EXHIBIT 4.15
TRUST AGREEMENT
among
ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
as Depositor
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as Owner Trustee
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trust Agent
Dated as of January 1, 2003
ONYX ACCEPTANCE OWNER TRUST 2003-A
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS............................................................................................ 1
Section 1.01 Capitalized Terms........................................................................ 1
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions............................................................ 5
Section 1.03 Usage of Terms........................................................................... 5
Section 1.04 Section References....................................................................... 5
Section 1.05 Accounting Terms......................................................................... 5
ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION.......................................................................................... 5
Section 2.01 Name..................................................................................... 5
Section 2.02 Office................................................................................... 5
Section 2.03 Purposes and Powers...................................................................... 5
Section 2.04 Appointment of Owner Trustee............................................................. 6
Section 2.05 Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate....................................... 6
Section 2.06 Declaration of Trust..................................................................... 6
Section 2.07 Title to Trust Estate.................................................................... 7
Section 2.08 Situs of Trust........................................................................... 7
Section 2.09 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.......................................... 7
Section 2.10 Federal Income Tax Allocations........................................................... 8
Section 2.11 Separateness Covenants................................................................... 9
ARTICLE III RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENTS AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS.............................................. 9
Section 3.01 Initial Ownership........................................................................ 9
Section 3.02 The Residual Interest Instruments and the Notes.......................................... 9
Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Residual Interest Instruments and Notes........ 10
Section 3.04 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Residual Interest Instruments................... 10
Section 3.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Residual Interest Instruments....................... 12
Section 3.06 Persons Deemed Owners.................................................................... 12
Section 3.07 Access to List of Owners' Names and Addresses............................................ 12
Section 3.08 Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................................................... 12
Section 3.09 Temporary Residual Interest Instruments.................................................. 13
Section 3.10 Appointment of Paying Agent.............................................................. 13
Section 3.11 Restrictions on Transfer of Residual Interest Instruments................................ 13
ARTICLE IV ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE.............................................................................. 15
Section 4.01 Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters................................... 15
Section 4.02 Action by Owners with Respect to Certain Matters......................................... 16
Section 4.03 Action by Owners with Respect to Bankruptcy.............................................. 16
Section 4.04 Restrictions on Owners' Power............................................................ 17
Section 4.05 Majority Control......................................................................... 17
Section 4.06 Certain Litigation Matters............................................................... 17
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ARTICLE V APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES............................................................. 17
Section 5.01 Establishment of the Residual Distribution Account....................................... 17
Section 5.02 Application of Trust Funds............................................................... 18
Section 5.03 Method of Payment........................................................................ 19
Section 5.04 No Segregation of Monies; No Interest.................................................... 19
Section 5.05 Accounting and Reports to the Owners, the Internal Revenue Service and .Others........... 19
Section 5.06 Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner................................................ 19
ARTICLE VI AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT................................................. 20
Section 6.01 General Authority........................................................................ 20
Section 6.02 General Duties........................................................................... 20
Section 6.03 Action Upon Instruction.................................................................. 20
Section 6.04 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions....................... 21
Section 6.05 No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions............................... 22
Section 6.06 Restrictions............................................................................. 22
ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST AGENT..................................................... 22
Section 7.01 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties.......................................................... 22
Section 7.02 Furnishing of Documents.................................................................. 25
Section 7.03 Representations and Warranties........................................................... 25
Section 7.04 Reliance; Advice of Counsel.............................................................. 26
Section 7.05 Not Acting in Individual Capacity........................................................ 26
Section 7.06 Owner Trustee and Trust Agent Not Liable for Residual Interest Instruments, Notes or
Contracts................................................................................ 26
Section 7.07 Owner Trustee and Trust Agent May Own Residual Interest Instruments and Notes............ 28
ARTICLE VIII COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT................................... 28
Section 8.01 Owner Trustee's and Trust Agent's Fees and Expenses...................................... 28
Section 8.02 Indemnification.......................................................................... 28
Section 8.03 Payments to the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent............................................. 28
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT........................................................................ 28
Section 9.01 Termination of Trust Agreement........................................................... 28
ARTICLE X SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES, ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT..................................... 29
Section 10.01 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee............................................... 29
Section 10.02 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee.................................................. 30
Section 10.03 Successor Owner Trustee.................................................................. 30
Section 10.04 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee................................................. 32
Section 10.05 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee............................................ 32
Section 10.06 Appointment of Trust Agent............................................................... 32
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS......................................................................................... 33
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Section 11.01 Supplements and Amendments............................................................... 33
Section 11.02 [RESERVED]............................................................................... 36
Section 11.03 Limitations on Rights of Others.......................................................... 36
Section 11.04 Notices.................................................................................. 36
Section 11.05 Severability of Provisions............................................................... 36
Section 11.06 Counterparts............................................................................. 36
Section 11.07 Successors and Assigns................................................................... 36
Section 11.08 No Petition.............................................................................. 36
Section 11.09 No Recourse.............................................................................. 37
Section 11.10 Residual Interest Instruments Nonassessable and Fully Paid............................... 37
Section 11.11 Headings................................................................................. 37
Section 11.12 Governing Law............................................................................ 37
Section 11.13 Depositor Payment Obligation............................................................. 37
Section 11.14 Certain Matters Regarding the Insurer.................................................... 37
Section 11.15 Fiduciary Duties......................................................................... 38
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B - Form of Residual Interest Instrument
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This TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2003, is among ONYX
ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "DEPOSITOR"), THE
BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee
(the "OWNER TRUSTEE"), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation,
as agent of the Owner Trustee for the limited purposes set forth herein (the
"TRUST AGENT").
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Capitalized Terms. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, whenever used in this Agreement the following words and phrases,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
"ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT" means the administration agreement, dated as
of January 1, 2003, among the Trust, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the
Trust Agent and Onyx, as administrator.
"ADMINISTRATOR" means the Person acting as "Administrator" under the
Administration Agreement.
"AGREEMENT" means this Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time.
"BENEFIT PLAN" means (i) an employee benefit plan (as such term is
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I
of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (iii) any
entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's
investment in the entity.
"CERTIFICATE OF TRUST" means the Certificate of Trust filed for the
Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
"CERTIFICATE REGISTER" and "Certificate Registrar" mean the register
maintained and the registrar (or any successor thereto) appointed pursuant to
Section 3.04.
"CLOSING DATE" means January 30, 2003.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"COMMISSION" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"DEPOSITOR" means Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation in its capacity
as depositor hereunder, and its successors.
"DOMESTIC" when applied to a corporation or partnership, means created
or organized in the United States or under the law of the United States or of
any state of the United States unless, in the case of a partnership, the
Secretary of Treasury provides otherwise by regulations.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"FOREIGN ESTATE" means an estate the income of which, from sources
outside the United States which are not effectively connected with the conduct
of a trade or business within the United States, is not includible in gross
income for United States federal income tax purposes.
"GRANT" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03.
"INDENTURE" means the indenture dated as of January 1, 2003, between
the Trust, as Issuer, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Indenture Trustee.
"INSURER" means XL Capital Assurance Inc., and its successors.
"NOTE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"NOTES" means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, in each case issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"ONYX" means Onyx Acceptance Corporation, and its successors.
"OWNER" means each Person in whose name a Residual Interest Instrument
is registered in the Certificate Register.
"OWNER TRUSTEE" means The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware
banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee
under this Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee hereunder.
"OWNER TRUSTEE CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Owner
Trustee at which its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
initially shall be 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or such other office at such other
address as the Owner Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Owners, the Servicer, the Depositor and the Insurer.
"PAYING AGENT" means the Trust Agent or any successor in interest
thereto or any other paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to
Section 3.10 and authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and distributions
from the Residual Distribution Account.
