Exhibit 10.3
OWNER TRUST ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
among
BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2004-A,
as Issuer,
BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC,
as Owner Trust Administrator,
and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of May 1, 2004
THIS OWNER TRUST ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of May 1, 2004 is among
BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2004-A, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer"), BMW
FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC, a Delaware, limited liability company, as
administrator (the "Owner Trust Administrator"), and CITIBANK, N.A., a national
banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"),
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer was formed pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of
March 30, 2004 as amended and restated as of May 1, 2004 (as the same may be
further amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Trust Agreement"),
between BMW FS SECURITIES LLC, as depositor (the "Depositor"), and WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee (the
"Owner Trustee"), and is issuing 1.18% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1, 1.88%
Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, 2.67% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 and 3.32%
Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 (collectively, the "Class A Notes") and 3.52%
Asset Backed Notes, Class B (the "Class B Notes" and, collectively with the
Class A Notes, the "Notes") pursuant to the Indenture dated as of May 1, 2004
(as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Indenture"), between the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, and is issuing asset backed certificates (the
"Trust Certificates" and, collectively with the Notes, the "Securities")
pursuant to the Trust Agreement (capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture,
the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement (as defined herein), as
applicable);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with
the issuance of the Securities and of certain beneficial ownership interests in
the Issuer, including (i) a Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2004
(as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Sale and Servicing
Agreement"), among BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC, as seller (in such capacity,
the "Seller"), servicer (in such capacity the "Servicer"), administrator and
custodian, the Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, (ii) a Letter of
Representations dated May 11, 2004 (as amended and supplemented from time to
time, the "Depository Agreement"), among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Trust Administrator and THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") relating to
the Notes, (iii) the Indenture and (iv) the Trust Agreement (the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Depository Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust
Agreement being referred to hereinafter collectively as the "Related
Agreements");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related Agreements, the Issuer and Owner Trustee
are required to perform certain duties in connection with (a) the Notes and the
collateral therefor pledged pursuant to the Indenture (the "Collateral") and (b)
the beneficial ownership interests in the Issuer (the registered holders of such
interests being referred to herein as the "Owners");
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WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have the Owner Trust
Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee
referred to in the preceding clause and to provide such additional services
consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Related Agreements as the
Issuer and the Owner Trustee may from time to time request; and
WHEREAS, the Owner Trust Administrator has the capacity to provide the
services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer
and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein,
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
Section 1.1. Duties of the Owner Trust Administrator with Respect to the
Depository Agreement and the Indenture.
The Owner Trust Administrator agrees to perform all its
duties as Owner Trust Administrator and all the duties of the Issuer and the
Owner Trustee under the Depository Agreement. In addition, the Owner Trust
Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee under the Indenture and the Depository Agreement.
The Owner Trust Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and
shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the
Issuer's or the Owner Trustee's duties under the Indenture and the Depository
Agreement. The Owner Trust Administrator shall prepare for execution by the
Issuer, or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of, all such
documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that it
shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. In furtherance of the
foregoing, the Owner Trust Administrator shall take all appropriate action that
is the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture
including, without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with
respect to the following matters under the Indenture (parenthetical section
references are to sections of the Indenture):
(A) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments
required for authentication of the Notes and delivery of the same to
the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.02);
(B) the causing of the Note Register to be kept and to give the Indenture
Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the location,
or change in location, of the Note Register (Section 2.04);
(C) the notification of Noteholders of the final principal payment on
their Notes (Section 2.08(b));
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(D) the preparation of Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency (Section 2.12);
(E) reserved;
(F) the maintenance of an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New
York, for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes (Section 3.02);
(G) the causing of newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to
the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the Indenture regarding
funds held in trust (Section 3.03);
(H) the direction to the Indenture Trustee to deposit moneys with Paying
Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.03);
(I) the direction to Paying Agents to pay to the Indenture Trustee all
sums held in trust by such Paying Agents (Section 3.03); and
(J) the obtaining and preservation of the Issuer's qualification to do
business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and agreement included in
the Trust Estate (Section 3.04);
(K) the preparation of all supplements and amendments to the Indenture
and all financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of
further assurance and other instruments and the taking of such other action
as is necessary or advisable to protect the Trust Estate (Section 3.05);
