HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2010-2 OWNER TRUST, as Issuer, AMERICAN HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP., as Seller, And AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION, as Servicer and Sponsor SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of May 1, 2010
Exhibit
99.1
EXECUTION
COPY
as
Issuer,
AMERICAN
HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP.,
as
Seller,
And
AMERICAN
HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION,
as
Servicer and Sponsor
Dated as of May 1,
2010
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01.
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General
Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02.
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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17
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Section
1.03.
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Interpretive
Provisions
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ARTICLE
TWO
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CONVEYANCE
OF RECEIVABLES; CUSTODY OF RECEIVABLES FILES
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Section
2.01.
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Conveyance
of Receivables
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Section
2.02.
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Custody
of Receivable Files
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19
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Section
2.03.
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Representations
and Warranties of Seller as to the Receivables
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Section
2.04.
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Repurchase
of Receivables Upon Breach
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24
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Section
2.05.
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Duties
of Servicer as Custodian
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25
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Section
2.06.
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Instructions;
Authority to Act
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25
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Section
2.07.
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Indemnification
by Custodian
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25
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Section
2.08.
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Effective
Period and Termination
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ARTICLE
THREE
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ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
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Section
3.01.
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Duties
of Servicer
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Section
3.02.
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Collection
of Receivable Payments
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27
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Section
3.03.
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[Reserved]
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Section
3.04.
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Realization
Upon Receivables
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27
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Section
3.05.
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Maintenance
of Physical Damage Insurance Policies
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28
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Section
3.06.
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Maintenance
of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles
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28
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Section
3.07.
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Covenants
of Servicer
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28
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Section
3.08.
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Purchase
of Receivables Upon Breach
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29
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Section
3.09.
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Total
Servicing Fee; Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer
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29
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Section
3.10.
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Servicer’s
Certificate
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29
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Section
3.11.
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default
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30
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Section
3.12.
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Assessment
of Compliance and Annual Accountants’ Report
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30
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Section
3.13.
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Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
Receivables
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31
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Section
3.14.
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Amendments
to Schedule of Receivables
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31
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Section
3.15.
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Reports
to Securityholders and Rating Agencies
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32
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Section
3.16.
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Appointment
of Subservicer or Subcontractor
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32
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Section
3.17.
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Information
to be Provided by the Servicer
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33
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Section
3.18.
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Remedies
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34
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ARTICLE
FOUR
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DISTRIBUTIONS;
RESERVE FUND; STATEMENTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
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35
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Section
4.01.
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Establishment
of Accounts
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35
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Section
4.02.
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Collections
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36
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Section
4.03.
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Application
of Collections
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Section
4.04.
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Advances
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38
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Section
4.05.
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Additional
Deposits
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39
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Section
4.06.
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Distributions
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39
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Section
4.07.
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Reserve
Fund
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40
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Section
4.08.
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Yield
Supplement Account
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41
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Section
4.09.
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Net
Deposits
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41
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Section
4.10.
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Statements
to Securityholders
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41
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ARTICLE
FIVE
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THE
SELLER
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Section
5.01.
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Representations
of Seller
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Section
5.02.
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Liability
of Seller; Indemnities
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44
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Section
5.03.
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Merger,
Consolidation or Assumption of the Obligations of Seller; Certain
Limitations
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45
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Section
5.04.
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Limitation
on Liability of Seller and Others
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47
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Section
5.05.
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Seller
May Own Notes
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ARTICLE
SIX
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THE
SERVICER
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Section
6.01.
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Representations
of Servicer
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Section
6.02.
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Indemnities
of Servicer
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Section
6.03.
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Merger,
Consolidation or Assumption of the Obligations of Servicer
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Section
6.04.
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Limitation
on Liability of Servicer and Others
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Section
6.05.
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AHFC
Not to Resign as Servicer
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
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SERVICER
DEFAULTS
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50
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Section
7.01.
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Servicer
Defaults
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Section
7.02.
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Appointment
of Successor Servicer
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52
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Section
7.03.
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Notification
of Servicer Termination
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52
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Section
7.04.
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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Section
7.05.
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Repayment
of Advances
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
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TERMINATION
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Section
8.01.
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Optional
Purchase of All Receivables
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ARTICLE
NINE
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MISCELLANEOUS
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54
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Section
9.01.
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Amendment
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Section
9.02.
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Protection
of Title to Trust
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Section
9.03.
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Notices
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57
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Section
9.04.
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Assignment
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58
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Section
9.05.
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Limitations
on Rights of Others
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58
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Section
9.06.
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Severability
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Section
9.07.
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Separate
Counterparts
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58
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Section
9.08.
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Headings
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58
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Section
9.09.
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Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section
9.10.
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Nonpetition
Covenants
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59
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Section
9.11.
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Limitation
of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee
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Section
9.12.
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Third-Party
Beneficiary
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60
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Section
9.13.
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Confidentiality
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Section
9.14.
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Federal
Tax Treatment
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Section
9.15.
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Intent
of the Parties; Reasonableness
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
A - Schedule of Receivables
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A-1
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Schedule
B - Location of Receivable Files
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B-1
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
A - Form of Distribution Statement of Securityholders and Servicer’s
Certificate (Servicer’s Certificate)
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A-1
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Exhibit
B - [Reserved]
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B-1
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Exhibit
C - Form of Redemption Notice
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C-1
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Exhibit
D - Form of Officer’s Certificate
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D-1
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Exhibit
E - Form of Annual Certification
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E-1
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Exhibit
F - Servicing Criteria to be Addressed In Assessment of
Compliance
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F-1
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This Sale
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2010, is among American Honda
Receivables Corp., a California corporation (“AHRC” or, in its capacity as
Seller, the “Seller”), American Honda Finance Corporation, a California
corporation (“AHFC” or, in its capacity as Servicer, the “Servicer”), and Honda
Auto Receivables 2010-2 Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, as Issuer (the
“Issuer”).
WHEREAS
the Issuer desires to purchase from the Seller a portfolio of receivables
arising in connection with retail installment sale or conditional sale contracts
(the “Receivables”) generated by AHFC in the ordinary course of its business,
which Receivables have been sold by AHFC to AHRC;
WHEREAS,
AHRC is willing to sell the Receivables to the Issuer pursuant to the terms
hereof; and
WHEREAS,
AHFC is willing to service the Receivables pursuant to the terms
hereof;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01. General Definitions. Whenever used in this
Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings:
“Absolute
Prepayment Model” means a model calculating prepayment of receivables with
respect to which the receivables prepay at a specified constant monthly
prepayment rate.
“Accounts”
means the Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account, the Yield
Supplement Account and the Reserve Fund.
“Account
Property” means, with respect to each Account, such Account, together with all
cash, securities, financial assets and investments and other property from time
to time deposited or credited to such Account and all proceeds thereof,
including, with respect to the (i) Reserve Fund, the Reserve Fund Initial
Deposit and (ii) Yield Supplement Account, the Yield Supplement Account
Deposit.
“Actual
Payment” means, with respect to a Receivable and a Collection Period, all
payments received by the Servicer from or for the account of the related Obligor
on such Receivable during such Collection Period, net of any Supplemental
Servicing Fees attributable to such Receivable.
“Administration
Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2010, among
the Administrator, the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture
Trustee.
“Administrator”
means AHFC, or any successor Administrator under the Administration
Agreement.
“Administrative
Purchase Payment” means, with respect to a Payment Date and to an Administrative
Receivable purchased by the Seller or the Servicer as of the end of the related
Collection Period, the sum of (a) the unpaid principal balance owed by the
related Obligor in respect of such Receivable and (b) interest on such unpaid
principal balance at a rate equal to the APR of the related Receivable from the
date of last payment by such Obligor to the last day of such Collection
Period.
“Administrative
Receivable” means a Receivable which the Servicer is required to purchase
pursuant to Section 3.08 or which the Servicer has elected to purchase pursuant
to Section 8.01.
“Advance”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a)
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or
controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the
purpose 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
Net Losses” means, with respect to a Collection Period, an amount equal to the
aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables
during such Collection Period minus all Net Liquidation Proceeds collected
during such Collection Period with respect to all Defaulted
Receivables.
“Agreement”
means this Sale and Servicing Agreement, and all amendments hereof and
supplements hereto.
“AHFC”
means American Honda Finance Corporation, and its successors.
“AHRC”
means American Honda Receivables Corp., and its successors.
“Amount
Financed” in respect of a Receivable means the aggregate amount advanced under
such Receivable toward the purchase price of the related Financed Vehicle and
any related costs, including but not limited to accessories, insurance premiums,
service and warranty contracts and other items customarily financed as part of
motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts.
“Annual
Percentage Rate” or “APR” of a Receivable means the annual rate of finance
charges stated in such Receivable.
“Available
Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of Available Interest
and Available Principal.
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“Available
Interest” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the total of the following
amounts allocable to interest received by the Servicer on or in respect of the
Receivables during the related Collection Period (computed by the simple
interest method): (i) the sum of the interest component of all (a) collections
on or in respect of all Receivables other than Defaulted Receivables, (b) Net
Liquidation Proceeds, (c) Advances made by the Servicer, (d) Warranty Purchase
Payments, (e) Administrative Purchase Payments and (f) the Yield Supplement
Withdrawal Amount, if any, for the related Payment Date, less (ii) the sum of
all (a) amounts received on or in respect of a particular Receivable (other than
a Defaulted Receivable) to the extent of the aggregate Outstanding Interest
Advances in respect of such Receivable and (b) Net Liquidation Proceeds with
respect to a particular Receivable to the extent of the aggregate Outstanding
Interest Advances in respect of such Receivable.
“Available
Principal” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the total of the following
amounts allocable to principal received by the Servicer on or in respect of the
Receivables during the related Collection Period (computed by the simple
interest method): (i) the sum of the principal component of all (a) collections
on or in respect of all Receivables other than Defaulted Receivables, (b) Net
Liquidation Proceeds, (c) Advances made by the Servicer, (d) Warranty Purchase
Payments and (e) Administrative Purchase Payments, less (ii) an amount equal to
all (a) amounts received on or in respect of a particular Receivable (other than
a Defaulted Receivable) to the extent of the aggregate Outstanding Principal
Advances in respect of such Receivable and (b) Net Liquidation Proceeds with
respect to a particular Receivable to the extent of the aggregate Outstanding
Principal Advances in respect of such Receivable.
“Basic
Documents” means this Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Indenture,
the Note Depository Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Trust
Agreement and the Control Agreement, and any other documents or certificates
delivered in connection therewith as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified and in effect.
“Basic
Servicing Fee” means the fee payable pursuant to Section 3.09 to the Servicer on
each Payment Date for services rendered during the related Collection Period,
which shall be equal to one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the
Pool Balance as of the first day of the related Collection Period or, with
respect to the first Payment Date, the Original Pool Balance.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York, Los Angeles, California or Wilmington,
Delaware are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental
decree to be closed.
“Certificate
Balance” means, on any Payment Date, the Original Certificate Balance reduced by
all distributions of principal previously made in respect of the
Certificates.
“Certificate
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the
Certificate Interest Distributable Amount and the Certificate Principal
Distributable Amount for such Payment Date.
“Certificate
Distribution Account” has the meaning specified in the Trust
Agreement.
“Certificate
Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
excess, if any, of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount and (ii) any outstanding Certificate Interest Carryover
Shortfall for the preceding Payment Date, over (y) the amount in respect of
interest on the Certificates that is actually paid as interest on the
Certificates on such Payment Date, plus, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, interest on the Certificate Interest Carryover Shortfall at the Certificate
Rate for the Interest Accrual Period.
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“Certificate
Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum
of the Certificate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such Payment Date
and the Certificate Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment
Date.
“Certificate
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date,
interest accrued for the related Interest Accrual Period at the Certificate Rate
on the Certificate Balance on the immediately preceding Payment Date after
giving effect to all payments of principal to Certificateholders on or prior to
such Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, on the Original
Certificate Balance).
“Certificate
Monthly Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date,
the Certificate Percentage of the Principal Distributable Amount for such
Payment Date.
“Certificate
of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust filed for the Issuer pursuant to
Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement.
“Certificate
Percentage” means (i) for each Payment Date until the Notes have been paid in
full, 0%; and (ii) thereafter, 100%.
“Certificate
Pool Factor” means, with respect to the Certificates on any Payment Date, a
seven-digit decimal figure equal to the outstanding principal balance of the
Certificates on such Payment Date (after giving effect to any reductions thereof
to be made on such Payment Date) divided by the Original Certificate
Balance.
“Certificate
Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
excess, if any, of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Monthly Principal
Distributable Amount and (ii) any outstanding Certificate Principal Carryover
Shortfall for the preceding Payment Date, over (y) the amount in respect of
principal that is actually paid as principal on the Certificates on such Payment
Date.
“Certificate
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum
of the Certificate Monthly Principal Distributable Amount for each Payment Date
and any outstanding Certificate Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of
the immediately preceding Payment Date; provided, however, that the Certificate
Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the Certificate Balance.
In addition, on the Payment Date as of which all of the Receivables are to be
purchased pursuant to Section 8.01, the principal required to be deposited into
the Certificate Distribution Account will include the amount necessary to reduce
the Certificate Balance to zero.
“Certificate
Rate” means 0.00% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360 day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months).
“Certificateholders”
has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
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“Class”
means all Securities whose form is identical except for variation in
denomination, principal amount or owner (i.e., each of Class A-1, Class A-2,
Class A-3 and Class A-4).
“Class
A-1 Final Payment Date” means the May 18, 2011 Payment Date.
“Class
A-1 Noteholder” means a Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is Registered the
Note Register.
“Class
A-2 Final Payment Date” means the June 18, 2012 Payment Date.
“Class
A-2 Noteholder” means a Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered in
the Note Register.
“Class
A-3 Final Payment Date” means the March 18, 2014 Payment Date.
“Class
A-3 Noteholder” means a Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is registered in
the Note Register.
“Class
A-4 Final Payment Date” means the August 18, 2016 Payment Date.
“Class
A-4 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is registered in
the Note Register.
“Closing
Date” means May 18, 2010.
“Collection
Account” means the account designated as such, and established and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.01.
“Collection
Period” means each calendar month during the term of this Agreement (or, in the
case of the first Collection Period, the period of time since the Cutoff Date
through the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in
which the first Payment Date occurs).
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, and its successors.
“Control”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 8-106 of the UCC.
“Control
Agreement” means the control agreement, dated as of May 1, 2010, among AHRC, the
Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon, as
securities intermediary, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at The Bank of
New York Mellon, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Asset Backed Securities Unit - Honda Auto Receivables 2010-2 or at
such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by
notice to the Noteholders and the Seller, or the principal corporate trust
office of any successor Indenture Trustee (of which address such successor
Indenture Trustee will notify the Noteholders and the Seller).
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“Current
Receivable” means each Receivable that is not a Defaulted Receivable or a
Liquidated Receivable.
“Cutoff
Date” means May 1, 2010.
“Dealer”
means the dealer of motor vehicles who sold a Financed Vehicle and who
originated and assigned the Receivable relating to such Financed Vehicle to AHFC
under an existing agreement between such dealer and AHFC.
“Dealer
Recourse” means, with respect to a Receivable, all recourse rights against the
Dealer which originated the Receivable, and any successor to such
Dealer.
“Defaulted
Receivable” means a Receivable (other than an Administrative Receivable or a
Warranty Receivable as to which a Warranty Purchase Payment or an Administrative
Purchase Payment has been made) as to which (i) all or any part of a Scheduled
Payment is 120 or more days past due and the Servicer has not repossessed the
related Financed Vehicle or (ii) the Servicer has, in accordance with its
customary servicing procedures, determined that eventual payment in full is
unlikely and either repossessed and liquidated the related Financed Vehicle or
repossessed and held the related Financed Vehicle in its repossession inventory
for 90 days, whichever occurs first.
“Deposit
Date” means, with respect to any Collection Period and Payment Date, the
Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date.
“Depositor”
means the Seller in its capacity as Depositor under the Trust
Agreement.
“Determination
Date” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the 13th
calendar day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“Discount
Receivable” means any Receivable that has an APR which is less than the Required
Rate.
“Eligible
Account” means either (A) a segregated deposit account or securities account
over which the applicable Trustee has sole signature authority, maintained with
an Eligible Institution meeting the requirements of clause (i) thereof or (B) a
segregated trust account maintained with an Eligible Institution meeting the
requirements of clause (ii) thereof, in each case bearing a designation clearly
indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the
Securityholders, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, as the case may
be.
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“Eligible
Institution” means (i) a federally insured depository institution or trust
company (which may be the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their
respective affiliates) organized under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank whose
deposits are federally insured, provided that the foreign bank meets the
requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR §240.1k-1(b)(1))
which at all times has either (A) a short-term certificate of deposit rating of
“F1” by Fitch or a long-term deposit rating of “A” by Fitch and a short-term
certificate of deposit rating of “P-1” by Moody’s or (B) such other rating
that is acceptable to each Rating Agency or (ii) the corporate trust department
of (A) the Indenture Trustee (B) the Owner Trustee, or (C) any other bank or
depository institution organized under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (or any
domestic branch of a foreign bank whose deposits are federally insured, provided
that the foreign bank meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR §240.1k-1(b)(1)) that (x) is authorized under such laws to
act as a trustee or in any other fiduciary capacity, (y) will hold any Accounts
as trust accounts and (z) has a long-term deposit rating of no less than “Baa1”
from Moody’s and “BBB+” from Fitch.
“Eligible
Investments” means, at any time, any one or more of the following obligations
and securities:
(i) obligations
of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and
interest by, the United States or any agency thereof, provided such obligations
are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) general
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by FNMA, any state of the United
States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico then rated
the highest available credit rating of each Rating Agency for such
obligations;
(iii) securities
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, the District of
Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, so long as at the time of such
investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment either the
long-term unsecured debt of such corporation has the highest available credit
rating from each Rating Agency for such obligations or the commercial paper or
other short-term debt which is then rated has the highest available credit
rating of each Rating Agency for such obligations;
(iv) certificates
of deposit issued by any depository institution or trust company (including the
Trustee) incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof,
the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and subject to
supervision and examination by banking authorities of one or more of such
jurisdictions, provided that the short-term unsecured debt obligations of such
depository institution or trust company has the highest available credit rating
of each Rating Agency for such obligations;
(v) certificates
of deposit issued by any bank, trust company, savings bank or other savings
institution and fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) repurchase
obligations held by the Trustee that are acceptable to the Trustee with respect
to any security described in clauses (i) or (ii) hereof or any other security
issued or guaranteed by any other agency or instrumentality of the United
States, in either case entered into with a federal agency or a depository
institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (iv)
above;
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(vii) any
mutual fund, money market fund, common trust fund or other pooled investment
vehicle having a rating, at the time of such investment, of no less than Aaa or
its equivalent by Moody’s, AAA or its equivalent by Standard & Poor’s and
AAA or its equivalent by Fitch, if rated by Fitch (including, but not limited to
funds of which The Bank of New York Mellon or an affiliate thereof is the
manager or financial advisor);
(viii) such
other investments acceptable to each Rating Agency in writing (other than Fitch,
who shall only require written notice thereof ten business days in advance of
such action) as will not result in the qualification, downgrading or withdrawal
of the rating then assigned to any Rated Securities by such Rating
Agency;
provided
that each of the foregoing investments shall mature no later than the Deposit
Date immediately following the date of purchase (other than in the case of the
investment of monies in instruments of which the entity at which the related
Account or the Certificate Distribution Account, as the case may be, is located
is the obligor, which may mature on the related Payment Date), and shall be
required to be held to such maturity.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this definition, (a) no Eligible
Investment may be purchased at a premium, and (b) no obligation or security is
an “Eligible Investment” unless (i) the Trustee has Control over such obligation
or security and (ii) at the time such obligation or security was delivered to
the Trustee or the Trustee became the related Entitlement Holder, the Trustee
did not have notice of any adverse claim with respect thereto within the meaning
of Section 8-105 of the UCC.
