TRUST SALE AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT AMONG ALLY FINANCIAL INC. ADMINISTRATOR CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC DEPOSITOR AND CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 20 -SN ISSUING ENTITY DATED AS OF [ ], 20[ ]
EXHIBIT 99.7
TRUST SALE AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
AMONG
ALLY FINANCIAL INC.
ADMINISTRATOR
DEPOSITOR
AND
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 20 -SN
ISSUING ENTITY
DATED AS OF [ ], 20[ ]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF SECURED NOTES; ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES |
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Section 2.01 |
Conveyance of Secured Notes |
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Section 2.02 |
Acceptance by Issuing Entity |
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Section 2.03 |
Representations and Warranties as to the Secured Notes |
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Section 2.04 |
Repurchase of Secured Notes Upon Breach of Warranty |
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ARTICLE III THE DEPOSITOR |
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Section 3.01 |
Representations of the Depositor |
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Section 3.02 |
Liability of Depositor |
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Section 3.03 |
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of the Depositor; Amendment of Limited Liability Company Agreement |
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Section 3.04 |
Limitation on Liability of the Depositor and Others |
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Section 3.05 |
The Depositor May Own Notes or Certificates |
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ARTICLE IV ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATOR’S COVENANTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS |
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Section 4.01 |
Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Administrator Default |
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Section 4.02 |
Annual Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria |
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Section 4.03 |
Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Secured Notes |
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Section 4.04 |
Assignment of Administrative Secured Notes and Warranty Secured Notes |
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Section 4.05 |
Distributions |
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Section 4.06 |
Net Deposits |
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Section 4.07 |
Statements to Securityholders |
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Section 4.08 |
Additional Duties of the Administrator |
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ARTICLE V NOTEHOLDER ACCOUNTS; COLLECTIONS, DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS |
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Section 5.01 |
Establishment of Accounts |
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Section 5.02 |
Investment Earnings |
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Section 5.03 |
Additional Deposits |
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ARTICLE VI LIABILITIES OF ADMINISTRATOR AND OTHERS |
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Section 6.01 |
Liability of Administrator; Indemnities |
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Section 6.02 |
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Administrator |
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Section 6.03 |
Limitation on Liability of Administrator and Others |
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Section 6.04 |
Delegation of Duties |
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Section 6.05 |
Administrator Not to Resign |
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ARTICLE VII DEFAULT |
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Section 7.01 |
Administrator Defaults |
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Section 7.02 |
Consequences of an Administrator Default |
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Section 7.03 |
CARAT Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor |
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Section 7.04 |
Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders |
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Section 7.05 |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION |
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Section 8.01 |
Optional Purchase of the Secured Notes; Distribution of Event of Default Sale Proceeds |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 9.01 |
Amendment |
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Section 9.02 |
Protection of Title to Collateral |
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Section 9.03 |
Notices |
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Section 9.04 |
GOVERNING LAW |
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Section 9.05 |
Severability of Provisions |
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Section 9.06 |
Assignment |
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Section 9.07 |
Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 9.08 |
Waivers |
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Section 9.09 |
Separate Counterparts |
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Section 9.10 |
Headings and Cross-References |
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Section 9.11 |
Assignment to CARAT Indenture Trustee |
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Section 9.12 |
No Petition Covenants |
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Section 9.13 |
Limitation of Liability of CARAT Indenture Trustee and CARAT Owner Trustee |
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Section 9.14 |
Tax Treatment |
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Section 9.15 |
Furnishing Documents |
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Section 9.16 |
Information to Be Provided by the CARAT Indenture Trustee |
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Section 9.17 |
Independence of the Administrator |
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Section 9.18 |
Other Activities of Administrator |
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Section 9.19 |
No Joint Venture |
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EXHIBIT A | Form of Second Step Secured Notes Assignment | |
APPENDIX A | Definitions and Rules of Construction | |
APPENDIX B | Notices Addresses and Procedures | |
APPENDIX C | Perfection Representations |
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THIS TRUST SALE AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT is made as of [ ], 20[ ] by and among Ally Financial Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Ally Financial”), which, in its capacity as Administrator under the Pooling and Administration Agreement described below is referred to as the “Administrator” and which, in its capacity as Seller under the Pooling and Administration Agreement described below, is referred to as the “Seller”, CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns the “Depositor”), and CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 20 -SN , a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuing Entity”).
WHEREAS, the Seller has sold the Secured Notes to the Depositor and the Administrator has agreed to administer the Secured Notes pursuant to the Pooling and Administration Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Depositor desires to sell the Secured Notes to the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date in exchange for the Notes and Certificates pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Administrator desires to perform the administration obligations set forth herein for and in consideration of the fees and other benefits set forth in this Agreement and in the Pooling and Administration Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Issuing Entity wish to set forth the terms pursuant to which the Secured Notes are to be sold by the Depositor to the Issuing Entity and administered by the Administrator.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the other good and valuable consideration and the mutual terms and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in and shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Part I of Appendix A to this Agreement. All references herein to “the Agreement” or “this Agreement” are to this Trust Sale and Administration Agreement as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the exhibits hereto and the capitalized terms used herein which are defined in such Appendix A, 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
CONVEYANCE OF SECURED NOTES; ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Secured Notes.
(a) In consideration of the Issuing Entity’s delivery of the Notes and the Certificates to, or upon the order of, the Depositor, the Depositor does hereby enter into this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment in the form attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement
(the “Second Step Secured Notes Assignment”) and agrees to fulfill all of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Issuing Entity, without recourse:
(i) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Secured Notes and all monies due thereunder on and after the Closing Date;
(ii) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Pooling and Administration Agreement and the First Step Secured Notes Assignment (including the right of the Depositor to cause the Seller or the Administrator to repurchase Secured Notes under certain circumstances and the rights of the Depositor under the VAULT Security Agreement); and
(iii) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all the foregoing described in clauses (i) and (ii) above and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion of any or all of the foregoing, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, investment property, payment intangibles, general intangibles, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing.
The property described in clauses (i) through (iii) above is referred to herein collectively as the “Second Step Purchased Property.”
(b) It is the intention of the Depositor and the Issuing Entity that the sale, transfer, assignment and other conveyances contemplated by this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment shall constitute a sale of the Secured Notes and the other Second Step Purchased Property from the Depositor to the Issuing Entity for the purpose of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws so that the beneficial interest in and title to the Secured Notes and the other Second Step Purchased Property shall not be part of the Depositor’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition or a petition for insolvency, receivership or conservatorship by or against the Depositor under any relevant bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or conservatorship law.
(c) The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment and other conveyances do not constitute and are not intended to result in the creation of or an assumption by the Issuing Entity of any obligation of the Seller, the Administrator, the Depositor or any other Person to the Lessees, Dealers, insurers or any other Person in connection with the Secured Notes, Lease Assets, any Dealer Agreements, any insurance policies or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of them.
Section 2.02 Acceptance by Issuing Entity. The Issuing Entity does hereby accept all consideration conveyed by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01 and declares that the Issuing Entity shall hold such consideration upon the trust set forth in the Trust Agreement for the
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benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the terms and conditions of the CARAT Indenture, this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment and the rights of the Noteholders with respect thereto. The Issuing Entity hereby agrees to and accepts the appointment and authorization of Ally Financial as Administrator under Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement. The parties agree that this Agreement, the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment, the CARAT Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Notes and the Certificates constitute the Further Transfer and Administration Agreements for purposes of the Pooling and Administration Agreement and that the rights, duties and obligations of Ally Financial as Administrator under the Pooling and Administration Agreement are subject to the provisions of Sections 6.02, 6.04, 6.05, 9.01 and Article VII.
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties as to the Secured Notes. Pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii), the Depositor assigns to the Issuing Entity all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Pooling and Administration Agreement. Such assigned right, title and interest includes the benefit of the representations and warranties of the Seller made to the Depositor pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Issuing Entity that the Depositor has taken no action which would cause such representations and warranties of the Seller to be false in any material respect as of the Closing Date. The Depositor further acknowledges that the Issuing Entity and its permitted assigns rely on the representations and warranties of the Depositor under this Agreement and of the Seller under the Pooling and Administration Agreement in accepting the Secured Notes and the other Second Step Purchased Property and in executing and delivering the Notes and the Certificates. The foregoing representation and warranty speaks as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Secured Notes and the other Second Step Purchased Property to the Issuing Entity and the pledge thereof to the CARAT Indenture Trustee pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.
Section 2.04 Repurchase of Secured Notes Upon Breach of Warranty. Upon discovery by the Seller, the Depositor, the Issuing Entity, the Administrator, the CARAT Owner Trustee or the CARAT Indenture Trustee of a breach of any of the representations and warranties in Section 4.01 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement or in Section 2.03 or Section 3.01 of this Agreement that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders in any Secured Note, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the others. As of the last day of the second Monthly Period following its discovery or its receipt of notice of such breach (or, at the Depositor’s election, the last day of the first Monthly Period following such discovery or receipt of notice), unless such breach shall have been cured in all material respects, in the event of a breach of the representations and warranties made by the Depositor in Section 2.03 or Section 3.01 of this Agreement, the Depositor shall repurchase, or in the event of a breach of a representation and warranty under Section 4.01 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement, the Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to enforce the obligation of the Seller under Section 5.04 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement to repurchase such Secured Note from the Issuing Entity on the related Distribution Date. The repurchase price to be paid by the breaching party (the “Warranty Purchaser”) shall be an amount equal to the Warranty Payment calculated as of the last day of the related Monthly Period and shall be paid on such Distribution Date. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Warranty Purchaser to repurchase any Secured Note as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing, and the obligation of the Depositor and the
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Administrator to enforce the Seller’s obligation to repurchase such Secured Notes pursuant to the Pooling and Administration Agreement shall, if such obligations are fulfilled, constitute the sole remedy against the Depositor, the Administrator or the Seller for such breach available to the Issuing Entity, the Financial Parties, the CARAT Owner Trustee or the CARAT Indenture Trustee. The Administrator also acknowledges its obligations to repurchase Administrative Secured Notes from the Issuing Entity pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement.
ARTICLE III
THE DEPOSITOR
Section 3.01 Representations of the Depositor. The Depositor makes the following representations on which the Issuing Entity is relying in acquiring the Second Step Purchased Property and issuing the Notes and Certificates. The following representations speak as of the Closing Date and the representations in clause (b) shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Second Step Purchased Property to the Issuing Entity.
(a) Representations and Warranties as to the Depositor.
(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Depositor has been duly formed and is validly existing as an entity 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;
(ii) Due Qualification. The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity 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 requires such qualification;
(iii) Power and Authority. The Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver the CARAT Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to carry out their terms, the Depositor had at all relevant times, and now has, power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the Second Step Purchased Property, and has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Issuing Entity as part of the Trust and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Issuing Entity by all necessary limited liability company action; and the execution, delivery and performance of the CARAT Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary limited liability company action;
(iv) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment, when duly executed and delivered, shall constitute a valid sale, transfer and assignment of the Second Step Purchased Property, enforceable against creditors of and purchasers from the Depositor; and the CARAT Transaction Documents to which the Depositor is a party, when duly executed and delivered, shall constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
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bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws 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; Consents. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the CARAT Transaction Documents to which the Depositor is a party and the fulfillment of the terms of the CARAT Transaction Documents to which the Depositor is a party 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 formation, limited liability company agreement (or similar organizational documents) or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor 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 or other instrument, other than this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment, or violate any law or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any federal or State regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or any of its properties; and
(vi) No Proceedings. To the Depositor’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending or threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties (i) asserting the invalidity of any CARAT Transaction Document, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any CARAT Transaction Document, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, any CARAT Transaction Document or (iv) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of the Notes or the Certificates.
(b) Representations and Warranties as to the Secured Notes.
(i) Good Title. No Secured Note has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Depositor to any Person other than the Issuing Entity; immediately prior to the conveyance of the Secured Notes pursuant to this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment, the Depositor had good and marketable title thereto, free of any Lien; and, upon execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment by the Depositor, the Issuing Entity shall have all of the right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Secured Notes, the unpaid indebtedness evidenced thereby and the collateral security therefor, free of any Lien.
(ii) All Filings Made. All filings (including UCC filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Issuing Entity a first priority perfected ownership interest in the Second Step Purchased Property shall have been made.
(iii) Creation, Perfection and Priority of Security Interests. The representations and warranties regarding creation, perfection and priority of security interests in the Secured Notes, which are attached to this Agreement as Appendix C, are true and correct to the extent they are applicable.
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Section 3.02 Liability of Depositor. The Depositor shall be liable in accordance with this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment only to the extent of the obligations in this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment specifically undertaken by the Depositor.
Section 3.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of the Depositor; Amendment of Limited Liability Company Agreement.
(a) Any corporation, limited liability company or other entity (i) into which the Depositor may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Depositor or (iv) 25% or more of the voting stock (or, if not a corporation, other voting interests) of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by General Motors or Ally Financial, which corporation, limited liability company or other entity in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Depositor under this Agreement and the other CARAT Transaction Documents to which it is a party, shall be the successor to the Depositor under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. The Depositor shall provide ten (10) days prior notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 3.03 to the Rating Agencies, the Administrator, the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee.
(b) The Depositor hereby agrees that during the term of this Agreement it shall not (i) take any action prohibited by Article Third, Article Fourth or Article Eighth of the Depositor Operating Agreement (or similar governing document for the Depositor, if applicable), (ii) without the prior written consent of the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee and without giving prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, amend Article Third, Fourth or Eighth of the Depositor Operating Agreement or (iii) incur any indebtedness, issue any other debt or assume or guaranty indebtedness of any other entity, other than pursuant to the Intercompany Advance Agreement and any notes thereunder (without giving effect to any amendment to such Agreement after the date hereof, unless the Rating Agency Condition was satisfied in connection therewith), if such action would result in a downgrading of the then current rating of any class of the Notes.
Section 3.04 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor and Others. The Depositor and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Depositor may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment. The Depositor and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Depositor shall be reimbursed by the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee, as applicable, for any contractual damages, liability or expense incurred by reason of such trustee’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (gross negligence in the case of the CARAT Owner Trustee) (except errors in judgment) in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the
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Second Step Secured Notes Assignment, the CARAT Indenture or the Trust Agreement, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment, the CARAT Indenture or the Trust Agreement. In no event, however, shall the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee be liable to the Depositor for any damages in the nature of special, indirect or consequential damages, however styled, including lost profits. The Depositor shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations as Depositor of the Secured Notes and other Second Step Purchased Property under this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
Section 3.05 The Depositor May Own Notes or Certificates. Each of the Depositor and any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Depositor may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Notes or Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. Except as otherwise provided herein, Notes or Certificates so owned by or pledged to the Depositor or such controlling or commonly controlled Person shall have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority or distinction as among all of such Notes or Certificates, respectively.
ARTICLE IV
ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATOR’S COVENANTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Administrator Default.
(a) The Administrator shall deliver to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee, on or before March 15 of each year, beginning March 15, 20[ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), an officer’s certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Administrator, dated as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year, in each instance stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Administrator during the preceding twelve (12) month period (or, with respect to the first such certificate, such period as shall have elapsed from the Closing Date to the date of such certificate) and of its performance under this Agreement and under the Pooling and Administration Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Administrator has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement and under the Pooling and Administration Agreement in all material respects throughout such period, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. A copy of such certificate, once delivered, may be obtained by any Noteholder or any Certificateholder by a request in writing to the Issuing Entity addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee, as applicable.
(b) The Administrator shall deliver to the Issuing Entity, on or before March 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 20[ ] (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a report regarding the Administrator’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
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(c) The Administrator shall deliver to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, written notice in an officer’s certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, unless cured, would become an Administrator Default under Section 7.01 of this Agreement. The Depositor shall deliver to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Rating Agencies promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, written notice in an officer’s certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, unless cured, would become an Administrator Default under Section 7.01(b).
(d) The Administrator shall prepare, execute and deliver, or shall cause the Servicer to prepare, execute and deliver, all certificates or other documents required to be delivered by the Issuing Entity pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
Section 4.02 Annual Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria.
(a) The Administrator shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, who may also render other services to the Administrator or its Affiliates, to deliver to AFLT, the AFLT Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the CARAT Owner Trustee and the CARAT Indenture Trustee on or before March 15 of each year, beginning March 15, 20[ ] (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a report (the “Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria”) delivered to the Board of Directors of the Administrator and to the AFLT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Indenture Trustee and CARAT Owner Trustee that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as applicable, on the assessment of compliance with Servicing Criteria with respect to the prior calendar year. The certificates and reports referred to in Section 4.01(a), Section 4.01(b) and this Section 4.02(a) shall be delivered within 120 days after the end of each calendar year if the Issuing Entity is no longer required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act or any other law, beginning April 30, 20[ ].
(b) A copy of the Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria received pursuant to Section 4.02(a) shall be delivered by the Administrator to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee on or before March 15 of each year beginning March 15, 20[ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
(c) A copy of the Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria, once delivered, may be obtained by any Noteholder or Certificateholder by a request in writing to the Issuing Entity addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee, as applicable.
Section 4.03 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Secured Notes. The Administrator shall provide to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT
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Owner Trustee reasonable access to the documentation regarding the Secured Notes. The Administrator shall provide such access to any Noteholder or Certificateholder only in such cases where a Noteholder or Certificateholder is required by applicable statutes or regulations to review such documentation. In each case, such access shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at offices of the Administrator designated by the Administrator. Nothing in this Section 4.03 shall derogate from the obligation of the Administrator to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding Lessees, and the failure of the Administrator to provide access as provided in this Section 4.03 as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 4.03.
Section 4.04 Assignment of Administrative Secured Notes and Warranty Secured Notes. Upon receipt of the Administrative Purchase Payment or the Warranty Payment with respect to an Administrative Secured Note or a Warranty Secured Note, respectively, the CARAT Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity shall assign, without recourse, representation or warranty, to the Administrator or the Warranty Purchaser, as applicable, and the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall be deemed automatically to have released its lien on and security interest in all of such Person’s right, title and interest in, to and under such Administrative Secured Note or Warranty Secured Note, the collateral therefor and the related rights assigned thereunder, such assignment being an assignment outright and not for security. The Administrator or the Warranty Purchaser, as applicable, shall thereupon own such Secured Note, and all such security and documents, free of any further obligations to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders with respect thereto. If in any Proceeding it is held that the Administrator may not enforce a Secured Note on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a Holder entitled to enforce the Secured Note, the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall, at the Administrator’s expense, take such steps as the Administrator deems necessary to enforce the Secured Note, including bringing suit in the name of such Person or the names of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders.
Section 4.05 Distributions.
