EXHIBIT 10.32
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
among
EAGLE AUTO FUNDING CORP.,
as Seller
EAGLE FINANCE CORP.,
individually and as Servicer
and
XXXXXX TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK,
as Trustee, initial Custodian and Back-Up Servicer
EAGLE AUTO TRUST - 1996-A
Dated as of September 1, 1996
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS............................ 2
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms.................................... 2
SECTION 1.02. Provisions of General Application........................ 19
ARTICLE II
TRANSFER OF TRUST ASSETS..................... 20
SECTION 2.01. Establishment of Trust; Conveyance of Transferred
Assets................................................... 20
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee and Appointment of the Servicer
as Custodian............................................. 20
SECTION 2.03. Grant of Security Interest; Tax Treatment................ 22
SECTION 2.04. Further Action Evidencing Assignments.................... 23
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS............. 23
SECTION 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Seller............. 23
SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties as to each Auto Loan
and the other Transferred Assets......................... 27
SECTION 3.03. Repurchases and Purchases................................ 32
SECTION 3.04. Covenants of the Seller.................................. 34
ARTICLE IV
SERVICING OF TRUST ASSETS..................... 36
SECTION 4.01. Appointment of Servicer.................................. 36
SECTION 4.02. Subservicing Agreements Between Servicer and
Subservicer.............................................. 38
SECTION 4.03. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer........... 39
SECTION 4.04. Duties and Responsibilities of the Servicer.............. 40
SECTION 4.05. Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance............ 43
SECTION 4.06. Inspection............................................... 44
SECTION 4.07. Trustee to Cooperate..................................... 44
SECTION 4.08. Servicing Compensation; Back-Up Servicing Fee;
Servicing Expenses....................................... 45
SECTION 4.09. Servicer Not to Resign................................... 45
SECTION 4.10. Change in Business of the Servicer....................... 46
SECTION 4.11. Events of Servicing Termination.......................... 46
SECTION 4.12. Appointment of the Successor Servicer.................... 48
SECTION 4.13. Annual Reports; Statements as to Compliance.............. 49
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SECTION 4.14. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Report................................................... 50
SECTION 4.15. Servicer Reports......................................... 50
SECTION 4.16. Monthly Investor's Report................................ 52
SECTION 4.17. Representations of the Back-Up Servicer.................. 53
SECTION 4.18 Merger or Consolidation of or Assumption of the
Obligations of the Back-Up Servicer...................... 54
SECTION 4.19 Back-Up Servicer Resignation............................. 54
SECTION 4.20 Oversight of Servicing................................... 55
SECTION 4.21 Duties and Responsibilities; Indemnification............. 56
SECTION 4.22 Back-Up Servicer to Act as Servicer; Appointment of
Successor................................................ 56
ARTICLE V
THE TRUSTEE............................ 57
SECTION 5.01. Certain Duties........................................... 57
SECTION 5.02. Notice of Defaults; Other Notices........................ 59
SECTION 5.03. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.................... 59
SECTION 5.04. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Auto Loans........ 61
SECTION 5.05. Trustee May Own Certificates............................. 62
SECTION 5.06. The Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses.......... 62
SECTION 5.07. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee..................... 62
SECTION 5.08. Resignation or Removal of Trustee........................ 63
SECTION 5.09. Successor Trustee........................................ 63
SECTION 5.10. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee....................... 64
SECTION 5.11. Tax Matters.............................................. 64
ARTICLE VI
THE CERTIFICATES......................... 65
SECTION 6.01. The Certificates......................................... 65
SECTION 6.02. Authentication of Certificates........................... 65
SECTION 6.03. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.... 66
SECTION 6.04. Appointment of Paying Agent.............................. 67
SECTION 6.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates........ 68
SECTION 6.06. Persons Deemed Owners.................................... 68
SECTION 6.07. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses................................................ 68
SECTION 6.08. Acts of Certificateholders............................... 69
SECTION 6.09. Restrictions on Transfer................................. 70
SECTION 6.10. Book-Entry Certificates.................................. 73
SECTION 6.11. Notices to Depository.................................... 74
SECTION 6.12. Definitive Certificates.................................. 75
SECTION 6.13. Temporary Certificates................................... 75
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ARTICLE VII
DEPOSITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS..................... 76
SECTION 7.01. Rights of Certificateholders. ........................... 76
SECTION 7.02. Establishment and Administration of the Collection
Account.................................................. 76
SECTION 7.03. Establishment and Administration of the Cash Reserve
Account.................................................. 77
SECTION 7.04. Distributions............................................ 79
SECTION 7.05 Reports to Certificateholders............................ 81
ARTICLE VIII
REMEDIES............................. 81
SECTION 8.01 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.................................................. 81
SECTION 8.02 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim......................... 81
SECTION 8.03 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Certificates............................................. 82
SECTION 8.04 Application of Money Collected........................... 82
SECTION 8.05 Limitation on Suits...................................... 82
SECTION 8.06 Restoration of Rights and Remedies....................... 83
SECTION 8.07 Rights and Remedies Cumulative........................... 83
SECTION 8.08 Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................. 84
SECTION 8.09 Control by Certificateholders............................ 84
SECTION 8.10 Undertaking for Costs.................................... 84
SECTION 8.11 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws......................... 84
ARTICLE IX
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY; INDEMNITIES............... 85
SECTION 9.01 Liabilities of Obligors.................................. 85
SECTION 9.02 Limitation on Liability of the Seller and the
Servicer................................................. 85
SECTION 9.03 Indemnities of the Servicer.............................. 85
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS........................... 86
SECTION 10.01 Termination of Agreement; Optional Repurchase............ 86
SECTION 10.02 Beneficiaries............................................ 87
SECTION 10.03 Amendment................................................ 87
SECTION 10.04 Notices.................................................. 88
SECTION 10.05 Notices and Reports to be Delivered to the Rating
Agencies................................................. 90
SECTION 10.06 Merger and Integration................................... 90
SECTION 10.07 Headings................................................. 90
SECTION 10.08 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid................ 91
SECTION 10.09 Severability of Provisions............................... 91
SECTION 10.10 No Proceedings........................................... 91
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SECTION 10.11 GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL.................................................... 91
SECTION 10.12 Counterparts............................................. 92
Exhibits
Exhibit A - Form of Repurchase Assignment
Exhibit B - Form of Release and Assignment
Exhibit C - Form of Independent Accountant's Report
Exhibit D - Form of Servicer Report
Exhibit E - Form of Monthly Investor's Report
Exhibit F - Form of Class A Certificate
Exhibit G - Form of Class B Certificate
Exhibit H Form of Class C Certificate
Exhibit I - Form of Rule 144A Certificate
Exhibit J - Form of Accredited Institutional Investor Certificate
Exhibit K - Form of Transferor's Certificate
Schedule 1 - List of Auto Loans
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of
September 1, 1996, among EAGLE AUTO FUNDING CORP., a Delaware corporation, its
successors and permitted assigns, as Seller (the "Seller"), EAGLE FINANCE CORP.,
a Delaware corporation, its successors and permitted assigns as Servicer (the
"Servicer") and individually ("Eagle Finance"), and XXXXXX TRUST AND SAVINGS
BANK, an Illinois banking corporation, its successors and permitted assigns, not
in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Seller is a bankruptcy-remote corporation formed for the
sole purpose of acting as the depositor of consumer automobile loans to trusts
and issuing certificates representing undivided beneficial interests in such
trusts;
WHEREAS, the Seller will acquire from time to time consumer automobile
loans financing the purchase of new and used automobiles and light trucks, which
loans create a lien or security interest in the automobile financed thereunder
in favor of the loan holder (the "Auto Loans");
WHEREAS, the Seller intends that Eagle Auto Trust 1996-A (the "Trust")
will purchase the Auto Loans from the Seller simultaneously with the acquisition
of such Auto Loans by the Seller;
WHEREAS, the Servicer has been requested and is willing to direct the
Trustee to make certain distributions of funds in connection with amounts due or
received as proceeds from the Auto Loans, investment income and payment of
principal of and interest on, the Certificates and to otherwise perform certain
administrative functions in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby;
WHEREAS, in order to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement, the
Seller desires that the Servicer be appointed to perform certain servicing and
collection functions in respect of the Auto Loans to be acquired by the Trust
for the benefit of the Certificateholders as their interests appear herein; and
WHEREAS, Eagle Finance has been requested and is willing to act as the
Servicer hereunder to perform certain servicing and collection functions
provided for herein; and
WHEREAS, the Trustee has been requested and is willing to act as
Back-Up Servicer and as initial Custodian hereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. As used herein, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
"ACTUARIAL METHOD" means the method of allocating fixed level monthly
payments on an Auto Loan between interest and principal whereby the amount
allocable to interest is equal to 1/12 of the APR under the related Auto Loan
multiplied by the unpaid principal balance of the Auto Loan and the amount
allocable to principal is equal to the remainder of the monthly payment.
"ADVERSE CLAIM" means any claim of ownership or any lien, security
interest, title retention, trust or other charge or encumbrance, or other type
of preferential arrangement having the effect or purpose of creating a lien or
security interest, other than the security interest created under this
Agreement.
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect
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.
"AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE AUTO LOANS" means, on any date of
determination, the aggregate Principal Balances of all Auto Loans as of such
date.
"AGREEMENT" means this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended or
supplemented from time to time including all exhibits and schedules hereto and
thereto.
"APPLICANTS" has the meaning specified in Section 6.07.
"APR" means the annual percentage rate of finance charges of an Auto
Loan as determined according to the related contractual documents with the
Obligor thereof.
"AUTHORIZED OFFICER" means, with respect to any corporation or
partnership, the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the
Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer and
each other officer of such corporation or the general partner of such
partnership specifically authorized in resolutions of the Board of Directors of
such corporation to sign agreements, instruments or other documents in
connection with this Agreement on behalf of such corporation or partnership, as
the case may be.
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"AUTO LOAN" means a consumer loan arising from the sale of an
Automobile and conveyed to the Trust by the Seller as part of the Trust Assets,
and includes, without limitation, (a) all security interests or liens and
property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment by the
Obligor thereunder, (b) all guarantees, indemnities and warranties (including
rights under any Dealer Agreement), insurance policies, certificates of title or
other title documentation and other agreements or arrangements of whatever
character, including the original loan contract, from time to time supporting or
securing payment of such Auto Loan, (c) all collections received on and after
the Cut-Off Date and records with respect to the foregoing and (d) all proceeds
of any of the foregoing.
"AUTOMOBILES" means new and used automobiles and light trucks, the
purchase of which the Obligors financed by the Auto Loans.
"AVAILABLE CASH RESERVE AMOUNT" means, on any date of determination,
the amount on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account.
"AVAILABLE FUNDS" means for any Distribution Date without duplication,
all amounts representing Payments collected during the immediately preceding Due
Period.
"BACK-UP SERVICER" means Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, its successors
and permitted assigns.
"BACK-UP SERVICING FEE" means the fee payable in arrears, equal to the
greater of (a) the product of (i) 1/12, (ii) .055% and (iii) the Aggregate
Principal Balance of the Auto Loans as of the end of the second Due Period prior
to the Distribution Date and (b) $650; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to
the fee payable on the first such Distribution Date, such fee will equal
$2,741.65.
"BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES" has the meaning specified in Section 6.10.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or
another day on which banks in the States of Florida or Illinois generally, or
the cities of Tampa and Orlando, Florida or of Gurnee or Chicago, Illinois (or
such other cities and states in which the Corporate Trust Office, the principal
administrative offices of the Servicer, Certificate Registrar and Transfer
Agent, and Paying Agent or the principal offices of the Servicer is subsequently
located, as specified in writing by the Servicer to the other parties hereto)
are required, or authorized by law, to close.
"CASH RESERVE ACCOUNT" means the account described in Section 7.03(a).
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"CERTIFICATE" means any of the Class A Certificates, the Class B
Certificates or the Class C Certificates issued pursuant hereto.
"CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE" means, for any Distribution Date, the
sum of (a) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, PLUS (b) the Class B
Certificate Principal Balance, PLUS (c) the Class C Certificate Principal
Balance.
"CERTIFICATE REGISTER" has the meaning specified in Section 6.03.
"CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT" has the meaning specified
in Section 6.03(a).
"CERTIFICATEHOLDER" means the holder of record of a Certificate.
"CERTIFICATES" means the Class A Certificates, the Class B
Certificates and the Class C Certificates issued pursuant hereto.
"CLASS A CERTIFICATE" means one of the Class A Automobile Loan-Backed
Pass Through Certificates issued hereunder in the form of Exhibit F.
"CLASS A CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE" means, for any Distribution
Date, the Initial Class A Principal Amount reduced by all prior payments to the
Class A Certificateholders allocable to principal prior to such Distribution
Date.
"CLASS A INTEREST CARRYOVER SHORTFALL" means, as of the close of
business on any Distribution Date, the excess of the Class A Monthly Interest
for such Distribution Date, plus any outstanding Class A Interest Carryover
Shortfall from the preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on such
outstanding Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall, to the extent permitted by
law, at the Class A Pass-Through Rate from such preceding Distribution Date
through the current Distribution Date, over the amount of interest distributed
to the holders of Class A Certificates pursuant to Section 7.04(a) on such
current Distribution Date.
"CLASS A MONTHLY INTEREST" means with respect to any Distribution
Date, the product of (a) one-twelfth, (b) the Class A Pass-Through Rate and
(c) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Class A Monthly Interest with respect to the first
Distribution Date following the Closing Date, shall be an amount equal to
$323,091.19.
"CLASS A PASS-THROUGH RATE" means a per annum rate equal to 7.45%.
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"CLASS A PERCENTAGE" means 87%.
"CLASS A PRINCIPAL CARRYOVER SHORTFALL" means, as of the close of
business on any Distribution Date, the excess of the Class A Principal
Distributable Amount plus any Class A Principal Carryover Shortfall from the
preceding Distribution Date over the amount of principal distributed to the
holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to Section 7.04(a) on such current
Distribution Date.
"CLASS A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT" means for any Distribution
Date the Class A Percentage of the Monthly Principal Distributable Amount.
"CLASS B CERTIFICATE" means one of the Class B Automobile Loan-Backed
Pass Through Certificates issued hereunder in the form of Exhibit G.
"CLASS B CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE" means, for any Distribution
Date, the Initial Class B Principal Amount reduced by all payments to the
Class B Certificateholders allocable to principal prior to such Distribution
Date.
"CLASS B INTEREST CARRYOVER SHORTFALL" means, as of the close of
business on any Distribution Date, the excess of the Class B Monthly Interest
for such Distribution Date, plus any outstanding Class B Interest Carryover
Shortfall from the preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on such
outstanding Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall, to the extent permitted by
law, at the Class B Pass-Through Rate from such preceding Distribution Date
through the current Distribution Date, over the amount of interest distributed
to the holders of the Class B Certificates pursuant to Section 7.04(a) on such
current Distribution Date.
"CLASS B MONTHLY INTEREST" means with respect to any Distribution
Date, the product of (a) one-twelfth, (b) the Class B Pass-Through Rate and
(c) the Class B Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Class B Monthly Interest with respect to the first
Distribution Date following the Closing Date shall be an amount equal to
$27,541.13.
"CLASS B PASS-THROUGH RATE" means a per annum rate equal to 8.50%.
"CLASS B PERCENTAGE" means 6.5%.
"CLASS B PRINCIPAL CARRYOVER SHORTFALL" means, as of the close of
business on any Distribution Date, the excess of the Class B Principal
Distributable Amount plus any Class B Principal Carryover Shortfall from the
preceding Distribution Date over the amount of principal distributed to the
holders of the Class B
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Certificates pursuant to Section 7.04(a) on such current Distribution Date.
"CLASS B PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT" means for any Distribution
Date the Class B Percentage of the Monthly Principal Distributable Amount.
"CLASS C CERTIFICATE" means one of the Class C Automobile Loan-Backed
Pass Through Certificates issued hereunder in the form of Exhibit H.
"CLASS C CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE" means, for any Distribution
Date, the Initial Class C Principal Amount reduced by all payments to the Class
C Certificateholders allocable to principal prior to such Distribution Date.
"CLASS C INTEREST CARRYOVER SHORTFALL" means, as of the close of
business on any Distribution Date, the excess of the Class C Monthly Interest
for such Distribution Date, plus any outstanding Class C Interest Carryover
Shortfall from the preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on such
outstanding Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall, to the extent permitted by
law, at the Class C Pass-Through Rate from such preceding Distribution Date
through the current Distribution Date, over the amount of interest distributed
to the holders of the Class C Certificates pursuant to Section 7.04(a) on such
current Distribution Date.
"CLASS C MONTHLY INTEREST" means with respect to any Distribution
Date, the product of (a) one-twelfth, (b) the Class C Pass-Through Rate and
(c) the Class C Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Class C Monthly Interest with respect to the first
Distribution Date following the Closing Date shall be an amount equal to
$41,311.70.
"CLASS C PASS-THROUGH RATE" means a per annum rate equal to 12.75%.
"CLASS C PERCENTAGE" means 6.5%.
"CLASS C PRINCIPAL CARRYOVER SHORTFALL" means, as of the close of
business on any Distribution Date, the excess of the Class C Principal
Distributable Amount plus any Class C Principal Carryover Shortfall from the
preceding Distribution Date over the amount of principal distributed to the
holders of the Class C Certificates pursuant to Section 7.04(a) on such current
Distribution Date.
"CLASS C PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT" means for any Distribution
Date, the Class C Percentage of the Monthly Principal Distributable Amount.
"CLOSING DATE" means October 24, 1996.
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"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"COLLATERAL FILE" means a file containing (a) the original loan and
security agreement relating to each Auto Loan and (b) (i) the related Title
Document or (ii) a guarantee of title or a copy of an application for title if
no certificate of title or other evidence of the security interest in the
Automobile has yet been issued, for each Automobile relating to each Auto Loan
sold, transferred, assigned and conveyed hereunder.
"COLLECTION ACCOUNT" means the account described in Section 7.02(a)
and the local collection accounts relating to Designated Post Office Boxes.
"COMPUTER TAPE" means an electronic computer diskette containing the
electronic master record of the Auto Loans maintained by the Servicer.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is
located at the address set forth in Section 10.04.
"CURE PERIOD TESTING MONTH" means each of the 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th,
21st and 24th Due Periods, corresponding to June 1997, September 1997, December
1997, March 1998, June 1998 and September 1998.
"CUSTODIAN" means Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, its successors and
permitted assigns, appointed pursuant to Section 2.02(a).
"CUT-OFF DATE" means September 10, 1996.
"DCR" means Duff & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Co., a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, and any successor thereto.
"DEALER" means each automobile dealer from whom Eagle Finance has
acquired Auto Loans.
"DEALER AGREEMENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a)(xvi).
"DEBT" means for any Person, (a) indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money, (b) obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or other similar instruments, (c) obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services, (d) obligations of such Person
as lessee under leases which have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP,
recorded as capital leases, (e) obligations secured by any lien or
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other charge upon property or assets owned by such Person, even though such
Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligations,
(f) obligations of such Person under direct or indirect guaranties in respect
of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire,
or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above,
and (g) liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered
by ERISA. For the purposes hereof, the term "guarantee" shall include any
agreement, whether such agreement is on a contingency or otherwise, to purchase,
repurchase or otherwise acquire Debt of any other Person, or to purchase, sell
or lease, as lessee or lessor, property or services, in any such case primarily
for the purpose of enabling another Person to make payment of Debt, or to make
any payment (whether as an advance, capital contribution, purchase of an equity
interest or otherwise) to assure a minimum equity, asset base, working capital
or other balance sheet or financial condition, in connection with the Debt of
another Person, or to supply funds to or in any manner invest in another Person
in connection with Debt of such Person.
"DEFAULTED AUTO LOAN" means, for any Due Period, (a) an Auto Loan
which is 120 or more days contractually past due, (b) an Auto Loan as to which
the proceeds of the sale of the related Automobile have been received by the
Servicer or (c) an Auto Loan as to which the Servicer has determined that no
further proceeds are expected to be received and such determination was made at
or prior to the last day of such Due Period.
"DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES" has the meaning specified in Section 6.10.
"DELINQUENCY TRIGGER EVENT" means, for any Distribution Date, that, as
of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period, the 60+ Day Delinquency Rate
is greater than 5.5%.
"DEPOSIT DATE" means the Business Day immediately preceding each
related Distribution Date.
"DEPOSITORY" has the meaning specified in Section 6.10.
"DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT" means a Person for whom, from time to time,
the Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited
with the Depository.
"DESIGNATED POST OFFICE BOXES" means the post office boxes designated
by the Servicer for receipt of payments by the Obligors.
"DETERMINATION DATE" means the 14th day of each month (or the
preceding Business Day, if such day is not a Business Day) on which the Servicer
will determine, among other things, the Available Funds.
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"DISTRIBUTION DATE" means November 20, 1996 and, thereafter, the 20th
day of each month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day).
"DOLLAR" and "$" means lawful currency of the United States of
America.
"DUE PERIOD" means the calendar month immediately preceding each
Distribution Date, except that the first Due Period shall be the period from and
as of the Cut-Off Date through October 31, 1996.
"EAGLE FINANCE" means Eagle Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, in
its individual capacity and any successor thereto.
"EAGLE FUNDING" means Eagle Auto Funding Corp., a Delaware
corporation, and any successor thereto.
"ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT" means a segregated account, which may be an account
maintained with the Trustee, which is either (a) maintained with a depository
institution or trust company whose long term unsecured debt obligations are
rated at least A by DCR and Fitch (or, if such obligations are not rated by DCR
and Fitch, such rating by either of such agencies that rates such obligations,
or if neither of such agencies rates such obligations, at least A by Standard &
Poor's and A2 by Xxxxx'x; PROVIDED, that if only one such rating agency rates
such institution, such single rating shall suffice), or (b) a segregated trust
account or similar account maintained with a federally or state chartered
depository institution subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on
deposit substantially similar to 12 C.F.R. Section 9.10(b).
"ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS" means any of the following, in each case held
in the name of the Trustee:
(a) obligations of, or guaranteed as to the full and timely payment
of principal and interest by, the United States or obligations of any agency or
instrumentality thereof, when such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States;
(b) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (a);
PROVIDED, that the short-term debt obligations of the party agreeing to
repurchase are rated no less than Duff-1 by DCR and F-1 from Fitch or, if not
rated by DCR and Fitch, such rating by either of such agencies that rates such
obligations, or if neither of such agencies rates such obligations, no less than
A-1 by Standard & Poor's and P-1 by Moody's (PROVIDED, that if only one such
rating agency rates such party, such single rating shall suffice);
(c) federal funds, certificates of deposit, time deposits and
bankers' acceptances (which shall each have an
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original maturity of not more than 90 days and, in the case of bankers'
acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than 365 days)
of any United States depository institution or trust company incorporated under
the laws of the United States or any state; PROVIDED, that the short-term
obligations of such depository institution or trust company are rated no less
than Duff-1 by DCR and F-1 from Fitch or, if not rated by DCR and Fitch, such
rating by either of such agencies that rates such obligations, or if neither of
such agencies rates such obligations, no less than A-1 by Standard & Poor's and
P-1 by Moody's (PROVIDED, that if only one such rating agency rates such party,
such single rating shall suffice);
(d) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 30
days) of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof which on the date of acquisition are rated no less than Duff-1 by
DCR and F-1 from Fitch or, if not rated by DCR and Fitch, such rating by either
of such agencies that rates such obligations, or if neither of such agencies
rates such obligations, no less than A-1 by Standard & Poor's and P-1 by Moody's
(PROVIDED, that if only one such rating agency rates such party, such single
rating shall suffice);
(e) securities of money market funds rated AAm or better by Standard
& Poor's and Aa2 or better by Moody's (PROVIDED, that if only one such rating
agency rates such fund, such single rating shall suffice); and
(f) such other investment grade investments as shall be acceptable to
the Rating Agencies which constitute "financial assets" as defined in
Section 8-102(9) of the Illinois UCC.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"EVENT OF SERVICING TERMINATION" has the meaning specified in Section
4.11.
"EXPECTED FINAL DISTRIBUTION DATE" means the March 20, 2002
Distribution Date.
"FITCH" means Fitch Investors Service, L.P., a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, and any successor thereto.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in
the United States, consistently applied, as of the date of such application.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means the United States of America, any
state, local or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial,
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regulatory or administrative functions thereof or pertaining thereto.
"INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT" means any of (a) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Co., (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Coopers & Xxxxxxx, (d) Ernst & Young (e) KPMG
Peat Marwick and (f) Price Waterhouse (and any successors thereof); PROVIDED,
that such firm is independent with respect to the Servicer or any Subservicer,
as the case may be, within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
"INITIAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE AUTO LOANS" means the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans as of the Cut-Off Date,
$35,186,973.33.
"INITIAL CASH RESERVE ACCOUNT DEPOSIT" means $1,407,479 to be
deposited in the Cash Reserve Account on or prior to the Closing Date, which is
equal to approximately 4% of the Initial Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto
Loans.
"INITIAL CLASS A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT" means $30,612,667.00.
"INITIAL CLASS B PRINCIPAL AMOUNT" means $2,287,153.00.
"INITIAL CLASS C PRINCIPAL AMOUNT" means $2,287,153.00.
"INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT" means the initial principal amount of the
Certificates authenticated and delivered on the Closing Date which shall be
$35,186,973.00.
"INTENDED TAX CHARACTERIZATION" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(b).
"LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Defaulted Auto Loan,
the moneys collected in respect thereof, from whatever source, net of any
amounts required by law to be remitted to the Obligor on such Defaulted Auto
Loan.
"LIST OF AUTO LOANS" means a list containing the Required Information
with respect to each Auto Loan delivered to the Trustee and certified by a duly
authorized officer of the Seller which is attached hereto as Schedule 1.
"MONTHLY INTEREST" means with respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (a) the Class A Monthly Interest, (b) the Class B Monthly Interest and
(c) the Class C Monthly Interest; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Monthly Interest with
respect to the first Distribution Date following the Closing Date shall be an
amount equal to $391,944.02.
"MONTHLY INVESTOR'S REPORT" has the meaning specified in Section 4.16.
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"MONTHLY PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts, without
duplication, with respect to the immediately preceding Due Period, (a) with
respect to Precomputed Auto Loans, the principal component of all scheduled
payments received with respect to such Auto Loans; (b) with respect to Simple
Interest Auto Loans, that portion of all scheduled payments on such Auto Loans
allocable to principal received during such Due Period; (c) the principal
portion of all prepayments in full and partial prepayments received with respect
to any Auto Loans; (d) the Principal Balance of all Auto Loans that became
Defaulted Auto Loans during such Due Period immediately prior to such Auto Loans
becoming Defaulted Auto Loans and (e) to the extent attributable to principal,
the Repurchase Price of each Auto Loan that was purchased by the Seller or by
Eagle Finance during the related Due Period.
"MONTHLY SERVICING FEE" means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
a fee equal to (a) during such time as Eagle Finance is the Servicer, the sum of
(i) the product of (A) 1/12, (B) 3.0% and (C) the Aggregate Principal Balance of
the Auto Loans as of the end of the second Due Period immediately preceding such
Distribution Date (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to the fee payable on
the first such Distribution Date, such fee will equal $149,544.64) and
(ii) Reimbursable Servicer Expenses to the extent not previously netted out of
Recoveries by the Servicer and (b) following the appointment of a Successor
Servicer, the amount determined pursuant to Section 4.12(b).
"MOODY'S" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, and any successor thereto.
"NET LOSSES" means, with respect to any Due Period, the sum of the
Principal Balance of Auto Loans that became Defaulted Auto Loans during such Due
Period, minus Recoveries received in such Due Period for any Auto Loan that
became a Defaulted Auto Loan during such Due Period or any prior Due Period.
