CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENT among CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Transferor, Servicer and Administrator and CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, Issuing Entity and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,...
Exhibit
10.1
CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST
THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED
among
CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Transferor,
Servicer and Administrator
and
CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST,
Issuing
Entity
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Indenture
Trustee and Collateral Agent
Dated
as of December 19, 2007
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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3
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Section
1.02
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Other
Definitional Provisions.
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17
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ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE
OF COLLATERAL
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Section
2.01
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Conveyance
of Collateral
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19
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Section
2.02
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Acceptance
by Trust.
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20
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Section
2.03
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Representations
and Warranties of Each Transferor Relating to Such
Transferor
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21
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Section
2.04
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Representations
and Warranties of each Transferor Relating to this Agreement and
any
Series Supplement and the Collateral.
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23
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Section
2.05
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Transfer
of Ineligible Receivables and Ineligible Collateral
Certificates.
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27
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Section
2.06
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Reassignment
of Collateral
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29
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Section
2.07
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Additional
Transferors
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30
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Section
2.08
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Covenants
of each Transferor
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30
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Section
2.09
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Covenants
of Each Transferor with Respect to Any Applicable Receivables Purchase
Agreement
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31
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Section
2.10
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[Reserved]
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32
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Section
2.11
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Increases
in the Invested Amount of an Existing Collateral
Certificate.
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32
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Section
2.12
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Addition
of Collateral.
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32
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Section
2.13
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Removal
of Accounts.
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37
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Section
2.14
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Account
Allocations
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38
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Section
2.15
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Discount
Receivables.
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39
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ARTICLE
III
COLLECTIONS,
ALLOCATIONS, DEPOSITS AND PAYMENTS
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Section
3.01
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Collections
and Allocations
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41
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Section
3.02
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Allocations
of Finance Charge Collections, the Default Amount and the Trust Servicing
Fee.
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42
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Section
3.03
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Allocations
of Principal Collections
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42
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Section
3.04
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Allocations
of Finance Charge Collections, the Default Amount, the Servicing
Fee and
Principal Collections Allocable to the Transferor Interest of an
Asset
Pool.
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42
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Section
3.05
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Transfer
of Defaulted Accounts
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43
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Section
3.06
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Adjustments
for Miscellaneous Credits and Fraudulent Charges.
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43
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Section
3.07
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Recoveries
and Interchange.
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44
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ARTICLE
IV
SERVICING
OF RECEIVABLES
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Section
4.01
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Acceptance
of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to the Servicer.
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46
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Section
4.02
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Servicing
Compensation
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47
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Section
4.03
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Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer
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47
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Section
4.04
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Reports
and Records for the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Applicable Collateral Agent.
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49
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Section
4.05
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Annual
Certificate of Servicer.
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50
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Section
4.06
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Annual
Servicing Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants; Copies
of
Reports Available.
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50
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Section
4.07
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Tax
Treatment
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51
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Section
4.08
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Notices
to Chase USA
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51
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Section
4.09
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Reports
to the Commission
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51
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ARTICLE
V
ADMINISTRATION
OF THE TRUST; DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
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Section
5.01
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Appointment
of Administrator; Duties of Administrator.
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52
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Section
5.02
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Records
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57
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Section
5.03
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Compensation
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57
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Section
5.04
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Additional
Information To Be Furnished to Issuing Entity
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57
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Section
5.05
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Independence
of Administrator
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57
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Section
5.06
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No
Joint Venture
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57
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Section
5.07
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Other
Activities of Administrator
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58
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Section
5.08
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Termination,
Resignation and Removal of Administrator.
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58
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Section
5.09
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Action
upon Termination, Resignation or Removal
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59
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ARTICLE
VI
OTHER
MATTERS RELATING TO EACH TRANSFEROR
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Section
6.01
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Liability
of each Transferor
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60
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Section
6.02
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Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, a
Transferor.
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60
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Section
6.03
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Limitations
on Liability of Each Transferor
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61
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ARTICLE
VII
OTHER
MATTERS RELATING TO THE SERVICER
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Section
7.01
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Liability
of the Servicer
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62
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Section
7.02
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Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Servicer
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62
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ii
Section
7.03
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Limitation
on Liability of the Servicer and Others
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62
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Section
7.04
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Servicer
Indemnification of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
and
each Collateral Agent
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63
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Section
7.05
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Resignation
of the Servicer
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64
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Section
7.06
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Delegation
of Duties
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64
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Section
7.07
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Examination
of Records
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64
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ARTICLE
VIII
ACQUISITION
OF TRUST ASSETS
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Section
8.01
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Acquisition
of Trust Assets
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65
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ARTICLE
IX
INSOLVENCY
EVENTS
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Section
9.01
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Rights
upon the Occurrence of an Insolvency Event
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66
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ARTICLE
X
SERVICER
DEFAULTS
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Section
10.01
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Servicer
Defaults
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67
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Section
10.02
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Indenture
Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor.
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69
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Section
10.03
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Notification
to Noteholders
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70
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Section
10.04
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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70
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ARTICLE
XI
TERMINATION
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Section
11.01
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Termination
of Agreement
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71
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ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section
12.01
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Amendment;
Waiver of Past Defaults.
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72
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Section
12.02
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Protection
of Right, Title and Interest in and to Trust Assets.
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73
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Section
12.03
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Fees
Payable by the Transferor
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74
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Section
12.04
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GOVERNING
LAW
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75
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Section
12.05
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Notices.
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75
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Section
12.06
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Severability
of Provisions
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76
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Section
12.07
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Further
Assurances
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76
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Section
12.08
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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76
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Section
12.09
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Counterparts
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77
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Section
12.10
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Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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77
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Section
12.11
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Actions
by Noteholders.
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77
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Section
12.12
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Rule
144A Information
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77
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Section
12.13
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Merger
and Integration
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77
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Section
12.14
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Headings
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77
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Section
12.15
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Limitation
of Liability
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78
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Section
12.16
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No
Petition
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78
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Section
12.17
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Fiscal
Year
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78
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Section
12.18
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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78
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ARTICLE
XIII
COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION AB
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Section
13.01
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Intent
of the Parties; Reasonableness.
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79
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Section
13.02
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Additional
Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.
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79
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Section
13.03
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Information
to Be Provided by the Servicer.
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79
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Section
13.04
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Report
on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation
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81
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Section
13.05
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Use
of Subservicers and Servicing Participants.
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82
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
1 List
of Collateral Certificates
Schedule
2 List
of Accounts [Deemed Incorporated]
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A-1 Form
of Assignment of an Additional Collateral Certificate
EXHIBIT
A-2 Form
of Assignment of Receivables in Additional Accounts
EXHIBIT
B Form
of Reassignment of Receivables in Removed Accounts
EXHIBIT
C
Form of Annual Servicer’s Certificate
EXHIBIT
D-1 Form
of Opinion of Counsel with Respect to Amendments
EXHIBIT
D-2 Form
of Opinion of Counsel with Respect to Collateral Certificates
EXHIBIT
D-3 Provisions
to be Included in Annual Opinion of Counsel
EXHIBIT
E Form
of Power of Attorney
EXHIBIT
F Form
of Annual Certification
EXHIBIT
G Servicing
Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
EXHIBIT
H Form
of Opinion of Counsel Regarding Additional Accounts
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This
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”) among CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the
“Bank” or “Chase USA”), a national banking association, as
Transferor, Servicer and Administrator, the CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, a statutory
business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, as Issuing
Entity, and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent, is made and entered
into
as of December 19, 2007.
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the predecessor to Chase USA, the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee
and
Collateral Agent have heretofore executed and delivered a Transfer and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2002 (as amended and supplemented or otherwise
modified through the date hereof, including by the Assumption Agreement,
dated
as of October 1, 2004, by Chase USA, as successor Transferor, Servicer and
Administrator, in favor of and for the benefit of the Issuing Entity, the
Indenture Trustee and the Collateral Agent, the “Original Transfer and
Servicing Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto have heretofore executed and delivered an Amended and
Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2004,
as
amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated as of May 10, 2005, and a Second
Amendment thereto, dated as of February 1, 2006 (as amended, supplemented
or
otherwise modified, the “Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing
Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto have heretofore executed and delivered a Second Amended
and
Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2006 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Second Amended and Restated
Transfer and Servicing Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Second Amended and Restated
Transfer and Servicing Agreement to read in its entirety as set forth
below;
WHEREAS,
subsection 12.01(a) of the Second Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing
Agreement provides that the Servicer, the Transferor, the Administrator and
the
Issuing Entity may amend the Second Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing
Agreement by a written instrument signed by each of them, without the consent
of
the Indenture Trustee, any Collateral Agent or any of the Noteholders; provided
that (i) each Transferor shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and
the
Owner Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of any such amendment,
stating that such Transferor reasonably believes that such amendment will
not
have an Adverse Effect and (ii) the Note Rating Agency Condition shall have
been
satisfied;
WHEREAS,
the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee have received from each Transferor
an
Officer’s Certificate, dated the date hereof, stating that such Transferor
reasonably believes that such amendment will not have an Adverse Effect and
that
the Note Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied; and
WHEREAS,
all conditions precedent to the execution of this Agreement have been complied
with;
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NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree that effective on and as of the
date
hereof, the Second Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement
is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
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ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions. Whenever
used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings, and the definitions of such terms are applicable to the singular
as
well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to
the
feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
“Account”
means each revolving credit card account established pursuant to a Credit
Card
Agreement between Chase USA or an Affiliate and any Person, identified by
account number and by the Receivable balance as of the related Addition Cut-Off
Date in a list (in the form of a computer file, microfiche list, CD-ROM or
such
other form as is agreed upon between the Transferor and the applicable
Collateral Agent) delivered to the applicable Collateral Agent, as designee
of
the Issuing Entity, by the applicable Transferor pursuant to subsection
2.12(c). The definition of “Account” shall include each Transferred
Account. The term “Account” shall be deemed to refer to an Additional
Account only from and after the Addition Date with respect thereto, and the
term
“Account” shall be deemed to refer to any Removed Account only prior to the
Removal Date with respect thereto.
“Account
Assignment” has the meaning specified in subsection
2.12(c)(iv).
“Account
Owner” means Chase USA or any Affiliate which is the issuing entity of the
credit card relating to an Account pursuant to a Credit Card
Agreement.
“Addition
Cut-Off Date” means, with respect to any Additional Account, the date as of
which such Additional Account shall have been selected by the Transferor
for
inclusion as an Account pursuant to Section 2.12.
“Addition
Date” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.12(a)(i).
“Additional
Account” means each additional Eligible Account owned by an Account Owner
and designated for inclusion as an Account pursuant to Section
2.12.
“Additional
Collateral Certificate” means each additional Collateral Certificate
designated for inclusion as a Collateral Certificate by the applicable
Transferor to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.12.
“Additional
Transferors” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07.
“Adjustment
Payment” has the meaning specified in subsection 3.06(a).
“Administrator”
means Chase USA, in its capacity as Administrator pursuant to this Agreement,
and any successors or assigns.
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“Aggregate
Addition Limit” means, with respect to any Asset Pool, the aggregate number
of Additional Accounts that may be designated as belonging to such Asset
Pool
without prior satisfaction of the Note Rating Agency Condition, equal to
the
aggregate number of Additional Accounts which would either (x) with respect
to
any consecutive three-month period, equal 15% of the aggregate number of
Accounts designated for inclusion in such Asset Pool as of the first day
of such
three-month period or (y) with respect to any twelve-month period, equal
20% of
the aggregate number of Accounts as of the first day of such twelve-month
period.
“Agreement”
means this Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing
Agreement.
“Amendment
Closing Date” means December 19, 2007.
“Annual
Membership Fee” has the meaning specified in the Credit Card Agreement
applicable to each Account for annual membership fees or similar
fees.
“Appointment
Day” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Authorized
Officer” means, with respect to the Issuing Entity, (a) an authorized
signatory of the Owner Trustee, or (b) the chairman or vice-chairman of the
board of directors, chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee
of the
board of directors, the president, any vice-president, the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, or any assistant treasurer, in each case
of
the Owner Trustee, or any other officer or employee of the Owner Trustee
who is
authorized to act on behalf of the Issuing Entity.
“Cash
Advance Fees” has the meaning specified in the Credit Card Agreement
applicable to each Account for cash advance fees or similar fees.
“Certificate
Assignment” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.12(c)(v).
“Chase
CC Issuance Date” means the issuance date of the Chase Collateral
Certificate pursuant to the Series 2004-CC Supplement.
“Chase
Collateral Certificate” means the Collateral Certificate issued by the Chase
Credit Card Master Trust pursuant to the Series 2004-CC Supplement to the
Chase
Credit Card Master Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Chase
Credit Card Master Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement” means the Fifth
Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December
19,
2007, as amended and supplemented, including by the Series 2004-CC
Supplement.
“Collateral”
has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified in the Granting
Clause in the applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
“Collateral
Agent” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified in the
applicable Asset Pool Supplement.
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“Collateral
Certificate Principal Shortfall Payments” means amounts received on each
Collateral Certificate in respect of Principal Shortfalls (as such term is
defined in the applicable Series Supplement).
“Collection
Account” has, with respect to each Asset Pool, the meaning specified in the
applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
“Collections”
means, with respect to any Asset Pool, for any Monthly Period, the sum of
(i)
with respect to Receivables designated for inclusion in such Asset Pool,
all
payments by or on behalf of Obligors received in respect of the Receivables,
in
the form of cash, checks, wire transfers, electronic transfers, ATM transfers
or
any other form of payment in accordance with a Credit Card Agreement in effect
from time to time and all other amounts specified by this Agreement, the
Indenture or any Indenture Supplement as constituting Collections on the
Receivables and (ii) with respect to any Collateral Certificate designated
for
inclusion in such Asset Pool, collections allocable to the holder of such
Collateral Certificate pursuant to the applicable Series
Supplement. Collections of Recoveries will be treated as Collections
of Principal Receivables; provided, however, that to the extent
the amount of Recoveries received with respect to any Monthly Period exceeds
the
aggregate amount of Principal Receivables (other than Ineligible Receivables)
in
Accounts that became Defaulted Accounts during such Monthly Period, the amount
of such excess shall be treated as Collections of Finance Charge
Receivables. Collections, with respect to any Asset Pool, for any
Monthly Period, shall include the Interchange Amount, if any, with respect
to
such Asset Pool for such Monthly Period, to be applied as if such amount
were
Collections of Finance Charge Receivables for such Monthly Period.
“Credit
Adjustment” has the meaning specified in subsection 3.06(a).
“Credit
Card Agreement” means, with respect to a revolving credit card account, the
agreement and Federal Truth in Lending Statement for revolving credit card
accounts between the Account Owner and the Obligor governing the terms and
conditions of such account, as such agreements may be amended, modified or
otherwise changed from time to time and as distributed (including any amendments
and revisions thereto) to holders of such credit card account.
“Credit
Card Guidelines” means the respective policies and procedures of the Account
Owner, as the case may be, as such policies and procedures may be amended
from
time to time, (a) relating to the operation of its credit card business,
which
generally are applicable to its portfolio of revolving credit card accounts
and
in each case which are consistent with prudent practice, including the policies
and procedures for determining the creditworthiness of credit card customers
and
the extension of credit to credit card customers, and (b) relating to the
maintenance of revolving credit card accounts and collection of credit card
receivables.
“Cut-Off
Date” means, with respect to an Initial Account, the “Addition Cut-Off Date”
specified in the related Initial Account Assignment and, with respect
to an
Additional Account, the Addition Cut-Off Date for such Additional
Account.
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“Date
of Processing” means, with respect to any transaction the date on which such
transaction is first recorded on the Servicer’s computer file of accounts
(without regard to the effective date of such recordation).
“Default
Amount” means, with respect to any Asset Pool, for any Monthly Period, the
sum of (1) with respect to Receivables designated for inclusion in such Asset
Pool, an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to (a) the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables (other than Ineligible Receivables) in Accounts
designated for inclusion in such Asset Pool which became Defaulted Accounts
during such Monthly Period on the day each such Account became a Defaulted
Account, minus (b) the aggregate amount of Recoveries received in such Monthly
Period (not to exceed the amount set forth in clause (a)) in respect of
Defaulted Accounts in such Asset Pool for such Monthly Period and (2) with
respect to any Collateral Certificate designated for inclusion in such Asset
Pool, the investor default amount or similar amount allocated to the holder
of
the Collateral Certificate for such Monthly Period pursuant to the applicable
Series Supplement.
“Defaulted
Account” means each Account with respect to which, in accordance with the
Credit Card Guidelines or the Servicer’s customary and usual servicing
procedures for servicing credit card receivables comparable to the Receivables,
the Servicer has charged off the Receivables in such Account as uncollectible;
an Account shall become a Defaulted Account on the day on which such Receivables
are recorded as charged off as uncollectible on the Servicer’s computer master
file of revolving credit card accounts. Notwithstanding any other
provision hereof, any Receivables in a Defaulted Account that are Ineligible
Receivables shall be treated as Ineligible Receivables rather than Receivables
in Defaulted Accounts.
“Delaware
Act” means the Asset-Backed Securities Facilitation Act located in Title 6,
Chapter 27A of the Delaware Code.
“Derivative
Agreement” has, with respect to any Series, Class or Tranche of Notes, the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Determination
Date” has the meaning specified in the applicable Asset Pool
Supplement.
“Discount
Option Date” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.15(a)
hereof.
“Discount
Receivables” means, with respect to any Asset Pool, the Gross Principal
Receivables so designated as such pursuant to the designation formula as
described in subsection 2.15(a). The aggregate amount of Discount
Receivables outstanding on any Date of Processing occurring on or after the
Discount Option Date, shall equal the sum of (a) the aggregate Discount
Receivables at the end of the prior Date of Processing (which amount, prior
to
the Discount Option Date, shall be zero) plus (b) any new Discount Receivables
created on such Date of Processing minus (c) any Discount Receivables
Collections received on such Date of Processing. Discount Receivables
created on any Date of Processing shall mean the product of the amount of
the
Gross Principal Receivables arising in Accounts on such Date of Processing
specified in accordance with subsection 2.15(a) and the applicable Yield
Factor.
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“Discount
Receivables Collections” means, with respect to any Asset Pool, on any Date
of Processing occurring in any Monthly Period succeeding the Monthly Period
in
which the Discount Option Date occurs, the product of (a) the Yield Factor
and
(b) Collections of Gross Principal Receivables outstanding in such Asset
Pool on
such Date of Processing.
“Dollars,”
“$” or “U.S. $” means United States dollars.
“Eligible
Account” means a revolving credit card account owned by an Account Owner
which meets the following requirements as of the Addition Cut-Off
Date:
(a) is
a revolving credit card account in existence and maintained with an Account
Owner;
(b) is
payable in Dollars;
(c) has
an Obligor who has provided, as his or her most recent billing address, an
address located in the United States or its territories or possessions or
a
military address;
(d) has
an Obligor who has not been identified by the Servicer in its computer files
as
being involved in a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding;
(e) has
not been classified by the Servicer as cancelled, counterfeit, deleted,
fraudulent, stolen or lost;
(f) does
not have Receivables which are at the time of transfer sold or pledged to
any
other party;
(g) which
has not been charged-off by the Servicer in its customary and usual manner
for
charging-off revolving credit card accounts as of their date of designation
for
inclusion in the Trust; and
(h) has
an Obligor who has not been identified by the Servicer as being
deceased.
“Eligible
Collateral Certificate” means a Collateral Certificate that has been duly
authorized by the applicable Transferor and validly issued by the applicable
Master Trust and is entitled to the benefits of the applicable Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and with respect to which the representations and warranties
made in subsections 2.04(a)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii)
are
true and correct in all material respects.
“Eligible
Receivable” means each Receivable:
(a) which
has arisen in an Eligible Account (as of the relevant Addition Cut-Off
Date);
(b) which
was created in compliance in all material respects with all Requirements
of Law
applicable to the institution which owned such Receivable at the time of
its
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creation
and pursuant to a Credit Card Agreement which complies in all material
respects
with all Requirements of Law applicable to the applicable Account Owner,
as the
case may be;
(c) with
respect to which all consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of,
or
registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority required to
be
obtained, effected or given in connection with the creation of such Receivable
or the execution, delivery and performance by the applicable Account Owner,
as
the case may be, of the Credit Card Agreement pursuant to which such Receivable
was created, have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force
and effect;
(d) as
to which at the time of the transfer of such Receivable to the Trust, the
applicable Transferor or the Trust has good and marketable title thereto,
free
and clear of all Liens occurring under or through such applicable Transferor
or
any of its Affiliates (other than Liens permitted pursuant to subsection
2.04(a)(v));
(e) which
is the legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the Obligor thereon
enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as
such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect,
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(f) which
constitutes an “account” under and as defined in Article 9 of the UCC;
and
(g) which
is not subject to any setoff, right of rescission, counterclaim, or other
defense, including the defense of usury, other than defenses arising out
of
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general.
“Eligible
Servicer” means Chase USA or the Indenture Trustee or, if neither Chase USA
nor the Indenture Trustee is acting as Servicer, an entity which, at the
time of
its appointment as Servicer, (a) is servicing a portfolio of revolving credit
card accounts, (b) is legally qualified and has the capacity to service the
Accounts, (c) in the sole determination of the Indenture Trustee, which
determination shall be conclusive and binding, has demonstrated the ability
to
service professionally and competently a portfolio of similar accounts in
accordance with high standards of skill and care, (d) is qualified to use
the
software that is then being used to service the Accounts or obtains the right
to
use or has its own software which is adequate to perform its duties under
this
Agreement and (e) has a net worth of at least $50,000,000 as of the end of
its
most recent fiscal quarter.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time
to time.
“Excess
Funding Account” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified
in the applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
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“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time
(15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
“Finance
Charge Collections” means, with respect to any Asset Pool, for any Monthly
Period, the sum of (a) with respect to Receivables designated for inclusion
in
such Asset Pool, all Collections received by the Servicer on behalf of the
Issuing Entity of Finance Charge Receivables (including Discount Receivables
Collections and Recoveries received for such Monthly Period to the extent
such
Recoveries are deemed Finance Charge Collections under the definition of
“Collections” above), (b) with respect to any Collateral Certificate designated
for inclusion in such Asset Pool, collections of finance charge receivables
allocable to the holder of the Collateral Certificate for such Monthly Period
pursuant to the applicable Series Supplement and (c) any amounts received
by the
Issuing Entity which are designated as Finance Charge Collections pursuant
to
any Asset Pool Supplement or Indenture Supplement for such Monthly
Period. Finance Charge Collections with respect to any Monthly
Period shall include the Interchange Amount (if any) paid to the Trust with
respect to such Asset Pool with respect to such Monthly Period (to the extent
received by the Trust and deposited into the applicable Collection Account
on
the First Note Transfer Date following such Monthly Period).
“Finance
Charge Receivables” means Receivables created in respect of the Periodic
Finance Charges, Annual Membership Fees, Cash Advance Fees, Late Fees, Overlimit
Fees, return check fees and similar fees and charges and Discount
Receivables.
“First
Note Transfer Date” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning
specified in the applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset
Pool.
“First
USA Collateral Certificate” means the Collateral Certificate issued by the
First USA Credit Card Master Trust pursuant to the Series 2002-CC Supplement
to
the First USA Credit Card Master Trust Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
“First
USA Credit Card Master Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement” means the
Third Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December
19, 2007, as amended and supplemented, including by the Series 2002-CC
Supplement.
“Fitch”
means Fitch, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Governmental
Authority” means the United States of America, any state or other political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
“Gross
Principal Receivables” means Receivables other than (i) Periodic Finance
Charges, Annual Membership Fees, Cash Advance Fees, Late Fees, Overlimit
Fees,
return check fees and similar fees and other charges and (ii) Receivables
in
Defaulted Accounts.
“Increase
Date” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.12(a)(i).
“Indenture”
means the Third Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of December 19,
2007,
between the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee.
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“Ineligible
Collateral Certificate” has the meaning specified in subsection
2.05(c).
“Ineligible
Receivables” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.05(c).
“Initial
Account Assignments” means, collectively, Assignment No. 1 of Receivables in
Additional Accounts, dated as of November 29, 2002, Assignment No. 2 of
Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as of March 24, 2003, Assignment
No. 3
of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as of August 18, 2003, Assignment
No. 4 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as of March 26, 2004,
Assignment No. 5 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as of December
17,
2004, Assignment No. 6 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as of
May
16, 2005, Assignment No. 7 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as
of
August 17, 2005, Assignment No. 8 of Receivables in Additional Accounts,
dated
as of September 30, 2005, Assignment No. 9 of Receivables in Additional
Accounts, dated as of November 10, 2005, Assignment No. 10 of Receivables
in
Additional Accounts, dated as of May 30, 2006, Assignment No. 11 of Receivables
in Additional Accounts, dated as of August 29, 2006, Assignment No. 12 of
Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as of November 28, 2006, Assignment
No. 13 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as of February 26, 2007,
Assignment No. 14 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as of March
28,
2007, Assignment No. 15 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated as of
June
27, 2007, Assignment No. 16 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated
as of
October 19, 2007, Assignment No. 17 of Receivables in Additional Accounts,
dated
as of November 15, 2007 and Assignment No. 18 of Receivables in Additional
Accounts, dated December 18, 2007, each between the Bank and the Issuing
Entity.
“Initial
Accounts” means the Accounts designated pursuant to the Initial Account
Assignments.
“Initial
Collateral Certificates” means the First USA Collateral Certificate issued
pursuant to the First USA Credit Card Master Trust Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the related Series 2002-CC Supplement thereto and the Chase
Collateral Certificate issued pursuant to the Chase Credit Card Master Trust
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Series 2004-CC Supplement
thereto.
“Initial
Issuance Date” means May 1, 2002.
“Insolvency
Event” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Insurance
Proceeds” means any amounts recovered by the Servicer pursuant to any credit
insurance policies covering any Obligor with respect to Receivables under
such
Obligor’s Account.
“Interchange”
means interchange fees payable to the Servicer with respect to the Accounts
by
the Account Owner, in its capacity as credit card issuer, through bankcard
associations or other similar organizations.
“Interchange
Amount” means, with respect to any Asset Pool for any Monthly Period, an
amount determined by the Account Owner, in its sole discretion, to be reasonably
representative of the amount of Interchange generated by the Receivables
arising
in the Accounts of such Account Owner.
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“Internal
Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time.
“Invested
Amount” has, with respect to any Collateral Certificate, the meaning
specified in the applicable Series Supplement for such Collateral
Certificate.
“Investor
Certificate” has the meaning specified in the applicable Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
“Issuance
Date” means each date on which a Series, Class or Tranche of Notes is issued
pursuant to the Indenture.
“Issuing
Entity” means Chase Issuance Trust, a Delaware statutory trust.
“Late
Fees” has the meaning specified in the Credit Card Agreement applicable to
each Account for late fees or similar fees.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
participation or equity interest, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease
having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and the filing
of
any financing statement under the UCC (other than any such financing statement
filed for informational purposes only) or comparable law of any jurisdiction
to
evidence any of the foregoing.
“Master
Trust Servicer” means the entity responsible for the servicing obligations
under the applicable Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Master
Trust Transferor” means the entity acting as transferor under the applicable
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Master
Trust Trustee” means the entity acting as trustee under the applicable
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Minimum
Pool Balance” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified in
the applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
“Monthly
Servicer’s Certificate” means the certificate delivered by the Servicer as
described in subsection 4.04(b).
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.
“Nominal
Liquidation Amount” has, with respect to any Series, Class or Tranche of
Notes, the meaning specified in the applicable Indenture Supplement for such
Series, Class or Tranche of Notes.
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“Nominal
Liquidation Amount Deficit” has, with respect to any Series, Class or
Tranche of Notes, the meaning specified in the applicable Indenture Supplement
for such Series, Class or Tranche of Notes.
“Note
Rating Agency Condition” means, at any time with respect to any Series,
Class or Tranche of Notes, the written confirmation of the Note Rating Agency
that a specified event or modification of the terms of such Series, Class
or
Tranche of Notes will not result in the withdrawal or downgrade by such Note
Rating Agency of the rating of the Notes of any Series, Class or Tranche
then in
effect.
“Note
Transfer Date” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified in
the applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
“Noteholder
Percentage” means, for any Series of Notes, with respect to Principal
Collections, Finance Charge Collections, the Default Amount and the Servicing
Fee of any Asset Pool, the percentage stated in the applicable Indenture
Supplement for such Series of Notes.
“Notice
Date” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.12(c)(i).
“Notices”
has the meaning specified in subsection 12.05(a).
“Obligor”
means, with respect to any Account, the Person or Persons obligated to make
payments with respect to such Account, including any guarantor thereof, but
excluding any merchant.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Owner Trustee, the
Administrator or the Servicer and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the
applicable Collateral Agent or a certificate signed by the applicable Transferor
and delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the applicable
Collateral Agent. Wherever this Agreement requires that an Officer’s
Certificate be signed also by an accountant or other expert, such accountant
or
other expert (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) may
be
an employee of the Owner Trustee, the Administrator or the
Servicer.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel acceptable to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, who may, without limitation, and except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, be an employee of or of counsel
to the Issuing Entity, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates.