(L) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date and the
annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel as to the Trust Estate, and the
annual delivery of the Officer's Certificate and certain other statements
as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.06 and 3.09);
(M) the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's
Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuer has contracted to perform its
duties under the Indenture (Section 3.07(b));
(N) the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the
Rating Agencies of a Servicer Termination Event under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and, if such Servicer Termination Event arises from the
failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Receivables, the taking of all
reasonable steps available to remedy such failure (Section 3.07(d));
(O) the notifying of the Indenture Trustee of the appointment of a
Successor Servicer (Section 3.07(f));
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(P) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments required
for the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Indenture
(Section 3.10(b));
(Q) the causing of the Servicer to comply with the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, including Sections 4.09, 4.10, and 4.11 and Article VII thereof
(Section 3.14);
(R) the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the
Rating Agencies of each Event of Default under the Indenture and each
default by the Servicer or the Seller under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement (Section 3.19);
(S) the monitoring of the Issuer's obligations as to the satisfaction and
discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officer's Certificate
and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate
relating thereto (Section 4.01);
(T) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions and
certificates and other documents required for the release of collateral
(Section 4.04);
(U) the compliance with any written directive of the Indenture Trustee
with respect to the sale of the Trust Estate in a commercially reasonable
manner if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(Section 5.04);
(V) the providing of the Indenture Trustee with the information necessary
to deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be reasonably
required to enable such Holder to prepare its United States federal and
state and local income or franchise tax returns (Section 6.06).
(W) the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders of the removal
of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee (Section 6.08);
(X) the preparation of any written instruments required to confirm more
fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and any written
instruments necessary in connection with the resignation or removal of any
co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections 6.08 and 6.10);
(Y) the maintenance of the effectiveness of the sales finance company
licenses required under the Maryland Code and the licenses required under
the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act and all required, if any,
promissory note licenses in all applicable jurisdictions (Section 6.15);
(Z) the furnishing to the Indenture Trustee with the names and addresses
of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture Trustee is not the Note
Registrar (Section 7.01);
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(AA) the providing of reasonable and appropriate assistance to the
Depositor or its designees (including Citibank, N.A.), as applicable, with
the preparation and filing with the Commission, any applicable state
agencies and the Indenture Trustee of documents required to be filed on a
periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed by, the Commission and any applicable state agencies
and the transmission of such summaries, as necessary, to the Noteholders
(Section 7.03);
(BB) the opening of one or more accounts in the Issuer's name, the
preparation and delivery of Issuer Orders, Officer's Certificates and
Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect to
investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections 8.02
and 8.03);
(CC) the preparation of an Issuer Request and Officer's Certificate and
the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if
necessary, for the release of the Trust Estate (Sections 8.04 and 8.05);
(DD) the preparation of Issuer Orders and the obtaining of Opinions of
Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures and the
mailing to the Noteholders of notices with respect to such supplemental
indentures (Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 9.03);
(EE) the execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any
supplemental indenture (Section 9.05);
(FF) the notifying of Noteholders of redemption of the Notes or to cause
the Indenture Trustee to provide such notification (Section 10.02);
(GG) the preparation and delivery of all Officer's Certificates, Opinions
of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by the
Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the Indenture
(Section 11.01(a));
(HH) the preparation and delivery of Officer's Certificates and the
obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of
property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.01(b));
(II) the notification of the Rating Agencies, upon the failure of the
Indenture Trustee to give such notification, of the information required
pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Indenture (Section 11.04);
(JJ) the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee
of any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions
(Section 11.06);
(KK) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.14);
The Owner Trust Administrator will:
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(A) pay the Indenture Trustee (and any separate trustee or co-trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 6.10 of the Indenture (a "Separate Trustee"))
from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the
Indenture Trustee or Separate Trustee, as the case may be, under the
Indenture;
(B) except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture, reimburse
the Indenture Trustee or any Separate Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Indenture Trustee or Separate Trustee, as the case may be, in accordance
with any provision of the Indenture (including the reasonable compensation,
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence
or bad faith;
(C) indemnify the Indenture Trustee and any Separate Trustee and their
respective agents for, and hold them harmless against, any losses,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and the other Basic
Documents, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending
themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of their powers or duties under the Indenture; and
(D) indemnify the Owner Trustee and its agents, successors, assigns and
servants in accordance with Section 8.02 of the Trust Agreement to the
extent that amounts thereunder have not been paid pursuant to Section 5.06
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 1.2. Additional Duties.
