SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT among LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A Issuer LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE RECEIVABLES CORP. Transferor LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP. Originator, Servicer and Custodian and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION...
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LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A
Issuer
LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE RECEIVABLES CORP.
Transferor
LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP.
Originator,
Servicer and Custodian
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Back-up
Servicer and Trust Collateral Agent
Dated
as
of March 1, 2007
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
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SECTION
1.1.
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Definitions
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SECTION
1.2.
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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SECTION
1.3.
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Calculations
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SECTION
1.4.
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Action
by or Consent of Noteholders or the Class C
Certificateholder
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SECTION
1.5.
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Material
Adverse Effect
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ARTICLE
II CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
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SECTION
2.1.
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Conveyance
of Initial Receivables.
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SECTION
2.2.
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Conveyance
of Subsequent Receivables
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SECTION
2.3.
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Transfer
Intended as Sale; Precautionary Security Interest.
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SECTION
2.4.
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Assignment
by Transferor
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SECTION
2.5.
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Further
Encumbrance of Trust Assets
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ARTICLE
III THE RECEIVABLES
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SECTION
3.1.
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Representations
and Warranties of Transferor
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SECTION
3.2.
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Repurchase
upon Breach of Representations and Warranties of the
Transferor
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SECTION
3.3.
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Custody
of Legal Files and Receivable Files
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SECTION
3.4.
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Legal
File Deficiencies
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SECTION
3.5.
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Access
to Receivable Files; Servicer's Duties with Respect to Receivable
Files
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SECTION
3.6.
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Issuer’s
Certificate
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ARTICLE
IV ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
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SECTION
4.1.
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Duties
of the Servicer
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SECTION
4.2.
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Collection
and Allocation of Receivable Payments
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SECTION
4.3.
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Realization
upon Receivables
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SECTION
4.4.
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Physical
Damage Insurance; Other Insurance
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SECTION
4.5.
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Maintenance
of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles
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SECTION
4.6.
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Additional
Covenants of Servicer
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SECTION
4.7.
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Purchase
of Receivables Upon Breach
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SECTION
4.8.
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Servicing
Fee
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SECTION
4.9.
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Servicer's
Certificate
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SECTION
4.10.
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default
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SECTION
4.11.
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Annual
Independent Certified Public Accountant's Report
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SECTION
4.12.
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Servicer
Expenses
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SECTION
4.13.
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Retention
and Termination of Servicer
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SECTION
4.14.
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Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
Receivables
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SECTION
4.15.
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Verification
of Servicer's Certificate
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SECTION
4.16.
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Fidelity
Bond
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SECTION
4.17.
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Delegation
of Duties
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SECTION
4.18.
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Delivery
of Back-up Tapes of Back-up Servicer
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SECTION
4.19.
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Confidential
Information
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ARTICLE
V ACCOUNTS; PAYMENTS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS
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SECTION
5.1.
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Accounts;
Lock-Box Account
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SECTION
5.2.
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Collections
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SECTION
5.3.
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Application
of Collections
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SECTION
5.4.
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Intentionally
Omitted.
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SECTION
5.5.
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Additional
Deposits
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SECTION
5.6.
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Payments;
Policy Claims
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SECTION
5.7.
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Statements
to Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder; Tax
Returns
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SECTION
5.8.
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Reliance
on Information from the Servicer
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SECTION
5.9.
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Optional
Deposits by the Note Insurer
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SECTION
5.10.
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Spread
Account
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SECTION
5.11.
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Withdrawals
from Supplemental Enhancement Account and Spread Account
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SECTION
5.12.
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Supplemental
Enhancement Account
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SECTION
5.13.
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Pre-Funding
Account
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SECTION
5.14.
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Securities
Accounts
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ARTICLE
VI THE POLICY
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SECTION
6.1.
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Policy
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SECTION
6.2.
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Claims
Under Policy
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SECTION
6.3.
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Preference
Claims; Direction of Proceedings
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SECTION
6.4.
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Surrender
of Policy
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ARTICLE
VII THE TRANSFEROR
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SECTION
7.1.
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Representations
of the Transferor
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SECTION
7.2.
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Liability
of the Transferor
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SECTION
7.3.
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Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Transferor
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SECTION
7.4.
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Limitation
on Liability of the Transferor and Others
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SECTION
7.5.
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Transferor
May Own Notes
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ARTICLE
VIII THE SERVICER
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SECTION
8.1.
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Representations
of Servicer
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SECTION
8.2.
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Indemnities
of Servicer
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SECTION
8.3.
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Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer
or
Back-up Servicer
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SECTION
8.4.
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Limitation
on Liability of Servicer and Others
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SECTION
8.5.
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Servicer
and Back-up Servicer Not to Resign
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ARTICLE
IX SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS
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SECTION
9.1.
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Servicer
Termination Events
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SECTION
9.2.
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Appointment
of Successor
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SECTION
9.3.
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Notification
to Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder
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SECTION
9.4.
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Action
Upon Certain Failures of the Servicer
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ARTICLE
X THE TRUST COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECTION
10.1.
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Duties
of the Trust Collateral Agent
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SECTION
10.2.
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Trust
Collateral Agent to Act for the Class A Noteholders, the Class
C
Certificateholder and Note Insurer
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SECTION
10.3.
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Certain
Matters Affecting the Trust Collateral Agent
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SECTION
10.4.
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Trust
Collateral Agent and Back-up Servicer Not Liable for Notes or
Receivables
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SECTION
10.5.
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Trust
Collateral Agent and Back-up Servicer May Own Notes
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SECTION
10.6.
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Indemnity
of Trust Collateral Agent and Back-up Servicer
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SECTION
10.7.
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Eligibility
Requirements for Trust Collateral Agent
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SECTION
10.8.
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Resignation
or Removal of Trust Collateral Agent
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SECTION
10.9.
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Successor
Trust Collateral Agent
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SECTION
10.10.
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Merger
or Consolidation of Trust Collateral Agent
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SECTION
10.11.
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Co-Trustee;
Separate Trustee.
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SECTION
10.12.
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Representations
and Warranties of Trust Collateral Agent
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SECTION
10.13.
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Rights
of Note Insurer to Direct Trust Collateral Agent
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ARTICLE
XI TERMINATION
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SECTION
11.1.
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Termination
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ARTICLE
XII ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES OF THE SERVICER
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SECTION
12.1.
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Administrative
Duties
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SECTION
12.2.
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Records
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SECTION
12.3.
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Additional
Information to be Furnished to the Issuer
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SECTION
12.4.
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No
Additional Compensation
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ARTICLE
XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION
13.1.
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Amendment
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SECTION
13.2.
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Protection
of Title
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SECTION
13.3.
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Limitation
on Rights of Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder
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SECTION
13.4.
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Governing
Law
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SECTION
13.5.
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Notices
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SECTION
13.6.
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Severability
of Provisions
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SECTION
13.7.
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Assignment
to Indenture Trustee
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SECTION
13.8.
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Limitation
of Liability of Owner Trustee, Back-up Servicer and Trust Collateral
Agent
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SECTION
13.9.
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Independence
of the Servicer
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SECTION
13.10.
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No
Joint Venture
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SECTION
13.11.
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Nonpetition
Covenant
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SECTION
13.12.
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Third
Party Beneficiaries
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SECTION
13.13.
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Consent
to Jurisdiction.
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SECTION
13.14.
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Headings
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SECTION
13.15.
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Trial
by Jury Waived
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SECTION
13.16.
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Entire
Agreement
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SECTION
13.17.
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Effect
of Policy Expiration Date
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ANNEXES
Annex
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A
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Defined
Terms
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
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A-1
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Form
of Issuer's Certificate
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Exhibit
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A-2
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Form
of Issuer's Certificate
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Exhibit
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B-1
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Form
of Servicer's Certificate
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Exhibit
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B-2
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Form
of Loan Master File Layout
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Exhibit
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C
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Intentionally
Omitted
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Exhibit
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D
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Payment
Deferment and Due Date Change Policies
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Exhibit
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E
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Documentation
Checklist
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Exhibit
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F
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Form
of Transfer Agreement
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
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A
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Schedule
of Receivables
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Schedule
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B
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Location
of Receivable Files; Location of Legal Files
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Schedule
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C
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Delivery
Requirements
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SALE
AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), dated as of March 1, 2007, among LONG
BEACH
ACCEPTANCE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A, a Delaware statutory trust, as
issuer
(the "Issuer"), LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE RECEIVABLES CORP., a Delaware corporation,
as transferor (the "Transferor"), LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP., a Delaware
corporation, as originator of the receivables ("LBAC"), as servicer (in such
capacity, the "Servicer") and as custodian (in such capacity, the "Custodian")
and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association,
as
back-up servicer and trust collateral agent, (the "Back-up Servicer" and
the
"Trust Collateral Agent", respectively).
WHEREAS
the Issuer desires to acquire a portfolio of receivables arising in connection
with motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts acquired by LBAC through
motor vehicle dealers;
WHEREAS
the Transferor has purchased such receivables from LBAC and Long Beach
Acceptance Receivables Corp. Warehouse I (collectively, the "Sellers") and
is
willing to convey such receivables to the Issuer;
WHEREAS
the Issuer desires to acquire, from time to time, additional receivables
arising
in connection with motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts to be
acquired by LBAC;
WHEREAS
the Transferor has agreed to purchase, from time to time, such additional
receivables from the Sellers and is willing to convey such receivables to
the
Issuer; and
WHEREAS
the Servicer is willing to service all such receivables.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.1. Definitions.
Whenever
used in this Agreement, capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein
shall have the meanings set forth in Annex A attached hereto.
SECTION
1.2. Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a)
All
terms
defined in this Agreement (including Annex A hereto) shall have the defined
meanings when used in any instrument governed hereby and in any certificate
or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined
therein.
(b)
As
used
in this Agreement, in any instrument governed hereby and in any certificate
or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms
not defined in this Agreement (including Annex A hereto) or in any such
instrument, certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined
in this Agreement (including Annex A hereto) or in any such instrument,
certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles
as in effect on the date of this Agreement or any such instrument, certificate
or other document, as applicable. To the extent that the definitions of
accounting terms in this Agreement (including Annex A hereto) or in any such
instrument, certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings
of
such terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions
contained in this Agreement (including Annex A hereto) or in any such
instrument, certificate or other document shall control.
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(c)
The
words
"hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in
this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule and Exhibit references contained
in this Agreement are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or
to
this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term "including" shall
mean
"including without limitation."
(d)
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 subsequent amendments thereto or 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."
(e)
Any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented
in
accordance with the terms thereof and includes (in the case of agreements
or
instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated
therein; references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and
assigns.
SECTION
1.3. Calculations.
All
calculations of the amount of the Servicing Fee, the Back-up Servicer Fee,
Custodian Fee and the Indenture Trustee Fee shall be made on the basis of
a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. All references to the Principal
Balance of a Receivable as of the last day of a Collection Period shall refer
to
the close of business on such day.
SECTION
1.4. Action
by or Consent of Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder.
Whenever any provision of this Agreement refers to action to be taken, or
consented to, by Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder, such provision
shall be deemed to refer to Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder
of
record as of the Record Date immediately preceding the date on which such
action
is to be taken, or consent given, by Noteholders or the Class C
Certificateholder. Solely for the purposes of any action to be taken or
consented to by Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder, any Note
registered in the name of the Transferor, LBAC, the Servicer or any Affiliate
thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding and shall not be taken into
account in determining whether the requisite interest necessary to effect
any
such action or consent has been obtained; provided,
however,
that,
solely for the purpose of determining whether the Indenture Trustee or the
Trust
Collateral Agent is entitled to rely upon any such action or consent, only
Notes
which the Indenture Trustee or the Trust Collateral Agent actually knows
to be
so owned shall be so disregarded.
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SECTION
1.5. Material
Adverse Effect.
Whenever a determination is to be made under this Agreement as to whether
a
given event, action, course of conduct or set of facts or circumstances could
or
would have a material adverse effect on the Issuer or Noteholders (or any
similar or analogous determination), such determination shall be made without
taking into account the insurance provided by the Policy. Whenever a
determination is to be made under this Agreement whether a breach of a
representation, warranty or covenant has or could have a material adverse
effect
on a Receivable or the interest therein of the Issuer, the Noteholders or
the
Note Insurer (or any similar or analogous determination), such determination
shall be made by the Controlling Party in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE
OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION
2.1. Conveyance
of Initial Receivables.
In
consideration of the Issuer's delivery of the Class R Certificate to or upon
the
order of the Transferor on the Closing Date and the net proceeds from the
sale
of the Notes and the other amounts to be distributed from time to time to,
or
upon the order of, the Transferor in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, the Transferor does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey to the Issuer, without recourse, all right, title and interest of
the
Transferor in, to and under:
(i) the
Initial Receivables listed in Schedule A hereto, all monies received on the
Initial Receivables after the Initial Cutoff Date and, with respect to any
Initial Receivables which are Precomputed Receivables, the related Payahead
Amount, and all Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries received with respect
to
such Initial Receivables;
(ii) the
security interests in the related Financed Vehicles granted by the related
Obligors pursuant to the Initial Receivables and any other interest of the
Transferor in such Financed Vehicles, including the certificates of title
and
any other evidence of ownership with respect to such Financed
Vehicles;
(iii) any
proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life and credit accident
and
health insurance policies or certificates or the VSI Policy, if any, relating
to
the related Financed Vehicles or the related Obligors, including any rebates
and
premiums;
(iv) property
(including the right to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that secures
an
Initial Receivable and that has been acquired by or on behalf of the Transferor
pursuant to the liquidation of such Initial Receivable;
(v) the
Purchase Agreement including a direct right to cause LBAC to purchase Initial
Receivables from the Issuer upon the occurrence of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.03(b) of the Purchase
Agreement or the failure of LBAC to timely comply with its obligations pursuant
to Section 5.05 of the Purchase Agreement;
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(vi) refunds
for the costs of extended service contracts with respect to the related Financed
Vehicles, refunds of unearned premiums with respect to credit life and credit
accident and health insurance policies or certificates covering a related
Obligor or Financed Vehicle or his or her obligations with respect to such
Financed Vehicle and any recourse to Dealers for any of the
foregoing;
(vii) the
Legal
Files and the Receivable Files related to each Initial Receivable and any
and
all other documents that LBAC keeps on file in accordance with its customary
procedures relating to the Initial Receivables, the related Obligors or the
related Financed Vehicles;
(viii) all
amounts and property from time to time held in or credited to the Lock-Box
Account, to the extent such amounts and property relate to the Initial
Receivables;
(ix) any
proceeds from recourse against Dealers (other than any Chargeback Obligations),
including any Dealer Title Guaranties with respect to the Initial Receivables,
with respect to the sale of the Initial Receivables; and
(x) the
proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
SECTION
2.2. Conveyance
of Subsequent Receivables.
(a)
Subject
to the conditions set forth in Section 2.2(b) hereof and in the related Transfer
Agreement, in consideration of the Issuer's delivery to or upon the order
of the
Transferor of the purchase price for the Subsequent Receivables, in each
case as
described below and set forth in the related Transfer Agreement, the Transferor
shall on each Subsequent Transfer Date sell, transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse, all right, title and interest
of the Transferor in, to and under:
(i) the
Subsequent Receivables listed in Schedule A to the related Transfer Agreement,
all monies received on such Subsequent Receivables after the related Subsequent
Cutoff Date and, with respect to any such Subsequent Receivables which are
Precomputed Receivables, the related Payahead Amount, and all Liquidation
Proceeds and Recoveries received with respect to such Subsequent
Receivables;
(ii) the
security interests in the related Financed Vehicles granted by the related
Obligors pursuant to such Subsequent Receivables and any other interest of
the
Transferor in such Financed Vehicles, including the certificates of title
and
any other evidence of ownership with respect to such Financed
Vehicles;
(iii) any
proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life and credit accident
and
health insurance policies or certificates or the VSI Policy, if any, relating
to
the related Financed Vehicles or the related Obligors, including any rebates
and
premiums;
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(iv) property
(including the right to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that secures
a
Subsequent Receivable and that has been acquired by or on behalf of the
Transferor pursuant to the liquidation of such Subsequent
Receivable;
(v) each
Transfer Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, including a direct right to
cause
LBAC to purchase Subsequent Receivables from the Issuer upon the occurrence
of a
breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in Section
4 of
the related Transfer Agreement, or the failure of LBAC to timely comply with
its
obligations pursuant to Section 5.05 of the Purchase Agreement;
(vi) refunds
for the costs of extended service contracts with respect to the related Financed
Vehicles, refunds of unearned premiums with respect to credit life and credit
accident and health insurance policies or certificates covering a related
Obligor or the related Financed Vehicle or his or her obligations with respect
to a related Financed Vehicle and any recourse to Dealers for any of the
foregoing;
(vii) the
Legal
Files and the Receivable Files related to each such Subsequent Receivable
and
any and all other documents that LBAC keeps on file in accordance with its
customary procedures relating to such Subsequent Receivables, the related
Obligors or the related Financed Vehicles;
(viii) all
amounts and property from time to time held in or credited to the Lock-Box
Account, to the extent such amounts and property relate to such Subsequent
Receivables;
(ix) any
proceeds from recourse against Dealers (other than any Chargeback Obligations),
including any Dealer Title Guaranties with respect to such Subsequent
Receivables, with respect to the sale of such Subsequent Receivables;
and
(x) the
proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
The
purchase price to be paid by the Issuer on each Subsequent Transfer Date
for the
Subsequent Receivables so sold shall be set forth in the related Transfer
Agreement and shall be paid from monies released from the Pre-Funding Account
pursuant to Section 5.13(b). Such purchase price shall equal the aggregate
Principal Balance of such Subsequent Receivables as of the related Subsequent
Cutoff Date.
