EXHIBIT 99.3
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NISSAN AUTO LEASING LLC II,
as Transferor,
and
NISSAN AUTO LEASE TRUST 2005-A,
as Transferee
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TRUST SUBI CERTIFICATE
TRANSFER AGREEMENT
Dated as of , 2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS...........................................................................2
Section 1.01 Definitions.......................................................................2
Section 1.02 Interpretive Provisions...........................................................2
ARTICLE TWO TRANSFER OF 2005-A SUBI CERTIFICATE...................................................3
Section 2.01 Transfer of 2005-A SUBI Certificate...............................................3
Section 2.02 True Sale.........................................................................3
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Transferor and the Transferee...............4
Section 2.04 Financing Statement and Books and Records.........................................7
Section 2.05 Acceptance by the Transferee......................................................7
Section 2.06 Release of Claims.................................................................7
ARTICLE THREE MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................7
Section 3.01 Amendment.........................................................................7
Section 3.02 Governing Law.....................................................................8
Section 3.03 Severability......................................................................8
Section 3.04 Binding Effect....................................................................9
Section 3.05 Headings..........................................................................9
Section 3.06 Counterparts......................................................................9
Section 3.07 Further Assurances................................................................9
Section 3.08 Third-Party Beneficiaries.........................................................9
Section 3.09 No Petition.......................................................................9
Section 3.10 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee..........................................9
SCHEDULE I PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS..................................2
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TRUST SUBI CERTIFICATE TRANSFER AGREEMENT
This Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement, dated as of __________,
2005 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, this "Agreement"),
is between Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II, a Delaware limited liability company
("XXXX II"), as transferor (the "Transferor"), and Nissan Auto Lease Trust
2005-A, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), as transferee (in such
capacity, the "Transferee").
RECITALS
A. Nissan-Infiniti LT (the "Titling Trust") is a Delaware statutory
trust governed by the Amended and Restated Trust and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of August 26, 1998 (the "Titling Trust Agreement"), among NILT Trust, a
Delaware statutory trust ("NILT Trust"), as grantor and initial beneficiary (in
such capacity, the "Grantor" and the "UTI Beneficiary", respectively), Nissan
Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation ("NMAC"), as servicer
(the "Servicer"), Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation
("Wilmington Trust"), as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), NILT, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking association ("U.S. Bank"), as trust agent (the
"Trust Agent");
B. Pursuant to the Titling Trust Agreement, the purposes of the Titling
Trust include taking assignments and conveyances of and holding in trust various
assets (the "Trust Assets");
C. The Grantor, UTI Beneficiary, the Servicer, the Trustee, the
Delaware Trustee and the Trust Agent are entering into the 2005-A SUBI
Supplement, dated as of __________, 2005 (the "2005-A SUBI Supplement", and
together with the Titling Trust Agreement, the "SUBI Trust Agreement"), to (i)
establish a special unit of beneficial interest (the "2005-A SUBI") and (ii)
identify and allocate certain Trust Assets to the 2005-A SUBI;
D. Pursuant to the SUBI Trust Agreement a separate portfolio of leases
(the "2005-A Leases"), the vehicles that are leased under the 2005-A Leases (the
"2005-A Vehicles"), and certain other related Trust Assets have been allocated
to the 2005-A SUBI;
E. The Titling Trust has issued a certificate evidencing a 100%
beneficial interest in the 2005-A SUBI (the "2005-A SUBI Certificate") to NILT
Trust;
F. NILT Trust has transferred and assigned, without recourse, all of
its right, title, and interest in and to the 2005-A SUBI Certificate to the
Transferor pursuant to the SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement, dated as of
__________, 2005 (the "SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement"), between NILT Trust
and the Transferor;
G. The Trust was formed pursuant to a trust agreement, dated as of
August 25, 2005, as amended and restated by the amended and restated trust
agreement, dated as of __________, 2005 (the "Trust Agreement"), each, between
the Transferor and Wilmington Trust, as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee");
H. The Transferor and the Transferee desire to provide for the sale,
transfer and assignment by the Transferor to the Transferee, without recourse,
of all of the Transferor's right, title and interest in and to the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate; and
I. Immediately after the transfer and assignments of the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate to the Transferee, the Transferee shall pledge the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate to U.S. Bank, as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"),
pursuant to an indenture, dated as of __________, 2005 (the "Indenture"),
between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein that are not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement of
Definitions, dated as of __________, 2005, by and among the Trust, as issuer
(the "Issuer"), NILT Trust, as Grantor and UTI Beneficiary, the Titling Trust,
NMAC, in its individual capacity, as Servicer and as administrative agent (in
such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), XXXX II, the Trustee, Wilmington
Trust, as Delaware Trustee and Owner Trustee, and U.S. Bank, as Trust Agent and
Indenture Trustee.
