SERIES TERMINATION DATE EXTENSION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.1
SERIES TERMINATION DATE EXTENSION AGREEMENT
This SERIES TERMINATION DATE EXTENSION AGREEMENT, dated as of January 31, 2023 (this “Agreement”), by and among Discover Bank, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”) and as servicer (the “Servicer”), Discover Funding LLC, as transferor (the “Transferor”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (successor to U.S. Bank National Association, “USB”), as trustee (the “Trustee”). Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into: (i) the Third Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2015 (the “PSA”), among the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Transferor and the Trustee, and (ii) the Amended and Restated Series Supplement to Third Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2015 (the “Supplement”, together with the PSA, the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Transferor and the Trustee;
WHEREAS, the Series Termination Date for the Series 2007-CC Collateral Certificate may, by its terms, be extended by an agreement among the parties to the Supplement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Supplement, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Transferor and the Trustee desire to extend the Series Termination Date.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements herein contained, each party agrees as follows:
Section 1. Extension of Series Termination Date. As of the Effective Date (as defined below), the parties hereto agree that the Series Termination Date shall be extended to July 1, 2049.
Section 2. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective in accordance with its terms as of the date hereof (the “Effective Date”) upon:
(1) | receipt by the parties hereto of a duly executed counterpart of this Agreement from each party hereto; |
(2) | receipt by the Trustee of a duly executed copy of the Direction Letter, dated as of the date hereof, from the Transferor to the Trustee; and |
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(3) | receipt by the Trustee of a legal opinion (addressed to the Trustee) of Xxxxx Xxxxx, as counsel to the Transferor, covering conditions precedent to the execution of this Agreement. |
Section 3. Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement will be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 4. Ratification of Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Except as specifically modified or supplemented by this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects and shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, but shall constitute an amendment thereof. Each of the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement agrees to be bound by the terms of the obligations of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as modified by this Agreement, as though the terms and obligations of such agreement were set forth herein.
Section 5. Governing Law. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
Section 6. Election Under Delaware Asset-Backed Securities Facilitation Act. Without limiting any other provisions of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that (a) the transactions contemplated hereby constitute a “securitization transaction” and (b) to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, including without limitation, the Asset Backed Securities Facilitation Act Delaware Code Xxx. tit. 6, § 2703A et seq: (1) all right, title and interest to the Transferred Assets, which have been transferred to the Trust in connection with the securitization transactions contemplated herein, shall be deemed to no longer be the property, assets or rights of the Transferor; (2) the Transferor, its creditors or, in any insolvency proceeding with respect to the Transferor or the Transferor’s property, a bankruptcy trustee, receiver, debtor, debtor in possession or similar person, shall have no rights, legal or equitable, whatsoever to reacquire, reclaim, recover, repudiate, disaffirm, redeem or recharacterize as property of the Transferor any of the Transferred Assets; and (3) in the event of a bankruptcy, receivership or other insolvency proceeding with respect to the Transferor or the Transferor’s property, such Transferred Assets shall not be deemed to be part of the Transferor’s property, assets, rights or estate.
Section 7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed will be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts will together constitute but one and the same instrument. The parties agree that this Agreement or any other document necessary for the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an electronic signature provided by one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases) provided by any electronic signature provider
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that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and is in accordance with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Xxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, Sections 7001 et seq., the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and any applicable state law. Any document accepted, executed or agreed to in conformity with the requirements of this Section 5 will be binding on all parties thereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed.
Section 8. Direction to Indenture Trustee. The Transferor hereby authorizes and directs the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver this Agreement. The Transferor hereby confirms that such authorization and direction and each such action by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the foregoing authorization and direction (i) is not inconsistent with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) does not constitute fraud, negligence or willful misconduct and (iii) is covered by the indemnification provided under Section 7.04 of the PSA. In furtherance of the foregoing, and notwithstanding any rule of law or provision of any document or instrument to the contrary, in no event shall USB (in its individual capacity) have any duty or liability under or in connection with this Agreement and the undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless USB (in its individual capacity) in connection with its execution of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
Discover Bank, | ||
as Master Servicer and Servicer | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||
Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||
and Assistant Treasurer | ||
Discover Funding LLC, | ||
as Transferor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||
Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||
and Treasurer | ||
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, | ||
as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Extension Agreement]