(b)
The
Transferor shall transfer to the Issuer the Subsequent Receivables and the
other
property and rights related thereto described in Section 2.2(a) only upon
the
prior written consent of the Note Insurer acting in its sole and absolute
discretion and the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or
prior
to the related Subsequent Transfer Date:
(i) the
Transferor shall have provided the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Note Insurer, the Class C Certificateholder and each Rating Agency
with an Addition Notice not later than five Business Days prior to the related
Subsequent Transfer Date and shall also have provided the Indenture Trustee, the
Trust Collateral Agent and the Note Insurer with an electronic transmission
of
the information on the related Subsequent Receivables set forth in such Addition
Notice in a format acceptable to each of the Indenture Trustee, the Trust
Collateral Agent and the Note Insurer no later than such fifth Business Day
prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date;
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(ii) LBAC
and
LBARC-WI shall have each delivered to the Transferor, a written Subsequent
Assignment, which shall include a list of the Subsequent Receivables so
transferred attached thereto as Schedule A, and a copy thereof to the Note
Insurer;
(iii) the
Transferor, the Sellers, the Trust and the Trust Collateral Agent shall have
executed a written Transfer Agreement, which shall include a list of the
Subsequent Receivables so transferred attached thereto as Schedule A, and
a copy
thereof shall have been delivered to the Note Insurer;
(iv) the
Transferor shall have caused the Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account
all collections on or in respect of the Subsequent Receivables (to the extent
conveyed to the Trust as specified in Section 2.2(a)) received prior to the
related Subsequent Transfer Date;
(v) the
Transferor shall have deposited or caused to be deposited the related Subsequent
Spread Account Deposit into the Spread Account pursuant to Section
5.10;
(vi) as
of
each Subsequent Transfer Date, none of the Sellers, the Servicer and the
Transferor will be insolvent nor will either of them be made insolvent by
the
related transfer nor shall any of them be aware of any pending
insolvency;
(vii) the
Funding Period shall not have terminated;
(viii) the
Transferor shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Note Insurer, the Class C Certificateholder and each Rating Agency
an
Officer's Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each condition precedent
specified in this Section 2.2(b) and in Section 5 of the related Transfer
Agreement and certifying that:
(A)
such
conveyance of Subsequent Receivables by the Transferor to the Trust on the
related Subsequent Transfer Date was made in good faith for legitimate business
purposes and was not made with intent to hinder, delay or defraud any Person
to
which the Transferor has been, is or will become, on or after the related
Subsequent Transfer Date, indebted;
(B)
the
Transferor did not receive less than a reasonably equivalent value in exchange
for the conveyance of the Subsequent Receivables by the Transferor to the
Issuer
on the related Subsequent Transfer Date pursuant to the related Transfer
Agreement;
(C)
the
Transferor is not insolvent on the related Subsequent Transfer Date and will
not
become insolvent as a result of the conveyance of the Subsequent Receivables
by
the Transferor to the Issuer on the related Subsequent Transfer Date pursuant
to
the related Transfer Agreement;
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(D)
the
Transferor is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about
to
engage in a business or transaction, for which any property remaining with
the
Transferor after such business or transaction would be an unreasonably small
amount of capital; and
(E)
the
Transferor has not incurred, and does not believe that it will incur, debts
that
would be beyond the Transferor's ability to pay as such debts
mature;
(ix) each
Seller shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Note Insurer, the Class C Certificateholder and each Rating Agency
an
Officer's Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each condition precedent
specified in this Section 2.2(b) and in Section 5 of the related Transfer
Agreement and certifying that:
(A)
such
sale
of Subsequent Receivables by such Seller to the Transferor on the related
Subsequent Transfer Date was made in good faith for legitimate business purposes
and was not made with intent to hinder, delay or defraud any Person to which
such Seller has been, is or will become, on or after the related Subsequent
Transfer Date, indebted;
(B)
such
Seller did not receive less than a reasonably equivalent value in exchange
for
the sale of the Subsequent Receivables by such Seller to the Transferor on
the
related Subsequent Transfer Date pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the
related Subsequent Assignment;
(C)
such
Seller is not insolvent on the related Subsequent Transfer Date and will
not
become insolvent as a result of the sale of the Subsequent Receivables by
such
Seller to the Transferor on the related Subsequent Transfer Date pursuant
to the
Purchase Agreement and the related Subsequent Assignment;
(D)
such
Seller is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage
in a business or transaction, for which any property remaining with such
Seller
after such business or transaction would be an unreasonably small amount
of
capital; and
(E)
such
Seller has not incurred, and does not believe that it will incur, debts that
would be beyond such Seller's ability to pay as such debts mature;
(x) the
Transferor shall have delivered to each Rating Agency, the Note Insurer,
the
Indenture Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent Opinions of Counsel with
respect to the transfer of the Subsequent Receivables substantially in the
form
of the Opinions of Counsel delivered to each Rating Agency, the Note Insurer,
the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent on the Closing Date
regarding true sale, non-consolidation, perfection, and other such matters
satisfactory in form and substance to each of the Note Insurer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent in its sole discretion;
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(xi) the
Transferor shall have taken all action required to maintain the first priority
perfected security interest (as defined in the UCC) of the Issuer in the
Trust
Assets;
(xii) no
selection procedures believed by the Transferor or either Seller to be adverse
to the interests of the Noteholders or the Note Insurer shall have been utilized
in selecting the Subsequent Receivables;
(xiii) the
conveyance of the Subsequent Receivables shall not result in a qualification,
modification or withdrawal of the then-current ratings of the Notes; provided
that written confirmation of such ratings shall not be required from the
Rating
Agencies;
(xiv) the
Transferor shall have provided the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Collateral
Agent with a supplement to the Schedule of Receivables setting forth the
Subsequent Receivables to be transferred on such Subsequent Transfer
Date;
(xv) the
Transferor shall have caused a firm of independent accountants to deliver
to the
Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Note Insurer written
confirmation that the Receivables, including the related Subsequent Receivables,
meet the following criteria, as of the related Subsequent Cut-off
Date:
(1)
the
weighted average remaining term of the Receivables will be no more than 67
months and the weighted average original term for the Receivables will be
no
more than 69 months;
(2)
each
Receivable will have a minimum APR of 3.0%;
(3)
each
Receivable will have an original term of no more than 72 months;
(4)
no
more
than 44%, 13% or 13% of the Receivables will be originated in California,
Arizona or Florida, respectively;
(5)
the
weighted average APR for the Receivables will be greater than or equal to
12.23%;
(6)
not
less
than 15.10% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables will be
Premium Receivables, not less than 19.74% of the aggregate Principal Balance
of
the Receivables will be Elite Receivables, not less than 17.86% of the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Receivables will be Superior Receivables, not less
than
18.90% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables will be Preferred
Receivables and not more than 19.86% of the aggregate Principal Balance of
the
Receivables will be Classic Receivables; and
(7)
not
more
than 63% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables will represent
loans to finance the purchase of used Financed Vehicles;
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(xvi) the
Transferor shall satisfy the document delivery requirements for such Subsequent
Receivables as specified in Section 3.3;
(xvii) the
representations and warranties made by the Transferor and the Servicer in
Sections 7.1 and 8.1, respectively, shall be true and correct on and as of
such
Subsequent Transfer Date and the representations and warranties made by the
Originator with respect to each such Subsequent Receivable being transferred
to
the Trust on such Subsequent Transfer Date in Section 4 of the related Transfer
Agreement shall be true and correct as of such Subsequent Transfer
Date;
(xviii) on
or
before such Subsequent Transfer Date, the Transferor shall have provided
any
information reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies, the Note Insurer,
the
Indenture Trustee or the Trust Collateral Agent with respect to any Subsequent
Receivables;
(xix) the
Custodian shall confirm that it is in possession of a Legal File for each
Subsequent Receivable identified in the supplement to the Schedule of
Receivables attached as Schedule A to the related Transfer Agreement;
and
(xx) the
Servicer shall deliver the loan master file and history information and the
information required to be set forth in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B-2
as specified in Section 4.18.
SECTION
2.3. Transfer
Intended as Sale; Precautionary Security Interest. Each
conveyance to the Issuer of the property set forth in Section 2.1 and Section
2.2 above is intended as a sale (for certain non-tax purposes) free and clear
of
all Liens, and it is intended that the property of the Issuer shall not be
part
of the Transferor's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition
by or against the Transferor under any bankruptcy law. In the event, however,
that notwithstanding the intent of LBAC, the Transferor and the Issuer, any
transfer under this Agreement and/or under any Transfer Agreement is held
not to
be a sale, this Agreement and/or under any Transfer Agreement shall constitute
a
security agreement under the UCC (as defined in the UCC as in effect in the
State of New York) and applicable law, and the Transferor hereby grants a
security interest to the Issuer in, to and under the property described in
Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 above and all proceeds thereof, for the benefit
of
the Noteholders and the Note Insurer as their interests may appear herein,
for
the purpose of securing the payment and performance of the Notes and the
Certificates and the repayment of amounts owed to the Issuer from the
Transferor. The Transferor hereby authorizes the Issuer or its agents to
file
such financing statements and continuation statements as the Issuer may deem
advisable in connection with the security interest granted by the Transferor
pursuant to the preceding sentence.
SECTION
2.4. Assignment
by Transferor. The
Transferor does hereby transfer, assign and otherwise convey unto the Issuer,
for the benefit of the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the Note Insurer,
its right to any recourse to LBAC resulting from the occurrence of a breach
of
any of their respective representations and warranties contained in Section
3.03
of the Purchase Agreement and Section 4 of each Transfer Agreement or from
the
failure of LBAC to comply with its obligations pursuant to Section 5.05 of
the
Purchase Agreement. The provisions of this Section 2.4 are intended to grant
the
Issuer a direct right against LBAC to demand performance under the terms
of the
Purchase Agreement.
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SECTION
2.5. Further
Encumbrance of Trust Assets.
(a)
Immediately
upon the conveyance to the Issuer by the Transferor of any item of the Trust
Assets pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2, all right, title and interest
of
the Transferor in and to such item of Trust Assets shall terminate, and all
such
right, title and interest shall vest in the Issuer, in accordance with the
Trust
Agreement and Sections 3802 and 3805 of the Statutory Trust Act (as defined
in
the Trust Agreement).
(b)
Immediately
upon the vesting of the Trust Assets in the Issuer, the Issuer shall have
the
sole right to pledge or otherwise encumber, such Trust Assets. Pursuant to
the
Indenture, the Issuer shall grant a security interest in the Trust Assets
to the
Indenture Trustee to secure its obligations under the Notes and the Class
C
Certificate and the payment of all amounts due and owing to the Note Insurer.
The Class R Certificate shall represent the beneficial ownership interest
in the
Trust Assets, and the Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder shall
be
entitled to receive payments with respect thereto as set forth herein and
pursuant to the Indenture.
(c)
Following
the payment in full of the Notes and all amounts due and owing to the Note
Insurer and the release and discharge of the Indenture, all covenants of
the
Issuer under Article III of the Indenture shall, until payment in full of
each
Certificate, remain as covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, enforceable by each Certificateholder to the same extent
as
such covenants were enforceable by the Noteholders prior to the discharge
of the
Indenture. Any rights of the Indenture Trustee under Article III of the
Indenture, following the discharge of the Indenture, shall vest in the
Certificateholders.
(d)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall, at such time as there are no Notes or Certificates
outstanding, the Policy has expired in accordance with its terms and all
sums
due to (i) the Note Insurer hereunder or pursuant to the Insurance Agreement,
(ii) the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, (iii) the Trust Collateral
Agent pursuant to this Agreement and (iv) the Class C Certificateholder pursuant
to the Trust Agreement, have been paid, release any remaining portion of
the
Trust Assets to the Transferor.
ARTICLE
III
THE
RECEIVABLES
SECTION
3.1. Representations
and Warranties of Transferor.
The
Transferor hereby makes each of the representations and warranties made by
LBAC
in Section 3.03(b) of the Purchase Agreement and Section 4 of each Transfer
Agreement with respect to the Receivables to the same extent as if such
representations and warranties were fully set forth herein. With respect
to such
representations and warranties, the Issuer shall be deemed to have relied
on
such representations and warranties in acquiring the Receivables, the Note
Insurer is deemed to have relied on such representations and warranties in
issuing the Policy, the Indenture Trustee is deemed to have relied on such
representations and warranties in issuing the Notes, the Noteholders are
deemed
to have relied on such representations and warranties in purchasing the Notes,
the Class C Certificateholder is deemed to have relied on such representations
and warranties in purchasing the Class C Certificate and the Owner Trustee
is
deemed to have relied on such representations and warranties in entering
into
the Trust Agreement. Such representations and warranties speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date in the
case
of the Initial Receivables, and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date
in
the case of the Subsequent Receivables, but shall survive the transfer and
assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer and the subsequent pledge thereof
to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
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SECTION
3.2. Repurchase
upon Breach of Representations and Warranties of the
Transferor.
(a)
The
Transferor, the Servicer, the Custodian, the Trust Collateral Agent or the
Issuer, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties to this Agreement
and
the Note Insurer promptly, by notice in writing, upon the discovery of any
breach of the Transferor's representations and warranties made pursuant to
Section 3.1. As of the last day of the second Collection Period following
the
discovery by the Transferor or receipt by the Transferor of notice of such
breach, unless such breach is cured by such date, the Transferor shall have
an
obligation to repurchase any Receivable in which the interests of the
Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder or the Note Insurer are materially
and adversely affected by any such breach as of such date. In consideration
of
and simultaneously with the repurchase of the Receivable, the Transferor
shall
remit, or cause LBAC to remit, to the Collection Account the Purchase Amount
in
the manner specified in Section 5.5 and the Issuer shall execute such
assignments and other documents reasonably requested by such person in order
to
effect such repurchase. The sole remedies of the Issuer, the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Class C Certificateholder or the Noteholders
with respect to a breach of representations and warranties pursuant to Section
3.1 shall be (i) the repurchase of Receivables pursuant to this Section,
subject
to the conditions contained herein, or (ii) to enforce the obligation of
LBAC to
the Transferor to repurchase such Receivables or to indemnify for any such
breach pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Neither the Owner Trustee, the
Custodian, the Trust Collateral Agent nor the Indenture Trustee shall have
a
duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any
conditions requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to this
Section.
(b)
Pursuant
to Section 2.1 and Section 2.2, the Transferor conveys to the Issuer all
of the
Transferor's right, title and interest in its rights and benefits, but none
of
its obligations or burdens, under the Purchase Agreement including the
Transferor's rights under the Purchase Agreement and the delivery requirements,
representations and warranties and the cure or repurchase and indemnity
obligations of LBAC thereunder. The Transferor hereby represents and warrants
to
the Issuer that such assignment is valid, enforceable and effective to permit
the Issuer to enforce such obligations of LBAC and the Transferor under the
Purchase Agreement.
SECTION
3.3. Custody
of Legal Files and Receivable Files.
In
connection with the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables and
the
other Transferred Assets to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section
2.2 of
this Agreement and simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Custodian shall enter into the Custodial Agreement with the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and the Issuer, dated as of March 1,
2007,
pursuant to which the Custodian shall agree to act as custodian for the
Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder
and the Note Insurer, of the following documents or instruments in its
possession on or before the Closing Date (with respect to each Initial
Receivable) or the third Business Day immediately preceding the related
Subsequent Transfer Date (with respect to each Subsequent Receivable), as
applicable:
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(i) a
copy of
the fully executed original of the Receivable; and
(ii) a
copy of
the Lien Certificate or Title Package, as applicable.
provided,
however
that the
Receivable Files shall contain a copy of those documents the original of
which
constitutes a part of the Legal File.
SECTION
3.4. Legal
File Deficiencies.
The
Custodian shall hold the Legal Files subject to the terms and conditions
of the
Custodial Agreement. If the Custodian finds during its review of the Legal
Files
required by the Custodial Agreement or at any time thereafter that a Legal
File
for a Receivable has not been received or that any of the documents referred
to
in the definition of the term "Legal File" are not contained in a Legal File
or,
if applicable, the related Dealer is not listed on the Dealer Title Addendum,
the Custodian shall promptly inform the Trust Collateral Agent, LBAC, the
Transferor, the Back-up Servicer and the Note Insurer promptly, in writing,
of
the failure to receive a Legal File with respect to such Receivable (or of
the
failure of any of the aforementioned documents to be included in the Legal
File
or the failure of the related Dealer to be so listed) (it being understood
that
the Custodian's obligation to review the contents of any Legal File and the
Dealer Title Addendum shall be limited as set forth in the Custodial Agreement).
Unless any such defect with respect to such Receivable shall have been cured
by
the last day of the second Collection Period following discovery thereof
by the
Custodian, LBAC shall repurchase any such Receivable as of such last day.
In
consideration of the purchase of the Receivable, LBAC shall remit the Purchase
Amount, in the manner specified in Section 5.5. The sole remedy of the Indenture
Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Issuer or the Noteholders with respect
to a breach pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall be to require LBAC to purchase
the Receivables pursuant to this Section 3.4. Upon receipt of the Purchase
Amount and written instructions from the Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent
shall cause the Custodian to release to LBAC or its designee the related
Legal
File and shall execute and deliver all reasonable instruments of transfer
or
assignment, without recourse, as are prepared by LBAC and delivered to the
Trust
Collateral Agent and are necessary to vest in LBAC or such designee the Issuer's
right, title and interest in the Receivable. On the date which is 90 days
following the Closing Date (with respect to the Initial Receivables) or the
related Subsequent Transfer Date (with respect to the Subsequent Receivables),
as applicable, or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding
Business Day, the Custodian shall inform LBAC and the other parties to this
Agreement and the Note Insurer of any Receivable for which the related Legal
File on such date does not include a Lien Certificate, and LBAC shall repurchase
any such Receivable as of the last day of the Collection Period in which
the
date, which is 150 days following the Closing Date (with respect to the Initial
Receivables) or the related Subsequent Transfer Date (with respect to the
Subsequent Receivables), as applicable, occurs, if the related Legal File
does
not include a Lien Certificate as of the close of business on such 150th
day. In
consideration of the purchase of such Receivable, LBAC shall remit the Purchase
Amount in the manner specified in Section 5.5. The Transferor shall have
no
obligation to repurchase any Receivable upon a breach pursuant to this Section
3.4. The Transferor shall have no liability for any action taken or omitted
to
be taken by LBAC pursuant to this Section 3.4.
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SECTION
3.5. Access
to Receivable Files; Servicer's Duties with Respect to Receivable
Files.
(a)
The
Servicer shall, upon reasonable notice, permit the Originator, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Transferor, the Issuer and the Note Insurer access
to the
Receivable Files at all reasonable times, upon reasonable notice and during
the
Servicer's normal business hours. In addition, the Servicer shall provide
such
access to any Noteholder or the Class C Certificateholder upon reasonable
notice
at all reasonable times during the Servicer's normal business hours in cases
where the Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder shall be required
by
applicable statutes or regulations to review such documentation; provided,
however,
that the
Servicer shall be entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel as to such
fact.
In each case, such access shall be afforded without charge but only upon
reasonable request. Each Noteholder shall be deemed to have agreed by its
acceptance of a Note to hold in confidence all Confidential Information in
accordance with the Federal Financial Privacy Law and, to the extent more
exacting, its then customary procedures; provided
that
nothing herein shall prevent any Noteholder from delivering copies of any
financial statements and other documents whether or not constituting
Confidential Information, and disclosing other information, whether or not
Confidential Information, to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents
and
professional consultants, (ii) any other institutional investor that holds
Notes, (iii) any prospective institutional investor transferee in connection
with the contemplated transfer of a Note or any part thereof or participation
therein who is subject to confidentiality arrangements at least substantially
similar hereto, (iv) any governmental authority, (v) the National Association
of
Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, (vi) any nationally
recognized rating agency in connection with the rating of the Notes by such
agency or (vii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may
be
necessary or appropriate (a) in compliance with any applicable law, rule,
regulation or order, (b) in response to any subpoena or other legal process,
(c)
in connection with any litigation to which such Noteholder is a party, (d)
in
order to enforce such Person's investment in any Note or (e) otherwise, in
accordance with the Federal Financial Privacy Law; provided,
that,
prior to any such disclosure, such Noteholder shall inform each such party that
receives Confidential Information of the foregoing requirements and shall
use
its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such party to comply with
such
requirements.
(b)
Upon
instruction from the Trust Collateral Agent, the Servicer shall release any
Receivable Files to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Trust Collateral Agent's
agent or the Trust Collateral Agent's designee, as the case may be, at such
place or places as the Trust Collateral Agent may designate, as soon as
practicable; provided,
however,
that
such Receivable Files may be, at the discretion of the Servicer, in the form
of
electronic files or reproduced copies of such electronic files. The Servicer
shall not be responsible for the safekeeping of such Receivable Files following
such release to the Trust Collateral Agent unless and until such Receivable
Files are returned to the Servicer.
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SECTION
3.6. Issuer’s
Certificate.
Within
five Business Days after each Payment Date on which Receivables shall be
assigned to LBAC or the Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement,
based on amounts deposited to the Collection Account, notices received pursuant
to this Agreement and the information contained in the Servicer's Certificate
for the related Collection Period, identifying the Receivables purchased
by LBAC
pursuant to Section 3.4 or purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section
4.7,
the Issuer shall execute an Issuer's Certificate (in the form of Exhibit
A-1 or
A-2, as applicable), and shall deliver such Issuer's Certificate, accompanied
by
a copy of the Servicer's Certificate for such Collection Period, to LBAC
or the
Servicer, as the case may be, with a copy to the Note Insurer and the Class
C
Certificateholder. The Issuer's Certificate submitted with respect to such
Payment Date shall operate, as of such Payment Date, as an assignment, without
recourse, representation or warranty, to LBAC or the Servicer, as the case
may
be, of all the Issuer's right, title, and interest in and to such repurchased
Receivable, and all security and documents relating thereto, such assignment
being an assignment outright and not for security.
ARTICLE
IV
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION
4.1. Duties
of the Servicer.
The
Servicer, as agent for the Issuer (to the extent provided herein), and in
such
capacity, shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the
Receivables with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention
customary and usual for institutions which service motor vehicle retail
installment contracts similar to the Receivables and, to the extent more
exacting, that the Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable automotive
receivables that it services for itself or others. The Servicer's duties
shall
include collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of
Obligors on such Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending payment
statements to Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors, accounting
for
collections, furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Back-up Servicer and the Note Insurer with
respect to payments and complying with the terms of the Lock-Box Agreement.
The
Servicer shall also administer and enforce all rights and responsibilities
of
the holders of the Receivables provided for in the Dealer Agreements to the
extent that such Dealer Agreements relate to the Receivables, the Financed
Vehicles or the Obligors. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
and
subject to the servicing standards set forth in this Agreement, the Servicer
is
authorized and empowered by the Trust Collateral Agent to execute and deliver,
on behalf of itself, the Issuer, the Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder
or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation,
or
partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments,
with
respect to such Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing such
Receivables and/or the certificates of title or other evidence of ownership
with
respect to such Financed Vehicles; provided,
however,
that
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not release an Obligor
from
payment of any unpaid amount under any Receivable or waive the right to collect
the unpaid balance of any Receivable from the Obligor, except (i) pursuant
to an
order from a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) in accordance with its
customary procedures or (iii) in accordance with Section 4.2. If the Servicer
shall commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the Issuer shall
thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned, solely for the purpose
of
collection, such Receivable to the Servicer. If in any enforcement suit or
legal
proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable
on
the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled
to
enforce such Receivable, the Trust Collateral Agent shall, at the Servicer's
expense and written direction, take steps to enforce such Receivable, including
bringing suit in its name or the name of the Noteholders or the Class C
Certificateholder. The Servicer shall prepare and furnish and the Trust
Collateral Agent shall execute, any powers of attorney and other documents
reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its
servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
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SECTION
4.2. Collection
and Allocation of Receivable Payments.
