TRUST AGREEMENT
Exhibit
4.2
SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED
between
FORD
CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC,
as
Depositor
and
U.S.
BANK
TRUST
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Owner
Trustee
for
Dated
as
of January 1, 2008
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I USAGE AND DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST |
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Section
2.1
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Name
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Section
2.2
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Office
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Section
2.3
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Purposes
and Powers
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Section
2.4
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Appointment
of the Owner Trustee
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2
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Section
2.5
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Contribution
and Conveyance of Trust Property
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2
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Section
2.6
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Declaration
of Trust
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2
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Section
2.7
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Liability
of the Depositor; Conduct of Activities; Liability to Third
Parties
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2
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Section
2.8
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Title
to Trust Property
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2
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Section
2.9
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Situs
of Issuer
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3
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Section
2.10
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor
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3
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Section
2.11
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Tax
Matters
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4
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ARTICLE III RESIDUAL INTEREST AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS |
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Section
3.1
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The
Residual Interest
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Section
3.2
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Registration
of Residual Interests; Transfer of the Residual Interest
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6
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Section
3.3
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Capital
Accounts
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7
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Section
3.4
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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7
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Section
3.5
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Distributions
to the Holder of the Residual Interest
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ARTICLE IV APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES |
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Section
4.1
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Application
of Trust Funds
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Section
4.2
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Method
of Payment
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ARTICLE V AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE |
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Section
5.1
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General
Authority
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8
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Section
5.2
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General
Duties
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8
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Section
5.3
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Action
upon Prior Notice with Respect to Certain Matters
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9
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Section
5.4
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Action
upon Direction by the Holder of the Residual Interest with Respect
to
Certain Matters
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9
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Section
5.5
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Action
with Respect to Bankruptcy
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9
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Section
5.6
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Action
upon Instruction
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9
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Section
5.7
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No
Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
Instructions
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10
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Section
5.8
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No
Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions
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10
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Section
5.9
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Prohibition
on Certain Actions
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10
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Section
5.10
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Audits
of the Owner Trustee
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10
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Section
5.11
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Furnishing
of Documents
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11
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Section
5.11
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Furnishing
of Documents
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11
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Section
5.12
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act
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Section
5.13
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Maintenance
of Licenses
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ARTICLE VI REGARDING THE OWNER TRUSTEE |
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Section
6.1
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Acceptance
of Trusts and Duties
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11
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Section
6.2
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Representations
and Warranties of the Owner Trustee
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12
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Section
6.3
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Reliance;
Advice of Counsel
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13
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Section
6.4
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Not
Acting in Individual Capacity
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Section
6.5
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U.S.
Bank Trust National Association May Own Notes
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Section
6.6
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Duty
to Update Disclosure
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ARTICLE VII COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE; ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES |
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Section
7.1
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Owner
Trustee's Fees and Expenses
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14
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Section
7.2
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Indemnification
of the Owner Trustee
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Section
7.3
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Organizational
Expenses of the Issuer
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Section
7.4
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Certain
Expenses of the Indenture Trustee
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15
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION |
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Section
8.1
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Termination
of Trust Agreement
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ARTICLE IX SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES |
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Section
9.1
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Eligibility
Requirements for the Owner Trustee
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Section
9.2
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Resignation
or Removal of the Owner Trustee
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Section
9.3
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Successor
Owner Trustee
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Section
9.4
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Merger
or Consolidation of the Owner Trustee
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Section
9.5
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Appointment
of Separate Trustee or Co-Trustee
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Section
9.6
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Compliance
with Delaware Statutory Trust Act
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section
10.1
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Supplements
and Amendments
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Section
10.2
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No
Legal Title to Trust Property in the Holder of the Residual
Interest
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Section
10.3
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Limitation
on Rights of Others
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Section
10.4
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Notices
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Section
10.5
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GOVERNING
LAW
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Section
10.6
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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Section
10.7
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Severability
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Section
10.8
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Counterparts
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21
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Section
10.9
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Headings
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Section
10.10
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No
Petition
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ii
Exhibit
A
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Form
of Certificate of Trust
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A-1
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Trust
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B-1
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iii
SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2008 (this "Agreement"), between
FORD CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
as
Depositor, and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under this
Agreement, to establish Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2008-A.
BACKGROUND
The
parties to this Agreement wish to amend and restate in its entirety the First
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2007, between
the
Depositor and the Owner Trustee, which amended and restated the original Trust
Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2006, between the Depositor and the Owner
Trustee.
ARTICLE
I
USAGE
AND
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement are defined in Appendix
A
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Appendix A also contains rules
as to usage applicable to this Agreement. Appendix A is incorporated
by reference into this Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
ORGANIZATION
OF THE TRUST
Section
2.1
Name. The
trust was created and
is known as "Ford
Credit Auto Owner Trust
2008-A",
in which name the Owner Trustee may
conduct the activities of the Issuer, make and execute contracts and other
instruments on behalf
of the Issuer and xxx and be sued on behalf of the Issuer.
Section
2.2
Office. The
office of the Issuer is
in care of the Owner Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.
Section
2.3
Purposes
and
Powers.
(a)
The purpose of the Issuer
is,
and the Issuer will
have
the power and authority, to engage
in the following activities:
(i) to
acquire the Receivables and other
Trust Property pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement from the Depositor
in exchange for the Notes and the Residual Interest;
(ii) to
Grant
the
Collateral to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture;
(iii)
to
enter into and perform its
obligations under the Basic Documents;
(iv)
to
enter into and perform its
obligations under any interest rate protection agreement or agreements with
one or more
counterparties;
(v)
to issue the Notes pursuant
to the
Indenture and to sell the Notes upon the order of the
Depositor;
(vi)
to
pay interest on and principal of the
Notes;
(vii)
to
issue additional securities pursuant
to one or more supplemental indentures or amendments
to this
Agreement and to transfer all or a portion of such securities to the Depositor
or other holder of a Residual Interest, subject to compliance with the Basic
Documents, in exchange for all or a portion of the Residual Interest;
(viii)
to
engage in those activities, including
entering into agreements, that are necessary, appropriate or convenient to
accomplish the foregoing or are incidental to the foregoing;
and
(ix)
subject
to compliance with the Basic
Documents, to engage in
such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of
the
Trust Property and the making of payments to the Noteholders and distributions
to the holder of the Residual Interest.
(b) The
Issuer
will
not engage in any activity
other than as required or
authorized by this Agreement or the other Basic Documents.
Section
2.4 Appointment
of the Owner Trustee. The Depositor appoints
the
Owner Trustee as trustee of the Issuer effective as of the Cutoff Date, to
have
all the rights, powers and
duties set forth in this Agreement.
Section
2.5 Contribution
and Conveyance of Trust Property. As of the
date of the Trust
formation, the Depositor
contributed to the Owner Trustee the amount of $1. The Owner Trustee
acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as
of such date, of
such contribution, which constitutes the initial Trust Property. On
the Closing Date, the Depositor will sell to the Issuer the Trust Property
in
exchange for the Notes.
Section
2.6
Declaration
of Trust. The
Owner Trustee will hold the
Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement for the use and benefit of the holder of the Residual Interest,
subject to the obligations of the Issuer under the Basic
Documents. It is the intention
of the parties that the Issuer
constitute a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and that
this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory
trust. Effective as of the Cutoff Date, the Owner Trustee will have
the rights,
powers and duties set forth in
this Agreement and in the Delaware Statutory Trust Act with respect to
accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer. A Certificate of Trust
substantially in the form
of Exhibit A, a certificate of amendment to certificate of
trust substantially in the
form of Exhibit B
and any other
necessary
certificate of amendment has
been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Section
2.7
Liability
of
the Depositor; Conduct of Activities; Liability to Third Parties.
(a)
The
Depositor, as initial holder of the
entire Residual Interest, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal
liability extended to stockholders or a private corporation for profit organized
under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
(b)
The
activities
and affairs of the
Issuer will
be operated in such a manner as to
preserve (i) the limited liability of the Depositor, (ii) the separateness
of
the Issuer from
the activities of the Depositor and
Ford Credit and (iii) until 1 year and 1 day after all Notes and any
additional
securities issued pursuant to Section 3.1(b) are paid in full, the bankruptcy
remote status of the Issuer.