"NET LOSS TRIGGER EVENT" means, for any Distribution Date, as of the
end of the immediately preceding Due Period, cumulative Net Losses expressed as
a percentage of the Initial Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans exceed
the corresponding percentage of the Initial Aggregate Principal Balance of the
Auto Loans set forth in the table below:
Cumulative Net Losses
(expressed as % of
Initial Aggregate Principal
Due Period Balance of the Auto Loans)
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6 6.0%
9 9.0%
12 12.0%
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15 15.0%
18 17.0%
21 18.0%
24 20.0%
"OBLIGOR" means, with respect to any Auto Loan, the Person primarily
obligated to make payments in respect thereto.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, the
President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of such Person.
"OPERATIONS MANUAL" means the written policies and procedures of the
Servicer, consistent with the requirements of this Agreement in effect from time
to time formulated by the Servicer as to credit and collection policies, certain
underwriting criteria and certain other servicing matters.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel (who may be
counsel to the Seller or the Servicer), which opinion is acceptable to the
Trustee.
"PAYING AGENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04.
"PAYMENTS" means, without duplication, with respect to any Due Period,
(a) all amounts received during such Due Period with respect to the Auto Loans
not required by law to be remitted to the Obligor, including, without
limitation, payments and prepayments collected by the Servicer from Obligors
(other than insufficient funds fees and amounts in excess of outstanding
principal and interest (calculated on the Actuarial Method) on a prepaid
Precomputed Auto Loan, which may be retained by the Servicer) or under any
insurance policy, (b) Recoveries received during such Due Period and (c) the
Repurchase Price of Purchased Auto Loans repurchased during such Due Period.
"PERCENTAGE" means the fractional undivided interest owned by a
particular Certificateholder, expressed as the percentage obtained by dividing
the original principal amount of the related Certificate by the Initial
Principal Amount.
"PERSON" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, limited liability company, trust,
association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or any other entity of
whatever nature.
"PLACEMENT AGREEMENT" means the Placement Agent and Purchase Agreement
dated as of October 24, 1996 executed by Eagle Finance and the Seller and
accepted by Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
"POOL FACTOR" means an eight-digit decimal computed as of any
Distribution Date by dividing the aggregate Principal Balance
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of the Auto Loans as of the end of the prior Due Period (after giving effect to
any payments to Certificateholders allocable to principal on such Distribution
Date) by the Initial Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans.
"PRECOMPUTED AUTO LOAN" means any Auto Loan under which earned
interest (which may be referred to in the Auto Loan as the add-on finance
charge) and principal is determined according to the sum of periodic balances or
the sum of monthly balances or any equivalent method commonly referred to as the
"Rule of 78s."
"PRINCIPAL BALANCE" of an Auto Loan means, as of the end of any Due
Period, the Amount Financed (as such term is used in the related automobile loan
and security agreement pursuant to the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act) minus
without duplication (a) with respect to a Precomputed Auto Loan, the principal
component of all scheduled payments received with respect to such Auto Loan on
or prior to such day as allocated using the Actuarial Method; (b) with respect
to a Simple Interest Auto Loan, that portion of all scheduled payments on such
Auto Loan allocable to principal received on or prior to such day; (c) the
principal portion of all prepayments in full or partial prepayments received
with respect to such Auto Loan on or prior to such day; (d) with respect to an
Auto Loan that became a Defaulted Auto Loan during such Due Period, the
principal component of the outstanding balance of such Auto Loan, and (e) to the
extent attributable to principal, the Repurchase Price of such Purchased Auto
Loan that was repurchased.
"PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM" means the Private Placement Memorandum
dated October 24, 1996 with respect to the placement of the Certificates.
"PURCHASED AUTO LOAN" means an Auto Loan repurchased by the Seller,
Eagle Finance or the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.03.
"QIB" has the meaning specified in Section 6.09(e).
"RATING AGENCY" means any nationally recognized statistical
organization rating the Certificates at the request of the Seller; as of the
date hereof, DCR and Fitch. Any references to the "Rating Agency" shall be
deemed to refer to each Rating Agency if after the date hereof, there is more
than one Rating Agency.
"RECORDS" means all documents, books, records and other information
(including, without limitation, computer programs, tapes, disks, punch cards,
data processing software and related property and rights) prepared and
maintained by the Servicer or by or on behalf of the Seller with respect to Auto
Loans and the related Obligors.
"RECORD DATE" means the last Business Day of the calendar month
preceding the month in which a Distribution Date occurs.
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"RECOVERIES" means, for any Due Period, all amounts received by the
Servicer (other than amounts required by law to be remitted to the related
Obligor) with respect to (a) Liquidation Proceeds (net of Reimbursable Servicer
Expenses) and proceeds of deficiency judgments, (b) proceeds of insurance,
(c) repossession proceeds (net of Reimbursable Servicer Expenses) and (d) the
Repurchase Price of Purchased Auto Loans.
"REIMBURSABLE SERVICER EXPENSES" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, all reasonable and customary fees and expenses of third
parties incurred by the Servicer in connection with (a) their respective
repossession and remarketing activities hereunder including, without limitation,
fees of attorneys, appraisers, third party collateral managers and others (who
shall have been retained by the Servicer, in accordance with the servicing
standard set forth in Section 4.01) but in no event more than the amount of
Recoveries (prior to netting out Reimbursable Servicer Expenses) on the related
Auto Loan and (b) financing statements and titles.
"RELATED DOCUMENTS" means the Sale Agreement, the Placement Agreement
and all documents and instruments required to be delivered thereunder.
"REPURCHASE PRICE" means for any Due Period, with respect to any Auto
Loan which the Seller, Eagle Finance or the Servicer is obligated to repurchase
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.03, the sum of (a) the Principal
Balance of such Auto Loan PLUS (b) an amount equal to the amount of interest
accrued on such Principal Balance at the related APR from the last day to which
interest has been paid with respect to such Auto Loan through the last day of
the Due Period preceding the Deposit Date on which such Auto Loan is
repurchased.
"REQUIRED CASH RESERVE AMOUNT" means, on any day, an amount equal to
the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) the product of the Required Reserve
Percentage multiplied by the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans
(without giving effect to clause (d) in the definition of Principal Balance)
determined as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and
(ii) $703,739 (which is approximately 2% of the Initial Aggregate Principal
Balance of the Auto Loans) and (b) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto
Loans (without giving effect to clause (d) in the definition of Principal
Balance) as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period.
"REQUIRED INFORMATION" means, with respect to an Auto Loan (a) the
name of the Obligor, (b) the Principal Balance, (c) the maturity date, (d) the
APR and (e) the state of residence of the Obligor.
"REQUIRED RESERVE PERCENTAGE" means:
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(a) for any Distribution Date on which there is not an uncured
Reserve Requirement Event, 9%;
(b) for any Distribution Date as to which a Delinquency Trigger Event
has occurred, the Required Reserve Percentage on such and each succeeding
Distribution Date shall be 11%; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, upon the
occurrence of a 60+ Day Delinquency Cure, the Required Reserve Percentage
will return to 9%; PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if the 60+ Day
Delinquency Rate exceeds 5.5% on any subsequent Distribution Date after
such 60+ Day Delinquency Cure, the Required Reserve Percentage shall remain
at 11% until the Distribution Date on which the Certificates are retired;
and
(c) for any Distribution Date as to which a Net Loss Trigger Event
has occurred, the Required Reserve Percentage on such and each succeeding
Distribution Date shall be 11%. A Net Loss Trigger Event will be deemed to
be continuing until the first Distribution Date following a Cure Period
Testing Month for which the cumulative Net Losses, expressed as a
percentage of the Initial Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans,
are less than or equal to the corresponding percentage set forth in the
definition of Net Loss Trigger Event, at which time the Required Reserve
Percentage then will return to 9%; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such Net Loss
Trigger Event is not the first Net Loss Trigger Event to occur (I.E., a
previous Net Loss Trigger Event has occurred and has been cured), then the
Required Reserve Percentage shall remain at 11% until the Distribution Date
on which the Certificates are retired.
"RESERVE REQUIREMENT EVENT" means the occurrence of a Delinquency
Trigger Event or a Net Loss Trigger Event.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" shall mean any Vice President, any Assistant
Vice President, any Assistant Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any other
officer of the 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.
"SALE AGREEMENT" means the Loan Sale and Contribution Agreement dated
as of September 1, 1996 by and between Eagle Finance and the Seller, providing
for the sale or contribution of the Auto Loans to the Seller.
"SECURITIES ACT" has the meaning specified in Section 6.09(a)(i).
"SERVICER DUTIES" has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(a).
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"SERVICER REPORT" has the meaning specified in Section 4.15.
"SERVICING OFFICER" means any officer or employee of the Servicer
involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of Auto Loans
whose name appears on a list of servicing officers attached to Officer's
Certificates furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, as such lists may be
amended from time to time.
"SIMPLE INTEREST AUTO LOAN" means any Auto Loan under which the
portion of a payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to
principal is determined in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.
"SIMPLE INTEREST METHOD" means the method of allocating fixed level
monthly payments on an Auto Loan between interest and principal whereby the
amount allocable to interest is equal to daily interest on the Principal Balance
thereof at the stated APR for the actual number of days elapsed since the
preceding payment was made, which is computed on the basis of either 360 days or
365 days as required by applicable state law, and by application of amounts
received first to any charges or fees due under the Auto Loan and then to
interest accrued on a daily basis and then to principal.
"60+ DAY DELINQUENCY CURE" means the third consecutive Distribution
Date following the occurrence of a Delinquency Trigger Event that the 60+ Day
Delinquency Rate equals or drops below 5.5%.
"60+ DAY DELINQUENCY RATE" means, for any Distribution Date, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) of the Aggregate Principal Balance of Auto Loans
that are 60 or more days delinquent (excluding Auto Loans relating to
repossessed Automobiles) as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period
to the Aggregate Principal Balance of Auto Loans as of the end of such Due
Period (excluding Auto Loans relating to repossessed Automobiles).
"STANDARD & POOR'S" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a
division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies Inc., a nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, and any successor thereto.
"SUBSERVICER" means any Person with whom the Servicer enters into a
Subservicing Agreement.
"SUBSERVICING AGREEMENT" means any written contract between the
Servicer and any Subservicer, relating to servicing and collection of Auto
Loans.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, as to any Person, any corporation or other entity
of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the Board of
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Directors or other Persons performing similar functions are at the time directly
or indirectly owned by such Person.
"SUCCESSOR SERVICER" has the meaning specified in Section 4.12(a).
"TAX" or "TAXES" shall mean all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other
assessments, including, without limitation, income, gross receipts, profits,
withholding, excise, property, sales, use, occupation and franchise taxes
(including, in each such case, any interest, penalties or additions attributable
to or imposed on or with respect to any such taxes, charges, fees or other
assessments) imposed by the United States, any state or political subdivision
thereof, any foreign government or any other jurisdiction or taxing authority.
"TITLE DOCUMENT" means, with respect to any Auto Loan and the related
Automobile, either (a) the certificate of title for, or other evidence of a
security interest in (including, without limitation, proof of application for
notice of lien), such Automobile or (b) with respect to any jurisdiction in
which the certificate of title or other evidence of ownership is not issued to
the holder of a lien, evidence of the security interest in the Automobile, in
each case issued by the department of motor vehicles or other appropriate
Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction in which such Automobile or the
Obligor is located.
"TRANSFERRED ASSETS" means the Auto Loans (including any Auto Loans in
replacement of a prior Auto Loan written pursuant to Section 4.04(c)), all
rights of the Seller under the Sale Agreement, all monies due or to become due
and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof.
"TRIGGER EVENT" means, with respect to any Distribution Date, one or
more of the following occurs: (a) a Delinquency Trigger Event or (b) a Net Loss
Trigger Event.
"TRUST" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals to this
Agreement.
"TRUST ASSETS" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"TRUST OPERATING EXPENSES" means, with respect to each Distribution
Date, the amounts payable under Section 7.04(a)(i) on such date in respect of
the immediately preceding Due Period.
"TRUST TERMINATION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
"TRUSTEE" means Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, its successors and
permitted assigns.
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"TRUSTEE FEE" means the fee paid from the Collection Account as of any
Distribution Date equal to the greater of (a) the product of (i) 1/12 and
(ii) .0425% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans as of the end
of the second Due Period immediately preceding such Distribution Date and
(b) $300; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to the fee payable on the first
such Distribution Date, such fee will equal $2,118.55.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant
state.
"U.S. PERSON" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation or partnership organized in or under the laws of the United States
or any state thereof, or an estate or trust, the income of which is subject to
United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source.
SECTION 1.02. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION. For all purposes of
this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a) All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP.
(b) All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC, and not specifically
defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
(c) The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as
the singular.
(d) The words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole. All references to Articles
and Sections shall be deemed to refer to Articles and Sections of this
Agreement.
(e) References to statutes are to be construed as including all
statutory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute to which
reference is made and all regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes.
(f) For purposes of any calculations referred to in this Agreement
(unless otherwise specified), (i) all percentages resulting from such
calculations will be rounded up, if necessary, to the nearest one ten-thousandth
of a percentage point (E.G., 9.87654% (or .0987654) being rounded up to 9.8766%
(or .098766)) and (ii) all Dollar amounts used in or resulting from such
calculations will be rounded up to the nearest cent (E.G., $1,234.373 being
rounded up to $1,234.38).
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ARTICLE II
TRANSFER OF TRUST ASSETS
SECTION 2.01. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST; CONVEYANCE OF TRANSFERRED
ASSETS. On the Closing Date, the Seller, with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby sell, grant, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey
to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all right, title and interest of the
Seller in, to and under the Transferred Assets specified herein or therein, as
the case may be. The Eagle Auto Trust 1996-A is thereby and hereby established.
Such property together with all funds on deposit in the Collection Account and
the Trustee's security interest in all funds on deposit in the Cash Reserve
Account shall constitute the assets of the Trust (the "Trust Assets").
SECTION 2.02 ACCEPTANCE BY TRUSTEE AND APPOINTMENT OF THE SERVICER
AS CUSTODIAN. (a) The Trustee hereby acknowledges the conveyance of the
Transferred Assets and the receipt of the Collateral Files and the other
Transferred Assets conveyed by the Seller hereunder and declares that the
Trustee, through the Custodian, will hold such Auto Loans, all other Transferred
Assets conveyed by the Seller and all other Trust Assets in trust, for the use
and benefit of all Certificateholders subject to the terms and provisions
hereof. The Trustee, through such Custodian, may, upon the reasonable written
request of the Servicer, release any such original documents to the Servicer for
the limited purpose, if necessary, of temporarily assisting the Servicer to
conduct collection and other servicing activities or in connection with the
discharge of an Obligor's indebtedness. The Trustee shall not appoint a
Custodian (i) other than itself in respect of any Collateral File or Transferred
Asset unless each such Person shall have entered into an agreement with the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust, containing provisions substantially
similar to Sections 2.02(b)-(e) inclusive and 3.03 or (ii) which is Eagle
Finance or any successor thereto.
(b) The Custodian shall hold and acknowledges that it is holding the
Collateral Files that it may from time to time receive hereunder as custodian
for the Trustee. The Custodian shall perform its duties under this Section 2.02
in accordance with the standard set forth in Section 4.01 as such standard
applies to custodial agents.
(c) The Custodian shall promptly report to the Seller and the Trustee
any failure by it to hold the complete Collateral Files as herein provided and
shall promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure but only to
the extent (i) any such failure is caused by the acts or omissions of such
Custodian and (ii) such remedial action is otherwise within its capabilities or
control. The Custodian shall have and perform the following powers and duties:
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(A) hold certain Collateral Files on behalf of the Trustee
from time to time for the benefit of the Trust, maintain accurate records
pertaining to each Auto Loan to enable it to comply with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and maintain a current inventory thereof;
(B) implement policies and procedures in accordance with the
Custodian's normal business practices with respect to the handling and
custody of the Collateral Files so that the integrity and physical
possession of the Collateral Files will be maintained; and
(C) attend to all details in connection with maintaining
custody of the Collateral Files on behalf of the Trustee and the Trust.
(d) In acting as custodian of the Collateral Files, the Custodian
agrees further that it does not and will not have or assert any beneficial
ownership interest in the Auto Loans or the Collateral Files (PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the foregoing shall not be deemed to affect the Trustee's right to assert
any interest in the Trust Assets in its capacity as Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders). The Servicer shall xxxx conspicuously its master data
processing records evidencing each Auto Loan with a legend, acceptable to the
Trustee, evidencing that the Trust has purchased the Auto Loans and all right
and title thereto and interest therein as provided herein.
(e) The Custodian agrees to maintain the related Collateral Files at
its office located in 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 or at such
other offices of the Custodian as shall from time to time be identified by prior
written notice to the Trustee. Subject to the foregoing, the Custodian may
temporarily move individual Collateral Files or any portion thereof without
notice as necessary to allow the Servicer to conduct collection and other
servicing activities.
(f) On or before the Closing Date (and promptly in the case of the
Servicer writing a new Auto Loan pursuant to Section 4.04(c)), the Seller shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, and the Custodian shall
certify its receipt of (subject to any listed exceptions specified in the
proviso of this sentence), the Collateral Files; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any
original certificate of title or other document under applicable law evidencing
the security interest of Eagle Finance in the Automobile not so delivered on or
before the Closing Date shall be delivered by the Seller to the Custodian within
ninety (90) days after the Closing Date. The failure by the Seller to so
deliver (i) any original certificate of title or other document evidencing the
security interest of Eagle Finance in the Automobile (after giving effect to
such 90 day period) to the Custodian or (ii) any original Auto Loan contract not
so delivered on or before the Closing Date shall be delivered by the Seller to
the Custodian
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within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date shall be deemed to be a breach by
the Seller of its representations and warranties contained in Section 3.02, and
such breach shall give rise to a repurchase obligation pursuant to Section 3.03;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in respect of any Auto Loan for which the Seller has
failed to deliver the original Auto Loan Contract as provided herein, the Seller
may substitute a new Auto Loan which (i) satisfies the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.02 and (ii) has an APR and Principal Balance
not less than the APR and Principal Balance of the Auto Loan being replaced by
such new Auto Loan and otherwise has substantially similar characteristics to
such Auto Loan(s).
SECTION 2.03. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; TAX TREATMENT. (a) It is
the intention of the parties hereto that the conveyance by the Seller of the
Transferred Assets to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust on the Closing Date
shall constitute a purchase and sale of such Transferred Assets and not a loan.
In the event, however, that a court of competent jurisdiction were to hold that
the transaction evidenced hereby constitutes a loan and not a purchase and sale,
it is the intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law, and that the Seller shall be deemed to
have granted to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, a first priority perfected
security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest in, to and
under the Transferred Assets and the other Trust Assets. The conveyance by the
Seller of the Transferred Assets to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust on the
Closing Date shall not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption
by the Trustee, the Servicer or any Certificateholder of any obligation of the
Seller to the Obligors or any other Person in connection with the Transferred
Assets.
(b) It is the intention of the Seller that, with respect to all
Taxes, the Trust will be classified as a grantor trust and not as an association
taxable as a corporation or as a partnership (the "Intended Tax
Characterization"). The Seller and the Trustee, by entering into this
Agreement, and each Certificateholder, by the purchase of a Certificate, agree
to report such transactions for purposes of all Taxes in a manner consistent
with the Intended Tax Characterization.
(c) The Seller shall take no action inconsistent with the Trust's
ownership of the Transferred Assets and shall indicate or shall cause to be
indicated in its records and records held on its behalf that ownership of each
Auto Loan and the other Transferred Assets is held by the Trustee on behalf of
the Trust. In addition, the Seller shall respond to any inquiries from third
parties with respect to ownership of an Auto Loan or any other Transferred Asset
by stating that it is not the owner of such Auto Loan and that ownership of such
Auto Loan or other Transferred Asset is held by the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust.
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SECTION 2.04. FURTHER ACTION EVIDENCING ASSIGNMENTS. (a) The Seller
agrees that, from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and
deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that
may be necessary (notice of such actions which shall be given by the Seller in
writing to the Trustee at least 30 days prior to the occurrence of any of the
foregoing, unless it shall be in the best interest of the Certificateholders for
such action to be taken sooner than such 30 day period, in which case the Seller
will provide such notice as promptly as possible), appropriate or required, or
that the Servicer or the Trustee may reasonably request, in order to perfect,
protect or more fully evidence the transfer of ownership of the Transferred
Assets or to enable the Trustee to exercise or enforce any of its rights
hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Seller will,
upon the request of the Servicer on its behalf or on behalf of the Trustee,
execute and file (or cause to be executed and filed) such financing or
continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such
other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate, including,
without limitation, recording and filing UCC-1 financing statements, amendments
or continuation statements with the office of the Secretary of State of the
state of the location of the chief executive office of the Seller (and other
locations): (i) on or prior to the Closing Date; and (ii) not more than ten
Business Days after the effective date of any change of the name, identity or
structure or relocation of its chief executive office or any change that would
make any UCC-1 or continuation statement previously filed pursuant to this
Agreement seriously misleading within the meaning of applicable provisions of
the UCC.
(b) The Seller hereby grants to the Servicer and the Trustee a power
of attorney to execute all documents on behalf of the Seller as may be necessary
or desirable to effectuate the foregoing.
(c) The Servicer agrees to take all necessary reasonable actions to
maintain the first priority security interest (as such term is defined in the
UCC) of the Trustee on behalf of the Trust in the Transferred Assets.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS
SECTION 3.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER. The
Seller represents and warrants on the Closing Date, to the Servicer, the Trust
and the Trustee, as follows:
(a) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware and is duly qualified
to do business, and is in good
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standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business requires it
to be so qualified and which permits such qualification;
(b) The Seller has the power and authority to own and convey all of
its properties and to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Related
Documents and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(c) The Seller is operated in such a manner that it would not be
substantively consolidated in the bankruptcy trust estate of any Affiliate, such
that the separate existence of the Seller and any Affiliate would be
disregarded; and to such end:
(i) the Seller maintains separate records, books of account
and financial statements from those of Eagle Finance and each other
affiliate of Eagle Finance;
(ii) the Seller does not commingle any of its assets or
funds with those of Eagle Finance or any of the other Affiliates of Eagle
Finance;
(iii) the Seller maintains a separate board of directors with
at least one independent director and observes all separate corporate
formalities, and all decisions with respect to the Seller's business and
daily operations have been and shall be independently made by the officers
of the Seller pursuant to resolutions of its board of directors;
(iv) other than contributions of capital, payment of
dividends and return of capital, no transactions have been entered into
between the Seller and Eagle Finance or between the Seller and any of the
other Affiliates of Eagle Finance except a lease and expense allocation
agreement and a tax sharing agreement between the Seller and Eagle Finance
and such other transactions as are contemplated by this Agreement and the
Related Documents;
(v) except for such administration and collection functions
as Eagle Finance may perform on behalf of the Seller and the Trust pursuant
to this Agreement and the Related Documents, the Seller acts solely in its
own name and through its own authorized officers and agents and the Seller
does not act as agent of Eagle Finance or any other Person in any capacity;
(vi) except for any funds received from Eagle Finance as a
capital contribution, the Seller shall not accept for its own account funds
from Eagle Finance or any of the other Affiliates of Eagle Finance; and the
Seller shall not allow Eagle Finance or any of the other Affiliates of
Eagle Finance otherwise to supply funds to, or guarantee any obligation of,
the Seller;
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(vii) the Seller shall not guarantee, or otherwise become
liable with respect to, any obligation of Eagle Finance or any of the other
Affiliates of Eagle Finance; and
(viii) the Seller shall at all times hold itself out to the
public under the Seller's own name as a legal entity separate and distinct
from Eagle Finance and the other Affiliates of Eagle Finance.
(d) The Seller has not engaged, and does not presently engage and
shall not engage, in any activity other than the activities undertaken pursuant
to this Agreement and the Related Documents and contemplated hereby and thereby
and activities ancillary or incident thereto;
(e) The Seller has not entered into any agreement or arrangement
(i) pursuant to which it grants rights in any of the Trust Assets to any Person
and (ii) which does not include a provision in form and substance similar to
Section 10.10;
(f) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this
Agreement, the Related Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
action on the part of the Seller, (ii) do not contravene or cause the Seller to
be in default under (A) the Seller's certificate of incorporation or by-laws,
(B) any contractual restriction contained in any indenture, loan or credit
agreement, lease, mortgage, security agreement, bond, note or other agreement or
instrument binding on or affecting the Seller or its property, (C) any law,
rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree applicable
to, binding on or affecting the Seller or its property and (iii) do not result
in or require the creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of
the property of the Seller;
(g) This Agreement and the Related Documents have each been duly
executed and delivered on behalf of the Seller;
(h) No consent of, or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any Governmental Authority or any other party, is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement or any of
the Related Documents or for the perfection of or the exercise by the Trustee of
any of its rights or remedies thereunder which have not been obtained;
(i) Each of this Agreement, and each other Related Document is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller
in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or
other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by
general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is
consideration in a proceeding in law or in equity);
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(j) There is no pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding, nor
any injunction, writ, restraining order or other order of any nature against or
affecting the Seller, its officers or directors, or the property of the Seller,
in any court or tribunal, or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by
any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any
of the Related Documents, (ii) seeking to prevent the sale and assignment of any
Auto Loan or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely
affect (A) the performance by the Seller of this Agreement or any of the Related
Documents, (B) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the
Related Documents, (C) any Auto Loan, (D) the federal income tax attributes of
the Certificates, or (iv) asserting a claim for payment of money adverse to the
Seller or the conduct of its business or which is inconsistent with the due
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the
Related Documents;
(k) The principal place of business and chief executive office of the
Seller are located at the address indicated in Section 10.04 and there are not
now, and there have not been any, other locations where the Seller is located
(as that term is used in the UCC) or keeps Records except after the date of this
Agreement, as disclosed in writing to the Trustee and the Servicer;
(l) The legal name of the Seller is as set forth in the beginning of
this Agreement and the Seller has not changed its name since its formation, and
during such period, the Seller did not use, nor does the Seller now use any
tradenames, fictitious names, assumed names or "doing business as" names;
(m) The Seller does not have any Subsidiaries;
(n) The Seller shall treat the purchase and contribution of the Trust
Assets under the Sale Agreement as a sale and/or capital contribution for tax,
reporting and accounting purposes.
(o) The Seller is solvent and will not become insolvent after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the
Related Documents; the Seller has no Debt; the Seller's transfers of Transferred
Assets to the Trust have been and will be made for reasonably equivalent value
and fair consideration; and the Seller, after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and each of the Related Documents, will have an
adequate amount of capital to conduct its business in the foreseeable future;
and
(p) The Seller has complied in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders with respect to it, its business
and properties and all of the Transferred Assets.
