TRUST SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT AMONG GMAC LLC SERVICER, CUSTODIAN AND SELLER CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC DEPOSITOR AND CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2007-4 ISSUING ENTITY DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 2007
EXHIBIT 99.1
AMONG
GMAC
LLC
SERVICER, CUSTODIAN AND SELLER
SERVICER, CUSTODIAN AND SELLER
CAPITAL
AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC
DEPOSITOR
DEPOSITOR
AND
CAPITAL
AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2007-4
ISSUING ENTITY
ISSUING ENTITY
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01 Definitions |
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ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES; ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES |
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Section 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables |
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Section 2.02 Custody of Receivable Files |
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Section 2.03 Acceptance by Issuing Entity |
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Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties as to the Receivables |
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Section 2.05 Repurchase of Receivables Upon Breach of Warranty |
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Section 2.06 Realization Upon Liquidating Receivables |
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ARTICLE III THE DEPOSITOR |
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Section 3.01 Representations of Depositor |
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Section 3.02 Liability of Depositor |
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Section 3.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of Depositor; Amendment
of Limited Liability Company Agreement |
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Section 3.04 Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others |
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Section 3.05 Depositor May Own Notes or Certificates |
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ARTICLE IV SERVICER’S COVENANTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE ACCOUNT; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS AND
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS |
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Section 4.01 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Servicer Default |
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Section 4.02 Annual Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria |
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Section 4.03 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Receivables |
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Section 4.04 Amendments to Schedule of Receivables |
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Section 4.05 Assignment of Administrative Receivables and Warranty Receivables |
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Section 4.06 Distributions |
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Section 4.07 Reserve Account |
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Section 4.08 Net Deposits |
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Section 4.09 Statements to Securityholders |
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ARTICLE V CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND NOTEHOLDER STATEMENTS AND ACCOUNTS; COLLECTIONS, DEPOSITS AND
INVESTMENTS; ADVANCES |
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Section 5.01 Establishment of Accounts |
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Section 5.02 Collections |
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Section 5.03 Investment Earnings and Supplemental Servicing Fees |
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Section 5.04 Monthly Advances |
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Section 5.05 Additional Deposits |
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ARTICLE VI LIABILITIES OF SERVICER AND OTHERS |
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Section 6.01 Liability of Servicer; Indemnities |
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Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of the Servicer |
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Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others |
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Section 6.04 Delegation of Duties |
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Section 6.05 Servicer Not to Resign |
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ARTICLE VII DEFAULT |
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Section 7.01 Servicer Defaults |
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Section 7.02 Consequences of a Servicer Default |
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Section 7.03 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor |
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Section 7.04 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders |
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Section 7.05 Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 7.06 Repayment of Advances |
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION |
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Section 8.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables; Insolvency of Depositor; Termination of Trust |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 9.01 Amendment |
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Section 9.02 Protection of Title to Trust |
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Section 9.03 Notices |
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Section 9.04 GOVERNING LAW |
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Section 9.05 Severability of Provisions |
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Section 9.06 Assignment |
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Section 9.07 Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 9.08 Separate Counterparts |
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Section 9.09 Headings and Cross-References |
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Section 9.10 Assignment to Indenture Trustee |
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Section 9.11 No Petition Covenants |
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Section 9.12 Limitation of Liability of Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee |
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Section 9.13 Tax Treatment |
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Section 9.14 Furnishing Documents |
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Section 9.15 Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee |
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EXHIBIT A |
Schedule of Receivables | |||
EXHIBIT B |
Form of Second Step Receivables Assignment | |||
EXHIBIT C |
Additional Representations and Warranties | |||
APPENDIX A |
Definitions and Rules of Construction | |||
APPENDIX B |
Notices Addresses and Procedures |
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THIS TRUST SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT is made as of November 15, 2007 by and among GMAC LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (generally, “GMAC”, and in its capacity as seller of
the Receivables specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement described below, the
“Seller”, in its capacity as Custodian under the Custodian Agreement, the “Custodian” and
in its capacity as Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement described below, the
“Servicer”), CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Depositor”), and CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2007-4, a Delaware statutory trust
(the “Issuing Entity”).
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the Seller has sold the Receivables to the Depositor;
WHEREAS, the Servicer has agreed to service the Receivables pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Depositor desires to sell the Receivables to the Issuing Entity on the Closing
Date in exchange for the Notes and Certificates pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Servicer desires to perform the servicing obligations set forth herein for and in
consideration of the fees and other benefits set forth in this Agreement and in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Depositor and the Issuing Entity wish to set forth the terms pursuant to which the
Receivables are to be sold by the Depositor to the Issuing Entity and serviced by the Servicer.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the other good and valuable consideration
and the mutual terms and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. Certain capitalized terms used in the above recitals and in
this Agreement are defined in and shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Part
I of Appendix A to this Agreement. All references herein to “the Agreement” or “this
Agreement” are to this Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement as it may be amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time, the exhibits hereto and the capitalized terms used herein which are
defined in such Appendix A, and all references herein to Articles, Sections and subsections
are to Articles, Sections or subsections of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The rules
of construction set forth in Part II of such Appendix A shall be applicable to this
Agreement.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES; ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES; ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables.
(a) Receivables. In consideration of the Issuing Entity’s delivery of the Notes and
the Certificates to, or upon the order of, the Depositor, the Depositor does hereby enter into this
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Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment in the form attached as Exhibit B to
this Agreement (the “Second Step Receivables Assignment”) and agrees to fulfill all of its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and to sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the
Issuing Entity, without recourse:
(i) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Receivables listed on
the Schedule of Receivables and all monies received thereon on and after the Cutoff Date, exclusive
of any amounts allocable to the premium for physical damage insurance force-placed by the Servicer
covering any related Financed Vehicle;
(ii) the interest of the Depositor in the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted
by Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and, to the extent permitted by law, any accessions
thereto;
(iii) the interest of the Depositor in any proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit
life, credit disability or other insurance policies covering related Financed Vehicles or Obligors;
(iv) the interest of the Depositor in any proceeds from recourse against Dealers on the
Receivables;
(v) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the First Step Receivables Assignment and the Custodian Agreement, including the right
of the Depositor to cause the Seller or Servicer to repurchase Receivables under certain
circumstances; and
(vi) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or
all of the foregoing described above and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind
and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the
conversion of any or all of the foregoing, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid
property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel
paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, investment property, payment intangibles,
general intangibles, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms
of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or
part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing.
(b) It is the intention of the Depositor and the Issuing Entity that the transfers and
assignments contemplated by this Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment shall
constitute sales of the Receivables from the Depositor to the Issuing Entity for the purpose of
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws, so that the
beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables shall not be part of the Depositor’s estate in
the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Depositor under any bankruptcy
law.
(c) The foregoing sales do not constitute and are not intended to result in any assumption by
the Issuing Entity of any obligation of the Depositor to the Obligors, Dealers, insurers or any
other Person in connection with the Receivables, any Dealer Agreements, any insurance policies or
any agreement or instrument relating to any of them.
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(d) Within two (2) Business Days after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall cause to be
deposited into the Collection Account the collections on the Receivables described in Section
5.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that so long as
the Monthly Remittance Conditions are satisfied, such collections need not be deposited until the
Distribution Date immediately following the Closing Date.
Section 2.02 Custody of Receivable Files. In connection with the sale, transfer and
assignment of the Receivables to the Issuing Entity pursuant to this Agreement and the Second Step
Receivables Assignment, the Custodian, under the Custodian Agreement, agrees to act as Custodian
thereunder for the benefit of the Issuing Entity. The Issuing Entity hereby accepts and agrees to
the terms and provisions of the Custodian Agreement and designates GMAC as the custodian with
respect to the Receivables Files.
Section 2.03 Acceptance by Issuing Entity. The Issuing Entity does hereby accept all
consideration conveyed by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01(a), and declares that the
Issuing Entity shall hold such consideration upon the trust set forth in the Trust Agreement for
the benefit of Certificateholders, subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, this
Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment and the rights of the Noteholders with respect
thereto. The Issuing Entity hereby agrees to and accepts the appointment and authorization of GMAC
as Servicer under Section 3.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The parties agree
that this Agreement, the Second Step Receivables Assignment, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement,
the Notes and the Certificates constitute the Further Transfer and Servicing Agreements for
purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and that the rights, duties and obligations of the
Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are subject to the provisions of Sections
6.02, 6.04, 6.05, 9.01 and Article VII hereof.
Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties as to the Receivables. Pursuant to
Section 2.01(a)(v), the Depositor assigns to the Issuing Entity all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Such assigned right, title and
interest includes the benefit of representations and warranties of the Seller made to the Depositor
pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Depositor hereby
represents and warrants to the Issuing Entity that the Depositor has taken no action which would
cause such representations and warranties of the Seller to be false in any material respect as of
the Closing Date. The Depositor further acknowledges that the Issuing Entity and its
permitted assignees rely on the representations and warranties of the Depositor under this
Agreement and of the Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accepting the Receivables
in trust and executing and delivering the Notes and the Certificates. The foregoing representation
and warranty speaks as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of
the Receivables to the Issuing Entity and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
the Indenture.
Section 2.05 Repurchase of Receivables Upon Breach of Warranty. Upon discovery by the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties in Section 4.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or in
Section 2.04 or Section 3.01 of this Agreement that materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders in any Receivable, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the others. As of the last day
of the second Monthly Period following its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach (or, at the
Depositor’s election,
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the last day of the first Monthly Period following such discovery), unless
such breach shall have been cured in all material respects, in the event of a breach of the
representations and warranties made by the Depositor in Section 2.04 or Section
3.01, the Depositor shall repurchase, or in the event of a breach of a representation and
warranty under Section 4.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor and the
Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to enforce the obligation of the Seller under Section
5.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to repurchase such Receivable from the Issuing
Entity on the related Distribution Date. The repurchase price to be paid by the breaching party
(the “Warranty Purchaser”) shall be an amount equal to the Warranty Payment calculated as
of the last day of the related Monthly Period. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of
the Warranty Purchaser to repurchase any Receivable as to which a breach has occurred and is
continuing, and the obligation of the Depositor and the Servicer to enforce the Seller’s obligation
to repurchase such Receivables pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall, if such
obligations are fulfilled, constitute the sole remedy against the Depositor, the Servicer or the
Seller for such breach available to the Issuing Entity, the Financial Parties, the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer also acknowledges its obligations to repurchase Administrative
Receivables from the Issuing Entity pursuant to Section 3.08 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
Section 2.06 Realization Upon Liquidating Receivables. The Servicer shall use all
reasonable efforts, consistent with its customary servicing procedures, to repossess or take other
similar action with respect to any Financed Vehicle that it has reasonably determined should be
repossessed or otherwise converted following a default under the Receivable secured by the Financed
Vehicle. The Servicer is authorized to follow such practices, policies and procedures as it
customarily follows with respect to comparable automotive receivables that it services for itself
or others, which practices, policies and procedures may include reasonable efforts to realize upon
any recourse to Dealers, selling the related Financed Vehicle at public or private sale and the
taking of other actions by the Servicer in order to realize upon such a Receivable. The foregoing
is subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered
damage, the Servicer shall not expend funds in connection with any repair or towards the
repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless
it shall determine in its discretion and in accordance with such servicing procedures that
such repair and/or repossession shall increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related
Receivable by an amount greater than the amount of such expenses. The Servicer shall be entitled
to receive Liquidation Expenses with respect to each Liquidating Receivable at such time as the
Receivable becomes a Liquidating Receivable
ARTICLE III
THE DEPOSITOR
THE DEPOSITOR
Section 3.01 Representations of Depositor. The Depositor makes the following
representations on which the Issuing Entity is relying in acquiring the Receivables and issuing the
Notes and the Certificates. The representations in clause (a) speak as of the Closing
Date. The representations in clause (b) speak as of the Closing Date with respect to the
Receivables, and shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuing
Entity.
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(a) Representations and Warranties as to the Depositor.
(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Depositor has been duly formed and is validly
existing as an entity in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned
and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and now has, power,
authority and legal right to acquire and own the Receivables;
(ii) Due Qualification. The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
entity in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions
in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification;
(iii) Power and Authority. The Depositor has the power and authority to execute and
deliver the Basic Documents to which it is a party and to carry out their terms, the Depositor has
full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited
with the Issuing Entity as part of the Owner Trust Estate and has duly authorized such sale and
assignment to the Issuing Entity by all necessary limited liability company action; and the
execution, delivery and performance of the Basic Documents to which it is a party have been duly
authorized by the Depositor by all necessary limited liability company action;
(iv) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement and the Second Step Receivables
Assignment, when duly executed and delivered, shall constitute a valid sale, transfer and
assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against creditors of and purchasers from the Depositor;
and the Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party, when duly executed and delivered, shall
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law;
(v) No Violation; Consents. 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 shall not conflict with, result in any breach of any of
the terms and provisions of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default
under, the certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of the Depositor, or any
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound,
or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the
terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument, other than this Agreement and the
Second Step Receivables Assignment, or violate any law or, to the best of 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 any of its properties; and
(vi) No Proceedings. To the Depositor’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or
investigations pending, or threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
other tribunal or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over
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the Depositor or its
properties (i) asserting the invalidity of any Basic Document, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance
of the Notes or the Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any
Basic Document, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely
affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability
of, any Basic Document, or (iv) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of
the Notes or the Certificates.
(b) Representations and Warranties as to the Receivables.
(i) Good Title. No Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the
Depositor to any Person other than the Issuing Entity; immediately prior to the conveyance of the
Receivables pursuant to this Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment, the Depositor
had good and marketable title thereto, free of any Lien; and, upon execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment by the Depositor, the Issuing Entity shall
have all of the right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Receivables, the
unpaid indebtedness evidenced thereby and the collateral security therefor, free of any Lien.
(ii) All Filings Made. All filings (including UCC filings) necessary in any
jurisdiction to give the Issuing Entity a first priority perfected ownership interest in the
Receivables shall have been made.
(iii) Additional Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties
regarding creation, perfection and priority of security interests in the Receivables, which are
attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C, are true and correct to the extent they are
applicable.
Section 3.02 Liability of Depositor. The Depositor shall be liable in accordance with
this Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment only to the extent of the obligations in
this Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment specifically undertaken by the Depositor.
Section 3.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of Depositor;
Amendment of Limited Liability Company Agreement.
(a) Any corporation or other entity (i) into which the Depositor may be merged or
consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor shall be a
party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Depositor, or (iv) more than 50% of the voting stock
(or, if not a corporation, other voting interests) of which is owned directly or indirectly by
General Motors or GMAC, which company in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of the Depositor under this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents to which it is a party, shall be the successor to the Depositor under this Agreement
without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the
parties to this Agreement. The Depositor shall provide ten (10) days prior notice of any merger,
consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 3.03 to the Rating Agencies.
