EXHIBIT 4.3
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
among
CIT EQUIPMENT COLLATERAL 2003-EF1,
as Issuer,
NCT FUNDING COMPANY, L.L.C.,
as Depositor,
CIT FINANCIAL USA, INC.,
in its individual capacity, and
THE CIT GROUP/EQUIPMENT FINANCING, INC.
as Servicer
Dated as of August 1, 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................1
Section 1.01 Definitions.................................................................................1
Section 1.02 Usage of Terms.............................................................................39
Section 1.03 Section References.........................................................................39
Section 1.04 Accounting Terms...........................................................................39
Article II FUNDINGS OF TRUST; TRANSFERS OF CONTRACTS.............................................................39
Section 2.01 Creation and Funding of Trust; Transfer of Transferred Assets to Trust.....................39
Section 2.02 Conditions to Transfers....................................................................41
Section 2.03 Acceptance by Trust........................................................................43
Section 2.04 Conveyance of Substitute Contracts.........................................................43
Section 2.05 Release of Excluded Amounts................................................................45
Section 2.06 Waiver.....................................................................................45
Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.......................................................................45
Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Depositor.....................................46
Section 3.02 Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.............................................48
Article IV PERFECTION OF TRANSFERS AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS..........................................50
Section 4.01 Custody of Contracts.......................................................................50
Section 4.02 Filings....................................................................................51
Section 4.03 Name Change or Relocation..................................................................51
Section 4.04 Maintenance of Security Interests in Vehicles; Retitling...................................52
Article V SERVICING OF CONTRACTS.................................................................................53
Section 5.01 Initial Servicer's Appointment and Acceptance; Responsibility for Contract
Administration.............................................................................53
Section 5.02 General Duties.............................................................................53
Section 5.03 Assignment or Replacement..................................................................54
Section 5.04 Disposition Upon Termination of Contract...................................................54
Section 5.05 Subservicers...............................................................................54
Section 5.06 Further Assurance..........................................................................54
Section 5.07 Notice to Obligors.........................................................................55
Section 5.08 Collection Efforts; Modification of Contracts..............................................55
Section 5.09 Prepayments of Certain Contracts...........................................................56
Section 5.10 Certain Extensions; Acceleration...........................................................56
Section 5.11 Taxes and Other Amounts....................................................................57
Section 5.12 Suits by Servicer..........................................................................57
Section 5.13 Remittances................................................................................57
Section 5.14 Servicer Advances..........................................................................57
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Section 5.15 Realization Upon Liquidated Contract.......................................................57
Section 5.16 Maintenance of Insurance Policies..........................................................57
Section 5.17 Certain Other Duties With Respect to Trust.................................................58
Section 5.18 Servicing Compensation.....................................................................58
Section 5.19 Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer....................................................58
Section 5.20 Records....................................................................................58
Section 5.21 Inspection.................................................................................59
Section 5.22 Trust To Cooperate in Releases.............................................................59
Section 5.23 Separate Entity Existence..................................................................59
Section 5.24 Assignment of Servicing....................................................................59
Article VI COVENANTS OF THE DEPOSITOR............................................................................60
Section 6.01 LLC Existence..............................................................................60
Section 6.02 Contracts Not to be Evidenced by Promissory Notes..........................................60
Section 6.03 Security Interests.........................................................................60
Section 6.04 Delivery of Collections....................................................................60
Section 6.05 Regulatory Filings.........................................................................60
Section 6.06 Compliance With Law........................................................................61
Section 6.07 Activities.................................................................................61
Section 6.08 Indebtedness...............................................................................61
Section 6.09 Guarantees.................................................................................61
Section 6.10 Investments................................................................................61
Section 6.11 Merger; Transfers..........................................................................61
Section 6.12 Payments...................................................................................61
Section 6.13 Other Agreements...........................................................................62
Section 6.14 Separate Entity Existence..................................................................62
Section 6.15 Location; Records..........................................................................63
Section 6.16 Liability of Depositor; Indemnities........................................................63
Section 6.17 Bankruptcy Limitations.....................................................................65
Section 6.18 Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others............................................65
Article VII ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS; PAYMENTS..................................................................65
Section 7.01 Trust Accounts; Collections................................................................65
Section 7.02 Reserve Account............................................................................67
Section 7.03 Trust Account Procedures...................................................................67
Section 7.04 Securityholder Payments....................................................................67
Section 7.05 Allocations and Payments...................................................................68
Section 7.06 Repurchases of, or Substitution for, Contracts for Breach of Representations and
Warranties.................................................................................74
Section 7.07 Reassignment of Repurchased or Substituted Contracts.......................................74
Section 7.08 The Servicer's Purchase Option.............................................................75
Article VIII SERVICER DEFAULTS; SERVICING TRANSFER...............................................................75
Section 8.01 Servicer Default...........................................................................75
Section 8.02 Servicing Transfer.........................................................................76
Section 8.03 Appointment of Successor Servicer; Reconveyance; Successor Servicer to Act.................77
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Section 8.04 Notifications to Noteholders and the Equity Certificateholders.............................78
Section 8.05 Effect of Transfer.........................................................................78
Section 8.06 Database File..............................................................................79
Section 8.07 Successor Servicer Indemnification.........................................................79
Section 8.08 Responsibilities of the Successor Servicer.................................................79
Section 8.09 Servicer Not to Resign.....................................................................80
Article IX SERVICER REPORTING....................................................................................80
Section 9.01 Monthly Reports............................................................................80
Section 9.02 Officer's Certificate......................................................................80
Section 9.03 Other Data.................................................................................80
Section 9.04 Annual Reporting; Evidence as to Compliance................................................80
Section 9.05 Annual Statement of Compliance from Servicer...............................................81
Article X TERMINATION............................................................................................81
Section 10.01 Sale of Trust Assets.......................................................................81
Article XI MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................................82
Section 11.01 Amendments.................................................................................82
Section 11.02 Reserved...................................................................................84
Section 11.03 Governing Law..............................................................................84
Section 11.04 Notices....................................................................................84
Section 11.05 Severability of Provisions.................................................................87
Section 11.06 Third Party Beneficiaries..................................................................87
Section 11.07 Counterparts...............................................................................87
Section 11.08 Headings...................................................................................87
Section 11.09 No Bankruptcy Petition; Disclaimer and Subordination.......................................87
Section 11.10 Jurisdiction...............................................................................88
Section 11.11 [Reserved].................................................................................88
Section 11.12 Servicer Indemnity.........................................................................88
Section 11.13 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee...................................................89
Section 11.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.......................................................................89
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Transfer Agreement ...............................................................A-1
Exhibit B Form of VFC Assignment....................................................................B-1
Exhibit C Initial Schedule of Contracts.............................................................C-1
Exhibit D Form of Servicer's Monthly Report.........................................................D-1
Exhibit E Form of Substitution Transfer Agreement...................................................E-1
Exhibit F [Reserved]................................................................................F-1
Exhibit G Schedule of Representations and Warranties................................................G-1
Exhibit H [Reserved]................................................................................H-1
Exhibit I [Reserved]................................................................................I-1
Exhibit J Minimum Value Filing Exceptions...........................................................J-1
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This POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 2003, is
among CIT Equipment Collateral 2003-EF1, a Delaware statutory trust (together
with its successors and assigns, the "Issuer" or the "Trust"), NCT Funding
Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (together with its
successors and assigns, the "Depositor"), CIT Financial USA, Inc. (together with
its successors and assigns, "CFUSA") and The CIT Group/Equipment Financing,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the
"Servicer").
WHEREAS the Depositor desires to fund the Trust by selling, conveying
and assigning from time to time, pursuant hereto or pursuant to Substitution
Transfer Agreements hereunder, designated Contracts or pools of Contracts
together with certain related security therefor and other related rights and
property as further described herein, which Contracts were originated by the
Financing Originator, or acquired by purchase and assignment by the Financing
Originator from the prior owner thereof, and subsequently conveyed (i) by the
Financing Originator to CFUSA; (ii) by CFUSA to the Depositor, with respect to
Contracts and related assets acquired by CFUSA from the Financing Originator as
described in clause (i) above; (iii) in the case of the VFC Contracts, by the
Depositor to the VFC Trust (as defined herein); and (iv) in the case of the VFC
Contracts originated by the Financing Originator and warehoused in the VFC
Trust, by the VFC Trust back to the Depositor; and
WHEREAS the Trust is willing to purchase and accept assignment of such
Contracts and related assets; and
WHEREAS the Servicer is willing to service such Contracts and related
assets for the benefit and account of the Trust and the Holders pursuant to the
terms hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:
"Accounting Date" means, with respect to a Payment Date, the last day
of the preceding calendar month.
"Accountant's Report" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04.
"Accrual Period" means, with respect to any Payment Date, with respect
to the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, respectively, the period from
and including the immediately preceding Payment Date to but excluding such
Payment Date (or, in the case of the initial Accrual Period, from and including
the Closing Date to but excluding the first Payment Date following the Closing
Date), and with respect to each other Class of Notes, the period from and
including the 20th day of the immediately preceding calendar month to but
excluding the 20th day of the related calendar month, provided, that in each
case, the initial Accrual Period
following the Closing Date shall be the period from and including the Closing
Date to but excluding October 20, 2003.
"Addition Notice" means, with respect to any transfer of Subsequent
Contracts to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.04 (and the Depositor's
corresponding prior purchase of such Contracts from CFUSA), a notice, which
shall be given at least five days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date,
identifying the Subsequent Contracts to be transferred, the Contract Principal
Balance of such Subsequent Contracts and the related Substitution Event (with
respect to an identified Contract or Contracts then in the Contract Pool) to
which such Subsequent Contract relates, with such notice to be signed both by
the Depositor and CFUSA.
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement dated as
of August 1, 2003 by and among the Trust, CITEF, the Depositor and the Indenture
Trustee.
"Administrator" shall be the party named as such under the
Administration Agreement.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person controlling
or 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" or "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Aggregate Principal Amount" means, with respect to any group of Notes,
at any date of determination, the sum of the Principal Amounts of such Notes on
such date of determination.
"Agreement" means this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof.
"Allocation Criteria" means, with respect to the allocation of
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds between the Trust (for inclusion as
Pledged Revenues) and the Depositor, as contemplated in the definition of
Available Pledged Revenues, that Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds with
respect to the Contracts consisting of Leases are allocable pro rata between
inclusion as Available Pledged Revenues in respect of the Contract Pool, on the
one hand, and directly to the Depositor, on the other, based upon (i) for
allocation to Available Pledged Revenues, the Required Payoff Amount for such
Lease (determined as of the last day of the Collection Period during which such
Lease became a Liquidated Contract), and (ii) for allocation to the Depositor,
the Book Value of the related Equipment; provided, that in the event the
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds in respect of a particular Lease
exceed the sum of such Required Payoff Amount for such Lease plus the Book Value
of the related Equipment, any such excess shall be allocated solely to the
Depositor.
"Amount Available" means, with respect to any Payment Date, (i) the sum
of the Available Pledged Revenues for such Payment Date and (ii) that portion of
the balance in the Reserve Account available for withdrawal by the Indenture
Trustee in accordance with Section 7.05(d).
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"Applicable Security" means, with respect to a Vendor Loan, any (i)
Secondary Contract securing such Vendor Loan and (ii) Equipment securing such
Vendor Loan or a related Secondary Contract.
"Assignment Agreements" means, (i) the Assignment Agreement, dated
August 1, 2003 by and between CIT Technology Financing Services, Inc. (formerly
known as Newcourt Leasing Corporation), as transferor, and CITEF, and (ii) the
Assignment Agreement, dated August 1, 2003 by and between CFUSA, as transferor,
and CITEF.
"Available Pledged Revenues" means, as to any Payment Date, the sum of
(i) the Related Collection Period Pledged Revenues for such Payment Date, (ii)
all Purchase Amounts (other than any portion thereof attributable to the Book
Value of the Leased Equipment) and Servicer Advances on deposit in the
Collection Account as of the immediately preceding Deposit Date, (iii) the
amount paid by CFUSA or the Depositor to purchase the Contracts pursuant to
Section 7.08 of this Agreement on deposit in the Collection Account as of the
immediately preceding Deposit Date, and (iv) to the extent necessary to pay the
Note Interest Distributable Amount for such Payment Date, the Current Collection
Period Pledged Revenues for such Payment Date.
"Available Reserve Amount" means, with respect to a Payment Date, the
amount of funds equal to the lesser of (i) the amount on deposit in the Reserve
Account (determined (a) exclusive of any Investment Earnings thereon and (b)
before giving effect to any deposit to be made or withdrawals from the Reserve
Account with respect to such Payment Date), and (ii) the Required Reserve
Amount.
"Book Value" means, with respect to any Equipment subject to a Lease,
the value of such Equipment as shown on the accounting books and records of the
Financing Originator (or the Depositor, in the case of Equipment relating to
Contracts being transferred pursuant to the VFC Assignment), as of the Cut-Off
Date for the related Lease (it being understood that Book Value constitutes a
measure of the lessor's residual interest in the Equipment as shown on its books
and records as of such date, net of the financial asset shown on such books and
records represented by the discounted Scheduled Payments owing on the Lease).
"Business Day" means any day which is neither a Saturday or a Sunday,
nor another day on which banking institutions in the cities of Livingston, New
Jersey or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, executive
order, or governmental decree to be closed.
"Casualty Loss" means, with respect to any item of Equipment, the loss,
theft, damage beyond repair or governmental condemnation or seizure of such item
of Equipment.
"Certificate of Formation" means the limited liability company
Certificate of Formation of the Depositor.
"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning given such term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Certificate Register" has the meaning specified in the Trust
Agreement.
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"CFUSA" means CIT Financial USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"CIT" means CIT Group Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"CITEF" means The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"CITEF Contract" means a Contract originated or acquired by CITEF, but
which is not a VFC Contract.
"Class" means any of the group of Notes, or the Equity Certificate
identified herein as the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes or the Equity
Certificate, as applicable.
"Class A Notes" means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the
Class A-3 Notes.
"Class A Percentage" means, with respect to any payment date, 100%
minus the Class B Percentage for such Payment Date.
"Class A Principal Payment Amount" means: (1) with respect to any
Payment Date on or prior to the Payment Date on which the Principal Amount of
the Class A-1 Notes has been reduced to zero, the greater of (i) the excess of
(x) the Principal Amount of the Class A-1 Notes over (y) the Class A-1 Scheduled
Principal Balance and (ii) the product of the Class A Percentage and the Total
Principal Payment Amount and (2) with respect to any Payment Date thereafter,
the product of the Class A Percentage and the Total Principal Payment Amount;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Class A Principal Payment Amount
exceed the Principal Amount of the Class A Notes.
"Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in
respect of interest on the Class A-1 Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus,
to the extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class
A-1 Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to the number of
days in the related Accrual Period divided by 360.
"Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class A-1 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class A-1 Interest Rate" means 1.13875% per annum.
"Class A-1 Maturity Date" means October 15, 2004 (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
"Class A-1 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means, (a) with
respect to the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount
equal to the product of (i) the Class A-1 Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Class
A-1 Principal Amount, and (iii) a fraction equal to the
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number of days in such Accrual Period divided by 360, and (b) with respect to
each subsequent Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to
the product of (i) the Class A-1 Interest Rate, (ii) the Principal Amount of the
Class A-1 Notes on the immediately preceding Payment Date, after giving effect
to all payments of principal to Class A-1 Noteholders on or prior to such
immediately preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date,
the Initial Class A-1 Principal Amount), and (iii) a fraction equal to the
number of days in such Accrual Period divided by 360.
"Class A-1 Notes" means the $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
1.13875% Receivable-Backed Notes, Class A-1, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class A-1 Scheduled Principal Balance" means, with respect to each
Payment Date, the balance for such Payment Date as set forth in the following
table.
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Payment Date Class A-1 Scheduled Principal Balance
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October 2003 $231,761,449
November 2003 $210,578,074
December 2003 $189,496,105
January 2004 $168,076,579
February 2004 $148,051,128
March 2004 $128,358,960
April 2004 $108,055,685
May 2004 $86,770,512
June 2004 $65,163,726
July 2004 $43,008,364
August 2004 $20,781,809
September 2004 $0
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"Class A-2 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in
respect of interest on the Class A-2 Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus,
to the extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class
A-2 Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
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"Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class A-2 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class A-2 Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class A-2 Interest Rate" means 1.49% per annum.
"Class A-2 Maturity Date" means December 20, 2005 (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class A-2 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with
respect to the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount
equal to the product of (i) the Class A-2 Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Class
A-2 Principal Amount, and (iii) a fraction equal to the number of days in such
Accrual Period divided by 360, and (b) with respect to each subsequent Accrual
Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the
Class A-2 Interest Rate, (ii) the Principal Amount of the Class A-2 Notes on the
immediately preceding Payment Date, after giving effect to all payments of
principal to Class A-2 Noteholders on or prior to such immediately preceding
Payment Date, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class A-2 Notes" means the $157,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
1.49% Receivable-Backed Notes, Class A-2, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class A-3 Assumed Fixed Rate" means a fixed rate of 2.2175% per annum
(based on a 360 day year compromised of twelve 30 day months).
"Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in
respect of interest on the Class A-3 Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus,
to the extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class
A-3 Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to the number of
days in such Accrual Period divided by 360.
"Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class A-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class A-3 Interest Rate" means, for each Accrual Period, One Month
LIBOR plus 0.16%.
"Class A-3 Maturity Date" means January 20, 2008 (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class A-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with
respect to the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount
equal to the product of (i) the Class A-3 Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Class
A-3 Principal Amount, and (iii) a fraction equal to the number of days in such
Accrual Period divided by 360, and (b) with respect to each subsequent Accrual
Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the
Class A-3 Interest Rate, (ii) the Principal Amount of the Class A-3 Notes on the
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immediately preceding Payment Date, after giving effect to all payments of
principal to Class A-3 Noteholders on or prior to such immediately preceding
Payment Date, and (iii) a fraction equal to the number of days in such Accrual
Period divided by 360.
"Class A-3 Notes" means the $287,253,376 aggregate principal amount of
Floating Rate Receivable-Backed Notes, Class A-3, issued pursuant to the
Indenture.
"Class A-3 Swap Agreement" means the ISDA Master Agreement dated as of
the Closing Date between the Issuer and the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty,
including the related schedule and confirmation.
"Class A-3 Swap Counterparty" means Wachovia Bank, National Association
in its capacity as Swap Counterparty under the Class A-3 Swap Agreement and its
successors and assigns in such capacity.
"Class B Floor" means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount
equal to (i) 3.25% of the Initial Contract Pool Principal Balance, plus (ii) the
Unfunded Loss Amount, if any, for such Payment Date, minus (iii) the sum of the
Principal Amount of the Class C Notes plus the Principal Amount of the Class D
Notes, prior to giving effect to any payments of principal on the Class C Notes
or the Class D Notes on that payment date, and the amount on deposit in the
Reserve Account (after giving effect to withdrawals and releases to be made on
such Payment Date); provided, however, that in no event will the Class B Floor
be greater than the Principal Amount of the Class B Notes immediately prior to
such Payment Date nor less than zero.
"Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Class B Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in
respect of interest on the Class B Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus,
to the extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class
B Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class B Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class B Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class B Interest Rate" means 2.29% per annum.
"Class B Maturity Date" means July 20, 2008 (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class B Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect
to the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class B Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Class B Principal
Amount, and (iii) a fraction equal to the number of days in such Accrual Period
divided by 360, and (b) with respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the
related Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class B Interest
Rate, (ii) the Principal Amount of the Class B Notes on the immediately
preceding Payment Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to
Class B Noteholders on or prior to such immediately preceding Payment Date, and
(iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
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"Class B Notes" means the $21,750,000 aggregate principal amount of
2.29% Receivable-Backed Notes, Class B, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class B Percentage" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
percentage determined by dividing (i) the Principal Amount of the Class B Notes
as of the beginning of the related Collection Period by (ii) the sum of the
Principal Amount of the Class A Notes plus the Principal Amount of the Class B
Notes as of the beginning of the related Collection Period.
"Class B Principal Payment Amount" means the lesser of (i) the excess,
if any, of (a) the Total Principal Payment Amount over (b) the Class A Principal
Payment Amount and (ii) the lesser of (a) the excess, if any, of (1) the
Principal Amount of the Class B Notes over (2) the Class B Floor or (b) the
Class B Target Principal Payment Amount; provided, however, that in no event
will the Class B Principal Payment Amount exceed the Principal Amount of the
Class B Notes.
"Class B Target Principal Payment Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the product of (i) the Class B Percentage and (ii) the Total
Principal Payment Amount.
"Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Class C Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in
respect of interest on the Class C Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus,
to the extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class
C Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class C Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class C Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class C Interest Rate" means 3.98% per annum.
"Class C Maturity Date" means February 20, 2009 (or, if such day is not
a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class C Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect
to the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class C Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Class C Principal
Amount, and (iii) a fraction equal to the number of days in such Accrual Period
divided by 360, and (b) with respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the
related Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class C Interest
Rate, (ii) the Principal Amount of the Class C Notes on the immediately
preceding Payment Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to
Class C Noteholders on or prior to such immediately preceding Payment Date, and
(iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class C Notes" means the $23,710,929 aggregate principal amount of
3.98% Receivable-Backed Notes, Class C, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class D Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Class D Interest Distributable Amount
for the preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in
respect of interest on the Class D Notes on such
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preceding Payment Date, plus, to the extent permitted by law, an amount equal to
the product of (i) the Class D Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a
fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class D Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class D Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class D Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class D Interest Rate" means 4.96% per annum.
"Class D Maturity Date" means January 20, 2010 (or, if such day is not
a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class D Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect
to the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class D Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Class D Principal
Amount, and (iii) a fraction equal to the number of days in such Accrual Period
divided by 360, and (b) with respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the
related Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class D Interest
Rate, (ii) the Principal Amount of the Class D Notes on the immediately
preceding Payment Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to
Class D Noteholders on or prior to such immediately preceding Payment Date, and
(iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class D Notes" means the $25,650,000 aggregate principal amount of
4.96% Receivable-Backed Notes, Class D, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Closing Date" means September 25, 2003.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Collection Account" means the account so designated established
pursuant to Section 7.01.
"Collection Account Property" means the Collection Account, all amounts
and investments held from time to time in the Collection Account (whether in the
form of deposit accounts, physical property, book-entry securities,
uncertificated securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the foregoing.
"Collection Period" means a period beginning on the first day of a
calendar month and ending on, but not including, the first day of the next
calendar month, provided that the first Collection Period shall be the two
calendar months preceding the month in which the first payment date occurs.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Computer Disk" means the computer disk generated by the Servicer (or
any subservicer under Section 5.05), which provides information relating to
Contracts in the Contract Pool and which was used by such party in selecting the
related Contracts for conveyance and inclusion in such Contract Pool, and
includes the master file and the history file as well as servicing information
with respect to such Contracts.
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"Contract" means each End-User Contract and each Vendor Loan listed on
any Schedule of Contracts but, unless otherwise specified herein, shall not
refer to any Secondary Contract.
"Contract Assets" means, with respect to any Contracts (including
Substitute Contracts) and related assets conveyed or being conveyed to the
Depositor pursuant to a Substitution Assignment Agreement, the VFC Assignment or
the Non-VFC Purchase Agreement, and concurrently conveyed or being conveyed by
the Depositor to the Trust pursuant to this Pooling Agreement or a Substitution
Transfer Agreement, all right, title and interest of CFUSA or the VFC Trust, as
the case may be, in, to and under:
(i) such Contracts, and all monies due or to become due in payment
of such Contracts on and after the relevant Cut-Off Date, and including
Scheduled Payments due but not yet received prior to the relevant Cut-Off Date
and all other Scheduled Payments due or becoming due on or after the relevant
Cut-Off Date, any Prepayments, any payments in respect of a casualty or early
termination, any Liquidation Proceeds received with respect thereto, but
excluding any Scheduled Payments both due and actually received and processed
prior to the related Cut-Off Date and any Excluded Amounts;
(ii) the Financed Items related to such Contracts and, in the case
of any Vendor Loan, related Applicable Security, including all proceeds from any
sale or other disposition of such Financed Items (but subject to the exclusion
and release herein of Excluded Amounts);
(iii) the related Contract Files;
(iv) all payments made or to be made in the future with respect to
such Contracts or the Obligor thereunder under any Vendor Agreements with the
Financing Originator and under any guarantee or similar credit enhancement with
respect to such Contracts;
(v) all Insurance Proceeds with respect to each such Contract; and
(vi) all income from and proceeds of the foregoing.
"Contract File" means, with respect to each Contract, the fully
executed original counterpart (for UCC purposes) of the Contract, the original
certificate of title or other title document with respect to the related
Equipment (if applicable), and otherwise such documents or electronic entries,
if any, that the Servicer (or Financing Originator) keeps on file in accordance
with Customary Policies and Procedures evidencing ownership of such Equipment
(if applicable), and all other documents originally delivered to the Financing
Originator or held by the Servicer (or subservicer under Section 5.05) with
respect to any Contract.
"Contract Pool" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate
of the Contracts which have been conveyed to the Trust and which constitute as
of such date Trust Assets under the terms and provisions hereof.
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"Contract Pool Principal Balance" means with respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of the Contract Principal Balances (computed as of the related
Accounting Date) for all Contracts.
"Contract Principal Balance" means as of any Accounting Date, with
respect to any Contract, the present value of the unpaid Scheduled Payments due
on such Contract after such Accounting Date (excluding all Scheduled Payments
due on or prior to, but not received as of, such Accounting Date, as well as any
Scheduled Payments due after, but received as of, such Accounting Date), after
giving effect to any Prepayments received on or prior to such Accounting Date,
discounted monthly at the Discount Rate (assuming, for purposes of such
calculation, that each Scheduled Payment is due on the last day of the
applicable Collection Period); provided that, for purposes of computing the
Contract Pool Principal Balance or, except where stated otherwise, for any other
purpose described herein (a) the Contract Principal Balance of any Defaulted
Contract as of the end of a given Collection Period will be deemed to be its
Contract Principal Balance plus Scheduled Payments due but not yet paid on such
Contract as of the first day of the Collection Period during which it became a
Defaulted Contract, less the Defaulted Contract Valuation Amount for such
Defaulted Contract, and (b) the Contract Principal Balance of any Contract which
became a Liquidated Contract during a given Collection Period or which was a
Contract which CFUSA was obligated to purchase from the Trust pursuant to
Section 7.06 of this Agreement as of the end of a given Collection Period will
be deemed to be zero on and after the last day of the Collection Period.
"Controlled Group" means all members of a controlled group of
corporations or other business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or
not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Servicer or any
of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the corporate trust office of the Owner
Trustee in the State of Delaware, which office initially shall be located at 000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 00000, or such other office at such other
address in the State of Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate from time to
time by notice to the Equity Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator
and the Depositor.
"CPR" means a conditional prepayment rate which assumes that a fraction
of the outstanding Contract Pool is prepaid on each Payment Date and also
assumes that all Contracts have the same initial principal balance and amortize
at the same rate.
"CSA" means each conditional sales agreement, including, as applicable,
schedules, subschedules, supplements and amendments to a master conditional
sales agreement, pursuant to which specified assets were conditionally sold to
an Obligor at specified monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments.
"Cumulative Loss Ratio" means the ratio of (a) the Cumulative Reported
Net Losses recognized with respect to the contracts in the contract pool over
(b) the Initial Contract Pool Principal Balance.