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SECTION 3.02. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AS TO EACH AUTO LOAN AND
THE OTHER TRANSFERRED ASSETS. (a) The Seller represents and warrants, as to
each (unless otherwise noted) Auto Loan, that, as of the Closing Date (unless
otherwise noted):
(i) With respect to the Obligors, at the time the Auto Loan
was entered into (A) his or her monthly income was no less than $1,200 for
individual Obligors, $1,800 for joint Obligors of an Auto Loan originated
in Eagle Finance's Florida regional centers, and $2,000 for joint Obligors
of other Auto Loans; (B) the Obligor was employed in his or her current
job, and had resided in his or her current residence, for at least one year
and (C) the percentage of an Obligor's gross income that the monthly
payment on the Auto Loan represents is less than 25%; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such representations and warranties in each case shall not be deemed
to be breached unless more than the following percentages of Auto Loans (by
number of Auto Loans in the Trust as of the Closing Date) do not meet the
foregoing criteria: in respect of clause (A), with respect to the $1,200
for individual Obligors, 4.16%; clause (B), 2.11%; and clause (C), 6.60%;
(ii) the Required Information in respect of such Auto Loan
on the List of Auto Loans attached hereto as Schedule 1 is true and correct
in all material respects as of the date of delivery thereof, and no
selection procedures adverse to the Certificateholders have been utilized
in selecting the Auto Loan;
(iii) such Auto Loan (A) provides for level monthly payments
(provided that the payment in the first or last months in the life of the
Auto Loan may be different from the level payment if such Auto Loan is a
Simple Interest Auto Loan) that fully amortize the Amount Financed over an
original term of no greater than 60 months (prior to any extensions being
granted), and (B) is subject to an insurance requirement against the risks
of fire, theft and collision with a loss payable endorsement in favor of
Eagle Finance and had such insurance at origination, which security
interest and insurance are assignable and have been so assigned to the
Trust, and an agreement to provide accidental physical damage insurance
which identifies the vehicle insured, insurance agent, insurance company
and contains a Dealer confirmation executed by the Dealer and contains an
acknowledgement that such Obligor's installment contract requires that the
Automobile be continuously covered with insurance;
(iv) such Auto Loan has not been satisfied, subordinated or
rescinded; and no provision of the Auto Loan has been waived, altered or
modified in any respect, except by instruments or documents identified in
the Collateral File;
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(v) such Auto Loan is not and will not be subject to any
right of rescission, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim or defense, whether
arising out of transactions concerning the Auto Loan or otherwise and no
such right has been asserted with respect thereto;
(vi) it is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and
assignment of the Auto Loans from the Seller to the Trust herein
contemplated be treated as an absolute sale for financial accounting
purposes, and that the beneficial interest in and title to the Auto Loans
not be part of the property of the Seller for any purpose under state or
federal law. No Auto Loan has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged
by the Seller to any Person other than the Trustee. Immediately prior to
the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Seller had good and
marketable title to each Auto Loan free and clear of all Adverse Claims and
rights of others and, immediately upon the transfer thereof, the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders will have good and marketable
title to each Auto Loan, free and clear of all Adverse Claims and rights of
others, including liens or claims filed for work, labor or materials
relating to an Automobile that are prior to or equal with the security
interest in such Automobile granted by the related Obligors; and the
transfer from Eagle Finance to the Seller and from the Seller to the Trust
has been validly perfected under the UCC;
(vii) except for payment delinquencies continuing for a
period of not more than 30 days as of the Cut-Off Date, as of the Cut-Off
Date there is no default, breach, violation or event permitting
acceleration under the Auto Loan, and no event has occurred which, with
notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period or both, would
constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration
under such Auto Loan and neither Eagle Finance nor the Seller has waived
any of the foregoing;
(viii) such Auto Loan constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Obligor thereunder enforceable against the Obligor in
accordance with its terms (except as may be limited by laws affecting
creditors' rights in similar transactions generally) and the documents
evidencing each Auto Loan contain enforceable provisions such as to render
the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization
against the collateral for the benefit of the security afforded thereby;
(ix) Eagle Finance has conducted each of the procedures and
received the documents set forth in the Operations Manual to evaluate the
Obligor's application in accordance with the Operations Manual and
applicable law and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same
manner and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with
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which it conducts such investigations with respect to similar auto loans
and obligors for other portfolios or its own account, giving due
consideration to customary and usual standards of prudent auto loan
originators;
(x) the contractual documents provided to the Custodian
constitute the only originals of the entire agreement with respect to such
Auto Loan between the Obligor and the related Dealer;
(xi) to the best of Seller's knowledge the down payment
described in Eagle Finance's credit files was paid to the related Dealer in
the manner stated in such files;
(xii) to the best of Seller's knowledge the Automobile
purchased by the Obligor pursuant to each Auto Loan has been delivered to
and accepted by the Obligor;
(xiii) each Auto Loan is denominated in and payable in
Dollars;
(xiv) all parties to each Auto Loan had the capacity to
execute such Auto Loan and legally bind the named Obligors and all
signatures thereon are authentic;
(xv) each Auto Loan was originated by the related Dealer in
the ordinary course of its business pursuant to standard terms of loan
documentation provided by Eagle Finance or otherwise has been reviewed by
and acceptable to Eagle Finance;
(xvi) other than with respect to 2.8% of the Auto Loans,
there is a Dealer Agreement in place between Eagle Finance and the Dealer
selling the Automobile purchased pursuant to the Auto Loan whereby the
Dealer warrants title to the Automobile and indemnifies Eagle Finance
against the unenforceability of the Auto Loan, and Eagle Finance's rights
thereunder, with regard to the Auto Loan sold hereunder, have been validly
assigned to and are enforceable against the Dealer by the Seller and then
to the Trust, along with any other rights of recourse which Eagle Finance
has against the Dealer, without prejudice to any rights the Seller and the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust may have against Eagle Finance;
(xvii) the Automobile was purchased from a duly licensed
Dealer as to which Eagle Finance has performed an investigation in
accordance with the Operations Manual and with the same care, skill,
prudence and diligence with which it conducts such investigations with
respect to dealers originating similar auto loans with similar obligors for
its own account;
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(xviii) the Auto Loan was sold to Eagle Finance and by Eagle
Finance to the Seller without any conduct constituting fraud or
misrepresentation on the part of Eagle Finance, and Eagle Finance has no
knowledge of any fact which should have led it to expect at the time of
sale of such Auto Loan that the Auto Loan would not be paid in full when
due;
(xix) the Auto Loan was not originated in and is not subject
to the laws of any jurisdiction, the laws of which would make the transfer
of the Auto Loan to the Seller or the Trustee unlawful or voidable;
(xx) the Sale Agreement and this Agreement each constitute a
valid transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance to the Seller and the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust, respectively, of all right, title and
interest of Eagle Finance and the Seller, respectively, in and to the Auto
Loan sold thereunder;
(xxi) such Auto Loan and the sale of each Automobile
(A) complied at the time it was originated or made, and complies at the
Closing Date, as the case may be, in all material respects with all
requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations
thereunder, including, without limitation, usury laws, licensing laws, the
Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair
Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal
Trade Commission Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Warranty Act, the Federal Reserve
Board's Regulations B and Z, State adaptations of the National Consumer Act
and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, and other consumer credit laws and
equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws and (B) does not contravene
any applicable contracts to which Eagle Finance is a party and no party to
such contract is in violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation
which is material to such Auto Loan or sale of the Automobile and (C) does
not impose any liability or obligation of the Dealer or Eagle Finance or
the Seller on the Trust with respect to such Auto Loan;
(xxii) as of the Cut-Off Date, the Seller has no knowledge of
any specific facts regarding any particular Auto Loan indicating that such
Auto Loan would not be paid in full. To the best of Seller's knowledge, as
of the Cut-Off Date based upon the procedures performed in the Operations
Manual and reasonable inquiry, there are no proceedings or investigations
pending or threatened before any Governmental Authority (1) asserting the
invalidity of any Auto Loan, (2) asserting the bankruptcy or insolvency of
the related Obligor, (3) seeking the payment of such Auto Loan or
(4) except as specifically disclosed in the Private Placement Memorandum,
seeking any determination or ruling that might
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materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of such Auto
Loan;
(xxiii) none of the Obligors on the Auto Loans is the United
States of America or any State or local government or any agency,
department or instrumentality of the United States of America or any State
or local governments;
(xxiv) each Auto Loan (A) is secured by a valid perfected
first priority perfected security interest in the related Automobile;
(B) immediately prior to the assignment and transfer thereof, Eagle Finance
held such security interest in the Automobile; (C) Eagle Finance has caused
each certificate of title (or copy of an application for title), or such
other document delivered by the state title registration agency evidencing
the security interest in each Automobile, to be delivered to the Custodian
pursuant to Section 2.02; and (D) upon the transfer of the Auto Loans to
each of them, the Seller and thereafter the Trust is the holder of such
first priority perfected security interest.
(xxv) Eagle Finance has duly fulfilled all obligations on its
part to be fulfilled under or in connection with each Auto Loan and has
done nothing to impair the rights of the Seller in such Auto Loan or the
proceeds with respect thereto, including, without limitation, paid in full
all taxes and other charges payable in connection with such Auto Loan and
the transfer of such Auto Loan to the Seller, which could impair or become
a lien prior to, Seller's interest in such Auto Loan;
(xxvi) there is only one original executed copy of each Auto
Loan;
(xxvii) each Auto Loan constitutes "chattel paper" under the
UCC;
(xxviii) as of the Cut-Off Date, Obligors on the Auto Loans
reside in one of the following 38 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming,
of which Illinois accounted for approximately 31.0%, Georgia accounted for
approximately 22.4%, Florida accounted for approximately 20.0% and South
Carolina accounted for approximately 12.6% by Aggregate Principal Balances
of the Auto Loans;
(xxix) the full principal amount of each Auto Loan has been
advanced to each Obligor or advanced in accordance with
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the directions of each such Obligor, and there is no requirement for future
advances thereunder. The Obligor with respect to each Auto Loan does not
have any options under such Auto Loan to borrow from any person additional
funds secured by the Automobile;
(xxx) to the best of the Seller's knowledge, each Automobile
is in good repair and working order;
(xxxi) no Auto Loan has a Principal Balance which includes
capitalized interest, physical damage insurance (forced placed or
otherwise) or late charges;
(xxxii) each Auto Loan is being serviced by the Servicer;
(xxxiii) for each Auto Loan certain underwriting criteria were
observed, subject to specified exceptions, with respect to the Auto Loans,
and each Auto Loan is either eligible under the Operations Manual or an
exception to the guidelines of the Operations Manual has been granted by
Eagle Finance; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event an Obligor defaults in
making its first payment such representation will conclusively be deemed to
have been breached;
(xxxiv) each Dealer has complied with the terms of the Auto
Loans and the representations and warranties set forth therein are
accurate; and
(xxxv) Auto Loans contracts originated in the states Florida,
Georgia, Illinois and South Carolina are substantially in the form of the
Auto Loan contracts for such state attached to the Officer's Certificate of
the Seller dated the Closing Date.
(b) With respect to each Auto Loan sold to the Seller pursuant to the
Sale Agreement, a true and complete copy of which has been delivered to the
Trustee, Eagle Finance made the foregoing representations and warranties. The
Seller hereby assigns to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust its rights under the
Sale Agreement to cause Eagle Finance to repurchase an Auto Loan as to which
there has occurred an uncured breach of a representation or warranty in respect
of the representations and warranties set forth in the Sale Agreement. The
Trustee hereby acknowledges such assignment.
(c) The Seller hereby certifies that the representations and
warranties described in this Section 3.02 shall survive the sale of the Auto
Loans to the Trust.
SECTION 3.03. REPURCHASES AND PURCHASES. (a) Upon discovery by any
of the Seller, Eagle Finance or the Servicer, or actual knowledge of a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, of (i) a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in
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Sections 3.01 and 3.02(a), without regard to any limitation set forth in such
representation or warranty concerning the knowledge of the Seller or Eagle
Finance as to the facts stated therein, which materially and adversely affects
the interests of the Trust in any Auto Loan, (ii) a failure to make any filing
referred to in Section 2.04, which materially and adversely affects the interest
of the Certificateholders in any Auto Loan or which results in a loss, or
(iii) the failure of the Servicer to take any action required by
Section 2.04(c), which materially and adversely affects the interest of the
Certificateholders in any Auto Loan or which results in a loss or (iv) a
modification to an Auto Loan not permitted by Section 4.04(c) by the Servicer,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
others. If, on the Deposit Date in the month following the expiration of a 60
day period since the date of such notice referred to in the immediately
preceding sentence, such breach or failure shall remain uncured, the Auto Loan
as to which the breach or failure relates shall be repurchased or purchased for
the Repurchase Price as follows:
(i) in respect of matters set forth in Sections 2.04, 3.01,
and 3.02(a), by the Seller;
(ii) in respect of the matters set forth in Section 3.02(b),
the Trustee shall enforce, to the extent necessary to effectuate the
provisions of this Section 3.03, the Trust's right to effect a repurchase
of such Auto Loan against Eagle Finance;
(iii) in respect of any Auto Loan modified other than in
conformity with Section 4.04(c), by the Servicer; and
(iv) in respect of the failure by the Servicer to take any
action required by Section 2.04(c), which materially and adversely affects
the interests of the Certificateholders in any Auto Loan or which results
in a loss.
(b) Upon receipt by the Trustee of written certification of the
Servicer to the effect that the Repurchase Price has been deposited in the
Collection Account, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall order the Custodian
to release such Auto Loan and the related Collateral File to the Seller, Eagle
Finance or the Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust shall assign to the Seller, Eagle Finance or the Servicer, as the case may
be, in their individual capacities, all of the Trust's and the
Certificateholders' right, title and interest in such purchased or repurchased
Auto Loan, and all property and rights conveyed to the Trustee relating thereto,
without recourse, representation or warranty, except as to the absence of liens,
charges or encumbrances created by or arising as a result of actions or
omissions of the Trustee (other than liens, charges or encumbrances created or
arising out of this Agreement). The Trustee and the Seller shall execute and
deliver to the Seller, Eagle Finance or the Servicer, as the case may be, an
assignment
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substantially in the form of Exhibit A to vest ownership of the repurchased Auto
Loan in such party. The repurchase and purchase obligations pursuant to this
Section 3.03 constitute the sole remedy available to the Trustee, the Servicer
and the Certificateholders for a breach of a representation or warranty or
agreement of the Seller, set forth in Sections 2.04, 3.01 and 3.02; PROVIDED,
that the foregoing limitation shall not be construed to limit in any manner the
right of the Trustee to exercise its rights under Section 6 of the Sale
Agreement in respect of representations and warranties relating to consumer
protection laws. For the purposes of this Agreement, an Auto Loan has not been
"repurchased" or "purchased" by the Seller, Eagle Finance or the Servicer, as
the case may be, pursuant to this Section 3.03 unless the Repurchase Price
therefor has been deposited into the Collection Account.
SECTION 3.04. COVENANTS OF THE SELLER. The Seller hereby
acknowledges and agrees that the following covenants and agreements of the
Seller shall be enforceable by the Trustee at all times until the Trust is
terminated.
(a) The Seller shall not engage in any business or activity other
than in connection with or relating to the purchase of auto loan receivables and
the issuance of rated debt secured by, or certificates of participation in, a
pool of auto loan receivables.
(b) The Seller shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other
entity or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any entity (other than the conveyance of the Auto Loans and other
Trust Assets to the Trust hereunder) unless (A) the entity (if other than the
Seller) formed or surviving such consolidation or merger, or that acquires by
conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as
an entirety, shall be organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly
assume in form satisfactory to each Rating Agency and the Certificateholders,
the performance of every covenant on the part of the Seller to be performed or
observed pursuant to this Agreement and the Sale Agreement, (B) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no default or Event of Servicing
Termination under this Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing and
(C) the Seller shall have delivered to each Rating Agency, each
Certificateholder and the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an opinion of
independent counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer comply with this Agreement.
(c) The Seller shall not dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in part,
except (A) as permitted in paragraph (b) above or (B) with the prior written
consent of the Trustee acting upon the prior written confirmation from each
Rating Agency (a copy of which shall be provided to the Trustee and each
Certificateholder by the
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Seller) that such dissolution or liquidation will have no adverse effect on the
rating assigned to the rated Certificates.
(d) The funds and other assets of the Seller shall not be commingled
with those of any other corporation, entity or Person, including, but not
limited to, the parent or Affiliates of the Seller.
(e) The Seller shall not hold itself out as being liable for the
debts of any other party, including, but not limited to, the debts of the parent
or Affiliates of the Seller.
(f) The Seller shall not form, or cause to be formed, or otherwise
have, any subsidiaries.
(g) The Seller shall act solely in its corporate name and through the
duly authorized officers or agents in the conduct of its business, and shall
conduct its business so as not to mislead others as to the identity of the
entity with which they are concerned.
(h) At all times, except in the case of a temporary vacancy, which
shall promptly be filled, the Seller shall have on its board of directors at
least one director who qualifies as an "Independent Director" as such term is
defined in the Seller's Certificate of Incorporation as originally filed with
the Delaware Secretary of State's office.
(i) The Seller shall maintain records and books of account of the
Seller and shall not commingle such records and books of account with the
records and books of account of any Person.
(j) The board of directors of the Seller shall hold appropriate
meetings to authorize all of its corporate actions. Regular meetings of the
board of directors of the Seller shall be held not less frequently than one time
per annum.
(k) Meetings of the shareholders of the Seller shall be held not less
frequently than one time per annum.
(l) The Seller shall not amend, alter, change or repeal any provision
contained in this Section 3.04 without (i) the affirmative vote in favor thereof
of eighty percent (80%) of the then outstanding shares of the Seller entitled to
vote thereon; (ii) the prior written consent of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders; and (iii) the prior written confirmation from each Rating
Agency that the rating on the Certificates will not be impaired.
(m) The Seller shall not, without the affirmative unanimous vote of
the whole board of directors of the Seller (including each director referred to
in subsection (h) above),
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institute any proceedings to adjudicate the Seller a bankrupt or insolvent,
consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the
Seller, file a petition seeking or consenting to reorganization or relief under
any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, consent to the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Seller or a substantial part of its property or admit
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due or authorize any of
the foregoing to be done or taken on behalf of the Seller.
(n) The Seller is not and shall not be involved in the day-to-day or
other management of its parent or any of its Affiliates.
(o) Other than the purchase and sale or pledge of assets as provided
in this Agreement and related agreements with respect to this transaction and
other transactions relating to the purchase of auto loan receivables and the
issuance of rated debt or rated certificates of participation, the Seller shall
engage in no other transactions with any of its Affiliates.
(p) Seller shall maintain a separate business office and telephone
number from any of its Affiliates.
(q) Seller's financial statements shall reflect its separate legal
existence from any of its Affiliates.
(r) The Seller will not amend its Certificate of Incorporation in any
respect material to the Certificateholders without the consent of each Rating
Agency.
(s) The Seller shall use separate invoices, stationery and checks.
(t) The Seller shall not suffer or permit the credit or assets of
Eagle Finance to be held out as available for the obligations of the Seller.
(u) The Seller shall enter into transactions with Eagle Finance or
its Affiliates only on commercially reasonable terms.
ARTICLE IV
SERVICING OF TRUST ASSETS
SECTION 4.01. APPOINTMENT OF SERVICER. (a) Eagle Finance agrees to
act as the Servicer and to perform all servicing duties for the benefit of the
Trust and the Certificateholders under this Agreement subject to the terms
hereof.
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(b) The Servicer shall perform its obligations pursuant to this
Agreement on behalf of and for the benefit of the Trust in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, the respective Auto Loans and applicable law and, to
the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which, and with the
same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which, it services and administers
automobile loans of similar credit quality for other portfolios and its own
portfolio (including the provisions of the Operations Manual during such time as
Eagle Finance is the Servicer), if any, giving due consideration to customary
and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional automobile and loan
servicers and, in each case, taking into account its other obligations
hereunder, but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Servicer, any Subservicer or
any Affiliate of the Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related
Obligor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any
Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive
compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular
transaction; or
(iv) the ownership, or servicing for others, by the Servicer
or any Subservicer, of any other automobile loans or property.
In the event that the Servicer believes that it is unable to comply with the
requirements of this Section 4.01(b) with respect to any particular Auto Loan as
a result of one or more of the factors described in the foregoing clauses (i)
through (iv), it may enter into a Subservicing Agreement pursuant to Section
4.02 pursuant to which a Subservicer shall perform its duties with respect to
such Auto Loan. In such event, so long as such Subservicer performs such duties
on behalf of the Servicer in accordance with the requirements of this Section
4.01, then the Servicer shall be deemed to be in compliance therewith. In
furtherance of the servicing standard set forth above in this Section 4.01(b),
to the extent consistent with the Operations Manual and subject to any express
limitations set forth in this Agreement, the Servicer shall also seek to
maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on Auto
Loans; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as an
express or implied guarantee by the Servicer of the collectibility of the Auto
Loans.
(c) The Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee to
execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Trust, the Certificateholders, or
the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable
instruments, with respect to the Auto Loans or the related Automobiles. Without
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limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall, upon the receipt of
a written request of a Servicing Officer, execute and deliver to the Servicer
any limited powers of attorney and other documents prepared by the Servicer and
necessary or appropriate (as certified in such written request) to enable the
Servicer to carry out its servicing duties hereunder (including, without
limitation, certificates of title with respect to the Automobiles), and the
Trustee shall not be held responsible for any negligence by the Servicer in its
use of such limited powers of attorney.
SECTION 4.02. SUBSERVICING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SERVICER AND
SUBSERVICER. (a) The Servicer may, with the prior written consent of
Certificateholders evidencing a Percentage of not less than 66_% of the
outstanding Certificates, enter into Subservicing Agreements with a Subservicer
for the performance of all or a part of the Servicer Duties. References in this
Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Servicer in performance of the
Servicer Duties include actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf
of the Servicer. Each Subservicing Agreement will be upon such terms and
conditions as are not inconsistent with this Agreement. The Servicer shall
provide written notice to the Trustee, the Back-up Servicer and each Rating
Agency promptly upon the appointment of any Subservicer. For purposes of this
Agreement, the receipt by the Subservicer of any amount with respect to an Auto
Loan (other than amounts representing servicing compensation or reimbursement or
an advance) shall be treated as the receipt by the Servicer of such amount.
(b) Except as provided in Section 4.02(e), the Servicer shall be
entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement that may exist in accordance
with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and without any
limitation by virtue of this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions
of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer or
a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise,
the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Trustee and the Trust for
the servicing and administering of the Auto Loans in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability
(including its indemnity of obligations under Section 9.03) by virtue of such
Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the
Subservicer or the Servicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and
conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Auto
Loans. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a
Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer and nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
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(d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any other
transaction or services relating to the Auto Loans involving a Subservicer in
its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the
Subservicer and the Servicer alone and the Trustee and the Certificateholders
shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no obligations, duties or
liabilities with respect to the Subservicer.
(e) If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer
hereunder (including by reason of any Event of Servicing Termination), the
Servicer, upon prior written notice to the Seller and the Trustee, shall
thereupon terminate each Subservicing Agreement that may have been entered into
and that is still effective at such time, and the Trustee and the Successor
Servicer shall not be deemed to have assumed any of the Servicer's interest
therein or to have replaced the Servicer as a party to any such Subservicing
Agreement.
SECTION 4.03. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SERVICER. The
Servicer represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, to the Seller, the
Trust and the Trustee, as follows:
(a) It is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified to do
business, and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of
its business requires it to be so qualified the failure of which to so qualify
would have a material adverse effect on the Servicer's ability to service the
Auto Loans and perform its other obligations hereunder, and it is or will be in
compliance with the laws of each state to the extent necessary to ensure the
enforceability of each Auto Loan and the servicing of the Auto Loans under this
Agreement and it or a Subservicer has obtained all necessary licenses with
respect to it required by law to enable it to perform its duties herein;
(b) It has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by it (or a Subservicer
on behalf of the Servicer) of this Agreement, and all other agreements,
instruments and documents which may be delivered by it pursuant hereto, and the
transactions contemplated thereby, (i) have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other action, on the part of it, (ii) do not contravene
or cause it to be in default under (A) its charter or by-laws, (B) any
contractual restriction with respect to any of its Debt or contained in any
indenture, loan or credit agreement, lease, mortgage, security agreement, bond,
note or other agreement or instrument binding on or affecting it or its property
or (C) any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or
decree applicable to or binding on or affecting it or its property and (iii) do
not result
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in or require the creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of
its properties;
(d) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on its
behalf;
(e) No consent of, or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any Governmental Authority or any other party is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by it (either directly or through a
Subservicer) of this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument to
be delivered hereunder;
(f) This Agreement is its legal, valid and binding obligation
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors
generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforcement is consideration in a proceeding in law or in equity);
(g) There is no pending or, to the Seller's knowledge, threatened
action, suit or proceeding, nor any injunction, writ, restraining order or other
order of a material nature against or affecting it, its officers or directors,
or its property, in any court or tribunal, or before any arbitrator of any kind
or before or by any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement or any document to be delivered by it hereunder or (ii) seeking any
determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect (A) the performance by it of its obligations under this
Agreement, or (B) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any
document to be delivered by it hereunder or (iii) which is inconsistent with the
due consummation by it of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(h) Its servicing facilities, plant, personnel, records and products
are adequate for the performance of its duties hereunder.
SECTION 4.04. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SERVICER. (a) The
Servicer shall service and make collections on the Auto Loans and otherwise
enforce the rights of the Trust in the Auto Loans and the other Trust Assets, in
conformity with Section 4.01 and as more specifically described in the
Operations Manual (the "Servicer Duties"). The Servicer Duties shall include at
all times:
(i) monitoring and tracking (A) insurance for Auto Loans
having a gross unpaid balance (I.E., principal and unearned interest) of
$10,000 or more and (B) Automobile titles;
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(ii) billing, collection and recording of Payments and
instructing Obligors to send payments to one of the Designated Post Office
Boxes; PROVIDED, that the Servicer shall not make any change in its
instructions to any Obligor regarding payments to be made in respect of the
Auto Loans other than pursuant to Sections 4.04(c) and 4.04(d);
(iii) communicating with and providing billing records to
Obligors;
(iv) depositing of all Payments and other monies received in
respect of the Auto Loans (without offset or deduction) into the Collection
Account in accordance with Section 7.02(b);
(v) subject to Section 4.01(b) and 4.04(b), administering and
enforcing all rights and responsibilities of the holder of the Auto Loans;
(vi) issuance of the reports to the Trustee, the
Certificateholders, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and the Rating Agencies
required by this Agreement;
(vii) subject to Section 4.04(g), enforcement of the Trust's
rights in the Auto Loans, repossession and disposition of Automobiles
following Obligor defaults;
(viii) maintaining such books of account and other records as
will enable the Trustee to determine the status of each Auto Loan; and
(ix) providing the Obligors with any reports required by
applicable law.
(b) The Servicer covenants and agrees to enforce the Sale Agreement
in accordance with its respective terms for the benefit of the Trust and the
Certificateholders on behalf of the Seller as agent for the Trust and may xxx to
enforce or collect upon such Sale Agreement as agent for the Trust. If the
Servicer elects to commence a legal proceeding to enforce an Auto Loan in its
own name, the act of commencement shall be deemed to be an automatic assignment
of the Auto Loan by the Trustee to the Servicer for purposes of collection only.
If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that the Servicer may
not enforce an Auto Loan on the grounds that it is not a real party in interest
or a holder entitled to enforce the Auto Loan, the Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust, and with the consent of the Servicer, shall take such steps as the
Servicer deems necessary to assign to the Servicer the Auto Loan solely for the
purpose of permitting the Servicer to enforce the Auto Loan. The Trustee, at
the request of an Authorized Officer of the Servicer, shall furnish the Servicer
with any limited powers of attorney or other documents
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prepared by the Servicer necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to
carry out such duties.
(c) In accordance with the standard of care in Section 4.01, the
Servicer may grant to the Obligor on any Auto Loan any rebate, refund or
adjustment that the Servicer in good faith believes is required under the Auto
Loan or applicable law in connection with a prepayment in full of the Auto Loan,
and may deduct the amount of any such rebate, refund or adjustment from the
amount otherwise payable by the Servicer into the Collection Account. The
Servicer may not permit any rescission or cancellation of any Auto Loan nor may
it take any action with respect to any Auto Loan which would materially impair
the rights of the Trust or the Certificateholders therein or in the proceeds
thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Servicer may modify any Auto Loan for
credit related reasons related to imminent or actual default, consistent with
the servicing standard in Section 4.01 so long as such modification does not
extend the term of the Auto Loan beyond the Due Period immediately prior to the
Expected Final Distribution Date, and together with other such modifications
considered in the aggregate, does not (i) exceed 4% of the Auto Loans (measured
by the Initial Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans in the Trust),
(ii) cause the weighted average APR of the Auto Loans to vary more than 0.1% or
(iii) cause the weighted average term to maturity to vary more than one month.