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(b) The Depositor hereby agrees that during the term of this Agreement it shall not (i) take
any action prohibited by Article Fourth or Article Eighth of its limited liability
company agreement, (ii) without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee and without giving prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, amend Article
Third, Fourth or Eighth of its limited liability company agreement or (iii)
incur any indebtedness, or assume or guaranty indebtedness of any other entity, other than pursuant
to the Revolving Note and the Intercompany Advance Agreement (without giving effect to any
amendment to such Note or Agreement after the date hereof, unless the Rating Agency Condition was
satisfied in connection therewith), if such action would result in a downgrading of the then
current rating of any class of the Notes.
Section 3.04 Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others. The Depositor and any
director or officer or employee or agent of the Depositor may rely in good faith on the advice of
counsel or on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising under this Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment.
The Depositor and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Depositor shall be reimbursed
by the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee, as applicable, for any contractual damages, liability or
expense incurred by reason of such trustee’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except
errors in judgment) in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Second Step
Receivables Assignment, the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, or by reason of reckless disregard of
its obligations and duties under this Agreement, the Second Step Receivables Assignment, the
Indenture or the Trust Agreement. In no event, however, shall the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee be liable to the Depositor for any damages in the nature of special, indirect or
consequential damages,
however styled, including lost profits. The Depositor shall not be under any obligation to
appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations as
Depositor of the Receivables under this Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment and
that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
Section 3.05 Depositor May Own Notes or Certificates. Each of the Depositor and any
Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Depositor may in its individual
or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Notes or Certificates with the same rights as
it would have if it were not the Depositor or an affiliate thereof, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein. Except as otherwise provided herein, Notes or Certificates so owned
by or pledged to the Depositor or such controlling or commonly controlled Person shall have an
equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference,
priority or distinction as among all of such Notes or Certificates, respectively.
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ARTICLE IV
SERVICER’S COVENANTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE ACCOUNT;
STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SERVICER’S COVENANTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE ACCOUNT;
STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Servicer Default.
(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, on or before
March 15 of each year, beginning March 15, 2008, an officer’s certificate signed by the President
or any Vice President of the Servicer, dated as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year,
in each instance stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding
12-month period (or, with respect to the first such certificate, such period as shall have elapsed
from the Closing Date to the date of such certificate) and of its performance under this Agreement
and under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and
(ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all
its obligations under such agreements in all material respects throughout such period, or, if there
has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, in any material respect specifying
each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. A copy of such
certificate, once delivered, may be obtained by any Noteholder or Certificateholder by a request in
writing to the Issuing Entity addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or
the Owner Trustee, as applicable.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuing Entity, on or before March 15 of each year,
beginning on March 15, 2008, a report regarding the Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the
Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18
and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
(c) The Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Rating
Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five (5)
Business Days thereafter, written notice in an officer’s certificate of any event which with the
giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under
Section 7.01. The Depositor shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee, the Servicer and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof,
but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, written notice in an officer’s
certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a
Servicer Default under clause (b) of Section 7.01.
(d) The Administrator shall prepare, and cause the Servicer to execute and deliver all
certificates or other documents required to be delivered by the Issuing Entity pursuant to the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
Section 4.02 Annual Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria.
(a) The Servicer shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, who may also
render other services to the Servicer or the Depositor, to deliver to the Issuing Entity, the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee on or before March 15 of each year, beginning March 15,
2008, a report (the “Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria”) delivered
to the Board of Directors of the Servicer and to the Indenture Trustee and the
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Owner Trustee that
satisfies the requirements of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, as applicable, on the assessment of compliance with Servicing Criteria with respect
to the prior calendar year. The certificates and reports referred to in Section 4.01(a),
Section 4.01(b) and this Section 4.02(a) shall be delivered within 120 days after
the end of each calendar year if the Issuing entity is not required to file periodic reports under
the Exchange Act or any other law, beginning April 30, 2009.
(b) A copy of the Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria received pursuant
to Section 4.02(a) shall be delivered by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee on or before March 15 of each year beginning March 15, 2008.
(c) A copy of the Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria may be obtained
by any Noteholder or Certificateholder by a request in writing to the Issuing Entity addressed to
the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee.
Section 4.03 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Receivables. The Servicer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee
reasonable access to the documentation regarding the Receivables. The Servicer shall provide such
access to any Noteholder or Certificateholder only in such cases where a Noteholder or a
Certificateholder is required by applicable statutes or regulations to review such documentation.
In each case, such access shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and
during normal business hours at offices of the Servicer designated by the Servicer. Nothing in
this Section 4.03 shall derogate from the obligation of the Servicer to observe any
applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding Obligors, and the failure of the
Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 4.03 as a result of such obligation
shall not constitute a breach of this Section 4.03.
Section 4.04 Amendments to Schedule of Receivables. If the Servicer, during a Monthly
Period, assigns to a Receivable an account number that differs from the account number previously
identifying such Receivable on the Schedule of Receivables, the Servicer shall deliver to
the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee on or before the Distribution Date
related to such Monthly Period an amendment to the Schedule of Receivables to report the newly
assigned account number. Each such amendment shall list all new account numbers assigned to the
Receivables during such Monthly Period and shall show by cross reference the prior account numbers
identifying such Receivables on the Schedule of Receivables.
Section 4.05 Assignment of Administrative Receivables and Warranty Receivables. Upon
receipt of the Administrative Purchase Payment or the Warranty Payment with respect to an
Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable, respectively, the Owner Trustee shall assign,
without recourse, representation or warranty, to the Servicer or the Warranty Purchaser, as
applicable, all of the Issuing Entity’s right, title and interest in, to and under, and the
Indenture Trustee shall be deemed automatically to have released its security interest in such
Administrative Receivable or Warranty Receivable, all monies due thereon, the security interests in
the related Financed Vehicle, proceeds from any Insurance Policies, proceeds from recourse against
a Dealer on such Receivable and the interests of such Person or the Issuing Entity, as applicable,
in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to the Insurance Policies and any document
relating thereto, such assignment being an assignment outright and not for security;
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and the
Servicer or the Warranty Purchaser, as applicable, shall thereupon own such Receivable, and all
such security and documents, free of any further obligations to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders with respect thereto. If in any Proceeding it
is held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party in
interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee, as applicable, shall, at the Servicer’s expense, take such steps as the Servicer deems
necessary to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in the name of such Person or the
names of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders.
Section 4.06 Distributions.
(a) On or before each Determination Date, the Servicer shall calculate the Total Available
Amount, the Available Interest, the Available Principal, if any, the Basic Servicing Fee, the
Aggregate Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount (including the Aggregate Class A Interest
Distributable Amount, the Aggregate Class B Interest Distributable Amount, the Aggregate Class C
Interest Distributable Amount, and the Aggregate Class D Interest Distributable Amount), the
Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount, the Aggregate Noteholders’ Principal
Distributable Amount, the Specified Reserve Account Balance, the net amount, if any, payable by the
Issuing Entity under any Interest Rate Swaps, the amount, if any, of any payments due in respect of
an Early Termination Date payable by the Issuing Entity under any Interest Rate Swaps, and all
other amounts required to determine the amounts, if any, to be
deposited in or paid from each of the Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account and,
the Reserve Account, if applicable, on or before the related Distribution Date (or, in the case of
payments due under any Interest Rate Swaps, if any, on the Business Day preceding the Distribution
Date).
(b) Based in each case on the information contained in the Servicer’s Accounting delivered on
the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 3.10 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement:
(i) On or before each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall transfer from the
Collection Account to the Servicer, in immediately available funds, reimbursement of Outstanding
Monthly Advances pursuant to Section 5.04, payment of Excess Simple Interest Collections,
if any, pursuant to Section 3.11(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and payments of
Liquidation Expenses (and any unpaid Liquidation Expenses from prior periods) with respect to
Receivables which became Liquidating Receivables during the related Monthly Period pursuant to
Section 3.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(ii) On or before each Distribution Date (or, with respect to funds necessary to make payments
due, if any, under any Interest Rate Swaps for the related payment period thereunder, the amount,
if any, of any payments due in respect of any Early Termination Date payable by the Trust under any
Interest Rate Swaps), the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw from the Reserve Account and deposit in
the Collection Account the amount of cash or other immediately available funds on deposit therein.
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(c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.06(d), on each Distribution Date (or in
the case of payments to the Swap Counterparty pursuant to clause (ii) below, if any, on the
Business Day preceding the Distribution Date) the Indenture Trustee (based on the information
contained in the Servicer’s Accounting delivered on the related Determination Date pursuant to
Section 3.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall make the following distributions
from the Collection Account (after the withdrawals, deposits and transfers specified in Section
4.06(b) have been made) in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Servicer, to the extent of the Total Available Amount, the Basic Servicing
Fee;
(ii) second, to the Swap Counterparty, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such
amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clause (i) above), the net
amount, if any, due under all Interest Rate Swaps (exclusive of payments due in respect of an Early
Termination Date of any Interest Rate Swaps);
(iii) third, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by
the distributions described in clauses (i) and (ii) above) (a) to the Note
Distribution Account for the payment of interest on the Class A Notes, the Aggregate Class A
Interest Distributable Amount, and (b) to the Swap Counterparty, any Senior Swap Termination
Payments due to the Swap Counterparty in connection with an Early Termination Date of the type
described in the definition of “Senior Swap Termination Payments,” allocated between the Note
Distribution Account and the Swap Counterparty in proportion to the amount of the
Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount and the amount owing to the Swap Counterparty
in connection with such Early Termination Date;
(iv) fourth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by
the distributions described in clauses (i) through (iii) above), to the Note
Distribution Account for the payment of principal on the Notes in the priority specified in the
Indenture, the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount;
(v) fifth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the
distributions described in clauses (i) through (iv) above), to the Note
Distribution Account for the payment of interest on the Class B Notes, the Aggregate Class B
Interest Distributable Amount;
(vi) sixth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by
the distributions described in clauses (i) through (v) above), to the Note
Distribution Account for the payment of principal on the Notes in the priority specified in the
Indenture, the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount;
(vii) seventh, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by
the distributions described in clauses (i) through (vi) above), to the Note
Distribution Account for the payment of interest on the Class C Notes, the Aggregate Class C
Interest Distributable Amount;
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(viii) eighth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by
the distributions described in clauses (i) through (vii) above), to the Note
Distribution Account for the payment of principal on the Notes in the priority specified in the
Indenture, the Third Priority Principal Distributable Amount;
(ix) ninth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by
the distributions described in clauses (i) through (viii) above), to the Note
Distribution Account for the payment of interest on the Class D Notes, the Aggregate Class D
Interest Distributable Amount;
(x) tenth, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such amount has been reduced by the
distributions described in clauses (i) through (ix) above), to the Note
Distribution Account for the payment of principal on the Notes in the priority specified in the
Indenture, the Fourth Priority Principal Distributable Amount;
(xi) eleventh, to the Reserve Account, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as such
amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through (x)
above), the amount required to bring the amount on deposit therein up to the Specified Reserve
Account Balance;
(xii) twelfth, to the Note Distribution Account for payment to the Noteholders of principal on
the Notes in the priority specified in the Indenture, to the extent of the Total Available Amount
(as such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through
(xi) above), an amount equal to the Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount;
(xiii) thirteenth, to the Swap Counterparty, to the extent of the Total Available Amount (as
such amount has been reduced by the distributions described in clauses (i) through
(xii) above), any Subordinate Swap Termination Payments due; and
(xiv) fourteenth, to the Certificateholders (or if the Certificate Distribution Account has
been established pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Trust Agreement, then to such Certificate
Distribution Account for distribution to the Certificateholders on a pro rata basis), any portion
of the Total Available Amount remaining after the distributions described in clauses (i)
through (xiii) above.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time that the Notes have not been paid in full and
the principal balance of the Notes has been declared immediately due and payable following the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Sections 5.1(a), 5.1(b), 5.1(c),
5.1(e), or 5.1(f) of the Indenture, then until such time as the Notes have been
paid in full and the Indenture has been discharged or the foregoing Events of Default have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 5.2(b) of the Indenture, the order in which the
amounts allocated to the Note Distribution Account pursuant to clauses (iii) through (x) of
Section 4.06(c) will be used to make payments to Noteholders shall be the order specified
in Section 2.7(c) of the Indenture.
Section 4.07 Reserve Account.
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(a) There shall be established in the name of and maintained with the Indenture Trustee for
the benefit of the Noteholders an Eligible Deposit Account known as the Capital Auto Receivables
Asset Trust 2007-4 Reserve Account (the “Reserve Account”) to include the money and other
property deposited and held therein pursuant to this Section 4.07(a), Section
4.07(e) and Section 4.06(c). On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deposit the
Reserve Account Deposit in immediately available funds into the Reserve Account. The Reserve
Account shall constitute property of the Issuing Entity.
(b) If the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account on any Distribution Date (after giving
effect to all deposits therein or withdrawals therefrom on such Distribution Date) exceeds the
Specified Reserve Account Balance for such Distribution Date, the Servicer shall instruct the
Indenture Trustee to distribute an amount equal to any such excess to the Certificateholder; it
being understood that no such distribution from the Reserve Account shall be made to the
Certificateholder unless the amount so on deposit in the Reserve Account exceeds such Specified
Reserve Account Balance.
(c) [Intentionally Omitted].
(d) Each of the Depositor and Servicer agree to take or cause to be taken such further
actions, to execute, deliver and file or cause to be authorized and executed, as applicable,
delivered and filed such further documents and instruments (including any UCC financing statements
or this Agreement) as may be determined to be necessary, in an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in order to perfect the interests created by this Section
4.07 and otherwise fully to effectuate the purposes, terms and conditions of this Section
4.07. The Depositor shall:
(i) promptly authorize and execute, as applicable, deliver and file any financing statements,
amendments, continuation statements, assignments, certificates and other documents with respect to
such interests and perform all such other acts as may be necessary in order to perfect or to
maintain the perfection of the Indenture Trustee’s security interest; and
(ii) make the necessary filings of financing statements or amendments thereto within thirty
(30) days after the occurrence of any of the following: (A) any change in their respective entity
names or any trade names, (B) any change in the location of their respective chief executive
offices or principal places of business or any change in their respective jurisdictions of
formation, (C) any merger or consolidation or other change in their respective identities or
structures and (D) any other change or occurrence that would make any financing statement or
amendment thereto seriously misleading within the meaning of the UCC; and shall promptly notify the
Indenture Trustee of any such filings.
(e) If the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.04 determines on any Determination Date that
it is required to make a Monthly Advance and does not do so from its own funds, the Servicer shall
instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw funds from the Reserve Account and deposit them in the
Collection Account to cover any shortfall. Such payment shall be deemed to have been made by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 5.04 for purposes of making distributions pursuant to this
Agreement, but shall not otherwise satisfy the Servicer’s obligation to deliver the amount of the
Monthly Advances, and the Servicer shall within two (2) Business Days replace
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any funds in the
Reserve Account so used. The Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement for any such deemed
Monthly Advances unless and until the Servicer shall have replaced such funds in the Reserve
Account.
Section 4.08 Net Deposits. At any time that (i) GMAC shall be the Servicer and (ii)
the Servicer shall be permitted by Section 5.02 to remit collections on a basis other than
a daily basis, the Servicer, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee may make
any remittances pursuant to this Article IV net of amounts to be distributed by the
applicable recipient to such remitting party. Nonetheless, each such party shall account for all
of the above described remittances and distributions as if the amounts were deposited and/or
transferred separately.