Section 1.02 Interpretive Provisions. For all purposes of this
Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires, (i) terms used in this Agreement include, as appropriate,
all genders and the plural as well as the singular, (ii) references to words
such as "herein", "hereof", and the like shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular part, Article, or Section within this Agreement,
(iii) the term "include" and all variations thereof shall mean "include without
limitation", (iv) the term "or" shall include "and/or", (v) the term "proceeds"
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the UCC and (vi) any defined term
that relates to a document shall include within its definition any amendments,
modifications, renewals, restatements, extensions, supplements, or substitutions
that have been or are hereafter executed and delivered in accordance with the
terms thereof, except that references to the SUBI Trust Agreement include only
such items as relate to the 2005-A SUBI and the Titling Trust.
Any reference in this Agreement to any agreement means such agreement
as it may be amended, restated, supplemented (only to the extent such agreement
as supplemented relates to the Notes), or otherwise modified from time to time,
except that references to the SUBI Trust Agreement include only such items as
relate to the 2005-A SUBI and the Titling Trust. Any reference in this Agreement
to any law, statute, regulation, rule, or other legislative action shall mean
such law, statute, regulation, rule, or other legislative action as amended,
supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, and shall include any
rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to a
Person shall include the successor or permitted assignee of such Person.
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ARTICLE TWO
TRANSFER OF 2005-A SUBI CERTIFICATE
Section 2.01 Transfer of 2005-A SUBI Certificate. In consideration of
the Transferee's delivery to, or upon the order of, the Transferor of the Notes
and the Trust Certificate, the Transferor hereby absolutely sells, transfers,
assigns and otherwise conveys to the Transferee, without recourse, and the
Transferee does hereby purchase and acquire, as of the date set forth above, all
of the Transferor's right, title and interest in and to the following
(collectively, the "Assets"):
(i) the 2005-A SUBI Certificate and the interest in the 2005-A
SUBI represented thereby, including all monies due and paid or to
become due and paid or payable thereon or in respect thereof after the
Cutoff Date;
(ii) all of the Transferor's rights and benefits as holder of
the 2005-A SUBI Certificate under the Servicing Agreement and the SUBI
Trust Agreement;
(iii) the right to realize upon any property that underlies or
may be deemed to secure the interest in the 2005-A SUBI represented by
the 2005-A SUBI Certificate, as granted in the 2005-A SUBI Supplement
and in the 2005-A SUBI Certificate;
(iv) all general intangibles, chattel paper, instruments,
documents, money, deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, securities
accounts, investment property, financial assets, goods, letters of
credit, letters of credit rights, advices of credit and uncertificated
securities, and other property consisting of, arising from, or relating
or credited to the foregoing;
(v) all rights of the Transferor under the SUBI Certificate
Transfer Agreement; and
(vi) all cash and non-cash proceeds of all of the foregoing.
Section 2.02 True Sale. The parties hereto intend that the sale,
transfer, and assignment of the Assets constitutes a true sale and assignment of
the Assets such that any interest in and title to the Assets would not be
property of the Transferor's estate in the event that the Transferor becomes a
debtor in a case under any bankruptcy law. To the extent that the conveyance of
the Assets hereunder is characterized by a court or similar governmental
authority as a financing (i), it is intended by the Transferor and the
Transferee that the interest conveyed constitutes a grant of a security interest
under the UCC as in effect in the State of Delaware by the Transferor to the
Transferee to secure the Transfer Price to the Transferor, which security
interest shall be perfected and of a first priority, (ii) Transferor hereby
grants to the Transferee a security interest in all of its right, title, and
privilege and interest in and to the Assets and the parties hereto agree that
this Agreement constitutes a "security agreement" under all applicable laws and
(iii) the possession by the Transferee or its agent of the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured party" or
possession by the purchaser or a Person designated by such purchaser, for
purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York UCC and
the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction.
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Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Transferor and the
Transferee.
(a) The Transferor hereby represents and warrants to the Transferee as
of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date that:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Transferor is a
limited liability company duly formed, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has the power and
the authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
properties are currently owned and such business is presently
conducted, and had at all relevant times, and shall have, the power,
the authority, and the legal right to acquire, own, and sell the
Assets.
(ii) Due Qualification. The Transferor is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign limited liability company in good standing, 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 shall require such qualifications, except where the failure to
have any such license, approval, or qualification would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, of
the Transferor or would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
ability of the Transferor to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
(iii) Power and Authority. The Transferor has the power and
the authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out
its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement has been duly authorized by the Transferor by all necessary
action.