For
purposes of this definition, any reference to the highest available credit
rating of an obligation shall mean the highest available credit rating for such
obligation, or such lower credit rating (as approved in writing by each Rating
Agency, other than Fitch, who shall only be given written notice thereof ten
business days in advance of such action) as will not result in the
qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any
Rated Securities by such Rating Agency.
“Entitlement
Holder” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8-102 of the
UCC.
“Entitlement
Order” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8-102 of the
UCC.
"Event of
Default" has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Excess
Payment” means, with respect to a Receivable and a Collection Period, the
amount, if any, by which the Actual Payment exceeds the sum of (i) the Scheduled
Payment and (ii) any Overdue Payment.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“FDIC”
means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“FHLMC”
means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and its
successors.
“FNMA”
means the Federal National Mortgage Association, and its
successors.
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“Final
Payment Dates” means, collectively, the Class A-1 Final Payment Date, the Class
A-2 Final Payment Date, the Class A-3 Final Payment Date and the Class A-4 Final
Payment Date.
“Final
Scheduled Maturity Date” means August 18, 2016.
“Financed
Vehicle” means, with respect to any retail installment sale or conditional sale
contract, the related new or used Honda or Acura motor vehicle, minivan, sport
utility vehicle or light duty truck, together with all accessions thereto,
securing the related Obligor’s indebtedness under such retail installment sale
or conditional sale contract.
“Financial
Asset” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the
UCC.
“Fitch”
means Fitch, Inc., or its successors.
“Indenture”
means the indenture, dated as of May 1, 2010 between the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee.
“Indenture
Trustee” means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, its
successors in interest and any successor trustee under the
Indenture.
“Independent
Director” means a director of the Seller who is not (i) a director, officer or
employee of any Affiliate of the Seller, (ii) a natural person related to any
director or officer of any Affiliate of the Seller, (iii) a holder (directly or
indirectly) of more than 10% of any voting securities of any Affiliate of the
Seller or (iv) a natural person related to a holder (directly or indirectly) of
more than 10% of any voting securities of any Affiliate of the
Seller.
“Insolvency
Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (i) the filing of a decree or
order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of
such Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under
any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of
such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in
effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (ii) the commencement by such
Person of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by
such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any
such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property,
or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such
debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any
of the foregoing.
“Insurance
Policy” means, with respect to a Receivable, an insurance policy covering
physical damage, credit life, credit disability, theft, mechanical breakdown or
any similar event relating to the related Financed Vehicle or
Obligor.
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“Letter
of Credit Bank” means any Person who has provided a Servicer Letter of Credit
pursuant to Section 4.02(b).
“Lien”
means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any
kind other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens that attach to a
Receivable or any property, as the context may require, by operation of
law.
“Liquidated
Receivable” means a Receivable that (i) has been the subject of a prepayment in
full, (ii) has otherwise been paid in full or (iii) the Servicer has determined
that the final amounts in respect of such payment have been paid with respect to
a Defaulted Receivable, regardless of whether all or any part of such payment
has been made by the Obligor under such Receivable, the Seller pursuant to this
Agreement, AHFC pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Servicer
pursuant hereto, an insurer pursuant to an Insurance Policy or
otherwise.
“Liquidation
Expenses” means, with respect to a Defaulted Receivable, the amount charged by
the Servicer, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, to or for
its account for repossessing, refurbishing and disposing of the related Financed
Vehicle and other out-of-pocket costs related to such liquidation.
“Liquidation
Proceeds” means, with respect to a Defaulted Receivable, all amounts realized
with respect to such Receivable from whatever sources (including, without
limitation, proceeds of any Insurance Policy), net of amounts that are required
by law or such Receivable to be refunded to the related Obligor.
“Maximum
Yield Supplement Amount” means with respect to any Collection Period and the
related Deposit Date, after giving effect to the Yield Supplement Amount, the
maximum amount required to be on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account on the
immediately succeeding Payment Date, which is equal to the present value (using
an interest rate of: 0.50%) of the sum of all Yield Supplement Amounts for all
future Payment Dates, assuming that future Scheduled Payments on the Discount
Receivables are made on the date on which they are scheduled as being
due.
“Monthly
Payment” means, with respect to any Receivable, the amount of each fixed monthly
payment payable to the obligee under such Receivable in accordance with the
terms thereof, net of any portion of such monthly payment that represents late
payment charges, extension fees or collections allocable to payments to be made
by Obligors for payment of insurance premiums, extended service contracts or
similar items.
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or its successors.
“Motor
Vehicle Receivables” shall have the meaning specified in Section
5.03(b)(ii)(A).
“Net
Liquidation Proceeds” means, with respect to a Defaulted Receivable, Liquidation
Proceeds less Liquidation Expenses.
“Nonrecoverable
Advance” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
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“Note
Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Notes after giving effect to payments of principal made
on the Notes on such Payment Date.
“Note
Depository Agreement” means the agreement dated May 18, 2010, among the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing
Agency, relating to the Notes.
“Note
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the
Note Interest Distributable Amount and the Note Principal Distributable Amount
for such Payment Date.
“Note
Distribution Account” means the account designated as such, and established and
maintained pursuant to Section 4.01.
“Note
Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Payment Date and a
Class of Notes, the excess, if any, of (x) the sum of (i) the Note Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for such Class for the preceding Payment Date and
(ii) any outstanding Note Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class on such
preceding Payment Date, over (y) the amount of interest that is actually paid on
the Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus, to the extent permitted by law,
interest on the Note Interest Carryover Shortfall at the related Interest Rate
for the related Interest Accrual Period.
“Note
Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date and a
Class of Notes, the sum of the Note Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for
such Payment Date and the Note Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class of
Notes. For all purposes of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents,
interest with respect to the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months; and
interest with respect to the Class A-1 Notes shall be computed on the basis of
the actual number of days in each applicable Interest Accrual Period, divided by
360.
“Note
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date,
interest accrued for the related Interest Accrual Period at the related Interest
Rate for each Class of Notes on the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of each such
Class on the immediately preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the first
Payment Date, the original principal amount of each such Class of Notes), after
giving effect to all distributions of principal to the Noteholders of each such
Class on or prior to such Payment Date.
“Note
Monthly Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date,
the Note Percentage of the Principal Distributable Amount for such Payment
Date.
“Note
Percentage” means (i) for each Payment Date until the aggregate principal amount
of each Class of Notes has been paid in full, 100%; and (ii) thereafter,
0%.
“Note
Pool Factor” means, with respect to each Class of Notes as of any Payment Date,
a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the Outstanding Amount of such Class of
Notes as of such Payment Date (after giving effect to any reductions thereof to
be made on such Payment Date) divided by the original outstanding principal
balance of such Class of Notes.
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“Note
Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
excess, if any, of the sum of the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount
plus any outstanding Note Principal Carryover Shortfall for the preceding
Payment Date, over the amount in respect of principal that is actually paid as
principal on the Notes on such Payment Date.
“Note
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum
of (i) the Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount, (ii) any outstanding
Note Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the immediately preceding
Payment Date and, (iii) on the Final Payment Date for a Class of Notes or the
Payment Date as of which all of the Receivables are to be purchased pursuant to
Section 8.01, the amount necessary (after giving effect to all amounts allocable
to principal required to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such
Payment Date) to reduce the Outstanding Amount of each related Class of Notes to
zero; provided, however, that the Note Principal Distributable Amount with
respect to a Class of Notes shall not exceed the Outstanding Amount of such
Class of Notes.
“Notes”
means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes.
“Obligor”
on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the related Financed
Vehicle purchased in part or in whole by the execution and delivery of a retail
installment contract or any other Person who owes or may be liable for payments
under such retail installment contract.
“Offered
Securities” shall have the meaning specified in Section
5.03(b)(ii)(B).
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the president, any vice president,
the treasurer, the secretary or the assistant secretary of the Seller or the
Servicer, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel (who, in the case of counsel to
the Seller or the Servicer, may be an employee of or outside counsel to the
Seller or the Servicer).
“Original
Certificate Balance” means $38,659,793.82.
“Original
Pool Balance” means $1,288,659,793.82.
“Outstanding
Advances” means, with respect to a Receivable and the last day of a Collection
Period, the sum of all Advances made as of or prior to such date, minus (1) all
payments or collections as of or prior to such date which are specified in
Section 4.04(b) and (c) as applied to reimburse all unpaid Advances with respect
to such Receivable and (2) all amounts for which the Servicer has deemed to have
released all claims for reimbursement of Outstanding Advances pursuant to
Section 3.08.
“Outstanding
Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or if indicated by
the context, all Notes of any class, outstanding at the date of the
determination.
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“Outstanding
Interest Advances” means, as of the last day of a Collection Period with respect
to a Receivable, the portion of Outstanding Advances allocable to
interest.
“Outstanding
Principal Advances” means, as of the last day of a Collection Period with
respect to a Receivable, the portion of Outstanding Advances allocable to
principal.
“Overdue
Payment” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a).
“Owner
Trust Estate” shall have the meaning specified in the Trust
Agreement.
“Owner
Trustee” means the Person acting as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its
successors in interest and any successor owner trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
“Payment
Date” means, with respect to a Collection Period, the 18th
calendar day of the next succeeding calendar month or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing June 18,
2010.
“Percentage
Interests” shall have the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Person”
means any legal person, including any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Pool
Balance” means, as of any date, the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Receivables (exclusive of all Administrative Receivables for which the Servicer
has paid the Administrative Purchase Payment, Warranty Receivables for which the
Seller has paid the Warranty Purchase Payment and Defaulted Receivables) as of
the close of business on such date.
“Principal
Balance” means, with respect to any Receivable as of any date, the Amount
Financed minus the sum of the following amounts: (i) that portion of all
Scheduled Payments actually received on or prior to such date allocable to
principal, computed in accordance with the simple interest method, (ii) any
Warranty Purchase Payment or Administrative Purchase Payment with respect to
such Receivable allocable to principal and (iii) any Excess Payments or other
payments applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance of such
Receivable.
“Principal
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the
following amounts (i) the principal portion of all Scheduled Payments actually
received during the related Collection Period, computed in accordance with the
simple interest method, (ii) the principal portion of all Excess Payments,
received during such Collection Period (to the extent such amounts are not
included in clause (i) above), (iii) the Principal Balance of each Receivable
that became an Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable during such
Collection Period (to the extent such amounts are not included in clauses (i) or
(ii) above) and (iv) the Principal Balance of each Receivable that became a
Defaulted Receivable during such Collection Period (to the extent such amounts
are not included in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above).
“Rated
Securities” means each Class of Securities that has been rated by one or both
Rating Agencies at the request of the Seller.
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“Rating
Agency” means Fitch and Xxxxx’x.
“Rating
Agency Condition” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Indenture.
“Receivable”
means any retail installment sale contract executed by an Obligor in respect of
a Financed Vehicle, and all proceeds thereof and payments thereunder, which
Receivables shall be identified in a Schedule of Receivables.
“Receivable
Files” means the documents specified in Section 2.02.
“Receivables
Purchase Agreement” means the receivables purchase agreement, dated as of May 1,
2010, between AHFC and the Seller, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Record
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“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 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to
time.
“Required
Rate” means 3.5%.
“Required
Deposit Rating” means the short-term credit rating of the related entity is at
least equal to P-1 by Moody’s and F1 by Fitch.
“Required
Servicer Rating” means, with respect to the Servicer, that the then short-term
unsecured debt obligations of the Servicer are rated at least equal to F1 by
Fitch and P-1 by Moody’s.
“Reserve
Fund” means the account designated as such, and established and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.01.
“Reserve
Fund Initial Deposit” means the initial deposit of cash in the amount of
$3,221,649.48 made by or on behalf of the Seller into the Reserve Fund on the
Closing Date.
“Reserve
Fund Property” means, the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit and all proceeds thereof
and all other amounts deposited in or credited to the Reserve Fund from time to
time under this Agreement, all Eligible Investments made with amounts on deposit
therein, all earnings and distributions thereon and proceeds
thereof.
“Responsible
Officer” means, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including any Managing
Director, Vice President, assistant Vice President, director, associate, or any
other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar
to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with
respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject, in each case having direct responsibility for the
administration of the Indenture and, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any
officer of the Owner Trustee or person acting pursuant to a power of attorney
with direct responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement and the
Basic Documents on behalf of the Owner Trustee.
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“retail
installment contracts” means retail installment sale and conditional sale
contracts.
“Sarbanes
Certification” shall have the meaning specified in Section
3.12(a)(v).
“Schedule
of Receivables” means the schedule of Receivables attached as Schedule A to this
Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Scheduled
Payment” means, with respect to any Payment Date and to a Receivable, the
payment set forth in such Receivable as due from the Obligor in the related
Collection Period; provided, however, that in the case of the first Collection
Period, the Scheduled Payment shall include all such payments due from the
Obligor on or after the Cutoff Date.
“Securities”
means the Notes and the Trust Certificates.
“Security
Entitlement” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the
UCC.
“Securityholders”
means the Noteholders and the Certificateholders.
“Seller”
means AHRC, in its capacity as Seller of the Receivables under this Agreement,
and each successor thereto (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section
5.03.
“Servicer”
means AHFC, in its capacity as servicer of the Receivables pursuant to this
Agreement, and each successor thereto (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section
6.03.
“Servicer
Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Servicer
Letter of Credit” means, if the Servicer desires to remit collections on or in
respect of the Receivables to the Collection Account on a monthly basis upon
satisfaction of the conditions described in Section 4.02(b)(ii), (i) an
irrevocable letter of credit, issued by a Letter of Credit Bank and naming the
Indenture Trustee a beneficiary or (ii) a surety bond, insurance policy or
deposit of cash or securities, which is satisfactory to each Rating
Agency.
“Servicer’s
Certificate” means a monthly report of the Servicer delivered pursuant to
Section 3.10, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Servicing
Criteria” means the “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
“Servicing
Fee Rate” means 1.00% per annum.
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“Specified
Reserve Fund Balance” means, on the Closing Date $3,221,649.48, and with respect
to any Payment Date 0.25% of the initial aggregate principal balance of the
Receivables as of the Cutoff Date.
“Standard
& Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The
McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., or its successors.
“Subcontractor”
means any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the
overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the
asset-backed securities market) of the Receivables but performs one or more
discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to
the Receivables under the direction or authority of the Servicer or a
Subservicer.
“Subservicer”
means any Person that services Receivables on behalf of the Servicer or any
Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through
Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material
servicing functions required to be performed by the Servicer under this
Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
“Successor
Servicer” means any entity appointed as a successor to the Servicer pursuant to
Section 7.02.
“Supplemental
Servicing Fee” means any interest earned on investment of the monies on deposit
in the Accounts (other than the Yield Supplement Account and the Reserve Fund)
during a Collection Period, net of any investment expenses and losses from such
investments, plus all late fees, prepayment charges and other administrative
fees and expenses or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to
the Receivables.
“Total
Servicing Fee” means the sum of the Basic Servicing Fee and the Supplemental
Servicing Fee.
“Trust”
means the Issuer.
“Trust
Agreement” means the trust agreement, dated as of April 16, 2010 as amended and
restated, on May 18, 2010, between the Depositor and the Owner
Trustee.
“Trust
Fees and Expenses” means all accrued and unpaid Trustees’ fees, any amounts due
to the Trustees for reimbursement of expenses or in respect of indemnification
and other administrative fees of the Trust.
“Trustee”
means any of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee as the context
requires.
“Trustees”
means the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the respective
jurisdiction.
“United
States” means the United States of America.
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“Vice
President” of any Person means any vice president of such Person, whether or not
designated by a number or words before or after the title “Vice President,” who
is a duly elected officer of such Person.
“Warranty
Purchase Payment” means, with respect to a Payment Date and to a Warranty
Receivable repurchased by the Seller as of the end of the related Collection
Period, the sum of (a) the unpaid principal balance owed by the related Obligor
in respect of such Receivable and (b) interest on such unpaid principal balance
at a rate equal to the APR of the related Receivable from the date of last
payment by such Obligor to the last day of such Collection Period.
“Warranty
Receivable” means a Receivable which the Seller is required to repurchase
pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Yield
Supplement Account” means the account designated as such, and established and
maintained pursuant to Section 4.01.
“Yield
Supplement Account Deposit” means the initial deposit of cash in the amount of
$4,651,637.61 made by or on behalf of the Seller into the Yield Supplement
Account on the Closing Date.
“Yield
Supplement Amount” means, with respect to any Collection Period and the related
Deposit Date, the aggregate amount by which one month’s interest on the
Principal Balance as of the first day of such Collection Period of each Discount
Receivable (other than a Discount Receivable that is a Defaulted Receivable) at
a rate equal to the Required Rate, exceeds one month’s interest on such
Principal Balance at the APR of each such Receivable.
“Yield
Supplement Withdrawal Amount” means, with respect to any Collection Period and
the related Deposit Date, the lesser of (a) the amount on deposit in the Yield
Supplement Account and (b) the sum of (i) the Yield Supplement Amount and (ii)
after giving effect to the withdrawal of the Yield Supplement Amount, the amount
by which the amount on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account exceeds the
Maximum Yield Supplement Amount.
Section
1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) Capitalized
terms used herein that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
(b) All
terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein.
Section
1.03. Interpretive Provisions.
(a) For
all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires, (i) terms used herein include, as appropriate,
all genders and the plural as well as the singular, (ii) references to words
such as “herein,” “hereof” and the like shall refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular part, article or section within this Agreement, (iii)
references to a section such as “Section 1.01” and the like shall refer to the
applicable section of this Agreement, (iv) the term “include” and all variations
thereof shall mean “include without limitation,” (v) the term “or” shall include
“and/or,” and (vi) the term “proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in the
applicable UCC.
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(b) As
used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to
the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or
other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally
accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or
in any such certificate or other document shall control.
