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EXHIBIT 99.3
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
SELLER AND SERVICER
AND
WHOLESALE AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
PURCHASER
DATED AS OF JUNE 29, 2000
SUPERIOR WHOLESALE INVENTORY FINANCING TRUST VI
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.................................................................................1
SECTION 1.01. Definitions...........................................................1
ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES...................................................2
SECTION 2.01. Purchase and Sale of Eligible Receivables.............................2
SECTION 2.02. Purchase Price........................................................2
SECTION 2.03. Addition of Accounts..................................................3
SECTION 2.04. Optional Removal of Accounts..........................................4
SECTION 2.05. Removal of Ineligible Accounts........................................4
SECTION 2.06. Custody of Documentation..............................................5
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES.................................................5
SECTION 3.01. Appointment of Servicer and Acceptance of Appointment.................5
SECTION 3.02. Rights and Duties of the Servicer.....................................5
SECTION 3.03. Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain
Expenses by the Servicer..............................................7
SECTION 3.04. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer.............7
SECTION 3.05. Servicer's Accounting and Reports....................................11
SECTION 3.06. Pre-Closing Collections..............................................11
SECTION 3.07. Collections Received by GMAC.........................................11
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS..................................................12
SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of GMAC
Relating to the Accounts and the Receivables.........................12
SECTION 4.02. Representations and Warranties of GMAC Relating
to GMAC and the Agreement............................................13
SECTION 4.03. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser......................15
SECTION 4.04. Covenants of GMAC....................................................16
ARTICLE V CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO GMAC...........................................................17
SECTION 5.01. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of
the Obligations of, GMAC.............................................17
SECTION 5.02. GMAC Indemnification of the Purchaser................................17
SECTION 5.03. GMAC Acknowledgment of Transfers to the Issuer.......................18
ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS......................................................................18
SECTION 6.01. Additional Obligations of GMAC and the Purchaser.....................18
SECTION 6.02. Effect of Involuntary Case
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Involving GMAC.......................................................18
SECTION 6.03. Intercreditor Agreements.............................................19
ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS...................................................................20
SECTION 7.01. Amendment............................................................20
SECTION 7.02. Protection of Right, Title and Interest in and to Receivables........20
SECTION 7.03. Costs and Expenses...................................................21
SECTION 7.04. GOVERNING LAW........................................................21
SECTION 7.05. Notices..............................................................22
SECTION 7.06. Severability of Provisions...........................................22
SECTION 7.07. Assignment...........................................................22
SECTION 7.08. Further Assurances...................................................22
SECTION 7.09. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.......................................22
SECTION 7.10. Counterparts.........................................................22
SECTION 7.11. Third-Party Beneficiaries............................................22
SECTION 7.12. Merger and Integration...............................................23
SECTION 7.13. Confidential Information.............................................23
SECTION 7.14. Headings.............................................................23
SECTION 7.15. Termination..........................................................23
SECTION 7.16. No Petition Covenants................................................23
SECTION 7.17. Jurisdiction.........................................................23
EXHIBIT A List of Locations of the Schedule of Accounts
EXHIBIT B Form of Assignment for the Initial Closing Date
EXHIBIT C Form of Assignment for Each Addition Date
EXHIBIT D Form of Opinion of Counsel With Respect to Addition of Accounts
APPENDIX A Definitions and Rules of Construction
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THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT is made as of June 29,
2000, between GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(referred to herein as "GMAC" in its capacity as seller of the Receivables
specified herein and as the "Servicer" in its capacity as servicer of the
Receivables), and WHOLESALE AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(the "Purchaser").
WHEREAS, GMAC, in the ordinary course of its business,
generates certain payment obligations by financing the floor plan inventory of
motor vehicle dealers;
WHEREAS, GMAC desires to sell and assign to the Purchaser, and
the Purchaser desires to purchase from GMAC, certain of such existing and future
payment obligations arising or acquired from time to time;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to transfer and assign its
interest in such payment obligations to Superior Wholesale Inventory Financing
Trust VI (the "Issuer") pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to issue the Initial Securities to
fund its acquisition of such payment obligations;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser, the Issuer and GMAC (as the holder of
such payment obligations not sold to the Purchaser hereunder) desire that the
Servicer shall service such payment obligations; and
WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to service such payment
obligations and related payment obligations in accordance with the terms hereof
and of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement for the benefit of the Purchaser,
GMAC, the Issuer and each other party identified or described herein or in the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement as having an interest therein as owner,
trustee, secured party or holder of the Securities (all such parties being
collectively referred to herein as "Interested Parties").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. Certain capitalized terms used in
the above recitals and in this Agreement are defined in and shall have the
respective meanings assigned them in Part I of Appendix A to this Agreement. All
references herein to "the Agreement" or "this Agreement" are to this Pooling and
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Servicing Agreement as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time, and all references herein to Articles, Sections and subsections are to
Articles, Sections or subsections of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
The rules of construction set forth in Part II of such Appendix A shall be
applicable to this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES
SECTION 2.01. Purchase and Sale of Eligible Receivables.
(a) By execution of this Agreement, on the Initial Closing
Date, GMAC does hereby sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the
Purchaser, without recourse, all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under all of the Eligible Receivables existing in the Accounts listed on the
Schedule of Accounts (which is kept at locations listed in Exhibit A) as of the
close of business on the Initial Cut-Off Date and all monies due or to become
due thereon after the Initial Cut-Off Date, all Collateral Security with respect
thereto and all amounts received with respect thereto (including all Interest
Collections received in the calendar month in which the Initial Cut-Off Date
occurs, whether or not received prior to the Initial Cut-Off Date) and all
proceeds thereof (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC
and Recoveries).
(b) Subject to Section 6.02, as of each Receivables Purchase
Date, GMAC does hereby sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the
Purchaser, without recourse, all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under all Eligible Receivables created or deemed created in the Accounts in the
Pool of Accounts on such date and all monies due or to become due thereon after
such date, all Collateral Security with respect thereto and all amounts received
with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof (including "proceeds" as defined
in Section 9-306 of the UCC and Recoveries).
(c) It is the intention of GMAC and the Purchaser that the
transfers and assignments contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute sales
of the property described in Sections 2.01(a) and (b) from GMAC to the Purchaser
and that the beneficial interest in and title to such property shall not be part
of GMAC's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or
against GMAC under any Insolvency Law. The foregoing sales, transfers,
assignments and conveyances and any subsequent sales, transfers, assignments and
conveyances contemplated hereby do not constitute, and are not intended to
result in, the creation or an assumption by the Purchaser of any obligation of
the Servicer, GMAC (if GMAC is not the Servicer), General Motors or any other
Person in connection with the Receivables described above or under any agreement
or instrument relating thereto, including any obligation to any Dealers.