(iv) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal,
valid, and binding obligation of the Transferor, enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be subject
to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights in general and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) No Violation. The execution, delivery, and performance by
the Transferor of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof
shall not (A) 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 limited liability company agreement of the
Transferor; (B) conflict with or breach any of the material terms or
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time)
a default under, any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which
the Transferor is a party or by which it may be bound or any of its
properties are subject; (C) result in the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any material
indenture, agreement, or other instrument (other than as permitted by
the Basic Documents); (D) violate any law or, to the knowledge of the
Transferor, any order, rule or regulation applicable to it or its
properties; or (E) contravene, violate, or result in a default under
any judgment, injunction, order, decree, or other instrument of any
court or of any federal or state
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regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Transferor or any of its
properties, except to the extent that such contravention, violation, or
default would not be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings in which the
Transferor has been served or, to the knowledge of the Transferor,
proceedings or investigations that are pending or threatened, in each
case against the Transferor, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other tribunal, or governmental
instrumentality (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (B)
seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Basic Document or (C)
seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of
the Transferor, would materially and adversely affect the performance
by the Transferor of its obligations under this Agreement.
(vii) Title to 2005-A SUBI Certificate. Immediately prior to
the transfer of the 2005-A SUBI Certificate pursuant to this Agreement,
the Transferor (A) is the true and lawful owner of the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate and has the legal right to transfer the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate, (B) has good and valid title to the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate and the 2005-A SUBI Certificate is on the date hereof free
and clear of all Liens and (C) will convey good, valid, and
indefeasible title to the 2005-A SUBI Certificate to the Transferee
under this Agreement.
(b) Perfection Representations. The representations, warranties and
covenants set forth on Schedule I hereto shall be a part of this Agreement for
all purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other
Basic Document, the perfection representations contained in Schedule I shall be
continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all
obligations under the Indenture have been finally and fully paid and performed.
The parties to this Agreement: (i) shall not waive any of the perfection
representations contained in Schedule I; (ii) shall provide the Rating Agencies
with prompt written notice of any breach of perfection representations contained
in Schedule I; and (iii) shall not waive a breach of any of the perfection
representations contained in Schedule I.
(c) The Transferee hereby represents and warrants to the Transferor as
of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date that:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Transferee is a
statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has the power and the
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
properties are currently owned and such business is presently
conducted, and had at all relevant times, and shall have, the power,
the authority and the legal right to acquire, own and sell the Assets.
(ii) Due Qualification. The Transferee is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign trust in good standing, 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 shall
require such qualifications, except where the failure to have any such
license, approval, or qualification would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Transferee.
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(iii) Power and Authority. The Transferee has the power and
the authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out
its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement has been duly authorized by the Transferee by all necessary
action.
(iv) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal,
valid, and binding obligation of the Transferee, enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be subject
to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights in general and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) No Violation. The execution, delivery, and performance of
this Agreement by the Transferee and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the
terms hereof do not (A) 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 Trust Agreement; (B) conflict with
or breach any of the material terms or provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, any
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Transferee is a
party or by which it may be bound or any of its properties are subject;
(C) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any material indenture, agreement
or other instrument (other than as permitted by the Basic Documents);
(D) violate any law or, to the knowledge of the Transferee, any order,
rule or regulation applicable to it or its properties; or (E)
contravene, violate, or result in a default under any judgment,
injunction, order, decree, or other instrument of any court or of any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Transferee or
any of its properties, except to the extent that such contravention,
violation, or default would not be likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(vi) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings in which the
Transferee has been served or, to the knowledge of the Transferee,
proceedings or investigations that are pending or threatened, in each
case against the Transferee, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality
(A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (C) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Transferee, would materially and adversely
affect the performance by the Transferee of its obligations under this
Agreement.
(d) The representations and warranties set forth in this Section shall
survive the sale of the Assets by the Transferor to the Transferee and the
pledge and grant of a security interest in the Assets by the Transferee to the
Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Noteholders) pursuant to the
Indenture. Upon discovery by the Transferor, the Transferee or the Trustee of a
breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the others.
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Section 2.04 Financing Statement and Books and Records.