"PERCENTAGE INTEREST" means with respect to each Residual Interest
Instrument, the percentage portion of the Residual Interest evidenced thereby as
stated on the face of such Residual Interest Instrument.
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"PERSON" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"PROTECTED PURCHASER" shall have the meaning given such term in the
UCC.
"RECORD DATE" means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
"RESIDUAL DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT" means the account established and
maintained as such pursuant to Section 5.01.
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" means the residual interest in the Trust, which
represents the right to receive amounts to be distributed or paid to holders of
the "Residual Interests" (as defined in the Sale and Servicing Agreement),
pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENT" means an instrument substantially in the
form attached as Exhibit B hereto and evidencing the Residual Interest.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any
officer within the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office, and with respect to the
Trust Agent, any officer within the Trust Agent Office, including any Vice
President, assistant secretary or other officer or assistant officer of the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as the case may be, customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by the people who at such time shall be
officers and has direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
"SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT" means the sale and servicing agreement,
dated as of January 1, 2003, among the Trust, as Issuer, the Depositor, as
Seller, Onyx, as Servicer and Custodian, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust
Agent as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
"SECRETARY OF STATE" means the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
"SELLER" means Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation, in its capacity
as seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and its successors.
"STATUTORY TRUST STATUTE" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801, et seq., as the same may be amended from time to
time.
"TREASURY REGULATIONS" means regulations, including proposed or
temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific
provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous
provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.
"TRUST" means the statutory trust established by this Agreement.
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"TRUST AGENT" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking
corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as agent of the Owner
Trustee under this Agreement, and any successor Trust Agent hereunder.
"TRUST AGENT OFFICE" means the office of the Trust Agent at 0 Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Institutional Trust
Services/Structured Finance Services - Onyx Acceptance Owner Trust 2003-A or
such other office at such other address as the Trust Agent may designate from
time to time by notice to the Owners, the Servicer, the Depositor and the
Insurer.
"TRUST ESTATE" means all right, title and interest of the Trust in and
to the Collateral.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
New York.
"UNDERWRITERS" means Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation and Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
"UNITED STATES PERSON" means
(A) a citizen or resident of the United States,
(B) a Domestic partnership or Domestic limited liability
company,
(C) a Domestic corporation,
(D) any estate (other than a Foreign Estate), and
(E) any trust if--
(i) a court within the United States is able to
exercise primary supervision over the
administration of the trust, and
(ii) one or more United States persons have the
authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust.
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Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions. Capitalized terms used that
are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture.
Section 1.03 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this
Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words
importing any gender include the other genders; references to "writing" include
printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible
form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all
amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered
into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this
Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns;
and the term "including" means "including without limitation".
Section 1.04 Section References. All section references, unless
otherwise indicated, shall be to Sections in this Agreement.
Section 1.05 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used but not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
Section 2.01 Name. The Trust created hereby shall be known as Onyx
Acceptance Owner Trust 2003-A, in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the
activities of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on
behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued, and in which name the Owner Trustee may
perform its duties hereunder.
Section 2.02 Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the
Owner Trustee at the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office or at such other
address in Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the
Owners, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Insurer.
Section 2.03 Purposes and Powers. The sole purpose of the Trust is to
hold or conserve the Trust Estate and collect and disburse the periodic income
therefrom for the use and benefit of the Owners, and in furtherance of such
purpose to engage in the following ministerial activities:
(i) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, to sell
the Notes, and to issue Residual Interest Instruments pursuant to this
Agreement;
(ii) with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, to
purchase the Contracts, and to pay the organizational, start-up and
transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay the balance to the
Depositor pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and
convey ("Grant") the Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to
hold, manage and distribute to the Owners
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pursuant to this Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate released
from the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture;
(iv) to enter into and perform its obligations under the
Basic Documents to which it is to be a party;
(v) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to
engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with
conservation of the Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the
Owners and the Noteholders; and
(vi) to engage in those activities, including entering
into agreements, that are necessary to accomplish the foregoing or are
incidental thereto or connected therewith.
The Trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. Other than
pursuant to this Agreement, or in connection with or incidental to the
provisions or purposes of this Agreement, the Trust shall not (i) issue debt or
otherwise borrow money, (ii) merge or consolidate with any other entity,
reorganize, liquidate or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any
other entity or (iii) otherwise engage in any activity or exercise any power not
provided for in this Agreement or the Basic Documents. However, all action taken
by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust prior to the Closing Date in
connection with the filing of an Application for Licensure Sales Finance Company
in Pennsylvania is hereby ratified.
Section 2.04 Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Depositor hereby
appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date
hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the
Statutory Trust Statute, and the Owner Trustee hereby accepts such appointment.
The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to file the Certificate of
Trust with the Secretary of State.
Section 2.05 Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate. The
Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner
Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of $1.00. The Owner Trustee hereby
acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of the date hereof, of the
foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Trust Estate. The
Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or
shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable,
promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, respectively, for any
such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable.
Section 2.06 Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares
that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions
set forth herein for the sole purpose of conserving the Trust Estate and
collecting and disbursing the periodic income therefrom for the use and benefit
of the Owners, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Basic
Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a
statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Statute and that this Agreement
constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust. It is the intention
of the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax purposes, on and
after the Closing Date (i) so long as there is a sole Residual Interestholder,
the Trust shall be disregarded as an entity separate from the sole Residual
Interestholder, and (ii) if there is more than one Residual Interestholder, the
Trust shall be treated as a partnership, with
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the assets of the partnership being the Contracts and other assets held by the
Trust, and with the partners of the partnership being the Owners of the Residual
Interest Instruments, and the Notes being debt of the partnership. The Trust
shall not elect to be treated as an association under Treasury Regulation
Section 301.7701-3(a) for federal income tax purposes. The parties agree that,
unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Trust will file or
cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms
consistent with the characterization of the Trust as provided in the second
preceding sentence. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall
have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust
Statute for the sole purpose and to the extent necessary to accomplish the
purposes of the Trust as set forth in Section 2.03.
Section 2.07 Title to Trust Estate. Subject to the Indenture, legal
title to all the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a
separate legal entity except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires
title to any part of the Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in
which case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee and/or a
separate trustee, as the case may be.
The Owners shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.
The Owners shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their
undivided ownership interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and IX
of this Agreement. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right,
title or interest of the Owners to and in their ownership interest in the Trust
Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or
entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title
to any part of the Trust Estate.
Section 2.08 Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered
in the State of Delaware or the State of New York. All bank accounts maintained
on behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of California, the State of
Delaware or the State of New York. The Trust shall not have any employees in any
state other than Delaware; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict
or prohibit the Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the State
of Delaware. Payments will be received by the Trust only in California, Delaware
or New York and payments will be made by the Trust only from California,
Delaware or New York. The only office of the Trust will be at the Owner Trustee
Corporate Trust Office.
Section 2.09 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
(a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner
Trustee and the Insurer that:
(i) The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing
as a corporation organized and existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its
properties and to conduct its business and had at all relevant times,
and has, power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the
Contracts.
(ii) The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualifications.
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(iii) The Depositor has the power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor
has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold
and assigned to and deposited with the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Trust as part of the Trust Estate and has duly authorized such sale and
assignment and deposit with the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust by
all necessary corporate action. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Depositor by all
necessary corporate action. The Depositor has duly executed and
delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against the
Depositor in accordance with its terms.
(iv) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict
with, result in the breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under,
the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Depositor, or any
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a
party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien upon any of the properties of the Depositor pursuant to the
terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than
pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or any order,
rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or
its properties.