(a) On or before each Determination Date, the Administrator shall calculate the Total Available Amount, the Administration Fee, the Aggregate Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount, the Aggregate Noteholders’ Priority Principal Distributable Amount, the Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount, and all other amounts required to determine the amounts, if any, to be deposited in or paid from each of the CARAT Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account and all amounts to be paid to the Reserve Account and to the Certificateholders on or before the related Distribution Date.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.05(c), on each Distribution Date, the CARAT Indenture Trustee (based solely on the information contained in the Administrator’s Accounting delivered on the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 3.06 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement) shall make the following distributions from the CARAT Collection Account in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Administrator, to the extent of the Total Available Amount, the Administration Fee for such Distribution Date and any unpaid Administration Fee from any preceding Distribution Date;
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(ii) [second, to the Swap Counterparty, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clause (i) above), the net amount, if any, due under all Interest Rate Swaps (exclusive of payments due in respect of an Early Termination Date of any Interest Rate Swaps)];
(iii) third, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) and (ii) above) [(a)] to the Note Distribution Account for the payment of interest on the Class A Notes, the Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount, [and (b) to the Swap Counterparty, any Senior Swap Termination Payments due to the Swap Counterparty in connection with an Early Termination Date of the type described in the definition of “Senior Swap Termination Payments” allocated between the Note Distribution Account and the Swap Counterparty in proportion to the amount of the Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount and the amount owing to the Swap Counterparty in connection with such Early Termination Date];
(iv) fourth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (iii) above), to the Note Distribution Account for the payment of principal on the Notes in the priority specified in the CARAT Indenture, the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount;
(v) fifth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (iv) above), to the Note Distribution Account for the payment of interest on the Class B Notes, the Aggregate Class B Interest Distributable Amount;
(vi) sixth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (v) above), to the Note Distribution Account for the payment of principal on the Notes in the priority specified in the CARAT Indenture, the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount;
(vii) seventh, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (vi) above), to the Note Distribution Account for the payment of interest on the Class C Notes, the Aggregate Class C Interest Distributable Amount;
(viii) eighth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (vii) above), to the Note Distribution Account for the payment of principal on the Notes in the priority specified in the CARAT Indenture, the Third Priority Principal Distributable Amount;
(ix) ninth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (viii) above), to the Note Distribution Account for the payment of interest on the Class D Notes, the Aggregate Class D Interest Distributable Amount;
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(x) tenth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (ix) above), to the Note Distribution Account for the payment of principal on the Notes in the priority specified in the CARAT Indenture, the Fourth Priority Principal Distributable Amount;
(xi) eleventh, to the Reserve Account, to the extent of the Total Available Amount, as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (x) above, the amount required to bring the amount on deposit therein up to the Reserve Account Required Amount (after giving effect to all distributions to the Reserve Account described in Section 3.03 of the Servicing Agreement);
(xii) twelfth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount, as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (xi) above, to the Note Distribution Account for the payment of principal on the Notes in accordance with the CARAT Indenture, the Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount;
(xiii) [thirteenth, to the Swap Counterparty, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (xii) above), any Subordinate Swap Termination Payments due;]
(xiv) fourteenth, to the Certificateholders (or if the Certificate Distribution Account has been established pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Trust Agreement, then to such Certificate Distribution Account for distribution to the Certificateholders on a pro rata basis), any portion of the Total Available Amount remaining after the distributions described in clauses (i) through (xiii) above.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time that the Notes have not been paid in full and the principal balance of the Notes has been declared immediately due and payable following the occurrence of a CARAT Event of Default under Sections 5.1(a), 5.1(b), 5.1(c), 5.1(e) or 5.1(f) of the CARAT Indenture, then until such time as the Notes have been paid in full and the CARAT Indenture has been discharged or the foregoing CARAT Events of Default have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.2(b) of the CARAT Indenture, the order in which the amounts allocated to the Note Distribution Account pursuant to clause (ii) through [(xii)] of Section 4.05(b) of this Agreement shall be used to make payments to Noteholders in the order specified in Section 2.7(c) of the CARAT Indenture.
Section 4.06 Net Deposits. At any time that Ally Financial shall be the Administrator, the Administrator, the Depositor, the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee may make any remittances pursuant to this Article IV net of amounts to be distributed by the applicable recipient to such remitting party. Nonetheless, each such party shall account for all of the above described remittances and distributions as if the amounts were deposited or transferred separately.
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Section 4.07 Statements to Securityholders.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the CARAT Owner Trustee (except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement) shall deliver to each Certificateholder, and the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall include with each distribution to each Noteholder, a statement (which statement shall also be provided by the Administrator to the Rating Agencies) prepared by the Administrator and provided to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee, based on information in the Administrator’s Accounting furnished pursuant to Section 3.06 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement. Each such statement to be delivered or otherwise made available to Certificateholders and Noteholders, respectively, shall comply with Regulation AB and set forth the following information concerning the Certificates or the Notes, as appropriate, with respect to such Distribution Date or the preceding Monthly Period:
(i) Determination Dates and Distribution Dates used to calculate distributions on the Notes and any Certificates;
(ii) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal of each class of the Notes and the amount of any distribution to the Certificates;
(iii) the amount of the distribution, if any, allocable to any interest on or with respect to each class of the Notes;
(iv) the Note Principal Balance for each class of Notes, the Aggregate Note Principal Balance and the Note Pool Factor for each class of Notes, each as of such Distribution Date after giving effect to all payments described under clauses (ii) and (iii) above;
(v) [the net amount, if any, of any payments due under all Interest Rate Swaps (specifying, if applicable, any amounts owing as a result of an Early Termination Date payable under the Interest Rate Swaps);]
(vi) the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount, the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount, the Third Priority Principal Distributable Amount and the Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date;
(vii) the amount of the Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Class D Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, and the change in such amount from the preceding Distribution Date;
(viii) the amount of the Administration Fee paid to the Administrator and the amount of the Basic Servicing Fee [and the Additional Servicing Fee] paid to the Servicer with respect to the related Monthly Period;
(ix) [LIBOR for such Distribution Date and the interest rate on each class of Floating Rate Notes for such Distribution Date];
(x) the Secured Note Rate;
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(xi) the aggregate amount in the Payment Ahead Servicing Account and the change in that amount during the related Monthly Period;
(xii) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account, if any, on such Distribution Date, after giving effect to any withdrawals or deposits on such date, and the Reserve Account Required Amount on such date;
(xiii) the amount, if any, distributed to the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the Depositor from the Reserve Account;
(xiv) the aggregate amounts of Monthly Payment Advances and of Residual Advances made by the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Monthly Period;
(xv) the amount of any Pull Ahead Payments made by Ally Financial, in its capacity as agent for any Lease OEM, under the Pull Ahead Funding Agreement and the number of Lease Assets that became Pull Ahead Lease Assets during the related Monthly Period;
(xvi) the amount of Aggregate Residual Losses or credit losses on the Lease Assets during the related Monthly Period and the aggregate amount of residual or credit losses on the Lease Assets since the Cutoff Date;
(xvii) the number and Aggregate ABS Value of the Lease Assets at the beginning and end of the applicable Monthly Period, and updated pool composition information as of the end of the Monthly Period, such as weighted average life, weighted average remaining term and prepayment rates;
(xviii) delinquency and loss information for the period and any material changes in determining or defining delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts;
(xix) the aggregate Warranty Payment;
(xx) the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payment; and
(xxi) the purchase price of Lease Assets repurchased by the Servicer due to any material modifications, extensions or waivers relating to the terms of, or fees, penalties or payments on, Lease Assets during the Distribution Period or that, cumulatively, have become material over time.
Each amount set forth pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii), (vi), (xii) and (xiii) above shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of initial principal amount of the Notes.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall make available to each Noteholder a copy of the Servicer’s Certificate as delivered to the CARAT Indenture Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Servicing Agreement.
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(c) Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year during the term of this Agreement, the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee shall mail, to each Person who at any time during such calendar year shall have been a Holder of Notes or Certificates, respectively, and received any payments or distributions thereon, a statement containing such information as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations to enable such Securityholder to prepare its federal income tax returns.
Section 4.08 Additional Duties of the Administrator. (a) The Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as Administrator and the duties of the Issuing Entity under the CARAT Indenture[, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement] and the Note Depository Agreement. In addition, the Administrator shall consult with the CARAT Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuing Entity under the CARAT Indenture[, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement] and the Note Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuing Entity and shall advise the CARAT Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuing Entity’s duties under the CARAT Indenture[, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement] and the Note Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Issuing Entity or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing Entity to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the CARAT Indenture[, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement] and the Note Depository Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of the Issuing Entity to take pursuant to the CARAT Indenture [and the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement], including such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters under the CARAT Indenture [and the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement] (references are to sections of the CARAT Indenture [or the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreements, as appropriate)]:
(i) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments required for authentication of the Notes and delivery of such documents or instruments to the CARAT Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2 of the CARAT Indenture);
(ii) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give the CARAT Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register (Section 2.4 of the CARAT Indenture);
(iii) the notification of the Noteholders of the final principal payment on their Notes (Section 2.7(d) of the CARAT Indenture);
(iv) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of Collateral (Section 2.9 of the CARAT Indenture);
(v) the preparation of Definitive Notes and arranging the delivery thereof (Section 2.12 of the CARAT Indenture);
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(vi) the maintenance of an office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes (Section 3.2 of the CARAT Indenture);
(vii) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the CARAT Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the CARAT Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 3.3(c) of the CARAT Indenture);
(viii) the direction to the CARAT Indenture Trustee to deposit monies with Paying Agents, if any, other than the CARAT Indenture Trustee (Section 3.3 of the CARAT Indenture);
(ix) the obtaining and preservation of the Issuing Entity’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the CARAT Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and agreement included in the CARAT Trust Estate (Section 3.4 of the CARAT Indenture);
(x) the preparation and filing of all supplements, amendments, financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.5 of the CARAT Indenture, necessary to protect the CARAT Trust Estate (Section 3.5 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xi) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date, in accordance with Section 3.6(a) of the CARAT Indenture, the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on or before March 15 in each calendar year, beginning March 15, 20[ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) regarding maintenance of security liens and security interests in accordance with Section 3.6(b) of the CARAT Indenture, each of which relates to the CARAT Trust Estate, and the annual delivery of the Officers’ Certificate and certain other statements, in accordance with Section 3.9 of the CARAT Indenture, as to compliance with the CARAT Indenture (Sections 3.6(a), 3.6(b) and 3.9 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xii) the identification to the CARAT Indenture Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuing Entity has contracted to perform its duties under the CARAT Indenture (Section 3.7(b) of the CARAT Indenture);
(xiii) the notification of the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of an Administrator Default pursuant to the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement or the Pooling and Administration Agreement and the taking of all reasonable steps available to remedy such failure (Section 3.7(d) of the CARAT Indenture);
(xiv) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments required for the release of the Issuing Entity from its obligations under the CARAT Indenture (Sections 3.10 and 3.11 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xv) the delivery of notice to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of each CARAT Event of Default, each Administrator Default, each
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default by the Depositor under the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement and each default by the Seller or the Administrator under the Pooling and Administration Agreement (Section 3.19 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xvi) the monitoring of the Issuing Entity’s obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the CARAT Indenture and the preparation and delivery of an Officers’ Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and an Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xvii) the compliance with any written directive of the CARAT Indenture Trustee with respect to the sale of the CARAT Trust Estate in a commercially reasonable manner if a CARAT Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (Section 5.4 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xviii) the preparation and delivery of notice to the Noteholders [and the Swap Counterparty] of the resignation or removal of the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor CARAT Indenture Trustee (Section 6.8 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xix) the preparation of any written instruments required to confirm more fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and any written instruments necessary in connection with the resignation or removal of any co-trustee or separate trustee (Section 6.10 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xx) the furnishing of the CARAT Indenture Trustee with the names and addresses of Noteholders during any period when the CARAT Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.1 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxi) the preparation, the execution on behalf of the Issuing Entity and the filing with the Commission, any applicable state agencies and the CARAT Indenture Trustee of documents required to be filed on a periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed by, the Commission and any applicable state agencies and the transmission of such summaries, as necessary, to the Noteholders (Section 7.3 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxii) the opening of one or more accounts in the Trust’s name, the preparation of Issuing Entity Orders , Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Designated Accounts (Sections 8.2 and 8.3 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxiii) the preparation of an Issuing Entity Request and Officer’s Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the CARAT Trust Estate (Sections 8.4 and 8.5 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxiv) the preparation of Issuing Entity Orders, the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel and the notification of the Rating Agencies with respect to supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 of the CARAT Indenture);
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(xxv) the execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (Section 9.6 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxvi) the notification of the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies of redemption of the Notes or the duty to cause the CARAT Indenture Trustee to provide such notification (Sections 10.1 and 10.2 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxvii) the preparation of all Officer’s Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by the Issuing Entity to the CARAT Indenture Trustee to take any action under the CARAT Indenture and delivery thereof to the CARAT Indenture Trustee (Section 11.1(a) of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxviii) the preparation and delivery of Officers’ Certificates and the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property from the Lien of the CARAT Indenture (Section 11.1(b) of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxix) the notification of the Rating Agencies upon the failure of the CARAT Indenture Trustee to give such notification, of the information required by Section 11.4 of the CARAT Indenture (Section 11.4 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxx) the preparation and delivery to the Noteholders, the CARAT Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent of any agreements with any Holder of a Note with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.6 of the CARAT Indenture); and
(xxxi) the recording of the CARAT Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.14 of the CARAT Indenture);
(xxxii) [the delivery to the CARAT Indenture Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Issuing Entity, each stating that any consolidation or merger of the Issuing Entity and related supplemental indenture shall have no material adverse tax consequence to the Swap Counterparty, as required pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement;]
(xxxiii) [the delivery to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the Swap Counterparty of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Issuing Entity, each stating that any sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or disposition of property or assets of the Issuing Entity and related supplemental indenture shall have no material adverse tax consequence to the Swap Counterparty, as required pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement;]
(xxxiv) [the delivery of a copy to the Swap Counterparty of any notice it shall deliver pursuant to Section 3.7(d) of the CARAT Indenture in respect of the occurrence of an Administrator Default under the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement (Section 4.02(b) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);]
(xxxv) [the delivery of prompt written notice to the Swap Counterparty of each Event of Default under the CARAT Indenture, each Administrator Default, each
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default on the part of the Depositor of its obligations under the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement and each default on the part of the Seller of its obligations under the Pooling and Administration Agreement (Section 4.02(c) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);]
(xxxvi) [the delivery to the Swap Counterparty, within five (5) Business Days after learning of the occurrence thereof, of a copy of the written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(d) of the CARAT Indenture, its status and what action the Issuing Entity is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto (Section 4.02(d) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);]
(xxxvii) [the prompt transmittal to the Swap Counterparty of any notice received by the Issuing Entity from the Noteholders to the Swap Counterparty (Section 4.12 of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);] and
(xxxviii) [the delivery to the Swap Counterparty of a copy of the Annual Statement of Compliance required by Section 3.9 of the CARAT Indenture and Section 4.17(c) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement.]
(b) Additional Duties
(i) In addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth above, the Administrator shall pay costs associated with the appointment of a successor CARAT Indenture Trustee under the CARAT Indenture and the appointment of a successor CARAT Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, in each case from amounts in the CARAT Trust Estate, perform all the duties of the Issuing Entity under the CARAT Transaction Documents, including making all calculations and shall prepare for execution by the Issuing Entity or the CARAT Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing Entity or the CARAT Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the CARAT Transaction Documents, and at the request of the CARAT Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuing Entity or the CARAT Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the CARAT Transaction Documents. Subject to Section 9.15 of this Agreement, the Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Collateral (including the CARAT Transaction Documents) as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the CARAT Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the Administrator.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other CARAT Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for promptly notifying the CARAT Owner Trustee if any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust’s payments to a Certificateholder as contemplated in Section 5.2(c) of the Trust Agreement. Any such notice shall specify the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by the CARAT Owner Trustee pursuant to such provision.
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(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other CARAT Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for performance of the duties of the CARAT Owner Trustee set forth in Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement with respect to, among other things, accounting and reports to the Certificateholders; provided, however, that if the CARAT Owner Trustee is notified by the Administrator that the Issuing Entity is deemed to be taxable as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, the CARAT Owner Trustee shall retain responsibility for the distribution to the Certificateholders of the Schedule K-1s necessary to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and State income tax returns.
(iv) The Administrator may satisfy any obligations it may have with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above by retaining, at the expense of the Issuing Entity payable by the Administrator, a firm of independent public accountants acceptable to the CARAT Owner Trustee which shall perform the obligations of the Administrator thereunder.
(v) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the Administrator specified in Section 6.10 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in connection with the resignation or removal of the CARAT Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed by the Administrator under the Trust Agreement, including the duties under Section 3.4(c) of the Trust Agreement, required to be performed by the Administrator with respect to amendments to the CARAT Transaction Documents in the event the Depositor is no longer the sole Certificateholder.
(vi) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates; provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with any directions received from the Issuing Entity and shall be, in the Administrator’s opinion, no less favorable to the Issuing Entity than would be available from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Administrator.
(c) Non-Ministerial Matters.
(i) With respect to matters described under this Section 4.08 that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless, within a reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the CARAT Owner Trustee in writing of the proposed action and the CARAT Owner Trustee shall not have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall include:
(A) the amendment, change, or modification of or any supplement to the CARAT Indenture or the other CARAT Transaction Documents;
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(B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuing Entity and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuing Entity;
(C) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents and successor CARAT Indenture Trustees pursuant to the CARAT Indenture, or the appointment of successor Administrators, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or CARAT Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the CARAT Indenture; and
(D) the removal of the CARAT Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to the Noteholders under the CARAT Transaction Documents, (y) sell the CARAT Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4 of the CARAT Indenture or (z) take any other action that the Issuing Entity directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.
(d) The Administrator shall comply with Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement, including maintaining appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuing Entity and the Depositor at any time during normal business hours.
ARTICLE V
NOTEHOLDER ACCOUNTS; COLLECTIONS, DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS
Section 5.01 Establishment of Accounts.
(a) (i) The Administrator, for the benefit of the Financial Parties, shall establish and maintain in the name of the CARAT Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account known as the Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 20[ ]-SN[ ] Collection Account (the “CARAT Collection Account”), bearing an additional designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Financial Parties.
(ii) The Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall establish and maintain in the name of the CARAT Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account known as the Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 20[ ]-SN[ ] Note Distribution Account (the “Note Distribution Account”), bearing an additional designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Noteholders.
(b) (i) Each of the Designated Accounts shall be initially established with the CARAT Indenture Trustee, who shall be the initial Account Holder. At any time after the Closing Date, the Administrator, upon thirty (30) days written notice to CARAT Indenture Trustee or other Account Holder, shall have the right to instruct an Account Holder to transfer any or all of the Designated Accounts to another Eligible Institution designated by the Administrator in such notice. No Designated Account shall be maintained with an Account Holder if the short-term debt obligations of such Account Holder cease to have the Required
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Deposit Rating (except that any Designated Account may be maintained with an Account Holder even if the short-term debt obligations of such Account Holder do not have the Required Deposit Rating, if such Account Holder maintains such Designated Account in a segregated account in its corporate trust department). Should the short-term debt obligations of an Account Holder no longer have the Required Deposit Rating, then the Administrator shall, within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period, not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days, as to which each Rating Agency shall consent), with the CARAT Indenture Trustee’s assistance as necessary, cause each affected Designated Account (A) to be moved to an Account Holder that is an Eligible Institution with the Required Deposit Rating or (B) with respect to the Designated Accounts only, to be moved to a segregated account in the corporate trust department of the Account Holder. All amounts held in Designated Accounts shall, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations, be invested, at the written direction of the Administrator, by such Account Holder in Eligible Investments. Such written direction shall constitute certification by the Administrator that any such investment is authorized by this Section 5.01. In the absence of such prior written instruction from the Administrator to such Account Holder, the Account Holder shall invest any uninvested funds in [ ] Investments in Eligible Investments shall be made in the name of the CARAT Indenture Trustee or its nominee, and such investments shall not be sold or disposed of prior to their maturity. Investment Earnings on funds deposited in the Designated Accounts shall be payable to the Administrator. Each Account Holder holding a Designated Account as provided in this Section 5.01(b)(i), shall be a “Securities Intermediary.” If a Securities Intermediary shall be a Person other than the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the Administrator shall obtain the express agreement of such Person to the obligations of the Securities Intermediary set forth in this Section 5.01 and an Opinion of Counsel that such Person can perform such obligations.
(ii) With respect to the Designated Account Property, the Account Holder agrees, by its acceptance hereof, that:
(A) Any Designated Account Property that is held in deposit accounts shall be held solely in Eligible Deposit Accounts. The Designated Accounts are accounts to which Financial Assets will be credited.
