securitization
vehicle (other than the Issuer) related to the Depositor, its interest in those
assets is subordinate to claims or rights of such other debtholders to those
other assets. Furthermore, each Noteholder, by accepting a Note,
hereby covenants and agrees that such agreement constitutes a subordination
agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
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Section
11.20. Security Interest Matters.
(a) This
Indenture creates a valid and continuing “security interest” (as defined in the
UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security
interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against
creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer. With respect to each
Receivable, the Issuer has taken all steps necessary to perfect its security
interest against the related Obligor in the related Financed
Vehicle.
(b) The
Receivables constitute “tangible chattel paper” (as defined in the
UCC). The Issuer has caused or will cause on or prior to the Closing
Date the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing
offices in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law necessary to
perfect the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Indenture
Trustee hereunder. Other than the security interest granted to the
Indenture Trustee hereunder, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted
a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the
Receivables. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description
of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement
relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder
or
that has been terminated. The motor vehicle retail installment sale
contracts and installment loans that constitute or evidence the Receivables
do
not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned
or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Depositor, the Issuer or
the
Indenture Trustee. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax
lien filings against the Issuer.
(c) All
financing statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor of the
Indenture Trustee contain a statement substantially to the following effect:
“A
purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing
statement will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee”.
Section
11.21. Obligations with Respect to the Swap
Counterparty. Any obligations or duties owed to, or rights of,
the Swap Counterparty hereunder, including the right of the Swap Counterparty
to
consent to, or receive notice of, any actions hereunder shall terminate upon
payment in full of the Class A-3b Notes and payment of all amounts owed to
the
Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized, as of the
day
and year first above written.
By:
WILMINGTON
TRUST
COMPANY,
not
in
its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
By:
/s/
X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: X.
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Financial
Services Officer
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U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not
in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice
President
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Indenture
EXHIBIT A
FORM
OF
CLASS [A-1] [A-2] [A-3a] [A-3b] [B] [C] [D] [E] NOTE
[FOR
CLASS E NOTES] [THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE
REFERRED TO HEREIN AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW OF
ANY
APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.]
[FOR
CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C AND CLASS D NOTES] THE ACQUISITION OF THE NOTES
BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH THE ASSETS OF ANY “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” SUBJECT
TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR ANY “PLAN” SUBJECT TO
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE”) OR ANY ENTITY PART OR ALL OF THE ASSETS OF WHICH CONSTITUTE
ASSETS OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN BY REASON OF DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101 OR OTHERWISE, OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH
OR
OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW SUBSTANTIALLY
SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE IS PROHIBITED UNLESS SUCH PURCHASE, HOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT
DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES WOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR UNDER SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE (OR IN THE CASE OF A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR OTHER PLAN, VIOLATE
ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW). EACH
BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS
AND AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
[FOR
CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C AND CLASS D NOTES] [A FIDUCIARY OF A BENEFIT PLAN
PURCHASING THE CLASS [A-1] [A-2] [A-3a] [A-3b] [B] [C] [D] NOTES WITH THE ASSETS
OF A BENEFIT PLAN IS DEEMED TO REPRESENT THAT THE PURCHASE OF ONE OR MORE NOTES
IS CONSISTENT WITH ITS FIDUCIARY DUTIES UNDER ERISA AND DOES NOT RESULT IN
A
NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE.]
[FOR
CLASS E NOTES] [THE CLASS E NOTES MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED BY, OR ON BEHALF OF,
OR
WITH THE ASSETS OF ANY “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY
RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR ANY “PLAN” SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, OR ANY ENTITY PART OR ALL OF THE ASSETS OF WHICH
CONSTITUTE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN BY REASON OF
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, ERISA SECTION 3(42) OR
OTHERWISE, OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO FEDERAL, STATE,
LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.]
A-1
[FOR
THE
CLASS A, B, C AND D NOTES] [ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE OF THIS NOTE
FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN, UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUING ENTITY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO.).]
[FOR
THE
CLASS A, B C AND D NOTES] [TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS
IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH
SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO
TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE
REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
PRINCIPAL
OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT
SHOWN
ON THE FACE HEREOF. ANY PERSON ACQUIRING THIS NOTE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS
CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE.