(v) There are no proceedings or investigations pending,
or to the Depositor's best knowledge threatened, before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its
properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any of the
other Basic Documents or the Residual Interest Instruments, (B) seeking
to prevent the issuance of the Residual Interest Instruments or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or any of the other Basic Documents, (C) seeking any determination or
ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by
the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or
the Residual Interest Instruments or (D) involving the Depositor and
which might materially and adversely affect the federal income tax or
other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Residual Interest
Instruments.
Section 2.10 Federal Income Tax Allocations.
(a) Net income of the Trust for any month, as determined for
federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and deduction
entering into the computation thereof), shall be allocated among the Owners in
proportion to the Percentage Interest of the Residual Interest of each Owner.
(b) Net losses of the Trust, if any, for any calendar month as
determined for federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss
and deduction entering into the computation thereof) shall be allocated to the
Owners. Any indebtedness allocated pursuant to Treasury Regulation
Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be allocated to the Residual Interest. The Depositor
is
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authorized to modify the allocations in this paragraph if necessary or
appropriate, in its sole discretion, for the allocations to fairly reflect the
income, gain, loss and deduction to the Depositor or to the Owners, or as
otherwise required by the Code.
Section 2.11 Separateness Covenants. So long as the Notes are
outstanding, the Trust shall and the Administrator, on behalf of the Owner
Trustee, shall cause the Trust to (i) maintain books and records and bank
accounts separate from those of any other Person; (ii) maintain its assets in
such a manner that it is not costly or difficult to segregate, identify, or
ascertain such assets; (iii) observe all trust procedures required by this Trust
Agreement and under Delaware Law; (iv) hold itself out to creditors and the
public as a legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person; (v)
prepare separate tax returns and financial statements, or if part of a
consolidated group, then the Trust will be shown as a separate member of such
group; (vi) allocate and charge fairly and reasonably any overhead shared with
Affiliates; (vii) transact all business with Affiliates on an arm's-length basis
and pursuant to enforceable agreements; (viii) conduct business in its own name,
and use separate stationery, invoices, and checks separate from that of the
Depositor or any Affiliate; (ix) not commingle its assets or funds with those of
any other Person; and (x) not assume, guarantee, or pay the debts or obligations
of any other Person.
ARTICLE III
RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENTS AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 3.01 Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the
contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the issuance of
the Residual Interest Instruments, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficiary
of the Trust.
Section 3.02 The Residual Interest Instruments and the Notes.
(a) The Residual Interest Instruments shall not be issued with a
principal amount. The Residual Interest Instruments shall be executed by the
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an
authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, and authenticated by the Trust Agent by
the manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Trust Agent
and shall be deemed to have been validly issued when so executed and
authenticated. Residual Interest Instruments bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures were
affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent
shall be validly issued by the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the execution,
authentication and delivery of such Residual Interest Instruments or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Residual Interest Instruments. All
Residual Interest Instruments shall be dated the date of their authentication.
(b) The Notes shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of
the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Owner
Trustee, and shall be authenticated as provided in the Indenture. Notes bearing
the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was, at the time when
such signature was affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of
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the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have been validly executed by the Trust,
notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to be so authorized prior to the
execution and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of
such Notes.
Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Residual
Interest Instruments and Notes.
(a) The Owner Trustee shall cause to be executed, authenticated
and delivered upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange for the Contracts and
the other assets of the Trust, simultaneously with the sale, assignment and
transfer to the Trust of the Contracts, and such other assets, (a) the Residual
Interest Instruments representing 100% of the Percentage Interests of the
Residual Interest, evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust, and (b) Notes
executed by the Trust in aggregate principal amount of, in the case of the (i)
Class A-1 Notes, $79,000,000, (ii) Class A-2 Notes, $97,000,000, (iii) Class A-3
Notes, $107,000,000, and (iv) Class A-4 Notes, $117,000,000. The Owner Trustee
is hereby authorized to direct, on behalf of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee to
authenticate and deliver the Notes upon the order of the Depositor. No Residual
Interest Instrument shall entitle its Owner to any benefit under this Agreement,
or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Residual Interest
Instrument a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth
in the form of Residual Interest Instrument attached hereto as Exhibit B,
executed by the Trust Agent or another authenticating agent of the Owner
Trustee, by manual or facsimile signature, and such certificate upon any
Residual Interest Instrument shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Residual Interest Instrument has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Upon issuance, authorization and delivery pursuant to the
terms hereof, the Residual Interest Instruments will be entitled to the benefits
of this Agreement.
Section 3.04 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Residual Interest
Instruments.
(a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, a
Certificate Register, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe. The Certificate Register shall provide for the registration of
Residual Interest Instruments and transfers and exchanges of Residual Interest
Instruments as provided herein. The Trust Agent, as agent for the Trust, is
hereby initially appointed Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering
Residual Interest Instruments and transfers and exchanges of Residual Interest
Instruments as herein provided. In the event that, subsequent to the Closing
Date, the Trust Agent notifies the Administrator that the Trust Agent is unable
to act as Certificate Registrar, the Administrator shall appoint another bank or
trust company, having an office or agency located in The City of New York,
agreeing to act in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement applicable
to it, and otherwise acceptable to the Depositor, to act as successor
Certificate Registrar hereunder.
(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Residual
Interest Instrument at the office of the Certificate Registrar, the Owner
Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause the Trust Agent,
as its authenticating agent, to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Residual Interest
Instruments in authorized denominations of a like Percentage Interest.
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(c) At the option of an Owner of a Residual Interest Instrument,
Residual Interest Instruments may be exchanged for other Residual Interest
Instruments in authorized denominations of a like Percentage Interest, upon
surrender of the Residual Interest Instruments to be exchanged at the office of
the Certificate Registrar. Whenever any Residual Interest Instruments are so
surrendered for exchange, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall
execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause the Trust Agent, as its
authenticating agent, to authenticate and deliver) the Residual Interest
Instruments that the Owner making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every
Residual Interest Instrument presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Trust Agent and the Certificate Registrar duly executed
by the Owner thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. In addition,
each Residual Interest Instrument presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer and exchange must be accompanied by a letter from the prospective Owner
certifying as to the representations set forth in Section 3.11(a) and (b).
(d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Residual Interest Instruments, but the Owner Trustee or,
on its behalf, the Trust Agent, may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Residual Interest Instruments.
(e) All Residual Interest Instruments surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange, if surrendered to any agent of the Owner Trustee under
this Agreement, shall be delivered to the Trust Agent and promptly canceled by
it, or, if surrendered to the Trust Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it, and
no Residual Interest Instruments shall be issued in lieu thereof except as
expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Trust Agent
shall dispose of canceled Residual Interest Instruments in accordance with the
normal industry practice.
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Section 3.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Residual Interest
Instruments. If (a) the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Residual Interest
Instrument and the Certificate Registrar and the Trust Agent receive such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold the Certificate
Registrar and the Trust Agent harmless, or (b) any mutilated Residual Interest
Instrument is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, then, in the absence of
notice to the Certificate Registrar or the Trust Agent that such Residual
Interest Instrument has been acquired by a Protected Purchaser and the
requirements of Section 8-406 of the UCC are met, and subject to Section 8-405
of the UCC, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Trust
Agent, as its authenticating agent, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange
for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Residual
Interest Instrument, a new Residual Interest Instrument of like tenor and
Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new Residual
Interest Instrument under this Section, the Owner Trustee or, on its behalf, the
Trust Agent, may require the payment by the Owner of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto.
Any duplicate Residual Interest Instrument issued pursuant to this Section shall
constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Residual
Interest Instrument shall be found at any time.