(B) All securities or other property underlying any Financial Assets credited to the Designated Accounts shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to any of the Designated Accounts be registered in the name of the Issuing Entity, the Administrator or the Depositor, payable to the order of the Issuing Entity, the Administrator or the Depositor or specially indorsed to the Issuing Entity, the Administrator or the Depositor except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank.
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(C) All property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement will be credited upon receipt of such property to the appropriate Designated Account.
(D) Each item of property (whether investments, investment property, Financial Assets, securities, instruments or cash) credited to a Designated Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the New York UCC.
(E) If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any order from the CARAT Indenture Trustee directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset relating to the Designated Accounts, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such order without further consent by the Issuing Entity, the Administrator, the Depositor or any other Person.
(F) The Designated Accounts shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, regardless of any provision in any other agreement. For purposes of the UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction and the Designated Accounts (as well as the Security Entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
(G) The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Designated Accounts or any Financial Assets or other property credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC) of such other Person and the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Issuing Entity, the Depositor, the Administrator, the Account Holder or the CARAT Indenture Trustee purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in Section 5.01(b)(ii)(E) hereof.
(H) Except for the claims and interest of the CARAT Indenture Trustee in the Designated Accounts, the Securities Intermediary has no actual knowledge of claims to, or interests in, the Designated Accounts or in any Financial Asset credited thereto. If any other Person asserts any Lien (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Designated Accounts or in any Financial Asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and the Issuing Entity thereof.
(I) The Securities Intermediary will promptly send copies of all statements, confirmations and other correspondence concerning the
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Designated Accounts or any Designated Account Property simultaneously to each of the Administrator and the CARAT Indenture Trustee, at the addresses set forth in Part III of Appendix A to this Agreement.
(J) The Account Holder shall maintain each item of Designated Account Property in the particular Designated Account to which such item originated and shall not commingle items from different Designated Accounts.
(iii) The Administrator shall have the power, revocable by the CARAT Indenture Trustee (or by the CARAT Owner Trustee with the consent of the CARAT Indenture Trustee) to instruct the CARAT Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the Designated Accounts for the purpose of permitting the Administrator or the CARAT Owner Trustee to carry out its respective duties hereunder or permitting the CARAT Indenture Trustee to carry out its duties under the CARAT Indenture.
(iv) The CARAT Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in and to all funds on deposit from time to time in the Designated Accounts and in all proceeds thereof (except Investment Earnings). Except as otherwise provided herein or in the CARAT Indenture, the Designated Accounts shall be under the exclusive dominion and control of the CARAT Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders and the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall have sole signature power and authority with respect thereto.
(v) The Administrator shall not direct the Account Holder to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in any of the Designated Accounts unless the security interest granted and perfected in such account shall continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Account Holder to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the Administrator shall deliver to the CARAT Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, to such effect.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Trust Agreement, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the CARAT Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. If, at any time, such Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the CARAT Owner Trustee (or the Administrator on behalf of the CARAT Owner Trustee, if such Certificate Distribution Account is not then held by the CARAT Owner Trustee or an Affiliate thereof) shall within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period, not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days, as to which each Rating Agency may consent) establish a new Certificate Distribution Account as an Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and any investments to such new Certificate Distribution Account.
(d) The CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee, the Securities Intermediary, each Account Holder and each other Eligible Institution with whom a Designated Account [or the Certificate Distribution Account, if any,] is maintained waives any right of set-off, counterclaim, security interest or bankers’ lien to which it might otherwise be entitled.
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Section 5.02 Investment Earnings. The Administrator shall be entitled to receive all Investment Earnings when and as paid without any obligation to the CARAT Owner Trustee, the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the Depositor in respect thereof, and the Administrator shall have no obligation to deposit any such amount in any account established hereunder. To the extent that any such amount shall be held in any account held by the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee or otherwise established hereunder, such amount will be withdrawn therefrom and paid to the Administrator upon presentation of a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Administrator setting forth, in reasonable detail, the amount of such Investment Earnings.
Section 5.03 Additional Deposits. The Administrator and the Depositor shall deposit in the CARAT Collection Account the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments and Warranty Payments with respect to Administrative Secured Notes and Warranty Secured Notes, respectively. All such deposits with respect to a Monthly Period shall be made in immediately available funds on or before the Distribution Date related to such Monthly Period.
ARTICLE VI
LIABILITIES OF ADMINISTRATOR AND OTHERS
Section 6.01 Liability of Administrator; Indemnities.
(a) The Administrator shall be liable in accordance with this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment only to the extent of the obligations in this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement specifically undertaken by the Administrator. Such obligations shall include the following:
(i) The Administrator shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation of any Leased Vehicle by VAULT, AFLT, Ally Financial, the Issuing Entity, the Administrator or any affiliate of any of them;
(ii) The Administrator shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee and the Issuing Entity from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transaction contemplated in this Agreement, including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes (but not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the sale of the Secured Notes to the Issuing Entity or the issuance and original sale of the Notes and the Certificates, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Secured Notes, or federal or other income taxes arising out of distributions on the Notes or the Certificates or any fees or other compensation payable to any such Person) and costs and expenses in defending against the same;
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(iii) The Administrator shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders through the negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Administrator in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or any other CARAT Transaction Document or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or any other CARAT Transaction Document; and
(iv) The Administrator shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee and their respective agents and servants, from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with (x) in the case of the CARAT Owner Trustee, the CARAT Indenture Trustee’s performance of its duties under the CARAT Indenture or any other CARAT Transaction Document, (y) in the case of the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee’s performance of its duties under the Trust Agreement or (z) the acceptance, administration or performance by, or action or inaction of, the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee, as applicable, of the trusts and duties contained in this Agreement, the other CARAT Transaction Documents, the CARAT Indenture (in the case of the CARAT Indenture Trustee), including the administration of the CARAT Trust Estate, and (in the case of the CARAT Owner Trustee), including the administration of the CARAT Trust Estate and the Trust Agreement, except in each case to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability: (A) is due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Person indemnified or, in the case of the CARAT Owner Trustee, gross negligence, (B) to the extent otherwise payable to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, arises from the CARAT Indenture Trustee’s breach of any of its representations or warranties in Section 6.13 of the CARAT Indenture, (C) to the extent otherwise payable to the CARAT Owner Trustee, arises from the CARAT Owner Trustee’s breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth in Section 6.6 of the Trust Agreement or (D) to the extent otherwise payable to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, arises out of or be incurred in connection with the performance by the CARAT Indenture Trustee of the duties of successor Administrator hereunder.
(b) Indemnification under this Section 6.01 shall include reasonable fees and expenses of external counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Administrator has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.01 and the recipient thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, the recipient shall promptly repay such amounts collected to the Administrator, without interest.
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Administrator. Any corporation, limited liability company or other entity (a) into which the Administrator may be merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Administrator shall be a party, (c) succeeding to the business of the Administrator, or (d) 25% or more of the voting stock (or, if not a corporation, other voting interests) of which is
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owned directly or indirectly by General Motors or Ally Financial and which is otherwise servicing the Depositor’s receivables, which corporation, limited liability company or other entity in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Administrator under this Agreement and the Further Transfer and Administration Agreements, shall be the successor to the Administrator under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement, anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. The Administrator shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 6.02 to the Rating Agencies.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of Administrator and Others.
(a) Neither the Administrator nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Administrator shall be under any liability to the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, except as specifically provided in this Agreement and in the Pooling and Administration Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement, the Pooling and Administration Agreement, the CARAT Indenture or the Trust Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Administrator or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except errors in judgment) in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement, the Pooling and Administration Agreement, the CARAT Indenture, the Trust Agreement or any other CARAT Transaction Document. The Administrator and any director, officer or employee or agent of the Administrator may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement or the Pooling and Administration Agreement.
(b) The Administrator and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Administrator shall be reimbursed by the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee, as applicable, for any contractual damages, liability or expense (including any obligation of the Administrator to the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(iv)(x) or (y)) incurred by reason of such trustee’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except errors in judgment))(gross negligence in the case of the CARAT Owner Trustee) in the performance of such trustee’s duties under this Agreement, the CARAT Indenture or the Trust Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of such trustee’s obligations and duties under this Agreement. In no event, however, shall the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee be liable to the Administrator for any damages in the nature of special, indirect or consequential damages, however styled, including lost profits.
(c) Except as provided in this Agreement or in the Pooling and Administration Agreement, the Administrator shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties to administer the Secured Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Administrator may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement or the Pooling and Administration Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement
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or the Pooling and Administration Agreement and the interests of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders under this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement, the interests of the Noteholders under the CARAT Indenture and the interests of the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement. In such event, the legal expenses and costs invoiced for such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Issuing Entity and the Administrator shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor.
(d) The Applicable CARAT Trustee shall distribute out of the CARAT Collection Account on a Distribution Date any amounts permitted for reimbursement pursuant to Section 6.03(c) not previously reimbursed.
Section 6.04 Delegation of Duties. So long as Ally Financial acts as Administrator, the Administrator may, at any time without notice or consent, delegate any duties under this Agreement or under the Pooling and Administration Agreement to any corporation or other Person more than 25% of the voting stock (or, if not a corporation, other voting interests) of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by General Motors or Ally Financial. The Administrator may at any time perform specific duties as Administrator through sub-contractors who are in the business of administering secured notes similar to the Secured Notes; provided, however, that no such delegation or sub-contracting shall relieve the Administrator of its responsibility with respect to such duties.
Section 6.05 Administrator Not to Resign. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.02, the Administrator shall not resign from the obligations and duties imposed on it by this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement as Administrator except upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement or under the Pooling and Administration Agreement, as the case may be, is no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Administrator shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective until the CARAT Indenture Trustee or a successor Administrator shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Administrator in accordance with Section 7.02.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Administrator Defaults. Each of the following shall constitute an “Administrator Default”:
(a) any failure by the Administrator to deliver to the CARAT Indenture Trustee for deposit in any of the Designated Accounts any required payment or to direct the CARAT Indenture Trustee to make any required distributions therefrom, which failure continues unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after (x) written notice is received by the Administrator from the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee or (y) discovery of such failure by an officer of the Administrator;
(b) any failure on the part of the Administrator to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Administrator set forth in this
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Agreement, the Pooling and Administration Agreement, the CARAT Indenture or the Trust Agreement, which failure (i) materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders and (ii) continues unremedied for a period of ninety (90) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Administrator by the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee, or to the Administrator, the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee by Noteholders whose Notes evidence not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date or if no Notes are outstanding, by Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence not less than 25% of the Voting Interests as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date;
(c) the entry of a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator for the Administrator, in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days; or
(d) the consent by the Administrator to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Administrator or of or relating to substantially all of its property; or the Administrator shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no Administrator Default where an Administrator Default would otherwise exist under clause (a) above for a period of an additional ten (10) Business Days or under clause (b) for a period of an additional sixty (60) days if the delay or failure giving rise to the Administrator Default was caused by an act of God or other similar occurrence. Upon the occurrence of any of these events, the Administrator shall not be relieved from using its best efforts to perform its obligations in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement, and the Administrator shall provide the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Securityholders prompt notice of the failure or delay by it, together with a description of its efforts to so perform its obligations.
Section 7.02 Consequences of an Administrator Default. If an Administrator Default shall occur and be continuing, either the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders whose Notes evidence not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date (or if the Notes have been paid in full and the CARAT Indenture has been discharged in accordance with its terms, the CARAT Owner Trustee or Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence not less than a majority of the Voting Interests as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date) by notice then given in writing to the Administrator and the CARAT Owner Trustee (and to the CARAT Indenture Trustee if given by the Noteholders or the Certificateholders) may terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Administrator under this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Administrator of such written notice, all authority and power of the
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Administrator under this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the Certificates or the Secured Notes or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the CARAT Indenture Trustee pursuant to and under this Section 7.02. The CARAT Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Administrator, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Secured Notes and related documents, or otherwise. The Administrator agrees to cooperate with the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Administrator under this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration, including the transfer to the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee for administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the Administrator for deposit, or that shall have been deposited by the Administrator in the CARAT Collection Account[, the Certificate Distribution Account] or the Note Distribution Account or thereafter received with respect to the Secured Notes that shall at that time be held by the Administrator.
Section 7.03 CARAT Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. On and after the time the Administrator receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.02, the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall be the successor in all respects to the Administrator in its capacity as administrator under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for in this Agreement, and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, restrictions, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Administrator by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. As compensation therefor, the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to such compensation (whether payable out of the CARAT Collection Account or otherwise) as the Administrator would have been entitled to under this Agreement if no such notice of termination had been given, including the Administration Fee and Investment Earnings. Notwithstanding the above, the CARAT Indenture Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling so to act, or shall, if it is legally unable so to act, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a successor (i) having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000, (ii) which has a long term unsecured debt rating that falls within an investment grade category by [Rating Agency] or is otherwise acceptable to [Rating Agency]. and (iii) whose regular business includes the servicing of motor vehicle contracts, leases and related assets, as the successor to the Administrator under this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Administrator under this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the CARAT Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Secured Notes as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Administrator under this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement. The CARAT Indenture Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Costs associated with the resignation of the Administrator and the appointment of a successor Administrator shall be paid by the CARAT Indenture Trustee from amounts in the CARAT Trust Estate as provide in Section 4.05 of this Agreement.
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Section 7.04 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders. Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Administrator pursuant to this Article VII, the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Noteholders and the Depositor, who promptly shall provide such notice to the Rating Agencies, and the CARAT Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders.
Section 7.05 Waiver of Past Defaults. Noteholders whose Notes evidence not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date (or, if all of the Notes have been paid in full and the CARAT Indenture has been discharged in accordance with its terms, Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence not less than a majority of the Voting Interests as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date) may, on behalf of all Noteholders and Certificateholders, waive any default by the Administrator in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments from any of the Designated Accounts in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Administrator Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement and the Pooling and Administration Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
Section 8.01 Optional Purchase of the Secured Notes; Distribution of Event of Default Sale Proceeds.
(a) (i) The Administrator shall have the option to purchase all but not less than all of the assets of the Issuing Entity (other than the Designated Accounts) on any Distribution Date (the “Optional Purchase Date”) following the last day of any Monthly Period as of which the Aggregate ABS Value represents a percentage of the Aggregate Initial ABS Value that is equal to or less than the Optional Purchase Percentage. To exercise such option, the Administrator shall (A) furnish to the Issuing Entity and the CARAT Indenture Trustee notice of its intention to exercise such option and of the Optional Purchase Date (such notice to be furnished not later than twenty-five (25) days prior to the Optional Purchase Date) and (B) deposit in the CARAT Collection Account when required pursuant to clause (ii) below an amount equal to the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments for the Secured Notes; provided, that such amount (when added to the funds then on deposit in the Designated Accounts) must be at least equal to the sum of (1) the Administration Fee for the related Monthly Period, (2) the aggregate Redemption Price of all then Outstanding Notes [and (3) any amounts payable to the Swap Counterparty under any Interest Rate Swaps].
(ii) The Administrator shall make such deposit set forth in (i)(B) above in immediately available funds on the Optional Purchase Date. Upon the making of such deposit, the Notes and the CARAT Indenture shall be deemed satisfied and discharged, and the Administrator shall succeed to all interests in and to the Issuing Entity (other than the Designated Accounts) [and the rights of the Issuing Entity under the Interest Rate Swaps].
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(b) Upon any sale or other disposition of the assets of the Issuing Entity pursuant to Article V of the CARAT Indenture (a “CARAT Event of Default Sale”), the Administrator shall instruct the Applicable CARAT Trustee to deposit into the CARAT Collection Account from the proceeds of such disposition the amount specified in clause SECOND of Section 5.4(b) of the CARAT Indenture (the “CARAT Event of Default Proceeds”). On the Distribution Date (i) on which the CARAT Event of Default Proceeds are deposited in the CARAT Collection Account (or, if such proceeds are not so deposited on a Distribution Date, on the Distribution Date immediately following such deposit), or [(ii) at any time that the Notes have not been paid in full and the principal balance of the Notes has been declared immediately due and payable following the occurrence of a CARAT Event of Default under the CARAT Indenture], then until such time as the Notes have been paid in full and the CARAT Indenture has been discharged or the foregoing CARAT Events of Default have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.2(b) of the CARAT Indenture, the Administrator shall instruct the CARAT Indenture Trustee (after taking into account the application on such Distribution Date of the Total Available Amount pursuant to Section 4.05(a)) to make the following payments from the CARAT Collection Account in the following priority:
(i) first, to the Administrator, the Administration Fee for such Distribution Date and any unpaid Administration Fee from any preceding Distribution Date;
(ii) [second, to the Swap Counterparty, the net amount, if any, then due to the Swap Counterparty under all Interest Rate Swaps (exclusive of the payments due to the Swap Counterparty in respect of Early Termination Date under such Interest Rate Swaps)];
(iii) second, ([(a)] to the Note Distribution Account, for payment of interest [pro rata] on the Class A Notes, the Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount and (b) to the Swap Counterparty in respect of payments due to the Swap Counterparty in connection with any Early Termination Date of any Interest Rate Swaps related to the Class A Notes, allocated between the Note Distribution Account and the Swap Counterparty in proportion to the amounts owing in respect of the Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount and the amounts owing to the Swap Counterparty in connection with such Early Termination Date];
(iv) third, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Note Principal Balance of the Class A Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the Note Principal Balance to result from the deposits made in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date and on each prior Distribution Date) for payment of principal on the Class A Notes, [pro rata][sequentially by class, starting with the Class A-1 Notes,] until each class of Class A Notes has been paid in full;
(v) fourth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Aggregate Class B Interest Distributable Amount for payment of interest on the Class B Notes;
(vi) fifth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Note Principal Balance of the Class B Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the Note
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Principal Balance to result from the deposits made in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date and on each prior Distribution Date) for payment of principal on the Class B Notes;
(vii) sixth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Aggregate Class C Interest Distributable Amount for payment of interest on the Class C Notes;
(viii) seventh, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Note Principal Balance of the Class C Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the Note Principal Balance to result from the deposits made in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date and on each prior Distribution Date) for payment of principal on the Class C Notes;
(ix) eighth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Aggregate Class D Interest Distributable Amount for payment of interest on the Class D Notes; and
(x) ninth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Note Principal Balance of the Class D Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the Note Principal Balance to result from the deposits made in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date and on each prior Distribution Date) for payment of principal on the Class D Notes.
Any CARAT Event of Default Proceeds remaining after all the deposits and other payments described above have been made in full, shall be paid to the Certificateholders (or if the Certificate Distribution Account has been established pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Trust Agreement, then to such Certificate Distribution Account for distribution to the Certificateholders on a pro rata basis).
(c) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the CARAT Indenture with respect to the Notes, and the payment in full of the principal and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders shall succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder and the Issuing Entity shall succeed to the rights of the CARAT Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement (subject to the continuing obligations of the CARAT Indenture Trustee set forth in Section 4.4 of the CARAT Indenture and Section 7.03 of this Agreement).
After indefeasible payment in full to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the Administrator of all amounts required to be paid under this Agreement, the CARAT Indenture and the Trust Agreement (including as contemplated by this Section 8.01), (i) any amounts on deposit in the CARAT Collection Account (after all other distributions required to be made from such account has been made) shall be paid to the Certificateholders and (ii) any other assets remaining in the Issuing Entity shall be distributed to the Certificateholders.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 9.01 Amendment.