Section 4.09 Statements to Securityholders.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Owner Trustee shall (except as otherwise provided in the
Trust Agreement) deliver to each Certificateholder, and the Indenture Trustee shall include with
each distribution to each Noteholder, a statement (which statement shall also be provided to the
Rating Agencies) prepared by the Servicer based on information in the Servicer’s Accounting
furnished pursuant to Section 3.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each such
statement to be delivered to Certificateholders and Noteholders, respectively, shall set forth the
following information concerning the Certificates or the Notes, as appropriate, with respect to
such Distribution Date or the preceding Monthly Period:
(i) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal of each class of the Notes;
(ii) the amount of the distribution, if any, allocable to interest on or with respect to each
class of Securities;
(iii) the net amount, if any, of any payments due under all Interest Rate Swaps (specifying,
if applicable, any amounts owing as a result of an Early Termination Date under the Notes);
(iv) the Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last day
of such Monthly Period, the Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance as of the close of business on
the last day of the second Monthly Period preceding such Distribution Date (or, for the first
Distribution Date, the Initial Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance) and the Principal
Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date;
(v) the Note Principal Balance for each class of Notes and the Aggregate Note Principal
Balance, and the Note Pool Factor for each class of Notes, each as of such Distribution Date after
giving effect to all payments described under clause (i) above;
(vi) the amount of the Class A Notes Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class B Notes Interest
Carryover Shortfall, the Class C Notes Interest Carryover Shortfall, and the Class D Notes Interest
Carryover Shortfall, if any, and the change in each of such amounts from the preceding Distribution
Date;
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(vii) [Reserved];
(viii) the amount of the Outstanding Monthly Advances on such Distribution Date;
(ix) the amount of the Basic Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect to the related
Monthly Period;
(x) the amount, if any, and purpose of any other fees or expenses accrued or paid;
(xi) the amount, if any, distributed to Noteholders from amounts on deposit in the Reserve
Account;
(xii) the amount, if any, of excess cash distributed from the Reserve Account to the
Certificateholder,
(xiii) the balance of the Reserve Account on such Distribution Date (after giving effect to
changes therein on such Distribution Date);
(xiv) LIBOR for such Distribution Date and the interest rate on each class of Floating Rate
Notes;
(xv) cash flows received during the related Collection Period and their sources;
(xvi) the number and dollar amount of Receivables at the beginning and end of the applicable
Collection Period, and updated pool composition information as of the end of the Collection Period,
such as weighted average coupon, weighted average life, weighted average remaining term, and
prepayment amounts;
(xvii) delinquency and loss information for the period and any material changes in determining
or defining delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts;
(xviii) the amount of receivables with respect to which material breaches of pool asset
representations or warranties or transaction covenants have occurred; and
(xix) any material modifications, extensions or waivers relating to the terms of or fees,
penalties or payments on, pool assets during the distribution period or that, cumulatively, have
become material over time.
Each amount set forth pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (vi), (xi),
(xii), and (xiii) above shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of initial
principal amount of the Notes.
(b) Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each
calendar year during the term of this Agreement, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall
mail, to each Person who at any time during such calendar year shall have been a holder of Notes or
Certificates, respectively, and received any payments thereon, a statement
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containing such
information as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations to enable such
securityholder to prepare its federal income tax returns.
ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND NOTEHOLDER STATEMENTS AND ACCOUNTS;
COLLECTIONS, DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS; ADVANCES
CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND NOTEHOLDER STATEMENTS AND ACCOUNTS;
COLLECTIONS, DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS; ADVANCES
Section 5.01 Establishment of Accounts.
(a) (i) The Servicer, for the benefit of the Financial Parties, shall establish and maintain
in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account known as the Capital Auto
Receivables Asset Trust 2007-4 Collection Account (the “Collection Account”), bearing an
additional designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit
of the Financial Parties.
(ii) The Servicer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall establish and maintain in the
name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account known as the Capital Auto Receivables
Asset Trust 2007-4 Note Distribution Account (the “Note Distribution Account”), bearing an
additional designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit
of the Noteholders.
(b) (i) Each of the Designated Accounts shall be initially established with the Indenture
Trustee. At any time after the Closing Date, the Servicer, upon thirty (30) days written notice to
the Indenture Trustee or other Account Holder, shall have the right to instruct an Account Holder
to transfer any or all of the Designated Accounts to another Eligible Institution designated by the
Servicer in such notice. No Designated Account shall be maintained with an Account Holder if the
short-term debt obligations of such Account Holder cease to have the Required Deposit Rating
(except that any Designated Account, may be maintained with an Account Holder even if the
short-term debt obligations of such Account Holder do not have the Required Deposit Rating, if such
Account Holder maintains such Designated Account in its corporate trust department). Should the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of an Account Holder no longer have the Required Deposit
Rating, then the Servicer shall, within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period, not to
exceed thirty (30) calendar days, as to which each Rating Agency shall consent), with the Indenture
Trustee’s assistance as necessary, cause each affected Designated Account (A) to be moved to an
Account Holder that is an Eligible Institution or (B) with respect to the Designated Accounts only,
to be moved to the corporate trust department of the Account Holder. All amounts held in
Designated Accounts (including amounts, if any, which the Servicer is required to remit daily to
the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.02) shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable laws, rules and regulations, be invested, at the written direction of the Servicer, by
such Account Holder in Eligible Investments. Such written direction shall constitute certification
by the Servicer that any such investment is authorized by this Section 5.01. Funds
deposited in the Reserve Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments which mature (i) prior
to the next Distribution Date or (ii) at such later date as shall be otherwise permitted by the
Rating Agencies. Investments in Eligible Investments shall be made in the name of the Indenture
Trustee or its nominee, and such investments shall not be sold or disposed of prior to their
maturity; provided, however, that Notes held in the Reserve Account may be sold or
disposed of prior to their maturity so long as
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(x) the Servicer directs the Indenture Trustee to
make such sale or disposition, (y) the Indenture Trustee gives reasonable prior notice of such
disposition to the Administrator and (z) such Notes are sold at a price equal to or greater than
the unpaid principal balance thereof if, following such sale, the amount on deposit in the Reserve
Account would be less than the Specified Reserve Account Balance. Investment Earnings on funds
deposited in the Designated Accounts shall be payable to the Servicer. Each Account Holder holding
a Designated Account as provided in this Section 5.01(b)(i), shall be a “Securities
Intermediary.” If a Securities Intermediary shall be a Person other than the Indenture
Trustee, the Servicer shall obtain the express agreement of such Person to the obligations of the
Securities Intermediary set forth in this Section 5.01 and an Opinion of Counsel that such
Person can perform such obligations.
(ii) With respect to the Designated Account Property, the Account Holder agrees, by its
acceptance hereof, that:
(A) Any Designated Account Property that is held in deposit accounts shall be held solely in
Eligible Deposit Accounts. The Designated Accounts are accounts to which Financial Assets will be
credited.
(B) All securities or other property underlying any Financial Assets credited to the
Designated Accounts shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the
Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another
securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will
any Financial Asset credited to any of the Designated Accounts be registered in the name of the
Issuing Entity, the Servicer or the Depositor, payable to the order of the Issuing Entity, the
Servicer or the Depositor or specially indorsed to the Issuing Entity, the Servicer or the
Depositor except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities
Intermediary or in blank.
(C) All property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement will be
credited upon receipt of such property to the appropriate Designated Account.
(D) Each item of property (whether investments, investment property, Financial Asset,
security, instrument or cash) credited to a Designated Account shall be treated as a “financial
asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the New York UCC.
(E) If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any order from the Indenture
Trustee directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset relating to the Designated
Accounts, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such order without further consent by the
Issuing Entity, the Servicer, the Depositor or any other Person.
(F) The Designated Accounts shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, regardless
of any provision in any other agreement. For purposes of the UCC, New York shall be deemed to be
the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction and the Designated Accounts (as well as the Security
Entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
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(G) The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this
Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Designated
Accounts and/or any Financial Assets or other property credited thereto pursuant to which it has
agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC) of
such other Person and the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination
of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Issuing Entity, the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Account Holder or the Indenture Trustee purporting to limit or condition the
obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in
Section 5.01(b)(ii)(E) hereof.
(H) Except for the claims and interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Designated Accounts,
the Securities Intermediary has no actual knowledge of claims to, or interests in, the Designated
Accounts or in any Financial Asset credited thereto. If any other Person asserts any Lien,
encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment,
execution or similar process) against the Designated Accounts or in any Financial Asset carried
therein, the Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer and
the Issuing Entity thereof.
(I) The Securities Intermediary will promptly send copies of all statements, confirmations and
other correspondence concerning the Designated Accounts
and/or any Designated Account Property simultaneously to each of the Servicer and the
Indenture Trustee, at the addresses set forth in Appendix B to this Agreement.
(J) The Account Holder shall maintain each item of Designated Account Property in the
particular Designated Account to which such item originated and shall not commingle items from
different Designated Accounts.
(iii) The Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the Indenture Trustee (or by the Owner
Trustee with the consent of the Indenture Trustee) to instruct the Indenture Trustee to make
withdrawals and payments from the Designated Accounts for the purpose of permitting the Servicer or
the Owner Trustee to carry out its respective duties hereunder or permitting the Indenture Trustee
to carry out its duties under the Indenture.
(iv) The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in and to all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Designated Accounts and in all proceeds thereof (except Investment
Earnings). Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Indenture, the Designated Accounts shall
be under the exclusive dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Securityholders and the Indenture Trustee shall have sole signature power and authority with
respect thereto.
(v) The Servicer shall not direct the Account Holder to make any investment of any funds or to
sell any investment held in any of the Designated Accounts unless the security interest granted and
perfected in such account shall continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such
sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any
direction to the Account Holder to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture
Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to
the Indenture Trustee, to such effect.
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(c) [Intentionally Omitted].
(d) The Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Intermediary, the Account Holder
and each other Eligible Institution with whom a Designated Account is maintained waives any right
of set-off, counterclaim, security interest or bankers’ lien to which it might otherwise be
entitled.
Section 5.02 Collections. If a Monthly Remittance Condition is not satisfied,
commencing with the first day of the first Monthly Period that begins at least two (2) Business
Days after the day on which any Monthly Remittance Condition ceases to be satisfied, the Servicer
shall remit to the Collection Account all payments by or on behalf of the Obligors on the
Receivables and all Liquidation Proceeds within two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Monthly Remittance Condition is unsatisfied, the Servicer may
utilize an alternative remittance schedule (which may include a remittance schedule utilized by the
Servicer at a time when the Monthly Remittance Conditions were satisfied), if the Servicer provides
to the Indenture Trustee written confirmation from the Rating Agencies that such alternative
remittance schedule will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal by the Rating Agencies of the
ratings then assigned to the Notes or the Certificates. At all times when all Monthly Remittance
Conditions are satisfied,
the Servicer (i) shall not be required to segregate or otherwise hold separate any Payments
Ahead remitted to the Servicer and (ii) shall remit collections received during a Monthly Period to
the Collection Account in immediately available funds on or before the related Distribution Date
(or in the case of amounts payable to the Swap Counterparty pursuant to Section
4.06(c)(ii), if any, on or before the Business Day preceding the Distribution Date).
Section 5.03 Investment Earnings and Supplemental Servicing Fees. The Servicer shall
be entitled to receive all Investment Earnings and Supplemental Servicing Fees when and as paid
without any obligation to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Depositor in respect
thereof. The Servicer will have no obligation to deposit any such amount in any account
established hereunder. To the extent that any such amount shall be held in any account held by the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, or otherwise established hereunder, such amount will be
withdrawn therefrom and paid to the Servicer upon presentation of a certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Servicer setting forth, in reasonable detail, the amount of such
Investment Earnings or Supplemental Servicing Fees.
Section 5.04 Monthly Advances. As of the last day of each Monthly Period, the
Servicer shall advance an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that
would be due during such Monthly Period on all Simple Interest Receivables held by the Issuing
Entity (assuming that the payment on each such Receivable was received on its respective due date)
over (ii) all payments received during such Monthly Period on all Simple Interest Receivables held
by the Issuing Entity to the extent allocable to interest (such excess, a “Simple Interest
Advance”). In addition, Liquidation Proceeds with respect to a Simple Interest Receivable
allocable to accrued and unpaid interest thereon (but not including interest for the then current
Monthly Period) shall be paid to the Servicer but only to the extent of any Outstanding Simple
Interest Advances. The Servicer shall not make any advance with respect to principal of any Simple
Interest Receivable. Excess Simple Interest Collections shall be paid to the Servicer as provided
in Section 3.11(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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Section 5.05 Additional Deposits. The Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account the aggregate Monthly Advances pursuant to Sections 5.04. The Servicer and the
Depositor shall deposit in the Collection Account the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments
and Warranty Payments with respect to Administrative Receivables and Warranty Receivables,
respectively. All such deposits with respect to a Monthly Period shall be made in immediately
available funds on or before the Distribution Date related to such Monthly Period (or, to the
extent such funds are necessary to make payments due, if any, under any Interest Rate Swaps for the
related Monthly Period, on or before the Business Day preceding the Distribution Date).
ARTICLE VI
LIABILITIES OF SERVICER AND OTHERS
LIABILITIES OF SERVICER AND OTHERS
Section 6.01 Liability of Servicer; Indemnities.
(a) The Servicer shall be liable in accordance with this Agreement and the Second Step
Receivables Assignment only to the extent of the obligations in this Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement specifically undertaken by the Servicer. Such obligations shall include the
following:
(i) The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders from and against any and
all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities arising out of or resulting from the
use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of any Financed Vehicle;
(ii) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee and the Issuing Entity from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against
any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including any
sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes
(but not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the sale of the
Receivables to the Issuing Entity or the issuance and original sale of the Notes and the
Certificates, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables, or federal or other income
taxes arising out of distributions on the Notes or the Certificates, or any fees or other
compensation payable to any such Person) and costs and expenses in defending against the same;
(iii) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders from and against any and
all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost,
expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon the Indenture Trustee,
the Owner Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders through the
negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under
this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture or the Trust Agreement or any
other Basic Document or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement or any other
Basic Document; and
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(iv) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee, and their respective agents and servants, from and against all costs, expenses,
losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with (x) in the
case of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s performance of its duties under the Indenture or
any other Basic Document, (y) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee’s performance
of its duties under the Trust Agreement or (z) the acceptance, administration or performance by, or
action or inaction of, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee, as applicable, of the trusts and duties contained in this Agreement, the Basic
Documents, the Indenture (in the case of the Indenture Trustee), including the administration of
the Trust Estate, and the Trust Agreement (in case of the Owner Trustee), including the
administration of the Owner Trust Estate, except in each case to the extent that such cost,
expense, loss, claim, damage or liability: (A) is due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Person indemnified, (B) to the extent otherwise
payable to the Indenture Trustee, arises from the Indenture Trustee’s breach of any of its
representations or warranties in Section 6.13 of the Indenture, (C) to the extent otherwise
payable to the Owner Trustee, arises from the Owner Trustee’s breach of any of its representations
or warranties set forth in Section 6.6 of the Trust Agreement, or (D) shall arise out of or
be incurred in connection with the performance by the Indenture Trustee of the duties of successor
Servicer hereunder.