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"Cumulative Loss Trigger" means:
Collection Periods Cumulative Loss Ratio
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August 2003 to January 2004 0.75%
February 2004 to April 2004 1.00%
May 2004 to July 2004 1.50%
August 2004 to October 2004 2.00%
November 2004 to January 2005 2.50%
February 2005 to April 2005 3.00%
May 2005 to July 2005 3.50%
August 2005 to October 2005 4.00%
November 2005 to January 2006 4.50%
February 2006 and thereafter 5.00%
"Cumulative Reported Net Losses" with respect to a collection period
equal the aggregate of the Defaulted Contract Valuation Amounts minus the sum of
any subsequent cash collections on defaulted contracts, including liquidation
proceeds.
"Current Collection Period Pledged Revenues" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the amount of Pledged Revenues in the Collection Account as of the
immediately preceding Deposit Date which were received by the Servicer after the
end of the related Collection Period, including all Liquidation Proceeds so
received but excluding any Purchase Amount.
"Customary Policies and Procedures" means, with respect to any Contract
Assets, the customary standards, policies and procedures of the Financing
Originator with respect to such Contract Assets in effect at the time of the
Cut-Off Date with respect thereto, as the same may be changed from time to time
(provided that any such change does not materially impair (i) the collectibility
of the related Contract, or (ii) the Servicer's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto).
"Cut-Off Date" means either or both (as the context may require) the
Initial Cut-Off Date and any Substitution Cut-Off Date, as applicable to the
Contract or Contracts in question.
"Date of Processing" means, with respect to any transaction or Pledged
Revenue, the date on which such transaction or Pledged Revenue is first recorded
(and, in the case of a transaction or Pledged Revenue related to a particular
Contract, identified as to such particular Contract as an Amount Available) on
the Financing Originator's or the Servicer's computer master file of Contracts
(without regard to the effective date of such recordation).
"Defaulted Contract" means a Contract in the Contract Pool with respect
to which there has occurred one or more of the following: (i) all or some
portion of any Scheduled Payment under the Contract (constituting at least $25
of such Scheduled Payment due) is 180 days or more delinquent from its original
due date (or, with respect to a Contract for which there exists available
payment recourse to a Vendor to satisfy the amount in default, and which
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recourse was not yet available (pursuant to the contractual terms thereof) or
had not yet been paid by the Vendor prior to the end of such 180 day period,
then at such time thereafter as the Vendor shall have failed to pay such
defaulted amount in accordance with the provisions of the Program Agreement,
Vendor Assignment or other agreement with the Vendor providing such recourse),
(ii) as to which the Servicer has repossessed the Equipment securing such
Contract, or (iii) as to which the Servicer has determined, in accordance with
the Customary Policies and Procedures, that the collectibility of the Contract
has been impaired..
"Defaulted Contract Valuation Amount" means, as to any Defaulted
Contract, the sum of (a) fifty percent of the Contract Principal Balance of such
Defaulted Contract as of the first day of the Collection Period during which the
Contract became a Defaulted Contract, (b) any Scheduled Payments due from but
not yet paid by the Obligor in respect of such Defaulted Contract as of the
first day of the Collection Period during which the Contract became a Defaulted
Contract, and (c) any subsequent cash collections on such Contract. However the
Defaulted Contract Valuation Amount shall never exceed the Contract Principal
Balance plus Scheduled Payments due but not yet paid as of the first day of the
Collection Period during which the Contract became a Defaulted Contract.
"Delaware Statutory Trust Act" has the meaning specified in the Trust
Agreement.
"Delinquent Contract" means any Contract as to which all or a portion
of a Scheduled Payment (constituting at least $25 of such Scheduled Payment due)
is more than 60 days delinquent from its original due date.
"Deposit Date" means the Business Day immediately preceding each
Payment Date.
"Depositor" means the "Depositor" as defined in the preamble hereto, or
any successor entity thereto.
"Determination Date" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
second Business Day prior to such Payment Date.
"Discount Rate" means, with respect to each Contract, the annual
percentage rate of interest for such Contract as set forth in CITEF's
receivables system.
"Dollar" and "$" means lawful currency of the United States of America.
"Eligible Contract" means each Contract owned (prior to its conveyance
by the Financing Originator to CFUSA under the VFC Conveyancing Agreement or the
Non-VFC Conveyancing Agreement, as the case may be; prior to its conveyance by
CFUSA to the Depositor under the VFC Purchase Agreement or the Non-VFC Purchase
Agreement, as the case may be, and prior to its conveyance by the VFC Trust to
the Depositor pursuant to the VFC Assignment, if a VFC Contract) by the
Financing Originator, CFUSA or the VFC Trust, as the case may be, and with
respect to which each of the following is true (to the extent applicable to such
type of Contract) at the time of its conveyance to the Trust on the Closing Date
(or Substitution Transfer Date, as applicable):
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(a) the information with respect to the Contract, any Secondary
Contract securing the obligations under such Contract, and the Financed Items
related to the Contract, delivered to the Servicer by or at the direction of
CFUSA under the Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement or the Non-VFC Purchase
Agreement, as the case may be, or by or at the direction of the VFC Trust
pursuant to the VFC Assignment is true and correct in all material respects;
(b) immediately prior to the transfer of such Contract and any
related Equipment (or security interest therein) or Applicable Security to the
Depositor (and the Depositor's concurrent transfer thereof to the Trust), CFUSA
or the VFC Trust owned and had good and marketable title to (and following the
transfer by CFUSA or the VFC Trust, the Depositor owns and has good and
marketable title to) the Contracts, free and clear of any Liens, other than
Permitted Liens; and immediately prior to the transfer of such Contract and any
related Equipment (or security interest therein) or Applicable Security by the
Financing Originator to CFUSA, such Contract was owned by the Financing
Originator free and clear of any Liens, other than with respect to Permitted
Liens;
(c) the Contract is neither a Defaulted Contract nor a Delinquent
Contract;
(d) no provision of the Contract has been waived, altered or
modified in any material respect, except as indicated in the Contract File;
(e) the Contract is a valid and binding payment obligation of the
Obligor and is enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as may be
limited by applicable Insolvency Laws and the availability of equitable
remedies);
(f) the Contract is not subject to litigation, or to rights of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense and, to CFUSA's or the Servicer's
knowledge, no such rights have been asserted or threatened with respect to the
Contract;
(g) the Contract, at the time it was made, had been originated in
compliance (in all material respects) with applicable law, and did not violate
the laws of the United States or any state in any material respect;
(h) (i) the Contract and any related Financed Item or interest
therein (other than Excluded Residual Investments) have not been sold,
transferred, assigned or pledged by the Financing Originator or CFUSA or the VFC
Trust (in the case of VFC Contracts) to any other Person (other than (a) the
sale of Contracts and any Financed Item financed or interest therein to CFUSA or
to the Depositor and then the VFC Trust and (b) the financed sale of Equipment
to an End-User effected through an End-User Contract), (ii) if such Contract
finances Equipment other than a Vehicle, such Contract is secured by a fully
perfected lien or ownership interest in favor of the Financing Originator or, in
the case of Equipment other than a Vehicle relating to the VFC Contracts, the
Depositor, on or in respect of the related Equipment (other than as contemplated
by the Minimum Value Filing Exception), or, if the Contract is a Vendor Loan,
the Vendor Loan is secured by a fully perfected lien or ownership interest in
favor of the Financing Originator or the VFC Trust in the related Applicable
Security, or (iii) if such
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Contract finances a Vehicle, within 90 calendar days of the origination of such
Contract by the Financing Originator or Third Party Source, all applicable state
registration or recording procedures were initiated, and the Financing
Originator's or Third Party Source's interest in such Vehicle will be or was
noted or recorded within 180 days of such origination, or a certificate of title
or similar evidence of recordation on which the Financing Originator's or Third
Party Source's interest has been noted has been obtained;
(i) if the Contract constitutes an "instrument" or "tangible
chattel paper" for purposes of the UCC, there is not more than one "secured
party's original" counterpart of the Contract and such original counterpart is
in the Contract File;
(j) all filings (including filings of UCC financing statements)
necessary (i) in respect of all Contracts, to evidence or perfect the conveyance
or transfer of the Financing Originator's ownership interest in the Contract,
and the Financing Originator's corresponding interest in the related Equipment
or Applicable Security, as applicable, to CFUSA, and (ii) in respect of all
Contracts to evidence or perfect the conveyance or transfer of CFUSA's or the
VFC Trust's ownership interest in the Contract, and CFUSA's corresponding
interest in the related Equipment or Applicable Security, as applicable, to the
Depositor (as well as the concurrent conveyance of such property hereunder,
other than ownership interests in Equipment, from the Depositor to the Trust),
have been made or provided for in all appropriate jurisdictions; provided, that
(A) UCC financing statement filings with respect to Equipment or Applicable
Security which name the Financing Originator as secured party have not been
amended to indicate either CFUSA, the Depositor or the Trust as an assignee
(although separate UCC filings were made against the Financing Originator's
interest in Applicable Security in each jurisdiction where a related Vendor is
located) and (B) certificates of title with respect to Vehicles which name the
Financing Originator or a Third Party Source as owner or lienholder have not
been amended to name CFUSA, the Depositor or the Trust as the lienholder; and
provided further, that only filings in the State of Delaware have been made in
favor of the Trust as secured party against the Depositor as debtor describing
as collateral (among other things) the Depositor's ownership interest in
Equipment, in respect of the security interest in Equipment owned by the
Depositor which has been granted to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
(k) the Obligor is not, to CFUSA's knowledge, subject to
bankruptcy or other insolvency proceedings;
(l) the Obligor's billing address is in the United States or
Puerto Rico, and the Contract is a U.S. dollar-denominated obligation;
(m) if the Contract is not an "instrument" for purposes of the
UCC, the Contract does not require the prior written notification to or consent
of an Obligor or contain any other restriction on the transfer or assignment of
the Contract, or, if the Contract constitutes an "instrument" for purposes of
the UCC, all consents and approvals required by the terms of the Contract for
the sale of the Contract hereunder have been received;
(n) either (x) the obligations of the related Obligor under such
Contract are irrevocable and unconditional and non-cancelable (it being
understood that Contracts which are prepayable in accordance with their terms
shall not, by virtue of that fact
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alone, be deemed revocable, conditional or cancelable) or, if not irrevocable
and unconditional, have the benefit of a Vendor Guarantee or (y) with respect to
certain Leases with Lessees that are governmental entities or municipalities, if
such Lease is canceled in accordance with its terms, either (1) the Vendor that
assigned such Lease to the Financing Originator is unconditionally obligated to
repurchase such lease from the Financing Originator for a purchase price not
less than the Contract Principal Balance of such Lease (as of the date of
cancellation), or (2) pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreements, CFUSA has
indemnified the Depositor against such cancellation in an amount at least equal
to the Contract Principal Balance of such Lease (as of the date of
cancellation), less any amounts paid by the Vendor pursuant to clause (1);
(o) no selection procedure adverse to the interests of the Trust
or the Equity Certificateholder was used in selecting the Contract for the
Contract Pool;
(p) the Obligor under the Contract is required to maintain
casualty insurance or to self-insure with respect to the related Equipment in
accordance with the Customary Policies and Procedures;
(q) the Contract constitutes tangible chattel paper, an account,
an instrument or a general intangible, in each case as defined under the UCC;
(r) the Contract is not a "consumer lease" as defined in Section
2A-103(1)(e) of the UCC;
(s) if such Contract is a Lease, to the best knowledge of the
Financing Originator, the Lessee thereunder has accepted and has had reasonable
opportunity to inspect the related Equipment;
(t) except as provided in clause (n) above, the Contract is not
subject to any guarantee by the Financing Originator, nor has the Financing
Originator established any specific credit reserve with respect to the related
Obligor;
(u) if such Contract is a Lease, such Lease is a "triple net
lease" under which the Obligor is responsible for the maintenance, taxes and
insurance with respect to the related Equipment in accordance with general
industry standards applicable to such item of Equipment;
(v) if such Contract is a Vendor Loan, such Vendor Loan is
secured by an Eligible Secondary Contract having an aggregate Contract Principal
Balance for such Eligible Secondary Contract (determined as of the relevant
Cut-Off Date for such Vendor Loan) not less than the outstanding principal
amount of such Vendor Loan;
(w) such Contract is not an obligation of the United States of
America or an agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States of
America;
(x) such Contract contains provisions customary to similar
financing agreements for Financed Items, which provisions are sufficient and
enforceable (except as may be limited by applicable Insolvency Laws and the
availability of equitable remedies) to enable the Financing Originator (or its
assignees, including the VFC Trust, the Depositor and the Trust)
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to realize against the Financed Items related thereto (to the extent such
Financed Items secure or support the payment of the Contract);
(y) if the Obligor in respect of such Contract is a state or
local governmental entity or municipality, the conveyance of such a Contract
under and pursuant to the Transaction Documents does not violate applicable
state or municipal laws or regulations (if any) restricting or prohibiting the
assignment of claims against or obligations of such Obligor; and
(z) such Contract was originated or acquired by the Financing
Originator in accordance with its Customary Policies and Procedures as in effect
at the time of such origination or acquisition.
"Eligible Investments" means any of the following:
(i) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed
by, the United States of America, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (if
then rated Aaa by Moody's), the Federal National Mortgage Association, or any
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of
which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America
and which are non-callable;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of,
bankers' acceptances issued by, or federal funds sold by any depository
institution or trust company (including the Trustees or any Affiliate of the
Trustees, acting in their commercial capacity) incorporated under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia
(or any domestic branch or agency of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision
and examination by federal and/or state authorities, so long as, at the time of
such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment, the
commercial paper or other short-term debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company have been rated at least P-1 or higher from
Moody's, A-1+ from Standard & Poor's and, if rated by Fitch, F-1+ from Fitch; or
any other demand or time deposit or certificate of deposit which is fully
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and which is rated at least
P-1 by Moody's;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in either clause (i) or (ii) above and entered into with any
institution whose commercial paper is at least rated P-1 from Moody's, at least
A-1+ by Standard & Poor's and, if rated by Fitch, at least F-1+ by Fitch;
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued
by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America
or any State thereof which have a credit rating of at least A2 or P-1 from
Moody's, at least AAA from Standard & Poor's and, if rated by Fitch, at least
AAA from Fitch, at the time of such investment;
(v) commercial paper (which may be issued by CIT) having a
rating of at least P-1 from Moody's, at least A-1+ from Standard & Poor's and,
if rated by Fitch, at least F-1+ from Fitch, at the time of such investment;
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(vi) money market funds which are rated Aaa by Moody's, at
least AAAm or AAAm-G by Standard & Poor's and, if rated by Fitch, at least AAA
by Fitch, including funds which meet such rating requirements for which the
Trustees or an affiliate of the Trustees serves as an investment advisor,
administrator, shareholder servicing agent and/or custodian or subcustodian,
notwithstanding that (i) such Trustee or an affiliate of such Trustee charges
and collects fees and expenses from such funds for services rendered, (ii) such
Trustee charges and collects fees and expenses for services rendered pursuant to
this instrument, and (iii) services performed for such funds and pursuant to
this instrument may converge at any time. (The Depositor and the Servicer
specifically authorize such Trustee or an affiliate of such Trustee to charge
and collect all fees and expenses from such funds for services rendered to such
funds, in addition to any fees and expenses such Trustee may charge and collect
for services rendered pursuant to this instrument); and
(vii) any other investments approved by the Rating Agencies.
"Eligible Secondary Contract" shall mean each Secondary Contract
(i) that satisfies all the criteria set forth in the
definition of "Eligible Contract" except clauses (b), (h) (with respect to
ownership by the Financing Originator of the Contract) and (w) thereof, and
except that the term "Obligor" shall mean "End-User" in all such criteria;
(ii) with respect to which Secondary Contract and the proceeds
thereof the Financing Originator (or, in the case of VFC Contracts, the VFC
Trust, as assignee) has a duly perfected first priority lien; and
(iii) with respect to which if such Secondary Contract secures
a Vendor Loan constituting a Contract, the transfer of the Financing
Originator's security interest in such Secondary Contract and the proceeds
thereof to CFUSA, the transfer of CFUSA's interest so acquired to the Depositor,
and, if applicable, the Depositor's transfer of its interest therein to the VFC
Trust and the VFC Trust's transfer of such interest back to the Depositor, is
effective to create in favor of the Depositor a lien therein and such lien has
been duly perfected.
"Eligible Servicer" means CITEF or any of its Affiliates, the Trustees
or any other Person qualified to act as Servicer of the Contracts under
applicable federal and state laws and regulations, which Person services not
less than $100,000,000 in outstanding principal amount of equipment financing
contracts.
"End-User" shall mean any party that uses the Financed Items pursuant
to an End-User Contract.
"End-User Contract" shall mean any CSA, Secured Note, Lease, IPA, or
other Financing Agreement covering Financed Items originated or acquired by an
Originator.
"Equipment" means with respect to any Contract, the tangible assets
constituting "goods" within the meaning of the UCC, in each case financed or
leased by an Obligor pursuant to a Contract, or which otherwise provide security
for the payment of amounts payable thereunder.
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"Equity Certificate" has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
"Equity Certificateholder" means the Person in whose name the Equity
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
"Excluded Amounts" means (i) any collections on deposit in the
Collection Account or otherwise received by the Servicer on or with respect to
the Contract Pool or related Equipment, which collections are attributable to
any taxes, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, (ii) any
collections representing reimbursements of insurance premiums or payments for
services that were not financed by the applicable Originator, (iii) collections
relating to security deposits, and (iv) collections representing Late Charges,
documentation fees, administrative charges or extension fees on any Contract, or
maintenance premiums in respect of related Equipment.
"Excluded Residual Investments" means Residual Investments, including
Guaranteed Residual Investments.
"FDIC" shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
"Financed Items" means Equipment and other property and services that
are permitted to be financed under Contracts in accordance with Customary
Policies and Procedures of the Financing Originator.
"Financing Agreement" means each financing agreement covering Financed
Items, other than a CSA, a Secured Note, a Lease or an IPA.
"Financing Originator" means CITEF.
"Fitch" means Fitch, Inc., or any successor thereto.
"Fixed Rate Offered Notes" means the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class B and
Class C Notes.
"Governmental Authority" means the United States of America, any state
or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining
to, government.
"Guaranteed Residual Investment" means each Residual Investment with
respect to which the Financing Originator may look to either the Vendor or to
the related Obligor on an
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End-User Contract constituting a Lease, and not just the value of the related
Equipment itself, to recover its full Residual Investment.
"Holder" has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person at any date, without
duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such person for borrowed money or for the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with
customary trade practices) or which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or
similar instrument, (b) all obligations of such Person under capital leases, (c)
all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances or letters of credit
issued or created for the account of such Person, (d) all liabilities secured by
any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though such Person has not
assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, and (e) obligations
of such Person under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and
obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above.
"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, between
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Indenture Trustee" means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor trustee under the
Indenture.
"Independent", when used with respect to any specified Person, means
such a Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, the Depositor or the
Servicer, (ii) is not a director, officer or employee of any Affiliate of the
Issuer, the Depositor or the Servicer, (iii) is not a person related to any
officer or director of the Issuer, the Depositor or the Servicer or any of their
respective Affiliates, (iv) is not a holder (directly or indirectly) of more
than 10% of any voting securities of the Issuer, the Depositor or the Servicer
or any of their respective Affiliates, and (v) is not connected with the Issuer,
the Depositor or the Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter,
trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
"Independent Accountant" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04.
"Ineligible Contract" has the meaning specified in Section 7.06.
"Initial Class A-1 Principal Amount" means $275,000,000
"Initial Class A-2 Principal Amount" means $157,000,000
"Initial Class A-3 Principal Amount" means $287,253,375.
"Initial Class B Principal Amount" means $21,750,000.
"Initial Class C Principal Amount" means $23,710,929.
"Initial Class D Principal Amount" means $25,650,000.
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"Initial Contract Assets" means those Contract Assets conveyed to the
Trust on the Closing Date.
"Initial Contract Pool Principal Balance" is $790,364,305.
"Initial Contracts" means those Contracts conveyed to the Trust on the
Closing Date.
"Initial Cut-Off Date" means August 1, 2003.
"Initial Principal Amount" means, when used in the context of a
reference to an individual Class of Notes, the initial principal amount
applicable to such Class as defined above.
"Insolvency Event" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the
filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in an
involuntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect,
or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property,
or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person's affairs, and such
decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case
under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent
by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under
such law, taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial
part of its property; or (c) or the making by such Person of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (d) the failure by such Person
generally to pay its debts as such debts become due; or (e) the admission by
such Person in writing of its inability generally to pay its debts when the same
become due; or (f) the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of
the foregoing.
"Insolvency Laws" means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of
America and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension
of payments, or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting
the rights of creditors generally.
"Insolvency Proceeds" has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
"Insurance Policy" means, with respect to any Contract, an insurance
policy covering physical damage to or loss of the related Equipment.
"Insurance Proceeds" means, depending on the context, any amounts
payable or any payments made, to the Servicer (or Financing Originator) under
any Insurance Policy.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
"Investment Earnings" means, the investment earnings (net of losses and
investment expenses) on amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, Note
Distribution Account and the Reserve Account.
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"IPA" means each installment payment agreement, including as
applicable, schedules, subschedules, supplements and amendments, pursuant to
which the relevant Originator financed the purchase or acquisition of specified
assets by an Obligor for specified monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual
payments.
"Issuer" is defined in the preamble hereto.
"Late Charges" means any late payment fees paid by Obligors on
Contracts.
"Lease" means each agreement constituting a "lease" within the meaning
of Section 2A-103 of the UCC, and including, as applicable, schedules,
subschedules, supplements and amendments to a master lease, pursuant to which
the Originator, as lessor, leased specified assets to a Lessee at a specified
monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual rental.
"Lessee" means, with respect to any Lease, the Obligor with respect to
such Lease.
"LIBOR Determination Date" means (a) for the Accrual Period from and
including the Closing Date to but excluding October 20, 2003, September 23, 2003
and (b) for each Accrual Period thereafter, the second business day prior to the
commencement of such Accrual Period. For purposes of computing One Month LIBOR
on a LIBOR Determination Date, a business day is any business day on which
dealings in deposits in United States dollars are transacted in the London
interbank market.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), equity
interest, participation interest, preference, priority or other security
agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever,
including, without limitation, any conditional transfer or other title retention
agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect
as any of the foregoing.
"Liquidated Contract" means, as to any Collection Period, any Contract
or Defaulted Contract (a) which the Servicer has determined is uncollectible in
accordance with the Customary Policies and Procedures, or (b) for which the
Equipment securing such Contract has been disposed.
"Liquidation Expenses" means, with respect to any Liquidated Contract,
the aggregate amount of all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the
Servicer (including amounts paid to or expenses incurred by any subservicer,
other than subservicing fees, if any) in accordance with Customary Policies and
Procedures in connection with the repossession, refurbishing and disposition of
any related Equipment, and other out-of-pocket costs related to the liquidation
of any such Equipment, including reasonable attorneys fees incurred in the
attempted collection of any amount owing pursuant to such Liquidated Contract,
and including amounts determined by the Servicer in its reasonable discretion as
payable in respect of any sales, use, personal property or other taxes assessed
or to be assessed on repossessed or liquidated Equipment.
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"Liquidation Loss" means, with respect to any Liquidated Contract, the
amount, if any, by which (a) the Required Payoff Amount for such Liquidated
Contract as of the date such Contract became a Liquidated Contract exceeds (b)
that portion of the Liquidation Proceeds for such Liquidated Contract allocated
to the Issuer.
"Liquidation Proceeds" means, with respect to a Liquidated Contract,
proceeds from the transfer, lease or re-lease of the related Financed Items,
Insurance Proceeds, and any other recoveries with respect to such Liquidated
Contract and the related Financed Items (including, without limitation, amounts
received pursuant to a Program Agreement), but net of Liquidation Expenses, Late
Charges, amounts payable to a Vendor in respect of (and in amounts not
exceeding) amounts previously paid by such Vendor in respect of such Contract
under Vendor recourse provisions, and amounts, if any, so received that are
required to be refunded to the Obligor on such Contract.
"Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to any event or
circumstance, a material adverse effect on:
(i) the ability of CFUSA, the Financing Originator, the VFC
Trust, the Depositor, the Trust or the Servicer to perform in all material
respects its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(ii) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other
Transaction Document, or the Contracts, or the collectibility of the Contracts;
or
(iii) the status, existence, perfection, priority or
enforceability of the Trust's interest in the Contracts and the other Trust
Assets.
"Material Modification" means a termination or release (including
pursuant to prepayment), or an amendment, modification or waiver, or equivalent
similar undertaking or agreement, by the Servicer with respect to a Contract
which would not otherwise be permitted under the standards and criteria set
forth in Sections 5.08, 5.09 and/or 5.10 hereof.
"Maturity Date" means, as applicable, the Class A-1 Maturity Date,
Class A-2 Maturity Date, Class A-3 Maturity Date, Class B Maturity Date, Class C
Maturity Date or Class D Maturity Date.
"Minimum Value Filing Exception" means the variation from the
Financing Originator's normal policies and practices with respect to filing UCC
financing statements against an Obligor describing Equipment which is the
subject of a Contract, in each case as set forth in Exhibit J hereto.
"Monthly Report" has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor
thereto.
"Nonrecoverable Advance" means with respect to any Determination Date
and any Contract, the amount, if any, advanced by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 5.14 which the
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Servicer has as of such Determination Date determined in good faith will not be
ultimately recoverable by the Servicer.
"Non-Offered Notes" means the Class D Notes.
"Non-VFC Contract Assets" means the Contract Assets pertaining to the
Non-VFC Contracts.
"Non-VFC Contracts" means Contracts conveyed by CFUSA to the Depositor
pursuant to the Non-VFC Purchase Agreement, as listed in Schedule A to the
Non-VFC Purchase Agreement.
"Non-VFC Conveyancing Agreement" means the Non-VFC Conveyancing
Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2003, by and among the Financing Originator and
CFUSA as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Non-VFC Purchase Agreement" means the Non-VFC Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated August 1, 2003, by and among CFUSA, as the seller, and the
Depositor, as purchaser, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Note" means any one of the notes of the Trust of any Class executed
and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture.
"Note Distribution Account" means the account established and
maintained as such pursuant to Section 7.01.
"Note Interest Distributable Amount" means to the extent applicable,
the sum of the Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount, the Class A-2 Interest
Distributable Amount, the Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount, the Class B
Interest Distributable Amount, the Class C Interest Distributable Amount and the
Class D Interest Distributable Amount.
"Note Principal Distributable Amount" means with respect to any
Payment Date, the Total Principal Payment Amount, provided, however, that in no
event may the Note Principal Distributable Amount with respect to any Payment
Date exceed the Principal Amount of the Notes immediately prior to such Payment
Date.
"Note Register" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.04 of the
Indenture.
"Noteholder" means any registered holder of a Note.
"Obligor" means, with respect to any Contract, the Person or Persons
obligated to make payments with respect to such Contract, including any
guarantor thereof (and including, with respect to a Contract consisting of a
Vendor Loan, the Vendor obligated in respect of such Vendor Loan).
"Offered Notes" means the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class B and
Class C Notes.
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"Officer's Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by an authorized officer of such Person and delivered to the
party entitled to receipt thereof under any applicable Transaction Document.
"One-Month LIBOR" means, as of any LIBOR Determination Date and with
respect to the related Accrual Period, the rate of interest per annum equal to
the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity
of one month (commencing on the first day of such Accrual Period) which appears
on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination
Date. If such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, One-Month LIBOR for
such LIBOR Determination Date will be determined on the basis of the rates at
which deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of one month and in a principal
amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000, are offered at approximately 11:00
a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date to prime banks in the London
interbank market by the Reference Banks. The Servicer will request the principal
London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate
to the Indenture Trustee. If at least two such quotations are provided,
One-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .01%) of
such offered rates. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, One-Month
LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest .01%) of the rates
quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such LIBOR
Determination Date to the Indenture Trustee by three major banks in New York,
New York, selected by the Servicer, for loans in United States dollars to
leading European banks having a maturity of one month and in a principal amount
of not less than U.S. $1,000,000; provided, however, that if the banks selected
as aforesaid do not quote a rate to the Indenture Trustee as described in this
sentence, One-Month LIBOR will be the One-Month LIBOR in effect for the
immediately preceding Accrual Period.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel (including internal counsel) for the Depositor or the Servicer and who
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee.