(a) This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor, the Administrator and the Issuing Entity, and if such amendment materially and adversely affects the rights of the CARAT Indenture Trustee under this Agreement, with the consent of the CARAT Indenture Trustee, and if such amendment materially and adversely affects the rights of the CARAT Owner Trustee under this Agreement, with the consent of the CARAT Owner Trustee, but without the consent of any of the Financial Parties, to (i) cure any ambiguity, (ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision in this Agreement or any other CARAT Transaction Documents, (iii) add or supplement any credit enhancement for the benefit of the Noteholders of any class or the Certificateholders (provided that if any such addition shall affect any class of Noteholders or Certificateholders differently than any other class of Noteholders or Certificateholders, then such addition shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any class of Noteholders or Certificateholders), (iv) add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Depositor, the Administrator, the Issuing Entity, the CARAT Owner Trustee or the CARAT Indenture Trustee or (v) add, change or eliminate any other provision of this Agreement in any manner that shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Financial Parties.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Administrator and the Issuing Entity and, if such amendment materially and adversely affects the rights of the CARAT Indenture Trustee under this Agreement, with the consent of the CARAT Indenture Trustee, and if such amendment materially and adversely affects the rights of the CARAT Owner Trustee under this Agreement, with the consent of the CARAT Owner Trustee, and the consent of Noteholders whose Notes evidence not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date and, if any Person other than the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor holds any Certificates, with the consent of Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence not less than a majority of the Voting Interests as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date (which consent, whether given pursuant to this Section 4.01 or pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement, shall be conclusive and binding on such Person and on all future holders of such Notes or Certificates and of any Notes or Certificates issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange thereof or in lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Notes or the Certificates) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement, or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) increase or reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any Note or change any Distribution Date or the Final Scheduled Distribution Date of any Note or distributions on the Certificates (without the consent of the holders hereof), (ii) increase or reduce the amount of the Reserve Account Required Amount without the consent of all of the Noteholders or Certificateholders then outstanding, (iii) adversely affect the rating of any Securities by any of the Rating Agencies without the consent of the holders of two-thirds of the Outstanding Amount of an affected class of Notes or two-thirds of the Voting Interests of the Certificates, as appropriate, each as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date or (iv) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all Notes and Certificates then outstanding.
(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or (b), the Administrator shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to the Depositor, who promptly shall provide such notice to the Rating Agencies.
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(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or (b), the CARAT Owner Trustee shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each [Financial] Party and to the Depositor, who promptly shall provide such copy to each Rating Agency.
(e) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders pursuant to Section 9.01(b) to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders or Certificateholders provided for in this Section 9.01) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders and Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the CARAT Owner Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to paragraph number 7 of the Note Depository Agreement.
(f) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 9.02(j) of this Agreement. The CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects such trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
(g) Each of Ally Financial and the Depositor agrees that such Person shall not amend or agree to any amendment of the Pooling and Administration Agreement unless such amendment would be permissible under the terms of this Section 9.01 as if this Section 9.01 were contained in the Pooling and Administration Agreement.
Section 9.02 Protection of Title to Collateral.
(a) The Depositor or the Administrator or both shall authorize or prepare, as applicable, and file such financing statements or amendments to financing statements and cause to be authorized or prepared, as applicable, and filed such continuation and other statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the Issuing Entity under this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment in the Second Step Purchased Property and in the proceeds thereof. The Depositor or the Administrator or both shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
(b) The Depositor shall not change its State of organization or its name, identity or organizational structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with Section 9.02(a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of the UCC, unless it shall have given the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the Issuing Entity at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.
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(c) The Depositor shall give the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the Issuing Entity at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of any relocation of its principal executive office or change of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation if, as a result of such relocation or change of jurisdiction, 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. The Administrator shall at all times maintain each office from which it administers the Secured Notes and its principal executive office within the United States of America.
(d) The Administrator shall maintain accounts and records as to the Secured Notes accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of the Secured Notes, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each), and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Secured Note and the amounts from time to time deposited in the CARAT Collection Account and Note Distribution Account.
(e) The Administrator shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale under this Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment of the Secured Notes, the Administrator’s master computer records (including any back-up archives) that refer to any Secured Note indicate clearly that the Secured Note is owned by the Issuing Entity. Indication of the Issuing Entity’s ownership of a Secured Note shall be deleted from or modified on the Administrator’s computer systems when, and only when, the Secured Note has been paid in full or repurchased by the Depositor or purchased by the Administrator in accordance with the terms of the CARAT Transaction Documents.
(f) In the event that the Depositor shall change the jurisdiction in which it is formed or otherwise enter into any transaction which would result in a “new debtor” (as defined in the UCC) succeeding to the obligations of the Depositor hereunder, the Depositor shall comply fully with the obligations of Section 9.02(a).
(g) If at any time the Depositor or the Administrator proposes to sell, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in secured notes to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Administrator and the Depositor shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or print-outs (including any restored from back-up archives) that, if they refer in any manner whatsoever to any Secured Note, indicate clearly that such Secured Note has been sold and is owned by the Issuing Entity unless such Secured Note has been paid in full or repurchased by the Depositor or purchased by the Administrator.
(h) The Administrator shall permit the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee and their respective agents at any time to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Administrator’s records regarding any Notes then or previously included in the CARAT Trust Estate.
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(i) The Administrator shall furnish to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee at any time upon request a list of all Secured Notes then held as part of the Trust, together with a reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Secured Notes and to each of the Administrator’s Accountings furnished before such request indicating removal of Secured Notes from the CARAT Trust Estate. Upon request, the Administrator shall furnish a copy of any such list to the Depositor. The CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee and the Depositor shall hold any such list and the Schedule of Secured Notes for examination by interested parties during normal business hours at their respective offices located at the addresses specified in Section 9.03.
(j) The Administrator shall deliver to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment thereto, an Opinion of Counsel either (a) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been authorized and filed as necessary to fully preserve and protect the interest of the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee in the Secured Notes, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (b) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
Section 9.03 Notices. All demands, notices and communications upon or to the Depositor, the Administrator, the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the CARAT Owner Trustee or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be delivered as specified in Part III of Appendix A hereto.
Section 9.04 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF OR OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 AND SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 9.05 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms 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 the Certificates, the Notes or the rights of the holders thereof.
Section 9.06 Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Administrator or Depositor without the prior written consent of Noteholders whose Notes evidence not less than 66% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date and of Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence not less than 66% of the Voting Interests as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date; provided, however, that this Agreement may be assigned by the Depositor without the consent of any other Person to any corporation, limited liability company or other entity (i) into which the Depositor may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from
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any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Depositor or (iv) 25% or more of the voting stock (or, if not a corporation, other voting interests) of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by General Motors or Ally Financial, which corporation, limited liability company or other entity in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption as provided in Section 3.03(a) of this Agreement. The Depositor or the Administrator, as applicable, shall provide notice of any such assignment to the Rating Agencies.
Section 9.07 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee [,the Swap Counterparty] and their respective successors and permitted assigns. [The Swap Counterparty shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement only to the extent that it has any rights specified herein or rights with respect to this Agreement specified under the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement.] Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01, in this Article IX [or the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreements], no other Person shall have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section 9.08 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Administrator in exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy.
Section 9.09 Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more separate counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 9.10 Headings and Cross-References. The various headings in this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
Section 9.11 Assignment to CARAT Indenture Trustee. The Depositor hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuing Entity pursuant to the CARAT Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders and (only to the extent expressly provided in the CARAT Indenture) the Certificateholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuing Entity in, to and under the Secured Notes or the assignment of any or all of the Issuing Entity’s rights and obligations hereunder to the CARAT Indenture Trustee.
Section 9.12 No Petition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Depositor shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the final distribution with respect to the Notes to the Note Distribution Account, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuing Entity or AFLT to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Depositor, Issuing Entity or AFLT 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 Depositor, the Issuing Entity or AFLT or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Depositor, the Issuing Entity or AFLT under any federal or State bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
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Section 9.13 Limitation of Liability of CARAT Indenture Trustee and CARAT Owner Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been acknowledged and accepted by [ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as CARAT Indenture Trustee and in no event shall [ ] have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuing Entity. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder, the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI of the CARAT Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been acknowledged and accepted by [ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as CARAT Owner Trustee and in no event shall [ ] have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuing Entity. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder, the CARAT Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement.
Section 9.14 Tax Treatment. The Administrator covenants that for all tax purposes the Administrator shall regard and treat the Notes and the Certificates in a manner consistent with the agreements (i) among the Depositor, the CARAT Owner Trustee and the Certificateholders, in Section 2.11 of the Trust Agreement and (iii) among the Depositor, the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in Section 2.14 of the CARAT Indenture.
Section 9.15 Furnishing Documents. The CARAT Indenture Trustee shall furnish to Noteholders, promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, copies of the Pooling and Administration Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the CARAT Indenture and this Agreement.
Section 9.16 Information to Be Provided by the CARAT Indenture Trustee.
(a) The CARAT Indenture Trustee agrees to cooperate in good faith with any reasonable request by the Depositor for information regarding the CARAT Indenture Trustee which is required in order to enable the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Items 1104(e), 1121(c), 1117, 1119 and 1122 of Regulation AB and Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, as it relates to the AART Indenture Trustee or to the CARAT Indenture Trustee’s obligations under this Agreement and the CARAT Indenture; provided that with respect to Rule 15Ga-1, and Items 1121(c) and 1104(e), the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed a “securitizer” under Regulation AB or under the Exchange Act.
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(b) Except to the extent disclosed by the CARAT Indenture Trustee in subsection (c) or (d) below, the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have represented to the Depositor on the first day of each Monthly Period with respect to the prior Monthly Period that to the best of its knowledge there were no legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against [ ] or any property of [ ] that would be material to any Noteholder or, to the extent that the Certificates are registered under the Securities Act for public sale, any holder of such Certificates.
(c) The CARAT Indenture Trustee shall, as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by the CARAT Indenture Trustee of any changes to any information regarding the CARAT Indenture Trustee as is required for the purpose of compliance with Item 1117 of Regulation AB, provide to the Depositor, in writing, such updated information.
(d) The CARAT Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor on or before March 15 of each year, beginning with March 15, 20[ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a certificate of a representative of the CARAT Indenture Trustee with respect to the immediately preceding calendar year certifying, on behalf of the CARAT Indenture Trustee, that except to the extent otherwise disclosed in writing to Depositor, to the best of his or her knowledge there were no legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against [ ] or any property of [ ] that would be material to any Noteholder or, to the extent that the Certificates are registered under the Securities Act for public sale, any holder of such Certificates.
(e) The CARAT Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor on or before March 15 of each year, beginning with March 15, 20[ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a certificate of a representative of the CARAT Indenture Trustee with respect to the immediately preceding calendar year providing to the Depositor such information regarding the CARAT Indenture Trustee as is required for the purpose of compliance with Item 1119 of Regulation AB. Such information shall include, at a minimum a description of any affiliation between the CARAT Indenture Trustee and any of the following parties to this securitization transaction, as such parties are identified to the CARAT Indenture Trustee by the Depositor in writing in advance of this securitization transaction:
(i) | the Depositor; |
(ii) | Ally Financial, as sponsor; |
(iii) | the Issuing Entity; |
(iv) | AFLT; |
(v) | COL II LLC; |
(vi) | the Servicer; |
(vii) | the Administrator; |
(viii) | the CARAT Owner Trustee; |
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(ix) | the AFLT Indenture Trustee; |
(x) | the AFLT Owner Trustee; and |
(xi) | any other material transaction party |
(f) In connection with the parties listed in clauses (i) through (xi) above, the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall include a description of whether there is, and if so, the general character of, any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding that is entered into outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party, apart from this securitization transaction, that currently exists or that existed during the past two years and that is material to an investor’s understanding of the asset backed securities issued in this securitization transaction.
(g) The CARAT Indenture Trustee shall provide the Depositor with notification, as soon as practicable and in any event within five Business Days, of all demands communicated to the CARAT Indenture Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Secured Note pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable.
Section 9.17 Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuing Entity or the CARAT Owner Trustee with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuing Entity, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuing Entity or the CARAT Owner Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuing Entity or the CARAT Owner Trustee.
Section 9.18 Other Activities of Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other Person even though such Person may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuing Entity, the CARAT Owner Trustee or the CARAT Indenture Trustee.
Section 9.19 No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuing Entity or the CARAT Owner Trustee as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 20 -SN , Issuing Entity | ||
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Acknowledged, Accepted and, with respect to Sections 4.02(c), 4.04, 4.07, 5.01, 6.03, 7.03, 9.02(i), 9.15 and 9.16 , Agreed: | ||
[ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as CARAT Indenture Trustee, | ||
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SECOND STEP SECURED NOTES ASSIGNMENT
PURSUANT TO TRUST SALE AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
For value received in accordance with and subject to the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement, dated as of [ ], [ ] (as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Trust Sale and Administration Agreement”), by and among Ally Financial Inc., a Delaware corporation and in its capacity as Administrator under the Pooling and Administration Agreement described below (the “Administrator”), Capital Auto Receivables LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Depositor”), and Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 20 -SN , a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuing Entity”), the Depositor hereby irrevocably sells, transfers, assigns and otherwise conveys to the Issuing Entity, without recourse (subject to the obligations herein), as of [ ], [ ] all right, title and interest of the Depositor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the following:
(a) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Secured Notes listed on the Schedule of Secured Notes attached hereto and all monies due thereunder on and after the Closing Date;
(b) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Pooling and Administration Agreement and the First Step Secured Notes Assignment (including the right of the Depositor to cause the Seller or the Administrator to repurchase Secured Notes under certain circumstances and the rights of the Depositor under the VAULT Security Agreement); and
(c) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all the foregoing described in clauses (a) and (b) above and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion of any or all of the foregoing, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, investment property, payment intangibles, general intangibles, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing (clauses (a) through (c) collectively, the “Second Step Purchased Property”).
It is the intention of the Depositor and the Issuing Entity that the sale, transfer, assignment and other conveyances contemplated by this Second Step Secured Notes Assignment shall constitute a sale of the Secured Notes and the other Second Step Purchased Property from the Depositor to the Issuing Entity for the purpose of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws and that the beneficial interest in and title to the Secured Notes and the other Second Step Purchased Property shall not be part of the Depositor’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition or a petition for insolvency, receivership or conservatorship by or against the Depositor under any relevant bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or conservatorship law.
Ex. A-1
The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment and other conveyances do not constitute and are not intended to result in the creation of or an assumption by the Issuing Entity of any obligation of the Seller, the Administrator, the Depositor or any other Person to the Lessees, Dealers, insurers or any other Person in connection with the Secured Notes, Lease Assets, any Dealer Agreements, any insurance policies or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of them.
The Depositor hereby represents that as of the Closing Date, the Initial Aggregate Secured Note Principal Balance was $[ ] and acknowledges that, in consideration of such Secured Notes, the Issuing Entity has paid to the Depositor, in the form of the Notes and Certificates, an amount equal to $[ ].
THIS SECOND STEP SECURED NOTES ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF OR OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 AND SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS SECOND STEP SECURED NOTES ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
This Second Step Secured Notes Assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part of the Depositor contained in the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement (including the Officer’s Certificate of the Depositor accompanying this Second Step Secured Notes Assignment) and is to be governed in all respects by the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
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Ex. A-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the date first above written.
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Ex. A-3
SCHEDULE OF SECURED NOTES
On file at the offices of:
1. | The CARAT Indenture Trustee |
2. | The CARAT Owner Trustee |
3. | The AFLT Indenture Trustee |
4. | The AFLT Owner Trustee |
5. | Ally Financial Inc. |
6. | Capital Auto Receivables LLC |
Ex. A-4
APPENDIX C
ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
1. This Agreement and the CARAT Indenture create a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Secured Notes and the other First Step Purchased Property in favor of the Issuing Entity and the CARAT Indenture Trustee, as applicable, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Depositor and the Issuing Entity, respectively.
2. All steps necessary to perfect the Depositor’s security interest against the account debtors in the property securing the Secured Notes that constitute chattel paper will have been taken within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.
3. Prior to the sale of the Secured Notes to the Issuing Entity under this Agreement, the Secured Notes constitute “chattel paper,” “payment intangibles,” “instruments,” “certificated securities” or “uncertificated securities” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
4. The Depositor owns and has good and marketable title to the Secured Notes and the other Second Step Purchased Property free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.
5. The Depositor has caused or will have caused, within ten (10) days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing offices in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Secured Notes and the other First Step Purchased Property granted to the Depositor under the Pooling and Administration Agreement, in the Secured Notes and the other Second Step Purchased Property granted to the Issuing Entity under this Agreement and in the Collateral granted to the CARAT Indenture Trustee under the CARAT Indenture.
6. Other than the security interest granted to the Depositor pursuant to the CARAT Transaction Documents, the Issuing Entity under the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement and the CARAT Indenture Trustee under the CARAT Indenture, none of the Seller, the Depositor or the Issuing Entity has pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Secured Notes and the other First Step Purchased Property or Second Step Purchased Property, as applicable. None of the Seller, the Depositor or the Issuing Entity has authorized the filing of, nor is the Depositor aware of, any financing statements against the Seller, the Depositor or the Issuing Entity that include a description of collateral covering any of the Secured Notes and the other First Step Purchased Property or Second Step Purchased Property, as applicable, other than the financing statements relating to the security interests granted to the Depositor, the Issuing Entity and the CARAT Indenture Trustee under the CARAT Transaction Documents or any financing statement that has been terminated. The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings or lien filings by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation against the Seller, the Depositor or the Issuing Entity.
App. C
APPENDIX A
PART I – DEFINITIONS
All terms defined in this Appendix shall have the defined meanings when used in the AFLT Transaction Documents or the CARAT Transaction Documents, as applicable, unless otherwise defined therein.
ABS Value: With respect to a Lease Asset on any Distribution Date and the last day of the related Monthly Period,
(a) | for each Administrative Lease Asset with respect to which the Servicer has paid the Administrative Purchase Payment as of the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Servicing Agreement, zero; |
(b) | for each Warranty Lease Asset with respect to which the Seller has paid the Warranty Payment as of the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Sale and Contribution Agreement, zero; |
(c) | for each Lease Asset that (i) terminated during or prior to the related Monthly Period or reached its Scheduled Lease End Date during or prior to the related Monthly Period, (ii) became a Pull Ahead Lease Asset during or prior to the related Monthly Period, or (iii) became an Extended Lease during or prior to the related Monthly Period, but, in each case, that did not become a Liquidating Lease Asset (and neither of the actions described in clauses (a) or (b) above have occurred with respect to such Lease Asset) during or prior to such Monthly Period, the Lease Residual; |
(d) | for each Lease Asset that became a Liquidating Lease Asset during or prior to such Monthly Period, zero; and |
(e) | for each other Lease Asset not described in clauses (a) through (d) above, the sum of (i) the present value, as of the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period (discounted at a rate equal to the Discount Rate for such Lease Asset and computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), of each Monthly Lease Payment (if any) for such Lease Asset due after the last day of the related Monthly Period, discounted from the first day of the Monthly Period in which such Monthly Lease Payment is due to the last day of the related Monthly Period, (ii) the aggregate amount of past due and unpaid Monthly Lease Payments, if any, for which no Advances have been made for such Lease Asset, and (iii) the present value, as of the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period (discounted at a rate equal to the Discount Rate for such Lease Asset and computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), of the Lease Residual for such Lease Asset, discounted from the first day of the Monthly Period in which the Scheduled Lease End Date for such Lease Asset occurs to the last day of the related Monthly Period. |
Account Holder: A bank or trust company, whose short-term unsecured debt obligations have the Required Deposit Rating, that holds one or more of the Designated Accounts or the AFLT Accounts.
Act: With respect to the AFLT Indenture, an Act as specified in Section 11.3(a) of the AFLT Indenture, and with respect to the CARAT Indenture, an Act as specified in Section 11.3(a) of the CARAT Indenture.
Actual Payment: With respect to a Distribution Date and a Lease, all payments received by the Servicer from or for the account of the Lessee during the related Monthly Period, except for any Overdue Payments, Supplemental Servicing Fees, Excluded Amounts or any payments with respect to Sales and Use Tax Amounts. Actual Payments shall not include Applied Payments Ahead.