Consistent with the standards, policies and procedures required by this
Agreement, the Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments
called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when
the
same shall become due and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows
with respect to all comparable automotive receivables that it services for
itself or others; provided,
however,
that the
Servicer shall notify each Obligor prior to the Closing Date, in the case
of the
Initial Receivables, and prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date, in
the
case of the Subsequent Receivables, to make all payments with respect to
the
Receivables to the Lock-Box and shall make reasonable efforts to cause Obligors
to make all such payments to such Lock-Box. The Servicer will provide each
Obligor with a monthly statement in order to notify such Obligors to make
payments directly to the Lock-Box. The Servicer shall allocate collections
between principal and interest in accordance with the customary servicing
procedures it follows with respect to all comparable automotive receivables
that
it services for itself or others and in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Servicer, for so long as LBAC is the Servicer, may grant
extensions, rebates or adjustments on a Receivable in accordance with the
customary servicing procedures it follows with respect to all comparable
automotive receivables that it services for itself which shall not modify
the
original due date of the Scheduled Receivable Payments on any Receivable
other
than (a) in accordance with the Payment Deferment and Due Date Change Policies,
(b) in connection with a Deficient Liquidated Receivable, (c) with the prior
written consent of the Note Insurer, with respect to any other Liquidated
Receivable or (d) as otherwise required by applicable law. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the Servicer may, at its option,
repurchase up to 25 Receivables and shall remit the Purchase Amount, in the
manner specified in Section 5.5 hereof and any such repurchased Receivable
(an
"Optional Repurchase Receivable") shall not be deemed to be a Defaulted
Receivable or a Liquidated Receivable. The Servicer shall not modify the
Payment
Deferment and Due Date Change Policies without the prior written consent
of the
Note Insurer. The Servicer shall notify Xxxxx'x of any modification to the
Payment Deferment and Due Date Change Policies. If the Servicer is not LBAC,
the
Servicer may not make any extension on a Receivable without the prior written
consent of the Note Insurer. The Servicer may in its discretion waive any
late
payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course
of
servicing a Receivable if it would forgo collection of such amount in accordance
with its customary procedures. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Servicer (i) shall not agree to any alteration of the
interest rate on any Receivable or of the amount of any Scheduled Receivable
Payment on any Receivable, except (a) as otherwise required by applicable
law,
(b) with respect to a Deficient Liquidated Receivable and (c) with the prior
written consent of the Note Insurer, with respect to any other Liquidated
Receivable, and (ii) shall not agree to any modification that would result
in a
material adverse effect on a Receivable (other than a Deficient Liquidated
Receivable and, with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, any other
Liquidated Receivable) or the interest therein of the Issuer, the Noteholders,
the Class C Certificateholder or the Note Insurer other than a modification
in
accordance with the Payment Deferment and Due Date Change Policies.
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On
each
Business Day, the Servicer shall prepare and transmit to the Trust Collateral
Agent and the Back-up Servicer in a form acceptable to the Trust Collateral
Agent and the Back-up Servicer, a record setting forth the aggregate amount
of
collections on the Receivables processed by the Servicer on the second preceding
Business Day.
SECTION
4.3. Realization
upon Receivables.
(a)
On
behalf
of the Issuer, the Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder and the Note
Insurer, the Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with the servicing
procedures set forth herein, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership
of
the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer shall
have
determined eventual payment in full is unlikely. The Servicer shall commence
efforts to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of a Financed Vehicle
on
or prior to the date that an Obligor has not paid at least 95% of a Scheduled
Receivable Payment thereon for 120 consecutive days or more; provided,
however,
that the
Servicer may elect not to commence such efforts within such time period if
in
its good faith judgment it determines either that it would be impracticable
to
do so or that the proceeds ultimately recoverable with respect to such
Receivable would be increased by forbearance. The Servicer shall follow such
customary and usual practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or
advisable in its servicing of automotive receivables, consistent with the
standards of care set forth in Section 4.1, which may include reasonable
efforts
to realize upon any recourse to Dealers and selling the Financed Vehicle
at
public or private sale. The foregoing shall be subject to the provision that,
in
any case in which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Servicer
shall not expend funds in connection with the repair or the repossession
of such
Financed Vehicle unless it shall determine in its discretion that such repair
and/or repossession will increase the proceeds ultimately recoverable with
respect to such Receivable by an amount greater than the amount of such
expenses. All Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries received shall be remitted
directly by the Servicer to the Collection Account, without deposit into
any
intervening account as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the
second Business Day after receipt thereof.
(b)
The
Servicer agrees that within 45 days from the Closing Date or the related
Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable, it shall make such filings and effect
such notices as are necessary under Section 9-324(b) and 9-324 (c) of the
New
York UCC (or comparable section of the UCC of any applicable state) to preserve
the Trust’s interest (or security interest, as the case may be) in any
repossessed Financed Vehicles delivered for sale to Dealers.
(c)
Consistent
with the standards, policies and procedures required by this Agreement, the
Servicer may use its best efforts to locate a third party purchaser that
is not
affiliated with the Servicer, the Transferor or the Issuer to purchase from
the
Issuer any Receivable that has become more than 60 days delinquent, and shall
have the right to direct the Issuer to sell any such Receivable to the
third-party purchaser; provided,
that
the Note Insurer shall have the right of first refusal to purchase such
Receivables; provided further,
that no
more than 20% of the initial number of Initial Receivables and the Subsequent
Receivables in the pool may be sold by the Issuer pursuant to this Section
4.3(c) in the aggregate; provided further,
that
the Servicer may elect not to direct the Issuer to sell a Receivable that
has
become more than 60 days delinquent if in its good faith judgment the Servicer
determines that the proceeds ultimately recoverable with respect to such
Receivable would be increased by forbearance. In selecting Receivables to
be
sold to a third party purchaser pursuant to this Section 4.3(c), the Servicer
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to locate purchasers for the most
delinquent Receivables first. In any event, the Servicer shall not use any
procedure in selecting Receivables to be sold to third party purchasers which
is
materially adverse to the interest of the Noteholders, the Class C
Certificateholder or the Note Insurer. The Issuer shall sell each Sold
Receivable for the greatest market price possible; provided,
however,
that
aggregate Sale Amounts received by the Issuer for all Receivables sold to
a
single third-party purchaser on a single date must be at least equal to the
sum
of the Minimum Sale Prices for all such Receivables. The Servicer shall remit
or
cause the third-party purchaser to remit all sale proceeds from the sale
of
Receivables directly to the Collection Account without deposit into any
intervening account as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the
Business Day after receipt thereof.
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(d)
The
Servicer agrees that at any time after 45 days from the Closing Date there
will
be (a) no more than 25 repossessed Financed Vehicles in the aggregate delivered
for sale to any Dealer and (b) no more than 50 repossessed Financed Vehicles
in
the aggregate delivered for the sale to all Dealers with respect to which
the
actions referred to in paragraph (b) above have not been effected. The Servicer
agrees that prior to delivering additional Financed Vehicles for sale to
any
such Dealer, it shall make such filings and effect such notices as are necessary
under Section 9-324(b) and 9-324 (c) of the New York UCC (or comparable section
of the applicable UCC) to preserve the Trust’s ownership interest (or security
interest, as the case may be) in any such repossessed Financed
Vehicle.
SECTION
4.4. Physical
Damage Insurance; Other Insurance.
(a)
The
Servicer shall continue to maintain the VSI Policy or another collateral
protection insurance policy providing physical damage insurance coverage
to at
least the same extent as the VSI Policy with respect to all Financed Vehicles,
unless the Servicer shall have received the prior written consent of the
Note
Insurer allowing the Servicer to no longer maintain any of such policies.
The
Servicer, in accordance with the servicing procedures and standards set forth
herein, shall require that (i) each Obligor shall have obtained insurance
covering the Financed Vehicle, as of the date of the execution of the
Receivable, insuring against loss and damage due to fire, theft, transportation,
collision and other risks generally covered by comprehensive and collision
coverage and each Receivable requires the Obligor to maintain such physical
loss
and damage insurance naming LBAC and its successors and assigns as an additional
insured, (ii) each Receivable that finances the cost of premiums for credit
life
and credit accident and health insurance is covered by an insurance policy
or
certificate naming LBAC as policyholder (creditor) and (iii) as to each
Receivable that finances the cost of an extended service contract, the
respective Financed Vehicle which secures the Receivable is covered by an
extended service contract.
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(b)
To
the
extent applicable, the Servicer shall not take any action which would result
in
noncoverage under any of the insurance policies referred to in Section 4.4(a)
which, but for the actions of the Servicer, would have been covered thereunder.
The Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Collateral Agent, shall take such
reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any of the
foregoing insurance policies. Any amounts collected by the Servicer under
any of
the foregoing insurance policies shall be deposited in the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 5.2. In the event of the cancellation or non-renewal
of the
insurance referred to in Section 4.4(a)(i) above with respect to any Financed
Vehicle, the Servicer will endeavor, in accordance with its customary servicing
standards and procedures, to cause the related Obligor to obtain a replacement
insurance policy. In no event shall the Servicer be required to force place
insurance on a Financed Vehicle.
SECTION
4.5. Maintenance
of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles.
(a)
Consistent
with the policies and procedures required by this Agreement, the Servicer
shall
take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest
created in the name of LBAC by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle,
including, but not limited to, obtaining the execution by the Obligors and
the
recording, registering, filing, re-recording, re-registering and refiling
of all
security agreements, financing statements and continuation statements or
instruments as are necessary to maintain the security interest granted by
Obligors under the respective Receivables. The Trust Collateral Agent hereby
authorizes the Servicer to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect
or
continue the perfection of such security interest on behalf of the Issuer
in the
event of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other
reason.
(b)
Upon
the
occurrence of an Insurance Agreement Event of Default, the Note Insurer may
(so
long as a Note Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing)
instruct in writing the Trust Collateral Agent and the Servicer to take or
cause
to be taken, or, if a Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, either the
Trust Collateral Agent or the Trust Collateral Agent acting at the written
direction of the Majorityholders shall direct the Servicer to take and the
Servicer shall take or cause to be taken such action as may, in the opinion
of
counsel to the Note Insurer (or, if a Note Insurer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Trust Collateral Agent), which opinion shall not be
an
expense of the Note Insurer or the Trust Collateral Agent (as applicable),
be
necessary to perfect or reperfect the security interests in the Financed
Vehicles securing the Receivables in the name of the Trust Collateral Agent
on
behalf of the Issuer by amending the title documents of such Financed Vehicles
to reflect the security interest of the Trust Collateral Agent in the related
Financed Vehicles or by such other reasonable means as may, in the opinion
of
counsel to the Note Insurer or the Trust Collateral Agent (as applicable),
which
opinion shall not be an expense of the Note Insurer or the Trust Collateral
Agent, be necessary or prudent. The Servicer hereby agrees to pay all expenses
related to such perfection or reperfection and to take all action necessary
therefor. In addition, prior to the occurrence of an Insurance Agreement
Event
of Default, the Note Insurer may (unless a Note Insurer Default shall have
occurred and be continuing) instruct in writing the Trust Collateral Agent
and
the Servicer to take or cause to be taken such action as may, in the opinion
of
counsel to the Note Insurer, be necessary to perfect or reperfect the security
interest in the Financed Vehicles securing the Receivables in the name of
the
Trust Collateral Agent on behalf of the Issuer, including by amending the
title
documents of such Financed Vehicles to reflect the security interest of the
Trust Collateral Agent in the related Financed Vehicle or by such other
reasonable means as may, in the opinion of counsel to the Note Insurer, be
necessary or prudent; provided,
however,
that if
the Note Insurer requests that the title documents be amended prior to the
occurrence of an Insurance Agreement Event of Default, the out-of-pocket
expenses of the Servicer or the Trust Collateral Agent in connection with
such
action shall be reimbursed to the Servicer or the Trust Collateral Agent,
as
applicable, by the Note Insurer.
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In
addition to the foregoing, in the event any of the Servicer Termination Events
described in Section 9.1(iii) or (iv) shall have occurred, or in the event
LBAC
shall have been removed or replaced as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.3,
Section
8.5, or otherwise pursuant to Section 9.1, then LBAC and/or the Servicer
shall
immediately cause each Lien Certificate for a Financed Vehicle to be marked
to
reflect the security interest of the Trust Collateral Agent in the Financed
Vehicle at the expense of LBAC.
The
Servicer hereby makes, constitutes and appoints the Trust Collateral Agent
acting through its duly appointed officers or any of them, its true and lawful
attorney, for it and in its name and on its behalf, for the sole and exclusive
purpose of authorizing said attorney to execute and deliver as attorney-in-fact
or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments and to do or
accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to show the
Trust
Collateral Agent as lienholder or secured party on the related Lien Certificates
relating to a Financed Vehicle.
SECTION
4.6. Additional
Covenants of Servicer.
The
Servicer hereby makes the following covenants to the other parties hereto
and
the Note Insurer on which the Trust Collateral Agent shall rely in accepting
the
Receivables in trust and on which the Note Insurer shall rely in issuing
the
Policy: (i) the Servicer shall not release the Financed Vehicle securing
any
Receivable from the security interest granted by such Receivable in whole
or in
part except in the event of payment in full by the Obligor thereunder or
repossession or other liquidation of such Financed Vehicle, (ii) the Servicer
shall not impair the rights of the Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder,
the Issuer or the Note Insurer in such Receivables, (iii) the Servicer shall
not
modify a Receivable, except in accordance with Section 4.2, (iv) the Servicer
shall service the Receivables as required by the terms of this Agreement
and in
material compliance with its current servicing procedures for servicing of
all
its other comparable motor vehicle receivables and (v) the Servicer shall
not
modify any Receivable in accordance with the Payment Deferment and Due Date
Change Policies if, as a result of such modification, there would be negative
amortization of such Receivable.
SECTION
4.7. Purchase
of Receivables Upon Breach.
The
Servicer, the Transferor, the Issuer or the Trust Collateral Agent shall
inform
the other parties hereto and the Note Insurer promptly, in writing, upon
the
discovery by the Servicer, the Transferor, the Issuer or a Responsible Officer
of the Trust Collateral Agent or the Custodian, as the case may be, of any
breach of the provisions of Section 4.2 relating to modifications of the
Receivables, or any breach of Sections 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6; provided,
however,
that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of the Servicer
hereunder. Unless the breach shall have been cured by the last day of the
second
Collection Period following such discovery by or notice to the Servicer of
such
breach, the Servicer shall purchase any Receivable with respect to which
such
breach has a material adverse effect on such Receivable or the interest therein
of the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Note Insurer. In consideration of the
purchase of such Receivable, the Servicer shall remit the Purchase Amount
in the
manner specified in Section 5.5. The sole remedy of the Trust Collateral
Agent,
the Issuer, the Note Insurer, the Class C Certificateholder or the Noteholders
with respect to a breach of the provisions of Section 4.2 relating to
modifications of the Receivables or any breach of Sections 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6
shall
be to require the Servicer to repurchase Receivables pursuant to this Section
4.7; provided,
however,
that the
Servicer shall indemnify the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee,
the
Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer, the Custodian, the Transferor, the
Note
Insurer, the Issuer, the Class C Certificateholder and the Noteholders and
each
of their respective officers, employees, directors, agents and representatives
against all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, including
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, which may be asserted against or
incurred by any of them as a result of third party claims arising out of
the
events or facts giving rise to such breach. The Transferor shall have no
obligation to repurchase the Receivables upon a breach of the provisions
of
Section 4.2 relating to modifications of the Receivables, or any breach of
Sections 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6. The Transferor shall have no liability for actions
taken or omitted to be taken by the Servicer pursuant to this Section
4.7.
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SECTION
4.8. Servicing
Fee.
The
Servicing Fee for the initial Payment Date shall equal the product of (a)
one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the Original Pool Balance plus,
without duplication, the aggregate Principal Balance of any Subsequent
Receivables (as of the related Subsequent Cutoff Date) purchased prior to
the
first Payment Date multiplied by the number of days during the related
Collection Period that such Subsequent Receivables were owned by the Issuer
divided by 360. Thereafter, the Servicing Fee for a Payment Date shall equal
the
product of (i) one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate and (ii) the Pool Balance
as of the last day of the second preceding Collection Period plus, without
duplication, the aggregate Principal Balance of any Subsequent Receivables
purchased since the immediately preceding Payment Date multiplied by the
number
of days during the related Collection Period that such Subsequent Receivables
were owned by the Issuer divided by 360. The Servicing Fee shall in addition
include all late fees, deferment fees, prepayment charges including, in the
case
of a Precomputed Receivable that is prepaid in full, to the extent not required
by law to be remitted to the related Obligor, the difference between the
amounts
received upon prepayment in full of such Precomputed Receivable and the then
outstanding Principal Balance of such Precomputed Receivable and accrued
interest thereon (calculated pursuant to the Simple Interest Method) and
other
administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect
to
Receivables, collected (from whatever source) on the
Receivables.
SECTION
4.9. Servicer's
Certificate.
(a)
By
10:00
a.m., New York City time, on each Determination Date, the Servicer shall
deliver
to the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Back-up
Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Transferor, the Note Insurer, GCFP and
the
Rating Agencies, a Servicer's Certificate containing all information necessary
to make the payments pursuant to Section 5.6 (including, (i) if required,
the
amount of withdrawals from the Spread Account and the Supplemental Enhancement
Account and (ii) the remaining Pre-Funded Amount, if any), for the Collection
Period preceding the date of such Servicer's Certificate and all information
necessary for the Trust Collateral Agent to send statements to Noteholders,
the
Class C Certificateholder and the Note Insurer pursuant to Section 5.7.
Receivables to be purchased by the Servicer or to be purchased by LBAC shall
be
identified by the Servicer by account number with respect to such Receivable
(as
specified in the Schedule of Receivables).
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(b)
In
addition to the information required by Section 4.9(a), the Servicer shall
include in the copy of the Servicer's Certificate delivered to the Note Insurer
(i) the Average Delinquency Ratio, the Cumulative Default Rate, and the
Cumulative Loss Rate (as such terms are defined in the Spread Account
Agreement), (ii) whether any Trigger Event (as such term is defined in the
Spread Account Agreement) has occurred as of such Determination Date, (iii)
whether any Trigger Event that may have occurred as of a prior Determination
Date is Deemed Cured (as defined in the Spread Account Agreement) as of such
Determination Date, (iv) whether to the knowledge of the Servicer an Insurance
Agreement Event of Default has occurred, (v) the number and percentage of
Receivables modified in accordance with the Loss Mitigation Program and the
General Payment Deferment Policy as set forth on Exhibit D hereto and (vi)
the
Average Delinquency Ratio, the Cumulative Default Rate, and the Cumulative
Loss
Rate (as such terms are defined in the Spread Account Agreement), with respect
to such modified Receivables. The Servicer shall in addition give notice
of the
occurrence of any Trigger Event or any Insurance Agreement Event of Default
to
each Rating Agency.
SECTION
4.10. Annual
Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default.
(a)
To
the
extent required by Section 1123 of Regulation AB, the Servicer shall deliver
to
the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Back-up
Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Transferor and the Note Insurer, on or
before March 31 of each year beginning March 31, 2008, an Officer's Certificate,
dated as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year, stating that (i)
a
review of the activities of the Servicer during such preceding calendar year
and
of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer's
supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such
review, the Servicer has fulfilled in all material respects all its obligations
under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a failure
to
fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, identifying each such
failure known to such officer and the nature and status of such failure.
The
Trust Collateral Agent shall send a copy of such certificate to the Rating
Agencies.
(b)
The
Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture
Trustee, the Back-up Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Transferor, the
Note
Insurer and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge
thereof, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after having obtained
such knowledge, written notice in an Officer's Certificate of any event which
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer
Termination Event under Section 9.1.
(c)
The
Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, on or before March 31 of each year
beginning on March 31, 2008, a report regarding the Servicer's assessment
of
compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar
year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item
1122 of Regulation AB.
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SECTION
4.11. Annual
Independent Certified Public Accountant's Report.
(a)
The
Servicer shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent certified
public accountants, who may also render other services to the Servicer or
to the
Transferor, to deliver to the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture
Trustee, the Back-up Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Noteholders, the
Note
Insurer and each Rating Agency on or before March 31 of each year beginning
March 31, 2008, a report dated as of December 31 of the preceding calendar
year
and reviewing the Servicer's activities during such preceding calendar year,
addressed to the Board of Directors of the Servicer, providing such information
as is required under Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB.