Section 3.06 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentation of a
Residual Interest Instrument for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee,
the Trust Agent, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any of their
respective agents may treat the Person in whose name any Residual Interest
Instrument is registered as the owner of such Residual Interest Instrument for
the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.02 and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent, the
Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any of their respective agents shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 3.07 Access to List of Owners' Names and Addresses. The Trust
Agent shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer, the Insurer and
the Depositor, within 15 days after receipt by the Trust Agent of a written
request therefor from the Servicer, the Insurer or the Depositor, a list, in
such form as the Servicer, the Insurer or the Depositor may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the Owners as of the most recent Record Date. Each
Owner, by receiving and holding a Residual Interest Instrument, agrees with the
Servicer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent that none of the
Servicer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to its name
and address hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived.
Section 3.08 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trust Agent shall
maintain in the City of New York an office or offices or agency or agencies
where Residual Interest Instruments may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trust Agent in
respect of the Residual Interest Instruments and the Basic Documents may be
served. The Trust Agent hereby designates the office of JPMorgan Chase Bank at
the address provided under the definition of the term "TRUST AGENT OFFICE" as
its office for such purposes. The Trust Agent shall give prompt written notice
to the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer and to the Owners of any
change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
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Section 3.09 Temporary Residual Interest Instruments. Pending the
preparation of definitive Residual Interest Instruments, the Owner Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, may execute, authenticate and deliver, temporary Residual
Interest Instruments that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Residual Interest Instruments in lieu of which they are
issued. If temporary Residual Interest Instruments are issued, the Depositor
will cause definitive Residual Interest Instruments to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Residual Interest
Instruments, the temporary Residual Interest Instruments shall be exchangeable
for definitive Residual Interest Instruments upon surrender of the temporary
Residual Interest Instruments at the office or agency to be maintained as
provided in Section 3.08, without charge to the Owner. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Residual Interest Instruments, the
Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause the Trust
Agent, as its authenticating agent, to authenticate and deliver) in exchange
therefor a like Percentage Interest of definitive Residual Interest Instruments
in authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Residual Interest
Instruments shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits hereunder as
definitive Residual Interest Instruments.
Section 3.10 Appointment of Paying Agent. The Owner Trustee, on behalf
of the Trust, hereby appoints the Trust Agent as Paying Agent under this
Agreement. The Paying Agent shall make distributions to Owners from the Residual
Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof and shall report the
amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee. The Paying Agent shall have
the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Residual Distribution Account for
the purpose of making the distributions referred to above. The Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the
Owner Trustee is directed in writing to do so by the Administrator. Each Paying
Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice
to the Trust. In the event that the Trust Agent shall no longer be the Paying
Agent, the Administrator shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which
shall be a bank or trust company acceptable to the Insurer). The Administrator
shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed
by the Administrator to execute and deliver to the Trust an instrument in which
such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trust that, as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying
Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Owners in trust
for the benefit of the Owners entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to
the Owners. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Trust and
upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in
its possession to the Trust. The provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 8.01
and 8.02 shall apply to the Trust Agent also in its role as Paying Agent, for so
long as the Trust Agent shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable,
to any other paying agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement
to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context
requires otherwise. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trust
Agent and the Paying Agent shall be the same entity as the Indenture Trustee
under the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, unless an Insurer
Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 3.11 Restrictions on Transfer of Residual Interest Instruments.
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(a) Each prospective purchaser and any subsequent transferee of a
Residual Interest Instrument (each, a "PROSPECTIVE OWNER"), other than the
Depositor, by virtue of its acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted to the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent and the
Certificate Registrar and any of their respective successors that:
(i) Such Person is (A) a "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER"
as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "SECURITIES ACT"), is aware that the seller of the Residual
Interest Instrument may be relying on the exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A
and is acquiring such Residual Interest Instrument for its own account
or for the account of one or more qualified institutional buyers for
whom it is authorized to act, or (B) a Person involved in the
organization or operation of the Trust or an affiliate of such Person
within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (including, but not limited to, the Depositor and Onyx
Acceptance Corporation).
(ii) Such Person understands that the Residual Interest
Instruments have not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act and may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise
transferred only to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is (A)
a qualified institutional buyer (as such term is defined in Rule 144A
under the Securities Act) or (B) a Person involved in the organization
or operation of the Trust or an affiliate of such Person, in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities
Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state
of the United States.
(iii) Such person understands that the Residual Interest
Instrument bears a legend to the following effect:
THE RESIDUAL INTEREST IN THE TRUST REPRESENTED BY
THIS RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENT HAS NOT BEEN AND
WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THIS RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENT
MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (INCLUDING PLEDGED) BY THE
HOLDER HEREOF ONLY TO (i) A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS
OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A OR (ii) A
PERSON INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION OR OPERATION OF
THE TRUST OR AN AFFILIATE OF SUCH A PERSON WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 3a-7 OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF
1940, AS AMENDED (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ONYX
ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND ONYX ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
SUCH LAWS. NO PERSON IS OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS
RESIDUAL INTEREST
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INSTRUMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENT OR
ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST THEREIN SHALL BE MADE TO ANY
PERSON THAT IS (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF
ERISA, (II) A PLAN DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, OR (III)
ANY ENTITY, INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE
ACCOUNT OR GENERAL ACCOUNT, WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS
INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN'S INVESTMENT
IN THE ENTITY (EACH, A "BENEFIT PLAN").
IN NO EVENT, OTHER THAN PURSUANT TO A REPURCHASE
AGREEMENT (WHICH IS TREATED AS A LOAN FOR TAX
PURPOSES) OR SOLELY TO EVIDENCE A SECURITY INTEREST,
SHALL THIS RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENT BE
TRANSFERRED TO OR ACQUIRED ON BEHALF OF A PERSON WHO
IS NOT A UNITED SATES PERSON.
(iv) Such Person shall comply with the provisions of
Section 3.11(b), as applicable, relating to the ERISA restrictions with
respect to the acceptance or acquisition of such Residual Interest
Instrument.
(v) Such Person is and shall remain a United States
Person and will not transfer the Residual Interest Instrument to a
Person who is not a United States Person, other than pursuant to a
repurchase agreement (which is treated as a loan for tax purposes) or
solely to evidence a security interest.
(b) The Residual Interest Instruments may not be acquired by or
for the account of (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")) that
is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (iii)
any entity, including an insurance company separate account or general account,
whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in
the entity (each, a "BENEFIT PLAN"). By accepting and holding a Residual
Interest Instrument, the Owner shall be deemed to have represented and warranted
that it is not a Benefit Plan.
ARTICLE IV
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE
Section 4.01 Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters.
Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04 and Section 4.06, with
respect to the following matters, neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent
shall take any action unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action,
the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall have notified the
Owners in writing of the proposed action and the Owners shall not have
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notified the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, in writing prior
to the 30th day after such notice is given that such Owners have withheld
consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except
claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Contracts)
and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the
Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or lawsuits for
collection of the Contracts);
(b) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such
amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the Owners;
(d) the amendment, change or modification of the Administration
Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision
in a manner or add any provision that would not materially adversely affect the
interests of the Owners; or
(e) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note
Registrar, paying agent for the Notes or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this
Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar or the Paying Agent, or the
consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, paying agent for the Notes,
Indenture Trustee, Certificate Registrar or Paying Agent of its obligations
under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.
Section 4.02 Action by Owners with Respect to Certain Matters. Subject
to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04 and Section 4.06, neither the
Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have the power, except upon the
direction of the Owners and with the prior written consent of the Insurer (so
long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing), to (a) remove
the Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement, (b)
appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration
Agreement, (c) remove the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, (d) except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents,
sell the Contracts after the termination of the Indenture, (e) initiate any
claim, suit or proceeding by the Trust or compromise any claim, suit or
proceeding brought by or against the Trust, (f) authorize the merger or
consolidation of the Trust with or into any other statutory trust or entity
(other than in accordance with Section 3.10 of the Indenture) or (g) amend the
Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the
Statutory Trust Statute). The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may only take
the actions referred to in the preceding sentence upon written instructions
signed by the Owners and, to the extent required by the preceding sentence, with
the prior written consent of the Insurer.