[Additional Servicing Fee: With respect to any Distribution Date, the additional fee payable to the Servicer for services rendered during the related Monthly Period, which shall be equal to the sum of (a) 1/12th of the Additional Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Aggregate ABS Value of the Lease Assets at the opening of business on the first day of the related Monthly Period (or, for the first Distribution Date, the Additional Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is [ ] and the denominator of which is 360, multiplied by the Aggregate Initial ABS Value) and (b) any unpaid Additional Servicing Fee from any prior Distribution Date.]
[Additional Servicing Fee Rate: % per annum.]
Administration Fee: With respect to a Distribution Date, the basic fee payable to the Administrator for administration services rendered during the related Monthly Period, which shall be equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of the Administration Fee Rate multiplied by the Aggregate Secured Note Principal Balance of all Secured Notes held by the Trust as of the opening of business on the first day of such Monthly Period (or, for the first Distribution Date, the Administration Fee Rate multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is [ ] and the denominator of which is 360, multiplied by the Aggregate Secured Note Principal Balance as of the Closing Date).
Administration Fee Rate: [ ]%.
Administrative Lease Asset: A Lease Asset that the Servicer is required to purchase pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Servicing Agreement.
Administrative Purchase Payment: With respect to (a) an Administrative Secured Note, an amount equal to the Secured Note Principal Balance, plus accrued interest calculated at the Secured Note Rate, determined as of the close of business on the last day of the Monthly Period prior to the Monthly Period as of which the Administrator is required to (or, if earlier, elects to) purchase such Administrative Secured Note; and (b) an Administrative Lease Asset, the ABS Value of such Administrative Lease Asset determined as of the close of business on the last day of the Monthly Period prior to the Monthly Period as of which the Servicer is required (or, if earlier, elects) to purchase such Administrative Lease Asset.
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Administrative Secured Note: A Secured Note that the Administrator is required to purchase pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement or Section 2.04 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement or that the Administrator has elected to repurchase pursuant to Section 8.01(a) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
Administrator: The Person executing the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement as the Administrator, or its successor in interest pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
Administrator Default: An event described in Section 7.01 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
Administrator’s Accounting: A certificate, completed by and executed on behalf of the Administrator, in accordance with Section 3.06 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement.
Advance: With respect to the Lease Assets and any Distribution Date, the amount that the Servicer has advanced pursuant to Section 3.06 of the Servicing Agreement.
Affiliate: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
AFLT: The Delaware statutory trust created on March 23, 2012 by the Declaration of Trust known as the “Ally Financial Lease Trust” and formerly known as the “Central Originating Lease Trust II”.
AFLT 20 -SN Series: The separate series of equity beneficial interests in AFLT created by the AFLT 20 -SN Supplement to the Declaration of Trust and the related secured notes issued by AFLT to which Lease Assets are being allocated, and the Lease Assets allocated thereto, as the context requires.
AFLT 20 -SN Supplement to the Declaration of Trust: The AFLT 20 -SN Supplement to the Declaration of Trust, dated as of the Closing Date, between the AFLT Owner Trustee and COL II LLC, as Residual Certificateholder, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Declaration of Trust, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
AFLT Account: Each of the AFLT Collection Account, the Reserve Account and the Payment Ahead Servicing Account.
AFLT Certificate: Each certificate issued pursuant to Section 10.2 of the AFLT 20 -SN Supplement to the Declaration of Trust.
AFLT Certificateholder: COL II LLC or any other Person that holds the AFLT Certificate.
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AFLT Collateral: As set forth in the granting clause of the AFLT Indenture.
AFLT Collection Account: The account designated as such and established and maintained pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(i) of the Servicing Agreement.
AFLT Collections: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Lease Assets, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts with respect to the related Monthly Period:
(a) | the Monthly Lease Payments received with respect to the Lease Assets (including Applied Payments Ahead but excluding Excess Payments made during such Monthly Period that are treated as Payments Ahead); |
(b) | all Pull Ahead Payments received or deposited by the Servicer since the preceding Distribution Date (or with respect to the first Distribution Date, since the Cutoff Date) with respect to any Lease Assets that became Pull Ahead Lease Assets during or prior to the related Monthly Period; |
(c) | all Warranty Payments received or deposited by the Servicer in respect of the Lease Assets during the related Monthly Period; |
(d) | all Administrative Purchase Payments received or deposited by the Servicer in respect of the Lease Assets during the related Monthly Period; |
(e) | all Sale Proceeds received or deposited by the Servicer in respect of the Lease Assets during the related Monthly Period; |
(f) | any Monthly Payment Advances and Residual Advances with respect to such Distribution Date; |
(g) | all Extended Lease Payments received or deposited by the Servicer with respect to Extended Leases during the related Monthly Period; |
(h) | if such Distribution Date is the Optional Purchase Date, the Optional Purchase Price deposited into the AFLT Collection Account by the Servicer on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement; |
(i) | all Insurance Proceeds received with respect to the Lease Assets during the related Monthly Period; |
(j) | without double counting any of the amounts specifically set forth above, the portion of any Security Deposits with respect to the Lease Assets deemed to be included as part of AFLT Collections for the related Monthly Period pursuant to Section 2.03(b) of the Servicing Agreement; plus |
(k) | any other amounts received by the Servicer during the related Monthly Period with respect to the Lease Assets, other than Excluded Amounts, Supplemental Servicing Fees, Excess Payments and Sales and Use Tax Amounts. |
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In no event shall the term “AFLT Collections” for any Distribution Date include any Excluded Amounts or Sales and Use Tax Amounts received during the related Monthly Period.
AFLT Custodian: Ally Financial or another custodian named from time to time in the Servicing Agreement.
AFLT Designated Account Property: All amounts and investments held from time to time in any Designated Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise) and all proceeds of the foregoing.
AFLT Designated Accounts: The AFLT Collection Account and the Reserve Account.
AFLT Designation: The Designation of Trust Beneficiary and Creation of Series of Beneficial Interest, dated as of March 23, 2012, by Ally Financial, as Servicer and Initial Trust Beneficiary, AFLT and COL II LLC, and accepted and agreed to by the VAULT Trustee.
AFLT Indemnified Person: As set forth in Section 5.01(a)(ii) of the Servicing Agreement.
AFLT Indenture: The AFLT 20 -SN Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, between AFLT and the AFLT Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
AFLT Indenture Trustee: [ ], a [ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the AFLT Indenture, or any successor thereto.
AFLT Interested Parties: As set forth in the recitals to the Sale and Contribution Agreement.
AFLT Order: A written order signed in the name of AFLT by any of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the AFLT Indenture Trustee.
AFLT Overcollateralization Amount: $[ ], which is equal to the excess of the Aggregate Initial ABS Value over the Initial Secured Note Principal Balance.
AFLT Owner Trustee: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the Declaration of Trust, or any successor thereto.
AFLT Program Definitions: The AFLT Program Definitions attached as Exhibit I to the Declaration of Trust.
AFLT Request: A written request signed in the name of AFLT by any of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the AFLT Indenture Trustee.
AFLT Transaction Documents: The Declaration of Trust, the AFLT 20 -SN Supplement to the Declaration of Trust, the VAULT Trust Agreement, the VAULT Transfer Direction, the AFLT Designation, the AFLT Designation, the VAULT Security Agreement, the Sale and Contribution Agreement, the AFLT Indenture, the Servicing Agreement, the Pull Ahead Funding Agreement, the Secured Notes and the AFLT Certificate.
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AFL Trust Estate: All right, title and interest of AFLT in, to and under the AFLT Collateral and all right, title and interest of VAULT in, to and under the VAULT Pledged Collateral.
Agency Office: With respect to (a) the Issuing Entity, the office of the Issuing Entity maintained pursuant to Section 3.2 of the CARAT Indenture and (b) AFLT, the office of AFLT maintained pursuant to Section 3.2 of the the AFLT Indenture.
Aggregate ABS Value: As of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the ABS Values of all Lease Assets on such date, which is $[ ].
Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the aggregate of the Note Class Interest Distributable Amount for each class of the Class A Notes as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date.
Aggregate Class B Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Note Class Interest Distributable Amount for the Class B Notes as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date.
Aggregate Class C Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Note Class Interest Distributable Amount for the Class C Notes as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date.
[Aggregate Class D Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Note Class Interest Distributable Amount for the Class D Notes as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class D Interest Carryover Shortfall as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date.]
Aggregate Initial ABS Value: An amount equal to the sum of the Initial ABS Values of all Lease Assets.
Aggregate Note Principal Balance: With respect to the close of business on a Distribution Date, the sum of the Note Principal Balances for all classes of Notes.
Aggregate Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount as of such Distribution Date, (ii) the Aggregate Class B Interest Distributable Amount as of such Distribution Date[,] [and] (iii) the Aggregate Class C Interest Distributable Amount as of such Distribution Date [and (iv) the Aggregate Class D Interest Distributable Amount as of such Distribution Date].
Aggregate Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Aggregate Noteholders’ Priority Principal Distributable Amount as of such Distribution Date.
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Aggregate Noteholders’ Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount, (ii) the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount (iii) the Third Priority Principal Distributable Amount, and (iv) the Fourth Priority Principal Distributable Amount, each as of such Distribution Date.
Aggregate Overcollateralization Amount: $[ ], which is the excess of the Aggregate Initial ABS Value over the initial Aggregate Note Principal Balance as of the Closing Date.
Aggregate Residual Losses: As of any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the positive or negative difference of (i) the Aggregate ABS Value as of the first day of the related Monthly Period of each Lease Asset with respect to which the related Leased Vehicle was liquidated by or on behalf of the Servicer during the related Monthly Period, other than any Lease Asset with respect to which the related Leased Vehicle was repossessed by the Servicer in connection with a default by the related Lessee on its obligations under the related Lease, over (ii) any collections, including any Sale Proceeds and Pull Ahead Payments, received by the Servicer and applied during such Monthly Period with respect to such Lease Assets.
Aggregate Secured Note Interest Distributable Amount: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the Secured Note Interest Distributable Amounts for all Secured Notes on such Distribution Date.
Aggregate Secured Note Principal Balance: On any date of determination, the sum of the Secured Note Principal Balances for all Secured Notes on such date.
ALG Residual: With respect to a Lease Asset, the applicable expected value of the related Leased Vehicle at the Scheduled Lease End Date as determined by Automotive Lease Guide Co. as utilized by the Servicer on the date such Lease Asset was originated.
Ally Financial: Ally Financial Inc., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as GMAC Inc., GMAC LLC and General Motors Acceptance Corporation, and its successors and assigns.
[Ally Financial Interest Rate Swap: Each interest rate swap agreement, including the schedule and confirmation related thereto, between Ally Financial and the Swap Counterparty in effect on the Closing Date, as the same may be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.]
Annual Statement of Compliance: The Officer’s Certificate required to be delivered by the Issuing Entity, pursuant to Section 3.9 of the CARAT Indenture or the officer’s certificate required to be delivered by the Administrator pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement, as applicable.
Applicable CARAT Trustee: So long as the Aggregate Note Principal Balance is greater than zero and the CARAT Indenture has not been discharged in accordance with its terms, the CARAT Indenture Trustee, and thereafter, the CARAT Owner Trustee.
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Applied Extended Lease Payment Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date, the amount of any Extended Lease Payments received or deposited by the Servicer into the AFLT Collection Account during or prior to the related Monthly Period in respect of Applied Extended Leases for such Distribution Date.
Applied Extended Leases: With respect to each Distribution Date, any Extended Lease which became a Liquidating Lease Asset during the related Monthly Period.
Applied Payments Ahead: With respect to a Distribution Date and a Lease on which the Actual Payment made by the Lessee during the related Monthly Period was less than the Monthly Lease Payment, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Payments Ahead with respect to such Lease and (ii) the amount by which the Monthly Lease Payment exceeds such Actual Payment.
Authorized Officer: With respect to (a) the Issuing Entity, any officer or agent acting under power of attorney of the CARAT Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the CARAT Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuing Entity and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the CARAT Owner Trustee to the CARAT Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) or the power of attorney and, so long as the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement is in effect, any officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuing Entity and to be acted upon by the Administrator pursuant to the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the CARAT Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter); (b) AFLT, any officer or agent acting under power of attorney of the AFLT Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the AFLT Owner Trustee in matters relating to AFLT and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the AFLT Owner Trustee to the AFLT Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) or the power of attorney and, so long as the Servicing Agreement is in effect, any officer of the Servicer who is authorized to act for AFLT pursuant to the Servicing Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Servicer to the AFLT Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter); or (c) the Administrator, any officer or agent of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters relating to the Administrator or the Issuing Entity and to be acted upon by the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement.
Available Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to (I) the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the AFLT Collections received by the Servicer on the Lease Assets during the related Monthly Period, and (ii) the Applied Extended Lease Payment Amount for such Distribution Date, over (B) the Unapplied Extended Lease Payment Amount for such Distribution Date, plus (II) the amounts transferred from the Reserve Account to the AFLT Collection Account on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.03(b)(iv) of the Servicing Agreement, minus (III) any amounts for Outstanding Advances and Liquidation Expenses withdrawn from the AFLT Collection Account on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.03(b)(iii) of the Servicing Agreement.
App. A-8
Bankruptcy Code: Title 11 of the United States Code, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Basic Servicing Fee: With respect to any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the Aggregate ABS Value of the Lease Assets at the opening of business on the first day of the related Monthly Period, (ii) 1/12 (or with respect to the first Distribution Date, a fraction, the numerator of which is [ ] and the denominator of which is 360), and (iii) the Basic Servicing Fee Rate.
Basic Servicing Fee Rate: [ ]%.
Beneficial Interest: With respect to any Leased Vehicle related to a Lease Asset, (x) the beneficial interest in VAULT representing an interest in the legal title to such Leased Vehicle, or (y) or to the extent that, notwithstanding the terms of the VAULT Trust Agreement and the Statutory Trust Act, AFLT is deemed to hold a direct ownership interest in the legal title to such Leased Vehicle (and not merely a beneficial interest in VAULT representing an interest in the legal title to such Leased Vehicle), the direct ownership interest in the legal title to such Leased Vehicle.
Benefit Plan: Any of (i) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a “plan” subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (iii) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of an investment by an employee benefit plan or a plan in such entity.
Book Entry Notes: A beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10 of the CARAT Indenture.
Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks in New York, New York; Detroit, Michigan; or Chicago, Illinois may, or are required to, remain closed.
Buyer: As set forth in the form of Transfer Certificate contained in Exhibit B to the AFLT Indenture.
CARAT: Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 20 -SN , a Delaware statutory trust.
CARAT Certificate of Trust: The certificate of trust of the Issuing Entity substantially in the form of [Exhibit B] to the Trust Agreement filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Act.
CARAT Collection Account: The account designated as the “Collection Account,” established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
CARAT Collection Account Shortfall Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (A) the amounts payable from the CARAT Collection Account on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.05(b) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement
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or, following the occurrence of a CARAT Event of Default and a declaration that the Notes have become immediately due and payable, pursuant to Section 8.01(b) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement (in each case, other than deposits to the Reserve Account and payments to the Certificateholders in accordance with the priorities of payment set forth therein), over (B) the Total Available Amount (other than any amounts set forth in clause (i) of the definition thereof) for such Distribution Date.
CARAT Event of Default: An event described in Section 5.1 of the CARAT Indenture.
CARAT Event of Default Proceeds: As defined in Section 8.01(b) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
CARAT Event of Default Sale: As defined in Section 8.01(b) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
CARAT Event of Default Sale Notice: As defined in Section 5.4 of the CARAT Indenture.
CARAT Indenture: The CARAT Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuing Entity and the CARAT Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
CARAT Indenture Trustee: [ ], a [ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the CARAT Indenture, or any successor thereto.
CARAT Owner Trust Estate: All right, title and interest of the Issuing Entity in and to the property and rights assigned to the Issuing Entity pursuant to Article II of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in the CARAT Collection Account and the Certificate Distribution Account and all other property of the Trust from time to time, including any rights of the CARAT Owner Trustee and the Trust pursuant to the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
CARAT Owner Trustee: [ ], a [ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the Trust Agreement, or any successor thereto.
CARAT Transaction Documents: The CARAT Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement, the Pooling and Administration Agreement (including the First Step Secured Notes Assignment), the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement (including the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment), the CARAT Indenture, [any Interest Rate Swap, any Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement,] the Note Depository Agreement, the Notes and the Certificates.
CARAT Trust Estate: All money, instruments, rights and other property that are subject or intended to be subject to the Lien of the CARAT Indenture for the benefit of the Secured Parties (including all property and interests Granted to the CARAT Indenture Trustee), including all proceeds thereof, pledged to the CARAT Indenture Trustee pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.
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XXXX: Capital Auto Receivables LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.
Certificate: Any one of the CARAT 20 -SN Asset Backed Certificates executed by the Trust and authenticated by the CARAT Owner Trustee in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement.
Certificate Distribution Account: The account, if applicable, designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.1(a) of the Trust Agreement.
Certificate Owner: If the Certificate is delivered as a book-entry certificate pursuant to Section 3.4(c) of the Trust Agreement, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such book-entry certificate, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
Certificate Register: The register of Certificates specified in Section 3.4 of the Trust Agreement.
Certificate Registrar: The registrar at any time of the Certificate Register, appointed pursuant to Section 3.4(a) of the Trust Agreement.
Certificateholder: A Person in whose name a Certificate is registered pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement.
Chrysler: Chrysler Group LLC or a subsidiary thereof or its successors and assigns.
Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, as of the close of business on such Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date in respect of interest for the Class A Notes.
Class A Notes: Collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.
Class A-1 Notes: The [ ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 in the initial aggregate principal balance of $[ ] issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.
Class A-2 Notes: [Collectively, the Class A-2a Notes and the Class A-2b Notes.]
[Class A-2a Notes: The [ ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2a in the initial aggregate principal balance of $ issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.]
[Class A-2b Notes: The [Floating Rate] Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2b in the initial aggregate principal balance of $ issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.]
Class A-3 Notes: [Collectively, the Class A-3a Notes and the Class A-3b Notes.]
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[Class A-3a Notes: The [ ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3a in the initial aggregate principal balance of $ issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.]
[Class A-3b Notes: The [Floating Rate] Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3b in the initial aggregate principal balance of $ issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.]
Class A-4 Notes: [Collectively, the Class A-4a Notes and the Class A-4b Notes.]
[Class A-4a Notes: The [ ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4a in the initial aggregate principal balance of $ issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.]
[Class A-4b Notes: The [Floating Rate] Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4b in the initial aggregate principal balance of $ issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.]
Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, as of the close of business on such Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Aggregate Class B Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date in respect of interest for the Class B Notes.
Class B Notes: The [ ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class B in the initial aggregate principal balance of $ issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.
Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, as of the close of business on such Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Aggregate Class C Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date in respect of interest for the Class C Notes.
Class C Notes: The Asset Backed Notes, Class C in the initial aggregate principal balance of $ issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.
[Class D Interest Carryover Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, as of the close of business on such Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Aggregate Class D Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount that was actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date in respect of interest for the Class D Notes.]
[Class D Notes: The Asset Backed Notes, Class D in the initial aggregate principal balance of $ issued pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.]
Clearing Agency: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The initial Clearing Agency shall be The Depository Trust Company.
Clearing Agency Participant: A securities broker, dealer, bank, trust company, clearing corporation or other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
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Clearstream: Clearstream, Luxembourg, société anonyme (formerly known as Cedelbank), a corporation organized under the laws of the Duchy of Luxembourg.
Closing Date: , 20 .
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
COL II LLC: Central Originating Lease II LLC or any successor thereto.