(c)
Except
as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, none of the Depositor, the Administrator or any of their
Affiliates or any manager,
officer or employee of any such Person, will be liable for the debts,
obligations or liabilities of the Issuer.
Section
2.8
Title
to Trust Property. Legal
title to the Trust
Property will be vested in the Issuer as a separate legal entity, except where applicable
law in any
jurisdiction requires title to any part of the Trust Property to be vested
in a
trustee or trustees, in which case title will be deemed to be vested in the
Owner Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a separate trustee, as the
case may be.
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Section
2.9
Situs
of Issuer. The
Issuer will be
administered in the State of Delaware. All
bank accounts
maintained by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer will be located in
the
State of Delaware. The
Issuer will not have
any employees in any
state other than the State of Delaware,
except that U.S. Bank Trust National
Association, in its capacity as Owner Trustee or any other capacity, may have
employees within or outside the State of Delaware. Payments
will be received
by the Issuer
only in Delaware,
and payments will be made by the
Issuer only from Delaware. The
principal office of the
Issuer will be in care of the Owner Trustee in the State of Delaware.
Section
2.10 Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor
represents and warrants to the Owner
Trustee as of the Closing Date:
(a)
Organization
and Qualification. The Depositor is duly
organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The
Depositor is qualified as a foreign
limited liability company in good standing and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease
of
its properties or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification,
license or approval,
unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or approvals would
not have a material adverse effect on the Depositor's
ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(b)
Power,
Authorization and Enforceability. The Depositor has the
power
and authority to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this
Agreement. The Depositor has authorized the execution, delivery and
performance of the terms of each of the Basic Documents
to which it
is a party. Each of the Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a
party is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable
against the Depositor, except as may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy,
reorganization or other laws
relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights
or by general equitable
principles.
(c)
No
Conflicts
and No Violation. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Depositor is
a
party and the fulfillment
of the terms of the Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party will
not:
(i) conflict with or result in a material breach of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan
agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument under which the
Depositor is a debtor or guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition
of
any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the
Depositor pursuant to the
terms of any such indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or
instrument (other than this Agreement) (iii) violate the Certificate of
Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement, or (iv) violate any law
or,
to the Depositor's
knowledge, any order, rule, or
regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any federal or state
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties, in each case
which conflict,
breach, default, lien, or violation would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Depositor's
ability to perform its obligations
under the Basic Documents.
(d)
No
Proceedings. To
the Depositor's
knowledge, there are no proceedings or
investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing, before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties: (i)asserting the invalidity
of any of the
Basic Documents or the Notes, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes
or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Basic
Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that
would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse affect on the Depositor's
ability to perform its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, any of the Basic Documents or
the
Notes or (iv) that would reasonably be expected to (A) affect the treatment of
the Notes as
indebtedness for U.S. federal income or Applicable Tax State income or franchise
tax purposes (B) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, (C) cause the Issuer to
be treated as an association or
publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or
(D)
cause the Issuer
to
incur Michigan Single
Business Tax liability other than such proceedings that, to the
Depositor's
knowledge, would not reasonably be expected
to have a
material adverse effect upon the Depositor or materially and adversely affect
the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity
and
enforceability of, the Basic Documents or the Notes.
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Section
2.11 Tax
Matters.
(a)
It
is the intention of the parties and
Ford Credit that, for purposes of U.S. federal income, state and local
income and franchise tax and any other income taxes, so long as the Issuer
has
no equity owner other than the Depositor (as determined for U.S. federal
income tax
purposes), the Issuer be treated as an entity disregarded as separate from
the
Depositor. If beneficially owned by a Person other than Ford Credit,
each Class of Notes is intended to be treated as indebtedness for U.S.
federal
income tax
purposes. The Depositor agrees, and the Noteholders by acceptance of
their Notes agree in the Indenture, to such treatment and each agrees to take
no
action inconsistent with such treatment.
(b)
If
one or more Classes of Notes is
recharacterized as an
equity interest in the Issuer,
and not as indebtedness (any such
Class, a "Recharacterized
Class")
and any such Recharacterized Class is
treated as not owned by Ford Credit or the Depositor (if the Depositor is not
an
entity disregarded as
separate from Ford Credit for U.S. federal income tax purposes) for U.S. federal
income, or State or local income, franchise or single business tax purposes,
the
parties intend that the Issuer be
characterized as a partnership among
Ford Credit or the Depositor (to the extent
either is at that
time treated as an equity owner of the Issuer for
U.S. federal income tax purposes),
any other holder of the Residual Interest and any holders of the Recharacterized
Class or Classes. In that event, for purposes of U.S.
federal
income, State and local income,
franchise tax and single business taxes each month:
(i)
amounts
paid as interest to holders of
any Recharacterized Class will be treated as a guaranteed payment within the
meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code;
(ii)
to
the extent the characterization
provided for in Section 2.11(a) is not respected, gross ordinary income of
the
Issuer for
such month as determined for U.S.
federal income tax purposes will be allocated to the holders of each
Recharacterized Class as of
the Record Date occurring within such month, in an amount equal to the sum
of
(A) the interest accrued to such Recharacterized Class for such month, (B)
the
portion of the market discount on the Receivables accrued during such month
that
is allocable to
the excess, if any, of the aggregate
initial Note Balance of such Recharacterized Class over the initial aggregate
issue price of the Notes of such Recharacterized Class and (C) any amount
expected to be distributed to the holders of such Class of Notes
pursuant to Section 8.2 of the
Indenture (to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to this Section
2.11(b)(ii)) to the extent necessary to reverse any net loss previously
allocated to holders of the Notes of such Recharacterized Class (to the
extent
not previously reversed pursuant to
this Section 2.11(b)(ii)(C)); and
(iii)
thereafter
all remaining net income of
the Issuer(subject
to the modifications set forth
below) for such month as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and
each item of income, gain,
credit, loss or deduction entering into the computation thereof) will be
allocated to the holder of the Residual Interest.
If
the
gross ordinary income of the Issuer for any month is insufficient for the
allocations described in Section 2.11(b)(ii) above, subsequent gross ordinary
income will first be allocated to each Recharacterized Class in alphabetical
order to make up such shortfall before any allocation pursuant to Section
2.11(b)(iii). Net losses of the Issuer, if any, for any month as
determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain,
credit, loss or deduction entering into the computation thereof) will be
allocated to the holder of the Residual Interest to the extent the holder of
the
Residual Interest is reasonably expected to bear the economic burden of such
net
losses, and any remaining net losses will be allocated in reverse alphabetical
order to each Recharacterized Class, in each case, until the Note Balance of
such Recharacterized Class is reduced to zero as of the Record Date occurring
within such month, and among each Recharacterized Class, in proportion to their
ownership of the aggregate Note Balance of such Recharacterized Class on such
Record Date. The tax matters partner designated pursuant to Section 2.11(f)
is
authorized to modify the allocations in this Section 2.11(b) if necessary or
appropriate, in its sole discretion, for the allocations to fairly reflect
the
economic income, gain or loss to the holder of the Residual Interest or the
holders of a Recharacterized Class or as otherwise required by the
Code.
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(c)
The
parties agree that, unless otherwise
required by the appropriate tax authorities, the Depositor, on behalf of
the Issuer,
will file or cause to be filed annual
or other necessary returns,
reports and other forms consistent with the characterizations described in
Section 2.11(a).
(d)
The
Owner Trustee will not elect or
cause the Issuer
to
elect, and the other
parties to this Agreement will not elect or permit an election to be
made, to treat the
Issuer
as
an association taxable as a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Treas. Reg.
§301.7701-3.
(e)
If
at any time the Issueris
not treated as an entity disregarded
as separate from the Depositor for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
the Owner
Trustee will, based on information provided by or on behalf of the
Depositor, (i) maintain the books of the Issuer on
the basis of a calendar year and the
accrual method of accounting, (ii) deliver to the holder of the Residual Interest such
information as
may be required under the Code to enable such holder to prepare its U.S. federal
and State income tax returns, (iii) file any tax returns relating to the
Issuer and
make such elections as may be
required or appropriate
under any applicable U.S. federal or State statute and (iv) collect any
withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section
4.1(c).