"Originator" means, with respect to each Contract, the party that is
the original lessor or financing party thereunder.
"Outstanding" has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
"Owner Trustee" means M&T Trust Company of Delaware, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its
successors in interest and any successor owner trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
"Payment Date" shall mean the twentieth (20th) day of each calendar
month or, if such twentieth (20th) day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, with the first such Payment Date hereunder being
October 20, 2003.
"Paying Agent" means any Person described as such in Section 7.04(b).
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established
pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA.
"Permitted Liens" means
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(a) with respect to Contracts in the Contract Pool:
(i) Liens for state, municipal or other local taxes if such
taxes shall not at the time be due and payable or if the Depositor shall
currently be contesting the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect
thereto;
(ii) Liens in favor of CFUSA created by the Financing
Originator pursuant to the VFC Conveyancing Agreement or the Non-VFC
Conveyancing Agreement, as the case may be, or Liens in favor of the Depositor
created pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreements or Liens in favor of the
VFC Trust created pursuant to the VFC Pooling Agreement, in each case
transferred to the Trust pursuant hereto;
(iii) Liens in favor of the Trust created pursuant to this
Agreement; and
(iv) Liens in favor of the Indenture Trustee created
pursuant to the Indenture and/or this Agreement; and
(b) with respect to the related Equipment:
(i) materialmen's, warehousemen's, mechanics' and other
liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business for sums
not due;
(ii) Liens for state, municipal or other local taxes if such
taxes shall not at the time be due and payable or if the Depositor shall
currently be contesting the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect
thereto;
(iii) Liens in favor of CFUSA created by the Financing
Originator pursuant to the VFC Conveyancing Agreement or the Non-VFC
Conveyancing Agreement, as the case may be, or Liens in favor of the Depositor
created pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreements, in each case transferred
to the Trust pursuant hereto or Liens in favor of the Depositor created pursuant
to the VFC Purchase and Sale Agreement;
(iv) Liens created pursuant to this Agreement in favor of
the Trust;
(v) Liens in favor of an Originator which have been
transferred to the Financing Originator and pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreements by the Financing Originator to the Depositor (through CFUSA and the
VFC Conveyancing Agreement or the Non-VFC Conveyancing Agreement, as the case
may be, in the case of CITEF Contracts, and through CFUSA, the Depositor and the
VFC Trust and the VFC Assignment in the case of the VFC Contracts) and in each
case transferred to the Trust pursuant hereto;
(vi) Liens in favor of the Indenture Trustee created
pursuant to the Indenture and/or this Agreement;
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(vii) Liens created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement among CIT XX-XX 2001-A, the depositor, CFUSA and the servicer, dated
as of August 1, 2001, in favor of CIT XX-XX 2001-A;
(viii) Interests in favor of a Vendor which are subject to
the prior payment of all Obligor obligations in respect of Scheduled Payments on
the related Contract; and
(ix) Liens granted by the End-Users which are subordinated
to the interest of the Trust in such Equipment.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title
IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the
Code as to which the Servicer or any member of the Controlled Group may have any
liability.
"Pledged Revenues" means (i) all Scheduled Payments on the Contracts,
including (without duplication) Scheduled Payments on Defaulted Contracts,
received on or after the Cut-Off Date (excluding the Excluded Amounts); (ii) any
Prepayments received on the Contracts on or after the Cut-Off Date (other than
(a) in the case of a Lease, any portion thereof allocated to the Depositor, or
(b) in the case of a Prepaid Contract for which a substitution has been made in
accordance with Section 2.04 of this Agreement, that portion thereof to which
the Depositor is entitled pursuant to Section 2.04); (iii) the Purchase Amount
of any Contracts purchased by CFUSA in accordance with Section 7.06 of this
Agreement (other than any portion thereof attributable in the case of a Lease to
the Excluded Residual Investment of the related Equipment); (iv) the amount paid
by CFUSA or the Depositor to purchase the Contracts pursuant to Section 7.08 of
this Agreement; (v) that portion of the Liquidation Proceeds received in respect
of any Contracts and the disposition of the related Equipment on or after the
Cut-Off Date and allocated to the Trust; and (vi) any Investment Earnings on the
investment of amounts credited to the Collection Account and the Note
Distribution Account. Pledged Revenues shall not include any amounts received
with respect to any Excluded Residual Investment.
"Pooling Agreement" means this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof.
"Prepaid Contract" means any Contract that has terminated or been
prepaid in full prior to its scheduled expiration date (including because of a
Casualty Loss), other than a Defaulted Contract.
"Prepayment" means with respect to any Collection Period for any
Contract, a partial or full prepayment of amounts due and owing under such
Contract.
"Principal Amount" means, with respect to a Class of Notes, the
aggregate Initial Principal Amount thereof reduced by (i) the aggregate amount
of any payments applied in
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reduction of such principal amount and (ii) the aggregate amount of any payments
then on deposit in the Note Distribution Account, if any, for such Class of
Notes established in accordance with the Indenture and to be applied in
reduction of such principal amount in accordance with such Indenture.
"Principal Deficiency Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date,
the excess, if any, of (i) the Principal Amount of the Notes (after giving
effect to all distributions of principal from the Available Pledged Revenues
(determined without regard to clause (iv) of the definition thereof) on such
Payment Date), over (ii) the Contract Pool Principal Balance as of the related
Accounting Date.
"Program Agreement" means each vendor finance program agreement
pursuant to which End-User Contracts originated by a Vendor are assigned to the
Financing Originator.
"Prospectus" has the meaning given such term in the Underwriting
Agreement.
"Purchase Amount" means, with respect to Ineligible Contracts, on any
date of determination, the aggregate Required Payoff Amount for such Ineligible
Contracts as of the related Accounting Date.
"Purchase and Sale Agreements" means, collectively, the Non-VFC
Purchase Agreement, the Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement and the VFC Purchase
Agreement.
"Purchase Price" means, with respect to any Contract conveyed on the
Closing Date (or any Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable), an amount equal
to the Contract Principal Balance of such Contract as of the applicable Cut-Off
Date.
"Qualified Eligible Investments" means Eligible Investments acquired by
the Indenture Trustee in its name and in its capacity as Indenture Trustee,
which are held by the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Accounts and with respect
to which (a) the Indenture Trustee has noted its interest therein on its books
and records, and (b) the Indenture Trustee has purchased such investments for
value without notice of any adverse claim thereto (and, if such investments are
securities or other financial assets or interests therein, within the meaning of
Section 8-102 of the UCC as enacted in the State of New York, without acting in
collusion with a securities intermediary in violating such securities
intermediary's obligations to entitlement holders in such assets, under Section
8-504 of such UCC, to maintain a sufficient quantity of such assets in favor of
such entitlement holders), and (c) either (i) such investments are in the
possession of the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) such investments, (A) if
certificated securities and in bearer form, have been delivered to the Indenture
Trustee, or in registered form, have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee and
either registered by the issuer in the name of the Indenture Trustee or endorsed
by effective endorsement to the Indenture Trustee or in blank; (B) if
uncertificated securities, the ownership of which has been registered to the
Indenture Trustee on the books of the issuer thereof (or another person, other
than a securities intermediary, either becomes the registered owner of the
uncertified security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or, having previously
become the registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture
Trustee); or (C) if securities entitlements (within the meaning of Section 8-102
of the UCC as enacted in the State of New York) representing interests in
securities or other financial assets (or interests
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therein) held by a securities intermediary (within the meaning of said Section
8-102), a securities intermediary indicates by book entry that a security or
other financial asset has been credited to the Indenture Trustee's securities
account with such securities intermediary. Any such Qualified Eligible
Investment may be purchased by or through the Indenture Trustee or any of its
Affiliates.
"Qualified Institution" means (a) the corporate trust department of the
Indenture Trustee or (b) 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), (i) (A) which has (or the
parent corporation of 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 or (B) which is
otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies and (ii) whose deposits are insured
by the FDIC.
"Rating Agency" as of any date means each of the nationally recognized
statistical rating organizations requested by the Depositor to provide ratings
on the Notes which is rating the Notes on such date.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action or series
of related actions or proposed transaction or series of related proposed
transactions, that each Rating Agency shall have notified the Depositor and the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action or series of
related actions or the consummation of such proposed transaction or series of
related transactions will not result in a Ratings Effect.
"Ratings Effect" means, with respect to any action or series of related
actions or proposed transaction or series of related proposed transactions, a
reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Class with respect to
which a Rating Agency has previously issued a rating as a result of such action
or series of related actions or the consummation of such proposed transaction or
series of related transactions.
"Reallocated Principal" means, with respect to any Payment Date, an
amount equal to (a) the Total Principal Payment Amount, less (b) the sum of the
Class A Principal Payment Amount and the Class B Principal Payment Amount.
"Record Date" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the Business Day
immediately preceding such Payment Date (so long as the Notes are in book-entry
form) or the last day of the prior calendar month (if certificated Notes have
been issued).
"Reference Banks" means four leading banks, selected by the Servicer
and identified to the Indenture Trustee, engaged in transactions in Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market and having an established
place of business in London.
"Related Collection Period Pledged Revenues" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the amount of Pledged Revenues in the Collection Account as of the
Deposit Date which were received by the Servicer during the related Collection
Period, including all Liquidation Proceeds as to Defaulted or Liquidated
Contracts (other than in respect of Excluded Residual Investment) so received
but excluding any Purchase Amounts.
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"Replaced Assets" has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.04.
"Replaced Contracts" has the meaning assigned such term in Section
2.04.
"Reportable Event" means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043
of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan,
excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC has by regulation waived
the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days
of the occurrence of such event, provided, however, that a failure to meet the
minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA
shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the
notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section
412(d) of the Code.
"Required Holders" means (i) prior to the payment in full of the Class
A Notes Outstanding, Class A-1 Noteholders, Class A-2 Noteholders, and/or Class
A-3 Noteholders, holding Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes,
evidencing more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Principal Amount of all Class A
Notes Outstanding, (ii) from and after the payment in full of the Class A Notes,
Holders of Class B Notes holding Class B Notes evidencing more than 66 2/3% of
the Aggregate Principal Amount of all Class B Notes Outstanding, (iii) from and
after the payment in full of the Class B Notes, Holders of Class C Notes holding
Class C Notes evidencing more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Principal Amount of
all Class C Notes Outstanding, and (iv) from and after the payment in full of
the Class C Notes, Holders of the Class D Notes holding Class D Notes evidencing
more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Principal Amount of all Class D Notes
Outstanding.
"Required Payoff Amount" means, with respect to any Collection Period
for a Contract, the sum of (i) the Scheduled Payment due in such Collection
Period, together with any Scheduled Payments due in prior Collection Periods but
not yet received, plus (ii) the Contract Principal Balance of such Contract
(after taking into account the Scheduled Payment due in such Collection Period
whether or not actually received and, with respect to Contracts that are
Defaulted Contracts, the Contract Principal Balance plus Scheduled Payments due
but not yet paid on such Contract as of the first day of the Collection Period
during which it became a Defaulted Contract without giving effect to the
Defaulted Contract Valuation Amount) less any subsequent cash collections on
such contract.
"Required Reserve Amount" means with respect to any Payment Date, an
amount equal to the greater of (a)(x) if as of the end of the related collection
period the Cumulative Loss Ratio does not exceed the Cumulative Loss Trigger
(and has not exceeded the Cumulative Loss Trigger for the preceding two
collection periods), 4.0% of the current Contract Pool Principal Balance, or (y)
if, as of the end of the related collection period, the Cumulative Loss Ratio
exceeds the Cumulative Loss Trigger (or has exceeded the Cumulative Loss Trigger
in any of the preceding two collection periods), 6.0% of the current Contract
Pool Principal Balance, and (b) $11,855,465; provided, that in no event will the
Required Reserve Amount exceed the Aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes as of
any date of determination.
"Requirements of Law" for any Person means the certificate of
incorporation or articles of association and by-laws or other organizational or
governing documents of such
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Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or order or determination of an
arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or to which such Person is subject, whether Federal, state or local
(including, without limitation, usury laws, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and
Regulation Z and Regulation B of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System).
"Reserve Account" means the Reserve Account established and maintained
pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof.
"Reserve Account Agreement" means the Reserve Account Agreement dated
as of August 1, 2003, among the Depositor, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and
the Servicer as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
accordance with the terms thereof.
"Residual Investment" means, with respect to certain Leases, any funds
that the Financing Originator shall have advanced against all or any portion of
the anticipated residual value of the leased Equipment upon the expiration of
such Lease in accordance with its terms, and in excess of the discounted present
value of the rental payments due under such Lease.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any
officer in its Corporate Trust Administration Department (or any similar group
of a successor Owner Trustee) who has primary responsibility for administering
the Trust or the Trust Agreement, or to whom a corporate trust matter is
referred because of knowledge of, familiarity with, and authority to act with
respect to a particular matter.
"Scheduled Payment" means, with respect to any Contract, the monthly or
quarterly or semi-annual or annual rent or financing (whether principal or
principal and interest) payment or other payment scheduled to be made by the
related Obligor under the terms of such Contract; it being understood that
Scheduled Payments do not include any Excluded Amount or Excluded Residual
Investment.
"Schedule of Contracts" means the schedule of Contracts which are
conveyed to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement and the Transfer Agreement,
executed and delivered on the Closing Date, which schedule shall identify by any
reasonable means or designation the Financing Originator with respect to each
Contract identified in such Schedule, and which includes the Contracts listed on
Exhibit C hereto. Such Schedule shall be supplemented from time to time (a) by
each subsequent Substitution Schedule of Contracts with respect to each
Substitution Transfer Agreement and related Substitute Contracts, which
Schedules of Contracts shall be deemed incorporated and made a part of the
original Schedule of Contracts on Exhibit C hereto; and (b) by the Servicer from
time to time to reflect the release by and removal from the Trust Assets of (i)
Contracts released in connection with (A) in respect of a Contract becoming a
Prepaid Contract in accordance herewith or having its final Scheduled Payment
paid in full in accordance with the Contract, or (B) in respect of a repurchase
from the Trust through payment of a Purchase Amount, and (ii) Replaced
Contracts. The comprehensive Schedule of Contracts is to be maintained by the
Servicer (with copies thereof, as the same shall be supplemented or amended as
described above, to be provided promptly to the Trust). With respect to the
Transfer
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Agreement (or Substitution Transfer Agreement, as applicable), "Schedule of
Contracts" shall mean the schedule attached thereto identifying the Contracts
being conveyed thereby.
"Schedule of Representations" means the Schedule of Representations and
Warranties set forth on Exhibit G hereto.
"Secondary Contract" shall mean, with respect to a Vendor Loan, each
End-User Contract securing such Vendor Loan.
"Secured Note" means each promissory note with a related security
interest evidenced by written agreement, pursuant to which the purchase of
specified assets by an Obligor or End-User is financed for specified monthly,
quarterly, semiannual or annual payments.
"Securities" means the Notes and the Equity Certificate, or any of
them.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time.
"Securityholders" means the Holders of the Notes or the Equity
Certificate.
"Servicer" means initially CITEF, until any Successor Servicer is
appointed pursuant to Article VIII hereof, and thereafter, means the Successor
Servicer so appointed.
"Servicer Advance" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
amounts, if any, deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account for such
Payment Date in respect of Scheduled Payments pursuant to Section 5.14 hereof.
"Servicer Default" has the meaning given such term in Section 8.01.
"Servicer Letter of Credit" has the meaning given such term in Section
7.01(b).
"Servicing Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 5.18 hereof.
"Servicing Fee Percentage" means 0.75%.
"Servicing Officer" means any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of Contracts.
"Servicing Standard" means, with respect to the servicing and
collection activities of the Servicer concerning the Contract Assets, the
conduct of such activities with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and
attention that the Financing Originator for such Contract Assets exercises with
respect to all comparable contracts and related assets that it services for
itself or others, and in accordance with Customary Policies and Procedures and
applicable law.
"Servicing Transfer" is defined in Section 8.02(b).
"Solvent" means, as to any Person at any time, that (a) the fair value
of the Property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Person's
liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as
such value is established and liabilities
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evaluated for purposes of Section 101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the
present fair saleable value of the Property of such Person in an orderly
liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to
pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute
and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its Property and pay its
debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated
liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business; (d) such Person
does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person's ability to pay as such debts and liabilities
mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is
not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person's
property would constitute unreasonably small capital.
"Standard & Poor's" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Service, a division
of The McGraw Hill Companies, or any successor thereto.
"Subordinated Notes" means the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the
Class D Notes.
"Subsidiary" means with respect to a Person, any corporation or other
entity of which securities or other ownership interests (whether directly or
indirectly in connection with contract rights) having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar
functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
"Substitute Contract" means any Contract conveyed, assigned and
transferred by the Depositor or CFUSA to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.04.
"Substitute Contract Assets" means Contract Assets relating to
Substitute Contracts.
"Substitute Contract Qualification Conditions" means, with respect to
any Substitute Contract being transferred to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.04,
each of the following:
(1) the accuracy of each of the following statements as of the related
Cut-Off Date for such Contract:
(a) the Contract Principal Balance of such Substitute Contract is
not less than that of the related Replaced Contract[s];
(b) no adverse selection procedure shall have been employed in
the selection of such Substitute Contract from the Financing Originator's
portfolio;
(c) each such Substitute Contract satisfied the criteria set
forth in the definition of Eligible Contract herein; and
(d) if the Replaced Contract for which such Substitute Contract
is being substituted was a VFC Contract, then such Substitute Contract is itself
a VFC Contract,
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and if such Replaced Contract is a CITEF Contract, then such Substitute Contract
is itself a CITEF Contract; and
(2) with respect to any such Substitute Contract which is replacing a
Replaced Contract of the type described in clause (a) of the definition of
Substitution Event (a "Type"), the condition that after giving effect to such
transfer, the Contract Pool Principal Balance of all Substitute Contracts
transferred to the Trust since the Closing Date in respect of Replaced Contracts
of the same Type shall not exceed 10% of the Contract Pool Principal Balance as
of the Initial Cut-Off Date.
"Substitute Transferred Assets" has the meaning assigned such term in
Section 2.04.
"Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement" means the Substitute VFC Purchase
and Sale Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2003, among CFUSA and the Depositor,
as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time.
"Substitution Assignment Agreement" means, with respect to any
Substitute Contracts, the agreement between CFUSA and the Depositor pursuant to
which CFUSA transfers the identified Substitute Contracts to the Depositor
pursuant to the Non-VFC Purchase Agreement or the Substitute VFC Purchase
Agreement, as the case may be.
"Substitution Cut-Off Date" means the date specified as such for the
relevant Substitute Contracts, in the related Substitution Transfer Agreement.
"Substitution Event" means, with respect to any transfer of a related
Substitute Contract to the Trust under Section 2.04, the occurrence of any of
the following: (a) one or more Contracts identified in the related Substitution
Notice as being an intended Replaced Contract with respect to such Substitute
Contract, has become a Defaulted Contract, (b) one or more Contracts identified
in the related Substitution Notice as being an intended Replaced Contract with
respect to such Substitute Contract, has been subjected to a Material
Modification, (c) one or more Contracts identified in the related Substitution
Notice as being an intended Replaced Contract with respect to such Substitute
Contract, has become an Ineligible Contract, or (d) one or more Contracts
identified in the related Substitution Notice as being an intended Replaced
Contract with respect to such Substitute Contract, has become a Prepaid Contract
and the Trust has not yet received the related Prepayment.
"Substitution Notice" means, with respect to any transfer of Substitute
Contracts to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.04 (and the Financing Originator's
corresponding conveyance and assignment of such Substitute Contracts), a notice,
which shall be given at least five days prior to the related Substitution
Transfer Date, identifying the Substitute Contracts to be transferred, the
Contract Principal Balance of such Substitute Contracts and the related
Substitution Event (with respect to an identified Contract or Contracts then in
the Contract Pool, which will upon such substitution become a Replaced Contract)
to which such Substitute Contract relates, with such notice to be signed both by
the Depositor and the Financing Originator.
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"Substitution Schedule of Contracts" means a schedule or list,
substantially in the form of the initial Schedule of Contracts delivered on the
Closing Date, but listing each Substitute Contract being transferred to the
Trust pursuant to a related Substitution Transfer Agreement, as well as the
related Replaced Contracts being removed from the existing Contract Pool by
virtue of such substitution.
"Substitution Transfer Agreement" means the agreement identified as
such in Section 2.04(b) hereof.
"Substitution Transfer Date" means any date on which Substitute
Contracts are transferred to the Trust.
"Successor Servicer" has the meaning given such term in Section
8.02(b).
"Tax Opinion" means, with respect to any action, an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that, for federal income tax purposes, (i) following such action
the Trust will not be deemed to be an association (or publicly traded
partnership) taxable as a corporation, (ii) following such action the Trust will
be disregarded as a separate entity from the Depositor, and (iii) such action
will not affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding
Class issued by the Trust for which an Opinion of Counsel has been provided that
such Notes are debt.
"TCC Assignment" has the meaning given such term in the VFC
Conveyancing Agreement.
"TCC Contract Assets" has the meaning given such term in the VFC
Conveyancing Agreement, provided that the meaning solely references Contract
Assets with respect to TCC Contracts originated or acquired by CITEF.
"TCC Contracts" has the meaning given such term in the VFC Conveyancing
Agreement, provided that the meaning solely references Contracts originated or
acquired by CITEF.
"TCC Financing Originators" has the meaning given to such term in the
VFC Conveyancing Agreement.
"Telerate Page 3750" means the display page so designated on the
Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that service
for the purpose of displaying comparable notes or prices).
"Third Party Source" means any affiliate of CITEF, Vendor or other
manufacturer, dealer, lender or intermediary from which CITEF purchased a
Contract.
"Total Principal Payment Amount" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the difference between (a) the aggregate Principal Amount of all Classes
of Notes immediately prior to that Payment Date and (b) the Contract Pool
Principal Balance as of the related Accounting Date; provided, that the amount
referred to in clause (b) shall be deemed to be zero on any Payment Date on
which the Contract Pool Principal Balance is less than $10,000,000.
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"Transaction Documents" means this Pooling Agreement, the Transfer
Agreement, any Substitution Transfer Agreement, the VFC Conveyancing Agreement,
the VFC Purchase Agreement, the VFC Assignment, the VFC Pooling Agreement, any
TCC Assignment, the Non-VFC Conveyancing Agreement, the Non-VFC Purchase
Agreement, the Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the
Administration Agreement, the Indenture, the Reserve Account Agreement, the
Underwriting Agreement and the Class A-3 Swap Agreement, and any other
agreements contemplated herein or therein.
"Transfer Agreement" means, the Transfer Agreement dated the Closing
Date between the Depositor and the Trust pursuant to which the Depositor conveys
and assigns the Contracts and other related Transferred Assets to the Trust, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
"Transferred Assets" means with respect to any Contracts (including
Substitute Contracts) conveyed or being conveyed to the Trust pursuant to this
Agreement, all right and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the
following:
(i) such Contracts and other related Contract Assets (subject
to the proviso below);
(ii) related rights of the Depositor under the Purchase and Sale
Agreements and Substitution Assignment Agreement (if any) and the VFC
Assignment, including, without limitation, in respect of the obligation of CFUSA
to repurchase or substitute for such Contracts under certain circumstances as
specified therein; and
(iii) rights under the Transfer Agreement, each Substitution
Transfer Agreement and each Assignment Agreement; and
(iv) all income from and proceeds of the foregoing;
provided, that Transferred Assets shall not include any title to or ownership
interest in the Equipment related to such Contracts (although security interests
in such Equipment established pursuant to the related Contract, and proceeds
thereof, shall constitute Transferred Assets), and provided further, that the
security interest granted by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof in
related Equipment owned by it, shall constitute part of Transferred Assets.
"Trust" means the trust governed by the Trust Agreement, the assets and
property of which consists of the Trust Assets.
"Trust Accounts" means, collectively, the Collection Account, the
Reserve Account and the Note Distribution Account, or any of them.
"Trust Account Property" means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and
investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of
deposit accounts, physical property, book-entry securities, uncertificated
securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the foregoing.
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"Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated
as of August 1, 2003, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Trust Assets" has the meaning given to such term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Trust Estate" shall have the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
"Trustees" means the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, or any of
them individually as the context may require.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted from time to time in
the State of New York.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated
September 17, 2003 among Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities,
Inc. (as underwriters thereunder and as representatives of the underwriters) and
the Depositor.
"Unfunded Loss Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the remainder, if any, of (a) the Aggregate Principal
Amount of all of the Notes (prior to giving effect to the payment of principal
on the Notes on such Payment Date) minus (b) the lesser of (1) the Contract Pool
Principal Balance as of the related Accounting Date for the preceding Payment
Date, minus the Contract Pool Principal Balance as of the related Accounting
Date for such Payment Date, or (2) (A) the Related Collection Period Pledged
Revenue remaining after the payment of amounts owing to the Servicer and the
payment of all interest due on the Notes on such Payment Date, plus (B) the
amount of any withdrawal from the Reserve Account for the payment of principal
in respect of Notes on such Payment Date over (ii) the Contract Pool Principal
Balance as of the related Accounting Date.
"Unreimbursed Servicer Advances" means, at any time, the amount of all
previous Servicer Advances (or portions thereof) as to which the Servicer has
not been reimbursed as of such time pursuant to Section 7.05 and which the
Servicer has determined in its sole discretion are Nonrecoverable Advances, and
with respect to which the Servicer has given a written certification to such
effect to the Trust (which certification may take the form of an entry on a
Monthly Report identifying Unreimbursed Servicer Advances).
"United States" means the United States of America.
"Variable Rate Offered Notes" means the Class A-3 Notes.
"Vehicle" means any motor vehicle, the transfer of interests in which
is governed by a state certificate of title or registry system.
"Vendor" means, with respect to a Contract, the equipment manufacturer,
dealer or distributor, or software licensor or distributor, or other Person that
provided financing under such Contract in connection with the acquisition or use
by an End-User of such party's Equipment, Software, Services or other products.
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"Vendor Agreements" means the collective reference to Vendor
Assignments and Program Agreements.
"Vendor Assignment" means each assignment agreement pursuant to which
an individual End-User Contract originated by a Vendor is assigned by such
Vendor to the Financing Originator.
"Vendor Guarantee" means the irrevocable obligation of a Vendor to pay
to the Financing Originator the aggregate outstanding principal amount of a
Contract which has been canceled by the related Obligor pursuant to the terms of
such Contract.
"Vendor Loan" means a limited recourse loan agreement payable by a
Vendor and secured by the Vendor's interest in Secondary Contracts and by the
Equipment, if any, related thereto.
"VFC Assignment" means the Release and Assignment instrument dated the
Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, executed by the VFC
Trust conveying, assigning and releasing the VFC Contract Assets to the
Depositor.
"VFCC" means Variable Funding Capital Corporation.
"VFC Contract Assets" means the Contract Assets pertaining to the VFC
Contracts.
"VFC Contracts" means Contracts conveyed by the VFC Trust to the
Depositor pursuant to the VFC Assignment, as listed in the Schedule of Contracts
attached to the VFC Assignment.
