Exhibit 4.3
INDENTURE
between
BAY VIEW ____-__ OWNER TRUST
as Issuer
and
___________________
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of ____________
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions...............................................1
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act........10
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form.....................................................11
SECTION 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery...................11
SECTION 2.03. Temporary Notes..........................................12
SECTION 2.04. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange......12
SECTION 2.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes...............13
SECTION 2.06. Intentionally Blank......................................14
SECTION 2.07. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest....14
SECTION 2.08. Cancellation.............................................15
SECTION 2.09. Book-Entry Notes.........................................15
SECTION 2.10. Notices to Clearing Agency...............................15
SECTION 2.11. Definitive Notes.........................................16
SECTION 2.12. Release of Pledged Assets................................16
SECTION 2.13. Tax Treatment............................................16
SECTION 2.14. ERISA....................................................16
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest........................16
SECTION 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency..........................16
SECTION 3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust...................17
SECTION 3.04. Existence................................................18
SECTION 3.05. Protection of Trust Estate...............................18
SECTION 3.06. Opinions as to Pledged Assets............................19
SECTION 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.....19
SECTION 3.08. Negative Covenants.......................................20
SECTION 3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance........................20
SECTION 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc..............................21
SECTION 3.11. Successor Transferee.....................................22
SECTION 3.12. No Other Business........................................22
SECTION 3.13. Servicer's Obligations...................................22
SECTION 3.14. Restricted Payments......................................23
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SECTION 3.15. Notice of Events of Default..............................23
SECTION 3.16. Further Instruments and Acts.............................23
SECTION 3.17. Compliance with Laws.....................................23
SECTION 3.18. Amendments of Trust Agreement............................23
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..................23
SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money...............................24
SECTION 4.03. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent.................24
ARTICLE V
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default........................................24
SECTION 5.02. Rights Upon Event of Default.............................25
SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee........................................26
SECTION 5.04. Remedies.................................................27
SECTION 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables.................28
SECTION 5.06. Priorities...............................................28
SECTION 5.07. Limitation of Suits......................................28
SECTION 5.08. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal
and Interest.............................................29
SECTION 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.......................29
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative...........................29
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver...........................29
SECTION 5.12. Control by Noteholders...................................29
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults..................................30
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs....................................30
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.........................30
SECTION 5.16. Action on Notes..........................................30
SECTION 5.17. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.......31
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee..............................31
SECTION 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee..............................33
SECTION 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee...................34
SECTION 6.04. Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer...........................34
SECTION 6.05. Notice of Defaults.......................................34
SECTION 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders..................34
SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity...............................34
SECTION 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee.........................35
SECTION 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger....................35
SECTION 6.10. Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate
Indenture Trustee........................................36
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SECTION 6.11. Eligibility..............................................37
SECTION 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.........37
SECTION 6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee......37
ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses
of Noteholders...........................................37
SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Noteholders..............................................37
SECTION 7.03. Reports by Issuer........................................38
SECTION 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee.............................38
ARTICLE VIII
INTENTIONALLY BLANK
ARTICLE IX
DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO THE NOTEHOLDERS
SECTION 9.01. Collection Account.......................................38
SECTION 9.02. Collections..............................................39
SECTION 9.03. Purchase Amounts.........................................39
SECTION 9.04. Distributions to Parties.................................39
SECTION 9.05. Servicer Advances........................................41
SECTION 9.06. Net Deposits.............................................41
SECTION 9.07. Intentionally Blank......................................41
SECTION 9.08. Intentionally Blank......................................41
SECTION 9.09. Payahead Account.........................................41
SECTION 9.10. Release of Pledged Assets................................41
SECTION 9.11. Opinion of Counsel.......................................42
ARTICLE X
CREDIT ENHANCEMENT
SECTION 10.01. Subordination............................................42
SECTION 10.02. Spread Account...........................................42
SECTION 10.03. Policy...................................................43
ARTICLE XI
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders...44
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SECTION 11.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders......45
SECTION 11.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.....................45
SECTION 11.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture.........................46
SECTION 11.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act......................46
SECTION 11.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures............46
ARTICLE XII
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 12.01. Redemption...............................................46
SECTION 12.02. Form of Redemption Notice................................46
SECTION 12.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date.........................47
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 13.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc................47
SECTION 13.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.........48
SECTION 13.03. Acts of Noteholders......................................49
SECTION 13.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer, Insurer
and Rating Agencies......................................49
SECTION 13.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver...........................50
SECTION 13.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions..................50
SECTION 13.07. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act........................50
SECTION 13.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.................50
SECTION 13.09. Successors and Assigns...................................50
SECTION 13.10. Separability.............................................50
SECTION 13.11. Benefits of Indenture....................................50
SECTION 13.12. Legal Holidays...........................................51
SECTION 13.13. Governing Law............................................51
SECTION 13.14. Counterparts.............................................51
SECTION 13.15. Recording of Indenture...................................51
SECTION 13.16. Trust Obligation.........................................51
SECTION 13.17. No Petition..............................................51
SECTION 13.18. Inspection...............................................51
SECTION 13.19. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee.................52
SECTION 13.20. Certain Matters Regarding the Insurer....................52
EXHIBITS
Schedule A Form of Depository Agreement
Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A-1 Note
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class A-2 Note
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class A-3 Note
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class A-4 Note
Exhibit B Form of Class B Note
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
310(a)......................................................................6.11
310(b)......................................................................6.11
310(c).......................................................................N/A
311(a)......................................................................6.12
311(b)......................................................................6.12
311(c).......................................................................N/A
312(a)................................................................7.01, 7.02
312(b)......................................................................7.02
312(c)......................................................................7.02
313(a)......................................................................7.04
313(b)......................................................................7.04
313(c)......................................................................7.03
314(a)......................................................................7.03
314(b)......................................................................3.06
314(c).........................................................3.06, 4.01, 13.01
314(d).....................................................................13.01
314(e).....................................................................13.01
314(f).......................................................................N/A
315(a)......................................................................6.01
315(b)......................................................................6.05
315(c)......................................................................6.01
315(d)......................................................................6.01
315(e)......................................................................5.14
316(a)......................................................................5.04
316(b).....................................................................11.02
316(c).....................................................................13.03
317(a)......................................................................5.03
317(b)......................................................................3.03
318(a)......................................................................1.02
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This INDENTURE, dated as of ____________, ____, is entered into between BAY
VIEW ____- ___ OWNER TRUST, a Delaware business trust, as issuer (the "Issuer"),
and ___________________, a Delaware banking corporation, as indenture trustee
(the "Indenture Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for
the benefit of the Noteholders and the Insurer:
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Trust on
the Closing Date, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Noteholders and the
Insurer, without recourse, all of the Issuer's right, title and interest in, to
and under, (i) the Receivables listed on Schedule A to the Trust Agreement, (ii)
the security interests in the Financed Vehicles or in any other property granted
by Obligors pursuant to the Receivables, (iii) any Liquidation Proceeds and any
proceeds from claims or refunds of premiums on any physical damage, lender's
single interest, credit life, disability and hospitalization insurance policies
covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors relating to the Receivables, (iv) funds
deposited in the Spread Account (and any Eligible Investments purchased
therewith), the Collection Account and the Payahead Account with respect to the
Receivables, (v) the interest of the Issuer in any proceeds from recourse to
Dealers relating to the Receivables, (vi) all documents contained in the
Receivable Files relating to the Receivables, (vii) all monies paid and all
monies due, including Accrued Interest, as of and after the Cutoff Date (but
excluding Accrued Interest paid on or prior to the Closing Date), (viii) the
rights of the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the rights of the
Issuer pursuant to the Trust Agreement to require BVAC to repurchase any such
Receivables as to which there has been a breach of the representations and
warranties contained therein, (ix) the benefits of the Policy with respect to
the Receivables and (x) all proceeds (including, without limitation, "proceeds"
as defined in the UCC of the jurisdiction the law of which governs the
perfection of the interest in such Receivables so transferred) of any of the
foregoing. Such property described in the preceding sentence, together with (a)
any and all other right, title and interest, including any beneficial interest
the Issuer may have in the Collection Account, the Spread Account and (b) the
funds deposited in and from time to time on deposit in such accounts, and all
Eligible Investments and other securities, instruments and other investments
purchased from such funds, shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Pledged
Assets." The Issuer does not convey to the Indenture Trustee, and the Pledged
Assets do not include, any interest in any contracts with Dealers related to any
"dealer reserve" or any rights to the recapture of any dealer reserve with
respect to such Receivables.
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of
and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally
and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction (except as provided
herein with respect to the subordination of the Class B Notes), and to secure
compliance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Insurance Agreement,
all as provided in this Indenture and the Insurance Agreement.
The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders
and the Insurer, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under this
Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to
perform its duties required in this Indenture to the best of its ability to the
end that the interests of the Noteholders may be adequately and effectively
protected.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
(a) Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise
require, (i) capitalized terms that are used herein that are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement
(as defined below) and (ii) the following terms have the respective meanings set
forth below for all purposes of this Indenture.
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"Accelerated Principal Amount" means, for any Payment Date after giving
effect to all payments of interest and principal (other than any Accelerated
Principal Amount) to the Noteholders, an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the
Available Excess Funds or (2) the amount necessary to reduce the then aggregate
Note Balances below the Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection
Period until the aggregate Pool Balance exceeds the aggregate Note Balances by
2.5% of the initial Note Balances or $ .
"Act" shall have the meaning specified in Section 13.03(a).
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee.
"Administrator" means the Servicer, or any successor Administrator under
the Administration Agreement.
"Authorized Officer" means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the
Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating
to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered
by the Owner Trustee or to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such
list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and, so long
as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Vice President or more senior
officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in
matters relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon by the Administrator
pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified on a list of
Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee on
the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time
thereafter).
"Available Excess Funds" for any Payment Date means the amount of Available
Funds remaining from such Payment Date after paying the Servicer, the
Noteholders and the Insurer the amounts they are entitled to receive, without
considering the amount of the Monthly Principal payment in respect of the
Accelerated Principal Amount.
"Available Funds" has the meaning provided in the Trust Agreement.
"Basic Documents" means the Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement, the
Administration Agreement, the Depository Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the
Policy and this Indenture.
"BVAC" means Bay View Acceptance Corporation, a Nevada corporation, and its
successors.
"Book-Entry Notes" means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and
transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as
described in Section 2.09.
"Certificateholders" mean the owners or holders of the Certificates
pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
"Class" means all Notes whose form is identical except for variation in
denomination, principal amount or owner.
"Class A Monthly Interest" means the sum of Class A-1 Monthly Interest,
Class A-2 Monthly Interest, Class A-3 Monthly Interest and Class A-4 Monthly
Interest.
"Class A Monthly Principal" means the sum of Class A-1 Monthly Principal,
Class A-2 Monthly Principal, Class A-3 Monthly Principal and Class A-4 Monthly
Principal.
"Class A Note" means a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note
or a Class A-4 Note.
"Class A-1 Interest Rate" means ____% per annum.
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"Class A-1 Monthly Interest" means, (i) for the first Payment Date, the
product of one-three hundred sixtieth (1/360th) of the Class A-1 Interest Rate,
the actual number of days from the Closing Date through the day before the first
Payment Date and the Class A-1 Note Balance at the Closing Date and (ii) for any
subsequent Payment Date, the product of one-three hundred sixtieth (1/360th) of
the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the actual number of days from the previous Payment
Date through the day before the related Payment Date and the Class A-1 Note
Balance as of the immediately preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any
distribution of Monthly Principal made on such immediately preceding Payment
Date).
"Class A-1 Monthly Principal" means that portion of Monthly Principal to be
paid to Class A-1 Noteholders on each Payment Date in accordance with Section
9.04.
"Class A-1 Note" means a promissory note executed on behalf of the Trust
and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A-1.
"Class A-1 Note Balance" means, at any time, the Initial Class A-1 Note
Balance minus all payments of Monthly Principal to Class A-1 Noteholders made up
to such time.
"Class A-1 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name the respective Class
A-1 Note shall be registered in the Note Register, except that, solely for the
purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request, or demand pursuant to this
Indenture, the interest evidenced by any Class A-1 Note registered in the name
of the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer or BVAC, or any Person controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Issuer, the Seller or the
Servicer, shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
percentage necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request, or demand
shall have been obtained.
"Class A-2 Interest Rate" means ____% per annum.
"Class A-2 Monthly Interest" means, (i) for the first Payment Date, the
product of one twelfth of the Class A-2 Interest Rate, the number of days from
the Closing Date (assuming the month of the Closing Date has 30 days) through
the day before the first Payment Date divided by 30 and the Class A-2 Note
Balance at the Closing Date and (ii) for any subsequent Payment Date, the
product of one-twelfth of the Class A-2 Interest Rate and the Class A-2 Note
Balance as of the immediately preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any
distribution of Monthly Principal made on such immediately preceding Payment
Date).