(i) In addition to the duties of the Owner Trust Administrator
set forth above, the Owner Trust Administrator shall perform such calculations
and shall prepare or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons
of, and shall execute on behalf of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, all such
documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that it
shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Related Agreements or Section 5.04 of the Trust Agreement, and
at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is
the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Related
Agreements. In furtherance thereof, the Owner Trustee shall, on behalf of itself
and of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the Owner Trust Administrator and to
each successor Owner Trust Administrator appointed pursuant to the terms hereof,
one or more powers of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
appointing the Owner Trust Administrator the attorney-in-fact of the Owner
Trustee and the Issuer for the purpose of executing on behalf of the Owner
Trustee and the Issuer all such documents, reports, filings, instruments,
certificates and opinions. Subject to Section 5 of this Agreement, and in
accordance with the directions of the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trust
Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such
other
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activities in connection with the Collateral (including the Related Agreements)
as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly
requested by the Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the
Owner Trust Administrator. Such responsibilities shall include providing to the
Depositor and the Indenture Trustee (i) the monthly servicing report in an
appropriate electronic form and (ii) Pennsylvania and Maryland renewal notices
or forms received by the Owner Trust Administrator and shall exclude the actual
filing of any reports pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related
Agreements to the contrary, the Owner Trust Administrator shall be responsible
for performance of the duties of the Owner Trustee set forth in Sections 5.04
and 5.05(a) of the Trust Agreement with respect to, among other things,
accounting and reports to Owners; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee
shall retain responsibility for the distribution of the Schedule K-1s (as
prepared by the Owner Trust Administrator) necessary to enable each Owner to
prepare its federal and state income tax returns.
(iii) The Owner Trust Administrator shall satisfy its obligations
with respect to Section 5.04 of the Trust Agreement under clause (ii) above by
retaining, at the expense of the Trust payable by the Owner Trust Administrator,
a firm of independent public accountants acceptable to the Owner Trustee, which
shall perform the obligations of the Owner Trust Administrator thereunder.
(iv) The Owner Trust Administrator shall perform the duties of
the Owner Trust Administrator including, without limitation, those specified in
Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 10.02 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in
connection with the fees, expenses and indemnification and the resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be
performed by the Owner Trust Administrator under the Trust Agreement.
(v) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other
obligations under this Agreement, the Owner Trust Administrator may enter into
transactions or otherwise deal with any of its affiliates; provided, however,
that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with
any directions received from the Issuer and shall be, in the Owner Trust
Administrator's opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be available
from unaffiliated parties.
Section 1.3. Non-Ministerial Matters.
With respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the
Owner Trust Administrator are non-ministerial, the Owner Trust Administrator
shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of
such action, the Owner Trust Administrator shall have notified the Owner Trustee
of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee shall not have withheld consent or
provided an alternative direction. Unless explicitly provided under this Owner
Trust Administration Agreement, for the purpose of the preceding sentence,
"non-ministerial matters" shall include, without limitation:
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(A) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the
compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer
(other than in connection with the collection of the Receivables);
(C) the amendment, change or modification of the Related Agreements;
(D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents
and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the
appointment of successor Owner Trust Administrators or successor Servicers,
or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or
Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
(E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Owner
Trust Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any
payments to the Noteholders under the Related Agreements, (y) sell the Trust
Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Indenture or (z) take any other action
that the Issuer directs the Owner Trust Administrator not to take on its behalf.