(b)
The
Servicer shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent certified
public accountants, who may also render other services to the Servicer or
to the
Transferor, to deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer,
the
Collateral Agent, the Issuer, the Transferor and the Note Insurer, on or
before
March 31 of each year beginning March 31, 2008, a report dated as of December
31
of the preceding calendar year, to the effect that such firm has audited
the
consolidated financial statements of AmeriCredit and issued its report therefor
and that such audit (i) was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records
and
such other auditing procedures as such firm considered necessary in the
circumstances; (ii) included tests relating to automotive loans serviced
for
others in accordance with the Servicing Criteria; (iii) included an examination
of the delinquency and loss statistics relating to the Servicer's portfolio
of
automobile, van, sport utility vehicle and light duty truck installment sales
contracts; and (iv) except as described in the report, disclosed no exceptions
or errors in the records relating to automobile, van, sport utility vehicle
and
light duty truck loans serviced for others that, in the firm's opinion, the
Program requires such firm to report. The accountant's report shall further
state that (1) a review in accordance with agreed upon procedures was made
of
three randomly selected Servicer's Certificates; (2) except as disclosed
in the
report, no exceptions or errors in the Servicer's Certificates were found;
and
(3) the delinquency and loss information relating to the Receivables contained
in the Servicer's Certificates were found to be accurate.
The
report will also indicate that the firm is independent of the Servicer within
the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute
of
Certified Public Accountants.
The
Servicer shall file, or cause to be filed, the reports furnished pursuant
to
Section 4.10 and this Section 4.11 as exhibits to the Issuer's annual report
on
Form 10-K.
SECTION
4.12. Servicer
Expenses.
The
Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection
with
its activities under this Agreement (including taxes imposed on the Servicer,
expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with payments and reports
to
Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder, the Trust Collateral Agent
and
the Note Insurer and all other fees and expenses of the Issuer including
taxes
levied or assessed against the Issuer, and claims against the Issuer in respect
of indemnification not expressly stated under this agreement to be for the
account of the Issuer).
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SECTION
4.13. Retention
and Termination of Servicer.
The
Servicer hereby covenants and agrees to act as such under this Agreement
for an
initial term, commencing on the Closing Date and ending on June 30, 2007
which
term shall be extendible by the Note Insurer for successive quarterly terms
ending on each successive September 30, December 31, March 31 and June 30,
(or,
pursuant to revocable written standing instructions from time to time to
the
Servicer and the Trust Collateral Agent, for any specified number of terms
greater than one), until the termination of the Issuer. Each such notice
(including each notice pursuant to standing instructions, which shall be
deemed
delivered at the end of successive quarterly terms for so long as such
instructions are in effect) (a "Servicer Extension Notice") shall be delivered
by the Note Insurer to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Servicer. The Servicer
hereby agrees that, as of the date hereof and upon its receipt of any such
Servicer Extension Notice, the Servicer shall become bound, for the initial
term
beginning on the date hereof and for the duration of the term covered by
such
Servicer Extension Notice, to continue as the Servicer subject to and in
accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement. Until such time as
a
Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trust Collateral
Agent agrees that if as of the fifteenth day prior to the last day of any
term
of the Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent shall not have received any Servicer
Extension Notice from the Note Insurer, the Trust Collateral Agent will,
within
five days thereafter, give written notice of such non-receipt to the Note
Insurer, the Back-up Servicer (or any alternate successor servicer appointed
by
the Note Insurer pursuant to Section 8.5) and the Servicer and the Servicer's
terms shall not be extended unless a Servicer Extension Notice is received
on or
before the last day of such term. Following a Note Insurer Default, this
Section
4.13 shall no longer apply and the Servicer shall be deemed to be retained
for
the term of this Agreement, unless otherwise removed pursuant to Article
9.
SECTION
4.14. Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables.
The
Servicer shall provide to representatives of the Indenture Trustee, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer, the Transferor,
the Issuer and the Note Insurer reasonable access to documentation and computer
systems and information regarding the Receivables and shall provide such
access
to Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder, as the case may be, in such
cases where the Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder is required
by
applicable law or regulation to review such documentation. In each case,
such
access shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request
and
during normal business hours. Nothing in this Section 4.14 shall derogate
from
the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting
disclosure of information regarding the Obligors, and the failure of the
Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 4.14 as a result of
such
obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 4.14.
SECTION
4.15. Verification
of Servicer's Certificate.
(a)
On
or
before the fifth Business Day of each month, the Servicer will deliver to
the
Trust Collateral Agent and the Back-up Servicer a computer diskette (or other
electronic transmission) in a format acceptable to the Trust Collateral Agent
and the Back-up Servicer containing such information with respect to the
Receivables as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding
Collection Period as is necessary for preparation of the Servicer's Certificate.
The Back-up Servicer shall use such computer diskette (or other electronic
transmission) to verify the information specified in Section 4.15(b)(iii)
contained in the Servicer's Certificate delivered by the Servicer, and the
Back-up Servicer shall certify to the Note Insurer that it has verified the
Servicer's Certificate in accordance with this Section 4.15 and shall notify
the
Servicer, the Note Insurer and the Trust Collateral Agent of any discrepancies,
in each case, on or before the related Deficiency Claim Date. In the event
that
the Back-up Servicer reports any discrepancies, the Servicer and the Back-up
Servicer shall attempt to reconcile such discrepancies prior to the related
Deficiency Claim Date, but in the absence of a reconciliation, the Servicer's
Certificate shall control for the purpose of calculations and payments with
respect to the related Payment Date. In the event that the Back-up Servicer
and
the Servicer are unable to reconcile discrepancies with respect to a Servicer's
Certificate by the related Payment Date, (i) the Back-up Servicer will notify
the Note Insurer and the Trust Collateral Agent, and (ii) the Servicer shall
cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, at the Servicer's
expense, to audit the Servicer's Certificate and, prior to the fifth calendar
day of the following month, reconcile the discrepancies. The effect, if any,
of
such reconciliation shall be reflected in the Servicer's Certificate for
such
next succeeding Determination Date. In addition, the Servicer shall, if so
requested by the Note Insurer (unless a Note Insurer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing) deliver to the Back-up Servicer (i) within five (5) Business
Days of demand therefor a computer tape containing as of the close of business
on the date of demand all of the data maintained by the Servicer in computer
format in connection with servicing the Receivables and (ii) within fifteen
(15)
Business Days of demand therefor a copy of such other information as is
reasonably requested by the Note Insurer for the purpose of reconciling such
discrepancies. Other than the duties specifically set forth in this Agreement,
the Back-up Servicer shall have no obligations hereunder, including, without
limitation, to supervise, verify, monitor or administer the performance of
the
Servicer. The Back-up Servicer shall have no liability for any actions taken
or
omitted by the Servicer. The duties and obligations of the Back-up Servicer
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and
no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against
the
Back-up Servicer.
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(b)
The
Back-up Servicer shall review each Servicer's Certificate delivered pursuant
to
Section 4.15(a) and shall, based upon the information provided from the Servicer
under Section 4.15(a):
(i) confirm
that such Servicer's Certificate is complete on its face;
(ii) load
the
computer diskette (which shall be in a format acceptable to the Back-up
Servicer) received from the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.15(a) hereof,
confirm
that such computer diskette is in a readable form and calculate the Principal
Balance of each Receivable as of the preceding Payment Date (as set forth
in
such Servicer's Certificate) and the current principal payment for such
Receivable (as set forth in such Servicer's Certificate) and compare such
calculation to that set forth in the Servicer's Certificate (and give notice
of
any discrepancy to the Note Insurer); and
(iii) recalculate
the Available Funds, the Principal Payment Amount, the Pre-Funding Amount,
the
Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount, the Class A-2 Interest Payment Amount,
the
Class A-3 Interest Payment Amount, the Class A-4 Interest Payment Amount,
the
Class C Interest Payment Amount, the Class C Principal Deficiency Amount,
the
Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, the Class C Supplemental Interest
Payment Amount, if any, the Back-up Servicer Fee, the Servicing Fee, the
Indenture Trustee Fee, the Custodian Fee, the amount on deposit in the Spread
Account, the amount on deposit in the Supplemental Enhancement Account and
the
Premium in the Servicer's Certificate based solely on the balances and
calculations specifically set forth in the Servicer's Certificate, compare
such
calculations to those set forth in the Servicer's Certificate. To the extent
of
any discrepancy, the Back-up Servicer shall give notice thereof to the Note
Insurer. The Back-up Servicer's obligation shall be limited to the mathematical
recalculation of the amounts set forth in this Section 4.15(b)(iii) based
on the
Servicer's Certificate.
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SECTION
4.16. Fidelity
Bond.
The
Servicer shall maintain a fidelity bond in such form and amount as is customary
for entities acting as custodian of funds and documents in respect of consumer
contracts on behalf of institutional investors
SECTION
4.17. Delegation
of Duties.
The
Servicer may at any time delegate duties under this Agreement to any Affiliate
of AmeriCredit or to sub-contractors who are in the business of servicing
automotive receivables with the prior written consent of the Controlling
Party;
provided,
however,
that no
such delegation or sub-contracting of duties by the Servicer shall relieve
the
Servicer of its responsibility with respect to such duties. In the event
the
Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the servicer of the Receivables
(including by reason of a Servicer Termination Event), the Back-up Servicer,
its
designee or any successor Servicer shall assume all of the rights and
obligations of the predecessor Servicer under one or more subservicing
agreements that may have been entered into by the predecessor Servicer by
giving
notice of such assumption to the related subservicer or subservicers within
ten
(10) Business Days of the termination of the Servicer as servicer of the
Receivables; provided,
however,
that
the Back-up Servicer may elect to terminate a subservicing agreement with
the
prior written consent of the Note Insurer, so long as no Note Insurer Default
is
then continuing. If the Back-up Servicer does not elect to assume any
subservicing agreement, any and all costs of termination shall be at the
predecessor Servicer's expense. Upon the giving of such notice, the Back-up
Servicer, its designee or the successor Servicer shall be deemed to have
assumed
all of the predecessor Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the
predecessor Servicer as a party to the subservicing agreement to the same
extent
as if the subservicing agreement had been assigned to the assuming party
except
that the predecessor Servicer and the subservicer, if any, shall not thereby
be
relieved of any liability or obligations accrued up to the date of the
replacement of the Servicer under the subservicing agreement and the
subservicer, if any, shall not be relieved of any liability or obligation
to the
predecessor Servicer that survives the assignment or termination of the
subservicing agreement. The Back-up Servicer shall notify each Rating Agency
and
the Note Insurer if any subservicing agreement is assumed by the Back-up
Servicer, its designee or the successor Servicer. The predecessor Servicer
shall, upon request of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer or
any
successor Servicer, but at the expense of the predecessor Servicer, deliver
to
the assuming party all documents and records relating to the subservicing
agreement and the Receivables then being serviced and an accounting of amounts
collected and held by it and otherwise use its reasonable efforts to effect
the
orderly and efficient transfer of the subservicing agreement to the assuming
party.
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SECTION
4.18. Delivery
of Back-up Tapes of Back-up Servicer.
(a)
In
addition to the information to be delivered by the Servicer to the Back-up
Servicer on or before the fifth Business Day of each month pursuant to Section
4.15(a), the Servicer shall deliver to the Back-up Servicer, or its designated
agent, a computer diskette (or other electronic transmission), in a format
acceptable to the Back-up Servicer or its designated agent, as the case may
be,
with the loan master file and history information in the form attached hereto
as
Exhibit B-2 on or prior to the Closing Date in the case of the Initial
Receivables, and on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date in the
case
of Subsequent Receivables, which loan master file and history information
shall
be sufficiently detailed to enable the Back-up Servicer to maintain records
sufficient to assume the role of successor Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement.
(b)
In
addition to the information required to be delivered by the Servicer to the
Back-up Servicer or its designated agent on or before the fifth Business
Day of
each month pursuant to Section 4.15(a) and on or prior to the Closing Date
and
each Subsequent Transfer Date pursuant to Section 4.18(a), the Servicer shall
deliver the loan master file and history information to the Back-up Servicer
or
its designated agent on the Determination Date occurring in June 2007 (with
respect to the period from and including the Initial Cutoff Date to the last
day
of the related Collection Period) and on the Determination Date occurring
every
six months thereafter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 in writing
and
on a computer diskette (or other electronic transmission) in a format acceptable
to the Back-up Servicer or its designated agent, as the case may be, and
as at
such other times as may be requested by the Note Insurer or the Back-up Servicer
upon prior written notice to the Servicer, provided that the Back-up Servicer
shall deliver a copy of any such notice by the Back-up Servicer to the Note
Insurer simultaneously with its delivery of such notice to the
Servicer.
SECTION
4.19. Confidential
Information. The
Back-up Servicer, each subservicer and any successor Servicer shall hold
in
confidence all Confidential Information in accordance with the Federal Financial
Privacy Law and, to the extent more exacting, its then customary procedures,
and
each represents and warrants that it has in place, and will continue to
maintain, sufficient systems and procedures to do so; provided
that
nothing herein shall prevent the Back-up Servicer, any subservicer or any
successor Servicer from delivering copies of any financial statements and
other
documents whether or not constituting Confidential Information, and disclosing
other information, whether or not Confidential Information, to (i) its
directors, officers, employees, agents and professional consultants to the
extent necessary to carry on the Back-up Servicer’s, such subservicer’s or such
successor Servicer’s business, as applicable, in the ordinary course, (ii) any
Noteholder, Certificateholder or the Note Insurer to the extent that such
Noteholder, Certificateholder or the Note Insurer is entitled to such
information under this Agreement or any other Basic Document, but not otherwise,
(iii) any governmental authority which specifically requests (or as to which
applicable regulations require) such information, (iv) any nationally recognized
rating agency in connection with the rating of the Notes by such agency,
or (v)
any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or
appropriate (a) in compliance with any applicable law, rule, regulation or
order, (b) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (c) in connection
with any litigation to which the Back-up Servicer, such subservicer or such
successor Servicer, as applicable, is a party, (d) in order to enforce the
rights of the Noteholders, each Certificateholder and the Note Insurer hereunder
or under any other Basic Document, or (e) otherwise, in accordance with the
Federal Financial Privacy Law; provided,
that,
prior to any such disclosure, the Back-up Servicer, such subservicer or such
successor Servicer, as applicable, shall inform each such party (other than
any
Noteholder, Certificateholder, the Note Insurer or any other party to the
Basic
Documents) that receives Confidential Information of the foregoing requirements
and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such party
to
comply with such requirements.
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ARTICLE
V
ACCOUNTS;
PAYMENTS;
STATEMENTS
TO NOTEHOLDERS
SECTION
5.1. Accounts;
Lock-Box Account.
(a)
The
Servicer has established the Lock-Box Account as two Eligible Accounts, one
established with Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association entitled
"Long Beach Acceptance Corp., JPMorgan Chase, Agent Account--Auto Loan
Programs," account number 1457202900, and one established with JPMorgan Chase
entitled "Long Beach Acceptance Corp., JPMorgan Chase, Agent Account -- Auto
Loan Programs," account number 530097095; provided,
that
the
Servicer, with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, may from time
to
time (a) establish additional or substitute Lock-Box Accounts, each of which
shall be an Eligible Account, and (b) close or terminate the use of any of
the
aforementioned accounts or any subsequently established accounts, each of
which
accounts, at such time, shall no longer be deemed to be a Lock-Box Account;
provided,
further,
that
pursuant to the Lock-Box Agreement, the Lock-Box Processor and no other person,
save the Trust Collateral Agent or the Servicer, has authority to direct
disposition of funds related to the Receivables on deposit in the Lock-Box
Account consistent with the provisions of this Agreement and the Lock-Box
Agreement. The Trust Collateral Agent shall have no liability or responsibility
with respect to the Lock-Box Processor's or the Servicer's directions or
activities as set forth in the preceding sentence. The Lock-Box Account shall
be
established pursuant to and maintained in accordance with the Lock-Box Agreement
and shall be a demand deposit account into which Obligors will be directed
to
make payments due under Receivables and which shall at all times be an Eligible
Account, initially established and maintained with JPMorgan Chase or, at
the
request of the Note Insurer, an Eligible Account satisfying clause (i) of
the
definition thereof. The Servicer has established and shall maintain the Lock-Box
at a United States Post Office Branch. Notwithstanding the Lock-Box Agreement
or
any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Lock-Box and the
Lock-Box Agreement, the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the
Trust
Collateral Agent, the Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder for
servicing and administering the Receivables and the other Trust Assets in
accordance with provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such
obligation or liability by virtue thereof.
In
the
event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be acting as such, the
Lock-Box Agreement shall terminate in accordance with its terms with respect
to
the Receivables or, upon the occurrence and continuance of a Servicer
Termination Event, the Note Insurer may direct the Indenture Trustee in writing
to terminate the Lock-Box Agreement with respect to the Receivables, and,
in any
such case, funds on deposit in the Lock-Box Account shall be distributed
by
JPMorgan Chase, as agent for the beneficial owners of funds in the Lock-Box
Account at such time (including the Issuer), and JPMorgan Chase shall deposit
any such funds relating to the Receivables to such other account as shall
be
identified by the Back-up Servicer or successor Servicer for deposit therein;
provided,
however,
that the
outgoing Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations
on the part of the outgoing Servicer to the Lock-Box Bank under such Lock-Box
Agreement. The outgoing Servicer shall, upon request of the Trust Collateral
Agent, but at the expense of the outgoing Servicer, deliver to the successor
Servicer all documents and records relating to the Lock-Box Agreement and
an
accounting of amounts collected and held in the Lock-Box Account or held
by the
Lock-Box Processor in respect of the Receivables and otherwise use its best
efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of any Lock-Box Agreement
to the successor Servicer. In the event that the Lock-Box Account fails at
any
time to qualify as an Eligible Account, the Servicer, at its expense, shall
cause the Lock-Box Bank to deliver, at the direction of the Controlling Party
to
the Trust Collateral Agent or a successor Lock-Box Bank, all documents and
records relating to the Receivables and all amounts held (or thereafter
received) on deposit in the Lock Box Account or held by the Lock-Box Processor
in respect of the Receivables (together with an accounting of such amounts)
and
shall otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient
transfer of the lock-box arrangements, and the Servicer shall promptly notify
the Obligors to make payments to any new Lock-Box.
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(b)
In
addition to the Lock-Box Account, the Trust Collateral Agent shall establish,
with itself, (i) the Collection Account and the Note Account, in the name
of the
Issuer for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent,
the
Noteholders and the Insurer, the Pre-Funding Account in the name of the Issuer
for the benefit of the Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder and the
Note
Insurer, (ii) the Policy Payments Account in the name of the Issuer for the
benefit of the Noteholders and (iii) the Supplemental Enhancement Account
in the
name of the Issuer for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Class C
Certificateholder. The Collection Account, the Note Account, the Pre-Funding
Account, the Policy Payments Account and the Supplemental Enhancement Account,
shall be Eligible Accounts initially established with the Trust Collateral
Agent; provided,
however,
if any
of such accounts shall cease to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer, with
the
consent of the Note Insurer (so long as no Note Insurer Default has occurred
and
is continuing), within five (5) Business Days shall, cause such accounts
to be
moved to an institution so that such account meets the definition of Eligible
Account. The Servicer shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies and the
Transferor of any change in the location of any of the aforementioned
accounts.
All
amounts held in the Collection Account, the Supplemental Enhancement Account
and
the Pre-Funding Account shall be invested by the Trust Collateral Agent at
the
written direction of the Transferor (or, in the case of the Supplemental
Enhancement Account, at the direction of the Class C Certificateholder) in
Eligible Investments in the name of the Trust Collateral Agent on behalf
of the
Issuer and shall mature no later than one Business Day immediately preceding
the
Payment Date next succeeding the date of such investment, or if such investment
direction is given, such funds shall be retained uninvested. In no event
shall
the Trust Collateral Agent be liable for any insufficiency in the Collection
Account and the Supplemental Enhancement Account resulting from any investment
loss in any Eligible Account. Such written direction shall certify that any
such
investment is authorized by this Section. No investment may be sold prior
to its
maturity. Amounts in the Note Account and the Policy Payments Account shall
not
be invested. The amount of earnings on investments of funds in the Collection
Account during the Collection Period related to each Payment Date shall be
deposited into the Note Account on each Payment Date, and shall be available
for
payment pursuant to Section 5.6(c). The amount of earnings on investments
of
funds in the Supplemental Enhancement Account during the Collection Period
related to each Payment Date shall be paid to the Class C Certificateholder
as
the Supplemental Enhancement Account Investment Earnings Amount on each Payment
Date, pursuant to Section 5.6(c)(vii) hereof. For purposes of this paragraph,
the Trust Collateral Agent will take delivery of the Eligible Investments
in
accordance with Schedule C.
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SECTION
5.2. Collections.
The
Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Lock-Box Processor to
transfer any payments in respect of the Receivables from or on behalf of
Obligors received in the Lock-Box to the Lock-Box Account on the Business
Day on
which such payments are received, pursuant to the Lock-Box Agreement. Within
two
Business Days of receipt of such funds into the Lock-Box Account, the Servicer
shall cause the Lock-Box Bank to transfer available funds related to the
Receivables from the Lock-Box Account to the Collection Account, and if such
funds are not available funds, as soon thereafter as they clear (i.e., become
available for withdrawal from the Lock-Box Account). In addition, the Servicer
shall remit all payments by or on behalf of the Obligors received by the
Servicer with respect to the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables),
and
all Liquidation Proceeds no later than the second Business Day following
receipt
into the Lock-Box Account or the Collection Account.