"Class A-2 Monthly Principal" means that portion of Monthly Principal to be
paid to Class A-2 Noteholders on each Payment Date in accordance with Section
9.04.
"Class A-2 Note" means a promissory note executed on behalf of the Trust
and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A-2.
"Class A-2 Note Balance" means, at any time, the Initial Class A-2 Note
Balance minus all payments of Monthly Principal to Class A-2 Noteholders made up
to such time.
"Class A-2 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name the respective Class
A-2 Note shall be registered in the Note Register, except that, solely for the
purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request, or demand pursuant to this
Indenture, the interest evidenced by any Class A-2 Note registered in the name
of the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer or BVAC, or any Person controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Issuer, the Seller or the
Servicer, shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
percentage necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request, or demand
shall have been obtained.
"Class A-3 Interest Rate" means ____% per annum.
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"Class A-3 Monthly Interest" means, (i) for the first Payment Date, the
product of one twelfth of the Class A-3 Interest Rate, the number of days from
the Closing Date (assuming the month of the Closing Date has 30 days) through
the day before the first Payment Date divided by 30 and the Class A-3 Note
Balance at the Closing Date and (ii) for any subsequent Payment Date, the
product of one-twelfth of the Class A-3 Interest Rate and the Class A-3 Note
Balance as of the immediately preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any
distribution of Monthly Principal made on such immediately preceding Payment
Date).
"Class A-3 Monthly Principal" means that portion of Monthly Principal to be
paid to Class A-3 Noteholders on each Payment Date in accordance with Section
9.04.
"Class A-3 Note" means a promissory note executed on behalf of the Trust
and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A-3.
"Class A-3 Note Balance" means, at any time, the Initial Class A-3 Note
Balance minus all payments of Monthly Principal to Class A-3 Noteholders made up
to such time.
"Class A-3 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name the respective Class
A-3 Note shall be registered in the Note Register, except that, solely for the
purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request, or demand pursuant to this
Indenture, the interest evidenced by any Class A-3 Note registered in the name
of the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer or BVAC, or any Person controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Issuer, the Seller or the
Servicer, shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
percentage necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request, or demand
shall have been obtained.
"Class A-4 Interest Rate" means ____% per annum; provided, however, the per
annum rate shall be increased by 0.50% beginning on the first Payment Date
following the end of any Collection Period on which the Pool Balance is equal to
or less than 10% of the Original Pool Balance if the Class A-4 Notes will not be
redeemed on such Payment Date.
"Class A-4 Monthly Interest" means, (i) for the first Payment Date, the
product of one twelfth of the Class A-4 Interest Rate, the number of days from
the Closing Date (assuming the month of the Closing Date has 30 days) through
the day before the first Payment Date divided by 30 and the Class A-4 Note
Balance at the Closing Date and (ii) for any subsequent Payment Date, the
product of one-twelfth of the Class A-4 Interest Rate and the Class A-4 Note
Balance as of the immediately preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any
distribution of Monthly Principal made on such immediately preceding Payment
Date).
"Class A-4 Monthly Principal" means that portion of Monthly Principal to be
paid to Class A-4 Noteholders on each Payment Date in accordance with Section
9.04.
"Class A-4 Note" means a promissory note executed on behalf of the Trust
and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A-4.
"Class A-4 Note Balance" means, at any time, the Initial Class A-4 Note
Balance minus all payments of Monthly Principal to Class A-4 Noteholders made up
to such time.
"Class A-4 Noteholder" means the Person in whose name the respective Class
A-4 Note shall be registered in the Note Register, except that, solely for the
purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request, or demand pursuant to this
Indenture, the interest evidenced by any Class A-4 Note registered in the name
of the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer or BVAC, or any Person controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Issuer, the Seller or the
Servicer, shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
percentage necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request, or demand
shall have been obtained.
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"Class B Interest Rate" means ____% per annum; provided, however, the per
annum rate shall be increased by 0.50% beginning on the first Payment Date
following the end of any Collection Period on which the Pool Balance is equal to
or less than 10% of the Original Pool Balance if the Class B Notes will not be
redeemed on such Payment Date.
"Class B Monthly Interest" means, (i) for the first Payment Date, the
product of one twelfth of the Class B Interest Rate, the number of days from the
Closing Date (assuming the month of the Closing Date has 30 days) through the
day before the first Payment Date divided by 30 and the Class B Note Balance at
the Closing Date and (ii) for any subsequent Payment Date, the product of
one-twelfth of the Class B Interest Rate and the Class B Note Balance as of the
immediately preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any distribution of
Monthly Principal made on such immediately preceding Payment Date).
"Class B Monthly Principal" means that portion of Monthly Principal to be
paid to Class B Noteholders on each Payment Date in accordance with Section
9.04.
"Class B Note" means a promissory note executed on behalf of the Trust and
authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit B.
"Class B Note Balance" means, at any time, the Initial Class B Note Balance
minus all payments of Monthly Principal to Class B Noteholders made up to such
time.
"Class B Noteholder" means the Person in whose name the respective Class B
Note shall be registered in the Note Register, except that, solely for the
purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request, or demand pursuant to this
Indenture, the interest evidenced by any Class B Note registered in the name of
the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer or BVAC, or any Person controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Issuer, the Seller or the
Servicer, shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
percentage necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request, or demand
shall have been obtained.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Controlling Party" means the Insurer, so long as no Insurer Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, and the Indenture Trustee, for so long as an
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
"Default" means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time
or both would become, an Event of Default.
"Definitive Notes" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.09.
"Depository Agreement" means the agreement dated ___________, ____, among
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency,
relating to the Notes, substantially in the form of Schedule A hereto.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
"Executive Officer" means, with respect to any corporation or bank, the
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
President, Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the
Treasurer of such corporation or bank; and with respect to any partnership, any
general partner thereof.
"Final Maturity Date" means ______________ with respect to the Class A-1
Notes, ______________ with respect to the Class A-2 Notes, ______________ with
respect to the Class A-3 Notes, ______________ with respect to the Class A-4
Notes and ______________ with respect to the Class B Notes.
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"Grant" means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise,
release, convey, assign, transfer, create and xxxxx x xxxx upon and a security
interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant
to this Indenture. A Grant of the Pledged Assets or of any other agreement or
instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal
and interest payments in respect of the Pledged Assets and all other monies
payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to
make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise and generally to do
and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or
receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
"Issuer" means Bay View _____-_____ Owner Trust as the issuer of the Notes
under this Indenture and its permitted successors and assigns.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person at any time, (i)
indebtedness or liability of such Person for borrowed money whether or not
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other instruments, or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services (including trade obligations); (ii)
obligations of such Person as lessee under leases which should have been or
should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded
as capital leases; (iii) current liabilities of such Person in respect of
unfunded vested benefits under plans covered by Title IV of ERISA; (iv)
obligations issued for or liabilities incurred on the account of such Person;
(v) obligations or liabilities of such Person arising under acceptance
facilities; (vi) obligations of such Person under any guaranties, endorsements
(other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) and
other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to
supply funds to invest in any Person or otherwise to assure a creditor against
loss; (vii) obligations of such Person secured by any lien on property or assets
of such Person, whether or not the obligations have been assumed by such Person;
or (viii) obligations of such Person under any interest rate or currency
exchange agreement.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
"Indenture Trustee" means ____________________, a _______________ banking
corporation as the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture and its permitted
successors and assigns.
"Independent" when used with respect to any specified Person, means such a
Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, the Seller and any of their
respective Affiliates, (ii) is not a director, officer or employee of the
Issuer, the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates, (iii) is not a person
related to any officer or director of the Issuer, the Seller 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 Seller or any of their
respective Affiliates, and (v) is not connected with the Issuer, the Seller or
any of their respective Affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
"Independent Certificate" means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to
the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 13.01, made by an
Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved
by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or
certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of "Independent"
in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
"Initial Class A-1 Note Balance" means $_____________________.
"Initial Class A-2 Note Balance" means $_____________________.
"Initial Class A-3 Note Balance" means $_____________________.
"Initial Class A-4 Note Balance" means $_____________________.
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"Initial Class B Note Balance" means $_____________________.
"Initial Note Balances" means $_____________________.
"Insurance Premium" means for any Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) [__%] per annum calculated for the actual number of days elapsed
during the Collection Period on the basis of a 360- day year and (ii) the Note
Balances as of the Payment Date to which such Payment Date relates, payable
monthly in arrears.
"Insurer Default" means the Insurer is in default under the Policy or the
Insurance Agreement after the expiration of any applicable cure period.
"Issuer Order" and "Issuer Request" means a written order or request signed
in the name of the Issuer by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee.
"Monthly Interest" means the sum of Class A Monthly Interest and Class B
Monthly Interest.
"Monthly Principal" for any Payment Date will equal the sum of the
following:
(i) the amount by which the Pool Balance declined during the
related Collection Period;
(ii) the amount, if any, which is necessary to reduce the Note
Balance of a class of Notes to zero on its Final Maturity Date; and
(iii) the Available Excess Funds or, if less, the portion thereof,
that will cause the Pool Balance to exceed the Note Balances by the
Accelerated Principal Amount.
For the purpose of determining Monthly Principal, the unpaid principal balance
of a Defaulted Receivable or a Purchased Receivable is deemed to be zero on and
after the last day of the Collection Period in which such Receivable became a
Defaulted Receivable or a Purchased Receivable.
"Net Principal Policy Amount" means the Initial Note Balances as of the
first Payment Date minus all amounts previously drawn on the Policy or from the
Spread Account with respect to Monthly Principal.
"Note" means a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note, a Class
A-4 Note or a Class B Note.
"Note Balances" means, at any time the Initial Note Balances minus all
payments of Monthly Principal made to the Noteholders up to such time. The term
"Note Balance" means the Outstanding principal balance of a particular Class of
Notes, depending upon the context. When the term "Note Balances" is used herein
with respect to an issue relating to the consent of or voting of Noteholders,
such term shall refer only to the classes of Notes then Outstanding such that
the Notes will vote as a single class.
"Noteholder" means the owner of a note.
"Note Owner" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is
the owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing
Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing
Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency participant or as an indirect participant,
in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Note Register" and "Note Registrar" have the respective meanings specified
in Section 2.04.
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"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer
of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying
with, the applicable requirements of Section 13.01, and delivered to, the
Indenture Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means one or more written opinions of counsel who may,
except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be employees of or
counsel to the Depositor or the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee and, if addressed to the Insurer, satisfactory to the Insurer,
and which shall comply with any applicable requirements of Section 13.01, and
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and if
addressed to the Insurer, satisfactory to the Insurer.
"Original Pool Balance" means $_____________________.
"Outstanding" or "Outstanding Notes" means, as of the date of
determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture except:
(i) Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered
to the Note Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or
any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes (provided, however, that
if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision for such notice has been made,
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made); and
(iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes which have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory
to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona
fide purchaser; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of
the requisite Outstanding Note Balances have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any other
Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that,
in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only Notes that the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded
as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the
pledgee is not the Issuer, the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates.
"Paying Agent" means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets
the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11
and is authorized by the Issuer to make the distributions from the Collection
Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of
the Issuer.
"Pledged Assets" has the meaning provided in the Granting Clause of this
Indenture.
"Policy" means the irrevocable financial guaranty insurance policy dated as
of ______, ____, issued by the Insurer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit
of the Noteholders and having a maximum amount available to be drawn in respect
of Monthly Interest and Monthly Principal equal to the Policy Amount.
"Policy Amount" means with respect to any Payment Date:
(x) the sum of (A) the lesser of (i) the Note Balances (after giving
effect to any distribution of Available Funds and any funds withdrawn from
the Spread Account to pay Monthly Principal on such Payment Date) and (ii)
the Net Principal Policy Amount, plus (B) Monthly Interest, plus (C) the
Monthly Servicing Fee; less
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(y) all amounts on deposit in the Spread Account on such Payment Date
(after giving effect to any amounts withdrawn from the Spread Account to
pay Monthly Principal on such Payment Date).
"Predecessor Note" means, with respect to any particular Note, every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.05 in lieu of a mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
"Principal Payment Sequence" means the order in which Monthly Principal
shall be distributed among the Noteholders. The order of distribution of Monthly
Principal is:
(1) to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the Class A-1 Note Balance has been
reduced to zero;
(2) to the Class A-2 Noteholders until the Class A-2 Note Balance has been
reduced to zero;
(3) to the Class A-3 Noteholders until the Class A-3 Note Balance has been
reduced to zero;
(4) to the Class A-4 Noteholders until the Class A-4 Note Balance has been
reduced to zero; and
(5) to the Class B Noteholders until the Class B Note Balance has been
reduced to zero.