The foregoing 4% limitation does not apply to any one-month extensions the
Servicer may grant one or more times in the exercise of its normal servicing
judgment. Such modifications may take the form of amendments to existing Auto
Loan contracts or the writing of a new Auto Loan contract. The Servicer shall
not make any modification that will adversely affect the treatment of the Trust
as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes.
(d) The Automobile securing an Auto Loan shall not be released by or
on behalf of the Seller or the Servicer from the security interest granted by
such Auto Loan in whole or in part, except:
(i) when such Auto Loan has been paid in full;
(ii) immediately upon any exchange or substitution of such
Automobile by the Dealer or manufacturer thereof in settlement of claims as
to defects, breach of warranties and similar matters, with an Automobile of
equal or greater collateral value as of the date of such exchange in the
reasonable judgment of the Servicer (subject to all the terms hereof
including the recordation of the Trustee's lien thereon, if applicable); or
(iii) as otherwise contemplated in Section 3.03.
(e) Except as expressly provided herein, the Servicer shall not sell,
assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or
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otherwise dispose of, or create any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to, any
Auto Loan (or any right to income in respect thereof), or any account in which
any Payments are deposited, or assign any right to receive income in respect of
any Auto Loan.
(f) In addition to the other duties specified in this Agreement, the
Servicer Duties shall consist of: (i) delivering to the Trustee for inclusion as
Schedule 1 hereto the List of Auto Loans on the Closing Date; (ii) furnishing
reports on the foregoing matters in a timely manner as reasonably requested by
the Seller or the Trustee; and (iii) determining the occurrence of a Reserve
Requirement Event.
(g) Prior to incurring any Reimbursable Servicer Expense, the
Servicer shall have determined that such costs will maximize the net amount of
Recoveries made thereafter to the Trust. The Servicer may net Reimbursable
Servicer Expenses out of Recoveries required to be deposited in the Collection
Account. In the event Reimbursable Servicer Expenses are incurred by the
Servicer after the date of deposit of related Recoveries or have not been netted
against such Recoveries, such amounts will be included in the Monthly Servicing
Fee in respect of the following Due Period. The Servicer may in its discretion
not force place insurance; however, in the event it decides that doing so is in
the best interest of the Trust, all payments shall be applied first to reduce
the accrued interest or outstanding principal on the Auto Loan (without giving
effect to the addition of the cost of such insurance thereto) to zero and
second, to reimburse the Servicer for the cost of such insurance.
SECTION 4.05. FIDELITY BOND, ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE. The
Servicer shall maintain, at its own expense, a blanket fidelity bond and an
errors and omissions insurance policy, with broad coverage with responsible
companies on all officers, employees or other Persons acting on behalf of the
Servicer in any capacity with regard to the Trust Assets to handle funds, money,
documents and papers relating to the Trust Assets in coverage amounts no less
than $1,000,000 (fidelity bond) and $5,000,000 (errors and omissions policy).
Any such fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance shall protect and
insure the Servicer against losses, including forgery, theft, embezzlement,
fraud, errors and omissions and negligent acts of such Persons and shall be
maintained in a form and amount that would meet the requirements of prudent
institutional auto loan servicers. No provision of this Section 4.05 requiring
such fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance shall diminish or relieve
the Servicer from its duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement.
The Servicer shall be deemed to have complied with this provision if one of its
respective Affiliates has such fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy
coverage and, by the terms of such fidelity bond and errors and omissions
policy, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Servicer. The Servicer
shall cause each and every Subservicer for it to maintain a policy of insurance
covering
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errors and omissions and a fidelity bond which would meet such requirements.
Upon request of the Trustee, the Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the
Trustee a certification evidencing coverage under such fidelity bond and
insurance policy. Any such fidelity bond or insurance policy shall not be
cancelled or modified in a materially adverse manner without ten days prior
written notice to the Trustee, the Back-up Servicer and each Rating Agency.
SECTION 4.06. INSPECTION. (a) At all times during the term hereof,
the Servicer shall afford the Trustee and its authorized agents, upon reasonable
notice, reasonable access (subject to the security rules and regulations of the
Servicer) during normal business hours to its records relating to the Auto Loans
and the other Trust Assets conveyed pursuant to Section 2.01 and Section 2.04
and will cause its personnel to assist in any examination of such records by the
Trustee; PROVIDED, that the foregoing shall not require the Trustee to conduct
any inspection. The examination referred to in this Section 4.06 will be
conducted in a manner which does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer's
normal operations or customer or employee relations or require the Servicer to
disclose or expose confidential information related to its services to their
other clients. Without otherwise limiting the scope of the examination, the
Trustee may, using generally accepted auditing standards, verify the status of
each Auto Loan and review the Computer Tape and records relating thereto for
conformity to reports prepared pursuant to Section 4.15 and compliance with the
standards represented to exist as to each Auto Loan in this Agreement.
(b) All information obtained by the Servicer regarding the Obligors
and the Auto Loans, whether upon exercise of its rights under this Section 4.06
or otherwise, shall be maintained by the Servicer in confidence and shall not be
disclosed to any other Person, except as otherwise required by applicable law or
regulation.
SECTION 4.07. TRUSTEE TO COOPERATE. Upon payment in full on any Auto
Loan, the Servicer shall notify the Trustee in writing on the next succeeding
Deposit Date (which notification shall include a statement to the effect that
all amounts received in connection with such payment in full which are required
to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 7.02(b) have been
so deposited), and (to the extent not held by the Servicer or Custodian) shall
request delivery of any documents relating to the Auto Loan or in the Collateral
Files to the Servicer. Upon receipt of such request, the Trustee shall promptly
release or cause to be released such Auto Loan and the related Collateral File
if appropriate to the Servicer by executing a release and assignment in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, which assignment shall be without recourse to the Trustee
(except as to the absence of liens, charges or encumbrances created by or
arising as a result of actions taken or omitted by the Trustee other than
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those created by or arising from this Agreement). Upon receipt of such Auto
Loan and Collateral File, the Servicer shall be authorized to execute an
instrument in satisfaction of such Auto Loan and to take such other actions and
execute such other documents as it deems necessary to discharge the Obligor
thereunder and eliminate the security interest in the Automobile related
thereto. The Servicer shall determine when an Auto Loan has been paid in full.
Upon request of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall perform such other acts
as reasonably requested by the Servicer and otherwise cooperate with the
Servicer in enforcement of the Certificateholders' rights and remedies with
respect to the Auto Loans and the Assignments.
SECTION 4.08. SERVICING COMPENSATION; BACK-UP SERVICING FEE;
SERVICING EXPENSES. (a) The Servicer shall be paid the Monthly Servicing Fee in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7.04(a). No later than ten Business
Days prior to the next Distribution Date, the Servicer shall provide the Trustee
with a list of items eligible for reimbursement under the Monthly Servicing Fee,
in such reasonable detail as the Trustee may request, together with its
certification by a Servicing Officer that all such items are eligible for
inclusion within the Monthly Servicing Fee. The Trustee may conclusively rely
on such certification without independent investigation of the matters set forth
therein. The Servicer may also retain insufficient funds fees collected from
Obligors and amounts in excess of outstanding principal and interest (calculated
on the Actuarial Method) on a prepaid Precomputed Auto Loan. Except to the
extent of Reimbursable Servicer Expenses netted out of Recoveries or allowable
under the Monthly Servicing Fee, the Servicer shall be required to pay for any
and all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder
(including any payments to accountants, counsel, Subservicers or any other
Person) and shall not be entitled to any payment or reimbursement therefor.
(b) The Back-Up Servicer shall be paid the Back-Up Servicing Fee in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7.04(a). Except to the extent of the
Back-Up Servicing Fee, the Back-Up Servicer shall be required to pay for all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder (including
any payments to accountants, counsel, Subservicers or any other Person) and
shall not be entitled to any payment or reimbursement therefor.
(c) The total servicing fees payable on each Distribution Date to the
Back-Up Servicer and the Servicer shall equal the Back-Up Servicing Fee and the
Monthly Servicing Fee, respectively. Compensation paid to any successor
Servicer (including the Back-Up Servicer after it assumes such duties) shall be
determined in accordance with Section 4.12(b) hereof.
SECTION 4.09. SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN. The Servicer shall not resign
from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon its
determination that (a) the performance of its
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duties hereunder has become impermissible under applicable law and (b) there is
no reasonable action which the Servicer could take to make the performance of
its duties hereunder permissible under applicable law. Any such determination
permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced as to clause (a)
above by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee on behalf
of the Certificateholders and as to clause (b) by an Officer's Certificate to
such effect delivered to the Trustee. Promptly upon any resignation pursuant to
this Section 4.09, the Servicer shall notify each Rating Agency thereof.
SECTION 4.10. CHANGE IN BUSINESS OF THE SERVICER. The Seller and the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders have entered into this Agreement
with the Servicer in reliance upon its ability to perform the servicing duties,
if necessary, without any delegation thereof; the adequacy of its personnel,
records and procedures; its integrity, reputation and financial standing and the
continuance of each of the foregoing. The Servicer shall not, without prior
written consent of the Rating Agencies and the Certificateholders evidencing a
Percentage of 66 2/3 or greater, (a) make any material change in the character
of its business; or (b) merge with or into or consolidate with or into, or
convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or acquire all or
substantially all of the assets or capital stock or other ownership interest of,
any other corporation, unless immediately following any such change, each Rating
Agency confirms in writing to the Seller and the Trustee that the applicable
event described in (a) or (b) of this Section 4.10 will not result in a review
with negative implications, suspension, downgrade, withdrawal or other adverse
effect on the rating of the Certificates. The Servicer shall give each Rating
Agency prompt notice of any event referenced in this Section 4.10 that is or
would be reportable on Form 8-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 4.11. EVENTS OF SERVICING TERMINATION. If any of the
following events (each, an "Event of Servicing Termination") shall occur and be
continuing:
(a) Any failure by the Servicer or the Seller to make any payment or
deposit required to be made by it hereunder and the continuance of such failure
for a period of two (2) Business Days after the date upon which written notice
of such failure shall have been given to the Servicer or the Seller by the
Trustee; or
(b) Failure on the part of the Servicer or the Seller to observe or
perform any term, covenant or agreement in this Agreement, which materially
adversely affects the rights of the Certificateholders and which continues
unremedied for 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer or the
Seller by the Trustee; or
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(c) Any proceeding shall be instituted against the Servicer or the
Seller (or, if the Servicer or the Seller is actively contesting the merits
thereof, such proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days after the filing
thereof) seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection,
relief or composition of it or any of its Debts under any law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the
entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its
property, or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without
limitation, the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or for any
substantial part of its property) shall occur; or
(d) The commencement by the Servicer or the Seller of a voluntary
case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Servicer or the Seller in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable Federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such
petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Servicer
or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability
to pay its Debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action
by the Servicer or the Seller in furtherance of any such action; or
(e) The Servicer or the Seller shall fail to deliver a report
expressly required by this Agreement, and the continuance of such failure for a
period of five Business Days after the date upon which written notice of such
failure shall have been given to the Servicer or the Seller by the Trustee; or
(f) There is at any time a breach of any of the representations and
warranties of the Servicer set forth in Section 4.03 or the Seller set forth in
Section 3.01 which breach would have a material adverse effect on the interests
of the Certificateholders;
then, and in any such event, the Trustee may, by delivery to the Servicer of a
written notice specifying the occurrence of any of the foregoing events,
terminate the servicing and custodial
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responsibilities of the Servicer hereunder, without demand, protest or further
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Servicer; PROVIDED,
that, in the event any of the events described in subsection (c) or (d) shall
have occurred, termination of the duties and responsibilities of the Servicer
shall automatically occur, without, demand, protest or further notice of any
kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Servicer. The Trustee shall
simultaneously with any declaration of any Event of Servicing Termination, give
notice thereof to the Servicer.
SECTION 4.12. APPOINTMENT OF THE SUCCESSOR SERVICER. (a) Upon
termination of the Servicer's responsibilities under this Agreement pursuant to
Section 4.09 or Section 4.11, the Back-Up Servicer shall assume all of the
responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.12 and shall
thereafter be the Successor Servicer (the "Successor Servicer"). The Trustee
may also appoint a different Successor Servicer (after confirmation from each
Rating Agency that such appointment will not result in the withdrawal or
downgrade of the then current ratings of the Certificates). Such Successor
Servicer shall succeed to all rights and assume all of the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities of the Servicer under this Agreement; PROVIDED, that such
Successor Servicer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility for any actions
of the Servicer prior to the date of the appointment of such Successor Servicer
as Servicer. Prior to the appointment of such Successor Servicer, the Trustee
shall be authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other
instruments, and to do any and all acts or things necessary or appropriate to
effect the purposes of such notice of termination and to perform the duties of
the Servicer hereunder (excluding its duty to indemnify pursuant to Article IX).
The standard of care, representations and warranties, covenants, liabilities,
rights of indemnification and all other rights and obligations of the Trustee
under this Agreement shall also be applicable to the Trustee in its capacity as
Successor Servicer hereunder. In the event no Successor Servicer has been
appointed within 60 days of the removal of a Servicer and the Trustee has
received written notice from each Rating Agency to the effect that failure to
appoint a successor Servicer will or has resulted in suspension, downgrade or
withdrawal of the rating assigned to the Certificates, the Trustee may petition
a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a Successor Servicer.
(b) Any Successor Servicer appointed hereunder (including the Trustee
during such time as it functions as the Successor Servicer) shall be entitled to
reasonable compensation (including the estimated costs of such servicing and a
reasonable profit) which shall be determined by the Trustee. Any proposed
increase in the Back-Up Servicing Fee or the Monthly Servicing Fee due to the
assumption of duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by a successor
Back-Up Servicer or successor Servicer shall be approved by the Seller, each
Rating Agency and the Certificateholders evidencing a Percentage not less than
50%.
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(c) The outgoing Servicer, the Trustee and the Successor Servicer
shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession, including, without limitation, the express
assumption by such Successor Servicer of the duties and obligations of the
outgoing Servicer hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Successor Servicer, with the assistance of the outgoing Servicer, shall
promptly notify Obligors by means of new coupon books or as the Successor
Servicer shall otherwise specify to make payments to the Successor Servicer.
(d) Upon appointment, any Successor Servicer shall be successor in
all respects to the outgoing Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions
set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all responsibilities,
duties and liabilities relating thereto placed upon the Servicer by the terms
and provisions hereof (subject to the same limitations as are contained in this
Section 4.12 with respect to a succession to the outgoing Servicer by the
Trustee).
SECTION 4.13. ANNUAL REPORTS; STATEMENTS AS TO COMPLIANCE. (a) The
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies as soon as
available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each of its fiscal
years, a consolidated balance sheet of it and its Subsidiaries, if any, as at
such last day of the fiscal year, a consolidated statement of income and
retained earnings and statements of cash flow, for each such fiscal year, each
prepared in accordance with GAAP, in reasonable detail, and as to the
consolidated statements, certified without qualification by an Independent
Public Accountant, who may also render other services to the Servicer, or any of
its Affiliates and certified by the chief financial officer of the Servicer as
fairly presenting the financial position and the results of operations of the
Servicer as at and for the year ending on its date and as having been prepared
in accordance with GAAP.
(b) The Servicer shall, and shall cause any Subservicer (to the
extent such Person is in any manner receiving Payments hereunder) to, deliver to
the Trustee and the Rating Agencies on or before March 31st of each year,
beginning with March 31, 1997, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to each
signer thereof, that (a) a review of the activities of the Servicer or the
Subservicer, as the case may be, during the preceding calendar year and of
performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision
and (b) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the
Servicer or Subservicer, as the case may be, has fulfilled all its respective
obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default
known to such officer and the nature and status thereof and remedies therefor
being pursued.
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(c) The Servicer shall promptly (but in any event within two Business
Days) notify the Trustee upon receiving actual knowledge of any event which
constitutes an Event of Servicing Termination or would constitute an Event of
Servicing Termination but for the requirement that notice be given or time
elapse or both.
SECTION 4.14. ANNUAL INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' SERVICING
REPORT. On or before March 31, 1997 and thereafter on or before March 31 of
each year, each of the Servicer and any Subservicer (to the extent in any manner
receiving Payments hereunder) at its expense shall cause an Independent Public
Accountant to furnish a report as set forth in Exhibit C hereof to the Trustee,
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and the Rating Agencies. In connection with the
preparation of such report, such Independent Public Accountant will include in
its review the procedures and systems used by the Servicer in connection with
the performance of the Servicing Duties hereunder and the specified procedures
will take into account the Auto Loans or similar auto loans serviced by the
Servicer for others or its own account.
SECTION 4.15. SERVICER REPORTS. The Servicer shall furnish by the
14th day of each month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day), to the Trustee, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., the
Back-Up Servicer and the Rating Agencies, an Officer's Certificate,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the "Servicer Report")
which shall include the following information with respect to the Due Period
prior to the related Distribution Date:
(a) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans and
the number of Auto Loans as of the end of the prior Due Period (and, by
period of delinquency, current, 30-59 days, 60-89 days, 90-119, 120 or more
days delinquent);
(b) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans as of
the end of such Due Period (and, by period of delinquency, current, 30-59
days, 60-89 days, 90-119, 120 or more days delinquent);
(c) the number of Auto Loans and their aggregate Principal
Balances which (A) became Defaulted Auto Loans during such Due Period and
(B) have their payment schedules modified in accordance with the provisions
of Section 4.04(c);
(d) the number and the aggregate Repurchase Price of all
Purchased Auto Loans, separately stated, during such Due Period (including
such amounts to be deposited on the Deposit Date immediately preceding the
Distribution Date with respect to such Due Period);
(e) Recoveries received by the Servicer during such Due
Period;
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(f) the number of Automobiles repossessed during such Due
Period, the aggregate Principal Balances of the related Auto Loans, the
number of Automobiles disposed of following repossession during such Due
Period and the aggregate number of Automobiles in the Servicer's
repossession inventory (i) on the last day of the preceding Due Period and
(ii) on the last day of such Due Period;
(g) the total amount of Net Losses incurred during such Due
Period identifying the components used to calculate such loss (E.G., the
disposition price, aggregate outstanding Principal Balance of the Defaulted
Auto Loans, deductibles on insurance claims and uninsured claims,
repossession and liquidation expenses and rebates payable to the Obligor);
(h) the amount of Payments collected by the Servicer and
deposited into the Collection Account during such Due Period (identifying
the components of such amount (E.G., interest payments, scheduled principal
payments, prepayments, etc.));
(i) the amount and computation of the Monthly Servicing Fee
and Back-Up Servicing Fee paid and to be paid to the Servicer or Back-Up
Servicer, and the amount of Trustee Fee paid and to be paid to the Trustee
in respect of such Due Period;
(j) a statement containing the information set forth in
Section 7.04(c);
(k) the aggregate amount of Reimbursable Servicer Expenses
netted from Recoveries and/or included in the Monthly Servicing Fee,
together with a certification that such amounts, when added to prior
Reimbursable Servicer Expenses in respect of each such Auto Loan, do not
exceed Recoveries received after the date of incurring such expenses;
(l) in respect of each of the elements in Sections
4.04(d)(i), (ii) and (iii), the respective percentages as of the end of the
prior Due Period;
(m) the weighted average APR and the weighted average
remaining maturity of the Auto Loans as of the end of the prior Due Period;
and
(n) any additional information required by the Trustee for
purposes of making distributions for the related Distribution Date.
Each Servicer Report shall include a certification that the information
contained in such certificate is accurate and that no Event of Servicing
Termination, or event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become an
Event of Servicing Termination, has
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occurred, or if an Event of Servicing Termination or such event has occurred and
is continuing, specifying the Event of Servicing Termination or such event and
its status.
SECTION 4.16. MONTHLY INVESTOR'S REPORT. On each Determination Date
the Servicer shall furnish the Trustee, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., each
Certificateholder and the Rating Agencies a report, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E (the "Monthly Investor's Report"), which shall
include the following information with respect to the related Distribution Date:
(i) the Certificate Principal Balance on such Distribution
Date, before and after giving effect to payments allocated to principal on
such Distribution Date;
(ii) the Pool Factor with respect to the beginning of the
Due Period;
(iii) the Pool Factor with respect to the end of the Due
Period;
(iv) the amount of Monthly Servicing Fee and Back-Up
Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer and Back-Up Servicer;
(v) the amount of Trustee Fee paid to the Trustee;
(vi) the amount of Available Funds with respect to the
related Due Period;
(vii) the amount of the aggregate distribution to be made on
such Distribution Date which constitutes interest on the Certificates,
together with a listing of the interest to be paid for each class of
Certificates;
(viii) the Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class B
Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall
for such Distribution Date and such amount paid to the respective classes;
(ix) the Class A Principal Distributable Amount, the Class B
Principal Distributable Amount and the Class C Principal Distributable
Amount for such Distribution Date, and such amount paid to the respective
classes;
(x) the Class A Principal Carryover Shortfall, the Class B
Principal Carryover Shortfall and the Class C Principal Carryover Shortfall
for such Distribution Date, and such amount paid to the respective classes;
(xi) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B
Certificate Principal Balance and the Class C Certificate Principal Balance
on such Distribution Date,
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before and after giving effect to payments allocated to principal on such
Distribution Date;
(xii) the total amount on deposit in the Cash Reserve
Account;
(xiii) the amount to be withdrawn from or to be deposited to
the Cash Reserve Account with respect to such Distribution Date; and
(xiv) a statement setting forth a calculation of each of the
60+ Day Delinquency Rate and cumulative Net Losses as a percentage of the
Initial Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans, whether a
Delinquency Trigger Event or a Net Loss Trigger Event has occurred, the
Required Reserve Percentage and whether a 60+ Day Delinquency Cure or a
cure for a Net Loss Trigger Event has occurred.
Each such certificate will include a certification that the information
contained in such certificate is accurate and that no Event of Servicing
Termination, or event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become an
Event of Servicing Termination, has occurred, or if an Event of Servicing
Termination or such event has occurred and is continuing, specifying the Event
of Servicing Termination or such event and its status.
SECTION 4.17. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BACK-UP SERVICER. The Back-Up
Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Servicer, the Seller
and the Trustee (on behalf of the Trust and the Certificateholders) as of the
date of this Agreement:
(a) The Back-Up Servicer is a banking corporation, duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Illinois
and it is or will be in compliance with the laws of each state to the extent
necessary to ensure the enforceability of each Auto Loan and the servicing of
the Auto Loans under this Agreement;
(b) It has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement,
and all other agreements, instruments and documents which may be delivered by it
pursuant hereto, and the transactions contemplated thereby, (i) have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other action, on the part of it and
(ii) do not contravene or cause it to be in default under its charter or
by-laws;
(d) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on its
behalf;
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(e) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing,
qualification, license or permit (collectively, "Consents") of or with any such
court or any such regulatory authority or other such governmental agency or body
is required to be obtained by or with respect to the Back-Up Servicer in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Back-Up Servicer
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
(except, with respect to performance only, such Consents as the Back-Up Servicer
may need to obtain prior to the commencement of its performance of its duties
hereunder in the certain jurisdictions outside of Illinois, provided that in
lieu of obtaining for itself the requisite Consents, the Back-Up Servicer may
and shall be permitted to delegate the performance of its duties to parties
having the requisite Consents in such jurisdictions).
(f) This Agreement is its legal, valid and binding obligation
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors
generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforcement is consideration in a proceeding in law or in equity); and
(g) The Back-Up Servicer will not substantially reduce or terminate
its business (if such reduction or termination would materially adversely affect
its ability to perform its obligations as Back-Up Servicer).
SECTION 4.18. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF OR ASSUMPTION OF THE
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BACK-UP SERVICER. Any Person (i) into which the Back-Up
Servicer may be merged or consolidated, (ii) which may result from any merger or
consolidation to which the Back-Up Servicer shall be a party, or (iii) which may
succeed to the properties and assets of the Back-Up Servicer substantially as a
whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of the Back-Up Servicer hereunder, shall
be the successor to the Back-Up Servicer under this Agreement without further
act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement.
SECTION 4.19. BACK-UP SERVICER RESIGNATION. The Back-Up Servicer
shall not resign from its obligations and duties under this Agreement except
upon (a) a determination that the performance of its duties shall no longer be
permissible under applicable law (any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Back-Up Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
to such effect delivered to the Trustee, the Seller, the Servicer and each
Rating Agency) or (b) if the Back-Up Servicer and the Trustee are the same
entity, the resignation or termination of the Trustee. No resignation or
termination of the Back-Up Servicer shall become effective until an entity
acceptable to the Trustee (which, in the event the existing Trustee and the
Back-Up Servicer are the same
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entity and both resign, shall mean the successor Trustee) and the Rating
Agencies shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Back-Up
Servicer; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event a successor Back-Up Servicer is
not appointed within 60 days after such resignation or termination, the Back-Up
Servicer may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for its removal.
SECTION 4.20. OVERSIGHT OF SERVICING. (a) Commencing on the date of
execution of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of (i) the
termination of the Trust created by this Agreement and (ii) the appointment of
the Back-Up Servicer as Servicer under this Agreement, the Servicer shall
immediately deliver to the Back-Up Servicer the Computer Tape and such other
information as is necessary to enable the Back-Up Servicer to service the Auto
Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Back-Up Servicer
shall accept and store, but shall not be required to examine such information
beyond determining that such information is sufficient in order for it to
perform its obligations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 4.20. Upon
notice that the Servicer has resigned or upon the removal of the Servicer under
this Agreement, the Back-Up Servicer shall assume all responsibilities of the
Servicer under this Agreement within three Business Days of such notice or
removal. Thereafter, until such time as the Back-Up Servicer is removed or
terminated in accordance with this Agreement, the Back-Up Servicer shall service
the Auto Loans as Servicer in accordance with provisions of this Agreement. The
Back-Up Servicer will not be responsible for delays attributable to the
Servicer's failure to deliver information, defects in the information supplied
by the Servicer or other circumstances beyond the control of the Back-Up
Servicer.
(b) On the date that each Servicer Report is delivered by the
Servicer to the Trustee, the Servicer shall also deliver a Computer Tape
containing detailed information with respect to the Auto Loans for the related
Due Period to the Back-Up Servicer. The Back-Up Servicer shall determine that
(i) the Servicer Report appears on its face to be complete and (ii) the Computer
Tape is readable by the Back-Up Servicer's computer systems. Using such
Computer Tape, the Back-Up Servicer shall verify to the extent possible the
accuracy of the calculations made by the Servicer in the Servicer Report. The
Back-Up Servicer will certify that it has performed the above-described
procedures, and that all of such calculations are correct, or, if discrepancies
or exceptions exist, note such discrepancies or exceptions.
(c) In the event of any discrepancies or exceptions noted by the
Back-Up Servicer in the Servicer Report, the Back-Up Servicer shall, within two
Business Days following its receipt of the Servicer Report, notify the Servicer
of such discrepancies or exceptions. The Servicer shall consult with the
Back-Up Servicer and use its best efforts to ensure that such Servicer Report is
corrected, and that subsequent Servicer Reports are accurate. The
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Servicer shall reflect any reconciliation of distributable amounts on the
Servicer Report for the next succeeding Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.21. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; INDEMNIFICATION. (a) The
Back-Up Servicer shall perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Back-Up Servicer.
(b) In the absence of bad faith or negligence on its part, the
Back-Up Servicer may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates, reports, the
Computer Tape or opinions furnished to the Back-Up Servicer and conforming to
the requirements of this Agreement.
(c) The Back-Up Servicer shall not be required to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the
repayment of such funds or written indemnity satisfactory to it against such
risk or liability is not assured to it in writing prior to the expenditure or
risk of such funds or incurrence of financial liability.