ARTICLE
TWO
CONVEYANCE
OF RECEIVABLES; CUSTODY OF RECEIVABLES FILES
Section
2.01. Conveyance of Receivables.
(a) In
consideration of the Issuer’s delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of the
Certificates, the Class A-1 Notes and the net proceeds of the sale of the Class
A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes, less an amount equal to the Reserve Fund
Initial Deposit to be deposited to the Reserve Fund and the Yield Supplement
Account Deposit to be deposited to the Yield Supplement Account, each on the
Closing Date, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (subject to the obligations of
the Seller set forth herein), all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to
and under:
(i) the
Receivables and all monies due thereon or paid thereunder or in respect thereof
(including proceeds of the repurchase of Receivables by the Seller pursuant to
Section 2.04 or the purchase of Receivables by the Servicer pursuant to Section
3.08 or 8.01) on or after the Cutoff Date;
(ii) the
security interests in the Financed Vehicles;
(iii) any
proceeds of any physical damage insurance policies covering the Financed
Vehicles and in any proceeds of any credit life or credit disability insurance
policies relating to the Receivables or the Obligors;
(iv) any
proceeds of Dealer Recourse;
(v) the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, but not the obligations of the Seller
thereunder;
(vi) the
right to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future
Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable and have been
repossessed by or on behalf of the Issuer;
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(vii) all
funds on deposit from time to time in the Accounts, including the Reserve Fund
Initial Deposit and the Yield Supplement Account Deposit, and in all investment
income and proceeds thereof;
(viii) any
Servicer Letter of Credit; and
(ix) the
proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
The
Seller hereby confirms to the Issuer that, as of the Closing Date, the Seller
shall have caused the portions of all related electronic records relating to the
Receivables to be clearly and unambiguously marked, and shall have made the
appropriate entries in its general accounting records, to indicate that such
Receivables have been transferred and sold to the Issuer.
(b) The
parties hereto intend that the conveyance hereunder be a sale. In the
event that the conveyance hereunder is not for any reason considered a sale, the
Seller hereby grants to the Issuer a first priority perfected security interest
in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables, and
all other property conveyed hereunder and all proceeds of any of the
foregoing. The parties hereto intend that this Agreement constitute a
security agreement under applicable law. Such grant is made to secure the
payment of all amounts payable hereunder.
Section
2.02. Custody of Receivable Files. To assure
uniform quality in servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs,
the Issuer hereby revocably appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer accepts such
appointment, to act for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as
custodian of the following documents or instruments which are hereby
constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer, as
of the Closing Date with respect to each Receivable:
(a) the
fully executed original of the Receivable;
(b) documents
evidencing or related to any Insurance Policy;
(c) the
original credit application of each Obligor, fully executed by such Obligor on
AHFC’s customary form, or on a form approved by AHFC for such
application;
(d) the
original certificate of title (or evidence that such certificate of title has
been applied for) or such documents that the Servicer shall keep on file, in
accordance with its customary procedures, evidencing the security interest in
the related Financed Vehicle; and
(e) any
and all other documents that the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be,
shall keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures, relating to
such Receivable or the related Obligor or Financed Vehicle;
provided that the Servicer
may appoint one or more agents to act as subcustodians of certain items
contained in a Receivable File so long as the Servicer remains primarily
responsible for their safekeeping.
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Section
2.03. Representations and Warranties of Seller as
to the Receivables. The Seller makes the following representations and
warranties as to the Receivables on which the Issuer shall rely in acquiring the
Receivables. Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the
sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge
thereof to the Indenture Trustee.
(a) Characteristics
of Receivables. Each Receivable (i) shall have been originated in the
United States by a Dealer for the retail sale of the related Financed Vehicle in
the ordinary course of such Dealer’s business, shall have been fully and
properly executed by the parties thereto, shall have been purchased by AHFC from
such Dealer under an existing agreement with AHFC, shall have been validly
assigned by such Dealer to AHFC in accordance with the terms of such agreement,
shall have been subsequently sold by AHFC to the Seller pursuant to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and, to the best knowledge of the Seller, shall
have been sold by a Dealer without fraud or misrepresentation, (ii) shall have
created or shall create a valid, continuing and enforceable first priority
security interest in favor of AHFC in the related Financed Vehicle, which
security interest has been assigned by AHFC to the Seller and shall be
assignable, and shall be so assigned, by the Seller to the Owner Trustee, (iii)
shall contain customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights and
remedies of the holder thereof shall be adequate for realization against the
collateral of the benefits of the security, (iv) shall, except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, provide for level Monthly Payments (provided that
the payment in the first or last month in the life of the Receivable may be
minimally different from the level payment) that fully amortize the Amount
Financed over its original term and shall provide for a finance charge or shall
yield interest at its APR, (v) shall provide for, in the event that such
Receivable is prepaid, a prepayment that fully pays the Principal Balance and
includes accrued but unpaid interest at least through the date of prepayment in
an amount calculated by using an interest rate at least equal to its APR, (vi)
shall have an Obligor that is not a federal, state or local governmental entity
and (vii) is a retail installment contract.
(b) Schedule
of Receivables. The information set forth in the Schedule of Receivables
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the opening of business
on the Cutoff Date, and no selection procedures believed to be adverse to the
Securityholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables from those motor
vehicle, minivan, sport utility vehicle or light duty truck receivables, as
applicable, of AHFC which met the selection criteria set forth in this
Agreement.
(c) Compliance
with Law. Each Receivable and each sale of the related Financed
Vehicle shall have complied at the time it was originated or made, and shall
comply at the time of execution of this Agreement, in all material respects with
all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations
thereunder, including usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal
Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting
Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act,
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Warranty Act, Federal Reserve Board Regulations B, M and Z,
state adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer
Credit Code and other consumer credit, equal credit opportunity and disclosure
laws.
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(d) Binding
Obligation. Each Receivable shall constitute the genuine, legal,
valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the related Obligor,
enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law.
(e) No
Bankrupt Obligors. According to the records of the Seller, as of the
Cutoff Date, no Obligor is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
(f) Security
Interest in Financed Vehicles. According to the records of the
Seller, as of the Cutoff Date, no Financed Vehicle has been repossessed and not
reinstated and immediately prior to the sale, assignment and transfer thereof,
all necessary steps shall be taken so that each Receivable shall be secured by a
validly perfected first priority security interest in the related Financed
Vehicle in favor of AHFC as secured party or all necessary and appropriate
action with respect to such Receivable shall have been taken to perfect a first
priority security interest in such Financed Vehicle in favor of AHFC as secured
party.
(g) Receivables
in Force. No Receivable shall have been satisfied, subordinated or
rescinded, nor shall any Financed Vehicle have been released in whole or in part
from the lien granted by the related Receivable.
(h) No
Waivers. No provision of a Receivable shall have been waived in such
a manner that such Receivable fails to meet all of the other representations and
warranties made by the Seller herein with respect thereto.
(i) No
Amendments. No Receivable shall have been amended or modified in such
a manner that the total number of Scheduled Payments has been increased or that
the related Amount Financed has been increased or that such Receivable fails to
meet all of the other representations and warranties made by the Seller herein
with respect thereto.
(j) No
Defenses. No facts shall be known to the Seller which would give rise
to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, nor shall the same
have been asserted or threatened, with respect to any Receivable.
(k) No
Liens. To the knowledge of the Seller, no liens or claims shall have
been filed, including liens for work, labor or materials relating to a Financed
Vehicle, that shall be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the security
interest in such Financed Vehicle granted by the related
Receivable. To the knowledge of the Seller, there are no tax liens
against the Seller, or against an Obligor affecting the related
Receivable.
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(l) No
Defaults. Except for payment defaults that, as of the Cutoff Date,
have been continuing for a period of not more than 30 days, no default, breach,
violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable
shall have occurred as of the Cutoff Date and no continuing condition that with
notice or the lapse of time would constitute a default, breach, violation or
event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable shall have
arisen; and the Seller shall not have waived any of the foregoing except as
otherwise permitted hereunder.
(m) Insurance. Pursuant
to the Receivables, an Obligor has been required to obtain physical damage
insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle and is required under the terms
of the related Receivable to maintain such insurance.
(n) Title. It
is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated, taken as a whole, constitute a sale of the Receivables from the
Seller to the Issuer and that the beneficial interest in and title to the
Receivables not be part of the debtor’s estate in the event of the filing of a
bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy
law. Other than (1) the sale by the Seller to the Issuer pursuant to
this Agreement and (2) the security interest granted by the Issuer to the
Indenture Trustee in the Indenture, no Receivable has been sold, transferred,
assigned or pledged by the Seller to any Person other than the Issuer, and no
Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Issuer to any
Person other than the Indenture Trustee, and no provision of a Receivable shall
have been waived, except as provided in clause (h) above; immediately prior to
the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Seller had good and
marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens and rights of
any other Person and immediately prior to the pledge of security interest
contemplated in the Indenture, the Issuer had good and marketable title to each
Receivable free and clear of all Liens and rights of any other Person;
immediately upon the transfer and assignment contemplated herein, the Issuer
shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all
Liens and rights of any other Person and immediately upon the pledge of the
security interest contemplated in the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee will have
a valid and continuing security interest in the Receivables; and both the
transfer and assignment herein contemplated and the pledge of security interest
contemplated by the Indenture have been perfected under the applicable
UCC.
(o) Lawful
Assignment. No Receivable shall have been originated in, or shall be
subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and
assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement or pursuant to a transfer of
the Securities shall be unlawful, void or voidable.
(p) All
Filings Made. Both the Seller and the Issuer, respectively, have
caused or will have caused, or have taken or will take, within ten days of the
Closing Date, all steps necessary, including the filing of all appropriate
financing statements (including UCC filings) necessary in the
appropriate jurisdictions under the applicable law, to give the Issuer a first
priority perfected security interest in the Receivables, and to give the
Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest therein, shall
have been made. Except as contemplated hereby or in the Indenture, as
applicable, neither the Seller nor the Issuer has authorized the filing of or is
aware of any financing statements with respect to the Receivables, other than
such financing statements that have been terminated on or prior to the Closing
Date.
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(q) One
Original. There shall be only one original executed copy of each
Receivable.
(r) Chattel
Paper. Each Receivable constitutes “tangible chattel paper” as
defined within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
(s) Maturity
of Receivables. Each Receivable shall have an original maturity of
not less than 24 months nor greater than 72 months and, as of the Cutoff Date, a
remaining maturity of not less than 6 months nor greater than 69
months.
(t) Finance
Charge. Each Receivable provides for the payment of a finance charge
calculated on the basis of an APR ranging from 0.50% to 23.84%.
(u) Principal
Balance. Each Receivable had an original principal balance of not
less than $3,655.00 nor greater than $65,709.35 and an average unpaid principal
balance, as of the Cutoff Date, of $15,554.69.
(v) Origination. Each
Receivable was originated on or after September 26, 2004 and on or before
December 29, 2009.
(w) No
Overdue Payments. No Receivable shall have a Scheduled Payment that
is more than 30 days past due as of the Cutoff Date.
(x) Location
of Receivable Files. Each Receivable File shall be kept at one of the
locations listed in Schedule B hereto.
(y) Financed
Vehicles. Each Financed Vehicle shall be a new or used Honda or Acura
motor vehicle, minivan, sport utility vehicle or light duty truck.
(z) Addresses
of Obligors. The Obligor under each Receivable had a current billing
address in the United States as of the Cutoff Date.
(aa) Security
Interest. The Indenture creates a valid and continuing security
interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the
Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is
enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the
Issuer.
(bb) Possession
of Documents. The Servicer has in its possession all original copies
of the agreements that constitute or evidence the Receivables. The
agreements that constitute or evidence the Receivables do not have any marks or
notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed
to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. All financing
statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor of the Indenture
Trustee in connection herewith describing the Receivables contain a statement to
the following effect: "A purchase of or security interest in any
collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the
Indenture Trustee."
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Section
2.04. Repurchase of Receivables
Upon Breach. Upon discovery by the Seller or the Servicer or upon the
actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of either the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee of a breach of any of the representations and warranties of the
Seller set forth in Section 2.03 that materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Issuer, any of the Trustees or the Securityholders in any
Receivable, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice
to the others. As of the last day of the second Collection Period
following the Collection Period in which it discovers or receives notice of such
breach (or, at the Seller’s election, the last day of the first Collection
Period following the Collection Period in which it discovers or receives notice
of such breach), the Seller shall, unless such breach shall have been cured in
all material respects, repurchase such Receivable, and, if necessary, the Seller
shall enforce the obligation of AHFC under the Receivables Purchase Agreement to
repurchase such Receivable from the Seller. This repurchase
obligation shall apply to all representations and warranties of the Seller
contained in Section 2.03 whether or not the Seller has knowledge of the breach
at the time of the breach or at the time the representations and warranties were
made. On the related Deposit Date, the Seller shall remit the
Warranty Purchase Payment in respect of such Receivable to the Collection
Account in the manner specified in Section 4.05. In the event that,
as of the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, any Liens or claims
shall have been filed, including Liens for work, labor or materials relating to
a Financed Vehicle, that shall be prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the
lien granted by the related Receivable, which Liens or claims shall not have
been satisfied or otherwise released in full as of the Closing Date, and such
breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer, any of the
Trustees or the Securityholders in such Receivable, the Seller shall repurchase
such Receivable on the terms and in the manner specified above. Upon
any such repurchase, the Issuer shall, without further action, be deemed to
transfer, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Seller, all right, title
and interest of the Issuer in, to and under such repurchased Receivable, all
monies due or to become due with respect thereto and all proceeds
thereof. The Issuer and the Trustees shall execute such documents and
instruments of transfer and assignment and take such other actions as shall be
reasonably requested by the Seller to effect the conveyance of such Receivable
pursuant to this Section. The sole remedy of the Issuer, the Trustees
and the Securityholders with respect to a breach of the Seller’s representations
and warranties pursuant to Section 2.03 or with respect to the existence of any
such Liens or claims shall be to require the Seller to repurchase the related
Receivable pursuant to this Section and to enforce AHFC’s obligation to
repurchase such Receivables from the Seller pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall
have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of
any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to Section
2.04 or the eligibility of any Receivables for purposes of this
Agreement. In addition, no party to this agreement may waive a
material breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in
Section 2.03 above.
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Section
2.05. Duties of Servicer as
Custodian.
(a) Safekeeping. The
Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, shall hold the Receivable Files for the
benefit of the Issuer and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records
and computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File as shall enable the
Issuer to comply with this Agreement. In performing its duties as
custodian, the Servicer shall act with reasonable care, using that degree of
skill and attention that it exercises with respect to the receivable files of
comparable motor vehicle receivables that the Servicer services for itself or
others. The Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be conducted,
periodic examinations of the files of all receivables owned or serviced by it
which shall include the Receivable Files held by it under this Agreement, and of
the related accounts, records and computer systems, in such a manner as shall
enable the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to verify the accuracy of the
Servicer’s record keeping. The Servicer shall promptly report to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee any failure on its part to hold the Receivable
Files and maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as herein provided
and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such
failure. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require an initial review
or any periodic review of the Receivable Files by the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee.
(b) Maintenance
of and Access to Records. The Servicer shall maintain each Receivable
File solely in its capacity as Servicer at one of its (or its agents’) offices
specified in Schedule B hereto or at such other office as shall be specified to
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by 30 days’ prior written
notice. The Servicer shall make available to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee or its duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors
the Receivable Files and the related accounts, records and computer systems
maintained by the Servicer at such times as the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
shall reasonably instruct.
(c) Release
of Documents. Upon instruction from the Indenture Trustee, the
Servicer shall release any document in the Receivable Files to the Indenture
Trustee or its agent or designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as
the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon as practicable. The
Servicer shall not be responsible for any loss occasioned by the failure of the
Indenture Trustee to return any document or any delay in doing so.
Section
2.06. Instructions; Authority to
Act. The Servicer shall be deemed to have received proper
instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its receipt of written
instructions signed by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee. A certified copy of a bylaw or of a resolution of the board
of directors of the Indenture Trustee shall constitute conclusive evidence of
the authority of any such Responsible Officer to act and shall be considered in
full force and effect until receipt by the Servicer of written notice to the
contrary given by the Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.07. Indemnification by
Custodian. The Servicer, as custodian of the Receivable Files, shall
fully indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer and the Trustees for any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or
expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred or asserted
against the Issuer and the Trustees as the result of any improper act or
omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody of the Receivable
Files by the Servicer, as custodian; provided, however, that the Servicer shall
not be liable for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee or the willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence (except for errors in judgment) of
the Owner Trustee only.
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Section
2.08. Effective Period and
Termination. The Servicer’s appointment as custodian of the
Receivable Files shall become effective as of the Cutoff Date and shall continue
in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this
Section. If the Servicer shall resign as Servicer pursuant to Section
6.05 or if all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer have been
terminated pursuant to Section 7.02, the appointment of the Servicer as
custodian of the Receivable Files shall be terminated without further action by
the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders of Notes. The Indenture
Trustee or, with the written consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee
may terminate the Servicer’s appointment as custodian of the Receivable Files
with cause at any time immediately upon written notification to the Servicer
and, without cause, upon 30 days’ prior written notification by the
Servicer. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days
immediately following the effective date of any termination of such appointment,
the Servicer shall deliver the Receivable Files to the Indenture Trustee or its
agent at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably
designate. Notwithstanding the termination of the Servicer as
custodian of the Receivable Files, the Indenture Trustee agrees that upon any
such termination, the Indenture Trustee shall provide, or cause its agent to
provide, access to the Receivable Files to the Servicer for the purpose of
carrying out its duties and responsibilities with respect to the servicing of
the Receivables pursuant to this Agreement.
ARTICLE
THREE
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
Section
3.01. Duties of
Servicer. The Servicer, for the benefit of the Issuer (to the extent
provided herein), shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the
Receivables (other than Administrative Receivables and Warranty Receivables)
with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer
exercises with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that it
services for itself or others. The Servicer’s duties shall include
collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors or
by federal, state or local government authorities with respect to the
Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending payment coupons to Obligors,
reporting tax information to Obligors in accordance with its customary
practices, policing the collateral, accounting for collections and furnishing
monthly and annual statements to the Trustees with respect to distributions,
generating federal income tax information, making Advances and performing the
other duties specified herein. The Servicer shall follow its
customary standards, policies and procedures and shall have full power and
authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such
managing, servicing, administration and collection that it may deem necessary or
desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Servicer shall be authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of
itself, the Issuer, the Trustees, the Securityholders or any of them, any and
all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release
or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the
Receivables and the Financed Vehicles. The Servicer is hereby
authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of the Issuer, a legal
proceeding to enforce a Defaulted Receivable pursuant to Section 3.04 or to
commence or participate in a legal proceeding (including without limitation a
bankruptcy proceeding) relating to or involving a Receivable, including a
Defaulted Receivable. If the Servicer commences or participates in
such a legal proceeding in its own name, the Issuer shall thereupon be deemed to
have automatically assigned, solely for the purpose of collection on behalf of
the party retaining an interest in such Receivable, such Receivable and the
other property conveyed to the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to
such Receivable to the Servicer for purposes of commencing or participating in
any such proceeding as a party or claimant, and the Servicer is authorized and
empowered by the Issuer to execute and deliver in the Servicer’s name any
notices, demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents
or instruments in connection with any such proceeding. If in any
enforcement suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not
enforce a Receivable on the grounds that it shall not be a real party in
interest or a holder entitled to enforce such Receivable, the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Issuer shall, at the Servicer’s expense and written direction,
take steps to enforce such Receivable, including bring suit in its name or the
name of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders. The Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall
furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents and take
any other steps which the Servicer may deem necessary or appropriate to enable
the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties
hereunder.