Collateral: The collateral specified in the granting clause of the CARAT Indenture.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
[Contingent Interest Rate Swap: Each interest rate swap agreement, including the schedule and confirmation related thereto, between Ally Financial and the Issuing Entity, as executed and delivered on the Closing Date, as the same may become effective as provided in the Triparty Agreement or be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.]
Controlling Class: Shall be (a) so long as the Class A Notes are outstanding, the Class A Notes, (b) if the Class A Notes are no longer outstanding but the Class B Notes are outstanding, the Class B Notes[,] [and] (c) if the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes are no longer outstanding but the Class C Notes are outstanding, the Class C Notes [and (d) if the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes are no longer outstanding but the Class D Notes are outstanding, the Class D Notes].
Corporate Trust Office: With respect to (a) the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the principal office at which at any particular time the corporate trust business of the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall be administered, which offices at the Closing Date are located (i) solely for the purposes of the transfer, surrender or exchange of Notes, [ ], Attn: [ ] and (ii) for all other purposes, at [ ], Attn: [ ]; (b) the AFLT Indenture Trustee, the principal office at which at any particular time the corporate trust business of the AFLT Indenture Trustee is administered, which offices at the Closing Date are located (i) solely for the purposes of the transfer, surrender or exchange of Notes, [ ], Attn: [ ] and (ii) for all other purposes, at [ ], Attn: [ ] and (c) the CARAT Owner Trustee, the principal office at which at any particular time the corporate trust business of the CARAT Owner Trustee shall be administered, which offices at the Closing Date are located at [ ], Attn: [ ].
Custodian: The Person executing the Servicing Agreement as the Custodian or its successor in interest pursuant to Section 8.16 of the Servicing Agreement.
Customary Servicing Practices: The customary servicing practices, procedures and policies utilized by the Servicer with respect to automotive leases that it services for itself or others, as such practices, procedures and policies may be changed from time to time.
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Cutoff Date: , 20 .
Dealer: As defined in Exhibit I to the Declaration of Trust.
Dealer Agreement: An existing agreement between Ally Financial or one of its Affiliates and a Dealer with respect to a Lease Asset.
Declaration of Trust: The Declaration of Trust by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, as AFLT Owner Trustee, dated as of March 23, 2012, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Declaration of Trust, dated as of December 19, 2013, as acknowledged, accepted and agreed to by COL II LLC, as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Default: Any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default under the AFLT Indenture with respect to the Secured Notes or under the CARAT Indenture with respect to the Notes.
Definitive Notes: The Notes issued in the form of definitive notes pursuant to Sections 2.10 or 2.12 of the CARAT Indenture.
Delivery: When used with respect to AFLT Designated Account Property, “Delivery” means:
(a) | with respect to bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute “instruments” as defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC and are susceptible of physical delivery, transfer thereof to the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian by physical delivery to the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the name of, the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, and, with respect to a “certificated security” (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) transfer to thereof (A) by delivery of such certificated security endorsed to, or registered in the name of, the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian, or to another person, other than a “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(14) of the UCC), who acquires possession of the certificated security on behalf of the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian or, having previously acquired possession of the certificate, acknowledges in an authenticated record that it holds for the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian, or (B) by delivery thereof to a “securities intermediary,” who has agreed to hold all such assets delivered to it as “financial assets” under Article 8 of the applicable UCC and credit such assets to a “securities account” in which the Designated Account Owner is the entitlement holder, or (C) by delivery thereof to a “clearing corporation” (all of the foregoing, the “Physical Property”), and, in any event, any such Physical Property in registered form shall be in the name of the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such Designated Account Property to the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; |
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(b) | with respect to any such Designated Account Property that is any security issued by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or by the Federal National Mortgage Association that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations, the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: (A) book-entry registration of such Designated Account Property to an appropriate book-entry account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a financial intermediary which is also a “depositary” pursuant to applicable federal regulations and issuance by such intermediary of a deposit advice or other written confirmation of such book-entry registration to the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian of the purchase by the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian of such book-entry securities, (B) the making by such financial intermediary of entries in its books and records identifying such book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations as belonging to the Designated Account Owner or its custodian or nominee and indicating that such custodian holds such Designated Account Property solely as agent for the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian, (C) the making by the Designated Account Owner of entries in its books and records establishing that it holds such Designated Account Property solely as Designated Account Owner under the terms of Section 3.01 of the Servicing Agreement, and (D) such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect complete transfer or ownership of any such Designated Account Property to the Designated Account Owner, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and |
(c) | with respect to any item of Designated Account Property that is an uncertificated security (as defined in Section 8-102(18) of the UCC) and that is not governed by clause (ii) above, (A) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian, (B) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of another person, other than a securities intermediary, who acknowledges that it holds such uncertificated security for the benefit of the Designated Account Owner or its nominee or custodian, or (C) the delivery of such uncertificated security to a securities intermediary who has agreed to hold all such uncertificated securities delivered to it as “financial assets” under Article 8 of the applicable UCC and credit such assets to a “securities account” in which the Designated Account Owner is the entitlement holder. |
Depositor: The Person executing the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement as the Depositor or its successor in interest pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
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Depositor Operating Agreement: The limited liability company agreement dated October 20, 2006 of XXXX to which Ally Financial is a party, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of November 20, 2006, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Designated Account Owner: With respect to any AFLT Designated Account, the Person in whose name such account is required to be maintained.
Designated Account Property: The Designated Accounts, all cash, investments, Financial Assets, securities and investment property held from time to time in any Designated Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, Uncertificated Securities or otherwise) and all proceeds of the foregoing but excluding all Investment Earnings thereon.
Designated Accounts: The CARAT Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account, collectively.
Determination Date: The [15]th day of each calendar month, or if such [15]th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day. With respect to any Distribution Date, the “related Determination Date” is the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date.
Direct AFLT Pledge: As set forth in the granting clause of the AFLT Indenture.
Discount Rate: With respect to any Lease, the greater of (i) the Implicit Lease Rate and (ii) [ ]%.
Distribution Date: With respect to a Monthly Period, the [20]th day of the next succeeding calendar month or, if such [20]th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing [ ] [20], 20 .
[Early Termination Date: As defined in each Interest Rate Swap.]
Eligible Deposit Account: Either (i) a segregated account with an Eligible Institution or (ii) a segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depositary institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as any of the securities of such depository institution have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade.
Eligible Institution: Either (i) the corporate trust department of the Designated Account Owner, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the AFLT Indenture Trustee or (ii) a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), (A) which has either (1) a long-term unsecured debt rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies or (2) a short-term unsecured debt rating or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies and (B) whose deposits are insured by the FDIC.
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[Eligible Investments: Book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form which evidence:
(a) | direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment by, the full faith and credit of the United States of America; |
(b) | demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or State banking or depository institution authorities; provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a Person other than such depository institution or trust company; provided that such Person has a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit granted thereby) thereof shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit granted thereby; |
(c) | commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit granted thereby; |
(d) | investments in money market or common trust funds having a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit granted thereby (including funds for which the Designated Account Owner, the AFLT Owner Trustee or the AFLT Indenture Trustee or any of their respective affiliates is an investment manager or advisor, so long as such fund shall have such rating); |
(e) | bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (ii) above; |
(f) | repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into with (A) a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) or (B) a depository institution or trust company (x) the deposits of which are insured by FDIC or (y) the counterparty for which has a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations, the collateral for which is held by a custodial bank for the benefit of the Designated Account Owner, the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the AFLT Indenture Trustee, is marked to market daily and is maintained in an amount that exceeds the amount of such repurchase obligation, and which is required to be |
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liquidated immediately upon the amount of such collateral being less than the amount of such repurchase obligation (unless the counterparty immediately satisfies the repurchase obligation upon being notified of such shortfall); |
(g) | [(solely in the case of the Reserve Account), the Class A-1 Notes;] |
(h) | commercial paper master notes having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations; and |
(i) | any other investment permitted by each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such investment has a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit granted thereby; |
in each case, other than as permitted by the Rating Agencies, maturing (A) not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Distribution Date or (B) on such next Distribution Date if either (x) such investment is in the institution with which the applicable account is then maintained or (y) the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the Designated Account Owner (or such other Person in whose name the applicable account is maintained) (so long as the short-term unsecured debt obligations of the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the Designated Account Owner (or such other Person in whose name the applicable account is maintained), as applicable, are rated at least “[ ]” by [ ] on the date such investment is made) shall advance funds on such Distribution Date, and in the case of the CARAT Indenture Trustee, to the Note Distribution Account, in the amount payable on such investment on such Distribution Date pending receipt thereof to the extent necessary to make distributions such Distribution Date (I) with respect to the Designated Account Owner (or such other Person in whose name the applicable account is maintained), in accordance with Article III of the Servicing Agreement and (II) with respect to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, with respect to the Notes. If a Rating Agency that is rating the Notes has failed to provide a rating for an investment, then an equivalent required deposit rating may be obtained by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. For purposes of the foregoing, (x) unless the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the Designated Account Owner (or such other Person in whose name the applicable account is maintained), as applicable, objects at the time an investment is made, the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the Designated Account Owner (or such other Person in whose name the applicable account is maintained), as applicable, shall be deemed to have agreed to make such advance with respect to such investment, and (y) references herein to a rating in the highest investment category for short term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit shall mean “[ ]” in the case of [ ].]
Entitlement Holder: Has the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the New York UCC.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
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ERISA Affiliate: A corporation, trade or business that is, along with Ally Financial, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses, as described in Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
Euroclear: Euroclear Bank SA/NV, Brussels office, as operator of the Euroclear system.
Event of Default: An event described in Section 5.1 of the AFLT Indenture.
Event of Default Sale Notice: As set forth in Section 5.4 of the AFLT Indenture.
Excess Payment: As set forth in Section 3.05(a) of the Servicing Agreement.
Excess Wear and Excess Mileage Charges: With respect to a Lease Asset, charges payable by the related Lessee in accordance with the terms of the related Lease upon termination of such Lease, which are either (a) as a result of excess wear and tear with respect to the related Leased Vehicle or (b) mileage charges incurred for vehicle mileage in excess of the amount permitted under the Lease.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Amounts: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Lease Asset, the sum of (i) any amounts received by the Servicer during the related Monthly Period with respect to any administrative fees and parking tickets and fines on the related Leased Vehicle, (ii) premiums paid by the Servicer or due to the related insurer during the related Monthly Period in connection with the maintenance of insurance with respect to such Lease Asset, and (iii) any amounts required under applicable law to be paid or refunded to the Lessee during the related Monthly Period (including any rebates of premiums with respect to cancellation of any insurance policy or service contract entered into by such Lessee).
Executive Officer: With respect to any corporation or limited liability company, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such entity; and with respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof.
Expenses: The expenses described in Section 6.9 of the Trust Agreement.
Extended Lease: Any Lease included in a Lease Asset that has reached its Scheduled Lease End Date, with respect to which (x) the Lessee has paid all Monthly Lease Payments required under the terms of such Lease and (y) the Lessee has agreed with the Servicer to extend the term of such Lease and to continue making Monthly Lease Payments under such Lease in an amount as agreed between the Lessee and the Servicer in accordance with Customary Servicing Practices.
Extended Lease Payments: With respect to any Extended Lease and any Monthly Period prior to the Monthly Period in which the related Leased Vehicle was sold or otherwise disposed of by the Servicer, any Monthly Lease Payments due under such Extended Lease after its Scheduled Lease End Date and received by the Servicer during the related Monthly Period, minus any payments in respect of Sales and Use Tax Amounts required to be paid with respect to such Extended Lease during such Monthly Period.
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FATCA: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version thereof) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.
FATCA Withholding Tax: Any withholding or deduction pursuant to an agreement described in Section 1471(b) of the Code or otherwise imposed pursuant to FATCA.
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor agency.
Final Maturity Date: The Distribution Date in , 20 .
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: With respect to a Class of Notes, the Distribution Date in the month and year set forth below opposite such Notes:
Class A-1 Notes: | , 20 ; | |
Class A-2 Notes: | , 20 ; | |
Class A-3 Notes: | , 20 ; | |
Class A-4 Notes: | , 20 ; | |
Class B Notes: | , 20 ; [and] | |
Class C Notes: | , 20 [.][; and] | |
[Class D Notes: | , 20 .] |
Financial Asset: Has the meaning given such term in Article 8 of the New York UCC. As used herein, the Financial Asset “related to” a Security Entitlement is the Financial Asset in which the Entitlement Holder holding such Security Entitlement has the rights and property interest specified in Article 8 of the New York UCC.
Financial Parties: The Noteholders[,] [and] the Certificateholders [and, so long as any Interest Rate Swaps are in effect, the Swap Counterparty].
First Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Class A Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes on such preceding Distribution Date) (or with respect to the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date) over (ii) the Aggregate ABS Value at the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period.
First Step Purchased Property: As defined in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement.
First Step Secured Notes Assignment: As defined in Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement.
[Fixed Rate Notes: Collectively, the Class [ ] Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-3a Notes, the Class A-4a and the Class [ ] Notes.]
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[Floating Rate Notes: Collectively, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3b Notes, the Class A-4b Notes, the Class [ ] Notes, and the Class [ ] Notes.]
[Fourth Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the difference between (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the Aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes on such preceding Distribution Date) (or with respect to the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date) over (b) the Aggregate ABS Value at the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period, and (ii) the sum of (a) the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date, (b) the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount and (c) the Third Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date.]
Further Holders: The AFLT Indenture Trustee, the AFLT Owner Trustee, each Secured Noteholder, the AFLT Certificateholder and the CARAT Indenture Trustee.
Further Transfer and Administration Agreements: The Pooling and Administration Agreement, the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement, the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment, the CARAT Indenture, the Trust Agreement and the Notes.
General Motors: General Motors Company, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns, or General Motors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.
Governmental Authority: As defined in Exhibit I of the Declaration of Trust.
Grant: To mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create and xxxxx x xxxx upon, a security interest in and right of set off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the AFLT Indenture or the CARAT Indenture, as applicable. A Grant of the AFLT Collateral, the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of, the AFLT Collateral or the Collateral, as applicable, and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
Holder: With respect to (a) any Secured Note and any date of determination, the Person in whose name such Secured Note is registered in the Secured Note Register on such date, (b) any Note and any date of determination, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Note Register and (c) any Certificate and any date of determination, the Person in whose name such Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register on such date.
Implicit Lease Rate: The contractual annual percentage rate of the related Lease.
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Indemnified Parties: The Persons specified in Section 6.9 of the Trust Agreement.
Independent: When used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person (i) is in fact independent of AFLT, the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuing Entity, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in AFLT, the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuing Entity, any such other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (iii) is not connected with AFLT, the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuing Entity, any such other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
Independent Certificate: With respect to (a) the AFLT Indenture, a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the AFLT Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of the AFLT Indenture, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an AFLT Order and approved by the AFLT Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof; and (b) the CARAT Indenture, a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the CARAT Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of the CARAT Indenture, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuing Entity Order and approved by the CARAT Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and stating that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in the CARAT Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
Indirect Participant: A securities broker, dealer, bank, trust company or other Person that clears through or maintains a custodial relationship with a Clearing Agency Participant, either directly or indirectly.
Initial ABS Value: With respect to each Lease Asset, the sum of (i) the present value, as of the Cutoff Date (discounted at a rate equal to the Discount Rate and computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), of each Monthly Lease Payment (if any) for such Lease Asset due after the Cutoff Date, discounted from the first day of the Monthly Period in which such Monthly Lease Payment is due to the Cutoff Date, (ii) the aggregate amount of past due and unpaid Monthly Lease Payments (if any) for which no Advances have been made, and (iii) the present value, as of the close of business on the Cutoff Date (discounted at a rate equal to the Discount Rate and computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), of the Lease Residual for such Lease Asset, discounted from the first day of the Monthly Period in which the Scheduled Lease End Date for such Lease Asset occurs to the Cutoff Date.
Initial Aggregate Secured Note Principal Balance: $[ ].
Initial Secured Note Principal Balance: As set forth in Section 2.1(c) of the AFLT Indenture.
Institutional Accredited Investor: As set forth in Section 2.11 of the AFLT Indenture.
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Insurance Proceeds: With respect to a Distribution Date and a Lease Asset, all amounts received by the Servicer during the related Monthly Period with respect to any insurance policies maintained with respect to such Lease Asset pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Servicing Agreement.
Intercompany Advance Agreement: The XXXX Intercompany Advance Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2004, between XXXX and Ally Financial, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
Intercompany Note: The Intercompany Note issued by XXXX to Ally Financial under the Intercompany Advance Agreement.
Interest Rate: With respect to each class of Notes, the per annum rate set forth below:
Class A-1 Notes: | [LIBOR +] [ ]%; | |
Class A-2[a] Notes: | [ ]%; | |
[Class A-2b Notes: | LIBOR + [ ]%;] | |
Class A-3[a] Notes: | [ ]%; | |
[Class A-3b Notes: | LIBOR + [ ]%;] | |
Class A-4[a] Notes: | [ ]%; | |
[Class A-4b Notes: | LIBOR + [ ]%;] | |
Class B Notes: | [LIBOR +] [ ]%;[and] | |
Class C Notes: | [LIBOR +] [ ]% [.][; and] | |
[Class D Notes: | [LIBOR +] [ ]%, 20 .] |
[Interest Rate Swap: Each interest rate swap agreement, including all schedules and confirmations related thereto, between the Issuing Entity and the Swap Counterparty, in effect on the Closing Date, as the same may be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.]
Interested Parties: The Issuing Entity and each other party identified or described in the Pooling and Administration Agreement or the Further Transfer and Administration Agreements as having an interest as owner, trustee, secured party or holder of Securities.
Investment Company Act: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Investment Earnings: Investment earnings on funds deposited in the AFLT Accounts or the Designated Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account, if any, net of losses and investment expenses.
Issuing Entity: The party named as such in the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement and in the CARAT Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provisions contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.
Issuing Entity Order: A written order signed in the name of the Issuing Entity by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the CARAT Indenture Trustee.
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Issuing Entity Request: A written request signed in the name of the Issuing Entity by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the CARAT Indenture Trustee.
Junior Security Interest: As defined in the granting clause of the AFLT Indenture.
Junior Security Interest Paragraph: As defined in the granting clause of the AFLT Indenture.
Lease: Any automobile and light truck lease sold, assigned, transferred or conveyed to AFLT, including all other agreements related thereto and all rights and obligations thereunder.
Lease Asset: A Lease and the Leased Vehicle (or, as the context may require, the beneficial interest in such Leased Vehicle) related thereto, allocated to Series 20 -SN and the Series 20 -SN Portfolio, excluding any of the Lease Assets as of such date that constitute Liquidating Lease Assets, Administrative Lease Assets required to be purchased on or before such date and Warranty Lease Assets required to be repurchased on or before such date.
Lease Asset Files: As set forth in Section 4.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
Lease Assets Assignment: As set forth in Section 2.01 of the Sale and Contribution Agreement and attached as Exhibit A to the Sale and Contribution Agreement.
Lease Assets Schedule: As set forth in Section 2.19 of the Servicing Agreement.
Lease OEM: General Motors, Chrysler or any other manufacturer of a Leased Vehicle.
Lease Residual: With respect to any Lease Asset, the lesser of the Stated Residual Value and the ALG Residual with respect to the related Leased Vehicle.
Leased Vehicle: An automobile or light truck that is or has been leased under a Lease with respect to a Lease Asset, that is or will be titled in the name of VAULT and with respect to which Ally Financial is the trust beneficiary.
Leases: The Program Leases relating to the Lease Assets.
Lessee: With respect to any Lease Asset, the lessee or the co-lessees of the Leased Vehicle and any guarantor of the Lease relating to such Lease Asset.
Lessee Purchase Amount: With respect to a Leased Vehicle related to a Lease Asset that the Lessee is purchasing at the Scheduled Lease End Date, all amounts payable by the Lessee in connection with such purchase under the related Lease.