SECTION
5.3. Application
of Collections.
All
collections for each Collection Period shall be applied by the Servicer as
follows:
With
respect to each Receivable (other than a Purchased Receivable), payments
actually received from or on behalf of the Obligor shall be applied hereunder,
first, to interest and principal in accordance with the Simple Interest Method
to the extent necessary to bring such Receivable current, second, in connection
with the redemption of a defaulted Receivable, to reimburse the Servicer
for
reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Servicer
in
connection with such Receivable, third, to late fees and fourth, to principal
in
accordance with the Simple Interest Method. Notwithstanding anything herein
to
the contrary, no amount applied as interest accrued on any Precomputed
Receivable for any single Collection Period will exceed 30 days' interest
accrued thereon assuming a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION
5.4. Intentionally
Omitted.
SECTION
5.5. Additional
Deposits.
The
following additional deposits shall be made in immediately available funds
on
the dates indicated: (i) on the Business Day immediately preceding each
Determination Date, the Servicer or LBAC, as the case may be, shall deposit
or
cause to be deposited in the Collection Account the aggregate Purchase Amount
with respect to Purchased Receivables, (ii) on the Business Day immediately
preceding each Determination Date, the Trust Collateral Agent shall deposit
in
the Collection Account all amounts to be paid under Section 11.1, (iii) on
the
Determination Date immediately succeeding the date on which the Funding Period
ends (or, if the Funding Period ends on or after the Determination Date
immediately preceding the Final Funding Period Payment Date, on the date
on
which the Funding Period ends), the Trust Collateral Agent shall transfer
the
remaining Pre-Funded Amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account to the
Note
Account pursuant to Section 5.13(c), (iv) on or before each Draw Date, the
Trust
Collateral Agent shall, pursuant to the Servicer's written instructions,
transfer to the Collection Account any amounts to be withdrawn from the
Supplemental Enhancement Account in accordance with Section 5.12 and (v)
on the
Closing Date, LBAC shall deposit or cause to be deposited to the Collection
Account the September Principal Collections Amount.
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SECTION
5.6. Payments;
Policy Claims.
(a)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent (based solely on the information set forth in the Servicer's
Certificate for the related Payment Date upon which the Trust Collateral
Agent
may conclusively rely) shall transfer, on each Payment Date, from the Collection
Account to the Note Account, in immediately available funds, an amount equal
to
the sum of (a) all funds that were deposited in the Collection Account, plus
(b)
earnings on investments of funds in the Collection Account pursuant to Section
5.1(b), for the related Collection Period;
(b)
Prior
to
each Payment Date, the Servicer shall on the related Determination Date
calculate the Available Funds, the Principal Payment Amount, the Class A-1
Payment Amount, the Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount, the Class A-2 Payment
Amount, the Class A-2 Interest Payment Amount, the Class A-3 Payment Amount,
the
Class A-3 Interest Payment Amount, the Class A-4 Payment Amount, the Class
A-4
Interest Payment Amount, the Class C Interest Payment Amount, the Class C
Principal Deficiency Amount, the Supplemental Enhancement Account Investment
Earnings Amount, the Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, the Class
C
Supplemental Interest Payment Amount, if any, the Monthly Dealer Participation
Fee Payment Amount, and, based on the Available Funds and the other amounts
available for payment on such Payment Date, determine the amount payable
to the
Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder and the Class R
Certificateholder.
(c)
On
each
Payment Date, the Trust Collateral Agent shall (x) distribute all amounts
delivered by the Note Insurer to the Trust Collateral Agent for deposit into
the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.9 for payment in the amounts and
priority as directed by the Note Insurer, and (y) (based on the information
contained in the Servicer's Certificate delivered on the related Determination
Date pursuant to Section 4.9 upon which the Trust Collateral Agent may
conclusively rely) subject to subsection (e) hereof, make the following
distributions from the Available Funds withdrawn from the Note Account and
from
the other sources described below in the following order of
priority:
(i) first,
to
LBAC, the Monthly Dealer Participation Fee Payment Amount and all unpaid
Monthly
Dealer Participation Fee Payment Amounts from prior Collection Periods and
second,
to the
Servicer, from the Available Funds (as such Available Funds have been reduced
by
payments made pursuant to subclause first of this clause (i)), the Servicing
Fee, the Supplemental Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees and
Supplemental Servicing Fees from prior Collection Periods and, if the Available
Funds are insufficient to pay such Servicing Fees and Supplemental Servicing
Fees from prior Collection Periods, the Servicer will receive such deficiency
from the Deficiency Claim Amount with respect to such Payment Date, if any,
in
the following order of priority, first, from amounts on deposit in the Spread
Account, to the extent received by the Trust Collateral Agent from the
Collateral Agent, and second, from amounts on deposit in the Supplemental
Enhancement Account, to the extent withdrawn by the Trust Collateral Agent
and
deposited into the Collection Account;
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(ii) to
the
Indenture Trustee, the Custodian and the Back-up Servicer from the Available
Funds (as such Available Funds have been reduced by payments made pursuant
to
clause (i) above), the Indenture Trustee Fee, the Custodian Fee and the Back-up
Servicer Fee, respectively, and all unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees, Custodian
Fees and Back-up Servicer Fees from prior Collection Periods and, if the
Available Funds are insufficient to pay such amounts, the Indenture Trustee,
the
Custodian and the Back-up Servicer will receive such deficiency from the
remaining portion of the Deficiency Claim Amount with respect to such Payment
Date, if any, in the following order of priority, first, from amounts on
deposit
in the Spread Account, to the extent received by the Trust Collateral Agent
from
the Collateral Agent, and second, from amounts on deposit in the Supplemental
Enhancement Account, to the extent withdrawn by the Trust Collateral Agent
and
deposited into the Collection Account, after application thereof pursuant
to
clause (i) above;
(iii) to
the
Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders
and
the Class A-4 Noteholders, pro rata
based on
the interest due on each such class of Notes, from the Available Funds (as
such
Available Funds have been reduced by payments made pursuant to clauses (i)
and
(ii) above), an amount equal to the Class A-1 Note Interest, the Class A-2
Note
Interest, the Class A-3 Note Interest and the Class A-4 Note Interest
(calculated (i) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes on each Payment Date,
on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed during such Accrual Period based
on a
360 day year, or with respect to the first Payment Date, 30 days and (ii)
with
respect to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
on
each Payment Date, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months, with respect to such Payment Date (plus (without duplication) interest
on any outstanding Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall, Class A-2 Interest
Carryover Shortfall, Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfall or Class A-4
Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, to the extent permitted by applicable
law,
at the Class A-1 Note Rate, the Class A-2 Note Rate, the Class A-3 Note Rate
or
the Class A-4 Note Rate, as applicable, for the related Accrual Period
(calculated (i) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes on each Payment Date,
on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed during such Accrual Period based
on a
360 day year (or, with respect to the first Payment Date, 30 days) and (ii)
with
respect to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
on
each Payment Date, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months and, if the Available Funds are insufficient to pay such amounts,
the
Class A Noteholders will receive such deficiency from the following sources
in
the following order of priority: (A) from the remaining portion of the
Deficiency Claim Amount with respect to such Payment Date, if any, in the
following order of priority, first, from amounts on deposit in the Spread
Account, to the extent received by the Trust Collateral Agent from the
Collateral Agent, and second, from amounts on deposit in the Supplemental
Enhancement Account, to the extent withdrawn by the Trust Collateral Agent
and
deposited into the Collection Account, after application thereof pursuant
to
clauses (i) and (ii) above and (B) from the Policy Claim Amount with respect
to
such Payment Date, if any, received by the Trust Collateral Agent from the
Note
Insurer;
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(iv) from
the
Available Funds (as such Available Funds have been reduced by payments made
pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) above) and, if such Payment Date is
the
Final Funding Period Payment Date, from the Mandatory Special Redemption,
if
any, first,
to the
Class A-1 Noteholders, until the Class A-1 Note Balance has been reduced
to
zero, an amount equal to the Principal Payment Amount with respect to such
Payment Date, second,
to the
Class A-2 Noteholders, after the Class A-1 Note Balance has been reduced
to
zero, an amount equal to the remaining Principal Payment Amount with respect
to
such Payment Date, if any, third,
to the
Class A-3 Noteholders, after the Class A-2 Note Balance has been reduced
to
zero, an amount equal to the remaining Principal Payment Amount with respect
to
such Payment Date, if any, and fourth,
to the
Class A-4 Noteholders, after the Class A-3 Note Balance has been reduced
to
zero, an amount equal to the remaining Principal Payment Amount with respect
to
such Payment Date, if any, and, if the Available Funds are insufficient to
pay
such amounts, the Class A Noteholders will receive such deficiency from the
following sources in the following order of priority: (A) from the remaining
portion of the Deficiency Claim Amount with respect to such Payment Date,
if
any, in the following order of priority, first, from amounts on deposit in
the
Spread Account, to the extent received by the Trust Collateral Agent from
the
Collateral Agent, and second, from amounts on deposit in the Supplemental
Enhancement Account, to the extent withdrawn by the Trust Collateral Agent
and
deposited into the Collection Account after application thereof pursuant
to
clauses (i) through (iii) above, plus, (B) the remaining portion of the Policy
Claim Amount with respect to such Payment Date, if any, after application
thereof pursuant to clause (iii) above;
(v) to
the
Note Insurer, from the Available Funds (as such Available Funds have been
reduced by payments made pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) above), an
amount
equal to the Reimbursement Obligations (other than any accrued and unpaid
Premium) and, if the Available Funds are insufficient to pay such Reimbursement
Obligations, the Note Insurer shall receive such deficiency from the remaining
portion of the Deficiency Claim Amount with respect to such Payment Date,
if
any, in the following order of priority, first, from amounts on deposit in
the
Spread Account to the extent received by the Trust Collateral Agent from
the
Collateral Agent, and second, from amounts on deposit in the Supplemental
Enhancement Account, to the extent withdrawn by the Trust Collateral Agent
and
deposited into the Collection Account, after application thereof pursuant
to
clauses (i) through (iv) above;
(vi) to
the
Note Insurer, from the Available Funds (as such Available Funds have been
reduced by payments made pursuant to clauses (i) through (v) above), any
accrued
and unpaid Premium and, if the Available Funds are insufficient the Note
Insurer
shall receive such deficiency from the remaining portion of the Deficiency
Claim
Amount with respect to such Payment Date, if any, in the following order
of
priority, first, from amounts on deposit in the Spread Account to the extent
received by the Trust Collateral Agent from the Collateral Agent, and second,
from amounts on deposit in the Supplemental Enhancement Account, to the extent
withdrawn by the Trust Collateral Agent and deposited into the Collection
Account, after application thereof pursuant to clauses (i) through (v)
above;
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(vii)
to the
Class C Certificateholder (a) from the Available Funds (as such Available
Funds
have been reduced by payments made pursuant to clauses (i) through (vi) above),
an amount equal to the Class C Interest Payment Amount and (b) from the
Supplemental Enhancement Account, the Supplemental Enhancement Account
Investment Earnings Amount;
(viii) to
the
Collateral Agent, for deposit in the Supplemental Enhancement Account, from
the
Available Funds (as such Available Funds have been reduced by payments made
pursuant to clauses (i) through (vii) above) reimbursement for any previous
unreimbursed withdrawals from such account (other than (x) Supplemental
Enhancement Account Investment Earnings Amounts distributed to the Class
C
Certificateholder pursuant to clause (vii) above on such Payment Date or
prior
Payment Dates and (y) Supplemental Enhancement Account Release Amounts
distributed to the Class C Certificateholder pursuant to clause (xi) below
on
prior Payment Dates);
(ix) first,
to the
Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Back-up Servicer and the
Custodian, as applicable, from the Available Funds (as such Available Funds
have
been reduced by payments made pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) above)
all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture
Trustee, the Back-up Servicer and the Custodian (including, but not limited
to,
reasonable counsel fees and expenses), including, without limitation, costs
and
expenses required to be paid by the Servicer to the Back-up Servicer under
Section 9.2(a), to the extent not paid by the Servicer, and all unpaid
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture
Trustee, the Back-up Servicer and the Custodian (including, but not limited
to,
reasonable counsel fees and expenses) from prior Collection Periods;
provided,
however,
that
unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, expenses
payable to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Back-up
Servicer and the Custodian pursuant to this subclause first
of
clause (ix) shall be limited to a combined aggregate amount of $50,000 per
annum, and second
to the
Back-up Servicer, from the Available Funds (as such Available Funds have
been
reduced by payments made pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) above and
subclause first
of this
clause (ix)), in the event that the Back-up Servicer shall have assumed the
obligations of Servicer pursuant to Section 9.2(a) and the Servicer fails
to pay
the Back-up Servicer for system conversion expenses as required by said section,
an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000 in payment of such system conversion
expenses;
(x) to
the
Collateral Agent, for deposit in the Spread Account, the remaining Available
Funds (as such Available Funds have been reduced by payments pursuant to
clauses
(i) through (ix) above), if any; and
(xi) to
the
Class C Certificateholder, from the Supplemental Enhancement Account
Release Amount, until the Class C Certificate Balance is reduced to zero
and
(without duplication) any Class C Principal Deficiency Amount has been paid
in
full.
(d)
In
addition, on each Payment Date, after giving effect to the payments specified in
clauses (i) through (x) of Section 5.6(c), the Trust Collateral Agent (based
on
the information contained in the Servicer's Certificate delivered on the
related
Determination Date pursuant to Section 4.9 upon which the Trust Collateral
Agent
may conclusively rely) shall make the following payments, from the Spread
Account Release Amount, if any, in the following order of priority:
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(i) first,
to the
Class A-1 Noteholders, until the Class A-1 Note Balance has been reduced
to
zero, second,
to the
Class A-2 Noteholders, after the Class A-1 Note Balance has been reduced
to
zero, third,
to the
Class A-3 Noteholders, after the Class A-2 Note Balance has been reduced
to
zero, and fourth,
to the
Class A-4 Noteholders, after the Class A-3 Note Balance has been reduced
to
zero, in reduction of the Class A-1 Note Balance, the Class A-2 Note Balance,
the Class A-3 Note Balance and the Class A-4 Note Balance, as applicable,
until
the Overcollateralization Amount is equal to the Required Overcollateralization
Target;
(ii) to
the
Class C Certificateholder, from the remaining Spread Account Release Amount
(as
such Spread Account Release Amount has been reduced by payments pursuant
to
clause (i) above), the Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall and any Class
C
Supplemental Interest;
(iii) if
the
Total Enhancement Amount exceeds the Required Total Enhancement Amount after
the
distributions pursuant to Sections 5.6(c)(i) through (xi) have been made
first,
to the Class C Certificateholder, from any remaining amounts, any amounts
due
and unpaid on the Class C Certificate, and second, to the Class R
Certificateholder.
(e)
Each
Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note, will be deemed to have consented
to
the provisions of Sections 5.6(c) and 5.6(d) relating to the priority of
payments, and will be further deemed to have acknowledged that no property
rights in any amount or the proceeds of any such amount shall vest in such
Noteholder until such amounts have been distributed to such Noteholder pursuant
to such provisions; provided,
that the
foregoing shall not restrict the right of any Noteholder, upon compliance
with
the provisions hereof from seeking to compel the performance of the provisions
hereof by the parties hereto. Each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note,
will be deemed to have further agreed that withdrawals of funds by the
Collateral Agent from the Spread Account for application hereunder, shall
be
made in accordance with the provisions of the Spread Account
Agreement.
In
furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Certificateholder
by
acceptance of its Certificate, specifically acknowledges that no amounts
shall
be received by it, nor shall it have any right to receive any amounts, unless
and until such amounts have been distributed pursuant to Sections 5.6(c),
5.6(d)
and 5.12 (in the case of the Class C Certificateholder) above for payment
to
such Certificateholder. Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of its
Certificate, further specifically acknowledges that it has no right to or
interest in any moneys at any time held in the Supplemental Enhancement Account
or the Spread Account prior to the release of such moneys as aforesaid, such
moneys being held in trust for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders and
the
Note Insurer as their interests may appear (other than any Supplemental
Enhancement Account Investment Earnings Amounts, which are being held in
trust
for the exclusive benefit of the Class C Certificateholder) prior to such
release.
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(f)
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that it is ever determined that any property
held in
the Spread Account constitutes a pledge of collateral, then the provisions
of
this Agreement and the Spread Account Agreement shall be considered to
constitute a security agreement and the Transferor and the Class R
Certificateholder hereby grant to the Collateral Agent and to the Trust
Collateral Agent, respectively, a first priority perfected security interest
in
such amounts, to be applied as set forth in Section 3.03(b) of the Spread
Account Agreement. In addition, the Class R Certificateholder, by acceptance
of
its Class R Certificate, hereby appoints the Transferor as its agent to pledge
a
first priority perfected security interest in the Spread Account, and any
property held therein from time to time to the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Trust Collateral Agent and the Note Insurer pursuant to the Spread
Account Agreement and agrees to execute and deliver such instruments of
conveyance, assignment, grant, confirmation, etc., as well as any financing
statements, in each case as the Note Insurer shall consider reasonably necessary
in order to perfect the Collateral Agent's Security Interest in the Collateral
(as such terms are defined in the Spread Account Agreement).
(g)
Subject
to Section 11.1 respecting the final payment upon retirement of each Note,
the
Servicer shall on each Payment Date instruct the Trust Collateral Agent in
writing to distribute to each Noteholder of record on the preceding Record
Date
either (i) by wire transfer, in immediately available funds to the account
of
such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor,
if
such Noteholder is the Clearing Agency or such Holder's Notes in the aggregate
evidence an original Note Balance of at least $1,000,000, and if such Noteholder
shall have provided to the Trust Collateral Agent appropriate instructions
prior
to the Record Date for such Payment Date, or (ii) by check mailed to such
Noteholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Note Register,
such
Holder's pro rata
share
(based on the outstanding Note Balance) of (i) the Principal Payment Amount
plus
(ii) the Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount, the Class A-2 Interest Payment
Amount, the Class A-3 Interest Payment Amount and the Class A-4 Interest
Payment
Amount, as applicable, to be paid to such Class of Notes in accordance with
the
Servicer's Certificate.
SECTION
5.7. Statements
to Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder; Tax Returns.