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Section
3.02. Collection of Receivable
Payments. The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all
payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and
when the same shall become due, and shall follow such collection procedures as
it follows with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that it
services for itself or others. The Servicer shall be authorized to
grant extensions, rebates or adjustments on a Receivable without the prior
consent of the Issuer. If, as a result of the extending of payments
in accordance with the customary servicing standards of the Servicer, any
Receivable will be outstanding later than the Final Scheduled Maturity Date, the
Servicer shall be obligated to repurchase such Receivable pursuant to Section
3.08. In addition, in the event that any such rescheduling or
extension of a Receivable modifies the terms of such Receivable in such a manner
as to constitute a cancellation of such Receivable and the creation of a new
motor vehicle receivable that results in a deemed exchange thereof within the
meaning of Section 1001 of the Code, the Servicer shall purchase such Receivable
pursuant to Section 3.08, and the receivable created shall not be included in
Collateral held by the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
extensions or modifications of the payment schedule of a Receivable can be made
only in accordance with the customary servicing procedures of the Servicer,
provided that the amount of any extension fee charged in connection with the
extension of a Receivable is deposited into the Collection Account by the
Servicer in accordance with Section 4.05(a). The Servicer may, in
accordance with its customary servicing procedures, waive any prepayment charge,
late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary
course of servicing the Receivables.
Section
3.03. [Reserved]
Section
3.04. Realization Upon
Receivables. On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer shall use its best
efforts, consistent with its customary servicing procedures, to repossess or
otherwise comparably convert the ownership of any Financed Vehicle that it has
reasonably determined should be repossessed or otherwise converted following a
default under the Receivable secured by the Financed Vehicle (and shall specify
such Receivables to the Trustees no later than the Determination Date following
the end of the Collection Period in which the Servicer shall have made such
determination). The Servicer shall follow such practices and
procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be customary and
usual in its servicing of motor vehicle, minivan, sport utility vehicle or light
duty truck receivables, as applicable, which practices and procedures may
include reasonable efforts to realize upon any Dealer Recourse, selling the
related Financed Vehicle at public or private sale and other actions by the
Servicer in order to realize upon such a Receivable. The Servicer
shall be entitled to recover its reasonable Liquidation Expenses with respect to
each Defaulted Receivable, which are not to exceed the related Net Liquidation
Proceeds with respect to each such Defaulted Receivable; provided, however, that the
Servicer shall not be obligated to take actions to realize upon any Defaulted
Receivables unless, in its reasonable opinion, Liquidation Proceeds will exceed
Liquidation Expenses. All Net Liquidation Proceeds realized in
connection with any such action with respect to a Receivable shall be deposited
by the Servicer in the Collection Account in the manner specified in Section
4.02(a). The foregoing is subject to the proviso that, in any case in
which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not
expend funds in connection with any repair or towards the repossession of such
Financed Vehicle unless it shall determine in its discretion that such repair
and/or repossession shall increase the Liquidation Proceeds of the related
Receivable by an amount greater than the amount of such
expenses.
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Section
3.05. Maintenance of Physical
Damage Insurance Policies. The Servicer shall, in accordance with its
customary servicing procedures and underwriting standards, require that each
Obligor shall have obtained physical damage insurance covering each Financed
Vehicle as of the origination of the related Receivable.
Section
3.06. Maintenance of Security
Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer shall, in accordance
with its customary servicing procedures and at its own expense, take such steps
as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created by each
Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby
authorized to take such steps as are necessary to reperfect such security
interest on behalf of the Issuer in the event of the relocation of a Financed
Vehicle or for any other reason. In the event that the assignment of
a Receivable to the Issuer is insufficient, without a notation on the related
Financed Vehicle’s certificate of title, to grant to the Issuer a first priority
perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle, the Servicer hereby
agrees to serve as the agent of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting the
security interest of the Issuer in such Financed Vehicle and agrees that the
Servicer’s listing as the secured party on the certificate of title is solely in
its capacity as agent of the Issuer.
Section
3.07. Covenants of
Servicer. The Servicer makes the following covenants on which the
Issuer shall rely in accepting the Receivables in trust pursuant to Section
2.01:
(a) Liens
in Force. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, the
Servicer shall not release in whole or in part any Financed Vehicle from the
security interest securing the related Receivable.
(b)
No Impairment. The Servicer shall do nothing to impair the rights of
the Issuer in the Receivables.
(c)
No Amendments. Subject to Section 3.02, the Servicer
shall not amend or otherwise modify any Receivable such that the total number of
Scheduled Payments is extended beyond the Final Scheduled Maturity Date, or
either the Amount Financed or the APR is altered.
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Section
3.08. Purchase of Receivables
Upon Breach. Upon discovery by the Seller, the Servicer or the Issuer
or upon the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee
or Owner Trustee of a breach of any of the covenants of the Servicer set forth
in Section 3.07 that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Securityholders in any Receivable, or if an
improper extension, rescheduling or modification of a Receivable is made by the
Servicer as described in Section 3.02, the party discovering such breach shall
give prompt written notice to the others. As of the last day of the
second Collection Period following the Collection Period in which it discovers
or receives notice of such breach (or, at the Servicer’s election, the last day
of the first Collection Period following the Collection Period in which it
discovers or receives notice of such breach), the Servicer shall, unless such
breach or impropriety shall have been cured in all material respects, purchase
from the Issuer such Receivable and remit on the related Deposit Date the
Administrative Purchase Payment to the Collection Account in the manner
specified in Section 4.05. Upon such deposit of the Administrative
Purchase Payment, the Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be
deemed to have released all claims for reimbursement of Outstanding Advances
made in respect of such Receivable. The sole remedy of the Issuer,
the Trustees or the Securityholders against the Servicer with respect to a
breach pursuant to Section 3.02 or 3.07 shall be to require the Servicer to
purchase the related Receivables pursuant to this Section, except as otherwise
provided in Section 6.02. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture
Trustee shall have any duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the
occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant
to this Section.
Section
3.09. Total Servicing Fee;
Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer. As compensation for the
performance of its obligations hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to
receive on each Payment Date the Total Servicing Fee; provided, the Servicing
Fee in respect of a Collection Period (together with any portion of the
Servicing Fee that remains unpaid from prior Payment Dates) will be paid at the
beginning of that Collection Period out of collections of interest on the
Receivables for such Collection Period. The Basic Servicing Fee in
respect of a Collection Period shall be calculated based on a 360 day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months. Except to the extent otherwise
provided herein, the Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by
it in connection with its activities under this Agreement (including taxes
imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation
of reports and fees to independent accountants).
Section
3.10. Servicer’s Certificate. On or
before each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustees and
each Rating Agency a Servicer’s Certificate containing all information necessary
to make the distributions required by Sections 4.06 and 4.07 in respect of the
related Collection Period and all information necessary for the Trustees to send
statements to Securityholders pursuant to Section 4.10. The Servicer shall also
specify in writing to the Trustees, no later than the Determination Date
following the last day of a Collection Period as of which the Seller shall be
required to repurchase or the Servicer shall be required to purchase a
Receivable, the identity of any such Receivable and the identity of any
Receivable which the Servicer shall have determined to be a Defaulted Receivable
during such Collection Period. Receivables purchased or to be purchased by the
Servicer or the Seller and Receivables as to which the Servicer has determined
during such Collection Period to be Defaulted Receivables and with respect to
which payment of the Administrative Purchase Payment or Warranty Purchase
Payment has been provided from whatever source as of last day of such Collection
Period shall be identified by the Seller’s account number with respect to such
Receivable (as specified in the Schedule of Receivables).
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Section
3.11. Annual Statement as to
Compliance; Notice of Default.
(a) The
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustees and each Rating Agency, on or before 90
days after the end of each fiscal year for which a report on Form 10-K is
required to be filed with the commission by or on behalf of the Issuer,
commencing with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, an Officer’s Certificate
of the Servicer, stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer
during the preceding 12-month period ended March 31 (or, if applicable, such
shorter period in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate) and of its
performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision,
and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such
period, 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.
(b) The
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustees and each Rating Agency, promptly after
having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days
thereafter, an Officer’s Certificate specifying the nature and status of any
event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a
Servicer Default.
Section
3.12. Assessment of Compliance
and Annual Accountants’ Report.
(a) On
or before 90 days after the end of each fiscal year for which a report on Form
10-K is required to be filed with the Commission by or on behalf of the Issuer,
commencing with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, the Servicer
shall:
(i) deliver
to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Rating Agencies a
report regarding the Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing
Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules
13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation
AB. Such report shall be addressed to the Issuer and signed by an
authorized officer of the Servicer, and shall address each of the Servicing
Criteria specified in Exhibit F hereto delivered to the Issuer and the
Administrator concurrently with the execution of this Agreement;
(ii) deliver
to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Administrator a report of a registered
public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the Administrator
that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the
Servicer and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such
attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
(iii) use
its best efforts to cause each Subservicer and each Subcontractor determined by
the Servicer to be “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning
of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to the Issuer and the Administrator an
assessment of compliance and accountants’ attestation as and when provided in
paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section;
(iv) use
its best efforts to cause each Subservicer and Subcontractor determined by the
Servicer to be a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through
(iii) of Regulation AB, to deliver to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the
Administrator a statement of compliance as and when provided in Section 3.11(a);
and
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(v) if
requested by the Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer, not later than
July 1 of the calendar year in which such certification is to be delivered,
deliver to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Administrator and any other
Person that will be responsible for signing the certification (a “Sarbanes
Certification”) required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act
(pursuant to Section 302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002) on behalf of an
asset-backed issuer with respect to a securitization transaction a certification
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.
The
Servicer acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (a)(v) above may
rely on the certification provided by the Servicer pursuant to such clause in
signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the
Commission. The Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer, will
not request delivery of a certification under clause (a)(v) above unless the
Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to file an annual report on Form
10-K with respect to an Issuer whose asset pool includes the
Receivables.
(b) Each
assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to Section
3.12(a)(iii) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a
certification to be delivered to the Servicer, Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the
Administrator on or prior to the date of such appointment. An
assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant to Section
3.12(a)(iii) need not address any elements of the Servicing Criteria other than
those specified by the Servicer and the Issuer on the date of such
appointment.
Section
3.13. Access to Certain
Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables. The Servicer
shall provide to the Trustees reasonable access to the documentation regarding
the Receivables. The Servicer shall provide such access to any
Securityholder only in such cases where a Securityholder is required by
applicable statutes or regulations to review such documentation. In
each case, such access shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable
request and during normal business hours at the respective offices of the
Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the obligation
of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of
information regarding the Obligors, and the failure of the Servicer to provide
access as provided in this Section as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section.
Section
3.14. Amendments to Schedule of
Receivables. If the Servicer, during a Collection Period, assigns to
a Receivable an account number that differs from the original account number
identifying such Receivable on the Schedule of Receivables, the Servicer shall
deliver to the Seller and the Trustees on or before the Payment Date relating to
such Collection Period an amendment to the Schedule of Receivables reporting the
newly assigned account number, together with the old account number of each such
Receivable. The first such delivery of amendments to the Schedule of
Receivables shall include monthly amendments reporting account numbers appearing
on the Schedule of Receivables with the new account numbers assigned to such
Receivables during any prior Collection Period.
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Section
3.15. Reports to Securityholders
and Rating Agencies.
(a) At
the expense of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall provide to any Note
Owner, and the Owner Trustee shall provide to any Certificateholder, who so
requests in writing a copy of (i) any Servicer’s Certificate, (ii) any annual
statement as to compliance described in Section 3.1l(a), (iii) any assessment of
compliance and annual accountants’ report described in Section 3.12, (iv) any
statement to Securityholders pursuant to Section 4.10, (v) the Trust Agreement,
(vi) the Indenture or (vii) this Agreement (without Exhibits). In
addition, such statements may be posted by the Indenture Trustee on its website
at xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx. The Indenture Trustee
or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, may require such Securityholder or Note
Owner to pay a reasonable sum to cover the cost of the Trustee’s complying with
such request.
(b) The
Servicer shall forward to each Rating Agency a copy of each (i) Servicer’s
Certificate, (ii) annual statement as to compliance described in Section
3.11(a), (iii) Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer described in Section
3.11(b), (iv) any assessment of compliance and annual accountants’ report
pursuant to Section 3.12, (v) statement to Securityholders pursuant to Section
4.10 and (vi) other report it may receive pursuant to this Agreement, the Trust
Agreement or the Indenture.
Section
3.16. Appointment of Subservicer
or Subcontractor.
(a) The
Servicer may at any time appoint a subservicer to perform all or any portion of
its obligations as Servicer hereunder if each Rating Agency and the Indenture
Trustee has received 10 days prior written notice of the Servicer’s intention to
do so and has not notified the Servicer that such an appointment would or might
result in the qualification, reduction or withdrawal of a rating then assigned
by such Rating Agency to any Class of Notes; provided, however, that the
Servicer shall remain obligated and be liable to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders for the
servicing and administering of the Receivables in accordance with the provisions
hereof without diminution of such obligation and liability by virtue of the
appointment of such subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms
and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the
Receivables. The fees and expenses of the subservicer shall be as
agreed between the Servicer and its subservicer from time to time, and none of
the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders or
the Noteholders shall have any responsibility therefor.
(b) The
Servicer shall cause any Subservicer used by the Servicer (or by any
Subservicer) for the benefit of the Issuer to comply with the reporting and
compliance provisions of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
Subservicer were the Servicer, and to provide the information required with
respect to such Subservicer as is required to file all required reports with the
Commission. The Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each
Subservicer and delivering to the Issuer and the Administrator any servicer
compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section
3.11, any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by
such Subservicer under Section 3.12 and any certification required to be
delivered to the Person that will be responsible for signing the Sarbanes
Certification under Section 3.12(a)(iv) as and when required to be
delivered.
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(c) The
Servicer shall promptly upon request provide to the Issuer or the Administrator,
acting on behalf of the Issuer, a written description (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Issuer and the Administrator) of the role and function of
each Subcontractor utilized by the Servicer or any Subservicer, specifying (i)
the identity of each such Subcontractor, (ii) which, if any, of such
Subcontractors are “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning
of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and (iii) which, if any, elements of the
Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by
each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this
paragraph.
As a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be
“participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, the Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the
Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Issuer and the Depositor
to comply with the reporting and compliance provisions of Section 3.12(a) of
this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the
Servicer. The Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each
Subcontractor and delivering to the Issuer and the Administrator any assessment
of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor, in
each case as and when required to be delivered.
Section
3.17. Information to be Provided
by the Servicer.
(a) At
the request of the Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer, for the
purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with
respect to any class of asset-backed securities, the Servicer shall (or shall
cause each Subservicer to) (i) notify the Issuer and the Administrator in
writing of any material litigation or governmental proceedings pending against
the Servicer or any Subservicer and (ii) provide to the Issuer and the
Administrator a description of such proceedings.
(b) As
a condition to the succession to the Servicer or any Subservicer as servicer or
subservicer under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Servicer or
such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed
as a successor to the Servicer or any Subservicer, the Servicer shall provide to
the Issuer, the Administrator and the Depositor, at least 10 Business Days prior
to the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to
the Issuer and the Administrator of such succession or appointment and (y) in
writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the
Administrator, all information reasonably requested by the Issuer or the
Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer, in order to comply with its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any class of
asset-backed securities.
(c) In
addition to such information as the Servicer, as servicer, is obligated to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by the
Issuer or the Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer shall
provide such information regarding the performance or servicing of the
Receivables as is reasonably required to facilitate preparation of distribution
reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB. Such
information shall be provided concurrently with the monthly reports otherwise
required to be delivered by the Servicer under this Agreement, commencing with
the first such report due not less than 10 Business Days following such
request.
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Section
3.18. Remedies.
(a) The
Servicer shall be liable to the Issuer, the Administrator and the Depositor for
any monetary damages incurred as a result of the failure by the Servicer, any
Subservicer or any Subcontractor to deliver any information, report,
certification, attestation, accountants’ letter or other material when and as
required under this Article III, including any failure by the Servicer to
identify any Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function” within the
meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and shall reimburse the applicable party
for all costs reasonably incurred by each such party in order to obtain the
information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material not
delivered as required by the Servicer, any Subservicer, or any
Subcontractor.
(b) The
Seller shall promptly reimburse the Issuer and the Administrator for all
reasonable expenses incurred by the Issuer or Administrator as such are
incurred, in connection with the termination of the Servicer as servicer and the
transfer of servicing of the Receivables to a successor servicer. The
provisions of this paragraph shall not limit whatever rights the Issuer or
Administrator may have under other provisions of this Agreement or otherwise,
whether in equity or at law, such as an action for damages, specific performance
or injunctive relief.
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ARTICLE
FOUR
DISTRIBUTIONS;
RESERVE FUND;
STATEMENTS
TO SECURITYHOLDERS
Section
4.01. Establishment of
Accounts.
(a) The
Servicer shall establish and maintain an Eligible Account with and in the name
of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of (i) the Securityholders (the
“Collection Account”), (ii) the Noteholders (the “Note Distribution Account”),
(iii) the Securityholders (the “Reserve Fund”) and (iv) the Securityholders (the
“Yield Supplement Account”), in each case, bearing a designation clearly
indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the
related Securityholders. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, in the event that the Indenture Trustee is no longer an Eligible
Institution, the Servicer shall, with the assistance of the Indenture Trustee as
necessary, cause the Accounts to be moved to an Eligible
Institution.
(b) To
the extent permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations, all amounts held
in the Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account, the Reserve Fund and
the Yield Supplement Account shall be either invested by the Indenture Trustee
in Eligible Investments selected in writing by the Servicer or maintained in
cash. Earnings on investment of funds in the Accounts (other than the
Yield Supplement Account and the Reserve Fund) (net of losses and investment
expenses) shall be paid to the Servicer as part of the Supplemental Servicing
Fee and any losses and investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on
deposit in the related Account.
(i) Except
as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(b), the Indenture Trustee shall possess
all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the
Accounts and in all proceeds thereof (including all income thereon) and all such
funds, investments, proceeds and income shall be part of the Owner Trust
Estate. The Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of
the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Securityholders,
as the case may be.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything else contained herein, the Servicer agrees that each Account and the
Certificate Distribution Account will be established only with an Eligible
Institution which agrees substantially as follows: (A) it will comply with
Entitlement Orders related to such account issued by the Indenture Trustee
without further consent by the Servicer; (B) until termination of this
Agreement, it will not enter into any other agreement related to such account
pursuant to which it agrees to comply with Entitlement Orders of any Person
other than the Indenture Trustee; (C) all Account Property delivered or credited
to it in connection with such account and all proceeds thereof will be promptly
credited to such account; (D) it will treat all Account Property as Financial
Assets; and (E) all Account Property will be physically delivered (accompanied
by any required endorsements) to, or credited to an account in the name of, the
Eligible Institution maintaining the related Account in accordance with such
Eligible Institution’s customary procedures such that such Eligible Institution
establishes a Security Entitlement in favor of the Indenture Trustee with
respect thereto over which the Indenture Trustee (or such other Eligible
Institution) has Control.
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(iii) The
Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the Indenture Trustee or by the
Owner Trustee with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, to instruct the
Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the Accounts for the
purpose of permitting the Servicer or the Owner Trustee to carry out its
respective duties hereunder or under the Trust Agreement or permitting the
Indenture Trustee to carry out its duties under the Indenture.