(d) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Back-Up Servicer and its directors, officers, agents and employees, from and
against any claim, action, loss, damage, penalty, fine, cost, expense or other
liability, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in
enforcing this indemnity or defending any claim or action, directly or
indirectly resulting from or arising out of (i) the use, ownership, operation or
repair of an Automobile by the Servicer or any Affiliate or agent thereof, or
(ii) the Servicer's willful misfeasance, negligence or bad faith in the
performance of its duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation,
any misrepresentation or breached warranty made by it under this Agreement. The
right of indemnification provided hereby shall survive the termination of this
Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Back-Up Servicer. The
Servicer shall not be liable to the Back-Up Servicer, under this Section 4.21(d)
or otherwise, for the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Back-Up
Servicer.
SECTION 4.22. BACK-UP SERVICER TO ACT AS SERVICER; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR. If the Trustee appoints the Back-Up Servicer as successor Servicer
in accordance with Section 4.12 (after confirmation from each Rating Agency that
such appointment will not result in the withdrawal or downgrade of the then
current ratings of the Certificates), the Back-Up Servicer shall be the
successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this
Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be
subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto
placed on
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the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Back-Up Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of the Servicer
occurring prior to such succession or for any breach by the Servicer of any of
its representations and warranties contained herein or in any related document
or agreement. The Back-Up Servicer will make arrangements with the Servicer for
the prompt and safe transfer of, and the Servicer shall provide to the Back-Up
Servicer, all necessary servicing files and records, including (as deemed
necessary by the Back-Up Servicer at such time): (a) microfiche loan
documentation, (b) servicing system tapes, (c) loan payment history,
(d) collection history, (e) copies of the Designated Post Office Boxes and
related local account reconciliations, as of the close of the last Business Day
immediately preceding the date preceding conversion to the Back-Up Servicer and
(f) the trial balances, as of the close of business on the day immediately
preceding the date preceding conversion to the Back-Up Servicer, reflecting all
applicable loan information prepared or supplied by a Person other than the
Back-Up Servicer or the failure of any such Person to prepare or provide such
information. The Back-Up Servicer shall have no responsibility, shall not be in
default and shall incur no liability (x) for any act or failure to act by any
third party, including the Servicer, the Seller or the Trustee or for any
inaccuracy or omission in a notice or communication received by the Back-Up
Servicer from any third party or (y) which is due to or results from the
invalidity, unenforceability of any Auto Loan or non-compliance of the
underlying loan and security agreement with applicable law or the breach or the
inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made hereof with respect to any
Auto Loan. The Back-Up Servicer shall be reimbursed for any reasonable
transition expenses incurred pursuant to a transfer of servicing in accordance
with Section 4.08. Notwithstanding the above, if the Back-Up Servicer is
legally unable or unwilling to act as Servicer, the Trustee will appoint a
successor Servicer to act as Servicer. As compensation for acting as successor
Servicer, the Back-Up Servicer shall be entitled to receive reasonable
compensation equal to the prevailing market rate for such services, which may
result in an increase in the compensation and reimbursement due the Servicer
thereafter under this Agreement and in any event shall not be less than the
compensation and reimbursement of the Servicer under this Agreement. The
parties to this Agreement shall take such action, consistent with this
Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
ARTICLE V
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 5.01. CERTAIN DUTIES. (a) The Trustee undertakes to perform
such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement against the Trustee
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(including, without limitation, the duties referred to in Section 4.12 during
the continuance of an Event of Servicing Termination resulting in the
appointment of the Trustee as Successor Servicer).
(b) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates, reports or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement; but in the
case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under
a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Agreement.
(c) In case an Event of Servicing Termination (resulting in the
appointment of the Trustee as Successor Servicer) has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such Person's own affairs; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no provision
in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the obligations of the Trustee to
provide notices under Section 5.02.
(d) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee of any obligation to exercise any of its duties under the Agreement in
any case in which the Trustee has not been offered security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in the exercise of such duty.
(e) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct, EXCEPT that:
(i) this Section shall not be construed to limit the effect
of Section 5.01(a) and (b);
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the written direction of the Certificateholders of a majority (or such
lesser percentage as may be specified by certain provisions hereunder) in
principal amount of the outstanding Certificates relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Agreement; and
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(iv) no provision of this Agreement shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity
satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it.
(f) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Article V.
(g) The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the performance of the
Seller or the Servicer hereunder, nor shall it have any liability in connection
with the malfeasance or nonfeasance by the Seller or the Servicer. The Trustee
shall have no liability in connection with compliance of the Certificate
Registrar and Transfer Agent, the Servicer or the Seller with statutory or
regulatory requirements related to the Trust Assets. The Trustee makes no
representations or warranties with respect to the Trust Assets or the validity
or sufficiency of any assignment of the Auto Loans to the Seller or to the
Trustee.
SECTION 5.02. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS; OTHER NOTICES. (a) The Trustee
shall promptly (but in any event within five Business Days) notify each Rating
Agency upon a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of any event which
constitutes an Event of Servicing Termination or would constitute an Event of
Servicing Termination but for the requirement that notice be given or time
elapse or both. In addition, the Trustee shall, within 10 Business Days
following a Responsible Officer receiving actual knowledge of the Event of
Servicing Termination specified in the immediately preceding sentence, transmit
to all Certificateholders, as their names and addresses appear in the
Certificate Register, notice of such event actually known to the Trustee, unless
such default shall have been cured or waived; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that this
Section 5.02 shall not limit the obligations of the Trustee to provide notices
expressly required by this Agreement.
(b) The Trustee shall promptly forward to each Rating Agency copies
of all reports and notices received by it from the Servicer or the Seller
pursuant to this Agreement.
SECTION 5.03. CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.01:
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it
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to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) Any request or direction of any Certificateholders, the Seller or
the Servicer mentioned herein shall be in writing;
(c) Whenever in the performance of its duties hereunder the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may request and, in the absence of bad faith
on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer's Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel;
(d) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of
any of the Certificateholders pursuant to this Agreement, unless such
Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Servicing Termination, or
after the curing of all Events of Default and Events of Servicing Termination
which may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond or other paper document, unless requested in writing so to do by
Certificateholders with an aggregate Percentage of 50% or more; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the
costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not assured to the Trustee by
the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may
require indemnity satisfactory to it against such cost, expense or liability as
a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination
shall be paid by the Servicer or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be reimbursed by
the Servicer promptly upon demand;
(g) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys or a custodian or a nominee (which may be Affiliates of the Trustee)
and the Trustee shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of, or for the
supervision of, such
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agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees appointed with due care by it
hereunder;
(h) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an Event of
Servicing Termination unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains actual
knowledge of such event or the Trustee receives written notice of such event
from the Seller, the Servicer or Certificateholders owning a Percentage not less
than 50% of the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance;
(i) The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss, cost or damage
incurred or sustained as a result of any investment or reinvestment of amounts
held in the bank accounts from time to time, the selection of Eligible
Investments, the liquidation of any such investments prior to maturity or the
failure of the Servicer to provide written investment direction to the Trustee
in a timely manner; and
(j) In the event that the Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent or
Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent hereunder, the rights and protections
afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article V shall also be afforded to
such Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent.
SECTION 5.04. TRUSTEE NOT LIABLE FOR CERTIFICATES OR AUTO LOANS.
(a) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of
this Agreement or any Related Document, the Certificates (other than the
execution on behalf of the Trust and authentication thereof) or of any Auto
Loan. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Seller of funds paid to the Seller in consideration of conveyance of the Auto
Loans to the Trust.
(b) Except with respect to the Trustee in its capacity as Successor
Servicer pursuant to Article IV, the Trustee shall have no responsibility or
liability for or with respect to: the validity of any security interest in any
Automobile; the perfection of any such security interest (whether as of the date
hereof or at any future time) or the maintenance of or the taking of any action
to maintain such perfection; the existence or validity of any Auto Loan, the
validity of the assignment of any Auto Loan to the Trust or of any intervening
assignment; the review of any Auto Loan, any Collateral File or the Computer
Tape (except in its capacity as Back-Up Servicer hereunder), the completeness of
any Collateral File, the receipt by it or its custodian of any Auto Loan or
Collateral File (it being understood that the Trustee has not reviewed and does
not intend to review such matters); the performance or enforcement of any Auto
Loan; the compliance by the Seller or the Servicer with any covenant or the
breach by the Seller or the Servicer of any warranty or representation made
hereunder or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or
representation; any investment of monies in the Collection Account and the Cash
Reserve Account (except as
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specified in this Agreement) or any loss resulting therefrom (other than any
loss resulting from failure to follow the Servicer's written instructions with
respect thereto); the acts or omissions of the Servicer or any Obligor or
Dealer; any action of the Servicer taken in the name of the Trustee; any action
by the Trustee taken at the instruction of the Servicer. Except as provided in
Article IX hereof, no recourse shall be had for any claim based on any provision
of this Agreement, the Certificates or any Auto Loan or assignment thereof
against the Trustee in its individual capacity, and the Trustee shall not have
any personal obligation, liability or duty whatsoever to any Certificateholder
or any other Person with respect to any such claim, and any such claim shall be
asserted solely against the Trust or any indemnitor who shall furnish indemnity
as provided herein.
SECTION 5.05. TRUSTEE MAY OWN CERTIFICATES. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates
with the same rights as it would have if it were not Trustee.
SECTION 5.06. THE SERVICER TO PAY TRUSTEE'S FEES AND EXPENSES. The
Servicer agrees to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for reasonable
third-party expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee
in its capacity as such in accordance with any provision of this Agreement
(including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursement of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The obligations of the Servicer
under this Section 5.06 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Trustee. In the event the Trustee incurs expenses
or renders services in connection with any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding,
such expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any bankruptcy law or law relating to creditors' rights
generally.
SECTION 5.07. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTEE. The Trustee
hereunder shall at all times (a) be a corporation, depository institution, or
trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States
of America or any state thereof authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000,
(b) be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority,
(c) be capable of maintaining an Eligible Account and (d) have a long-term
unsecured debt rating of not less than BBB or its equivalent from each
nationally recognized statistical rating organization that rates such debt or
such other rating as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies. If such
institution publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purpose of this Section 5.07, the combined capital and surplus of such
institution shall be
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deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.07, the
Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
Section 5.08.
SECTION 5.08. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee may
at any time resign and be discharged from the Trust hereby created by giving 60
days' written notice thereof to the Servicer, the Seller and the Rating
Agencies. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Servicer shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one
counterpart of which instrument shall be delivered to each of the Seller, the
successor Trustee and the predecessor Trustee. A copy of such instrument shall
be delivered to the Rating Agencies. If no successor Trustee shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(b) If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.07 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Servicer, or if at any time the Trustee shall be
legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the
Servicer may remove the Trustee. If it removes the Trustee under the authority
of the immediately preceding sentence, the Servicer shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one counterpart of which
instrument shall be delivered to each of the Seller, the successor Trustee and
the predecessor Trustee. Copies of such instrument shall also be delivered by
the Servicer to the Rating Agencies. If no successor Trustee shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after such removal, the
removed Trustee may petition any count of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 5.08 shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee as
provided in Section 5.09.
SECTION 5.09. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. (a) Any successor Trustee appointed
as provided in Section 5.08 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to each of
the Seller, the Servicer and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor Trustee shall become effective and such successor
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Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested
with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder
with like effect as if originally named a Trustee. The predecessor Trustee
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the successor Trustee or its custodian
and any related documents and statements held by it or its custodian hereunder;
and the Seller, the Servicer and the predecessor Trustee shall execute and
deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required
for the full and certain vesting and confirmation in the successor Trustee of
all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
(b) No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 5.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 5.07.
(c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided
in this Section 5.09, the Servicer shall mail notice of the succession of such
Trustee hereunder to each Certificateholder at its address as shown in the
Certificate Register and to the Rating Agencies. If the Servicer fails to mail
such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Seller.
(d) No Trustee hereunder shall be liable for the acts or omissions of
any successor Trustee.
SECTION 5.10. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE. Any corporation
into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder; PROVIDED such corporation shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 5.07, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 5.11. TAX MATTERS. (a) The Trustee shall prepare, execute
and file all tax returns and any other information, returns or reports, if any,
that need to be filed for the Trust. The Servicer shall provide the Trustee
with such information, reports and other cooperation as the Trustee shall
reasonably require to perform such duties.
(b) The Trustee shall take all action reasonably necessary to assure
compliance with the provisions of the Code relating to (i) certain withholding
requirements applicable to non-U.S. Person taxpayers; (ii) backup withholding
requirements and (iii) certain taxpayer certification requirements relating to
clauses (i) and (ii) above.
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ARTICLE VI
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 6.01. THE CERTIFICATES. (a) The Certificates shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibits F, G and H. The Certificates shall be
issuable in minimum denominations of $1,000,000 or integral multiples of $1,000
in excess thereof (except that one Certificate may be issued in a denomination
of less than $1,000).
(b) The Certificates may be initially issued in either definitive
form, or in the case of the Class A and Class B Certificates, in book-entry form
pursuant to Section 6.10 or 6.12, respectively.
(c) For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or
permitting actions with the consent of, or at the direction of,
Certificateholders evidencing a specified percentage of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of Certificates, such direction or consent may be given by
Certificateholders owning Certificates evidencing the requisite percentage of
principal amount of Certificates.
SECTION 6.02. AUTHENTICATION OF CERTIFICATES. (a) Subject to the
terms of Section 6.01(b) and Section 6.02(b), on the Closing Date, the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver the Certificates, to or upon the written order of
the Seller for the sale of Certificates in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the Initial Principal Amount to or upon the order of the Seller against
payment to the Seller of the purchase price therefor. Upon the receipt of such
payment, the Certificates shall be fully paid and nonassessable.
(b) Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and
(ii) below on or before the Closing Date, the Trustee will execute on behalf of
the Trust, authenticate and deliver the Certificates. The following conditions
must be satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date:
(i) the Rating Agencies shall have indicated in writing
that they have each assigned the Certificates a rating of not less than
(A) "A" with respect to the Class A Certificates, (B) "BBB" with respect to
the Class B Certificates and (C) "BB" with respect to the Class C
Certificates; and
(ii) the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel
with respect to the Intended Tax Characterization.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02(b), each Certificate
shall be authenticated by the Trustee by the manual
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signature of a duly authorized signatory. Certificates bearing the signatures
of individuals who were at the time the proper officers or authorized
signatories of the Trustee shall bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices or positions prior
to the delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices or positions
at the date of such Certificates. All Certificates shall be dated the date of
their authentication. The authentication by the Trustee upon any Certificate
shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that the Certificate so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is
entitled to the benefit of this Agreement. The authentication certification of
the Trustee may be executed by any Person authorized by the Trustee, but it
shall not be necessary that the same authorized Person sign the authentication
certificates on all of the Certificates.
SECTION 6.03. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained by a certificate
registrar and transfer agent (the "Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent"),
in accordance with Section 6.03(b), a certificate register in which the Trustee
shall provide or cause to be provided for the registration of Certificates and
transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided (the "Certificate
Register"). The Trustee is hereby initially appointed the Certificate Registrar
and Transfer Agent for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as provided herein. All Certificates shall be so
registered. The Trustee may revoke such appointment and remove the Certificate
Registrar and Transfer Agent if the Trustee determines in its sole discretion
that either of such parties has failed to perform its obligations under this
Agreement in any material respect and provided that such party acting as
Certificate Registrar, or Transfer Agent, as the case may be, is other than the
Trustee. The Trustee shall be permitted to resign as Certificate Registrar and
Transfer Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Seller and each of the
Certificateholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such resignation shall not be
effective and the Trustee shall continue to perform its duties as Certificate
Registrar and Transfer Agent until the Trustee has appointed a successor
Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent reasonably acceptable to the Seller and
the Certificateholders evidencing a Percentage of 50% or greater.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the resignation by the Trustee
as Transfer Agent or Certificate Registrar shall become effective upon the
effectiveness of the resignation or removal of the Trustee hereunder.
(b) The Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent will maintain at its
expense in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York an office or offices
or an agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange. The Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent hereby
appoints its office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 for such
purpose. Subject to the provisions of Section
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6.02(b), at the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for
other Certificates of authorized denominations, upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at such office. Upon surrender for registration or
transfer of any Certificate at such office, the Trustee shall, on behalf of the
Trust, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like aggregate Percentage and
dated the date of authentication by the Trustee. Whenever any Certificates are
so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute, on behalf of the Trust,
authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the
exchange is entitled to receive. Every certificate presented or surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to, the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar and Transfer Agent duly executed by the holder thereof or his or her
attorney duly authorized in writing. No transfer shall be effected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.03(b) unless the conditions set forth in
Section 6.09 have been satisfied in full.
(c) No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of
Certificates, but the Trustee or Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Certificates. All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be
disposed of in a manner approved by the Trustee.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, the transfer of
the Certificates is subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.09, and,
as applicable, Sections 6.10 and 6.12.
SECTION 6.04. APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT. The Paying Agent (the
"Paying Agent") shall make distributions to Certificateholders from the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 7.04 and shall report the amounts of such
distributions to the Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power
to withdraw funds from the Collection Account for the purpose of making the
distributions referred to above. The Trustee, if the Paying Agent is other than
the Trustee, may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the Trustee
determines in its sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to
perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect. The
Paying Agent shall initially be the Trustee. The Trustee shall be permitted to
resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Trustee. In the
event that the Trustee shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the Trustee shall
appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust
company). The Trustee shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional
Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall
agree with the Trustee that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or
additional Paying Agent will
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hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholders in trust
for the benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Certificateholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed
funds to the Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall
also return all funds in its possession to the Trustee.
SECTION 6.05. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES. If
(a) any mutilated Definitive Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar and Transfer Agent, or the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Definitive Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar
and Transfer Agent and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required
by each to save it harmless, then in the absence of notice to the Certificate
Registrar and Transfer Agent or the Trustee that such Certificate has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the
Trust, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for and in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
tenor and percentage. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section 6.05, the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and
any other expense connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section 6.05 shall constitute complete and indefeasible
evidence of ownership of the fractional undivided interest represented by the
original Certificate, as if originally issued, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 6.06. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Paying
Agent, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent may treat
the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such
Certificate for the purpose of receiving remittances pursuant to Section 7.04
and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Seller, the Servicer, the
Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent nor any
agent of the Seller, the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary. Any action taken by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement upon the
request or authority or consent of any Person who at the time of making such
request or giving such authority or consent is a Certificateholder shall be
conclusive and binding upon all future holders of the same Certificate and upon
Certificates issued in exchange therefor or in place thereof.
SECTION 6.07. ACCESS TO LIST OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS' NAMES AND
ADDRESSES. The Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent will furnish to the
Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Seller, the
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Servicer and any requesting Certificateholder no later than three Business Days
following such request therefor from any of them in writing, a list of the names
and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date. Upon
written application by Certificateholders with an aggregate Percentage of 10% or
more (hereinafter referred to as "Applicants") to the Trustee stating that the
Applicants desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to
their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates accompanied by a
copy of the communication which such Applicants propose to transmit, the Trustee
shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford
such Applicants access during normal business hours to the most recent list of
Certificateholders held by the Trustee. If such list is as of a date more than
90 days prior to the date of receipt of such Applicants' request, the Trustee
shall promptly request from the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent a
current list as provided above, and shall afford such Applicants access to such
list promptly upon receipt. Every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a
Certificate, agrees with the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent and the
Trustee that none of the Seller, the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Certificate
Registrar and Transfer Agent, the other Certificateholders nor the Trustee shall
be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to
the names and addresses of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the
source from which such information was obtained.
VI.17.
SECTION 6.08. ACTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Agreement to be given or taken by Certificateholders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Certificateholders in Person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and
where required, to the Seller and the Servicer. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Agreement and (subject to Section 10.01) conclusive in favor of
the Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Certificateholders of
any such instrument or writing may be provided in any reasonable manner which
the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Certificates shall be proved by the Certificate
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other act by a Certificateholder shall bind every holder of every
Certificate issued upon the registration
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of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of
anything done, or omitted to be done by the Trustee, the Seller or the Servicer
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Certificate.
(e) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter
referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.
SECTION 6.09. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. (a) The following
restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer and registration of
transfer of a Definitive Certificate to a transferee that takes delivery in the
form of a Definitive Certificate:
(i) The Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent shall
register the transfer of a Definitive Certificate if the requested transfer
is to the Seller, an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") of the Seller or
the Placement Agent as evidenced by a written certification to such effect
on which the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent may conclusively
rely;
(ii) The Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent shall
register the transfer of a Definitive Certificate if (A) the transferor has
delivered to the Certificate Registrar a form of Transferor's Certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit K herein; and (B) the transferee has
delivered to the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent either (i) a Rule
144A Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto or (ii) an
Accredited Institutional Investor Certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit J hereto. In addition, the Certificate Registrar and Transfer
Agent may as a condition of the registration of any such transfer require
the transferor to furnish such other certifications, opinions of counsel or
other information (at the transferor's expense) as it may reasonably
require to confirm that the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable laws; and
(iii) Such Transferee may not be Eagle Finance, or any
successor thereto.
(b) Transfers of beneficial interests in the Book-Entry Certificates,
or transfers by Holders of Definitive Certificates to transferees that take
delivery in the form of beneficial interests in the Book-Entry Certificates, may
be made only in accordance with this Section 6.09(b) and in accordance with the
rules of the Clearing Agency.
(i) In the case of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry
Certificate being transferred to an Institutional
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Accredited Investor, such transferee shall be required to take delivery in
the form of a Definitive Certificate or Certificates and the Certificate
Registrar and Transfer Agent shall register such transfer only upon
compliance with the provisions of Section 6.09(c);
(ii) In the case of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry
Certificate being transferred to a transferee that takes delivery in the
form of a Definitive Certificate or Certificates, except as set forth in
clause (i) above, the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent shall
register such transfer only upon compliance with the provisions of Section
6.09(c);
(iii) In the case of a Definitive Certificate being
transferred to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Book-Entry Certificate, the Certificate Registrar and
Transfer Agent shall register such transfer if the transferor has provided
the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent with a Rule 144A Certificate
in the form of Exhibit I hereto;
(iv) Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar and
Transfer Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the transfer
or registration of transfer of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry
Certificate to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in such Book-Entry Certificate; and
(v) Such Transferee may not be Eagle Finance, or any
successor thereto.
(c) An exchange of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Certificate
for a Definitive Certificate or Certificates, an exchange of a Definitive
Certificate or Certificates for a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry
Certificate and an exchange of a Definitive Certificate or Certificates for
another Definitive Certificate or Certificates (in each case, whether or not
such exchange is made in anticipation of subsequent transfer, and in the case of
a Book-Entry Certificate, so long as the Book-Entry Certificate remains
outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Clearing Agency) may be made only
in accordance with this Section 6.09 and in accordance with the rules of the
Clearing Agency:
(i) A Holder of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry
Certificate may at any time exchange such beneficial interest for a
Definitive Certificate or Certificates of the same Class;
(ii) A Holder of a Definitive Certificate may exchange such
Certificate for a beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Certificate of the
same Class if such Holder furnishes to the Seller and to the Certificate
Registrar and
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Transfer Agent a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto
properly executed; and
(iii) A Holder of a Definitive Certificate may exchange such
Certificate for an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive
Certificates in different authorized denominations without any
certification.
(d) (i) Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of a
Definitive Certificate for a beneficial interest in the Book-Entry
Certificate of the same Class as provided herein, the Certificate Registrar
and Transfer Agent shall cancel such Definitive Certificate and shall
request the Clearing Agency to endorse on the schedule affixed to such
Book-Entry Certificate (or on a continuation of such schedule affixed to
such Book-Entry Certificate and made a part thereof) an appropriate
notation evidencing the date of such exchange or transfer and an increase
in the principal amount of such Book-Entry Certificate equal to the
principal amount of such Definitive Certificate exchanged or transferred
therefor.
(ii) Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of a
beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Certificate for a Definitive
Certificate of the same Class as provided herein, the Certificate Registrar
and Transfer Agent shall request the Clearing Agency to endorse on the
schedule affixed to such Book-Entry Certificate (or on a continuation of
such schedule affixed to such Book-Entry Certificate and made a part
thereof) an appropriate notation evidencing the date of such exchange or
transfer and a decrease in the principal amount of such Book-Entry
Certificate equal to the principal amount of such Definitive Certificate
issued in exchange therefor or upon transfer thereof.
(e) Each Certificate shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect:
"THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS
CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON WHO THE HOLDER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ("QIB") WITHIN THE MEANING
OF RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR
OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; OR (2) IN
CERTIFICATED FORM ONLY (A) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR"
WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A), (2) (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D OF
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THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) IN OTHER TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO (A) IN ANY
SUCH CASE, RECEIPT BY THE SELLER AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT J TO
THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, AND (B) IN THE
CASE OF CLAUSE (2) RECEIPT BY THE SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH
CERTIFICATES, LEGAL OPINIONS AND OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE
SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER
IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS."
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, TRUST OR ACCOUNT, WHETHER OR NOT SUBJECT TO
TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT
ACCOUNT, OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY
REASON OF AN INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY BY A PLAN, TRUST OR ACCOUNT
DESCRIBED ABOVE (AN "ERISA PLAN"), OR (B) IT IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY
GENERAL ACCOUNT AND PURSUANT TO SECTION I OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 ("PTCE-95-60"), THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF
THE CERTIFICATE AND, PURSUANT TO SECTION III OF PTCE 95-60, THE
SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE TRUST ARE WITH RESPECT TO
SUCH TRANSFEREE EXEMPT FROM THE "PROHIBITED TRANSACTION" PROVISIONS OF
ERISA AND THE CODE, OR (C) ONLY IN THE CASE OF A TRANSFER OF CLASS A
CERTIFICATES, SPECIFIED CONDITIONS OF AN "UNDERWRITER EXEMPTION"
DESCRIBED IN SECTION V(h) OF PTCE 95-60 ARE SATISFIED WITH RESPECT TO
SUCH TRANSFEREE.
(f) The Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent shall not effect
the registration of transfer of any Certificate, if after giving effect to such
transfer, the Certificates would be held by more than ninety-eight Holders for
purposes of Section 7704 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(g) The Servicer agrees to cause, and the Seller agrees, to provide
such information as required under Rule 144A under the Act so as to allow
resales to QIBs in accordance herewith.
SECTION 6.10. BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES. The Class A and Class B
Certificates may be issued in the form of one or more typewritten book-entry
Global Certificates (the "Book-Entry Certificates"), to be delivered by, or on
behalf of, the Seller to the initial Depository (the "Depository"), which,
unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, shall be The Depository Trust
Company. In such case, the Certificates delivered to the Depository Trust
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Company shall initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of
Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Depository, and no Certificateholder will
receive a definitive certificate representing such Certificateholder's interest
in the Certificates, except as provided in Section 6.12. Unless and until
definitive, fully registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") have
been issued to such Certificateholders pursuant to Section 6.12:
(i) the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall be in full
force and effect;
(ii) the Seller, the Servicer, the Certificate Registrar and
Transfer Agent and the Trustee may deal with the Depository for all
purposes (including the making of distributions on such Certificates) as
the sole holder of such Certificates and shall have no obligation to the
related Certificateholder;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of Section 6.09 or
this Section 6.10 conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the
provisions of this Section shall control;
(iv) the rights of such Certificateholders shall be
exercised only through the Depository and shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such Certificateholders and the
Depository. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 6.12, the initial
Depository will make book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants
and receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on such
Certificates to such Depository Participants; and
(v) whenever the Agreement requires or permits actions to
be taken based upon instructions or directions of holders of Certificates
evidencing a specified Percentage of the Certificate Principal Balance, the
Depository shall be deemed to represent such Percentage only to the extent
that it has received instructions to such effect from Certificateholders
and/or Depository participants owning or representing, respectively, such
required Percentage of the beneficial interest in such Certificates and has
delivered such instructions to the Trustee.
