FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 4.4
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
THE NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
TO
THE NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of March 20, 2007 (this “Amendment”) is by and between NATIONAL
CITY BANK, a national banking association, as Beneficiary and as Transferor, and WILMINGTON TRUST
COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as Owner Trustee, and acknowledged and accepted by the
NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST.
WHEREAS the Beneficiary and Transferor and the Owner Trustee have executed that certain
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of August 23, 2005 (as amended and supplemented
through the date hereof and as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
and in effect from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”);
WHEREAS the National City Credit Card Master Note Trust, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York,
as Indenture Trustee, have executed that certain Indenture, dated as of August 23, 2005 (as amended
and supplemented through the date hereof and as the same may be further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Indenture”);
WHEREAS the Beneficiary and Transferor and the Owner Trustee wish to amend the Trust Agreement
as provided herein;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the agreements contained herein, the
parties hereto agree to amend the provisions of the Trust Agreement as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment of Section 1.01. Section 1.01 is hereby amended by adding the
following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 — Asset Backed Securities (Regulation
AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to
such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the
adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg.
1,506, 1,531 (January 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by
the Commission or its staff from time to time.
“Securitization Transaction” means any transaction involving a new issuance of
notes pursuant to the Indenture, whether publicly offered or privately placed, rated or
unrated.
SECTION 2. Amendment of Section 6.07. Section 6.07(c) of the Trust Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting such subsection in its entirety and inserting in its place the
following:
(c) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, the performance by
it of its obligations under this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby nor compliance by the Trustee Bank with any of the terms or provisions
hereof will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation
governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding
on the Trustee Bank, or constitute any default under its charter documents or by-laws or any
indenture, mortgage, lease, license, contract, agreement or instrument to which the Trustee
Bank is a party or by which the Trustee Bank or any of the Trustee Bank’s properties may be
bound.
SECTION 3. Addition of Article XIII. The Trust Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the following new Article XIII after Article XII of the Trust Agreement:
ARTICLE XIII
COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
Section 13.01. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The Transferor and the
Trustee Bank acknowledge and agree that the purpose of this Article XIII is to
facilitate compliance by the Transferor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related
rules and regulations of the Commission. The Transferor shall not exercise its right to
request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in
good faith, or for purposes other than the Transferor’s compliance with the provisions of
Regulation AB and the related rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (or the
provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable to that required under the
Securities Act). The Trustee Bank agrees to cooperate in good faith with any reasonable
request by the Transferor for information regarding the Trustee Bank which is required in
order to enable the Transferor to comply with the provisions of Items 1109(a), 1109(b), 1117
and 1119 of Regulation AB as it relates to the Trustee Bank or to the Trustee Bank’s
obligations under this Agreement.
Section 13.02. Information to Be Provided by the Trustee Bank. For so long as
the Transferor is required to report under Regulation AB, the Trustee Bank shall, as
promptly as practicable, notify the Transferor, in writing, of: (i) the commencement of, a
material development in or, if applicable, the termination of, any and all legal proceedings
against the Trustee Bank or any and all proceedings which any property of the Trustee Bank
is the subject, that is material to the noteholders; and (ii) any such proceedings known to
be contemplated by governmental authorities. The Trustee Bank shall also notify the
Transferor, in writing, as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by the
Trustee Bank of any material changes to proceedings described in the preceding sentence. In
addition, the Trustee Bank will furnish to the Transferor, in writing, the necessary
disclosure regarding the Trustee Bank describing such proceedings required to be disclosed
under Item 1117 of Regulation AB, for inclusion in reports filed by or on behalf of the
Transferor with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.01, the Trustee Bank shall (i) on an
annual basis, provide to the Transferor such information regarding the Trustee Bank as is
requested for the purpose of compliance with Items 1109(a), 1109(b), 1117 and 1119 of