(b) Indemnification under this Section 6.01 shall include reasonable fees and expenses
of external counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer has made any indemnity payments
pursuant to this Section 6.01 and the recipient thereafter collects any of such amounts
from others, the recipient shall promptly repay such amounts collected to the Servicer, without
interest.
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of the
Servicer. Any corporation or other entity (a) into which the Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer
shall be a party, (c) succeeding to the business of the Servicer, or (d) more than 50% of the
voting stock (or, if not a corporation, other voting interests) of which is owned directly or
indirectly by General Motors or GMAC and which is otherwise servicing the Depositor’s receivables,
which corporation or other entity in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption
to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, shall be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties to this Agreement, anything in this Agreement or in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall provide notice of any merger,
consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 6.02 to the Rating Agencies.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.
(a) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, except as specifically provided in this Agreement and in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action
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pursuant
to this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture or the Trust Agreement or for
errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the
Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except errors in judgment) in the performance of
duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement, the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement or any other Basic Document.
The Servicer and any director, officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith
on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted
by any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(b) The Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Servicer shall be
reimbursed by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, for any contractual
damages, liability or expense (including any obligation of the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee or
the Owner Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(iv)(x) or (y)) incurred by
reason of such trustee’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except errors in judgment)
in the performance of such trustee’s duties under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Trust
Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
In no event, however, shall the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee be liable to the Servicer
for any damages in the nature of special, indirect or consequential damages, however styled,
including lost profits.
(c) Except as provided in this Agreement or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that
is not incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement and
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action
that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the interests of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders under this Agreement and
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the interests of the Noteholders under the Indenture and the
interests of the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement. In such event, the legal expenses
and costs for such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Issuing Entity and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor.
(d) The Applicable Trustee shall distribute out of the Collection Account on a Distribution
Date any amounts permitted for reimbursement pursuant to Section 6.03(c) not therefor
reimbursed; provided, however, that the Applicable Trustee shall not distribute
such amounts if the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account (after giving effect to all deposits
and withdrawals pursuant to Sections 4.06(b) and (c) and Section 4.07(e),
on such Distribution Date) is greater than zero but less than the Specified Reserve Account Balance
for such Distribution Date.
Section 6.04 Delegation of Duties. So long as GMAC acts as Servicer, the Servicer
may, at any time without notice or consent, delegate any duties under this Agreement or under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement to any corporation or other Person more than 50% of the
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voting
stock (or, if not a corporation, other voting interests) of which is owned, directly or indirectly,
by General Motors
or GMAC. The Servicer may at any time perform specific duties as Servicer through
sub-contractors who are in the business of servicing motor vehicle related receivables; provided,
however, that no such delegation or sub-contracting shall relieve the Servicer of its
responsibility with respect to such duties.
Section 6.05 Servicer Not to Resign. Subject to the provisions of Section
7.02, the Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties imposed on it by this
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Servicer except upon determination that the
performance of its duties under this Agreement or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as the
case may be, is no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to
the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee. If, at the time of resignation, a successor Servicer
has not accepted appointment as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall assume the responsibilities
and obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.02.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Servicer Defaults. Each of the following shall constitute a “Servicer
Default”:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to deliver to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in any of the
Designated Accounts any required payment or to direct the Indenture Trustee to make any required
distributions therefrom, which failure continues unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days
after written notice is received by the Servicer from the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or
after discovery of such failure by an officer of the Servicer;
(b) failure on the part of the Depositor or the Servicer to duly observe or perform in any
material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Depositor or the Servicer set forth in
this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture or the Trust Agreement which
failure (i) materially and adversely affects the rights of Noteholders or Certificateholders, and
(ii) continues unremedied for a period of ninety (90) days after the date on which written notice
of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Depositor or the
Servicer, as applicable, by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, or to the Depositor or the
Servicer, as applicable, and to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee by Noteholders whose
Notes evidence not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class as of the close
of the preceding Distribution Date or by Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence not less
than 25% of the Voting Interests as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date;
(c) the entry of a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator for the
Depositor or the Servicer, in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of their respective
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period
of ninety (90) consecutive days; or
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(d) the consent by the Depositor or the Servicer to the appointment of a conservator or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Depositor or the Servicer or of or
relating to substantially all of their respective property; or the Depositor or the Servicer shall
admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to
take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no Servicer Default where a Servicer Default
would otherwise exist under clause (a) above for a period of ten (10) Business Days or
under clause (b) for a period of sixty (60) days if the delay or failure giving rise to the
Servicer Default was caused by an act of God or other similar occurrence. Upon the occurrence of
any of these events, the Servicer shall not be relieved from using its best efforts to perform its
obligations in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and this Agreement, and the Servicer shall provide the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the
Depositor and the Securityholders prompt notice of the failure or delay by it, together with a
description of its efforts to so perform its obligations.
Section 7.02 Consequences of a Servicer Default. If a Servicer Default shall occur
and be continuing, either the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders whose Notes evidence not less
than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class as of the close of the preceding
Distribution Date (or, if the Notes have been paid in full and the Indenture has been discharged in
accordance with its terms, by the Owner Trustee or Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence
not less than a majority of the Voting Interests as of the close of the preceding Distribution
Date) by notice then given in writing to the Servicer and the Owner Trustee (and to the Indenture
Trustee if given by the Noteholders or the Certificateholders) may terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. On or
after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer
under this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes,
the Certificates or the Receivables or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to and under this Section 7.02. The Indenture Trustee is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to
complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, or otherwise. The
Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in effecting the
termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer under this Agreement and the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, including the transfer to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee for
administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the Servicer for
deposit, or that shall have been deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account, or the Note
Distribution Account or thereafter received with respect to the Receivables that shall at that time
be held by the Servicer. In addition to any other amounts that are then payable to the Servicer
under this Agreement, the
Servicer shall be entitled to receive from the successor Servicer reimbursements for any
Outstanding Monthly Advances made during the period prior to the notice pursuant to this
Section 7.02 which terminates the obligation and rights of the Servicer under this
Agreement.
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Section 7.03 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. On and after the
time the Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.02, the Indenture
Trustee shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under
this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided
for in this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, restrictions, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by
the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As
compensation therefor, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to such compensation (whether
payable out of the Collection Account or otherwise) as the Servicer would have been entitled to
under this Agreement if no such notice of termination had been given including the Basic Servicing
Fee, Investment Earnings and Supplemental Servicing Fees. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture
Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling so to act, or shall, if it is legally unable so to act,
appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a successor (i) having a net
worth of not less than $100,000,000, (ii) a long term unsecured debt rating from Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc. of at least Baa3 (unless such requirement is expressly waived by Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc.) and (iii) whose regular business includes the servicing of motor vehicle related
receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of
the Servicer under this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with such
appointment and assumption, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation
of such successor out of payments on Receivables as it and such successor shall agree;
provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted
the Servicer under this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee
and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Costs associated
with the resignation of the Servicer and the appointment of a successor Servicer will be paid by
the Indenture Trustee from amounts in the Trust Estate.
Section 7.04 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders. Upon any termination
of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VII, the
Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Noteholders and the Rating
Agencies and the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders.
Section 7.05 Waiver of Past Defaults. Noteholders whose Notes evidence not less than
a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class as of the close of the preceding
Distribution Date (or, if all of the Notes have been paid in full and the Indenture has been
discharged in accordance with its terms, Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence not less
than a majority of the Voting Interests as
of the close of the preceding Distribution Date) may, on behalf of all Noteholders and
Certificateholders, waive any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations
hereunder and its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments
from any of the Designated Accounts in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a
past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Default arising therefrom shall
be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
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Section 7.06 Repayment of Advances. If the identity of the Servicer shall change, the
predecessor Servicer shall be entitled to receive, to the extent of available funds, reimbursement
for Outstanding Monthly Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 in the manner specified in
Section 4.06 with respect to all Monthly Advances made by such predecessor Servicer.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
TERMINATION
Section 8.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables; Insolvency of Depositor; Termination of
Trust.
(a) (i) The Servicer shall have the option to purchase the assets of the Issuing Entity (other
than the Designated Accounts) as of any date (the “Optional Purchase Date”) which is the
last day of any Monthly Period as of which the Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance is the
Optional Purchase Percentage or less of the Initial Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance. To
exercise such option, the Servicer shall (A) furnish to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture
Trustee notice of its intention to exercise such option and of the Optional Purchase Date (such
notice to be furnished not later than twenty-five (25) days prior to the Distribution Date related
to such Optional Purchase Date) and (B) deposit in the Collection Account when required pursuant to
(ii) below an amount equal to the greater of (a) the remaining unpaid Principal Balance of the
Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and any amounts payable to the Swap Counterparty under any
Interest Rate Swaps and any accrued and unpaid Basic Servicing Fee payments and (b) the lesser of
(i) the unpaid Aggregate Receivables Balance plus accrued and unpaid interest and (ii) the fair
market value of the Receivables. Such fair market value shall be determined by an appraiser
mutually satisfactory to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) The Servicer shall make such deposit set forth in (i)(B) above in immediately available
funds on the Distribution Date related to the Optional Purchase Date, except that if any Monthly
Remittance Condition is not satisfied on the Optional Purchase Date, such deposit shall instead be
made on the Optional Purchase Date. Upon the making of such deposit, the Servicer shall succeed to
all interests in and to the Issuing Entity (other than the Designated Accounts and the rights of
the Issuing Entity under the Interest Rate Swaps).
(b) Upon any sale or other disposition of the assets of the Trust pursuant to Article
V of the Indenture (an “Event of Default Sale”), the Servicer shall instruct the
Applicable Trustee to deposit into the Collection Account from the proceeds of such disposition the
amount specified in clause SECOND of Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture (the “Event of
Default Proceeds”). On the Distribution Date on which the Event of Default Proceeds are
deposited in the Collection Account (or, if such proceeds are not so deposited on a Distribution
Date, on the Distribution Date immediately following such deposit), the Servicer shall instruct the
Applicable Trustee to make the following deposits (after the application on such Distribution Date
of the Available Principal and the Available Interest and funds on deposit in the Reserve Account
pursuant to Sections 4.06 and 4.07) from the Event of Default Proceeds and any
funds remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account (including the proceeds of any sale of
investments therein as described in the following sentence) in the following priority:
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(i) first, to the Swap Counterparty, the net amount, if any, then due to the Swap Counterparty
under any Interest Rate Swaps (exclusive of payments due to the Swap Counterparty in respect of an
Early Termination Date under any Interest Rate Swaps);
(ii) second, to (a) the Note Distribution Account, for payment of interest pro rata on the
Class A Notes, the Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount and (b) to the Swap Counterparty
in respect of any payments due to the Swap Counterparty in connection with any Early Termination
Date of any Interest Rate Swaps related to the Class A-2b Notes and the Class A-3b Notes, allocated
between the Note Distribution Account and the Swap Counterparty in proportion to the amounts owing
in respect of the Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount and the amounts owing to the Swap
Counterparty in connection with such Early Termination Date;
(iii) third, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Note Principal Balance
of the Class A Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the Note Principal Balance to result
from the deposits made in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date and on each prior
Distribution Date) for payment of principal pro rata on the Class A Notes;
(iv) fourth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Aggregate Class B
Interest Distributable Amount for payment of interest on the Class B Notes;
(v) fifth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Note Principal Balance of
the Class B Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the Note Principal Balance to result
from the deposits made in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date and on each prior
Distribution Date) for payment of principal on the Class B Notes;
(vi) sixth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Aggregate Class C
Interest Distributable Amount for payment of interest on the Class C Notes;
(vii) seventh, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Note Principal Balance
of the Class C Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the Note Principal Balance to result
from the deposits made in the Note Distribution Account on such
Distribution Date and on each prior Distribution Date) for payment of principal on the Class C
Notes;
(viii) eighth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Aggregate Class D
Interest Distributable Amount for payment of interest on the Class D Notes; and
(ix) ninth, to the Note Distribution Account, an amount equal to the Note Principal Balance of
the Class D Notes (after giving effect to the reduction in the Note Principal Balance to result
from the deposits made in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date and on each prior
Distribution Date) for payment of principal on the Class D Notes.
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Subject to Section 5.01(b), any investments on deposit in the Reserve Account which shall
not mature on or before such Distribution Date shall be sold by the Indenture Trustee at such time
as shall result in the Indenture Trustee receiving the proceeds from such sale not later than such
Distribution Date and applied as set forth above. Any Event of Default Proceeds remaining after
all the deposits and other payments described above have been paid in full shall be paid to the
Certificateholder.
(c) Notice of any termination of the Issuing Entity shall be given by the Servicer to the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable after the Servicer has received
notice thereof.
(d) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Notes, and
the payment in full of the principal and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders shall
succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder and the Owner Trustee shall succeed to the
rights of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement (subject to the continuing obligations
of the Indenture Trustee set forth in Sections 3.04, 6.03(b) and 7.03 of
this Agreement and Section 4.4 of the Indenture).
(e) After indefeasible payment in full to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Swap
Counterparty, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the Servicer of all amounts required to
be paid under this Agreement, the Indenture, any Interest Rate Swaps and the Trust Agreement
(including as contemplated by this Section 8.01), (i) any amounts on deposit in the Reserve
Account and the Collection Account (after all other distributions required to be made from such
accounts have been made and provision for the payment of all liabilities of the Trust as required
by Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Act) shall be paid to the Certificateholder and (ii) any
other assets remaining in the Trust shall be distributed to the Certificateholder.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 9.01 Amendment.
(a) This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Owner Trustee with
the consent of the Indenture Trustee, but without the consent of any of the Financial Parties, (i)
to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement that may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision in this Agreement or any other Basic Documents,
(iii) to add or supplement any credit enhancement for the benefit of the Noteholders of any class
or the Certificateholders (provided that if any such addition shall affect any class of Noteholders
or Certificateholders differently from any other class of Noteholders or Certificateholders, then
such addition shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any class of Noteholders or the Certificateholders), (iv) to add to the
covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee or (v) to add, change or eliminate any other provision of this Agreement in any
manner that shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Servicer and
the Owner Trustee with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the consent of Noteholders whose Notes
evidence not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class as of the
close of the preceding Distribution Date, and if any Person other than the Depositor holds any
Certificates, the consent of Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence not less than a
majority of the Voting Interests as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date (which consent,
whether given pursuant to this Section 9.01 or pursuant to any other provision of this
Agreement, shall be conclusive and binding on such Person and on all future holders of such Note or
Certificate and of any Note or Certificate issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange thereof
or in lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Note or Certificate)
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement, or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) increase or
reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any Note or change any Distribution Date or the
Final Scheduled Distribution Date of any Note or distributions on the Certificates (without the
consent of the holders hereof), (ii) increase or reduce the amount of the required Specified
Reserve Account Balance without the consent of all of the Noteholders or Certificateholders then
outstanding, (iii) adversely affect the rating of any Securities by any of the Rating Agencies
without the consent of the holders of two-thirds of the Outstanding Amount of an affected class of
Notes or two-thirds of the Voting Interests of affected Certificates, as appropriate, each as of
the close of the preceding Distribution Date or (iv) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all Notes and Certificates
then outstanding.