(f)
If at any time the Issueris
not an entity disregarded as separate
from the Depositor for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the
Depositor so long
as it is treated as holding any equity interest in the Issuer for
U.S. federal income tax purposes,
and otherwise, the owner of such equity interests designated by a majority
of
such owners, will (i) prepare and sign, on behalf of the Issuer,
the tax returns of the Issuer and
(ii) be designated the "tax
matters partner" of
the Issuer pursuant
to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the
Code.
ARTICLE
III
RESIDUAL
INTEREST AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section
3.1 The
Residual
Interest.
(a)
Upon
the formation of the Issuer by the
contribution and conveyance by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.5, the
Depositor will be the sole holder of the Residual Interest. The
holder of the Residual Interest will be entitled, pro rata, to any
amounts not needed on any
Payment Date to make payments on the Notes and on all other obligations to
be
paid under the Indenture and this Agreement, and to receive amounts remaining
in
the Reserve Account following the payment in full of the Notes and of
all other
amounts owing or to be distributed
under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement to
the
Secured Parties upon the termination of the Issuer.
(b)
The
Depositor may exchange its Residual
Interest for additional securities issued by the Issuer
pursuant
to one or more supplemental
indentures to the Indenture or amendments to this Agreement. Such
additional securities may consist of one or more classes of notes, certificates
or other securities, as directed by the Depositor, each having the characteristics,
rights and
obligations as may be directed by the Depositor (which may include subordination
to one or more other classes of such additional securities),
provided:
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(i)
the
rights of the holders of such
additional securities, when
taken as a whole, are no greater than the rights of the holder of the Residual
Interest immediately prior to the issuance of such additional securities (unless
all Noteholders of Outstanding Notes otherwise consent);
(ii)
the
Depositor delivers an
Opinion of Counsel to the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that the issuance of
such
additional securities will not (A) adversely affect in any material respect
the
interest of any Noteholder, (B) cause any Note to be deemed sold or
exchanged
for purposes of Section 1001 of the
Code, (C) cause the Issuer
to
be treated as an
association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, or (D) adversely affect the treatment of the Notes
as debt for U.S. federal
income tax purposes; and
(iii)
the
Depositor either delivers to the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee (A) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that, after giving effect to such exchange, there will be no withholding imposed
under Sections 1441 or 1442
of the Code in respect of payments on any such additional security or that
the
withholding tax imposed will be no greater than the withholding tax imposed
prior to such exchange or (B) an Officer's
Certificate that states withholding is
applicable to payments on
any such additional securities, the rate of withholding tax required on such
payments, and that such amounts will be withheld and remitted to the Internal
Revenue Service in satisfaction of the requirements of Sections 1441 and 1442
of the
Code.
Without
limiting the foregoing, one or more classes of such additional securities may,
if so directed by the Depositor, be secured by all or a portion of the Trust
Property, so long as such security interest, is subordinated in priority to
the
security interest granted to the Secured Parties pursuant to the
Indenture. Subject to this Section 3.1(b) and the other terms of the
Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, will take (at
the
expense of the Depositor) all actions requested by the Depositor to facilitate
the issuance and sale of any such additional securities or the Grant and
perfection of any security interest granted pursuant to this Section 3.1(b),
including the authorization of the filing of any financing statements in
jurisdictions deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositor to perfect such
security interest.
Section
3.2
Registration
of Residual Interests; Transfer of the Residual Interest. The
Issuer
appoints
the Owner Trustee to be the
"Trust
Registrar" and
to
keep a register (the "Trust
Register")
for the purpose of registering
Residual Interests and transfers of Residual Interests as provided in this
Agreement. Upon any resignation of the Trust Registrar, the
Issuer will
promptly appoint a successor or, if
it elects not to make
such
an appointment, assume the duties of Trust Registrar. The holder of
the Residual Interest may not sell, transfer, assign or convey its rights in
the
Residual Interest to Ford Credit at any time. The holder of the
Residual Interest
will be permitted to sell,
transfer, assign or convey its rights in the Residual Interest to any Person
that is treated as being an entity separate from Ford Credit for U.S. federal
income tax purposes if the
following conditions are satisfied:
(a)
such
holder of a Residual Interest
delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee to the effect
that such action will not cause the Issuer to
be or become characterized for U.S.
federal or any then Applicable Tax State income tax purposes as an association
or publicly
traded partnership taxable as a corporation;
(b)
such
holder of a Residual Interest
delivers to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee (i) an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that, after giving effect to such action, there will be no withholding
imposed
under Sections 1441 or 1442 of the Code in respect of payments on any such
transferred security or that the withholding tax imposed will be no greater
than
the withholding tax imposed prior to such transfer or (ii) an Officer's
Certificate that states withholding is
applicable to payments on any such transferred security, the rate of withholding
tax required on such payments, and that such amounts will be withheld and
remitted to the Internal Revenue Service in satisfaction of the requirements
of Sections
1441 and 1442 of the Code;
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(c)
the
Depositor has notified the
transferee or assignee of the tax positions previously taken by it, as holder
of
the Residual Interest, for U.S. federal and any Applicable Tax State
income tax purposes and the
transferee or assignee has agreed to take positions for U.S. federal and any
Applicable Tax State income tax purposes consistent with the tax positions
previously taken by the Depositor, as holder of the Residual Interest;
and
(d)
the
holder or assignee of the Residual
Interest delivers to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee a certification
that it is not, and each account (if any) for which it is acquiring the Residual
Interest is not (i) an "employee
benefit plan" (as
defined in Section 3(3) of
the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"))
which is subject to Title I of ERISA,
(ii) a "plan"
described
in Section 4975(e)(1) of the
Code which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) an entity
whose underlying assets
include "plan
assets" by
reason of a plan's
investment in the entity (within the
meaning of Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 or
otherwise under ERISA).
Section
3.3
Capital
Accounts. This
Section 3.3 will apply only
if the Issueris
not treated as an entity disregarded
for U.S. federal
income tax
purposes.
(a)
The
Owner Trustee will establish and
maintain, in accordance with Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) of the Treasury
Regulations, a separate bookkeeping account (a "Capital
Account")
for the Depositor and each other
person treated as an equity owner for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of this
Section 3.3 regarding the
maintenance of Capital Accounts will be construed so as to comply with the
provisions of the Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 704
of
the Code. The
Depositor is authorized to modify
these provisions to the minimum extent necessary to comply with
such
regulations.
Section
3.4 Maintenance
of Office or Agency. The Owner Trustee will
maintain an office or offices or agency or agencies where notices and demands
to
or upon the Owner Trustee in respect of the Basic Documents may be served. The Owner Trustee
designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes and will promptly notify
the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee of any change in the location of its
Corporate Trust Office.
Section
3.5 Distributions
to the Holder of the Residual
Interest. If the Trust Distribution
Account has been established, the Owner Trustee will have the revocable power
to
withdraw funds from the Trust Distribution Account for the purpose of making
distributions to the holder of the Residual Interest
under this Agreement. The
Owner Trustee will make the distributions pursuant to Section 3.1, Section
4.1,
Section 4.2 and Section 8.1. The Owner Trustee will hold all sums
held by it for distribution to the holder of the Residual Interest in trust
for the
benefit of the holder of the
Residual Interest until such sums are distributed to the holder of the Residual
Interest.
ARTICLE
IV
APPLICATION
OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
Section
4.1
Application
of Trust Funds. Upon
request of the Depositor, the
Owner Trustee
will establish and
maintain the Trust Distribution Account as provided in Section 4.1 of the
Sale and
Servicing
Agreement. If
the Trust Distribution Account has been established:
(a)
On
each Payment Date, the Owner Trustee,
based on the information
contained in the Monthly Investor Report, will withdraw the amounts deposited
into the Trust Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.2(c)(xvi),
8.2(d)(viii)
and 8.2(e)(xvii)
of the Indenture on or before such
Payment Date and distribute such amounts to the holder of the
Residual
Interest.