[LIBOR: With respect to the initial Distribution Date, %; with respect to each Distribution Date other than the initial Distribution Date, the rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars for a period of one month which appears on Telerate Service Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the day that is two LIBOR Business Days prior to the preceding Distribution Date. If such rate does not appear on that date on Telerate Service Page 3750 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service, or if that service is no longer offered, any other service for displaying LIBOR or comparable rates as may be selected by the CARAT Indenture Trustee after consultation with the Depositor), then LIBOR will be the Reference Bank Rate.]
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[LIBOR Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks in London are required or authorized to be closed.]
Lien: Any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity, encumbrance or adverse claim of any kind other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens that attach by operation of law.
Liquidating Lease Asset: A Lease Asset with respect to which any of the following has first occurred during a Monthly Period:
(a) | the related Leased Vehicle was sold or otherwise disposed of by the Servicer following repossession thereof or the scheduled or early termination of the related Lease; |
(b) | the related Lease reached its Scheduled Lease End Date more than 120 days prior to the end of such Monthly Period and as of the end of such Monthly Period, the related Leased Vehicle remained unsold; |
(c) | the related Lease became an Extended Lease on its Scheduled Lease End Date and such Scheduled Lease End Date shall have occurred more than 120 days prior to the end of such Monthly Period and as of the end of such Monthly Period, the related Leased Vehicle remained unsold; or |
(d) | the Servicer’s records, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, disclose that all Insurance Proceeds expected to be received have been received by the Servicer following a casualty or other loss with respect to the related Leased Vehicle. |
Liquidation Expenses: With respect to a Lease Asset in respect of which the related Leased Vehicle has been sold or otherwise disposed of by the Servicer during or prior to the related Monthly Period, the amount charged to the account of the Lessee, in keeping with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices, for refurbishing and disposing of the related Leased Vehicle and other out-of-pocket costs related to the liquidation, including all repossession, auction, painting repair, legal and any and all other similar liquidation, collection and refurbishment costs and expenses.
[Materiality Opinion: A written opinion of , or another nationally recognized law firm experienced in securitization matters reasonably acceptable to the Swap Counterparty, addressed to the Swap Counterparty and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Swap Counterparty.]
Monthly Lease Distribution Date: With respect to any Lease Asset, the date specified in the related Lease as the date on or before which the Lessee is required to make a payment each month.
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Monthly Lease Payment: With respect to any Lease Asset, the amount required to be paid by the Lessee under the related Lease on or prior to each Monthly Lease Distribution Date (as such amount may be modified in connection with any permitted modification or extension), minus any payments with respect to Sales and Use Tax Amounts required to be paid pursuant to such Lease on or prior to such Monthly Lease Distribution Date.
Monthly Payment Advance: As set forth in Section 3.06(a) of the Servicing Agreement.
Monthly Period: Each calendar month (or, in the case of the first Monthly Period, the period from and including the Cutoff Date to and including , 20 ). With respect to any Distribution Date, the “related Monthly Period” is the Monthly Period preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Monthly Remittance Condition: A condition that shall be satisfied if (A) Ally Financial or any Affiliate thereof is the Servicer, (B) no Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing, and (C) either (i) the short-term unsecured debt of the Servicer is rated at least “[ ]” by [ ], or (ii) the Servicer has made any other arrangements satisfactory to the Rating Agencies.
New York UCC: The UCC as in effect on the Closing Date in the State of New York, and as it may be amended from time to time.
Note Class Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any class [or tranche] of Notes and any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the outstanding principal balance of such class of Notes as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the outstanding principal balance of such class of Notes on the Closing Date) and (ii) in the case of (a) the Fixed Rate Notes (other than the Class A-1 Notes), one-twelfth of the Interest Rate for such class (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the Interest Rate for such class, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is [ ] and the denominator of which is 360) and (b) the Floating Rate Notes and the Class A-1 Notes, the product of the Interest Rate for such class [or tranche] of Notes for such Distribution Date and a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from and including the prior Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date), to but excluding that Distribution Date and the denominator of which is 360.
Note Depository: The depository from time to time selected by the CARAT Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity in whose name the Notes are registered prior to the issue of Definitive Notes. The first Note Depository shall be Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency.
Note Depository Agreement: The agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuing Entity and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency relating to the Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the CARAT Indenture, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
Note Distribution Account: The account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(ii) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
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Note Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an Indirect Participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
Note Pool Factor: With respect to any class of Notes and any Distribution Date, an amount expressed to the seventh decimal place and computed by the Administrator which is equal to the Note Principal Balance for such class as of the close of business on such Distribution Date divided by the initial Note Principal Balance for such class.
Note Principal Balance: With respect to any class of Notes and any Distribution Date, the initial aggregate principal balance of such class of the Notes, reduced by all previous payments to the Noteholders of such class in respect of principal of such Notes.
Note Register: With respect to any class of Notes, the register of such Notes specified in Section 2.4 of the CARAT Indenture.
Note Registrar: The registrar at any time of the Note Register, appointed pursuant to Section 2.4 of the CARAT Indenture.
Noteholder FATCA Information: With respect to any Noteholder or Note Owner, information sufficient to eliminate the imposition of, or determine the amount of, U.S. withholding tax under FATCA.
Noteholder Tax Identification Information: With respect to any Noteholder or Note Owner, properly completed and signed tax certifications (generally, in the case of U.S. Federal Income Tax, IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is a “United States Person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or the appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is not a “United States Person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).
Noteholders: Holders of record of the Notes pursuant to the CARAT Indenture and with respect to any class of Notes, holders of record of such class of Notes pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.
Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount: For any Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(a) | the Aggregate Note Principal Balance as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Distribution Date or in the case of the first Distribution Date, the Aggregate Note Principal Balance on the Closing Date; and |
(b) | the excess, if any, of (i) the Aggregate Note Principal Balance on such Distribution Date (after giving effect to any Aggregate Noteholders’ Priority Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date), over (ii) the result of the Aggregate ABS Value at the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period, minus the Target Aggregate Overcollateralization Amount. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, on or after the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for any class of the Notes, the Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount shall equal the greater of (i) the amount specified above and (ii) the excess of (x) the Note Principal Balance of such class of Notes as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date, over (y) the Aggregate Noteholders’ Priority Principal Distributable Amount allocable to such class on such Distribution Date in accordance with the priorities specified in Section 8.2(c) of the CARAT Indenture.
Notes: The Class A Notes, the Class B Notes[,] [and] the Class C Notes [and the Class D Notes] issued by CARAT pursuant to the CARAT Indenture.
Notice of Default: As set forth in Section 5.1(b) of the AFLT Indenture.
Offered Notes: Collectively, the [ ] Notes.
Officers’ Certificate: With respect to (i) any corporation, a certificate signed by any Responsible Officer or Authorized Officer of such corporation, (ii) any limited liability company, a certificate signed by any Responsible Officer or Authorized Officer of such limited liability company, (iii) AFLT, the AFLT Owner Trustee or the AFLT Indenture Trustee, a certificate signed by any Responsible Officer or Authorized Officer thereof and (iv) the Issuing Entity, a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuing Entity, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of the CARAT Indenture, and delivered to the CARAT Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified in the CARAT Indenture, any reference in the CARAT Indenture to an officer’s certificate shall be to an Officer’s Certificate of any Authorized Officer of the Issuing Entity.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may, except as otherwise expressly provided, be an employee of the Seller, the Depositor, the Administrator, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates. In addition, for purposes of the CARAT Indenture: (i) such counsel shall be satisfactory to the CARAT Indenture Trustee; (ii) the opinion shall be addressed to the CARAT Indenture Trustee as Trustee; and (iii) the opinion shall comply with any applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of the CARAT Indenture and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the CARAT Indenture Trustee.
Optional Purchase Date: With respect to (a) the Secured Notes, as set forth in Section 8.01(a) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement and (b) the Lease Assets, as set forth in Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
Optional Purchase Percentage: [ ]%.
Optional Purchase Price: As set forth in Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
Other Assets: As set forth in Section 11.20 of the AFLT Indenture.
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Outstanding: With respect to (a) the Notes, as of any date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the CARAT Indenture except:
(a) | Notes theretofore cancelled by the CARAT Indenture Trustee or delivered to the CARAT Indenture Trustee for cancellation; |
(b) | Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the CARAT Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes; provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the CARAT Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the CARAT Indenture Trustee, has been made; and |
(c) | Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes which have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the CARAT Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the CARAT Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser; |
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount of the Notes or of the Controlling Class have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any CARAT Transaction Document, Notes both legally and beneficially owned by the Issuing Entity, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that the CARAT Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the CARAT Indenture Trustee the pledgor’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuing Entity, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons; and (b) any Secured Notes, as of any date of determination, all such Secured Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the AFLT Indenture except:
(a) | Secured Notes theretofore canceled by the AFLT Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 2.7 of the AFLT Indenture; |
(b) | Secured Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the AFLT Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Secured Notes; provided, however, that if such Secured Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the AFLT Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the AFLT Indenture Trustee, has been made; and |
(c) | Secured Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Secured Notes which have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the AFLT Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the AFLT Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Secured Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser; |
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provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any AFLT Transaction Document or any AFLT Transaction Document related thereto, Secured Notes both legally and beneficially owned by AFLT, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding. Secured Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the AFLT Indenture Trustee the pledgor’s right so to act with respect to such Secured Notes and that the pledgee is not the issuer of the Secured Notes, the seller of the Secured Notes under any of the Secured Notes Transfer and Administration Agreements, the Servicer or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.
Outstanding Advance: As of the last day of a Monthly Period and with respect to a Lease Asset, the sum of all Monthly Payment Advances and Residual Advances made on or prior to such date, minus all payments made or collections received on or prior to such date that are specified in Section 3.06(c) and (d) of the Servicing Agreement as reducing Outstanding Advances with respect to such Lease Asset.
Outstanding Amount: With respect to (a) the Secured Notes, as of any date, the aggregate Secured Note Principal Balance of all Secured Notes Outstanding at such date; and (b) the Notes, as of any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Notes or a class of Notes, as applicable, Outstanding at such date.
Overdue Payment: With respect to a Distribution Date and a Lease Asset, all payments, other than Supplemental Servicing Fees, Excluded Amounts and Sales and Use Tax Amounts, received by the Servicer from or for the account of the related Lessee during the related Monthly Period, to the extent of the portion of any Outstanding Advances made with respect to such Lease Asset.
Owner: With respect to (a) a Lease Asset: AFLT; provided, however, that the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, shall be the “Owner” of any Lease and the related Leased Vehicle from and after the time that such Person shall acquire such Lease and related Leased Vehicle, whether pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Sale and Contribution Agreement, any provision of the Servicing Agreement or otherwise; and (b) a Secured Note: the Depositor, until the sale, transfer, assignment or other conveyance of such Secured Note by the Depositor to the Issuing Entity pursuant to the terms of the Further Transfer and Administration Agreements, and thereafter shall mean the Issuing Entity; provided, that the Seller, the Administrator or the Depositor, as applicable, shall be the “Owner” of any Secured Note from and after the time that such Person shall acquire such Secured Note, whether pursuant to Section 3.04 or Section 5.04 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement, Section 2.04 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement, any other provision of the Further Transfer and Administration Agreements or otherwise.
Paying Agent: With respect to (a) the AFLT Indenture, the AFLT Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the AFLT Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 of the AFLT Indenture and is authorized by AFLT to make the payments to and distributions from the AFLT Collection Account on the Secured Notes on behalf of AFLT and (b) the CARAT Indenture, the CARAT Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the CARAT Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 of the CARAT
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Indenture and is authorized by the Issuing Entity to make the payments to and distributions from the CARAT Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuing Entity. With respect to the Trust Agreement, any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Trust Agreement that meets the eligibility standards for the CARAT Owner Trustee specified in Section 6.13 of the Trust Agreement. The initial Paying Agent under the CARAT Indenture shall be the CARAT Indenture Trustee.
Payment Ahead Servicing Account: The account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii) of the Servicing Agreement.
Payments Ahead: With respect to each Distribution Date and a Lease, the aggregate of all Excess Payments on such Lease received during or prior to the related Monthly Period minus the aggregate of all Applied Payments Ahead on such Lease which were applied on any prior Distribution Date.
PBGC: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Pension Plan: A “pension plan” as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than any “multiemployer plan” as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) and to which Ally Financial or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.
Perfection Representations: The representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Appendix A to the Pooling and Administration Agreement, Appendix C to the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement, Schedule B to the Sale and Contribution Agreement and Appendix A to the CARAT Indenture.
Person: Any legal person, including any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Property: (i) Bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute “instruments” within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(47) of the New York UCC and are susceptible of physical delivery and (ii) Security Certificates.
Pooling and Administration Agreement: The Pooling and Administration Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between Ally Financial and the Depositor, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Predecessor Note: With respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.5 of the CARAT Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
Private Notes: [Collectively, t][T]he Class [ ] Notes [and the Class [ ] Notes.
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Proceeding: Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
Protected Purchaser: As defined in Section 8-303 of the UCC, provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met.
Pull Ahead Agent: Ally Financial, in its capacity as agent for any Lease OEM under the Pull Ahead Funding Agreement.
Pull Ahead Funding Agreement: The Pull Ahead Funding Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Ally Financial, as agent for the Lease OEMs, AFLT and the AFLT Indenture Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Pull Ahead Lease Asset: A Lease Asset with respect to which the related Lessee has elected to terminate the related Lease prior to its Scheduled Lease End Date by delivering the related Leased Vehicle to a Dealer pursuant to the terms of an applicable Pull Ahead Program and such Lease.
Pull Ahead Payment: With respect to any Pull Ahead Lease Asset and any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) all remaining Monthly Lease Payments due in accordance with the terms of the related Lease, (ii) all due and unpaid Monthly Lease Payments, and (iii) any Pull Ahead Payment that was due but not paid in full on any prior Distribution Date.
Pull Ahead Program: Any program instituted by Ally Financial, as agent of a Lease OEM, or by a Lease OEM, pursuant to which the Lessee shall be permitted to terminate a Lease prior to its Scheduled Lease End Date without payment by the Lessee of all or a portion of the remaining Monthly Lease Payments due in accordance with the terms of the related Lease.
Qualified Institutional Buyer: Has the meaning given it in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Rated Notes: With respect to (a) the Secured Notes, each class of notes secured by an interest in the Secured Notes which has been rated by the Rating Agencies at the request of the Seller; (b) the Notes, each class of Notes which has been rated by the Rating Agencies at the request of the Depositor.
Rating Agencies: As of any date, the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations requested by the Depositor to provide ratings on the Notes which are rating the Notes on such date.
Rating Agency Condition: With respect to any action, the condition that (a) each of the Rating Agencies shall have been given at least ten days prior notice thereof and (b) none of the Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator, AFLT, the AFLT Owner Trustee, the AFLT Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall have received notice from any of the Rating Agencies that such action shall result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Notes. Each entity listed above shall inform the other entities listed above of whether or not it has received notice from the Rating Agencies prior to the taking of the actions at issue.
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Record Date: With respect to (a) the Notes and with respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date, or if Definitive Notes are issued for any class of Notes, with respect to such class of Notes, the last day of the preceding Monthly Period; (b) the Secured Notes, the close of business on the last Business Day of the preceding calendar month and (c) the Certificates and with respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the date immediately preceding such Distribution Date, or if Certificates are issued in definitive form, the last day of the preceding Monthly Period.
Redemption Date: With respect to (a) the Notes, as defined in Section 10.1 of the AFLT Indenture and (b) the Secured Notes, the date specified as such by the Servicer in accordance with Section 10.1 of the AFLT Indenture.
Redemption Price: With respect to (a) the Secured Notes, the Optional Purchase Price and (b) the Notes, the unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
[Reference Bank Rate: For any Distribution Date other than the initial Distribution Date, a rate determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by reference banks as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the day that is two LIBOR Business Days prior to the immediately preceding Distribution Date to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period of one month, in amounts approximately equal to the then Note Principal Balance of the applicable class [or tranche] of the then outstanding Floating Rate Notes. The reference banks shall be four major banks that are engaged in transactions in the London interbank market, selected by the CARAT Indenture Trustee after consultation with the Depositor. The CARAT Indenture Trustee will request the principal London office of each of the reference banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations, rounded upwards to the nearest one-sixteenth of one percent. If on that date fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate will be the arithmetic mean, rounded upwards to the nearest one-sixteenth of one percent, of the rates quoted by one or more major banks in New York City, selected by the CARAT Indenture Trustee after consultation with the Depositor, as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that date to leading European banks for United States dollar deposits for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to the then Note Principal Balance of the applicable class [or tranche] of the then outstanding Floating Rate Notes. If no quotation can be obtained, then the Reference Bank Rate will be the rate from the prior Distribution Date.]
Registered Holder: The Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.
Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100: Asset-Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) and as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
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Released Administrative Amount: With respect to an Administrative Lease Asset, any collections on such Lease Asset remaining or received after payment of the Administrative Purchase Payment.
Released Warranty Amount: With respect to a Warranty Lease Asset, any collections on such Warranty Lease Asset remaining or received after payment of the Warranty Payment.
Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria: With respect to (a) the Servicer, as defined in Section 2.17(a) of the Servicing Agreement and (b) the Administrator, as defined in Section 4.02(a) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
Reporting Officer: With respect to (a) the AFLT Owner Trustee, any officer, employee or other person within the Corporate Trust Office of the AFLT Owner Trustee having responsibility for the administration of the Declaration of Trust and (b) the CARAT Owner Trustee, any officer, employee or other person within the Corporate Trust Office of the CARAT Owner Trustee having responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement.
Repurchase Event: As defined in Section 5.04 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement.
Required Deposit Rating: A rating on short-term unsecured debt obligations of at least “[ ]” by [ ] or otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies. Any requirement that the short-term unsecured debt obligations have the “Required Deposit Rating” shall mean that such short-term unsecured debt obligations have the foregoing required ratings from each Rating Agency.
Reserve Account: The account designated as such, established and maintained for the benefit of the holders of the Secured Notes pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Servicing Agreement.
Reserve Account Available Amount: As of any date of determination, the cash and other Eligible Investments on deposit in the Reserve Account on such date of determination.
Reserve Account Excess Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Reserve Account Available Amount on such date, over (ii) the Reserve Account Required Amount on such date.
Reserve Account Initial Deposit: An amount equal to $[ ] (which is the product of (x) the Aggregate Initial ABS Value and (y) the Reserve Account Percentage).
Reserve Account Percentage: [ ]%.
Reserve Account Required Amount: The lesser of $[ ] and the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
Residual Advance: As set forth in Section 3.06(b) of the Servicing Agreement.
Residual Certificateholder: As set forth in Exhibit I to the Declaration of Trust.
Residual Interest: As defined in Section 3.1(a) of the Declaration of Trust.
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Residual Trust Assets: As defined in Section 3.1(a) of the Declaration of Trust.
Responsible Officer: With respect to (a) the CARAT Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the CARAT Indenture Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of the CARAT Indenture; (b) the CARAT Owner Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of such trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement or any agent of the CARAT Owner Trustee acting under a power of attorney; (c) the Administrator, the President, any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer or assistant officer of such Person customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject; (d) the AFLT Owner Trustee, any officer acting under a valid power of attorney from the AFLT Owner Trustee, or any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the AFLT Owner Trustee including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or any other officer of the AFLT Owner Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers in each case having direct responsibility for administration of the Declaration of Trust and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject; (e) the AFLT Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office (or any successor group of the AFLT Indenture Trustee), including any managing director, vice president, assistant vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, vice president or any other officer of the AFLT Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of the AFLT Indenture; (f) AFLT, any officer of the AFLT Owner Trustee and/or the Servicer who is authorized to act for AFLT and who is identified on the list of Responsible Officers delivered by the AFLT Owner Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, to the AFLT Indenture Trustee on the date hereof (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter); and (g) the Servicer or any other payee, the President, any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer or assistant officer of such Person customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Retained Certificates: The Certificates retained by the Depositor pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
Retained Notes: The Notes initially retained by the Depositor or a Person treated as the same Person as the Depositor for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Rule 144A: Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
[Rule 144A Global Class A-1 Notes: As defined in Section 2.1(b) of the CARAT Indenture.]