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(d) Subject to Section 2.06 and Article III hereof, GMAC shall
retain all right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in the
Accounts in the Pool of Accounts that GMAC has not transferred to the Purchaser
hereunder. Such Receivables, together with any Receivables repurchased by GMAC
or (so long as GMAC is the Servicer) the Servicer from the Purchaser or the
Trust pursuant to this Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, all
monies due or to become due on such Receivables, all amounts received with
respect thereto and all proceeds thereof (including "proceeds" as defined in
Section 9-306 of the UCC and Recoveries) are collectively referred to herein as
the "Retained Property".
SECTION 2.02. Purchase Price. On the Initial Closing Date, in
consideration for the sale of the property described in Section 2.01(a) to the
Purchaser, the Purchaser shall pay to GMAC $1,375,000,000 (representing the
aggregate principal balance of the Eligible Receivables as of the close of
business on the Initial Cut-Off Date so sold on the Initial Closing Date) in
immediately available funds, and GMAC shall deliver to the Purchaser an executed
assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Purchaser shall
pay, subject to Section 6.02, for property described in Section 2.03 sold by
GMAC to the Purchaser on each Addition Date and property described in Section
2.01(b) sold by GMAC to the Purchaser on each Receivables Purchase Date, a price
equal to the principal balance of the Eligible Receivables to be purchased on
each such date. Such purchase price shall be payable by the Purchaser on each
such date in immediately available funds.
SECTION 2.03. Addition of Accounts.
(a) Offers to Designate Additional Accounts. From time to
time, GMAC may, at its option, offer to designate and the Purchaser may, at its
option, request the designation of, one or more Accounts (each, an "Additional
Account") to be included as Accounts in the Pool of Accounts, subject to the
conditions specified in Section 2.03(b) below. If the Purchaser, at its option,
elects to accept any such offer by GMAC or if GMAC, at its option, agrees to any
such request of the Purchaser, GMAC shall sell and assign to the Purchaser, and
the Purchaser shall purchase from GMAC, all of GMAC's right, title and interest
in, to and under all of the Eligible Receivables in each such Additional Account
as of the related Additional Cut-Off Date and all monies due or to become due
thereon after such date, all Collateral Security with respect thereto, all
amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof (including
"proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC and Recoveries), effective as
of the Addition Date specified in a written notice provided by the Servicer, on
behalf of GMAC, to the Purchaser (the "GMAC Addition Notice"). Effective as of
each such Addition Date, such Additional Account shall be included in
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the Pool of Accounts and Eligible Receivables arising therein from and after the
Additional Cut-Off Date shall be subject to purchase under Section 2.01(b)
above. Each GMAC Addition Notice shall specify the related Additional Cut-Off
Date and shall be given (with a copy to the Rating Agencies) on or before the
fifth Business Day but not more than 30 days prior to the related Addition Date.
(b) Conditions. GMAC shall be permitted to designate, and the
Purchaser shall be permitted to accept the designation of, Additional Accounts,
in accordance with Section 2.03(a) only upon satisfaction of each of the
following conditions on or prior to the related Addition Date:
(i) GMAC shall represent that as of the related
Additional Cut-Off Date each such Additional Account is an Eligible
Account and that each Receivable arising thereunder identified as an
Eligible Receivable and conveyed to the Purchaser on such Addition
Date is an Eligible Receivable;
(ii) GMAC shall have delivered to the Purchaser a duly
executed written assignment in substantially the form of Exhibit C and
the list required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(d);
(iii) GMAC shall have agreed to deliver to the Purchaser,
for deposit in the Collection Account, to the extent required by the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, all Collections with respect to
the Eligible Receivables arising in such Additional Accounts since the
Additional Cut-Off Date within two Business Days after such Addition
Date;
(iv) as of the Addition Date, neither GMAC nor the
Purchaser is insolvent nor shall any of them have been made insolvent
by such transfer nor is either of them aware of any pending
insolvency;
(v) the Schedule of Accounts shall have been amended to
reflect such Additional Accounts and the Schedule of Accounts as so
amended shall be true and correct as of the Addition Date;
(vi) GMAC shall have delivered to the Purchaser a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of GMAC confirming the items set
forth in clauses (i) through (v) above;
(vii) the conditions set forth in Section 2.7(b) of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall have been satisfied; and
(viii) GMAC shall have delivered to the Purchaser an Opinion
of Counsel of GMAC substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
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SECTION 2.04. Optional Removal of Accounts. From
time to time, GMAC may, at its option, request from the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser may, at its option, offer to GMAC, the right to designate an Account
for removal from the Pool of Accounts. Subject to the satisfaction by the
Purchaser of the conditions set forth in Section 2.8 of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement, GMAC, at its option, may accept offers to designate an
Account for removal or request from the Purchaser the right to designate an
Account for removal by furnishing a written notice (the "GMAC Removal Notice")
to the Purchaser not less than five Business Days but not more than 30 days
prior to the Removal Commencement Date. On and after the Removal Commencement
Date with respect to a Selected Account, GMAC shall not transfer Receivables
with respect to such Selected Account to the Purchaser. The Schedule of Accounts
shall be amended to reflect such designation as of the Removal Commencement Date
and to reflect such Account becoming a Removed Account as of the Removal Date.
At any time after the Removal Date, at the written request of GMAC, the
Purchaser shall assign to GMAC, without recourse, representation or warranty,
effective as of the Removal Date, all of the Purchaser's right, title and
interest in, to and under the Receivables arising in such Account and related
Collateral Security.
SECTION 2.05. Removal of Ineligible Accounts. If at any time
an Account shall be deemed a Selected Account as described in Section 2.9 of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser shall give notice thereof to
GMAC at the time it gives notice to the parties identified in such Section 2.9.
From and after the Removal Commencement Date with respect to a Selected Account
pursuant to such Section 2.9, GMAC shall not transfer Receivables with respect
to such Selected Account to the Purchaser. The Schedule of Accounts shall be
amended to reflect such designation as of the Removal Commencement Date and to
reflect such Account becoming a Removed Account as of the Removal Date. At any
time after such removal, at the written request of GMAC, the Purchaser shall
assign to GMAC, without recourse, representation or warranty, effective as of
the Removal Date, all of the Purchaser's right, title and interest in, to and
under the Receivables in such Account and related Collateral Security.