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(b)
Following
the satisfaction and discharge
of the Indenture and the payment in full of the principal and interest on the
Notes, the Owner Trustee will distribute any remaining funds on deposit in
the
Trust Distribution Account
to the holder of the Residual Interest.
(c)
If
any withholding tax is imposed on the
Issuer's
payment (or allocations of income) to
the holder of the Residual Interest, such tax will reduce the amount otherwise
distributable to such holder in accordance with
this Section
4.1(c). The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to retain from
amounts otherwise distributable to the holder of the Residual
Interest sufficient
funds for the payment of any
such withholding tax that is legally owed by the Issuer
(but
such authorization will not prevent
the Owner Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings,
and
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with
respect to the
holder of the Residual Interest will be treated as cash distributed to such
holder at the time it is withheld by the Issuer and
remitted to the appropriate taxing
authority. If there is a possibility that withholding
tax is payable with respect
to a distribution, the Owner Trustee may, in its sole discretion, withhold
such
amounts in accordance with this Section 4.1(c). If the holder of a
Residual Interest wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax,
the Owner
Trustee will reasonably cooperate
with such holder in
making such claim so long as such
holder agrees to reimburse the Owner Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in so cooperating.
Section
4.2
Method
of Payment. Distributions required
to
be made to the holder
of
the Residual Interest on any Payment Date will be made by wire transfer, in
immediately available funds, to the account specified by such holder to the
Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE
V
AUTHORITY
AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE
Section
5.1 General
Authority.
(a)
Upon
the Depositor's
execution of this Agreement, the Owner
Trustee is authorized and directed, on behalf of the Issuer,
to (i) execute and deliver the Basic
Documents and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to
or contemplated by the
Basic Documents to which the Issueris
to be a party and (ii) direct the
Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes.
(b)
The
Owner Trustee is authorized to
take all actions required of the Issuer pursuant
to the Basic Documents and is authorized
to take such
action on behalf of the Issuer as
is permitted by the Basic
Documents that the Servicer or the Administrator directs with respect to
the Basic Documents, except to the extent that this Agreement requires the
consent of the Noteholders
or the holder of the Residual Interest for such action.
Section
5.2
General
Duties. Subject
to Section 5.3,
it is the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge all of its responsibilities
pursuant to this Agreement and the Basic Documents to which the Issuer
is
a party and to administer the
Issuer in
the interest of the holder of the
Residual Interest, subject to the lien of the Indenture and in accordance
with the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee will be deemed to have
discharged its duties and
responsibilities under the Basic Documents to the extent the Administrator
is
required in the Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge
such
duty of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer under
any Basic Document. The
Owner Trustee will not be
held liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its
obligations under the Administration Agreement. The Owner Trustee
will have no obligation to administer, service or collect the Receivables or
to
maintain, monitor or
otherwise supervise the
administration, servicing or collection of the Receivables.
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Section
5.3
Action
upon Prior Notice with Respect to Certain Matters. With
respect to the
following matters, the Owner Trustee may not take action unless (i) at least
30 days before taking
such
action, the Owner Trustee has notified the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders
of
Notes of the Controlling Class, the holder of the Residual Interest and the
Rating Agencies of the proposed action and (ii) Noteholders of at
least a
majority of the Note Balance of the
Controlling Class (or if no Notes are Outstanding, the holder of the Residual
Interest) have not notified the Owner Trustee before the 30th day after receipt
of such notice that such majority of the Note Balance of the
Controlling Class (or if no Notes are
Outstanding, the holder of the Residual Interest) has withheld consent or
provided alternative direction:
(a) the
initiation of any material claim or
lawsuit by the Issuer
and
the settlement of any
material action, claim or
lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer;
(b)
the
election by the Issuer to
file an amendment to the Certificate
of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act), except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any
provision in a
manner or to add any provision that would not materially adversely affect the
interests of the holders of the Notes or the Residual
Interest;
(c)
the appointment pursuant to
the
Indenture of a successor Indenture Trustee or the consent to the
assignment by the
Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement;
and
(d)
consenting
to the Administrator taking
any of the actions described in clauses (a) through (c)
above.
Section
5.4
Action
upon
Direction
by the
Holder of the Residual Interest with Respect to Certain
Matters.
(a)
The Owner Trustee on behalf
of the
Issuer will
not execute an amendment to the
Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture
or the Administration Agreement that would materially adversely affect the
holder of the
Residual Interest without the consent of such holder.
(b)
The
Owner Trustee will not (a) remove
the Servicer or appoint a successor Servicer under Article VII of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (b)
remove the Administrator
under Section 5.1 of the Administration Agreement or (c) appoint a
successor Administrator pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Administration Agreement
unless (i) there is an Event of Servicing Termination subsequent to the payment
in full of the Notes and
(ii) the holder of the Residual
Interest directs the Owner Trustee to take such action.
Section
5.5
Action
with Respect to Bankruptcy. The Owner Trustee may
not
commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Issuer unless
the Notes have been paid in full and
the holder of the
Residual Interest approves of such commencement in advance and delivers to
the
Owner Trustee a certificate certifying that it reasonably believes that the
Issueris
insolvent.
Section
5.6
Action
upon Instruction.
(a)
The
Owner Trustee will not be required
to take any action under any Basic Document if the Owner Trustee reasonably
determines, or is advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result
in
liability on the part of the Owner Trustee, is contrary to any Basic Document or is
contrary to
law.
(b)
If
(i) the Owner Trustee is unsure as to
the application of any provision of any Basic Document, (ii) any provision
of any Basic Document is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other
applicable provision, (iii)
this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent
or is
incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to
take
with respect to a particular set of facts or (iv) the Owner Trustee is unable
to
decide between
alternative courses of action
permitted or required by any Basic Document, the Owner Trustee may, and with
respect to clause (iv) will, notify the Administrator requesting instruction
and, to the extent that the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting
in good faith in accordance with
any such instruction received, the Owner Trustee will not be liable to any
Person on account of such action or inaction. If the Owner Trustee
does not receive appropriate instruction within 10 days of such notice
(or within
such shorter period of time as
reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the
circumstances) it may, but will be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking
such action, not inconsistent with the Basic Documents, as it deems
to be in the best interests of the
holder of the Residual Interest, and will have no liability to any Person for
such action or inaction.
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Section
5.7 No
Duties
Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions. The Owner Trustee has
no
duty or obligation to
manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of,
or
otherwise deal with the Trust Property, or to otherwise take or refrain from
taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated by
this Agreement
to which the Owner Trustee or
the Issuer is
a party, except as provided by this
Agreement or in any document or instruction received by the Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.6. No implied duties or obligations will be
read into any Basic Document against the Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee has no responsibility for filing any
financing statements or continuation statements or to otherwise perfect or
maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it under
this Agreement or
to prepare or file any Securities and
Exchange Commission filing for the Issuer or
to record any Basic
Document. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will promptly
take, at its own cost and expense, all action as may be necessary to discharge
any lien (other than
the
lien of the Indenture) on any part of the Trust Property that results from
actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not related to the
ownership or the administration of the Trust Property.
Section
5.8 No
Action
Except
Under
Specified Documents or Instructions. The Owner Trustee
will not
manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the
Trust Property except (a) in accordance with the powers granted to and the
authority conferred upon the
Owner Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, (b) in accordance with the other Basic Documents to which the
Issuer or
the Owner Trustee is a party and (c) in
accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.6. The Depositor will not
direct the Owner Trustee to take any action that would violate this Section
5.8.
Section
5.9
Prohibition
on Certain Actions. The
Owner Trustee will not
take any action (a) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Issuer set forth
in Section 2.3 or (b) that, to the
knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would (i) cause any Class of Notes not be
treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal income or Applicable Tax State income
or franchise tax purposes, (ii) be deemed to cause a sale or exchange
of the Notes for purposes of
Section 1001 of the Code (unless no gain or loss would be recognized on such
deemed sale or exchange for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or (iii) cause
the
Issuer or
any portion thereof to be taxable as an
association (or publicly
traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income or
Applicable Tax State income or franchise tax purposes. The
Administrator will not direct the Owner Trustee to take action that would
violate this Section 5.9.