"VFC Conveyancing Agreement" means the Amended and Restated
Conveyancing Agreement dated as of March 2, 1999, as amended and restated as of
June 29, 2000 among the TCC Financing Originators and CFUSA, as the same has
been or may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
"VFC Trust" means the CIT Equipment Trust -- VFC Series created and
existing pursuant to the Trust Agreement dated as of February 25, 1999, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 27, 2000, by and between the
Depositor and the Bank of New York (Delaware), as owner trustee, as the same has
been or may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
"VFC Pooling Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of March 2, 1999, as amended and restated as of
June 29, 2000, by and among the VFC Trust, the Depositor and TCC, as the same
has been or may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time.
"VFC Purchase Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Sale and
Contribution Agreement dated as of March 2, 1999, as amended and restated as of
June 29, 2000, by and among CFUSA, TCC and the Depositor, as the same has been
or may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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"Vice President" of any Person means any vice president of such Person,
whether or not designated by a number or words before or after the title "Vice
President," who is a duly elected officer of such Person.
"Voting Power" means, with respect to any outstanding membership
interest of the Depositor, the power (expressed as a percentage) represented by
such membership interest of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding
membership interests of the Depositor having ordinary voting power, including
the power to vote for election of members of the Board of Directors (and, if any
class thereof has power to designate members of the Board of Directors or any
special committee thereof, the power so to designate).
Section 1.02 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this
Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words
importing any gender include the other genders; references to "writing" include
printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible
form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all
amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered
into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this
Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns;
and the term "including" means "including without limitation."
Section 1.03 Section References. All section references, unless
otherwise indicated, shall be to Sections in this Agreement.
Section 1.04 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used but not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States.
ARTICLE II
FUNDINGS OF TRUST; TRANSFERS OF CONTRACTS
Section 2.01 Creation and Funding of Trust; Transfer of Transferred
Assets to Trust. (a) The Trust has been created (i) pursuant to an initial trust
agreement as amended and restated by the Trust Agreement, and (ii) by the filing
by the Owner Trustee of an appropriately completed Certificate of Trust under
the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The Depositor, as settlor of the Trust, shall
fund and convey assets to the Trust pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof.
The Trust shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
the Administration Agreement and the Trust Agreement for the benefit of the
Noteholders, the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty and the Equity Certificateholder.
Each of the Owner Trustee and the Administrator (as defined in the
Administration Agreement) is hereby specifically recognized by the parties
hereto as empowered to conduct business dealings on behalf of the Trust in
accordance with the terms hereof and of the Trust Agreement and Administration
Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on
the Closing Date, the Depositor shall, in consideration of the purchase price of
the Contracts and the related Transferred Assets and the retention of the Equity
Certificate, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust by
execution of the Transfer Agreement, without recourse (other
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than as expressly provided herein), (i) all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the Contracts and the related Transferred Assets identified
in such Transfer Agreement, and (ii) all income from and proceeds of the
foregoing. The "purchase price" for the Contracts and the related Transferred
Assets shall be an amount equal to $763,418,561. Such purchase price shall be
payable in immediately available funds on the Closing Date.
(c) The parties hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that title
to or ownership of any related Equipment shall not be transferred to the Trust
upon such conveyance and that the Depositor shall retain its ownership interest
(to the extent the same has been so conveyed to the Depositor pursuant to the
VFC Purchase Agreement, the Non-VFC Purchase Agreement, the Substitute VFC
Purchase Agreement and the VFC Assignment) in such Equipment (provided, that the
parties agree and intend that any mere security interest, as opposed to title or
ownership interest, in the related Equipment which secures the Contract pursuant
to the terms thereof, is being assigned and conveyed as part of the Transferred
Assets in accordance with the definition thereof). The Depositor and the Trust
further intend and agree that, except as described in the preceding sentence
with respect to ownership interests in related Equipment, any such transfer is
intended to be a conveyance and transfer of ownership of the Contracts and the
related Transferred Assets (or Substitute Transferred Assets conveyed as
described in Section 2.04 below) and that such Contracts and the related
Transferred Assets 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. In the event, however, that notwithstanding such intent and
agreement, a transfer and assignment contemplated hereby and in the Transfer
Agreement (or Substitution Transfer Agreement, as applicable) is determined not
to be a conveyance of ownership, the Depositor hereby grants to the Trust a
first priority perfected security interest in (i) such Contracts and the related
Transferred Assets identified in such Transfer Agreement (or Substitution
Transfer Agreement, as applicable), and (ii) all income from and proceeds of the
foregoing, and this Agreement and the Transfer Agreement (or Substitution
Transfer Agreement, as applicable), collectively, shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law, securing the related obligations of the Trust to
the Noteholder, the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty and the Equity
Certificateholder, in the order and priorities, and subject to the other terms
and conditions of, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, together
with such other obligations or interests as may arise hereunder and thereunder
with respect to such Contracts and the related Transferred Assets in favor of
the parties thereto.
(d) In furtherance of and not in limitation of any of the
foregoing, the Depositor with respect to each item of Equipment owned by it as
described above, by execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transfer
Agreement (or Substitution Transfer Agreement, as applicable), hereby and
thereby on and as of the Closing Date (or Substitution Transfer Date, as
applicable) grants to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee a first priority
perfected security interest in such item of owned Equipment, securing in each
case an amount payable by the Trust in respect of the Notes or the Class A-3
Swap Agreement corresponding to the Contract Principal Balance from time to time
of the related Contract; it being understood, however, that (i) recourse to such
Equipment in realization of the benefits of such security interest shall only
occur if the related Contract has become a Liquidated Contract, and (ii) the
application of Liquidation Proceeds realized therefrom shall be governed in
accordance with the provisions hereof generally applicable to such Pledged
Revenue and allocation in accordance with the Allocation Criteria.
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(e) The Depositor, by execution and delivery of the Agreement
and the Transfer Agreement (or Substitution Transfer Agreement, as applicable)
authorizes the Trust to file UCC financing statements naming the Depositor as
Debtor, the Trust as Secured Party and the Indenture Trustee as Assignee in each
jurisdiction that the Depositor deems necessary in order to protect its security
interests in the Contracts and Equipment.
Section 2.02 Conditions to Transfers. The Depositor shall transfer to
the Trust the Contracts and other Transferred Assets described in Section 2.01
above only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior
to the Closing Date and shall be deemed to have represented in respect of the
Closing Date that all such conditions are satisfied upon the Depositor's
delivery of the Transfer Agreement:
(a) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust the duly executed Transfer Agreement, which shall include a
Schedule of Contracts listing the Contracts being transferred on the Closing
Date;
(b) the VFC Trust shall have delivered to the Depositor and
the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust the duly executed VFC Assignment with
respect to the VFC Contracts being conveyed by the VFC Trust on the Closing
Date;
(c) A letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or another
nationally recognized accounting firm, addressed to the Depositor and the
Underwriters and stating that such firm has reviewed a sample of the Initial
Contracts and performed specific procedures for such sample with respect to
certain contract terms and which identifies those Initial Contracts which do not
conform;
(d) Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of CFUSA,
the Servicer and the Depositor or of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors of CFUSA, the Servicer and the Depositor approving the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to which any of them is a party, as applicable, and the transactions
contemplated hereunder and thereunder, certified in each case by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of CFUSA, the Servicer and the Depositor;
(e) Officially certified, recent evidence of due incorporation
or formation, as the case may be and good standing of each of CFUSA and the
Depositor under the laws of Delaware;
(f) (i) Evidence of proper filing or provision for filing with
appropriate offices in the jurisdictions in which a UCC financing statement was
filed naming the Depositor as debtor and the VFC Trust as secured party, with
respect to the VFC Contracts, of a UCC assignment identifying the VFC Contracts
as collateral being assigned back to the Depositor, executed by the VFC Trust;
(ii) evidence of proper filing or provision for filing with appropriate offices
in the state of organization of the Financing Originator of UCC financing
statements naming the Financing Originator as debtor, and naming CFUSA as
secured party (and the Depositor as assignee), to perfect the grant of a
security interest from the Financing Originator to CFUSA and then to the
Depositor pursuant to the applicable Purchase and Sale Agreements; (iii)
evidence of proper filing or provision for filing with appropriate offices in
the
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state of organization of CFUSA of UCC financing statements naming CFUSA as
debtor, and naming the Depositor as secured party, to perfect the grant of a
security interest from CFUSA to the Depositor pursuant to the applicable
Purchase and Sale Agreements; (iv) evidence of proper filing or provision for
filing with appropriate offices in the state of organization of the Depositor of
UCC financing statements naming the Depositor as debtor, and naming the Trust as
secured party, to perfect the grant of a security interest from the Depositor to
the Trust pursuant to Article II hereof; (v) evidence of proper filing or
provision for filing with appropriate offices in the state of organization of
the Trust of UCC financing statements naming the Trust as debtor, and naming the
Indenture Trustee as secured party, to perfect the grant of a security interest
from the Trust to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture;
(g) Evidence of deposit in the Reserve Account of the initial
Required Reserve Amount;
(h) A fully executed Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement;
(i) a fully executed Non-VFC Conveyancing Agreement;
(j) a fully executed Non-VFC Purchase Agreement;
(k) a fully executed VFC Assignment;
(l) a fully executed Trust Agreement;
(m) a fully executed Administration Agreement;
(n) a fully executed Indenture;
(o) a fully executed Pooling Agreement;
(p) a fully executed Class A-3 Swap Agreement;
(q) an opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP to the effect that
for federal income tax purposes, the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3
Notes, Class B Notes and Class C Notes will be characterized as debt and the
Trust will not be characterized as an association (or publicly traded
partnership) taxable as a corporation;
(r) each of the representations and warranties made by CFUSA
pursuant to Article III of the Purchase and Sale Agreements shall be true and
correct as of the Closing Date (including the representation made thereunder as
to compliance with the UCC filing criteria as set forth in clause (j) of the
definition of Eligible Contract), and CFUSA shall have performed in all material
respects all obligations to be performed by it under the Purchase and Sale
Agreements on or prior to the Closing Date;
(s) each of the representations and warranties made by the
Depositor and the Servicer pursuant to Article III hereof shall be true and
correct as of the Closing Date;
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(t) the Depositor shall, at its own expense, on or prior to
the Closing Date indicate in its computer files that the Transferred Assets
identified in the Transfer Agreement have been conveyed to the Trust pursuant to
this Agreement and the Transfer Agreement;
(u) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from the conveyance on the Closing Date that constitutes a Servicer Default; and
(v) the Depositor or the Servicer shall have provided the
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust a statement or computer disk listing the
Contract Pool Principal Balance on the Closing Date of the contracts being
transferred on the Closing Date.
The failure to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions to transfer or
to obtain a waiver thereof shall not be deemed to adversely affect the validity
of any such transfer.
Section 2.03 Acceptance by Trust. On the Closing Date, if all the
conditions specified in Section 2.02 above have been satisfied (as evidenced by
the Depositor's delivery of the Transfer Agreement), the Trust shall issue, and
the Owner Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee as its authenticating agent under
the Trust Agreement, shall authenticate, to, or upon the order of, the Depositor
and in accordance with the Trust Agreement, the Equity Certificate representing
ownership of a beneficial interest in 100% of the Trust and the Trust shall
issue, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate, to, or upon the order of,
the Depositor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture the Notes secured by
the Collateral. The Trust hereby acknowledges its acceptance of the Trust
Assets, and declares that it shall maintain such right and interest in the Trust
Assets in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement
upon the trust herein and therein set forth.
Section 2.04 Conveyance of Substitute Contracts. (a) Subject to the
limitations set forth in (and the other terms and conditions of) this Section
2.04, the Depositor may substitute other Contracts and related assets for
Contracts and related Transferred Assets previously conveyed to the Trust and in
the Contract Pool, by conveying such other Contracts and related assets to the
Trust pursuant to the procedures and documentation specified below. Upon the
effectiveness of such substitution, such other Contracts and related Transferred
Assets (such Contracts, "Substitute Contracts", and collectively, "Substitute
Transferred Assets") shall, for all purposes of this Agreement and the Trust
Agreement, constitute and be considered as part of the Trust Assets, and the
Contracts already in the Contract Pool and related Transferred Assets for which
the Substitute Contract Assets have been substituted (such Contracts, "Replaced
Contracts", and collectively, "Replaced Assets") shall no longer constitute
Trust Assets. Upon consummation of such substitution, the Trust shall be deemed
to have assigned to the Depositor all of the Trust's right, title and interest
in and to the Replaced Assets, without recourse, representation or warranty.
In addition, the parties hereto intend and agree that any conveyance
described in this Section 2.04 is made with the intent and effect described in
subsection (c) of Section 2.01 above.
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(b) Subject to the conditions set forth in this subsection (b)
below, and pursuant to one or more related Substitution Transfer Agreements, the
Depositor shall transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust,
without recourse (other than as expressly provided herein), (i) all the right
and interest of the Depositor in and to the Substitute Contracts listed on the
related Substitution Schedule of Contracts, and (ii) all other rights and
property interests consisting of Transferred Assets related to such Substitute
Contracts. The Depositor shall effect such transfers only upon the satisfaction
of each of the following conditions on or prior to the related Substitution
Transfer Date (and the delivery of a related Substitution Notice by the
Depositor shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Depositor that
such conditions have been or will be, as of the related Substitution Transfer
Date, satisfied):
(i) At least five days prior to the related Substitution
Transfer Date, the Depositor shall have provided the Owner Trustee on behalf of
the Trust and the Indenture Trustee with a Substitution Notice complying with
the definition thereof contained herein;
(ii) there shall have occurred, with respect to each
such Substitute Contract, a corresponding Substitution Event with respect to one
or more intended Replaced Contracts then constituting Contracts in the Contract
Pool;
(iii) the Substitute Contract(s) being conveyed to the
Trust, satisfy the Substitute Contract Qualification Conditions;
(iv) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust a duly executed written assignment agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto (a "Substitution Transfer
Agreement"), which shall include a Substitution Schedule of Contracts
identifying the Substitute Contracts and the related Replaced Contracts;
(v) CFUSA shall have delivered to the Depositor and the
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust a duly executed Substitution Assignment
Agreement with respect to such conveyance;
(vi) no selection procedures adverse to the interests of
either the Trust, the Noteholders or the Equity Certificateholder shall have
been utilized in selecting the Substitute Contracts;
(vii) each of the representations and warranties made by
CFUSA pursuant to Article III of the Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement or
Non-VFC Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, shall be true and correct as of
the related Substitution Transfer Date (including the representation made as to
compliance with the UCC filing criteria set forth in clause (j) of the
definition of Eligible Contract), and CFUSA shall have performed in all material
respects all obligations to be performed by it under the Substitute VFC Purchase
Agreement or Non-VFC Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, on or prior to such
Substitution Transfer Date; and
(viii) the Servicer and CFUSA and the Financing
Originator shall, at their own expense, on or prior to the Substitution Transfer
Date, have indicated in their respective computer files that the Substitute
Contracts identified on the Substitution Schedule of
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Contracts attached to the related Substitution Transfer Agreement have been
assigned and conveyed to the Trust through the Depositor pursuant to this
Pooling Agreement and the Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement or Non-VFC Purchase
Agreement, as the case may be.
The failure to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions to transfer or
to obtain a waiver thereof shall not be deemed to adversely affect the validity
of any such transfer.
Section 2.05 Release of Excluded Amounts. The Trust hereby agrees to
release to the Servicer, an amount equal to the Excluded Amounts immediately
upon identification thereof, which release shall be automatic and shall require
no further act by the Trust, provided that the Trust shall execute and deliver
such instruments of release and assignment, or otherwise confirm the foregoing
release, as may reasonably be requested in writing by the Servicer. Upon such
release, such Excluded Amounts shall not constitute and shall not be included in
the Trust Assets.
Section 2.06 Waiver. The Issuer hereby waives, releases and terminates
(i) any rights it may have in any equipment (other than the Equipment financed
by any Contract) as security for any obligations owing to it under the
Contracts, (ii) any rights it may have in any property as security for any
Contract other than the rights relating to the related Equipment which secures
such Contract and the proceeds thereof and (iii) any rights it may have to apply
moneys received under a receivable that was not sold to the Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.01. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
foregoing in no way constitutes a waiver, release or termination of any of the
rights of the Issuer with respect to the Equipment financed by any Contract and
the rights related to such Equipment.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
CFUSA, under the Purchase and Sale Agreements, has made, and upon
execution of each Substitution Assignment Agreement is deemed to remake with
respect to the relevant Contract Assets conveyed by the VFC Assignment, the
Non-VFC Purchase Agreement, or the Substitution VFC Purchase Agreement, as the
case may be, each of the representations and warranties set forth in the
Schedule of Representations, and has consented to the assignment by the
Depositor to the Trust of the Depositor's rights with respect thereto. Such
representations speak as of the Closing Date in the case of the Initial
Contracts, and as of the applicable Substitution Transfer Date in the case of
the Substitute Contracts, but shall survive the transfer and assignment of the
related Contracts to the Trust. Pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Agreement, the
Depositor has sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to the Trust as part of
the Transferred Assets its rights under the Purchase and Sale Agreements,
including without limitation, the representations and warranties of CFUSA
therein as set forth in the Schedule of Representations, together with all
rights of the Depositor with respect to any breach thereof including any right
to require CFUSA to repurchase or substitute for any Contract in accordance with
the Purchase and Sale Agreements. It is understood and agreed that the
representations and warranties set forth or referred to in this Section shall
survive delivery of the Contract Files to the Trust or any custodian.
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The Depositor hereby confirms to the Trust that it has entered into the
Purchase and Sale Agreements with CFUSA, that CFUSA has made the representations
and warranties in the Schedule of Representations, that such representations and
warranties run to and are for the benefit of the Trust, and that pursuant to
Section 2.01 of this Agreement the Depositor has transferred and assigned to the
Trust all rights of the Depositor to cause CFUSA under the Purchase and Sale
Agreements to repurchase or substitute for Contracts conveyed thereunder in the
event of a breach of such representations and warranties applicable to such
Contract.
Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Depositor. By
its execution of this Agreement, and each Substitution Transfer Agreement, the
Depositor represents and warrants to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Noteholders and the Equity Certificateholder that, as of the date
of the Closing Date and Substitution Transfer Date (and, with respect to the
representation set forth in subsection (k) of this Section 3.01 below, as of the
date the certificate, written report or written statement referred to in such
subsection is furnished):
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Depositor is a limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of Delaware and has the requisite power to own its assets and to
transact the business in which it is currently engaged. The Depositor is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by
it requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have
a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition
(financial or other) of the Depositor or the Trust.
(b) Authorization; Valid Transfer; Binding Obligations. The
Depositor has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and all of
the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, and to create the Trust and cause it to make,
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the due execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to
cause the Trust to be created. This Agreement and the Transfer Agreement and any
Substitution Transfer Agreement shall effect a valid transfer and assignment of
the relevant Transferred Assets, enforceable against the Depositor and creditors
of and purchasers from the Depositor. This Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which the Depositor is a party have been duly executed and
delivered by the Depositor and constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Depositor enforceable in accordance with their terms, except
as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the
availability of equitable remedies. The Depositor is selling the Transferred
Assets to the Trust with the intention of removing the Transferred Assets from
the estate of the Depositor pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Bankruptcy Code as it may be amended from time to time including, without
limitation, section 541(b)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code as amended pursuant to
section 912 of Senate Xxxx X.220 (107th Cong. 1st Sess.) or any successor
thereto if and when such xxxx is enacted into law.
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(c) No Consent Required. The Depositor is not required to
obtain the consent of any other Person or any consent, license, approval or
authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which it
is a party.
(d) No Violations. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the
Depositor, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, will not violate any Requirements of Law applicable to the Depositor,
or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other
agreement to which the Depositor is a party or by which the Depositor or any of
the Depositor's properties may be bound, or result in the creation or imposition
of any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, preference, equity or
encumbrance of any kind upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any
such mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement, other than as
contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(e) Litigation. No litigation or administrative proceeding of
or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to
the knowledge of the Depositor threatened, against the Depositor or any of its
properties or with respect to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents
to which it is a party (1) which, if adversely determined, would in the
reasonable judgment of the Depositor have a material adverse effect on the
business, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Depositor or the Trust or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
other Transaction Documents to which the Depositor is a party or (2) seeking to
adversely affect the federal income tax or other federal, state or local tax
attributes of the Notes.
(f) Taxes. The Depositor has filed or caused to be filed all
material tax returns which, to its knowledge, are required to be filed and has
paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns or on any material
assessments made against it or any of its property and all other material taxes,
fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental
Authority (other than any amount of tax due, the validity of which is currently
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to
which reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have
been provided on the books of the Depositor); no tax lien has been filed and, to
the Depositor's knowledge, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such
tax, fee or other charge.
(g) Schedule of Representations. The representations and
warranties set forth on the Schedule of Representations are true and correct as
of the Closing Date (or Substitution Transfer Date, as applicable) with respect
to the Transferred Assets being conveyed to the Trust on such date.
(h) Solvency. The Depositor, at the time of and after giving
effect to each conveyance made hereunder, is Solvent on and as of the date
thereof.
(i) Domicile; Name Changes. The Depositor's state of
organization has not been changed within the four months preceding any Transfer
Date (or if so changed, all necessary actions in connection with such change
have been or are being timely taken in
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accordance with Section 4.03 hereof). The Depositor has not changed its name,
whether by amendment of its certificate of formation, by reorganization or
otherwise, within the four months preceding any Transfer Date (or if so changed,
all necessary actions in connection with such change have been or are being
timely taken in accordance with Section 4.03 hereof).
(j) Not an Investment Company. The Depositor is not an
"investment company" (and does not control, and is not under the control of, an
investment company) within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (or the Depositor is exempt from all provisions of such Act).
(k) Accuracy of Information. No certificate, written report or
written statement furnished by the Depositor to the Servicer, the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, any Securityholder or the Administrator in connection with this
Pooling Agreement or any other Transaction Document was inaccurate in any
material respect as of the date it was dated or (except as otherwise disclosed
to the Servicer, the Trust, the Owner Trustee, such Securityholder or the
Administrator, as the case may be, at such time) as of the date so furnished.
(l) Security Interest. This Agreement creates a valid and
continuing security interest (as defined in the UCC) in the Contracts in favor
of the Trust, which security interest is prior to all other Liens (other than
Permitted Liens), and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and
purchasers from the Depositor. The Depositor has caused, or will have caused
within ten days after the date hereof, the filing of all appropriate UCC
financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in
the Contracts granted to the Trust hereunder. All UCC financing statements filed
or to be filed against the Depositor in favor of the Trust in connection
herewith describing the Contracts contain a statement to the effect that a
purchase of or security interest in any Contracts described in such financing
statement will violate the rights of the Trust.
(m) Priority. Other than the security interest granted to the
Trust pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Contracts
(other than to the VFC Trust, which Contracts were reconveyed to the Depositor
pursuant to the VFC Assignment). The Depositor has not authorized the filing of
and is not aware of any financing statements against the Depositor that include
a description of collateral covering the Contracts other than any financing
statement relating to the security interest granted to the Trust hereunder or
that has been terminated (other than to the VFC Trust, which security interests
were reconveyed to the Depositor pursuant to UCC-3 Assignments). The Depositor
is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against it.
Such representations (except to the extent expressly stated by their terms to
speak as of a different date or time) speak as of the Closing Date and each
Transfer Date and Substitution Transfer Date, if any, but shall survive the
transfer and assignment of the Contracts to the Trust.
Section 3.02 Representations and Warranties of the Servicer. The
Servicer represents and warrants to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Noteholders and the Equity Certificateholder that, as of the date
of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and
each Substitution Transfer Date:
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(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its
assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. The
Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business
transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification
and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on
the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Servicer or the Trust. The Servicer (or any permitted subservicer hereunder with
respect to affected Contracts, if the Servicer is not so licensed) is properly
licensed in each jurisdiction to the extent required by the laws of such
jurisdiction to service the Contracts in accordance with the terms hereof.
(b) Authorization; Binding Obligations. The Servicer has the
power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a party and all of the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which the Servicer is a party, and has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the due execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a
party. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer
is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Servicer and constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.
(c) No Consent Required. The Servicer is not required to
obtain the consent of any other Person or any consent, license, approval or
authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which
the Servicer is a party.
(d) No Violations. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a
party by the Servicer will not violate any Requirements of Law applicable to the
Servicer, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract
or other agreement to which the Servicer is a party or by which the Servicer or
any of the Servicer's properties may be bound, or result in the creation of or
imposition of any security interest, lien, pledge, preference, equity or
encumbrance of any kind upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any
such mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement, other than as
contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(e) Litigation. No litigation or administrative proceeding of
or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to
the knowledge of the Servicer threatened, against the Servicer or any of its
properties or with respect to this Agreement, or any other Transaction Document
to which the Servicer is a party which, if adversely determined, would in the
reasonable judgment of the Servicer have a material adverse effect on the
business, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Servicer or the Trust or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party.
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(f) Accuracy of Information. No certificate, written report or
written statement, furnished by the Servicer to the Depositor, the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, any Securityholder or the Administrator in connection with this
Pooling Agreement or any other Transaction Document was inaccurate in any
material respect as of the date it was dated or (except as otherwise disclosed
to the Depositor, the Trust, the Owner Trustee, such Securityholder or the
Administrator, as the case may be, at such time) as of the date so furnished.
Each financial statement furnished pursuant to clause (i) of Section 9.04 is
complete and correct in all material respects and fairly presents the financial
condition of the Servicer (or its parent entity, if the Servicer is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of another entity), as of the reporting date specified
therein, and the results of operations of the Servicer (or such parent entity,
as applicable) for the period then ended, all in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect in the jurisdiction of the entity
for which such financial statement is furnished.
(g) No Servicer Default. No event has occurred and is
continuing and no condition exists which constitutes a Servicer Default.
ARTICLE IV
PERFECTION OF TRANSFERS AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS
Section 4.01 Custody of Contracts. (a)Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Section 4.01, the contents of each Contract File shall be
held in the custody of the Servicer (including through any subservicer
contemplated under Section 5.05), for the benefit of, and as agent for, the
Noteholders, the Equity Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer,
as the owner thereof.
(b) The Servicer agrees to maintain the Contract Files at its
offices where they are currently maintained, or at such other offices of the
Servicer (or a subservicer contemplated under Section 5.05) as shall from time
to time be established by the Servicer or such subservicer (or in certain
instances at offsite storage facilities in the same general geographic area as
an office of the Servicer or subservicer, pursuant to contractual agreement
between the Servicer or subservicer and the Person owning or maintaining such
offsite facility). The Servicer may temporarily move individual Contract Files
or any portion thereof without notice or other such compliance, as necessary to
conduct collection and other servicing activities in accordance with the
Servicing Standard; provided, however, that the Servicer will take all action
necessary to maintain the perfection of the Trust's interest in the Trust Assets
and the proceeds thereof. It is intended that by the Servicer's agreement
pursuant to Section 4.01(a) above and this Section 4.01(b), the Trust and the
Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Trust shall be deemed to have possession of
the Contract Files for purposes of Section 9-305 of the Uniform Commercial Code
of the State in which the Contract Files are located.
(c) As custodian, the Servicer shall have and perform the
following powers and duties:
(i) hold the Contract Files on behalf of the Noteholders
and the Equity Certificateholder and the Trust; maintain accurate records
pertaining to each Contract to
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enable it to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
maintain a current inventory thereof;
(ii) maintain and comply with Customary Policies and
Procedures with respect to Persons authorized to have access to the Contract
Files;
(iii) attend to all details in connection with
maintaining custody of the Contract Files on behalf of the Noteholder and the
Equity Certificateholder and the Trust; and
(iv) indicate in the appropriate computer records that
the Contracts as of the Closing Date (or Substitution Transfer Date, as the case
may be) have been conveyed to the Trust.