Section
4.02. Collections.
(a) The
Servicer shall remit daily to the Collection Account all payments received from
or on behalf of the Obligors on or in respect of the Receivables and all Net
Liquidation Proceeds, in each case, minus an amount equal to amounts previously
deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account but later determined by the
Servicer in its reasonable opinion to have resulted from mistaken deposits or
postings, which amounts have not been previously reimbursed to the Servicer,
within two Business Days after receipt thereof; provided, that any payments
received in respect of an Obligor that are not immediately identifiable as such,
shall not be deemed “received” until such time as the Obligor is identified and
the payment is allocated as such, in accordance with the Servicer’s customary
servicing practices.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 4.02(a) and subject to the conditions set forth below,
the Servicer may be permitted to make remittances of collections on a less
frequent basis than that specified in Section 4.02(a) upon compliance with the
specific terms and conditions set forth below in this Section and for so long as
such terms and conditions are fulfilled. Accordingly, notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 4.02(a), the Servicer will be permitted to remit such
collections to the Collection Account in immediately available funds, on each
Deposit Date but only for so long as (i)(A) the Servicer shall be AHFC, (B)
except as provided in clause (ii) below, the Required Servicer Rating is
satisfied and (C) no Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
provided, however, that immediately following the non-compliance with clause (B)
above or in the event that an event of the nature specified in Section 7.01(c)
has occurred (notwithstanding any period of grace contained in such clause), the
Servicer shall remit such collections to the Collection Account on a daily basis
within two Business Days of receipt thereof, or (ii)(A) if the conditions
specified in clause (i)(A) and (C) above are satisfied, and (B) the Servicer
shall have obtained (1) a Servicer Letter of Credit issued by a depository
institution or insurance company, as the case may be, having a short-term credit
rating at least equal to the Required Deposit Rating and providing that the
Indenture Trustee may draw thereon in the event that the Servicer fails to
deposit collections into the Collection Account on a monthly basis or (2) a
surety bond, insurance policy or other deposit of cash or securities
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency; provided that in
connection with clause (ii) above, the Servicer provides to the Indenture
Trustee, from each Rating Agency (other than Fitch, who shall only require
written notice thereof ten business days in advance of such action) for which
the Servicer’s then-current short-term credit rating is not at least equal to
the Required Servicer Rating for such Rating Agency, a letter to the effect that
the satisfaction of the conditions in clause (ii) above and allowing the
Servicer to make monthly deposits will not result in a qualification, reduction
or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any Class of Notes and, if
applicable, an Officer’s Certificate from the Servicer to the effect that the
Servicer’s then-current short-term credit rating is at least equal to the
Required Servicer Rating from each other Rating Agency, if any; and, provided
further, that if the Servicer shall have obtained a Servicer Letter of Credit in
accordance with clause (ii) above, the Servicer shall be required to remit
collections to the Collection Account on each Business Day to the extent that
the aggregate amount of collections described in Section 4.02(a) and received
during such Collection Period exceeds the Servicer Letter of Credit
Amount. The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge
of any event or circumstance under clause (i)(C) above that would require daily
remittance by the Servicer to the Collection Account unless a Responsible
Officer has received notice of such event or circumstance from the Seller or the
Servicer in an Officer’s Certificate, from Securityholders as provided in
Section 7.01 or from the Letter of Credit Bank. For purposes of this
Article the phrase “payments made on behalf of Obligors” shall mean payments
made by Persons other than the Seller, the Servicer or the Letter of Credit
Bank, if any.
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Any funds
held by the Servicer which it determines are to be remitted (or any of its own
funds which the Seller or the Servicer determines to pay to the Letter of Credit
Bank) in respect of a failure previously to remit collections which failure
resulted in a payment under the Servicer Letter of Credit, if any, shall not be
remitted to the Collection Account, but shall instead be paid immediately and
directly to the Letter of Credit Bank. Any such payment to the Letter
of Credit Bank shall be accompanied by a copy of the Servicer’s Certificate
related to the previous failure to remit funds and an Officer’s Certificate
which includes a statement identifying, by reference to the items in such
related Servicer’s Certificate, each shortfall in Servicer remittances to which
such payment relates. The Servicer will also provide the Indenture
Trustee with copies of each such Servicer’s Certificate and Officer’s
Certificate delivered with any such payment to the Letter of Credit
Bank.
Section
4.03. Application of
Collections. On each Payment Date, all collections for the related
Collection Period shall be applied by the Servicer as follows:
(a) With
respect to each Receivable (other than an Administrative Receivable or a
Warranty Receivable), payments made by or on behalf of the Obligor which are not
Supplemental Servicing Fees shall be applied first to reimburse the Servicer for
Outstanding Advances made with respect to such Receivable (each such payment, an
“Overdue Payment”). Next, the amount of any payment in excess of
Supplemental Servicing Fees and Outstanding Advances with respect to such
Receivable shall be applied to the Scheduled Payment with respect to such
Receivable. The amount of such payment remaining after the
applications described in the two preceding sentences shall be applied to prepay
the principal balance of such Receivable.
(b) With
respect to each Administrative Receivable and Warranty Receivable, payments made
by or on behalf of the Obligor shall be applied in the same manner. A
Warranty Purchase Payment shall be applied to reduce Outstanding Advances and
such Warranty Purchase Payment or an Administrative Purchase Payment, as
applicable, shall then be applied to the Scheduled Payment, in each case to the
extent that the payments by the Obligor shall be insufficient, and then to
prepay the unpaid principal balance of such Receivable in full.
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Section
4.04. Advances.
(a) As
of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, if the payments
during such Collection Period by or on behalf of the Obligor on or in respect of
a Receivable (other than an Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable)
after application under Section 4.03(a) shall be less than the Scheduled
Payment, whether as a result of any extension granted to the Obligor or
otherwise, then the Servicer shall advance to the Trust an amount equal to the
product of the principal balance of such Receivable as of the first day of such
Collection Period and one-twelfth of its APR minus the amount of interest
actually received on such Receivable during such Collection Period (each, an
“Advance”). If the calculation above results in a negative number, an
amount equal to such negative amount shall be paid to the Servicer in
reimbursement of any Outstanding Advances in respect of such
Receivables. In addition, in the event that a Receivable becomes a
Liquidated Receivable, the amount of accrued and unpaid interest thereon (but
not including interest for the current Collection Period) shall, up to the
amount of Outstanding Advances in respect of such Receivables in respect
thereof, be withdrawn from the Collection Account and paid to the Servicer in
reimbursement of such Outstanding Advances. No Advances will be made
with respect to the Principal Balance of Receivables. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be required to make any Advance (other
than in respect of an interest shortfall due to an Excess Payment) to the extent
that the Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall determine that such Advance is
unlikely to be recovered from subsequent payments made by or on behalf of the
related Obligor, Liquidation Proceeds, by the Administrative Purchase Payment or
by the Warranty Purchase Payment, in each case, with respect to such Receivable
or otherwise. On each Deposit Date, the Servicer will deposit into
the Collection Account an amount equal to all Advances to be made in respect of
the related Collection Period. The Successor Servicer shall only be
required to make Advances for payments on behalf of Obligors in respect of
Receivables arising on or after the Collection Period in which the (i) Successor
Servicer accepts its appointment or (ii) the Indenture Trustee is automatically
appointed Successor Servicer.
(b) The
Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for Outstanding Advances, without
interest, with respect to a Receivable from the following sources with respect
to such Receivable: (i) subsequent payments made by or on behalf of the related
Obligor, (ii) Liquidation Proceeds, (iii) the Administrative Purchase Payment
and (iv) the Warranty Purchase Payment.
(c) To
the extent that during any Collection Period any funds described above in
Section 4.04(b) with respect to a Receivable as to which the Servicer previously
has made an unreimbursed Advance are received by the Issuer or the Servicer, and
the Servicer determines that any Outstanding Advances (other than in respect of
an interest shortfall due to an Excess Payment) with respect to such Receivable
are unlikely to be recovered from payments made on or with respect to such
Receivable (each, a “Nonrecoverable Advance”), then, on the related Payment
Date, upon the Servicer providing the Seller and the Trustees with an Officer’s
Certificate setting forth the basis for its determination of any such
Nonrecoverable Advance, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly remit to the
Servicer from the Collection Account, (i) from Available Interest an amount
equal to the portion of such Nonrecoverable Advance allocable to interest and
(ii) from Available Principal an amount equal to the portion of such
Nonrecoverable Advance allocable to principal, in each case without interest, in
accordance with Section 4.06(c)(i). In lieu of causing the Indenture
Trustee to remit any such amounts or the amounts described in clauses (i)
through (iv) in Section 4.04(b), the Servicer may deduct such amounts from
deposits otherwise to be made into the Collection Account in accordance with
Section 4.09.
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Section
4.05. Additional
Deposits.
(a) The
following additional deposits shall be made to the Collection Account one day
prior to each Payment Date: (i) the Seller shall remit the aggregate Warranty
Purchase Payments with respect to Warranty Receivables pursuant to Section 2.04
and (ii) the Servicer shall remit (A) any extension fee charged in connection
with the extension of a Receivable pursuant to Section 3.02, (B) the aggregate
Advances pursuant to Section 4.04(a), (C) the aggregate Administrative Purchase
Payments with respect to Administrative Receivables pursuant to Section 3.08 and
(D) the amount required upon the optional purchase of all Receivables by the
Servicer or any successor to the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) All
deposits required to be made in respect of a Collection Period pursuant to this
Section by the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, may be made in the
form of a single deposit and shall be made in immediately available funds, on
the related Deposit Date.
Section
4.06. Distributions.
(a) On
each Deposit Date, the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be made (or request the
Servicer to make, as applicable) the transfer and distribution in immediately
available funds, from the Yield Supplement Account to the Collection Account, an
amount equal to the Yield Supplement Withdrawal Amount, if any, for such Payment
Date.
(b) On
each Determination Date, the Servicer shall calculate (i) all amounts required
to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account and the Certificate
Distribution Account and (ii) to make all distributions on the related Payment
Date.
(c) On
each Payment Date, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing
(based on the information contained in the Servicer’s Certificate delivered on
the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 3.10) to make the following
deposits and distributions for receipt by the Servicer or deposit in the
applicable account, to the extent of the Available Amount, in the following
order of priority:
(i) to
the Servicer, Nonrecoverable Advances;
(ii) to
the Servicer, the Total Servicing Fee (including any unpaid Total Servicing Fees
from one or more prior Collection Periods);
(iii) to
the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid Trust Fees
and Expenses, in each case to the extent such fees and expenses have not been
previously paid by the Servicer, in its capacity as Administrator, until the
Notes have been paid in full, the annual amount paid to the Trustees out of the
Available Amount allocation as described in this clause (iii) shall not exceed
$100,000.00 while notes remain outstanding, so long as an Event of Default has
not occurred;
(iv) [Reserved]
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(v) on
a pro rata basis, to the Note Distribution Account, the Note Interest
Distributable Amount to be distributed to the holders of the Notes at their
respective Interest Rates;
(vi) to
the Note Distribution Account, the Note Principal Distributable
Amount;
(vii) to
the Certificate Distribution Account, the Certificate Interest Distributable
Amount to be distributed to Certificateholders;
(viii) after
the Notes have been paid in full, to the Certificate Distribution Account, the
Certificate Principal Distributable Amount;
(ix) to
the Reserve Fund, the amount, if any, necessary to reinstate the balance in the
Reserve Fund up to the Specified Reserve Fund Balance;
(x) to
the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid Trust Fees
and Expenses remaining after application of the payments described in clause
(iii) above; and
(xi) to
the Depositor, any Available Amount remaining (after giving effect to the
reduction in the Available Amount described in clauses (i) through (x)
above.
Notwithstanding
that the Notes have been paid in full, the Indenture Trustee shall continue to
maintain the Collection Account hereunder until the Pool Balance has been
reduced to zero.
Section
4.07. Reserve
Fund.
(a) On
the Closing Date, the Seller will deposit the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit into
the Reserve Fund from the net proceeds of the sale of the Class A-2, Class A-3
and Class A-4 Notes. The Reserve Fund shall be the property of the
Issuer subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee in the Reserve Fund
Property.
(b) In
the event that the Note Distributable Amount exceeds the sum of the amounts
deposited into the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Sections 4.06(c)(iv)
and (v) on each Payment Date (or, if the Reserve Fund is not maintained by the
Indenture Trustee, on the related Deposit Date), the Indenture Trustee (based on
information contained in the Servicer’s Certificate delivered on the related
Determination Date pursuant to Section 3.1) shall cause an amount equal to the
lesser of (A) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund and (B) the amount by
which the Note Distributable Amount exceeds the sum of the amounts in the Note
Distribution Account, to be deposited from the Reserve Account into the Note
Distribution Account in immediately available funds in the amounts set forth in
the Servicer’s Certificate for such Payment Date; provided that such amount
shall be applied first, to the payment of interest due on the Notes to the
extent, if any, that the amount deposited pursuant to Section 4.06(c)(vi) is not
sufficient to cover such payment of interest and, second, to the payment of
principal of the Notes.
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(c) In
the event that the Certificate Distributable Amount exceeds the sum of the
amounts deposited into the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to Sections
4.06(c)(iv) and (v) on each Payment Date (or, if the Reserve Fund is not
maintained by the Indenture Trustee, on the related Deposit Date), the Indenture
Trustee shall cause an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount on deposit
in the Reserve Fund and (B) the amount by which the Certificate Distributable
Amount exceeds the sum of the amounts in the Certificate Distribution Account,
to be deposited into the Certificate Distribution Account in immediately
available funds in the amounts set forth in the Servicer’s Certificate for such
Payment Date; provided that such amount shall be applied first, to the payment
of interest due on the Certificates to the extent, if any, that the amount
deposited pursuant to Section 4.06(c)(iv) is not sufficient to cover such
payment of interest and, second, to the payment of principal of the
Certificates.
(d) On
each Payment Date (or, if the Reserve Fund is not maintained by the Indenture
Trustee, on the related Deposit Date), all interest and other income (net of
losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall
upon the written direction of the Servicer, be paid to the Seller to the extent
that the funds therein exceed the Specified Reserve Fund
Balance. Upon any distribution to the Seller of amounts in excess of
the Specified Reserve Fund Balance, the Noteholders will not have any rights in,
or claims to, such amounts.
Section
4.08. Yield Supplement
Account. On the Closing Date, the Seller will deposit the Yield
Supplement Account Deposit to the Yield Supplement Account from the net proceeds
of the sale of the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes. The
Yield Supplement Account shall be the property of the Issuer subject to the
rights of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Securityholders.
Section
4.09. Net
Deposits. For so long as AHFC shall be the Servicer and the Seller,
the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee may make any remittances pursuant to this
Article net of amounts to be distributed by the applicable recipient to such
remitting party. Nonetheless, each such party shall account in
writing for all of the above described remittances and distributions as if the
amounts were deposited and/or transferred separately.
Section
4.10. Statements to
Securityholders.
(a) On
each Payment Date, the Servicer shall provide to the Owner Trustee to furnish to
each Certificateholder of record and to the Indenture Trustee to forward to each
Noteholder of record a statement, based on the Servicer’s Certificate furnished
pursuant to Section 3.10, setting forth at least the following information as to
the Securities, to the extent applicable:
(ii) the
Note Interest Distributable Amount for each Class of Notes and the Certificate
Principal Distributable Amount;
(iii) the
Note Principal Distributable Amount for each Class of Notes and the Certificate
Principal Distributable Amount;
(iv) the
number of and the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the close
of business on the first day and last day of the Collection Period;
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(v) the
Outstanding Amount of each Class of Notes and the Note Pool Factor for each
Class of Notes;
(vi) the
Certificate Balance and the Certificate Pool Factor;
(vii) the
Total Servicing Fee, the Trust Fees and Expenses, and any other fees or expenses
paid with an identification of the general purpose of such fees and the party
receiving such fees or expenses;
(viii) the
Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Noteholders’ Principal Carryover
Shortfall, the Certificateholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall and the
Certificateholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall;
(ix) the
Interest Rate and Certificate Rate for the immediately succeeding Interest
Accrual Period;
(xi) the
pool characteristics as of the last day of the related Collection Period,
including, but not limited to, the weighted average Interest Rate and weighted
average remaining term to maturity;
(xiv) the
amount of non-recoverable Advances;
(xvii) the
Yield Supplement Amount, the Yield Supplement Withdrawal Amount and the amount
on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account after giving effect to the
distributions made on such Payment Date; and
(xviii) the
balance on deposit in the Reserve Fund on such Payment Date, after giving effect
to distributions made on the Payment Date, if any, and the change in such
balance from the immediately preceding Payment Date.
(b) Within
the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each
calendar year during the term of the Issuer, but not later than the latest date
permitted by law, the related Trustee shall, upon written request, mail to each
Person who at any time during such calendar year shall have been a
Securityholder, a statement, prepared by the Servicer, containing certain
information for such calendar year or, in the event such Person shall have been
a Securityholder during a portion of such calendar year, for the applicable
portion of such year, for the purposes of such Securityholder’s preparation of
federal income tax returns. In addition, the Servicer shall furnish
to the Trustees for distribution to such Person at such time any other
information necessary under applicable law for the preparation of such income
tax returns.
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ARTICLE
FIVE
THE
SELLER
Section
5.01. Representations of
Seller. The Seller makes the following representations on which the
Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. The
representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as
of the Closing Date, and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer
and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture.
(a) Organization
and Good Standing. The Seller has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
California, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its
business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently
conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal
right to acquire, own and sell the Receivables.
(b) Due
Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses
and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of its business shall require such qualifications.
(c) Power
and Authority. The Seller has the power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms, the Seller has full power and
authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and
deposited with the Issuer and has duly authorized such sale and assignment by
all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate
action.
(d) Valid
Sale; Binding Obligation. This Agreement evidences a valid sale,
transfer and assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against creditors of and
purchasers from the Seller, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of equity, regardless of
whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
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(e) No
Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement does not conflict
with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the Seller, or conflict with or violate any of the
material terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time) a default under, any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which
the Seller is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of
any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than this Agreement);
nor violate any law or, to the Seller’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation
applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or state regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties, which breach, default, conflict,
lien or violation would have a material adverse effect on the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Seller.
(f) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or
to the Seller’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Seller or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement or any other Basic Document, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of
the Securities or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
the Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, the Basic Documents or the
Securities or (iv) relating to the Seller and which might adversely affect the
federal income tax attributes of the Securities.
Section
5.02. Liability of Seller;
Indemnities. The Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith only
to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under
this Agreement, which obligations shall include the following:
(a) The
Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Trustees and
the Servicer and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes
that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the
transactions contemplated herein and in the other Basic Documents, including any
sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property,
privilege or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuer, not including any
taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the sale of the
Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and original sale of the Securities,
or asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables, or federal or other
income taxes arising out of distributions on the Securities) and costs and
expenses in defending against the same.
(b) The
Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Trustees and
the Securityholders and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of
the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of (i) the Seller’s willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties
under this Agreement and (ii) the Seller’s or the Issuer’s violation of federal
or state securities laws in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities.