Section
5.10
Audits
of
the Owner Trustee. The
Owner Trustee agrees
that, with reasonable prior notice, it will permit any authorized representative
of the Servicer or the Administrator, during the Owner Trustee's
normal business hours, to examine and
audit the books of account,
records, reports and other documents and materials of the Owner Trustee relating
to (a) the performance of the Owner Trustee's
obligations under this Agreement, (b)
any payments of fees and expenses of the Owner Trustee in connection with
such performance and
(c)
any claim made by the Owner Trustee under this Agreement. In
addition, the Owner Trustee will permit such representatives to make copies
and
extracts of any such books and records and to discuss the same with the Owner
Trustee's
officers and employees. Each
of the Servicer and the Administrator will, and will cause its authorized
representatives to, hold in confidence all such information except to the extent
disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for
confidential
treatment are unavailing)
and except to the extent that the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case
may
be, may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its
obligations under this Agreement. The Owner Trustee will
maintain
all such pertinent books, records,
reports and other documents and materials for a period of 2 years after the
termination of its obligations under this Agreement.
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Section
5.11 Furnishing
of Documents. Upon request from the
holder of the Residual Interest, the Owner Trustee
will furnish to
such holder copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates,
financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee
under the Basic Documents.
Section
5.12 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary
in any Basic Document, the Owner Trustee will not be required to execute,
deliver or certify on behalf of the Issuer,
the Servicer, the Depositor or any
other Person any filings, certificates, affidavits or other
instruments required by the
Securities and Exchange Commission or required under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
of
2002. However, any entity executing, delivering or certifying such
filings, certificates, affidavits or other instruments required by the
Securities and Exchange
Commission or required under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 on behalf of the
Issuer may
request, at its option, such
subcertifications, including any assessments of compliance required from the
Owner Trustee as it may deem necessary to provide such certifications
and the Owner
Trustee will reasonably comply with such request.
Section
5.13 Maintenance
of Licenses. The
Owner Trustee will obtain and maintain any licenses that the Administrator
informs the Owner Trustee are required to be obtained or maintained by the
Owner Trustee
under the laws of any State in connection with the Owner Trustee's
duties and obligations under the Basic
Documents.
ARTICLE
VI
REGARDING
THE OWNER TRUSTEE
Section
6.1
Acceptance
of Trusts and Duties. The Owner Trustee
accepts the trusts created by this
Agreement and agrees to perform its duties under this Agreement with respect
to
such trusts but only in accordance with this Agreement. The Owner
Trustee also agrees to distribute all monies actually received by it
constituting
part of the Trust Property in
accordance with the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee will not be
liable under any Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its
own
willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment)
or (ii) if any representation
or warranty in Section 6.2 is not true and correct as of the Closing
Date. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the
exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):
(a)
the
Owner Trustee will not be liable with respect
to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of the
Noteholders of the Controlling Class, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor,
the
holder of the Residual Interest, the Administrator or the Servicer;
(b)
no
Basic Document will require the Owner
Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability
in
the performance of any of its rights or powers under any Basic Document if
the
Owner Trustee has reasonable grounds for believing that repayment
of such funds
or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
or provided to it;
(c)
the
Owner Trustee will not be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents,
including the principal
of
and interest on the Notes or amounts distributable to the holder of the Residual
Interest;
(d)
the
Owner Trustee will not be
responsible for (i) the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, (ii) the
due
execution of this Agreement by the Depositor, (iii)
the form,
character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust
Property or (iv) the validity or sufficiency of the other Basic Documents,
the
Notes, any Receivable or any related documents, and the Owner Trustee
will in no event assume or incur
any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder, the Depositor or the holder
of the Residual Interest, other than as provided for in the Basic
Documents;
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(e) the
Owner Trustee will not be liable for
the default or misconduct
of the Servicer, the Administrator, the Depositor, the holder of the Residual
Interest or the Indenture Trustee under any of the Basic Documents or otherwise
and the Owner Trustee will have no obligation or liability to perform the
obligations of the
Issuer
under the Basic Documents
that are required
to be performed by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the
Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture;
(f)
the Owner Trustee will
be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or, at the request,
order or direction of the Depositor, to institute, conduct or defend any
litigation under this Agreement or in relation to any Basic Document
or otherwise unless the Depositor
has offered to the Owner Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities that may
be
incurred by the Owner Trustee. The right of the Owner Trustee
to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in any Basic Document will not be construed as
a
duty; and
(g)
the
Owner Trustee will not be
responsible or liable for (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of
any
Receivable, (ii) the perfection and priority of any security interest
created by any
Receivable in any Financed Vehicle or the maintenance of any such perfection
and
priority, (iii) the sufficiency of the Trust Property or the ability of the
Trust Property to generate the amounts necessary to
make payments to the Noteholders
under the Indenture or distributions to the holder of the Residual Interest
under this Agreement, (iv) the accuracy of any representation or warranty made
under any Basic Document (other than the representations and warranties
made in Section 6.2) or (v) any
action of the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator or the Servicer or any
subservicer taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.
Section
6.2
Representations
and Warranties of the Owner Trustee. The
Owner Trustee
represents and warrants to
the Depositor as of the Closing Date:
(a)
Organization
and
Qualification. The
Owner Trustee is duly
formed and is validly existing as a national banking association under the
laws
of the State of Delaware. The
Owner Trustee is duly
qualified as a national
banking association in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses
and
approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties
or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification,
license or
approval, unless the failure to
obtain such qualifications, licenses or approvals would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Owner Trustee's
ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement.
(b)
Power,
Authorization and
Enforceability. The
Owner Trustee has the
power and authority to execute deliver and perform the terms this
Agreement. The Owner Trustee has authorized the execution, delivery
and performance of the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement is the
legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Owner Trustee enforceable against the Owner Trustee, except
as
may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating
to the enforcement of creditors'rights
or by general equitable
principles.
(c)
No
Conflicts and
No Violation. The
execution and delivery by
the Owner Trustee of this Agreement, the consummation by the Owner Trustee
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the compliance by the Owner
Trustee with this Agreement will not (i) violate
any federal or
State law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers
of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it or (ii) conflict
with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with or without notice
or lapse of time or both) a default
under its charter documents or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument under which
the Owner Trustee is a debtor or guarantor or (iii) violate any
law or, to the Owner
Trustee's
knowledge, any order, rule, or
regulation applicable to the Owner Trustee of any court or of any federal or
State regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Owner Trustee or its properties,
in each
case which conflict, breach, default, lien, or violation would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Owner Trustee's
ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement.
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(d)
No
Proceedings. To
the Owner
Trustee's
knowledge, there are no proceedings or
investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing, before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over the Owner Trustee or its properties:
(i) asserting
the invalidity of this Agreement (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of
the
Basic Documents, or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling
that would reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse affect on the Owner Trustee's
ability to perform its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
(e)
Banking
Association. The
Owner Trustee is a banking association satisfying Section
3807(a) of the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act and meets the eligibility
requirements of
Section 9.1(a).
(f)
Information
Provided by the Owner Trustee. The information provided
by
the Owner Trustee in any certificate delivered by a Responsible Person of
the Owner Trustee
is true and correct in all material respects.
Section
6.3
Reliance;
Advice of Counsel.
(a)
The
Owner Trustee may rely upon, will be
protected in relying upon and will incur no liability to anyone in acting upon
any signature, instrument,
notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion,
bond
or other document believed by it to be genuine that appears on its face to
be
properly executed and signed by the proper party or parties. The
Owner Trustee
may accept a certified copy of a
resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate
party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by
such
body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to
any
fact or matter the method of the
determination of which is not specifically prescribed in this Agreement, the
Owner Trustee may for all purposes of this Agreement rely on a certificate,
signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or
other Responsible Officers
of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter and such certificate will
constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or omitted
to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b)
In
the exercise or administration of
the trusts under
this Agreement and in the performance of its duties and obligations under the
Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents
or
attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them
and will not be liable for the
conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if the Owner Trustee selects
such agents or attorneys with reasonable care and (ii) may consult with counsel,
accountants and other skilled Persons whom the Owner Trustee selects
with reasonable care and
employs. The Owner Trustee will not be liable for anything it does,
suffers or omits to do in good faith in accordance with the written opinion
or
advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such Persons that is not
contrary
to any Basic
Document.