Regulation AB, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by the
Trustee Bank of any material changes to such information, provide to the Transferor, in
writing, such updated information. Such information shall include, at a minimum:
(A) the Trustee Bank’s name and form of organization;
(B) a description of the extent to which the Trustee Bank has had prior
experience serving as a trustee for asset-backed securities transactions involving
credit card receivables;
(C) a description of any affiliation between the Trustee Bank and any of the
following parties to a Securitization Transaction, as such parties are identified by
name to the Trustee Bank by the Transferor in writing at least three Business Days
prior to the date in which the Trustee Bank is required to provide such information:
| (1) | the sponsor; | ||
| (2) | any depositor; | ||
| (3) | the issuing entity; | ||
| (4) | any servicer; | ||
| (5) | any trustee; | ||
| (6) | any originator; | ||
| (7) | any significant obligor; | ||
| (8) | any enhancement or support provider; and | ||
| (9) | any other material transaction party. |
In connection with the above-listed parties, a description of whether there is, and
if so the general character of, any business relationship, agreement, arrangement,
transaction or understanding between the Trustee Bank and any above-listed party
that is entered into outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other
than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party,
apart from the asset-backed securities transaction, that currently exists or that
existed during the past two years and that is material to an investor’s
understanding of the asset-backed securities.
With respect to the information required to be provided under Section 13.01, the
Trustee Bank shall not be required to provide such information in the event that
there has been no change to the information previously provided by the Trustee Bank
to the Transferor. In connection with each Report on Form 10-K with respect to the
Trust and each Report on Form 10-D with respect to the Notes filed by or on behalf
of the Transferor, the Trustee Bank shall be deemed to represent and warrant, as of
each March 15 for the Report on Form 10-K and as of the related Determination Date
for the Report on Form 10-D, that any information previously provided by the Trustee
Bank under this Article XIII is materially correct and does not have any material
omissions unless the Trustee Bank has provided an update to such information.
SECTION 4. Effectiveness. The amendments provided for by this Amendment shall become
effective upon the delivery of the following:
(a) A Master Trust Tax Opinion.
(b) An Issuer Tax Opinion.
(c) An officer’s certificate from the Trust to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to
the effect that the Trust reasonably believes that this Amendment will not have an Adverse Effect
and is not reasonably expected to have an Adverse Effect at any time in the future.
(d) Prior written notice of this Amendment to each Note Rating Agency.
(e) An officer’s certificate from the Trust to the Owner Trustee to the effect that the
conditions to this Amendment have been satisfied.
(f) Counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by the parties hereto.
SECTION 5. Direction to the Owner Trustee. By its execution of this Amendment, the
Beneficiary hereby authorizes and directs the Owner Trustee, pursuant to Sections 2.03, 5.01 and
9.01 of the Trust Agreement, to execute this Amendment.
SECTION 6. Trust Agreement in Full Force and Effect as Amended. Except as
specifically amended or waived hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect. All references to the Trust Agreement in any other document or
instrument shall be deemed to mean such Trust Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This
Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Trust Agreement, but shall constitute an amendment
thereof. The parties hereto agree to be bound by the terms and
obligations of the Trust Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, as though the terms and
obligations of the Trust Agreement were set forth herein.
SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by separate parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be
deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 8. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OF
SUCH STATE.
SECTION 9. Defined Terms and Section References. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement and if
not in the Trust Agreement, then they shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Indenture. All Section or subsection references herein shall mean Sections or subsections of the
Trust Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Beneficiary and Transferor and the Owner Trustee have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
| NATIONAL CITY BANK, as Beneficiary and as Transferor |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Xx. | |||
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Xx. | |||
| Title: | Sr. Vice President | |||
| WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Owner Trustee |
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| By: | /s/ J. Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Name: | J. Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Financial Services Officer | |||
| Acknowledged and Accepted: | ||||||
| NATIONAL CITY CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST | ||||||
| By: | Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | |||||
| By: | /s/ J. Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: | J. Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | Financial Services Officer | |||||