“Overlimit
Fees” has the meaning specified in the Credit Card Agreement applicable to
each Account for overlimit fees or similar fees if such fees are provided
for
with respect to such Account.
“Periodic
Finance Charges” has the meaning specified in the Credit Card Agreement
applicable to each Account for finance charges (due to periodic rate) or
any
similar term.
“Pool
Balance” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified in the
applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
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“Principal
Collections” means, with respect to any Asset Pool, for any Monthly Period,
the sum of (1) with respect to Receivables designated for inclusion in such
Asset Pool, all Collections other than those designated as Finance Charge
Collections on Accounts designated for such Monthly Period and (2) with respect
to any Collateral Certificate designated for inclusion in such Asset Pool,
all
collections of principal receivables, including Collateral Certificate Principal
Shortfall Payments, allocable to the holder of such Collateral Certificate
for
such Monthly Period pursuant to the applicable Series Supplement.
“Principal
Receivables” means Gross Principal Receivables minus Discount
Receivables. In calculating the aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables for any Monthly Period, the amount of Principal Receivables shall
be
reduced by the aggregate amount of credit balances in the Accounts on the
last
day of such Monthly Period. Any Principal Receivables which a
Transferor is unable to transfer as provided in Section 2.14 or 9.01 shall
not
be included in calculating the amount of Principal Receivables.
“Reassignment”
has the meaning specified in subsection 2.13(b)(iv).
“Reassignment
Amount” means, with respect to the Receivables or a particular Collateral
Certificate designated for inclusion in any Asset Pool, subject to reassignment
pursuant to Section 2.06, for any First Note Transfer Date, unless otherwise
provided in the related Asset Pool Supplement, the sum of (a)(i) an amount
equal
to the outstanding principal balance of such Receivables designated for
inclusion in such Asset Pool or (ii) the Invested Amount of such Collateral
Certificate designated for inclusion in such Asset Pool plus (b) accrued
and
unpaid interest, determined based upon a weighted average interest rate,
through
such Payment Date, on Notes secured by the related Asset Pool with an
outstanding principal amount equal to the applicable amount specified in
clause
(a).
“Receivables”
means any amount owing by the Obligors including amounts owing for the payment
of goods and services, cash advances, access checks, Annual Membership Fees,
Cash Advance Fees, Periodic Finance Charges, Late Fees, Overlimit Fees, return
check fees and similar fees and charges, if any.
“Receivables
Purchase Agreement” means any receivables purchase agreement entered into
between a special purpose entity and the applicable Account Owner for the
sale
of receivables to the special purpose entity if such special purpose entity
either transfers Receivables or a Collateral Certificate secured by such
receivables to the Issuing Entity.
“Recoveries”
means, with respect to any Asset Pool, all net amounts received, including
Insurance Proceeds, by the Servicer with respect to Receivables in Defaulted
Accounts, including amounts received by the Servicer from the purchaser or
transferee with respect to the sale or other disposition of Receivables in
Defaulted Accounts.
“Regulation
AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17
C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, and all related rules and regulations of the
Commission, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such
clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission
in the
adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities,
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Securities
Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or
by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission
or its
staff from time to time.
“Related
Agreements” means, with respect to any Series, Class or Tranche of Notes,
collectively, the Indenture, any applicable Indenture Supplement, any applicable
Asset Pool Supplement, any applicable Terms Document and the Trust
Agreement.
“Removal
Cut-Off Date” means, with respect to any Removed Account, the date as of
which the Receivable in such Removed Account shall have been selected by
the
Transferor for removal from the Trust pursuant to Section 2.13; provided,
however, that in no event shall a Removal Cut-Off Date be greater
than
ten months prior to the related Removal Date.
“Removal
Date” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.13(a).
“Removal
Notice Date” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.13(a).
“Removed
Accounts” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.13(a).
“Required
Transferor Amount” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning
specified in the applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset
Pool.
“Requirements
of Law” means, for any Person, the certificate of incorporation or articles
of association and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents
of
such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of
an
arbitrator or Governmental Authority, whether federal, state or local (including
usury laws, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation B and Regulation
Z
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).
“Sarbanes
Certification” means the certification specified in paragraph (2) of
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as set forth in Item 601(31)(ii) of
Regulation S-K as such may be amended from time to time or any successor
or
replacement specified by the Commission or its staff from time to
time.
“Secured
Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section
2.01.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time (15
U.S.C. 77a et seq.).
“Securitization
Transaction” means any new Notes issued by the Issuing Entity, whether
publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated.
“Series
2002-CC Supplement” means the supplement to the First USA Credit Card Master
Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2004, by and
between Chase USA, as Transferor and Servicer, and The Bank of New York
(Delaware), as Trustee.
“Series
2004-CC Supplement” means the supplement to the Chase Credit Card Master
Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2004, by and
between
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Chase
USA, as Transferor and Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee and
Paying
Agent.
“Service
Transfer” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
“Servicer”
means Chase USA, in its capacity as Servicer pursuant to this Agreement,
and,
after any Service Transfer, the Successor Servicer.
“Servicer
Default” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
“Servicer
Rating Event” means the Servicer’s failure to maintain a short-term credit
rating of at least “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and “P-1” by Moody’s and, if
rated by Fitch, at least “F1” by Fitch; provided, however, that
the Transferor may allow the Servicer to maintain a short-term credit rating
below “A-1” or “P-1” or, to the extent rated by Fitch, “F1,” as the case may be,
provided that such action will satisfy the Note Rating Agency
Condition.
“Servicing
Criteria” means the “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB.
“Servicing
Fee” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified in the
applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
“Servicing
Participant” means the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Person that
participates in any of the servicing functions specified in Item 1122(d)
of
Regulation AB with respect to Accounts.
“Servicing
Party” has the meaning specified in subsection 13.03(a).
“SFAS
140” means Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140, Accounting
for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of
Liabilities (or any replacement Financial Accounting Standards Board statement,
or amendment or interpretation thereof).
“Standard
& Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or its
successor.
“Static
Pool Information” means static pool information as described in
Items 1105(b) and 1105(c) of Regulation AB.
“Subservicer”
means any Person that services the Receivables on behalf of the Servicer
or any
other Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly
or
through other Subservicers or Servicing Participants) of a substantial portion
of the material servicing functions required to be performed by the Servicer
under this Agreement or any Transaction Document that are identified in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB.
“Successor
Servicer” has the meaning specified in subsection 10.02(a).
“Supplemental
Bank Account” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified in
the applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
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“Supplemental
Credit Enhancement” means any Supplemental Credit Enhancement Agreement or
Supplemental Liquidity Agreement entered into between the Issuing Entity
and the
applicable Supplemental Credit Enhancement Provider or Supplemental Liquidity
Provider.
“Targeted
Interest Deposit Amount” has, with respect to any Series, Class or Tranche
of Notes, the meaning specified in the applicable Indenture Supplement for
such
Series, Class or Tranche of Notes.
“Targeted
Principal Deposit Amount” has, with respect to any Series, Class or Tranche
of Notes, the meaning specified in the applicable Indenture Supplement for
such
Series, Class or Tranche of Notes.
“Termination
Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
“Transaction
Document” means the Trust Agreement, the applicable Series Supplement, the
applicable Asset Pool Supplement, the Indenture or the related Indenture
Supplement, as applicable.
“Transfer
Restriction Event” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
“Transferor”
means (a) Chase USA or its successor under this Agreement and (b) any Additional
Transferor or Transferors. References to “each Transferor” shall
refer to each entity mentioned in the preceding sentence and references to
“the
Transferor” shall refer to all of such entities.
“Transferor
Amount” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified in the
applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
“Transferor
Certificate” has, with respect to any Asset Pool, the meaning specified in
the applicable Asset Pool Supplement for such Asset Pool.
“Transferor
Interest” means, with respect to any Asset Pool, the interest in such Asset
Pool not represented by issued and Outstanding Notes secured by that Asset
Pool.
“Transferor
Percentage” means, with respect to any Asset Pool for any Monthly Period,
the percentage in such Asset Pool not represented by the aggregate of the
Noteholder Percentage for all Series secured by such Asset Pool.
“Transferred
Account” means (a) an Account with respect to which a new credit account
number has been issued by the Account Owner under circumstances resulting
from a
lost or stolen credit card or from the transfer from one affinity group to
another affinity group or otherwise and not requiring standard application
and
credit evaluation procedures under the Credit Card Guidelines or (b) an Eligible
Account resulting from a status change, including the conversion of an Account
that was a standard account to a premium account or from a premium account
to a
standard account, and which in the case of (a) or (b), can be traced or
identified by reference to or by way of the computer files delivered to the
applicable Collateral Agent, as designee of the Issuing Entity, as an account
into which an Account has been transferred.
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“Trust”
means the Chase Issuance Trust, a Delaware statutory business
trust.
“Trust
Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Trust Agreement relating to
the Trust, dated as of March 14, 2006, between the Transferor and the Owner
Trustee.
“Trust
Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Trust
Servicing Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02.
“Trust
Termination Date” means the date on which the Trust is dissolved in
accordance with Section 8.01 of the Trust Agreement.
“Yield
Factor” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.15(a).
Section
1.02 Other Definitional
Provisions.
(a) The
terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and, along with any other term defined in any Section of this
Agreement, include the plural as well as the singular.
(b) With
respect to any Series, all terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have meanings ascribed to them in the applicable Transaction
Document.
(c) All
terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used
in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein.
(d) As
used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document
to
the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them
under
GAAP. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with
the
meanings of such terms under GAAP, the definitions contained in this Agreement
or in any such certificate or other document shall control.
(e) The
agreements, representations and warranties of Chase USA in this Agreement
in
each of its capacities as Transferor, Servicer and Administrator shall be
deemed
to be the agreements, representations and warranties of Chase USA solely
in each
such capacity for so long as Chase USA acts in each such capacity under this
Agreement.
(f) Any
reference to each Note Rating Agency shall only apply to any specific Note
Rating Agency if such Note Rating Agency is then rating any Outstanding Series,
Class or Tranche of Notes.
(g) Unless
otherwise specified, references to any amount as on deposit or outstanding
on
any particular date shall mean such amount at the close of business on such
day.
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(h) The
words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement; references to any subsection, Section,
clause, Schedule or Exhibit are references to subsections, Sections, clauses,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified;
the
term “including” means “including without limitation”; references to any law or
regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and
include any successor law or regulation; references to any Person include
that
Person’s successors and assigns; and references to any agreement refer to such
agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
[END
OF ARTICLE I]
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ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE
OF COLLATERAL
Section
2.01 Conveyance of
Collateral. By execution of the Original Transfer and Servicing
Agreement, the Transferor transferred, assigned, set over and otherwise conveyed
to the Trust, without recourse except as provided therein, all its right,
title
and interest in, to and under the First USA Collateral
Certificate. By execution of each Initial Account Assignment, the
Transferor transferred, assigned, set over and otherwise conveyed to the
Trust,
without recourse except as provided therein, all its right, title and interest
in, to and under the Receivables in the Initial Accounts designated thereby
existing at the open of business on the applicable Cut-Off Date and thereafter
created from time to time until the termination of the Trust, all
Interchange and Recoveries allocable to the Trust as provided therein, all
monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect
thereto and all proceeds (including “proceeds” as defined in the UCC) thereof
and all Insurance Proceeds relating thereto. By execution of the
Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Transferor
transferred, assigned, set over and otherwise conveyed to the Trust, without
recourse except as provided therein, all its right, title and interest in,
to
and under the Chase Collateral Certificate and, by execution of amendments
thereto and this Agreement, the Transferor does hereby transfer, assign,
set
over and otherwise convey to the Trust, without recourse except as provided
herein, as of the date hereof and on and after each applicable Addition Date,
each Additional Collateral Certificate and all Receivables arising in each
Additional Account designated on such Addition Date, together with all monies
and other property credited to the Bank Accounts established pursuant to
each
Asset Pool Supplement and Indenture Supplement, the rights of the Trust under
this Agreement and the Trust Agreement and the property conveyed to the Trust
under any Asset Pool Supplement and any Series Supplement (the “Trust
Assets”).
Each
Transferor shall be under no obligation whatsoever to file any financing
or
continuation statements or to make any other filing under the UCC in connection
with the transfer and assignment of a Collateral Certificate.
Each
Transferor further agrees, at its own expense, on or prior to (x) the Amendment
Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Collateral Certificates and Initial
Accounts and (y) the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Additional
Collateral Certificates and Additional Accounts with respect to such
Transferor: (a) to indicate in the appropriate official records or
computer files that such Collateral Certificates or Receivables created in
connection with such Accounts have been designated for inclusion in a particular
Asset Pool in the Trust pursuant to this Agreement and (b) to deliver to
the
applicable Collateral Agent, as designee of the Issuing Entity, a true and
complete list (in the form of a computer file, microfiche list, CD-ROM or
such
other form as is agreed upon between the Transferor and the applicable
Collateral Agent) of all such Accounts, specifying for each such Account
the
applicable Addition Date for such Account. In addition, such list
shall, in connection with each Additional Account, include its account number,
the aggregate Receivables outstanding in such Additional Account and state
to
which Asset Pool such Additional Account belongs. Each such official
record, as supplemented, from time to time, to reflect Additional Collateral
Certificates and removed
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Collateral
Certificates shall be marked as Schedule 1 to this Agreement, and each
such
list, as supplemented, from time to time, to reflect Initial Accounts,
Additional Accounts and Removed Accounts, shall be marked as Schedule 2
to this
Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Agreement.
The
parties hereto agree that all such transfers are subject to, and shall be
treated in accordance with, the Delaware Act and each of the parties hereto
agrees that this Agreement has been entered into by the parties hereto in
express reliance upon the Delaware Act. For purposes of complying
with the requirements of the Delaware Act, each of the parties hereto hereby
agrees that any property, assets or rights purported to be transferred, in
whole
or in part, by the Transferor pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed
to no
longer be the property, assets or rights of the Transferor. The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the transactions contemplated hereby
shall constitute, and each such transfer is occurring in connection with,
a
“securitization transaction” within the meaning of the Delaware
Act.
The
parties hereto intend that each transfer of Receivables, the Initial Collateral
Certificates and any Additional Collateral Certificates pursuant to this
Agreement constitute a sale, and not a secured borrowing for accounting
purposes. If and to the extent that, notwithstanding such intent, any
Transferor retains any interest in the Initial Collateral Certificates,
Additional Collateral Certificates or the Receivables, it is the intention
of
the parties hereto that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law, and therefor such Transferor hereby grants to the Trust
a
first priority perfected security interest in all of such Transferor’s right,
title and interest, in, to and under the Initial Collateral Certificates,
any
Additional Collateral Certificates, the Receivables and the other Trust Assets
conveyed by such Transferor, and all money, accounts, general intangibles,
chattel paper, instruments, documents, goods, investment property, deposit
accounts, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, letter-of-credit-rights
and advices of credit consisting of, arising from or related to the Trust
Assets, and all proceeds thereof, to secure a loan in an amount equal to
the
unpaid principal amount of the Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture and
the
applicable Indenture Supplement and accrued and unpaid interest with respect
thereto (the “Secured Obligations”).
Section
2.02 Acceptance by
Trust.
(a) The
Trust hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and interest
to the
property, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to the Trust pursuant
to
Section 2.01. The Trust further acknowledges that, prior to or
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Transferor
delivered to the applicable Collateral Agent, as designee of the Issuing
Entity,
Schedule 1 identifying the Initial Collateral Certificates and the Initial
Accounts. The applicable Collateral Agent shall forward a copy of
Schedule 1 to the Owner Trustee who shall maintain a copy of Schedule 1,
as
delivered from time to time, at its Corporate Trust Office.
(b) The
Trust hereby designates to the Servicer the right to receive all payments
to be
made to the Trust hereunder.
(c) The
Owner Trustee and the Trust each hereby agrees (and the Indenture Trustee
and
each applicable Collateral Agent shall, pursuant to the Indenture or
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applicable
Asset Pool Supplement, agree) not to disclose to any Person the identity
of any
of the account numbers or other information contained in the computer files
marked as Schedule 2 and delivered to the applicable Collateral Agent,
as
designee of the Issuing Entity, from time to time, except (i) to a Successor
Servicer or as required by a Requirement of Law applicable to the Owner
Trustee,
(ii) in connection with the performance of the Owner Trustee’s or the Trust’s
duties hereunder, (iii) to the Indenture Trustee in connection with its
duties
in enforcing the rights of Noteholders, (iv) to the applicable Collateral
Agent
in connection with its duties under the applicable Asset Pool Supplement
or (v)
to bona fide creditors or potential creditors of any Account Owner, the
Administrator or any Transferor for the limited purpose of enabling any
such
creditor to identify applicable Receivables or Accounts subject to this
Agreement. The Owner Trustee and the Trust each agrees to take such
measures as shall be reasonably requested by any Transferor to protect
and
maintain the security and confidentiality of such information and, in connection
therewith, shall allow each Transferor or its duly authorized representatives
to
inspect the Owner Trustee’s security and confidentiality arrangements as they
specifically relate to the administration of the Trust from time to time
during
normal business hours upon prior written notice. The Owner Trustee
and the Trust shall provide the applicable Transferor with notice five
Business
Days prior to disclosure of any information of the type described in this
subsection 2.02(c).
Section
2.03 Representations and
Warranties of Each Transferor Relating to Such Transferor. Each
Transferor hereby severally represents and warrants to the Trust (and agrees
that the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral
Agent may conclusively rely on each such representation and warranty in
accepting the Receivables and Collateral Certificates in trust, in
authenticating the Notes and each as a secured party) as of each Issuance
Date,
each Increase Date and each Addition Date (but only if it was a Transferor
on
such date and only if it was a party to the applicable Related Agreement
on such
date) that:
(a) Organization
and Good Standing. Such Transferor is an entity, duly organized
and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its
organization or incorporation and has, in all material respects, full power,
authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its business
as such
properties are at present owned and such business is at present conducted,
and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement,
the
applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and each applicable Series
Supplement.
(b) Due
Qualification. Such Transferor is duly qualified to do business
and is in good standing (or is exempt from such requirement) in any state
required in order to conduct business, and has obtained all necessary licenses
and approvals with respect to such Transferor required under federal law;
provided, however, that no representation or warranty is made with
respect to any qualifications, licenses or approvals which the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the applicable Collateral Agent would have
to
obtain to do business in any state in which the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner
Trustee seeks to enforce any Collateral Certificate or any
Receivable.
(c) Due
Authorization. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and each applicable Series
Supplement by such Transferor and the order to the Indenture Trustee to have
the
Notes authenticated and
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delivered
and the consummation by such Transferor of the transactions provided for
in this
Agreement, the applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and each
applicable Series Supplement have been duly authorized by such Transferor
by all
necessary corporate action on the part of such Transferor and this Agreement
will remain, from the time of its execution, an official record of such
Transferor.
(d) No
Conflict. The execution and delivery by such Transferor of this
Agreement, the applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and each
applicable Series Supplement, and the performance of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement,
if any, and each applicable Series Supplement and the fulfillment of the
terms
hereof and thereof applicable to such Transferor, will not conflict with,
result
in any breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under,
any
indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
to
which such Transferor is a party or by which it or its properties are
bound.
(e) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations, pending
or, to the best knowledge of such Transferor, threatened against such Transferor
before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, the applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, or any
applicable Series Supplement, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of
any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the applicable Receivables
Purchase Agreement, if any, or any applicable Series Supplement, (iii)
seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of such
Transferor, would materially and adversely affect the performance by such
Transferor of its obligations under this Agreement, the applicable Receivables
Purchase Agreement, if any, or any applicable Series Supplement, (iv) seeking
any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the applicable Receivables
Purchase Agreement, if any, or any applicable Series Supplement or (v)
seeking to affect adversely the income tax attributes of the Trust under
the
United States federal or any state income tax systems.
(f) All
Consents. All appraisals, authorizations, consents, orders or
other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority required in
connection with the execution and delivery by such Transferor of this Agreement,
the applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and each applicable
Series Supplement and the performance of the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement, the applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and each
applicable Series Supplement by such Transferor have been duly obtained,
effected or given and are in full force and effect.
(g) No
Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and each applicable Series
Supplement, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and each applicable
Series Supplement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will
not
conflict with or violate any Requirements of Law applicable to such
Transferor.
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Section
2.04 Representations and
Warranties of each Transferor Relating to this Agreement and any Series
Supplement and the Collateral.
(a) Representations
and Warranties. Each Transferor hereby severally represents and
warrants to the Trust that:
(i) as
of (A) each day on which any new Receivable is created, this Agreement and
the
applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and (B) each Addition
Date
with respect to Additional Accounts designated on such Addition Date, this
Agreement, the applicable Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, and the
related Account Assignment, each constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Transferor enforceable against such Transferor in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect or general
principles of equity;
(ii) as
of each Issuance Date, this Agreement, the applicable Receivables Purchase
Agreement, if any, the applicable Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the
applicable Series Supplement, each constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Transferor enforceable against such Transferor in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect or general
principles of equity;
(iii) as
of (A) each Increase Date, this Agreement, the applicable Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the applicable Series Supplement, and (B) each Addition Date
on
which an Additional Collateral Certificate is designated, this Agreement,
the
applicable Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the applicable Series Supplement
and
the related Certificate Assignment, each constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Transferor enforceable against such Transferor
in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect or
general principles of equity;
(iv) as
of (A) the Initial Issuance Date, with respect to the First USA Collateral
Certificate and the Chase CC Issuance Date, with respect to the Chase Collateral
Certificate, (B) the applicable Cut-Off Date with respect to the Initial
Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein) and each Addition Cut-Off
Date
with respect to Additional Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein)
and
(C) the Addition Date with respect to an Additional Collateral Certificate,
the
portion of Schedule 1 or Schedule 2, as applicable, to this Agreement under
such
Transferor’s name, as supplemented to such date, is an accurate and complete
listing or identification, as applicable, in all material respects
of:
(1) with
respect to Schedule 2, the Initial Accounts and Additional Accounts the
Receivables in which were transferred by such Transferor, and the information
contained therein with respect to the identity of such Accounts and the
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Receivables
existing thereunder as of the applicable Cut-Off Date is, in each case,
true and
correct in all material respects; or
(2) with
respect to Schedule 1, the First USA Collateral Certificate, the Chase
Collateral Certificate and each Additional Collateral Certificate transferred
thereafter that remains outstanding, including any Additional Collateral
Certificate transferred as of an Addition Date, and the information contained
therein with respect to the identity of such Collateral Certificate as of
the
Initial Issuance Date, the Chase CC Issuance Date or such Addition Date,
as
applicable, is, in each case, true and correct in all material
respects;
(v) as
of (A) each day on which any new Receivable is created, (B) the Initial Issuance
Date with respect to the First USA Collateral Certificate and the Chase CC
Issuance Date with respect to the Chase Collateral Certificate, (C) the
applicable Cut-Off Date with respect to the Initial Accounts (and the
Receivables arising therein) and each Addition Cut-Off Date with respect
to
Additional Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein), (D) each Addition
Date with respect to Additional Collateral Certificates and (E) each Increase
Date with respect to increases in the Invested Amount of a Collateral
Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust, such Transferor owns and has
good
marketable title to such Receivable, Initial Collateral Certificate or
Additional Collateral Certificate, as applicable, free and clear of any Lien
(other than any Lien for municipal or other local taxes if such taxes are
not
then due and payable or if such Transferor is then contesting the validity
thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and has set aside on its
books
and records adequate reserves with respect thereto), claim or encumbrance
of any
Person and such conveyance of such Receivable, Initial Collateral Certificate
or
Additional Collateral Certificate to the Trust, or such increase in the Invested
Amount of a Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust, as
applicable, is made by such Transferor in compliance, in all material respects,
with all Requirements of Law applicable to such Transferor;
(vi) as
of (A) each day on which any new Receivable is created, (B) the Initial Issuance
Date with respect to the First USA Collateral Certificate and the Chase CC
Issuance Date with respect to the Chase Collateral Certificate, (C) the
applicable Cut-Off Date with respect the Initial Accounts (and the Receivables
arising therein) and each Addition Cut-Off Date with respect to Additional
Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein), (D) each Addition Date with
respect to an Additional Collateral Certificate and (E) each Increase Date
with
respect to an increase in the Invested Amount of a Collateral Certificate
previously conveyed to the Trust, all authorizations, consents, orders or
approvals of or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority
required to be obtained, effected or given by such Transferor in connection
with
the conveyance to the Trust by such Transferor of such Receivables or
Additional Collateral Certificate or the increase of the Invested Amount
of any
Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust by such Transferor
have
been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and
effect;
(vii) as
of (A) each Issuance Date, (B) the applicable Cut-Off Date with respect the
Initial Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein) and each Addition
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Cut-Off
Date with respect to Additional Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein),
(C) each Addition Date with respect to an Additional Collateral Certificate
and
(D) each Increase Date with respect to an increase in the Invested Amount
of a
Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust, this Agreement
constitutes a valid sale, transfer and assignment to the Trust of all right,
title and interest of such Transferor in the Initial Collateral Certificate,
any
Receivables existing on and after such date, any Additional Collateral
Certificate or any increased amount of such Collateral Certificate, as
applicable, transferred to the Trust by such Transferor and the proceeds
thereof
and Interchange and Recoveries identified as relating to the Receivables
transferred to the Trust by such Transferor or, if this Agreement or, in
the
case of an Additional Collateral Certificate or Additional Accounts, the
related
Certificate Assignment or Account Assignment, as applicable, does not constitute
a sale of such property, it creates a valid and continuing security interest
(as
defined in the applicable UCC) in such property in favor of the Trust,
which
security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such
against creditors of and purchasers from such Transferor;
(viii) as
of (A) each Issuance Date, (B) the applicable Cut-Off Date with respect the
Initial Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein) and each Addition
Cut-Off
Date with respect to Additional Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein),
(C) each Addition Date with respect to an Additional Collateral Certificate
and
(D) each Increase Date with respect to an increase in the Invested Amount
of a
Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust, such Transferor
has
caused or will have caused within ten days, the filing of all appropriate
financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest
in
such property granted to the Trust hereunder and upon the filing of all such
appropriate financing statements, the Trust shall have a first priority
perfected security or ownership interest in such property and
proceeds;
(ix) as
of (A) each Issuance Date, (B) the applicable Cut-Off Date with respect the
Initial Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein) and each Addition
Cut-Off
Date with respect to Additional Accounts (and the Receivables arising therein),
(C) each Addition Date with respect to an Additional Collateral Certificate
and
(D) each Increase Date with respect to an increase in the Invested Amount
of a
Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust, other than the security
interest granted to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement or any other security
interest that has been terminated, such Transferor has not pledged, assigned,
sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed such property;
such
Transferor has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing
statements against such Transferor that include a description of collateral
covering such property other than any financing statement relating to the
security interest granted to the Trust hereunder or that has been terminated;
and such Transferor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against
such Transferor. Upon the filing of any applicable financing
statements and, in the case of Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds
thereof, upon the creation thereof, the Trust shall have a first priority
perfected security interest or ownership interest in such property and
proceeds;
(x) as
of (A) each Issuance Date, (B) each Increase Date with respect to an increase
in
the Invested Amount of a Collateral Certificate previously
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conveyed
to the Trust and (C) each Addition Date with respect to an Additional Collateral
Certificate, such Collateral Certificate constitutes a “certificated security”
within the meaning of the applicable UCC; such Transferor has in its possession
all original copies of each certificate that constitutes or evidences such
Collateral Certificate; the certificates that constitute or evidence such
Collateral Certificate do not have any marks or notations indicating that
they
have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than
the
Trust; and all financing statements filed or to be filed against such Transferor
in favor of the Trust in connection herewith describing such Collateral
Certificate contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase
of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement
will violate the rights of the Trust”;
(xi) as
of each Addition Date with respect to an Additional Collateral Certificate,
such
Additional Collateral Certificate is an Eligible Collateral
Certificate;
(xii) as
of each Cut-Off Date, the related Initial Accounts, and as of each Addition
Cut-Off Date, the related Additional Accounts are Eligible
Accounts;
(xiii) as
of (A) the applicable Cut-Off Date with respect to the Receivables then existing
in each Initial Account owned by such Transferor and the applicable Addition
Cut-Off Date with respect to the Receivables then existing in each Additional
Account owned by such Transferor, (B) the date of the creation of each new
Receivable transferred to the Trust by such Transferor and (C) each Issuance
Date with respect to all Receivables which have been conveyed to the Trust
by
such Transferor, each such Receivable constitutes an “account” within the
meaning of the applicable UCC;
(xiv) as
of (A) the applicable Cut-Off Date with respect to the Receivables then existing
in each Initial Account owned by such Transferor and the applicable Addition
Cut-Off Date with respect to the Receivables then existing in each Additional
Account owned by such Transferor and (B) the date of the creation of any
new
Receivable transferred to the Trust by such Transferor, such Receivable is
an
Eligible Receivable;
(xv) on
the applicable Cut-Off Date, with respect to Initial Accounts owned by such
Transferor, or Addition Cut-Off Date, with respect to Additional Accounts
owned
by such Transferor, no selection procedures believed by such Transferor to
be
materially adverse to the interests of the Noteholders have been used in
selecting such Accounts; and
(xvi) on
the Initial Issuance Date with respect to the First USA Collateral Certificate,
the Chase CC Issuance Date with respect to the Chase Collateral Certificate,
and
on each applicable Increase Date with respect to the Collateral Certificate
which is to have its Invested Amount increased, such Collateral Certificate
is
an Eligible Collateral Certificate.