THE
FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE ISSUING ENTITY AND THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE WITH THE
APPLICABLE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CERTIFICATIONS (GENERALLY, AN INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-9 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON
THAT IS A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, OR AN APPROPRIATE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM
W-8
(OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS NOT A “UNITED
STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE) MAY RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION OF U.S. FEDERAL BACK-UP WITHHOLDING UPON
PAYMENTS TO THE HOLDER IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE.
A-2
[FOR
CLASS A-2 , A-3a AND A-3b NOTES] THIS NOTE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF
PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A-1 NOTES [, THE CLASS A-2 NOTES] AS DESCRIBED IN
THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
[FOR
CLASS C, D AND E NOTES] THIS NOTE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT
TO THE [CLASS A NOTES] [CLASS B NOTES] [CLASS C
NOTES] [CLASS D NOTES] AS DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO
HEREIN.]
THIS
NOTE
IS NOT A DEPOSIT OR OBLIGATION OF OR AN INTEREST IN WACHOVIA DEALER SERVICES,
INC. OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. THIS NOTE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED
BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR
FUND
OF THE UNITED STATES.
REGISTERED
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$___________
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No. R-A1-1
[R-A2-1] [R-A3a-1]
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CUSIP
NO. ___________
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[R-A3b-1][R-B-1]
[R-C-1] [R-D-1] [R-E-1]
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ISIN
NO. ___________
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COMMON
CODE ___________
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_____%
CLASS A-1 [A-2] [A-3a][A-3b] [B] [C] [D] [E] ASSET BACKED
NOTE
Wachovia
Auto Loan Owner Trust 2007-1, a statutory trust organized and existing under
the
laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal
sum of ___________________ DOLLARS ($___________), payable to the extent
described in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof on each
Distribution Date; provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount
of
this Note shall be payable on the earlier of _______________, 200__ (the
“Class A-1 [A-2] [A-3a][A-3b][B] [C] [D] [E] Final Scheduled
Distribution Date”) and the Redemption Date, if any, selected pursuant to the
Indenture.
The
Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on
each
Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available
for
payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding
Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on
such
preceding Distribution Date), or on the Closing Date in the case of the first
Distribution Date or if no interest has yet been paid, subject to certain
limitations contained in the Indenture. Interest on this Note will
accrue for each Distribution Date from, and including, the most recent
Distribution Date on which interest has been paid (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date or if no interest has yet been paid, from and including the
Closing Date), to but excluding such current Distribution Date. [For
Class [A-1] [A-3b] Notes: Interest will be computed on the basis of the actual
number of days during the related Interest Period divided by
360.] [For Class A-2, A-3a, B, C, D and E Notes: Interest
on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from and including the
20th day of
the
prior month (or from and including the Closing Date, in the case of the first
Distribution Date or if no interest has yet been paid) to but excluding the
20th day of
the
current month. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months.] The Issuer shall pay
interest on overdue installments of interest at the interest rate shown above
to
the extent lawful. Such principal and interest on this Note shall be
paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
A-3
The
principal and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of
the
United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public
and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to
this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as
provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
Reference
is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this
Note.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture
Trustee whose name appears below by manual or facsimile signature, this Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
A-4
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually
or
in facsimile, by an Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth
below.
Date:
____________ __, 2007
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By:
WILMINGTON
TRUST
COMPANY,
not
in
its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
under the Trust Agreement
By:
Authorized Signatory
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INDENTURE
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Date:
____________ __, 2007
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U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not
in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee,
By:
Authorized
Signatory
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A-5
[REVERSE
OF CLASS A-1 [A-2] [A-3a] [A-3b][B] [C] [D] [E] NOTE]
This
Note
is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its
_____% Class A-1 [A-2] [A-3a] [A-3b] [B] [C] [D] [E] Asset Backed
Notes (the “Class [A-___] Notes”), all issued under the Indenture, dated as
of June 1, 2007 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the
respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders. The Notes are subject to all terms of
the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture, which also
contains rules as to construction that shall be applicable hereto.
The
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the
Class B Notes, the Class C Notes, the Class D Notes and the
Class E Notes (collectively, the “Notes”) are, except as otherwise provided in
the Indenture or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, equally and ratably
secured by the Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the
Indenture.