(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent pursuant to Section
9.01(a) or (b), the Indenture Trustee shall furnish written notification of the
substance of such amendment or consent to the Rating Agencies.
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(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent pursuant to Section
9.01(a) or (b), the Owner Trustee shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to
each Interested Party and to each Rating Agency.
(e) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders pursuant to
Section 9.01(b) to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining
such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders or Certificateholders provided for in this
Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders and
Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to paragraph
number 2 of the Note Depository Agreement.
(f) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion
of Counsel referred to in Section 9.02(j). The Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects such trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
(g) Each of the Servicer and the Depositor agrees that such Person shall not amend or agree to
any amendment of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement unless such amendment would be permissible
under the terms of this Section 9.01 as if this Section 9.01 were contained in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 9.02 Protection of Title to Trust.
(a) The Depositor or the Servicer or both shall authorize and/or execute, as applicable, and
file such financing statements and cause to be authorized and/or executed, as applicable, and filed
such continuation and other statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by
law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Noteholders, the
Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee under this Agreement and the Second
Step Receivables Assignment in the Receivables and in the proceeds thereof. The Depositor or the
Servicer or both shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as
soon as available following such filing.
(b) Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall change its state of formation or its name,
identity or structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or
continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the
meaning of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee at least
sixty (60) days prior written notice thereof.
(c) Each of the Depositor and the Servicer shall give the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee at least sixty (60) days prior written notice of any relocation of its principal executive
office or change of its jurisdiction of formation if, as a result of such relocation or change of
jurisdiction, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any
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amendment of any
previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing statement. The
Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from which it services Receivables and its
principal executive office within the United States of America.
(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately and in
sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such
Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each), and
(ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the
amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account, and Note Distribution Account.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale
under this Agreement and the Second Step Receivables Assignment of the Receivables, the Servicer’s
master computer records (including any back-up archives) that refer to any Receivable indicate
clearly that the Receivable is owned by the Issuing Entity. Indication of the Issuing Entity’s
ownership of a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems
when, and only when, the Receivable has been paid in full or repurchased by the Depositor or
purchased by the Servicer in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents.
(f) In the event that the Servicer shall change the jurisdiction in which it is formed or
otherwise enter into any transaction which would result in a “new debtor” (as defined in the UCC)
succeeding to the obligations of the Servicer hereunder, the Servicer shall comply fully with the
obligations of Section 9.02(a).
(g) If at any time the Depositor or the Servicer proposes to sell, grant a security interest
in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive receivables to any prospective purchaser,
lender or other transferee, the Servicer and the Depositor shall give to such prospective
purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or print-outs (including any restored
from back-up archives) that, if they refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, indicate
clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuing Entity unless such
Receivable has been paid in full or repurchased by the Depositor or purchased by the Servicer.
(h) The Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee and their respective
agents at any time to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer’s records
regarding any Receivables then or previously included in the Owner Trust Estate.
(i) The Servicer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee at any time upon
request a list of all Receivables then held as part of the Owner Trust Estate, together with a
reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Receivables and to each of the Servicer’s
Accountings furnished before such request indicating removal of Receivables from the
Owner Trust Estate. Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish a copy of any such list to the
Depositor. The Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor shall hold any such list and
the Schedule of Receivables for examination by interested parties during normal business
hours at their respective offices located at the addresses specified in Section 9.03.
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(j) The Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee promptly after
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment thereto, an Opinion of Counsel
either (a) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation
statements have been authorized and filed as necessary to fully preserve and protect the interest
of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such
filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (b) stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such
interest.
(k) To the extent required by law, the Depositor shall cause the Notes and the Certificates to
be registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act
within the time periods specified in such sections.
Section 9.03 Notices. All demands, notices and communications upon or to the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Rating Agencies under this
Agreement shall be delivered as specified in Appendix B hereto.
Section 9.04 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF OR OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 AND SECTION 5-1402
OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 9.05 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid,
then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the
validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Securities or the
rights of the holders thereof.
Section 9.06 Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Depositor without the prior written consent of
Noteholders whose Notes evidence not less than 66% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes as of the
close of the preceding Distribution Date and of Certificateholders whose Certificates evidence not
less than
66% of the Voting Interests as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date. The Depositor
shall provide notice of any such assignment to the Rating Agencies.
Section 9.07 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the Second Step
Receivables Assignment shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and, to
the extent expressly provided herein, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. The Swap Counterparty shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement only to the
extent that it has any rights specified herein or rights with respect to this Trust Sale and
Servicing
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Agreement specified under the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 6.01, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement, or in this Article
IX, no other person shall have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section 9.08 Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 9.09 Headings and Cross-References. The various headings in this Agreement
are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision of this Agreement.
Section 9.10 Assignment to Indenture Trustee. The Depositor hereby acknowledges and
consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuing Entity
pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders and (only to the extent expressly
provided in the Indenture) the Certificateholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuing
Entity in, to and under the Receivables and/or the assignment of any or all of the Issuing Entity’s
rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture Trustee.
Section 9.11 No Petition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this
Agreement, the Servicer and the Depositor shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one
day after the final distribution with respect to the Notes to the Note Distribution Account,
acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuing Entity to invoke the process of any
court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the
Issuing Entity under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Issuing Entity or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of the affairs of the Issuing Entity.
Section 9.12 Limitation of Liability of Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been
acknowledged and accepted by The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee and in no event shall The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A. have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements
delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the
Issuing Entity. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or
obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuing Entity
hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms
and provisions of Article VI of the Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been
executed by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware not in its individual capacity but solely in its
capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuing Entity and in no event shall Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Delaware in its individual capacity or, except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, as
Owner Trustee of the Issuing Entity have any liability for the representations,
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warranties,
covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder or in any of the
certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be
had solely to the assets of the Issuing Entity. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the
performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or
obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to
the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement.
Section 9.13 Tax Treatment. The Servicer covenants that for all tax purposes the
Servicer shall regard and treat the Notes and the Certificates in a manner consistent with the
agreements (i) among the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificateholders in Section
2.11 of the Trust Agreement and (ii) among the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders in Section 2.14 of the Indenture.
Section 9.14 Furnishing Documents. The Indenture Trustee shall furnish to
Noteholders, promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, copies of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Custodian Agreement, the Trust Agreement,
the Indenture and this Agreement.
Section 9.15 Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Indenture Trustee agrees to cooperate in good faith with any reasonable request by the
Depositor for information regarding the Indenture Trustee which is required in order to enable the
Depositor to comply with the provisions of Items 1117, 1119 and 1122 of
Regulation AB as it relates to the Indenture Trustee or to the Indenture Trustee’s obligations
under this Agreement and the Indenture.
(b) Except to the extent disclosed by the Indenture Trustee in subsection (c) or (d) below,
the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have represented to the Depositor on the first day of each
Monthly Period with respect to the prior Monthly Period that to the best of its knowledge there
were no legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A. or any property of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. that would
be material to any Noteholder or, to the extent that the Certificates are registered under the
Securities Act for public sale, any holder of such Certificates.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall, as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery
by the Indenture Trustee of any changes to any information regarding the Indenture Trustee as is
required for the purpose of compliance with Item 1117 of Regulation AB, provide to the Depositor,
in writing, such updated information.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor on or before March 15 of each year,
beginning with March 15, 2008, a report of a representative of the Indenture Trustee with respect
to the immediately preceding calendar year certifying, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, that
except to the extent otherwise disclosed in writing to Depositor, to the best of his or her
knowledge there were no legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated)
against The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. or any property of The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A. that would be material to any Noteholder or, to the
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extent that the Certificates are
registered under the Securities Act for public sale, any holder of such Certificates.
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor on or before March 15 of each year,
beginning with March 15, 2008 a report of a representative of the Indenture Trustee with respect to
the immediately preceding calendar year providing to the Depositor such information regarding the
Indenture Trustee as is required for the purpose of compliance with Item 1119 of Regulation AB.
Such information shall include, at a minimum a description of any affiliation between the Indenture
Trustee and any of the following parties to this securitization transaction, as such parties are
identified to the Indenture Trustee by the Depositor in writing in advance of this securitization
transaction:
(i) | the Depositor; | ||
(ii) | GMAC, as sponsor; | ||
(iii) | the Issuing Entity; | ||
(iv) | the Servicer; | ||
(v) | the Owner Trustee; | ||
(vi) | the Swap Counterparty; and | ||
(vii) | any other material transaction party |
In connection with the parties listed in clauses (i) and (vii) above, the Indenture Trustee shall
include a description of whether there is, and if so, the general character of, any business
relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding that is entered into outside the
ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length
transaction with an unrelated third party, apart from this securitization transaction, that
currently exists or that existed during the past two years and that is material to an investor’s
understanding of the asset backed securities issued in this securitization transaction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2007-4 |
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By: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY DELAWARE, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust, |
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact |
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC, Depositor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | Vice President | |||||
GMAC LLC, Servicer, Custodian and Seller |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Director — Global Securitization |
Acknowledged, Accepted, and, with respect to Section 9.15, Agreed to by:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee,
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee,
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Title:
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Vice President |
Ex. A
EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES
The Schedule of Receivables is
on file at the offices of:
on file at the offices of:
1. | The Indenture Trustee | |
2. | The Owner Trustee | |
3. | GMAC LLC | |
4. | Capital Auto Receivables LLC |
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EXHIBIT B
SECOND STEP RECEIVABLES ASSIGNMENT
PURSUANT TO TRUST SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
PURSUANT TO TRUST SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
For value received in accordance with and subject to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of November 15, 2007, (the “Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement”), by and among
GMAC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and in its capacity (generally, “GMAC”, and
in its capacity as seller of the Receivables specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
described below, the “Seller”, in its capacity as Custodian under the Custodian Agreement,
the “Custodian” and in its capacity as Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement described
below, the “Servicer”), Capital Auto Receivables LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “Depositor”), and Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2007-4, a Delaware statutory
trust (the “Issuing Entity”), the Depositor hereby irrevocably sells, transfers, assigns
and otherwise conveys to the Trust, without recourse (subject to the obligations herein), all
right, title and interest of the Depositor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and
under the following:
(i) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Receivables listed on
the Schedule of Receivables, attached as Exhibit A hereto, and all monies received thereon
on and after the Cutoff Date, exclusive of any amounts allocable to the premium for physical damage
insurance force-placed by the Servicer covering any related Financed Vehicle;
(ii) the interest of the Depositor in the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted
by Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and, to the extent permitted by law, any accessions
thereto;
(iii) the interest of the Depositor in any proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit
life, credit disability or other insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors;
(iv) the interest of the Depositor in any proceeds from recourse against Dealers on
Receivables;
(v) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the First Step Receivables Assignment, and the Custodian Agreement, including the right
of the Depositor to cause the Seller or the Servicer to repurchase Receivables under certain
circumstances; and
(vi) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or
all of the foregoing described above and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind
and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the
conversion of any or all of the foregoing, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid
property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel
paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, investment property, payment intangibles,
general intangibles, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and
Ex. B-1
every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property
which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing.
The Depositor hereby represents that as of the Cutoff Date, the Aggregate Receivables
Principal Balance was $1,592,536,331.43 and acknowledges that in consideration of such Receivables,
the Trust has paid to the Depositor, in the form of Notes and Certificates, an amount equal to
$1,592,536,331.43.
THIS SECOND STEP RECEIVABLES ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS
THEREOF OR OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 AND SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
This Second Step Receivables Assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations,
warranties and agreements on the part of the Depositor contained in the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement (including the Officer’s Certificate of the Depositor accompanying this Second Step
Receivables Assignment) and is to be governed in all respects by the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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Ex. B-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES LLC, as Depositor |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Ex. B-3
EXHIBIT C
Additional Representations and Warranties
1. | This Agreement and the Indenture create a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Purchased Property in favor of the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from XXXX and the Issuing Entity, respectively. | |
2. | All steps necessary to perfect CARI’s security interest against each Obligor in the property securing the Purchased Property have been taken. | |
3. | Prior to the sale of the Purchased Property to the Issuing Entity under this Agreement, the Receivables constitute “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of the applicable UCC. | |
4. | XXXX owns and has good and marketable title to the Purchased Property free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person. | |
5. | XXXX has caused or will have caused, within ten (10) days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Purchased Property granted to the Issuing Entity hereunder and the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. | |
6. | Other than the security interest granted to XXXX pursuant to the Basic Documents, the Issuing Entity under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, none of the Seller, XXXX or the Issuing Entity has pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Purchased Property. None of the Seller, XXXX or the Issuing Entity has authorized the filing of, nor is XXXX aware of, any financing statements against the Seller, XXXX or the Issuing Entity that include a description of collateral covering the Purchased Property other than the financing statements relating to the security interests granted to XXXX, the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee under the Basic Documents or any financing statement that has been terminated. XXXX is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Seller, XXXX or the Issuing Entity. | |
7. | The Servicer, has in its possession or with other third party vendors all original copies of the Receivables Files and other documents that constitute or evidence the Receivables and the Purchased Property. The Receivables Files and other documents that constitute or evidence the Purchased Property do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than XXXX. |
Ex. C
APPENDIX A
PART I — DEFINITIONS
All terms defined in this Appendix shall have the defined meanings when used in the Basic
Documents, unless otherwise defined therein.
Account Holder: A bank or trust company, whose short-term unsecured debt obligations
have the Required Deposit Rating, that holds one or more of the Designated Accounts.
Act: An Act as specified in Section 11.3(a) of the Indenture.
Administration Agreement: That certain Administration Agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date, among GMAC, as Administrator, the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee, as
amended and supplemented from time to time.
Administrative Purchase Payment: With respect to a Distribution Date and to an
Administrative Receivable purchased as of the last day of the related Monthly Period, a payment
equal to the Amount Financed minus that portion of all payments made by or on behalf of the
related Obligor on or prior to the last day of the related Monthly Period allocable to principal.
Administrative Receivable: A Receivable that the Servicer is required to purchase
pursuant to Section 3.08 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or which the Servicer has
elected to repurchase pursuant to Section 8.01(a) of the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
Administrator: GMAC or any successor Administrator under the Administration
Agreement.
Affiliate: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agency Office: The office of the Issuing Entity maintained pursuant to Section
3.2 of the Indenture.
Aggregate Amount Financed: The aggregate of the Amount Financed for each Receivable
as of the Cutoff Date. As of the Cutoff Date, the Aggregate Amount Financed was $1,725,218,148.07.
Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of (i) the aggregate of the Note Class Interest Distributable Amount for each
class of the Class A Notes as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class A Interest Carryover
Shortfall as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date.
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Aggregate Class B Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of (i) the Note Class Interest Distributable Amount for the Class B Notes as
of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the
preceding Distribution Date.
Aggregate Class C Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of (i) the Note Class Interest Distributable Amount for the Class C Notes as
of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the
preceding Distribution Date.
Aggregate Class D Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of (i) the Note Class Interest Distributable Amount for the Class D Notes as
of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class D Interest Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the
preceding Distribution Date.