However, if the amount of Available Funds (together with amounts withdrawn from
the Spread Account and/or the Policy) are not sufficient on any Payment Date to
pay the required payment of Class A Monthly Principal to Class A Noteholders in
full, the amount of such funds available to pay Class A Monthly Principal to
Class A Noteholders will be distributed pro rata to the Class A Noteholders
based upon the relative Note Balance of each class of Class A Notes.
"Proceeding" means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action, that (i)
_________________ shall have been given ten Business Days (or such shorter
period as is acceptable to _________________) prior notice thereof and that
_________________ shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer, the Insurer and
the Issuer in writing that such action will not result in a qualification,
reduction or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any Class of Notes, (ii)
_______ shall have been given ten Business Days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to _______) prior notice thereof and copies of all documentation
relating to the event requiring such Rating Agency Condition and (iii) each
Rating Agency shall have confirmed to the Insurer that the shadow risk of the
Insurer with respect to the Notes is investment grade.
"Rating Event" means the qualification, reduction or withdrawal by either
Rating Agency of its then-current rating of any Class of Notes.
"Record Date" means, with respect to a Payment Date or Redemption Date, the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or, in the event that Definitive Notes are issued, the close of
business on the last day of the related Collection Period.
"Redemption Date" means the Payment Date specified by the Servicer or the
Issuer pursuant to Section 12.01.
"Redemption Price" means an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of
the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the respective
interest rates of each Class of Notes being so redeemed to but excluding the
Redemption Date.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note
Register on the applicable Record Date.
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"Required Spread Amount" means on each Payment Date, the lesser of (x) __%
of the Initial Note Balances and (y) the Note Balances as of the previous
Distribution Date (after giving effect to any payment of Monthly Principal on
such Payment Date); provided, that, upon and during the continuance of an
Indenture Default or a Trigger Event, the Required Spread Amount shall be equal
to the Policy Amount as of such Payment Date, without giving effect to amounts
on deposit in the related Spread Account, after giving effect to any draws on
the Policy, draws on the related Spread Account and other distributions pursuant
to Section 9.04 on such Payment Date. Once such Indenture Default or Trigger
Event has been cured or discontinued, the Required Spread Amount shall be
determined as set forth above.
"Servicer Default" means an Event of Servicer Default under the Trust
Agreement.
"State" means any one of the 00 xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx or the District
of Columbia.
"Successor Servicer" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.07(e).
"Termination Date" means the latest of (i) the expiration of the Policy and
the return of the Policy to the Insurer for cancellation, (ii) the date on which
the Insurer shall have received payment and performance of all amounts and
obligations which the Issuer may owe to or on behalf of the Insurer under this
Indenture and (iii) the date on which the Indenture Trustee shall have received
payment and performance of all amounts and obligations which the Issuer may owe
to or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders
under this Indenture or the Notes.
"Trust Agreement" means the Trust and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, between the Seller, the Servicer and the Owner Trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
"United States" means the United States of America.
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated
by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used
in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Indenture Securities" means the Notes.
"Indenture Security Holder" means a Noteholder.
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"Indenture to be Qualified" means this Indenture.
"Indenture Trustee" or "Institutional Trustee" means the Indenture Trustee.
"Obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have
the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
as in effect from time to time;
(iii) "or" is not exclusive;
(iv) "including" means including without limitation;
(v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the
plural include the singular;
(vi) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to
herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith
means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended,
modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or
instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments
incorporated therein; references to a Person are also to its permitted
successors and assigns; and
(vii) the words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of
similar import when used in this Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as
a whole and not to any particular provision of this Indenture; Section,
subsection and Schedule references contained in this Indenture are
references to Sections, subsections and Schedules in or to this Indenture
unless otherwise specified.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form. The Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes,
Class A-4 Notes and Class B Notes, in each case together with the Indenture
Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the forms set
forth as Exhibits X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0 and B to this Indenture with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes,
as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any
Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference
thereto on the face of the Note.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the
Notes set forth in the exhibits hereto are part of the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall be
executed on behalf of the Issuer by the Owner Trustee, as provided in the Trust
Agreement. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be
manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of
individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind
the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
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to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
The Indenture Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order, authenticate
and deliver for original issue Notes in the amount of the Initial Class A-1 Note
Balance, the Initial Class A-2 Note Balance, the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance,
the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance and the Initial Class B Note Balance. The
aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed
such respective amounts, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.05. Each Note
shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as
registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in integral multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof, except that one Note of each Class may be issued in
a different denomination.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate
of authentication substantially in the form provided for in the forms of Notes
attached as exhibits to this Indenture executed by the Indenture Trustee by the
manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon
any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.03. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of definitive Notes,
the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of
the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations
not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such
Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Notes to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes,
the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of
the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as
provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and
the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
tenor and principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.04. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The
Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the "Note Register") in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for
the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The
Indenture Trustee shall be "Note Registrar" for the purpose of registering Notes
and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note
Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to
make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.
If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as
Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice
of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in
the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the
right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies
thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a
certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer
thereof as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders and the principal
amounts and number of such Notes.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or
agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, the Issuer
shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder
shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Class in any
authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the
same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or
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agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall
obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, with such
signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company located, or having a
correspondent located, in the city of New York or the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office is located, or by a member firm of a national securities
exchange, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.03 or 11.06 not
involving any transfer.
The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall
not be required to make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or
exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of 15
days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the Note.
SECTION 2.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer
(unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to hold the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer,
the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by
a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the
same Class; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note,
but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due
and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a
replacement Note, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so
due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after
the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen
Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a bona fide purchaser of
the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for
payment such original Note, the Issuer, the Insurer and the Indenture Trustee
shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the
Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from
such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such
Person, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the
security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost
or expense incurred by the Issuer, the Insurer or the Indenture Trustee in
connection therewith.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer or
the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected therewith.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of
any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
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The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes. In the case of the
registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Insurer and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name
any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any,
on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be
overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee nor any of
their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.06. Intentionally Blank.
SECTION 2.07. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.
(a) Each Class of Notes shall accrue interest as provided in the Indenture
at the related interest rate for such Class, and such interest shall be payable
on each Payment Date as specified therein, subject to Section 3.01. Interest
accrued on any Note but not paid on any Payment Date will be due on the
immediately succeeding Payment Date, together with, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, interest on such shortfall at the related interest rate. Any
installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note which is
punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date, by check mailed
first-class, postage prepaid to such Person's address as it appears on the Note
Register on such Record Date, except that, unless Definitive Notes have been
issued pursuant to Section 2.11, with respect to Notes registered on the Record
Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee
to be Cede & Co.), payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to the account designated by such nominee and except for the
final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Payment
Date, a Redemption Date or on the related Final Maturity Date, as the case may
be (and except for the Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption
pursuant to Section 12.01), which shall be payable as provided below. The funds
represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance
with Section 3.03.
(b) The principal of each Note shall be payable on each Payment Date to the
extent provided in the form of the related Note set forth as an Exhibit hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes
of a Class of Notes shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the
earlier of:
(i) the Final Maturity Date of such Class;
(ii) the Redemption Date;
(iii) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing,
the date on which the Insurer shall have declared the Notes to be
immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02; or
(iv) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the date on which
the Noteholders representing not less than 66 2/3% of the Note Balances
have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner
provided in Section 5.02.
All principal payments on each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the
Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall notify
the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the
Record Date preceding the Payment Date on which the Issuer expects that the
final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such
notice shall be mailed within five Business Days of such Payment Date (or, in
the case of Notes registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, such
notice shall be provided within one Business Day of such Payment Date) or
receipt of notice of termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 16.01 of
the Trust Agreement and shall specify that such final installment will be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the
place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such
installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to
Noteholders as provided in Section 12.02. In
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addition, the Administrator shall notify the Insurer and the Rating Agencies
upon the final payment of interest and principal of each Class of Notes, and
upon the termination of the Trust, in each case pursuant to the Administration
Agreement.
SECTION 2.08. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration
of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be
promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver
to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever,
and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee.
No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture
Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in
effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they
be destroyed or returned to it; provided that such Issuer Order is timely and
the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.09. Book-Entry Notes. The Notes, upon original issuance, will be
issued in the form of a typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry
Notes, to be delivered to DTC, the initial Depository, by, or on behalf of, the
Issuer (except for any fractional units which cannot be accepted by DTC). Such
Notes shall initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede &
Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive
a Definitive Note representing such Note Owner's interest in such Note, except
as provided in Section 2.11. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes
(the "DEFINITIVE NOTES") have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section
2.11:
(i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(ii) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled
to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture
(including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the
giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole holder of the
Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with
any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section
shall control;
(iv) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the
Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the
Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless
and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.11, the
Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency
Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest
on the Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants; and
(v) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken
based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified
percentage of the Note Balances, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to
represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received
instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing Agency
Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage
of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions
to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.10. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and
until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section
2.11, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications
specified herein to be given to Noteholders to the Clearing Agency, and shall
have no obligation to the Note Owners.
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SECTION 2.11. Definitive Notes. If (i) the Administrator advises the
Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or
able to properly discharge its responsibilities as described in the Depository
Agreement, and the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee is unable to locate a
qualified successor, or (ii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default or a
Servicer Default, Note Owners representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the
Note Balances of all Classes of Notes advise the Indenture Trustee through the
Clearing Agency Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry
system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the
related Note Owners, then the Indenture Trustee shall notify all Note Owners,
through the Clearing Agency, of the availability of Definitive Notes to Note
Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the Note
or Notes evidencing the Book Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by
registration instructions from the Clearing Agency, the Issuer shall execute and
the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes and deliver such
Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency.
None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable
for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and
shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Notes of a Class, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders
of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders hereunder.
The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable if the Indenture Trustee or the
Administrator is unable to locate a qualified successor Clearing Agency. The
Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved
borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced
by their execution of such Notes.
SECTION 2.12. Release of Pledged Assets. Subject to Section 13.01 and the
terms of the Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from
the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by
an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates in
accordance with Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(l) of the TIA or an Opinion of
Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does
not require any such Independent Certificates.
SECTION 2.13. Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into this Indenture,
and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for federal, state and
local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify
as indebtedness of the Issuer secured by the Pledged Assets. The Issuer, by
entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note
(and each Note Owner by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable
Book-Entry Note), agree to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income,
single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
SECTION 2.14. ERISA. Each purchaser or transferee of a Note that is a
Benefit Plan shall be deemed to have represented that the relevant conditions
for exemptive relief under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE")
00-00, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 91-38, PTCE 95-60 or PTCE 96-23 or other applicable
exemption providing substantially similar relief have been satisfied.
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer will duly and
punctually pay Monthly Interest and Monthly Principal on the Notes in accordance
with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing,
subject to Section 9.04(a), the Issuer will cause to be distributed the amount
of Available Funds on a Payment Date. The Issuer will cause the deposits
received on Receivables to be deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to
the Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Noteholders. Amounts properly
withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of
interest and/or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer
to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will or will
cause the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee to maintain in The City of New
York, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for
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registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon
the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer
hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the
foregoing purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Indenture
Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office
or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof,
such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate
Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent
to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.
SECTION 3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust.
(a) As provided in Section 9.02 of the Trust Agreement, all payments of
amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from
amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account, the Spread Account and the
Payahead Account shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee
or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Collection
Account, the Spread Account and the Payahead Account for payments of Notes shall
be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section.
The Notes shall be non-recourse obligations of the Issuer and shall be
limited in right of payment to amounts available from the Pledged Assets and the
Policy as provided in this Indenture and the Issuer shall not otherwise be
liable for payments on the Notes. No Person shall be personally liable for any
amounts payable under the Notes. If any other provision of this Indenture
conflicts or is deemed to conflict with the provisions of this paragraph, the
provisions of this paragraph shall control.
The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the
Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the
provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with
respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer
(or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment required
to be made with respect to the Notes;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon
the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if
at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying
Agent at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the
withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable
withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable
reporting requirements in connection therewith.
The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct
any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such
Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts
as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such
payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
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Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held
by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any
amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and
be paid to the Issuer upon receipt of an Issuer Request; and the Holder of such
Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer
for payment thereof, and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make
any such repayment, shall at the expense and direction of the Issuer cause to be
published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New
York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication,
any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to or for the
account of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the
expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such
repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to
Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for
redemption or whose right to or interest in monies due and payable but not
claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any
Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder).