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(b) Notice
of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2.03 and this Section 2.04 shall survive the transfers and assignments
of the Collateral Certificates and the Receivables to the Trust, the pledge
of
the Collateral Certificates and the Receivables to the Collateral Agent pursuant
to the Asset Pool Supplement, and the issuance of the Notes. Upon
discovery by any Transferor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the applicable
Collateral Agent or the Owner Trustee of a breach of any of the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 2.03 or this Section 2.04, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties
following such discovery.
Section
2.05 Transfer of Ineligible
Receivables and Ineligible Collateral Certificates.
(a) Automatic
Removal. With respect to Receivables or Collateral
Certificates, in the event that:
(i) (1)
any representation or warranty contained in subsection 2.04(a)(v) is not
true
and correct in any material respect as of the date specified therein, or
in the
event that a Receivable is not an Eligible Receivable or a Collateral
Certificate is not an Eligible Collateral Certificate, and (2) either of
the
following two conditions is met: (A) as a result of such breach or
event such Receivable is charged off as uncollectible or the Trust’s rights in,
to or under such Collateral Certificate or Receivable or its proceeds are
impaired or the proceeds of such Collateral Certificate or Receivable are
not
available for any reason to the Trust free and clear of any Lien; or (B)
the
Lien upon the subject Receivable or Collateral Certificate arises in favor
of
the United States of America or any state or any agency or instrumentality
thereof and involves taxes or liens arising under Title IV of ERISA or has
been
consented to by the applicable Transferor; or
(ii) with
respect to Receivables, the applicable Transferor has taken an action which
causes a Receivable to be deemed to be an Ineligible Receivable in accordance
with subsection 2.08(a);
then,
upon the earlier to occur of the discovery of such breach or event by the
applicable Transferor or the Servicer or receipt by the Transferor who conveyed
such Receivable or Collateral Certificate of written notice of such breach
or
event given by the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent or
the
Owner Trustee, then the applicable Transferor shall accept reassignment of
all
applicable Receivables or of the applicable Collateral Certificate on the
terms
and conditions set forth in paragraph (c) below.
(b) Removal
After Cure Period. In the event any representation or warranty
contained in subsection 2.04(a)(iv), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii),
(xiii), (xiv), (xv) or (xvi) is not true and correct in any material respect
as
of the date specified therein with respect to (x) any Collateral Certificate
and
such breach has a material adverse effect on such Collateral Certificate
or (y)
any Receivable or the related Account and such breach has a material and
adverse
effect on such Receivable, then, unless cured within 60 days (or such longer
period, not in excess of 120 days, as may be agreed to by the Indenture Trustee,
the applicable Collateral Agent and the Servicer) after the earlier to occur
of
the discovery thereof by the Transferor who
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conveyed
such Collateral Certificate or Receivable to the Trust or receipt by such
Transferor of written notice thereof given by the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent or the Servicer, then such Transferor
shall accept reassignment of the Ineligible Collateral Certificate or of
the
Ineligible Receivable, as the case may be, on the terms and conditions
set forth
in paragraph (c) below.
(c) Procedures
for Removal. When the provisions of subsection 2.05(a) or (b)
above require (i) removal of a Collateral Certificate, the applicable Collateral
Agent shall deliver such Collateral Certificate (such Collateral Certificate,
an
“Ineligible Collateral Certificate”) to the applicable Transferor with a valid
assignment in the name of such Transferor for cancellation by such Transferor
and directing the Servicer to deduct the Invested Amount of each such Ineligible
Collateral Certificate from the Pool Balance for the applicable Asset Pool
and to decrease the Transferor Amount of such Asset Pool by the Invested
Amount
of such Ineligible Collateral Certificate or (ii) removal of a Receivable,
the
applicable Transferor shall accept reassignment of such Receivable (each
such
Receivable, an “Ineligible Receivable”) by directing the Servicer to deduct the
principal balance of each such Ineligible Receivable from the Pool Balance
for
the applicable Asset Pool and to decrease the Transferor Amount of such Asset
Pool by the principal balance of such Ineligible Receivable. On and
after the date of such removal, the Invested Amount of each Ineligible
Collateral Certificate and the principal balance of each Ineligible Receivable
shall be deducted from the Pool Balance and Transferor Amount for the applicable
Asset Pool. In the event that the exclusion of an Ineligible
Collateral Certificate or an Ineligible Receivable from the calculation of
the
Transferor Amount for an Asset Pool would cause the Transferor Amount for
such
Asset Pool to be reduced below the Required Transferor Amount for such Asset
Pool or the Pool Balance for such Asset Pool to be reduced below the Minimum
Pool Balance for such Asset Pool or would otherwise not be permitted by law,
the
Transferor who conveyed such Ineligible Collateral Certificate or Ineligible
Receivable shall immediately, but in no event later than 10 Business Days
after
such event, make a deposit in the Excess Funding Account for that Asset Pool
in
immediately available funds in an amount equal to the amount by which (x)
the
Transferor Amount for that Asset Pool would be reduced below the Required
Transferor Amount for that Asset Pool or (y) the Pool Balance for that Asset
Pool would be reduced below the Minimum Pool Balance for that Asset
Pool.
Upon
reassignment of any Ineligible Collateral Certificate or Ineligible Receivable,
the Trust shall automatically and without further action be deemed to transfer,
assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the applicable Transferor or its
designee, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title
and
interest of the Trust in and to such Ineligible Collateral Certificate or
Ineligible Receivable, all Interchange and Recoveries related to any such
Receivable, all monies and amounts due or to become due and all proceeds
thereof
and such reassigned Ineligible Collateral Certificate or Ineligible Receivable
shall be treated by the Trust as collected in full as of the date on which
it
was transferred. The obligation of each Transferor to accept
reassignment of any Ineligible Collateral Certificate or Ineligible Receivable
conveyed to the Trust by such Transferor, and to make the deposits, if any,
required to be made to the applicable Excess Funding Account as provided
in this
Section, shall constitute the sole remedy respecting the event giving rise
to
such obligation available to the Trust or the Noteholders (or the Indenture
Trustee or the applicable Collateral Agent on behalf of the
Noteholders). The Trust shall execute such documents and instruments
of transfer or assignment
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and
take such other actions as shall reasonably be requested and provided by
the
applicable Transferor to effect the conveyance of such Ineligible Collateral
Certificate or Ineligible Receivable pursuant to this subsection 2.05(c),
but
only upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate from such Transferor that states
that all conditions set forth in this Section 2.05 have been
satisfied.
Section
2.06 Reassignment of
Collateral. In the event any representation or warranty of a
Transferor set forth in subsection 2.03(a) or (c) or subsection 2.04(a)(i),
(ii), (iii) or (viii) is not true and correct in any material respect and
such
breach has a material adverse effect on the Receivables designated for inclusion
in an Asset Pool or a particular Collateral Certificate transferred to the
Trust
by such Transferor or the availability of the proceeds thereof to the Trust
then, either the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral
Agent or the Holders of Notes secured by the applicable Asset Pool
evidencing more than 66⅔% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Outstanding Notes secured by the applicable Asset Pool, by notice then given
to
the applicable Transferor, the Administrator and the Servicer (and to the
Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent, if given
by
the Noteholders), may direct such Transferor to accept a reassignment of
the
Receivables designated for inclusion in such Asset Pool and/or any such
Collateral Certificate conveyed to the Trust by such Transferor and designated
for inclusion in such Asset Pool, pursuant to this Agreement, the applicable
Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, the applicable Series Supplement,
the
applicable Account Assignment or the applicable Certificate Assignment, if
such
breach and any material adverse effect caused by such breach is not cured
within
60 days of such notice (or within such longer period as may be specified
in such
notice), and upon those conditions such Transferor shall be obligated to
accept
such reassignment on the terms set forth below; provided, however, that a
Transferor shall only be required to accept reassignment of Receivables or
Collateral Certificates transferred under an agreement with respect to which
the
relevant representation and warranty was deemed to be breached; and provided,
further, the affected Receivables and the affected Collateral Certificates
will
not be reassigned to such Transferor if, on any day during such applicable
period the relevant representation and warranty shall be true and correct
in all
material respects as if made on such day. The applicable Transferor
shall deposit the portion of the Reassignment Amount attributable to the
applicable Notes in the Collection Account to be treated (i) in connection
with
amounts determined under clause (a) of the definition of “Reassignment Amount,”
as Principal Collections for each Series of Notes and (ii) in connection
with
the amounts determined under clause (b) of the definition of “Reassignment
Amount,” as Finance Charge Collections for each Series of Notes, in either case,
in immediately available funds not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time,
on
the First Note Transfer Date following the Monthly Period in which such
reassignment obligation arises, in payment for such reassignment.
If
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent
or the
Noteholders give notice directing the applicable Transferor to accept a
reassignment of any Receivables or any Collateral Certificate as provided
above,
the obligation of such Transferor to accept such reassignment pursuant to
this
Section 2.06 and to make the deposit required to be made to the Collection
Account for each Series of Notes as provided in this Section 2.06 shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting an event of the type specified above
in
this Section 2.06 available to the Noteholders (or the Indenture Trustee
or any
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Noteholders). Upon reassignment of
the affected Receivables and any affected Collateral
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Certificate
on the First Note Transfer Date following the Monthly Period in which such
obligation arises, the Trust shall automatically and without further action
be
deemed to transfer, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the applicable
Transferor, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right,
title
and interest of the Trust in and to the affected Receivables and affected
Collateral Certificates, all Interchange and Recoveries allocable to the
Trust
with respect thereto, and all monies and amounts due or to become due with
respect thereto and all proceeds of the Receivables and Insurance Proceeds
relating thereto allocated to the Receivables (and any costs or expenses
incurred by the Indenture Trustee in connection with such reassignment
shall be
reimbursed by the Servicer). The Trust shall execute such documents
and instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions as
shall
reasonably be requested by the applicable Transferor to effect the conveyance
of
such property pursuant to this Section.
Section
2.07 Additional
Transferors. The Transferor may designate Affiliates of the
Transferor to be included as Transferors (“Additional Transferors”) under this
Agreement in an amendment hereto pursuant to subsection 12.01(a) and, in
connection with such designation, the Transferor shall surrender the Transferor
Certificate for the applicable Asset Pool to the Owner Trustee in exchange
for a
newly issued Transferor Certificate for such Asset Pool modified to reflect
such
Additional Transferor’s interest in the Transferor Interest of such Asset Pool;
provided, however, that each Additional Transferor shall agree in such amendment
hereto to assume all of the duties and obligations of the Transferor hereunder;
and provided, further, that prior to any such designation and exchange (i)
the
Owner Trustee shall have received an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion, (ii) the
Note
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied, (iii) the Master Trust
Trustee shall have received the Master Trust Tax Opinion and (iv) any additional
conditions to the transfer of a Beneficial Interest provided in Section 3.02
of
the Trust Agreement shall have been satisfied.
Section
2.08 Covenants of each
Transferor. Each Transferor hereby severally covenants
that:
(a) Receivables
Not To Be Evidenced by Promissory Notes. Except in connection
with its enforcement or collection of an Account, such Transferor will take
no
action to cause any Receivable conveyed by it to the Trust to be evidenced
by
any instrument (as defined in the UCC) and if any such Receivable is so
evidenced it shall be deemed to be an Ineligible Receivable in accordance
with
subsection 2.05(a) and shall be reassigned to such Transferor in accordance
with
subsection 2.05(c). Each Receivable shall be payable pursuant to a
contract which does not create a Lien on any goods purchased
thereunder. Each Transferor will take no action to cause any
Receivable to be anything other than an “account” (as defined in the
UCC).
(b) Security
Interests. Except for the conveyances hereunder, such
Transferor will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person,
or
grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on, any Receivable
or
Collateral Certificate conveyed by it to the Trust, whether now existing
or
hereafter created, or any interest therein; such Transferor will immediately
notify the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent and the Owner
Trustee of the existence of any Lien on any Receivable or Collateral
Certificate; and such Transferor shall defend the right, title and interest
of
the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable
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Collateral
Agent in, to and under the Receivables and any Collateral Certificate,
whether
now existing or hereafter created, against all claims of third parties
claiming
through or under such Transferor; provided, however, that nothing
in this subsection 2.08(b) shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit such
Transferor from suffering to exist upon any of the Receivables any Liens
for
municipal or other local taxes if such taxes shall not at the time be due
and
payable or if such Transferor shall currently be contesting the validity
thereof
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall have set aside on its
books
adequate reserves with respect thereto.
(c) Transferor
Interest. Except for the conveyances hereunder, in connection
with any transaction permitted by subsection 6.02(a)(i) and as provided in
Section 2.07 of this Agreement, such Transferor agrees not to transfer, sell,
assign, exchange or otherwise convey or pledge, hypothecate or otherwise
grant a
security interest in the Transferor Interest of any Asset Pool or any Transferor
Certificate for any Asset Pool and any such attempted transfer, assignment,
exchange, conveyance, pledge, hypothecation, grant or sale shall be void,
unless
the Owner Trustee shall have received an Issuing Entity Tax
Opinion.
(d) Delivery
of Collections. In the event that such Transferor receives
Collections, such Transferor agrees to pay the Servicer all such Collections
as
soon as practicable after receipt thereof.
(e) Notice
of Liens. Such Transferor shall notify the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent promptly after becoming
aware of any Lien on any Receivable or Collateral Certificate conveyed by
it to
the Trust other than the conveyances hereunder and under the applicable
Receivables Purchase Agreement, if any, the applicable Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the applicable Series Supplement, the Indenture and the applicable
Asset Pool Supplement.
(f) Credit
Card Agreements and Guidelines. Each Transferor that is an
Account Owner covenants that it shall comply with and perform its obligations
under the Credit Card Agreements relating to the Accounts and the Credit
Card
Guidelines and all applicable rules and regulations of the applicable credit
card company except insofar as any failure to comply or perform would not
materially and adversely affect the rights of the Trust or the Noteholders;
provided, however, the applicable Transferor may change the terms
and provisions of the applicable Credit Card Agreements or the applicable
Credit
Card Guidelines in any respect (including the reduction of the required minimum
monthly payment, the calculation of the amount, or the timing, of charge-offs
and the Periodic Finance Charges and other fees to be assessed thereon) only
if
such change (i) would not, in the reasonable belief of such applicable
Transferor, cause an Early Amortization Event or Event of Default to occur,
and
(ii) is made applicable to any comparable segment of the revolving credit
card
accounts owned by such applicable Transferor which have characteristics the
same
as, or substantially similar to, the Accounts that are the subject of such
change, except as otherwise restricted by an endorsement, sponsorship, or
other
agreement between such applicable Transferor and an unrelated third party
or by
the terms of the Credit Card Agreements.
Section
2.09 Covenants of Each
Transferor with Respect to Any Applicable Receivables Purchase
Agreement. Each Transferor, if such Transferor is a party to a
Receivables Purchase Agreement, in its capacity as purchaser of Receivables
from
any Account Owner
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pursuant
to any such Receivables Purchase Agreement, hereby covenants that such
Transferor will at all times enforce the covenants and agreements of any
Account
Owner in such Receivables Purchase Agreement, including covenants that
the
Account Owner shall at all times enforce the covenants and agreements of
such
Transferor, as the case may be, in any Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
Section
2.10 [Reserved]
Section
2.11 Increases in the Invested
Amount of an Existing Collateral Certificate.
(a) The
Invested Amount of any Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the
Trust
and designated for inclusion in an Asset Pool may be increased by the applicable
Transferor on any Business Day in connection with:
(i) the
issuance of an additional Series, Class or Tranche of Notes secured by such
Asset Pool; or
(ii) the
increase of the Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool.
(b) In
connection with any increase in the Invested Amount of a Collateral Certificate
previously conveyed to the Trust, such increase shall either be funded from
the
proceeds of the issuance of an additional Series, Class or Tranche of Notes
or
funded by the applicable Transferor (which funding may be in cash or
through an increase in the Transferor Interest for such Asset
Pool).
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to any Monthly Period,
the
Invested Amount of a Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust
shall not be increased, including increases pursuant to this Section 2.11,
if
(i) an Early Amortization Event shall have occurred with respect to any Notes
as
a result of a failure to add Collateral to the Trust for inclusion in a
specified Asset Pool or a failure to increase the Invested Amount of a
Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust at a time when the
Pool
Balance for such Asset Pool for the prior Monthly Period is less than the
Minimum Pool Balance for such Asset Pool for such prior Monthly Period and
(ii)
increasing the Invested Amount of or reinvesting in a Collateral Certificate
previously conveyed to the Trust would result in a reduction in the allocation
percentage applicable for principal collections for such Collateral
Certificate.
Section
2.12 Addition of
Collateral.
(a) Required
Additions.
(i) Required
Additions. If, (A) as determined on any Determination Date, the
Transferor Amount for an Asset Pool for the prior Monthly Period is less
than
the Required Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool for such prior Monthly
Period, the applicable Transferor shall (1) designate Receivables in additional
Accounts to be transferred to the Trust (each, an “Additional Account”) for
designation pursuant to the applicable Asset Pool Supplement, (2) designate
one
or more additional
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Collateral
Certificates to be transferred to the Trust (each, an “Additional Collateral
Certificate”) for designation pursuant to the applicable Asset Pool Supplement
or (3) increase the Invested Amount of one or more Collateral Certificates
previously conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.11 in a sufficient
amount
such that, after giving effect to such addition or increase, the Transferor
Amount for such Asset Pool for the prior Monthly Period would have been
at least
equal to the Required Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool for such prior
Monthly Period, or (B) as determined on any Determination Date, the Pool
Balance
for such Asset Pool for the prior Monthly Period is less than the Minimum
Pool
Balance for such Asset Pool for such prior Monthly Period, the applicable
Transferor shall (1) designate Receivables in Additional Accounts to be
transferred to the Trust for designation pursuant to the applicable Asset
Pool
Supplement, (2) designate one or more Additional Collateral Certificates
to be
transferred to the Trust for designation pursuant to the applicable Asset
Pool
Supplement or (3) increase the Invested Amount of one or more Collateral
Certificates previously conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.11
in a
sufficient amount such that, after giving effect to such addition or increase,
the Pool Balance for the applicable Asset Pool would have been at least
equal to
the Minimum Pool Balance for such Asset Pool for the prior Monthly Period;
provided, however, that in the event of a Servicer Rating Event,
the Transferor Amount and the Pool Balance for an Asset Pool will be determined
on a daily basis in accordance with a method to be determined by the Servicer,
subject to satisfaction of the Note Rating Agency Condition.
Any
increase in the Invested Amount of one or more Collateral Certificates
previously conveyed to the Trust shall occur and/or designation of Receivables
in any Additional Accounts and/or any Additional Collateral Certificates
to be
transferred to the Trust for designation to a particular Asset Pool shall
be
transferred to the Trust and designated for inclusion in such Asset Pool
on or
before the thirtieth Business Day following such Determination Date (such
date,
in connection with the addition of Additional Accounts or Additional Collateral
Certificates, the “Addition Date” and in connection with the increase of a
Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust, the “Increase Date”);
provided, however, that in the event of a Servicer Rating Event,
any such Addition Date or Increase Date shall be on or before the tenth Business
Day following such Determination Date. The failure of the applicable
Transferor to increase the Pool Balance or the Transferor Amount for the
applicable Asset Pool as provided in this clause (i) solely as a result of
the
unavailability to the applicable Transferor of a sufficient amount of Additional
Accounts and/or Additional Collateral Certificates and/or the inability to
increase the Invested Amount of one or more Collateral Certificates previously
conveyed to the Trust shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement; provided
that any such failure which has not been timely cured may nevertheless result
in
the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event.
(ii) Any
Additional Accounts or Additional Collateral Certificates designated to be
included as Trust Assets pursuant to clause (i) above may only be so included
if
the applicable conditions specified in subsection (c) below have been
satisfied.
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(b) Permitted
Additions.
(i) In
addition to its obligation under subsection 2.12(a), each Transferor may,
but
shall not be obligated to, subject to the conditions in paragraph (c) below,
(x)
designate from time to time Receivables in Additional Accounts to be included
as
Trust Assets, and/or Additional Collateral Certificates to be included as
Trust Assets and (y) increase the Invested Amount of a Collateral Certificate
previously conveyed to the Trust. Such additional Collateral shall be
transferred to the Issuing Entity on the Addition Date or the Increase Date,
as
applicable.
(ii) On
any Business Day, consideration in the form of cash will be applied or an
increase in the Transferor Interest will be effected in connection with any
increase in the Trust Assets pursuant to Section 2.11 or this Section 2.12,
as
applicable.
(c) Conditions
to Additions. On each Addition Date with respect to any
Additional Accounts and/or Additional Collateral Certificates, the applicable
Receivables in Additional Accounts (and such Additional Accounts shall be
deemed
to be Accounts for purposes of this Agreement) or the applicable Additional
Collateral Certificates existing as of the close of business on the applicable
Addition Date shall be designated as additional Trust Assets, subject to
the
satisfaction of the following conditions (which shall not apply with respect
to
any increase in the Invested Amount of any Collateral Certificate previously
conveyed to the Trust except as specified in clause (i) below):
(i) on
or before the third Business Day prior to the Addition Date or the Increase
Date
with respect to additions or increases pursuant to subsection 2.12(a) and
on or
before the fifth Business Day prior to the Addition Date with respect to
additions pursuant to subsection 2.12(b) (the “Notice Date”), the applicable
Transferor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the
Servicer, the applicable Collateral Agent and each Note Rating Agency written
notice (unless such notice requirement is otherwise waived) that the Additional
Accounts and/or Additional Collateral Certificates will be included in the
Trust
Assets or an increased Invested Amount of a Collateral Certificate previously
conveyed to the Trust will be included in the Trust Assets (the latter notice
requirement shall only apply to increases made pursuant to subsection 2.12(a);
provided, however, that notice shall be delivered to the
applicable Collateral Agent in connection with any increase in the Invested
Amount of a Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust on or
prior
to the relevant Increase Date), which notice shall specify, as applicable,
(x)
the approximate aggregate amount of the Principal Receivables to be pledged,
(y)
the Invested Amount of the Collateral Certificates to be pledged or (z) the
amount by which the Invested Amount of a Collateral Certificate previously
conveyed to the Trust is to be increased, as well as the applicable Addition
Date or Increase Date and, in connection with the Additional Accounts, the
Addition Cut-Off Date;
(ii) the
applicable Transferor shall represent and warrant as of the applicable Addition
Cut-Off Date, each Additional Account is an Eligible Account;
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(iii) the
applicable Transferor shall represent and warrant as of the applicable Addition
Date, each Additional Collateral Certificate is an Eligible Collateral
Certificate;
(iv) on
or before the Addition Date with respect to Additional Accounts and the
Receivables arising thereunder, the applicable Transferor shall have delivered
to the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, and the Servicer a
written assignment in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 (the “Account
Assignment”) and, within five Business Days after the Addition Date, the
applicable Transferor shall have delivered to the applicable Collateral Agent,
as designee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, a true and complete list (in
the
form of a computer file, microfiche list, CD-ROM or such other form as is
agreed
upon between the applicable Transferor and the applicable Collateral Agent)
of
all Additional Accounts designated by such Account Assignment, identified
by
account number and the aggregate amount of the Receivables in each Additional
Account as of the Addition Cut-Off Date, and stating to which Asset Pool
such
Additional Accounts belong, which list shall, as of such Addition Date, modify
and amend and be incorporated into and made a part of such Account Assignment
and this Agreement and shall supplement Schedule 1 to this
Agreement;
(v) on
or before the Addition Date with respect to Additional Collateral Certificates,
the applicable Transferor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, on behalf
of the Issuing Entity, a written assignment in substantially the form of
Exhibit
A-1 (the “Certificate Assignment”) and each Collateral Certificate shall be
registered in the name of the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing
Entity;
(vi) as
of each of the Addition Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date, no Insolvency
Event
with respect to the Account Owner, as applicable, or such Transferor shall
have
occurred nor shall the transfer to the Trust of the Receivables arising in
the
Additional Accounts or of the Additional Collateral Certificate have been
made
in contemplation of the occurrence thereof;
(vii) the
acquisition by the Trust of the Receivables arising in the Additional Accounts
or of the Additional Collateral Certificate shall not, in the reasonable
belief
of the applicable Transferor, result in an Adverse Effect;
(viii) as
of (A) the Addition Cut-Off Date, the Assignment constitutes a valid sale,
transfer and assignment to the Trust of all right, title and interest, whether
owned on the Addition Cut-Off Date or thereafter acquired, of the Transferor
in
the Receivables existing on the Addition Cut-Off Date or thereafter created
in
the Additional Accounts, all Interchange and Recoveries related thereto,
all
monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect
thereto and the “proceeds” (including “proceeds” as defined in the applicable
UCC) thereof, or, if this Assignment does not constitute a sale of such
property, it constitutes a grant of a “security interest” (as defined in the
applicable UCC) in such property to the Trust, which, in the case of existing
Receivables and the proceeds thereof, is enforceable upon execution and delivery
of this Assignment, and which will be enforceable with respect to such
Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds thereof upon such creation
or (B)
the
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Addition
Date in connection with an Additional Collateral Certificate, the Assignment
constitutes either (x) a valid sale, transfer and assignment to the Trust
of all
right, title and interest of the Transferor in the Additional Collateral
Certificate designated on the Addition Date and such Additional Collateral
Certificate will be held by the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
free and
clear of any Lien of any Person claiming through or under the Transferor
or any
of its Affiliates, or (y) a valid transfer for security of all of the
Transferor’s right, title and interest in such Additional Collateral
Certificate to the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, which is enforceable
upon execution and delivery of this Assignment. Upon the filing of
all such appropriate financing statements, the Trust shall have a first
priority
perfected security or ownership interest in such property and
proceeds;
(ix) if,
with respect to any three-month period or with respect to any twelve-month
period, the aggregate number of Additional Accounts designated to have their
Receivables added to the Trust and designated for inclusion in any Asset
Pool
shall exceed the applicable Aggregate Addition Limit for such Asset Pool,
the
applicable Transferor shall have received notice from each Note Rating Agency
that the inclusion pursuant to subsection 2.12(b) of such Additional Accounts
in
excess of the applicable Aggregate Addition Limit will not result in the
reduction or withdrawal of its then existing rating of any Series, Class
or
Tranche of Notes then issued and Outstanding and shall have delivered such
notice to the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity;
(x) if
so notified by any Note Rating Agency on or before the second Business Day
prior
to the Addition Date with respect to additions of Additional Collateral
Certificates pursuant to subsection 2.12(a) or on or before the fourth Business
Day prior to the Addition Date with respect to additions of Additional
Collateral Certificates pursuant to subsection 2.12(b) that such Note Rating
Agency has elected to impose a Note Rating Agency Condition with respect
to the
addition of an Additional Collateral Certificate, the applicable Transferor
shall have received notice from such Note Rating Agency on or prior to the
applicable Addition Date that the Note Rating Agency Condition shall have
been
satisfied with respect to such Note Rating Agency and the Transferor shall
have
delivered such notice to the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing
Entity;
(xi) such
Transferor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing
Entity, an Officer’s Certificate, dated the Addition Date, confirming, to the
extent applicable, the items set forth in clauses (ii) through (x) above;
and
(xii) on
the Addition Date, the Transferor shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee,
on
behalf of the Issuing Entity (with a copy to each Note Rating Agency), an
Opinion of Counsel with respect to the Receivables arising in Accounts included
as Additional Accounts on such Addition Date substantially in the form of
Exhibit H.
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Section
2.13 Removal of
Accounts.
(a) Subject
to the conditions set forth below, each Transferor may, but shall not be
obligated to, designate Receivables from certain Accounts (the “Removed
Accounts”) for removal from the Trust. On or before the fifth
Business Day (the “Removal Notice Date”) prior to the date on which the
Receivables from the designated Removed Accounts will be reassigned to the
applicable Transferor (the “Removal Date”), the Issuing Entity shall give the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the applicable Collateral
Agent and each Note Rating Agency written notice that the Receivables from
such
Removed Accounts are to be reassigned to the applicable Transferor.