Principal
payable on the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3a][A-3b] [B] [C] [D] [E] Notes
will be paid on each Distribution Date in the amount specified in the Indenture
and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. As described above, the
entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be payable on the earlier
of
the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3a][A-3b] [B] [C] [D] [E] Final Scheduled
Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, selected pursuant to the
Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under certain
circumstances, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Class [A-1] [A-2]
[A-3a][A-3b] [B] [C] [D] [E] Notes shall be due and payable following the
occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, if the Indenture Trustee
or
the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the
Controlling Class have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable
in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture. All
principal payments on the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3a][A-3b] [B] [C]
[D] [E] Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class [A-1] [A-2]
[A-3a][A-3b] [B] [C] [D] [E] Noteholders entitled thereto.
Payments
of principal and interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution
Date
or Redemption Date shall be made by check mailed to the Person whose name
appears as the registered Noteholder (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on
the
Note Register as of the close of business on the related Record Date, except
that with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the
nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede &
Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds
to
the account designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed
to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears
on
the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this
Note be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the
principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected
by
any payments made on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date shall be binding
upon all future Noteholders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether
or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as
provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the remaining unpaid principal
amount of this Note on a Distribution Date or Redemption Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify
the
Person who was the registered Noteholder as of the Record Date preceding such
Distribution Date or Redemption Date by notice mailed within 30 days of
such Distribution Date or Redemption Date and the amount then due and payable
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or at the office of the
Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such purposes located in the City of New
York.
A-6
As
provided in the Indenture, the Notes may be redeemed, in whole but not in part,
in the manner and to the extent described in the Indenture and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations set forth therein
and
on the face hereof, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note
Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office
or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed
by,
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the
Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Noteholder or such Noteholder’s attorney
duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act, and thereupon one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge
will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note,
but
the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration
of transfer or exchange.
[For
the
Class A, B, C, and D Notes] Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of
a
Note or a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, covenants and agrees
that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the
Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered
in
connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee, each in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent,
officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee,
each in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign
of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, each in its individual capacity,
except as any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such
partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided
by
applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such
entity.
[For
the
Class E Notes] Each Noteholder by acceptance of a Note, covenants and agrees
that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the
Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered
in
connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee, each in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent,
officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee,
each in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign
of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, each in its individual capacity,
except as any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such
partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided
by
applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such
entity.
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[For
the
Class A, B, C and D Notes] Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of
a
Note or a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, covenants and agrees
by accepting the benefits of the Indenture and such Note that such Noteholder
or
Note Owner will not at any time institute against the Depositor or the Issuer,
or join in any institution against the Depositor or the Issuer of, any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
under any United States federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection
with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Certificates, the Indenture
or
the other Basic Documents.
[For
the
Class E Notes] Each Noteholder by acceptance of a Note, covenants and
agrees by accepting the benefits of the Indenture and such Note that such
Noteholder will not at any time institute against the Depositor or the Issuer,
or join in any institution against the Depositor or the Issuer of, any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
under any United States federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection
with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Certificates, the Indenture
or
the other Basic Documents.
[For
the
Class A, B, C and D Notes] The Issuer has entered into the Indenture and this
Note is issued with the intention that, for federal, State and local income,
single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as
indebtedness of the Issuer secured by the Trust Estate. Each
Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by acceptance of a
beneficial interest in a Note), agrees to treat the Notes for federal, State
and
local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of
the
Issuer.
[For
the
Class E Notes] The Issuer has entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued
with the intention that, for federal, State and local income, single business
and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer
secured by the Trust Estate. Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a
Note, agrees to treat the Notes for federal, State and local income, single
business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
Prior
to
the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer,
the
Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may
treat
the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of
such
other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note shall be overdue, and none
of
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and
the
rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with
the
consent of the Holders of Notes representing at least 51% of the Note Balance
of
the Controlling Class. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Noteholders representing specified percentages of the Note
Balance of the Controlling Class, on behalf of all Noteholders, to waive
compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Noteholder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor
Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Noteholder and upon all future
Noteholders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also
permits the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms
and
conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of the
Noteholders.
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The
Indenture permits the Issuer, under certain circumstances, to consolidate or
merge with or into another Person, subject to the rights of the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders under the Indenture.
The
Notes
are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the
Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
THIS
NOTE
AND THE INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the
times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein
prescribed.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social
Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(name
and
address of assignee)
the
within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
attorney,
to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:____________________________________________________ ______________________________*
Signature
Guaranteed:
______________________________*
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NOTICE: The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in
every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change
whatsoever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note
Registrar.
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