SECTION 6.11. NOTICES TO DEPOSITORY. Whenever notice or other
communication to the Certificateholders is required under this Agreement, unless
and until Definitive Certificates shall have been issued to Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 6.12, the Trustee and the Servicer shall give all such
notices and communications specified herein to be given to Certificateholders to
the Depository.
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SECTION 6.12. DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES. If (a) the Depository is no
longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities under the
Depository Agreement and the Servicer is unable to locate a qualified successor,
(b) the Seller at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (c) after the
occurrence of an Event of Servicing Termination, Certificateholders representing
beneficial interests aggregating not less than a majority of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Global Certificate advise the Trustee and
the Depository in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through
the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificateholders,
then the Depository shall notify all Certificateholders and the Trustee of the
occurrence of such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to
Certificateholders requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Certificate
Registrar and Transfer Agent of the typewritten Certificates representing the
Global Certificate by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions,
the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate the Definitive
Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Depository. Neither of
the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar and Transfer Agent shall be liable for
any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and
shall be fully protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Certificateholders
holding the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. The
Definitive Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be
produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, as
evidenced by its execution thereof.
SECTION 6.13. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES. In the event that this
Agreement provides that the Certificates are not to be issued in book-entry form
pursuant to Section 6.10, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, may execute,
pending the preparation of Definitive Certificates, authenticate and deliver,
temporary Certificates that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the Definitive Certificates in lieu of which they are issued. If
temporary Certificates are issued, the Servicer will cause Definitive
Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation
of Definitive Certificates, the temporary Certificates shall be exchangeable for
Definitive Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Certificates at the
Corporate Trust Office, without charge to the holder thereof. Upon surrender
for cancellation of any one or more temporary Certificates, the Trustee shall
execute on behalf of the Trust, authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
like principal amount of Definitive Certificates in authorized denominations.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Certificates shall in all respects be entitled
to the same benefits under this Agreement as Definitive Certificates.
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ARTICLE VII
DEPOSITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 7.01. RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) The Certificates
shall represent fractional undivided interests in, to and under the Trust
Assets, consisting of the right to receive Payments, to the extent necessary
to make the required payments with respect to the Certificates at the times
and in the amounts specified in this Agreement. The rights of the Class B
Certificateholders to receive distributions in respect of the Class B
Certificates on any Distribution Date shall be subordinated to the rights of
the Class A Certificateholders to receive distributions in respect of the
Class A Certificates to the extent described in Section 7.04. The rights of
the Class C Certificateholders to receive distributions in respect of the
Class C Certificates on any Distribution Date shall be subordinated to the
rights of the Class A Certificateholders and Class B Certificateholders to
receive their respective distributions in respect of the Class A Certificates
and Class B Certificates to the extent described in Section 7.04.
(b) Amounts held by or, pursuant to this Agreement, under the control
of, the Trustee for future distribution to the Certificateholders, including,
without limitation, in the Collection Account and the Cash Reserve Account,
shall not be distributed except in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
The Seller is deemed to have granted a security interest in rights to receive
monies from the Collection Account and the Cash Reserve Account to
Certificateholders to secure the rights of the Certificateholders to receive
distributions in the priorities provided for herein. Whenever requested by the
Trustee, and without prejudice to the intent of the parties that the Collection
Account be held exclusively in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Trust, the Seller will make, execute and deliver or cause to be made, executed
and delivered any and all further and other notices, instruments and assurances,
and will furnish such information and will make such filings with Governmental
Authorities, including, but not limited to, financing statements on Form UCC-1,
as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the intention or to facilitate
the performance of the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the foregoing subordination provisions, to ensure the perfection of the security
interest of the Certificateholders in the Cash Reserve Account, or otherwise to
protect and preserve the rights and remedies hereunder of the
Certificateholders. Amounts properly distributed to the Seller or Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.04(a)(ix) shall be deemed released from the security
interest established by this Section 7.01, and the Seller or Servicer will not
in any event be required to refund any such distributed amounts.
SECTION 7.02. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COLLECTION
ACCOUNT. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be established
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and maintained at all times the Collection Account on behalf of and in the name
of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust. The Collection Account shall be an
Eligible Account initially established at the office of the Trustee, bearing a
designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the
benefit of the Trust. The Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest
in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Collection Account and in all
proceeds thereof. The Collection Account shall be under the sole dominion and
control of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders as their
interests appear in the Trust. If, at any time, the Collection Account ceases
to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, shall within
20 Business Days establish a new Collection Account which shall be an Eligible
Account, transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Collection Account
and from the date such new Collection Account is established, it shall be the
"Collection Account."
(b) The Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account, as soon
as practicable, but in no event later than the close of business on the Business
Day after the date of receipt thereof, all amounts representing Payments (net of
overpayment credits and items constituting servicing compensation pursuant to
Section 4.08 other than the Monthly Servicing Fee) collected by the Servicer.
(c) The Servicer shall direct the Trustee in writing to invest, and
the Trustee shall so invest, the amounts in the Collection Account in specified
Eligible Investments that mature not later than the next succeeding Deposit Date
and the Trustee shall take all reasonable steps to perfect its security interest
(as such term is defined in the UCC) therein; PROVIDED, that, any Eligible
Investment as to which the entity serving as Trustee is the obligor in its
individual capacity or any Eligible Investment described in clause (e) of the
definition thereof may mature not later than such Distribution Date; and
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that all Eligible Investments shall be held to maturity.
(d) The Servicer shall instruct the Trustee in writing to make
withdrawals and payments from the Collection Account for the purposes of
carrying out the Servicer's or the Trustee's duties hereunder.
SECTION 7.03. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE CASH RESERVE
ACCOUNT. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Trustee shall cause to be
established and maintained at all times the Cash Reserve Account in the name of
the Trustee. The Seller hereby grants to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Trust and the Certificateholders, a security interest in the Cash Reserve
Account and all funds and investment property contained therein (which
investment property the parties hereto agree shall constitute "financial assets"
for purposes of Section 8-102 of the UCC of the State of Illinois). The Cash
Reserve Account shall be an Eligible
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Account initially established at the offices of the Trustee, bearing a
designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the
benefit of the Trust. The Cash Reserve Account shall not be deemed an asset of
the Trust, however it shall be subject to the dominion and control of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Trust. If, at any time, the Cash Reserve Account
ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall
within 20 Business Days establish a new Cash Reserve Account which shall be an
Eligible Account, transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Cash
Reserve Account and from the date such new Cash Reserve Account is established,
it shall be the "Cash Reserve Account". On the Closing Date, the Seller shall
deliver an amount equal to the Initial Cash Reserve Account Deposit to the
Trustee for deposit into the Cash Reserve Account by the close of business on
the Closing Date, which amounts shall be allocated in the manner provided
herein.
(b) The Servicer shall direct the Trustee in writing to invest, and
the Trustee shall so invest, the amounts in the Cash Reserve Account in
specified Eligible Investments that mature not later than the Deposit Date
preceding the next Distribution Date and the Trustee shall take all reasonable
steps to perfect its security interest (as such term is defined in the UCC)
therein; PROVIDED that any Eligible Investment as to which the entity serving as
Trustee is the obligor in its individual capacity or any Eligible Investment
described in clause (e) of the definition thereof may mature not later than such
Distribution Date; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that all Eligible Investments shall be
held to maturity.
(c) If on any Deposit Date the amount of Available Funds is
insufficient to make the distributions required by Section 7.04(a)(i)-(vii)
inclusive, the Trustee shall withdraw or cause to be withdrawn from the Cash
Reserve Account and deposit in the Collection Account the lesser of (i) the
Available Cash Reserve Amount and (ii) the amount necessary to make up such
deficiency.
(d) On each Distribution Date, all distributions made pursuant to
Section 7.04(a)(viii) shall be deposited into the Cash Reserve Account.
(e) If the amount on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account, after
giving effect to the distributions to the Certificateholders, the Trustee, the
Servicer, the Back-Up Servicer and the Successor Servicer, if applicable, on any
Distribution Date, is greater than the Required Cash Reserve Amount on such
Distribution Date, the amount of such excess shall be distributed to the Seller.
Amounts properly distributed to the Seller pursuant to this Section 7.03(e),
either directly without deposit in the Cash Reserve Account or from amounts in
excess of the Required Cash Reserve Amount, shall be deemed released from the
security interest established by Section 7.01, and the Seller will not in any
event be required to refund any such distributed amounts.
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(f) On the first Distribution Date following the Distribution Date on
which the Certificateholders have been paid in full, the Trustee shall disburse
all amounts held in the Cash Reserve Account, if any, to the Seller.
(g) The Servicer shall instruct the Trustee in writing to make
withdrawals and payments from the Cash Reserve Account in accordance with the
provisions hereof.
SECTION 7.04. DISTRIBUTIONS. (a) On each Distribution Date the
Trustee will disburse the Available Funds in the Collection Account (to the
extent available after taking into account any amounts deposited into the
Collection Account from the Cash Reserve Account) in the following priority:
(i) the following amounts to the following parties, PARI PASSU:
(A) to the Servicer, the Monthly Servicing Fee, together with
any overdue Monthly Servicing Fee;
(B) to the Trustee, the Trustee Fee, together with any overdue
Trustee Fee; and
(C) to the Back-Up Servicer, the Back-Up Servicing Fee, together
with any overdue Back-Up Servicing Fee;
(ii) to the Class A Certificateholders, the Class A Monthly
Interest, together with any Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall;
(iii) to the Class B Certificateholders, the Class B Monthly
Interest, together with any Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall;
(iv) to the Class C Certificateholders, the Class C Monthly
Interest, together with any Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall;
(v) to the Class A Certificateholders, the Class A Principal
Distributable Amount, together with any Class A Principal Carryover
Shortfall, until the Class A Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced
to zero;
(vi) to the Class B Certificateholders, the Class B Principal
Distributable Amount, together with any Class B Principal Carryover
Shortfall, until the Class B Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced
to zero;
(vii) to the Class C Certificateholders, the Class C Principal
Distributable Amount, together with any Class C Principal Carryover
Shortfall, until the Class C Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced
to zero;
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(viii) to the Cash Reserve Account, such amount, if any, necessary
to bring the Available Cash Reserve Amount up to the Required Cash Reserve
Amount; and
(ix) the balance, (A) to the Servicer, or (B) during such time as
there is a Successor Servicer, to the Seller;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for purposes of determining the Aggregate Principal
Balance of the Auto Loans for calculating the distributions described in item
(i) above, the Principal Balance of a Defaulted Auto Loan or a Purchased Auto
Loan will be deemed to be zero on and after the close of business on the last
day of the Due Period in which such Auto Loan became a Defaulted Auto Loan or a
Purchased Auto Loan. If the Servicer exercises the purchase option on any
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 10.01, such amount will be distributed to
Certificateholders on such Distribution Date.
(b) All monthly distributions shall be made by the Trustee by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled
thereto at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor if such
Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing by the Record Date
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered
Certificateholder in the initial aggregate principal amount equal to or in
excess of $500,000; and in all other cases by check mailed to each such
Certificateholder at such Certificateholder's address appearing in the
Certificate Register, in either case without presentation or surrender of any
Certificate held by such Certificateholder or the making of any notation
thereon. Within 30 days after the final payment with respect to each
Certificate, the Certificateholder thereof will surrender its Certificate to the
Trustee. The Trustee shall have no liability or obligation in respect of the
failure for any Certificateholder to surrender its Certificate.
(c) On each Distribution Date, if the Servicer has reported to the
Trustee in the Servicer's Certificate for any Due Period that an Obligor or an
Obligor's representative or successor successfully shall have asserted a claim
or defense under bankruptcy law or similar laws for the protection of creditors
generally (including the avoidance of a preferential transfer under bankruptcy
law) that results in a liability of the Trust to such Obligor for monies
previously collected and remitted to the Trustee and not otherwise netted
against collections pursuant to Section 7.02(b), the Trustee shall make all
payments in respect of such claims or defenses out of the amounts on deposit in
the Collection Account with respect to such Due Period before making the
distributions required by paragraph (a) of this Section 7.04.
(d) On the first Distribution Date following the Distribution Date on
which the Certificateholders have been paid in full, all amounts held in the
Collection Account and the Cash
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Reserve Account, if any, shall be disbursed to the Seller and all interests of
the Trust in all Auto Loans which have an outstanding balance shall be
reconveyed by the Trustee to, or at the written direction of, the Seller.
SECTION 7.05. REPORTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. On each Distribution
Date, concurrently with the distribution to the Certificateholders, the Trustee
shall furnish, or cause to be furnished by the Paying Agent to the
Certificateholders, a Monthly Investor's Report.
ARTICLE VIII
REMEDIES
SECTION 8.01. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE. The Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its
rights and the rights of the Certificateholders by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any
such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement
in this Agreement or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to
enforce any other proper remedy. The Trustee shall notify the Seller, the
Servicer and each Rating Agency of any such action.
SECTION 8.02. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. (a) In case of the
pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relating to the Seller, or any other obligor upon the Certificates,
or the property of the Seller, or such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Certificates shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Seller for
the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal
and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Certificates or any amount
owing on the Auto Loans or the other Trust Assets and to file such other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (including any claim for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel) and of the
Certificateholders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
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(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Certificateholder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event
that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Certificateholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 5.06.
(b) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Certificateholder
any plan or reorganization, agreement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Certificates or the rights of any Certificateholder thereof or affecting the
Auto Loans or the other Trust Assets or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Certificateholder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 8.03. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
CERTIFICATES. All rights of action and claims under this Agreement, the
Certificates, the Auto Loans or the other Trust Assets may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Certificates or the
production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provisions for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Certificateholders in respect of which such judgment has
been recovered.
SECTION 8.04. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED. Any money collected by
the Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall be deposited in the Collection
Account for disbursement in accordance with the provisions of Article VII.
SECTION 8.05. LIMITATION ON SUITS. No Certificateholder shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
this Agreement, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) such Certificateholder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of such action or proceeding;
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(b) the Certificateholders of an aggregate Percentage of not less
than 50% shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Certificateholder or Certificateholders have offered to the
Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity, has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Certificateholders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Certificates;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Certificateholders shall
have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of, or by availing of, any
provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other Certificateholders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other Certificateholders or to enforce any right under this
Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the ratable benefit of
all the Certificateholders.
SECTION 8.06. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. If the Trustee or
any Certificateholder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Agreement and such proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to
such Certificateholder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Seller, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and
the Certificateholders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
SECTION 8.07. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as otherwise
provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Certificates in Section 6.05, no right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Certificateholders is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy and every right and remedy shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
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SECTION 8.08. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. No delay or omission of
the Trustee or of any Certificateholder to exercise any right or remedy
hereunder shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any
right of the Trustee or such Certificateholder hereunder or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Certificateholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as
may be deemed expedient, as permitted under the terms hereof, by the Trustee or
by the Certificateholders, as the case may be.
SECTION 8.09. CONTROL BY CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. Certificateholders of
an aggregate Percentage of not less than 50% shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; PROVIDED,
that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Agreement, and (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by
the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 8.10. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS. All parties to this Agreement
agree, and each Certificateholder by his acceptance of a Certificate shall be
deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee,
the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section 8.10 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Seller, to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Certificateholder or
group of Certificateholders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the outstanding Certificates, or to any suit instituted by any
Certificateholder for the enforcement of the payment of any principal of or
interest on any Certificate.
SECTION 8.11. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. The Seller covenants
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist
upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Agreement; and the Seller (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE IX
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY; INDEMNITIES
SECTION 9.01. LIABILITIES OF OBLIGORS. No obligation or liability of
any Obligor under any of the Auto Loans is intended to be assumed by the Seller,
the Servicer, the Back-Up Servicer, the Trust, the Trustee or the
Certificateholders under or as a result of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and, to the maximum extent permitted and valid under
mandatory provisions of law, the Seller, the Back-Up Servicer, the Servicer, the
Trust, the Trustee and the Certificateholders expressly disclaim such
assumption.
SECTION 9.02. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF THE SELLER AND THE SERVICER.
(a) The Seller and the Servicer shall each be liable in accordance herewith
only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement, it
being understood that no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties,
obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or shall otherwise
exist against the Seller or the Servicer.
(b) None of the Seller, the Servicer, nor any of the directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Seller or the Servicer shall be under any
liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for
refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this provision
shall not protect the Seller or the Servicer or any such Person against any
breach of warranties or representations made herein, or against any specific
liability imposed on each such party pursuant to this Agreement or against any
liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations or duties hereunder. The Seller, the Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Seller or the Servicer may rely in
good faith on any document of any kind which, PRIMA FACIE, is properly executed
and submitted by any appropriate Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder.
SECTION 9.03. INDEMNITIES OF THE SERVICER. (a) The Servicer agrees
to indemnify the Trustee the Back-Up Servicer and any of their respective
directors, officers, employees or agents ("Servicer Indemnified Parties") and
the Trust from, and hold them harmless against, any and all costs (including,
without limitation, the costs and expenses of agents and counsel), expenses,
losses, claims, taxes, damages and liabilities (i) in the case of the Servicer
Indemnified Parties, incurred in connection with the performance of their
respective duties hereunder and the administration of the Trust and (ii) in the
case of the Servicer Indemnified Parties and the Trust, to the extent that such
cost, expense, loss, claim, tax, damage or liability arose out of, or was
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imposed upon such Servicer Indemnified Parties or the Trust through the
Servicer's acts or omissions in violation of this Agreement (subject to the
servicing standard set forth in Section 4.01(b)) except to the extent such
Servicer Indemnified Party's own bad faith, willful misconduct or negligence
contributes to the cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability.
(a) This Section 9.03 shall survive the termination of this Agreement
or the resignation or removal of the Trustee, or the Back-Up Servicer, as the
case may be, in respect of rights accrued prior to such resignation or removal.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT; OPTIONAL REPURCHASE.
(a) This Agreement and the respective obligations and responsibilities of the
Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby shall terminate on the date
(the "Trust Termination Date") which is the earlier to occur of:
(i) the day after the day on which the Certificateholders
are paid all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to this Agreement
and the Certificates and the disposition of all Trust Assets; and
(ii) March 20, 2002.
(b) Upon at least 15 days' written notice to the Trustee (and to each
Certificateholder) prior to a Distribution Date; PROVIDED the Certificate
Principal Balance on such Distribution Date is 10% or less of the Initial
Principal Amount, the Servicer may, but is not required to, purchase as of the
last day of the preceding Due Period all, but not less than all, outstanding
Auto Loans at a price equal to the Aggregate Principal Balances of the Auto
Loans on the last day of the preceding Due Period plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon at the APR for each Auto Loan through the last day of such
preceding Due Period. Such price shall be deposited to the Collection Account
in immediately available funds by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
relevant Determination Date and the Trustee shall release the Auto Loans and
cause the Custodian to release the Collateral Files to the Servicer, whereupon
the Certificates shall no longer evidence any right or interest in the Auto
Loans or the Collateral Files or any proceeds of the foregoing. Upon the
request of the Servicer, the Trustee shall perform such other acts as reasonably
requested by the Servicer and otherwise cooperate with the Servicer in
connection with the transfer of the Transferred Assets pursuant to this Section
10.01(b), including, but not limited to, the execution of any Title Document to
the extent necessary to effectuate the
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termination of such Auto Loan and the disposition of the related Automobile.
(c) If on the date set forth in Section 10.01(a)(ii), the Certificate
Principal Balance (after giving effect to any distributions to be made on such
date) is greater than zero, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, or the Servicer
on behalf of the Trustee, will use its best efforts to sell, dispose of or
otherwise liquidate the Transferred Assets in a commercially reasonable manner
and on commercially reasonable terms, which shall include the solicitation of
competitive bids. The proceeds of any such sale, disposition or liquidation of
the Transferred Assets will be treated as Payments and will be immediately
deposited in the Collection Account and such proceeds, in addition to the
Available Funds on deposit in the Collection Account, shall be disbursed in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7.04.
(d) The Servicer shall give the Trustee at least 30 days' prior
written notice of the date on which the Trust is expected to terminate in
accordance with subsection 10.01(a). Such notice shall be accompanied by an
Officer's Certificate setting forth the information specified in Section 4.15
covering the period during the then-current calendar year through the date of
such notice. Not later than the fifth Business Day in the Due Period in which
the final distribution in respect to the Certificates is payable to the
Certificateholders, the Trustee shall mail to the Certificateholders a notice
specifying the procedures with respect to such final distribution. The Trustee
shall give a copy of such notice to the Rating Agencies at the time such notice
is given to Certificateholders.
SECTION 10.02. BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement will inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Certificateholders and
their respective successors and permitted assigns. No other Person will have
any right or obligation hereunder.
SECTION 10.03. AMENDMENT. (a) This Agreement may be amended from
time to time by the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee, without the consent of
any of the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity or defect of, to correct or
supplement any provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other
provisions herein or to add any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in
any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder. Such Opinion of
Counsel shall be at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or, if
such amendment is required by any Rating Agency to maintain the rating issued by
it on the Certificates or requested by the Trustee in order to clarify any
ambiguity or resolve any
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inconsistency, then the related Opinion of Counsel shall be at the expense of
the Servicer.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Certificateholders
of not less than an aggregate Percentage of 66 2/3% of outstanding 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 Certificateholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
amendment shall (a) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of,
collections of payments on the Auto Loans or distributions which are required to
be made on any Certificate then outstanding, (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage
required to consent to any such amendment or (c) modify this Section 10.03(b)
without the consent of the holders of all Certificates then outstanding. The
Trustee may set a record date for purposes of determining the holders entitled
to give a written consent or waive compliance as authorized or permitted by this
Section 10.03(b). Such record date shall not be more than 30 days prior to the
first solicitation to such consent or waiver.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant
to this Section 10.03, the Trustee shall furnish such amendment to each
Certificateholder or a written summary of such amendment prepared by the
Servicer and, not later than the tenth Business Day preceding the effectiveness
of any such amendment, the Rating Agencies.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders
under this Section 10.03 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to
such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe.
(e) The Servicer and the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such amendment which affects the Servicer's or the Trustee's, as
the case may be, own rights, duties immunities or indemnities under this
Agreement or otherwise.
(f) In connection with any amendment pursuant to this Section 10.03,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the Agreement and that all
conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been
satisfied.
SECTION 10.04. NOTICES. (a) All communications, instructions,
directions and notices to the parties thereto shall be (i) in writing (which may
be by telecopy, followed by delivery of original documentation within one
Business Day), (ii) effective
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when received and (iii) delivered or mailed first class mail, postage prepaid to
it at the following address:
If the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office:
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Indenture Trust Division
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
If to the Seller:
Eagle Auto Funding Corp.
0000 Xxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000X
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Treasurer
Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
If to the Servicer:
Eagle Finance Corp.
0000 Xxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Servicer - Eagle Auto Trust 1996-A
Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
If to the Rating Agencies:
Duff & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Co.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Monitoring and Research Group/
Structured Finance
Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
Fitch Investors Service, L.P.
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: ABS Monitoring Department
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Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
If to Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.:
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Finance Dept.
Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
or at such other address as the party may designate by notice to the other
parties hereto, which shall be effective when received.
(a) All communications and notices pursuant hereto to a
Certificateholder shall be in writing and delivered or mailed first class mail,
postage prepaid at the address shown in the Certificate Register.
SECTION 10.05. NOTICES AND REPORTS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE RATING
AGENCIES. On or before the later to occur of each Distribution Date and, the
Business Day following its receipt thereof, the Servicer shall promptly deliver
to the Rating Agencies the notices, reports and certificates referred to in
Sections 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 7.05 and 10.03. Each report or certificate
specified in Sections 4.13(b), 4.14 and 4.15 shall be accompanied by a
certificate of the Servicer certifying that (a) the Servicer has reviewed such
report and that nothing came to its attention based on such review which would
lead it to believe that such report or certificate was not accurate or in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement governing the content and
preparation of such report or certificate except as specified therein or as to
which it shall believe to be immaterial and (b) that the Servicer has no actual
knowledge of any event that has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an
Event of Servicing Termination or would constitute such an event but for the
requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
SECTION 10.06. MERGER AND INTEGRATION. Except as specifically stated
otherwise herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings,
written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement may not be
modified, amended, waived, or supplemented except as provided herein.
SECTION 10.07. HEADINGS. The headings herein are for purposes of
reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of
any provision hereof.
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SECTION 10.08. CERTIFICATES NONASSESSABLE AND FULLY PAID. The
interests represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any losses
or expenses of the Trust or for any reason whatsoever, and, upon authentication
thereof by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01 and 6.02, each Certificate shall
be deemed fully paid.
SECTION 10.09. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any one or more of the
covenants, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason
whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, provisions or terms shall be
deemed severable from the remaining covenants, provisions or terms of this
Agreement, and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the
other provisions of this Agreement, of the Certificates or the rights of the
Certificateholders.
SECTION 10.10. NO PROCEEDINGS. The Servicer and the Trustee each
hereby agrees that it will not, directly or indirectly institute, or cause to be
instituted, against the Seller or the Trust any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, marshalling of assets, liquidation, receivership or other
similar proceeding so long as there shall not have elapsed one year plus one day
since the Trust Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing nothing herein
shall be construed to prohibit the Trustee from filing proofs of claim or
otherwise participating in any such proceeding instituted by any other Person.
SECTION 10.11. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS SHALL
GOVERN THE CREATION AND PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST IN THE CASH RESERVE
ACCOUNT AND THE ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS THEREIN GRANTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7.03.
(b) THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE PAYING AGENT, AND THE TRUSTEE
HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF
MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY, AND EACH CONSENTS TO PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL
PROCESS UPON IT IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE SELLER, THE
SERVICER, THE PAYING AGENT, AND THE TRUSTEE EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION
BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE OF ANY ACTION
INSTITUTED HEREUNDER AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE
RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COURT. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE PAYING AGENT, AND THE TRUSTEE
TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR AFFECT EITHER'S
RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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(c) THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE PAYING AGENT, AND THE TRUSTEE EACH
HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE,
WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH,
RELATED TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. INSTEAD, ANY DISPUTE RESOLVED
IN COURT WILL BE RESOLVED IN A BENCH TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.
SECTION 10.12. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized this 24th day of October, 1996.
EAGLE AUTO FUNDING CORP.,
as Seller
By
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
EAGLE FINANCE CORP.,
individually and as Servicer
By
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
XXXXXX TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee
By
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
EXHIBIT A
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF September 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[FORM OF REPURCHASE ASSIGNMENT]
ASSIGNMENT, dated as of __________, 199_ between Xxxxxx Trust and Savings
Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee") and [EAGLE AUTO FUNDING CORP.] [EAGLE FINANCE
CORP.].
1. We refer to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), dated as of September 1, 1996, by and among Eagle Auto
Funding Corp., as Seller; Eagle Finance Corp., as Servicer; and the Trustee.
All provisions of such Pooling and Servicing Agreement are incorporated by
reference. All capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
2. Pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Trust does hereby, transfer, assign, set over and convey to [Eagle Auto Funding
Corp.] [Eagle Finance Corp.], without recourse or warranty, express or implied,
all right, title and interest of the Trust in, to and under the Auto Loans
listed on Schedule 1 hereto (each, a "Purchased Auto Loan") and [Eagle Auto
Funding Corp.] [Eagle Finance Corp.] does hereby purchase such Auto Loans.
3. The Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby represents and warrants
that each Auto Loan transferred hereunder is transferred without any lien,
charge or encumbrance, created by or arising as a result of actions or omissions
of the Trustee except as to liens, charges or encumbrances created or arising
out of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
4. The aggregate Repurchase Price for such [purchased] Auto Loan(s) is
$___________.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Assignment to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
above written.
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank,
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Name:
Title:
[EAGLE AUTO FUNDING CORP.] [EAGLE FINANCE CORP.]