Aggregate Note Principal Balance: With respect to the close of a Distribution Date,
the sum of the Note Principal Balances for all classes of Notes.
Aggregate Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Aggregate Class A Interest Distributable Amount as of
such Distribution Date, (ii) the Aggregate Class B Interest Distributable Amount as of such
Distribution Date, (iii) the Aggregate Class C Interest Distributable Amount as of such
Distribution Date, and (iv) the Aggregate Class D Interest Distributable Amount as of such
Distribution Date.
Aggregate Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount
as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the Aggregate Noteholders’ Priority Principal Distributable
Amount as of such Distribution Date.
Aggregate Noteholders’ Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount, (ii)
the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount, (iii) the Third Priority Principal
Distributable Amount, and (iv) the Fourth Priority Principal Distributable Amount, each as of such
Distribution Date.
Aggregate Principal Balance of Non-Subvented Receivables: As of any date, the present
value as of such date of all scheduled monthly payments on all of the Non-Subvented Receivables
(other than Liquidating Receivables) held by the Issuing Entity on such date which have not been
applied on or prior to such date (determined after taking into account any Warranty Payments and
Administrative Purchase Payments in respect of such Receivables), with each Receivable being
discounted from the last day of the calendar month in which payments are to become due to such date
at the greater of the Discount Rate and the Annual Percentage Rate.
Aggregate Principal Balance of Subvented Receivables: As of any date, the present
value as of such date of all scheduled monthly payments on all of the Subvented Receivables (other
than Liquidating Receivables) held by the Issuing Entity on such date which have not been applied
on or prior to such date (determined after taking into account any Warranty Payments and
Administrative Purchase Payments in respect of such Receivables), with each Receivable
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being discounted from the last day of the calendar month in which payments are to become due
to such date at the greater of the Discount Rate and the Annual Percentage Rate.
Aggregate Receivables Face Amount: As of any date, the sum of the Principal
Balances of all outstanding Receivables (other than Liquidating Receivables) held by the Issuing
Entity on such date.
Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance: As of any date, the sum of (i) the
Aggregate Principal Balance of Subvented Receivables and (ii) the Aggregate Principal Balance of
Non-Subvented Receivables, each as of such date.
Amount Financed: With respect to a Receivable, the aggregate amount advanced under
such Receivable toward the purchase price of the Financed Vehicle, including accessories, insurance
premiums, service and warranty contracts and other items customarily financed as part of retail
automobile instalment sale contracts and direct purchase money loans and related costs,
less:
(i) | payments received from the related Obligor prior to the Cutoff Date allocable to principal and | ||
(ii) | any amount allocable to the premium for physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle force-placed by the Servicer. |
Annual Percentage Rate: With respect to a Receivable, the annual rate of finance
charges stated in such Receivable.
Annual Statement of Compliance: The Officer’s Certificate required to be delivered by
the Issuing Entity, pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Indenture or the Officer’s Certificate
required to be delivered by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement, as applicable.
Applicable Trustee: So long as the Aggregate Note Principal Balance is
greater than zero and the Indenture has not been discharged in accordance with its terms,
the Indenture Trustee, and thereafter, the Owner Trustee.
Authorized Officer: With respect to the Issuing Entity, any officer or agent acting
under power of attorney of the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in
matters relating to the Issuing Entity and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers
delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be
modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) or the power of attorney and, so long as the
Administration Agreement is in effect, any officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act
for the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuing Entity and to be acted upon by the
Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of
Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as
such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).
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Available Interest: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the
following amounts with respect to the prior Monthly Period:
(i) | that portion of all collections on the Receivables held by the Issuing Entity (other than Liquidating Receivables) allocable to interest; | ||
(ii) | Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to interest; | ||
(iii) | all Simple Interest Advances; | ||
(iv) | the net amount, if any, paid by the Swap Counterparty to the Issuing Entity pursuant to any Interest Rate Swaps; and | ||
(v) | the Warranty Payment or the Administrative Purchase Payment for each Receivable that the Depositor repurchased or the Servicer purchased during such Monthly Period to the extent allocable to accrued interest; |
except that any of the foregoing amounts, to the extent they constitute any of the
following, shall be excluded from “Available Interest”:
(A) | any Excess Simple Interest Collections; | ||
(B) | all Liquidation Proceeds with respect to Simple Interest Receivables paid to the Servicer to reimburse Outstanding Simple Interest Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement; and | ||
(C) | amounts representing Liquidation Expenses pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. |
For purposes of this definition, references to the prior Monthly Period shall mean with
respect to the initial Distribution Date, the period from and including the Cutoff Date to the end
of the calendar month preceding the initial Distribution Date. All of the preceding allocations
called for herein shall be made in accordance with the Servicer’s customary servicing procedures.
Available Principal: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the
following amounts with respect to the prior Monthly Period:
(i) | that portion of all collections on Receivables held by the Issuing Entity (other than Liquidating Receivables) allocable to principal; | ||
(ii) | Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to principal; and | ||
(iii) | to the extent allocable to principal, the Warranty Payment or the Administrative Purchase Payment for each Receivable that the Depositor repurchased or the Servicer purchased during such Monthly Period; |
except that any of the foregoing amounts, to the extent they constitute any of the
following shall be excluded from “Available Principal”:
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(A) | any Excess Simple Interest Collections; | ||
(B) | all Liquidation Proceeds with respect to Simple Interest Receivables paid to the Servicer to reimburse Outstanding Simple Interest Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement; and | ||
(C) | amounts representing reimbursement for Liquidation Expenses pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. |
For purposes of this definition, references to the prior Monthly Period shall mean with
respect to the initial Distribution Date, the period from and including the Cutoff Date to the end
of the calendar month preceding the initial Distribution Date. All of the preceding allocations
called for herein shall be made in accordance with the Servicer’s customary servicing procedures.
Basic Documents: The Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (including the First Step Receivables Assignment), the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement (including the Second Step Receivables Assignment), the Triparty Agreement, the Custodian
Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Indenture, any Interest Rate Swaps, the Swap
Counterparty Rights Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement, the Notes, the Certificates and the
other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.
Basic Servicing Fee: With respect to a Distribution Date, the basic fee payable to
the Servicer for services rendered during the related Monthly Period, which shall be equal to the
sum of (a) one-twelfth (1/12th) of the Basic Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the
Aggregate Receivables Face Amount of all Receivables held by the Issuing Entity as of the first day
of such Monthly Period (or, for the first Distribution Date, the Basic Servicing Fee Rate
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is 360,
multiplied by the Aggregate Receivables Face Amount as of the Closing Date) and (b) any
unpaid Basic Servicing Fees from any prior Distribution Date.
Basic Servicing Fee Rate: 1.00% per annum.
Benefit Plan: Any of (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975
(e)(1) of the Code or (iii) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of
investment by an employee benefit plan or plan in such entity.
Book-Entry Notes: A beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of
which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10
of the Indenture.
Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks
in New York, New York; Detroit, Michigan; or Chicago, Illinois may, or are required to, remain
closed.
XXXX: Capital Auto Receivables LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
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Certificate: The Certificates executed by the Owner Trustee and authenticated by the
Owner Trustee in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement.
Certificate Distribution Account: The account, if applicable, designated as such,
established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.1(a) of the Trust Agreement.
Certificate of Trust: The certificate of trust of the Issuing Entity substantially in
the form of Exhibit B to the Trust Agreement filed for the Issuing Entity pursuant to
Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Act.
Certificate Owner: The owner of an interest in a Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register of Certificates specified in Section 3.4
of the Trust Agreement.
Certificate Registrar: The registrar at any time of the Certificate Register,
appointed pursuant to Section 3.4(a) of the Trust Agreement.
Certificateholder: A Person in whose name a Certificate is registered pursuant to the
terms of the Trust Agreement.
Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, as of
the close of business on such Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Aggregate Class A
Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount that was actually
deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date in respect of interest for the
Class A Notes.
Class A Notes: Collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class
A-2b Notes, the Class A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.
Class A-1 Notes: The 4.91023% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 in the initial aggregate
principal balance of $333,000,000 issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Class A-2 Notes: Collectively, the Class A-2a Notes and the Class A-2b Notes.
Class A-2a Notes: The 4.93% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2a in the initial aggregate
principal balance of $100,000,000 issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Class A-2b Notes: The Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2b in the initial
aggregate principal balance of $460,000,000 issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Class A-3 Notes: Collectively, the Class A-3a Notes and the Class A-3b Notes.
Class A-3a Notes: The 5.00% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3a in the initial aggregate
principal balance of $160,000,000 issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Class A-3b Notes: The Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3b in the initial
aggregate principal balance of $150,000,000 issued pursuant to the Indenture.
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Class A-4 Notes: The 5.30% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 in the initial aggregate
principal balance of $301,946,000 issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, as of
the close of business on such Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Aggregate Class B
Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount that was actually
deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such current Distribution Date in respect of interest
for the Class B Notes.
Class B Notes: The 6.39% Asset Backed Notes, Class B in the initial aggregate
principal balance of $51,757,000 issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, as of
the close of business on such Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Aggregate Class C
Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount that was actually
deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such current Distribution Date in respect of interest
for the Class C Notes.
Class C Notes: The 7.40% Asset Backed Notes, Class C in the initial aggregate
principal balance of $23,888,000 issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Class D Interest Carryover Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, as of
the close of business on such Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Aggregate Class D
Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount that was actually
deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such current Distribution Date in respect of interest
for the Class D Notes.
Class D Notes: The 7.50% Asset Backed Notes, Class D in the initial aggregate
principal balance of $7,963,000 issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Clearing Agency: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The initial Clearing Agency shall be The Depository Trust
Company.
Clearing Agency Participant: A securities broker, dealer, bank, trust company,
clearing corporation or other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a
Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
Closing Date: November 15, 2007.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
Collateral: The collateral specified in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.
Collection Account: The account designated as such, established and maintained
pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contingent Interest Rate Swap: Each interest rate swap agreement, including the
schedule and confirmation related thereto, between GMAC and the Trust, as executed and delivered on
the Closing Date, as the same may become effective as provided in the Triparty Agreement or be
amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.
Controlling Class: (a) So long as the Class A Notes are outstanding, the Class A
Notes, (b) if the Class A Notes are no longer outstanding but the Class B Notes are outstanding,
the Class B Notes, (c) if the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes are no longer outstanding but the
Class C Notes are outstanding, the Class C Notes, and (d) if the Class A Notes, Class B Notes and
the Class C Notes are no longer outstanding, the Class D Notes.
Corporate Trust Office: With respect to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee,
the principal office at which at any particular time the corporate trust business of the Indenture
Trustee or Owner Trustee, respectively, shall be administered, which offices at the Closing Date
are located, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at 0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, 00000 Attn: Structured Finance Services — CARAT 2007-4, and, with respect to
registration, exchange and transfer of a Security, at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
00000, Attn: Structured Finance Services, CARAT 2007-4, and in the case of the Owner Trustee, at
Xxxxxxxxxx Building, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attn: Corporate Trust
Department.
Custodian: GMAC, as Servicer, or another custodian named from time to time in the
Custodian Agreement.
Custodian Agreement: The Custodian Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between
the Custodian and XXXX, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Cutoff Date: October 1, 2007.
Dealer: The seller of automobiles or light trucks that originated one or more of the
Receivables and assigned the respective Receivable, directly or indirectly, to GMAC under an
existing agreement between such seller and GMAC or between such seller and General Motors, as
applicable.
Dealer Agreement: An existing agreement between GMAC and a Dealer with respect to a
Receivable.
Default: Any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default.
Definitive Notes: The Notes issued in the form of definitive notes pursuant to
Section 2.12 or Section 2.15 of the Indenture.
Depositor: The Person executing the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement as the
Depositor, or its successor in interest pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
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Designated Account Property: The Designated Accounts, all cash, investments,
Financial Assets, securities and investment property held from time to time in any Designated
Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities,
Uncertificated Securities or otherwise), including the Reserve Account Initial Deposit, and all
proceeds of the foregoing but excluding all Investment Earnings thereon.
Designated Accounts: The Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account and the
Reserve Account, collectively.
Determination Date: The tenth day of each calendar month, or if such tenth day is not
a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
Discount Rate: 8.50% per annum.
Distribution Date: With respect to a Monthly Period, the 15th day of the next
succeeding calendar month or, if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day, commencing December 17, 2007.
Early Termination Date: As defined in each Interest Rate Swap.
Eligible Deposit Account: Either (i) a segregated account with an Eligible
Institution or (ii) a segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depository
institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states
thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate
trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as any of the
securities of such depository institution have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in one of
its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade.
Eligible Institution: Either (i) the corporate trust department of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee or (ii) a depository institution organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any
domestic branch of a foreign bank), (A) which has either (1) a long-term unsecured debt rating
acceptable to the Rating Agencies or (2) a short-term unsecured debt rating or certificate of
deposit rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies and (B) whose deposits are insured by the FDIC.
Eligible Investments: Book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or securities
represented by instruments in bearer or registered form which evidence:
(i) | direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America; | ||
(ii) | demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or State banking or depository institution authorities; provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is |
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based on the credit of a Person other than such depository institution or trust company) thereof shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit granted thereby; | |||
(iii) | commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit granted thereby; | ||
(iv) | investments in money market or common trust funds having a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations or certificates of deposit granted thereby (including funds for which the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their respective affiliates is investment manager or advisor, so long as such fund shall have such rating); | ||
(v) | bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (ii) above; | ||
(vi) | repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into with (A) a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) or (B) a depository institution or trust company (x) the deposits of which are insured by FDIC or (y) the counterparty for which has a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations, the collateral for which is held by a custodial bank for the benefit of the Trust or the Indenture Trustee, is marked to market daily and is maintained in an amount that exceeds the amount of such repurchase obligation, and which is required to be liquidated immediately upon the amount of such collateral being less than the amount of such repurchase obligation (unless the counterparty immediately satisfies the repurchase obligation upon being notified of such shortfall); | ||
(vii) | commercial paper master notes having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category for short-term unsecured debt obligations; | ||
(viii) | (solely in the case of the Reserve Account) the Notes; and | ||
(ix) | any other investment permitted by each of the Rating Agencies, |
in each case, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies, maturing (A) not later than the
Business Day immediately preceding the next Distribution Date or (B) on such next Distribution Date
if either (x) such investment is issued by the institution with which the Note Distribution
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Account is then maintained or (y) the Indenture Trustee (so long as the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of the Indenture Trustee are rated at least A-1+ by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services,
P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and F1 by Fitch, Inc. if rated by Fitch, Inc., on the date
such investment is made) shall advance funds on such Distribution Date to the Note Distribution
Account in the amount payable on such investment on such Distribution Date pending receipt thereof
to the extent necessary to make distributions on the Notes on such Distribution Date. The
provisions in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) and (vii)
above requiring that certain investments be rated in the highest investment category granted by
each Rating Agency require such rating from Fitch, Inc. only if Fitch, Inc. is then rating such
investment. If a Rating Agency that is rating the Notes has failed to provide a rating for an
investment, then an equivalent required deposit rating may be obtained from another nationally
recognized rating agency. For purposes of the foregoing, unless the Indenture Trustee objects at
the time an investment is made, the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have agreed to make such
advance with respect to such investment.