(b) The
applicable Transferor shall be permitted to designate and require reassignment
to it of Receivables from Removed Accounts only upon satisfaction of the
following conditions:
(i) all
of the requirements for the removal of Accounts under the applicable Asset
Pool
Supplement have been satisfied;
(ii) the
Servicer shall represent and warrant that (x) a random selection procedure
was
used by the Servicer in selecting the Removed Accounts and only one such
removal
of randomly selected Accounts shall occur in the then current Monthly Period,
(y) the Removed Accounts arose pursuant to an affinity, private-label,
agent-bank, co-branding or other arrangement with a third party that has
been
cancelled by such third party or has expired without renewal and which by
its
terms permits the third party to repurchase the Removed Accounts subject
to such
arrangement, upon such cancellation or non-renewal and the third party has
exercised such repurchase right or (z) the Removed Accounts were selected
using
another method that will not preclude transfers from being accounted for
as
sales under generally accepted accounting principles or prevent the Trust
from
continuing to qualify as a qualifying special purpose entity in accordance
with
SFAS 140 (or any relevant replacement statement);
(iii) the
removal of any Receivable of any Removed Accounts on any Removal Date shall
not,
in the reasonable belief of the applicable Transferor, cause, with respect
to
the Asset Pool from which such Receivables had been designated for removal,
an
Adverse Effect or the Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool to be less than
the
Required Transferor Amount for that Asset Pool or the Pool Balance for that
Asset Pool to be less than the Minimum Pool Balance for such Monthly Period
in
which such removal occurs;
(iv) on
or prior to the Removal Date, the applicable Transferor shall have delivered
to
the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, for execution, a written
assignment in substantially the form of Exhibit B (the “Reassignment”) and the
Transferor shall have, within five Business Days after the Removal Date,
or as
otherwise agreed upon between the applicable Transferor and the applicable
Collateral Agent, as designee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, delivered
to the
applicable Collateral Agent, as designee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity,
a
true and complete list (in the form of a computer file, microfiche list,
CD-ROM
or such other form as is agreed upon between
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the
applicable Transferor and the Owner Trustee) of all Removed Accounts
designated by such Reassignment, identified by account number and the aggregate
amount of Receivables outstanding in each Removed Account as of the Removal
Cut-Off Date, and stating from which Asset Pool such Removed Accounts are
to be
removed, which list shall, as of the Removal Date, modify and amend and
be
incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement;
(v) on
or prior to the Removal Date, if such removal is pursuant to subsection
2.13(b)(ii)(z), the Note Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied;
and
(vi) (A)
the Issuing Entity shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate confirming the items set forth in clause (i), (B) the Servicer
shall
have delivered to the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, an
Officer’s Certificate confirming the items set forth in clause (ii) above and
(C) the applicable Transferor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee,
on
behalf of the Issuing Entity, an Officer’s Certificate confirming the items set
forth in clauses (iii) through (v) above. The Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent may each
conclusively rely on each such Officer’s Certificate, shall have no duty to make
inquiries with regard to the matters set forth therein and shall incur no
liability in so relying.
Upon
satisfaction of the above conditions, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the
Issuing Entity, shall execute and deliver the Reassignment to such Transferor,
and the Receivables from the Removed Accounts shall no longer constitute
a part
of the Collateral.
Section
2.14 Account
Allocations. In the event that any Transferor is unable for
any reason to transfer Receivables to the Trust in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement (including by reason of the application of the
provisions of Section 9.01 or any order of any Governmental Authority (a
“Transfer Restriction Event”)), then, in any such event, (a) such Transferor and
the Servicer agree (except as prohibited by any such order) to allocate and
pay
to the Trust, after the date of such inability, all Collections, including
Collections of Principal Receivables and Finance Charge Receivables transferred
to the Trust prior to the occurrence of such event, and all amounts which
would
have constituted Collections with respect to Principal Receivables and Finance
Charge Receivables but for such Transferor’s inability to transfer such
Receivables (up to the lesser of the amount of such insufficiency or an
aggregate amount equal to the amount of Principal Receivables and Finance
Charge
Receivables in the Trust on such date transferred to the Trust by such
Transferor), (b) such Transferor and the Servicer agree that such amounts
will
be applied as Collections in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Asset
Pool Supplement and the terms of each Indenture Supplement and (c) for only
so long as the allocation and application of all Collections and all amounts
that would have constituted Collections are made in accordance with clauses
(a)
and (b) above, Principal Receivables and Finance Charge Receivables (and
all
amounts which would have constituted
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Principal
Receivables and Finance Charge Receivables but for such Transferor’s inability
to transfer Receivables to the Trust) which are charged off as uncollectible
in
accordance with this Agreement shall continue to be allocated in accordance
with
the terms of the applicable Asset Pool Supplement and each Indenture Supplement
and all amounts that would have constituted Principal Receivables but for
such
Transferor’s inability to transfer Receivables to the Trust shall be deemed
to be Principal Receivables for the purpose of calculating the applicable
Noteholder Percentage with respect to Principal Receivables with respect
to any
Series, Class or Tranche secured by the Receivables designated for inclusion
in
any Asset Pool. For the purpose of the immediately preceding
sentence, such Transferor and the Servicer shall treat the first received
Collections with respect to the Accounts as allocable to the Trust until
the
Trust shall have been allocated and paid Collections in an amount equal
to the
aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in the Trust as of the date of
the
occurrence of such event. If such Transferor and the Servicer are
unable pursuant to any Requirements of Law to allocate Collections as described
above, such Transferor and the Servicer agree that, after the occurrence
of such
event, payments on each Account with respect to the principal balance of
such
Account shall be allocated first to the oldest principal balance of such
Account
and shall have such payments applied as Collections in accordance with
the terms
of the applicable Asset Pool Supplement and each Indenture
Supplement. The parties hereto agree that Finance Charge Receivables,
whenever created, accrued in respect of Principal Receivables which have
been
conveyed to the Trust, or that would have been conveyed to the Trust but
for the
above described inability to transfer such Receivables, shall continue
to be a
part of the Trust notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer of additional
Principal Receivables to the Trust and Collections with respect thereto
shall
continue to be allocated and paid in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Asset Pool Supplement and each Indenture Supplement.
Section
2.15 Discount
Receivables.
(a) The
Transferor shall have the option to designate at any time and from time to
time
a fixed percentage or percentages, which may be a fixed percentage or a variable
percentage based on a formula (the “Yield Factor”), currently zero, of all or
any specified portion of Gross Principal Receivables outstanding that have
been
designated for inclusion in a specified Asset Pool on any date of determination
and subsequently created to be treated as Discount Receivables and included
as
Finance Charge Receivables. Subject to the conditions specified
below, the Transferor may, without notice to or the consent of any Noteholder
whose Notes are secured by a specified Asset Pool, from time to time, increase,
reduce or eliminate the Yield Factor on or after such initial date of
determination and any other specified date (each, a “Discount Option
Date”). The Transferor shall provide 30 days prior written notice of
any such change in a Yield Factor with respect to a specified Asset Pool
and the
related Discount Option Date to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent and any Note Rating Agency and such
change in the Yield Factor shall become effective on such Discount Option
Date
unless such designation in the reasonable belief of the Transferor would
cause
an Early Amortization Event or Event of Default with respect to any Series,
Class or Tranche of Notes to occur, or an event which, with notice or lapse
of
time or both, would constitute an Early Amortization Event or Event of Default
with respect to any Series, Class or Tranche of Notes. In addition,
on each Discount Option Date after a change in Yield Factor, the Transferor
shall apply the new Yield Factor to all or the portion of the Gross Principal
Receivables outstanding that have been designated for inclusion in a specified
Asset Pool which are to be treated as Discount Receivables.
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(b) After
the Discount Option Date, Discount Receivables Collections with respect to
Receivables designated for inclusion in an Asset Pool shall be treated as
Finance Charge Collections to be allocated to such Asset Pool.
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OF ARTICLE II]
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ARTICLE
III
COLLECTIONS,
ALLOCATIONS, DEPOSITS AND PAYMENTS
Section
3.01 Collections and
Allocations. The Servicer (or, if the authority of the Servicer
has been revoked pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof, the Indenture Trustee,
or, if
a Successor Servicer has been appointed, the Successor Servicer) shall receive
from time to time funds from each Transferor in respect of Receivables and
from
each applicable Master Trust with respect to the Collateral Certificates
pledged
to the Trust. Upon receipt of any funds in respect of a Collateral
Certificate or Receivables, unless otherwise specified herein, the Servicer
shall deposit such amounts in the Collection Account for the Asset Pool in
which
such Collateral Certificate or Receivables have been designated for inclusion,
which amounts shall be applied by the applicable Collateral Agent, on behalf
of
the Indenture Trustee, for such Asset Pool pursuant to the Asset Pool Supplement
for such Asset Pool. Except as otherwise provided below, the Servicer
shall deposit Collections with respect to Receivables into the Collection
Account for the applicable Asset Pool as promptly as possible after the Date
of
Processing of such Collections, but in no event later than the second Business
Day following the Date of Processing and shall deposit Collections received
with
respect to Collateral Certificates with respect to any Monthly Period into
the
Collection Account for the applicable Asset Pool no later than the First
Note
Transfer Date for the applicable Asset Pool in the next succeeding Monthly
Period. In the event of the insolvency of the Servicer, then,
immediately upon the occurrence of such event and thereafter, the Servicer
shall
deposit all Collections into the Collection Account for each applicable
Asset Pool and in no such event shall the Servicer deposit any Collections
thereafter into any account established, held or maintained with the
Servicer.
For
as long as Chase USA remains the Servicer hereunder and (i) no Servicer Rating
Event shall have occurred and be continuing or (ii) Chase USA obtains a
guarantee or letter of credit covering risk of collection with respect to
its
deposit and payment obligations under this Agreement (in form and substance
satisfactory to each Note Rating Agency) from a guarantor having a short-term
credit rating of at least “A-1” from Standard & Poor’s or “P-1” from Xxxxx’x
or “F1” from Fitch (or such other rating below “A-1” or “P-1” or, to the extent
rated by Fitch, “F1,” as the case may be, which is acceptable to such Note
Rating Agency), or (iii) the Note Rating Agency Condition will have been
satisfied despite the Servicer’s inability to satisfy the rating requirement
specified in clause (i) or (ii) above, or (iv) for five Business Days following
any reduction of any such rating or failure to satisfy the conditions specified
in clause (i) or (ii) above, the Servicer need not make daily deposits of
Collections into the Collection Account as provided in the preceding paragraph,
but may make deposits in an amount equal to the net amount of such deposits
and
payments which would have been made with respect to Notes to receive payments
on
the related Payment Dates had the conditions of this sentence not applied,
into
the Collection Account in immediately available funds not later than 1:00
p.m.,
New York City time, on each applicable Note Transfer Date following the Monthly
Period with respect to which such deposit relates. To the extent
that, in accordance with this Section 3.01, the Servicer has retained amounts
which would otherwise be required to be deposited into a Collection Account
or
any Supplemental Bank Account with respect to any Monthly Period, the Servicer
shall be required to deposit such amounts in the applicable Collection Account
or such
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Supplemental
Bank Account on the related Note Transfer Date to the extent necessary
to make
required distributions on the related Payment Date for such Asset
Pool.
Section
3.02 Allocations of Finance
Charge Collections, the Default Amount and the Trust Servicing
Fee.
(a) With
respect to each Monthly Period, the Servicer shall allocate to each Asset
Pool
an amount equal to the Finance Charge Collections from the Trust Assets
identified in the applicable Asset Pool Supplement to be included in the
Collateral for such Asset Pool for such Monthly Period.
(b) With
respect to each Monthly Period, the Servicer shall allocate to each Asset
Pool
an amount equal to the Default Amount with respect to the Trust Assets
identified in the applicable Asset Pool Supplement to be included in the
Collateral for such Asset Pool for such Monthly Period.
(c) With
respect to each Monthly Period, the Servicer shall allocate to each Asset
Pool
an amount equal to the Servicing Fee for that Asset Pool with respect to
such
Monthly Period.
Section
3.03 Allocations of Principal
Collections. With respect to each Monthly Period, the Servicer
shall allocate to each Asset Pool an amount equal to the Principal Collections
from the Trust Assets identified in the applicable Asset Pool Supplement
to be
included in the Collateral for such Asset Pool for such Monthly
Period.
Section
3.04 Allocations of Finance
Charge Collections, the Default Amount, the Servicing Fee and Principal
Collections Allocable to the Transferor Interest of an Asset
Pool.
(a) With
respect to each Monthly Period, unless otherwise stated in any Indenture
Supplement, the Servicer shall allocate to the holder of the Transferor Interest
for an Asset Pool an amount equal to the product of (i) the Transferor
Percentage for that Asset Pool with respect to such Monthly Period and (ii)
the
Finance Charge Collections allocable to that Asset Pool with respect to such
Monthly Period. If so specified in any Indenture Supplement, such
amounts may be applied to cover certain shortfalls in the amount of investment
earnings on investments of funds in certain Supplemental Bank
Accounts.
(b) With
respect to each Monthly Period, the Servicer shall allocate to the holder
of the
Transferor Interest for an Asset Pool an amount equal to the product of (i)
the
Transferor Percentage for that Asset Pool with respect to such Monthly Period
and (ii) the Default Amount allocable to that Asset Pool with respect to
such
Monthly Period.
(c) With
respect to each Monthly Period, the Servicer shall allocate to the holder
of the
Transferor Interest for an Asset Pool an amount equal to the product of (i)
the
Transferor Percentage for that Asset Pool with respect to such Monthly Period
and (ii) the Servicing Fee for that Asset Pool with respect to such Monthly
Period.
(d) With
respect to each Monthly Period, unless otherwise stated in any Asset Pool
Supplement or any Indenture Supplement, the Servicer shall allocate to the
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holder
of the Transferor Interest for an Asset Pool an amount equal to the product
of
(i) the Transferor Percentage for that Asset Pool with respect to such
Monthly
Period and (ii) the Principal Collections allocable to that Asset Pool
with
respect to such Monthly Period; provided, however, that amounts
payable to the holder of the Transferor Interest for an Asset Pool pursuant
to
this subsection 3.04(d) shall instead be deposited into the Excess Funding
Account for such Asset Pool to the extent that (i) the Transferor Amount
for
such Asset Pool is, or as a result of such payment would become, less than
the
Required Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool or (ii) the Pool Balance
for such
Asset Pool is, or as a result of such payment would become, less than the
Minimum Pool Balance for such Asset Pool.
(e) To
the extent there is more than one Transferor for an Asset Pool, the Asset
Pool
Supplement for that Asset Pool shall describe the distribution among the
various
Transferors of Collections, the Default Amount and the Trust Servicing Fee
allocated to the Transferor Interest for that Asset Pool.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, unless otherwise specified in
the
Indenture, any applicable Asset Pool Supplement or any applicable Indenture
Supplement, the Servicer need not deposit any amount allocated to be paid
to any
Transferor pursuant to this Agreement, the Indenture, any applicable Asset
Pool
Supplement or any applicable Indenture Supplement into the Collection Account
or
any Supplemental Bank Account, but shall pay such amounts as collected to
the
applicable Transferor.
Section
3.05 Transfer of Defaulted
Accounts. Unless otherwise provided in any Series Supplement, in
consideration of receiving Recoveries as provided in subsection 3.07(a),
on the
date on which an Account becomes a Defaulted Account, the Trust shall
automatically and without further action or consideration be deemed to transfer,
set over, and otherwise convey to the applicable Transferor, without recourse,
representation, or warranty, all the right, title and interest of the Trust
in
and to the Receivables in such Defaulted Account, all monies due or to become
due with respect thereto, all proceeds thereof allocable to the Trust with
respect to such Receivables, excluding Recoveries relating thereto, which
shall
remain a Trust Asset.
Section
3.06 Adjustments for
Miscellaneous Credits and Fraudulent Charges.
(a) The
Servicer shall be obligated to reduce on a net basis for each Monthly Period
the
aggregate amount of Principal Receivables (a “Credit Adjustment”) with respect
to any Principal Receivable (i) which was created in respect of merchandise
refused or returned by the Obligor thereunder or as to which the Obligor
thereunder has asserted a counterclaim or defense, (ii) which is reduced
by the
Servicer by any rebate, refund, charge-back or adjustment (including Servicer
errors) or (iii) which was created as a result of a fraudulent
or counterfeit charge.
In
the event that the inclusion of the amount of a Credit Adjustment in (x)
the
calculation of the Transferor Amount for the applicable Asset Pool would
cause
the Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool to be an amount less than the Required
Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool or (y) the calculation of the Pool
Balance
for such Asset Pool would cause the Pool Balance for such Asset Pool to be
an
amount less than the Minimum Pool Balance for such Asset Pool, the applicable
Transferor shall make a deposit, no later than (A) the First Note Transfer
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Date
following the Monthly Period with respect to which such Credit Adjustment
occurs
or (B) in the event of a Servicer Rating Event, 10 Business Days after
the
inclusion of the Credit Adjustment that caused the Transferor Amount for
such
Asset Pool to be less than the Required Transferor Amount for such Asset
Pool or
the Pool Balance for such Asset Pool to be less than the Minimum Pool Balance
for such Asset Pool, into the Excess Funding Account in immediately available
funds in an amount equal to the greater of the amount by which (I) the
Transferor Amount for the applicable Asset Pool would be less than the
Required
Transferor Amount or (II) the Pool Balance for the applicable Asset Pool
would
be an amount less than the Minimum Pool Balance for such Asset Pool, due
to
Credit Adjustments with respect to Receivables conveyed by such Transferor
(each
such deposit, an “Adjustment Payment”).
(b) If
(i) the Servicer makes a deposit into the Collection Account in respect of
a
Collection of a Receivable and such Collection was received by the Servicer
in
the form of a check which is not honored for any reason or (ii) the Servicer
makes a mistake with respect to the amount of any Collection and deposits
an
amount that is less than or more than the actual amount of such Collection,
the
Servicer shall appropriately adjust the amount subsequently deposited into
the
Collection Account to reflect such dishonored check or mistake. Any
Receivable in respect of which a dishonored check is received shall be deemed
not to have been paid. Notwithstanding the first two sentences of
this paragraph, adjustments made pursuant to this Section 3.06 shall not
require
any change in any report previously delivered pursuant to subsection
4.04(a).
Section
3.07 Recoveries and
Interchange.
(a) Recoveries. On
or prior to the second Business Day following the end of each Monthly Period,
the Transferor shall notify the Servicer of the amount of Recoveries to be
included as Collections for each Asset Pool with respect to the preceding
Monthly Period. On the First Note Transfer Date following the
applicable Monthly Period, the Transferor shall pay to the Servicer and the
Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account for each Asset Pool, in
immediately available funds, the amount of Recoveries to be so included as
Collections for that Asset Pool with respect to the preceding Monthly Period;
provided, however, that such deposit need be made only to the
extent that such funds are required to be retained in the applicable Bank
Accounts for the benefit of any Series, Class or Tranche of Notes for that
Asset
Pool pursuant to the provisions of this Article III of this Agreement, any
applicable Asset Pool Supplement or any applicable Indenture Supplement provided
that any such amount that is not so deposited shall be paid to the applicable
Transferor.
(b) Interchange. On
or prior to the second Business Day following the end of each Monthly Period,
each Account Owner shall notify the Servicer of the Interchange Amount, if
any,
which is required to be included as Finance Charge Collections with respect
to
the preceding Monthly Period. On the First Note Transfer Date
following the applicable Monthly Period, each Account Owner shall pay to
the
Servicer and the Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account, in
immediately available funds, the Interchange Amount to be so included as
Finance
Charge Collections with respect to the preceding Monthly Period;
provided, however, that such deposit need be made only to the
extent that such funds are required to be retained in the applicable Bank
Accounts for the benefit of any Series, Class or Tranche of Notes pursuant
to
the provisions of this Article III of this Agreement, any applicable Asset
Pool
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Supplement
or any applicable Indenture Supplement and any such amount that is not
so
deposited shall be paid to the applicable Transferor.
[END
OF ARTICLE III]
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ARTICLE
IV
SERVICING
OF RECEIVABLES
Section
4.01 Acceptance of Appointment
and Other Matters Relating to the Servicer.
(a) Chase
USA agrees to act as the Servicer under this Agreement.
(b) The
Servicer shall service and administer the Receivables and shall collect payments
due under the Receivables in accordance with its customary and usual servicing
procedures for servicing credit card receivables comparable to the Receivables
and in accordance with the Credit Card Guidelines. The Servicer shall
service and administer the Collateral Certificates and shall collect payments
due under the Collateral Certificates in accordance with the terms and
provisions of each such Collateral Certificate. The Servicer shall
have full power and authority, acting alone or through any party properly
designated by it hereunder, to do any and all things in connection with such
servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or
desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and
subject to Section 10.01, the Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered
unless
such power is revoked by the Indenture Trustee on account of the occurrence
of a
Servicer Default pursuant to Section 10.01, (i) to instruct the applicable
Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to make
allocations, withdrawals and payments to or from the Collection Account,
the
Excess Funding Account and any Supplemental Bank Account or Sub-Account as
set forth in this Agreement, the Indenture, the applicable Asset Pool Supplement
or any Indenture Supplement, (ii) to take any action required or permitted
under
any Supplemental Credit Enhancement or Derivative Agreement, as set forth
in this Agreement, the applicable Asset Pool Supplement, the Indenture or
any
Indenture Supplement, (iii) to instruct the applicable Collateral Agent,
the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in writing, as set forth in this
Agreement, (iv) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trust any and all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release
or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables
or the Collateral Certificates and, after the delinquency of any Receivable
and
to the extent permitted under and in compliance with applicable Requirements
of
Law, to commence enforcement proceedings with respect to such Receivables,
(v)
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trust, any and all instruments deemed
necessary or appropriate by it to take any action or fulfill any obligation
with
respect to the Collateral Certificates and (vi) to make any filings, reports,
notices, applications, registrations with, and to seek any consents or
authorizations from the Commission and any state securities authority on
behalf
of the Trust as may be necessary or advisable to comply with any federal
or
state securities or reporting requirements. Each of the Collateral
Agents, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee agrees that it shall
promptly follow the instructions of the Servicer to withdraw funds from the
applicable Bank Account and to take any action required under any Supplemental
Credit Enhancement or Derivative Agreement at such time as required under
this
Agreement, the applicable Asset Pool Supplement, the Indenture or any Indenture
Supplement. Each of the Collateral Agents, the Indenture Trustee and
the Owner Trustee shall execute at the Servicer’s written request such documents
prepared by any Transferor and acceptable to the applicable Collateral Agent
or
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the
Indenture Trustee, as may be necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer
to
carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
(c) The
Servicer shall not, and no Successor Servicer shall, be obligated to use
separate servicing procedures, offices, employees or accounts for servicing
the
Receivables from the procedures, offices, employees and accounts used by
the
Servicer or such Successor Servicer, as the case may be, in connection with
servicing other credit card receivables.
(d) The
Servicer shall comply with and perform its servicing obligations with respect
to
the Accounts and Receivables in accordance with the Credit Card Agreements
relating to the Accounts and the Credit Card Guidelines and all applicable
rules
and regulations of the applicable credit card company, except insofar as
any
failure to so comply or perform would not materially and adversely affect
the
Trust or the Noteholders.
(e) The
Servicer shall, on and after such time as Receivables are included as Trust
Assets, pay out of its own funds, without reimbursement, all expenses incurred
in connection with the Trust and the servicing activities hereunder including
expenses related to enforcement of the Collateral Certificates and the
Receivables. Prior to the inclusion of Receivables as Trust Assets,
such expenses shall be paid by each Transferor in accordance with Section
12.03.
(f) The
Servicer shall maintain fidelity bond coverage insuring against losses through
wrongdoing of its officers and employees who are involved in the servicing
of
credit card accounts covering such actions and in such amounts as the Servicer
believes to be reasonable from time to time.
Section
4.02 Servicing
Compensation. As compensation for its servicing activities
hereunder and under each Asset Pool Supplement and as reimbursement for any
expense incurred by it in connection therewith, the Servicer shall be entitled
to receive a servicing fee (the “Trust Servicing Fee”) with respect to each
Monthly Period prior to the termination of the Trust pursuant to Article
VIII of
the Trust Agreement, payable monthly on the related Payment Date. For
each Monthly Period, the Trust Servicing Fee shall be equal to the sum of
the
Servicing Fees for each Asset Pool for such Monthly Period. The
Issuing Entity, as holder of each Collateral Certificate, agrees to pay the
portion of the Trust Servicing Fee owed to each Master Trust Servicer as
servicer of the Receivables underlying such Collateral Certificate; provided,
however, in no event shall the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual
capacity), the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator, any Collateral Agent
or the
Noteholders of any Series be liable for the share of the Trust Servicing
Fee
with respect to any Monthly Period to be paid by the holder of any Collateral
Certificates.
Section
4.03 Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer. Chase USA, as Servicer,
hereby makes, and any Successor Servicer by its appointment hereunder shall
make, with respect to itself, on each Issuance Date, each Addition Date and
each
Increase Date (and on the date of any such appointment), the following
representations, warranties and covenants on which the Trust, the Owner Trustee,
the applicable Collateral Agent and the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed
to have relied in accepting each Collateral Certificate, any
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increase
in a Collateral Certificate previously conveyed to the Trust and each Receivable
in trust and in entering into the Indenture and the applicable Asset Pool
Supplement:
(a) Organization
and Good Standing. The Servicer is a national banking association
duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the
United States and has full corporate power, authority and legal right to
own its
properties and conduct its credit card business as such properties are presently
owned and such business is presently conducted, and to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Due
Qualification. The Servicer is not required to qualify nor
register as a foreign corporation in any state in order to service the
Receivables as required by this Agreement and has obtained all licenses and
approvals necessary in order to so service the Receivables as required under
federal law. If the Servicer shall be required by any Requirement of
Law to so qualify or register or obtain such license or approval, then it
shall
do so.
(c) Due
Authorization. The execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement and the other agreements and instruments executed or to be executed
by
the Servicer as contemplated hereby, have been duly authorized by the Servicer
by all necessary action on the part of the Servicer and this Agreement will
remain, from the time of its execution, an official record of the
Servicer.
(d) Binding
Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights in
general and the rights of creditors of national banking
associations.
(e) No
Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Servicer, and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to the Servicer, will
not
conflict with, violate, result in any breach of any of the material terms
and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both) a
default under, any Requirement of Law applicable to the Servicer or any
indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
to
which the Servicer is a party or by which it is bound.
(f) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Servicer, threatened against the Servicer
before any Governmental Authority seeking to prevent the consummation of
any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, seeking any determination
or
ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, would materially
and
adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under
this
Agreement or seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and
adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement.
(g) Compliance
with Requirements of Law. The Servicer shall duly satisfy all
obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with each
Receivable and the related Account, will maintain in effect all qualifications
required under Requirements of Law in order to service properly each Receivable
and the related Account and will comply in all
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material
respects with all other Requirements of Law in connection with servicing
each
Receivable and the related Account the failure to comply with which would
have
an Adverse Effect.
(h) No
Rescission or Cancellation. The Servicer shall not permit any
rescission or cancellation of any Collateral Certificate or any Receivable
except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental
Authority or in accordance with the normal operating procedures of the
Servicer.
(i) Protection
of Rights. The Servicer shall take no action which, nor omit to
take any action the omission of which, would impair the rights of the Trust,
the
applicable Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders in
any
Collateral Certificate or any Receivable or the related Account, if any,
nor
shall it reschedule, revise or defer payments due on any Receivable except
in
accordance with the Credit Card Guidelines.
(j) Receivables
Not To Be Evidenced by Promissory Notes. Except in connection with its
enforcement or collection of an Account, the Servicer will take no action
to
cause any Receivable to be evidenced by any instrument (as defined in the
UCC as
in effect in the State of Delaware) and if any Receivable is so evidenced
it
shall be reassigned or assigned to the Servicer as provided in this
Section.
(k) All
Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or
registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority required to
be
obtained, effected or given by the Servicer in connection with the execution
and
delivery of this Agreement by the Servicer and the performance of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement by the Servicer, have been duly
obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect.
Section
4.04 Reports and Records for
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Applicable Collateral
Agent.
(a) Daily
Records. On each Business Day, the Servicer shall prepare or
cause to be made available at the office of the Servicer for inspection by
the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent
upon
request a record setting forth (i) the aggregate amount of Collections processed
by the Servicer on the second preceding Business Day, (ii) the aggregate
amount
of Receivables as of the close of business on the second preceding Business
Day
in the Accounts and (iii) the Invested Amount of each Collateral Certificate
as
of the close of business on the second preceding Business Day.
(b) Monthly
Servicer’s Certificate. Unless otherwise stated in
the related Asset Pool Supplement, on each Determination Date, the Servicer
shall, with respect to each outstanding Series, deliver to the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent and each Note Rating
Agency a certificate of an authorized officer of the Servicer in substantially
the form set forth in the related Asset Pool Supplement. A copy of
such certificate may be obtained by any Noteholder or Note Owner by a request
in
writing to the Owner Trustee addressed to the Corporate Trust
Office.
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Section
4.05 Annual Certificate of
Servicer.
(a) Servicer
Compliance Statement. Within the earlier of 90 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Servicer or such date as required by Regulation
AB,
beginning after the end of fiscal year 2006, the Servicer shall deliver to
the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Collateral Agent and each Note
Rating
Agency, the statement of compliance required under Item 1123 of Regulation
AB
with respect to such fiscal year, substantially in the form of Exhibit C,
which
statement shall be in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer to
the effect that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during such
fiscal year and of its performance under this Agreement was made under the
supervision of the officer signing such certificate and (ii) to the best
of such
officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its
obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such
fiscal
year, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any
material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and
the
nature and status thereof. A copy of such statement may be obtained
by any Noteholder or Note Owner by a request in writing to the Owner Trustee
addressed to the Corporate Trust Office.