SECTION 2.06. Custody of Documentation. In connection with the
sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Receivables and related
Collateral Security in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts to the Purchaser
hereunder, the Purchaser is executing simultaneously herewith the Custodian
Agreement with the Custodian, pursuant to which the Purchaser shall revocably
appoint the Custodian to act as agent of the Purchaser to maintain custody of
the documents and instruments (as more fully described in the Custodian
Agreement) associated with such Receivables, which shall be constructively
delivered to the Purchaser. GMAC, as the holder of the Retained Property, hereby
consents to the appointment of the Custodian to act as agent of GMAC to maintain
custody of the documents and contracts (as more fully described in the Custodian
Agreement) associated with the Receivables included therein and is
simultaneously herewith
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executing the Custodian Agreement. The Custodian has accepted such appointment
by the Purchaser and GMAC under the Custodian Agreement.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 3.01. Appointment of Servicer and Acceptance of
Appointment. The Purchaser and GMAC hereby appoint the Servicer to act as
Servicer with respect to the Eligible Receivables and the Receivables included
in the Retained Property, existing in or arising under the Accounts included in
the Pool of Accounts from time to time and authorize the Servicer to perform the
duties of Servicer under this Agreement and under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Servicer by execution of this Agreement and by execution of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement hereby accepts such appointment and the terms
hereof and thereof.
SECTION 3.02. Rights and Duties of the Servicer.
(a) The Servicer shall manage, service and administer the
Receivables described in Section 3.01, including, without limitation, collecting
payments due under the Receivables and providing for charge-offs of
uncollectible Receivables, with reasonable care and all in accordance with the
Servicer's customary and usual servicing procedures for servicing wholesale
receivables comparable to the Receivables which the Servicer services for its
own account, including the Floor Plan Financing Guidelines, except insofar as
any failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the interests
of Securityholders. The Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting
alone or through any party properly designated by it hereunder or under the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, to do any and all things in connection with
such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable,
including monitoring the insurance maintained by Dealers. The Servicer is hereby
authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of any Interested Party,
a Proceeding to enforce any Receivable subject hereto, to enforce all
obligations of GMAC and the Purchaser under this Agreement and under the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement or to commence or participate in a Proceeding
(including without limitation a bankruptcy proceeding) relating to or involving
any such Receivable. If in any Proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not
enforce a Receivable arising under an Account in the Pool of Accounts on the
ground that it is not a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce
such Receivable, the Purchaser, GMAC and each other Interested Party shall, at
the Servicer's expense, take such steps as the Servicer reasonably deems
necessary or appropriate to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in
the name of such Person. If the Servicer
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commences or participates in such a Proceeding in its own name, each Interested
Party shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned such Receivable
to the Servicer for purposes of commencing or participating in any such
Proceeding as a party or claimant, and the Servicer is hereby authorized and
empowered to execute and deliver in the Servicer's name any notices, demands,
claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or instruments in
connection with any such Proceeding. Each Interested Party shall furnish the
Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents and take any other
steps which the Servicer may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to enable
the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except to the extent
required by the preceding two sentences, the authority and rights granted to the
Servicer in this Section 3.02 shall be nonexclusive and shall not be construed
to be in derogation of the retention by any Interested Party (to the extent of
its rights in a Receivable) of equivalent authority and rights. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing and subject to any Servicing Default, the
Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered, unless such power and authority is
revoked by any Interested Party on account of the occurrence of such a Servicing
Default, to:
(i) instruct the Issuer to make allocations, withdrawals
and payments to or from the Collection Account, the Distribution
Accounts, the Reserve Fund, the Cash Accumulation Reserve Funds and
any other related bank accounts or funds as set forth in the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(ii) instruct the Issuer or any Interested Party to take
any action required or permitted under any Specified Support
Arrangement;
(iii) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Issuer for the
benefit of any related Securityholders, any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the
Receivables and, after the delinquency of any Receivable and to the
extent permitted under and in compliance with applicable requirements
of law, to commence enforcement proceedings with respect to any such
Receivable; and
(iv) make any filings, reports, notices, applications,
registrations with, and seek any consents or authorizations from, the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any State securities
authority on behalf of the Issuer as may be necessary or advisable to
comply with any U.S. Federal or State securities law or reporting
requirement.
(b) The Servicer shall not be obligated to use separate
servicing procedures, offices, employees or accounts for servicing the
Receivables in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts
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from the procedures, offices, employees and accounts used by the Servicer in
connection with servicing other receivables. The Servicer shall, at its own
expense, on or prior to the Initial Closing Date, in the case of the Initial
Accounts, and on or prior to the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
Additional Accounts, indicate in its computer files that the Eligible
Receivables in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts have been sold and
transferred by GMAC to the Purchaser hereunder and by the Purchaser to the Trust
under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(c) Except as otherwise required to comply with all
Requirements of Law, the Servicer may change the terms and provisions of the
Floor Plan Financing Agreements or the Floor Plan Financing Guidelines in any
respect (including the calculation of the amount or the timing of charge-offs
and the rate of the finance charge assessed thereon), only if:
(i) in the reasonable belief of the Servicer, no Early
Amortization Event shall occur as a result of such change;
(ii) such change is made applicable to the comparable
segment of any similar portfolio of accounts serviced by the Servicer
and not only to the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts; and
(iii) in the case of a reduction in the rate of such finance
charges, the Servicer (and, if GMAC is not then the Servicer, GMAC)
does not reasonably expect any such reduction, after considering
amounts due and amounts payable under any Specified Support Agreements
and Investment Proceeds for the related period, to result in the Net
Receivables Rate for any Collection Period being less than the sum of
(A) the weighted average of the rates of interest payable to all
holders of Securities and (B) the Monthly Servicing Fee for the
related period;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Servicer from modifying
the terms of the Floor Plan Financing Agreement with any dealer on a
case-by-case basis in a manner consistent with the Floor Plan Financing
Guidelines.
SECTION 3.03. Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain
Expenses by the Servicer. The Servicer is entitled to receive the Monthly
Servicing Fee as described in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. The
Monthly Servicing Fee shall be payable to the Servicer solely to the extent
amounts are available for payment in accordance with the terms of the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement. Subject to any limitations on the Servicer's liability
under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall be required to
pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this
Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement (including disbursements of
the Issuer, fees and disbursements of any trustees, accountants and outside
auditors, taxes imposed on the
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Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to
Securityholders and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated under this
Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement to be for the account of the
Securityholders, but in no event including federal, state and local income and
franchise taxes, if any, of the Issuer or any holder of the Securities).
SECTION 3.04. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Servicer.
(a) The Servicer hereby makes, and any successor Servicer by
its appointment under this Agreement and under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement shall make, on each Closing Date (and on the date of any such
appointment) the following representations, warranties and covenants on which
the Purchaser relies in accepting and holding the Receivables and the related
Collateral Security hereunder and the Issuer shall rely in acquiring and holding
such Receivables and the related Collateral Security under the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement and in issuing the Securities:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer has been
duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware (or, in the case of a
Servicer other than GMAC, other applicable law of its jurisdiction of
incorporation), with power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its businesses as such properties are presently owned and such
businesses are presently conducted.
(ii) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to
do business and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign
corporation (or is exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except where
the failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not
have material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement.
(iii) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement, to carry out the terms of each such agreement and
to service the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts and the Receivables
arising therein as provided herein and in the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement have been duly
authorized by the Servicer by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Servicer.