(a) In connection with the conveyance of the Assets hereunder, the
Transferor agrees that on or prior to the Closing Date it will deliver to the
Transferee, with all requisite endorsements, the 2005-A SUBI Certificate and
will file, at its own expense, one or more financing statements with respect to
the Assets meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such manner as
necessary to perfect the sale of the Assets, and the proceeds thereof to the
Transferor (and any continuation statements as are required by applicable state
law), and to deliver a file-stamped copy of each such financing statement (or
continuation statement) or other evidence of such filings (which may, for
purposes of this Section 2.04, consist of telephone confirmation of such filings
with the file stamped copy of each such filing to be provided to the Transferee
in due course), as soon as is practicable after receipt by the Transferor
thereof.
(b) The Transferor further agrees that it will treat the transfer of
the Assets as a sale for accounting purposes, take no actions inconsistent with
the Transferee's ownership of the Assets and on or prior to the Closing Date
indicate on its books, records and statements that the Assets have been sold to
the Transferee.
Section 2.05 Acceptance by the Transferee. The Transferee agrees to
comply with all covenants and restrictions applicable to a Holder of the 2005-A
SUBI Certificate and the interest in the 2005-A SUBI represented thereby,
whether set forth in the 2005-A SUBI Certificate, in the SUBI Trust Agreement or
otherwise, and assumes all obligations and liabilities, if any, associated
therewith.
Section 2.06 Release of Claims. Pursuant to Section 3.04(b) of the
Titling Trust Agreement and Section 12.02(b) of the 2005-A SUBI Supplement, the
Transferee hereby covenants and agrees for the express benefit of each holder
from time to time of a UTI Certificate and any other SUBI Certificate that the
Transferee shall release all claims to the UTI Assets and the related Other SUBI
Assets, respectively, and, in the event such release is not given effect, to
subordinate fully all claims it may be deemed to have against the UTI Assets or
such Other SUBI Assets, as the case may be.
ARTICLE THREE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.01 Amendment.
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the
parties hereto, without the consent of any other Person; provided that (i)
either (A) any amendment that materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Noteholders shall require the consent of Noteholders evidencing not less
than a Majority Interest of the Notes voting together as a single class or (B)
such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the
Transferor delivered to the Indenture Trustee, materially and adversely affect
the interests of the Noteholders and (ii) any amendment that adversely affects
the interests of the Trust Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee shall require the prior written consent of each Person whose interests
are materially and adversely affected. An amendment
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shall be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the interests of the
Noteholders if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such
amendment and the Officer's Certificate described in the preceding sentence is
provided to the Indenture Trustee. The consent of the Trust Certificateholder or
the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have been given if the Transferor does not
receive a written objection from such Person within 10 Business Days after a
written request for such consent shall have been given. The Indenture Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into or consent to any such amendment
that affects the Indenture Trustee's own rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall (i) reduce the
interest rate or principal amount of any Note, or change the due date of any
installment of principal of or interest in any Note, or the Redemption Price
with respect thereto, without the consent of the Holder of such Note or (ii)
reduce the Outstanding Amount, the Holders of which are required to consent to
any matter without the consent of the Holders of at least a Majority Interest of
the Notes which were required to consent to such matter before giving effect to
such amendment.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any term or
provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Transferor without the consent
of any of the Noteholders or any other Person to add, modify or eliminate any
provisions as may be necessary or advisable in order to comply with or obtain
more favorable treatment under or with respect to any law or regulation or any
accounting rule or principle (whether now or in the future in effect); it being
a condition to any such amendment that the Rating Agency Condition shall have
been satisfied and the Officer's Certificate described in Section 3.01(b)(i)(B)
is delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of any Person pursuant to
this Section for such Person to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such Person consents to the substance
thereof.
(e) Not less than 15 days prior to the execution of any amendment to
this Agreement, the Transferor shall provide each Rating Agency, the Trust
Certificateholder, the Transferor, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
with written notice of the substance of such amendment. No later than 10
Business Days after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the
Transferor shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency, the
Transferee, the Trust Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to ascertain
whether a Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to any
amendment. When the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such
amendment, the Servicer shall deliver to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate to that effect and the Indenture Trustee may
conclusively rely upon the Officer's Certificate from the Servicer that a Rating
Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to such amendment.
Section 3.02 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to any otherwise applicable principles of conflict of laws (other than section
5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law).
Section 3.03 Severability. If one or more of the covenants, agreements,
or provisions of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatever held invalid or
unenforceable, such provisions shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, and provisions of this
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Agreement, and such invalidity or unenforceability shall in no way affect the
validity or enforceability of such remaining covenants, agreements and
provisions, or the rights of any parties hereto. To the extent permitted by law,
the parties hereto waive any provision of law that renders any provision of this
Agreement invalid or unenforceable in any respect.
Section 3.04 Binding Effect. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted
successors and assigns.