Section 2. Records. The Owner Trust Administrator shall maintain appropriate
books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which
books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer at
any time during normal business hours.
Section 3. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the Owner
Trust Administrator's obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for
its expenses related thereto, the Owner Trust Administrator shall be paid a fee
by the Servicer, such fee not to exceed $1,500.
Section 4. Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer. The Owner
Trust Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such
additional information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably
request.
Section 5. Independence of the Owner Trust Administrator. For all purposes
of this Agreement, the Owner Trust Administrator shall be an independent
contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the
performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the
Issuer, the Owner Trust Administrator shall have no authority to act for or
represent the Issuer or the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be
deemed an agent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee.
Section 6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall
constitute the Owner Trust Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Owner
Trustee as members
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of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated
business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any
liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on any of
them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or
liability on behalf of the others.
Section 7. Other Activities of Owner Trust Administrator.
Nothing herein shall prevent the Owner Trust Administrator or its
Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from
acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other person or entity
even though such person or entity may engage in business activities similar to
those of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
The Owner Trust Administrator and its affiliates may generally engage in
any kind of business with any person party to a Related Agreement, any of its
Affiliates and any person who may do business with or own securities of any such
person or any of its Affiliates, without any duty to account therefor to the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
Section 8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Owner Trust
Administrator.
(a) This Agreement shall continue in force until the dissolution of the
Issuer, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
(b) Subject to Sections 8(e) and (f), the Owner Trust Administrator may
resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least 60 days prior
written notice.
(c) Subject to Sections 8(e) and (f), the Issuer may remove the Owner
Trust Administrator without cause by providing the Owner Trust Administrator
with at least 60 days' prior written notice.
(d) Subject to Sections 8(e) and (f), at the sole option of the Issuer,
the Owner Trust Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of
termination from the Issuer to the Owner Trust Administrator if any of the
following events shall occur:
(i) the Owner Trust Administrator shall default in the
performance of any of its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of
such default, shall not cure such default within ten Business Days (or, if
such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within ten days
such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer);
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been
vacated within 60
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days, in respect of the Owner Trust Administrator in any involuntary case
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Owner Trust Administrator
or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the Owner Trust Administrator shall commence a voluntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief
in an involuntary case under any such law, shall consent to the appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or
similar official for the Owner Trust Administrator or any substantial part
of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such
official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its
debts as they become due.
The Owner Trust Administrator agrees that if any of the events
specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section shall occur, it shall
give written notice thereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee within
seven days after the happening of such event.
(e) No resignation or removal of the Owner Trust Administrator pursuant to
this Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Owner Trust Administrator
shall have been appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such successor Owner Trust
Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement in the same manner as the Owner Trust Administrator is bound hereunder
and (iii) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee consent to the successor
Owner Trust Administrator.
(f) The appointment of any successor Owner Trust Administrator shall be
effective only after receipt of written confirmation from each Rating Agency
that the proposed appointment will not result in the qualification, downgrading
or withdrawal of any rating assigned to the Notes by such Rating Agency.
(g) A successor Owner Trust Administrator shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver a written acceptance of its appointment hereunder to the resigning Owner
Trust Administrator and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of
the resigning Owner Trust Administrator shall become effective, and the
successor Owner Trust Administrator shall have all the rights, powers and duties
of the Owner Trust Administrator under this Agreement. The successor Owner Trust
Administrator shall mail a notice of its succession to the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders. The resigning Owner Trust Administrator shall promptly
transfer or cause to be transferred all property and any related agreements,
documents and statements held by it as Owner Trust Administrator to the
successor Owner Trust Administrator and the resigning Owner Trust Administrator
shall execute and deliver such instruments and do other things as may reasonably
be required for fully and certainly vesting in the successor Owner Trust
Administrator all rights, power, duties and obligations hereunder.
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(h) In no event shall a resigning Owner Trust Administrator be liable for
the acts or omissions of any successor Owner Trust Administrator hereunder.