(b) Report
of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria. Within the
earlier of 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Servicer or such
date as required by Regulation AB, beginning after the end of fiscal year
2006,
the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Collateral Agent and each Note Rating Agency, a report of compliance with
servicing criteria required under Item 1122 of Regulation AB with respect
to
such fiscal year, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, which report will
be
in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer to the effect that (i)
the Servicer is responsible for assessing compliance with the servicing
obligations under this Agreement; (ii) the Servicer has used the criteria
in
paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB to assess compliance with the
servicing obligations under this Agreement; (iii) the Servicer has assessed
compliance with the servicing obligations under this Agreement as of and
for the
period ending the end of such fiscal year and has disclosed any material
instance of noncompliance identified by the Servicer; and (iv) a registered
public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on the Servicer’s
assessment of compliance with the servicing obligations under this
Agreement as of and for the period ending the end of such fiscal
year. A copy of such report may be obtained by any Noteholder or Note
Owner by a request in writing to the Owner Trustee addressed to the Corporate
Trust Office.
Section
4.06 Annual Servicing Report
of Independent Certified Public Accountants; Copies of Reports
Available.
(a) Within
the earlier of 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Servicer
or such
date as required by Regulation AB, beginning after the end of fiscal year
2006,
the Servicer shall cause a registered public accounting firm (who may also
render other services to the Servicer or the Transferor) to furnish to the
Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Collateral Agent and each Note Rating
Agency
an attestation report on each assessment of compliance with the servicing
criteria with respect to the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof during the
related fiscal year delivered by such accountants pursuant to Rule 13a-18
or
Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. A
copy of such report or reports may be
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obtained
by any Noteholder or Note Owner by a request in writing to the Owner Trustee
addressed to the Corporate Trust Office.
(b) [RESERVED].
(c) In
the event such independent public accountants require the Indenture Trustee
to
agree to the procedures to be performed by such firm in any of the reports
required to be prepared pursuant to this Section 4.06, the Servicer shall
direct
the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree; it being understood and agreed
that the Indenture Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement in conclusive
reliance upon the direction of the Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee has
not
made any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no
obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness
of such procedures.
Section
4.07 Tax
Treatment. Unless otherwise specified in the Indenture or an
Indenture Supplement with respect to a particular Series, Class or Tranche,
each
Transferor has entered into this Agreement, and the Notes will be issued,
with
the intention that, for federal, state and local income and franchise tax
purposes, (i) the Notes of each Series, Class or Tranche which are characterized
as indebtedness at the time of their issuance will qualify as indebtedness
secured by the Trust Assets and (ii) the Trust shall not be treated as an
association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a
corporation. Each Transferor, by entering into this Agreement, and
each Noteholder, by the acceptance of any such Note (and each Note Owner,
by its
acceptance of an interest in the applicable Note), agree to treat such Note
for
federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness
of
the Transferor. Each Holder of such Note agrees that it will cause
any Note Owner acquiring an interest in a Note through it to comply with
this
Agreement as to treatment as indebtedness under applicable tax law, as described
in this Section 4.07. The parties hereto agree that they shall not
cause or permit the making, as applicable, of any election under Treasury
Regulation Section 301.7701-3 whereby the Trust or any portion thereof would
be
treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes and, except as required
by Section 7.15 of the Indenture, shall not file tax returns or obtain any
federal employer identification number for the Trust but shall treat the
Trust
as a security device for federal income tax purposes. The provisions
of this Agreement shall be construed in furtherance of the foregoing intended
tax treatment.
Section
4.08 Notices to Chase
USA. In the event that Chase USA is no longer acting as Servicer,
any Successor Servicer shall deliver or make available to Chase USA each
certificate and report required to be provided thereafter pursuant to subsection
4.04(b), Section 4.05 and subsection 4.06(a).
Section
4.09 Reports to the
Commission. The Servicer shall, on behalf of the Trust, cause to
be filed with the Commission any periodic reports required to be filed under
the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder. The applicable Transferor shall, at its
own expense, cooperate in any reasonable request of the Servicer in connection
with such filings.
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OF ARTICLE IV]
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ARTICLE
V
ADMINISTRATION
OF THE TRUST; DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
Section
5.01 Appointment of
Administrator; Duties of Administrator.
(a) The
Issuing Entity hereby appoints Chase USA to act as administrator (the
“Administrator”), subject to Section 5.08.
(b) Duties
of Administrator with Respect to the Related Agreements. The
Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of
the
Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee under the Related
Agreements. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the
Issuing Entity and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary
to
comply with the Issuing Entity’s or the Owner Trustee’s duties under the Related
Agreements. The Administrator shall prepare for execution by the
Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other
appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments,
certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing Entity or
the
Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to any Related
Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall
take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuing Entity or
the
Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture, any Indenture Supplement
and
any Asset Pool Supplement including, such of the foregoing as are required
with
respect to the following matters under the Indenture, any Indenture Supplement
and any Asset Pool Supplement (parenthetical references are to Articles or
Sections of the Indenture):
(A) the
duty to cause the Note Register to be kept, and notifying the Indenture Trustee
of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the location, or change in
location, of the Note Registrar (subsections 3.05(a) and 3.05(i));
(B) preparing
or obtaining the documents, legal opinions and instruments required for
execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes, and delivery of the
same to
the Indenture Trustee for authentication (Sections 3.03, 3.04 and 3.10),
providing for the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes
(Section 3.06), providing for the exchange or transfer of Notes (Section
3.05)
and, to the extent set forth in the related Indenture Supplement, notifying
each
Note Rating Agency in writing of the issuance of any Tranche, Class or Series
of
Notes;
(C) directing
the Collateral Agent with respect to the investment of funds in the Bank
Accounts (Section 4.03);
(D) preparing
or obtaining the documents, legal opinions and instruments required to be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the satisfaction and
discharge of the Indenture (subsection 5.01(c)) and preparing the documents
necessary for the Indenture Trustee to acknowledge the same (subsection
5.01(a));
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(E) on
the resignation or removal of any Indenture Trustee, appointing a successor
Indenture Trustee (subsection 7.10(e)) and giving written notice of such
resignation or removal and appointment to each Noteholder (subsection
7.10(f));
(F) preparing
or causing to be prepared tax returns for the Issuing Entity (if required)
and
the reporting information for the Noteholders (Section 7.15);
(G) preparing
on behalf of the Issuing Entity written instructions regarding any action
proposed to be taken or omitted by the Indenture Trustee upon the Indenture
Trustee’s application therefor (Section 7.18);
(H) furnishing
to the Indenture Trustee a list of the names and addresses of the Registered
Noteholders not more than 15 days after each Record Date or at such other
times
as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing (Section 8.01);
(I) establishing
reasonable rules for matters relating to Action by or a meeting of Noteholders
not otherwise set forth in Section 8.04 of the Indenture (subsection
8.04(g));
(J) preparing
for the Issuing Entity such filings for filing with the Commission, and
providing the Indenture Trustee with copies thereof once filed, as required
by
the Exchange Act or otherwise as in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission (Section 8.05);
(K) preparing,
completing and delivering to the Indenture Trustee and the trustee for the
applicable Master Trust (with a copy to each Note Rating Agency), a Monthly
Noteholders’ Statement (Section 8.06);
(L) preparing
for the Issuing Entity the Payment Instruction after the Issuing Entity receives
each Monthly Servicer’s Certificate under the applicable Series Supplement,
delivering a copy thereof to the Indenture Trustee and the trustee for the
applicable Master Trust and compiling such other information for the Issuing
Entity (subsection 8.07(a));
(M) preparing
or obtaining any necessary Opinion of Counsel, Issuing Entity Tax Opinion,
Officer’s Certificate, or other document or instrument as may be required in
connection with any supplemental indenture or amendment to the Indenture,
any
Indenture Supplement or any Asset Pool Supplement (Article IX);
(N) giving
notice to each Note Rating Agency and collecting the vote of Noteholders,
as
necessary, in connection with any
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supplemental
indenture or amendment to the Indenture, any Indenture Supplement or any
Asset
Pool Supplement (Article IX);
(O) appointing
Paying Agents (Section 10.02) and causing any such Paying Agents to execute
and
deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument pursuant to which it agrees
to
act as Paying Agent as set forth in Section 10.03 of the Indenture;
(P) preparing
Officer’s Certificates of the Issuing Entity directing the Paying Agent to pay
to the Indenture Trustee sums held in trust by the Issuing Entity or such
Paying
Agent for the purpose of discharging the Indenture (Section 10.03);
(Q) preparing
written statements for execution by an Authorized Officer as required by
Section
10.04 of the Indenture;
(R) performing
or causing to be performed all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
force and effect the legal existence of the Issuing Entity (Section 10.05)
and
comply with applicable law (Section 10.07);
(S) giving
prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee and each Note Rating Agency
of
each Event of Default under the Indenture, each breach on the part of the
applicable Master Trust Servicer or the applicable Master Trust Transferor
of
its respective obligations under the applicable Pooling and Servicing Agreement
or any default of a Derivative Counterparty (Section 10.08);
(T) providing
to Noteholders and prospective Noteholders information required to be provided
by the Issuing Entity pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (Section
10.11);
(U) performing
and observing all of the Issuing Entity’s obligations under the Indenture, any
Indenture Supplement, any Asset Pool Supplement, the Trust Agreement and
any
other instrument or agreement relating to the Collateral including preparing
and
causing the Issuing Entity to file UCC financing statements and continuation
statements (Section 10.12);
(V) preparing
or obtaining the instruments, documents, agreements, certificates and legal
opinions required to be delivered by the Issuing Entity and preparing any
notice
required to be given to the Note Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee,
in
connection with the merger or consolidation of the Issuing Entity with any
other
Person (subsection 10.13(a)) or the conveyance or transfer of any of the
Issuing
Entity’s property or assets (subsection 10.13(b));
(W) giving
written notice to the affected Noteholders of any optional repurchase by
the
Servicer (Section 11.02) and to the
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Indenture
Trustee and each Note Rating Agency with respect to any such optional repurchase
or Early Amortization Event (Section 11.03);
(X) to
the extent set forth herein or in the related Asset Pool Supplement, preparing
or obtaining the instruments, documents, agreements and legal opinions required
to be delivered by the Issuing Entity and/or the Collateral Agent and preparing
any notice required to be given by the Issuing Entity to the Note Rating
Agencies, the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent and the
Servicer in connection with addition or removal of Collateral, and designating
such Collateral to be added or removed, as the case may be;
(Y) to
the extent set forth herein or in the related Asset Pool Supplement, taking,
or
assisting the Issuing Entity and/or the Collateral Agent in taking, all actions
necessary and advisable to obtain, maintain and enforce a perfected lien
on and
security interest in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent and
preparing for execution and delivery or filing by the Issuing Entity all
supplements and amendments to this Agreement and any Asset Pool Supplement
and
all financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments;
(Z) to
the extent set forth herein or in the related Asset Pool Supplement, obtaining
legal opinions with respect to the security interest in the
Collateral;
(AA) to
the extent set forth in the related Asset Pool Supplement, assisting the
Issuing
Entity in appointing a suitable successor Collateral Agent as necessary,
and
giving written notice to each Note Rating Agency with respect to the removal
of
the Collateral Agent and the appointment of a successor;
(BB) to
the extent set forth in the related Asset Pool Supplement, establishing and
maintaining or causing to be established and maintained certain Bank Accounts;
and
(CC) to
the extent set forth in the related Asset Pool Supplement, directing the
Collateral Agent with respect to the investment of funds in the Bank
Accounts.
(c) Additional
Duties.
(i) In
addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth above, the Administrator
shall perform all duties and obligations of the Issuing Entity under the
Related
Agreements and shall perform such calculations and shall prepare for execution
by the Issuing Entity and shall cause the preparation by other appropriate
Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates
and
opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee
to
prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements, and at the request
of the Issuing Entity shall take all appropriate
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action
that it is the duty of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee to take
pursuant
to the Related Agreements. Subject to Section 5.05 of this Agreement,
and in accordance with the directions of the Issuing Entity, the Administrator
shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities
in connection with the Collateral (including the Related Agreements) as
are not
covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested
by the
Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the
Administrator.
(ii) The
Administrator shall perform the duties of the Administrator specified in
Section
5.02 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in connection with the
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly
required to be performed by the Administrator under the Trust
Agreement.
(iii) In
carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this
Agreement, the Administrator may enter into transactions with or otherwise
deal
with any of its Affiliates; provided, however, that the terms of
any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with any directions
received from the Issuing Entity and shall be, in the Administrator’s opinion,
no less favorable to the Issuing Entity than would be available from
unaffiliated parties.
(iv) It
is the intention of the parties hereto that the Administrator shall, and
the
Administrator hereby agrees to, execute on behalf of the Issuing Entity all
such
documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it
shall
be the duty of the Issuing Entity to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to
the
Related Agreements. In furtherance thereof, the Owner Trustee shall,
on behalf of the Issuing Entity, execute and deliver to the Administrator
and
its agents, and to each successor Administrator appointed pursuant to the
terms
hereof, one or more powers of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit
E,
appointing the Administrator the attorney-in-fact of the Issuing Entity for
the
purpose of executing on behalf of the Issuing Entity all such documents,
reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions.
(d) Non-Ministerial
Matters.
(i) With
respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are
non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless within
a
reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall
have
notified the Owner Trustee of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee shall
not have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For
the purpose of the preceding sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall
include:
(1) the
amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(2) the
initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuing Entity and the compromise
of
any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuing
Entity;
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(3) the
amendment, change or modification of the Related Agreements;
(4) the
appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents and successor
trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment of successor
Administrators, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying
Agent or trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
(5) the
removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be
obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to the Noteholders or
any
Transferor under the Related Agreements or (y) take any other action that
the
Issuing Entity directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.
Section
5.02 Records. The
Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating
to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall
be
accessible for inspection by the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent and any Transferor at
any
time during normal business hours.
Section
5.03 Compensation. As
compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this
Agreement, the Administrator shall be entitled to an amount not to exceed
$5,000
per month, in addition to reimbursement for its liabilities and extra
out-of-pocket expenses related to its performance hereunder or under any
Related
Agreement. Such amounts shall be paid by the Transferor in accordance
with Section 12.03.
Section
5.04 Additional Information To
Be Furnished to Issuing Entity. The Administrator shall furnish
to the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Collateral
Agent
from time to time such additional information regarding the Related Agreements
and the Trust as each of them shall reasonably request.
Section
5.05 Independence of
Administrator. For all purposes of this Agreement, the
Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject
to the
supervision of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee with respect to the
manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations
hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuing Entity, the
Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuing
Entity
or the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent
of
the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee.
Section
5.06 No Joint
Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall (i) constitute
the Administrator and either of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee as
members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate,
unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) be construed to impose
any liability as such on any of them or (iii) be deemed to confer on any
of them
any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability
on behalf of the others.
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Section
5.07 Other Activities of
Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or
its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion,
from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other person
or
entity even though such person or entity may engage in business activities
similar to those of the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral
Agent
or the Indenture Trustee.
Section
5.08 Termination, Resignation
and Removal of Administrator.
(a) Subject
to subsection 5.08(d), the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder
by
providing the Issuing Entity with at least 60 days prior written
notice.
(b) Subject
to subsection 5.08(d), the Issuing Entity may, with written notice to each
Note
Rating Agency, remove the Administrator without cause by providing the
Administrator with at least 60 days prior written notice.
(c) Subject
to subsection 5.08(d), at the sole option of the Issuing Entity and with
written
notice to each Note Rating Agency, the Administrator may be removed immediately
upon written notice of termination from the Issuing Entity to the Administrator
if any of the following events shall occur:
(i) the
Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its duties under
this
Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall not cure such default
within
10 days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give
within
10 days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuing Entity);
(ii) a
court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for
relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within 60 days,
in
respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or
appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
or
similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property
or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the
Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent
to the
entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or
shall
consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any
substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession
by
any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or shall fail generally
to
pay its debts as they become due.
The
Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clause (ii) or
(iii)
of this subsection 5.08(c) shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof
to
the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable
Collateral Agent within seven days after the happening of such
event.
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(d) No
termination, resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this
Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall have
been
appointed by the Issuing Entity and (ii) such successor Administrator shall
have
agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the same
manner
as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
Section
5.09 Action upon Termination,
Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon the effective date of
termination of the Administrator pursuant to subsection 5.08(c) or the
resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to subsection 5.08(a)
or
(b), respectively, the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees
and
reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such resignation or
removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination
pursuant to subsection 5.08(c) deliver to the Issuing Entity all property
and
documents of or relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the
Administrator. In the event of the resignation or removal of the
Administrator pursuant to subsection 5.08(a) or (b), respectively, the
Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuing Entity and take all reasonable
steps requested to assist the Issuing Entity in making an orderly transfer
of
the duties of the Administrator.
[END
OF ARTICLE V]
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ARTICLE
VI
OTHER
MATTERS RELATING TO EACH TRANSFEROR
Section
6.01 Liability of each
Transferor. Each Transferor shall be severally, and not jointly,
liable for all obligations, covenants, representations and warranties of
such
Transferor arising under or related to this Agreement. Except as
provided in the preceding sentence, each Transferor shall be liable only
to the
extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by it in its capacity as
a
Transferor.
Section
6.02 Merger or Consolidation
of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, a Transferor.
(a) No
Transferor shall dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or merge into any
other
Person or convey, transfer or sell its properties and assets substantially
as an
entirety to any Person unless:
(i) (x)
the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Transferor is
merged
or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or sale the properties
and
assets of such Transferor substantially as an entirety shall be, if such
Transferor is not the surviving entity, organized and existing under the
laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
and shall be a savings association, a national banking association, a bank
or
other entity which is not eligible to be a debtor in a case under Title 11
of
the United States Code or is a special purpose entity whose powers and
activities are limited and, if such Transferor is not the surviving entity,
shall expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable
Collateral Agent, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent, the performance of
every
covenant and obligation of such Transferor hereunder and shall benefit from
all
the rights granted to such Transferor, as applicable hereunder; and (y) such
Transferor or the surviving entity, as the case may be, has delivered to
the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent
(with a
copy to each Note Rating Agency) an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer
or
sale and such supplemental agreement comply with this Section, that such
supplemental agreement is a valid and binding obligation of such surviving
entity enforceable against such surviving entity in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect or general principles of
equity, and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such
transaction have been complied with;
(ii) to
the extent that any right, covenant or obligation of such Transferor, as
applicable hereunder, is inapplicable to the successor
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entity,
such successor entity shall be subject to such covenant or obligation,
or
benefit from such right, as would apply, to the extent practicable, to
such
successor entity; and
(iii) such
Transferor shall have given the Note Rating Agencies notice of such
consolidation, merger or transfer of assets.
(b) Except
as permitted by subsection 2.08(c), the obligations, rights or any part thereof
of each Transferor hereunder shall not be assignable nor shall any Person
succeed to such obligations or rights of any Transferor hereunder except
(i) for
conveyances, mergers, consolidations, assumptions, sales or transfers in
accordance with the provisions of the foregoing paragraph and (ii) for
conveyances, mergers, consolidations, assumptions, sales or transfers with,
into
or to other entities (1) which such Transferor and the Servicer determine
will
not result in an Adverse Effect, (2) which meet the requirements of clause
(ii)
of the preceding paragraph and (3) for which such purchaser, transferee,
pledgee
or entity shall expressly assume, in an agreement supplemental hereto, executed
and delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable
Collateral Agent in writing in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent, the performance of
every
covenant and obligation of such Transferor thereby conveyed.
Section
6.03 Limitations on Liability
of Each Transferor. Subject to Section 6.01, no Transferor nor
any of the directors, officers, members, managers, employees, incorporators
or
agents of any Transferor acting in such capacities shall be under any liability
to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the applicable
Collateral Agent, the Noteholders or any other Person for any action taken,
or
for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith in such capacities
pursuant to this Agreement, it being expressly understood that all such
liability is expressly waived and released as a condition of, and consideration
for, the execution of this Agreement, the Indenture and any Indenture Supplement
and the issuance of the Notes; provided, however, that this provision shall
not
protect any Transferor, any director, officer, employee, incorporator or
agent
of any Transferor or, if applicable, any manager or member of any Transferor
against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or
by
reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder. Each Transferor and, any director, officer, employee,
incorporator or agent of such Transferor and, if applicable, any member or
manager of such Transferor may rely in good faith on any document of any
kind
prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person (other than such
Transferor) respecting any matters arising hereunder.
[END
OF ARTICLE VI]
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ARTICLE
VII
OTHER
MATTERS RELATING TO THE SERVICER
Section
7.01 Liability of the
Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable under this Article VII only to the
extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer in its
capacity as Servicer.
Section
7.02 Merger or
Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Servicer. The Servicer shall not consolidate with or merge into
any other Person or convey, transfer or sell its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(a) (i) the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Servicer is merged
or the
Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or sale the properties and
assets
of the Servicer substantially as an entirety shall be, if the Servicer is
not
the surviving entity, a corporation or a national banking association organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof
or the District of Columbia or is a special purpose entity whose powers and
activities are limited, and, if the Servicer is not the surviving entity,
such
entity shall expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental hereto, executed
and
delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable
Collateral Agent, in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent, the performance of every covenant
and obligation of the Servicer hereunder (to the extent that any right, covenant
or obligation of the Servicer, as applicable hereunder, is inapplicable
to the successor entity, such successor entity shall be subject to such
covenant or obligation, or benefit from such right, as would apply, to the
extent practicable, to such successor entity);
(ii) the
Servicer has delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
applicable Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or sale
of
the properties and assets of the Servicer complies with this Section 7.02
and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with; and
(iii) the
Servicer shall have given the Note Rating Agencies notice of such consolidation,
merger, conveyance, transfer or sale of the properties and assets of the
Servicer; and
(b) the
corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Servicer is merged
or
the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or sale the properties
and
assets of the Servicer substantially as an entirety shall be an Eligible
Servicer.
Section
7.03 Limitation on Liability
of the Servicer and Others. Except as provided in Section 7.04,
neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents
of
the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer shall be under any liability to
the
Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, any Collateral Agent, the
Noteholders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from
the
taking of any action, in good faith in its capacity
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as
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Servicer or any directors, officers, employees or
agents
of the Servicer against any liability which would otherwise be imposed
by reason
of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance
of
duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent
of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima
facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person (other than the Servicer)
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Servicer shall not be
under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action
which is
not incidental to its duties as Servicer in accordance with this Agreement
and which in its reasonable judgment may involve it in any expense or
liability. The Servicer may, in its sole discretion, undertake any
such legal action which it may deem necessary or desirable for the benefit
of
the Noteholders with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties
of the
parties hereto and the interests of the Noteholders
hereunder.
Section
7.04 Servicer Indemnification
of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Collateral
Agent. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Trust, the Owner Trustee
(as such and in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee and any trustees
predecessor thereto (including the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Transfer
Agent and Note Registrar or as Paying Agent), any Collateral Agent and their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any
and
all reasonable loss, liability, claim, expense, damage or injury suffered
or
sustained by reason of (a) any acts or omissions of the Servicer with respect
to
the Trust pursuant to this Agreement or (b) the administration of the Trust
by
the Owner Trustee, the issuance by the Trust of the Notes, any Servicer Default,
or any termination of the rights and obligations of the Servicer, including,
but
not limited to, any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any actual
or
threatened action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that the Servicer
shall not indemnify the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, each Collateral
Agent or the Noteholders if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions
constitute or are caused by fraud, negligence, or willful misconduct by the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Collateral Agent;
provided further, that the Servicer shall not indemnify the Trust, the
Noteholders or the Note Owners for any liabilities, costs or expenses of
the
Trust with respect to any action taken by the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee or the applicable Collateral Agent at the request of the Noteholders;
provided further, that the Servicer shall not indemnify the Trust, the
Noteholders or the Note Owners as to any losses, claims or damages incurred
by
any of them in their capacities as investors, including losses incurred as
a
result of Defaulted Accounts or Receivables which are written off as
uncollectible or losses suffered by the Collateral Certificates; and
provided further, that the Servicer shall not indemnify the Trust, the
Noteholders or the Note Owners for any liabilities, costs or expenses of
the
Trust, the Noteholders or the Note Owners arising under any tax law, including
any federal, state, local or foreign income or franchise taxes or any other
tax
imposed on or measured by income (or any interest or penalties with respect
thereto or arising from a failure to comply therewith) required to be paid
by
the Trust, the Noteholders or the Note Owners in connection herewith to any
taxing authority. Any such indemnification shall not be payable from
the Trust Assets. The provisions of this indemnity shall run directly
to and be enforceable by an injured party subject to the limitations hereof
and
shall survive the resignation or removal of the Servicer, the resignation
or
removal of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable
Collateral Agent and the termination of the Trust.
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Section
7.05 Resignation of the
Servicer. The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and
duties hereby imposed on it except (a) upon determination that (i) the
performance of its duties hereunder is no longer permissible under applicable
law and (ii) there is no reasonable action which the Servicer could take
to make
the performance of its duties hereunder permissible under applicable law
or (b)
upon the assumption, by an agreement supplemental hereto, executed and delivered
to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral
Agent,
in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
applicable Collateral Agent, of the obligations and duties of the Servicer
hereunder by any of its Affiliates or by any entity the appointment of which
shall have satisfied the Note Rating Agency Condition and which, in either
case,
qualifies as an Eligible Servicer. Any determination permitting the
resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced as to clause (a) above by
an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent. No resignation shall
become effective until the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer shall
have
assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer in accordance
with
Section 7.02 hereof. If within 120 days of the date of the
determination that the Servicer may no longer act as Servicer under clause
(a)
above the Indenture Trustee is unable to appoint a Successor Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee shall serve as Successor Servicer (but shall have continued
authority to appoint another Person as Successor
Servicer). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee
shall, if it is legally unable so to act, petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint any established institution qualifying as an Eligible
Servicer as the Successor Servicer hereunder. The Trust shall give
prompt notice to each Note Rating Agency upon the appointment of a Successor
Servicer. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
Chase USA may assign part or all of its obligations and duties as Servicer
under
this Agreement to an Affiliate of Chase USA so long as Chase USA shall have
fully guaranteed the performance of such obligations and duties under this
Agreement.
Section
7.06 Delegation of
Duties. In the ordinary course of business, the Servicer may at
any time delegate any duties hereunder to any Person that agrees to conduct
such
duties in accordance with the Credit Card Guidelines and this
Agreement. Any such delegation shall not relieve the Servicer of its
liability and responsibility with respect to such duties, and shall not
constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 7.05. If any
such delegation is to a party other than First Data Resources, Inc., a credit
card processor located in Omaha, Nebraska, Total Systems Services, Inc.,
a
credit card processor located in Georgia, or an Affiliate of the Servicer,
notification thereof shall be given to each Note Rating Agency.
Section
7.07 Examination of
Records. Each Transferor and the Servicer shall indicate
generally in their computer files or other records that the Receivables arising
in the Accounts have been conveyed to the Trust, pursuant to this
Agreement. Each Transferor and the Servicer shall, prior to the sale
or other transfer to a third party of any receivable held in its custody,
examine its computer records and other records to determine that such receivable
is not, and does not include, a Receivable. Each Transferor and the
Servicer shall also indicate generally in their computer files or other records
that each applicable Collateral Certificate has been conveyed to the Trust,
pursuant to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE
VIII
ACQUISITION
OF TRUST ASSETS
Section
8.01 Acquisition of Trust
Assets. If the Master Trust Transferor exercises its option to
accept retransfer of any Collateral Certificate pursuant to the terms of
the
related Series Supplement, the Master Trust Transferor shall (a) acquire
the
Collateral Certificate, which acquisition shall be effective as of the date
on
which such retransfer occurs, (b) deliver notice of such acquisition to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent and
the
Servicer on or prior to the Determination Date following the applicable Monthly
Period for which the option is deemed exercised, (c) deposit into the Collection
Account for the relevant Asset Pool on or prior to the First Note Transfer
Date
following the applicable Monthly Period an amount equal to the lesser of
(1) (x)
the amount required so that the Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool is
equal
to or greater than the Required Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool and
(y) the amount required so that the Pool Balance for such Asset Pool is equal
to
or greater than the Minimum Pool Balance for such Asset Pool and (2) the
Invested Amount of the Collateral Certificate on such date and all other
amounts
payable to the Noteholders of each Outstanding Series of Notes including
accrued
interest on the Notes. Upon the completion of the foregoing
condition, the applicable Master Trust shall succeed to all interests in
and to
the Trust with respect to such Collateral Certificate.