(a)
With
each
payment from the Note Account to the Noteholders and Class C Certificateholder
made on a Payment Date, the Servicer shall provide to the Note Insurer, the
Transferor, the Indenture Trustee, each Rating Agency and the Trust Collateral
Agent (the Trust Collateral Agent to make available to each Noteholder and
the
Class C Certificateholder of record on
its
website at xxx.XXXXxxx.xxx
or through such other means as the Trust Collateral Agent believes will make
the
distribution more convenient and/or accessible with the consent of the Note
Insurer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) and the Trust Collateral
Agent shall provide timely and adequate notification to all Noteholders and
the
Class C Certificateholder regarding any such changes)
the
Servicer's Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, setting
forth, at least the following information as to the Notes and the Class C
Certificate, to the extent applicable:
(i) the
amount of the payment allocable to principal of the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class
A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, respectively, and
in the
aggregate with respect to all classes of Notes;
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(ii) the
amount of the payment, if any, allocable from the Supplemental Enhancement
Account to principal of the Class C Certificate, including any Class C Principal
Deficiency Amounts;
(iii) the
amount of the payment allocable to interest on the Class A-1 Notes, the Class
A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, respectively, and
in the
aggregate with respect to each class of Notes;
(iv) the
amount of the payment allocable to interest and any Supplemental Enhancement
Account Investment Earnings Amounts on the Class C Certificate;
(v) the
number of Receivables, the weighted average APR of the Receivables, the weighted
average maturity of the Receivables, the Pool Balance, the Class A-1 Pool
Factor, the Class A-2 Pool Factor, the Class A-3 Pool Factor and the Class
A-4
Pool Factor, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding
Collection Period;
(vi) the
Class
A-1 Note Balance, the Class A-2 Note Balance, the Class A-3 Note Balance,
the
Class A-4 Note Balance, the Note Balance, the Class C Certificate Balance
and
the outstanding Class C Principal Deficiency Amount, if any, as of the close
of
business on the last day of the preceding Collection Period, after giving
effect
to payments allocated to principal reported under clause (i) or clause (ii)
above;
(vii) the
amount of the Monthly Dealer Participation Fee Payment
Amount
paid to
LBAC, the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer and the amount
of the
Back-up Servicer Fee paid to the Back-up Servicer with respect to the related
Collection Period, the amount of any unpaid Servicing Fees and any unpaid
Back-up Servicer Fees and the change in such amounts from the prior Payment
Date;
(viii) the
amount of the Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall, if applicable, the
Class
A-2 Interest Carryover Shortfall, if applicable, the Class A-3 Interest
Carryover Shortfall, if applicable, the Class A-4 Interest Carryover Shortfall,
if applicable, the Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall, if applicable, and
the
Class C Supplemental Interest Payment Amount, if applicable, on such Payment
Date and the change in such amounts from the prior Payment Date;
(ix) the
amount paid, if any, to the Class A Noteholders under the Policy for such
Payment Date;
(x) the
amount paid to the Note Insurer on such Payment Date in respect of Premium
and
Reimbursement Obligations;
(xi) the
amount in the Spread Account;
(xii) the
amount in the Supplemental Enhancement Account;
(xiii) the
number of Receivables and the aggregate outstanding principal amount scheduled
to be paid thereon, for which the related Obligors are delinquent in making
Scheduled Receivable Payments between 30 and 59 days, 60 and 89 days, 90
and 119
days and 120 days or more (in each case calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months), and the percentage of the aggregate
principal amount which such delinquencies represent;
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(xiv) the
number and the aggregate Purchase Amount of Receivables repurchased by the
Originator or purchased by the Servicer during the related Collection
Period;
(xv) the
cumulative number and amount of Liquidated Receivables (including the cumulative
number and amount of Sold Receivables), the cumulative amount of any Liquidation
Proceeds and Recoveries, since the Initial Cutoff Date to the last day of
the
related Collection Period, the number and amount of Liquidated Receivables
for
the related Collection Period and the amount of Recoveries in the related
Collection Period;
(xvi) the
Average Delinquency Ratio, the Cumulative Default Rate and the Cumulative
Loss
Rate (as such terms are defined in the Spread Account Agreement) for such
Payment Date;
(xvii) whether
any Trigger Event has occurred as of such Determination Date;
(xviii) whether
any Trigger Event that may have occurred as of a prior Determination Date
is
Deemed Cured (as such term is defined in the Spread Account Agreement) or
otherwise waived as of such Determination Date;
(xix) whether
an Insurance Agreement Event of Default has occurred;
(xx) the
number and amount of Cram Down Losses, the number and dollar amount of
repossessions, the aging of repossession inventory and the dollar amount
of
Recoveries;
(xxi) for
Payment Dates occurring prior to the end of the Funding Period and on the
Final
Funding Period Payment Date, the amount withdrawn from the Pre-Funding Account
to purchase Subsequent Receivables during the related Collection Period and
the
remaining Pre-Funded Amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account;
and
(xxii) for
the
Final Funding Period Payment Date, the amount of any Mandatory Special
Redemption distributed as a payment of principal to Noteholders on such Payment
Date.
Each
amount set forth pursuant to subclauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vii) and
(viii)
above shall be expressed in the aggregate and as a dollar amount per $1,000
of
original principal balance of a Note or Certificate, as applicable.
(b)
No
later
than January 31 of each calendar year, commencing January 31, 2008, the Servicer
shall send to the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent, and the
Trust Collateral Agent shall, provided it has received the necessary information
from the Servicer, promptly thereafter furnish to the Class C Certificateholder
and each Person who at any time during the preceding calendar year was a
Noteholder of record and received any payment thereon (a) a report (prepared
by
the Servicer) as to the aggregate of amounts reported pursuant to subclauses
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vii) and (viii) of Section 5.7(a) for such preceding
calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such person was
a
Noteholder or a Class C Certificateholder, and (b) such information as may
be
reasonably requested by the Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder
or as
may be required by the Code and regulations thereunder, to enable such Holder
to
prepare its federal and state income tax returns. The obligation of the Trust
Collateral Agent set forth in this paragraph shall be deemed to have been
satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be
provided by the Servicer pursuant to any requirements of the Code.
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(c)
The
Servicer, at its own expense, shall cause a firm of nationally recognized
accountants to prepare any tax returns required to be filed by the Issuer,
and
the Issuer shall execute and file such returns if requested to do so by the
Servicer. The Trust Collateral Agent, upon request, will furnish the Servicer
with all such information actually known to the Trust Collateral Agent as
may be
reasonably requested by the Servicer in connection with the preparation of
all
tax returns of the Issuer.
SECTION
5.8. Reliance
on Information from the Servicer.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, all
payments from any of the accounts described in this Article V and any transfer
of amounts between such accounts shall be made by the Trust Collateral Agent
based on the information provided to the Trust Collateral Agent by the Servicer
in writing, whether by way of a Servicer's Certificate or otherwise (upon
which
the Trust Collateral Agent may conclusively rely).
SECTION
5.9. Optional
Deposits by the Note Insurer.
The
Note Insurer shall at any time, and from time to time, with respect to a
Payment
Date, have the option to deliver amounts to the Trust Collateral Agent for
deposit into the Collection Account for any of the following purposes: (i)
to
provide funds in respect of the payment of fees or expenses of any provider
of
services to the Issuer with respect to such Payment Date, (ii) to distribute
as
a component of the Principal Payment Amount to the extent that the Note Balance
as of the Determination Date preceding such Payment Date exceeds the sum
of the
Pool Balance as of such Determination Date and the remaining Pre-Funded Amount
or (iii) to include such amount as part of the Payment Amount for such Payment
Date to the extent that without such amount a draw would be required to be
made
on the Policy.
SECTION
5.10. Spread
Account.
The
Transferor agrees, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, to execute and deliver the Spread Account Agreement and, pursuant
to
the terms thereof, to deposit the Initial Spread Account Deposit in the Spread
Account on the Closing Date. In addition, on each Subsequent Transfer Date,
pursuant to the terms of the Spread Account Agreement, the Transferor shall
deposit the related Subsequent Spread Account Deposit in the Spread Account.
Although the Transferor as Class R Certificateholder, has pledged the Spread
Account to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to the Spread Account Agreement,
the
Spread Account shall not under any circumstances be deemed to be a part of
or
otherwise includible in the Issuer or the Trust Assets.
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SECTION
5.11. Withdrawals
from Supplemental Enhancement Account and Spread Account.
(a)
In
the
event that the Servicer's Certificate with respect to any Determination Date
shall state that the amount of the Available Funds with respect to such
Determination Date are less than the sum of the amounts payable on the related
Payment Date pursuant to clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 5.6(c) (such
deficiency being a "Deficiency Claim Amount") then on the Deficiency Claim
Date
immediately preceding such Payment Date, the Trust Collateral Agent shall
deliver to the Collateral Agent, the Note Insurer, the Fiscal Agent (as such
term is defined in the Insurance Agreement), if any, the Servicer, by hand
delivery, telex or facsimile transmission, a written notice (a "Deficiency
Notice") specifying the Deficiency Claim Amount for such Payment Date. Such
Deficiency Notice shall (i) direct the Collateral Agent to remit such Deficiency
Claim Amount (to the extent of the funds available to be distributed pursuant
to
the Spread Account Agreement, to the Trust Collateral Agent for deposit in
the
Collection Account and (ii) if not sufficient, set forth the amount to be
withdrawn by the Trust Collateral Agent from the Supplemental Enhancement
Account pursuant to Section 5.12 hereof; provided,
that no
Deficiency Claim Amount shall be paid for any principal payable pursuant
to
clause (iv) of Section 5.6(c) unless the Overcollateralization Amount is
less
than zero or such Payment Date is a Final Scheduled Payment Date for any
class
of Class A Notes.
Any
Deficiency Notice shall be delivered by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the
related Deficiency Claim Date. The amounts distributed by the Collateral
Agent
to the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to a Deficiency Notice shall be deposited
by the Trust Collateral Agent into the Collection Account pursuant to Section
5.5 and 5.12.
SECTION
5.12. Supplemental
Enhancement Account.
In
order to enhance the amounts available to make required payments to the Class
A
Noteholders and to make principal payments to the holder of the Class C
Certificate, there shall be established and maintained with the Trust Collateral
Agent an Eligible Account entitled, "Supplemental Enhancement Account--Long
Beach Acceptance Auto Receivables Trust 2007-A", which will include the money
and other property deposited and held therein pursuant to Section 5.6(c)(viii),
and this Section 5.12.
(a)
On
the
Closing Date, the Transferor shall deposit the Supplemental Enhancement Account
Deposit into the Supplemental Enhancement Account.
(b)
The
amounts on deposit in the Supplemental Enhancement Account shall be available
for payment in accordance with and subject to Section 5.6(c) above and 5.12(c)
below. Upon termination of this Agreement and the payment of all amounts
due
under this Agreement to the Class A Noteholders, any remaining amounts in
the
Supplemental Enhancement Account will be distributed to the Class C
Certificateholder. Upon any such payment to the Class C Certificateholder,
the
Class A Noteholders shall not have any further rights in, or claims to, such
amounts.
(c)
If
on any
Payment Date (based on the Servicer's Certificate delivered on the related
Determination Date by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.9, upon which the
Trust
Collateral Agent may conclusively rely) the Available Funds, together with
amounts on deposit in the Spread Account, are insufficient to pay the full
amount described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 5.6(c), the Trust
Collateral Agent shall withdraw from the Supplemental Enhancement Account
an
amount equal to such insufficiency and deliver the amount so withdrawn to
the
Trust Collateral Agent for deposit in the Note Account for application in
respect of such insufficiency; provided,
that no
Deficiency Claim Amount shall be paid for any principal payable pursuant
to
clause (iv) of Section 5.6(c) unless the Overcollateralization Amount is
less
than zero or such Payment Date is a Final Scheduled Payment Date for any
class
of Class A Notes. On
any
Payment Date (after making all distributions pursuant to Section 5.6(c)(i)
through (x) on such Payment Date) on which the Total Enhancement Amount exceeds
the Required Total Enhancement Amount, the Trust Collateral Agent shall withdraw
the amount of such excess from the Supplemental Enhancement Account and
distribute such amount to the Class C Certificateholder.
SECTION
5.13. Pre-Funding
Account.
(a)
Pursuant
to Section 5.1(b), the Trust Collateral Agent shall establish and maintain
the
Pre-Funding Account as an Eligible Account in the name of the Trust for the
benefit of the Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder and the Note
Insurer.
(b)
On
the
Closing Date, the Transferor will deposit in the Pre-Funding Account an amount
equal to the Original Pre-Funded Amount from the proceeds of the sale of
the
Notes. On each Subsequent Transfer Date, the Servicer shall instruct the
Trust
Collateral Agent in writing to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account an amount
equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent Receivables (as
of
the related Subsequent Cutoff Date) conveyed to the Trust on such Subsequent
Transfer Date and pay such amount to or upon the order of the Transferor
upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the related
Transfer Agreement with respect to such transfer.
(c)
If
(i)
the Pre-Funded Amount has not been reduced to zero by the close of business
on
the last day of the Funding Period, after giving effect to any reductions
in the
Pre-Funded Amount on such last day of the Funding Period pursuant to Section
5.13(b), the Servicer shall instruct the Trust Collateral Agent in writing
to
withdraw such remaining portion of the Pre-Funded Amount from the Pre-Funding
Account and deposit it in the Note Account on the Final Funding Period Payment
Date to be applied as a partial redemption of the Notes, in addition to the
payment of principal and interest that otherwise would be payable with respect
to such Notes on such Payment Date, in accordance with Section
5.6(c)(iv).
SECTION
5.14. Securities
Accounts.
The
Trust Collateral Agent acknowledges that any account held by it hereunder
is a
"securities account" as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in
New York (the "New
York UCC"),
and
that it shall be acting as a "securities intermediary" of the Indenture Trustee
with respect to each such account held by it. The parties hereto agree that
the
Supplemental Enhancement Account shall be governed by the laws of the State
of
New York, and regardless of any provision in any other agreement, the
"securities intermediary's jurisdiction" (within the meaning of Section 8-110
of
the UCC) shall be the State of New York. The Trust Collateral Agent acknowledges
and agrees that (a) each item of property (whether investment property,
financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Supplemental
Enhancement Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning
of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the New York UCC and (b) if at any time the Trust
Collateral Agent shall receive any entitlement order from the Indenture Trustee
directing transfer or redemption of any financial asset relating to the
Supplemental Enhancement Account, the Trust Collateral Agent shall comply
with
such entitlement order without further consent by LBAC or any other
person.
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ARTICLE
VI
THE
POLICY
SECTION
6.1. Policy.
The
Originator agrees, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, to cause the Note Insurer to issue the Policy for the benefit
of the
Class A Noteholders in accordance with the terms thereof.
SECTION
6.2. Claims
Under Policy.
(a)
In
the
event that the Trust Collateral Agent has delivered a Deficiency Notice with
respect to any Determination Date, the Trust Collateral Agent shall determine
on
the related Draw Date whether the sum of (i) the amount of Available Funds
with
respect to such Determination Date (as stated in the Servicer's Certificate
with
respect to such Determination Date) plus (ii) the amount of the Deficiency
Claim
Amount, if any, available to be distributed pursuant to the Spread Account
Agreement by the Collateral Agent to the Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to a
Deficiency Notice delivered with respect to such Payment Date (as stated
in the
certificate delivered on the immediately preceding Deficiency Claim Date
by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 3.03(a) of the Spread Account Agreement)
plus (iii) the amount of the remaining Deficiency Claim Amount, if any,
available to be withdrawn from the Supplemental Enhancement Amount would
be
insufficient, after giving effect to the payments required by Section 5.6(c)(i)
and (ii), to pay the Scheduled Payments for the related Payment Date, then
in
such event the Trust Collateral Agent shall furnish to the Note Insurer no
later
than 12:00 noon New York City time on the related Draw Date a completed Notice
of Claim in the amount of the shortfall in amounts so available to pay the
Scheduled Payments with respect to such Payment Date (the amount of any such
shortfall being hereinafter referred to as the "Policy Claim Amount"). Amounts
paid by the Note Insurer under the Policy shall be deposited by the Trust
Collateral Agent into the Policy Payments Account and thereafter into the
Note
Account for payment to Class A Noteholders on the related Payment Date (or
promptly following payment on a later date as set forth in the
Policy).
(b)
Any
notice delivered by the Trust Collateral Agent to the Note Insurer pursuant
to
Section 6.2(a) shall specify the Policy Claim Amount claimed under the Policy
and shall constitute a "Notice of Claim" under the Policy. In accordance
with
the provisions of the Policy, the Note Insurer is required to pay to the
Trust
Collateral Agent the Policy Claim Amount properly claimed thereunder by 12:00
noon, New York City time, on the later of (i) the third Business Day (as
defined
in the Policy) following receipt on a Business Day (as defined in the Policy)
of
the Notice of Claim, and (ii) the applicable Payment Date. Any payment made
by
the Note Insurer under the Policy shall be applied solely to the payment
of the
Class A Notes, and for no other purpose.
(c)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall (i) receive as attorney-in-fact of each Class A
Noteholder any Policy Claim Amount from the Note Insurer and (ii) deposit
the
same in the Policy Payments Account for disbursement to the Noteholders as
set
forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 5.6(c). Any and all Policy Claim
Amounts disbursed by the Trust Collateral Agent from claims made under the
Policy shall not be considered payment by the Issuer or from the Spread Account
with respect to such Class A Notes, and shall not discharge the obligations
of
the Issuer with respect thereto. The Note Insurer shall, to the extent it
makes
any payment with respect to the Class A Notes, become subrogated to the rights
of the recipients of such payments to the extent of such payments. Subject
to
and conditioned upon any payment with respect to the Class A Notes by or
on
behalf of the Note Insurer, each Class A Noteholder shall be deemed, without
further action, to have directed the Trust Collateral Agent to assign to
the
Note Insurer all rights to the payment of interest or principal with respect
to
the Class A Notes which are then due for payment to the extent of all payments
made by the Note Insurer and the Note Insurer may exercise any option, vote,
right, power or the like with respect to the Class A Notes to the extent
that it
has made payment pursuant to the Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
order of priority of payments to be made pursuant to Section 5.6(c) shall
not be
modified by this clause (c). To evidence such subrogation, the Note Registrar
shall note the Note Insurer's rights as subrogee upon the register of Class
A
Noteholders upon receipt from the Note Insurer of proof of payment by the
Note
Insurer of any Scheduled Payment for that class.
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(d)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall be entitled, but not obligated, to enforce on behalf
of
the Class A Noteholders the obligations of the Note Insurer under the Policy.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Class A Noteholders
are not entitled to institute proceedings directly against the Note
Insurer.
SECTION
6.3. Preference
Claims; Direction of Proceedings.
(a)
In
the
event that the Trust Collateral Agent has received a certified copy of an
order
of the appropriate court that any Scheduled Payment paid on a Class A Note
has
been avoided in whole or in part as a preference payment under applicable
bankruptcy law, the Trust Collateral Agent shall so notify the Note Insurer,
shall comply with the provisions of the Policy to obtain payment by the Note
Insurer of such avoided payment, and shall, at the time it provides notice
to
the Note Insurer, comply with the provisions of the Policy to obtain payment
by
the Note Insurer, notify Holders of the Class A Notes by mail that, in the
event
that any Class A Noteholder's payment is so recoverable, such Class A Noteholder
will be entitled to payment pursuant to the terms of the Policy. Pursuant
to the
terms of the Policy, the Note Insurer will make such payment on behalf of
the
Class A Noteholder to the receiver, conservator, debtor-in-possession or
trustee
in bankruptcy named in the Order (as defined in the Policy) and not to the
Trust
Collateral Agent or any Class A Noteholder directly (unless a Class A Noteholder
has previously paid such payment to the receiver, conservator,
debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy, in which case the Note Insurer
will make such payment to the Trust Collateral Agent for payment, in accordance
with the instructions to be provided by the Note Insurer, to such Class A
Noteholder upon proof of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Note
Insurer).
(b)
Each
Notice of Claim shall provide that the Trust Collateral Agent, on its behalf
and
on behalf of the Class A Noteholders, thereby appoints the Note Insurer as
agent
and attorney-in-fact for the Trust Collateral Agent and each Class A Noteholder
in any legal proceeding with respect to the Class A Notes. The Trust Collateral
Agent shall promptly notify the Note Insurer of any proceeding or the
institution of any action (of which a Responsible Officer of the Trust
Collateral Agent has actual knowledge) seeking the avoidance as a preferential
transfer under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, rehabilitation
or similar law (a "Preference Claim") of any payment made with respect to
the
Class A Notes. Each Holder of Class A Notes, by its purchase of Class A Notes,
and the Trust Collateral Agent hereby agree that so long as a Note Insurer
Default shall not have occurred and be continuing, the Note Insurer may at
any
time during the continuation of any proceeding relating to a Preference Claim
direct all matters relating to such Preference Claim including, without
limitation, (i) the direction of any appeal of any order relating to any
Preference Claim and (ii) the posting of any surety, supersedeas or performance
bond pending any such appeal at the expense of the Note Insurer, but subject
to
reimbursement as provided in the Insurance Agreement. In addition, and without
limitation of the foregoing, as set forth in Section 6.2(c), the Note Insurer
shall be subrogated to, and each Class A Noteholder and the Trust Collateral
Agent hereby delegate and assign, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
the
rights of the Trust Collateral Agent and each Class A Noteholder in the conduct
of any proceeding with respect to a Preference Claim, including, without
limitation, all rights of any party to an adversary proceeding action with
respect to any court order issued in connection with any such Preference
Claim.
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SECTION
6.4. Surrender
of Policy.
The
Trust Collateral Agent shall surrender the Policy to the Note Insurer for
cancellation upon its expiration in accordance with the terms
thereof.
ARTICLE
VII
THE
TRANSFEROR
SECTION
7.1. Representations
of the Transferor.
The
Transferor makes the following representations on which the Note Insurer
shall
be deemed to have relied in executing and delivering the Policy, on which
the
Class C Certificateholder shall be deemed to have relied on in purchasing
the
Class C Certificate and on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in
acquiring the Receivables and on which the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee,
the Collateral Agent, Trust Collateral Agent and Back-up Servicer may rely.
The
representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and as
of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Receivables, and as of the
related Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of the Subsequent Receivables,
and
shall survive the conveyance of the Receivables to the Issuer and the subsequent
pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a)
Organization
and Good Standing.
The
Transferor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation
in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate
power
and authority to conduct its business as such business is presently conducted
and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and the
other Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(b)
Due
Qualification.
The
Transferor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good
standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all
jurisdictions required for the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party other than
where
the failure to obtain such license or approval or qualification would not
have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Transferor to perform such
obligations or on any Receivable or on the interest therein of the Issuer,
the
Noteholders or the Note Insurer.
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(c)
Power
and Authority.
The
Transferor has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and to carry
out
their respective terms; the Transferor has full corporate power and authority
to
sell and assign the property sold and assigned to and deposited with the
Issuer
and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Issuer by all necessary
corporate action; and the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement
and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized
by the Transferor by all necessary corporate action.
(d)
Valid
Sale; Binding Obligation.