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(c) The
Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trustees and their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against all costs,
expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred in
connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein
and contained in the Trust Agreement, in the case of the Owner Trustee, and
contained in the Indenture, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, except to the
extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability: (i) in the
case of the Owner Trustee, shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or
gross negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Owner Trustee or shall
arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee of any of its representations or
warranties set forth in Section 7.03 of the Trust Agreement or (ii) in the case
of the Indenture Trustee, shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence of the Indenture Trustee or shall arise from the breach by the
Indenture Trustee of any of its representations or warranties set forth in
Section 6.13 of the Indenture.
(d) The
Seller shall pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of
the Owner Trust Estate.
Indemnification
under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, and the termination of this
Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses
of litigation. If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payments
pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments
are made thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such Person
shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.
Section
5.03. Merger, Consolidation or
Assumption of the Obligations of Seller; Certain
Limitations.
(a) Any
corporation (i) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii) which
may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller
shall be a party or (iii) which may succeed to all or substantially all of the
business of the Seller, which corporation in any of the foregoing cases executes
an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this
Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller under this Agreement without the
execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the
parties to this Agreement, except that if the Seller in any of the foregoing
cases is not the surviving entity, then the surviving entity shall execute an
agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller
hereunder. The Seller shall provide notice of any merger,
consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section to each Rating Agency and
shall receive from each Rating Agency (other than Fitch) a letter to the effect
that such merger, consolidation or succession will not result in a
qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any Class
of Notes.
(b) (i) Subject
to paragraph (ii) below, the purpose of the Seller shall be to engage in any
lawful activity for which a corporation may be organized under the general
corporation law of California other than the banking business, the trust company
business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the
California Corporations Code.
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(ii)
Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(i) above, the purpose of the Seller shall be
limited to the following purposes, and activities incident to and necessary or
convenient to accomplish the following purposes: (A) to acquire, own, hold,
sell, transfer, assign, pledge, finance, refinance and otherwise deal with,
retail installment contracts or wholesale loans secured by, new and used Honda
and Acura motor vehicles, minivans, sport utility vehicles or light duty trucks
(the “Motor Vehicle Receivables”); (B) to authorize, issue, sell and deliver one
or more series of obligations, consisting of one or more classes of certificates
and/or notes or other evidence of indebtedness (the “Offered Securities”) that
are collateralized by or evidence an interest in Motor Vehicle Receivables; and
(C) to negotiate, authorize, execute, deliver and assume the obligations or any
agreement relating to the activities set forth in clauses (A) and (B) above,
including but not limited to any pooling and servicing agreement, sale and
servicing agreement, indenture, reimbursement agreement, credit support
agreement, receivables purchase agreement or underwriting agreement and to
engage in any lawful activity which is incidental to the activities contemplated
by any such agreement. So long as any outstanding debt of the Seller or Offered
Securities are rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization, the Seller shall not issue notes or otherwise borrow money unless
(1) the Seller has made a written request to the related nationally recognized
statistical rating organization to issue notes or incur borrowings, which notes
or borrowings are rated by the related nationally recognized statistical rating
organization the same as or higher than the rating afforded any outstanding
rated debt or Offered Securities, or (2) such notes or borrowings (X) are fully
subordinated (and which shall provide for payment only after payment in respect
of all outstanding rated debt and/or Offered Securities) or are nonrecourse
against any assets of the Seller other than the assets pledged to secure such
notes or borrowings, (Y) do not constitute a claim against the Seller in the
event such assets are insufficient to pay such notes or borrowings and (Z) where
such notes or borrowings are secured by the rated debt or Offered Securities,
are fully subordinated (and which shall provide for payment only after payment
in respect of all outstanding rated debt and/or Offered Securities) to such
rated debt or Offered Securities.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section and any provision of law, the Seller shall
not do any of the following:
(i) engage
in any business or activity other than as set forth in clause (b)
above;
(ii) without
the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
the Seller (which must include the affirmative vote of all duly appointed
Independent Directors, as required by the articles of incorporation and bylaws
of the Seller), (A) dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in part, or institute
proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (B) consent to the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (C) file a
petition seeking or consent to reorganization or relief under any applicable
federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, (D) consent to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
of the corporation or a substantial part of its property, (E) make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (F) admit in writing its inability to
pay its debts generally as they become due or (G) take any corporate action in
furtherance of the actions set forth in clauses (A) through (F) above; provided,
however, that no director may be required by any shareholder of the Seller to
consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the
Seller so long as it is solvent; or
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(iii) merge
or consolidate with any other corporation, company or entity or sell all or
substantially all of its assets or acquire all or substantially all of the
assets or capital stock or other ownership interest of any other corporation,
company or entity (except for the acquisition of Motor Vehicle Receivables of
AHFC and the sale of Motor Vehicle Receivables to one or more trusts in
accordance with the terms of clause (b)(ii) above, which shall not be otherwise
restricted by this Section).
Section
5.04. Limitation on
Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel
or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by
any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Seller shall
not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action
that shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that
in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
Section
5.05. Seller May Own
Notes. The Seller and any Affiliate thereof may in its individual or
any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as
it would have if it were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, except as
expressly provided herein or in any other Basic Document.
ARTICLE
SIX
THE
SERVICER
Section
6.01. Representations of
Servicer. The Servicer makes the following representations on which
the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. The
representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as
of the Closing Date, and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer
and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture:
(a) Organization
and Good Standing. The Servicer has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of California, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its
business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently
conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal
right to acquire, own, sell and service the Receivables and to hold the
Receivable Files as custodian on behalf of the Issuer.
(b) Due
Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses
and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of its business (including the servicing of the Receivables as
required by this Agreement) shall require such qualifications.
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(c) Power
and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the
Servicer by all necessary corporate action.
(d) Binding
Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in
equity or in law.
(e) No
Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of
this Agreement and the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement shall not conflict
with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the Servicer, or conflict with or breach any of the
material terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time) a default under, any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which
the Servicer is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the
terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than this
Agreement); nor violate any law or, to the Servicer’s knowledge, any order, rule
or regulation applicable to the Servicer of any court or of any federal or state
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties, which breach, default,
conflict, Lien or violation would have a material adverse effect on the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Servicer.
(f) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or
to the Servicer’s best knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Servicer or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement or any other Basic Document, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of
the Securities or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
the Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the Basic Documents or
the Securities or (iv) relating to the Servicer and which might adversely affect
the federal income tax attributes of the Securities.
(g) Existence. The
Servicer is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the
Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral (including any security interests therein)
and each other instrument or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate,
including all required licenses, in connection with this Agreement and the other
Basic Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
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Section
6.02. Indemnities of
Servicer.
(a) The
Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the
obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this
Agreement. In this regard, the Servicer shall indemnify, defend and
hold harmless the Issuer, the Trustees, the Securityholders and the Seller and
any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any and all costs, expenses,
losses, damages, claims and liabilities (i) arising out of or resulting from the
use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of a
Financed Vehicle, and (ii) to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim,
damage or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person through,
the negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the
performance of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of reckless
disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
For
purposes of this Section, in the event of the termination of the rights and
obligations of AHFC (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 6.03) as
Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01, or a resignation by such Servicer pursuant to
this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer pending
appointment of a Successor Servicer (other than the Indenture Trustee) pursuant
to Section 7.02. For the avoidance of doubt, AHFC shall not be liable
for any claims described in the first sentence of this Section which relate to a
date or period on or after the date on which AHFC is terminated or removed as
the Servicer or which are cause by a successor servicer.
(b) Indemnification
under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, or the termination of this
Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses
of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments
pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments
are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall
promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest.
Section
6.03. Merger, Consolidation
or Assumption of the Obligations of Servicer. Any corporation (i)
into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, (ii) which may result
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a
party or (iii) which may succeed to all or substantially all of the business of
the Servicer, which corporation in any of the foregoing cases executes an
agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this
Agreement, shall be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties to this Agreement. The Servicer shall provide notice of
any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section to the Trustees
and each Rating Agency.
Section
6.04. Limitation on
Liability of Servicer and Others. Neither the Servicer nor any of the
directors, officers, employees or agents of the Servicer shall be under any
liability to the Issuer or any Securityholder, except as provided under this
Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action
pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such person against any
liability that 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 and duties under this Agreement. The
Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely
in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and
submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under this
Agreement.
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Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be
incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this
Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it
may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the
other Basic Documents and the interests of the Certificateholders under this
Agreement and the Noteholders under the Indenture. The legal expenses
and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom will be expenses,
costs and liabilities of the Issuer.
Section
6.05. AHFC Not to Resign as
Servicer. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03, AHFC shall not
resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under
this Agreement except upon a determination that the performance of its duties
under this Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable
law. Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of
AHFC shall be communicated to the Trustees at the earliest practicable time
(and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at
the earliest practicable time) and any such determination shall be evidenced by
an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustees concurrently with
or promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall become
effective until the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer shall have (i)
assumed the responsibilities and obligations of AHFC in accordance with Section
7.02 and (ii) become the Administrator pursuant to Section 1.09 of the
Administration Agreement.
ARTICLE
SEVEN
SERVICER
DEFAULTS
Section
7.01. Servicer
Defaults. If any one of the following events (each, a “Servicer
Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
(a) any
failure by the Servicer to deliver to the related Trustee for deposit in any of
the Accounts or the Certificate Distribution Account any required payment or to
direct the Indenture Trustee to make any required distributions therefrom, which
failure continues unremedied for a period of three Business Days after discovery
of such failure by an officer of the Servicer or after the date on which written
notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given
(i) to the Servicer by the related Trustee or (ii) to the Servicer and to the
Trustees by the Holders of Notes, evidencing not less than 25% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes;
(b) failure
by the Servicer (or so long as the Servicer is AHFC, the Seller) duly to observe
or to perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the
Servicer (or so long as the Servicer is AHFC, the Seller) set forth in this
Agreement or any other Basic Document, which failure shall (i) materially and
adversely affect the rights of Certificateholders or Noteholders and (ii)
continue unremedied for a period of 90 days after the date on which written
notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given
(A) to the Servicer or the Seller (as the case may be) by the related Trustee or
(B) to the Servicer or the Seller (as the case may be), and to the related
Trustee by the Holders of Notes, evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes; or
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(c) the
occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Seller or the
Servicer;
then, and
in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have been
remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing not
less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (or, if the Notes have been
paid in full and the Indenture has been discharged in accordance with its terms,
by holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Percentage
Interests) by notice then given in writing to the Servicer and the Owner Trustee
(and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Noteholders) may terminate all the
rights and obligations (other than the obligations set forth in Section 6.02
that accrued on or prior to the effective date of the termination) of the
Servicer under this Agreement.
On or
after the date specified in such written notice, all authority and power of the
Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the
Certificates or the Receivables or otherwise, shall, without further action,
pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Servicer as may
be appointed under Section 7.02; and, without limitation, the Indenture Trustee
and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, for the benefit of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish
all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such
notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the
Receivables and related documents, or otherwise. The predecessor
Servicer shall cooperate with the Successor Servicer and the Trustees in
effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor
Servicer under this Agreement, including the transfer to the Successor Servicer
for administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by
the predecessor Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the predecessor
Servicer, in the Accounts or the Certificate Distribution Account or thereafter
received with respect to the Receivables that shall at that time by held by the
predecessor Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses (including
servicer conversion costs and attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with
transferring the Receivable Files to the Successor Servicer and amending this
Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section shall
be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable
documentation of such costs and expenses. Any costs or expenses
incurred in connection with a Servicer Default shall constitute an expense of
administration under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy laws. Upon receipt of notice
of the occurrence of a Servicer Default, the Indenture Trustee shall give notice
thereof to each Rating Agency.
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Section
7.02. Appointment of
Successor Servicer.
(a) Upon
the Servicer’s receipt of notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.01 or the
Servicer’s resignation pursuant to Section 6.05, the predecessor Servicer shall
continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement, in the case
of termination, only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if
no such date is specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such
notice and, in the case of resignation, until the later of (i) the date 45 days
from the delivery to the Trustees of written notice of such resignation (or
written confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and (ii) the date upon which the predecessor Servicer shall become
unable to act as Servicer, as specified in the notice of resignation and
accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In the event of the Servicer’s
termination hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a Successor Servicer,
and the Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment (including its
appointment as Administrator under the Administration Agreement as set forth in
Section 7.02(b)) by a written assumption in form acceptable to the
Trustees. In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been
appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act as
Servicer in accordance with this Section, the Indenture Trustee without further
action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to receive the Total Servicing
Fee. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it
shall be legally unable or unwilling so to act, appoint or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint any established institution, having a net
worth of not less than $50,000,000 and whose regular business shall include the
servicing of motor vehicle receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under
this Agreement. In no event shall the Successor Servicer be liable
for the acts or omissions of any predecessor Servicer.
(b) Upon
appointment, the Successor Servicer (including the Indenture Trustee acting as
Successor Servicer) shall (i) be the successor in all respects to the
predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties
and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the predecessor
Servicer and shall be entitled to the Total Servicing Fee and all the rights
granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this
Agreement and (ii) become the Administrator pursuant to Section 1.09 of the
Administration Agreement.
Section
7.03. Notification of
Servicer Termination. Upon any termination of, or appointment of a
successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article, the Owner Trustee shall
give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders, and the Indenture
Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to Noteholders and each Rating
Agency.
Section
7.04. Waiver of Past
Defaults. The Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or the Holders (as defined in the Trust
Agreement) of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Percentage
Interests (in the case of a default by the Servicer that does not adversely
affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders or if all Notes have been paid
in full and the Indenture Trustee has been discharged in accordance with its
terms) may, on behalf of all Securityholders waive in writing any default by the
Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences,
except a default in making any required deposits to or payments from any of the
Accounts or the Certificate Distribution Account in accordance with this
Agreement or in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be
modified with the consent of each Securityholder. Upon any such
waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every
purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto except to the
extent expressly so waived.
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Section
7.05. Repayment of
Advances. If a Successor Servicer replaces the Servicer, the
predecessor Servicer shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for all
outstanding Advances made by the predecessor Servicer.
ARTICLE
EIGHT
TERMINATION
Section
8.01. Optional Purchase of
All Receivables.
(a) On
the Payment Date following the last day of any Collection Period as of which the
Pool Balance is 10% or less of the Original Pool Balance, the Servicer or any
successor to the Servicer shall have the option to purchase the Owner Trust
Estate, other than the Accounts and the Certificate Distribution
Account. To exercise such option, on the related Deposit Date the
Servicer shall deposit pursuant to Section 4.05(a) in the Collection Account an
amount equal to the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments for the
Receivables (including Defaulted Receivables) and shall succeed to all interests
in and to the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer or
any successor to the Servicer shall not be permitted to exercise such option if
the amount to be distributed to Securityholders on the related Payment Date
would be less than the Note Distributable Amount and Certificate Distributable
Amount.
(b) On
or prior to any optional purchase of the Owner Trust Estate as described in
clause (a) above, the following shall be completed:
(i) As
described in Article Nine of the Trust Agreement and Article Ten of the
Indenture, notice of any termination of the Trust shall be given by the Servicer
to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable after the
Servicer has received notice thereof, but no later than 30 days prior to the
date of such optional purchase, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C;
(ii) As
described in the Note Depository Agreement, notice of any termination of the
Trust shall be given by the Indenture Trustee to DTC as soon as practicable
after the Indenture Trustee has received notice thereof from the Servicer, but
no later than 30 days prior to the date of such optional purchase;
(iii) As
described in Section 10.01 of the Indenture, notice of any termination of the
Trust shall be given by the Indenture Trustee to each Noteholder as soon as
practicable after the Indenture Trustee has received notice thereof from the
Servicer, but no later than 10 days prior to the date of such optional
purchase;
(iv) As
described in Section 9.01(c) of the Trust Agreement, notice of any termination
of the Trust shall be given by the Owner Trustee to the Certificateholders
within 5 Business Days of receipt of notice of such termination by the Owner
Trustee from the Servicer, specifying the Payment Date upon which
Certificateholders shall surrender their Trust Certificates to the Paying Agent
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation. The Owner
Trustee shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than the
Owner Trustee) and the Paying Agent (if other than the Owner Trustee) at the
time such notice is given to Certificateholders;
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(v) Upon
receipt of notice of any termination of the Trust by the Certifcateholder, the
Certificateholder, or its affiliate, shall forward the Trust Certificate to the
Owner Trustee or the Paying Agent (if other than the Owner
Trustee);
(vi) As
described in Section 4.01 of the Indenture, AHFC shall deliver to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate relating to such optional purchase,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D;
(vii) As
described in Section 4.01 of the Indenture, an Opinion of Counsel to AHFC shall
be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee stating that all
conditions precedent relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture
have been complied with;
(viii) As
described in Section 9.01(e) of the Trust Agreement, upon termination of the
Trust Estate, the Owner Trustee shall upon the direction and at the expense of
the Depositor cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with
Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Statute; and
(ix) Upon
termination of the Trust Estate, AHFC shall (1) file UCC termination statements
and (2) cancel State licenses, as necessary.
(c) Following
the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full of the
principal of and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders will succeed to
the rights of the Noteholders hereunder and the Owner Trustee will succeed to
the rights of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
ARTICLE
NINE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
9.01. Amendment.
(a) This
Agreement may be amended by the Seller, the Servicer and the Issuer, with the
consent of the Indenture Trustee, but without the consent of any
Securityholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision in this Agreement which may be inconsistent with any other provision
of this Agreement, to add, change or eliminate any other provision of this
Agreement with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) to change
the formula for determining the Specified Reserve Fund Balance or the manner in
which the Reserve Fund is funded or to amend or modify any provisions of this
Agreement relating to the remittance schedule with respect to collections
deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.02 or (iii) to amend
or modify any provisions in this Agreement relating to the Servicer Letter of
Credit, if any, or the acquisition thereof and including replacing the Servicer
Letter of Credit with a surety bond, insurance policy or deposit of cash or
securities satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency;
provided, however, that in connection with any amendment pursuant to clause (i)
above, any such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel,
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder;
and provided, further, that in connection with any amendment pursuant to clause
(ii) or (iii) above, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustees a letter from
each Rating Agency (other than Fitch) to the effect that such amendment will not
cause its then-current rating on the Rated Securities to be qualified, reduced
or withdrawn.
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(b) This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the Servicer and
the Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the written consent of
the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes and the written consent of the Holders (as defined in the
Trust Agreement) of outstanding Certificates evidencing not less than a majority
of the 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 the Securityholders; provided, however,
that no such amendment shall (i) except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01
(a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or distributions that shall be
required to be made for the benefit of the Securityholders or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Percentage
Interests, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment,
without the written consent of all of the Securityholders.
(c) Promptly
after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Servicer shall furnish
written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to the
Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency. It shall not be necessary
for the consent of Securityholders pursuant to this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient
if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of
obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of
Certificateholders of the execution thereof shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Owner Trustee may require.
(d) Prior
to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Trustees shall be
entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the
Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 9.02(i)(1). The Trustees
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects
the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights,
duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section
9.02. Protection of Title
to Trust.
(a) The
Seller shall execute and file such financing statements and cause to be executed
and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as
may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of
the Issuer and of the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and in the proceeds
thereof. The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the
Trustees file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as
provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
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(b) Neither
the Seller nor the Servicer shall change its name, identity or corporate
structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement
or continuation statement filed in accordance with Section 9.02(a) seriously
misleading within the meaning of Section 9-507(c) of the UCC, unless it shall
have given the Trustees at least 30 days’ prior written notice thereof and
shall, within 30 days of such change, execute and file the appropriate
amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation
statements.