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(iv) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes, and
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, when duly executed and
delivered by the Servicer, shall constitute, the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws now or hereinafter in effect, affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights in general and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) No Violation. The execution of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement by the Servicer and the
fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement by the Servicer, shall not conflict with, result
in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Servicer, or any
indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to
which the Servicer is a party or by which it is bound, or result in
the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties
pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed
of trust or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic
Documents), or violate any law or, to the best of the Servicer's
knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Servicer of
any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Servicer or
any of its properties, except where any such conflict or violation
would not have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(vi) No Proceedings. To the Servicer's knowledge, there are
no Proceedings or investigations pending, or threatened, against the
Servicer before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over
the Servicer or its properties (A) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or any Securities
issued thereunder, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the such
Securities, the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement or (C) seeking any determination or ruling
that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the
Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity and enforceability
of, this Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(vii) Compliance with Requirements of Law. The Servicer
shall duly satisfy all obligations on its part to be fulfilled under
or in connection with the Receivables and the Accounts to be serviced
under this Agreement and the
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Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, shall maintain in effect all
qualifications required under Requirements of Law in order to service
properly such Receivables and such Accounts and shall comply in all
material respects with all Requirements of Law in connection with
servicing such Receivables and such Accounts, except, in each case,
where a failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on
the interests of the Securityholders.
(viii) No Rescission or Cancellation. Except pursuant to the
Floor Plan Financing Guidelines, the Servicer shall not permit any
rescission or cancellation of any Receivable sold and assigned to the
Purchaser hereunder that the Servicer services under this Agreement
and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, except as ordered by a
court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority.
(ix) Protection of Interested Party Rights. The Servicer
shall take no action, nor omit to take any action, which would impair
the rights or interests of Interested Parties in the Receivables sold
and assigned to the Purchaser hereunder that the Servicer services
under this Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or in
the related Vehicle Collateral Security nor shall it reschedule,
revise or defer payments due on any such Receivable except, in each
case, in a manner consistent with the Floor Plan Financing Guidelines
or as otherwise contemplated herein or in the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Servicer shall not permit any such Receivable to become
subject to any right of set-off or any offsetting balance.
(x) Negative Pledge. Except for the conveyances hereunder
to the Issuer pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and
the pledge of the Trust Estate to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
the Indenture, and as provided in Section 6.03, the Servicer shall not
sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on any Receivable
sold and assigned to the Purchaser hereunder (and any related
Collateral Security), whether now existing or hereafter created, or
any interest therein, and the Servicer shall defend the right, title
and interest of the Purchaser, the Issuer and any Interested Party in,
to and under such property, whether now existing or hereafter created,
against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the
Purchaser or the Servicer. The Servicer shall notify the Purchaser
promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on such property other than
the conveyances hereunder or under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Indenture.
(b) Notice of Breach. Upon discovery by the Purchaser or the
Servicer of a breach of any of the representations, warranties and covenants set
forth in this Section 3.04, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the other party.
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(c) Purchase of Receivables. If any covenants of the Servicer
under Section 3.04(a)(viii), (ix) or (x) has not been complied with in all
material respects with respect to any Eligible Receivable or Account in the Pool
of Accounts and such noncompliance has a material adverse effect on the
interests of Securityholders or any other Interested Parties in such Receivable
or such Account, the Servicer shall purchase such Receivable (or, in the case of
a breach affecting less than the entire principal amount of a Receivable, to the
extent of the breach) or all Eligible Receivables under such Account (each, an
"Administrative Receivable") from the Issuer, on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Section 3.04.
(d) Payment of Purchase Price. The Servicer shall purchase
each Administrative Receivable no later than two Business Days (or such other
period as may be agreed by the Applicable Trustee) following discovery by the
Servicer (including through the receipt of notice thereof) of the event giving
rise to such Administrative Receivable by depositing in the Collection Account,
on the date on which such purchase is deemed to occur, an amount (in immediately
available funds) equal to the principal amount of such Receivable plus accrued
and unpaid interest thereon through the date of purchase. The amount so
deposited with respect to a Receivable (an "Administrative Purchase Payment")
shall be included in Trust Principal Collections (to the extent of the principal
amount of such Receivable) and Interest Collections (as to the remainder of such
amount) on such date and shall be applied in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(e) Sole Remedy. The obligation of the Servicer to purchase
Receivables as described in this Section 3.04, and to make the deposits required
to be made to the Collection Account as provided in the preceding paragraph,
shall constitute the sole remedy respecting the event giving rise to such
obligation available to any Securityholders, the Purchaser, the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer.
SECTION 3.05. Servicer's Accounting and Reports.
(a) On or before each Determination Date, the Servicer shall
deliver to the Purchaser, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Rating Agencies a Servicer's Accounting with respect to the immediately
preceding Collection Period executed by an Authorized Officer of the Servicer
containing all information necessary for making the allocations, deposits and
distributions required by the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust
Agreement and the Indenture on the related Distribution Date, and all
information necessary to each such party for sending any statements required to
be sent to Securityholders
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with respect to such Distribution Date under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(b) On each Business Day, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Indenture Trustee a Servicer's Accounting executed by an Authorized Officer of
the Servicer (i) containing the Daily Trust Balance, the Daily Trust Invested
Amount and all related amounts to the extent necessary to determine the Cash
Collateral Amount for such date as described in Section 4.5(d) of the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement and (ii) if any series or class of Securities is then in
a Payment Period, Cash Accumulation Period or Rapid Amortization Period, or if
the Trust is then in an Early Amortization Period or a Wind-Down period,
containing such instructions and computations as are necessary to effect the
allocation and application of Principal Collections and other Available Trust
Principal on such day.
(c) At any time that GMAC does not have a long-term rating of
at least BBB- from Standard & Poor's and at least Baa3 from Moody's, the
Servicer shall identify on a daily basis all Eligible Receivables and, on or
before each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee
a list identifying all Eligible Receivables as of the last day of the related
Collection Period.
SECTION 3.06. Pre-Closing Collections. Within two Business
Days after the Initial Closing Date, GMAC shall deliver to the Purchaser all
collections on the Receivables in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts held by
GMAC on the Initial Closing Date to the extent such collections would be
required to be on deposit on such date if this Agreement and the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement had been in effect from and after the Initial Cut-Off Date
and the Revolving Period had commenced on such date. The Purchaser hereby
directs GMAC to deposit such amount on its behalf into the Collection Account.
SECTION 3.07. Collections Received by GMAC. GMAC hereby agrees
to deliver all Collections on the Receivables in the Accounts in the Pool of
Accounts received by GMAC from or on behalf of Dealers to the Servicer and
consents to the application, allocation and distribution thereof in accordance
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of GMAC Relating
to the Accounts and the Receivables.