Entitlement Holder: Has the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the New
York UCC.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Event of Default: An event described in Section 5.1 of the Indenture.
Event of Default Proceeds: As defined in Section 8.01(b) of the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement.
Event of Default Sale: As defined in Section 8.01(b) of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
Excess Simple Interest Collections: With respect to a Distribution Date, the excess,
if any, of (i) all payments received during the related Monthly Period on all Simple Interest
Receivables to the extent allocable to interest over (ii) the amount of interest that would be due
during the related Monthly Period on all Simple Interest Receivables assuming that the payment on
each such Receivable was received on its respective due date.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Executive Officer: With respect to any corporation, the Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice
President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation; and with respect to any partnership,
any general partner thereof.
Expenses: The expenses described in Section 6.9 of the Trust Agreement.
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor agency.
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Final Scheduled Distribution Date: With respect to a class of Notes, the Distribution
Date in the month and year set forth below opposite such Notes:
Class A-1 Notes: | November 17, 2008; | |||
Class A-2 Notes: | December 15, 2010; | |||
Class A-3 Notes: | December 15, 2011; | |||
Class A-4 Notes: | May 15, 2014; | |||
Class B Notes: | May 15, 2014; | |||
Class C Notes: | May 15, 2014; and | |||
Class D Notes: | May 15, 2014. |
Financed Vehicle: A new or used car or light truck, together with all accessories
thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under a Receivable.
Financial Asset: Has the meaning given such term in Article 8 of the New York UCC.
As used herein, the Financial Asset “related to” a Security Entitlement is the Financial Asset in
which the entitlement holder (as defined in Article 8 of the New York UCC) holding such Security
Entitlement has the rights and property interest specified in Article 8 of the New York UCC.
Financial Parties: The Noteholders, the Certificateholders and, so long as any
Interest Rate Swap is in effect, the Swap Counterparty.
First Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date
, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the
Class A Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments
made on the Class A Notes on such preceding Distribution Date) over (ii) the Aggregate Receivables
Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly
Period.
First Step Receivables Assignment: As defined in Section 2.02(a) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Fixed Rate Notes: Together, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-3a
Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes.
Floating Rate Notes: Together, the Class A-2b Notes and the Class A-3b Notes.
Fourth Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the difference between (i) the excess, if any, of
(a) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all the Notes as of the preceding Distribution
Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such preceding
Distribution Date) over (b) the Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance as of the close of business
on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period, and (ii) the sum of (a) the
First Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date, (b)
the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date,
and (c) the Third Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such
Distribution Date.
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Fractional Undivided Interest: The percentage interest in the Issuing Entity shown on
a Certificateholders’ Certificate.
Further Transfer and Servicing Agreements: As defined in the recitals to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
General Motors: General Motors Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
GMAC: GMAC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, formerly known as General
Motors Acceptance Corporation, and its successors and assigns.
GMAC Interest Rate Swap: Each interest rate swap agreement, including the schedule
and confirmation related thereto, between GMAC and the Swap Counterparty in effect on the Closing
Date, as the same may be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.
GMACNA: GMACNA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
GMACNA Sale Agreement: The GMACNA Sale Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2004, by and
between General Motors Acceptance Corporation, North America (predecessor in form to GMACNA) and
General Motors Acceptance Corporation (predecessor in form to GMAC).
Grant: To mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release,
convey, assign, transfer, create, and xxxxx x xxxx upon, a security interest in and right of
set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the Indenture. A Grant of the
Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options
(but none of the obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest
payments in respect of, the Collateral and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive
notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and
options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do
and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or
with respect thereto.
Holder: The Person in whose name a Note or Certificate is registered on the Note
Register or the Certificate Register, as applicable.
Indemnified Parties: The Persons specified in Section 6.9 of the Trust
Agreement.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuing Entity
and the Indenture Trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
Indenture Trustee: The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee under the Indenture, or any successor trustee under the Indenture.
Independent: When used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person (i) is
in fact independent of the Issuing Entity, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor and any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any
material indirect financial interest in the Issuing Entity, any such other obligor, the Depositor
or
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any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (iii) is not connected with the Issuing
Entity, any such other obligor, the Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as
an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing
similar functions.
Independent Certificate: A certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable
requirements of Section 11.1 of the Indenture, made by an Independent appraiser or other
expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of
reasonable care, and stating that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in the
Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
Indirect Participant: A securities broker, dealer, bank, trust company or other
Person that clears through or maintains a custodial relationship with a Clearing Agency
Participant, either directly or indirectly.
Initial Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance: As of the Cutoff Date, the sum
of (i) the Aggregate Principal Balance of Subvented Receivables and (ii) the Aggregate
Principal Balance of Non-Subvented Receivables, equal to $1,592,536,331.43.
Insurance Policy: With respect to a Receivable, an insurance policy covering physical
damage, credit life, credit disability, theft, mechanical breakdown or similar event with respect
to the related Financed Vehicle.
Intercompany Advance Agreement: The XXXX Intercompany Advance Agreement dated as of
March 25, 2004 between XXXX and GMAC, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
Interest Rate: With respect to each class of Notes, the per annum rate set forth below:
Class A-1 Notes: | 4.91023%; | |||
Class A-2a Notes: | 4.93%; | |||
Class A-2b Notes: | LIBOR + 0.60%; | |||
Class A-3a Notes: | 5.00%; | |||
Class A-3b Notes: | LIBOR + 0.70%; | |||
Class A-4 Notes: | 5.30%; | |||
Class B Notes: | 6.39%; | |||
Class C Notes: | 7.40%; and | |||
Class D Notes: | 7.50%. |
Interest Rate Swap: Each interest rate swap agreement, including all schedules and
confirmations related thereto, between the Trust and the Swap Counterparty, in effect on the
Closing Date, as the same may be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to
time. From and after the date, if any, on which any Contingent Interest Rate Swaps become effective
as provided in the Triparty Agreement, each shall constitute an “Interest Rate Swap” for all
purposes under the Basic Documents.
Interested Parties: As defined in the recitals to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
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Investment Company Act: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
Investment Earnings: Investment earnings on funds deposited in the Designated
Accounts, net of losses and investment expenses.
Issuer Order: A written order signed in the name of the Issuing Entity by any one of
its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
Issuer Request: A written request signed in the name of the Issuing Entity by any one
of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
Issuing Entity: The party named as such in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and
in the Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for
purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the
Notes.
LIBOR: With respect to the initial Distribution Date, 4.65188%; with respect to each
Distribution Date other than the initial Distribution Date, the rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars
for a period of one month which appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London
time, on the day that is two LIBOR Business Days prior to the preceding Distribution Date (and, in
the case of the initial Distribution Date, two LIBOR Business Days prior to the Initial Closing
Date). If such rate does not appear on that date on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any other page
as may replace that page on that service, or if that service is no longer offered, any other
service for displaying LIBOR or comparable rates as may be selected by the Indenture Trustee after
consultation with the Depositor), then LIBOR will be the Reference Bank Rate.
LIBOR Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
banks in London are required or authorized to be closed.
Lien: Any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity, encumbrance or adverse
claim of any kind other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens that attach by operation of
law.
Liquidating Receivable: A Receivable as to which the Servicer (i) has reasonably
determined, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, that eventual payment of amounts
owing on such Receivable is unlikely, or (ii) has repossessed and disposed of the Financed Vehicle.
Liquidation Expenses: With respect to (i) a Liquidating Receivable without recourse
to a Dealer, $300.00 (or such greater amount as the Servicer determines necessary in accordance
with its customary procedures to refurbish and dispense of a repurchased Financed Vehicle) as an
allowance for amounts charged to the account of the Obligor, in keeping with the Servicer’s
customary procedures, for refurbishing and disposition of the Financed Vehicle and other
out-of-pocket costs related to the liquidation; and (ii) a Liquidating Receivable with recourse to
a Dealer, $0.
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Liquidation Proceeds: With respect to a Liquidating Receivable, all amounts realized
with respect to such Receivable net of amounts that are required to be refunded to the Obligor on
such Receivable.
Materiality Opinion: A written opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP or
another nationally recognized law firm experienced in securitization matters reasonably acceptable
to the Swap Counterparty, addressed to the Swap Counterparty and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Swap Counterparty.
Monthly Advance: As of a Distribution Date, a Simple Interest Advance, in respect of
the related Monthly Period.
Monthly Period: With respect to a Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date occurs; provided, however, that with respect
to the first Distribution Date, the Monthly Period will be the period from and including the Cutoff
Date to the end of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date.
Monthly Remittance Condition: Each of the following conditions:
(i) | GMAC is the Servicer; | ||
(ii) | the rating of GMAC’s short-term unsecured debt is at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and F1 by Fitch, Inc.; and | ||
(iii) | a Servicer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing. |
New York UCC: The UCC as in effect on the Closing Date in the State of New York, and
as may be amended from time to time.
Non-Subvented Receivable: A Receivable that was or will be acquired or originated by
GMAC or its subsidiaries that is not a Subvented Receivable.
Note Class Interest Distributable Amount: With respect to any class or tranche of
Notes and any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the outstanding principal balance of such class
or tranche of Notes as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the
first Distribution Date, the outstanding principal balance of such class or tranche of Notes on the
Closing Date) and (ii) in the case of (a) the Fixed Rate Notes, other than the Class A-1 Notes,
one-twelfth of the Interest Rate for such class or tranche (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, the Interest Rate for such class multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is 30 and the denominator of which is 360) and (b) in the case of the Class A-1 Notes and
the Floating Rate Notes, the product of the Interest Rate for such class or tranche of Notes for
such Distribution Date and a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from
and including the prior Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from and
including the Closing Date), to but excluding that Distribution Date and the denominator of which
is 360.
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Note Depository: The depository from time to time selected by the Indenture Trustee
on behalf of the Issuing Entity in whose name the Notes are registered prior to the issue of
Definitive Notes. The first Note Depository shall be Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial
Clearing Agency.
Note Depository Agreement: The agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the
Issuing Entity and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency relating to the
Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Indenture, as the same may be amended
and supplemented from time to time.
Note Distribution Account: The account designated as such, established and maintained
pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(ii) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Note Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner
of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a
Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant
or as an Indirect Participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
Note Pool Factor: With respect to any class of Notes and any Distribution Date, an
amount expressed to the seventh decimal place and computed by the Servicer which is equal to the
Note Principal Balance for such class as of the close of such Distribution Date divided by the
initial Note Principal Balance for such class.
Note Principal Balance: With respect to a class of Notes and any Distribution Date,
the aggregate principal balance of such class of Notes, reduced by all previous payments to
the Noteholders of such class in respect of principal of such Notes.
Note Register: With respect to any class of Notes, the register of such Notes
specified in Section 2.4 of the Indenture.
Note Registrar: The registrar at any time of the Note Register, appointed pursuant to
Section 2.4 of the Indenture.
Notes: The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4
Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes.
Noteholders: Holders of record of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and, with
respect to any class of Notes, holders of record of such class of Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to the Notes, for
any Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(A) | the Aggregate Note Principal Balance as of the close of the immediately preceding Distribution Date reduced by the Aggregate Noteholders’ Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date; and |
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(B) | the remainder, if any, of: |
(1) | the Principal Distributable Amount minus | ||
(2) | the Aggregate Noteholders’ Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class D Notes,
the Noteholders’ Regular Principal Distributable Amount shall equal the greater of (i) the amount
specified above and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Notes as of the preceding
Distribution Date.
Obligor: The purchaser or the co-purchasers of the Financed Vehicle or other person
who owes payments under a Receivable.
Offered Notes: Together, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4
Notes.
Officer’s Certificate: A certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuing
Entity, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable
requirements of Section 11.1 of the Indenture, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
Unless otherwise specified in the Indenture, any reference in the Indenture to an officer’s
certificate shall be to an Officer’s Certificate of any Authorized Officer of the Issuing Entity.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may, except as otherwise
expressly provided, be an employee of the Depositor or the Servicer. In addition, for purposes of
the Indenture: (i) such counsel shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee; (ii) the opinion
shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee as Trustee and (iii) the opinion shall comply with any
applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of the Indenture and shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee.
Optional Purchase Date: As defined in Section 8.01(a) of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
Optional Purchase Percentage: 2.00%.
Outstanding: With respect to the Notes, as of the date of determination, all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except:
(i) | Notes theretofore cancelled by the Indenture Trustee or delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation; | ||
(ii) | Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes; provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made; and |
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(iii) | Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes which have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser; |
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Outstanding Amount of the Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Notes both legally and beneficially owned
by the Issuing Entity, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor or any Affiliate of any of
the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that the Indenture Trustee
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith
may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture
Trustee the pledgor’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the
Issuing Entity, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the
foregoing Persons.
Outstanding Amount: As of any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or a
class of Notes, as applicable, Outstanding at such date.
Outstanding Monthly Advances: Outstanding Simple Interest Advances.
Outstanding Simple Interest Advances: As of the last day of a Monthly Period, the
sum of all Simple Interest Advances made on or prior to such date minus the sum
of (i) all payments to the Servicer made on or prior to such date pursuant to Section
5.04 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) all Excess Simple Interest Collections
paid to the Servicer made on or prior to such date; provided, however, that
Outstanding Simple Interest Advances shall never be deemed to be less than zero.
Overcollateralization Target Amount: The product of 0.25% multiplied by the Initial
Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance.
Owner: As defined in Section 1.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Owner Trust Estate: All right, title and interest of the Issuing Entity in and to the
property and rights assigned to the Issuing Entity pursuant to Article II of the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in the Collection Account and all
other property of the Issuing Entity from time to time, including any rights of the Owner Trustee
and the Issuing Entity pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration
Agreement.
Owner Trustee: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee, or any successor trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
Paying Agent: With respect to the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee or any other
Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section
6.11 of the Indenture and is authorized by the Issuing Entity to make the payments to and
distributions from
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the Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account, including payment of principal of or
interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuing Entity. With respect to the Trust Agreement, any
paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Trust Agreement
that meets the eligibility standards for the Owner Trustee specified in Section 6.13 of the
Trust Agreement. The initial Paying Agent under the Trust Agreement shall be Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas.
Person: Any legal person, including any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Property: (i) Bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable
certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute “instruments” within the meaning of
Section 9-102(a)(47) of the New York UCC and are susceptible of physical delivery and (ii) Security
Certificates.
Pooling and Servicing Agreement: The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date, between GMAC and the Depositor, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
Predecessor Note: With respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purpose
of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.5 of the Indenture
in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as
the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
Principal Balance: With respect to any Simple Interest Receivable, as of any date,
the Amount Financed minus the sum of the following amounts:
(i) | that portion of all payments received from the related Obligor on or prior to such date allocable to principal; and | ||
(ii) | any Warranty Payment or Administrative Purchase Payment received on or prior to such date to the extent allocable to principal. |
Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of
(i) the Aggregate Note Principal Balance as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date
over (ii) the result of the Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance as of the close of
business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period minus the
Overcollateralization Target Amount.
Private Notes: The Class A-1 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the
Class D Notes.
Proceeding: Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.
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protected purchaser: As defined in Section 8-303 of the applicable UCC, and provided
that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the applicable UCC are met.