This
Agreement effects a valid sale, transfer and assignment of the Initial
Receivables and the other property conveyed to the Issuer pursuant to Section
2.1, and upon execution of the related Transfer Agreement and satisfaction
of
the conditions set forth in Section 2.2(b) hereof and in such Transfer
Agreement, this Agreement, and the related Transfer Agreement will effect
a
valid sale, transfer and assignment of the related Subsequent Receivables
and
the other related property to be conveyed to the Issuer pursuant to Section
2.2
on the related Subsequent Transfer Date, in each case, enforceable against
creditors of and purchasers from the Transferor; and this Agreement and the
other Basic Documents to which the Transferor is a party shall constitute
legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Transferor enforceable in accordance
with
their respective terms except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of
creditors' rights generally and by equitable limitations on the availability
of
specific remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(e)
No
Violation.
The
execution, delivery and performance by the Transferor of this Agreement and
the
other Basic Documents to which the Transferor is a party and the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the fulfillment of the
terms hereof and thereof do not conflict with, result in any 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 by-laws of the
Transferor, or any material indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust,
or
other instrument to which the Transferor is a party or by which it is bound
or
any of its properties are subject; nor result in the creation or imposition
of
any material lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any
such
indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument (other
than
the Basic Documents and the Credit and Security Agreement); nor violate any
law,
order, rule, or regulation applicable to the Transferor of any court or of
any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Transferor or its
properties.
(f)
No
Proceedings.
There
are no proceedings or investigations pending, or to the Transferor's best
knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency,
or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Transferor
or
its properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the other
Basic Documents to which the Transferor is a party or the Notes or any
Certificates, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or any
Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this
Agreement or the other Basic Documents to which the Transferor is a party,
(C)
seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect
the performance by the Transferor of its obligations under, or the validity
or
enforceability of, this Agreement or the other Basic Documents to which the
Transferor is a party or the Notes or any Certificates, (D) relating to the
Transferor and which might adversely affect the federal or state income,
excise,
franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes or any Certificates or (E)
that
could have a material adverse effect on the Receivables.
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(g)
No
Consents.
No
consent, approval, authorization or order of or declaration or filing with
any
governmental authority is required to be obtained by the Transferor for the
issuance or sale of the Notes or the Certificates or the consummation of
the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents
to which the Transferor is a party, except such as have been duly made or
obtained or where the failure to obtain such consent, approval, authorization,
order or declaration, or to make such filing, would not have a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Transferor to perform its obligations under
the
Basic Documents to which it is a party and would not have a material adverse
effect on any Receivable or the interest therein of the Issuer, the Noteholders,
the Class C Certificateholder or the Note Insurer.
(h)
Chief
Executive Office.
The
Transferor hereby represents and warrants to the Trust Collateral Agent that
the
Transferor's principal place of business and chief executive office is, and
for
the four months preceding the date of this Agreement, has been, located at
Xxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000.
(i)
Transferor's
Intention.
The
Initial Receivables and other Transferred Property are being transferred,
and
the Subsequent Receivables and other Subsequent Transferred Property will
be
transferred, with the intention of removing them from the Transferor's estate
pursuant to Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bankruptcy Code, as the same
may be
amended from time to time.
SECTION
7.2. Liability
of the Transferor.
The
Transferor shall be liable only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Transferor under this Agreement and the representations
made
by the Transferor in this Agreement.
SECTION
7.3. Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Transferor.
Any
Person (a) into which the Transferor may be merged or consolidated, (b) which
may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Transferor shall
be a
party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Transferor
substantially as a whole, which person in any of the foregoing cases executes
an
agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Transferor under
this
Agreement, shall be the successor to the Transferor hereunder without the
execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties
to
this Agreement; provided,
however,
as a
condition to the consummation of any of the transactions referred to in clauses
(a), (b) or (c) above, (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
(x) no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 7.1 would have
been
breached (for purposes hereof, such representations and warranties shall
speak
as of the date of the consummation of such transaction) and (y) no event
that,
after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Termination
Event shall have happened and be continuing, (ii) the Transferor shall have
delivered to the Note Insurer, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral
Agent
and the Issuer an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating
that such consolidation, merger, or succession and such agreement or assumption
comply with this Section 7.3 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with,
(iii) the Transferor shall have delivered to the Note Insurer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Issuer an Opinion of Counsel
either
(A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements
and
continuation statements and amendments thereto have been filed that are
necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer in the
Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that,
in
the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve
and
protect such interest, (iv) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no Insurance Agreement Event of Default and no event that, after notice or
lapse
of time, or both, would become an Insurance Agreement Event of Default shall
have happened and be continuing, (v) the organizational documents of the
Person
surviving or resulting from such transaction shall contain provisions similar
to
those of the Transferor's certificate of incorporation in respect of the
issuance of debt, independent directors and bankruptcy remoteness and (vi)
the
Transferor shall have received confirmation from each Rating Agency that
the
then current rating of the Notes will not be downgraded as a result of such
merger, consolidation or succession. A copy of such confirmation shall be
provided to the Trust Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the
contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance
with clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above shall be conditions to the
consummation of the transactions referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c)
above.
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SECTION
7.4. Limitation
on Liability of the Transferor and Others.
The
Transferor and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Transferor
may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any
kind,
prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any
matters
arising hereunder. The Transferor shall not be under any obligation to appear
in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to
its
obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it
in any
expense or liability.
SECTION
7.5. Transferor
May Own Notes.
The
Transferor and any Person controlling, controlled by, or under common control
with the Transferor may in its individual or any other capacity become the
owner
or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not
the
Transferor or an affiliate thereof, except as otherwise provided in the
definition of "Noteholder" set forth in Annex A hereto and as specified in
Section 1.4. Notes so owned by or pledged to the Transferor or such controlling
or commonly controlled Person shall have an equal and proportionate benefit
under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority, or
distinction as among all of the Notes except as otherwise provided herein
or by
the definition of Noteholder.
ARTICLE
VIII
THE
SERVICER
SECTION
8.1. Representations
of Servicer.
The
Servicer, in its capacity as Servicer and Custodian (each reference to
“Servicer” in this Section 8.1 includes the Servicer in its capacity as
Custodian) makes the following representations on which the Note Insurer
shall
be deemed to have relied in executing and delivering the Policy and on which
the
Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables and on which
the
Indenture Trustee is deemed to have relied on in accepting the pledge of
the
Receivables. The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of
this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Receivables,
and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of the Subsequent
Receivables, and shall survive the conveyance of the Receivables to the Issuer
and the subsequent pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture.
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(i) Organization
and Good Standing.
The
Servicer is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power
and
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties
shall be currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had
at
all relevant times, and has, the corporate power, authority, and legal right
to
acquire, own, sell and service the Receivables and to hold the Receivable
Files
as custodian.
(ii) Due
Qualification.
The
Servicer 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 (including the servicing of the Receivables as required by this
Agreement and the performance of its other obligations under this Agreement
and
the other Basic Documents to which it is a party) shall require such
qualifications.
(iii) Power
and Authority.
The
Servicer has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and
the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and to carry out their
respective terms; and the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement
and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized
by the Servicer by all necessary corporate action.
(iv) Binding
Obligation.
This
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party constitute
legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of
creditors' rights generally and by equitable limitations on the availability
of
specific remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) No
Violation.
The
execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of this Agreement and
the
other Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party and the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the fulfillment of the
terms hereof and thereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any
of
the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of
time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the
Servicer, or any material indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust,
or
other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it is bound
or any
of its properties are subject; or result in the creation or imposition of
any
material lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any indenture,
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument (other than this
Agreement); or violate any law, order, rule, or regulation applicable to
the
Servicer of any court or of any Federal or State regulatory body, administrative
agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Servicer or its properties.
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(vi) No
Proceedings.
There
are no proceedings or investigations pending, or to the Servicer's best
knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency,
or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer
or
its properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the other
Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party, the Notes or any Certificates,
(B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or any Certificates or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
Notes, any Certificates, or the other Basic Documents to which the Servicer
is a
party, (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under,
or
the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Notes, any Certificates
or the other Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party, (D) relating
to
the Servicer and which might adversely affect the Federal or State income,
excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes or any Certificates
or
(E) that could have a material adverse effect on the Receivables.
(vii) No
Consents.
No
consent, approval, authorization or order of or declaration or filing with
any
governmental authority is required to be obtained by the Servicer for the
issuance or sale of the Notes or the Certificates or the consummation of
the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents
to which the Servicer is a party, except such as have been duly made or
obtained.
(viii) Taxes.
The
Servicer has filed on a timely basis all tax returns required to be filed
by it
and paid all taxes, to the extent that such taxes have become due.
(ix) Chief
Executive Office.
The
Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Trust Collateral Agent that
the
Servicer's principal place of business and chief executive office is, and
for
the four months preceding the date of this Agreement, has been, located at
Xxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000.
SECTION
8.2. Indemnities
of Servicer.
(a)
The
Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the
obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement
and the
representations made by the Servicer herein.
(i) The
Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee,
the
Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up
Servicer, the Custodian, the Issuer, each Certificateholder, the Note Insurer,
the Noteholders and the Transferor, and their respective officers, directors,
agents and employees from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses,
damages, claims, and liabilities, arising out of or resulting from the use,
ownership or operation by the Servicer or any affiliate thereof of a Financed
Vehicle.
(ii) The
Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee,
the
Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up
Servicer, the Custodian, the Issuer, the Note Insurer and the Transferor,
and
their respective officers, directors, agents and employees from and against
any
taxes (other than net income, gross receipts, franchise or other similar
taxes)
that may at any time be asserted against the Indenture Trustee, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer,
the Custodian, the Issuer, the Note Insurer or the Transferor, with respect
to
the transactions contemplated herein, including, without limitation, any
sales,
general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege, or license taxes
and
costs and expenses in defending against the same.
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(iii) The
Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee,
the
Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up
Servicer, the Transferor, the Note Insurer, the Issuer, each Certificateholder
and the Noteholders, and their respective officers, directors, agents and
employees from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages
and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage
or
liability arose out of, or was imposed upon the Indenture Trustee, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer,
the Custodian, the Issuer, the Transferor, the Note Insurer or the Noteholders,
and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees through the
negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance
of its duties under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it
is a
party or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under
this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party.
(iv) The
Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee,
the
Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up
Servicer, the Transferor, the Issuer, the Custodian, the Note Insurer and
their
respective officers, directors, agents and employees from and against all
costs,
expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred
in
connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties contained
herein or in any other Basic Document to which it is a party, if any, except
to
the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability: (a)
shall
be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence of the Indenture
Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent,
the Back-up Servicer, the Transferor, the Issuer, the Custodian or the Note
Insurer, as applicable; (b) relates to any tax other than the taxes with
respect
to which the Servicer shall be required to indemnify the Indenture Trustee,
the
Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up
Servicer, the Transferor, the Issuer, the Custodian or the Note Insurer;
or (c)
shall arise from the Trust Collateral Agent's breach of any of its
representations or warranties set forth in Section 10.12.
(v) The
Servicer shall indemnify the Owner Trustee and WTC (as defined in the Trust
Agreement) and its officers, directors, successors, assigns, agents and servants
(collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against, any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions and suits,
and
any and all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable
legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively,
"Expenses") which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted
against the Owner Trustee, WTC or any Indemnified Party in any way relating
to
or arising out of this Agreement, the Basic Documents, the Owner Trust Estate
(as defined in the Trust Agreement), the administration of the Owner Trust
Estate or the action or inaction of the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement,
except only that the Servicer shall not be liable for or required to indemnify
the Owner Trustee from and against Expenses arising or resulting from any
of the
matters described in the third sentence of Section 6.1 of the Trust Agreement.
The indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or
termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of the Trust Agreement.
In
any event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be
sought
pursuant to this Section, the Owner Trustee's choice of legal counsel shall
be
subject to the approval of the Transferor which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(vi) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be obligated to defend, indemnify,
and
hold harmless any Noteholder for any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
incurred by any Noteholders arising out of claims, complaints, actions and
allegations relating to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
as a
result of the purchase or holding of a Note by such Noteholder with the assets
of a plan subject to such provisions of ERISA or the Code or the servicing,
management and operation of the Issuer.
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(b)
For
purposes of this Section, in the event of the termination of the rights and
obligations of a Servicer (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 8.3)
as
Servicer pursuant to Section 9.1, or a resignation by such Servicer pursuant
to
this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer pending
appointment of a successor Servicer pursuant to Section 9.2. The provisions
of
this Section 8.2(b) shall in no way affect the survival pursuant to Section
8.2(c) of the indemnification by the outgoing Servicer provided by Section
8.2(a).
(c)
Indemnification
under this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
any
resignation or removal of LBAC as Servicer and shall include reasonable fees
and
expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall have
made
any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 8.2 and the recipient thereafter
collects any of such amounts from others, the recipient shall promptly repay
such amounts to the Servicer, without interest.
(d)
In
no
event shall the Servicer be liable under this Agreement to any Person for
the
acts or omissions of any successor Servicer, nor shall any successor Servicer
be
liable under this Agreement to any Person for any acts or omissions of a
predecessor Servicer.
SECTION
8.3. Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer or Back-up
Servicer.
(a)
The
Servicer shall not merge or consolidate with any other Person, convey, transfer
or lease substantially all its assets as an entirety to another Person, or
permit any other Person to become the successor to the Servicer's business
unless, after the merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer, lease or
succession, the successor or surviving entity shall be an Eligible Servicer
and
shall be capable of fulfilling the duties of the Servicer contained in this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party.
Any
Person (a) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, (b) which
may
result from any merger or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a
party,
(c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Servicer substantially
as a whole or (d) or succeeding to the business of the Servicer shall execute
an
agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer hereunder,
and whether or not such assumption agreement is executed, shall be the successor
to the Servicer under this Agreement without further act on the part of any
of
the parties to this Agreement; provided,
however,
that
nothing contained herein shall be deemed to release the Servicer from any
obligation hereunder; provided,
further, however,
that (i)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or
warranty made pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof or made by the Servicer in the
Purchase Agreement shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such
representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation
of
such transaction), no Servicer Termination Event or Insurance Agreement Event
of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become a Servicer Termination Event or Insurance Agreement Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Servicer shall have delivered
to
the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Note Insurer an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the
Note
Insurer each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such
agreement of assumption comply with this Section 8.3 and that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have
been
complied with, (iii) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee,
the Trust Collateral Agent and the Note Insurer an Opinion of Counsel either
(A)
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and
continuation statements and amendments thereto have been filed that are
necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer in the
Receivables and reciting the details of such filings or (B) stating that,
in the
opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and
protect such interest and (iv) nothing herein shall be deemed to release
the
Servicer from any obligation. The Servicer shall provide written notice of
any
merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 8.3(a) to the
Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Issuer, the Back-up Servicer,
the Collateral Agent, the Note Insurer, the Noteholders and each Rating Agency.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing
agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above
shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in
clause (a), (b) or (c) above.
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(b)
Any
Person (a) into which the Back-up Servicer may be merged or consolidated,
(b)
which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Back-up Servicer
shall be a party, (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the
Back-up Servicer substantially as a whole or (d) succeeding to the business
of
the Back-up Servicer, shall execute an agreement of assumption to perform
every
obligation of the Back-up Servicer hereunder, and whether or not such assumption
agreement is executed, shall be the successor to the Back-up Servicer under
this
Agreement without further act on the part of any of the parties to this
Agreement; provided,
however,
that
nothing herein shall be deemed to release the Back-up Servicer from any
obligation.
SECTION
8.4. Limitation
on Liability of Servicer and Others.
(a)
Neither
the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents
of the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Indenture Trustee, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer,
the Custodian, the Issuer, the Note Insurer, the Transferor or the Noteholders,
except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement; provided,
however,
that
this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such person against
any
liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of a breach of this
Agreement or willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the performance
of
duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under
this
Agreement. The Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent
of the
Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly
executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under
this
Agreement.
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(b)
Except
as
provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any obligation
to
appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental
to
its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement,
and
that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
SECTION
8.5. Servicer
and Back-up Servicer Not to Resign.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 8.3, neither the Servicer nor the Back-up Servicer
may resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer
or
Back-up Servicer, as the case may be, under this Agreement except upon
determination that by reason of a change in legal requirements the performance
of its duties under this Agreement would cause it to be in violation of such
legal requirements in a manner which would result in a material adverse effect
on the Servicer or Back-up Servicer, as the case may be, and the Note Insurer
does not elect to waive the obligations of the Servicer or Back-up Servicer,
as
the case may be, to perform the duties which render it legally unable to
act or
does not elect to delegate those duties to another Person. Notice of any
such
determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer or Back-up Servicer,
as
the case may be, shall be communicated to the Transferor, the Indenture Trustee,
the Trust Collateral Agent, the Issuer, the Note Insurer, and each Rating
Agency
at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing,
shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such
determination by the Servicer or Back-up Servicer, as the case may be, shall
be
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to and satisfactory
to the Transferor, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the
Issuer
and the Note Insurer concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No
such
resignation of the Servicer shall become effective until a successor servicer
shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of LBAC in accordance
with Section 9.2 and the Servicing Assumption Agreement, if applicable. No
such
resignation of the Back-up Servicer shall become effective until an entity
acceptable to the Note Insurer shall have assumed the responsibilities and
obligations of the Back-up Servicer; provided,
however,
that if
no such entity shall have assumed such responsibilities and obligations of
the
Back-up Servicer within 120 days of the resignation of the Back-up Servicer,
the
Back-up Servicer may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor to the Back-up Servicer.
ARTICLE
IX
SERVICER
TERMINATION EVENTS
SECTION
9.1. Servicer
Termination Events.