SECTION 3.04. Existence. The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence,
rights and franchises as a business trust under the laws of the State of
Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes,
organized under the laws of any other state or of the United States, in which
case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises
under the laws of such other jurisdiction) 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
Indenture, the Notes, and the Pledged Assets.
SECTION 3.05. Protection of Trust Estate. The Issuer intends the security
interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to all other liens in respect of the
Pledged Assets, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to obtain and
maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders,
a first lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Pledged
Assets. The Issuer will from time to time execute and deliver all such
supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing statements,
continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments,
all as prepared by the Servicer and delivered to the Issuer, and will take such
other action necessary or advisable to:
(i) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Pledged Assets;
(ii) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the
priority thereof) created by this Indenture or carry out more effectively
the purposes hereof;
(iii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant
made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iv) enforce any of the Pledged Assets;
(v) preserve and defend title to the Pledged Assets and the rights of
the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Pledged Assets against
the claims of all persons and parties; or
(vi) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon the Pledged
Assets when due.
The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute all financing statements, continuation statements or
other instruments required to be executed pursuant to this Section.
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SECTION 3.06. Opinions as to Pledged Assets.
(a) Promptly after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer
shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) all financing
statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are
necessary to create and continue the Indenture Trustee's first priority
perfected security interest in the Pledged Assets (subject to the rights of the
Insurer under the Insurance Agreement) for the benefit of the Noteholders, and
reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel
in which such details are given, or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to
perfect such security interest.
(b) Within 90 days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with
the first calendar year beginning more than three months after the Cutoff Date,
the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an Opinion of
Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, to the effect that, in
the opinion of such counsel, either (i) all financing statements and
continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to
create and continue the Indenture Trustee's first priority perfected security
interest in the Pledged Assets (subject to the rights of the Insurer under the
Insurance Agreement) for the benefit of the Noteholders, and reciting the
details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such
details are given, or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to perfect such
security interest.
SECTION 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.
(a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not
to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from
any of such Person's material covenants or obligations under any instrument or
agreement included in the Pledged Assets or that would result in the amendment,
hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in the Basic Documents or such other instrument or agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract with or otherwise obtain the assistance of
other Persons (including, without limitation, the Administrator under the
Administration Agreement) to assist it in performing its duties and obligations
under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified
to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer in an Officer's Certificate shall be
deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
responsible for the action or inaction of the Servicer or the Administrator.
Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer as the Administrator to
assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.
(c) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations
and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Basic Documents and in the
instruments and agreements included in the Pledged Assets, including but not
limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and
continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and
the Trust Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided for
herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer
shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Basic Document or
any provision thereof without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer
(unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) and the Holders of at
least a majority of the Note Balances of the Notes.
(d) If the Issuer shall have actual knowledge of the occurrence of a
Servicer Default, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee, the
Insurer and each Rating Agency thereof, and shall specify in such notice the
action, if any, the Issuer is taking with respect of such default. If a Servicer
Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its
duties or obligations under the Trust Agreement with respect to the Receivables,
the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such
failure.
(e) Upon the resignation or termination of the Servicer pursuant to
Sections 13.05 or 14.01 of the Trust Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall
appoint a successor servicer ("Successor Servicer") acceptable to the Insurer.
If the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the Servicer's duties as servicer of
the Receivables as provided in 14.02 of the
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Trust Agreement, it shall do so in its individual capacity and not in its
capacity as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of Article Six
shall be inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as the successor to
the Servicer and the servicing of the Receivables. In case the Indenture Trustee
shall become successor to the Servicer under the Trust Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as Servicer one of its Affiliates, provided
that it shall not be liable for the actions and omissions of any such Affiliate
in such capacity as successor Servicer appointed with due care.
(f) Upon any termination of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to
the Trust Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and
the Insurer. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall
notify the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer of such appointment, specifying in
such notice the name and address of such Successor Servicer.
(g) The Issuer agrees that it will not waive timely performance or
observance by the Servicer or the Seller of their respective duties under the
Basic Documents: (i) without the prior consent of the Insurer (unless an Insurer
Default shall have occurred and be continuing) or (ii) if the effect thereof
would adversely affect the Noteholders.
SECTION 3.08. Negative Covenants. Until the Termination Date, the Issuer
shall not:
(i) except as expressly permitted by the Basic Documents, sell,
transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets
of the Issuer, including those included in the Pledged Assets, unless
directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee with the prior written consent
of the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing);
(ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or
interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly
withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or
assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the
payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Pledged
Assets;
(iii) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be
impaired, or permit the lien created by this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person
to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes
under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (B)
permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or
other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on
or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Pledged Assets or any
part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than
tax liens, mechanics' liens and other liens that arise by operation of law,
in each case on a Financed Vehicle and arising solely as a result of an
action or omission of the related Obligor), (C) permit the lien created by
this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with
respect to any such tax, mechanics' or other lien) security interest in the
Pledged Assets; or
(iv) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part.
SECTION 3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will deliver to
the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, on or before April 30 of each year,
beginning on the first April 30 that is at least six months after the Closing
Date, an Officer's Certificate dated as of December 31 of the preceding year
stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer's Certificate, that:
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of
performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized
Officer's supervision; and
(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer's knowledge, based on such
review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under
this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in
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the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such
default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.
SECTION 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc. Only on Certain Conditions. (a)
The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such
consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under the
laws of the United States or any State and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has
occurred and is continuing), the due and punctual payment of the principal
of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every
agreement and covenant of this Indenture and each other Basic Document on
the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such consolidation or merger,
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such consolidation or merger;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel which shall
be delivered to and shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer to the effect that such consolidation or merger will not have any
material adverse tax consequence to the Trust, the Insurer, any Noteholder
or any Certificateholder;
(v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security
interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken;
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall
describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or that no such
actions will be taken) each stating that such consolidation or merger and
such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
been compiled with (including any filings required by the Exchange Act);
and
(vii) so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Issuer shall have given the Insurer written notice of such
consolidation or merger at least 20 Business Days prior to the consummation
of such action and shall have received the prior written approval of the
Insurer of such consolidation or merger and the Issuer or the Person (if
other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger
has a net worth, immediately after such consolidation or merger, that is
(A) greater than zero and (B) not less than the net worth of the Issuer
immediately prior to giving effect to such consolidation or merger.
(b) The Issuer shall not convey or transfer all or substantially all of its
properties or assets, including those included in the Pledged Assets, to any
Person (except as expressly permitted by the Basic Documents), unless:
(i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties
and assets of the Issuer shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person
organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State,
(B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer (so long as no
Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing), the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance
or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture and each
other Basic Document on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed,
all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by means of such supplemental
indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred
shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Noteholders, (D) unless
otherwise provided in such
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supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or expense arising
under or related to this Indenture and the Notes and (E) expressly agree by
means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of
Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all filings with the
Commission (and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act
in connection with the Notes;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such conveyance or
transference, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such conveyance or transference;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel which shall
be delivered to and shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing) to the effect that such conveyance or transference will not
have any material adverse tax consequence to the Trust, the Insurer, any
Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security
interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken;
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall
describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or that no such
actions will be taken) each stating that such conveyance or transference
and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Three and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
been complied with (including any filings required by the Exchange Act);
and
(vii) so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Issuer shall have given the Insurer written notice of such
conveyance or transfer of properties or assets at least 20 Business Days
prior to the consummation of such action and shall have received the prior
written approval of the Insurer of such conveyance or transfer and the
Person acquiring by conveyance or transference the properties or assets of
the Issuer has a net worth, immediately after such conveyance or transfer,
that is (A) greater than zero and (B) not less than the net worth of the
Issuer immediately prior to giving effect to such conveyance or transfer.
SECTION 3.11. Successor Transferee. (a) Upon any consolidation or merger of
the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving
such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the
Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all the assets or
properties of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be
released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or
performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon
the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer stating
that the Issuer is to be so released.
SECTION 3.12. No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in (i) any
business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the
Receivables in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the other Basic
Documents and activities incidental thereto or (ii) any other business or
activities as contemplated by Section 1.03 of the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 3.13. Servicer's Obligations. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer
to comply with the Servicer's obligations under the Trust Agreement.
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SECTION 3.14. Restricted Payments. Except as expressly permitted by the
Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) pay any
dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise),
whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner
Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with
respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or
to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value
any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or
otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that
the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, (A) distributions to the Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Insurer, the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders as contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for
such purpose under, the Trust Agreement and (B) payments to the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) of the Administration
Agreement. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or
distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance with this
Indenture and the other Basic Documents.
SECTION 3.15. Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer agrees to give the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and each Rating Agency prompt written notice of
each Event of Default hereunder and each default on the part of the Servicer or
the Seller of their respective obligations under the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 3.16. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture
Trustee or the Insurer, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to
carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.17. Compliance with Laws. The Issuer shall comply with the
requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would,
individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of
the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any
other Basic Document.
SECTION 3.18. Amendments of Trust Agreement. The Issuer shall not agree to
any amendment to Section 17.01 of the Trust Agreement to eliminate the
requirements thereunder that the Noteholders consent to amendments thereto as
provided therein.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall
cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (i) rights
of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments
of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.07,
3.08, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.17 and 3.18, (v) the rights, obligations and
immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the
Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture
Trustee under Section 4.02), (vi) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries
hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee
payable to all or any of them and (vii) the obligation of the Indenture Trustee
to make claims under the Policy, which shall survive the Final Maturity Date of
the Class B Notes and extend through any preference period applicable with
respect to the Notes or any payments made in respect of the Notes, and the
Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
with respect to the Notes, when
(A) either
(1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced
or paid as provided in Section 2.05 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money
has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by
the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such
trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture
Trustee for cancellation and the Policy has expired and been returned to
the Insurer for cancellation; or
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(2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable,
(ii) will become due and payable at the Final Maturity Date of the
Class B Notes within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Issuer,
and the Issuer, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash
or Eligible Investments for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due to the Final Maturity Date of the
Class A-4 Notes and the Class B Notes or Redemption Date (if Notes shall have
been called for redemption pursuant to Section 12.01), as the case may be;
(B) the Issuer has paid or performed or caused to be paid or performed all
amounts and obligations which the Issuer may owe to or on behalf of (1) the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders under this Indenture or the
Notes and (2) the Insurer under this Indenture and the Basic Documents; and
(C) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an
Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA, the
Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public
accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 13.01(a) and,
subject to Section 13.02, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have
been complied with and the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied.
SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited with the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by
it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee
may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or
redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee,
of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such
monies need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
herein or in the Trust Agreement or required by law.
SECTION 4.03. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In connection with
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all
monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of
the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to
Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such monies.
ARTICLE V
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used herein,
means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same
becomes due and payable and such default shall continue for a period of five
days after notice thereof is given to the Issuer, the Insurer and the Servicer;
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(b) default in the payment of any principal due and payable on a Class of
Notes on the Final Maturity Date for such Class of Notes and such default shall
continue for a period of five days after notice thereof is given to the Issuer,
the Insurer and the Servicer;
(c) (i) default in the observance or performance of any covenant or
agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with), and such default shall continue or not be
cured for a period of 90 days after notice thereof shall have been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or the
Insurer or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least25%
of the Note Balances, acting together as a single class or (ii) any
representation or warranty made by the Issuer in this Indenture or in any
certificate delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith having been
incorrect in a material respect as of the time made, and such breach not having
been cured within 30 days after notice thereof is given to the Issuer by the
Indenture Trustee or the Insurer, or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by
the holders of at least 25% of the Note Balances of the Notes acting together as
a single class;
(d) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of
the Pledged Assets in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Pledged
Assets, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer's affairs, and
such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(e) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the
appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial
part of the Pledged Assets, or the making by the Issuer of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally
to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by the Issuer
in furtherance of any of the foregoing; provided, however that so long as no
Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, neither the Indenture Trustee
nor the Noteholders may declare an Event of Default under the Indenture. So long
as an Insurer Default has not occurred and is continuing, an Event of Default
shall occur only upon delivery by the Insurer to the Indenture Trustee of notice
of the occurrence of an Event of Default. The failure to pay principal on a
class of Notes shall not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default until
the Final Maturity Date for such class of Notes.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, within
five days after obtaining knowledge of the occurrence thereof, written notice in
the form of an Officer's Certificate of any event which with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default, its status and
what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.02. Rights Upon Event of Default. (a) So long as no Insurer
Default has occurred and is continuing, if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and is continuing, then the Insurer shall have the right, but not the
obligation, upon prior written notice to each Rating Agency, to declare by
written notice to the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee that the
Notes become immediately due and payable, and upon any such declaration the
unpaid principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, shall become immediately due and payable. The Indenture Trustee will
have no discretion with respect to the acceleration of the Notes under the
foregoing circumstances. In the event of any such acceleration of the Notes, the
Indenture Trustee shall continue to make claims under the Policy with respect to
the Notes.