(a) Representations and Warranties. As of the dates set forth
below, GMAC makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser
as to the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts and the Receivables sold to the
Purchaser hereunder, on which the Purchaser relies in accepting such
Receivables:
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(i) as of the Initial Cut-Off Date, each Account included
in the Pool of Accounts is an Eligible Account;
(ii) as of the Initial Cut-Off Date, each Receivable that
is identified as an Eligible Receivable and conveyed to the Purchaser
on the Initial Closing Date is an Eligible Receivable;
(iii) as of each Additional Cut-Off Date, each related
Additional Account is an Eligible Account and each Receivable arising
thereunder that is identified as an Eligible Receivable and conveyed
to the Purchaser on the related Addition Date is an Eligible
Receivable; and
(iv) as of each date that Receivables are sold and
transferred hereunder pursuant to Section 2.01(b), each Receivable
that is identified as an Eligible Receivable and so conveyed to the
Purchaser on such date is an Eligible Receivable.
(b) Survival; Notice of Breach. The representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 4.01 shall survive the transfer and
assignment of the Eligible Receivables in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts
and related items to the Purchaser from time to time and the subsequent
assignment and transfer of its interests therein to the Issuer pursuant to the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. Upon discovery by GMAC or the Purchaser of a
breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section
4.01, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other party.
(c) Repurchase. GMAC acknowledges that the Purchaser shall
assign its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to the Eligible
Receivables arising in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts to the Issuer under
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. GMAC hereby covenants and agrees with
the Purchaser that (i) in the event of a breach of any of GMAC's representations
and warranties contained in Section 4.01(a) with respect to any Receivable or
with respect to any Account that materially and adversely affects the interests
of the Purchaser or the Trust in any Receivable or (ii) in the event that the
payment of all or a portion of the principal amount of any Receivable held by
the Purchaser or the Trust is deferred pursuant to DPP or any other instalment
sales program or similar arrangement, unless and to the extent such breach or
deferral shall have been cured in all material respects, GMAC shall repurchase
the interest of the Issuer in such Receivable (to the extent of such breach or
deferral) on the date and for the amount specified in Section 2.5 of the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement, without further notice from the Purchaser
hereunder
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and without any representation, warranty or recourse from the Purchaser or the
Issuer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Receivable shall not
be an Eligible Receivable, and thus shall be subject to repurchase, if and to
the extent that, (A) the Servicer adjusts downward the principal amount of such
Receivable because of a rebate, refund, credit adjustment or billing error to
the related Dealer or (B) such Receivable was created in respect of a Vehicle
which was refused or returned by the related Dealer.
(d) Sole Remedy. The obligation of GMAC to repurchase any
Receivable shall constitute the sole remedy respecting the event giving rise to
such obligation available to the Purchaser and to any Interested Party.
SECTION 4.02. Representations and Warranties of GMAC Relating
to GMAC and the Agreement.
(a) Representations and Warranties. GMAC, in its capacity as
seller, hereby makes as of each Closing Date the following representations and
warranties on which the Purchaser relies. The following representations and
warranties shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables
hereunder:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. GMAC has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to
own its properties and to conduct its businesses as such properties
are presently owned and such businesses are presently conducted;
(ii) Due Qualification. GMAC is duly qualified to do
business and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign
corporation (or is exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except where
the failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not
have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement;
(iii) Power and Authority. GMAC has the power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement, to carry out its terms, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated herein, and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein have been duly authorized by GMAC by
all necessary corporate action on the part of GMAC;
(iv) No Violation. The execution of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement by GMAC shall not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions
of,
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or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default
under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of GMAC, or any
indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to
which GMAC is a party or by which it is bound, or result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant
to the terms of any such indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust
or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents) or
violate any law or, to the best of GMAC's knowledge, any order, rule
or regulation applicable to GMAC of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over GMAC or any of its properties, except where any such
conflict or violation would not have a material adverse effect on its
ability to perform its obligations with respect to the Purchaser or
any Interested Party under this Agreement or the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement;
(v) No Proceedings. To GMAC's knowledge, there are no
Proceedings or investigations pending, or threatened, against GMAC
before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over GMAC or its
properties (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian Agreement or the
Administration Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the execution of this
Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Custodian Agreement or the Administration Agreement or (C) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by GMAC of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement, the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Custodian Agreement or the Administration Agreement;
(vi) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of GMAC, enforceable against GMAC
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(vii) Record of Accounts. The Schedule of Accounts is an
accurate and complete listing in all material respects of all of the
Accounts in the Pool of Accounts as of the Initial Cut-Off Date or the
applicable Additional Cut-Off Date, as the case may be, and the
information contained therein with respect to the identity of such
Accounts is true and correct in all material respects; and
(viii) Valid Sale. With respect to the Initial Accounts,
this Agreement and the related assignment to be delivered on the
Initial Closing Date or, in the case of
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Additional Accounts, the related assignment as described in Section
2.03(b), when duly executed and delivered, shall constitute a valid
sale, transfer and assignment to the Purchaser of all right, title and
interest of GMAC in, to and under the Eligible Receivables thereunder
and the related Vehicle Collateral Security, whether then existing or
thereafter created, and the proceeds thereof, enforceable against
creditors of and purchasers from GMAC. To the extent such filings are
required therefor, upon the filing of the financing statements
described in Section 7.02(a) (and, in the case of Eligible Receivables
hereafter created in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts and the
proceeds thereof, upon the creation thereof) the Purchaser shall have
a first priority perfected ownership interest in such property, except
for Liens permitted under Section 4.04(a). Except as otherwise
provided in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Agreement,
neither General Motors, GMAC nor any Person claiming through or under
General Motors or GMAC has any claim to or interest in the Trust
Estate.
(b) Survival; Notice of Breach. The representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 4.02 shall survive the transfer and
assignment of the Receivables and related items to the Purchaser hereunder and
the subsequent assignment and transfer of its interests therein to the Issuer
pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. Upon discovery by GMAC or
the Purchaser of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and
warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice
to the other party.
(c) Repurchase. If (i) the Purchaser is required to purchase
Receivables and related Collateral Security pursuant to Section 3.1(c) of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the condition giving rise to such
purchase obligation shall also constitute a breach of a representation or
warranty pursuant to Section 4.02(a), GMAC shall repurchase such Receivables and
such Collateral Security and shall pay to the Purchaser, prior to the time the
Purchaser is required to pay such amount pursuant to the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement, an amount equal to the Reassignment Amount.
(d) Sole Remedy. The obligation of GMAC to purchase such
Receivables and such Collateral Security pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall
constitute the sole remedy available to the Purchaser and to any Interested
Party against GMAC respecting the event giving rise to such obligation.
SECTION 4.03. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser.