(i) In the exercise or administration of its duties hereunder and under
the Related Documents, the Owner Trust Administrator may act directly or through
its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them,
and the Owner Trust Administrator shall not be liable for the conduct or
misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have
been selected by the Owner Trust Administrator with due care.
Section 9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon
the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a) or
the resignation or removal of the Owner Trust Administrator pursuant to Section
8(b), (c) or (d), respectively, the Owner Trust Administrator shall be entitled
to be paid all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such
termination, resignation or removal. The Owner Trust Administrator shall
forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer
all property and documents of or relating to the Collateral then in the custody
of the Owner Trust Administrator. In the event of the resignation or removal of
the Owner Trust Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b), (c) or (d),
respectively, the Owner Trust Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and
take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly
transfer of the duties of the Owner Trust Administrator.
Section 10. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given
hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:
(i) if to the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to:
BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2004-A
In care of Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(ii) if to the Owner Trust Administrator, to:
BMW Financial Services NA, LLC
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Vice President of Finance and Risk
with a copy to:
BMW Financial Services NA, LLC
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0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
(iii) if to the Indenture Trustee, to:
Citibank, N.A.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust - BMW Vehicle Owner
Trust 2004-A
or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other
parties in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be
deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or
hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above.
Section 11. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a
written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the Owner Trust
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the written consent of the Owner
Trustee, without the consent of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the Noteholders or Certificateholders; provided that such amendment would not
materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or
Certificateholder. This Agreement may also be amended by the Issuer, the Owner
Trust Administrator and the Indenture Trustee with the written consent of the
Owner Trustee and the holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class and the holders of Trust
Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the Certificate Percentage
Interests 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 Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however,
that no such amendment may (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of,
or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or
distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or
Certificateholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the holders of
Notes and Trust Certificates which are required to consent to any such
amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes and
Trust Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trust Administrator
may not amend this Agreement without the permission of the Seller, which
permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section 12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by the
Owner Trust Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in
writing
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by the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of the
Rating Agency Condition in respect thereof. An assignment with such consent and
satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in
the same manner as the Owner Trust Administrator is bound hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the Owner Trust
Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to a
corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation
or purchase of assets) to the Owner Trust Administrator; provided that such
successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee an agreement in which such corporation or other
organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the
same manner as the Owner Trust Administrator is bound hereunder and represents
that it has the financial ability to satisfy its indemnification obligations
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trust Administrator can
transfer its obligations to any affiliate that succeeds to substantially all of
the assets and liabilities of the Owner Trust Administrator and who has
represented and warranted that it is not less creditworthy of the Owner Trust
Administrator. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any
successors or assigns of the parties hereto.
Section 13. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 14. Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning,
construction or effect of this Agreement.
Section 15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be an original, but all of which together
shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
Section 16. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall
not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 17. Not Applicable to Citibank, N.A. in Other Capacities. Nothing in
this Agreement shall affect any obligation Citibank, N.A. may have in any other
capacity.
Section 18. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
instrument has been countersigned by the Owner Trustee solely in its capacity as
Owner Trustee and
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in no event shall the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity or any beneficial
owner of the Issuer have any liability for the representations, warranties,
covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder, as to all of
which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes
of this Agreement, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits
of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been countersigned by the Indenture Trustee solely as Indenture
Trustee and in no event shall the Indenture Trustee have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the
Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered
pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets
of the Issuer.
(c) No recourse under any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer
contained in this Agreement shall be had against any agent of the Issuer
(including the Owner Trust Administrator and the Owner Trustee) as such by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue
of any statute or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this
Agreement is solely an obligation of the Issuer as a Delaware statutory trust,
and that no personal liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by any
agent of the Issuer (including the Owner Trust Administrator and the Owner
Trustee), as such, under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or
agreements of the Issuer contained in this Agreement, or implied therefrom, and
that any and all personal liability for breaches by the Issuer of any such
obligations, covenants or agreements, either at common law or at equity, or by
statute or constitution, of every such agent is hereby expressly waived as a
condition of and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement.
Section 19. Third-Party Beneficiary. The Seller, the Depositor and the
Owner Trustee are third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement and are entitled
to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if
each were a party hereto.