By:
--------------------------------
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED:
EAGLE FINANCE CORP.
as Servicer
By:
--------------------------------
Name:
Title:
A-2
EXHIBIT B
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF September 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[FORM OF RELEASE AND ASSIGNMENT]
RELEASE AND ASSIGNMENT, dated as of __________, 199_ between Xxxxxx Trust
and Savings Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee") and Eagle Finance Corp., as
Servicer (the "Servicer").
1. We refer to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), dated as of September 1, 1996, and among Eagle Auto
Funding Corp., as Seller; Eagle Finance Corp., as Servicer; and the Trustee.
All provisions of such Pooling and Servicing Agreement are incorporated by
reference. All capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
2. Pursuant to Section 4.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Trustee does hereby transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Servicer
without recourse or warranty, express or implied, all right, title and interest,
in, to and under the Auto Loans (and the related Collateral Files) listed on
Schedule 1 hereto.
3. The Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby represents and warrants
that each Auto Loan transferred hereunder is transferred without any lien,
charge or encumbrance, created by or arising as a result of actions or omissions
of the Trustee except as to liens, charges or encumbrances created or arising
out of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Release and
Assignment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, as of the date first above written.
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED:
EAGLE FINANCE CORP.
as Servicer
By:
--------------------------------
Name:
Title:
B-2
EXHIBIT C
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF September 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[FORM OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT]
Independent Accountant's Report
We have examined management's assertion about Eagle Finance Corp. (the
"Servicer") compliance with the servicing standards set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Management is responsible for the Servicer's compliance
with those minimum servicing standards. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on management's assertion about the Servicer's compliance based on our
examination.
Our examination was made in accordance with standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included
examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Servicer's compliance with the
minimum servicing standards and performing such other procedures as we
considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our examination
provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a
legal determination on the Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing
standards.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Servicer complied with the
aforementioned minimum servicing standards as of and for the period ending
December 31, ____ is fairly stated, in all material respects.
EXHIBIT D
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF September 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996 - A
[FORM OF SERVICER REPORT]
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FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING [ ] AND ENDING [ ] (the
"Reporting Period").
The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of Eagle Finance Corp. as
Servicer (the "Servicer"), pursuant to section 4.15 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of September 1, 1996
by and among Eagle Auto Funding Corp., as Seller, the Servicer, and Xxxxxx Trust
and Savings Bank, as Trustee, does hereby certify as follows:
1. Capitalized terms used in this Servicer Report (and not otherwise defined
otherwise defined herein) shall have the respective meanings set forth in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
2. Eagle Finance Corp. is, as the date hereof, the Servicer under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
3. The undersigned is a Servicing Officer.
4. This report is dated [ ].
4.1 Principal Reconciliation:
Number of Auto Aggregate
Loans Prin. Balance
-------------- -------------
Beginning balance [ ]
Repurchase
Payments Allocable to Principal
Prepayment of Principal
Defaulted Auto Loans
-------------- -------------
Ending Balance [ ]
5. AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE AUTO LOANS
a. As of [the end of the prior Due Period]
Number of Days Aggregate Principal
Delinquent Number of Auto Loans Balance of Auto Loans
-------------- -------------------- ---------------------
current (0 - 29)
30 - 59
60 - 89
90 - 119
120 or greater
-------------------- ---------------------
Totals:
b. As of [the end of the current Due Period]
Number of Days Aggregate Principal
Delinquent Number of Auto Loans Balance of Auto Loans
-------------- -------------------- ---------------------
current (0 - 29)
30 - 59
60 - 89
90 - 119
120 or greater
-------------------- ---------------------
Totals:
6. DEFAULTED AUTO LOANS
Auto Loans that became Defaulted Auto Loans during the Reporting Period.
Number of Aggregate Principal
Auto Loans Balance of Auto Loans
-------------------- ---------------------
120 days
contractually
past due
Auto Loan as to
which proceeds of
the sale of the
related
Automobile has
been received
No further
proceeds expected
-------------------- ---------------------
Total
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7. AUTO LOANS WITH MODIFIED PAYMENT SCHEDULES
Auto Loans that have had their payment schedules modified in accordance
with the provisions of Section 4.04(c) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement during the Reporting Period.
Description of Modifications
----------------------------------------
Auto Loan Aggregate Principal Original New Original New
Number Balance of Auto Loan Term Term APR APR
--------- -------------------- ------------ ------ ---------- ------
8. PURCHASED AUTO LOANS
Information with respect to Purchased Auto Loans during the Reporting
Period.
Aggregate
Principal Aggregate
Number of Balance of Auto Repurchase
Party Auto Loans Loans Price
--------------- ---------- --------------- ----------
Seller
Eagle Finance
Servicer
--------------- ---------- --------------- ----------
Totals: 0 $0.00 $0.00
9. RECOVERIES
Information with respect to Recoveries during the Reporting Period.
Number of Auto Loans on Aggregate
which there were Amount of
Recoveries Recoveries
----------------------- --------------
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10. REPOSSESSION INFORMATION
Aggregate Aggregate
Number of Principal Balance Amount
Action Auto Loans of Auto Loans Realized
---------------- ---------- ----------------- ---------
Repossessed
Automobiles in
Inventory at the
beginning of the
Due Period
Repossessed
Automobiles Sold
during the Due
Period
Automobiles
Repossessed
during the Due
Period
Repossessions
Redeemed during
the Due Period
Repossessed
Automobiles in
Inventory at end
of the Due Period
---------- ----------------- ---------
11. NET LOSSES
a. The aggregate outstanding Principal Balance of
Defaulted Auto Loans during the Reporting
Period was ............................................. $___________
b. Recoveries ............................................ $___________
c. The total amount of the losses on the Auto Loans
during the Reporting Period was ........................ $___________
12. TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS COLLECTED DURING THE PRECEDING DUE PERIOD AND
DEPOSITED INTO THE COLLECTION ACCOUNT (WITHOUT DUPLICATION)
a. The aggregate portion of Payments collected on the
Auto Loans allocable to scheduled payments in respect
of interest on the Auto Loans........................... $___________
b. The aggregate portion of Payments collected on the
Auto Loans allocable to Scheduled Payments in respect
of Principal on the Auto Loans ......................... $___________
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c. The aggregate portion of Payments collected on the
Auto Loans allocable to prepayment of principal . . . .
(int....$ prin...$ ) $___________
d. The aggregate amount of Insurance Proceeds collected
on the Auto Loans....................................... $___________
e. The aggregate amount of Recoveries collected on
the Auto Loans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $___________
Int....$ Prin....$ ) $___________
f. Total Late Charges Received............................. $___________
g. The total amount of Payments collected on the Auto
Loans and the total deposited into the Collection
Account (sum of a+b+c+d+e+f) was........................ $___________
h. Total funds received on repurchase of Auto Loans
pursuant to Section 3.03................................ $___________
i. Total Cash Received .................................... $___________
13. AMOUNT AND COMPUTATION OF MONTHLY SERVICING FEE.
a. The Reimbursable Servicer Expenses with respect to
the Due Period immediately preceding the date of
this Servicer Report to be included in the Monthly
Servicer Fee (not previously netted against
Recoveries)............................................. $___________
b. The fee portion of the amount owing to the Servicer
with respect to the Due Period immediately preceding
the date of this Servicer Report is (1/12 x 0.03 x the
Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans at the
beginning of the immediately preceding Due Period)...... $___________
c. The Monthly Servicing Fee, if any, owing with respect
to the Due Period prior to the immediately preceding
Due Period (a+b) is..................................... $___________
d. The total amount owing to the Servicer on the next
following Distribution Date is.......................... $___________
14. EVENTS OF SERVICING TERMINATION
No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Event of
Servicing Termination or would constitute an Event of Servicing Termination
but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
D-5
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this
certificate this day, [ ].
EAGLE FINANCE CORP.,
as Servicer
By:
--------------------------------
Name:
Title:
[To be delivered pursuant to Section 4.15 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement not later than the 14th day of each month (or, if such day is not
a Business Day the next succeeding Business Day) to the Trustee.]
D-6
SCHEDULE 1
TO THE
SERVICING REPORT
DATED __________, 199_
REPOS - POOL 1996-A _______ 95
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EXHIBIT E
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[FORM OF MONTHLY INVESTOR'S REPORT]
(To be delivered pursuant to Section 4.16 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement on each
Determination Date to the Seller and
pursuant to Section 7.05 on each Distribution
Date to the Certificateholders)
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EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
For the _______, 199_ Distribution Date
For period beginning on __________, 199_
and ending on ___________, 199_ (the "Due Period")
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The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of Eagle Finance Corp., as
Servicer (the "Servicer"), pursuant to Sections 4.16 and 7.05 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") dated as of
September 1, 1996, by and among Eagle Auto Funding Corp., as Seller, Eagle
Finance Corp., as Servicer and Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee, does
hereby certify as follows:
1. Capitalized terms used in this Monthly Investor's Report and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
2. Eagle Finance Corp. is as of the date hereof, the Servicer under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
3. The undersigned is an Officer of the Servicer.
4. The date of this Report is ___________________.
5. POOL FACTOR.
(a) The Pool Factor was ...................................__________
6. CLASS A, CLASS B AND CLASS C CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCES (BEGINNING OF
DUE PERIOD).
(a) The Class A Certificate Principal
Balance as of ____________________
(after giving effect to the disbursements
in reduction of principal, if any,
on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date) was ............................... $________
(b) The Class B Certificate Principal
Balance as of ____________________
(after giving effect to the disbursements
in reduction of principal, if any,
on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date) was ............................... $________
(c) The Class C Certificate Principal
Balance as of __________________
(after giving effect to the
disbursements in reduction
of principal, if any, on the
immediately preceding Distribution
Date) was............................................. $________
7. OCCURRENCE OF A RESERVE REQUIREMENT EVENT
(a) The Delinquency Trigger Event is....................... ________
(b) The 60+ Day Delinquency Rate is........................ ________
(c) The Required Reserve Percentage is..................... ________
(d) The Net Loss Trigger Event is.......................... ________
(e) Cumulative Net Losses as a Percentage of the Initial
Aggregate Principal Balance of Auto Loans is ___________________
(f) [No Reserve Requirement Event has
occurred and is continuing] [A
Reserve Requirement Event has occurred
because of specify reason] [A 60+ Day Delinquency Cure
Event has occurred
because of specify reason]
(g) The Required Reserve Percentage
is...................................................__________%
8. THE CASH RESERVE ACCOUNT
(a) The total amount on deposit in the Cash
Reserve Account as of the beginning
of the period (after giving effect
to any deposits/withdrawals on the
preceding Distribution Date) is..................... $__________
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(b) The Required Cash Reserve Amount
(i) The Required Cash Reserve Amount available for
deposit to the Collection Account on the
related Deposit Date (prior to any withdrawals
or deposits to be made with respect to the
current Distribution Date are made) is .......... $_______
(ii) The amount to be [deposited] [withdrawn] from
the Cash Reserve Account in Respect of the
Required Cash Reserve Amount is.................. $_______
(iii) The total Required Cash Reserve Amount after
giving effect to any withdrawals or deposits
to be made on such Distribution Date is ......... $_______
(iv) The Required Cash Reserve Amount is ............. $_______
9. AGGREGATE MONTHLY SERVICING AND TRUSTEE FEES
(a) The aggregate Monthly Servicing Fee paid to the
Servicer on the ___________ Distribution Date was...... $_______
(b) The aggregate Back-Up Servicing Fee paid to the
Back-Up Servicer on the ___________ Distribution
Date was............................................... $_______
(c) The aggregate Trustee Fee paid to the Trustee on
the ___________ Distribution Date was.................. $_______
10. AVAILABLE FUNDS.
(a) The amount of Available Funds with respect to the
related Due Period was................................. $_______
(b) Interest earned on and retained in the Collection
Account for the period ___________________
through ___________________ was........................ $_______
(c) Total distributable funds with respect to the
related Due Period [a+b] was........................... $_______
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(d) The amount of Available Funds and interest earned
on the Collection Account used to pay the Monthly
Servicing Fee, Back-up Servicing Fee and Trustee
Fee on the Distribution Date was....................... $_________
(e) The amount of Available Funds and interest earned
on the Collection Account remaining and the payment
of the Monthly Servicing Fee with respect to the
related Due Period [c-d] is............................ $_________
11. WITHDRAWALS FROM THE CASH RESERVE ACCOUNT.
(a) The amount to be withdrawn from the Cash Reserve
Account and deposited into the Collection Account
on the related Deposit Date is......................... $_________
(b) The amount to be withdrawn from the cash reserve
account in excess of the required cash reserve
amount is.............................................. $_________
12. DISBURSEMENTS TO BE MADE ON THE RELATED DISTRIBUTION DATE.
(*) The Class A Pass-Through Rate is [_______].
The Class B Pass-Through Rate is [_______].
The Class C Pass-Through Rate is [_______].
(a) The amount of the aggregate distribution to be made
on such Distribution Date which constitutes interest
on the Class A Certificates at the Class A Pass-Through
Rate (the Class A Monthly Interest) (*), is ........... $_________
(b) The amount of the aggregate distribution to be made
on such Distribution Date which constitutes payments
in reduction of principal with respect to the Class A
Certificates (the Class A Principal Distributable
Amount) is............................................. $_________
(c) The total amount of the distribution to be made on
such Distribution Date to the Class A
Certificateholders [a+b] is............................ $_________
(d) The amount of the aggregate distribution to be made
on such Distribution Date which constitutes interest
on the Class B Certificate at the Class B Pass-Through
Rate (the Class B Monthly Interest) (*) is............. $_________
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(e) The amount of the aggregate distribution to be made
on such Distribution Date which constitutes a
reduction of principal with respect to the Class B
Certificate (the Class B Principal Distributable
Amount) is............................................. $_________
(f) The total amount of the distribution to be made on
such Distribution Date to the Class B
Certificateholders [d+e] is............................ $_________
(g) The amount of the aggregate distribution to be
made on such Distribution Date which constitutes
interest on the Class C Certificates at the Class C
Pass-Through Rate (the Class C Monthly Interest)
(*), is................................................ $_________
(h) The amount of the aggregate distribution to be made
on such Distribution Date which constitutes payments
in reduction of principal with respect to the
Class C Certificates (the Class C Principal
Distributable Amount) is............................... $_________
(i) The total amount of the distribution to be made on
such Distribution Date to the Class C
Certificateholders [g+h] is............................ $_________
(j) The total amount of the distributions of principal
and interest to be made on such Distribution Date
to the all Certificateholders [c+f+i] is............... $_________
(k) The amount to be deposited in the Cash Reserve
Account is............................................. $_________
(l) The amount to be disbursed to the Servicer (or, the
Successor Servicer, if applicable) in payment of
the Monthly Servicing Fee is........................... $_________
(m) The amount to be disbursed to the Back-Up Servicer
pursuant to Sections 4.08 and 7.04(a) in payment of
the Back-Up Servicing Fee is........................... $_________
(n) The amount to be disbursed to the Trustee (if
applicable) pursuant to Sections 5.06 and 7.04(a)(i)
in payment of the Trustee's monthly compensation is.... $_________
(o) The amount to be disbursed to the Servicer or Seller
pursuant to Section 7.04(a)(x) is...................... $_________
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(p) The total amount of distributions to be made
pursuant to Section 7.04(a) [j+k+l+m+n+o] is..... $_______________
13. CLASS A, CLASS B AND CLASS C CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCES (END OF DUE
PERIOD).
(a) The Class A Certificate Principal
Balance as of ____________________
(after giving effect to the disbursements
in reduction of principal, if any,
on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date) was ............................... $__________
(b) The Class B Certificate Principal
Balance as of ____________________
(after giving effect to the disbursements
in reduction of principal, if any,
on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date) was ............................... $__________
(c) The Class C Certificate Principal
Balance as of __________________
(after giving effect to the
disbursements in reduction
of principal, if any, on the
immediately preceding Distribution
Date) was............................................. $__________
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ANNEX A
TO
MONTHLY INVESTOR'S REPORT
DATED ______________
Calculation of Required Cash Reserve Amount as of the ______________,
199_ Distribution Date.
i) The Certificate Principal Balance equals $_________.
ii) Required Reserve Percentage equals _____%.
iii) The Required Cash Reserve Amount equals $________ (i - ii).
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EXHIBIT F
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[FORM OF CLASS A CERTIFICATE]
CLASS A CERTIFICATE
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[ ]% Certificates
No. __ CUSIP No.
Original Principal
Amount: $
THIS CLASS A CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CLASS A CERTIFICATE,
AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS
ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON WHO THE
HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ("QIB") WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; OR (2) IN CERTIFICATED FORM
ONLY (A) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(A), (2) (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) IN OTHER
TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO (A) IN ANY SUCH CASE, RECEIPT BY THE SELLER AND THE CERTIFICATE
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I
TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, AND (B) IN THE CASE OF
CLAUSE (2) RECEIPT BY THE SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES, LEGAL
OPINIONS AND OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH
REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND
OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
NEITHER THIS CLASS A CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, TRUST OR ACCOUNT, WHETHER OR NOT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF
THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT, OR AN ENTITY WHOSE
UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF AN INVESTMENT IN
SUCH ENTITY BY A PLAN, TRUST OR ACCOUNT DESCRIBED ABOVE (AN "ERISA PLAN"), OR
(B) IT IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT AND PURSUANT TO SECTION I OF
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60"), THE ACQUISITION
AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE AND, PURSUANT TO SECTION III OF PTCE 95-60 THE
SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE TRUST ARE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
TRANSFEREE EXEMPT FROM THE "PROHIBITED TRANSACTION" PROVISIONS OF ERISA AND THE
CODE, OR (C) ONLY IN THE CASE OF A TRANSFER OF CLASS A CERTIFICATES, SPECIFIED
CONDITIONS OF AN "UNDERWRITER EXEMPTION" DESCRIBED IN SECTION V(h) OF PTCE 95-60
ARE SATISFIED WITH RESPECT TO SUCH TRANSFEREE.
This certifies that [ ] (the "Class A
Certificateholder") is the registered owner of a fractional undivided interest
in a trust (the "Trust") created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
(the "Agreement"), dated as of September 1, 1996, among Eagle Auto Funding,
Corp., as Seller (the "Seller"), Eagle Finance Corp., as Servicer (the
"Servicer"), and Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"). The
Trust includes among its assets the Auto Loans, all rights of the Seller under
the Sale Agreement, all monies due or received with respect thereto and all
proceeds thereof (the "Transferred Assets") together with all funds on deposit
in the Collection Account (collectively, the "Trust Assets"). The Trust also
has the benefit of a security interest in and distributions from the Cash
Reserve Account. This Class A Certificate is described in the Agreement and is
issued pursuant and subject to the Agreement and the Class A Certificateholder
acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement
to the same extent as if the Class A Certificateholder were a party thereto. By
acceptance of this Class A Certificate the Class A Certificateholder assents to
and becomes bound by the Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, all
capitalized terms have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.
Under the Agreement, on the 20th day of each month (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the following Business Day) (each, a "Distribution Date"),
the Trustee, at the direction of the Servicer, shall disburse Available Funds in
the Collection Account amounts and in the priority set forth in Section 7.04(a)
of the Agreement.
On the first Distribution Date following the Distribution Date on
which all classes of Certificateholders have been paid in full, all amounts held
in the Collection Account and the Cash Reserve Account, if any, shall be
disbursed to the Seller and all interests of the Trust in all Auto Loans which
have an outstanding balance shall be reconveyed by the Trustee to, or at the
direction of, the Seller.
Distributions on this Class A Certificate will be made by same day
funds to the Class A Certificateholder at the address for such Class A
Certificateholder appearing on the Certificate
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Register on the relevant Distribution Date without the presentation or surrender
of this Class A Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except as
otherwise provided in the Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Class A Certificate will be made upon satisfaction of the
procedures indicated in the notice mailed to the Class A Certificateholders as
stated in the Agreement.
The Certificateholders will have the benefit of a Cash Reserve Account
to compensate them to the limited extent described in the Agreement for losses
and delinquencies on the Trust Assets to the extent of the lesser of (i) any
shortfall in Available Funds for payment of interest and principal on the
Certificates and the Monthly Servicing Fee, Back-Up Servicing Fee and the
Trustee Fee, as well as any prior period shortfalls in such amounts and (ii) the
amount on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account. On the Closing Date, the Seller
shall be required to deposit in the Cash Reserve Account an amount equal to
$1,407,479.00 (the "Initial Cash Reserve Account Deposit"). The Required Cash
Reserve Amount will be additionally funded by collections on the Auto Loans
remaining after payment of all Trust Operating Expenses (as such term is defined
in the Agreement), and payments of interest and principal in respect of the
Certificates in an amount equal to the excess of the Required Cash Reserve
Amount over the amount then on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account. On each
Distribution Date, the Required Cash Reserve Amount will be an amount equal to
the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) a specified percentage (the "Required
Reserve Percentage") of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans
determined as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (ii)
$703,739 and (b) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans as of the end
of the immediately preceding Due Period. Generally the Required Reserve
Percentage will equal 9%; however, in the event that the rates of losses or
delinquencies on the Auto Loans exceed certain specified levels, the Required
Reserve Percentage will increase to 11% generally until such event is cured.
Available Cash Reserve Amounts in excess of the Required Cash Reserve Amount
will be remitted to the Seller on each Distribution Date. If, in any Due
Period, Available Funds are insufficient to pay (a) the Trust Operating
Expenses, (b) Monthly Interest, and (c) the Monthly Principal Distributable
Amount, the Servicer will instruct the Trustee to make a withdrawal from the
Cash Reserve Account in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) such deficiency and
(ii) the Available Cash Reserve Amount. The Trustee will deposit such
withdrawals into the Collection Account and make disbursements thereof.
In addition to withdrawals as a result of losses and delinquencies on
the Auto Loans the amount required to be on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account
may be reduced from time to time upon satisfaction of certain conditions set
forth in the Agreement. On the first Distribution Date following the payment in
full of the Certificates, the Trustee shall disburse all amounts held in the
Cash Reserve Account to the Seller.
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The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders,
to cure any ambiguity or defect of, to correct or supplement any provisions
which may be inconsistent with any other provisions or to add any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Agreement
which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Agreement; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests
of any Certificateholder. Such Opinion of Counsel shall be at the expense of
the party requesting such amendment or, if such amendment is required by any
Rating Agency to maintain the rating issued by it on the Certificates or
requested by the Trustee in order to clarify any ambiguity or resolve any
inconsistency, then the related Opinion of Counsel shall be at the expense of
the Servicer.
The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Certificateholders of not less
than an aggregate Percentage of 66 2/3% of outstanding Certificates, for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Certificateholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such amendment shall
(a) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, collections of
payments on the Auto Loans or distributions which are required to be made on any
Certificate then outstanding, (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to
consent to any such amendment or (c) modify Section 10.03(b) of the Agreement
without the consent of the holders of all Certificates then outstanding. The
Trustee may set a record date for purposes of determining the holders entitled
to give a written consent or waive compliance as authorized or permitted by
Section 10.03(b) of the Agreement. Such record date shall not be more than 30
days prior to the first solicitation to such consent or waiver. Promptly after
the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant to Section 10.03 of the
Agreement, the Trustee shall furnish such amendment to each Certificateholder or
a written summary of such amendment prepared by the Servicer and, not later than
the tenth Business Day preceding the effectiveness of any such amendment, the
Rating Agencies. It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under Section 10.03 of the Agreement to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such
consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by
Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the
Trustee may prescribe. In connection with any amendment pursuant to Section
10.03 of the Agreement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the
Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of
such amendment have been satisfied.
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The Agreement and the respective obligations and responsibilities of
the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby (other than the
obligation of the Trustee to make payments to Certificateholders as hereinafter
set forth) shall terminate on the earlier of:
(i) the day after the day on which the Certificateholders are
paid all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement and
this and all other outstanding Certificates; and
(ii) March 20, 2002.
Upon at least 15 days' written notice to the Trustee (and to each
Certificateholder) prior to a Distribution Date; PROVIDED the Certificate
Principal Balance on such Distribution Date is 10% or less of the Initial
Principal Amount, the Servicer may, but is not required to, purchase as of the
last day of the preceding Due Period all, but not less than all, outstanding
Auto Loans at a price equal to the Aggregate Principal Balances of all Auto
Loans on the last day of the preceding Due Period plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon at the APR for each Auto Loan through the last day of such
preceding Due Period. Such price shall be deposited to the Collection Account
in immediately available funds by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
relevant Determination Date and the Trustee shall release the Auto Loans and
cause the Custodian to release the Collateral Files to the Servicer, whereupon
this Class A Certificate shall no longer evidence any right or interest in the
Auto Loans or the Collateral Files or any proceeds of the foregoing. Upon the
request of the Servicer, the Trustee shall perform such other acts as reasonably
requested by the Servicer and otherwise cooperate with the Servicer in
connection with the transfer of the Transferred Assets pursuant to Section
10.01(b) of the Agreement including, but not limited to, the execution of any
Title Document to the extent necessary to effectuate the termination of such
Auto Loan and the disposition of the related Automobile.
This Class A Certificate does not represent an obligation of, or an
interest in Eagle Finance Corp. or Eagle Auto Funding Corp. or any Affiliate
thereof. This Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections
respecting the Trust Assets, all as more specifically set forth herein and in
the Agreement.
The holder hereof, by its acceptance of this Class A Certificate,
agrees to look solely to the funds in the Collection Account to the extent
available for distribution to the holder hereof as provided in the Agreement for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee in its individual capacity is not
personally liable to the holder hereof for any amounts payable under this Class
A Certificate or the Agreement.
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This Class A Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement
and is qualified in its entirety by the Agreement. Reference is made to the
Agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits,
obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee. Copies of the Agreement and all amendments thereto
will be made available for review and inspection by any Certificateholder during
normal business hours at the office of the Trustee, Xxxxxx Trust and Savings
Bank, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, upon the prior written
request of such Certificateholder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Eagle Auto Trust 1996-A has caused this Class A
Certificate to be duly executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the duly
authorized officer of the Trustee.
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
By Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By
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Title:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee
By
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Authorized Officer
Dated:
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or other identifying number of assignee
_______________.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto _________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the written certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints ____________________________, attorney, to transfer
said certificate on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:____________________
(1) A Non U.S. Person as de- Note: The signature(s) to
fined in the Code must this Assignment
certify to the Trustee in must correspond
writing as to its Non U.S. with the name(s) as
Person status and such written on the face
further information as may of the within cer-
be required under the Code tificate in every
or reasonably requested by particular without
the Trustee alteration or en-
largement or any
change whatsoever
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EXHIBIT G
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF September 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[FORM OF CLASS B CERTIFICATE]
CLASS B CERTIFICATE
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[ ]% Certificates
No. __ CUSIP No.
Original Principal
Amount: $
THIS CLASS B CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CLASS B CERTIFICATE,
AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS
ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON WHO THE
HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ("QIB") WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; OR (2) IN CERTIFICATED FORM
ONLY (A) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(A), (2) (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) IN OTHER
TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO (A) IN ANY SUCH CASE, RECEIPT BY THE SELLER AND THE CERTIFICATE
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT
[___] TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, AND (B) IN THE
CASE OF CLAUSE (2) RECEIPT BY THE SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES,
LEGAL OPINIONS AND OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE THAT
SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
NEITHER THIS CLASS B CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, TRUST OR ACCOUNT, WHETHER OR NOT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF
THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(E)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT, OR AN ENTITY WHOSE
UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF AN INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY
BY A PLAN, TRUST OR ACCOUNT DESCRIBED ABOVE (AN "ERISA PLAN"), OR (B) IT IS AN
INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO SECTION I OF PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60"), THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF
THE CERTIFICATE AND, PURSUANT TO SECTION III OF PTCE 95-60 THE SERVICING,
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE TRUST ARE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH TRANSFEREE EXEMPT
FROM THE "PROHIBITED TRANSACTION" PROVISIONS OF ERISA AND THE CODE.