Purchased Property: As defined in Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
Rating Agencies: As of any date, the nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations requested by the Depositor to provide ratings on the Notes which are rating the Notes
on such date.
Rating Agency Condition: With respect to any action, the condition that each Rating
Agency shall have been given at least ten (10) days prior notice thereof and that each of the
Rating Agencies shall have notified the Depositor, the Servicer, the Issuing Entity and the
Indenture Trustee in writing that such action shall not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the
then current rating of the Notes. With respect to Fitch, Inc., it shall be sufficient that Fitch,
Inc. shall be given ten (10) Business Days prior notice thereof.
Receivable: A retail instalment sale contract or direct purchase money loan for a
Financed Vehicle that is included in the Schedule of Receivables and all rights and obligations
thereunder.
Receivable File: The documents listed in Section 2.04 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pertaining to a particular Receivable.
Receivable Principal Balance: (i) with respect to a Subvented Receivable, an amount
equal to the present value as of the close of business on the Cutoff Date of all remaining payments
on the Subvented Receivable which have not been applied prior to the Cutoff Date, with each
Receivable being discounted at the greater of the Discount Rate and the Annual Percentage Rate from
the last day of the calendar month in which each scheduled payment is to become due to that
Distribution Date and (ii) with respect to a Non-Subvented Receivable, an amount equal to the
outstanding principal balance of the Non-Subvented Receivable on the Cutoff Date.
Receivables Purchase Price: The amount described in Section 2.02 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Record Date: (i) with respect to the Notes and with respect to any Distribution Date,
the close of business on the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date, or if Definitive
Notes are issued for any class of Notes, with respect to such class of Notes the last day of the
preceding Monthly Period and (ii) with respect to the Certificates and with respect to any
Distribution Date, the close of business on the date immediately preceding such Distribution Date,
or for any Distribution Date as to which Certificates are outstanding, the last day of the
preceding Monthly Period.
Redemption Date: As defined in Section 10.1 of the Indenture.
Redemption Price: With respect to the Notes, the unpaid principal amount of such
Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
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Reference Bank Rate: For any Distribution Date, a rate determined on the basis of the
rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by reference banks as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on the day that is two LIBOR Business Days prior to the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, the day that is two LIBOR
Business Days prior to the Closing Date) to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period
of one month, in amounts approximately equal to the then Outstanding Amount of the applicable class
or tranche of the then outstanding Floating Rate Notes. The reference banks shall be four major
banks that are engaged in transactions in the London interbank market, selected by the Indenture
Trustee after consultation with the Depositor. The Indenture Trustee will request the principal
London office of each of the reference banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two
quotations are provided, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations, rounded upwards to
the nearest one-sixteenth of one percent. If on that date fewer than two quotations are provided as
requested, the rate will be the arithmetic mean, rounded upwards to the nearest one-sixteenth of
one percent, of the rates quoted by one or more major banks in New York City, selected by the
Indenture Trustee after consultation with the Depositor, as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on
that date to leading European banks for United States dollar deposits for a period of one month in
amounts approximately equal to the then Outstanding Amount of the applicable class or tranche of
the then outstanding Floating Rate Notes. If no quotation can be obtained, then LIBOR will be the
rate from the prior Distribution Date.
Registered Holder: The Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register
on the applicable Record Date.
Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time and subject to such clarification and
interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed
Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518. 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7, 2005)) or by
the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to
time.
Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria: As defined in Section
4.02(a) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Required Deposit Rating: A rating on short-term unsecured debt obligations of A-1+ by
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, and P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and, if rated by
Fitch, Inc., F1+ by Fitch, Inc. Any requirement that short-term unsecured debt obligations have
the “Required Deposit Rating” shall mean that such short-term unsecured debt obligations have the
foregoing required ratings from each of such rating agencies.
Reserve Account: The account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant
to Section 4.07(a) of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Reserve Account Deposit: Cash or Eligible Investments having a value of at least
$11,944,022.49.
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Reserve Account Property: (i) The Reserve Account and all proceeds thereof (other
than the Investment Earnings thereon) including all cash, investments, investment property and
other amounts held from time to time in the Reserve Account (whether in the form of deposit
accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, Uncertificated Securities, Financial Assets or
otherwise) and (ii) the Reserve Account Deposit and all proceeds thereof (other than the Investment
Earnings thereon).
Responsible Officer: With respect to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of such trustee or with respect to the Owner Trustee, any
agent of the Owner Trustee acting under a power of attorney, and, with respect to the Servicer, the
President, any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any
other officer or assistant officer of such Person customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
Revolving Note: The Revolving Notes issued by XXXX to GMAC under the Intercompany
Advance Agreement.
Schedule of Receivables: The schedule of Receivables attached to the First Step
Receivables Assignment delivered on the Closing Date and originally held as part of the Trust, and
on file at the locations listed on Exhibit A of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, as
it may be amended from time to time.
Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the difference between (i) the excess, if any, of
(a) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes as of
the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A
Notes and the Class B Notes on such preceding Distribution Date) over (b) the Aggregate Receivables
Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly
Period, and (ii) the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such
Distribution Date.
Second Step Receivables Assignment: As defined in Section 2.01(a) of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Secretary of State: The Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Secured Obligations: Obligations consisting of the principal of and interest on, and
any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes and amounts allocable pursuant to the Indenture
with respect to the Certificates.
Secured Parties: Each Noteholder.
Securities: The Notes and the Certificates.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Securities Intermediary: As defined in Section 5.01(b)(i) of the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement.
Security Certificate: Has the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(16) of the
New York UCC.
Security Entitlement: Has the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the
New York UCC.
Securityholder: A Holder of a Note or a Certificate.
Seller: GMAC, in its capacity as Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
and any successor or assignee thereof under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Senior Swap Termination Payments: Any termination payments payable by the Issuing
Entity as a result of an Early Termination Date of the Interest Rate Swap relating to the Class
A-2b Notes or the Class A-3b Notes, as applicable, due to (i) a Tax Event or Illegality or (ii) any
other Event of Default or Termination Event, unless, in the case of this clause (ii), the
applicable Swap Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or the sole Affected Party (unless otherwise
indicated, terms used in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall have the
respective meanings given to such terms in the Interest Rate Swaps, as the context requires).
Servicer: The Person executing the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement as the
Servicer, or its successor in interest pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
Servicer Default: An event described in Section 7.01 of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
Servicer’s Accounting: A certificate, completed by and executed on behalf of the
Servicer, in accordance with Section 3.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Servicing Criteria: The “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
Simple Interest Advance: The amount, as of the last day of the related Monthly
Period, which the Servicer is required to advance pursuant to Section 5.04(b) of the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Simple Interest Method: The method of allocating each monthly payment on a Simple
Interest Receivable to principal and interest pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is
allocated to interest is equal to the product of the outstanding principal balance thereon
multiplied by the fixed rate of interest applicable to such Receivable multiplied
by the period of time elapsed (expressed as a fraction of a calendar year) since the preceding
payment of interest with respect to such principal balance was made.
Simple Interest Receivable: Any Receivable under which the portion of each monthly
payment allocable to earned interest and the portion allocable to the Amount Financed is determined
in accordance with the Simple Interest Method. For purposes hereof, all payments
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with respect to a Simple Interest Receivable shall be allocated to principal and interest in
accordance with the Simple Interest Method.
Specified Reserve Account Balance: For any Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(i) | 0.75% of the Initial Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance; and | ||
(ii) | the outstanding principal balance of the Notes as of the close of business on such Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments and distributions to be made on such Distribution Date). |
State: Any one of the 50 states of the United States of America or the District of
Columbia.
Statutory Trust Act: Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del.
Code § 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
Subordinate Swap Termination Payments: Any termination payments other than Senior
Swap Termination Payments payable by the Issuing Entity as a result of an Early Termination Date of
the Interest Rate Swap relating to the Class A-2b Notes or the Class A-3b Notes, as applicable.
Subvented Receivable: A Receivable that was or will be acquired or originated by GMAC
or its subsidiaries under special incentive rate financing programs.
Supplemental Servicing Fees: With respect to a Distribution Date, all late fees,
prepayment charges and other administrative fees and expenses or similar charges allowed by
applicable law with respect to Receivables, collected (from whatever source) on the Receivables
held by the Issuing Entity during the related Monthly Period.
Swap Counterparty: BNP Paribas will serve as swap counterparty under each Interest
Rate Swap, or any successor or replacement Swap Counterparty from time to time under each Interest
Rate Swap.
Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement: The Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement, dated as
of the Closing Date, among the Swap Counterparty, the Issuing Entity, GMAC, as Servicer, Custodian,
and Administrator, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, and the Owner Trustee, as amended and
supplemented from time to time.
Temporary Notes: The Notes specified in Section 2.3 of the Indenture.
Third Party Instrument: Each Interest Rate Swap, each Contingent Interest Rate Swap
and the Triparty Agreement.
Third Priority Principal Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
an amount, not less than zero, equal to the difference between (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the
aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, and the Class C
Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made
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on the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, and the Class C Notes on such preceding Distribution
Date) over (b) the Aggregate Receivables Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last
day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period, and (ii) the sum of (a) the First Priority
Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date and (b) the Second
Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date.
Total Available Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the
Available Interest and the Available Principal for such Distribution Date and the amount of all
cash or other immediately available funds on deposit in the Reserve Account immediately prior to
such Distribution Date.
Treasury Regulations: The regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations,
promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary
regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor
Treasury Regulations.
Triparty Agreement: The Triparty Contingent Assignment Agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date, including all schedules, and confirmations thereto, among the Trust, the Swap
Counterparty and GMAC, as the same may be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from
time to time.
Trust: Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2007-4, a Delaware statutory trust
created by the Certificate of Trust and described in the Trust Agreement.
Trust Agreement: The Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the
Depositor and the Owner Trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
Trust Estate: All money, instruments, rights and other property that are subject or
intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of the Indenture for the benefit of the
Secured Parties (including, without limitation, all property and interests Granted to the Indenture
Trustee), including all proceeds thereof, and the Reserve Account and the Reserve Account Property
pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Trust Indenture Act or TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force on the date
hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement: The Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of the Closing Date, between the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trust, as amended and supplemented
from time to time.
UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction from time
to time.
Unaffiliated Certificateholder: Any Certificateholder other than the Depositor or an
Affiliate of the Depositor.
Uncertificated Security: Has the meaning given to such term in Section 8-102(a)(18)
of the New York UCC.
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Undertaking Letter: The letter in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit
C of the Trust Agreement.
Voting Interests: The voting interests in the Certificates, the aggregate strength of
which shall be based on the percentage interests in the Issuing Entity represented thereby.
Warranty Payment: With respect to a Distribution Date and to a Warranty Receivable to
be repurchased as of the last day of the related Monthly Period, a payment equal to the Amount
Financed minus that portion of all payments received from the related Obligor on or prior
to the last day of the related Monthly Period allocable to principal and minus any
Liquidation Proceeds (to the extent applied to reduce the Principal Balance of such Simple Interest
Receivable) previously received with respect to such Simple Interest Receivable.
Warranty Purchaser: The Person described in Section 2.05 of the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement.
Warranty Receivable: A Receivable that the Warranty Purchaser has become obligated to
repurchase pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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PART II — RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
(a) | Accounting Terms. As used in this Appendix or the Basic Documents, accounting terms which are not defined, and accounting terms partly defined, herein or therein shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Appendix or the Basic Documents are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Appendix or the Basic Documents will control. | ||
(b) | “Hereof,” etc. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Appendix or any Basic Document will refer to this Appendix or such Basic Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Appendix or such Basic Document; and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Appendix or any Basic Document are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Appendix or such Basic Document unless otherwise specified. The word “or” is not exclusive. | ||
(c) | Reference to Distribution Dates. With respect to any Distribution Date, the “related Monthly Period,” and the “related Record Date,” will mean the Monthly Period and Record Date, respectively, immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and the relationships among Monthly Periods and Record Dates will be correlative to the foregoing relationships. | ||
(d) | Number and Gender. Each defined term used in this Appendix or the Basic Documents has a comparable meaning when used in its plural or singular form. Each gender-specific term used in this Appendix or the Basic Documents has a comparable meaning whether used in a masculine, feminine or gender-neutral form. | ||
(e) | Including. Whenever the term “including” (whether or not that term is followed by the phrase “but not limited to” or “without limitation” or words of similar effect) is used in this Appendix or the Basic Documents in connection with a listing of items within a particular classification, that listing will be interpreted to be illustrative only and will not be interpreted as a limitation on, or exclusive listing of, the items within that classification. | ||
(f) | Reference to a Class of Notes. Unless otherwise specified, references to a Class of Notes includes all the tranches included in such class of Notes. |
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APPENDIX B
NOTICE ADDRESSES AND PROCEDURES
All requests, demands, directions, consents, waivers, notices, authorizations and
communications provided or permitted under any Basic Document to be made upon, given or furnished
to or filed with the Depositor, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing
Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Custodian or the Rating Agencies shall be in writing, personally
delivered, sent by facsimile with a copy to follow via first class mail or mailed by certified
mail-return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt:
(a) in the case of the Depositor, at the following address:
with a copy to:
Manager — Securitization,
GMAC LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B12-C24
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000,
GMAC LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B12-C24
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000,
(b) in the case of the Servicer, the Administrator or the Custodian, at the following address:
Director — Global Securitization
GMAC LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B12-C24
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000,
GMAC LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B12-C24
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000,
(c) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, and
(d) in the case of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee, to the Owner Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office,
App. B-1
with a copy to:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Mail Stop: NYC60-2606
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Phone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000/8607,
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Mail Stop: NYC60-2606
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Phone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000/8607,
and with a copy to:
Capital Auto Receivables LLC
Attention: Manager — Securitization
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B12-C24
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Manager — Securitization
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx, XX: 482-B12-C24
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
The Issuing Entity shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the
Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall likewise promptly transmit any notice received by
it from the Noteholders to the Issuing Entity:
(e) in the case of Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., to
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
ABS/RMBS Monitoring Department
25th Floor
7 World Trade Center
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
ABS/RMBS Monitoring Department
25th Floor
7 World Trade Center
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
(f) in the case of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, to
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Asset Backed Surveillance Department,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Asset Backed Surveillance Department,
(g) in the case of Fitch, Inc., to
Fitch, Inc.
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attn: Asset-Backed Securities Group Auto ABS, and
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attn: Asset-Backed Securities Group Auto ABS, and
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(h) in the case of the Swap Counterparty, to
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Phone: 000-000 0000
Fax: 000-000 0000
Attn: Legal and Transaction Management Group – ISDA
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Phone: 000-000 0000
Fax: 000-000 0000
Attn: Legal and Transaction Management Group – ISDA
or at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to the other
parties to this Agreement.
Where any Basic Document provides for notice to Noteholders or Certificateholders of any
condition or event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if it is in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder or
Certificateholder affected by such condition or event, at such Person’s address as it appears on
the Note Register or Certificate Register, as applicable, not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed in such Basic Document for the giving of such notice.
If notice to Noteholders or Certificateholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholders or Certificateholders
shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders or
Certificateholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively
be presumed to have been duly given regardless of whether such notice is in fact actually received.
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