Section 4.03 Action by Owners with Respect to Bankruptcy. Neither the
Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have the power to commence a voluntary
proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the prior written consent
of the Insurer and the unanimous prior approval of all Owners and the delivery
to the Owner Trustee or the Trust
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Agent, as applicable, by each such Owner of a certificate certifying that such
Owner reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.
Section 4.04 Restrictions on Owners' Power. The Owners shall not direct
the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent to take or to refrain from taking any
action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the
Trust, or of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, under this
Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents or would be contrary to the
purpose of this Trust as set forth in Section 2.03, nor shall the Owner Trustee
or the Trust Agent be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
Section 4.05 Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any
action that may be taken by the Owners under this Agreement may be taken by
Owners evidencing more than 50% of the Percentage Interest in the Residual
Interest. Except as expressly provided herein, any written notice of the Owners
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective if signed by Owners
evidencing more than 50% of the Percentage Interest in the Residual Interest at
the time of the delivery of such notice.
Section 4.06 Certain Litigation Matters.
(a) The Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee
shall provide prompt written notice to the Insurer of any action, proceeding or
investigation of which a Responsible Officer of the Trust Agent, the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, has actual knowledge that could
adversely affect the Trust or the Trust Estate or the rights or obligations of
the Insurer under the Basic Documents or any other document delivered with
respect thereto.
(b) The Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee
shall, upon written notice from the Insurer, allow the Insurer to institute,
assume or control the defense of any action, proceeding or investigation that
could adversely affect the Trust or the Trust Estate or the rights or
obligations of the Insurer under any of the Basic Documents or any other
document delivered with respect thereto.
(c) None of the Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee shall, without the Insurer's prior written consent or unless directed by
the Insurer, undertake or join any litigation or agree to any settlement of any
action, proceeding or investigation that could adversely affect the Trust or the
rights or obligations of the Insurer under any of the Basic Documents or any
other document delivered with respect thereto.
ARTICLE V
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
Section 5.01 Establishment of the Residual Distribution Account. The
Trust Agent shall, for the benefit of the Owners, establish and maintain an
account denominated "Residual Distribution Account OT 2003-A, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, Trust Agent," which account shall be an Eligible Account (the "Residual
Distribution Account"). Funds shall be deposited in the
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Residual Distribution Account as provided in Section 4.04(b) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
All of the right, title and interest of the Trust Agent in all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Residual Distribution Account and in all
proceeds thereof shall be held for the benefit of the Owners and such other
persons entitled to distributions therefrom. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, the Residual Distribution Account shall be under the sole
dominion and control of the Trust Agent, as agent of the Owner Trustee, for the
benefit of the Owners. The funds on deposit in the Residual Distribution Account
shall remain uninvested.
Section 5.02 Application of Trust Funds.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Agent, on behalf of the
Owner Trustee, shall direct the Paying Agent to distribute all amounts on
deposit in the Residual Distribution Account first, to the Administrator in
payment of any compensation due under the Administration Agreement and then, the
balance, to the Owners, pro rata.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Agent, on behalf of the
Owner Trustee, shall cause the Paying Agent to send to each Owner the statement
or statements provided to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to
such Distribution Date.
(c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the
Trust's payment (or allocations of income) to an Owner, such tax shall reduce
the amount otherwise distributable to the Owner in accordance with this Section.
The Trust Agent is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts
otherwise distributable to the Owners sufficient funds for the payment of any
tax that is legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent
the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent from contesting any such tax in appropriate
proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending
the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with
respect to an Owner shall be treated as cash distributed to such Owner at the
time it is withheld by the Trust and remitted to the appropriate taxing
authority. If the Trust Agent receives written notice there is a possibility
that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution, the Trust Agent
shall withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph (c).
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Section 5.03 Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.01(c) respecting
the final payment upon retirement of each Residual Interest Instrument,
distributions required to be made to each Owner of record on the related Record
Date shall be made by check mailed to such Owner at the address of such Owner
appearing in the Certificate Register (or if requested by the Owner, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or pursuant to other arrangements), the
amount to be distributed to such Owner pursuant to such Owner's Residual
Interest Instruments.
Section 5.04 No Segregation of Monies; No Interest. Subject to Sections
5.01 and 5.02, monies received by the Trust Agent hereunder need not be
segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law and may be
deposited under such general conditions as may be prescribed by law, and the
Trust Agent shall not be liable for any interest thereon.
Section 5.05 Accounting and Reports to the Owners, the Internal Revenue
Service and Others. The Trust Agent shall (a) maintain (or cause to be
maintained) the books of the Trust on a calendar year basis and the accrual
method of accounting, (b) deliver to each Owner, as may be required by the Code
and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required
(including Schedule K-1, if applicable) to enable each Owner to prepare its
federal and state income tax returns, (c) file such tax returns relating to the
Trust (including a partnership information return, IRS Form 1065, if applicable)
and make such elections as from time to time may be required or appropriate
under any applicable state or federal statute or any rule or regulation
thereunder so as to maintain the Trust's characterization as a partnership, if
applicable, for federal income tax purposes, (d) cause such tax returns to be
signed in the manner required by law and (e) collect or cause to be collected
any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section 5.02(c) with
respect to income or distributions to Owners. Unless otherwise required by
applicable law, the Trust Agent shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to
include in current income any market discount that accrues with respect to the
Contracts. The Trust Agent shall not make the election provided under Section
754 of the Code.
Section 5.06 Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner.
(a) The Owner Trustee shall sign on behalf of the Trust the tax
returns, if any, of the Trust, unless applicable law requires an Owner to sign
such documents, in which case such documents shall be signed by the Depositor,
as long as the Depositor holds a Residual Interest Instrument, and otherwise the
holder of the largest Percentage Interest in the Residual Interest Instruments
shall sign such documents.
(b) If a "tax matters partner" is required pursuant to Section
6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code, the Depositor shall be designated the "tax matters
partner" of the Trust pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code and
applicable Treasury Regulations, as long as the Depositor holds a Residual
Interest Instrument, and otherwise the Owner of the largest Percentage Interest
in the Residual Interest Instruments shall be the "tax matters partner".
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ARTICLE VI
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT
Section 6.01 General Authority. Subject to the provisions and
limitations of Sections 2.03 and 2.06, the Owner Trustee is authorized and
directed to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust the Basic Documents to
which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate or other document attached
as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to
be a party and any amendment or other agreement, as evidenced conclusively by
the Owner Trustee's execution thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner
Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required
of the Trust pursuant to the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee is further
authorized from time to time to take such action as the Administrator or the
Owners recommend with respect to the Basic Documents.
Section 6.02 General Duties. Subject to the provisions and limitations
of Sections 2.03 and 2.06:
(a) it shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or
cause to be discharged through the Administrator or such agents as shall be
appointed with the consent of the Insurer) all of its responsibilities pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Trust
is a party and to administer the Trust in the interest of the Owners, subject to
the Basic Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have
discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the other Basic
Documents to the extent the Administrator or the Trust Agent has agreed in the
Administration Agreement or this Agreement, respectively, to perform any act or
to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee or the Trust hereunder or under any
Basic Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be held liable for the default
or failure of the Administrator or the Trust Agent to carry out its obligations
under the Administration Agreement or this Agreement, respectively; and
(b) it shall be the duty of the Trust Agent to discharge all of
its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents to which the Trust and the Trust Agent are a party and to administer
the Trust in the interest of the Owners, subject to the Basic Documents and in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 6.03 Action Upon Instruction.