(b) If an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing and an
Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall, if so requested in
writing by the Noteholders representing at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate Note
Balances of the Notes, upon prior written notice
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to each Rating Agency, declare that the Notes become immediately due and
payable, and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount of the Notes,
together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall become immediately due
and payable.
(c) Following any Event of Default, the Insurer may elect to pay all or any
portion of the outstanding amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest thereon to
the date of payment.
SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee. (a) The Issuer covenants that, if the Notes are accelerated
following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Issuer will, upon demand of
the Indenture Trustee, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
Noteholders, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal
and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and, to the extent
payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue
installments of interest, at the applicable interest rates and in addition
thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses and
disbursements of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Indenture Trustee shall (i) if no Insurer Default has occurred and is
continuing, at the direction of the Insurer, or (ii) if an Insurer Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, at the direction of the Noteholders
representing at least 66 2/3% of the Note Balances of the Notes, as more
particularly provided in Section 5.04, proceed to protect and enforce the rights
of the Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee
shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for
the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in
aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper
remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this
Indenture or by law.
(c) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in
the Pledged Assets, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law,
or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or
taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person,
or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer
or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer
or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the
principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of
principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for
reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and
for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred by the Indenture
Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of
negligence or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such
Proceedings;
(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on
behalf of the Noteholders in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee
or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;
(iii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with
respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on
their behalf; and
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(iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may
be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture
Trustee or the Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to
the Issuer, its creditors and its property; and any trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is
hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments to the
Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall
consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to
the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover
reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor
Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and
all other expenses and liabilities incurred by the Indenture Trustee and
each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad
faith.
(d) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture
Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.
(e) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other
Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by
the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses,
disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor
Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Noteholders.
(f) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (including any
Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture),
the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it
shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.
SECTION 5.04. Remedies. (a) If (i) an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall (subject to Section5.04(b) below
and Section 5.05), if no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, at the
direction of the Insurer, or (ii) if an Event of Default specified in Section
5.01(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Indenture Trustee shall (subject to Section 5.04(b) below and Section 5.05), if
an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, at the direction of the
Noteholders representing at least 66 2/3% of the Note Balances of the Notes,
take one or more of the following actions as so directed:
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as or on behalf of a
trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable
on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by
declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from
the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes monies adjudged due;
(ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or
partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Pledged Assets;
(iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and any
other remedy available to the Indenture Trustee and take any other
appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders under this Indenture or the
Notes;
(iv) sell or cause the Servicer to otherwise liquidate the Pledged
Assets or any portion thereof or rights or interests therein, at one or
more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted
by law and deliver the proceeds of such sale or liquidation to the
Indenture Trustee for distribution in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture; and
(v) maintain possession of the Pledged Assets.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) in the event that the Indenture Trustee is acting at the
direction of the Insurer, so long as an Insurer Default has occurred and is
continuing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(a), (b) or (c)
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Insurer shall not have the right
to cause the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer to, and neither the
Indenture Trustee nor the Servicer shall, liquidate the Pledged Assets in
whole or in part if the proceeds of such sale or liquidation would not be
sufficient to pay all outstanding principal of and accrued interest on the
Notes; and
(ii) in the event that the Indenture Trustee is acting at the
direction of the Noteholders representing at least 66 2/3% of the Note
Balances of the Notes, the Noteholders shall not have the right to direct
the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer to, and neither the Indenture Trustee
nor the Servicer shall, liquidate the Pledged Assets in whole or in part
unless an Event of Default as specified in Section 5.01(d) or (e) shall
have occurred and be continuing and in any case the Insurer shall have
failed to make a payment required under the Policy in accordance with its
terms.
(c) In determining the sufficiency or insufficiency of the proceeds of a
sale or liquidation of the Pledged Assets to pay all amounts required pursuant
to Section 5.04(b)(i) above, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, at the
sole expense of the Issuer obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Pledged
Assets for such purpose.
SECTION 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If the Notes have
been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02 following an Event of
Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and
annulled, the Indenture Trustee shall, absent direction to the contrary from the
Insurer or the Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.04, maintain possession of the
Pledged Assets.
SECTION 5.06. Priorities. (a) If the Notes have been declared to be due and
payable under Section 5.02 following an Indenture Event of Default and such
declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, any money
collected by the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Pledged Assets, the Notes
or the Certificates pursuant to this Article or otherwise and any money that may
then be held or thereafter received by the Indenture Trustee with respect to the
Pledged Assets, the Notes or the Certificates (excluding any payments made under
the Policy), shall be applied pursuant to Section 9.04(a).
(b) The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such
record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee
a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be
paid.
SECTION 5.07. Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note shall have any
right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Note Balances of the
Notes have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such
Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture
Trustee hereunder;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in complying with such request;
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(iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such
Proceedings;
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority of the Note Balances of the Notes, voting together as a single
class; and
(vi) an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
It is understood and intended that no one or more Noteholders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Noteholders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided.
In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or
inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Noteholders, each
representing less than a majority of the Note Balances of the Notes, the
Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine that action, if any,
shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture and any
such action shall be binding on all parties.
SECTION 5.08. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payments of Monthly Interest and Monthly Principal on such Note on or after the
respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or, in
the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee,
the Insurer or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right
or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture
Trustee, the Insurer or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Noteholders shall, subject to
any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such
Proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or to the
Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such
right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default
or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or
by law to the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or to the Noteholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12. Control by Noteholders. The Holders of a majority of the Note
Balances of the Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee
with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Indenture Trustee; provided that:
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(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture;
(ii) any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the
Pledged Assets shall be subject to the terms of Section 5.04; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by
the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.
Notwithstanding the rights of Noteholders set forth in this Section, subject to
Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines,
in its sole discretion, might involve it in liability or might materially
adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such action.
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the
acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.02, the
Insurer or the Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the Note
Balances of the Notes with the consent of the Insurer may waive any past Default
or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (a) in the payment of
or interest on any of the Notes or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision
hereof that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Note, as applicable. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Noteholders shall be restored to their
former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to
have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree,
and each Holder of any Note by such Holder's acceptance thereof shall be deemed
to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for
the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as
Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to (i) any suit instituted by the
Indenture Trustee, (ii) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of
Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Note
Balances of the Notes or (iii) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the
enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after
the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in
the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon,
or plead or in and manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all benefit or advantages of any such law, and covenants that it will not
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the
Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power
as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 5.16. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee's right to seek and
recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by
the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect
to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies
of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of
any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any
execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Pledged Assets or upon any
of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture
Trustee shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.06.
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SECTION 5.17. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations. (a)
Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the
Administrator's expense, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance
by the Seller and the Servicer as applicable, of each of their obligations to
the Issuer under or in connection with the Trust Agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and
privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the
Trust Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture
Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the
Seller or the Servicer thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative
actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Seller or the
Servicer of each of their obligations under the Trust Agreement.
(b) If the Indenture Trustee is the Controlling Party and if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and at the
direction (which direction shall be given in writing and may include a
facsimile) of the Holders of 66 2/3% of the Note Balances of the Notes shall,
exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer
against the Seller or the Servicer under or in connection with the Trust
Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure
performance or observance by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their
obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice,
direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Trust Agreement, and any
right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, and of which the Indenture Trustee shall have actual
knowledge, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture and with the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such person's own affairs; provided, however, that if the
Indenture Trustee shall assume the duties of the Servicer pursuant to Section
3.07(e), the Indenture Trustee in performing such duties shall use the degree of
care and skill customarily exercised by a prudent institutional servicer with
respect to automobile retail installment sales contracts that it services for
itself or others.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default of which a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge or
written notice:
(i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Indenture Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; however, the Indenture Trustee shall
examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture and the other Basic Documents
to which the Indenture Trustee is a party; provided, however, that the
Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of
any of the aforementioned documents and the Indenture Trustee shall have no
obligation to verify, re-compute or recalculate any numerical information
provided to it pursuant to the Basic Documents.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct,
except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 6.01(b);
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(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved
that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.12.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Indenture Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it.
(f) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this
Indenture or the Trust Agreement.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(h) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting
the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
(i) The Indenture Trustee shall, and hereby agrees that it will (i) perform
all of the obligations and duties required of it under the Trust Agreement and
(ii) hold the Policy in trust, and will hold any proceeds of any claim on the
Policy in trust solely for application as provided in the Trust Agreement.
(j) Except as otherwise required or permitted by the TIA, nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to engage in any
business operations or any activities other than those set forth in this
Indenture. Specifically, the Indenture Trustee shall have no authority to engage
in any business operations, acquire any assets other than those specifically
included in the Pledged Assets under this Indenture or otherwise vary the assets
held by the Trust. Similarly, the Indenture Trustee shall have no discretionary
duties other than performing those ministerial acts set forth above necessary to
accomplish the purpose of this Trust as set forth in this Indenture.
(k) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable in its individual capacity
with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with this Indenture or at the direction of a majority of the
Note Balances of Notes, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or exercising or
omitting to exercise any trust or power conferred upon the Indenture Trustee,
under this Indenture.
(l) The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed
to have notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have received written notice
thereof. In the absence of receipt of such notice, the Indenture Trustee may
conclusively assume that there is no Default or Event of Default.
(m) Subject to the other provisions of this Indenture, the Indenture
Trustee shall have no duty (i) to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of
this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or
continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the
maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any rerecording,
refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (ii) to see to any insurance, (iii) to
see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental
charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or
levied against, any part of the Pledged Assets, or (iv) to confirm or verify the
contents
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of any reports or certificates delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
this Indenture believed by the Indenture Trustee to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
(n) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event
shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential
loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost
profits), even if the Indenture Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of
such loss or damage regardless of the form of action.
SECTION 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the second succeeding sentence, the
Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting upon or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, note, direction, demand,
election or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper person. The Indenture Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Indenture Trustee, subject to Section 6.01(b)(ii) upon receipt of
all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders
or other instruments furnished to the Indenture Trustee that shall be
specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this
Indenture, shall examine them to determine whether they comply as to form to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officer's Certificate (with respect to factual matters) or an Opinion
of Counsel, as applicable. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officer's
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys or a custodian or nominee and the Indenture Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent,
attorney, custodian or nominee appointed by the Indenture Trustee with due care.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee's conduct does
not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or
opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and
the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability
in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or
direction of any of the Noteholders, pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall,
however, relieve the Indenture Trustee of the obligation, during the continuance
of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee
shall have actual knowledge, to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(g) The Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or
other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by a majority of
Noteholders; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to
the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be
incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the
Indenture Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Indenture
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Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or
liability as a condition to taking any such action.
(h) The right of the Indenture Trustee to perform any discretionary act
enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Indenture
Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith in the performance of such act.
SECTION 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee
in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Indenture Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar,
co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the
Indenture Trustee is required to comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12.
SECTION 6.04. Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall
not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture, the Pledged Assets or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall
not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any
document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other
than the Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication.
SECTION 6.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and
a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge or has
received written notice thereof, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each
Noteholder and the Insurer notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs.
Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any
Note (including payments pursuant to the redemption of Notes), the Indenture
Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible
Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the
interests of Noteholders.
SECTION 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The Indenture
Trustee shall deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be required to
enable such holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.
SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall cause the
Servicer to pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services. The Indenture Trustee's compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer
shall cause the Servicer to reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in
addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the
reasonable compensation and expenses and disbursements and advances of the
Indenture Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer shall,
or shall cause the Administrator to, indemnify the Indenture Trustee against any
and all loss, liability or expense (including attorneys' fees) incurred by it in
connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of its
duties hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the
Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by
the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Administrator shall not
relieve the Issuer or the Administrator of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer
shall, or shall cause the Administrator to, defend any such claim, and the
Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall, or shall cause
the Administrator to, pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the
Issuer nor the Administrator need reimburse any expense or indemnify against any
loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the
Indenture Trustee's own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer's obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section
shall survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and the
discharge of this Indenture. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after
the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or (f) with respect to
the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
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SECTION 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee
may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer, the Servicer and the Insurer.
The Issuer, may, with the consent of the Insurer, and, at the request of the
Insurer shall, remove the Indenture Trustee, unless an Insurer Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, if:
(i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect
of the Indenture Trustee in an involuntary case or proceeding under
federal or state banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter
constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law, shall have entered a decree or order
granting relief or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, conservator, sequestrator (or similar official) for
the Indenture Trustee or for any substantial part of the Indenture
Trustee's property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the
Indenture Trustee's affairs, provided any such decree or order shall
have continued unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive
days;
(iii) the Indenture Trustee commences a voluntary case under
any federal or state banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter
constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law, or consents to the appointment of or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, conservator, sequestrator or other similar official for the
Indenture Trustee or for any substantial part of the Indenture
Trustee's property, or makes any assignment for the benefit of
creditors or fails generally to pay its debts as such debts become due
or takes any corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing;
or
(iv) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of
acting.