Section
6.4
Not
Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in
this
Article VI, in accepting the trusts created by this Agreement, U.S. Bank Trust
National Association acts solely as Owner Trustee under this Agreement and not in its individual
capacity. All Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by
reason of the transactions contemplated by any Basic Document will look only
to
the Trust Property for payment or satisfaction thereof. However, the
Owner Trustee
will be responsible for any breach
of its representations and warranties made in Section 6.2 and the validity
of
its signature on any certificate of authentication of the Owner
Trustee.
Section
6.5
U.S.
Bank Trust National Association May Own Notes. U.S.
Bank Trust, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and
may deal with the Depositor, the holder of the Residual Interest, the Servicer,
the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee in banking transactions
with the same rights as
it
would have if it were not the Owner Trustee.
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Section
6.6 Duty
to
Update Disclosure. The Owner Trustee will
notify and provide information, and certify such information in an
Officer's
Certificate, to the Depositor upon any
event or condition relating
to the Owner Trustee or actions taken by the Owner Trustee that (A) (i) is
required to be disclosed by the Depositor under Item 2 (the institution of,
material developments in, or termination of legal proceedings against U.S.
Bank
Trust
that are material to Noteholders) of
Form 10-D under the Exchange Act within 5 days of such occurrence or (ii) the
Depositor reasonably requests of the Owner Trustee that the Depositor, in good
faith, believes is necessary to comply with Regulation AB within
5 days of request or (B) (i) is
required to be disclosed under Item 6.02 (resignation, removal, replacement
or
substitution of U.S. Bank Trust as Owner Trustee) of Form 8-K under the Exchange
Act within 2 days of a Responsible Person of the Owner Trustee
becoming aware of such occurrence
or (ii) causes the information provided by the Owner Trustee in any certificate
delivered by a Responsible Person of the Owner Trustee to be untrue or incorrect
in any material respect or is necessary to make the statements
provided by the Owner Trustee in
light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading within 5
days
of a Responsible Person of the Owner Trustee becoming aware
thereof.
ARTICLE
VII
COMPENSATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE; ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES
Section
7.1
Owner
Trustee's
Fees and
Expenses. The Owner Trustee
will be
entitled to receive, as compensation for its services under this Agreement,
such
fees as have been separately agreed upon by the Administrator and the
Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee will also be entitled to reimbursement for
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by the Owner Trustee
in
performing its rights and duties under this Agreement, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and
disbursements of the Owner
Trustee's
agents, counsel, accountants and
experts, but excluding any expenses incurred by the Owner Trustee through the
Owner Trustee's
own willful misconduct, bad faith or
negligence (other than errors in judgment).
Section
7.2
Indemnification
of the Owner Trustee.
(a)
The
Depositor will, or will cause the
Administrator to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, and
its
respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any
and
all costs,expenses, losses,
damages, claims and liabilities (including the reasonable compensation, expenses
and disbursements of the Owner Trustee's
agents, counsel, accountants and
experts) incurred by it in connection with the administration of and the
performance of its duties
under this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any loss, damage, claim or liability incurred by it in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under the Indenture,
but excluding any cost,
expense, loss, damage, claim or liability (i) incurred by the Owner Trustee
through the Owner Trustee's
own willful misconduct, bad faith or
negligence (other than errors in judgment) or (ii) arising from the inaccuracy
of any representation or
warranty contained in Section 6.2.
(b)
Promptly
upon receipt by the Owner
Trustee, or any of its officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an
"Indemnified
Person"),
of notice of the commencement of any
Proceeding against any such Indemnified Person, such Indemnified
Person will,
if a claim in respect of such Proceeding is to be made under Section 7.2(a),
notify the Depositor and the Administrator of the commencement of such
Proceeding. The Depositor, or, if Depositor so causes, the
Administrator,
may participate in and assume
the defense and settlement of any such Proceeding at its expense, and no
settlement of such Proceeding may be made without the approval of the Depositor
or the Administrator, as applicable, and such Indemnified Person,
which approvals will not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. After notice from the
Depositor or the Administrator, as applicable, to the Indemnified Person of
the
intention of the Depositor or the Administrator, as applicable, to assume
the
defense of such Proceeding with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, and so long as the
Depositor or the Administrator, as applicable, so assumes the defense of such
Proceeding in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person, neither the
Depositor nor the Administrator will be liable for any legal expenses of counsel
to the Indemnified Person unless there is a conflict between the interests
of
the Depositor or the Administrator, as applicable, on one hand, and an
Indemnified
Person, on the other hand, in
which case the Depositor, or, if Depositor so causes, the Administrator, will
pay for the separate counsel to the Indemnified Person.
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(c)
The
Depositor's
obligations under this Section 7.2 are
obligations solely of the Depositor and do not constitute
a claim against
the Depositor to the extent that the Depositor does not have funds sufficient
to
make payment of such obligations. The
Owner Trustee, by entering into or
accepting this Agreement, acknowledges and agrees that it has no right,
title or interest
in or to the Other Assets of the Depositor. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, if the Owner Trustee either (i) asserts an interest or
claim
to, or benefit from, the Other Assets or (ii) is deemed to have any
such
interest, claim to, or benefit in or
from the Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant
to
insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the
Bankruptcy Code), then the Owner Trustee further acknowledges and
agrees that any such interest, claim
or benefit in or from the Other Assets is expressly subordinated to the
indefeasible payment in full of the other obligations and liabilities, which,
under the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance
of such Other Assets, are
entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured
by
such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest
is
legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions
or application under applicable
law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the
Depositor), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other
obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement is deemed
a subordination
agreement within the meaning of Section
510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Owner Trustee further acknowledges
and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section
7.2(c) and this Section 7.2(c) may be enforced by anaction
for specific
performance. This Section 7.2(c) is for the third party benefit of
the holders of such other obligations and liabilities and will survive the
termination of this Agreement.
Section
7.3 Organizational
Expenses of the Issuer. The
Depositor will, or will cause
the
Administrator to, pay the organizational expenses of the Issuer as
they may arise or, upon the request of
the Owner Trustee, the Depositor will, or will cause the Administrator to,
promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee for any such expenses paid by
the Owner
Trustee.
Section
7.4
Certain
Expenses of the Indenture Trustee. The Depositor will
reimburse the Indenture Trustee and any successor Indenture Trustee for any
expenses associated with the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section
6.8 of the
Indenture to the extent such amounts have not been otherwise paid pursuant
to
Section 8.2 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
Section
8.1
Termination
of Trust Agreement.
(a)
This
Agreement (other than the
provisions of Article
VII)
will terminate and be of no further
force or effect and the Issuer will
terminate, wind up and dissolve, upon
the earlier to occur of (i) the last remaining Receivable is paid in full,
settled, sold or charged off and any amounts received are applied or (ii) the
payment to the
Noteholders and any other holders of securities issued under any supplemental
indentures or amendments to this Agreement, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee of all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant
to the Indenture, the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and Article IV. Any Insolvency Event, liquidation
or dissolution with respect to the Depositor will not (A) operate to terminate
this Agreement or the Issuer,
(B) entitle the Depositor's
legal representatives to claim an accounting
or to take any
action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any
part of the Issuer
or the Trust Property or
(C) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
to
this Agreement. Upon dissolution of
the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee will wind up the
activities and affairs of the Issuer as
required by Section 3808 of the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
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(b)
The
Depositor may not revoke or
terminate the Issuer,
unless it is the holder of 100% of the Residual
Interest and
in accordance with Section 8.1(a).