This certifies that [ ] (the "Class B
Certificateholder") is the registered owner of a fractional undivided interest
in a trust (the "Trust") created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
(the "Agreement"), dated as of September 1, 1996, among Eagle Auto Funding,
Corp., as Seller (the "Seller"), Eagle Finance Corp., as Servicer (the
"Servicer"), and Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"). The
Trust includes among its assets the Auto Loans, all rights of the Seller under
the Sale Agreement, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received
with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof (the "Transferred Assets")
together with all funds on deposit in the Collection Account [and all funds on
deposit in the Cash Reserve Account - pending determination of tax issue]
(collectively, the "Trust Assets"). This Class B Certificate is described in
the Agreement and is issued pursuant and subject to the Agreement and the Class
B Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the terms and
conditions of the Agreement to the same extent as if the Class B
Certificateholder were a party thereto. By acceptance of this Class B
Certificate the Class B Certificateholder assents to and becomes bound by the
Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, all capitalized terms have the
meanings assigned in the Agreement.
Under the Agreement, on the 15th day of each month (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the following Business Day) (each, a "Distribution Date"),
the Trustee, at the direction of the Servicer, shall disburse Available Funds in
the Collection Account amounts and in the priority set forth in Section 7.04(a)
of the Agreement.
On the first Distribution Date following the Distribution Date on
which all classes of Certificateholders have been paid in full, all amounts held
in the Collection Account and the Cash Reserve Account, if any, shall be
disbursed to the Seller and all interests of the Trust in all Auto Loans which
have an outstanding balance shall be reconveyed by the Trustee to, or at the
direction of, the Seller.
Distributions on this Class B Certificate will be made by same day
funds to the Class B Certificateholder at the address for such Class B
Certificateholder appearing on the Certificate Register on the relevant
Distribution Date without the presentation or surrender of this Class B
Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except as otherwise provided
in the Agreement and
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notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Class B Certificate
will be made upon satisfaction of the procedures indicated in the notice mailed
to the Class B Certificateholders as stated in the Agreement.
The Certificateholders will have the benefit of a Cash Reserve
Account to compensate them to the limited extent described in the Agreement
for losses and delinquencies on the Trust Assets to the extent of the lesser
of (i) any shortfall in Available Funds for payment of interest and
principal on the Certificates and the Monthly Servicing Fee, Back-Up
Servicing Fee and the Trustee Fee, as well as any prior period shortfalls in
such amounts and (ii) the amount on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account. On
the Closing Date, the Seller shall be required to deposit in the Cash Reserve
Account an amount equal to $1,407,479.00 (the "Initial Cash Reserve Account
Deposit"). The Required Cash Reserve Amount will be additionally funded by
collections on the Auto Loans remaining after payment of all Trust Operating
Expenses (as such term is defined in the Agreement), and payments of interest
and principal in respect of the Certificates in an amount equal to the excess
of the Required Cash Reserve Amount over the amount then on deposit in the
Cash Reserve Account. On each Distribution Date, the Required Cash Reserve
Amount will be an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) a
specified percentage (the "Required Reserve Percentage") of the Aggregate
Principal Balance of the Auto Loans determined as of the end of the
immediately preceding Due Period and (ii) $703,739 and (b) the Aggregate
Principal Balance of the Auto Loans as of the end of the immediately
preceding Due Period. Generally the Required Reserve Percentage will equal
9%; however, in the event that the rates of losses or delinquencies on the
Auto Loans exceed certain specified levels, the Required Reserve Percentage
will increase to 11% generally until such event is cured. Available Cash
Reserve Amounts in excess of the Required Cash Reserve Amount will be
remitted to the Seller on each Distribution Date. If, in any Due Period,
Available Funds are insufficient to pay (a) the Trust Operating Expenses, (b)
Monthly Interest, and (c) the Monthly Principal Distributable Amount, the
Servicer will instruct the Trustee to make a withdrawal from the Cash Reserve
Account in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) such deficiency and (ii) the
Available Cash Reserve Amount. The Trustee will deposit such withdrawals
into the Collection Account and make disbursements thereof.
In addition to withdrawals as a result of losses and delinquencies on
the Auto Loans the amount required to be on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account
may be reduced from time to time upon satisfaction of certain conditions set
forth in the Agreement. On the first Distribution Date following the payment in
full of the Certificates, the Trustee shall disburse all amounts held in the
Cash Reserve Account to the Seller.
The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Trustee, without the consent of any of
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the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity or defect of, to correct or
supplement any provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions or
to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
the Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the
Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder. Such Opinion of Counsel shall
be at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or, if such amendment
is required by any Rating Agency to maintain the rating issued by it on the
Certificates or requested by the Trustee in order to clarify any ambiguity or
resolve any inconsistency, then the related Opinion of Counsel shall be at the
expense of the Servicer.
The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Certificateholders of not less
than an aggregate Percentage of 66 2/3% of outstanding Certificates, for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Certificateholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such amendment shall
(a) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, collections of
payments on the Auto Loans or distributions which are required to be made on any
Certificate then outstanding, (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to
consent to any such amendment or (c) modify Section 10.03(b) of the Agreement
without the consent of the holders of all Certificates then outstanding. The
Trustee may set a record date for purposes of determining the holders entitled
to give a written consent or waive compliance as authorized or permitted by
Section 10.03(b) of the Agreement. Such record date shall not be more than 30
days prior to the first solicitation to such consent or waiver. Promptly after
the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant to Section 10.03 of the
Agreement, the Trustee shall furnish such amendment to each Certificateholder or
a written summary of such amendment prepared by the Servicer and, not later than
the tenth Business Day preceding the effectiveness of any such amendment, the
Rating Agencies. It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under Section 10.03 of the Agreement to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such
consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by
Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the
Trustee may prescribe. In connection with any amendment pursuant to Section
10.03 of the Agreement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the
Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of
such amendment have been satisfied.
The Agreement and the respective obligations and responsibilities of
the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee
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created hereby (other than the obligation of the Trustee to make payments to
Certificateholders as hereinafter set forth) shall terminate on the earlier of:
(i) the day after the day on which the Certificateholders are
paid all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement and
this and all other outstanding Certificates; and
(ii) March 20, 2002.
Upon at least 15 days' written notice to the Trustee (and to each
Certificateholder) prior to a Distribution Date; PROVIDED the Certificate
Principal Balance on such Distribution Date is 10% or less of the Initial
Principal Amount, the Servicer may, but is not required to, purchase as of the
last day of the preceding Due Period all, but not less than all, outstanding
Auto Loans at a price equal to the Aggregate Principal Balances of all Auto
Loans on the last day of the preceding Due Period plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon at the APR for each Auto Loan through the last day of such
preceding Due Period. Such price shall be deposited to the Collection Account
in immediately available funds by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
relevant Determination Date and the Trustee shall release the Auto Loans and
cause the Custodian to release the Collateral Files to the Servicer, whereupon
this Class B Certificate shall no longer evidence any right or interest in the
Auto Loans or the Collateral Files or any proceeds of the foregoing. Upon the
request of the Servicer, the Trustee shall perform such other acts as reasonably
requested by the Servicer and otherwise cooperate with the Servicer in
connection with the transfer of the Transferred Assets pursuant to Section
10.01(b) of the Agreement including, but not limited to, the execution of any
Title Document to the extent necessary to effectuate the termination of such
Auto Loan and the disposition of the related Automobile.
This Class B Certificate does not represent an obligation of, or an
interest in Eagle Finance Corp. or Eagle Auto Funding Corp. or any Affiliate
thereof. This Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections
respecting the Trust Assets, all as more specifically set forth herein and in
the Agreement.
The holder hereof, by its acceptance of this Class B Certificate,
agrees to look solely to the funds in the Collection Account to the extent
available for distribution to the holder hereof as provided in the Agreement for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee in its individual capacity is not
personally liable to the holder hereof for any amounts payable under this Class
B Certificate or the Agreement.
This Class B Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement
and is qualified in its entirety by the Agreement.
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Reference is made to the Agreement for information with respect to the
interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby
and the rights, duties and immunities of the Trustee. Copies of the Agreement
and all amendments thereto will be made available for review and inspection by
any Certificateholder during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee,
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
upon the prior written request of such Certificateholder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Eagle Auto Trust 1996-A has caused this Class B
Certificate to be duly executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the duly
authorized officer of the Trustee.
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
By Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By
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Title:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the within
mentioned Agreement.
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee
By
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Authorized Officer
Dated:
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or other identifying number of assignee
_______________.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto _________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the written certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints ____________________________, attorney, to transfer
said certificate on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:____________________
(1) A Non U.S. Person as de- Note: The signature(s) to
fined in the Code must this Assignment
certify to the Trustee in must correspond
writing as to its Non U.S. with the name(s) as
Person status and such written on the face
further information as may of the within cer-
be required under the Code tificate in every
or reasonably requested by particular without
the Trustee alteration or en-
largement or any
change whatsoever
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EXHIBIT H
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF September 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[FORM OF CLASS C CERTIFICATE]
CLASS C CERTIFICATE
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[ ]% Certificates
No. __ CUSIP No.
Original Principal
Amount: $
THIS CLASS C CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CLASS C CERTIFICATE,
AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS
ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON WHO THE
HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ("QIB") WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; OR (2) IN CERTIFICATED FORM
ONLY (A) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(A), (2) (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) IN OTHER
TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO (A) IN ANY SUCH CASE, RECEIPT BY THE SELLER AND THE CERTIFICATE
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT
[___] TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, AND (B) IN THE
CASE OF CLAUSE (2) RECEIPT BY THE SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES,
LEGAL OPINIONS AND OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE THAT
SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
NEITHER THIS CLASS C CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, TRUST OR ACCOUNT, WHETHER OR NOT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF
THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(E)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT, OR AN ENTITY WHOSE
UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF AN INVESTMENT IN
SUCH ENTITY BY A PLAN, TRUST OR ACCOUNT DESCRIBED ABOVE (AN "ERISA PLAN"), OR
(B) IT IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT AND PURSUANT TO SECTION I OF
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60"), THE ACQUISITION AND
HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE AND, PURSUANT TO SECTION III OF PTCE 95-60 THE
SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE TRUST ARE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
TRANSFEREE EXEMPT FROM THE "PROHIBITED TRANSACTION" PROVISIONS OF ERISA AND THE
CODE.
This certifies that [ ] (the "Class C
Certificateholder") is the registered owner of a fractional undivided interest
in a trust (the "Trust") created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
(the "Agreement"), dated as of September 1, 1996, among Eagle Auto Funding,
Corp., as Seller (the "Seller"), Eagle Finance Corp., as Servicer (the
"Servicer"), and Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"). The
Trust includes among its assets the Auto Loans, all rights of the Seller under
the Sale Agreement, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received
with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof (the "Transferred Assets")
together with all funds on deposit in the Collection Account [and all funds on
deposit in the Cash Reserve Account - pending determination of tax issue]
(collectively, the "Trust Assets"). This Class C Certificate is described in
the Agreement and is issued pursuant and subject to the Agreement and the Class
C Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the terms and
conditions of the Agreement to the same extent as if the Class C
Certificateholder were a party thereto. By acceptance of this Class C
Certificate the Class C Certificateholder assents to and becomes bound by the
Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, all capitalized terms have the
meanings assigned in the Agreement.
Under the Agreement, on the 15th day of each month (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the following Business Day) (each, a "Distribution Date"),
the Trustee, at the direction of the Servicer, shall disburse Available Funds in
the Collection Account amounts and in the priority set forth in Section 7.04(a)
of the Agreement.
On the first Distribution Date following the Distribution Date on
which all classes of Certificateholders have been paid in full, all amounts held
in the Collection Account and the Cash Reserve Account, if any, shall be
disbursed to the Seller and all interests of the Trust in all Auto Loans which
have an outstanding balance shall be reconveyed by the Trustee to, or at the
direction of, the Seller.
Distributions on this Class C Certificate will be made by same day
funds to the Class C Certificateholder at the address for such Class C
Certificateholder appearing on the Certificate Register on the relevant
Distribution Date without the presentation or surrender of this Class C
Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except as otherwise provided
in the Agreement and
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notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Class C Certificate
will be made upon satisfaction of the procedures indicated in the notice mailed
to the Class C Certificateholders as stated in the Agreement.
The Certificateholders will have the benefit of a Cash Reserve Account
to compensate them to the limited extent described in the Agreement for losses
and delinquencies on the Trust Assets to the extent of the lesser of (i) any
shortfall in Available Funds for payment of interest and principal on the
Certificates and the Monthly Servicing Fee, Back-Up Servicing Fee and the
Trustee Fee, as well as any prior period shortfalls in such amounts and (ii) the
amount on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account. On the Closing Date, the Seller
shall be required to deposit in the Cash Reserve Account an amount equal to
$1,407,479.00 (the "Initial Cash Reserve Account Deposit"). The Required Cash
Reserve Amount will be additionally funded by collections on the Auto Loans
remaining after payment of all Trust Operating Expenses (as such term is defined
in the Agreement), and payments of interest and principal in respect of the
Certificates in an amount equal to the excess of the Required Cash Reserve
Amount over the amount then on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account. On each
Distribution Date, the Required Cash Reserve Amount will be an amount equal to
the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) a specified percentage (the "Required
Reserve Percentage") of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans
determined as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (ii)
$703,739 and (b) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Auto Loans as of the end
of the immediately preceding Due Period. Generally the Required Reserve
Percentage will equal 9%; however, in the event that the rates of losses or
delinquencies on the Auto Loans exceed certain specified levels, the Required
Reserve Percentage will increase to 11% generally until such event is cured.
Available Cash Reserve Amounts in excess of the Required Cash Reserve Amount
will be remitted to the Seller on each Distribution Date. If, in any Due
Period, Available Funds are insufficient to pay (a) the Trust Operating
Expenses, (b) Monthly Interest, and (c) the Monthly Principal Distributable
Amount, the Servicer will instruct the Trustee to make a withdrawal from the
Cash Reserve Account in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) such deficiency and
(ii) the Available Cash Reserve Amount. The Trustee will deposit such
withdrawals into the Collection Account and make disbursements thereof.
In addition to withdrawals as a result of losses and delinquencies on
the Auto Loans the amount required to be on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account
may be reduced from time to time upon satisfaction of certain conditions set
forth in the Agreement. On the first Distribution Date following the payment in
full of the Certificates, the Trustee shall disburse all amounts held in the
Cash Reserve Account to the Seller.
The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Trustee, without the consent of any of
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the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity or defect of, to correct or
supplement any provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions or
to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
the Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the
Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder. Such Opinion of Counsel shall
be at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or, if such amendment
is required by any Rating Agency to maintain the rating issued by it on the
Certificates or requested by the Trustee in order to clarify any ambiguity or
resolve any inconsistency, then the related Opinion of Counsel shall be at the
expense of the Servicer.
The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Certificateholders of not less
than an aggregate Percentage of 66 2/3% of outstanding Certificates, for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Certificateholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such amendment shall
(a) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, collections of
payments on the Auto Loans or distributions which are required to be made on any
Certificate then outstanding, (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to
consent to any such amendment or (c) modify Section 10.03(b) of the Agreement
without the consent of the holders of all Certificates then outstanding. The
Trustee may set a record date for purposes of determining the holders entitled
to give a written consent or waive compliance as authorized or permitted by
Section 10.03(b) of the Agreement. Such record date shall not be more than 30
days prior to the first solicitation to such consent or waiver. Promptly after
the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant to Section 10.03 of the
Agreement, the Trustee shall furnish such amendment to each Certificateholder or
a written summary of such amendment prepared by the Servicer and, not later than
the tenth Business Day preceding the effectiveness of any such amendment, the
Rating Agencies. It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under Section 10.03 of the Agreement to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such
consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by
Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the
Trustee may prescribe. In connection with any amendment pursuant to Section
10.03 of the Agreement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the
Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of
such amendment have been satisfied.
The Agreement and the respective obligations and responsibilities of
the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee
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created hereby (other than the obligation of the Trustee to make payments to
Certificateholders as hereinafter set forth) shall terminate on the earlier of:
(i) the day after the day on which the Certificateholders are
paid all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement and
this and all other outstanding Certificates; and
(ii) March 20, 2002.
Upon at least 15 days' written notice to the Trustee (and to each
Certificateholder) prior to a Distribution Date; PROVIDED the Certificate
Principal Balance on such Distribution Date is 10% or less of the Initial
Principal Amount, the Servicer may, but is not required to, purchase as of the
last day of the preceding Due Period all, but not less than all, outstanding
Auto Loans at a price equal to the Aggregate Principal Balances of all Auto
Loans on the last day of the preceding Due Period plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon at the APR for each Auto Loan through the last day of such
preceding Due Period. Such price shall be deposited to the Collection Account
in immediately available funds by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
relevant Determination Date and the Trustee shall release the Auto Loans and
cause the Custodian to release the Collateral Files to the Servicer, whereupon
this Class C Certificate shall no longer evidence any right or interest in the
Auto Loans or the Collateral Files or any proceeds of the foregoing. Upon the
request of the Servicer, the Trustee shall perform such other acts as reasonably
requested by the Servicer and otherwise cooperate with the Servicer in
connection with the transfer of the Transferred Assets pursuant to Section
10.01(b) of the Agreement including, but not limited to, the execution of any
Title Document to the extent necessary to effectuate the termination of such
Auto Loan and the disposition of the related Automobile.
This Class C Certificate does not represent an obligation of, or an
interest in Eagle Finance Corp. or Eagle Auto Funding Corp. or any Affiliate
thereof. This Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections
respecting the Trust Assets, all as more specifically set forth herein and in
the Agreement.
The holder hereof, by its acceptance of this Class C Certificate,
agrees to look solely to the funds in the Collection Account to the extent
available for distribution to the holder hereof as provided in the Agreement for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee in its individual capacity is not
personally liable to the holder hereof for any amounts payable under this Class
C Certificate or the Agreement.
This Class C Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement
and is qualified in its entirety by the Agreement.
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Reference is made to the Agreement for information with respect to the
interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby
and the rights, duties and immunities of the Trustee. Copies of the Agreement
and all amendments thereto will be made available for review and inspection by
any Certificateholder during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee,
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
upon the prior written request of such Certificateholder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Eagle Auto Trust 1996-A has caused this Class C
Certificate to be duly executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the duly
authorized officer of the Trustee.
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
By Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By
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Title:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the within
mentioned Agreement.
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee
By
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Authorized Officer
Dated:
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or other identifying number of assignee
_______________.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto _________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the written certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints ____________________________, attorney, to transfer
said certificate on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:____________________
(1) A Non U.S. Person as de- Note: The signature(s) to
fined in the Code must this Assignment
certify to the Trustee in must correspond
writing as to its Non U.S. with the name(s) as
Person status and such written on the face
further information as may of the within cer-
be required under the Code tificate in every
or reasonably requested by particular without
the Trustee alteration or en-
largement or any
change whatsoever
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EXHIBIT I
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF September 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[FORM OF RULE 144A CERTIFICATE]
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, (DATE)
as Trustee
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Indenture Trust Division
Re: Eagle Auto Trust 1996-A [ ]% Certificates
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Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as of September 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among Eagle Auto
Funding Corp., as Seller, Eagle Finance Corp., as Servicer and Xxxxxx Trust and
Savings Bank, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
[NOTE: INSERT [A] FOR TRANSFERS OF DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES TO TRANSFEREES THAT
TAKE DELIVERY IN INTERESTS IN THE BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES. INSERT [B] FOR
TRANSFERS OF DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES TO TRANSFEREES THAT TAKE DELIVERY IN
DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES. INSERT [C] FOR TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS IN THE
BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES TO TRANSFEREES THAT TAKE DELIVERY IN DEFINITIVE
CERTIFICATES.)]
[A] This letter relates to $_____ Initial [Principal Amount] of
[Class A/Class B/Class C] Certificates which are held in the form of Definitive
Certificates in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the "Transferor"). The
Transferor has requested a transfer of such Definitive Certificates for a
beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Certificate to be held with the Clearing
Agency in the name of [insert name of transferee].
[B] This letter relates to $_____ Initial [Principal Amount] of
[Class A/Class B/Class C] Certificates which are held in the form of Definitive
Certificates registered in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the
"Transferor"). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such Definitive
Certificates for Definitive Certificates of such Class registered in the name of
[insert name of transferee].
[C] This letter relates to $__________ Initial [Principal Amount] of
[Class A/Class B] Certificates which are held in the form of a beneficial
interest in the Book-Entry Certificate with the Clearing Agency in the name of
[insert name of transferor] (the "Transferor"). The Transferor has requested a
transfer of such beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Certificate for
Definitive Certificates of such Class registered in the name of [insert name of
transferee].
In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates,
the Transferee hereby certifies that such Certificates are being transferred in
accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and the Certificates and (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities
Act it is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A
purchasing for its own account or for the account of a "qualified institutional
buyer", and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance upon Rule
144A, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance
with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any
other applicable jurisdiction. The Transferee further certifies that it either
(a) is not (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")) subject
to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in section
4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or (iii) an entity whose
underlying assets are deemed to be assets of a plan described in (i) or (ii)
above by reason of such plan's investment in the entity (any such entity
described in clauses (i) through (iii), a "Benefit Plan Entity") or (b) it is an
insurance company general account and, pursuant to Section I of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60"), the acquisition and holding of
the Certificates and, pursuant to Section III of PTCE 95-60, the servicing,
management and operation of the Trust are with respect to such Purchaser exempt
from the "prohibited transaction" provisions of ERISA and the Code [* or (c) if
the Transferee is a Benefit Plan Entity, the following:
a. the Transferee is not a Benefit Plan Entity with respect to an
employee benefit plan sponsored by any member of the Restricted Group (as
defined in the Private Placement Memorandum);
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* Do not include bracketed language for acquisitions or transfers of
Certificates that (i) evidence rights and interests that are subordinated to the
rights and interests evidenced by other Certificates of the Trust, or (ii) occur
at any time during which the Certificates being acquired or transferred are not
rated in one of the top three rating categories of any rating agency that
satisfies the requirements of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 89-90 and that
(a) is rating the Certificates as of the date hereof and (b) has been requested
by the issuer of the Certificates to rate the Certificates.
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b. either (A) the person who has discretionary authority or renders
investment advice to the Transferee with respect to the investment of plan
assets in the Certificates is not an Obligor (or an affiliate) with respect to
the Receivables (as defined in the Private Placement Memorandum), or (B) the
person who has such discretionary authority or renders such investment advice is
an Obligor (or an affiliate) with respect to less than 5 percent of the
Receivables; and, immediately after the acquisition of the Certificates, no more
than 25 percent of the assets of the Transferee are invested in certificates
representing an interest in a trust containing assets sold or serviced by the
same entity; and
c. the Transferee is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D pursuant to the 1933 Act.]
You and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and the Seller are entitled to
rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a
copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or
official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
[Insert Name of Transferee]
By
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Name:
Title:
Dated:__________, _____
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EXHIBIT J
TO
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1996
EAGLE AUTO TRUST 1996-A
[FORM OF ACCREDITED INVESTOR CERTIFICATE]
(Date)
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank
as Trustee
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $__________ principal
amount of Eagle Auto Trust 1996-A [ ]% Certificates (the "Certificates") of
Eagle Auto Funding Corp. (the "Seller"), we confirm that:
(1) We have received a copy of the Private Placement Memorandum dated [October
1], 1996 relating to the Certificates (the "Private Placement Memorandum"),
and we understand that the Certificates have not been, and will not be,
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence.
We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are
acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell any Certificates
within three years of the later of the date of original issuance of the
Certificates or the last day on which such Certificates are owned by the
Seller or any affiliate of the Seller (which includes the Placement Agent)
we will do so only (A) to the Seller, (B) to "qualified institutional
buyers" (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("QIBs"), (C) pursuant
to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation
S under the Securities Act, (D) pursuant to the exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (E) to an institutional
"accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)
of Regulation D under the Securities Act that is not a QIB (an
"Institutional Accredited Investor") which, prior to such transfer,
delivers to the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
of September 1, 1996 among the Seller, Eagle Finance Corp., as Servicer and
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), a signed letter
in
the form of this letter; and we further agree, in the capacities stated
above, to provide to any person purchasing any of the Certificates from us
a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Certificates are
restricted as stated herein.
(2) We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Certificates to an
Institutional Accredited Investor, we will be required to furnish to the
Trustee and the Seller such certifications, legal opinions and other
information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that the
proposed sale is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities
Act. We further understand that the Certificates purchased by us will bear
a legend to the foregoing effect.
(3) We are acquiring the Certificates for investment purposes and not with a
view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in
violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of our investment in the Certificates, and we and any account for
which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of such
investment.
(4) We are acquiring the Certificates purchased by us for our own account or
for one or more accounts (each of which is an Institutional Accredited
Investor or a QIB) as to each of which we exercise sole investment
discretion.
(5) We have received such information as we deem necessary in order to make our
investment decision.
(6) We are either (a) not (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in section
3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA")) subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan
described in section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or
(iii) an entity whose underlying assets are deemed to be assets of a plan
described in (i) or (ii) above by reason of such plan's investment in the
entity (any such entity described in clauses (i) through (iii), a "Benefit
Plan Entity") or (b) it is an insurance company general account and,
pursuant to Section I of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60
("PTCE 95-60"), the acquisition and holding of the Certificates and,
pursuant to Section III of PTCE 95-60, the servicing, management and
operation of the Trust are with respect to such Purchaser exempt from the
"prohibited transaction" provisions of ERISA
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and the Code [** or (c) if the Purchaser is a Benefit Plan Entity, the
following:
a. the Purchaser is not a Benefit Plan Entity with respect to an
employee benefit plan sponsored by any member of the Restricted Group (as
defined in the Private Placement Memorandum);
b. either (A) the person who has discretionary authority or renders
investment advice to the Purchaser with respect to the investment of plan assets
in the Certificates is not an Obligor (or an affiliate) with respect to the
Receivables (as defined in the Private Placement Memorandum), or (B) the person
who has such discretionary authority or renders such investment advice is an
Obligor (or an affiliate) with respect to less than 5 percent of the
Receivables; and, immediately after the acquisition of the Certificates, no more
than 25 percent of the assets of the Purchaser are invested in certificates
representing an interest in a trust containing assets sold or serviced by the
same entity; and
c. the Purchaser is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D pursuant to the Securities Act.]
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** Do not include bracketed language for acquisitions or transfers of
Certificates that (i) evidence rights and interests that are subordinated to the
rights and interests evidenced by other Certificates of the Trust, or (ii) occur
at any time during which the Certificates being acquired or transferred are not
rated in one of the top three rating categories of any rating agency that
satisfies the requirements of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 89-90 and that
(a) is rating the Certificates as of the date hereof and (b) has been requested
by the issuer of the Certificates to rate the Certificates.
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Terms used in this letter which are not otherwise defined herein have
the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Private Placement Memorandum.
You and the Seller are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested
party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect
to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[PURCHASER]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Offered Certificates to be purchased:
$__________ original Certificate Balance
of Certificates.
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S CERTIFICATE
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank,
as Trustee
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: Eagle Auto Trust 1996-A Automobile Loan-Backed
Pass Through Certificates
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the disposition by the transferor listed below (the
"Transferor") of Certificates (the "Certificates") issued pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") between Eagle Auto Funding Corp., as seller (the
"Seller"), Eagle Finance Corp., individually and as Servicer, and Xxxxxx Trust
and Savings Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), relating to the Eagle Auto Trust
1996-A Automobile Loan-Backed Pass Through Certificates (the "Certificates"),
the Transferor certifies that:
(a) the Transferor understands that the Certificates have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), and are being disposed of by the Transferor in a transaction
that is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act; and
(b) the Transferor has not offered or sold any Certificates to, or
solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or
otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect
thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken any other action
which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act.
You and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and the Seller are entitled to
rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a
copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or
official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
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Name of Transferor
By:
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Name:
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