(c) Each
of the Seller and the Servicer shall give the Trustees at least 60 days’ prior
written notice of any relocation of its principal executive office if, as a
result of such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require
the filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation
statement or of any new financing statement and shall promptly file any such
amendment or new financing statement. The Servicer shall at all times
maintain each office from which it shall service Receivables, and its principal
executive office, within the United States.
(d) The
Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately
and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time
the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and
payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments
or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from time
to time deposited in the Accounts.
(e) The
Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of
sale under this Agreement of the Receivables, the Servicer’s master computer
records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall
indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in such
Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged
to the Indenture Trustee. Indication of the Issuer’s and the
Indenture Trustee’s interest in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified
on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Receivable
shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
(f) If
at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security
interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to
any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give
to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes,
records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they
shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly
that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been
pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
(g) The
Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee and its agents at any time during
normal business hours to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from
the Servicer’s records regarding any Receivable.
(h) Upon
request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner Trustee or to the Indenture
Trustee, within five Business Days, a list of all Receivables (by contract
number and name of Obligor) then held as part of the Issuer, together with a
reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Receivables and to each of the
Servicer’s Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of
Receivables from the Issuer.
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(i) The
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustees:
(1) promptly
after the execution and delivery of each amendment hereto, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing
statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are
necessary to fully preserve and protect the interest of the Trustees in the
Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior
Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) no such action shall
be necessary to preserve and protect such interest; and
(2) within
90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Issuer beginning with the
first fiscal year beginning more than three months after the Cutoff Date, an
Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, stating that,
in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and
continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to
preserve and protect the interest of the Trustees in the Receivables, and
reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel
in which such details are given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to
preserve and protect such interest.
Each
Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (1) or (2) above shall specify any
action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the following
year to preserve and protect such interest.
(j) The
Seller shall, to the extent required by applicable law, cause the Notes to be
registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act within the time periods specified in such sections.
Section
9.03. Notices. All
demands, notices and communications under this Agreement shall be in writing,
personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or
overnight delivery service, by facsimile or by electronic mail (if an address
therefore has been provided by the respective party in writing) and shall be
deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (i) in the case of the Seller, to
American Honda Receivables Corp., 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000, (ii)
in the case of the Servicer, to American Honda Finance Corporation, 00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: President, (iii) in the case of
the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office (as such term is
defined in the Trust Agreement), with a copy to Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas at c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 000 Xxxxx Xxx, 0xx Xxxxx -
XX XXX00-0000, Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Structured
Finance Services – ABS, (iv) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at the
Corporate Trust Office (as such term is herein defined), (v) in the case of
Fitch, to Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Auto ABS Surveillance Department, or via email to
xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, (vi) in the case of Moody’s, to Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc., ABS/RMBS Monitoring Department, 7 World Trade Center,
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or via email to XxxxxxxxXxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx or (vii) as to each of the
foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the
other parties.
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Section
9.04. Assignment.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in the remainder
of this Section, as provided in Sections 5.03, 6.03 and 6.05, this Agreement may
not be assigned by the Seller or the Servicer without the prior written consent
of Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes and Holders (as such term is defined in the Trust Agreement)
of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Percentage
Interests. And as provided in the provisions of this Agreement
concerning the resignation of the Servicer, this Agreement may not be assigned
by the Seller or the Servicer.
(b) The
Seller hereby acknowledges and consents to the mortgage, pledge, assignment and
grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all right, title and
interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Receivables and/or the assignment of
any or all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations hereunder.
Section
9.05. Limitations on Rights
of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the
benefit of the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in
this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any
other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust
Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or
provisions contained herein. The Owner Trustee is a third-party
beneficiary of certain Sections of this Agreement, including with respect to the
Owner Trustee, Sections 2.04, 2.07, 2.08, 3.08, 3.09, 3.15, 3.16, 4.06, 4.10,
5.02, 6.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01 and 9.11, and is entitled to the rights and
benefits thereof and may enforce the provisions as if it were a party
hereto.
Section
9.06. Severability. If
any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this
Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way
affect the validity or enforceability of the other covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement.
Section
9.07. Separate
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section
9.08. Headings. The
headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of
reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
Section
9.09. Governing Law;
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
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Each of
the parties hereto hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York
State court sitting in New York City for purposes of all legal proceedings
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. Each of the parties hereto hereby further irrevocably waives
any claim that any such courts lack jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not
to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this
Agreement in any of the aforesaid courts, that any such court lacks jurisdiction
over such party. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim
that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
Each
party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any litigation directly
or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this
agreement.
Section
9.10. Nonpetition
Covenants.
(a) Notwithstanding
any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer and the Seller 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 or 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.
(b) Notwithstanding
any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer shall not, prior to the
date which is one year and one day after the termination of this Agreement with
respect to the Seller, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the
Seller to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the
purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Seller 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 Seller or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding
up or liquidation of the affairs of the Seller.
Section
9.11. Limitation of
Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been countersigned
by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, not in its individual capacity but
solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no event shall
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, in its individual capacity or, except as
expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware,
as Owner Trustee of the Issuer 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. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its
duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or
obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and
entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles Six, Seven and
Eight of the Trust Agreement as if specifically set forth herein.
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(b) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been accepted by
The Bank of New York Mellon, not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee and in no event shall The Bank of New York Mellon 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.
Section
9.12. Third-Party
Beneficiary. The Trustees and other indemnitees hereunder are
third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement and are entitled to the rights and
benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if they were parties
hereto.
Section
9.13. Confidentiality.
The
Issuer hereby agrees to hold and treat all Confidential Information (as defined
below) provided to it in connection with the offering of the Notes in confidence
and in accordance with this Section 9.13, and will implement and maintain
safeguards to further assure the confidentiality of such Confidential
Information. Such Confidential Information will not, without the
prior written consent of the Servicer, be disclosed or used by the Issuer or by
its subsidiaries or, affiliates, or its or their directors, officers, employees,
agents or controlling persons or agents or advisors (collectively, the
“Information Recipients”) other than for the purposes of (i) structuring the
securitization transaction and facilitating the issuance of the Notes, or (ii)
in connection with the performance of its required due diligence on the
Receivables. Disclosure that is not in violation of the Right to
Financial Privacy Act of 1978, as amended, the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999,
as amended, (the “G-L-B Act”) or other applicable law by the Issuer of any
Confidential Information at the request of its outside auditors or governmental
regulatory authorities in connection with an examination of the Issuer by any
such authority or for the purposes specified in above shall not constitute a
breach of its obligations under this Section 9.13, and shall not require the
prior consent of the Servicer.
As used
herein, “Confidential Information” means non-public personal information (as
defined in the G-L-B Act and its enabling regulations issued by the Federal
Trade Commission) regarding obligors on the Receivables that is identified as
such by the Servicer. Confidential Information shall not include
information which (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than
as a result of disclosure by the Issuer or any of its Information Recipients;
(ii) was available to the Issuer on a non-confidential basis from a person or
entity other than the Servicer prior to its disclosure to the Issuer; (iii) is
requested to be disclosed by a governmental authority or related governmental,
administrative, or regulatory or self-regulatory agencies having or claiming
authority to regulate or oversee any aspect of the Issuer’s business or that of
its affiliates or is otherwise required by law or by legal or regulatory process
to be disclosed; (iv) becomes available to the Issuer on a non-confidential
basis from a person or entity other than the Servicer who, to the best knowledge
of the Issuer, is not otherwise bound by a confidentiality agreement with the
Servicer, and is not otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information to
the Issuer; or (v) the Servicer provides written permission to the Issuer to
release.
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Section
9.14. Federal Tax
Treatment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement or any document delivered herewith, all persons may disclose to any
and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the federal income tax
treatment of the Notes, any fact relevant to understanding the federal tax
treatment of the Notes, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or
other tax analyses) relating to such federal tax treatment.
Section
9.15. Intent of the
Parties; Reasonableness.
The
Seller, Servicer, Sponsor and Issuer acknowledge and agree that the purpose of
Article Three of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Issuer and
the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and
regulations of the Commission.
None of
the Sponsor, the Administrator nor the Issuer shall exercise its right to
request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions
other than in good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the 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 Servicer acknowledges
that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time,
whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff,
consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of
counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Issuer or
the Administrator in good faith for delivery of information under these
provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation
AB. In connection with this transaction, the Servicer shall cooperate
fully with the Administrator and the Issuer to deliver to the Administrator
or Issuer, as applicable (including any of its assignees or designees), any and
all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information
necessary in the good faith determination of the Issuer or the Administrator to
permit the Issuer or Administrator (acting on behalf of the Issuer) to comply
with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to
the Servicer, any Subservicer and the Receivables, or the servicing of the
Receivables, reasonably believed by the Issuer or the Administrator to be
necessary in order to effect such compliance.
The
Issuer shall, and shall cause the Administrator (including any of its assignees
or designees) to cooperate with the Servicer by providing timely notice of
requests for information under these provisions and by reasonably limiting such
requests to information required, in the reasonable judgment or the Issuer or
the Administrator, as applicable, to comply with Regulation AB.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sale and Servicing
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and
year first above written.
HONDA
AUTO RECEIVABLES 2010-2 OWNER
TRUST
|
|
By:
|
DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY
DELAWARE,
not in its individual capacity
but
solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Trust
|
By:
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/s/
Xxxx XxXxxxxxx
|
Name:
Xxxx XxXxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
Attorney-in-fact
|
|
By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx HY Voon
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Name:
Xxxxxxx XX Xxxx
|
|
Title:
Attorney-in-fact
|
|
AMERICAN
HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP., as
Seller
|
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By:
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/s/
H. Tanka
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Name:
H. Tanka
|
|
Title:
President
|
|
AMERICAN
HONDA FINANCE
CORPORATION,
as Servicer
|
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By:
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/s/
H. Tanka
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Name:
H. Tanka
|
|
Title:
President
|
Acknowledged
and accepted as of the day
and year
first above written:
THE BANK
OF NEW YORK MELLON,
not in
its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture
Trustee
By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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SCHEDULE
A
SCHEDULE
OF RECEIVABLES
[Delivered
to Xxxxxx & Bird LLP at Closing]
A-1
SCHEDULE
B
LOCATION
OF RECEIVABLE FILES
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Southwest
Region (Region 1)
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0X
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Southeast
Region (Region 2)
0000 Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Central
Region (Region 3)
0000 Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Northeast
Region (Region 4)
000 Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Midwest
Region (Region 5)
0000
Xxxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Northwest
Region (Region 6)
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Central
Atlantic Region (Region 7)
0000
XxXxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, #000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
B-1
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Mid
Atlantic Region (Region 8)
Little
Falls Centre
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Corporate
Headquarters
00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
FDI
Collateral Management
FDI
Computer Consulting Inc.
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
Remarketing
Center
0000 Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
National
Bankruptcy Center
0000 Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
American
Honda Finance Corporation
National
Recovery Center
0000 Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
B-2
EXHIBIT
A
SERVICER'S
CERTIFICATE
AMERICAN
HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION
MONTHLY
SERVICER REPORT — Honda Auto Receivables 2010-2 Owner Trust
Collection
Period: [_____] through [_____]
Determination
Date: [_____]
Payment
Date: [_____]
I. ORIGINAL DEAL PARAMETER
INPUTS
|
|
(A)
Total Portfolio Balance
|
$0.00
|
(B)
Total Securities Balance
|
$0.00
|
(C)
Class A-1 Notes
|
|
(i) Class
A-1 Notes Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Class
A-1 Notes Percentage
|
0.00%
|
(iii)
Class A-1 Notes Rate
|
0.00000%
|
(iv)
Class A-1 Notes Accrual Basis
|
Actual/360
|
(D)
Class A-2 Notes
|
|
(i) Class
A-2 Notes Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Class
A-2 Notes Percentage
|
0.00%
|
(iii)
Class A-2 Notes Rate
|
0.000%
|
(iv)
Class A-2 Notes Accrual Basis
|
30/360
|
(E)
Class A-3 Notes
|
|
(i) Class
A-3 Notes Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Class
A-3 Notes Percentage
|
0.00%
|
(iii)
Class A-3 Notes Rate
|
0.000%
|
(iv)
Class A-3 Notes Accrual Basis
|
30/360
|
(F)
Class A-4 Notes
|
|
(i) Class
A-4 Notes Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Class
A-4 Notes Percentage
|
0.00%
|
(iii)
Class A-4 Notes Rate
|
0.000%
|
(iv)
Class A-4 Notes Accrual Basis
|
30/360
|
(G)
Certificates
|
|
(i) Certificates
Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Certificates
Percentage
|
0.00%
|
(iii)
Certificates Rate
|
0.00%
|
(iv)
Certificates Accrual Basis
|
30/360
|
(H)
Servicing Fee Rate
|
0.00%
|
(I)
Portfolio Summary
|
|
(i) Weighted
Average Coupon (WAC)
|
0.00%
|
(ii) Weighted
Average Original Maturity (WAOM)
|
0.00
months
|
(iii)
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity (WAM)
|
0.00
months
|
(iv)
Number of Receivables
|
0
|
(J)
Reserve Account
|
|
(i) Reserve
Account Initial Deposit Percentage
|
0.00%
|
(ii) Reserve
Account Initial Deposit
|
$0.00
|
(iii)
Specified Reserve Account Percentage
|
0.00%
|
(v)
Specified Reserve Account Balance
|
$0.00
|
(K)
Yield Supplement Account Deposit
|
$0.00
|
Exh.
A-1
II. INPUTS FROM PREVIOUS MONTHLY SERVICER
REPORTS
|
|
(A)
Total Portfolio Balance
|
$0.00
|
(B)
Total Securities Balance
|
$0.00
|
(C)
Cumulative Note and Certificate Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
(D)
Class A-1 Notes
|
|
(i) Class
A-1 Notes Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Class
A-1 Notes Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
(iii)
Class A-1 Notes Interest Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(iv)
Class A-1 Notes Principal Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(E)
Class A-2 Notes
|
|
(i) Class
A-2 Notes Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Class
A-2 Notes Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
(iii)
Class A-2 Notes Interest Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(iv)
Class A-2 Notes Principal Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(F)
Class A-3 Notes
|
|
(i) Class
A-3 Notes Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Class
A-3 Notes Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
(iii)
Class A-3 Notes Interest Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(iv)
Class A-3 Notes Principal Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(G)
Class A-4 Notes
|
|
(i) Class
A-4 Notes Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Class
A-4 Notes Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
(iii)
Class A-4 Notes Interest Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(iv)
Class A-4 Notes Principal Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(H)
Certificates
|
|
(i) Certificates
Balance
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Certificates
Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
(iii)
Certificates Interest Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(iv)
Certificates Principal Carryover Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(I)
Servicing Fee
|
|
(i) Servicing
Fee Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(J)
End of Prior Month Account Balances
|
|
(i) Reserve
Account
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Yield
Supplement Account
|
$0.00
|
(iii)
Advances Outstanding
|
$0.00
|
(K)
Portfolio Summary as of End of Prior Month
|
|
(i) Weighted
Average Coupon (WAC)
|
0.00%
|
(ii) Weighted
Average Remaining Maturity (WAM)
|
0.00
months
|
(iii)
Number of Receivables
|
0
|
(L)
Note and Certificate Percentages
|
|
(i) Note
Percentage
|
0.00%
|
(ii) Certificate
Percentage
|
0.00%
|
III. MONTHLY INPUTS FROM THE
MAINFRAME
|
|
(A)
Simple Interest Receivables Principal
|
|
(i) Principal
Collections
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Prepayments
in Full
|
$0.00
|
(iii)
Repurchased Receivables Related to Principal
|
$0.00
|
(B)
Simple Interest Receivables Interest
|
|
(i) Simple
Interest Collections
|
$0.00
|
(C)
Interest Advance for simple Interest - Net *
|
$0.00
|
(D)
Portfolio Summary as of End of Month
|
|
(i) Weighted
Average Coupon (WAC)
|
0.00%
|
(ii) Weighted
Average Remaining Maturity (WAM)
|
0.00
months
|
(iii)
Remaining Number of Receivables
|
0
|
Exh.
A-2
*
Advances are reimbursed:
|
|
(i)
from subsequent payments, liquidation proceeds and servicer repurchase
payments in respect of the related obligor, and
|
|
(ii)
to the extent amounts in clause (i) are insufficient, generally from
interest (with respect to interest advances) and principal (with respect
to principal advances) amounts available on each payment
date
|
|
IV. INPUTS DERIVED FROM OTHER
SOURCES
|
|
(A)
Collection Account Investment Income
|
$0.00
|
(B)
Reserve Account Investment Income
|
$0.00
|
(C)
Yield Supplement Account Investment Income
|
$0.00
|
(D)
Trust Fees Expense
|
$0.00
|
(E)
Aggregate Net Losses for Collection Period
|
$0.00
|
(F)
Liquidated Receivables Information
|
|
(i)
Gross Principal Balance on Liquidated Receivables
|
0.00
|
(ii)
Liquidation Proceeds
|
0.00
|
(iii)
Recoveries from Prior Month Charge Offs
|
0.00
|
(G)
Days in Accrual Period
|
0
|
(H)
Deal age
|
1
|
MONTHLY COLLECTIONS
|
|
V. INTEREST COLLECTIONS
|
|
(A)
Total Interest Collections
|
$0.00
|
VI. PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS
|
|
(A)
Principal Payments Received
|
$0.00
|
(B)
Liquidation Proceeds
|
0.00
|
(C)
Repurchased Loan Proceeds Related to Principal
|
0.00
|
(D)
Recoveries from Prior Month Charge Offs
|
0.00
|
(E)
Total Principal Collections
|
$0.00
|
VII. TOTAL INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL
COLLECTIONS
|
$0.00
|
VIII. YIELD SUPPLEMENT
DEPOSIT
|
$0.00
|
IX. TOTAL AVAILABLE AMOUNT
|
$0.00
|
MONTHLY DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
X. FEE DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
(A)
Servicing Fee
|
|
(i) Servicing
Fee Due
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Servicing
Fee Paid ($ 0.83 per $1,000 original principal
amount)
|
0.00
|
(iii)
Servicing Fee Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(B)
Reserve Account Investment Income
|
$0.00
|
(C)
Yield Supplement Account Investment Income
|
$0.00
|
(D)
Trust Fees Expense
|
$0.00
|
XI. DISTRIBUTIONS TO
NOTEHOLDERS
|
|
(A)
Interest
|
|
(i)
Class A-1 Notes
|
|
(a) Class
A-1 Notes Interest Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Class
A-1 Notes Interest Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Class A-1 Notes Interest Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
Exh.