(d) In performing its duties under this Section 4.01, the
Servicer agrees to act in accordance with the applicable Servicing Standard. In
acting as custodian of the Contract Files, the Servicer further agrees not to
assert any legal or beneficial ownership interest in the Contracts or the
Contract Files, except as provided in Section 5.02.
(e) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Noteholders and the
Equity Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust
for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, payments, costs, or
expenses of any kind whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against any of such parties as the result of any act or omission by the Servicer
relating to the maintenance and custody of the Contract Files or any other
breach or noncompliance of the Servicer in the performance of its duties and
obligations as Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that the Servicer will not
be liable to any such party for any portion of any such amount resulting from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such party.
Section 4.02 Filings. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer
shall cause UCC financing statement(s) to be filed or provided for, and from
time to time the Servicer shall take and cause to be taken such other actions
and execute such other documents as are necessary to perfect or further perfect
and protect the Trust's first priority interest in the Trust Assets against all
other Persons. Such additional actions may include without limitation, the
filing of financing statements, amendments thereto and continuation statements,
the execution of transfer instruments and the making of notations on or taking
possession of records or documents of title. This Section 4.02 shall not apply
to the Trust's interests in Vehicles, which shall be maintained as described in
Section 4.04 below.
Section 4.03 Name Change or Relocation. (a) During the term of this
Agreement, neither the Servicer nor the Depositor shall change, nor shall the
Servicer permit the Financing Originator to change, its state of organization,
name, identity or structure without first giving at least 30 days' prior written
notice to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee.
(b) If any change in either the Servicer's, the Financing
Originator's or the Depositor's name, identity or structure or other action
would make any financing or continuation statement or notice of lien seriously
misleading within the meaning of applicable
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provisions of the UCC or any title statute, the Servicer, no later than four
months after the effective date of such change, shall file such amendments as
may be required to preserve and protect the Trust's interests in the Trust
Assets and the proceeds thereof. In addition, neither the Financing Originator,
the Servicer nor the Depositor shall change its state of organization unless it
has first taken such action as is necessary to preserve and protect the Trust's
interest in the Trust Assets.
Promptly after taking any of the foregoing actions (but not later than
20 calendar days), the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements or
amendments necessary to preserve and protect the interests of the Trust and
Indenture Trustee in the Trust Assets have been filed, and reciting the details
of such filing.
Section 4.04 Maintenance of Security Interests in Vehicles; Retitling
(a) With respect to each Contract secured by a Vehicle, the Servicer, in
accordance with the Customary Policies and Procedures, shall, at its own
expense, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security
interest created by each Contract in the related Vehicle in favor of the
Financing Originator. The Servicer hereby agrees to take such steps as are
necessary to re-perfect such security interest in the name of the Financing
Originator in the event of the relocation of a Vehicle to a jurisdiction other
than the jurisdiction in which steps had been taken to perfect the security
interest in favor of the Financing Originator; provided, however, that the
Servicer will not amend any certificate of title to name CFUSA, the Depositor or
the Trust as the lienholder, and neither the Servicer nor the Depositor will be
required to deliver any certificate of title to the Trust or note thereon the
Trust's interest. In the event that the assignment of the Contract to the Trust
is insufficient, without a notation on the related Vehicle's certificate of
title, to grant to the Trust a perfected security interest in the related
Financed Vehicle, the Financing Originator hereby agrees to serve as the Trust's
agent for the purpose of perfecting the security interest in such Financed
Vehicle and that the Financing Originator 's listing as the secured party on the
certificate of title is in the capacity as agent of the Trust.
(b) If, at any time after CITEF is no longer the Servicer and
the Successor Servicer is unable to foreclose upon a Vehicle because the title
document for such Vehicle does not show such Successor Servicer or the Trust as
the lienholder, CITEF shall take all necessary steps to apply for a replacement
title document showing the Successor Servicer or the Trust as the secured party;
provided that the Successor Servicer shall reimburse CITEF for reasonable
expenses incurred in connection therewith.
(c) In order to facilitate the Successor Servicer's actions,
as described in subsection 4.04(b) hereof, CITEF will provide the Successor
Servicer with any necessary power of attorney permitting it to retitle the
Vehicle. The Depositor hereby appoints the Trust (acting through the Owner
Trustee or the Servicer) its attorney-in-fact to endorse, as appropriate, the
certificate of title relating to any Vehicle in order to cause a change in the
registration of legal owner of the Vehicle to the Trust at such time as such
certificate of title is endorsed and delivered to the appropriate state
department of motor vehicles with appropriate fees. The Depositor will provide
the Trust with any necessary power of attorney for such purpose.
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(d) If the Successor Servicer is unable to retitle the
Vehicle, in the event that the Successor Servicer seeks to foreclose on a
Vehicle then CITEF will take all actions necessary to act with the Successor
Servicer, to the extent permitted by law, to foreclose upon the Vehicle,
including, as appropriate, the filing of any UCC financing statements necessary
to perfect the security interest in any Financed Vehicle; provided that the
Successor Servicer shall reimburse CITEF for reasonable expenses incurred in
connection therewith.
ARTICLE V
SERVICING OF CONTRACTS
Section 5.01 Initial Servicer's Appointment and Acceptance;
Responsibility for Contract Administration. CITEF shall be and is hereby
appointed as the Servicer and custodian (as contemplated in Article IV hereof)
pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Contract Assets in the Contract
Pool. CITEF accepts the appointment and agrees to act as the Servicer and
custodian pursuant to this Agreement.
Except to the extent otherwise specified herein or as contemplated in
Section 5.05, the Servicer will have the sole obligation to manage, administer,
service and make collections on the Contracts and perform or cause to be
performed all contractual and customary undertakings of the Originator of the
Contracts to the Obligor. The Trust, at the written request of a Servicing
Officer, shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney or other
documents necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Servicer to enable the
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The
Servicer is hereby appointed the Servicer hereunder until such time as any
Servicing Transfer may be effected pursuant to Article VIII hereof.
Section 5.02 General Duties. The Servicer will service, administer and
enforce the Contracts in the Contract Pool on behalf of the Trust and will have
full power and authority to do any and all things in connection with such
servicing and administration which it deems necessary or desirable and as shall
not contravene the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document. The Servicer will manage, service, administer, and make collections on
the Contracts in the Contract Pool in accordance with the Servicing Standard.
The Servicer's duties will include collection and posting of all payments,
responding to inquiries of Obligors regarding the Contracts in the Contract
Pool, investigating delinquencies, accounting for collections, furnishing
reports with respect to collections and payments as contemplated in Article IX
hereof, making Servicer Advances in accordance with Section 5.14 hereof, and
using its best efforts to maintain the perfected first priority interest of the
Trust in the Trust Assets. The Servicer will have full power and authority,
acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such managing,
servicing, administration, and collection that it deems necessary or desirable.
If the Servicer commences a legal proceeding to enforce a Defaulted Contract
pursuant to Section 5.15 or commences or participates in a legal proceeding
(including a bankruptcy proceeding) relating to or involving a Contract in the
Contract Pool, the Trust will be deemed to have automatically assigned such
Contract to the Servicer solely for purposes of, and to the extent necessary
for, commencing or participating in any such proceeding as a party or claimant
(but in all cases subject to the continuing interest of the Trust and its
assignees in the proceeds and recoveries from such proceedings, as and to the
extent provided in the Transaction
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Documents), and the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trust, pursuant
to this Section 5.02, to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself and the Trust,
any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full
release or discharge, and all other notices, demands, claims, complaints,
responses, affidavits or other documents or instruments in connection with any
such proceedings. If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that
the Servicer may not enforce a Contract on the grounds that it is not a real
party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Contract, then the Trust
will, at the Servicer's expense and written direction, take steps to enforce the
Contract.
Section 5.03 Assignment or Replacement. At the request of an Obligor,
the Servicer may in its sole discretion consent to the assignment by such
Obligor of its rights under a Contract in the Contract Pool or the sublease of a
unit of the Equipment relating to such a Contract, so long as such Obligor
remains liable for all of its obligations under such Contract; provided, that
the Servicer may release such Obligor from its obligations if the Obligor's
assignee is determined by the Servicer to be of at least equivalent credit risk,
all in accordance with Customary Policies and Procedures. Upon the request of
any Obligor, the Servicer may, in its sole discretion, provide for the
substitution or replacement of any unit of Equipment for a substantially similar
unit of Equipment, so long as such Obligor remains liable for all of its
obligations under such Contract.
Section 5.04 Disposition Upon Termination of Contract. Upon the
termination of a Contract included in the Contract Pool as a result of a default
by the Obligor thereunder, and upon any such Contract becoming a Defaulted
Contract, the Servicer will use commercially reasonable efforts to dispose of
any related Equipment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the
Servicer disposes of any such Equipment by purchasing such Equipment or by
selling such Equipment to any of its Affiliates, such disposition shall be for a
purchase price equal to the fair market value thereof (as determined by the
Servicer in its reasonable discretion). The Servicer will deposit any
Prepayments and any Liquidation Proceeds derived from any such disposition in
accordance with Article VII hereof.
Section 5.05 Subservicers. The Servicer may enter into servicing
agreements with one or more subservicers (including any Affiliate of the
Servicer) to perform all or a portion of the servicing functions on behalf of
the Servicer; provided that the Servicer shall remain obligated and be liable to
the Trust for servicing and administering the Contracts in the Contract Pool in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such
obligation and liability by virtue of the appointment of such subservicer, to
the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone
were servicing and administering such Contracts. The fees and expenses of the
subservicer (if any) will be as agreed between the Servicer and its subservicer
and neither the Owner Trustee, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee nor any
Noteholder, the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty or Equity Certificateholder will
have any responsibility therefor. All actions of a subservicer taken pursuant to
such a subservicing agreement will be taken as an agent of the Servicer with the
same force and effect as though performed by the Servicer.
Section 5.06 Further Assurance. The Trust will execute and deliver to
the Servicer, and the Servicer will prepare and furnish any subservicer with,
any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable
the Servicer or a subservicer, as
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applicable, to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
Section 5.07 Notice to Obligors. Except as contemplated in clause (m)
of the definition of Eligible Contract, the Servicer will not be required to
notify any Obligor that such Obligor's Contract or related Equipment, or any
security interest in such Contract or such Equipment, has been transferred,
assigned, and conveyed pursuant to the VFC Conveyancing Agreement, the Non-VFC
Conveyancing Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreements, the VFC Pooling
Agreement, the VFC Assignment or pursuant to this Agreement; provided that, in
the event that the Servicer resigns or is replaced, then if the place for
payment pursuant to any Contract is changed, the Successor Servicer must give
each related Obligor prompt written notice of the appointment of the Successor
Servicer and the place to which such Obligor should make payments pursuant to
each such Contract.
Section 5.08 Collection Efforts; Modification of Contracts. (a) The
Servicer will make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under
the terms and provisions of the Contracts in the Contract Pool as and when the
same become due, in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Servicer is
authorized in its discretion to waive any Late Charges, or other administrative
fees, expenses and charges collectible in respect of a Contract in the Contract
Pool, including late payment interest, documentation fees, insurance
administration charges, and extension fees.
(b) The Servicer also may, subject to Sections 5.09 and 5.10,
at the request of an Obligor and at the Servicer's option, waive, amend, modify
or otherwise vary any other provision of a Contract in accordance with Customary
Policies and Procedures (it being understood that any modification or amendment
of a Contract resulting from an Insolvency Event with respect to the related
Obligor will not be deemed to have been granted by the Servicer hereunder),
including without limitation:
(i) in order to (A) change the Obligor's regular due
date to a date within the Collection Period in which such due date occurs, or
(B) re-amortize (over the remainder of the original Contract term) the Scheduled
Payments on a Contract following a partial Prepayment (provided, that the sum of
such partial Prepayment and the Contract Principal Balance of the affected
Contract after re-amortization is at least equal to the Contract Principal
Balance for such Contract prior to giving effect to the partial Prepayment), or
(ii) for any other purpose; provided, that no such
modification or amendment shall:
(A) change the amount or the due date of any
Scheduled Payment (except as provided in clauses (i)(A) and (B) above, Section
5.09 and Section 5.10 below);
(B) release the related Equipment from the Contract,
unless (1) the release complies with Section 5.03 above, or (2) the release is
pursuant to a partial Prepayment (which, in the case of a partial Prepayment on
a Lease, meets the requirements of Section 5.09 below) and the ratio of the fair
market value (determined by the Servicer in its
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reasonable discretion) of the related Equipment to the Contract Principal
Balance of the affected Contract after giving effect to such Prepayment and
release, is at least equal to such ratio existing prior to such event;
(C) except as provided in clause (ii)(A) above,
result in the Contract Principal Balance of the Contract being less than it
would have been absent such modification or amendment; or
(D) if such modification or amendment had been in
effect on the relevant Transfer Date with respect to the Contract, cause or have
caused the Contract not to constitute an Eligible Contract.
Section 5.09 Prepayments of Certain Contracts. The Servicer may, at its
option and in accordance with Customary Policies and Procedures, agree to permit
a Contract in the Contract Pool that is not otherwise contractually prepayable
by its terms and is not a Defaulted Contract, to become a Prepaid Contract
through a voluntary Prepayment by the Obligor (which shall not be deemed to
include prepayment due to a Casualty Loss); provided, that the Servicer will not
permit the voluntary full or partial Prepayment of such a Contract unless the
amount of such Prepayment (or, in the case of a partial Prepayment, the sum of
such Prepayment and the remaining Contract Principal Balance of the Contract
after application of such Prepayment), together with such additional amounts as
are (i) otherwise available to or supplied by the Servicer for the purpose of
prepaying such Contract, and (ii) deposited in the Collection Account
contemporaneously with the deposit therein of such Prepayment, is at least equal
to the Required Payoff Amount for such Contract determined as of the beginning
of the current Collection Period.
Section 5.10 Certain Extensions; Acceleration. (a) The Servicer may
(subject to subsection (b) below) grant payment extensions on a Contract in the
Contract Pool, consistent with Customary Policies and Procedures (it being
understood that any extensions on a Contract resulting from an Insolvency Event
with respect to the related Obligor will not be deemed to have been granted by
the Servicer hereunder) if the Servicer believes in good faith that such
extension is necessary to avoid a termination and liquidation of such Contract
and will maximize the amount to be received by the Trust with respect to such
Contract; provided, however, that the aggregate period of all extensions granted
on a Contract shall not exceed six months. Nothing in this Section 5.10 shall be
deemed to prevent the Servicer from extending or renewing, or otherwise
accepting the continued performance by the Obligor under, a Contract after
expiration of its stated term.
(b) The Servicer also, consistent with Customary Policies and
Procedures, may accelerate (or elect not to accelerate) the maturity of all or
any Scheduled Payments under any Contract in the Contract Pool under which a
default under the terms thereof has occurred and is continuing (after the lapse
of any applicable grace period); provided that the Servicer may accelerate the
Scheduled Payments due under any Contract in the Contract Pool (and take other
action in accordance with applicable Customary Policies and Procedures,
including repossessing or otherwise converting the related Equipment, to realize
upon the value of such Contract and the related Equipment) to the fullest extent
permitted by the terms of such Contract, promptly after such Contract becomes a
Defaulted Contract.
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Section 5.11 Taxes and Other Amounts. To the extent provided for in any
Contract in the Contract Pool, the Servicer will make reasonable efforts
consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect (or cause to be collected) all
payments with respect to amounts due for taxes, assessments and insurance
premiums relating to such Contract or the related Equipment and remit such
amounts to the appropriate Governmental Authority or insurer on or prior to the
date such payments are due.
Section 5.12 Suits by Servicer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Servicer does not have any obligation pursuant to this Agreement
to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to
its servicing duties under this Agreement.
Section 5.13 Remittances. The Servicer will remit and service all
Collections in accordance with Article VII hereof.
Section 5.14 Servicer Advances. For any Collection Period, if the
Servicer determines that any Scheduled Payment (or portion thereof) which was
due and payable pursuant to a Contract in the Contract Pool during such
Collection Period was not received prior to the end of such Collection Period,
the Servicer shall make a Servicer Advance in an amount up to the amount of such
delinquent Scheduled Payment (or portion thereof), to the extent that in its
sole discretion it determines that it can recover such amount from subsequent
Collections under the related Contract; provided, however, if a Person other
than an affiliate of CIT becomes the Servicer hereunder, such Person shall not
be required to make a Servicer Advance. The Servicer will deposit any Servicer
Advances into the Collection Account on or prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time)
on the Deposit Date, in immediately available funds. The Servicer will be
entitled to be reimbursed for Servicer Advances pursuant to Article VII hereof.
Section 5.15 Realization Upon Liquidated Contract. The Servicer will
use its best efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to repossess or
otherwise comparably convert the ownership of any Equipment relating to a
Liquidated Contract and will act as transfer and processing agent for Equipment
or Applicable Security which it repossesses. The Servicer will follow such other
practices and procedures, consistent with the Servicing Standard, in order to
realize upon such Equipment or Applicable Security, which practices and
procedures may include reasonable efforts to enforce all obligations of Obligors
and repossessing and selling such Equipment or Applicable Security at public or
private sale in circumstances other than those described in the preceding
sentence. In any case in which any such Equipment or Applicable Security has
suffered damage, the Servicer will not expend funds in connection with any
repair or toward the repossession of such Equipment or Applicable Security
unless it determines in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession will
increase the Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than the amount of such
expenses. The Servicer will remit to the Collection Account the Liquidation
Proceeds received in connection with the transfer or disposition of Equipment or
Applicable Security relating to a Liquidated Contract in accordance with Article
VII hereof.
Section 5.16 Maintenance of Insurance Policies. The Servicer will use
reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to ensure that each
Obligor complies with applicable insurance requirements set forth in the related
Contract; provided that the
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Servicer, in accordance with Customary Policies and Procedures, may allow
Obligors to self-insure. If an Obligor fails to maintain property damage
insurance to the extent required under its Contract, the Servicer may,
consistent with Customary Policies and Procedures, purchase and maintain such
insurance on behalf of, and at the expense of (if the applicable Contract so
provides), the Obligor. In connection with its activities as Servicer of
Contracts in the Contract Pool, the Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of
itself, the Trust and the Noteholders or Equity Certificateholders, claims to
the insurer under each Insurance Policy and any such liability policy, and to
settle, adjust and compromise such claims, in each case, consistent with the
terms of each Contract.
Section 5.17 Certain Other Duties With Respect to Trust. The Servicer
shall, and hereby agrees that it will, monitor the Trust's compliance with all
applicable provisions of state and federal securities laws, notify the Trust and
the Administrator of any actions to be taken by the Trust necessary for
compliance with such laws and prepare on behalf of the Trust and the
Administrator all notices, filings or other documents or instruments required to
be filed under such laws.
Section 5.18 Servicing Compensation. As compensation for its servicing
activities with respect to the Contract Pool, and also in consideration of its
expenses as set forth in Section 5.19, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive
a servicing fee in respect of any Collection Period (or portion thereof) (with
respect to each Collection Period, the "Servicing Fee"), equal to the sum of (i)
the product of one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Percentage per annum multiplied
by the Contract Pool Principal Balance as of the first day of such Collection
Period (except that for the first Collection Period the Servicing Fee will be
the sum of (A) the product of one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Percentage per
annum multiplied by the Contract Pool Principal Balance as of August 1, 2003,
plus (B) the product of one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Percentage per annum
multiplied by the Contract Pool Principal Balance as of September 1, 2003) and
(ii) any amount described in the clause (iv) of the definition of "Excluded
Amounts."
Section 5.19 Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer. The Servicer will
be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities
under this Agreement, including fees and disbursements of independent
accountants, counsel, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, taxes imposed on
the Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with payments and reports pursuant
to this Agreement, and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated under
this Agreement (including ongoing fees and expenses of the Owner Trustee) to be
for the account of the Trust or the Depositor, but excluding Liquidation
Expenses incurred as a result of activities contemplated by Section 5.15 (which
may be netted from Liquidation Proceeds). The Servicer will be required to pay
all reasonable fees and expenses owing to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee in connection with the maintenance of the Collection Account. The
Servicer shall be required to pay such expenses for its own account and shall
not be entitled to any payment or reimbursement therefor other than the
Servicing Fee, payable from Collections as provided herein.
Section 5.20 Records. The Servicer shall, during the period it is
Servicer hereunder, maintain such books of account and other records as will
enable the Trust or the Administrative Agent to determine the status of each
Contract in the Contract Pool.
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Section 5.21 Inspection. (a) The Servicer shall afford the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and their respective authorized agents not
more frequently than once during each calendar year at the Servicer's expense,
not to exceed $1,000 in expenses and upon reasonable prior written request,
reasonable access during normal business hours to the Servicer's records
relating to the Contracts in the Contract Pool, and will cause its personnel to
assist in any examination of such records by any such Person, and allow copies
of the same to be made. The examination referred to in this Section will be
conducted in a manner which does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer's
normal operations or customer or employee relations. Without otherwise limiting
the scope of the examination, such examining party may, using generally accepted
audit procedures, verify the status of each such Contract and review the
Computer Disk and records relating thereto for conformity to reports prepared by
the Servicer pursuant to Article IX hereof, and compliance with the standards
represented to exist as to each such Contract in this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.
(b) At all times during the term hereof, the Servicer shall
keep available a copy of the Schedule of Contracts at its principal executive
office for inspection by any such party referred to in subsection (a) of this
Section 5.21.
Section 5.22 Trust To Cooperate in Releases. At the same time as (i)
any Lease in the Contract Pool terminates and the Equipment related to such
Lease is sold, (ii) any Contract in the Contract Pool becomes a Prepaid Contract
and in connection therewith the Equipment related to such Prepaid Contract is
sold, (iii) the final Scheduled Payment is made in full on a Contract in the
Contract Pool, (iv) a Contract previously in the Contract Pool becomes a
Replaced Contract in accordance with Section 2.04, or is repurchased by deposit
of a Purchase Amount as provided herein, or (v) the Servicer substitutes or
replaces any unit of Equipment as contemplated in Section 5.03, the Trust shall
to the extent requested by the Servicer release the Trust's interest in the
Equipment relating to such affected Contract or such substituted or replaced
Equipment, as the case may be; provided that such release will not constitute a
release of the Trust's interest in the proceeds of Equipment the subject of a
Contract still in the Contract Pool (other than with respect to Equipment that
is replaced pursuant to Section 5.03). In connection with any transfer of such
Equipment, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the
Servicer any assignments, bills of sale, authorizations to file termination
statements and any other releases and instruments as the Servicer may request
and prepare at its expense in order to effect such release and transfer;
provided that neither the Trust nor the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to
make any representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to any
such Equipment in connection with such transfer and assignment. Nothing in this
Section 5.22 shall diminish the Servicer's obligations pursuant to Article VII
with respect to the proceeds of any such transfer.
Section 5.23 Separate Entity Existence. The Servicer agrees to take or
refrain from taking or engaging in with respect to the Depositor, as applicable,
each of the actions or activities specified in the "substantive
nonconsolidation" opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP (or in any related
Certificate of CFUSA) delivered on the Closing Date, upon which the conclusions
expressed therein are based.
Section 5.24 Assignment of Servicing. The Servicer may sell, transfer,
assign or convey its rights as Servicer to any Eligible Servicer, upon written
notice to the Trustees and
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the Rating Agencies, without the consent of the Securityholders or the Trustees,
provided that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. No such sale, transfer,
assignment or conveyance shall become effective until such Eligible Servicer
shall have assumed all of the responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer
under the Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE DEPOSITOR
Section 6.01 LLC Existence. During the term of this Agreement, the
Depositor will keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its formation and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to
protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents and each other instrument or agreement necessary or appropriate to the
proper administration of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby. In addition, all transactions and dealings between the Depositor and its
Affiliates will be conducted on an arm's-length basis.
Section 6.02 Contracts Not to be Evidenced by Promissory Notes. The
Depositor will take no action to cause any Contract not originally consisting of
or evidenced by an instrument (except to the extent part of tangible chattel
paper) (as such terms are defined in the UCC), to be evidenced by an instrument,
except in connection with the enforcement or collection of such Contract.
Section 6.03 Security Interests. The Depositor will not sell, pledge,
assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien on any Contract in the Contract Pool or on any other
Trust Asset or on any related Equipment, whether now existing or hereafter
transferred to the Trust, or any interest therein (except for Permitted Liens).
The Depositor will immediately notify the Trust and the Indenture Trustee of the
existence of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any Contract in the
Contract Pool or on any other Trust Assets or on any related Equipment; and the
Depositor shall defend the right and interest of the Trust in, to and under the
Contracts in the Contract Pool and the related Equipment, against all claims of
third parties; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.03 shall
prevent or be deemed to prohibit (i) the Depositor from suffering to exist
Permitted Liens upon any of the Contracts in the Contract Pool or any related
Equipment, or (ii) repurchases or substitutions by CFUSA pursuant to the
Purchase and Sale Agreements.
Section 6.04 Delivery of Collections. The Depositor agrees to pay to
the Servicer promptly any misdirected Collections received by the Depositor in
respect of the Contracts in the Contract Pool, for application in accordance
with Article VII.
Section 6.05 Regulatory Filings. The Depositor shall make any filings,
reports, notices, applications and registrations with, and seek any consents or
authorizations from, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any state securities authority on behalf of the Trust as may be necessary or
that the Depositor deems advisable to comply with any federal or state
securities or reporting requirements or laws.
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Section 6.06 Compliance With Law. Depositor hereby agrees to comply in
all material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to the Depositor.
Section 6.07 Activities. The Depositor shall not engage in any business
or activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or indenture, mortgage,
instrument, agreement, contract, lease or other undertaking, which is not
directly related to the transactions contemplated and authorized by this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents; provided, however, that the
Depositor may purchase and sell (or grant Liens in respect of) contracts and/or
other related assets similar to the Contracts to other Persons in securitization
or other non-recourse financing transactions involving CFUSA or any of its
Affiliates on terms and conditions (with respect to the liabilities imposed upon
the Depositor by virtue of such transactions, as well as in respect of
agreements or restrictions concerning activities of the Depositor and its
relations or interactions with CFUSA or the Financing Originator or other
applicable Affiliate relevant to "bankruptcy remoteness" or "substantive
consolidation" analysis), in each case substantially similar to such terms and
conditions applicable to the Depositor hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents.
Section 6.08 Indebtedness. The Depositor shall not create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liability whatsoever, except
(i) obligations incurred under this Agreement or other Transaction Documents, or
incidental thereto, or (ii) liabilities incidental to the maintenance of its
corporate existence in good standing, or (iii) obligations in connection with
transactions described in the proviso to Section 6.07, as limited thereby.
Section 6.09 Guarantees. The Depositor shall not become or remain
liable, directly or contingently, in connection with any Indebtedness or other
liability of any other Person, whether by guarantee, endorsement (other than
endorsements of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business), agreement to purchase or repurchase, agreement to supply or
advance funds, or otherwise, except as contemplated hereby and in connection
with transactions described in Section 6.07, as limited thereby.
Section 6.10 Investments. The Depositor shall not make or suffer to
exist any loans or advances to, or extend any credit to, or make any investments
(by way of transfer of property, contributions to capital, purchase of stock or
securities or evidences of indebtedness, acquisition of the business or assets,
or otherwise) in, any Person except (i) for purchases or other acquisitions of
Contracts and related Contract Assets pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreements or purchases or other acquisitions of similar contracts and related
assets permitted by Section 6.07, or (ii) the holding of ownership interests in
Equipment contemplated herein or in transactions permitted by Section 6.07, or
(iii) for investments in Eligible Investments in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
Section 6.11 Merger; Transfers. The Depositor shall not enter into any
transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate or dissolve itself (or
suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or acquire or be acquired by any Person,
or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
property or business, except as provided for in this Agreement.