[END
OF ARTICLE VIII]
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ARTICLE
IX
INSOLVENCY
EVENTS
Section
9.01 Rights upon the
Occurrence of an Insolvency Event. If any Transferor shall
consent to the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee or conservator or receiver
or
liquidator for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, or a decree
or
order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in
the
premises for the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee or conservator or receiver
or liquidator for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs shall have
been
entered against such Transferor (an “Insolvency Event”), each Transferor shall
on the day of such Insolvency Event (the “Appointment Day”) immediately cease to
(i) transfer Principal Receivables or additional Collateral Certificates
to the
Trust and (ii) increase any Invested Amount of a Collateral Certificate
transferred to the Trust by such Transferor and shall promptly give notice
to
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent
of
such Insolvency Event. Notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer
to the Trust of additional Principal Receivables, Finance Charge Receivables,
whenever created, accrued in respect of Principal Receivables which have
been
transferred to the Trust shall continue to be a part of the Trust, and
Collections with respect thereto shall continue to be allocated to Noteholders
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and each Indenture
Supplement.
[END
OF ARTICLE IX]
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ARTICLE
X
SERVICER
DEFAULTS
Section
10.01 Servicer Defaults. If
any one of the following events (a “Servicer Default”) shall occur and be
continuing:
(a) any
failure by the Servicer to make any payment, transfer or deposit or to give
notice or instructions to the Indenture Trustee to make any required withdrawal
or payment, transfer or deposit on the date the Servicer is required to do
so
under the terms of this Agreement, the Indenture or any Indenture Supplement,
or
within the applicable grace period, which will not exceed 35 Business
Days;
(b) failure
on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect
any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement
which has an Adverse Effect on the Noteholders of any Series, Class or Tranche
and which continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on
which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall
have
been given to the Servicer by the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or
the
applicable Collateral Agent or to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent by Holders of Notes evidencing
not
less than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Series, Classes
or
Tranches of Notes sustaining such Adverse Effect; or the Servicer shall assign
or delegate its duties under this Agreement, except as permitted by Sections
7.02, 7.05 and 7.06;
(c) any
representation, warranty or certification made by the Servicer in this Agreement
or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall prove to
have
been incorrect when made, which has an Adverse Effect on the rights of the
Noteholders of any Series, Class or Tranche and which Adverse Effect continues
for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice thereof,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer
by the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Collateral Agent,
or to
the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable
Collateral Agent by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 50% of
the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Series, Classes or Tranches of Notes
to
which such representation, warranty or certification relates;
(d) the
Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee or conservator
or receiver or liquidator in any bankruptcy proceeding or other insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or relating to all or
substantially all its property, or a decree or order of a court or agency
or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment
of
a bankruptcy trustee or a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any
bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings, or the winding-up or liquidation of its
affairs, shall have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or
order
shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60
days;
or the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally
as they become due, file a
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petition
to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
statute, make any assignment for the benefit of its creditors or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(e) any
other Servicer Default described in any Indenture Supplement;
then,
so long as the Servicer Default shall not have been remedied, either the
Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing more than 50% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all affected Notes, by notice then given
in
writing to the Servicer and the Owner Trustee (and to the Indenture Trustee
if
given by the Noteholders) (a “Termination Notice”), may terminate all but not
less than all the rights and obligations of the Servicer as Servicer under
this
Agreement; provided, however, if within 60 days of receipt of a
Termination Notice the Indenture Trustee does not receive any bids from Eligible
Servicers in accordance with subsection 10.02(a) to act as a Successor Servicer
and receives an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer to the effect that the
Servicer cannot in good faith cure the Servicer Default which gave rise to
the
Termination Notice, the Indenture Trustee shall assume the role of Successor
Servicer.
After
receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice, and on the date that a
Successor Servicer is appointed by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section
10.02, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement shall
pass
to and be vested in the Successor Servicer (a “Service Transfer”) and, without
limitation, the Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered (upon
the
failure of the Servicer to cooperate) to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the
Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments
upon the failure of the Servicer to execute or deliver such documents or
instruments, and to do and accomplish all other acts or things necessary
or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such Service Transfer. The
Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Indenture Trustee and such Successor
Servicer in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights
of the
Servicer to conduct servicing hereunder, including the transfer to such
Successor Servicer of all authority of the Servicer to service the Collateral
provided for under this Agreement, including all authority over all Collections
which shall on the date of transfer be held by the Servicer for deposit,
or
which have been deposited by the Servicer, in the Collection Account for
the
applicable Asset Pool, or which shall thereafter be received with respect
to the
Collateral, and in assisting the Successor Servicer and in enforcing all
rights
to Insurance Proceeds and Interchange (if any) applicable to the
Trust. The Servicer shall within 20 Business Days transfer its
electronic records or electronic copies thereof relating to the Receivables
to
the Successor Servicer in such electronic form as the Successor Servicer
may
reasonably request and shall promptly transfer to the Successor Servicer
all
other records, correspondence and documents necessary for the continued
servicing of the Collateral in the manner and at such times as the Successor
Servicer shall reasonably request. To the extent that compliance with
this Section shall require the Servicer to disclose to the Successor Servicer
information of any kind which the Servicer deems to be confidential, the
Successor Servicer shall be required to enter into such customary licensing
and
confidentiality agreements as the Servicer shall deem reasonably necessary
to
protect its interests.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance referred to in paragraph
(a)
above for a period of 10 Business Days after the applicable grace period
or
under paragraph (b) or (c) above for a period of 60 Business Days after the
applicable grace period,
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shall
not constitute a Servicer Default if such delay or failure could not be
prevented by the exercise of reasonable diligence by the Servicer and such
delay
or failure was caused by an act of God or the public enemy, acts of declared
or
undeclared war, public disorder, rebellion or sabotage, epidemics, landslides,
lightning, fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods or similar
causes. The preceding sentence shall not relieve the Servicer from
using all commercially reasonable efforts to perform its obligations in
a timely
manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Servicer
shall
provide the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the applicable Collateral
Agent and each Transferor with an Officer’s Certificate giving prompt notice of
such failure or delay by it, together with a description of its efforts
so to
perform its obligations.
Section
10.02 Indenture Trustee To Act;
Appointment of Successor.
(a) On
and after the receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice pursuant to
Section 10.01, the Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing functions
under this Agreement until the date specified in the Termination Notice or
otherwise specified by the Indenture Trustee or until a date mutually agreed
upon by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee
shall as promptly as possible after the giving of a Termination Notice appoint
an Eligible Servicer as a successor servicer (the “Successor Servicer”), and
such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption
in
a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may
obtain bids from any potential successor Servicer. In the event that
a Successor Servicer has not been appointed or has not accepted its appointment
at the time when the Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee
without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor
Servicer. The Indenture Trustee may delegate any of its servicing
obligations to an Affiliate or agent in accordance with subsection 4.01(b)
and
Section 7.06.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it is legally unable so to
act,
petition at the expense of the Servicer a court of competent jurisdiction
to
appoint any established institution qualifying as an Eligible Servicer as
the
Successor Servicer hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall notify each
Note Rating Agency and the Administrator upon the removal of the Servicer
and
upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer.
(b) Upon
its appointment, the Successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects
to the Servicer with respect to servicing functions under this Agreement
and
shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating
thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof, and all
references in this Agreement to the Servicer shall be deemed to refer to
the
Successor Servicer; provided, however, that the Successor
Servicer shall have (i) no liability with respect to any obligation which
was
required to be performed by the terminated Servicer prior to the date that
the
Successor Servicer becomes the Servicer or any claim of a third party based
on
any alleged action or inaction of the terminated Servicer and (ii) no liability
or obligation with respect to any Servicer indemnification obligations of
any
prior servicer including the original Servicer.
(c) In
connection with such appointment and assumption, the Indenture Trustee shall
be
entitled to such compensation, or may make such arrangements for the
compensation of the Successor Servicer out of Collections, as it and such
Successor Servicer
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shall
agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in
excess of the Trust Servicing Fee permitted to the Servicer pursuant to
Section
4.02. Each Transferor agrees that if the Servicer is terminated
hereunder, it will agree to deposit a portion of the Collections in respect
of
Finance Charge Receivables that it is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Agreement to pay its share of the compensation of the Successor
Servicer.
(d) All
authority and power granted to the Servicer under this Agreement shall
automatically cease and terminate upon termination of the Trust pursuant
to
Article VIII of the Trust Agreement, and shall pass to and be vested in the
applicable Transferor and, without limitation, the applicable Transferor
is
hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Servicer as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments,
and to do and accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate
to
effect the purposes of such transfer of servicing rights. The
Servicer agrees to cooperate with the applicable Transferor in effecting
the
termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer to conduct
servicing on the Receivables. The Servicer shall transfer its
electronic records relating to the Receivables to the applicable Transferor
or
its designee in such electronic form as it may reasonably request and shall
transfer all other records, correspondence and documents to it in the manner
and
at such times as it shall reasonably request. To the extent that
compliance with this Section shall require the Servicer to disclose to the
applicable Transferor information of any kind which the Servicer deems to
be
confidential, the applicable Transferor shall be required to enter into such
customary licensing and confidentiality agreements as the Servicer shall
deem
necessary to protect its interests.
Section
10.03 Notification to
Noteholders. Within five Business Days after the Servicer becomes
aware of any Servicer Default, the Servicer shall give written notice thereof
to
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent
and
each Note Rating Agency, and the Indenture Trustee shall give notice thereof
to
the Noteholders. Upon any termination or appointment of a Successor
Servicer pursuant to this Article, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt
written notice thereof to the Noteholders.
Section
10.04 Waiver of Past
Defaults. The Holders of Notes evidencing more than 66⅔% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Notes sustaining an Adverse Effect
by
any default by the Servicer may, on behalf of all Noteholders of such Series,
Class or Tranche, waive any default by the Servicer in the performance of
its
obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a default in the failure
to
make any required deposits or payments of interest or principal relating
to such
Series, Class or Tranche pursuant to Article III. Upon any such
waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose
of
this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent
expressly so waived.
[END
OF ARTICLE X]
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ARTICLE
XI
TERMINATION
Section
11.01 Termination of
Agreement. This Agreement and the respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Trust, each Transferor, the Administrator and the
Servicer under this Agreement shall terminate, except with respect to the
indemnification obligations described in Section 7.04, on the Trust Termination
Date.
[END
OF ARTICLE XI]
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ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
12.01 Amendment; Waiver of Past
Defaults.
(a) This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Servicer, the Transferor,
the
Administrator and the Issuing Entity, by a written instrument signed by each
of
them, without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Collateral Agent
or any
of the Noteholders; provided that (i) each Transferor shall have delivered
to
the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, dated the
date of any such amendment, stating that such Transferor reasonably believes
that such amendment will not have an Adverse Effect and (ii) the Note Rating
Agency Condition shall have been satisfied. Additionally,
notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be amended by
the
Servicer, the Administrator and the Issuing Entity at the direction of the
Transferor without the consent of the Indenture Trustee or any of the
Noteholders to add, modify or eliminate such provisions as may be necessary
or
advisable in order to enable all or a portion of the Trust (x) to qualify
as,
and to permit an election to be made to cause the Trust to be treated as,
a
“financial asset securitization investment trust” as described in the provisions
of Section 860L of the Internal Revenue Code, and (y) to avoid the imposition
of
state or local income or franchise taxes on the Trust’s property or its income;
provided, however, that (A) each Transferor delivers to the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent
an
Officer’s Certificate to the effect that the proposed amendments meet the
requirements set forth in this subsection and (B) such amendment does not
affect
the rights, duties, benefits, protections, privileges or immunities of the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity)
or
the applicable Collateral Agent hereunder.
This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Servicer, the Transferor,
the Administrator and the Issuing Entity by a written instrument signed by
each
of them, without the consent of the Indenture Trustee or any of the Noteholders
and without satisfaction of the Note Rating Agency Condition to add, modify
or
eliminate such provisions as may be necessary to satisfy accounting requirements
under SFAS 140 and any related or successor accounting interpretations or
requirements hereto for off-balance sheet treatment for the Collateral of
the
Issuing Entity.
Any
amendments regarding the addition to or removal of Collateral Certificates
or
Receivables from the Trust as provided in Sections 2.12 and 2.13, executed
in
accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be considered amendments to
this
Agreement; provided, however, that such amendments shall be exempt
from the requirements described in subsections 12.01(a) and (b).
(b) This
Agreement may also be amended in writing from time to time by the Servicer,
the
Transferor, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee, the Collateral Agent
and
the Trust, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing more than
66⅔% of
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Notes of all affected Series,
Classes or Tranches for
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which
the Transferor has not delivered an Officer’s Certificate stating that there is
no Adverse Effect, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders; provided,
however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner
the amount
of or delay the timing of any distributions (changes in Early Amortization
Events or Events of Default that decrease the likelihood of the occurrence
thereof shall not be considered delays in the timing of distributions for
purposes of this clause) to be made to Noteholders or deposits of amounts
to be
so distributed or the amount available under any Supplemental Credit Enhancement
and any Derivative Agreement without the consent of each affected Noteholder,
(ii) change the definition of or the manner of calculating the interest
of any
Noteholder without the consent of each affected Noteholder or (iii) reduce
the
aforesaid percentage required to consent to any such amendment without
the
consent of each Noteholder without the consent of the Holders of Notes
of such
Series, Class or Tranche evidencing more than 66⅔% of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Notes of such Series, Class or
Tranche.
(c) Promptly
after the execution of any such amendment or consent (other than an amendment
pursuant to paragraph (a)), the Trust shall furnish notification of the
substance of such amendment to the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder,
and
the Servicer shall furnish notification of the substance of such amendment
to
each Note Rating Agency.
(d) It
shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders under this Section
12.01
to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of
the
execution thereof by Noteholders shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Any
Indenture Supplement executed in accordance with the provisions of Article
IX of
the Indenture shall not be considered an amendment of this Agreement for
the
purposes of this Section 12.01.
(f) The
Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment
which affects the Owner Trustee’s rights, duties, benefits, protections,
privileges or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise. In
connection with the execution of any amendment hereunder, the Owner Trustee
shall be entitled to receive the Opinion of Counsel described in subsection
12.02(d).
Section
12.02 Protection of Right, Title and
Interest in and to Trust Assets.
(a) Each
Transferor shall cause this Agreement, all amendments and supplements hereto
and
all financing statements and continuation statements and any other necessary
documents covering the Indenture Trustee’s and the Trust’s right, title and
interest to the Trust Assets to be promptly recorded, registered and filed,
and
at all times to be kept recorded, registered and filed, all in such manner
and
in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve and protect the
right, title and interest of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Trust hereunder to all property comprising the Trust Assets. Each
Transferor shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document recorded,
registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available following
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such
recording, registration or filing. Each Transferor shall cooperate
fully with the Servicer in connection with the obligations set forth above
and
will execute any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the intent
of
this paragraph.
(b) Within
30 days after any Transferor makes any change in its name, identity or corporate
structure which would make any financing statement or continuation statement
filed in accordance with paragraph (a) seriously misleading within the meaning
of Section 9-506 (or any comparable provision) of the UCC, such Transferor
shall
give the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee notice of any such change
and
shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to
continue the perfection of the Trust’s security interest or ownership interest
in the Receivables and Collateral Certificates and the proceeds
thereof.
(c) Each
Transferor and the Servicer shall give the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee prompt written notice of any relocation of its chief executive office
or
any change in the jurisdiction under whose laws it is organized,
provided, that, as a result of such relocation or change, the
applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment
of
any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing
statement. If so required, each of the Transferor and the Servicer
shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to
perfect or to continue the perfection of the Trust’s security interest in each
Collateral Certificate and the Receivables and the proceeds
thereof. Each Transferor shall at all times maintain its chief
executive offices within the United States and shall at all times be organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction located within the United States.
(d) Each
Transferor shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (i)
upon
the execution and delivery of each amendment of this Agreement, an Opinion
of
Counsel to the effect specified in Exhibit D-1; (ii) on each date specified
in
subsection 2.12(c) with respect to the addition of Additional Accounts to
be
designated as Accounts, an Opinion of Counsel substantially in the form of
Exhibit D-2, (iii) on each Addition Date on which any Collateral Certificates
are to be included in the Trust pursuant to subsection 2.12(a) or (b), an
Opinion of Counsel covering the same substantive legal issues addressed by
Exhibits D-1 and D-2, but conformed to the extent appropriate to relate to
Collateral Certificates; and (iv) on or before April 30 of each year, an
Opinion
of Counsel substantially in the form of Exhibit D-3.
Section
12.03 Fees Payable by the
Transferor. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other
Transaction Document (unless such document specifically refers to this Section),
the Transferor shall pay out of its own funds, without reimbursement, all
expenses incurred, fees and disbursements of the Owner Trustee (as such and
in
its individual capacity), the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the
applicable Collateral Agent (including, in each case, the reasonable fees
and
expenses of its outside counsel) and independent accountants and all other
fees
and expenses, including the costs of filing UCC continuation statements,
the
costs and expenses relating to obtaining and maintaining the listing of any
Notes on any stock exchange, the costs and expenses relating to maintaining
Bank
Accounts, and any stamp, documentary, excise, property (whether on real,
personal or intangible property) or any similar tax levied on the Trust or
the
Trust’s assets that are not expressly stated in this Agreement to be
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payable
by any Transferor or the Trust (other than federal, state, local and foreign
income and franchise taxes, if any, or any interest or penalties with respect
thereto, assessed on the Trust). In addition, the Transferor shall,
until such time as Receivables are included as Trust Assets, pay the expenses
incurred by the Servicer in connection with the Trust and the servicing
activities hereunder including expenses related to enforcement of the Collateral
Certificates and the Receivables, as set forth in subsection
4.01(e). In the event an Additional Transferor is added, the existing
Transferor or Transferors and the new Additional Transferor will, at such
time,
determine how the expenses described in this Section 12.03 shall be
allocated.
Section
12.04 GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
Section
12.05 Notices.
(a) All
demands, notices, instructions, directions and communications (collectively,
“Notices”) under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given if personally delivered at, mailed by registered mail, return
receipt requested, or sent by facsimile transmission:
(i) in
the case of Chase USA, as Transferor, Servicer or Administrator,
to:
Chase
Bank USA, National Association
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
with
a copy to:
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
(ii) in
the case of the Trust or the Owner Trustee, to:
Wilmington
Trust Company
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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(iii) in
the case of the Indenture Trustee or the Collateral Agent, to:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
Sixth
Street and Marquette Avenue
MAC:
X0000-000
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Trust Services - Asset Backed Administration
Fax: (000)
000-0000
(iv) in
the case of the Note Rating Agency for a particular Series, the address,
if any,
specified in the Indenture Supplement relating to such Series, and
(v) to
any other Person as specified in the Indenture or any Indenture Supplement;
or,
as to each party, at such other address or facsimile number as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.
(b) Any
Notice required or permitted to be given to a Holder of Registered Notes
shall
be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Holder
as
shown in the Note Register. No Notice shall be required to be mailed
to a Holder of Bearer Notes but shall be given as provided below. Any
Notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Noteholder
receives such Notice. In addition, (x) if and so long as any Series,
Class or Tranche of Notes is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and
such
stock exchange shall so require, any Notice to Noteholders shall be published
in
an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in Luxembourg within the time
period prescribed in this Agreement and (y) in the case of any Series, Class
or
Tranche with respect to which any Bearer Notes are Outstanding, any Notice
required or permitted to be given to Noteholders of such Series, Class or
Tranche shall be published in an Authorized Newspaper within the time period
prescribed in this Agreement.
Section
12.06 Severability of
Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any reason whatsoever be
held
invalid, then such provisions shall be deemed severable from the remaining
provisions of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the remaining provisions or of the Notes or the rights
of the
Noteholders.
Section
12.07 Further
Assurances. Each Transferor and the Servicer agree to do and
perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all further
instruments required or reasonably requested by the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee more fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including
the execution of any financing statements or continuation statements relating
to
the Receivables for filing under the provisions of the UCC of any applicable
jurisdiction.
Section
12.08 No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on
the part of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders, any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall
operate as a
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waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy,
power or
privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or
the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The
rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided under this Agreement are
cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by law.
Section
12.09 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (and by different parties
on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original, but all of
which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section
12.10 Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the
Noteholders and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no
other Person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section
12.11 Actions by
Noteholders.
(a) Wherever
in this Agreement a provision is made that an action may be taken or a Notice,
demand or instruction given by Noteholders, such action, Notice or instruction
may be taken or given by any Noteholder, unless such provision requires a
specific percentage of Noteholders.
(b) Any
Notice, request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other
act
by the Holder of a Note shall bind such Holder and every subsequent Holder
of
such Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof
or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done or omitted
to
be done by the Owner Trustee, any Transferor or the Servicer in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Note.
Section
12.12 Rule 144A
Information. For so long as any of the Notes of any Series or
Class are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the
Securities Act, each Transferor and each of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Servicer agree to cooperate with each other to provide to
any Noteholders of such Series or Class and to any prospective purchaser of
Notes designated by such Noteholder, upon the request of such Noteholder
or
prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided to such Holder
or
prospective purchaser to satisfy the condition set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the Securities Act.
Section
12.13 Merger and
Integration. Except as specifically stated otherwise herein, this
Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties relating to
the
subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings, written or oral, are
superseded by this Agreement. This Agreement may not be modified,
amended, waived or supplemented except as provided herein.
Section
12.14 Headings. The
headings herein are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise
affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
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Section
12.15 Limitation of
Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision herein or
elsewhere, this Agreement has been executed and delivered
by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the
Trust. In no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its individual
capacity have any liability in respect of the representations, warranties,
or
obligations of the Trust hereunder or under any other document, as to all
of
which recourse shall be had solely to the Trust Assets, and for all purposes
of
this Agreement and each other document, the Owner Trustee (as such or in
its
individual capacity) shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of,
the
terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
Section
12.16 No Petition. To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Indenture Trustee,
the
Collateral Agent, the Servicer, the Transferor and the Administrator, by
entering into this Agreement, and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, agrees
that it will not at any time institute against any Master Trust or the Issuing
Entity, or join in any institution against any Master Trust or the Issuing
Entity 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 and this Agreement.
Section
12.17 Fiscal Year. The
fiscal year of the Trust will end on the last day of each calendar
year.
Section
12.18 Waiver of Jury
Trial EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT,
THE
NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
[END
OF ARTICLE XII]
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ARTICLE
XIII
COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION AB
Section
13.01 Intent of the Parties;
Reasonableness.
The
Transferor, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee acknowledge and agree
that
the purpose of this Article XIII is to facilitate compliance by the Transferor
with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of
the
Commission. The Transferor shall not exercise its right to request
delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other
than
in good faith, or for purposes other than the Transferor’s compliance with the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (or the provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable
to
that required under the Securities Act). The Servicer agrees to
cooperate in good faith with any reasonable request by the Transferor for
information regarding the Servicer which is required in order to enable the
Transferor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, including, without
limitation, Items 1103(a)(1), 1105, 1108, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1121, 1122 and
1123
of Regulation AB as it relates to the Servicer or to the Servicer’s obligations
under this Agreement or any Transaction Document.
Section
13.02 Additional Representations and
Warranties of the Servicer.
The
Servicer shall be deemed to represent to the Transferor, as of the date on
which
information is provided to the Transferor under Section 13.03 that, except
as
disclosed in writing to the Transferor prior to such dates, to the best of
its
knowledge: (i) the Servicer is not aware and has not received notice
that any default, early amortization or other performance triggering event
has
occurred as to any other securitization involving credit card receivables
due to
any act or failure to act of the Servicer; (ii) the Servicer has not been
terminated as servicer in a securitization involving credit card receivables,
either due to a servicing default or to application of a servicing performance
test or trigger; (iii) no material noncompliance with the applicable servicing
criteria with respect to other securitizations of credit card receivables
involving the Servicer as servicer has been disclosed or reported by the
Servicer; (iv) no material changes to the Servicer’s policies or procedures with
respect to the servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and
any
Transaction Document have occurred during the three-year period immediately
preceding the related Securitization Transaction; (v) there are no aspects
of
the Servicer’s financial condition that could have a material adverse effect on
the performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations under this
Agreement or any Transaction Document; and (vi) there are no material legal
or
governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against the
Servicer, any Subservicer or any third-party originator.
Section
13.03 Information to Be Provided by the
Servicer.
In
connection with any Securitization Transaction, the Servicer shall (i) within
five (5) Business Days following request by the Transferor, provide to the
Transferor, in writing, the information specified in this Section 13.03,
and
(ii) as promptly as practicable following
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notice
to or discovery by the Servicer of any changes to such information, provide to
the Transferor, in writing, such updated information.
(a) The
Servicer shall provide such information regarding the Servicer and each
Subservicer (each of the Servicer and each Subservicer, for purposes of this
paragraph, a “Servicing Party”) as is required for the purpose of compliance
with Item 1108 of Regulation AB. Such information shall include, at a
minimum:
(A) the
Servicing Party’s name and form of organization;
(B) a
description of how long the Servicing Party has been servicing credit card
accounts; a general discussion of the Servicing Party’s experience in servicing
assets of any type as well as a more detailed discussion of the Servicing
Party’s experience in, and procedures for, the servicing function it will
perform under this Agreement; information regarding the size, composition
and
growth of the Servicing Party’s portfolio of credit card accounts of a type
similar to the Accounts and information on factors related to the Servicing
Party that may be material, in the good faith judgment of the Transferor,
to any
analysis of the servicing of the Accounts or the related asset-backed
securities, as applicable, including, without limitation:
(1) whether
any prior securitizations of credit card receivables involving the Servicing
Party has defaulted or experienced an early amortization or other performance
triggering event because of servicing during the three-year period immediately
preceding the related Securitization Transaction;
(2) the
extent of outsourcing the Servicing Party utilizes;
(3) whether
there has been previous disclosure of material noncompliance with the applicable
servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations of credit card
receivables involving the Servicing Party as a servicer during the three-year
period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction;
(4) whether
the Servicing Party has been terminated as servicer in a securitization of
credit card receivables, either due to a servicing default or to application
of
a servicing performance test or trigger; and
(5) such
other information as the Transferor may reasonably request for the purpose
of
compliance with Item 1108(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
(C) a
description of any material changes during the three-year period immediately
preceding the related Securitization Transaction to the Servicing Party’s
policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function it will perform
under this Agreement or any Transaction Document;
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(D) information
regarding the Servicing Party’s financial condition, to the extent that there is
a material risk that an adverse financial event or circumstance involving
the
Servicing Party could have a material adverse effect on the performance by
the
Servicing Party of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or any
Transaction Document;
(E) a
description of the Servicing Party’s processes and procedures designed to
address any special or unique factors involved in servicing;
(F) a
description of the Servicing Party’s processes for handling delinquencies,
losses, bankruptcies and recoveries, such as sale of defaulted receivables;
and
(G) information
as to how the Servicing Party defines or determines delinquencies and
charge-offs, including the effect of any grace period, re-aging, restructuring,
partial payments considered current or other practices with respect to
delinquency and loss experience.
(b) As
a condition to the succession to the Servicer or any Subservicer as servicer
or
subservicer under this Agreement or any Transaction Document by any Person
(i)
into or with which the Servicer or such Subservicer may be merged or
consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Servicer
or
any Subservicer, the Servicer shall provide to the Transferor at least fifteen
(15) calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or
appointment, (x) written notice to the Transferor of such succession or
appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Transferor, all information reasonably required by the Transferor
in
order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K
with
respect to any series or class of Notes issued by the Issuing
Entity.
(c) In
addition to such information as the Servicer is obligated to provide pursuant
to
other provisions of this Agreement or any Transaction Document, if so requested
by the Transferor, the Servicer shall provide such information regarding
the
performance of the Receivables or the servicing of the Accounts as is reasonably
required to facilitate preparation of distribution reports in accordance
with
Item 1121 of Regulation AB. Such information shall be provided
concurrently with the distribution reports otherwise required to be delivered
monthly by the Servicer under this Agreement or any Transaction Document,
commencing with the first such report due not less than ten (10) Business
Days
following such request.
Section
13.04 Report on Assessment of Compliance
and Attestation
(a) On
or before March 1 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Servicer
shall:
(i) deliver
to the Transferor a report regarding the Servicer’s or any Subservicer’s
assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately
preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the
Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be
addressed to the Transferor and signed by an authorized officer of the Servicer
or the applicable
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Subservicer,
and shall address each of the relevant Servicing Criteria set forth in
Exhibit
G, as may be amended from time to time by the parties hereto;
(ii) deliver
to the Transferor a report of a registered public accounting firm reasonably
acceptable to the Transferor that attests to, and reports on, the assessment
of
compliance made by the Servicer and delivered pursuant to the preceding
paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules
1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act;
(iii) instruct
each Servicing Participant to deliver to the Transferor an assessment of
compliance and accountants’ attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this Section; and
(iv) deliver
to the Transferor and any other Person that will be responsible for signing
the
Sarbanes Certification on behalf of the Issuing Entity or the Transferor
with
respect to a Securitization Transaction a certification in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit F or such other form as may be mutually agreed
upon.
The
Servicer acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iv) above may
rely
on the certification provided by the Servicer pursuant to such clause in
signing
a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission.