If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists
in the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such
event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer
shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee acceptable to the Insurer.
A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of
its appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon
the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become
effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers
and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The Issuer or the
successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property
held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 30 days
after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority of the Note Balances
of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any
Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of
a successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Section and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Indenture Trustee. Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Section, the retiring Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to payment or reimbursement of such amounts as such Person is entitled
pursuant to Section 6.07.
SECTION 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation
or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation
without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee; provided, that
such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under
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Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Insurer and each Rating
Agency prompt notice of any such transaction.
In case at the time such successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by
this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such
Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates
shall have the full force and effect of the certificate of the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Notes or this Indenture.
SECTION 6.10. Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture
Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Pledged Assets may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee
shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one
or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the
Indenture Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part
of the Trust, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for
the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Pledged Assets, or any part
hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers,
duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider
necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be
required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Indenture Trustee under
Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee
or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.08.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon
and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate
trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate
trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the
Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under
any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to
be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified
to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties
and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust or any
portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at
the direction of the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the
resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and
the conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property
specified in its instrument of co-appointment, either jointly with the Indenture
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions
of this Indenture, specifically including every provision relating to the
conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the
Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture
Trustee.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority,
to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in
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respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee
or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all
of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Indenture, the appointment of any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall not relieve the Indenture Trustee of its obligations and duties
under this Indenture.
SECTION 6.11. Eligibility. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times
satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Indenture Trustee hereunder
shall at all times be a financial institution organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America or any state, authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trust powers, whose long term unsecured debt is rated
at least ____ by _______ and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000 or shall be a member of a bank holding system to the aggregate
combined capital and surplus of which is $50,000,000 and subject to supervision
or examination by federal or state authority, provided that the Trustee's
separate capital and surplus shall at all times be at least the amount required
by Section 310(a)(2) of the TIA. If such Person publishes reports of condition
at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of a supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.11, the combined
capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.11, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.08. The Indenture Trustee
shall comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be
excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures
under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements
for such exclusion set forth in TIA Sections 310(b)(1) are met.
SECTION 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
SECTION 6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee. The
Indenture Trustee hereby makes the following representations and warranties on
which the Issuer and Noteholders shall rely:
(a) the Indenture Trustee is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its place of incorporation; and
(b) the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to
execute, deliver, and perform this Indenture and shall have taken all necessary
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this
Indenture.
ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses
of Noteholders. The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Indenture Trustee (i) not more than five days after the earlier of (a) each
Record Date and (b) three months after the last Record Date, a list, in such
form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses
of the Noteholders as of such Record Date and (ii) at such other times as the
Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 10 days after receipt by the
Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not
more than ten days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however,
that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall
be required to be furnished. The Indenture Trustee or, if the Indenture Trustee
is not the Note Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Insurer in writing at
such times as the Insurer may reasonably request a copy of the list.
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SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Noteholders.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Noteholders contained in
the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section
7.01 and the names and addresses of Noteholders received by the Indenture
Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list
so furnished.
(b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Notes.
(c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 7.03. Reports by Issuer. (a) The Issuer shall:
(i) file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after
the Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of
the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports
(or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission
may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the
Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with
respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants
of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules
and regulations; and
(iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders described in TIA
Section 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and
(ii) of this Section 7.03(a) as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
(b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the
Issuer shall end on December 31 of each year.
SECTION 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee. To the extent that any of
the events described in TIA Section 313(a) shall have occurred, the Indenture
Trustee shall, within 60 days after each June 15 beginning with June 15,
____, mail to the Issuer, the Insurer and each Noteholder as required by TIA
Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA
Section 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
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ARTICLE IX
DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO THE NOTEHOLDERS
SECTION 9.01. Collection Account. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer
to establish the Collection Account with the Indenture Trustee or another
Eligible Bank as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee
for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The amounts in the Collection Account
shall be invested in Eligible Investments
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that mature not later than the Business Day prior to the next succeeding Payment
Date and such Eligible Investments shall be held to maturity. The Indenture
Trustee (or its custodian) shall (i) maintain possession of any negotiable
instruments or securities evidencing Eligible Investments until the time of sale
or maturity and each certificated security or negotiable instrument evidencing
an Eligible Investment shall be endorsed in blank or to the Indenture Trustee or
registered in the name of the Indenture Trustee and (ii) cause any Eligible
Investment represented by an uncertificated security to be registered in the
name of the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 9.02. Collections. The Indenture Trustee shall review the
Servicer's Certificate prepared by the Servicer immediately upon receipt thereof
pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Trust Agreement.
For any Payment Date on which there will not be sufficient Available
Funds to make the distributions required pursuant to Sections 9.04(a)(i) through
(vi), the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw or direct the Servicer to withdraw
from the Spread Account, to the extent of the Available Spread Amount, an amount
equal to such deficiency and promptly deposit such amount in the Collection
Account. If such deficiency exceeds the Available Spread Amount, the Indenture
Trustee shall notify the Insurer of the amount of such excess deficiency. The
Indenture Trustee shall promptly (and in any event not later than 1:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date) deliver a Notice
for Payment as defined in the Policy (appropriately completed) to the Fiscal
Agent with respect to the Policy. The Insurer is required pursuant to Section
10.03 and the terms of the Policy to pay the amount of such excess deficiency of
Monthly Interest and Monthly Principal, up to the Policy Amount.
The Indenture Trustee shall, immediately upon receipt, deposit in the
Collection Account any funds received by the Indenture Trustee in respect of
funds drawn under the Policy from the Insurer.
If the Available Funds for a Payment Date are insufficient to pay
current and past due Insurance Premiums on the Policy, or any amounts owing to
the Insurer pursuant to the Insurance Agreement including, without limitation,
reimbursements, indemnities, fees and expenses, plus accrued interest thereon,
to the Insurer, the Servicer shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such
deficiency, and the applicable Available Spread Amount, if any, then on deposit
in the Spread Account (after giving effect to any withdrawal to satisfy a
deficiency in Monthly Interest or Monthly Principal) shall be available to cover
such deficiency.
SECTION 9.03. Purchase Amounts. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the
Servicer and the Seller have agreed to remit to the Collection Account not later
than the Determination Date, the aggregate Purchase Amount for such Collection
Period pursuant to Sections 7.02 and 8.07 of the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 9.04. Distributions to Parties. (a) On each Payment Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall apply or cause to be applied the Available Funds in the
Collection Account for the prior Collection Period, (plus any amounts withdrawn
from the Spread Account or drawn on the Policy pursuant to Section 9.02), to
make the following payments in the listed order of priority:
(i) Without duplication, an amount equal to the sum of (y)
Outstanding Advances on all Receivables that became Defaulted
Receivables during the prior Collection Period, plus (z) Outstanding
Advances which the Servicer determines to be unrecoverable pursuant to
Section 9.05 of the Trust Agreement, to the Servicer;
(ii) To the extent not previously distributed to the
Servicer, the Monthly Servicing Fee, including any such overdue Monthly
Servicing Fee, to the Servicer;
(iii) Class A Monthly Interest to the Class A Noteholders;
(iv) Monthly Principal to the Class A Noteholders, in
accordance with the Principal Payment Sequence;
(v) Class B Monthly Interest to the Class B Noteholders;
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(vi) Monthly Principal to the Class B Noteholders in
accordance with the Principal Payment Sequence (only after the
Principal Balances of the Class A Notes have been repaid in full);
(vii) The Insurance Premium, including any overdue Insurance
Premium, plus accrued interest thereon at the rate provided in the
Insurance Agreement, to the Insurer;
(viii) The amount of Recoveries of Advances, to the Servicer
(to the extent not applied pursuant to (i) above on or prior to such
Payment Date);
(ix) The aggregate amount of all unreimbursed draws made on
the Policy in respect of Monthly Interest and Monthly Principal and any
other amounts payable to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement,
plus accrued interest thereon at the rate provided in the Insurance
Agreement, to the Insurer;
(x) The balance for deposit in the Spread Account. The
rights of the Certificateholders to receive distributions from the
Spread Account are described in Sections 10.02(e) and (f).
(b)(i) If on any Payment Date there are not sufficient Available Funds (together
with amounts withdrawn from the applicable Spread Account and/or the Policy) to
pay the distributions required by Section 9.04(a)(iii) through (vi), the
Available Funds payable under Section 9.04(a)(iii) through (vi) shall be
allocated first to Class A Noteholders pari passu for the payment of Class A
Monthly Interest, and second for Class A Monthly Principal. The amount of
Monthly Interest allocated to Class A Noteholders shall be based upon the amount
of interest due each class of Class A Noteholders and the amount of Monthly
Principal allocated to Class A Noteholders shall be based upon the relative
outstanding Note Balance of each class of Class A Notes then Outstanding.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Payment Date,
the Certificateholder exercises its option to cause a disposition of
the remaining corpus of the Trust pursuant to Section 16.02 of the
Trust Agreement: (a) the Available Funds and amounts withdrawn from the
Spread Account or drawn on the Policy in respect only of Monthly
Interest and Monthly Principal with respect to the immediately
preceding Payment Date as determined in accordance with Sections 9.02
and 9.04 shall be distributed to the Noteholders on such Payment Date;
(b) the Policy will not be available to pay any shortfall of Monthly
Interest or Monthly Principal after a prepayment of the Note Balances
pursuant to this Section 9.04(a)(ii); and (c) any remaining Pledged
Assets (including all remaining Available Spread Amounts) shall be paid
to the Noteholders on such Payment Date until the Note Balances shall
have been reduced to zero. Any amounts in excess thereof shall be
remitted to the Certificateholder pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
(iii) In making such payments the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to rely (without investigation, confirmation or recalculation)
upon all information and calculations contained in the Servicer's
Certificate delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.09
of the Trust Agreement.
(iv) All monthly payments shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Noteholder of record on the
preceding Record Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final payment
on the Notes shall be made only against presentation and surrender of
the Notes at the office or agency then maintained by the Indenture
Trustee in accordance with Section 3.02 of this Indenture.
(c) On each Payment Date, if the Servicer has reported to the Indenture
Trustee in the Servicer's Certificate for any Collection Period that an Obligor
or an Obligor's representative or successor successfully shall have asserted a
claim or defense under bankruptcy law or similar laws for the protection of
creditors generally (including the avoidance of a preferential transfer under
bankruptcy law) that results in a liability to such Obligor for monies
previously collected and remitted to the Indenture Trustee and not otherwise
netted against collections pursuant to Section 9.02, the Indenture Trustee shall
make all payments in respect of such claims or defenses out of the amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account with respect to such Collection Period before
making the distributions required by paragraph (a) of this Section 9.04.
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(d) If the Servicer has failed to provide the Indenture Trustee with
the notice required pursuant to Section 9.02, the Indenture Trustee may
calculate Monthly Interest and Monthly Principal and apply funds, if any, in the
Collection Account as of the last day of the Collection Period, to make a
distribution of Monthly Interest and Monthly Principal to the Noteholders.
SECTION 9.05. Servicer Advances. The Servicer is required to make
certain Advances pursuant to Section 9.05 of the Trust Agreement. If the
Servicer shall determine that an Outstanding Advance with respect to any
Receivable shall not be recoverable, the Servicer shall be entitled to
reimbursement from any collections made on other Receivables pursuant to Section
9.04(a)(i), and Outstanding Advances with respect to such Receivable shall be
reduced accordingly.
SECTION 9.06. Net Deposits. For so long as BVAC is the Servicer, BVAC
(in whatever capacity) may make the remittances with respect to any Payment Date
pursuant to Section 9.02 above, net of amounts to be distributed to itself or
its delegee under Section 13.06 (also in whatever capacity) pursuant to Section
9.04, if it determines pursuant to Section 9.02 that there is no deficiency in
Available Funds for such Payment Date. Nonetheless, the Servicer shall account
for all of the above described amounts as if such amounts were deposited and
distributed.
SECTION 9.07. Intentionally Blank.
SECTION 9.08. Intentionally Blank.