Section 6.12 Payments. The Depositor shall not declare or pay, directly
or indirectly, any dividend or make any other payment (whether in cash or other
property) with
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respect to the profits, assets or capital of the Depositor or any Person's
interest therein, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value any of its
equity ownership interests now or hereafter outstanding, except that the
Depositor may effect payments of its earnings in respect of Trust Assets to its
members in each case so long as it would continue to be Solvent after giving
effect thereto, and otherwise in accordance with the Transaction Documents.
Section 6.13 Other Agreements. The Depositor shall not become a party
to, or permit any of its properties to be bound by, any indenture, mortgage,
instrument, contract, agreement, lease or other undertaking, except this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and any
agreement relating to another securitization transaction permitted by Section
6.07; nor shall it amend or modify the provisions of its Certificate of
Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement except in accordance with the
Transaction Documents and with the consent of the Required Holders, or issue any
power of attorney except to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the
Servicer pursuant to the Transaction Documents (or other similar powers of
attorney in connection with transactions permitted by the proviso to Section
6.07).
Section 6.14 Separate Entity Existence. The Depositor shall:
(i) Maintain its own deposit account or accounts, separate
from those of any Affiliate, with commercial banking institutions. The funds of
the Depositor will not be diverted to any other Person or for other than
authorized uses of the Depositor.
(ii) Ensure that, to the extent that it shares the same
officers or other employees as any of its members or Affiliates, the salaries of
and the expenses related to providing benefits to such officers and other
employees shall be fairly allocated among such entities, and each such entity
shall bear its fair share of the salary and benefit costs associated with all
such common officers and employees.
(iii) Ensure that, to the extent that it jointly contracts
with any of its members or Affiliates to do business with vendors or service
providers or to share overhead expenses, the costs incurred in so doing shall be
allocated fairly among such entities, and each such entity shall bear its fair
share of such costs. To the extent that the Depositor contracts or does business
with vendors or service providers when the goods and services provided are
partially for the benefit of any other Person, the costs incurred in so doing
shall be fairly allocated to or among such entities for whose benefit the goods
and services are provided, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of
such costs. All material transactions between Depositor and any of its
Affiliates shall be only on an arm's length basis.
(iv) To the extent that the Depositor and any of its members
or Affiliates have offices in the same location, there shall be a fair and
appropriate allocation of overhead costs among them, and each such entity shall
bear its fair share of such expenses.
(v) Conduct its affairs strictly in accordance with its
Limited Liability Company Agreement and its Certificate of Formation, and
observe all necessary, appropriate and customary limited liability company
formalities, including, but not limited to, holding all regular and special
members' and manager/directors' meetings appropriate to
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authorize all entity action, keeping separate and accurate records of such
meetings and its actions, passing all resolutions or consents necessary to
authorize actions taken or to be taken, and maintaining accurate and separate
books, records and accounts, including, but not limited to, payroll and
intercompany transaction accounts.
(vi) Take or refrain from taking or engaging in, as
applicable, each of the actions or activities specified in the "true sale" and
"substantive nonconsolidation" opinions of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP delivered on
the Closing Date (or in any related certificate delivered in connection
therewith), upon which the conclusions expressed therein are based.
Section 6.15 Location; Records. The Depositor shall not change its
state of organization nor move outside the State of New Jersey, the location of
its chief executive office, without thirty (30) days' prior written notice to
the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer, and will promptly take all
actions required (including, but not limited to, all filings and other acts
necessary or advisable under the UCC of each relevant jurisdiction) in order to
continue the first priority perfected security interest of the Indenture Trustee
in Trust Assets. The Depositor will give the Indenture Trustee, the Trust and
the Servicer prompt notice of a change within the State of New Jersey of the
location of its chief executive office.
Section 6.16 Liability of Depositor; Indemnities. The Depositor shall
be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically undertaken by the Depositor under this Agreement.
The Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust, the
Owner Trustee (including in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee
(including in its individual capacity) and the Servicer (and any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents) from and against any taxes
that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the
transactions contemplated herein and in the other Transaction Documents,
including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal
property, personal property replacement privilege or license taxes (but, in the
case of the Trust, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of
the date of, the transfer of Contracts to the Trust or the issuance and original
sale of the Notes, or asserted with respect to ownership of Contract Assets, or
federal or other income taxes arising out of payments from Collections on the
Trust Assets) and costs and expenses in defending against the same.
The Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust, the
Owner Trustee (including in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee
(including in its individual capacity) and the Servicer (and any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents) and the Securityholders
from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of the
Depositor's willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (other than errors in
judgment) in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason of
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
The Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust, the
Owner Trustee (including in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee
(including in its individual capacity) and the Servicer (and any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents)
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and any Noteholders from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims,
damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with the
acceptance or performance (or failure of performance) of the trusts and duties
herein and, in the case of the Owner Trustee, in the Trust Agreement and, in the
case of the Indenture Trustee, in the Indenture, except to the extent that such
cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability in the case of (i) the Owner
Trustee shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the
Owner Trustee, or shall arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee of any of its
representations or warranties set forth in Section 7.03 of the Trust Agreement,
or (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith
or negligence of the Indenture Trustee.
The Depositor shall be liable directly to and will indemnify any
injured party or any other creditor of the Trust for all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses of the Trust to the extent that the Depositor
would be liable if the Trust were a partnership under the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act in which the Depositor were a general partner;
provided, however, that the Depositor shall not be liable for any losses
incurred by the Equity Certificateholder in the capacity of an investor in the
Equity Certificate or a Noteholder in the capacity of an investor in the Notes.
In addition, any third party creditors of the Trust (other than in connection
with the obligations described in the immediately preceding sentence for which
the Depositor shall not be liable) shall be deemed third party beneficiaries of
this paragraph. The obligation of the Depositor under this paragraph shall be
evidenced by the Equity Certificate.
The Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner
Trustee (including in its individual capacity) and the Indenture Trustee
(including in its individual capacity) from and against any loss, liability or
expense incurred by reason of the Depositor's or Trust's violation of federal or
state securities laws in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and
the Certificate.
Indemnification under this Section shall include, without limitation,
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation; provided,
however, that the indemnification under this Section, notwithstanding anything
to the contrary, is limited to the assets of the Depositor (including its rights
under Article VI of the Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement; Article VI of the
Non-VFC Purchase Agreement or Article VI of the VFC Purchase Agreement);
provided, further, any indemnity payments to be made pursuant to this Section
shall not be made from the Trust Assets (except to the extent any of the same
have been distributed to the Depositor free and clear of any interest of the
Trust therein and except to the extent CFUSA as co-obligor is obligated to make
such payment pursuant to Article VI of the Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement;
Article VI of the Non-VFC Purchase Agreement or Article VI of the VFC Purchase
Agreement), and such indemnity payments, if unpaid, shall not constitute a claim
against the Trust or the Trust Assets (except in respect of rights against CFUSA
in respect of the aforementioned Articles of the Purchase and Sale Agreements).
If the Depositor (or CFUSA pursuant to the aforementioned Articles of the
Purchase and Sale Agreements) shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to
this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made
thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such Person shall
promptly repay such amounts to the Depositor (or CFUSA, as applicable), without
interest.
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Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, and
the termination of the Trust Agreement or this Agreement.
Section 6.17 Bankruptcy Limitations. The Depositor shall not, without
the affirmative vote of each of the manager/directors of the Depositor (which
must include the affirmative vote of at least one duly appointed Independent
Director as defined in the Certificate of Formation and the Limited Liability
Company Agreement of the Depositor) (A) dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in
part, or institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (B)
consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it,
(C) file a petition seeking or consent to reorganization or relief under any
applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, (D) consent to the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Depositor or a substantial part of its property, (E)
make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (F) admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (G) take any entity
action in furtherance of the actions set forth in clauses (A) through (F) above;
provided, however, that no manager/director may be required by any member of the
Depositor to consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against the Depositor so long as it is Solvent.
Section 6.18 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 any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed
and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The
Depositor shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under this
Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
Article VII
ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS; PAYMENTS
Section 7.01 Trust Accounts; Collections. (a) On or before the Closing
Date, the Depositor (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall cause the Indenture
Trustee to establish the Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account and
the Reserve Account, each in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit
of the Noteholders, the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty and the Equity
Certificateholder. The Servicer is hereby required to ensure that each of the
Trust Accounts is established and maintained as a segregated corporate trust
account with a Qualified Institution. If any institution with which any of the
accounts established pursuant to this Section 7.01(a) ceases to be a Qualified
Institution, the Servicer shall within 30 days after notice of such event
establish a replacement account at a Qualified Institution, and effect (or cause
to be effected) a concurrent transfer of all amounts in the current
non-qualifying account to the replacement account.
(b) (i) Subject to subsection 7.01(b)(ii) hereof, the Servicer
shall deposit or cause to be deposited, without deposit into any intervening
account, into the Collection Account as promptly as practical after the Date of
Processing (but in any case not later than the second Business Day following the
Date of Processing thereof), all Pledged Revenues on deposit with the Servicer
in the form of available funds, and all Pledged Revenues
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otherwise received by the Servicer (and all Investment Earnings from investments
of the Collection Account).
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, for so long as, and only so long as,
(A) the Servicer or the direct or indirect parent of
the Servicer shall have and maintain a short-term debt rating of at least A-1 by
Standard & Poor's and either a short-term debt rating of P-1 or a long-term debt
rating of at least A2 by Xxxxx'x, or
(B) the Servicer obtains a letter of credit, surety
bond or insurance policy (the "Servicer Letter of Credit") under which demands
for payment may be made to secure timely remittance of monthly collections to
the Collection Account and the Trustees are provided with a letter from each
Rating Agency to the effect that the utilization of such alternative remittance
schedule and any amendment required to be made to this Agreement in connection
therewith will not result in a qualification, reduction or withdrawal of its
then-current rating of the Notes,
the Servicer may make the deposits to the Collection Account specified in
subsection 7.01(b)(i) hereof on a monthly basis, but not later than the Deposit
Date following the last day of the Collection Period within which such payments
were processed by the Servicer, in an amount equal to the net amount of such
deposits and payments which would have been made to the Collection Account
during such Collection Period but for the provisions of this subsection
7.01(b)(ii). In the event that the Servicer is permitted to make remittances of
collections to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 7.01(b)(ii)(B) hereof,
this Agreement may be modified, to the extent necessary to provide for the
Servicer Letter of Credit, without the consent of any Securityholder. The
Servicer shall notify the Trustees if the Servicer no longer complies with the
requirements set forth in clause (A) or (B) above.
(c) Subject to Section 7.01(b)(ii), the Servicer shall deposit
or cause to be deposited, on the Closing Date and on each Substitution Transfer
Date, in immediately available funds into the Collection Account, all Pledged
Revenues received after the applicable Cut-Off Date and through and including
the date which is two Business Days preceding the Closing Date or Substitution
Transfer Date, as the case may be, in respect of Contracts being transferred to
the Trust on such date.
(d) Notwithstanding Sections 7.01(b) and (c), if (i) the
Servicer makes a deposit into the Collection Account in respect of Pledged
Revenues of a Contract in the Contract Pool and such Pledged Revenues were
received by the Servicer in the form of a check which is not honored for any
reason, or (ii) the Servicer makes a mistake with respect to the amount of any
Pledged Revenues and deposits an amount that is less than or more than the
actual amount of such Collection, the Servicer shall appropriately adjust the
amount subsequently deposited into the Pledged Revenues Account to reflect such
dishonored check or mistake. Any Scheduled Payment in respect of which a
dishonored check is received shall be deemed not to have been paid.
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(e) All amounts received by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
the Class A-3 Swap Agreement shall be deposited in the Note Distribution Account
for the benefit of the Class A-3 Noteholders.
Section 7.02 Reserve Account. (a) On the Closing Date, the Depositor
shall deposit the sum of $23,710,929 into the Reserve Account from the net
proceeds of the sale of the Notes.
(b) If on any Payment Date the amounts on deposit in the
Reserve Account (after giving effect to all deposits thereto or withdrawals
therefrom on such Payment Date) is greater than the Required Reserve Amount, the
Indenture Trustee upon receipt of written instructions from the Servicer shall
distribute the excess of the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account over the
Required Reserve Amount as provided in the Reserve Account Agreement. Amounts
properly distributed pursuant to the prior sentence shall be deemed released
from the Trust Estate and the security interest herein granted to the Indenture
Trustee, and the Trust shall in no event be required to refund such distributed
amounts.
Section 7.03 Trust Account Procedures. If the Servicer so directs, in
writing (with a copy to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee), the
Qualified Institution maintaining any Trust Account, shall invest the amounts
therein in Eligible Investments of the type specified in such written direction
that mature not later than one Business Day prior to the next succeeding Payment
Date (or that mature on such earlier Business Day as the Rating Agencies shall
approve, with a copy of such approval provided to the Indenture Trustee). Once
such funds of any Trust Account are invested, the Servicer shall not change or
permit a change in the investment of such funds. Subject to the other provisions
hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall have sole control over each such investment
and the income thereon, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any
such investment, if any, shall be delivered directly to the Indenture Trustee or
its agent, together with each document of transfer, if any, necessary to
transfer title to such investment to the Indenture Trustee in a manner which
complies with this Section 7.03. All Investment Earnings on investments of funds
in the Collection Account and Note Distribution Account shall be deposited in or
maintained within the Collection Account pursuant to Section 7.01 and
distributed on the next Payment Date pursuant to Section 7.05. All Investment
Earnings in the Reserve Account shall be distributed in accordance with the
Reserve Account Agreement. The Servicer, the Depositor and the Trust agree and
acknowledge that the Indenture Trustee is to have "control" (within the meaning
of Section 9-106 of the UCC as enacted in New York) of collateral consisting of
"Investment Property" (within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the UCC as enacted
in New York) for all purposes of this Agreement. In the absence of timely
written direction from the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall invest or cause
to be invested amounts in the Trust Accounts in Eligible Investments of the type
specified in clause (vi) of the definition of Eligible Investments herein. The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for investment losses in Eligible
Investments as directed by the Servicer.
Section 7.04 Securityholder Payments. (a) On each Payment Date, each
Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder as of the related Record Date shall
be paid amounts payable on such date pursuant to Section 7.05 below by check
mailed to such Noteholder or the Equity Certificateholder at the address for
such Noteholder or the Equity Certificateholder appearing on the Note Register
or the Certificate Register, or by wire transfer if such Noteholder
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or the Equity Certificateholder has provided written instructions for such
payment method to the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee, respectively, at
least ten days prior to such Payment Date.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall serve as the Paying Agent
hereunder and shall make the payments to the Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholder required hereunder. The Indenture Trustee hereby agrees that
all amounts held by it for payment hereunder will be held in trust for the
benefit of the Noteholders and the Equity Certificateholder, as their interests
may appear.
Section 7.05 Allocations and Payments.
(a) Distributions from Collection Account. On each Payment
Date, the Indenture Trustee shall (based solely on the information contained in
the Servicer's Monthly Report delivered on the related Determination Date, upon
which the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely) distribute the following
amounts and in the order of priority specified below. Within each order of
priority, amounts shall be deemed withdrawn first from Available Pledged
Revenues, and second (but only as to amounts described in clauses (ii) and (iii)
below) from amounts deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section
7.05(d):
(i) first, from the Available Pledged Revenues then
on deposit in the Collection Account, to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and the
reimbursement for Servicer Advances for the related Collection Period and any
amounts specified in Section 2.05 hereof, to the extent the Servicer has not
reimbursed itself in respect of such amounts;
(ii) second, from the Amount Available then remaining
on deposit in the Collection Account, to the Note Distribution Account an amount
equal to the Note Interest Distributable Amount for such Payment Date (assuming
for this purpose that the Class A-3 Notes bear interest at the Class A-3 Assumed
Fixed Rate);
(iii) third, from the Amount Available then remaining
on deposit in the Collection Account, to the Note Distribution Account, an
amount equal to the Note Principal Distributable Amount for such Payment Date;
(iv) fourth, from the Amount Available then remaining
on deposit in the Collection Account, to the Reserve Account, the amount, if
any, necessary to increase the balance therein to the Required Reserve Amount;
(v) fifth, from the Amount Available then remaining
on deposit in the Collection Account, to the parties entitled thereto in
accordance with the Reserve Account Agreement, any amounts due and unpaid
thereunder;
(vi) sixth, from the Amount Available then remaining
on deposit in the Reserve Account, to payment of any shortfalls in the payment
of interest on the Class A-3 Notes due to the failure of the Class A-3 Swap
Counterparty to pay amounts payable to the Indenture Trustee under the Class A-3
Swap Agreement, together with interest on such shortfalls at the Class A-3
Interest Rate; and
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(vii) seventh, any remaining Amount Available to the
Indenture Trustee for distribution to the Equity Certificateholder.
In the event the Servicer's Monthly Report shows that, as of any Determination
Date, there are amounts on deposit in the Collection Account which do not
constitute Pledged Revenues due to clause (ii)(b) of the definition thereof and
to which the Depositor is entitled pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof, the
Indenture Trustee shall forthwith pay such amount to or upon the written order
of the Depositor.
(b) Allocations and Payments Prior to an Event of Default. On
each Determination Date prior to an Event of Default, the Servicer, pursuant to
written monthly payment instructions and notification, shall instruct the
Indenture Trustee to withdraw and transfer, and on the succeeding Payment Date
the Indenture Trustee acting in accordance with such written instructions shall
withdraw and transfer, the amounts required to be withdrawn from the Note
Distribution Account in order to make the following payments or allocations from
the Amount Available for the related Payment Date (in each case, such payment or
transfer to be made only to the extent funds remain available therefor after all
prior payments and transfers for such Payment Date have been made), in the
following order of priority:
(i) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class A-1 Noteholders, Class A-2 Noteholders and Class A-3 Noteholders, an
amount equal to interest accrued in respect of the related Class A-1 Notes at
the Class A-1 Interest Rate, Class A-2 Notes at the Class A-2 Interest Rate, and
Class A-3 Notes at the Class A-3 Assumed Fixed Rate for the Accrual Period
immediately preceding such Payment Date, together with any such amounts that
accrued in respect of prior Accrual Periods for which no allocation was
previously made; provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause is less than the full amount required to be so
allocated, such remaining Amount Available shall be allocable to the Holders of
the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes pro rata based upon
the aggregate amount of interest due to each Class (in the case of the Class A-3
Notes, at the Class A-3 Assumed Fixed Rate); provided further that if on the
relevant Payment Date any amount is payable to the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty
under the Class A-3 Swap Agreement the Indenture Trustee shall (pursuant to the
written instructions of the Servicer), from the amount available to pay interest
on the Class A-3 Notes pursuant to this clause (i), apply such amount first to
pay the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty and thereafter apply the balance of such
amount available to the payment of interest on the Class A-3 Notes. If on the
date of any such distribution any amount is payable to the Indenture Trustee
under the Class A-3 Swap Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall (pursuant to the
written instructions of the Servicer) apply all of the amount available to pay
interest on the Class A-3 Notes pursuant to this clause (i) together with any
amount received under the Class A-3 Swap Agreement to the payment of interest on
the Class A-3 Notes. Any shortfall in the payment of interest on the Class A-3
Notes at the Class A-3 Interest Rate due entirely to the failure of the Class
A-3 Swap Counterparty to make a required payment under the Class A-3 Swap
Agreement will not constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture and upon
such an occurrence, the Class A-3 Noteholders will only be entitled to receive
the Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount at the Class A-3 Assumed Fixed Rate.
All instructions required to be provided by the Servicer are deemed given if
included in the Monthly Report or in a separate writing.
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(ii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class B Noteholders an amount equal to the Class B Interest Distributable
Amount; provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause is less than the full amount required to be so paid,
such remaining Amount Available shall be paid to the Holders of Class B Notes
pro rata based on their respective entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(iii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class C Noteholders an amount equal to the Class C Interest Distributable
Amount; provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause is less than the full amount required to be so paid,
such remaining Amount Available shall be paid to the Holders of Class C Notes
pro rata based on their respective entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(iv) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class D Noteholders, an amount equal to the Class D Interest Distributable
Amount; provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause is less than the full amount required to be so paid,
such remaining Amount Available shall be paid to the Holders of Class D Notes
pro rata based on their respective entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(v) prior to the Payment Date on which the Principal
Amount of the Class A-1 Notes has been reduced to zero, pay to the Indenture
Trustee, on behalf of the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A Principal Payment
Amount;
(vi) on the Payment Date on which the Principal
Amount of the Class A-1 Notes shall be reduced to zero, pay to the Indenture
Trustee, on behalf of the Class A Noteholders, the Class A Principal Payment
Amount, allocated as follows:
(1) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the
remaining Principal Amount of the Class A-1 Notes; and
(2) the remaining Class A Principal Payment
Amount, if any, to the Class A-2 Noteholders until the Principal Amount of the
Class A-2 Notes has been reduced to zero, then to the Class A-3 Noteholders
until the Principal Amount of the Class A-3 Notes has been reduced to zero;
(vii) after the Payment Date on which the Class A-1
Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, pay to the Indenture Trustee, on
behalf of the Class A Noteholders, the Class A Principal Payment Amount, to the
Class A-2 Noteholders until the Principal Amount of the Class A-2 Notes has been
reduced to zero, then to the Class A-3 Noteholders until the Principal Amount of
the Class A-3 Notes has been reduced to zero;
(viii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class B Noteholders, the Class B Principal Payment Amount;
(ix) pay the Reallocated Principal, if any, to the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit, sequentially, of the Class A-1, Class A-2 and
Class A-3 Noteholders;
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(x) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class C Noteholders, the Total Principal Payment Amount once the Class A and
Class B Notes have been paid in full; and
(xi) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class D Noteholders, the Total Principal Payment Amount once the Class A, Class
B and Class C Notes have been paid in full.
(c) Allocations and Payments after an Event of Default. On
each Determination Date after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Servicer, pursuant to monthly payment instructions and notification, shall
instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw and transfer, and on the succeeding
Payment Date the Indenture Trustee acting in accordance with such instructions
shall withdraw and transfer, the amounts required to be withdrawn from the Note
Distribution Account in order to make the following payments or allocations from
the Amount Available for the related Payment Date (in each case, such payment or
transfer to be made only to the extent funds remain available therefor after all
prior payments and transfers for such Payment Date have been made), in the
following order of priority:
(i) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class A-1 Noteholders, Class A-2 Noteholders, and the Class A-3 Noteholders, an
amount equal to interest accrued in respect of the related Class A-1 Notes at
the Class A-1 Interest Rate, Class A-2 Notes at the Class A-2 Interest Rate,
Class A-3 Notes at the Class A-3 Assumed Fixed Rate for the Accrual Period
immediately preceding such Payment Date, together with any such amounts that
accrued in respect of prior Accrual Periods for which no allocation was
previously made; provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause is less than the full amount required to be so
allocated, such remaining Amount Available shall be allocable to the Holders of
the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes and Class A-3 Notes pro rata based upon the
aggregate amount of interest due to each Class (in the case of the Class A-3
Notes, at the Class A-3 Assumed Fixed Rate); provided further that if on the
relevant Payment Date any amount is payable to the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty
under the Class A-3 Swap Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall, from the amount
available to pay interest on the Class A-3 Notes pursuant to this clause (i),
apply such amount first to pay the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty, and thereafter
apply the balance of such amount available to the payment of interest on the
Class A-3 Notes. If on the date of any such distribution, any amount is payable
to the Indenture Trustee under the Class A-3 Swap Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee shall apply all of the amount available to pay interest on the Class A-3
Notes pursuant to this clause (i) together with any amount received under the
Class A-3 Swap Agreement to the payment of interest on the Class A-3 Notes at
the Class A-3 Interest Rate. Any shortfall in the payment of interest on the
Class A-3 Notes at the Class A-3 Interest Rate due entirely to the failure of
the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty to make a required payment under the Class A-3
Swap Agreement will not constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture and
upon such an occurrence, the Class A-3 Noteholders will only be entitled to
receive the Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount at the Class A-3 Assumed
Fixed Rate.
(ii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class B Noteholders an amount equal to the interest accrued thereon at the Class
B Interest Rate for the Accrual Period immediately preceding such Payment Date,
together with any amounts that
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accrued in respect of prior Accrual Periods for which no allocation was
previously made; provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause is less than the full amount required to be so
paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be paid to the Holder of each Class
B Note pro rata based on the outstanding Principal Amount thereof;
(iii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class C Noteholders, an amount equal to the interest accrued thereon at the
Class C Interest Rate for the Accrual Period immediately preceding such Payment
Date, together with any such amounts that accrued in respect of prior Accrual
Periods for which no allocation was previously made; provided, that if the
Amount Available remaining to be allocated pursuant to this clause is less than
the full amount required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be
paid to the Holder of each Class C Note pro rata based on the outstanding
Principal Amount thereof;
(iv) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Class D Noteholders, an amount equal to the interest accrued thereon at the
Class D Interest Rate for the Accrual Period immediately preceding such Payment
Date, together with any such amounts that accrued in respect of prior Accrual
Periods for which no allocation was previously made; provided, that if the
Amount Available remaining to be allocated pursuant to this clause is less than
the full amount required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be
paid to the Holder of each Class D Note pro rata based on the outstanding
Principal Amount thereof;
(v) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the
Class A-1 Noteholders, the Total Principal Payment Amount for such Payment Date;
provided (i) that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated pursuant to
this clause is less than the full amount required to be so paid, such remaining
Amount Available shall be allocated to each Class A-1 Note pro rata based on the
outstanding Principal Amount thereof and (ii) if the amount to be allocated
pursuant to this clause exceeds the amount needed to repay the outstanding
Principal Amount of the Class A-1 Notes in full, then such excess shall be
applied in repayment of principal on the Class A-2 and Class A-3, pro rata;
(vi) [reserved];
(vii) [reserved];
(viii) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the
Class A-2 and Class A-3 Noteholders, pro rata, the Total Principal Payment
Amount for such Payment Date; provided (i) that if the Amount Available
remaining to be allocated pursuant to this clause is less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be allocated to
each Class A-2 and Class A-3 Note, pro rata, based on the outstanding Principal
Amount thereof and (ii) if the amount to be allocated pursuant to this clause
exceeds the amount needed to repay the outstanding Principal Amount of the Class
A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes in full, then such excess shall be applied in
repayment on the Class B Notes;
(ix) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the
Class B Noteholders, the Total Principal Payment Amount for such Payment Date;
provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated pursuant to this
clause is less than the full amount required to be so paid, such remaining
Amount Available shall be allocated to each Class B Note
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pro rata based on the outstanding Principal Amount thereof, and (ii) if the
amount to be allocated pursuant to this clause exceeds the amount needed to
repay the outstanding Principal Amount of the Class B Notes in full, then such
excess shall be applied in repayment of principal on the Class C Notes;
(x) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the
Class C Noteholders, the Total Principal Payment Amount for such Payment Date;
provided (i) that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated pursuant to
this clause is less than the full amount required to be so paid, such remaining
Amount Available shall be allocated to each Class C Note pro rata based on the
outstanding Principal Amount thereof, and (ii) if the amount to be allocated
pursuant to this clause exceeds the amount needed to repay the outstanding
Principal Amount of the Class C Notes in full, then such excess shall be applied
in repayment of principal on the Class D Notes.