(b) Each
assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to subsection
13.04(a)(i) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto delivered to
the
Transferor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement or, in the case
of
a Subservicer subsequently appointed as such, on or prior to the date of
such
appointment. An assessment of compliance provided by a Servicing
Participant pursuant to subsection 13.04(a)(iii) needs not address any elements
of the Servicing Criteria other than those specified by the Servicer pursuant
to
Section 13.05.
(c) Within
thirty (30) days of receipt, the Transferor shall provide a copy of all reports
prepared and delivered pursuant to this Section 13.04 to each Note Rating
Agency.
Section
13.05 Use of Subservicers and Servicing
Participants.
(a) The
Servicer shall use its best efforts to hire or otherwise utilize only the
services of Subservicers that agree to comply with the provisions of this
Section. The Servicer shall use its best efforts to hire or otherwise
utilize only the services of Servicing Participants, and shall use its best
efforts to ensure that Subservicers hire or otherwise utilize only the
services of Servicing Participants, to fulfill any of the obligations of
the
Servicer as servicer under this Agreement or any Transaction Document, if
those
Servicing Participants agree to comply with the provisions of subsection
13.05(b).
(b) The
Servicer shall use its best efforts to cause any Subservicer used by the
Servicer (or by any Subservicer) to comply with the provisions of this Section
and with Section 4.05, Section 13.02, subsection 13.03(c) and Section 13.04
to
the same extent as if
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such
Subservicer were the Servicer. The Servicer shall be responsible for
obtaining from each Subservicer and delivering to the Transferor any servicer
compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer under
Section
4.05, any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered
by
such Subservicer under Section 13.04 and any certification required to
be
delivered to the Person that will be responsible for signing the Sarbanes
Certification as and when required to be delivered.
(c) Except
as may otherwise be required pursuant to Section 7.06, it shall not be necessary
for the Servicer to seek the consent of the Transferor to the utilization
of any
Servicing Participant. The Servicer shall promptly upon request
provide to the Transferor a written description (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Transferor) of the role and function of each Servicing
Participant utilized by the Servicer or any Subservicer, specifying (i) the
identity of each such Servicing Participant and (ii) which elements of the
Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided
by
each Servicing Participant.
As
a condition to the utilization of any Servicing Participant, the Servicer
shall
use its best efforts to cause any such Servicing Participant used by the
Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Transferor to comply
with the provisions of Section 13.04 to the same extent as if such Servicing
Participant were the Servicer. The Servicer shall be responsible for
obtaining from each Servicing Participant and delivering to the Transferor
any
assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such
Servicing Participant under Section 13.04, in each case as and when required
to
be delivered.
[END
OF ARTICLE XXXX]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Indenture
Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Trust have caused this Transfer and
Servicing Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of
the
day and year first above written.
CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION,
as Transferor, Servicer and
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Administrator
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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President
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CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST,
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as
Issuing Entity
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By:
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WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not
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in
its individual capacity but solely as
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Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Title:
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK,
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
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as
Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Assistant
Vice President
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CHAIT
Third A&R TSA Signature Page
Acknowledged
and Accepted:
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
not
in its individual capacity but
solely
as Owner Trustee
By: /s/
Xxxxx X. Lawler___________
Name:
Title:
CHAIT
Third A&R TSA Signature Page
Schedule
1
List
of Collateral Certificates
Chase
Credit Card Master Trust Collateral Certificates
The
Collateral Certificate issued pursuant to the Series 2004-CC Supplement to
the
Chase Credit Card Master Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of
October 20, 2004, as amended
First
USA Credit Card Master Trust Collateral Certificates
The
Collateral Certificate issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Series
2002-CC Supplement to the First USA Credit Card Master Trust Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2004, as amended
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Schedule
2
List
of Accounts
Delivered
to Collateral Agent Only
[Deemed
Incorporated]
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Exhibit
A-1
FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL CERTIFICATE
(as
required by subsection 2.12(c)(v) of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT
NO. __ OF AN ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL CERTIFICATE, dated as of _____________,
by
and between CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
(the “Bank”), as Transferor (the “Transferor”), and the CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST
(the “Trust”), pursuant to the Agreement referred to below and acknowledged by
the Bank in its capacity as servicer under the Agreement referred to below
(in
such capacity, the “Servicer”).
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I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Bank, as Transferor, Servicer and Administrator, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent, and the Trust are
parties to the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of December 19, 2007 (hereinafter as such agreement may have been,
or
may from time to time be, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to subsection 2.12(a) or 2.12(b) of the Agreement, the Transferor
wishes to designate an Additional Collateral Certificate and to convey hereby
such Additional Collateral Certificate (as such term is defined in the
Agreement) to the Trust for designation pursuant to the applicable Asset
Pool
Supplement; and
WHEREAS,
the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, is willing to accept such designation
and conveyance subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Transferor and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
hereby
agree as follows:
1. Defined
Terms. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.
“Addition
Date” shall mean, with respect to the Additional Collateral Certificate
designated on Schedule 1 hereto, ____________.
“Notice
Date” shall mean, with respect to the Additional Collateral Certificate
designated on Schedule 1 hereto, _____________ [which shall be a date on
or
prior to the third Business Day prior to the Addition Date with respect to
additions pursuant to subsection 2.12(a) of the Agreement and the fifth Business
Day prior to the Addition Date with respect to additions pursuant to subsection
2.12(b) of the Agreement].
2. Conveyance
of Additional Collateral Certificates.
(a) The
Transferor does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, without
recourse except as set forth in the Agreement, to the Trust, all its right,
title and
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interest
in, to and under the Additional Collateral Certificate existing as of the
close
of business on the Addition Date. The foregoing does not constitute
and is not intended to result in the creation or assumption by the Trust,
the
Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee,
the applicable Collateral Agent, any Noteholders, any Supplemental Credit
Enhancer or any Derivative Counterparty of any obligation of the Transferor
or
any other Person in connection with the Additional Collateral Certificate
or
under any agreement or instrument relating thereto, including any obligation
to
Obligors, merchant banks, merchants clearance systems, VISA®,
MasterCard®1
or insurers.
(b) If
necessary, the Transferor agrees to record and file, at its own expense,
financing statements (and continuation statements when applicable) with respect
to the Additional Collateral Certificate existing on the Addition Date meeting
the requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such
jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect, and maintain perfection of, the
sale
and assignment of its interest in such Additional Collateral Certificate
to the
Trust, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of each such financing statement
or
other evidence of such filing to the Owner Trustee on or prior to the Addition
Date. None of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the
applicable Collateral Agent shall be under any obligation whatsoever to file
such financing or continuation statements or to make any filing under the
UCC in
connection with such sale and assignment.
(c) The
Transferor does hereby grant to the Trust a security interest in all of its
right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and
to
the Additional Collateral Certificate designated for sale on the Addition
Date. This Assignment constitutes a security agreement under the
UCC.
(d) The
parties hereto agree that all transfers of Additional Collateral Certificates
to
the Trust pursuant to this Assignment are subject to, and shall be treated
in
accordance with, the Delaware Act and each of the parties hereto agrees that
this Assignment has been entered into by the parties hereto in express reliance
upon the Delaware Act. For purposes of complying with the
requirements of the Delaware Act, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees
that
any property, assets or rights purported to be transferred, in whole or in
part,
by the Transferor pursuant to this Assignment shall be deemed to no longer
be
the property, assets or rights of the Transferor. The parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that each such transfer is occurring in connection
with a
“securitization transaction” within the meaning of the Delaware
Act.
3. Acceptance
by Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges its
acceptance on behalf of the Trust of all right, title and interest to the
property existing on the Addition Date which has been conveyed to the Trust
pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Assignment.
4. Representations
and Warranties of the Transferor. The Transferor hereby
represents and warrants to the Trust, as of the Addition Date,
that:
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VISA® and
MasterCard® are
registered trademarks of VISA U.S.A., Inc., and of MasterCard International
Inc., respectively.
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(a) Legal,
Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Transferor enforceable against
the
Transferor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or
other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in
equity);
(b) Eligibility
of Additional Collateral Certificate. As of the Addition Date,
the Additional Collateral Certificate designated hereby is an Eligible
Collateral Certificate;
(c) Insolvency. As
of the Addition Date, no Insolvency Event with respect to the Transferor
has
occurred and the transfer by the Transferor of Additional Collateral
Certificates to the Trust has not been made in contemplation of the occurrence
thereof;
(d) No
Adverse Effect. The acquisition by the Trust of the Additional
Collateral Certificate shall not, in the reasonable belief of the applicable
Transferor, result in an Adverse Effect;
(e) Security
Interest. This Assignment constitutes either (i) a valid sale,
transfer and assignment to the Trust of all right, title and interest of
the
Transferor in the Additional Collateral Certificate designated on the Addition
Date and such Additional Collateral Certificate will be held by the Owner
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, free and clear of any Lien of any Person
claiming through or under the Transferor or any of its Affiliates, or (ii)
a
valid transfer for security of all of the Transferor’s right, title and
interest in such Additional Collateral Certificate to the Owner
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, which is enforceable upon execution and
delivery of this Assignment. Upon the filing of all such appropriate
financing statements, the Trust shall have a first priority perfected security
or ownership interest in such property and proceeds;
(f) No
Conflict. The execution and delivery by the Transferor of this
Assignment, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to the Transferor, will
not
conflict with or violate any Requirements of Law applicable to the Transferor
or
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the material terms and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both) a
material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed
of
trust or other instrument to which the Transferor is a party or by which
it or
its properties are bound;
(g) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Transferor, threatened against the Transferor
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal
or
governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this Assignment,
(ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Assignment, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Transferor, would materially and adversely affect
the
performance by the Transferor of its obligations under this Assignment or
(iv)
seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect
the validity or enforceability of this Assignment; and
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(h) All
Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of
any court or other governmental authority required to be obtained by the
Transferor in connection with the execution and delivery of this Assignment
by
the Transferor and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Assignment by the Transferor, have been obtained.
5. Conditions
Precedent. The designation of an Additional Collateral
Certificate pursuant to Section 2 of this Assignment, the acceptance by the
Trust pursuant to Section 3 of this Assignment and the amendment of the
Agreement pursuant to Section 6 of this Assignment are each subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in subsection 2.12(c)
of the
Agreement on or prior to the dates specified in such subsection
2.12(c). For purposes of subsection 2.12(c)(i) of the Agreement,
“Notice Date” shall having the meaning specified in Section 1
hereof. With respect to the condition specified in subsection
2.12(c)(xi) of the Agreement, the Bank shall have delivered to the
Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, on or prior to the date hereof, a
certificate of a Vice President or more senior officer substantially in the
form
of Schedule 2 hereto, certifying that (i) all requirements set forth in
subsection 2.12(c) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement for designating
and
conveying Additional Collateral Certificates have been satisfied and (ii)
each
of the representations and warranties made by the Transferor in Section 4
of
this Assignment is true and correct as of the Addition Date. The
Owner Trustee and the Administrator may conclusively rely on such Officer’s
Certificate, shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters
set
forth therein, and shall incur no liability in so relying.
6. Amendment
of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. The Agreement is hereby
amended to provide that all references therein to the “Transfer and Servicing
Agreement,” to “this Agreement” and to “herein” shall be deemed from and after
the Addition Date to be a dual reference to the Agreement as supplemented
by
this Assignment and all references therein to Additional Collateral Certificates
shall be deemed to include the Additional Collateral Certificate designated
hereby. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the
representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Agreement
shall remain unamended and shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full
force
and effect in accordance with its terms and except as expressly provided
herein
shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver of compliance with
or a
consent to noncompliance with any term or provision of the
Agreement.
7. Counterparts. This
Assignment may be executed in two or more counterparts (and by different
parties
on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original, but all of
which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
8. GOVERNING
LAW. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT
OF LAW
PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
9. Limitation
of Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision herein or
elsewhere, this Assignment has been executed and delivered by Wilmington
Trust
Company on behalf of the Trust, not in its individual capacity, but solely
in
its capacity as Owner Trustee, in
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no
event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity have any
liability in respect of the representations, warranties, or obligations
of the
Trust hereunder or under any other document, as to all of which recourse
shall
be had solely to the assets of the Trust, and for all purposes of this
Assignment and each other document, the Owner Trustee (as such or in its
individual capacity) shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits
of, the
terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
10. Removal
Upon Breach. In the event of a breach of any of the warranties
set forth in subsection 4(b) other than a breach or event set forth in
subsection 2.05(a) of the Agreement, if as a result of such breach the related
Collateral Certificate is no longer an Eligible Collateral Certificate or
the
Trust’s rights in, to or under such Collateral Certificate or its proceeds are
impaired, then upon the expiration of 60 days (or such longer period as may
be
agreed to by the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent and the
Servicer, but in no event later than 120 days) after the earlier to occur
of the
discovery thereof by the Transferor who conveyed such Collateral Certificate
to
the Trust or receipt by such Transferor of written notice thereof given by
the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral Agent or
the
Servicer, such Collateral Certificate shall be removed from the Trust on
the
terms and conditions set forth in subsection 2.05(b) of the Agreement and
the
Transferor shall accept reassignment of such Collateral Certificate;
provided, however, that no such removal shall be required to be
made if, on any day within such applicable period, such representations and
warranties with respect to such Collateral Certificate shall then be true
and
correct in all material respects as if such Collateral Certificate had been
designated for inclusion in the Trust on such day.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
have caused this Assignment to be duly executed by their respective officers
as
of the day and year first above written.
CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION,
as Transferor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST,
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By:
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WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not
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in
its individual capacity, but solely as
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Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Acknowledged
by:
CHASE
BANK USA,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Servicer
By:
_________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule
1 (to Exhibit A-1)
List
of Additional Collateral Certificates
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Schedule
2 (to Exhibit A-1)
Chase
Bank USA, National Association
Officer’s
Certificate
____________________,
a duly authorized officer of Chase Bank USA, National Association (“Chase USA”),
a national banking association, as transferor (the “Transferor”), hereby
certifies and acknowledges on behalf of the Transferor that to the best
of
[her/his] knowledge the following statements are true on ___________ (the
“Addition Date”), and acknowledges on behalf of the Transferor that this
Officer’s Certificate will be relied upon by Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust, in connection with the Trust entering into
Assignment No. ___ of Additional Collateral Certificates, dated as of the
related Addition Date (the “Assignment”), by and between the Transferor and the
Trust, in connection with the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007 (as heretofore supplemented and
amended, the “Transfer and Servicing Agreement”), by and among Chase USA, as
Transferor, Servicer and Administrator, the Chase Issuance Trust, as Issuing
Entity, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee
and
Collateral Agent. The undersigned hereby certifies and acknowledges
on behalf of the Transferor that:
(a) Delivery
of Assignment. On or prior to the Addition Date, (i) the
Transferor has delivered to the Trust the Assignment and (ii) the Transferor
shall deliver to the Trust the Additional Collateral Certificate;
(b) Legal,
Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Transferor enforceable against
the
Transferor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability
may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or
other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement
of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in
equity);
(c) Eligibility
of Additional Collateral Certificate. As of the Addition Date, the
Additional Collateral Certificate designated hereby is an Eligible Collateral
Certificate;
(d) Insolvency. As
of the Addition Date, no Insolvency Event with respect to the Transferor
has
occurred and the transfer by the Transferor of Additional Collateral
Certificates to the Trust has not been made in contemplation of the occurrence
thereof;
(e) No
Adverse Effect. The acquisition by the Trust of the Additional
Collateral Certificate shall not, in the reasonable belief of the Transferor,
result in an Adverse Effect;
(f) Conditions
Precedent. All requirements set forth in subsection 2.12(c) of
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement for designating and conveying Additional
Collateral Certificates have been satisfied;
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(g) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Transferor, threatened against the Transferor
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal
or
governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this Assignment,
(ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Assignment, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in
the
reasonable judgment of the Transferor, would materially and adversely affect
the
performance by the Transferor of its obligations under this Assignment
or (iv)
seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely
affect
the validity or enforceability of this Assignment; and
(h) All
Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of
any court or other governmental authority required to be obtained by the
Transferor in connection with the execution and delivery of this Assignment
by
the Transferor and the performance of the transactions contemplated by
this
Assignment by the Transferor, have been obtained.
Initially
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined
in
the Asset Pool One Supplement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _____ day of ________
____.
CHASE
BANK USA,
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Xxxxxxx
X-0
FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS
(as
required by subsection 2.12(c)(iv) of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT
NO. ___ OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS, dated as of __________, by
and
between CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
(the “Bank”), as Transferor (in such capacity, the “Transferor”), and the CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST (the “Trust”), pursuant to the Agreement referred to below, and
acknowledged by the Bank in its capacity as servicer under the Agreement
referred to below (in such capacity, the “Servicer”).
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Bank, as Transferor, Servicer and Administrator, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent, and the Trust are
parties to the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of December 19, 2007 (hereinafter as such agreement may have been,
or
may from time to time be, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Agreement, the Transferor wishes to designate Additional
Accounts to be included as Accounts and to convey hereby the Receivables
of such
Additional Accounts (as each such term is defined in the Agreement), whether
now
existing or hereafter created, to the Trust; and
WHEREAS,
the Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, is willing to accept such designation
and conveyance subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Transferor and the Administrator, on behalf of the Trust,
hereby
agree as follows:
1. Defined
Terms. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to
them in the Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.
“Addition
Cut-Off Date” shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts designated
hereby, _________________.
“Addition
Date” shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts designated on
Schedule 1 hereto, _________________.
“Notice
Date” shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts designated on
Schedule 1 hereto, ________________ which shall be a date on or prior to
the
third Business Day prior to the Addition Date with respect to additions pursuant
to subsection 2.12(a) of the Agreement and the fifth Business Day prior to
the
Addition Date with respect to additions pursuant to subsection 2.12(b) of
the
Agreement.
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2. Designation
of Additional Accounts. No later than five Business Days after
the Addition Date, the Transferor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent,
as
designee, on behalf of the Trust, a true and complete list (in the form of
a
computer file, microfiche list, CD-ROM or such other form as is agreed upon
between the Transferor and the Collateral Agent) of each VISA® and MasterCard®
account which, as of
the Addition Date, shall be deemed to be an Additional Account, identified
by
account number and the aggregate amount of the Receivables in each such
Additional Account as of the Addition Cut-Off Date, and stating to which
Asset
Pool each such Additional Account belongs, which list shall be marked as
Schedule 1 to this Assignment and, as of the Addition Date, shall modify
and
amend and be incorporated into and made part of the Agreement and shall
supplement Schedule 1 to the Agreement.
3. Conveyance
of Receivables.
(a) The
Transferor does hereby sell, transfer and assign to the Trust all right,
title
and interest, whether owned on the Addition Cut-Off Date or thereafter acquired,
of the Transferor in the Receivables existing on the Addition Cut-Off Date
or
thereafter created in the Additional Accounts, all Interchange and Recoveries
related thereto, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received
or
receivable with respect thereto and all proceeds (including “proceeds” as
defined in the applicable UCC) thereof and all Insurance Proceeds related
thereto. This Section 3(a) does not constitute and is not intended to
result in the creation or assumption by the Trust, the Owner Trustee (as
such or
in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee, the applicable Collateral
Agent, any Noteholders, any Supplemental Credit Enhancement Provider or any
Derivative Counterparty of any obligation of the Transferor or any other
Person
in connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, including any obligation to Obligors, merchant
banks, merchants clearance systems, VISA®, MasterCard®
or
insurers.
(b) The
Transferor hereby grants to the Trust a security interest in all of its right,
title and interest, whether owned on the Addition Cut-Off Date or thereafter
acquired, of the Transferor in the Receivables existing on the Addition Cut-Off
Date or thereafter created in the Additional Accounts, all Interchange and
Recoveries related thereto, all monies due or to become due and all amounts
received or receivable with respect thereto and the “proceeds” (including
“proceeds” as defined in the applicable UCC) thereof and all Insurance Proceeds
related thereto to secure a loan in an amount equal to the unpaid principal
amount of the Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture and the applicable
Indenture Supplement and accrued and unpaid interest with respect
thereto. This Assignment constitutes a security agreement under the
UCC.
(c) If
necessary, the Transferor agrees to record and file, at its own expense,
financing statements (and continuation statements when applicable) with respect
to the Receivables in Additional Accounts existing on the Addition Cut-Off
Date
and thereafter created meeting the requirements of applicable state law in
such
manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect, and maintain
perfection of, the sale and assignment of its interest in such Receivables
to
the Trust, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of each such financing statement
or other evidence of such filing to the Owner Trustee on or prior to the
Addition Date. The Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation whatsoever
to file
such financing or continuation statements or to make any filing under the
UCC in
connection with such sale and assignment.
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(d) In
connection with such transfers, the Transferor further agrees, at its own
expense, on or prior to the date of this Assignment, to indicate in the
appropriate computer files that Receivables created in connection with the
Additional Accounts and designated hereby have been conveyed to the Trust
pursuant to this Assignment for the benefit of the Noteholders.
(e) The
parties hereto agree that all transfers of Receivables to the Trust pursuant
to
this Assignment are subject to, and shall be treated in accordance with,
the
Delaware Act and each of the parties hereto agrees that this Assignment has
been
entered into by the parties hereto in express reliance upon the Delaware
Act. For purposes of complying with the requirements of the Delaware
Act, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that any property, assets or
rights purported to be transferred, in whole or in part, by the Transferor
pursuant to this Assignment shall be deemed to no longer be the property,
assets
or rights of the Transferor. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that each such transfer is occurring in connections with a “securitization
transaction” within the meaning of the Delaware Act.
4. Acceptance
by Owner Trustee on Behalf of the Trust. The Owner Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title
and
interest in and to the Receivables in the Additional Accounts now existing
and
hereafter created, conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof
and
declares that the Trust shall maintain such right, title and interest, upon
the
trust herein set forth, for the benefit of the Noteholders.
5. Representations
and Warranties of the Transferor.
(a) Legal,
Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Transferor enforceable against
the
Transferor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or
other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in
equity);
(b) Eligibility
of Accounts. As of the Addition Cut-Off Date, each Additional
Account designated hereby was an Eligible Account;
(c) Insolvency. As
of each of the Addition Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date, no Insolvency
Event
with respect to the Transferor has occurred and the transfer by the Transferor
of Receivables arising in the Additional Accounts to the Trust has not been
made
in contemplation of the occurrence thereof;
(d) No
Adverse Effect. The acquisition by the Trust of the Receivables
arising in the Additional Accounts shall not, in the reasonable belief of
the
applicable Transferor, result in an Adverse Effect;
(e) Security
Interest. This Assignment constitutes a valid sale, transfer and
assignment to the Trust of all right, title and interest, whether owned on
the
Addition Cut-Off Date or thereafter acquired, of the Transferor in the
Receivables existing on the Addition Cut-Off Date or thereafter created in
the
Additional Accounts, all Interchange and Recoveries related thereto, all
monies
due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect
thereto
and the “proceeds” (including “proceeds” as defined in the applicable UCC)
thereof and
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Insurance
Proceeds related thereto, or, if this Assignment does not constitute a
sale of
such property, the Agreement as amended by this Assignment constitutes
a grant
of a “security interest” (as defined in the applicable UCC) in such property to
the Trust, which, in the case of existing Receivables and the proceeds
thereof,
is enforceable upon execution and delivery of this Assignment, and which
will be
enforceable with respect to such Receivables hereafter created and the
proceeds
thereof upon such creation. Upon the filing of the financing
statements described in Section 3 of this Assignment and, in the case of
the
Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds thereof, upon the creation
thereof, the Trust shall have a first priority perfected security or ownership
interest in such property;
(f) No
Conflict. The execution and delivery by the Transferor of this
Assignment, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to the Transferor, will
not
conflict with or violate any Requirements of Law applicable to the Transferor
or
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the material terms and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both) a
material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed
of
trust or other instrument to which the Transferor is a party or by which
it or
its properties are bound;
(g) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations, pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Transferor, threatened against the Transferor
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal
or
governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this Assignment,
(ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Assignment, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Transferor, would materially and adversely affect
the
performance by the Transferor of its obligations under this Assignment or
(iv)
seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect
the validity or enforceability of this Assignment; and
(h) All
Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of
any court or other governmental authority required to be obtained by the
Transferor in connection with the execution and delivery of this Assignment
by
the Transferor and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Assignment by the Transferor, have been obtained.
6. Conditions
Precedent. The designation of Additional Accounts pursuant to
Section 2 of this Assignment, the conveyance of Receivables pursuant to Section
3 of this Assignment and the amendment of the Agreement pursuant to Section
7
hereof are each subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set
forth in subsection 2.12(c) of the Agreement on or prior to the dates specified
in such subsection 2.12(c), except to the extent any such conditions have
been
waived. For purposes of subsection 2.12(c)(i) of the Agreement,
“Notice Date” shall having the meaning specified in subsection 1
hereof. With respect to the condition specified in subsection
2.12(c)(xi) of the Agreement, the Bank shall have delivered to the
Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, on or prior to the date hereof, a
certificate of a Vice President or more senior officer substantially in the
form
of Schedule 2 hereto, certifying that (i) all requirements set forth in
subsection 2.12(c) of the Agreement for designating and conveying Receivables
in
Additional Accounts have been satisfied or waived and (ii) each of the
representations and warranties made by the Transferor in Section 5 of this
Assignment is true and correct as of the Addition Date. The Owner
Trustee and the Administrator may conclusively rely on such Officer’s
Certificate,
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shall
have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters set forth therein,
and
shall incur no liability in so relying.
7. Amendment
of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. The Agreement is hereby
amended to provide that all references therein to the “Transfer and Servicing
Agreement,” to “this Agreement” and to “herein” shall be deemed from and after
the Addition Date to be a dual reference to the Agreement as supplemented
by
this Assignment. All references therein to Additional Accounts shall
be deemed to include the Additional Accounts designated hereby and all
references therein to Receivables shall be deemed to include the Receivables
conveyed hereby. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the
representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Agreement
shall remain unamended and shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full
force
and effect in accordance with its terms and except as expressly provided
herein
shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver of compliance with
or a
consent to noncompliance with any term or provision of the
Agreement.
8. Counterparts. This
Assignment may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by different
parties
on separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of
which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
9. GOVERNING
LAW. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT
OF LAW
PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
10. Removal
Upon Breach. In the event of a breach of any of the warranties
set forth in Section 5(b) hereof other than a breach or event set forth in
subsection 2.05(a) of the Agreement, if as a result of such breach the related
Receivable is no longer an Eligible Receivable or the Trust’s rights in, to or
under such Receivable or its proceeds are impaired, then upon the expiration
of
60 days (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Indenture Trustee,
the
applicable Collateral Agent and the Servicer, but in no event later than
120
days) after the earlier to occur of the discovery thereof by the Transferor
who
conveyed such Receivable to the Trust or receipt by such Transferor of written
notice thereof given by the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the applicable
Collateral Agent or the Servicer, such Receivable shall be removed from the
Trust on the terms and conditions set forth in subsection 2.05(b) of the
Agreement and the Transferor shall accept reassignment of such Receivable;
provided, however, that no such removal shall be required to be
made if, on any day within such applicable period, such representations and
warranties with respect to such Receivable shall then be true and correct
in all
material respects as if such Receivable had been designated for inclusion
in the
Trust on such day.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION,
as Transferor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST,
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By:
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WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not
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in
its individual capacity, but solely as
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Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Acknowledged
by:
CHASE
BANK USA,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Servicer
By:
_________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule
1 (to Exhibit A-2)
List
of Additional Accounts
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Schedule
2 (to Exhibit A-2)
Chase
Bank USA, National Association
Officer’s
Certificate
____________________,
a duly authorized officer of Chase Bank USA, National Association (“Chase USA”),
a national banking association, as transferor (the “Transferor”), hereby
certifies and acknowledges on behalf of the Transferor that to the best of
[her/his] knowledge the following statements are true on ___________ (the
“Addition Date”), and acknowledges on behalf of the Transferor that this
Officer’s Certificate will be relied upon by Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Chase Issuance Trust (the “Trust” or “Issuing Entity”),
in connection with the Trust entering into Assignment No. ___ of Receivables
in
Additional Accounts, dated as of the Addition Date (the “Assignment”), by and
between the Transferor and the Trust, in connection with the Third Amended
and
Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007
(as
heretofore supplemented and amended, the “Transfer and Servicing Agreement”),
each by and among Chase USA, as Transferor, Servicer and Administrator, the
Issuing Entity and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee
and Collateral Agent. The undersigned hereby certifies and
acknowledges on behalf of the Transferor that:
(a) Delivery
of Assignment. On or prior to the Addition Date, (i) the
Transferor has delivered to the Trust the Assignment, and (ii) the Transferor
has indicated in its computer files that the Receivables created in connection
with the Additional Accounts have been transferred to the Issuing
Entity. The Transferor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, as
designee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, a true and complete list (in the
form
of a computer file, microfiche list, CD-ROM or such other form as is agreed
upon
between the Transferor and the Collateral Agent) of the Additional Accounts,
identified by account number and the aggregate amount of the Receivables
in each
Additional Account as of the Addition Cut-Off Date, and stating to which
Asset
Pool the Additional Accounts belong, which list shall, as of the Addition
Date,
modify and amend and be incorporated into and made a part of the Assignment
and
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement;
(b) Legal,
Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Transferor enforceable against
the
Transferor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or
other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in
equity);
(c) Eligibility
of Additional Accounts. As of the Addition Cut-Off Date, each
Additional Account designated thereby is an Eligible Account;
(d) Insolvency. As
of each of the Addition Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date, no Insolvency
Event
with respect to the Transferor has occurred and the transfer by the Transferor
of Receivables arising in the Additional Accounts to the Trust has not been
made
in contemplation of the occurrence thereof;
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(e) No
Adverse Effect. The acquisition by the Trust of the Receivables
arising in the Additional Accounts shall not, in the reasonable belief of
the
Transferor, result in an Adverse Effect;
(f) Conditions
Precedent. All requirements set forth in subsection 2.12(c) of
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement for designating and conveying Receivables
arising in the Additional Accounts have been satisfied or waived;
(g) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Transferor, threatened against the Transferor
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal
or
governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this Assignment,
(ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Assignment, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Transferor, would materially and adversely affect
the
performance by the Transferor of its obligations under this Assignment or
(iv)
seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect
the validity or enforceability of this Assignment; and
(h) All
Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of
any court or other governmental authority required to be obtained by the
Transferor in connection with the execution and delivery of this Assignment
by
the Transferor and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Assignment by the Transferor, have been obtained.