SECTION 9.09. Payahead Account. The Servicer shall establish the
Payahead Account with the Indenture Trustee or another Eligible Bank in the name
of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Obligors and the Noteholders as their
interests may appear pursuant to Section 9.09 of the Trust Agreement. Investment
income or interest earned on the Payahead Account shall be remitted to the
Servicer at least monthly, or as frequently as the Servicer may reasonably
request. On or prior to each Payment Date, the Servicer shall transfer or the
Indenture Trustee (as instructed in the Servicer's Certificate) shall transfer
(a) from the Collection Account to the Payahead Account, in immediately
available funds, all Payaheads received by the Servicer and previously deposited
to the Collection Account during the Collection Period as described in Section
8.02(b) of the Trust Agreement; and (b) from the Payahead Account to the
Collection Account, in immediately available funds, the aggregate amount of
previously deposited Payaheads to be applied to the related Scheduled Payments
on Precomputed Receivables for the related Collection Period or prepayments for
the related Collection Period, pursuant to Section 8.02(b) of the Trust
Agreement, each in the amounts set forth in the Servicer's Certificate delivered
on the related Determination Date. A single, net transfer between the Payahead
Account and the Collection Account may be made. Any amount deposited in any
Payahead Account shall not constitute Available Funds under Section 9.02. Any
amount deposited to the Collection Account from a Payahead Account pursuant to
Section 9.09(b) shall be included in Available Funds under Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.10. Release of Pledged Assets. (a) Subject to the payment of
its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07, the Indenture Trustee may, and
when required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to
release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture
Trustee's interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an
instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article shall
be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the
satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any
monies.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes
Outstanding and all sums due the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 have
been paid, release any remaining portion of the Pledged Assets that secured the
Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other
Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts. The
Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture
pursuant to this Section 9.10(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request
accompanied by an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required
by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and
314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 13.01.
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SECTION 9.11. Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive
at least seven days' notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action
pursuant to Section 9.10(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved,
and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such action, an
Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee
(and not at the expense of the Indenture Trustee), stating the legal effect of
any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and
concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been
complied with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the
security for the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in contravention of the
provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel
shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Pledged
Assets. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent
investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other
instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such
action.
ARTICLE X
CREDIT ENHANCEMENT
SECTION 10.01. Subordination. The payment of Monthly Interest and
Monthly Principal to Class B Noteholders shall be subordinated to the payment of
Class A Monthly Interest and Class A Monthly Principal on any Payment Date.
SECTION 10.02. Spread Account. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain a segregated trust account with
the Indenture Trustee or in the corporate trust department of another Eligible
Bank referred to herein as the "Spread Account." The Spread Account shall be
maintained in the name of the Indenture Trustee. The Spread Account and any
amounts on deposit therein shall be part of the Pledged Assets and shall be for
the benefit of Secured Parties, as their respective interests may appear herein;
provided, however, that the interest of the Insurer therein shall be
subordinated to the interests of the Noteholders as provided herein.
(b) Funds on deposit in the Spread Account shall be invested in
Eligible Investments in the same manner and subject to the same requirements and
limitations as the investment of funds in the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 9.01, including the limitation that Eligible Investments mature not
later than the Business Day prior to the next succeeding Payment Date; provided,
however, that no such limitation on the maturity of Eligible Investments shall
apply if the Indenture Trustee obtains the benefit of a liquidity facility or
similar arrangement from a commercial bank with an Approved Rating or other
provider approved in advance in writing by the Insurer and the Administrative
Agent, with respect to funds in the Spread Account (a "Spread Account Facility")
and _________________ and _______ confirm in writing that the rating of the
Notes will not be lowered or withdrawn as a result of eliminating or modifying
the limitation on the maturity of Eligible Investments in respect of the Spread
Account. For purposes of determining the availability of funds or the balance in
the Spread Account for any reason under this Indenture, investment earnings on
such funds shall be deemed to be available or on deposit only to the extent that
the aggregate of such amounts, plus the funds on deposit in such Spread Account,
do not exceed the Required Spread Amount.
(c) If on any Payment Date the amount of Available Funds is
insufficient to make the distributions required by Sections 9.04(a)(i) through
(vi), the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw or cause to be withdrawn from the
Spread Account and deposited in the Collection Account the lesser of (i) the
entire Available Spread Amount and (ii) the amount necessary to make up such
deficiency to pay any deficiency in permitted reimbursements of Outstanding
Advances pursuant to Section 9.04(a)(i), the Monthly Servicing Fee, Monthly
Interest and Monthly Principal (prior to making any draw on the Policy), all as
provided in Sections 9.02 and 9.04 and the Policy.
(d) On each Payment Date, all distributions made pursuant to Section
9.04(a)(x) shall be deposited into the Spread Account; provided, however, that
the Accelerated Principal Amount has been paid in full to the Noteholders.
(e) If the amount on deposit in the Spread Account, after giving effect
to the distributions set forth in Section 9.04 (including, without limitation,
payment of amounts due and owing to the Insurer) is greater than the Required
Spread Amount on such Payment Date (after giving effect to the payment of the
Accelerated Principal Amount in
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Monthly Principal), the amount of such excess shall be distributed by the
Indenture Trustee to the Owner Trustee, or as the Owner Trustee shall direct in
accordance with the Trust Agreement to the Certificateholders. Amounts properly
distributed to the Owner Trustee or Certificateholders pursuant to this Section,
either directly without deposit in the Spread Account or from excess amounts in
the Spread Account shall be deemed released from the security interest of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties.
(f) The Certificateholders are permitted to purchase the Receivables
from the Issuer when the Pool Balance has been reduced to ___% or less of the
Original Pool Balance pursuant to Section 16.02 of the Trust Agreement. Upon
discharge and satisfaction of this Indenture pursuant to Section 16.01, amounts
remaining in the Spread Account, after payment of any amounts due and owing to
the Noteholders and to the Insurer, shall be distributed by the Indenture
Trustee to the Owner Trustee, or as the Owner Trustee shall direct in accordance
with the Trust Agreement to the Certificateholders and such amounts shall not be
subject to any claims or rights of any Noteholder.
SECTION 10.03. Policy. (a) The Insurer is required under the terms of
the Policy to pay Monthly Interest and Monthly Principal up to the Policy Amount
in the event of any deficiency of Available Funds to pay such amounts (after
permitted reimbursements of related Outstanding Advances and payment of the
related Monthly Servicing Fee) not covered by amounts withdrawn from the Spread
Account, as determined pursuant to Section 9.02 to the Indenture Trustee for
credit to the Collection Account on the later of (a) 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on the Payment Date and (b) 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
Business Day immediately succeeding presentation to the Fiscal Agent of the
Indenture Trustee's demand therefor. Any demand for payment pursuant to Section
9.02 to the Fiscal Agent received by the Fiscal Agent on a Business Day after
1:00 p.m., New York City time, or on any day that is not a Business Day, will be
deemed to be received by the Fiscal Agent at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the next Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on a Dissolution Payment
Date, the obligations of the Insurer under the Policy shall be limited in
accordance with Section 9.04(b)(ii). The Indenture Trustee hereby agrees on
behalf of the Noteholders (and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Notes,
hereby agrees) for the benefit of the Insurer that the Indenture Trustee shall
recognize that to the extent the Insurer makes a payment under the Policy,
either directly or indirectly (as by paying through the Indenture Trustee), to
the Noteholders, the Insurer will be entitled to be subrogated to the rights of
the Noteholders to the extent of such payments under the Policy. Any rights of
subrogation acquired by the Insurer as a result of any payment made under the
Policy shall, in all respects, be subordinate and junior in right of payment to
the prior indefeasible payment in full of all amounts due the Indenture Trustee
on account of payments due under the Notes pursuant to Section 9.04 hereof.
(b) The Insurer shall pay any Preference Amounts, but only after there
shall have been delivered to the Insurer (x) a certified copy of a final order
of the court exercising jurisdiction in the Insolvency Proceeding to the effect
that the Indenture Trustee is required to return any such payment or portion
thereof prior to the Termination Date (as defined in the Policy) of the Policy
because such payment was voided under applicable law, with respect to which
order the appeal period has expired without an appeal having been filed (the
"Final Order"), (y) an assignment, in the form of Exhibit D to the Policy,
irrevocably assigning to the Insurer all rights and claims of such Indenture
Trustee relating to or arising under such Avoided Payment and (z) a Notice for
Payment in the form of Exhibit A to the Policy appropriately completed and
executed by the Indenture Trustee. Such payment shall be disbursed to the
receiver, conservator, debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in
the Final Order and not to the Indenture Trustee directly. In no event shall the
Insurer pay more than one Insured Payment in respect of any Preference Amount.
The Indenture Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Noteholders,
agrees that the Insurer may at any time during the continuation of any
proceeding relating to a Final Order direct all matters relating to such Final
Order, including, without limitation, the direction of any appeal of any order
relating to such Final Order and the posting of any surety, supersedeas or
performance bond pending any such appeal. In addition and without limitation of
the foregoing, the Insurer shall be subrogated, to the extent of the Insured
Payments, to the rights of BVAC, the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in the conduct of any preference claim,
including, without limitation, all rights of any party to any adversarial
proceeding or action with respect to any court order issued in connection with
any such preference claim.
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ARTICLE XI
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
(a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with the
consent of the Insurer and with prior notice to each Rating Agency, the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, and the other
parties hereto at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA
as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at
any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure,
convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or
required to be subjected to the lien created by this Indenture, or to
subject to the lien created by this Indenture additional property;
(ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the
applicable provisions hereof, of another Person to the Issuer, and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein
and in the Notes contained;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit
of the Noteholders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Issuer;
(iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any
property to or with the Indenture Trustee;
(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental
indenture or the Basic Documents or to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or in any
supplemental indenture; provided that such action shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Noteholders;
(vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the
appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes
and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of
Article Six; or
(vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar
federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such
other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA.
The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of
any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements
and stipulations that may be therein contained.
(b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer
Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Noteholders but with the
consent of the Insurer and with prior notice to each Rating Agency, enter into
an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders
under this Indenture; provided, however, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Noteholder.
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SECTION 11.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders. The
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may,
with prior notice to each Rating Agency, with the consent of the Insurer and
with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Note Balances
of the Notes, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture; provided, however, that, subject
to the express rights of the Insurer under the Basic Documents, no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected thereby:
(a) change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or
interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest rate
thereon or the Redemption Price with respect thereto, or change any place of
payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest
thereon is payable;
(b) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the
provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of funds available
therefor, as provided in Article V, to the payment of any such amount due on the
Notes on or after the respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);
(c) reduce the percentage of the Note Balances of the Notes, the
consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture,
or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance
with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and
their consequences provided for in this Indenture;
(d) modify or alter the provisions of the second proviso to the
definition of the term "Outstanding";
(e) reduce the percentage of the Note Balances of the Notes, the
consent of the Holders of which is required to direct the Indenture Trustee to
sell or liquidate the Pledged Assets pursuant to Section 5.04;
(f) decrease the percentage of the Note Balances of the Notes required
to amend this Indenture or the other Basic Documents;
(g) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity
with the lien created by this Indenture with respect to any part of the Pledged
Assets or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the
lien created by this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or
deprive the Holder of any Note of the security provided by the lien created by
this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not
any Notes would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such
determination shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture
Trustee shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.
It shall not be necessary for any act of Noteholders under this Section
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such act shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the parties hereto of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the
Noteholders to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice
setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any
failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein,
shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such
supplemental indenture.
SECTION 11.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by
this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and subject
to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 shall be fully
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protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The
Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee's own rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 11.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture
shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with
respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of
the parties hereto and the Noteholders shall thereafter be determined, exercised
and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and
amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture
shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture
for any and all purposes.
SECTION 11.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of
this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 11.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall,
bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee shall so determine, new notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the
Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE XII
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 12.01. Redemption. In the event that the Certificateholder
pursuant to Section 16.02 of the Trust Agreement purchases the corpus of the
Trust, the Notes are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, on the
Payment Date on which such repurchase occurs, for a purchase price equal to the
Redemption Price; provided, however, that the Issuer has available funds
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price. The Seller, the Servicer or the Issuer
shall furnish the Insurer and each Rating Agency notice of such redemption. If
the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 12.01, the Servicer or the
Issuer shall furnish notice of such election to the Indenture Trustee not later
than 20 days prior to the Redemption Date and the Issuer shall deposit with the
Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account the Redemption Price of the Notes to
be redeemed whereupon all such Notes shall be due and payable on the Redemption
Date upon the furnishing of a notice complying with Section 12.02 to each Holder
of the Notes.
SECTION 12.02. Form of Redemption Notice. Notice of redemption under
Section 12.01 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than five days prior to the applicable
Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes, as of the close of business on the
Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Holder's address
appearing in the Note Register. In addition, the Administrator shall notify the
Insurer and Rating Agencies upon the redemption of any Class of Notes, pursuant
to Section 1(a)(i)(AA) of the Administration Agreement.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price; and
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(iii) the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price (which shall be the office or agency of
the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02).
Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of
redemption, or any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note shall not impair or
affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note.