(a) Subject to Article IV and Section 7.01(g) of this Agreement,
in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents, the Owners may by written
instruction direct the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent in the management of the
Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the
Owners pursuant to Article IV.
(b) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be
required to take any action hereunder or under any other Basic Document if the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall have reasonably
determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to
result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as
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applicable, or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any other Basic Document or
is otherwise contrary to law.
(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent is unable to
decide between alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms
of this Agreement or under any other Basic Document, the Owner Trustee or the
Trust Agent, as applicable, shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be
appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owners and the Insurer requesting
instruction as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, acts in good faith in
accordance with any written instruction from the Owners received, the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall not be liable on account of
such action to any Person. If the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent shall not
have received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within
such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may
be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to,
take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement and
the other Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
Owners, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
(d) In the event that the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent is
unsure as to the application of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Basic Document or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is,
or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the
event that this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or the
Trust Agent or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the
Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent may give notice (in such form as shall be
appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owners requesting instruction and,
to the extent that the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, acts or
refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any such instruction
received, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall not be
liable, on account of such action or inaction, to any Person. If the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent shall not have received appropriate instruction
within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as
reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the
circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement or the other Basic
Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Owners, and shall
have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
Section 6.04 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
Instructions. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have any duty
or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record,
sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with the Trust Estate, or to otherwise take
or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any document
contemplated hereby to which the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as
applicable, is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this
Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, pursuant to Section 6.01 or 6.03; and
no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any other
Basic Document against the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent. Neither the Owner
Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have any responsibility for filing any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file with the
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Commission any filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any other
Basic Document. Each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent nevertheless
agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as
may be necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Trust Estate that
result from actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent,
as applicable, that are not related to the ownership or the administration of
the Trust Estate or the Grant of any portion thereof to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture.
Section 6.05 No Action Except Under Specified Documents or
Instructions. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall manage,
control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the Trust
Estate except in accordance with (i) the powers granted to and the authority
conferred upon the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, pursuant to
this Agreement, (ii) the other Basic Documents and (iii) any document or
instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable,
pursuant to Section 6.03.
Section 6.06 Restrictions. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust
Agent shall take any action (i) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the
Trust set forth in Section 2.03 or (ii) that, to the actual knowledge of a
Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable,
would result in the Trust's becoming taxable as a corporation for federal or
state income tax purposes. The Owners shall not direct the Owner Trustee or the
Trust Agent to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST AGENT
Section 7.01 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts
the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with
respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement and the other
Basic Documents. The Trust Agent agrees to perform its duties hereunder upon the
terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. Neither the Owner Trustee
nor the Trust Agent shall be liable except for the performance of such duties
and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, the Owner Trustee and the Trust
Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent and conforming to the
requirements of this Agreement. Each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent
agrees to disburse all monies actually received by it constituting part of the
Trust Estate upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be answerable or accountable
hereunder or under any other Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i)
for its own willful misconduct or negligence or (ii) in the case of the
inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03 expressly
made by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as the case may be. In particular,
but not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the
preceding sentence):
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(a) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable
for any error of judgment made by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee or
the Trust Agent, respectively;
(b) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable
with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with this Agreement, the Basic Documents or the written direction of
the Administrator or any Owner;
(c) no provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document
shall require the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent to expend or risk funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights
or powers hereunder or under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee or
the Trust Agent shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of
such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured or provided to it;
(d) under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee or the Trust
Agent be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic
Documents, including the principal of and interest on the Notes;
(e) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be
responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement
or for the due execution hereof by the Depositor or for the form, character,
genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Estate, or for
or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, other than
the certificate of authentication on the Residual Interest Instruments, and
neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall assume or incur any
liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Owner, other than as
expressly provided for herein or expressly agreed to in the other Basic
Documents;
(f) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable
for the default or misconduct of the Administrator, the Depositor, the Insurer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer under any of the Basic Documents or
otherwise and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have any
obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the Trust under this
Agreement or the other Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the
Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture or the Servicer or the Depositor under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement;
(g) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be under
any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this
Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this Agreement or any other Basic
Document, at the request, order or direction of the Owners, unless such Owners
have offered to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, security or
indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that
may be incurred by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, therein
or thereby; the right of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document
shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust
Agent shall be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in
the performance of any such act;
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(h) anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in
no event shall the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent be liable for special, indirect
or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not
limited to lost profit), even if the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent has been
advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of
action;
(i) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be
required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any default,
any Event of Default or Servicer Default under any of the Basic Documents unless
a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, respectively,
shall have received written notice thereof. In the absence of receipt of such
notice, the Owner Trustee and Trust Agent may conclusively assume that there is
no default, Event of Default or Servicer Default;
(j) [RESERVED].
(k) each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may rely and
shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
opinion of counsel, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(l) each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may consult with
counsel and any advice or opinion of counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or
opinion of counsel;
(m) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be bound
to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by the Administrator or Owners; provided, however, that if the payment
within a reasonable time to the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as applicable, of
the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
such investigation is, in the opinion of the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as
applicable, not reasonably assured to it by the security afforded to them by the
terms of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as applicable, may
require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a
condition to taking any such action;
(n) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be
required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the Trust
created hereby or the powers granted hereunder; and
(o) each of the Owner Trustee and Trust Agent may execute any of
their respective trusts or powers hereunder or perform any of their respective
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys or
custodians, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent,
attorney or custodian appointed by the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as
applicable, with due care.
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Section 7.02 Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish
to the Trust Agent duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests,
demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished
to the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents. The Trust Agent shall furnish to
the Owners promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or
copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial
statements and any other instruments furnished to the Trust Agent under the
Basic Documents or furnished to the Trust Agent as provided in the preceding
sentence.
Section 7.03 Representations and Warranties.
(a) The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the
Depositor and the Owners:
(i) It is a banking corporation duly organized and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(ii) It has taken all corporate action necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this
Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is
duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.
(iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this
Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof
will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or
regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee
or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under
its charter documents or bylaws or, to its actual knowledge, any
indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which any of its properties may be bound or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on the Trust
Estate resulting from actions by or claims against the Owner Trustee
individually which are unrelated to this Agreement or the other Basic
Documents.
(b) The Trust Agent hereby represents and warrants to the
Depositor and the Owners:
(i) It is a New York banking corporation duly organized
and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the United
States. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(ii) It has taken all corporate action necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this
Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is
duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.
(iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this
Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof
will contravene any federal law, governmental rule or regulation
governing the banking or trust powers of the Trust Agent or any
judgment
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or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter
documents or bylaws or any indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may
be bound or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance on the Trust Estate resulting from actions by or claims
against the Trust Agent individually which are unrelated to this
Agreement or the other Basic Documents.
Section 7.04 Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
(a) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall incur
liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice,
resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other
document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed
by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may accept
a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing
body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been
duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to
any fact or matter the method of determination of which is not specifically
prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may for all purposes
hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or
by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such
fact or matter and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, for any action taken or omitted
to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and
in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the
other Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent each (i) may act
directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into
with any of them, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be
liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents
or attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent
with reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other
skilled persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it at the
sole expense of the Depositor. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent
shall be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in
accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants
or other such persons and not contrary to this Agreement or any other Basic
Document.