(xi) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the
Class D Noteholders, the Total Principal Payment Amount for such Payment Date;
provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated pursuant to this
clause is less than the full amount required to be so paid, such remaining
Amount Available shall be allocated to each Class D Note pro rata based on the
outstanding Principal Amount thereof;
(xii) after the Principal Amount (including any
unpaid accrued interest thereon) of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the
Class C Notes and the Class D Notes has been reduced to zero, such remaining
Amount Available shall be applied to pay any unpaid fees, expenses and
indemnities of the Indenture Trustee; and
(xiii) any remaining Amount Available shall be paid
to the Equity Certificateholder.
(d) On the Business Day preceding each Payment Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall, in accordance with written directions from the
Servicer, withdraw from amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account, and deposit
into the Collection Account, an amount equal to the lesser of the Available
Reserve Amount for such Payment Date and the sum of the following amounts, if
any:
(i) the amount, if any, by which the Available
Pledged Revenues with respect to such Payment Date, is less than the amount
specified in clauses (b)(i)-(iv) of this Section 7.05 (or in the case of a
payment after an Event of Default, in clauses (c) (i)-(iv) of this Section
7.05), with interest on the Class A-3 Notes calculated at the Class A-3 Assumed
Fixed Rate; plus
(ii) the Principal Deficiency Amount, if any, for
such Payment Date, plus
(iii) with respect to the Maturity Date for any Class
of Notes or on the first Payment Date on which the Contract Pool Principal
Balance is less than $10,000,000, the amount, if any, by which the Available
Pledged Revenues, after payment of all amounts specified in clauses (b)(i)
through (b)(ii) (or in the event of a payment after an Event of Default clauses
(c) (i) through (c)(ii)) of Section 7.05, is less than (A) in the case of the
Maturity Date for
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a Class of Notes, the remaining Principal Amount of such Class of Notes, and (B)
in the case of the first Payment Date on which the Contract Pool Principal
Balance is less than $10,000,000 the Principal Amount of all outstanding Notes.
In the event that the Available Pledged Revenues for any Payment Date are less
than the total amount, if any, specified above for such Payment Date, the amount
actually withdrawn by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in the order of
priority specified above, and, within each clause specified above, in the order
of priority specified in Section 7.05(b) or (c), as the case may be. The
Servicer shall give the Indenture Trustee at least two Business Days prior to
each Payment Date, of the amounts, if any, specified in clauses (i) through
(iii) above for such Payment Date.
Section 7.06 Repurchases of, or Substitution for, Contracts for Breach
of Representations and Warranties. Upon a discovery by the Servicer of an
inaccuracy or breach of a representation or warranty set forth in the Schedule
of Representations which has been made or deemed made with respect to a Contract
in the Contract Pool, which inaccuracy or breach materially adversely affects
the Trust's or any Noteholder's or the Equity Certificateholder's interest in
such Contract (without regard to the benefits of the Reserve Account, any
reserve fund, over collateralization or other similar enhancement) or the
collectibility thereof (an "Ineligible Contract"), the Servicer shall promptly
notify CFUSA thereof. As provided in the Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement and
the Non-VFC Purchase Agreement and in accordance with this Section 7.06, CFUSA
is obligated to repurchase each such Ineligible Contract, at a repurchase price
equal to the Purchase Amount (determined as of the date such repurchase is to be
funded), not later than the second Deposit Date following the date the Servicer
becomes aware of any such breach or inaccuracy and which breach or inaccuracy
has not otherwise been cured; provided, however, that if CFUSA is able to effect
a substitution for any such Ineligible Contract in compliance with Section 2.04,
CFUSA may, in lieu of repurchasing such Ineligible Contract, effect a
substitution for such Ineligible Contract with a Substitute Contract not later
than the date a repurchase of such Ineligible Contract would be required
hereunder; and provided further, that with respect to a breach or inaccuracy of
any such representations or warranties relating to the Contract Pool (or all
Contracts conveyed on the Closing Date or Substitution Transfer Date, as the
case may be) in the aggregate and not to any particular Contract, CFUSA (or the
Servicer acting on its behalf) may select Contracts (without adverse selection)
to repurchase (or substitute for) such that had such Contracts not been included
as part of the related Transferred Assets (and, in the case of a substitution,
had such Substitute Contract been included as part of the related Transferred
Assets instead of the selected Ineligible Contract) there would have been no
breach or inaccuracy of such representation or warranty. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of CFUSA under the Purchase
and Sale Agreements and described in this Section 7.06 shall not terminate or be
deemed released by any party hereto upon a Servicing Transfer pursuant to
Article VIII. The right to enforce the repurchase or substitution obligation
described in this Section shall constitute the sole remedy of the Trust, the
Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholder with respect to the inaccuracy or breach related to such
Ineligible Contract. The Purchase Amount shall be allocated in accordance with
the Allocation Criteria.
Section 7.07 Reassignment of Repurchased or Substituted Contracts. Upon
deposit into the Collection Account of the Purchase Amount with respect to an
Ineligible
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Contract as described in Section 7.06 (or upon the Substitution Transfer Date
related to a Substitute Contract described in Section 7.06), or of the
repurchase price set forth in Section 7.08, the Indenture Trustee shall release
and reassign to CFUSA all of the Trust's right and interest in the repurchased
or substituted Contract and related Transferred Assets upon receipt of written
instruction from the Servicer without recourse, representation or warranty, and
such reassigned Contract shall no longer thereafter be included in any
calculations of Contract Principal Balances required to be made hereunder or
otherwise be deemed a part of the Trust Assets.
Section 7.08 The Servicer's Purchase Option. On written notice to the
Indenture Trustee at least twenty (20) days prior to a Payment Date, and
provided that the aggregate Principal Amount of Notes outstanding on such
Payment Date is less than 10% of the Initial Contract Pool Principal Balance,
the Servicer may (but is not required to) repurchase from the Trust on that
Payment Date all outstanding Contracts in the Contract Pool at a price equal to
the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes plus
accrued unpaid interest (calculated, for purposes of this Section 7.08 as to the
Class A-3 Notes at the Class A-3 Assumed Fixed Rate) thereon as of such Payment
Date, and (b) the amount of unreimbursed Servicer Advances (if any) as well as
accrued and unpaid monthly Servicing Fees to the date of such repurchase plus
(c) any other amounts that would otherwise be payable from Available Pledged
Revenues on such Payment Date (assuming sufficient Pledged Revenues were
available to effect such payments) pursuant to Article VII, minus (d) Pledged
Revenues and other Available Pledged Revenues on deposit in the Collection
Account and available to make such payments on such Payment Date. Such price is
to be deposited in the Collection Account not later than the Deposit Date
preceding such Payment Date, against the Indenture Trustee's and Depositor's
release of the Contract Assets and the related Contract Files to the Servicer.
Article VIII
SERVICER DEFAULTS; SERVICING TRANSFER
Section 8.01 Servicer Default. "Servicer Default" means the occurrence
of any of the following:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to make any payment, transfer
or deposit or to give instructions or notice to the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee to make any payment, transfer or deposit, or to deliver the
Monthly Report pursuant to this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied
for a period of five (5) Business Days after the first to occur of (i) written
notice from the Owner Trustee (with a copy to the Indenture Trustee) or the
Indenture Trustee (with a copy to the Owner Trustee) of such failure shall have
been given to the Servicer, or (ii) the date the Servicer becomes aware thereof;
or
(b) failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or
perform any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this
Agreement which has a material adverse effect on the Noteholders or the Equity
Certificateholder, which continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days
after the first to occur of (i) the date on which written notice of such failure
requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Servicer by the
Indenture Trustee or to the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee by the
Noteholders or the Equity
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Certificateholder or the Indenture Trustee on behalf of such Noteholders of
Notes aggregating not less than 25% of the Principal Amount of any Class
adversely affected thereby, and (ii) the date on which the Servicer becomes
aware thereof, and such failure continues to materially adversely affect the
Noteholders or the Equity Certificateholders for such period; or
(c) any representation, warranty or certification made by the
Servicer in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall
prove to have been incorrect when made, which has a material adverse effect on
the Noteholders or Equity Certificateholder and which continues to be incorrect
in any material respect for a period of thirty (30) days after the first to
occur of (i) the date on which written notice of such incorrectness requiring
the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Servicer and the Owner
Trustee by the Indenture Trustee, or to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee by Noteholders or the Equity Certificateholders or by the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of Noteholders of Notes aggregating not less than
25% of the Principal Amount of any Class adversely affected thereby, and (ii)
the date on which the Servicer becomes aware thereof, and such incorrectness
continues to materially adversely affect the Noteholders or Equity
Certificateholders for such period; or
(d) an Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to the
Servicer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance
referred to under clause (a) above for a period of five (5) Business Days or
referred to under clause (b) or (c) for a period of sixty (60) days (in addition
to any period provided in (a), (b) or (c)) shall not constitute a Servicer
Default until the expiration of such additional five (5) Business Days or sixty
(60) days, respectively, if such delay or failure could not be prevented by the
exercise of reasonable diligence by the Servicer and such delay or failure was
caused by an act of God or other similar occurrences. Upon the occurrence of any
such event 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 this
Pooling Agreement and the Servicer shall provide the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Depositor prompt notice of such failure or delay by
it, together with a description of its efforts to so perform its obligations.
The Servicer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of any
Servicer Default.
Section 8.02 Servicing Transfer. (a) If a Servicer Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Required Holders or the Indenture Trustee (subject to the
right of the Indenture Trustee to indemnification pursuant to Section 6.07 of
the Indenture) may and shall at the direction of the Required Holders, by
written notice (a "Termination Notice") delivered to the parties hereto,
terminate all (but not less than all) of the Servicer's rights and obligations
under this Pooling Agreement with respect to the Trust Assets.
(b) Upon delivery of the Termination Notice (or, if later, on
a date designated therein), and on the date that a successor Servicer shall have
been appointed pursuant to Section 8.03 (such appointment being herein called a
"Servicing Transfer"), all rights, benefits, fees, indemnities, authority and
power of the Servicer under this Pooling Agreement, whether with respect to the
Contracts in the Contract Pool, the Contract Files or otherwise, shall pass to
and be vested in such successor (the "Successor Servicer") pursuant to and under
this Section 8.02; and, without limitation, the Successor Servicer is authorized
and empowered to
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execute and deliver on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise,
any and all documents and other instruments, and to do any and all acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Successor Servicer in
effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer
under this Pooling Agreement, including, without limitation, the transfer to the
Successor Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at
the time be held by the Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the
Servicer, in the Collection Account, or for its own account in connection with
its services hereafter or thereafter received with respect to the Contracts in
the Contract Pool. The Servicer shall transfer to the Successor Servicer (i) all
records held by the Servicer relating to such Contracts in such electronic form
as the Successor Servicer may reasonably request and (ii) any related Contract
Files in the Servicer's possession. In addition, the Servicer shall permit
access to its premises and employees (including all computer records and
programs) to the Successor Servicer or its designee, and shall pay the
reasonable transition expenses of the Successor Servicer. Upon a Servicing
Transfer, the Successor Servicer shall also be entitled to receive the Servicing
Fee for performing the obligations of the Servicer.
Section 8.03 Appointment of Successor Servicer; Reconveyance; Successor
Servicer to Act. Upon delivery of the Termination Notice (or, if later, on a
date designated therein), the Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing
functions under this Pooling Agreement until the date specified in the
Termination Notice or, if no such date is specified, until a date mutually
agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall as
promptly as possible after the giving of or receipt of a Termination Notice,
appoint a Successor Servicer, and such Successor Servicer shall accept its
appointment by a written assumption and by delivery of an opinion of counsel
(which shall not be at the expense of the Indenture Trustee) to the Successor
Servicer relating to corporate matters and enforceability, in each case in a
form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee. Any Successor
Servicer shall be a financial institution having a net worth of at least
$50,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of contracts
similar to the Contracts in the Contract Pool.
In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and has
not accepted its appointment within 60 days of the delivery of a Termination
Notice, then the Indenture Trustee shall offer the Depositor, and the Depositor
shall offer CFUSA, the right to accept retransfer of all the Trust Assets, and
such party may accept retransfer of such Trust Assets in consideration of the
Depositor's delivery to the Collection Account on or prior to the next upcoming
Payment Date of a sum equal to the Aggregate Principal Amount of all Notes then
outstanding, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through such date
of deposit; provided, that the Indenture Trustee, if so directed by, the
Required Holders, need not accept and effect such reconveyance in the absence of
evidence (which may include valuations of an investment bank or similar entity,
which shall not be at the expense of the Indenture Trustee) reasonably
acceptable to such Indenture Trustee or Required Holders that such retransfer
would not constitute a fraudulent conveyance of the Depositor or CFUSA;
provided, further, CFUSA may not accept such retransfer unless it shall have
delivered to each Rating Agency, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, an
Opinion of Counsel (which shall not be an employee of the Issuer) that such
retransfer would not constitute a fraudulent conveyance of the Depositor or
CFUSA or that such retransfer would not constitute a preferential payment by the
Depositor or CFUSA.
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In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and has
not accepted its appointment at the time when the then Servicer has ceased to
act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall
automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall
be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee while assuming such duties and shall be
entitled to all rights and benefits of the Servicer (or Successor Servicer)
including the indemnity rights under Section 8.07 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Indenture Trustee is legally unable or prohibited from so
acting or is unwilling to so act, it shall petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint any established financial institution having a net worth
of at least $50,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of
contracts similar to the Contracts in the Contract Pool as the Successor
Servicer hereunder. On or after a Servicing Transfer, the Successor Servicer
shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as
servicer under this Pooling Agreement, and the transactions set forth or
provided for in this Pooling Agreement, and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer
by the terms and provisions hereof, and the terminated Servicer shall be
relieved of such responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising after such
Servicing Transfer; provided, however, that the Successor Servicer shall not be
liable for any acts or omissions of the departing Servicer occurring prior to
such Servicing Transfer or for any breach by the departing Servicer of any of
its representations and warranties contained in this Pooling Agreement or in any
related Transaction Document or other agreement. As compensation therefor, the
Successor Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee. The Trust,
the Noteholders and the Equity Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and
such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Pooling Agreement,
as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. To the extent the
terminated Servicer has made Servicer Advances, it shall be entitled to
reimbursement of the same notwithstanding its termination hereunder, to the same
extent as if it had continued to service the Trust Assets hereunder. In
addition, it is understood and agreed that if an Event of Default has occurred
and a Servicer Transfer is being effected by action of the Indenture Trustee
hereunder, any documented expenses reasonably incurred by the Indenture Trustee
in connection with effecting such Servicer Transfer shall be deemed expenses
reimbursable from Available Pledged Revenues.
Section 8.04 Notifications to Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholders. (a) Promptly following the occurrence of any Servicer
Default, the Servicer shall give written notice thereof to the Trustees, the
Depositor, the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty and each Rating Agency at the
addresses described in Section 11.04 and to the Noteholders and Equity
Certificateholder at their respective addresses appearing on the Note Register
and the Certificate Register, respectively.
(b) Within ten (10) days following any termination or appointment of
a Successor Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Indenture Trustee shall
give written notice thereof to each Rating Agency and the Depositor at the
addresses described in Section 11.04, and to the Noteholders, at their
respective addresses appearing on the Note Register, to the Owner Trustee and to
the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty.
Section 8.05 Effect of Transfer. (a) Except as otherwise set forth in
this Agreement, after a Servicing Transfer, the terminated Servicer shall have
no further rights or obligations under this Pooling Agreement, including,
without limitation, with respect to the management, administration, servicing,
custody or collection of the Trust Assets, and the
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Successor Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 8.03 shall have all of such
obligations, except that the terminated Servicer will transmit or cause to be
transmitted directly to the Successor Servicer for its own account, promptly on
receipt and in the same form in which received, any amounts or items (properly
endorsed where required for the Successor Servicer to collect them) received as
payments upon or otherwise in connection with the Contracts in the Contract
Pool.
(b) A Servicing Transfer shall not affect the rights and duties of
the parties to this Pooling Agreement (including but not limited to the
indemnities of the departing Servicer) other than those relating to the
management, administration, servicing, custody or collection of the Contracts in
the Contract Pool and related Transferred Assets.
Section 8.06 Database File. The Servicer will provide the Successor
Servicer with a magnetic tape containing the database file for each Contract in
the Contract Pool on and as of the Business Day before the actual commencement
of servicing functions by the Successor Servicer following the occurrence of a
Servicer Default.
Section 8.07 Successor Servicer Indemnification. The departing Servicer
shall defend, indemnify and hold the Successor Servicer and any officers,
directors, employees or agents of the Successor Servicer harmless against any
and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and
related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees, and expenses that the
Successor Servicer may sustain in connection with the claims asserted at any
time by third parties against the Successor Servicer which result from (i) any
willful or grossly negligent act taken or omission by the departing Servicer or
(ii) a breach of any representations of the departing Servicer in Section 3.02.
The indemnification provided by this Section 8.07 shall survive (a) a Servicing
Transfer and/or (b) the termination of this Agreement.
Section 8.08 Responsibilities of the Successor Servicer. The Successor
Servicer will not be responsible for delays attributable to the departing
Servicer's failure to deliver information, defects in the information supplied
by the departing Servicer or other circumstances beyond the control of the
Successor Servicer.
The Successor Servicer will make arrangements with the departing
Servicer for the prompt and safe transfer of, and the departing Servicer shall
provide to the Successor Servicer, all necessary servicing files and records,
including (as deemed necessary by the Successor Servicer at such time): (i)
microfiche loan documentation, (ii) servicing system tapes, (iii) Contract
payment history, (iv) collections history and (v) the trial balances, as of the
close of business on the day immediately preceding conversion to the Successor
Servicer, reflecting all applicable Contract Pool information. The departing
Servicer shall be obligated to pay the costs associated with the transfer of the
servicing files and records to the Successor Servicer.
The Successor Servicer shall have no responsibility and shall not be in
default hereunder nor incur any liability for any failure, error, malfunction or
any delay in carrying out any of its duties under this Pooling Agreement if any
such failure or delay results from the Successor Servicer acting in accordance
with information prepared or supplied by a Person other than the Successor
Servicer or the failure of any such Person to prepare or provide such
information. The Successor Servicer shall have no responsibility, shall not be
in default and shall incur no liability (i) for any act or failure to act by any
third party, including the departing
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Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustees or for any inaccuracy or omission in a
notice or communication received by the Successor Servicer from any third party
or (ii) which is due to or results from the invalidity or unenforceability of
any Contract under applicable law or the breach or the inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty made with respect to any Contract.
Any Successor Servicer which assumes the role of Successor Servicer
hereunder shall be entitled to the benefits of (and subject to the provisions
of) Section 5.05 concerning delegation of duties to subservicers.
Section 8.09 Servicer Not to Resign. The Servicer shall not resign from
its obligations and duties under this Agreement except upon determination that
the performance of its duties shall no longer be permissible under applicable
law, compliance with which could not be realized without material adverse impact
on the Servicer's financial condition. No such resignation shall become
effective until the Indenture Trustee or a successor Servicer shall have assumed
the responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section
8.03 hereof.
Article IX
SERVICER REPORTING
Section 9.01 Monthly Reports. With respect to each Payment Date and the
related Collection Period, the Servicer will provide to each Trustee, the Class
A-3 Swap Counterparty and each Rating Agency, on the related Determination Date,
a monthly statement (a "Monthly Report") substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto. On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will forward to each
Noteholder a copy of the Monthly Report for the related Collection Period. The
parties hereto acknowledge that the Indenture Trustee has no obligation to
verify the accuracy of the Monthly Report.
Section 9.02 Officer's Certificate. Each Monthly Report delivered
pursuant to Section 9.01 shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Servicing
Officer certifying the accuracy of the Monthly Report.
Section 9.03 Other Data. In addition, the Servicer shall, upon the
request of any Trustees, or any Rating Agency, furnish such Trustee or Rating
Agency, as the case may be, such underlying data used to generate a Monthly
Report as may be reasonably requested.
Section 9.04 Annual Reporting; Evidence as to Compliance. The Servicer
shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent accountants (the
"Independent Accountants"), who may also render other services to the Servicer
or its Affiliates, to deliver to the Trustees and each Rating Agency, on or
before March 31 of each year, beginning on March 31, 2004, with respect to the
twelve months ended the immediately preceding December 31 or other applicable
date), a report addressed to the Board of Directors of the Servicer and to the
Trustees (the "Accountant's Report") to the effect that such Independent
Accountants have, at the request of the Servicers, (i) audited the financial
statements of the Servicer (or, if the Servicer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
another entity, the financial statements of such parent entity) and issued an
opinion thereon and that such audit was made in accordance with generally
accepted auditing
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standards as in effect in the jurisdiction of the entity being audited, which
require that such Independent Accountants plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements of the Servicer (or
its parent, as applicable) are free of material misstatement, and (ii) examined
management's assertion that the Servicer maintained effective control over the
servicing of such assets, in accordance with established or stated criteria, and
providing a report thereon, as well as confirming that such examination was
performed in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. A copy of the Accountant's Report may be obtained
by any Securityholder and the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty by a request in
writing to the Indenture Trustee, in the case of a Noteholder, or in the case of
the Equity Certificateholder, addressed to its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 9.05 Annual Statement of Compliance from Servicer. The Servicer
will deliver to the Trustees and each of the Rating Agencies, on or before March
31 of each year commencing March 31, 2004, an Officer's Certificate stating that
(a) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the prior calendar year
and of its performance under the Pooling Agreement was made under the
supervision of the officer signing such certificate and (b) to such officer's
knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fully performed or cause to be
performed in all material respects all its obligations under the Pooling
Agreement and no Servicer Default has occurred or is continuing, or, if there
has been a Servicer Default, specifying each such default known to such officer
and the nature and status thereof and the steps being taken or necessary to be
taken to remedy such event.
A copy of such certificate may be obtained by any Noteholder, the Class
A-3 Swap Counterparty or the Equity Certificateholder by a request in writing to
the Indenture Trustee, with respect to any Noteholder, or to the Owner Trustee,
with respect to the Equity Certificateholder.
Article X
TERMINATION
Section 10.01 Sale of Trust Assets. (a) Upon any transfer of Trust
Assets pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Trust Agreement, the Servicer shall
instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to deposit the proceeds from such
transfer after all payments and reserves therefrom have been made (the
"Insolvency Proceeds") into the Collection Account. On the Payment Date on which
the Insolvency Proceeds are deposited in such Collection Account (or, if such
proceeds are not so deposited on a Payment Date, on the Payment Date immediately
following such deposit), the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to
allocate and apply the Insolvency Proceeds as if (and in the same order of
priority as) the Insolvency Proceeds were Pledged Revenues being allocated and
distributed on such date pursuant to this Pooling Agreement.
(b) Notice of any termination of the Trust shall be given by the
Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable
after the Servicer has received notice thereof.
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(c) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and
the payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the Equity
Certificateholder will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder.
Article XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Amendments. (a) This Pooling Agreement may be amended in
writing by CFUSA, the Servicer and the Trust and the Indenture Trustee without
prior notice to or the consent of any of the Holders or the Class A-3 Swap
Counterparty and in the case of clauses (v) and (vi), upon satisfaction of the
Rating Agency Condition, (i) to correct manifest error or cure any ambiguity,
(ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be inconsistent
with any other provisions herein, (iii) to add or amend any provisions as
requested by the Rating Agencies in order to maintain or improve any rating of
the Notes (it being understood that, after the Closing Date, neither the Trust,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, nor CFUSA is obligated to maintain or
improve such rating); (iv) to add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations
of CFUSA, the Servicer, the Trust or the Indenture Trustee or to provide for the
delivery of or substitution of a Servicer Letter of Credit or a Class A-3 Swap
Agreement; (v) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment of
a successor trustee with respect to the Trust Estate and add to or change any
provisions as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts
under the Trust Agreement by more than one trustee pursuant to Article X of the
Trust Agreement; (vi) to add, change or amend any provision to maintain the
trust as an entity not subject to federal income tax; or (vii) to add, change or
eliminate any other provisions, provided that an amendment pursuant to this
clause (vii), shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel for the Servicer
or CFUSA, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Trust,
any Noteholder, the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty or the Equity Certificateholder.
For the avoidance of doubt, any amendment to the Pooling Agreement which
proposes to amend (i) the definition of Class A-3 Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount, (ii) the definition of Class A-3 Interest Rate, (iii) Section 7.05 of
the Pooling Agreement in a manner affecting the priority of payments with
respect to the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty or (iv) the Granting Clause of the
Indenture to remove the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty as a secured party (for so
long as the Class A-3 Swap Agreement remains in effect), shall require the
consent of the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty.
(b) This Pooling Agreement may also be amended from time to time by
the parties signatory hereto, with the consent of the Required Holders, for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions thereof or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Noteholders or the Equity Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such
amendment shall (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, Pledged Revenues, payments on the Trust
Assets or payments that shall be required to be made on any Note or the Equity
Certificate (including by way of amendment of related definitions); (ii) change
the manner in which the Reserve Account is applied; or (iii) change in any
manner (including through amendment of related definitions), the Noteholders and
the Equity Certificateholder which are required to consent to any such
amendment; or (iv) make any Note or the Equity Certificate payable in money
other than Dollars, without the consent of the Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholders of all Notes of
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the relevant affected Class then outstanding and the Equity Certificateholder,
if affected; or (v) change in any manner the duties of the Indenture Trustee
under this Agreement without its written consent, (in any such case), or (vi)
adversely affect the rights and obligations of the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty
under the Class A-3 Swap Agreement (including, without limitation, the priority
of payments owed to the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty under the Class A-3 Swap
Agreement) without the written consent of the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty. For
the avoidance of doubt, any amendment to the Pooling Agreement which proposes to
amend (i) the definition of Class A-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount,
(ii) the definition of Class A-3 Interest Rate, (iii) Section 7.05 of the
Pooling Agreement in a manner affecting the priority of payments with respect to
the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty or (iv) the Granting Clause of the Indenture to
remove the Class A-3 Swap Counterparty as a secured party (for so long as the
Class A-3 Swap Agreement remains in effect), shall require the consent of the
Class A-3 Swap Counterparty.
(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, the
Indenture Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent, together with a copy thereof, to each Rating Agency.
Promptly after the execution of such amendment or consent, the Indenture Trustee
shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to the Class A-3 Swap
Counterparty.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent,
the Indenture Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of
such amendment or consent to each Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder,
respectively. It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders and the
Equity Certificateholder pursuant to Section 11.01(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 of evidencing the authorization by Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholder of the execution thereof shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Each Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment on behalf of the
Trust is authorized or permitted by this Pooling Agreement, and that all
conditions precedent to such execution as set forth herein have been satisfied.
A 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 Pooling
Agreement or otherwise.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing
provisions of this Section 11.01, (a) the Depositor or the Servicer, acting on
behalf of the Depositor, may request each rating agency to approve a formula for
determining the Required Reserve Amount that is different from the formula or
result determined from the current definition thereof contained herein so as to
result in a decrease in the amount of the Required Reserve Amount or the manner
by which such Reserve Account is funded. If each Rating Agency delivers to the
Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee a written notice or letter satisfying the
Rating Agency condition in connection with such change, then the Required
Reserve Amount will be theretofore determined in accordance with such changed
formula or manner of funding, and an amendment to this Agreement effecting such
change may be executed without the consent of any Noteholder and the Equity
Certificateholder.
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Section 11.02 Reserved.