SECTION 12.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes or portions
thereof to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption (if any) as
required by Section 12.02, on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the
Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the
Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any
period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of
calculating the Redemption Price.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 13.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. (a) Upon any
application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action
under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture
Trustee (i) an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with and (iii)
(if required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified
public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section and TIA
Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any
such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or
opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition
and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory,
such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
(b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Pledged Assets or other property or
securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the
release of any property subject to the lien created by this Indenture, the
Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 13.01(a) or
elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an
Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of the signer thereof as
to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Pledged
Assets or other property or securities to be so deposited.
(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an Officer's Certificate certifying
or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters
described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an Independent Certificate as to the
named
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matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of the property to be so
deposited and of all other such property made the basis of any such
withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal
year of the Issuer, as set forth in the Officer's Certificates
delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and this clause (ii), is 10% or
more of the Note Balances of the Notes, but such Officer's Certificate
need not be furnished with respect to any property so deposited, if the
fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer's
Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the Note
Balances of the Notes.
(iii) Whenever any property or securities are to be released
from the lien created by this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish
to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an Officer's Certificate
certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such
certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such release) of
the property or securities proposed to be released and stating that in
the opinion of such person the proposed release will not impair the
security created by this Indenture in contravention of the provisions
hereof.
(iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an Officer's Certificate certifying
or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters
described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an Independent Certificate as to the
same matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of all
other property or securities released from the lien created by this
Indenture since the commencement of the then current fiscal year, as
set forth in the Officer's Certificate required by clause (iii) above
and this clause (iv), equals 10% or more of the Note Balances of the
Notes, but such Officer's Certificate need not be furnished in the case
of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as
set forth in the related Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or
less than one percent of the then Note Balances of the Notes.
SECTION 13.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may
be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or
Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of
the Servicer, the Seller or the Issuer, stating that the information with
respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller
or the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or
certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer
shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application,
or as evidence of the Issuer's compliance with any term hereof, it is intended
that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or
at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the
facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions
precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the
sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be
construed to affect the Indenture Trustee's right to rely upon the truth and
accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided
in Article Six.
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SECTION 13.03. Acts of Noteholders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents
duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required,
to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the
Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in
favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in
this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee
deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register and the
record date applicable to any solicitation for an Act of the Noteholders shall
comply with Section 316(c) of the TIA.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every
Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Note.
SECTION 13.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer, Insurer and
Rating Agencies.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this
Indenture shall be in writing and if such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders is to be made upon,
given or furnished to or filed with:
(i) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing,
personally delivered, sent by facsimile transmission and confirmed or
mailed by overnight service, to or with the Indenture Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office;
(ii) the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing,
personally delivered, sent by facsimile transmission and confirmed or
mailed by overnight service, to the Issuer addressed to: Bay View
____-_ ____-_, in care of ______ _____ (Delaware), as Owner Trustee,
___________________________, ______________, _____________
_______________, Attention: _________________________________________,
or at any other address furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee
by the Issuer; or
(iii) the Insurer by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall
be sufficient for any purpose hereunder if in writing, personally
delivered, sent by facsimile transmission and confirmed or mailed by
overnight service, to the Insurer addressed to:
_________________________, _______________, ______________________.
(b) Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be in writing, personally
delivered, sent by facsimile transmission and confirmed or mailed by overnight
service, to (i) in the case of _____________, at the following address:
_______________________________, ______________, ________________, ________,
________ _____ and (ii) in the case of _________________, at the following
address: __________________________________,_________________________,
_________, ________, Attention: ____________________________________; or as to
each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written
notice to the other parties.
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SECTION 13.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such
event, at his address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the
latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving
of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed
to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture
Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a
result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical
to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be
given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving
such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to
be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies,
failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations
created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or
Event of Default.
SECTION 13.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions. Notwithstanding
any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the contrary, the Issuer
may enter into any agreement with any Holder of a Note providing for a method of
payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Holder,
that is different from the methods provided for in this Indenture for such
payments or notices. The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee a copy of
each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to be made and
notices to be given in accordance with such agreements.
SECTION 13.07. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act. If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is
required to be included in this indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on
any Person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless
expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture,
whether or not physically contained herein.
SECTION 13.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article
and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 13.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in
this Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and agents.
SECTION 13.10. Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or
in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
SECTION 13.11. Benefits of Indenture. The Insurer and its successors
and assigns shall be a third-party beneficiary to the provisions of this
Indenture, and shall be entitled to rely upon and directly to enforce such
provisions of this Indenture so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder, and
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the Noteholders, and any other party secured hereunder, and any other Person
with an ownership interest in any part of the Pledged Assets, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. The Insurer may
disclaim any of its rights and powers under this Indenture, but not its duties
and obligations under the Policy, upon delivery of a written notice to the
Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 13.12. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any
payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall
accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.
SECTION 13.13. Governing Law. This Indenture 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 Indenture shall be determined in
accordance with such laws.
SECTION 13.14. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 13.15. Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to
recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be
effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel
(which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer) to the effect that such
recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other
Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted
to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
SECTION 13.16. Trust Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or
other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any
owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner,
beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it
being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such
obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable
law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or
failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of
this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits
of, the terms and provisions of Articles Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 13.17. No Petition. The parties hereto, by entering into this
Indenture, and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note or a beneficial interest in
a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute
against the Seller or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Seller
or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States Federal or
state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to
the Notes, this Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents.
SECTION 13.18. Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior
notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee or of the
Insurer, during the Issuer's normal business hours, to examine all the books of
account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and
extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified
public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer's affairs, finances and accounts
with the Issuer's officers, employees and independent certified public
accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. The Indenture Trustee and the Insurer shall and shall cause their
respective representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to
the extent disclosure may be required by law (and
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all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and
except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer may reasonably
determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 13.19. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this instrument has
been countersigned by the Owner Trustee not in its individual capacity but
solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no event shall the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity or any beneficial owner of the Issuer
have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or
other obligations of the Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be
had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Indenture, 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 Eight, Nine, Thirteen and Fifteen of the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 13.20. Certain Matters Regarding the Insurer. So long as an
Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing, the Insurer shall
have the right to exercise all rights, including voting rights, which the
Noteholders or Certificateholders are entitled to exercise pursuant to this
Indenture, without any consent of such Noteholders or Certificateholders;
provided, however, that without the consent of each Noteholder and
Certificateholder affected thereby, the Insurer shall not exercise such rights
to amend this Indenture in any manner that would (i) reduce the amount of, or
delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Receivables or distributions
which are required to be made on any Note or Certificate, (ii) adversely affect
in any material respect the interests of the Holders of any Notes or
Certificates Instruments, or (iii) alter the rights of any such Holder to
consent to such amendment.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Indenture to the contrary, in the
event an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Insurer
shall not have the right to take any action under this Agreement or to control
or direct the actions of the Trust, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, nor shall the consent of
the Insurer be required with respect to any action (or waiver of a right to take
action) to be taken by the Trust, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee or the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, that the consent
of the Insurer shall be required at all times with respect to any amendment of
this Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
BAY VIEW ____-_ OWNER TRUST
By:
not in its individual capacity but solely on behalf of the Issuer as Owner
Trustee under the Trust Agreement
By:
Name:
Title:
[INDENTURE TRUSTEE]
not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A-1
[FORM OF CLASS A-1 NOTE]
PRINCIPAL IN RESPECT OF THIS CLASS A-1 NOTE IS DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE FRACTIONAL INTEREST
EVIDENCED HEREBY AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SET
FORTH HEREIN.
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository
Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the issuer or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Certificate issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an
authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to
such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner thereof, Cede & Co., has an
interest herein.
PRINCIPAL IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE AS SET FORTH HEREIN.
BAY VIEW ______ OWNER TRUST
_____% CLASS A-1 AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLE BACKED NOTE
Evidencing the indebtedness of the Bay View ____-___ Owner Trust, a
Delaware Business Trust, secured by the Pledged Assets, as defined
below, including a pool of simple and precomputed interest installment
loan and security agreements and installment sales contracts secured by
new and used automobiles, light trucks and vans.
(This Note does not represent an interest in BVAC Securitization
Corporation nor an interest in or obligation of any of its affiliates.
Neither this Note nor the underlying Receivables, as defined below, are
insured or guaranteed by any government agency).
NUMBER ____ $_____________
CUSIP ________________
Bay View ____-___ Owner Trust , a Delaware Business Trust, for value
received, hereby promises to pay to the order of [____________] ("the
Noteholder") or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
____________________ dollars ($___________), which amount shall be payable in
the amounts and at the times set forth in the Indenture dated as of ______ ____,
____ (the "Indenture"; such term to include any amendment, restatement,
supplement or other modification thereof or thereto) provided, however, that the
entire unpaid amount of this Note shall be due and payable on or
before__________, ____. However, principal with respect to the Notes may be paid
earlier or later under certain limited circumstances under the Indenture. The
Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the Class A-1 Interest Rate. Such
interest shall be payable in the manner and at the times set forth in the
Indenture. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms
used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. This Note is
issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions, and conditions of the
Indenture, to which the holder of this Note by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such holder is bound.
This Note is secured by the Pledged Assets. The Pledged Assets consist
of a pool of simple and precomputed interest loan and security agreements and
installment sales contracts for new and used automobiles, light-duty trucks,
motorcycles, recreational vehicles and vans (the "Receivables"), all monies paid
thereon, and all monies due thereon, including Accrued Interest (but excluding
Accrued Interest paid on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to such
Receivables), security interests in the vehicles financed thereby, certain bank
accounts and the proceeds thereof, all
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documents contained in the Receivable Files, any property that shall have
secured a Receivable and that shall have been acquired by the Indenture Trustee
on behalf of the Noteholder, any Liquidation Proceeds, any rights of the Issuer
in proceeds from claims or refunds of premiums on physical damage, lender's
single interest, credit life, disability and hospitalization insurance policies,
if any, covering vehicles financed thereby and the obligors thereunder, the
interest of the Issuer in recourse to dealers relating to certain of the
Receivables, the proceeds of all of the foregoing and amounts on deposit from
time to time in the Spread Account for the benefit of the Noteholder, and the
Policy for the benefit of the Noteholder.
Under the Indenture, the Issuer will pay, on the fifteenth calendar day
of each month, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day
thereafter (the " Payment Date"), commencing ____________, ____, to the person
in whose name this Note is registered on the Record Date, the portion of Monthly
Interest and Monthly Principal to which the Noteholder is entitled pursuant to
the Indenture.
Payments on this Note will be made by the Indenture Trustee by wire
transfer through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company if this note is
held by Cede & Co. and otherwise by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto
without the presentation or surrender of this Note or the making of any notation
hereon. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture and notwithstanding the
above, the final payment on this Note will be made only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the office or agency maintained for that purpose by
the Indenture Trustee.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
executed by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, by manual or
facsimile signature, this Note shall not entitle the holder hereof to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid for any purpose.
The Note does not represent an interest in the Issuer nor an interest
in or obligation of any affiliate of the Issuer, including BVAC Securitization
Corporation or Bay View Acceptance Corporation. The Note is limited in right of
payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the Receivables, all as
more specifically set forth in the Indenture. In addition to the Class A-1
Notes, the Issuer has also issued Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4
Notes and Class B Notes. The Class B Notes are subordinated to the Class A Notes
as provided in the Indenture. The Indenture provides for certain amounts to be
deposited into the Spread Account. In the event amounts available for withdrawal
from the Spread Account are insufficient to make payments relating to this Note
and the other notes issued by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee will draw on the
Policy up to the Policy Amount to pay such deficiency.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Noteholder under the Indenture at any time by the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee with the consent of the Noteholder. Any such
consent by the holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding on the
Noteholder.
This Note is transferrable solely in accordance with Section 2.04 of
the Indenture.
The obligations and responsibilities to the Noteholder created by the
Indenture shall terminate upon the payment to Noteholder of all amounts required
to be paid to it pursuant to the Indenture. The Certificateholder may at its
option cause the Indenture Trustee to sell the Pledged Assets at a price not to
be less than the price specified in the Trust Agreement, and such sale of the
Receivables and other property may effect early retirement of the Note.
Although this Note summarizes certain provisions of the Indenture, this
Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is made to the
Indenture for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits,
obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and
obligations of the Indenture Trustee. In the event of any inconsistency or
conflict between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the
terms of the Indenture shall control.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the
reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly
executed.
Dated:
BAY VIEW ____-___ OWNER TRUST
By _____________ Bank as Indenture Trustee
By
Name:
Title:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is the Note referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
__________________________________, solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee,
By
Name:
Title:
Dated:
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Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:_______
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints, __________________________ attorney, to transfer said Note on the
books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated:_________________
Signature Guaranteed:
*
* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such
signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP,
all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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