The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to GMAC as of each Closing Date
that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Purchaser has been
duly organized and is validly existing as a
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corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power
and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had
at all relevant times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to acquire
and own the Eligible Receivables arising in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts
and the Collateral Security related thereto;
(b) Due Qualification. The Purchaser is duly qualified to do
business and, where necessary, is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or
is exempt from such requirement) and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would not have a material
adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(c) Power and Authority. The Purchaser has the power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to carry out its terms and to
consummate the transactions contemplated herein, and the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein have been duly authorized by the Purchaser by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Purchaser;
(d) No Violation. The execution of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by the Purchaser
and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement by the Purchaser shall not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Purchaser, or any indenture,
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the Purchaser is
a party or by which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture,
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument (other than pursuant to
the Basic Documents), or violate any law or, to the best of the Purchaser's
knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Purchaser of any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Purchaser or any of its
properties, except where any such conflict or violation would not have a
material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations with respect
to GMAC or any Interested Party under this Agreement or the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement;
(e) No Proceedings. To the Purchaser's knowledge, there are no
Proceedings or investigations pending, or threatened, against the Purchaser
before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Purchaser or its
properties (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (ii) seeking to
prevent the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (iii) seeking any determination
or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the
Purchaser
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of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement;
and
(f) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
in general and by general principles or equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 4.04. Covenants of GMAC. GMAC hereby covenants that:
(a) Negative Pledge. Except for the conveyances hereunder and
under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the pledge of the Trust Estate
to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and as provided in Section 6.03,
GMAC shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on any Eligible Receivable in
any Account in the Pool of Accounts (and any related Vehicle Collateral
Security), whether now existing or hereafter created, or any interest therein,
and GMAC shall defend the right, title and interest of the Purchaser and any
Interested Party in, to and under such property, whether now existing or
hereafter created, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under
GMAC. GMAC shall notify the Purchaser and the Issuer promptly after becoming
aware of any Lien on any such property other than the conveyances hereunder or
under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Indenture. Nothing herein
shall prohibit GMAC from granting, creating, incurring or suffering to exist any
Lien on all or any portion of the Retained Property.
(b) Delivery of Collections. All payments received by GMAC
from or on behalf of a Dealer in respect of Receivables in any Accounts in the
Pool of Accounts or any Collateral Security (except as contemplated in Section
6.03 with respect to any property constituting Common Collateral that is not
Vehicle Collateral Security in connection with any Other Indebtedness) shall be
received by GMAC in its capacity as Servicer, unless GMAC is no longer the
Servicer, in which case GMAC shall deliver all such payments to the Servicer as
soon as practicable after receipt thereof, but in no event later than two
Business Days after receipt thereof.
(c) Compliance with Requirements of Law. GMAC shall comply in
all material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to GMAC, except
where any such failure to comply would not have a material adverse effect on its
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(d) No Petition. Neither the Servicer nor GMAC shall at any
time institute against the Purchaser any bankruptcy,
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reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
ARTICLE V
CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO GMAC
SECTION 5.01. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, GMAC.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, any Person (i) into which GMAC may be merged or consolidated, (ii)
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which GMAC shall be a
party, (iii) succeeding to the business of GMAC or (iv) more than 50% of the
voting interests of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by General Motors
and which is otherwise originating receivables, which Person in any of the
foregoing cases (other than GMAC as the surviving entity of such merger or
consolidation) executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation
of GMAC, as seller, under this Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement, shall be the successor to GMAC under this Agreement, as seller,
without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part
of any of the parties to this Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement, anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) GMAC shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation or
succession pursuant to this Section 5.01 to the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 5.02. GMAC Indemnification of the Purchaser. GMAC
shall indemnify the Purchaser for any liability as a result of the failure of an
Eligible Receivable sold hereunder to be originated in compliance with all
Requirements of Law. This indemnity obligation shall be in addition to any
obligation that GMAC may otherwise have.
SECTION 5.03. GMAC Acknowledgment of Transfers to the Issuer.
By its execution of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, GMAC acknowledges
that the Purchaser shall, pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement,
transfer the Receivables purchased hereunder and related Collateral Security to
the Issuer and assign its rights associated therewith under this Agreement to
the Issuer, subject to the terms and conditions of the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and that the Issuer shall in turn further pledge, assign or transfer
its rights in such property and this Agreement to the Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture. GMAC further acknowledges that the Purchaser shall assign its
rights under the Custodian Agreement to the Issuer.
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ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
SECTION 6.01. Additional Obligations of GMAC and the
Purchaser.
(a) Supplemental Principal Allocations. On or before the
Business Day prior to each Monthly Distribution Date for the Wind Down Period or
an Early Amortization Period or the Payment Period for the 2000-A Term Notes,
GMAC shall deposit into the Collection Account, on behalf of the Purchaser, an
amount equal to the Supplemental Principal Allocation for such Monthly
Distribution Date. Such amount shall be recorded as an advance under the
Intercompany Advance Agreement and shall bear interest and be payable as
provided therein.
(b) Removed Accounts. With respect to each Removed Account, if
and to the extent that any related Receivable held by the Trust on the related
Removal Commencement Date (determined without giving effect to the special
allocation of Principal Collections pursuant to Section 2.8(c) or Section
2.9(b), as applicable, of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement) is charged-off
as uncollectible at any time following the related Removal Date, the Purchaser
shall pay the amount so charged-off to GMAC.
SECTION 6.02. Effect of Involuntary Case Involving GMAC.
(a) Suspension of Purchases. The Purchaser shall suspend the
purchase (and GMAC shall suspend the sale) of Receivables hereunder if either
party shall receive notice at its principal corporate office that GMAC has
become an involuntary party to (or has been made the subject of) any proceeding
provided for by any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to GMAC or relating to all or
substantially all of its property (an "Involuntary Case").
(b) Resumption of Purchases. Notwithstanding any cessation or
suspension of purchases pursuant to Section 6.02(a), if GMAC or the Purchaser
has obtained an order from the court having jurisdiction over an Involuntary
Case approving the continuation of the sale of Receivables by GMAC to the
Purchaser and/or approving the sale of Receivables originating in the Accounts
in the Pool of Accounts since the date of the suspension of such sales on the
same terms (including Section 6.03 hereof) as, or on terms that do not have a
material adverse effect on Securityholders as compared to, the terms in effect
prior to the commencement of such Involuntary Case, and further providing that
the Purchaser and any of its transferees (including the Issuer) may rely on such
order for the validity and nonavoidance of such transfer (the "Order"), the
Purchaser may resume the purchase
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(and GMAC may resume the sale) of Receivables pursuant to the terms hereof;
provided, however, that so long as such Involuntary Case shall continue,
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the purchase price
of such Receivables (which shall not be less than reasonably equivalent value
therefor or greater than the principal balance thereof) shall be paid by the
Purchaser to GMAC in cash not later than the same Business Day of any such sale,
and such Receivables shall be considered transferred to the Purchaser only to
the extent that the purchase price therefor has been paid in cash on the same
Business Day.