(c)
Upon
termination of the Issuer any
remaining Trust Property will be
distributed to the holder of the Residual Interest, and the Owner Trustee will
cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by
preparing,
executing and filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware in accordance with Section 3810(c) of
the Delaware Statutory Trust Act or as otherwise required by the
Delaware Statutory
Trust Act. Upon the filing
of such certificate of cancellation, the Owner Trustee's
services under this Agreement will
simultaneously terminate. The Owner Trustee will deliver a
file-stamped copy of such certificate of cancellation to the
Administrator promptly upon
such document becoming available following such filing.
ARTICLE
IX
SUCCESSOR
OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
Section
9.1
Eligibility
Requirements for the Owner Trustee.
(a)
The
Owner Trustee must (i) be authorized
to exercise corporate trust
powers, (ii) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
be
subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authorities and (iii)
have (or have a parent that has) a long-term debt rating of investment grade
by each
of the Rating Agencies or be
otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose
of this
Section 9.1, the combined capital
and surplus of such corporation will be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If the Owner Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance
with this
Section 9.1, it must resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
9.2. The Owner
Trustee will promptly notify the Depositor and the Administrator if it ceases
to
satisfy the requirements
of this Section 9.1.
(b) The
Owner Trustee must satisfy Section
3807(a) of the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
Section
9.2
Resignation
or Removal of the Owner Trustee.
(a)
The Owner Trustee may resign
and
be discharged from the trusts created by this Agreement by giving notice to
the
Depositor and the
Administrator.
(b)
The
Administrator may remove the Owner
Trustee upon notice to the Owner Trustee and will remove the Owner Trustee
if:
(i)
the Owner Trustee ceases to
be
eligible in accordance with Section 9.1;
(ii)
the Owner Trustee is
legally unable to act;
or
(iii)
an Insolvency Event with respect
to the Owner Trustee has occurred and is continuing.
(c)
If
the Owner Trustee resigns or the
Administrator removes the Owner Trustee, the Administrator will promptly (i)
appoint a successor Owner
Trustee, by written instrument, in duplicate and (ii) deliver one copy of such
instrument to the outgoing Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee will be entitled to payment through the
date of its resignation or removal
from distributions made under
Section 8.2 of the Indenture. If
no successor Owner Trustee is
appointed and has accepted such appointment within 30 days after the
Administrator's
receipt of notice of resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee, the outgoing Owner Trustee
may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner
Trustee. The right to appoint or to petition for the appointment of
any such successor Owner Trustee does not relieve the outgoing Owner
Trustee
from any obligations otherwise
imposed on it under the Basic Documents until the appointment of the successor
Owner Trustee has become effective.
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(d)
No
resignation or removal of the Owner
Trustee and appointment of a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.2 will
become effective
until (i) the successor Owner Trustee accepts its appointment as the Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 9.3(a) and (ii) the successor Owner Trustee files
the certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust referred
to in Section 9.3(d). The
Administrator will notify the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating
Agencies of any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee.
Section
9.3
Successor
Owner Trustee.
(a)
Any
successor Owner Trustee appointed
pursuant to Section 9.2
must execute and deliver to the Administrator and to its predecessor Owner
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this
Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner
Trustee becoming effective pursuant
to Section 9.2(d), such successor
Owner Trustee, without any further act, will become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor under this
Agreement. The predecessor Owner Trustee will, upon payment of its
fees
and expenses, deliver to the
successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it
under
this Agreement, and the Administrator and the predecessor Owner Trustee will
execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may
reasonably be required to vest and
confirm in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations.
(b) No
successor Owner Trustee may accept
appointment as provided in this Section 9.3 unless, at the time of such
acceptance, such successor
Owner Trustee is eligible pursuant to Section 9.1.
(c)
Upon
the acceptance of appointment by a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.3, the Administrator will
notify the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Rating Agencies of such
successor Owner Trustee.
(d)
Any
successor Owner Trustee appointed
under this Agreement will promptly file a certificate of amendment to the
Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware identifying
the name and principal place
of business of such
successor Owner Trustee in the State of Delaware. The
successor Owner Trustee
will deliver a file-stamped copy of such certificate of amendment to the
Administrator promptly upon such document becoming available
following such
filing.
Section
9.4 Merger
or
Consolidation of the Owner Trustee. Any Person (a) into which
the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which the Owner Trustee is
a party or (c) succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Owner Trustee will, provided such corporation is eligible
pursuant to Section 9.1, be the successor of the Owner Trustee under this
Agreement
without the execution or filing
of any document or any further act (except as required under this Section 9.4),
provided that the Owner Trustee (i) notifies the Rating Agencies of such merger
or consolidation within 15 Business Days of such event and
(ii) files a certificate of amendment
to the Certificate of Trust as required by Section 9.3(d).
Section
9.5
Appointment
of Separate Trustee or Co-Trustee.
(a)
Notwithstanding
any other provision of
this Agreement, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any
jurisdiction in
which any part of the Trust Property or any Financed Vehicle may be located,
the
Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly will have the power and
will
execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more
Persons approved by the Owner Trustee
to act as a separate trustee or as separate trustees, or as co-trustee, jointly
with the Owner Trustee, of all or any part of the Issuer,
and to vest in such Person, in such
capacity, such title to the Trust Property, or any part thereof,
and, subject to
this Section 9.5, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Administrator and the Owner Trustee consider necessary or
desirable. If the Administrator has not joined in such appointment
within 15 Business
Days of its receipt of a request
so to do, the Owner Trustee will have the power to make such
appointment. No separate trustee or co-trustee under this Agreement
will be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee
pursuant to Section
9.1 and no notice of the
appointment of any separate trustee or co-trustee is
required.
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(b) Each
separate trustee and co-trustee
will, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the
following:
(i)
all
rights, powers, duties,
and obligations conferred
or imposed upon the Owner Trustee will be conferred upon and exercised or
performed by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly
(it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not
authorized
to act separately without the Owner
Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Owner
Trustee is incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts,
in which event such rights,
powers, duties, and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust
Property or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) may be exercised
and
performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely
at the direction of the Owner
Trustee;
(ii)
no trustee under this
Agreement will be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any
other trustee under this Agreement; and
(iii)
the Administrator and the Owner
Trustee acting jointly may accept the resignation of or remove
any separate
trustee or co-trustee.
(c)
Any
notice, request or other writing
given to the Owner Trustee will be deemed to have been given to each of the
then
separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee must refer to this Agreement
and
the conditions of this Article IX. Each separate trustee and
co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, will be vested with
the
estates
or property specified in its
instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately,
as may be provided in such instrument, subject to this Agreement. The
Owner Trustee will keep a copy of each such instrument in its files and
will deliver a copy of each such
instrument to the Administrator.
(d)
Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may
appoint the Owner Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power
and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect
of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee dies, becomes incapable of acting, resigns or is removed, all of
its
estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts will vest in and be
exercised
by the Owner Trustee, to the
extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor
trustee.
Section
9.6
Compliance
with Delaware
Statutory Trust
Act. Notwithstanding
anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, the Issuer must
have at least one trustee that
meets the
requirements of Section 3807(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust
Act.
ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
10.1 Supplements
and Amendments.
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(a)
This
Agreement may be amended by the
holder of the Residual Interest and the Owner Trustee, with prior
notice to the
Rating Agencies, without the consent of any of the Noteholders, for the purpose
of curing any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing any provisions in this
Agreement inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement.
(b)
This
Agreement may be amended by the
holder of the Residual Interest and the Owner Trustee, with prior notice to
the
Rating Agencies, without the consent of any of the Noteholders, for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the
provisions of this Agreement or issuing securities in exchange for all or a
portion of the Residual Interest, subject to the following
conditions:
(i)
such
holder delivers an Opinion of
Counsel to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the
effect that such
amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of
any
Noteholder;
(ii)
such
holder delivers an Opinion of
Counsel to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that such
amendment will not (A)
cause any Note to be deemed sold or exchanged for purposes of Section 1001
of
the Code, (B) cause the Issuer to
be treated as an association or
publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income
tax
purposes,or (C) adversely
affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
and
(iii)
such
holder either delivers to the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee (A) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that, after giving effect to such amendment, there will
be no
withholding imposed under Sections 1441 or 1442 of the Code in respect of
payments on any additional security or that the withholding tax imposed will
be
no greater than the withholding tax imposed prior to such amendment or
(B)
an Officer's
Certificate that states withholding is
applicable to payments on any such additional securities, the rate of
withholding tax required on such payments, and that such amounts will be
withheld and remitted to the Internal Revenue Service in satisfaction of the requirements
of
Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code.