Initially
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined
in
the Asset Pool One Supplement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _____ day of
_________________.
CHASE
BANK USA,
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exhibit
B
FORM
OF REASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN REMOVED ACCOUNTS
(as
required by subsection 2.13(b)(iv) of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement)
REASSIGNMENT
NO. _______ OF RECEIVABLES IN REMOVED ACCOUNTS (this “Reassignment”) dated as of
_________, by and between CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association (the “Bank”), as Transferor (the “Transferor”) and Servicer
(the “Servicer”) and the CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST (the “Trust”), pursuant to the
Agreement referred to below.
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Bank, as Transferor, Servicer and Administrator, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent, and the Trust are
parties to the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of December 19, 2007 (hereinafter as such agreement may have been,
or
may from time to time be, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Agreement, the Transferor wishes to remove from the Trust
all
Receivables owned by the Trust in certain designated Accounts identified
on
Schedule 1 to this Reassignment (the “Removed Accounts”) and to cause the Trust
to reconvey the Receivables of such Removed Accounts, whether now existing
or
hereafter created, from the Trust to the Transferor; and
WHEREAS,
Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), on behalf of
the Trust, is willing to accept such designation and to reconvey the Receivables
in the Removed Accounts subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Transferor and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
hereby
agree as follows:
1. Defined
Terms. All terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall
have such defined meanings when used herein, unless otherwise defined
herein.
“Removal
Cut-Off Date” shall mean, with respect to the Removed Accounts,
__________.
“Removal
Date” shall mean, with respect to the Removed Accounts,
______________.
“Removal
Notice Date” shall mean, with respect to the Removed Accounts,
______________.
2. Designation
of Removed Accounts. Within five Business Days after the Removal
Date, or as otherwise agreed upon by the Transferor and the Owner Trustee,
on
behalf of the Trust, the Transferor will deliver to the Collateral Agent,
as
designee, on behalf of the Trust, a true and complete list (in the form of
a
computer file, microfiche list, CD-ROM or such
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other
form as is agreed upon between the Transferor and the Collateral Agent)
of all
Removed Accounts identified by account number and the aggregate amount
of
Principal Receivables in such Removed Accounts as of the Removal Cut-Off
Date,
which list shall, as of the Removal Date, modify and amend and be incorporated
into and made a part of the Agreement.
3. Reconveyance
of Receivables. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, does
hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise reconvey to the Transferor,
without recourse, on and after the Removal Date, all right, title and interest
of the Trust in, to and under the Receivables now existing and hereafter
created
from time to time in the Removed Accounts identified on Schedule 1 hereto,
all
Interchange and Recoveries related thereto, all monies due or to become due
(including all Finance Charge Receivables) and all amounts received or
receivable with respect thereto and all proceeds (as defined in the UCC as
in
effect in the applicable jurisdiction) thereof (the “Removed
Collateral”).
4. Representations
and Warranties of the Transferor. The Transferor hereby
represents and warrants to the Trust as of the Removal Date that:
(a) Legal,
Valid and Binding Obligation. This Reassignment constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Transferor enforceable against
the
Transferor, in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or
other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in
equity);
(b) Satisfaction
of Additional Requirements. All of the requirements for the
removal of Accounts under the applicable Asset Pool Supplement have been
satisfied; and
(c) Required
Transferor Amount and Minimum Pool Balance. The removal of any
Receivable of any Removed Accounts on any Removal Date shall not, in the
reasonable belief of the Transferor, cause, with respect to the Asset Pool
in
which such Receivables had been designated for inclusion, an Adverse Effect
or
the Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool to be less than the Required
Transferor Amount for that Asset Pool or the Pool Balance for that Asset
Pool to
be less than the Minimum Pool Balance for such Monthly Period in which such
removal occurs.
5. Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer. No selection procedures
believed by the Servicer to be materially adverse to the interests of the
Noteholders were utilized in selecting the Removed Accounts to be removed
from
the Trust and (I) a random selection procedure was used by the Servicer in
selecting the Removed Accounts and only one such removal of randomly selected
Accounts shall occur in the then current Monthly Period, (II) the Removed
Accounts arose pursuant to an affinity, private-label, agent-bank, co-branding
or other arrangement with a third party that has been cancelled by such third
party or has expired without renewal and which by its terms permits the third
party to repurchase the Removed Accounts subject to such arrangement, upon
such
cancellation or non-renewal and the third party has exercised such repurchase
right or (III) the Removed Accounts were selected using another method that
will
not preclude transfers from being accounted for as sales under generally
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accepted
accounting principles or prevent the Trust from continuing to qualify as
a
qualifying special purpose entity in accordance with SFAS
140.
6. Conditions
Precedent. The reassignment hereunder of the Receivables in the
Removed Accounts and the amendment of the Agreement pursuant to Section 8
of
this Reassignment are each subject to:
(a) the
satisfaction, on or prior to the Removal Date, of the conditions set forth
in
subsection 2.13(b) of the Agreement; and
(b) the
delivery, on or prior to the Removal Date, to the Owner Trustee by the
Transferor and the Servicer of an Officer’s Certificate substantially in the
form of Schedule 2-A or 2-B to this Reassignment, as applicable. The
Owner Trustee may conclusively rely on such Officer’s Certificate, shall have no
duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters set forth therein and shall
incur no liability in so relying.
7. Representations
and Warranties of the Trust. Since the date of the transfer by
the Transferor under the Agreement, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
has not sold, transferred or encumbered any Receivable in any Removed Account
or
any interest therein.
8. Amendment
of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. The Agreement is hereby
amended to provide that all references therein to the “Transfer and Servicing
Agreement,” to “this Agreement” and to “herein” shall be deemed from and after
the Removal Date to be a dual reference to the Agreement as supplemented
by this
Reassignment. All references therein to the Accounts shall be deemed
not to include the Removed Accounts designated hereunder and all references
to
Receivables shall be deemed not to include the Receivables reconveyed
hereunder. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the
representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Agreement
shall remain unamended and shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full
force
and effect in accordance with its terms and except as expressly provided
herein
shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver of compliance with
or a
consent to noncompliance with any term or provision of the
Agreement.
9. Release.
(a) The
Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby expressly terminates,
relinquishes, releases, discharges and renders ineffective any and all security
interests, liens, mortgages and encumbrances, as against the Transferor,
any
transferee of the Transferor and any person claiming title to or an interest
in
the Removed Collateral through any such person, or any successor or assign
of
any of the foregoing (all such persons and entities being referred to
individually as a “Transferee” and collectively as the “Transferees”), any and
all right, title, benefit, interest or claim whatsoever, present or future,
actual or contingent (collectively, “Rights”), owned or held by the Trust to,
against or in respect of the Removed Collateral.
(b) In
case any provision of this Reassignment shall be rendered invalid, illegal
or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
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hereby
acknowledges that the interest of the Trust in the Removed Collateral is
subordinate and junior to the security interest of any Transferee and hereby
expressly agrees that any security interest it may have in any Removed
Collateral is and shall remain subordinate and junior to all security interests
granted by a Transferee, regardless of the time of the recording, perfection
or
filing thereof or with respect thereto.
(c) The
Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, acknowledges and agrees that the
Transferees and their representatives are expressly entitled to rely on the
provisions of this Section 9, it being the intent of the Owner Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, that the Transferees will acquire title to the Removed
Collateral purchased by them free of any Rights owned or held by the Trust
to,
against or in respect of the Removed Collateral.
10. Counterparts. This
Reassignment may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by different
parties on separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but
all of
which shall constitute one and the same instrument.
11. GOVERNING
LAW. THIS REASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
12. Limitation
of Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision herein or
elsewhere, this Reassignment has been executed and delivered by Wilmington
Trust
Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner
Trustee of the Trust, in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its
individual capacity have any liability in respect of the representations,
warranties, or obligations of the Trust hereunder or under any other document,
as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Trust,
and
for all purposes of this Reassignment and each other document, the Owner
Trustee
(as such or in its individual capacity) shall be subject to, and entitled
to the
benefits of, the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
13. Authorization. The
Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby authorizes the Transferor,
or any
agent designated by the Transferor, to file any financing statements or
continuation statements, and amendments to financing statements, in any
jurisdictions and with any filing offices as the Transferor may determine,
in
its sole discretion, are necessary or advisable to perfect the conveyance
to the
Transferor pursuant to Section 3 hereof. Such financing statements
may describe the collateral in the same manner as described herein or may
contain an indication or description of collateral that describes such property
in any other manner as the Transferor may determine, in its sole discretion,
is
necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure the perfection of the security
interest in the collateral granted to the Transferor in connection herewith,
including, without limitation, describing such property as “all assets” or “all
personal property.”
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer and the Owner Trustee, on behalf
of the Trust, have caused this Reassignment to be duly executed by their
respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION,
as Transferor and Servicer
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST,
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By:
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WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not
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in
its individual capacity, but solely as
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Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Schedule
1
to
Reassignment
List
of Removed Accounts
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Schedule
2-A
to
Reassignment
of
Receivables
Chase
Bank USA, National Association
Officer’s
Certificate
____________________,
a duly authorized officer of Chase Bank USA, National Association, a national
banking association (the “Transferor”), hereby certifies and acknowledges on
behalf of the Transferor that to the best of [her/his] knowledge the following
statements are true on _____________ (the “Removal Date”), and acknowledges on
behalf of the Transferor that this Officer’s Certificate will be relied upon by
Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee (the “Owner Trustee”) of the Chase
Issuance Trust (the “Trust” or “Issuing Entity”) in connection with the Owner
Trustee entering into Reassignment No. ___ of Receivables in Removed Accounts,
dated as of the Removal Date (the “Reassignment”), by and between the Transferor
and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, in connection with the Third
Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December
19,
2007 (as heretofore supplemented and amended, the “Transfer and Servicing
Agreement”), by and among Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Transferor,
Servicer and Administrator, Chase Issuance Trust, as the Issuing Entity,
and
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral
Agent.
The
undersigned hereby certifies and acknowledges on behalf of the Transferor
that:
(a) All
of the requirements for the removal of Accounts under the Asset Pool One
Supplement have been satisfied.
(b) On
or prior to the Removal Date, the Transferor has delivered to the Owner Trustee,
on behalf of the Trust, for execution, the Reassignment and within five Business
Days after the Removal Date, or as otherwise agreed upon between the Transferor
and the Collateral Agent, as designee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, the
Transferor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, as designee, on behalf
of the
Issuing Entity, a true and complete list (in the form of a computer file,
microfiche list, CD-ROM or such other form as is agreed upon between the
Transferor and the Collateral Agent) of the Removed Accounts, identified
by
account number and the aggregate amount of the Receivables outstanding in
each
Removed Account as of the Removal Cut-Off Date, and stating from which Asset
Pool the Removed Accounts are to be removed. Such list shall, as of
the Removal Date, modify, amend and be incorporated into and made a part
of the
Reassignment and the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(c) The
Reassignment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Transferor
enforceable against the Transferor in accordance with its terms, except as
such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the rights of
creditors of national banking associations and except as such enforceability
may
be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit
at law
or in equity).
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(d) On
or before the fifth Business Day prior to the Removal Date, the Transferor
gave
the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, and the Servicer written notice
that
the Receivables from the Removed Accounts are to be reassigned to the Transferor
or its designee, specifying the date for removal of the Removed
Accounts.
(e) The
removal of any Receivable of any Removed Accounts on the Removal Date shall
not,
in the reasonable belief of the Transferor, cause, with respect to the Asset
Pool from which such Receivable had been designated for removal, an Adverse
Effect or the Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool to be less than the Required
Transferor Amount for such Asset Pool or the Pool Balance for such Asset
Pool to
be less than the Minimum Pool Balance for such Asset Pool for such Monthly
Period in which such removal occurs.
(f) After
giving effect to the removal of such Removed Accounts, the Transferor Interest
shall not be less than the Minimum Transferor Interest and the amount of
Principal Receivables in the Trust shall not be less than the Minimum Aggregate
Principal Receivables.
(g) All
requirements set forth in Section 2.13 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement
for designating Removed Accounts and conveying the Principal Receivables
of such
Accounts, whether now existing or hereafter created, have been
satisfied.
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Initially
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined
in
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the _____ day of
___________.
CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION
as Treasurer
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Schedule
2-B
to
Reassignment
of
Receivables
Chase
Bank USA, National Association
Officer’s
Certificate of the
Servicer
____________________,
a duly authorized officer of Chase Bank USA, National Association, a national
banking association (the “Servicer”), hereby certifies and acknowledges on
behalf of the Servicer that to the best of [her/his] knowledge the following
statements are true on _____________ (the “Removal Date”), and acknowledges on
behalf of the Servicer that this Officer’s Certificate will be relied upon by
Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee (the “Owner Trustee”) of the Chase
Issuance Trust (the “Issuing Entity”) in connection with the Owner Trustee
entering into Reassignment No. ___ of Receivables in Removed Accounts, dated
as
of the related Removal Date (the “Reassignment”), by and between the Transferor
and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, in connection with the Third
Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December
19,
2007 (as heretofore supplemented and amended, the “Transfer and Servicing
Agreement”), by and among Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Transferor,
Servicer and Administrator, the Issuing Entity and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent.
The
undersigned hereby certifies and acknowledges on behalf of the Transferor
that
(x) a random selection procedure was used by the Servicer in selecting the
Removed Accounts and only one such removal of randomly selected Accounts
shall
occur in the then current Monthly Period, (y) the Removed Accounts arose
pursuant to an affinity, private-label, agent-bank, co-branding or other
arrangement with a third party that has been cancelled by such third party
or
has expired without renewal and which by its terms permits the third party
to
repurchase the Removed Accounts subject to such arrangement, upon such
cancellation or non-renewal and the third party has exercised such repurchase
right or (z) the Removed Accounts were selected using another method that
will
not preclude transfers from being accounted for as sales under generally
accepted accounting principles or prevent the Issuing Entity from continuing
to
qualify as a qualifying special purpose entity in accordance with SFAS 140
(or
any relevant replacement statement).
Initially
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined
in
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
B-10
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the ____ day of
_________________.
CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION
as Servicer
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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B-11
Exhibit
C
FORM
OF ANNUAL SERVICER’S CERTIFICATE
SERVICER
COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
Chase
Bank USA, National Association
Chase
Issuance Trust
The
undersigned, a duly authorized officer of Chase Bank USA, National Association
(the “Bank”), as Servicer pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Transfer
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007 (as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”), among the Bank, as transferor,
administrator and servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), Chase Issuance
Trust (the “Trust”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture
trustee (the “Trustee”) and collateral agent, does hereby certify
that:
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1.
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The
Bank is, as of the date hereof, the Servicer under the
Agreement.
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2.
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A
review of the Servicer’s activities during the calendar year ended
December 31, 20__ (the “Reporting Period”) and of its performance under
the Agreement has been made under my
supervision.
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3.
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To
the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
fulfilled
all of its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects
throughout the Reporting Period [or if there has been a failure
to fulfill
any such obligation in any material respect, specify each such
failure
known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof].
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C-1
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate this
____
day of __________________.
CHASE
BANK USA, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION
as Servicer
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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X-0
Xxxxxxx
X-0
FORM
OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
WITH
RESPECT TO AMENDMENTS
Provisions
to be included in
Opinion
of Counsel to be delivered pursuant
to
subsection 12.02(d)(i)
The
opinions set forth below may be subject to all the qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions taken or made in the Opinions Of Counsel delivered
on
any applicable Closing Date.
1. The
amendment to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, attached hereto as Schedule
1
(the “Amendment”), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Transferor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Transferor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws from time to time in effect affecting
creditors’ rights generally. The enforceability of the Transferor’s
obligations is also subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
2. The
Amendment has been entered into in accordance with the terms and provisions
of
Section 12.01 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
X-0-0
Xxxxxxx
X-0
FORM
OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
WITH
RESPECT TO COLLATERAL CERTIFICATES
Provisions
to be included in
Opinion
of Counsel to be
delivered
pursuant to
subsection
12.02(d)(ii) or (iii)
The
opinions set forth below may be subject to all the qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions taken or made in the Opinions of Counsel delivered
on
any applicable Closing Date.
1. To
the extent that the transfer of the Collateral Certificate to the Owner Trustee
on behalf of the Owner Trust is characterized as a transfer for security,
the
provisions of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement are effective under the
UCC
of the State of Delaware to create a valid security interest in the Owner
Trustee’s rights, on behalf of the Trust, in the Collateral Certificate and the
proceeds thereof to secure a loan in an amount equal to the unpaid principal
amount of the Notes and accrued and unpaid interest with respect
thereto.
2. The
Bank has authorized the filing of the financing statement (the “Bank Financing
Statement”) identifying “Chase Bank USA, National Association,” as debtor, and
“Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee on behalf of the Chase Issuance
Trust,” as secured party, for purposes of Section 9-509 of the Delaware
UCC.
3. The
Bank Financing Statement includes not only all types of information required
by
Section 9-502(a) of the UCC of the State of Delaware but also all of the
types
of information without which the office of the Secretary of State of the
State
of Delaware (the “Filing Office”) may refuse to accept the Bank Financing
Statement pursuant to Section 9-516 of the UCC of the State of
Delaware.
4. Under
the UCC of the State of Delaware, the security interest of the Owner Trustee,
for the benefit of the Trust, will be perfected in the Collateral Certificate
and proceeds thereof upon the later of the attachment of the security interest
and the filing of the Bank Financing Statement in the Filing
Office.
5. To
the extent that the transfer of the Collateral Certificate to the Collateral
Agent is characterized as a transfer for security, the provisions of the
Asset
Pool One Supplement are effective under the Delaware UCC to create, in favor
of
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Asset Pool One Noteholders under
the
Asset Pool One Supplement, a valid security interest in the Collateral Agent’s
rights in the Collateral Certificate and the proceeds thereof to secure a
loan
in an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Notes and accrued
and
unpaid interest with respect thereto.
6. The
Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Owner Trust, has authorized the filing of
the
financing statement (the “Owner Trust Financing Statement”) identifying “Chase
Issuance
D-2-1
Trust,”
as debtor, and “Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent,” as
secured party, for purposes of Section 9-509 of the UCC of the State of
Delaware.
7. The
Owner Trust Financing Statement includes not only all types of information
required by Section 9-502(a) of the UCC of the State of Delaware but also
all of
the types of information without which the Filing Office may refuse to accept
the Owner Trust Financing Statement pursuant to Section 9-516 of the UCC
of the
State of Delaware.
8. Under
the UCC of the State of Delaware, the security interest of the Collateral
Agent,
as secured party, will be perfected in the Collateral Certificate and proceeds
thereof upon the later of the attachment of the security interest and the
filing
of the Owner Trust Financing Statement in the Filing Office.
D-2-2
Exhibit
D-3
PROVISIONS
TO BE INCLUDED IN
ANNUAL
OPINION OF COUNSEL
The
opinions set forth below may be subject to all the qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions taken or made in the Opinions of Counsel delivered
on
any applicable Closing Date with respect to similar matters. Unless
otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
1. No
filing or other action, other than such filing or other action described
in such
opinion, is necessary from the date of such opinion through April 30 of the
following year to continue the perfected status of the security interest
of the
Trust in the Receivables described in the financing statements referenced
in
such opinion.
2. No
filing or other action, other than such filing or other action described
in such
opinion, is necessary from the date of such opinion through April 30 of the
following year to continue the perfected status of the security interest
of the
Collateral Agent in the Receivables described in the financing statements
referenced in such opinion.
D-3-1
Exhibit
E
FORM
OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
STATE
OF NEW
YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY
OF NEW
YORK )
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Chase Issuance Trust, a Delaware statutory
business trust (the “Trust”) does hereby make, constitute and appoint Chase Bank
USA, National Association, as Administrator under the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement (as defined below), and its agents and attorneys, as Attorneys
in Fact
to execute on behalf of the Trust all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Trust
to
prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements (as defined in
the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement) including, without limitation, to appear
for
and represent the Trust in connection with the preparation, filing and audit
of
federal, state and local tax returns pertaining to the Trust, and with full
power to perform any and all acts associated with such returns and audits
that
the Trust could perform including, without limitation, the right to distribute
and receive confidential information, defend and assert positions in response
to
deficiencies, consents to the extension of any statutory or regulatory time
limit, and settlements. For the purpose of this Power of Attorney,
the term “Transfer and Servicing Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated
Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007, among the
Trust, Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Transferor, Servicer and
Administrator, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee
and Collateral Agent, as such may be amended from time to time.
All
powers of attorney for this purpose heretofore filed or executed by the Trust
are hereby revoked.
EXECUTED
this ____ day of __________, 2007.
CHASE
ISSUANCE TRUST
By: WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
as
Owner Trustee
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
E-1
Exhibit
F
FORM
OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Chase
Issuance Trust (the “Trust”)
I,
[ ], certify
that:
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1.
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I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K (this “report”) and all
reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period
covered
by this report on Form 10-K of the Trust (the “Exchange Act periodic
reports”);
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a
whole, do
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with
respect to the period covered by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information
required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered
by this
report is included in the Exchange Act periodic
reports;
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4.
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Based
on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statement required
in this
report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed
in the
Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicer has fulfilled its obligations
under the servicing agreement; and
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5.
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All
of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria
for
asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed
securities required to be included in this report in accordance
with Item
1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18
have been
included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed
in
this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described
in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form
10-K.
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[In
giving the certification above, I have reasonably relied on information provided
to me by the following unaffiliated
parties: [ ]]
Date: March
[ ], 20__
By:
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[
]
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Name: [ ]
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Title: [ ]
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(senior
officer of Chase Bank USA,
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National
Association in charge of
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securitization)
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F-1
Exhibit
G
SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by the [Servicer] [Subservicer]
shall
address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable Servicing
Criteria”:
SERVICING
CRITERIA
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APPLICABLE
SERVICING CRITERIA
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INAPPLICABLE
SERVICING CRITERIA
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Reference
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Criteria
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General
Servicing Considerations
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1122(d)(1)(i)
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Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other
triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(1)(ii)
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If
any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s
performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
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2
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1122(d)(1)(iii)
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Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer
for the credit card loans are maintained.
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X
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1122(d)(1)(iv)
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A
fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the
party
participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting
period in
the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance
with the
terms of the transaction agreements.
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X
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Cash
Collection and Administration
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1122(d)(2)(i)
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Payments
on credit card accounts are deposited into the appropriate custodial
bank
accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business
days
following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(ii)
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Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by authorized personnel.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(iii)
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Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(iv)
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The
related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts
or
accounts established for overcollateralization, are separately
maintained
(e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the
transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(v)
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Each
custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes
of
this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to
a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution
that
meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange
Act.
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X
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1122(d)(2)(vi)
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Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
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X
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2
If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, Item
1122
(d) (1) (ii) would be included in the Applicable Servicing Criteria for
Servicer.
G-1
SERVICING
CRITERIA
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APPLICABLE
SERVICING CRITERIA
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INAPPLICABLE
SERVICING CRITERIA
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Reference
|
Criteria
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1122(d)(2)(vii)
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Reconciliations
are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities
related
bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing
accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate;
(B)
prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff
date, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements;
(C)
reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared
the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items.
These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of
their
original identification, or such other number of days specified
in the
transaction agreements.
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X
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Investor
Remittances and Reporting
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1122(d)(3)(i)
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Reports
to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission,
are
maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared
in
accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with
the
terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with
the
Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree
with
investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal
balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the
Servicer.
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X
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1122(d)(3)(ii)
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Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with
timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
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X1
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1122(d)(3)(iii)
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Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the
Servicer’s
investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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X2
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1122(d)(3)(iv)
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Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
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X3
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Pool
Asset Administration
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1122(d)(4)(i)
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Collateral
or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction
agreements or related asset pool documents.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(ii)
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Pool
assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the
transaction agreements
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X
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1122(d)(4)(iii)
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Any
additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made,
reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements
in the
transaction agreements.
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X
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1 | The Asserting Party allocates amounts due to investors and remits such amounts to the Paying Agent in accordance with the timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements. |
2 | Amounts remitted to the Paying Agent pursuant to the transaction agreements are posted to the Asserting Party’s records within two business days. |
3 | The Asserting Party agrees amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports to amounts remitted to the Paying Agent per the bank statements. |
G-2
SERVICING
CRITERIA
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APPLICABLE
SERVICING CRITERIA
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INAPPLICABLE
SERVICING CRITERIA
|
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Reference
|
Criteria
|
||
1122(d)(4)(iv)
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Payments
on credit card accounts, including any payoffs, made in accordance
with
the related credit card account documents are posted to the Servicer’s
obligor records maintained no more than two business days after
receipt,
or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements,
and
allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow)
in
accordance with the related asset pool documents.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(v)
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The
Servicer’s records regarding the accounts agree with the Servicer’s
records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal
balance.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(vi)
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Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's account (e.g.,
loan
modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by
authorized
personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related
pool
asset documents.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(vii)
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Loss
mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications
and
deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as
applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance
with the
timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(viii)
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Records
documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period
an Account
is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such
records
are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period
specified
in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in
monitoring delinquent Accounts including, for example, phone calls,
letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency
is
deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
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X
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1122(d)(4)(ix)
|
Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for Accounts with variable
rates are
computed based on the related Account documents.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(x)
|
Regarding
any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):
(A) such
funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan
documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified
in
the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid,
or
credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan
documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the
obligor
within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage
loans,
or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(xi)
|
Payments
made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments)
are made
on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated
on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such
support
has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior
to these
dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(xii)
|
Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made
on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the
obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(xiii)
|
Disbursements
made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days
to the
obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(xiv)
|
Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded
in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
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X
|
G-3
SERVICING
CRITERIA
|
APPLICABLE
SERVICING CRITERIA
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INAPPLICABLE
SERVICING CRITERIA
|
|
Reference
|
Criteria
|
||
1122(d)(4)(xv)
|
Any
external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1)
through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set
forth in
the transaction agreements.
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3
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[NAME
OF [SERVICER]
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[SUBSERVICER]]
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Date:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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3 | If there are any external enhancement or other support identified in Item 1114 (a) (1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, Item 1122 (d) (4) (xv) would be included in the Applicable Servicing Criteria for the Servicer. |
G-4
Exhibit
H
[FORM
OF OPINION OF COUNSEL REGARDING ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS]
The
opinion set forth below, which is to be delivered pursuant to subsection
2.12(c)(xii) of the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement,
may be subject to certain qualifications, assumptions, limitations and
exceptions taken or made in the opinion of counsel delivered on the Addition
Date with respect to similar matters.
The
provisions of the applicable Account Assignment and the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement are effective to create, in favor of the Indenture Trustee, a valid
security interest (as such terms are defined in the UCC as in effect in the
State of Delaware) in all of the Transferor’s right, title and interest in and
to that portion of the Receivables which constitutes accounts under the Delaware
UCC and proceeds thereof which security interest if characterized as a transfer
for security will secure all Secured Obligations and which security interest
if
characterized as a sale of accounts will constitute a valid sale of all of
the
Transferor’s right, title and interest in and to the Receivables and the
proceeds thereof.
[The
Transferor Financing Statement having been filed in the appropriate filing
office][Assumes one filing as of the date of the Amended and Restated Transfer
and Servicing Agreement. See Section 2.01 and Exhibit A-2
(Assignment)] and Assignment No. [_] having been executed and delivered by
the
parties thereto, under the UCC as in effect in the State of Delaware, the
security interest referred to in the preceding paragraph hereof in favor
of the
Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and proceeds thereof has been perfected,
and no other security interest of any other creditor of the Transferor will
be
equal or prior to the security interest of the Indenture Trustee in such
Receivables and the proceeds thereof.
H-1