Section 11.03 Governing Law. This Pooling Agreement shall be construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the obligations,
rights, and remedies of the parties under this Pooling Agreement shall be
determined in accordance with such laws, except that the duties of the Owner
Trustee shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 11.04 Notices. All notices, demands, certificates, requests and
communications hereunder ("notices") shall be in writing and shall be effective
(a) upon receipt when sent through the U.S. mails, registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, with such receipt to be effective the
date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, or (b) one (1) Business Day
after delivery to an overnight courier, or (c) on the date personally delivered
to an authorized officer of the party to which sent, or (d) on the date
transmitted by legible telefax transmission with a confirmation of receipt, in
all cases addressed to the recipient as follows:
(i) If to the Servicer:
The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc.
0 XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attn: Treasury - Securitization
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
CIT Group Inc.
0 XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attn: Treasury - Securitization
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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(ii) If to the Depositor:
NCT Funding Company, L.L.C.
c/o CIT Group Inc.
0 XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attn: Treasury - Securitization
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
(iii) If to the Indenture Trustee:
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
(iv) If to the Financing Originator:
The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc.
0 XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attn: Treasury - Securitization
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
(v) If to CFUSA:
CIT Financial USA, Inc.
0 XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attn: Treasury - Securitization
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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(vi) If to the Trust or the Owner Trustee:
M&T Trust Company of Delaware
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
XX 000-000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration,
CIT Equipment Collateral 2003-EF1
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
(vii) if to Standard and Poor's:
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
(viii) if to Moody's:
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax No: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
(ix) if to Fitch:
Fitch, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: ABS Surveillance
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Each party hereto may, by notice given in accordance herewith to each
of the other parties hereto, designate any further or different address to which
subsequent notices shall be sent.
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Section 11.05 Severability of Provisions. If 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 Equity Certificateholders or the rights of the holders thereof.
Section 11.06 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the parties hereto hereby manifest their intent
that no third party shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of this Agreement,
and specifically that Obligors are not third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee shall be a third party
beneficiary of this Agreement for purposes of Sections 3.01 and 3.02 and 11.13,
and the fee and indemnification provisions hereof, (ii) the Indenture Trustee
shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement for purposes of Sections
3.01 and 3.02 and the fee and indemnification provisions hereof and (iii) for so
long as the Class A-3 Swap Agreement remains in effect, the Class A-3 Swap
Counterparty shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement with respect
to the rights granted to it hereunder.
Section 11.07 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 11.08 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.09 No Bankruptcy Petition; Disclaimer and Subordination.
(a) Each of the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and each Noteholder and
the Equity Certificateholder (by acceptance of the applicable Notes or the
Equity Certificate) covenants and agrees that it will not institute against the
Depositor, or the Trust, or solicit or join in or cooperate with or encourage
any other Person in instituting against the Depositor or the Trust, any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
or other similar proceedings under the laws of the United States or any state of
the United States.
(b) Consistent with the provisions in Section 2.07 of the Trust
Agreement and Section 6.17 hereof, the Trust, as well as each Noteholder and the
Equity Certificateholder by accepting a Note or the Equity Certificate,
acknowledges and agrees that such Note or the Equity Certificate represents a
debt instrument secured by, or a beneficial interest in, the Trust and Trust
Assets only and does not represent an interest in any assets (other than the
Trust Assets) of the Depositor (including by virtue of any deficiency claim in
respect of obligations not paid or otherwise satisfied from the Trust Assets and
proceeds thereof). In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, to
the extent the Depositor enters into other securitization transactions as
contemplated in Section 6.07, the Trust as well as each Noteholder and the
Equity Certificateholder by accepting a Note or Certificate acknowledges and
agrees that it shall have no right, title or interest in or to any assets (or
interests therein) (other than Trust Assets) conveyed or purported to be
conveyed by the Depositor to another securitization trust
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(i.e., other than the Issuer) or other Person or Persons in connection therewith
(whether by way of a sale, capital contribution or by virtue of the granting of
a Lien) ("Other Assets"). To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and
provisions contained in the preceding sentences of this subsection, the Trust,
or any Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder, either (i) asserts an
interest in or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, whether asserted against
or through the Depositor or any other Person owned by the Depositor, or (ii) is
deemed to have any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets,
whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of
Insolvency Laws or otherwise (including without limitation by virtue of Section
1111(b) of the federal Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar
effect under the Bankruptcy Code), and whether deemed asserted against or
through the Depositor or any other Person owned by the Depositor, then the Trust
and each Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder by accepting a Note or the
Equity Certificate further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim
or benefit in or from Other Assets is and shall be expressly subordinated to the
indefeasible payment in full of all obligations and liabilities of the Depositor
which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization
of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of,
or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement
or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of
payment or application under applicable law, including Insolvency Laws, and
whether asserted against the Depositor or any other Person owned by the
Depositor), including, without limitation, the payment of post-petition interest
on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement shall be
deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code. Each Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder further
acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of
this Section 11.09 and that the terms and provisions of this Section 11.09 may
be enforced by an action for specific performance.
(c) The provisions of this Section 11.09 shall be for the third
party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
Section 11.10 Jurisdiction. Any legal action or proceeding with respect
to this Agreement may be brought in the courts of the United States for the
Southern District of New York, and by execution and delivery of this Agreement,
each party hereto consents, for itself and in respect of its property, to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of those courts. Each such party irrevocably waives
any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the
grounds of forum non conveniens, which it may now or hereafter have to the
bringing of any action or proceeding in such jurisdiction in respect of this
Agreement or any document related hereto.
Section 11.11 [Reserved]
Section 11.12 Servicer Indemnity. The Servicer will indemnify the
Depositor, the Trust, the Noteholders, the Equity Certificateholder and the
Trustees (including in their respective individual capacities), and any of their
officers, directors, employees or agents (each an "Indemnified Party") from and
against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees
and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses that any
Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with claims asserted by third
parties against such Indemnified Party which result from any act or omission on
the part of the Servicer with respect
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to the Trust Assets or its duties and obligations under this Pooling Agreement,
except where such claims arise out of any willful misconduct, gross negligence
or bad faith on the part of such Indemnified Party. Indemnification under this
Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or
Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, and the termination of the Trust
Agreement or this Pooling Agreement.
Section 11.13 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been executed on behalf of the Issuer by M&T Trust Company of
Delaware, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner
Trustee of the Issuer and in no event shall M&T Trust Company of Delaware in its
individual capacity or any beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability for
the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of
the Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the
assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of
any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be
subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of
Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
Section 11.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT WAIVES
ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED
UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION
DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST
ANY OTHER PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR
OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES HERETO EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION
SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING,
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR
OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OF
THIS AGREEMENT OR A TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF OR THEREOF.
THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND
RESTATEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION
DOCUMENT.
[signature page follows]
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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.
CIT EQUIPMENT COLLATERAL 2003-EF1
By: M&T TRUST COMPANY OF DELAWARE, in its
individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
NCT FUNDING COMPANY, L.L.C., as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
CIT FINANCIAL USA, INC., in its individual
capacity
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
THE CIT GROUP/EQUIPMENT FINANCING, INC.,
as Servicer and Financing Originator
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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Exhibit A
Form of Transfer Agreement
TRANSFER AGREEMENT
This TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated September [__], 200_ is by and
between NCT Funding Company, L.L.C., as Depositor and transferor, and CIT
Equipment Collateral 2003-EF1, as transferee with respect to the conveyances
evidenced hereby.
WHEREAS, the parties named above are each parties to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2003 (as from time to time
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "PSA"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the PSA, the Depositor wishes to effect
conveyances of Transferred Assets (including the Contracts identified on the
Schedule of Contracts attached hereto), in each case in the manner and to the
effect described in Article II of the PSA;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual agreements set forth herein and in the PSA, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. All terms defined in the PSA (whether directly
or by reference to other documents) shall have such defined meanings when used
herein, unless such terms are otherwise defined herein.
2. Specification of Cut-Off Date. The "Cut-Off Date"
applicable to the Contracts conveyed hereby is August 1, 2003.
3. Conveyances. Subject to the terms and conditions
provided for in the PSA, the Depositor hereby make the assignments and
conveyances specified in Article II of the PSA as being effected by execution
and delivery of this Transfer Agreement, in each case (i) with respect to the
Transferred Assets related to and consisting in part of the Contracts and
related Contract Assets identified on the Schedule of Contracts attached hereto,
and (ii) in the manner and to the effect described in Article II of the PSA.
4. Incorporation of PSA. This Transfer Agreement is made
pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part
of the parties hereto contained in the PSA and shall be governed in all respects
by the PSA.
5. Ratification of PSA. As supplemented by this Transfer
Agreement, the PSA is in all respects ratified and confirmed by the parties
hereto.
6. Counterparts. This Transfer Agreement may be executed
in two or more counterparts including by telefax transmission thereof (and by
different parties on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original,
but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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7. Governing Law. This Transfer Agreement shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of
the State of New York.
8. Reaffirmation. As provided in Section 2.02 of the
PSA, by delivery of this Transfer Agreement the Depositor confirms that the
conditions to transfer set forth in Section 2.02 have been satisfied or
otherwise waived as described therein.
[signatures follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Transfer Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first written above.
NCT FUNDING COMPANY, L.L.C., CIT EQUIPMENT COLLATERAL 2003-EF1
as Depositor
By: M&T TRUST COMPANY OF
DELAWARE, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By: on behalf of the Trust
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By:____________________________
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Exhibit B
Form of VFC Assignment
RELEASE AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
FROM
CIT EQUIPMENT TRUST - VFC SERIES
This RELEASE AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT, dated September [ ],
2003 is by and between CIT Equipment Trust - VFC Series, as transferor (the "VFC
Trust"), and NCT Funding Company, L.L.C., as Trust Depositor and transferee with
respect to the conveyances provided for herein.
WHEREAS, the parties named above are parties, together with
AT&T Capital Corporation (now known as Capita Corporation), as servicer, to the
Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 2, 1999,
as amended and restated as of June 29, 2000 (as amended, the "VFC PSA");
WHEREAS, the Trust Depositor wishes to engage in a Take-Out
Securitization (as defined in the VFC PSA); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.22 and Section 7.09 of the VFC
PSA, the VFC Trust wishes to release and convey the Contract Assets identified
on the Schedule of Contracts attached to the related Transfer Agreement being
delivered by the Trust Depositor to the CIT Equipment Collateral 2003-EF1 (the
"New Trust") pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August
1, 2003 by and among the Trust Depositor, the New Trust, CIT Financial USA, Inc.
and The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc. (the "New PSA"), concurrently
herewith to the New Trust;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual agreements set forth herein and in the VFC PSA, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. All terms defined in the New PSA (whether
directly or by reference to other documents) shall have such defined meanings
when used herein, unless such terms are otherwise defined herein.
2. Specification of Cutoff Date. The "Cutoff Date" applicable
to the Contracts conveyed hereby is August 1, 2003.
3. Release and Conveyance. The VFC Trust hereby releases and
sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trust
Depositor, without recourse, the Contracts and related Contract Assets
identified on the list contained in the computer disk or printout attached
hereto as Schedule A.
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4. Counterparts. This Assignment Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts including by telefax transmission thereof (and by
different parties on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original,
but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
5. Governing Law. This Assignment Agreement shall be governed
by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the
State of New York.
6. Receipt. The VFC Trust, on behalf of itself and all
Certificateholders (as defined in the VFC PSA) hereby acknowledges receipt each
of the Managing Agents (as defined in the VFC PSA) of the Securitization
Transfer Price (as defined in the VFC PSA) pertaining to the release and
transfer of Contracts and Related Contract Assets as provided above and the
satisfaction of all conditions to such release and transfer specified in Section
7.09 of the VFC PSA.
7. Further Assurances. The VFC Trust will, at any time and
from time to time, at the expense of the Trust Depositor, promptly execute and
deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action that
may be necessary or desirable or that the Trust Depositor may reasonably request
in order to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, executing and filing such financing statements, release and
termination statements, or amendments thereto.
[signatures follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Assignment Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first written above.
NCT FUNDING COMPANY, L.L.C., CIT EQUIPMENT TRUST - VFC SERIES
as Trust Depositor
By: The Bank of New York (Delaware), not in
its individual capacity but solely as
Trustee
By: _________________________ By: _______________________________
Printed Name:_________________ Printed Name:_______________________
Title:________________________ Title:______________________________
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Exhibit C
Initial Schedule of Contracts
(On File with SRZ)
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Exhibit D
Form of Servicer's Monthly Report
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Exhibit E
Form of Substitution Transfer Agreement
SUBSTITUTION TRANSFER AGREEMENT
This SUBSTITUTION TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated _____________ ___,
_______, is by and between NCT Funding Company, L.L.C., as Depositor and
transferor, and CIT Equipment Collateral 2003-EF1, as transferee with respect to
the conveyances evidenced hereby.
WHEREAS, the parties named above are each parties to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2003 (as from time to time
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "PSA"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the PSA, the Depositor wishes to effect
conveyances of the Substitute Contracts (together with related Substitute
Transferred Assets), identified on the Substitution Schedule of Contracts
attached hereto, in each case in the manner and to the effect described in
Article II of the PSA; and
WHEREAS, the Servicer has delivered or caused to be delivered
a Substitution Notice with respect to such conveyance as required in the Pooling
Agreement referred to in Section 2 below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual agreements set forth herein and in the PSA, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. All terms defined in the PSA (whether directly
or by reference to other documents) shall have such defined meanings when used
herein, unless such terms are otherwise defined herein.
2. Specification of Cut-Off Date. The "Substitution Cut-Off
Date" applicable to the Substitute Contracts conveyed hereby is ____________
___, _______.
3. Conveyances. Subject to the terms and conditions provided
for in the PSA, the Depositor hereby makes the assignments and conveyances
specified in Article II of the PSA as being effected by execution and delivery
of this Substitution Transfer Agreement, in each case (i) with respect to the
Substitute Contracts (together with related Substitute Transferred Assets)
identified on the Substitution Schedule of Contracts attached hereto, and (ii)
in the manner and to the effect described in Article II of the PSA.
4. Incorporation of PSA. This Substitution Transfer Agreement
is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on
the part of the parties hereto contained in the PSA and shall be governed in all
respects by the PSA.
5. Ratification of PSA. As supplemented by this Substitution
Transfer Agreement, the PSA is in all respects ratified and confirmed by the
parties hereto.
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6. Counterparts. This Substitution Transfer Agreement may be
executed in two or more counterparts including by telefax transmission thereof
(and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
7. Governing Law. This Substitution Transfer Agreement shall
be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws
of the State of New York.
8. Reaffirmation. As provided in Section 2.04(b) of the PSA,
by delivery of this Substitution Transfer Agreement the Depositor confirms that
the conditions to transfer set forth in Section 2.02 have been satisfied or
otherwise waived as described therein.
[signatures follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Substitution Transfer Agreement to be executed by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
NCT FUNDING COMPANY, L.L.C., CIT EQUIPMENT COLLATERAL 2003-EF1
as Depositor
By: M&T TRUST COMPANY OF
DELAWARE, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
on behalf of the Trust
By:____________________________
By:____________________________
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Exhibit F
[RESERVED]
F-1
Exhibit G
Schedule of Representations and Warranties
(a) List of Contracts. The information set forth in the
Schedule of Contracts (as the same may be amended or deemed amended in respect
of a conveyance of Substitute Contracts on a Substitution Transfer Date) is
true, complete and correct as of the Closing Date (or Substitution Transfer
Date, as applicable).
(b) Eligible Contract. As of its applicable Cut-Off Date, each
Contract satisfied the criteria for the definition of Eligible Contract set
forth in the Pooling Agreement, and each Secondary Contract securing a Vendor
Loan constituting a Contract satisfied, as of its applicable Cut-Off Date, the
definition of Eligible Secondary Contract set forth in the Pooling Agreement.
(c) Contracts Secured by Vehicles. None of the Contracts
relating to Equipment constituting Vehicles are "true leases." No Obligor on any
Contract secured by a Vehicle is an unincorporated common trucking carrier.
(d) Contract Files. As of the Closing Date (or as of the
Substitution Transfer Date, with respect to Substitute Contracts), (i)
immediately prior to such date, CFUSA (or the Financing Originator as custodian
for CFUSA) had possession of each original Contract and the related complete
Contract File, and there were no other custodial agreements relating to the same
in effect (other than offsite storage arrangements described in Section
4.01(b)); (ii) each of such documents which is required to be signed by the
Obligor has been signed by the Obligor in the appropriate spaces; and (iii) the
complete Contract File for each Contract is in the possession of the Servicer.
If the Contract is "tangible chattel paper" as defined in the UCC, the End-User
Contracts that constitutes or evidences the Contract does not have any marks or
notations indicating that it has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to
any other Person besides CFUSA (prior to their conveyance to the Depositor under
the Non-VFC Purchase Agreement), the VFC Trust (prior to their conveyance to the
Depositor under the VFC Assignment) and the Depositor.
(e) No Material Obligation. No Financing Originator has a
material performance obligation in respect of any Contract in favor of an
Obligor or End-User (it being understood that covenants of quiet enjoyment,
purchase options, obligations to accept return of the property at end of lease
term, and like obligations of a lessor typical of a "triple net" lease, shall
not be deemed "material performance obligations" for purposes of this
representation).
(f) Instruments. Not more than 0.75% of the Contract Pool
Principal Balance as of the Closing Date are "Instruments" (within the meaning
of Article 9 of the UCC), which evidence or relate to any Contract conveyed to
the Trust on the Closing Date.
(g) Intent to Transfer. CFUSA is selling the Contracts, and on
each Substitute Transfer Date is conveying the Substitute Contracts, to the
Depositor with the intention of removing the Contracts, or the Substitute
Contracts as the case may be, from the estate of CFUSA pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code as it may be amended
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from time to time including, without limitation, section 541(b)(8) of the
Bankruptcy Code as amended pursuant to section 912 of Senate Xxxx X.220 (107th
Cong. 1st Sess.) or any successor thereto if and when such xxxx is enacted into
law.
(h) Vendor Programs. Not more than 1.5% of the Contract Pool
Principal Balance as of the Closing Date is attributable to Contracts originated
by any one single Vendor.
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Exhibit H
[Reserved]
H-1
Exhibit I
[Reserved]
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Exhibit J
Minimum Value Filing Exceptions
No financing statements are filed against an Obligor located
in a particular State describing Equipment which is the subject of a particular
Contract of any Financing Originator, unless the fair market value of the
Equipment (determined in accordance with its Customary Policies and Procedures)
related to such particular Contract is at least $25,000.
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$ ................................................13 Class A-2 Notes.....................................6
Accountant's Report.................................1 Class A-3 Assumed Fixed Rate........................6
Accounting Date.....................................1 Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfall..............6
Accrual Period......................................1 Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount.............6
Addition Notice.....................................2 Class A-3 Interest Rate.............................6
Administration Agreement............................2 Class A-3 Maturity Date.............................6
Administrator.......................................2 Class A-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount.....6
Affiliate...........................................2 Class A-3 Notes.....................................7
Aggregate Principal Amount..........................2 Class A-3 Swap Agreement............................7
Agreement...........................................2 Class A-3 Swap Counterparty.........................7
Allocation Criteria.................................2 Class B Floor.......................................7
Amount Available....................................2 Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall................7
Applicable Security.................................3 Class B Interest Distributable Amount...............7
Assignment Agreements...............................3 Class B Interest Rate...............................7
Available Pledged Revenues..........................3 Class B Maturity Date...............................7
Available Reserve Amount............................3 Class B Monthly Interest Distributable Amount.......7
Book Value..........................................3 Class B Notes.......................................8
Business Day........................................3 Class B Percentage..................................8
C Notes.............................................8 Class B Principal Payment Amount....................8
Casualty Loss.......................................3 Class B Target Principal Payment Amount.............8
Certificate of Formation............................3 Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall................8
Certificate of Trust................................3 Class C Interest Distributable Amount...............8
Certificate Register................................3 Class C Interest Rate...............................8
CFUSA...............................................4 Class C Maturity Date...............................8
CIT.................................................4 Class C Monthly Interest Distributable Amount.......8
CITEF...............................................4 Class D Certificates................................9
CITEF Contract......................................4 Class D Interest Carryover Shortfall................8
Class...............................................4 Class D Interest Distributable Amount...............9
Class A Notes.......................................4 Class D Interest Rate...............................9
Class A Percentage..................................4 Class D Maturity Date...............................9
Class A Principal Payment Amount....................4 Class D Monthly Interest Distributable Amount.......9
Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall..............4 Closing Date........................................9
Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount.............4 Code................................................9
Class A-1 Interest Rate.............................4 Collection Account..................................9
Class A-1 Maturity Date.............................4 Collection Account Property.........................9
Class A-1 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount.....4 Collection Period...................................9
Class A-1 Notes.....................................5 Commission..........................................9
Class A-1 Scheduled Principal Balance...............5 Computer Disk.......................................9
Class A-2 Interest Carryover Shortfall..............5 Contract...........................................10
Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount.............6 Contract Assets....................................10
Class A-2 Interest Rate.............................6 Contract File......................................10
Class A-2 Maturity Date.............................6
Class A-2 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount.....6
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Contract Pool......................................10 Holder.............................................20
Contract Pool Principal Balance....................11 Indebtedness.......................................20
Contract Principal Balance.........................11 Indenture..........................................20
Controlled Group...................................11 Indenture Trustee..................................20
Corporate Trust Office.............................11 Independent........................................20
CPR................................................11 Independent Accountant.............................20
CSA................................................11 Ineligible Contract................................20
Cumulative Loss Ratio..............................11 Initial Class A-1 Principal Amount.................20
Cumulative Loss Trigger............................12 Initial Class A-2 Principal Amount.................20
Cumulative Reported Net Losses.....................12 Initial Class A-3 Principal Amount.................20
Current Collection Period Pledged Revenues.........12 Initial Class B Principal Amount...................20
Customary Policies and Procedures..................12 Initial Class C Principal Amount...................20
Cut-Off Date.......................................12 Initial Class D Principal Amount...................20
Date of Processing.................................12 Initial Contract Assets............................21
Defaulted Contract.................................12 Initial Contract Pool Principal Balance............21
Defaulted Contract Valuation Amount................13 Initial Contracts..................................21
Delaware Statutory Trust Act.......................13 Initial Cut-Off Date...............................21
Delinquent Contract................................13 Initial Principal Amount...........................21
Deposit Date.......................................13 Insolvency Event...................................21
Depositor..........................................13 Insolvency Laws....................................21
Determination Date.................................13 Insolvency Proceeds................................21
Discount Rate......................................13 Insurance Policy...................................21
Dollar.............................................13 Insurance Proceeds.................................21
Eligible Contract..................................13 Internal Revenue Code..............................21
Eligible Investments...............................17 Investment Earnings................................21
Eligible Secondary Contract........................18 IPA................................................22
Eligible Servicer..................................18 Issuer.............................................22
End-User...........................................18 Late Charges.......................................22
End-User Contract..................................18 Lease..............................................22
Equipment..........................................18 Lessee.............................................22
Equity Certificate.................................19 LIBOR Determination Date...........................22
Equity Certificateholder...........................19 Lien...............................................22
ERISA..............................................19 Liquidated Contract................................22
Event of Default...................................19 Liquidation Expenses...............................22
Exchange Act.......................................19 Liquidation Loss...................................23
Excluded Amounts...................................19 Liquidation Proceeds...............................23
Excluded Residual Investments......................19 Material Adverse Effect............................23
FDIC...............................................19 Material Modification..............................23
Financed Items.....................................19 Maturity Date......................................23
Financing Agreement................................19 Minimum Value Filing Exception.....................23
Financing Originator...............................19 Monthly Report.....................................23
Fitch..............................................19 Xxxxx'x............................................23
Fixed Rate Offered Notes...........................19 Non-Offered Notes..................................24
Governmental Authority.............................19 Nonrecoverable Advance.............................23
Guaranteed Residual Investment.....................19 Non-VFC Contract Assets............................24
Non-VFC Contracts..................................24
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Non-VFC Conveyancing Agreement.....................24 Required Reserve Amount............................30
Non-VFC Purchase Agreement.........................24 Requirements of Law................................30
Note...............................................24 Reserve Account....................................31
Note Distribution Account..........................24 Reserve Account Agreement..........................31
Note Register......................................24 Residual Investment................................31
Noteholder.........................................24 Responsible Officer................................31
Obligor............................................24 Schedule of Contracts..............................31
Offered Notes......................................24 Schedule of Representations........................32
Officer's Certificate..............................25 Scheduled Payment..................................31
One-Month LIBOR....................................25 Secondary Contract.................................32
Opinion of Counsel.................................25 Secured Note.......................................32
Originator.........................................25 Securities.........................................32
Outstanding........................................25 Securities Act.....................................32
Owner Trustee......................................25 Security Interest Distributable Amount.............24
Paying Agent.......................................25 Security Principal Distributable Amount............24
Payment Date.......................................25 Securityholders....................................32
PBGC...............................................25 Servicer...........................................32
Permitted Liens....................................25 Servicer Advance...................................32
Person.............................................27 Servicer Default...................................32
Plan...............................................27 Servicer Letter of Credit..........................32
Pledged Revenues...................................27 Servicing Fee......................................32
Pooling Agreement..................................27 Servicing Fee Percentage...........................32
Prepaid Contract...................................27 Servicing Officer..................................32
Prepayment.........................................27 Servicing Standard.................................32
Principal Amount...................................27 Servicing Transfer.................................32
Principal Deficiency Amount........................28 Solvent............................................32
Program Agreement..................................28 Standard & Poor's..................................33
Prospectus.........................................28 Subordinated Notes.................................33
Purchase Amount....................................28 Subsidiary.........................................33
Purchase and Sale Agreements.......................28 Substitute Contract................................33
Purchase Price.....................................28 Substitute Contract Assets.........................33
Qualified Eligible Investments.....................28 Substitute Contract Qualification Conditions.......33
Qualified Institution..............................29 Substitute Transferred Assets......................34
Rating Agency......................................29 Substitute VFC Purchase Agreement..................34
Rating Agency Condition............................29 Substitution Assignment Agreement..................34
Ratings Effect.....................................29 Substitution Cut-Off Date..........................34
Reallocated Principal..............................29 Substitution Event.................................34
Record Date........................................29 Substitution Notice................................34
Reference Banks....................................29 Substitution Schedule of Contracts.................35
Related Collection Period Pledged Revenues.........29 Substitution Transfer Agreement....................35
Replaced Assets....................................30 Substitution Transfer Date.........................35
Replaced Contracts.................................30 Successor Servicer.................................35
Reportable Event...................................30 Tax Opinion........................................35
Required Holders...................................30 TCC Assignment.....................................35
Required Payoff Amount.............................30 TCC Contract Assets................................35
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TCC Contracts......................................35 Unreimbursed Servicer Advances.....................37
TCC Financing Originators..........................35 Variable Rate Offered Notes........................37
Telerate Page 3750.................................35 Vehicle............................................37
Third Party Source.................................35 Vendor.............................................37
Total Principal Payment Amount.....................35 Vendor Agreements..................................38
Transaction Documents..............................36 Vendor Assignment..................................38
Transfer Agreement.................................36 Vendor Guarantee...................................38
Transferred Assets.................................36 Vendor Loan........................................38
Trust..............................................36 VFC Assignment.....................................38
Trust Account Property.............................36 VFC Contract Assets................................38
Trust Accounts.....................................36 VFC Contracts......................................38
Trust Agreement....................................37 VFC Conveyancing Agreement.........................38
Trust Assets.......................................37 VFC Pooling Agreement..............................38
Trust Estate.......................................37 VFC Purchase Agreement.............................38
Trustees...........................................37 VFC Trust..........................................38
UCC................................................37 VFCC...............................................38
Underwriting Agreement.............................37 Vice President.....................................39
Unfunded Loss Amount...............................37 Voting Power.......................................39
United States......................................37