Section 7.05 Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as otherwise
provided in this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created, The Bank
of New York (Delaware) acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its
individual capacity, and JPMorgan Chase Bank acts solely as Trust Agent
hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all Persons having any claim
against the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent by reason of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall look only to
the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
Section 7.06 Owner Trustee and Trust Agent Not Liable for Residual
Interest Instruments, Notes or Contracts. The recitals contained herein and in
the Residual Interest Instruments (other than the respective signatures of the
Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, and, in the case of the Trust Agent, the
certificate of authentication on the Residual Interest Instruments) shall be
taken as the statements of the Depositor, and neither the Owner Trustee nor
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the Trust Agent assumes responsibility for the correctness thereof. Neither the
Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent makes any representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Agreement, any other Basic Document or the Residual
Interest Instruments (other than (i) the respective signatures of the Owner
Trustee and the Trust Agent; (ii) in the case of the Owner Trustee, the recitals
contained in Section 7.03(a); and (iii) in the case of the Trust Agent, the
recitals contained in Section 7.03(b) and the certificate of authentication on
the Residual Interest Instruments) or the Notes, or of any Contract or related
documents. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall at no time have any
responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and
enforceability of any Contract, or the perfection and priority of any security
interest created by any Contract in any Financed Vehicle or the maintenance of
any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of
the Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to
Owners under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including,
without limitation, the existence, condition and ownership of any Financed
Vehicle; the existence and enforceability of any insurance thereon; the
existence and contents of any Contract on any computer or other record thereof;
the validity of the assignment of any Contract to the Trust or of any
intervening assignment; the completeness of any Contract; the performance or
enforcement of any Contract; the compliance by the Depositor, the Insurer or the
Servicer with any warranty or representation made under any Basic Document or in
any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation; or
any action of the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer or any
subservicer taken in the name of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent.
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Section 7.07 Owner Trustee and Trust Agent May Own Residual Interest
Instruments and Notes. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, each in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Residual
Interest Instruments or Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the Insurer, the
Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer in banking transactions
with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee or Trust
Agent, as the case may be.
ARTICLE VIII
COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER
TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT
Section 8.01 Owner Trustee's and Trust Agent's Fees and Expenses. The
Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall receive as compensation for their
respective services hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed upon
before the date hereof between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee and the Trust
Agent, respectively, and the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall be entitled
to be reimbursed by the Administrator for other reasonable expenses hereunder,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such
agents, representatives, experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee or the Trust
Agent may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights
and its duties hereunder.
Section 8.02 Indemnification. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent
shall be entitled to indemnification as provided in the Administration Agreement
and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 8.03 Payments to the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent. Any amounts
paid to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent pursuant to this Article shall be
deemed not to be a part of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
Section 9.01 Termination of Trust Agreement.
(a) This Agreement (other than Article VIII) and the Trust shall
terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the earlier of (i) final
distribution of all monies or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
Article Five and (ii) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last
survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date hereof. The
bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any Owner shall not
(i) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, (ii) entitle such Owner's
legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the
Trust or Trust Estate or (iii) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto.
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(b) Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither the Depositor,
the Insurer nor any Owner shall be entitled to revoke or dissolve the Trust.
(c) Notice of any dissolution of the Trust, specifying the
Distribution Date upon which Owners shall surrender their Residual Interest
Instruments to the Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and
cancellation, shall be given by the Trust Agent by letter to Owners mailed
within five Business Days of receipt of notice of such termination from the
Servicer given pursuant to Section 8.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
stating (i) the Distribution Date upon or with respect to which final
distribution in respect of the Residual Interest Instruments shall be made upon
presentation and surrender of the Residual Interest Instruments at the office of
the Paying Agent in the City of New York therein designated, (ii) the amount of
any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to
such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Residual Interest Instruments at the office of
the Paying Agent therein specified. The Trust Agent shall give such notice to
the Certificate Registrar (if other than the Trust Agent) and the Paying Agent
(if other than the Trust Agent) at the time such notice is given to Owners.
After satisfaction of any liabilities of the Trust in accordance with the
Statutory Trust Statute, and upon presentation and surrender of the Residual
Interest Instruments, the Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to Owners,
on a pro rata basis, any amounts remaining in the Residual Distribution Account
and the Trust upon the termination of this Agreement. In addition, the Trust
Agent shall notify the Rating Agencies upon the final distribution in respect of
the Residual Interest Instruments.
(d) In the event that all of the Owners shall not surrender their
Residual Interest Instruments for cancellation within six months after the date
specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Trust Agent shall give a
second written notice to the remaining Owners to surrender their Residual
Interest Instruments for cancellation and receive the final distribution with
respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all the Owners shall
not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trust Agent may take appropriate
steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the
remaining Owners concerning surrender of their Residual Interest Instruments,
and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that shall
remain subject to this Agreement.
(e) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the
Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled by filing a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Statute. Upon the filing of
such certificate, the Trust and this Agreement (other than Article VIII) shall
terminate and be of no further force or effect.
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES, ADDITIONAL OWNER
TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT
Section 10.01 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee shall at all times be a Domestic corporation satisfying the provisions
of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory
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Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate trust powers; having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authorities; and having (or having a parent that
has) a rating of at least Baa3 by Moody's and A-1 by Standard & Poor's. If such
corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law
or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the
Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect specified in Section 10.02.
Section 10.02 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created
by giving written notice thereof to the Administrator and the Insurer. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a
successor Owner Trustee, which shall be approved by the Insurer, by written
instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee; provided
that the Depositor and the Insurer shall have received written confirmation from
each Rating Agency that the proposed appointment will not result in an increased
capital charge to the Insurer by either Rating Agency. If no successor Owner
Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee
or the Insurer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.
If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Administrator or the Insurer, or if at any time
the Owner Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt
or insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall have
breached any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03(a)(iii)
(without regard to any knowledge qualification), then the Administrator or the
Insurer may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Owner Trustee shall be removed
under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrator
shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee acceptable to the Insurer by
written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor
Owner Trustee, and shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Administrator shall provide notice of such
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each Rating Agency.
Section 10.03 Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Administrator, the Insurer and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment under
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this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor
Owner Trustee shall become effective, and such successor Owner Trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement,
with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner
Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor
Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this
Agreement; and the Administrator and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute
and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be
required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner
Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Administrator shall mail notice thereof to all Owners, the
Insurer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and
each Rating Agency. If the Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within
ten days after acceptance of such appointment by the successor Owner Trustee,
the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense
of the Administrator.
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Section 10.04 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation
into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, without
the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any
of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding;
provided, that such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01 and,
provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or
consolidation to each Rating Agency.
Section 10.05 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust Estate or any Financed Vehicle may at the time be located, the
Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and
shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Administrator, the Insurer and Owner Trustee to act as
co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or as separate trustee or separate
trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in
such capacity, such title to the Trust or any part thereof and, subject to the
other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Administrator and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or
desirable. If the Administrator shall not have joined in such appointment within
15 days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, the Owner Trustee and the
Insurer shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate
trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility
as a successor Owner Trustee, provided that such co-trustee or successor trustee
must be acceptable to the Rating Agencies and no notice of the appointment of
any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.03.
Section 10.06 Appointment of Trust Agent. Each separate trustee and
co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject
to the following provisions and conditions:
(a) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or
performed by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly
(it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized
to act separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or
acts are to be performed, the Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified
to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by
such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner
Trustee;
(b) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(c) the Administrator, the Insurer and the Owner Trustee acting
jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee
or co-trustee.
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Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall
be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property
specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions
of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement
relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection
to, the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner
Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator and the Insurer.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner
Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor co-trustee or separate trustee.
The Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust hereby appoints JPMorgan Chase
Bank as Trust Agent for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the Residual
Distribution Account and making the distributions therefrom to persons entitled
thereto pursuant to Section 5.02 of this Agreement and for purposes of
performing the other duties specified to be performed by the Trust Agent under
this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee and the Trust
Agent each agree that upon the occurrence and continuation of an Insurer
Default, the Trust Agent shall resign and the Owner Trustee shall assume all
rights, duties and obligations of the Trust Agent under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and this Agreement, including without limitation, the obligations of
the Trust Agent pursuant to Sections 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09,
3.10, 5.01 and 5.02 hereof. The Trust Agent, in its capacity as Trust Agent,
shall not have any rights, duties or obligations except as expressly provided in
this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
The Trust Agent may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trusts hereby created by giving 30 days' written notice thereof to the Owner
Trustee and the Administrator. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the
Owner Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor Trust Agent by written
instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Trust Agent and one copy to the successor Trust Agent.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Supplements and Amendments.