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[S&P: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor thereto.]
Sale and Contribution Agreement: The AFLT 20 -SN Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between AFLT and Ally Financial, as the Seller, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Sale Proceeds: With respect to any Lease Asset and the Distribution Date following the Monthly Period in which the related Leased Vehicle was sold or otherwise disposed of by the Servicer, an amount equal to the sum of the following:
(a) | all proceeds from the sale of the related Leased Vehicle following the termination of the Lease, net of amounts withheld by auctions as fees and reimbursable expenses, including any amounts realized from sales to Dealers, during the related Monthly Period, plus |
(b) | if such Lease terminated prior to its Scheduled Lease End Date (other than by reason of being a Pull Ahead Lease Asset), all amounts paid by the Lessee in connection with such early termination under the Lease, plus |
(c) | without duplication of any amounts described in clause (i) or (ii), any other amounts (other than Excluded Amounts, Supplemental Servicing Fees, Excess Payments and any Extended Lease Payments on such Lease Asset) received by the Servicer during the related Monthly Period with respect to such Lease after its Scheduled Lease End Date, including all amounts collected by the Servicer in respect of Excess Wear and Excess Mileage Charges for such Leased Vehicle, minus |
(d) | the sum of (a) any Liquidation Expenses with respect to such Lease Asset, (b) any amounts that are required to be paid or refunded to the Lessee and/or any other Person under applicable law and (c) any Sales and Use Tax Amounts payable under such Lease. |
Sales and Use Tax Amount: The portion of each payment under a Lease Asset that is allocable to fees and sales, use or other taxes or similar payments due under such Lease.
Schedule of Secured Notes: The schedule of all Secured Notes originally held as part of the Issuing Entity and on file at the locations listed on the Second Step Secured Notes Assignment, as such schedule may be amended from time to time.
Scheduled Lease End Date: With respect to any Lease Asset, the original date set forth in the related Lease as the date on which such Lease is scheduled to expire, but not including any extensions that cause the Lease to become an Extended Lease.
Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the difference between (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the Aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes on such preceding Distribution Date) (or with respect to the first
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Distribution Date, on the Closing Date) over (b) the Aggregate ABS Value at the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period, and (ii) the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date.
Second Step Purchased Property: As defined in Section 2.01 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
Second Step Secured Notes Assignment: As defined in Section 2.01 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
Secretary of State: The Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Secured Note Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to each Secured Note and any Distribution Date, the sum of:
(a) | the Secured Note Monthly Accrued Interest for such Secured Note on such Distribution Date; |
(b) | any Secured Note Interest Distributable Amount due but not paid with respect to such Secured Note on the preceding Distribution Date; and |
(c) | interest on any such unpaid Secured Note Interest Distributable Amount specified in clause (b) determined by multiplying |
(i) | the Secured Note Rate, by |
(ii) | the amount of such unpaid Secured Note Interest Distributable Amount, and by |
(iii) | 1/12. |
Secured Note Monthly Accrued Interest: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Secured Note, the product of (i) the Secured Note Principal Balance of such Secured Note at the close of business on the immediately preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to the distribution of the Secured Note Principal Distributable Amount on such date in accordance with Section 3.03(c)(iii) of the Servicing Agreement or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the initial Secured Note Principal Balance of such Secured Note), (ii) 1/12 (or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, [ ] divided by 360), and (iii) the Secured Note Rate.
Secured Note Percentage: [ ]%.
Secured Note Principal Balance: With respect to each Secured Note on any date of determination, an amount equal to the result of (A) the product of [(x) 50%,] (y) the Secured Note Percentage and (z) Aggregate Initial ABS Value, reduced by (B) all payments prior to such date of determination in respect of principal made to the holder of such Secured Note pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(iii) of the Servicing Agreement.
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Secured Note Principal Distributable Amount: For any Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(a) | the Aggregate Secured Note Principal Balance at the close of business on the immediately preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Secured Notes on such preceding Distribution Date) or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date; and |
(b) | an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Aggregate Secured Note Principal Balance at the close of business on the immediately preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Secured Notes on such preceding Distribution Date or with respect to the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date) over (ii) the result of the Aggregate ABS Value at the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period minus the AFLT Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the Final Maturity Date for the Secured Notes, the Secured Note Principal Distributable Amount shall also include the amount that is necessary, after giving effect to other amounts withdrawn by the AFLT Indenture Trustee on such Distribution Date and allocable to payments of principal, to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Secured Notes to zero.
Secured Note Rate: [ ]%.
Secured Note Register: The register for the Secured Notes specified in Section 2.3(a) of the AFLT Indenture.
Secured Note Registrar: Initially, the AFLT Indenture Trustee, as set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the AFLT Indenture, and thereafter, any other Person appointed by AFLT in accordance with Section 2.3 of the AFLT Indenture.
Secured Noteholder: As of any date of determination, the Person in whose name such Secured Note is registered in the Secured Note Register on such date.
Secured Notes: The secured notes issued by AFLT and listed on the Schedule of Secured Notes.
Secured Notes Purchase Price: The amount described in Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement.
Secured Notes Transfer and Administration Agreements: As set forth in the recitals to the Sale and Contribution Agreement.
Secured Obligations: Obligations consisting of the principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of the Notes, [and] amounts allocable pursuant to the CARAT Indenture with respect to the Certificates [and each Interest Rate Swap], equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction.
Secured Parties: Each Noteholder.
Securities: The Notes and the Certificates.
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Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities Intermediary: With respect to (a) the Designated Accounts, as set forth in Section 5.01(b)(i) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement and (b) the AFLT Designated Accounts, as set forth in Section 3.01(b) of the Servicing Agreement.
Security Certificate: Has the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(16) of the New York UCC.
Security Deposit: With respect to any Leased Vehicle, any security deposit made by the Lessee under the related Lease.
Security Entitlement: Has the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the New York UCC.
Securityholder: A Holder of a Note or a Certificate.
Seller: With respect to (a) the AFLT Transaction Documents, the Person executing the Sale and Contribution Agreement as the Seller or its successor in interest pursuant to Section 6.14 of the Sale and Contribution Agreement and (b) the CARAT Transaction Documents, the Person executing the Pooling and Administration Agreement as the Seller, or its successor in interest pursuant to Section 7.12 of the Pooling and Administration Agreement.
Senior Repayment Time: As defined in the granting clause of the AFLT Indenture.
Senior Secured Obligations: As defined in the granting clause of the AFLT Indenture.
Series: As defined in Exhibit I to the Declaration of Trust.
Series 20 -SN : As set forth in Section 10.1(b) of the AFLT 20 -SN Supplement to the Declaration of Trust.
Series 20 -SN Portfolio: As set forth in Section 10.1(a) of the AFLT 20 -SN Supplement to the Declaration of Trust.
Series Portfolio: One or more separate portfolios of assets of AFLT that have been identified and allocated on the books and records of AFLT pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Declaration of Trust.
Series Supplement: As defined in Exhibit I to the Declaration of Trust.
Servicer: The Person executing the Servicing Agreement as the Servicer or its successor in interest pursuant to Section 8.16 of the Servicing Agreement.
Servicer Default: An event described in Section 6.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
Servicer’s Certificate: A certificate, completed by and executed on behalf of the Servicer by a Responsible Officer, in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Servicing Agreement.
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Servicing Agreement: The AFLT 20 -SN Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between AFLT and Ally Financial, as Servicer and Custodian, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Servicing Criteria: The “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
Sold Assets: As set forth in Section 2.01(a)(vi) of the Sale and Contribution Agreement.
Special Pass-Through Entity: As defined in Section 2.4(j) of the CARAT Indenture.
State: Any one of the 50 states of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.
Stated Maturity: The date specified in each Secured Note as the fixed date on which the principal of, and interest on, such Secured Note is due and payable.
Stated Residual Value: With respect to a Lease Asset, the residual value of the related Leased Vehicle as set forth in the related Lease and established at the time of lease origination.
Statutory Trust Act: Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
Subject Estate: With respect to (a) the AFL Trust Estate, as set forth in Section 5.4(a) of the AFLT Indenture and (b) the CARAT Trust Estate, as set forth in Section 5.4(a) of the CARAT Indenture.
Supplemental Dealer Agreement: As set forth in Exhibit I to the Declaration of Trust.
Supplemental Servicing Fees: With respect to a Distribution Date, all Investment Earnings and any late fees, extension fees, check charges, disposition fees, purchase option fees, prepayment charges, early termination fees and other administrative fees and expenses or similar charges with respect to the Lease Assets, collected (from whatever source) on the Lease Assets serviced by the Servicer during the related Monthly Period.
[Swap Counterparty: , as swap counterparty under each Interest Rate Swap, or any successor or replacement Swap Counterparty from time to time under each Interest Rate Swap.]
[Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement: The Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Swap Counterparty, the Issuing Entity, Ally Financial, as Administrator, the Depositor, the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Owner Trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time.]
Target Aggregate Overcollateralization Amount: $[ ].
Temporary Notes: The Notes specified in Section 2.3 of the CARAT Indenture.
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[Third Party Instrument: Each Interest Rate Swap, each Contingent Interest Rate Swap and the Triparty Agreement.]
Third Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the difference between (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the Aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes on such preceding Distribution Date) (or with respect to the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date) over (b) the Aggregate ABS Value at the close of business on the last day of the related Monthly Period, and (ii) the sum of (a) the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date and (b) the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date.
Total Available Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of:
(a) | amounts deposited into the CARAT Collection Account on or before such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(iv) of the Servicing Agreement; |
(b) | all collections on the Secured Notes held by the Issuing Entity during the period from and including the last Distribution Date to but excluding the current Distribution Date; |
(c) | [the amount, if any paid by the Swap Counterparty to the Trust pursuant to any Interest Rate Swaps;] |
(d) | the Warranty Payment or the Administrative Purchase Payment for each Secured Note that the Depositor repurchased or the Administrator purchased as of the last day of the related Monthly Period; and |
(e) | if such Distribution Date is the Optional Purchase Date, all amounts deposited into the CARAT Collection Account by the Administrator pursuant to Section 8.01(a) of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement. |
Transaction Documents: The CARAT Transaction Documents and the AFLT Transaction Documents.
Treasury Regulations: The regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.
[Triparty Agreement: The Triparty Contingent Assignment Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, including all schedules, and confirmations thereto, among the Issuing Entity, the Swap Counterparty and Ally Financial, as the same may be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.]
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Trust: Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 20 -SN , a Delaware statutory trust created by the Certificate of Trust and described in the Trust Agreement.
Trust Agreement: The Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Depositor and the CARAT Owner Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Trust Assets: As defined in Exhibit I to the Declaration of Trust.
Trust Indenture Act or TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
Trust Sale and Administration Agreement: The Trust Sale and Administration Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Administrator, the Depositor and the Issuing Entity, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
U.S. Person: Any person considered a “United States Person” under Section 770 (a)(30) of the Code.
UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction from time to time.
[Unaffiliated Certificateholder: Any Certificateholder other than the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor.]
Unapplied Extended Lease Payment Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date, the amount of any Extended Lease Payments deposited into the AFLT Collection Account by the Servicer during the related Monthly Period in respect of Unapplied Extended Leases.
Unapplied Extended Leases: With respect to each Distribution Date, any Extended Lease which has not become a Liquidating Lease Asset during or prior to the related Monthly Period.
Uncertificated Security: Has the meaning given to such term in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the New York UCC.
VAULT: Vehicle Asset Universal Leasing Trust, a Delaware statutory trust created under the Statutory Trust Act pursuant to the VAULT Trust Agreement.
VAULT Pledged Collateral: As set forth in Section 2 of the VAULT Security Agreement.
VAULT Security Agreement: The VAULT Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by VAULT and made in favor of the Secured Noteholders, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
VAULT Transfer Direction: The Transfer Direction re Beneficial Interest in Applicable Trust Estate and Notice of Allocation of Lease Assets to Series 20 -SN , dated as of , 20 , by Ally Financial and COL II LLC, as acknowledged and agreed to by the VAULT Trustee, the Servicer, AFLT, the AFLT Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Issuing Entity.
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VAULT Trust Agreement: The Second Amended and Restated Trust and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2004, between Ally Financial, as Servicer and Initial Trust Beneficiary, and the VAULT Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
VAULT Trustee: BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware (formerly known as BNYM (Delaware) and The Bank of New York (Delaware)), as successor to Chase Bank USA, National Association (formerly known as Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association), not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee of VAULT under the VAULT Trust Agreement, and any successor trustee thereunder.
Vehicle: As defined in Exhibit I to the Declaration of Trust.
Voting Interests: With respect to (a) AFLT, the voting interests in the AFLT Certificates as provided in the Declaration of Trust and applicable Delaware law and (b) the Issuing Entity, the voting interests in the Certificates. Until such time, if any, as the Depositor shall transfer any interest in the Certificates, the Depositor shall hold 100% of the Voting Interests in the Issuing Entity. Upon and after any such transfer, the Voting Interests shall be determined as provided in Section 3.4(b) of the Trust Agreement.
Warranty Lease Asset: As set forth in Section 4.04 of the Sale and Contribution Agreement.
Warranty Payment: With respect to (a) each Warranty Lease Asset, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the ABS Value of such Warranty Lease Asset determined as of the close of business on the last day of the Monthly Period prior to the Monthly Period as of which the Seller is required (or, if earlier, elects) to repurchase such Warranty Lease Asset, and (ii) all Outstanding Advances made with respect to past due and unpaid Monthly Lease Payments due under such Warranty Lease Asset that remain outstanding on the date of repurchase and (b) each Warranty Secured Note, an amount equal to the Secured Note Principal Balance, plus accrued interest calculated at the Secured Note Rate, determined as of the close of business on the last day of the Monthly Period prior to the Monthly Period as of which the Depositor is required to (or, if earlier, elects to) repurchase such Warranty Secured Note.
Warranty Purchaser: The Person described in Section 2.04 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
Warranty Repurchase Event: As set forth in Section 4.04 of the Sale and Contribution Agreement.
Warranty Secured Note: A Secured Note that the Warranty Purchaser has become obligated to repurchase pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement.
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PART II - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
(a) Accounting Terms. As used in this Appendix, the AFLT Transaction Documents or the CARAT Transaction Documents, accounting terms which are not defined, and accounting terms partly defined, herein or therein shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Appendix, the AFLT Transaction Documents or the CARAT Transaction Documents are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Appendix, the AFLT Transaction Documents or the CARAT Transaction Documents will control.
(b) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms, when used in this Appendix, shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Appendix, or if not defined therein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the AFLT Program Definitions attached as Exhibit I to the Declaration of Trust.
(c) Hereof, etc. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Appendix, any AFLT Transaction Document or any CARAT Transaction Document will refer to this Appendix, such AFLT Transaction Document or such CARAT Transaction Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Appendix; and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Appendix, any AFLT Transaction Document or any CARAT Transaction Document are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Appendix, such AFLT Transaction Document or such CARAT Transaction Document unless otherwise specified. The word “or” is not exclusive.
(d) Including. Whenever the term “including” (whether or not that term is followed by the phrase “but not limited to” or “without limitation” or words of similar effect) is used in this Appendix, the AFLT Transaction Documents or the CARAT Transaction Documents in connection with a listing of items within a particular classification, that listing will be interpreted to be illustrative only and will not be interpreted as a limitation on, or exclusive listing of, the items within that classification.
(e) Number and Gender. Each defined term used in this Appendix, the AFLT Transaction Documents or the CARAT Transaction Documents has a comparable meaning when used in its plural or singular form. Each gender-specific term used in this Appendix, the AFLT Transaction Documents or the CARAT Transaction Documents has a comparable meaning whether used in a masculine, feminine or gender-neutral form.
(f) Reference to Distribution Dates. With respect to any Distribution Date, the “related Monthly Period,” and the “related Determination Date,” will mean the Monthly Period and Determination Date, respectively, immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and the relationships among Monthly Periods and Determination Dates will be correlative to the foregoing relationships.
(g) Reference to a Class of Notes. Unless otherwise specified, references to a Class of Notes includes all the tranches included in such class of Notes.
(h) Notices to Rating Agencies. If Ally Financial is no longer the Administrator or the Servicer, any successor Administrator or Servicer, as applicable, shall provide any required Rating Agency notices to the Depositor, who shall promptly provide such notice to the Rating Agencies.
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PART III - NOTICE ADDRESSES AND PROCEDURES
All requests, demands, directions, consents, waivers, notices, authorizations and communications provided or permitted under any Transaction Document to be made upon, given or furnished to or filed with the Depositor, Ally Financial, the Servicer, the Administrator, the CARAT Indenture Trustee, the CARAT Owner Trustee, the Rating Agencies or the Issuing Entity shall be in writing, personally delivered, sent by facsimile or email (in the case of the CARAT Indenture Trustee or the AFLT Indenture Trustee such request, demand, direction, consent, waiver, notice, authorization or other communication to be sent by email must be physically signed on the applicable letterhead, scanned in and attached to the email, other than any Administrator’s Accounting, Servicer’s Certificate, or statement to be delivered to the CARAT Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 4.07 of the Trust Sale and Administration Agreement, each of which may be delivered in electronic form), with a copy to follow via first-class mail or mailed by certified mail-return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt:
(a) in the case of the Depositor, at the following address:
Corporation Trust Center
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Executive Director - U.S. Securitization
Ally Financial Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B10-A68
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: [ ]
Email: [ ]
(b) in the case of the Seller, at the following address:
Executive Director - U.S. Securitization
Ally Financial Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B10-A68
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: [ ]
Email: [ ]
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(c) in the case of the Servicer or the Administrator, at the following address:
Executive Director - U.S. Securitization
Ally Financial Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B10-A68
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: [ ]
Email: [ ]
(d) in the case of the AFLT Indenture Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office and to: [ ];
(e) in the case of the AFLT Certificateholder, at the address of the AFLT Certificateholder as shown in the Certificate Register;
(f) in the case of AFLT or the AFLT Owner Trustee, to the AFLT Owner Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, as set forth below:
Ally Financial Lease Trust
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Email: [ ]
With a copy to:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
Attention: Corporate Trust & Agency Group– Structured Finance Services
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
26th floor
Mail Stop: NYC60-2606
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Phone (000) 000-0000
Fax (000) 000-0000
(g) in the case of the CARAT Indenture Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office and to: [ ]; and
(h) in the case of the Issuing Entity or the CARAT Owner Trustee, to the CARAT Owner Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and to: [ ],
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with a copy to:
Executive Director - U.S. Securitization
Ally Financial Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B10-A68
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: [ ]
Email: [ ]
or at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to the other parties to this Agreement.
The Issuing Entity shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the CARAT Indenture Trustee and the CARAT Indenture Trustee shall likewise promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the Issuing Entity: in the case of the Rating Agencies, to the Depositor, which shall promptly post any such notice to the website maintained by the Depositor for notifications to nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, or at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to the other parties to this Agreement.
Where any Transaction Document provides for notice to Noteholders, Secured Noteholders, the Certificateholders or the AFLT Certificateholder of any condition or event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if it is in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder, Secured Noteholder, Certificateholder or the AFLT Certificateholder affected by such condition or event, at such Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register, the Secured Note Register or the Certificate Register, as applicable, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed in such Transaction Document for the giving of such notice. If notice to Noteholders, Secured Noteholders or Certificateholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder, Secured Noteholder or Certificateholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, Secured Noteholders or Certificateholders, as applicable, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given regardless of whether such notice is in fact actually received.
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