A-3
(ii)
Class A-2 Notes
|
|
(a) Class
A-2 Notes Interest Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Class
A-2 Notes Interest Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Class A-2 Notes Interest Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(iii)
Class A-3 Notes
|
|
(a) Class
A-3 Notes Interest Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Class
A-3 Notes Interest Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Class A-3 Notes Interest Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(iv)
Class A-4 Notes
|
|
(a) Class
A-4 Notes Interest Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Class
A-4 Notes Interest Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Class A-4 Notes Interest Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(v)
Total Note Interest
|
|
(a) Total
Note Interest Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Total
Note Interest Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Total Note Interest Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(d)
Reserve Account Withdrawal for Note Interest
|
$0.00
|
Amount
available for distributions after Fees & Interest
|
$0.00
|
(B)
Principal
|
|
(i)
Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amounts
|
$0.00
|
(ii)
Class A-1 Notes Principal
|
|
(a) Class
A-1 Notes Principal Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Class
A-1 Notes Principal Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Class A-1 Notes Principal Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(d)
Reserve Account Withdrawal
|
$0.00
|
(iii)
Class A-2 Notes Principal
|
|
(a) Class
A-2 Notes Principal Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Class
A-2 Notes Principal Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Class A-2 Notes Principal Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(d)
Reserve Account Withdrawal
|
$0.00
|
(iv)
Class A-3 Notes Principal
|
|
(a) Class
A-3 Notes Principal Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Class
A-3 Notes Principal Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Class A-3 Notes Principal Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(d)
Reserve Account Withdrawal
|
$0.00
|
(v)
Class A-4 Notes Principal
|
|
(a) Class
A-4 Notes Principal Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Class
A-4 Notes Principal Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Class A-4 Notes Principal Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(d)
Reserve Account Withdrawal
|
$0.00
|
(vi)
Total Notes Principal
|
|
(a) Total
Notes Principal Due
|
$0.00
|
(b) Total
Notes Principal Paid
|
0.00
|
(c)
Total Notes Principal Shortfall
|
$0.00
|
(d)
Reserve Account Withdrawal
|
$0.00
|
Amount
available for distributions to the Certificates and Reserve
Fund
|
$0.00
|
XII. DISTRIBUTIONS TO
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
|
|
(A)
Interest
|
|
(i) Certificates
Monthly Interest Due
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Certificate
Interest Shortfall Beginning Balance
|
0
|
(iii) Total
Certificates Interest Due
|
$0.00
|
(iv) Certificate
Monthly Interest Paid
|
0.00
|
Exh.
A-4
(v)
Certificate Interest Shortfall Ending Balance
|
$0.00
|
(B)
Principal
|
|
(i) Certificates
Monthly Principal Due
|
$0.00
|
(ii) Certificate
Principal Shortfall Beginning Balance
|
$0.00
|
(iii) Total
Certificates Principal Due
|
$0.00
|
(iv) Certificate
Monthly Principal Paid
|
0.00
|
(v)
Certificate Principal Shortfall Ending Balance
|
$0.00
|
XIII. RESERVE FUND DEPOSIT
|
|
Amount
available for deposit into reserve account
|
$0.00
|
Amount
Deposited into Reserve Account
|
0.00
|
Excess
Amount Released from Reserve Account
|
0.00
|
Excess
Funds Released to Seller
|
0.00
|
DISTRIBUTIONS SUMMARY
|
|
(A)
Total Collections
|
$0.00
|
(B)
Service Fee
|
$0.00
|
(C)
Trustee Fees
|
$0.00
|
(D)
Class A1 Amount
|
$0.00
|
(E)
Class A2 Amount
|
$0.00
|
(F)
Class A3 Amount
|
$0.00
|
(G)
Class A4 Amount
|
$0.00
|
(H)
Certificateholders
|
$0.00
|
(I)
Amount Deposited into Reserve Account
|
$0.00
|
(J)
Release to seller
|
$0.00
|
(K)
Total amount distributed
|
$0.00
|
(L)
Amount of Draw from Reserve Account
|
$0.00
|
(M)
Excess Amount Released from Reserve Account
|
0.00
|
DISTRIBUTION TO
SECURITYHOLDERS
|
|
Note
Interest Distribution Amount
|
$0.00
|
Class
A-1 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-2 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-3 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-4 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Note
Principal Distribution Amount
|
0.00
|
Class
A-1 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-2 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-3 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-4 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Note
Interest Carryover Shortfall
|
0.00
|
Change
from immediately preceding Payment Date
|
0.00
|
Class
A-1 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-2 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-3 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-4 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Note
Principal Carryover Shortfall
|
0.00
|
Change
from immediately preceding Payment Date
|
0.00
|
Class
A-1 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|
Class
A-2 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
Exh.
A-5
Class
A-3 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|||
Class
A-4 Notes: ($ 0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|||
Certificate
Interest Distribution Amount
|
0.00
|
||
($
0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|||
Certificate
Principal Distribution Amount
|
0.00
|
||
($
0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|||
Certificate
Interest Carryover Shortfall
|
0.00
|
||
Change
from immediately preceding Payment Date
|
0.00
|
||
($
0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|||
Certificate
Principal Carryover Shortfall
|
0.00
|
||
Change
from immediately preceding Payment Date
|
0.00
|
||
($
0.00 per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
|||
PORTFOLIO AND SECURITY
SUMMARY
|
|||
Beginning
|
End
|
||
XIV. POOL BALANCES AND PORTFOLIO
INFORMATION
|
of Period
|
of Period
|
|
(A)
Balances and Principal Factors
|
|||
(i) Aggregate
Balance of Notes
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
|
(ii) Note
Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
0.0000000
|
|
(iii) Class
A-1 Notes Balance
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
(iv) Class
A-1 Notes Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
0.0000000
|
|
(v) Class
A-2 Notes Balance
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
(vi) Class
A-2 Notes Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
0.0000000
|
|
(vii) Class
A-3 Notes Balance
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
(viii)
Class A-3 Notes Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
0.0000000
|
|
(ix) Class
A-4 Notes Balance
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
(x)
Class A-4 Notes Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
0.0000000
|
|
(xi) Certificates
Balance
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
(xii) Certificates
Pool Factor
|
0.0000000
|
0.0000000
|
|
(xiii) Total
Principal Balance of Notes and Certificates
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
(B)
Portfolio Information
|
|||
(i) Weighted
Average Coupon (WAC)
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
(ii) Weighted
Average Remaining Maturity (WAM)
|
0.00
months
|
0.00
months
|
|
(iii)
Remaining Number of Receivables
|
0
|
0
|
|
(iv) Portfolio
Receivable Balance
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
|
(C)
Outstanding Advance Amount
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
|
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS
|
|||
XV. RECONCILIATION OF RESERVE
ACCOUNT
|
|||
(A)
Beginning Reserve Account Balance
|
$0.00
|
||
(B)
Draws
|
0.00
|
||
(i) Draw
for Servicing Fee
|
0.00
|
||
(ii) Draw
for Interest
|
0.00
|
||
(iii)
Draw for Realized Losses
|
0.00
|
||
(C)
Excess Interest Deposited into the Reserve Account
|
0.00
|
||
(E)
Reserve Account Balance Prior to Release
|
0.00
|
||
(F)
Reserve Account Required Amount
|
0.00
|
||
(G)
Final Reserve Account Required Amount
|
0.00
|
||
(H)
Excess Reserve Account Amount
|
0.00
|
||
(I)
Release of Reserve Account Balance to Seller
|
0.00
|
||
(J)
Ending Reserve Account Balance
|
0.00
|
Exh.
A-6
XVI. RECONCILIATION OF YIELD SUPPLEMENT
ACCOUNT
|
|
(A)
Beginning Yield Supplement Account Balance
|
0.00
|
(B)
Investment Earnings
|
0.00
|
(C)
Investment Earnings Withdraw
|
0.00
|
(D)
Additional Yield Supplement Amounts
|
0.00
|
(E)
Yield Supplement Deposit Amount
|
0.00
|
(F)
Release of Yield Supplement Account Balance to Seller
|
0.00
|
(G)
Ending Yield Supplement Account Balance
|
0.00
|
XVII. NET LOSS AND DELINQUENCY ACCOUNT
ACTIVITY
|
|
(A)
Liquidated Contracts
|
|
(i) Liquidation
Proceeds
|
$0.00
|
(ii)
Recoveries on Previously Liquidated Contracts
|
0.00
|
(B)
Aggregate Net Losses for Collection Period
|
0.00
|
(C)
Net Loss Rate for Collection Period (annualized)
|
0.00%
|
(D)
Cumulative Net Losses for all Periods
|
0.00
|
(E)
Delinquent Receivables
|
#
Units
|
Dollar Amount
|
||||
(i) 31-60
Days Delinquent
|
0
|
0.00
|
% |
$0.00
|
0.00%
|
|
(ii) 61-90
Days Delinquent
|
0
|
0.00
|
% |
$0.00
|
0.00%
|
|
(ii)
91 Days or More Delinquent
|
0
|
0.00
|
% |
$0.00
|
0.00%
|
|
XVIII. REPOSSESSION
ACTIVITY
|
# Units
|
Dollar Amount
|
||||
(A)
Vehicles Repossessed During Collection Period
|
0
|
0.00
|
% |
$0.00
|
0.00%
|
|
(B)
Total Accumulated Repossessed Vehicles in Inventory
|
0
|
0.00
|
% |
$0.00
|
0.00%
|
XIX. NET LOSS AND DELINQUENCY
RATIOS
|
|
(A)
Ratio of Net Losses to the Pool Balance as of Each Collection
Period
|
|
(i)
Second Preceding Collection Period
|
0.00%
|
(ii)
Preceding Collection Period
|
0.00%
|
(iii)
Current Collection Period
|
0.01%
|
(iv)
Three Month Average (Avg(i,ii,iii))
|
0.01%
|
(B)
Ratio of Balance of Contracts Delinquent 61 Days or More to the
Outstanding Balance of Receivables.
|
|
(i)
Second Preceding Collection Period
|
0.00%
|
(ii)
Preceding Collection Period
|
0.00%
|
(iii)
Current Collection Period
|
0.00%
|
(iv)
Three Month Average (Avg(i,ii,iii))
|
0.00%
|
I hereby
certify that the servicing report provided is true
and
accurate to the best of my knowledge.
Xx. Xxxx Honda
Assistant
Vice President
Exh.
A-7
EXHIBIT
B
RESERVED
Exh.
B-1
EXHIBIT
C
FORM OF
REDEMPTION NOTICE
Via Federal
Express
[DATE]
DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY DELAWARE
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Trust & Securities Services – Honda 0000-0
XXXXXXXX
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
c/o
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
000 Xxxxx
Xxx, 0xx Xxxxx - MS JCY03-0699
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn:
Structured Finance Services – ABS
THE BANK
OF NEW YORK MELLON
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0 Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Re: Notice of Election to
Purchase All Receivables
Honda Auto Receivables
[ ] Owner
Trust
Dear
Sir/Madam,
Reference is made to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of [________] (“Sale and Servicing Agreement”),
among American Honda Receivables Corp., as Seller, American Honda Finance
Corporation (“AHFC”), as Servicer, and Honda Auto Receivables [______] Owner
Trust (the “Trust”). Pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, notice is hereby given that on [________] (the “Redemption
Date”), AHFC shall purchase the Owner Trust Estate.
Reference is made to the Indenture,
dated as of [_________] (“Indenture”), between the Trust and [_________], as
Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, notice
is hereby given that on the Redemption Date, AHFC elects to have the Notes
redeemed in exchange for the Redemption Price.
Exh.
C-1
On the
Redemption Date, AHFC shall pay to the Indenture Trustee all agreed upon amounts
due, representing the Owner Trust Estate under the Sale and Servicing Agreement
as of such date. Pursuant to Section 8.04(b) of the Indenture, the
Issuer hereby requests that on the Redemption Date, upon (i) the redemption of
the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture and (ii) the delivery of
the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required by Section 8.04(b) of
the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee release any remaining portion of the Owner
Trust Estate from the lien of the Indenture and release any funds on deposit in
the Accounts in accordance with Section 8.04(b) of the
Indenture. Pursuant to Section 1.02(a) of the Administration
Agreement dated as of [____] among the Issuer, AHFC, AHRC and the Indenture
Trustee, AHFC as Administrator is making this Issuer Request on behalf of the
Issuer
After the
purchase of the Owner Trust Estate by AHFC on the Redemption Date, the Trust
shall terminate in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, and AHFC
hereby requests that the Owner Trustee (i) cancel the Certificate of Trust by
filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State (pursuant to
Section 9.01(e) of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement) and (ii) inform the
Certificateholder of such action and specify the date on which the
Certificateholder shall surrender such Trust Certificates for final payment and
cancellation, pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement.
In
addition, AHFC requests that the Indenture Trustee (i) provide notice to the
Holders of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, which notice
shall contain the information required by Section 10.02 of the Indenture, and
(ii) provide notice to DTC pursuant to item 6 in Schedule A of the DTC Letter of
Representations, dated as of [__________].
Terms having their initial letters
capitalized which are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Very
Truly Yours,
|
|
American
Honda Finance Corporation
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
[__________]
|
|
Title: [__________]
|
cc: [Rating
Agencies]
Exh.
C-2
EXHIBIT
D
FORM OF
OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
HONDA
AUTO RECEIVABLES [_________] OWNER TRUST
OFFICER’S
CERTIFICATE
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of [_________] (the “Indenture”)
between Honda Auto Receivables [________] Owner Trust, as Issuer (the “Issuer”),
and [__________], as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture
Trustee”), and to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of
[_________] (the “Sale and
Servicing Agreement”) among the Issuer, American Honda Receivables Corp.,
as seller, and American Honda Finance Corporation, as servicer (in such capacity
the “Servicer”). Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the
Indenture.
In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to
Section 4.01 of the Indenture and the release of the Owner Trust Estate pursuant
to Section 8.04 of the Indenture the undersigned certifies that:
1. As
required by Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 10.01
of the Indenture:
|
a.
|
[___________]
(the “Redemption
Date”) is a Payment Date following the last day of a Collection
Period as of which the aggregate Pool Balance was 10% or less of the
Original Pool Balance.
|
|
b.
|
The
Servicer deposited into the Collection Account, and it is the
undersigned’s understanding that the Indenture Trustee transferred into
the Note Distribution Account an amount equal to the Redemption
Price. The deposit was made in immediately available funds by
8:00 A.M., Los Angeles time on such Payment
Date.
|
2. Notice
of redemption of the Notes was delivered by the Servicer to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture. Such notice was
furnished not later than the number of days prior to the Redemption Date
required by Section 10.01 of the Indenture.
3. The
Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement have not
been amended, modified, terminated or superseded and remain in full force and
effect.
4. All
conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture to the satisfaction and
discharge of the Indenture have been complied with, and
5. All
conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture to the release of the Owner
Trust Estate pursuant to Section 8.04 of the Indenture have been complied
with.
The
undersigned has read or caused to be read the applicable conditions and the
definitions in the Indenture relating thereto, including without limitation
Section 11.01 of the Indenture, and has obtained and reviewed copies of the
notices, certificates and opinions referred to therein. With respect
to paragraphs 4 and 5, the undersigned has relied on the opinion of counsel of
[_____________], dated [__________] to identify the notices, certificates and
opinions required to be delivered to satisfy the conditions set forth in the
Indenture. In the opinion of the undersigned, the undersigned has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the undersigned
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such conditions have been
complied with. This Officer’s Certificate is also being delivered to
[____________] with the understanding that it will be relied upon with respect
to paragraphs 1 through 3 and may be attached to the legal opinion to be given
by said firm on or about the date hereof in connection with the Servicer’s
purchase of the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
Exh.
D-1
This
Officer’s Certificate is delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Administrator
pursuant to Section 1.02 of the Administration Agreement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Officer’s Certificate as of
the [___] day of [_______].
AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE
CORPORATION
|
By:
|
Name:
|
Title:
|
Exh.
D-2
EXHIBIT
E
FORM OF
SARBANES CERTIFICATE
I,
[____________], certify that:
1. I have
reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be
filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of Honda Auto
Receivables [___] Owner Trust (the “Exchange Act periodic
reports”);
2. Based
on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this report;
3. Based
on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information
required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is
included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;
4. I am
responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the servicers and based on
my knowledge and the compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer
compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB,
and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have
fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material
respects; and
5. All
the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed
securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance
with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in
this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules
13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as
otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance
described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form
10-K.
In giving
the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me
by the following unaffiliated parties: [_____________]
Date:
[____________]
By:
|
Name:
|
Title:
|
Exh.
E-1
EXHIBIT
F
SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Servicer, shall address, at a
minimum, the criteria identified as below as “Applicable Servicing
Criteria”:
Reference
|
Criteria
|
|
General
Servicing Considerations
|
||
1122(d)(1)(i)
|
Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
|
|
1122(d)(1)(ii)
|
If
any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s
performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
|
|
1122(d)(1)(iii)
|
Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer
for the receivables are maintained.
|
|
1122(d)(1)(iv)
|
A
fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party
participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in
the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the
terms of the transaction agreements.
|
|
Cash
Collection and Administration
|
||
1122(d)(2)(i)
|
Payments
on receivables are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts
and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days
following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
|
|
1122(d)(2)(ii)
|
Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made
only by authorized personnel.
|
|
1122(d)(2)(iii)
|
Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction
agreements.
|
|
1122(d)(2)(iv)
|
The
related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or
accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the
transaction agreements.
|
|
1122(d)(2)(v)
|
Each
custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of
this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to
a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that
meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange
Act.
|
|
1122(d)(2)(vi)
|
Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
|
|
1122(d)(2)(vii)
|
Reconciliations
are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related
bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing
accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B)
prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C)
reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These
reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original
identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
|
Exh.
F-1
Reference
|
Criteria
|
|
Investor
Remittances and Reporting
|
||
1122(d)(3)(i)
|
Reports
to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are
maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in
accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the
terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the
Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with
investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal
balance and number of receivables serviced by the
Servicer.
|
|
1122(d)(3)(ii)
|
Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
|
|
1122(d)(3)(iii)
|
Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s
investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
|
|
1122(d)(3)(iv)
|
Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
|
|
Pool
Asset Administration
|
||
1122(d)(4)(i)
|
Collateral
or security on receivables is maintained as required by the transaction
agreements or related receivables documents.
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1122(d)(4)(ii)
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Receivables
and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction
agreements
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1122(d)(4)(iii)
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Any
additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the
transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(iv)
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Payments
on receivables, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related
receivables documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records
maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other
number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to
principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the
related receivables documents.
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1122(d)(4)(v)
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The
Servicer’s records regarding the receivables agree with the Servicer’s
records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal
balance.
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1122(d)(4)(vi)
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Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's receivables (e.g.,
loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by
authorized personnel in accordance with usual customary
procedures.
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1122(d)(4)(vii)
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Loss
mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and
deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as
applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with
usual customary procedures.
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1122(d)(4)(viii)
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Records
documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a
receivable is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements.
Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other
period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s
activities in monitoring delinquent receivables including, for example,
phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where
delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or
unemployment).
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1122(d)(4)(ix)
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Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for receivables with variable rates
are computed based on the related receivables documents.
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Exh.
F-2
Reference
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Criteria
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1122(d)(4)(x)
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Regarding
any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such
funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s receivables
documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in
the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or
credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable receivables documents
and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30
calendar days of full repayment of the related receivables, or such other
number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xi)
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Payments
made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made
on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support
has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these
dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xii)
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Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the
obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
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1122(d)(4)(xiii)
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Disbursements
made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the
obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xiv)
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Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xv)
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Any
external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1)
through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in
the transaction agreements.
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Exh.
F-3