(a) This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor, the Owner
Trustee and the Trust Agent, with the prior written consent of the Insurer, but
without the consent of any of the
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Noteholders or the Owners, provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be
inconsistent with any of the provisions herein or make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising hereunder that shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) any such
action shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder
or Owner; (ii) any such action shall be deemed not to materially and adversely
affect the interest of any Noteholder if the Rating Agency Condition is
satisfied; and (iii) any such action shall be deemed not to materially and
adversely affect the interest of any Owner if the Person requesting such
amendment obtains an opinion of counsel to such effect, or Owners representing
100% of the Percentage Interests consent to such amendment.
(b) Subject to Section 11.14, this Agreement may also be amended
from time to time with the prior written consent of the Insurer by the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, with the consent of
Noteholders representing not less than 51% of the Outstanding Amount acting
together as a single class (which consent of any Holder of a Note given pursuant
to this Section or pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement shall be
conclusive and binding on such Holder and on all future Holders of such Note
issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange thereof or in lieu thereof
whether or not notation of such consent is made thereon) and, if such amendment
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Owners, with the consent
of Owners evidencing not less than 51% of the Percentage Interests, provided, in
each case the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement, or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders
or the Owners; provided, however, that no such amendment may (i) increase or
reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of,
collections of payments on Contracts or distributions that shall be required to
be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or Owners or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or Percentage
Interest of the Owners required to consent to any such amendment, without the
consent of the Owners of all outstanding Notes and Residual Interest
Instruments.
(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, the
Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent, together with a copy thereof, to the Indenture Trustee,
the Insurer, the Administrator and each Rating Agency.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent,
the Trust Agent shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Owner. It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Owners, Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of
obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Owners provided for in this
Agreement or in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing the authorization of
the execution thereof by Owners shall be subject to such reasonable requirements
as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the
Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment
with the Secretary of State.
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(f) In connection with the execution of any amendment to this
Agreement or any other Basic Document to which the Trust is a party and for
which amendment the Owner Trustee's consent is sought, each of the Owner Trustee
and the Trust Agent shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted
by the Basic Documents and that all conditions precedent in the Basic Documents
for the execution and delivery thereof by the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the
Trust Agent, as the case may be, have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the
Trust Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment
that affects the Owner Trustee's or the Trust Agent's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
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Section 11.02 [RESERVED].
Section 11.03 Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 2.07,
the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner
Trustee, the Trust Agent, the Depositor, the Insurer, the Owners, the
Administrator and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement (other than Section
2.07), whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other
Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or
under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions
contained herein.
Section 11.04 Notices. All demands, notices and communications under
this Agreement shall be in writing personally delivered or mailed by certified
mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon
receipt in the case of (a) the Owner Trustee, at the Owner Trustee Corporate
Trust Office; (b) the Depositor, at Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation, 00000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000; (c) the
Insurer, at XL Capital Assurance Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000; (d) the Trust Agent, at JPMorgan Chase Bank, Attention:
Institutional Trust Services/Structured Finance Services - Onyx Acceptance Owner
Trust 2003-A, 0 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; (e) the
Servicer or the Administrator, at Onyx Acceptance Corporation, 00000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 or (f) as to each
party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written
notice to each other party. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to an
Owner shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of
such Owner as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the
time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given, whether or not the Owner receives such notice.
Section 11.05 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Residual
Interest Instruments or the rights of the Owners thereof.
Section 11.06 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 11.07 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the
Depositor, the Insurer, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and each Owner and its successors and permitted
assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver
or other instrument or action by an Owner shall bind the successors and assigns
of such Owner.
Section 11.08 No Petition.
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(a) The Depositor will not at any time institute against the Trust
any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy
or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Residual
Interest Instruments, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Basic
Documents.
(b) Each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, by entering
into this Agreement, each Owner, by accepting a Residual Interest Instrument,
and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder, by accepting the benefits of this
Agreement, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute
against the Seller, the Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution
against the Seller, the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy proceedings
under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection
with any obligations relating to the Residual Interest Instruments, the Notes,
this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents.
Section 11.09 No Recourse. Each Owner, by accepting a Residual Interest
Instrument, acknowledges that such Owner's Residual Interest Instruments
represent a beneficial interest in the Trust only and does not represent an
interest in or obligation of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller, the
Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee or any
of their respective Affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties
or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this
Agreement, the Residual Interest Instruments or the other Basic Documents.
Section 11.10 Residual Interest Instruments Nonassessable and Fully
Paid. Owners shall not be personally liable for obligations of the Trust. Except
as expressly provided herein, the interests represented by the Residual Interest
Instruments shall be nonassessable for any losses or expenses of the Trust or
for any reason whatsoever, and, upon authentication thereof pursuant to Section
3.03, the Residual Interest Instruments shall be deemed fully paid.
Section 11.11 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.12 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 11.13 Depositor Payment Obligation. To the extent not timely
paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 5.02(a), the Servicer shall be responsible
for payment of the Administrator's compensation pursuant to Section 3 of the
Administration Agreement and shall reimburse the Administrator for all expenses
and liabilities of the Administrator incurred thereunder.
Section 11.14 Certain Matters Regarding the Insurer. So long as an
Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing, the Insurer shall
have the right to exercise all rights, including voting rights, which the
Noteholders or Owners are entitled to exercise pursuant to this Agreement,
without any consent of such Noteholders or Owners; provided, however, that
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without the consent of each Noteholder or Owner affected thereby, the Insurer
shall not exercise such rights to amend this Agreement in any manner that would
(i) reduce the amount of, or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the
Contracts or distributions which are required to be made on any Note or Residual
Interest Instrument, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests
of the Owners of any Notes or Residual Interest Instruments, or (iii) alter the
rights of any such Owner to consent to such amendment.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement (except Section 4.06)
to the contrary, in the event an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Insurer shall not have the right to take any action under this
Agreement or to control or direct the actions of the Trust, the Depositor, the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, nor
shall the consent of the Insurer be required with respect to any action (or
waiver of a right to take action) to be taken by the Trust, the Depositor, the
Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent or the Owners of the Notes or the Residual
Interest Instruments; provided, that the consent of the Insurer shall be
required at all times with respect to any amendment of this Agreement; and
provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the provisions in
Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement shall continue to be effective notwithstanding
that an Insurer Default may have occurred and be continuing.
Section 11.15 Fiduciary Duties. The duties and responsibilities of the
Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall be limited to those expressly provided
for in this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that except for the purpose of
the foregoing sentence, neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have
management responsibilities or owe any fiduciary duties to the Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the
day and year first above written.
ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
as Depositor
By:___________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), as
Owner Trustee
By:___________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as
Trust Agent
By:___________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
Trust Agreement - Signature Page
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
ONYX ACCEPTANCE OWNER TRUST 2003-A
This Certificate of Trust of Onyx Acceptance Owner Trust 2003-A (the
"Trust") is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustees, to
form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. Code,
Section 3801 et seq. (the "Act")).
1. Name. The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is Onyx
Acceptance Owner Trust 2003-A.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee
of the Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), 502
Xxxxx Xxxx Center, X.X. Xxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:__________.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective
January __, 2003.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate
of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), not
in its individual capacity but solely
as Owner Trustee
By:___________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF RESIDUAL INTEREST INSTRUMENT