The Transferor acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Transferee may,
pursuant to the Indenture, pledge and grant a security interest in the 2005-A
SUBI and the 2005-A SUBI Assets represented thereby and assign its rights under
this Agreement to the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the holders of the
Notes) and (b) the representation, warranties and covenants contained in this
Agreement and the rights of the Transferee under this Agreement are intended to
benefit the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the holders of the Notes). The
Transferor hereby consents to all such pledges and grants.
Section 3.05 Headings. The Article and Section headings are for
convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or
provisions hereof.
Section 3.06 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be
an original, but all of which counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
Section 3.07 Further Assurances. Each party hereto shall do such acts,
and execute and deliver to the other party such additional documents or
instruments as may be reasonably requested, in order to effect the purposes of
this Agreement and to better assure and confirm unto the requesting party its
rights, powers and remedies hereunder.
Section 3.08 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and each Holder of the
2005-A SUBI Certificate and each Registered Pledgee, who shall be considered
third-party beneficiaries hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, no other Person shall have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section 3.09 No Petition. Each of the parties hereto covenants and
agrees that prior to the date that is one year and one day after the date upon
which all obligations under each Securitized Financing have been paid in full,
it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against
the Grantor, the Transferor, the Trustee, the Titling Trust, the Issuer, any
other Special Purpose Affiliate or any Beneficiary, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation Proceeding or other
Proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
This Section shall survive the complete or partial termination of this
Agreement, the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the complete or partial
resignation or removal of the Servicer.
Section 3.10 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, this instrument has been
countersigned by Wilmington Trust
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Company not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner
Trustee of the Trust and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its
individual capacity or any beneficial owner of the Trust have any liability for
the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, or other obligations of
the Trust hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the
assets of the Trust. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of
any duties or obligations of the Trust hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be
subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of
Articles Six, Seven and Ten of the Trust Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers duly authorized as of the day and
year first above written.
NISSAN AUTO LEASING LLC II, as Transferor
By:
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Name: Kazuhiko Kazama
Title: Treasurer
NISSAN AUTO LEASE TRUST 2005-A,
as Transferee
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Owner Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
S-1
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SCHEDULE I
PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained
in the Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement, Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II, as
transferor (the "Transferor"), hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to
Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2005-A, as transferee (the "Transferee"), as follows on
the Closing Date:
1. The Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement creates a valid and continuing
security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate in favor of the Transferee, which security interest is prior to all
other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers
from the Transferor.
2. The 2005-A SUBI Certificate constitutes a "general intangible," "instrument,"
"certificated security," or "tangible chattel paper," within the meaning of the
applicable UCC.
3. The Transferor owns and has good and marketable title to the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate free and clear of any Liens, claim or encumbrance of any Person,
excepting only liens for taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges or
levies incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and
payable or as to which any applicable grace period shall not have expired, or
that are being contested in good faith by proper proceedings and for which
adequate reserves have been established, but only so long as foreclosure with
respect to such a lien is not imminent and the use and value of the property to
which the Lien attaches is not impaired during the pendency of such proceeding.
4. The Transferor has received all consents and approvals to the sale of the
2005-A SUBI Certificate under the Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement to
the Transferee required by the terms of the 2005-A SUBI Certificate to the
extent that it constitutes an instrument or a payment intangible.
5. The Transferor has received all consents and approvals required by the terms
of the 2005-A SUBI Certificate, to the extent that it constitutes a securities
entitlement, certificated security or uncertificated security, to the transfer
to the Transferee of its interest and rights in the 2005-A SUBI Certificate
under the Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement.
6. The Transferor has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the
effective date of the Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement, the filing of
all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the
appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the sale of
the 2005-A SUBI Certificate from the Transferor to the Transferee and the
security interest in the 2005-A SUBI Certificate granted under the Trust SUBI
Certificate Transfer Agreement.
7. To the extent that the 2005-A SUBI Certificate constitutes an instrument or
tangible chattel paper, all original executed copies of each such instrument or
tangible chattel paper have been delivered to the Transferee.
Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement
8. Other than the transfer of the 2005-A SUBI Certificate from NILT Trust to the
Transferor under the SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement and from the Transferor
to the Transferee under the Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement and the
security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture,
the Transferor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in,
or otherwise conveyed the 2005-A SUBI Certificate. The Transferor has not
authorized the filing of, nor is aware of, any financing statements against the
Transferor that include a description of collateral covering the 2005-A SUBI
Certificate other than any financing statement relating to any security interest
granted pursuant to the Basic Documents or that has been terminated.
9. No instrument or tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the
2005-A SUBI Certificate has any marks or notations indicating that it has been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture
Trustee.
Trust SUBI Certificate Transfer Agreement