(c)
This
Agreement also may be amended by
the holder of the Residual Interest and the Owner Trustee for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement
with prior notice to the Rating Agencies, subject to the following
conditions:
(i)
(A) the Indenture Trustee,
to the extent that its rights or obligations would be affected by such amendment
consents (which consent may
not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (B) the Noteholders
of
at least a majority of the Note Balance of the Notes Outstanding consent to
such
amendment; and
(ii)
such holder delivers an Opinion
of
Counsel to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the
effect that such
amendment will not (A) cause any Note to be deemed sold or exchanged for
purposes of Section 1001 of the Code, (B) cause the Issuer to
be treated as an association or
publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal
income tax
purposes, or (C) adversely affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for U.S.
federal income tax purposes; and
(iii)
such
holder either delivers to the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee (A) an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that, after
giving effect to such amendment, there will be no withholding imposed under
Sections 1441 or 1442 of the Code in respect of payments on any additional
security as a result of such amendment or that the withholding tax imposed
will
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greater than the withholding tax
imposed prior to such amendment or (B) an Officer's
Certificate that states withholding is
applicable to payments on any such additional securities, the rate of
withholding tax required on such amounts, and that such withheld amounts are required
to be
remitted to the Internal Revenue Service in satisfaction of the requirements
of
Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code.
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However,
no amendment may (A) increase or reduce the amount of, or accelerate or delay
the timing of, or change the allocation or priority of, collections of payments
on Receivables or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit
of
the Secured Parties or (B) reduce the percentage of the Note Balance of the
Notes Outstanding required to consent to any such amendment, in each case,
without the consent of all affected Noteholders.
(d) Promptly
after the execution of any such
amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee will notify the Indenture Trustee of
the
substance of such amendment or consent.
(e)
If
the consent of the Noteholders or the
Indenture Trustee is required under this Section 10.1, they do not need to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent so long as
their consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment or consent. The manner of
obtaining such consents will be subject to such reasonable requirements as
the
Owner Trustee may prescribe.
(f)
Promptly after the execution
of
any certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee
will
cause such amendment to
be
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The
Owner Trustee will
deliver a file-stamped copy of such certificate of amendment to the
Administrator promptly upon such document becoming available following such
filing.
(g)
Before
the execution of any amendment to
this Agreement or certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the
Owner Trustee will be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel
delivered by the holder of the Residual Interest to the effect that the execution
of such
amendment or certificate of amendment, as applicable, is authorized or permitted
by this Agreement. The Owner Trustee may enter into any such
amendment or certificate of amendment that affects the Owner Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities
under this
Agreement or otherwise.
(h)
In
connection with the execution of any
amendment to this Agreement or any amendment to any other agreement to which
the
Issuer is
a party, the Owner Trustee will be
entitled to receive and
rely upon an Opinion of Counsel delivered by the holder of the Residual Interest
to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the Basic
Documents and that all conditions precedent in the Basic Documents for the
execution and delivery thereof
by the Issuer or
the Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
have been satisfied.
Section
10.2 No
Legal
Title to Trust Property in the Holder of the Residual Interest. The
holder of the Residual Interest has
no legal title to any part of the Trust Property. The holder of the
Residual Interest is entitled to receive distributions with respect to its
Residual Interest only in accordance with Article VIII of the
Indenture. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any
right, title, or interest of
the Depositor to and in the Residual
Interest in the Trust Property will operate to terminate this Agreement or
the
trusts under this Agreement or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to
the
transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Trust Property.
Section
10.3 Limitation
on Rights of Others. Except for Sections 2.6,
7.2 and 10.1, this Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee,
the
Depositor, the Administrator, the Servicer, the holder of the Residual Interest
and, to the extent provided
in this Agreement, the Indenture Trustee and the Secured Parties, and nothing
in
this Agreement (other than Section 2.6), whether express or implied, will be
construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy
or
claim in
the Trust Property or under or in
respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained
in this Agreement.
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Section
10.4 Notices.
(a)
All notices, requests, demands,
consents, waivers or other communications to or from the parties to this Agreement
must be in
writing and will be deemed to have been given and made:
(i)
upon
delivery or, in the case of a
letter mailed by registered first class mail, postage prepaid, 3 days after
deposit in the mail;
(ii)
in the case of a fax, when
receipt is confirmed by telephone,
reply email or reply fax from the recipient;
(iii)
in the case of an email, when
receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email from the recipient;
and
(iv)
in the case of an electronic
posting to a password-protected website to which
the recipient has
been provided access, upon delivery of an email to such recipient stating that
such electronic posting has occurred.
Any
such
notice, request, demand, consent or other communication must be delivered or
addressed as set forth on Schedule B to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or
at
such other address as any party may designate by notice to the other
parties.
(b) Notices
to the Owner Trustee will be
addressed to its Corporate Trust Office or to such other address
designated by the Owner
Trustee by notice to the Depositor.
(c)
Any notice required or permitted
to be mailed to a Noteholder must be sent by overnight delivery, mailed by
registered first class mail, postage prepaid, or sent by fax, to the address
of
such Person as shown in the
Note Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in
this Agreement will be conclusively presumed to have been properly given,
whether or not the Noteholder receives such notice.
Section
10.5 GOVERNING
LAW. THIS
AGREEMENT
WILL
BE
GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE.
Section
10.6 WAIVER
OF
JURY TRIAL. EACH
PARTY TO
THIS
AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL
RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY
JURY
IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
Section
10.7 Severability. If
any of the covenants,
agreements or terms of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, then it will
be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements or terms of this
Agreement and will in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability
of
the remaining Agreement or of the Notes or the rights of the
Noteholders.
Section
10.8 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart will be an
original, and all counterparts will together constitute one and the same
instrument.
Section
10.9 Headings. The
headings in this
Agreement are included for
convenience only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
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Section
10.10 No
Petition. The
Owner Trustee (not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee),
by
entering into this Agreement, covenants and agrees that,
before the date that is 1 year
and 1 day after the payment in full of
all securities issued by the Depositor or the Issuer,
it will not institute against, or join
any other Person in instituting against, the Depositor or the Issuer any
bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under any federal
or
State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating
to
the Notes, this Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents. This
Section 10.10 will survive the
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee under this Agreement and the
termination of this Agreement.
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EXECUTED
BY:
FORD
CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC,
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as
Depositor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Secretary
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U.S.
BANK TRUST
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
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as
Owner Trustee
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
FORD
CREDIT AUTO OWNER TRUST 2007-C
This
Certificate of Trust of FORD CREDIT AUTO OWNER TRUST 2007-C (the "Trust") is being
duly
executed and filed by U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking
association, as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee"), to
form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Delaware
Code,
§ 3801 etseq.)
(the "Act").
1.
Name. The
name of the statutory trust formed hereby is Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
2007-C.
2.
Owner
Trustee. The name and business address of the sole trustee of
the Trust in the State of Delaware is U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000.
3.
Effective
Date. This
Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole trustee of the Trust, has
executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written in
accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | |||
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | |||
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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X-0
XXXXXXX
X
XXXXX
XX
XXXXXXXX
FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO
CERTIFICATE
OF TRUST
Pursuant
to Title 12, Section 3810(b) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, the
undersigned Trust executes the following Certificate of Amendment:
1. The
name of the statutory trust is Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2007-C.
2. The
Certificate of Trust is hereby amended as follows:
Clause
1
of the Certificate of Trust is amended by changing the name of the statutory
trust thereof, so that, as amended, Clause 1 shall read as follows:
“The
name
of the statutory trust formed hereby is Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
2008-A.”
3.
This
Certificate of Amendment shall be effective upon filing.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate on the 19th
day
of November, 2007.
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | |||
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | |||
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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B-1