(c) Cessation of Purchases. If an Order is obtained but
subsequently is reversed or rescinded or expires, the Purchaser shall
immediately cease to purchase (and GMAC shall immediately cease to sell)
Receivables hereunder. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 6.02(b), if
an Involuntary Case has not been dismissed by the first Business Day following
the 60 day period beginning on the day on which notice of an Involuntary Case
was received by either party, whether or not an Order was obtained, the
Purchaser shall not thereafter purchase Receivables from GMAC hereunder and GMAC
shall not thereafter designate Additional Accounts for transfer to the Purchaser
or sell Receivables hereunder.
SECTION 6.03. Intercreditor Agreements.
(a) Common Collateral. In connection with loans or advances
made or to be made by GMAC to a Dealer from time to time other than pursuant to
an Account (collectively, "Other Indebtedness"), GMAC may have a security
interest in property constituting Collateral Security (the "Common Collateral").
(b) Agreements of GMAC with respect to Common Collateral. GMAC
agrees that with respect to the Receivables of each Dealer:
(i) GMAC's security interest in any Common Collateral that
is Vehicle Collateral Security (and the proceeds thereof) in
connection with any Other Indebtedness is subordinate to the security
interest therein in connection with such Receivables and assigned to
the Purchaser hereunder;
(ii) GMAC shall not apply the proceeds of any such Common
Collateral that is Vehicle Collateral Security in connection with any
Other Indebtedness in any manner that is materially adverse to the
Purchaser or the Issuer and the Securityholders until all required
payments in respect of such Receivable have been made; and
(iii) in realizing upon any such Common Collateral that is
Vehicle Collateral Security in connection with any such Receivables,
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Issuer (nor the Servicer on behalf of either) shall be obligated to
protect or preserve the rights of GMAC in such Common Collateral.
(c) Agreements of the Purchaser with respect to Common
Collateral. The Purchaser agrees that with respect to the Receivables of each
Dealer:
(i) the Purchaser's security interest in any Common
Collateral that is not Vehicle Collateral Security (and the proceeds
thereof) in connection with such Receivables assigned to the Purchaser
hereunder is subordinate to the security interest therein in
connection with any Other Indebtedness;
(ii) the Purchaser (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall
not apply the proceeds of any such Common Collateral that is not
Vehicle Collateral Security in connection with any such Receivables in
any manner that is materially adverse to GMAC until all required
payments in respect of such Other Indebtedness have been made; and
(iii) in realizing upon any such Common Collateral that is
not Vehicle Collateral Security in connection with such Other
Indebtedness, GMAC shall not be obligated to protect or preserve the
rights of the Purchaser or the Issuer in such Collateral Security.
(d) Obligations of Issuer. The Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement shall provide that the Issuer is subject to this Section 6.03.
(e) Obligations of Assignees and Transferees. If, other than
pursuant hereto, GMAC in any manner assigns or transfers any right or obligation
with respect to any Other Indebtedness or any property constituting Common
Collateral, GMAC shall make such assignment or transfer subject to the
provisions of this Section 6.03 and shall require such assignee or transferee to
acknowledge that it takes such assignment or transfer subject to the provisions
of this Section 6.03 and to agree that it shall require the same acknowledgment
from any subsequent assignee or transferee.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 7.01. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from
time to time (subject to Section 10.1(g) of the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement) by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by GMAC and the
Purchaser.
SECTION 7.02. Protection of Right, Title and Interest in and
to Receivables.
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(a) GMAC or the Purchaser or both shall execute and file such
financing statements and cause to be executed and filed such continuation
statements or other statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be
required by law fully to evidence, preserve, maintain and protect the interest
of the Purchaser hereunder in the Eligible Receivables arising in the Accounts
in the Pool of Accounts and the related Collateral Security and in the proceeds
thereof (including, without limitation, UCC-1 financing statements on or prior
to the Initial Closing Date). GMAC shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to
the Purchaser file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed
as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
(b) Within 60 days after GMAC makes any change in its name,
identity or corporate structure that would make any financing statement or
continuation statement filed in accordance with Section 7.02(a) seriously
misleading within the meaning of Section 9-402(7) of the UCC, GMAC shall give
the Purchaser notice of any such change.
(c) GMAC shall give the Purchaser at least 60 days prior
written notice of any relocation of its principal executive office if, as a
result of such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require
the filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation
statement or of any new financing statement. GMAC shall at all times maintain
its principal executive office within the United States of America.
(d) In connection with the sale and transfer hereunder of the
Receivables in the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts and the related Collateral
Security from GMAC to the Purchaser, GMAC shall, at its own expense, on or prior
to the Initial Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, and on or
prior to the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, (i)
indicate in its computer files that the Eligible Receivables in the Accounts in
the Pool of Accounts have been sold and transferred, and the Collateral Security
assigned, to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and that such property has
been sold and transferred to the Issuer pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement and (ii) deliver to the Purchaser a true and complete list of all such
Accounts specifying for each such Account, as of the Initial Cut-Off Date, in
the case of the Initial Accounts, and as of the applicable Additional Cut-Off
Date, in the case of Additional Accounts, its account number and the outstanding
principal balance of Eligible Receivables in such Account. Such list, as
supplemented from time to time to reflect Additional Accounts, Selected Accounts
and Removed Accounts (including Accounts removed as described in Section 2.05),
shall be the Schedule of Accounts and is hereby incorporated into and made a
part of this Agreement.
(e) The Servicer shall furnish to the Purchaser at any time
upon request a list of all Accounts then included in the Pool of Accounts,
together with a reconciliation of such list
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to the Schedule of Accounts as initially furnished pursuant to the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement and to each notice furnished before such request
indicating removal from or addition to the Accounts in the Pool of Accounts.
SECTION 7.03. Costs and Expenses. GMAC agrees to pay all
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Purchaser, including fees and
expenses of counsel, in connection with the perfection as against third parties
of the Purchaser's right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables
sold hereunder and the enforcement of any obligation of GMAC hereunder.
SECTION 7.04. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE
TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF OR OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, AND
THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 7.05. Notices. All demands, notices and communications
upon or to GMAC, the Purchaser, or any other Person identified in Section 10.3
of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement under this Agreement shall be
delivered as specified in Appendix B to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 7.06. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more
of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for
any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms shall be deemed enforceable to the fullest extent permitted,
and if not so permitted, shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the
validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of any
Securities or rights of any Interested Parties.
SECTION 7.07. Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by GMAC without
the prior written consent of the Purchaser and the Issuer. The Purchaser may
assign all or a portion of its rights, remedies, powers and privileges under
this Agreement to the Issuer pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 7.08. Further Assurances. GMAC and the Purchaser agree
to do and perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and
all further instruments required or reasonably requested by the other party to
more fully effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the execution of any
financing statements or continuation statements relating to the
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Receivables for filing under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of
any applicable jurisdiction and to evidence the repurchase of any interest in
any Receivable by GMAC or the Servicer.