Section 20. Nonpetition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior termination of
this Agreement, the Owner Trust Administrator and the Indenture Trustee shall
not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of
this Agreement with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise
invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court of government
authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer
under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
Section 21. Liability of Owner Trust Administrator. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement, the Owner Trust Administrator shall not have any
obligations under this Agreement other than those specifically set forth herein,
and no implied obligations of the
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Owner Trust Administrator shall be read into this Agreement. Neither the Owner
Trust Administrator nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it
or them under or in connection with this Agreement, except for its or their own
gross negligence or willful misconduct and in no event shall the Owner Trust
Administrator be liable under or in connection with this Agreement for indirect,
special or consequential losses or damages of any kind, including lost profits,
even if advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the form of action
by which such losses or damages may be claimed. Without limiting the foregoing,
the Owner Trust Administrator may (a) consult with legal counsel (including
counsel for the Issuer), independent public accountants and other experts
selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be
taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel,
accountants or experts and (b) shall incur no liability under or in respect if
this Agreement by acting upon any notice (including notice by telephone),
consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by facsimile)
believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2004-A
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Financial Services Officer
CITIBANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC,
as Owner Trust Administrator
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Finance and
Risk
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EXHIBIT A
POWER OF ATTORNEY
STATE OF DELAWARE }
}
COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE }
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware
banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee
(the "Owner Trustee") for BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2004-A (the "Trust"), does
hereby make, constitute and appoint BMW Financial Services NA, LLC, as
administrator (the "Owner Trust Administrator") under the Owner Trust
Administration Agreement dated as of May 1, 2004 (the "Owner Trust
Administration Agreement"), among the Trust, the Owner Trust Administrator and
Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended from time to
time, and its agents and attorneys, as Attorneys-in-Fact to execute on behalf of
the Owner Trustee or the Trust all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions as it should be the duty of the Owner
Trustee or the Trust to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic
Documents, or pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Trust Agreement, including,
without limitation, to appear for and represent the Owner Trustee and the Trust
in connection with the preparation, filing and audit of federal, state and local
tax returns pertaining to the Trust, and with full power to perform any and all
acts associated with such returns and audits that the Owner Trustee could
perform, including without limitation, the right to distribute and receive
confidential information, defend and assert positions in response to audits,
initiate and defend litigation, and to execute waivers of restrictions on
assessments of deficiencies, consents to the extension of any statutory or
regulatory time limit, and settlements.
All powers of attorney for this purpose heretofore filed or executed by
the Owner Trustee are hereby revoked.
Capitalized terms that are used and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Owner Trust Administration Agreement.
EXECUTED this ____ day of ____________, 200_.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
STATE OF ____________ }
}
COUNTY OF __________ }
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared
_______________________, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that s/he signed the same
for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
Sworn to before me this ___
day of _______, 200_.
Notary Public - State of _________________
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Section 1.1. Duties of the Owner Trust Administrator with Respect to the
Depository Agreement and the Indenture............................2
Section 1.2. Additional Duties.................................................6
Section 1.3. Non-Ministerial Matters...........................................7
Section 2. Records.............................................................8
Section 3. Compensation........................................................8
Section 4. Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer................8
Section 5. Independence of the Owner Trust Administrator.......................8
Section 6. No Joint Venture....................................................8
Section 7. Other Activities of Owner Trust Administrator.......................8
Section 8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Owner Trust
Administrator.......................................................9
Section 9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal....................11
Section 10. Notices...........................................................11
Section 11. Amendments........................................................12
Section 12. Successors and Assigns............................................12
Section 13. Governing Law.....................................................13
Section 14. Headings..........................................................13
Section 15. Counterparts......................................................13
Section 16. Severability......................................................13
Section 17. Not Applicable to Citibank, N.A. in Other Capacities..............13
Section 18. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee....13
Section 19. Third-Party Beneficiary...........................................14
Section 20. Nonpetition Covenants.............................................14
Section 21. Liability of Owner Trust Administrator............................14