SECTION 7.09. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure or
delay on the part of the Purchaser in exercising any right, remedy, power or
privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under this
Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and
privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
SECTION 7.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts),
each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
SECTION 7.11. Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Interested
Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no other Person shall have any
right or obligation hereunder.
SECTION 7.12. Merger and Integration. Except as specifically
stated otherwise herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of
the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings,
written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement may not be
modified, amended, waived, or supplemented except as provided herein.
SECTION 7.13. Confidential Information. The Purchaser agrees
that it shall neither use nor disclose to any Person the names and addresses of
Dealers, except in connection with the enforcement of the Purchaser's rights
hereunder, under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, under the Receivables
or as required by law.
SECTION 7.14. Headings. The headings herein are for purposes
of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation
of any provision hereof.
SECTION 7.15. Termination. This Agreement (except for Section
5.02) shall terminate immediately after the termination of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement; provided, that if at the time of the termination of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser has not made all payments to
GMAC required to be made under Section 6.01, this Agreement (except for Section
5.02) shall not terminate until immediately after all such payments have been
made.
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SECTION 7.16. No Petition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior
termination of this Agreement, GMAC shall not, prior to the date which is one
year and one day after the final distribution with respect to the Securities to
the Note Distribution Account, the Revolver Distribution Account or the
Certificate Distribution Account, as applicable, acquiesce, petition or
otherwise invoke or cause the Purchaser to invoke the process of any court or
governmental authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case
against the Purchaser under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Purchaser or any substantial part
of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Purchaser.
SECTION 7.17. Jurisdiction. Any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement shall be submitted to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any United States Federal or New York State Court sitting in the
Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby have caused this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be executed by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date and year first above written.
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
Seller and Servicer
By:
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Director - Securitization and Cash Management
WHOLESALE AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
Purchaser
By:
Name: C.A. Xxxxxxx
Title: Manager - Securitization
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EXHIBIT A
LIST OF LOCATIONS OF THE
SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS
The Schedule of Accounts is on file
at the offices of:
1. The Indenture Trustee
2. The Owner Trustee
3. General Motors Acceptance Corporation
4. Wholesale Auto Receivables Corporation
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT FOR INITIAL CLOSING DATE
For value received, in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2000 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
between General Motors Acceptance Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("GMAC"),
and Wholesale Auto Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Purchaser"), GMAC does hereby sell, assign, transfer and otherwise convey unto
the Purchaser, without recourse, all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under all of the Eligible Receivables existing in the Accounts listed in the
Schedule of Accounts as of the close of business on the Initial Cut-Off Date
and, so long as each such Account is included in the Pool of Accounts, all
Eligible Receivables created or deemed created thereunder on each Receivables
Purchase Date and all monies due or to become due thereon after the Initial
Cut-Off Date or such Receivables Purchase Date, as appropriate, all Collateral
Security with respect thereto and all amounts received with respect thereto and
all proceeds thereof (including "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the
UCC and Recoveries).
The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance and any
sales, transfers, assignments and conveyances subsequent to the date hereof do
not constitute, and are not intended to result in, the creation or an assumption
by the Purchaser of any obligation of the Servicer, GMAC (if GMAC is not the
Servicer), General Motors or any other Person in connection with the Accounts,
the Receivables or under any agreement or instrument relating thereto, including
any obligation to any Dealers.
It is the intention of GMAC and the Purchaser that the transfers
and assignments contemplated by this Assignment, including transfers and
assignments subsequent to the date hereof, shall constitute a sale of the
property described herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement from GMAC
to the Purchaser and the beneficial interest in and title to such property shall
not be part of GMAC's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition
by or against GMAC under any bankruptcy law.
This Assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations,
warranties and agreements on the part of the undersigned contained in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is to be governed by the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meaning assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assignment to
be duly executed as of June 29, 2000.
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Director - Securitization and Cash
Management
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT FOR EACH ADDITION DATE
For value received, in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2000 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
between General Motors Acceptance Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("GMAC"),
and Wholesale Auto Receivables Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Purchaser"), GMAC does hereby sell, assign, transfer and otherwise convey unto
the Purchaser, without recourse, with respect to the Additional Accounts to
which this Assignment relates, all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under all of the Eligible Receivables as of the close of business on the related
Additional Cut-Off Date in such Additional Accounts and, so long as each such
Account is included in the Pool of Accounts, all Eligible Receivables created or
deemed created thereunder on each Receivables Purchase Date and all monies due
or to become due thereon after such Additional Cut-Off Date or such Receivables
Purchase Date, as appropriate, all Collateral Security with respect thereto and
all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof (including
"proceeds" as defined in Section 9-306 of the UCC and Recoveries).
The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance and any
sales, transfers, assignments and conveyances subsequent to the date hereof do
not constitute, and are not intended to result in, the creation or an assumption
by the Purchaser of any obligation of the Servicer, GMAC (if GMAC is not the
Servicer), General Motors or any other Person in connection with the Accounts,
the Receivables or under any agreement or instrument relating thereto, including
any obligation to any Dealers.
It is the intention of GMAC and the Purchaser that the transfers
and assignments contemplated by this Assignment, including transfers and
assignments subsequent to the date hereof, shall constitute a sale of the
property described herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement from GMAC
to the Purchaser and the beneficial interest in and title to such property shall
not be part of GMAC's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition
by or against GMAC under any bankruptcy law.
This Assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations,
warranties and agreements on the part of the undersigned contained in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is to be governed by the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meaning assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assignment to
be duly executed as of _____________ ____,_______.
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
WITH RESPECT TO ADDITION OF ACCOUNTS
Provision to be Included in Opinion of Counsel
Delivered Pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(viii)
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
The opinion set forth below may be subject to standard
qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions.
The Assignment delivered on the Addition Date has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by GMAC, and constitutes the valid
and legally binding obligation of GMAC, enforceable against GMAC in
accordance with its terms.
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APPENDIX A
PART I
For ease of reference, capitalized terms defined herein have been
consolidated with and are contained in Appendix A to the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement of even date herewith among GMAC, Wholesale Auto Receivables
Corporation and Superior Wholesale Inventory Financing Trust VI.
PART II
For ease of reference, the rules of construction have been
consolidated with and are contained in Part II of Appendix A to the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement of even date herewith among GMAC, Wholesale Auto
Receivables Corporation and Superior Wholesale Inventory Financing Trust VI.
PART III
For ease of reference, the notice address and procedures have been
consolidated with and are contained in Part II of Appendix B to the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement of even date herewith among GMAC, Wholesale Auto
Receivables Corporation and Superior Wholesale Inventory Financing Trust VI.