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If
any one of the following events ("Servicer
Termination Events") shall occur and be continuing:
(i) Any
failure by the Servicer or, for so long as LBAC is the Servicer, the Transferor,
to deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent for payment to Noteholders or
Certificateholders or deposit in the Spread Account or the Supplemental
Enhancement Account any proceeds or payment required to be so delivered under
the terms of the Notes, the Certificates, the Purchase Agreement, any Transfer
Agreement or this Agreement (including deposits of Purchase Amounts) that
shall
continue unremedied for a period of two Business Days after written notice
is
received by the Servicer from the Trust Collateral Agent or the Note Insurer
or
after discovery of such failure by the Servicer (but in no event later than
the
five Business Days after the Servicer is required to make such delivery or
deposit); or
(ii) The
Servicer's Certificate required by Section 4.9 shall not have been delivered
to
the Trust Collateral Agent and the Note Insurer within one Business Day of
the
date such Servicer's Certificate is required to be delivered; or the statement
required by Section 4.10 or the report required by Section 4.11 shall not
have
been delivered within five (5) days after the date such statement or report,
as
the case may be, is required to be delivered; or
(iii) Failure
on the part of the Servicer to observe its covenants and agreements set forth
in
Section 8.3 or, for so long as LBAC is the Servicer, failure on the part
of the
Transferor to observe its covenants and agreements set forth in Section 7.3;
or
(iv) Failure
on the part of LBAC, the Servicer or, for so long as LBAC is the Servicer,
the
Transferor, as the case may be, duly to observe or to perform in any material
respect any other covenants or agreements of LBAC, the Servicer or the
Transferor (as the case may be) set forth in the Notes, the Certificates,
the
Purchase Agreement, any Transfer Agreement or in this Agreement, which failure
shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been given (1) to LBAC, the Servicer or the Transferor (as the case may be),
by
the Note Insurer or the Trust Collateral Agent, or (2) to LBAC, the Servicer
or
the Transferor (as the case may be), and to the Trust Collateral Agent and
the
Note Insurer by the Class A Noteholders evidencing not less than 25% of the
Class A Note Balance, if a Note Insurer Event of Default has occurred and
is
continuing; or
(v) The
entry
of a decree or order for relief by a court or regulatory authority having
jurisdiction in respect of LBAC or the Servicer (or, so long as LBAC is the
Servicer, the Transferor, or any of the Servicer's other Affiliates, if the
Servicer's ability to service the Receivables is adversely affected thereby)
in
an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter
in
effect, or another present or future, federal or state, bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of LBAC, the Servicer (or
the
Transferor or any other Affiliate of LBAC, if applicable) or of any substantial
part of their respective properties or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of
the affairs of LBAC or the Servicer (or the Transferor or any other Affiliate
of
LBAC, if applicable) or the commencement of an involuntary case under the
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, as now or hereafter
in
effect, or another present or future, federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency
or
similar law with respect to LBAC or the Servicer (or the Transferor or any
other
Affiliate of LBAC, if applicable) and such case is not dismissed within 60
days;
or
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(vi) The
commencement by LBAC or the Servicer (or, so long as LBAC is the Servicer,
the
Transferor or any of the Servicer's other Affiliates, if the Servicer's ability
to service the Receivables is adversely affected thereby) of a voluntary
case
under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in effect, or any
other
present or future, federal or state, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law,
or
the consent by LBAC or the Servicer (or the Transferor or any other Affiliate
of
LBAC, if applicable) to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official
of LBAC or the Servicer (or the Transferor or any other Affiliate of LBAC,
if
applicable) or of any substantial part of its property or the making by LBAC
or
the Servicer (or the Transferor or any other Affiliate of LBAC, if applicable)
of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or the failure by LBAC or the
Servicer (or the Transferor or any other Affiliate of LBAC, if applicable)
generally to pay its debts as such debts become due or the taking of corporate
action by LBAC or the Servicer (or the Transferor or any other Affiliate
of
LBAC, if applicable) in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or
(vii) Any
representation, warranty or statement of LBAC or the Servicer or, for so
long as
LBAC is the Servicer, the Transferor, made in this Agreement and, with respect
to LBAC and the Transferor, the Purchase Agreement or any Transfer Agreement,
or
in each case any certificate, report or other writing delivered pursuant
hereto
shall prove to be incorrect as of the time when the same shall have been
made
(excluding, however, any representation or warranty set forth in Section
3.03(b)
of the Purchase Agreement or Section 4 of the related Transfer Agreement),
and
the incorrectness of such representation, warranty or statement has a material
adverse effect on the Issuer and, within 30 days after written notice thereof
shall have been given (1) to LBAC, the Servicer or the Transferor (as the
case
may be) by the Trust Collateral Agent or the Note Insurer or (2) to LBAC,
the
Servicer or the Transferor (as the case may be), and to the Trust Collateral
Agent and the Note Insurer by the Class A Noteholders evidencing not less
than
25% of the Class A Note Balance or the Class C Certificateholder, the
circumstances or condition in respect of which such representation, warranty
or
statement was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured;
or
(viii) The
occurrence of an Insurance Agreement Event of Default; or
(ix) A
claim
is made under the Policy; or
(x) So
long
as a Note Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing, the
Note
Insurer shall not have delivered a Servicer Extension Notice pursuant to
Section
4.13;
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then,
and
in each and every case, so long as a Servicer Termination Event shall not
have
been remedied; provided,
(i) no
Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Note Insurer
in
its sole and absolute discretion, or (ii) if a Note Insurer Default shall
have
occurred and be continuing, then either the Trust Collateral Agent or the
Trust
Collateral Agent acting at the written direction of the Majorityholders,
by
notice then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Trust Collateral
Agent
if given by the Note Insurer or by the Noteholders or the Class C
Certificateholder) or by the Note Insurer's failure to deliver a Servicer
Extension Notice pursuant to Section 4.13, may terminate all of the rights
and
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled
to its pro rata share of the Servicing Fee for the number of days in the
Collection Period prior to the effective date of its termination. On or after
the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power
of
the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes,
Certificates or the Receivables or otherwise, shall without further action,
pass
to and be vested in (i) the Back-up Servicer or (ii) such successor Servicer
as
may be appointed under Section 9.2; provided,
however,
that the
successor Servicer shall have no liability with respect to any obligation
which
was required to be performed by the predecessor Servicer prior to the date
the
successor Servicer becomes the Servicer or any claim of a third party (including
a Noteholder) based on any alleged action or inaction of the predecessor
Servicer as Servicer; and, without limitation, the Trust Collateral Agent
is
hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents
and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things
necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination,
whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related
documents, or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement
to
the contrary, Xxxxx Fargo as successor Servicer is authorized to accept and
rely
on all of the accounting, records (including computer records) and work of
the
prior Servicer relating to the Notes (collectively, the “Predecessor Servicer
Work Product”) without any audit or other examination thereof, and Xxxxx Fargo
shall have no duty, responsibility, obligation or liability for the acts
and
omissions of the prior Servicer. In the event that Xxxxx Fargo becomes aware
that any errors, inaccuracies, omissions or incorrect or non-standard practices
or procedures (collectively, “Errors”) exist in any Predecessor Servicer Work
Product and such Errors make it materially more difficult to service or could
reasonably cause or materially contribute to Xxxxx Fargo making or continuing
any Errors (collectively, “Continued Errors”), Xxxxx Fargo shall, with prior
notice to and consent of the Note Insurer, use its best efforts to reconstruct
and reconcile such data as are commercially reasonable to correct such Errors
and Continued Errors and to prevent future Continued Errors. Xxxxx Fargo
shall
be entitled to recover its costs thereby expended in accordance with Section
5.6(c)(ix) hereof. The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor
Servicer and the Trust Collateral Agent in effecting the termination of the
responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement,
including the transfer to the successor Servicer for administration by it
of all
cash amounts that shall at the time be held or should have been held by the
predecessor Servicer for deposit, or shall thereafter be received with respect
to a Receivable and the delivery to the successor Servicer of all files and
records concerning the Receivables and a computer tape in readable form
containing all information necessary to enable the successor Servicer to
service
the Receivables and the other property of the Issuer. All reasonable costs
and
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with transferring
the Receivable Files to the successor Servicer and amending this Agreement
to
reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall be
paid
by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation
of
such costs and expenses. In addition, any successor Servicer shall be entitled
to payment from the immediate predecessor Servicer for reasonable transition
expenses incurred in connection with acting as successor Servicer, and in
connection with system conversion costs, an aggregate amount not to exceed
for
such conversion costs of $100,000, and to the extent not so paid, such payment
shall be made pursuant to Section 5.6(c)(ix) hereof. Upon receipt of written
notice of the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, the Trust Collateral
Agent shall give notice thereof to the Rating Agencies, the Issuer and the
Transferor. The predecessor Servicer shall grant the Transferor, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer and the Note Insurer reasonable access
to
the predecessor Servicer's premises, computer files, personnel, records and
equipment at the predecessor Servicer's expense. If requested by the Note
Insurer, the Back-up Servicer or successor Servicer shall terminate any
arrangements relating to (i) the Lock-Box Account with the Lock-Box Bank,
(ii)
the Lock-Box or (iii) the Lock-Box Agreement, and direct the Obligors to
make
all payments under the Receivables directly to the Servicer at the predecessor
Servicer's expense (in which event the successor Servicer shall process such
payments directly, or, through a Lock-Box Account with a Lock-Box Bank at
the
direction of the Note Insurer). The Trust Collateral Agent shall send copies
of
all notices given pursuant to this Section 9.1 to the Note Insurer so long
as no
Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and to the
Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder if a Note Insurer Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
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(b) In
the
event that the Custodian is acting as Servicer and the Servicer is terminated
pursuant to this Section 9.1, the Custodian may also be terminated in accordance
with the terms of the Custodial Agreement.
SECTION
9.2. Appointment
of Successor.
(a)
Upon
the
Servicer's receipt of notice of termination pursuant to Section 9.1 or the
Servicer's resignation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the
predecessor Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as Servicer
under
this Agreement, in the case of termination, only until the date specified
in
such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in a notice of
termination, until receipt of such notice, and, in the case of resignation,
until the later of (x) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Trust
Collateral Agent of written notice of such resignation (or written confirmation
of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (y) the
date
upon which the predecessor Servicer shall become unable to act as Servicer,
as
specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel.
In
the event of termination of the Servicer, the Back-up Servicer, shall assume
the
obligations of Servicer hereunder on the date specified in such written notice
(the "Assumption Date") pursuant to the Servicing Assumption Agreement or,
in
the event that the Note Insurer shall have determined that a Person other
than
the Back-up Servicer shall be the successor Servicer in accordance with Section
9.2(c), on the date of the execution of a written assumption agreement by
such
Person to serve as successor Servicer. In the event of assumption of the
duties
of Servicer by the Back-up Servicer, the Back-up Servicer shall be entitled
to
be paid by the Servicer for the system conversion costs, an amount not to
exceed
$100,000. In the event that such amount shall not have been timely paid by
the
Servicer, such amount shall be paid under Section 5.6(c)(ix) hereof;
provided,
however,
the
payment of such amount pursuant to Section 5.6(c)(ix) shall not relieve the
Servicer of any obligation or liability to pay such amount. Notwithstanding
the
Back-up Servicer's assumption of, and its agreement to perform and observe,
all
duties, responsibilities and obligations of LBAC as Servicer under this
Agreement arising on and after the Assumption Date, the Back-up Servicer
shall
not be deemed to have assumed or to become liable for, or otherwise have
any
liability for, any duties, responsibilities, obligations or liabilities of
LBAC,
the Transferor or any predecessor Servicer arising on or before the Assumption
Date, whether provided for by the terms of this Agreement, arising by operation
of law or otherwise, including, without limitation, any liability for, any
duties, responsibilities, obligations or liabilities of LBAC, the Transferor
or
any predecessor Servicer arising on or before the Assumption Date under Sections
4.7 or 8.2 of this Agreement, regardless of when the liability, duty,
responsibility or obligation of LBAC, the Transferor or any predecessor Servicer
therefor arose, whether provided by the terms of this Agreement, arising
by
operation of law or otherwise. In addition, if the Back-up Servicer shall
be
legally unable to act as Servicer or shall have delivered a notice of
resignation pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof and a Note Insurer Default shall
have
occurred and be continuing, the Back-up Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent
or
the Class A Noteholders evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the Class A Note
Balance or the Class C Certificateholder may petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint any successor to the Servicer. Pending appointment
pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Back-up Servicer shall act as successor
Servicer unless it is legally unable to do so, in which event the predecessor
Servicer shall continue to act as Servicer until a successor has been appointed
and accepted such appointment. In the event that a successor Servicer has
not
been appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act
as
Servicer in accordance with this Section 9.2, then the Note Insurer, in
accordance with Section 9.2(c) shall appoint, or petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint a successor to the Servicer under this
Agreement.
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(b)
Upon
appointment, the successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects
to
the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities,
duties, and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the
predecessor Servicer, and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all
of the
rights granted to the predecessor Servicer, by the terms and provisions of
this
Agreement.
(c)
So
long
as no Note Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Note Insurer
may
exercise at any time its right to appoint as Back-up Servicer or as successor
Servicer a Person other than the Person serving as Back-up Servicer at the
time,
and shall have no liability to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Issuer, LBAC,
the
Transferor, the Person then serving as Back-up Servicer, any Noteholder or
any
other person if it does so. Subject to Section 8.5, no provision of this
Agreement shall be construed as relieving the Back-up Servicer of its obligation
to succeed as successor Servicer upon the termination of the Servicer pursuant
to Section 9.1 or resignation of the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.5. If
upon
any such resignation or termination, the Note Insurer appoints a successor
Servicer other than the Back-up Servicer, the Back-up Servicer shall not
be
relieved of its duties as Back-up Servicer hereunder.
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SECTION
9.3. Notification
to Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder. Upon
any
termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to
this
Article IX, the Trust Collateral Agent shall give prompt written notice thereof
to Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder at their respective addresses
appearing in the Note Register or the Certificate Register, as applicable,
and
to each of the Rating Agencies.
SECTION
9.4. Action
Upon Certain Failures of the Servicer.
In the
event that a Responsible Officer of the Trust Collateral Agent shall have
knowledge of any failure of the Servicer specified in Section 9.1 which would
give rise to a right of termination under such Section upon the Servicer's
failure to remedy the same after notice, the Trust Collateral Agent shall give
notice thereof to the Transferor, the Servicer and the Note Insurer. For all
purposes of this Agreement, the Trust Collateral Agent shall not be deemed
to
have knowledge of any failure of the Servicer as specified in Section 9.1 unless
notified thereof in writing by the Transferor, the Servicer, the Note Insurer
or
by a Noteholder or a Class C Certificateholder. The Trust Collateral Agent
shall
be under no duty or obligation to investigate or inquire as to any potential
failure of the Servicer specified in Section 9.1.
ARTICLE
X
THE
TRUST
COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION
10.1. Duties
of the Trust Collateral Agent.
(a)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
an
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived, shall undertake to perform
such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall not have been
cured or waived, the Trust Collateral Agent may, and at the written direction
of
the Note Insurer (or, if a Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and is
continuing, the Majorityholders), shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Agreement and shall use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.
(b)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trust
Collateral Agent that shall be specifically required to be furnished pursuant
to
any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
conform to the requirements of this Agreement; provided,
however,
that,
the Trust Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content
of any such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document,
order
or other instrument. If any such instrument is found not to conform in any
material respect to the requirements of this Agreement, the Trust Collateral
Agent shall notify the Note Insurer and the Noteholders of such instrument
in
the event that the Trust Collateral Agent, after so requesting, does not receive
a satisfactorily corrected instrument.
(c)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall take and maintain custody of the Schedule of Receivables
included as Schedule A to this Agreement and shall retain copies of all
Servicer's Certificates prepared hereunder.
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(d)
No
provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trust Collateral
Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to
act, or its own bad faith; provided,
however,
that:
(i) Prior
to
the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all
such Events of Default that may have occurred, the duties and obligations of
the
Trust Collateral Agent shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of
this Agreement, the Trust Collateral Agent shall not be liable except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as shall be specifically set forth
in
this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement against the Trust Collateral Agent and, in the absence of bad faith
on
the part of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Trust Collateral Agent, may
conclusively rely on the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed in any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trust
Collateral Agent and conforming to the requirements of this
Agreement;
(ii) The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good
faith
by a Responsible Officer unless it shall be proved that the Trust Collateral
Agent shall have been negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(iii) The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered,
or omitted to be taken in good faith in accordance with this Agreement or at
the
written direction of the Note Insurer or, after a Note Insurer Default, the
Class A Noteholders evidencing not less than 25% of the Class A Note Balance
and
the Class C Certificateholder, relating to the time, method, and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trust Collateral
Agent, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trust Collateral
Agent, under this Agreement;
(iv) The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall not be charged with knowledge of any Servicer Termination
Event or Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer assigned to the Trust
Collateral Agent's applicable Corporate Trust Office or an officer of the
Custodian receives written notice of such Servicer Termination Event or Event
of
Default from the Servicer, the Transferor, the Note Insurer or, after a Note
Insurer Default, the Class A Noteholders evidencing not less than 25% of the
Class A Note Balance and the Class C Certificateholder (such notice shall
constitute actual knowledge of a Servicer Termination Event or Event of Default
by the Trust Collateral Agent); and
(v) The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within
the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement.
(e)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent may, but shall not be required to, expend or risk its own
funds
or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, unless it shall
have been provided with indemnity against such risk or liability in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trust Collateral Agent and none of the provisions
contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Trust Collateral
Agent to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of
the
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement except during such time, if
any, as the Trust Collateral Agent, in its capacity as Back-up Servicer, shall
be the successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties, powers, and
privileges of, the Servicer in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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(f)
Except
for actions expressly authorized by this Agreement, the Trust Collateral Agent
shall not take action reasonably likely to impair the security interests created
or existing under any Receivable or Financed Vehicle or to impair the value
of
any Receivable or Financed Vehicle.
(g)
All
information obtained by the Trust Collateral Agent regarding the Obligors and
the Receivables, whether upon the exercise of its rights under this Agreement
or
otherwise, shall be maintained by the Trust Collateral Agent, in confidence
and
shall not be disclosed to any other Person, all in accordance with the Federal
Financial Privacy Law; provided
that,
nothing herein shall prevent the Trust Collateral Agent from delivering copies
of such information whether or not constituting Confidential Information, and
disclosing other information, whether or not Confidential Information, to (i)
its directors, officers, employees, agents and professional consultants to
the
extent necessary to carry on the Trust Collateral Agent's business in the
ordinary course, (ii) any Noteholder, the Class C Certificateholder or the
Note
Insurer to the extent that such Noteholder, such Class C Certificateholder
or
the Note Insurer is entitled to such information under this Agreement or any
other Basic Document, but not otherwise, (iii) any governmental authority which
specifically requests (or as to which applicable regulations require) such
information, (iv) any nationally recognized rating agency in connection with
the
rating of the Notes by such agency, or (v) any other Person to which such
delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (a) in compliance with
any applicable law, rule, regulation or order, (b) in response to any subpoena
or other legal process, (c) in connection with any litigation to which the
Trust
Collateral Agent is a party, (d) in order to enforce the rights of the
Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder and the Note Insurer hereunder or
under any other Basic Document, or (e) otherwise, in accordance with the Federal
Financial Privacy Law; provided,
that,
prior to any such disclosure, the Trust Collateral Agent or the Custodian,
as
applicable, shall inform each such party (other than any Noteholder, the Class
C
Certificateholder, the Note Insurer or any other party to the Basic Documents)
that receives Confidential Information of the foregoing requirements and shall
use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such party to comply
with
such requirements.
(h)
Money
held in trust by the Trust Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Agreement or
the
Indenture.
(i)
Every
provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability
of or affording protection to the Trust Collateral Agent shall be subject to
the
provisions of this Section 10.1.
(j)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall, and hereby agrees that it will, perform all of the
obligations and duties required of it under this Agreement.
(k)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall, and hereby agrees that it will, hold the Policy in
trust, and will hold any proceeds of any claim on the Policy in trust, solely
for the use and benefit of the Noteholders.
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(l)
Without
limiting the generality of this Section 10.1, the Trust Collateral Agent shall
have no duty (i) to see to any recording, filing or depositing of this Agreement
or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement evidencing a
security interest in the Financed Vehicles, or to see to the maintenance of
any
such recording or filing or depositing or to any recording, refiling or
redepositing of any thereof, (ii) to see to any insurance of the Financed
Vehicles or Obligors or to effect or maintain any such insurance, (iii) to
see
to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge
or any Lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied
against any part of the Pledged Property, (iv) to confirm or verify the contents
of any reports or certificates delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent or the
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or the Trust Agreement believed by the
Trust
Collateral Agent to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties, or (v) to inspect the Financed Vehicles at any time
or
ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the Issuer's,
the Transferor's or the Servicer's representations, warranties or covenants
or
the Servicer's duties and obligations as servicer and as custodian of the
Receivable Files under this Agreement.
(m)
In
no
event shall Xxxxx Fargo Bank, in any of its capacities hereunder, be deemed
to
have assumed any duties of the Owner Trustee under the Delaware Statutory Trust
Act, common law, or the Trust Agreement.
(n)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect
of
the powers granted to it under this Agreement.
SECTION
10.2. Trust
Collateral Agent to Act for the Class A Noteholders, the Class C
Certificateholder and Note Insurer. Prior
to
the payment in full of the Class A Notes and the Reimbursement Obligations
and
the expiration of the term of the Policy, the Trust Collateral Agent shall
act
solely for the benefit of the Class A Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder
and the Note Insurer, as their interests may appear herein.
SECTION
10.3. Certain
Matters Affecting the Trust Collateral Agent. Except
as
otherwise provided in the second paragraph of Section 10.1:
(i) The
Trust
Collateral Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any resolution, Officer's Certificate, Servicer's Certificate,
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.
(ii) The
Trust
Collateral Agent may consult with counsel, and any written 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 under this Agreement in good
faith
and in accordance with such written advice or Opinion of Counsel.
(iii) The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall not 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 in relation to this Agreement, at the
request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders or the Note Insurer
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Noteholders or the
Note Insurer shall have offered to the Trust Collateral Agent reasonable
security or indemnity in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trust
Collateral Agent against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be
incurred therein or thereby. Nothing contained in this Agreement, however,
shall
relieve the Trust Collateral Agent of the obligations, upon the occurrence
of a
Servicer Termination Event or Event of Default (that shall not have been cured
or waived), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as
a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of
its own affairs.
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(iv) The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts
or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, or other paper or
document unless requested in writing to do so by the Note Insurer (if no Note
Insurer Default shall have occurred or be continuing), the Transferor or the
Class A Noteholders evidencing not less than 25% of the Class A Note Balance
and
the Class C Certificateholder; provided,
however,
that, if
the payment within a reasonable time to the Trust Collateral Agent of the costs,
expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation shall be, in the opinion of the Trust Collateral Agent, not
reasonably assured to the Trust Collateral Agent by the security afforded to
it
by the terms of this Agreement, the Trust Collateral Agent may require indemnity
in form and substance satisfactory to it against such cost, expense or liability
as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such
examination shall be paid by the Person making such request or, if paid by
the
Trust Collateral Agent, shall be reimbursed by the Person making such request
upon demand.
(v) The
Trust
Collateral Agent may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties under this Agreement either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys. The Trust Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence of any such agent appointed with due care by it
hereunder, or of any agent of the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer or
custodian or otherwise.
(vi) Except
as
may be expressly required by Section 3.4, subsequent to the sale of the
Receivables by the Transferor to the Issuer, the Trust Collateral Agent shall
not have any duty of independent inquiry, and the Trust Collateral Agent may
rely upon the representations and warranties and covenants of the Transferor
and
the Servicer contained in this Agreement with respect to the Receivables and
the
Receivable Files.
(vii) The
Trust
Collateral Agent may rely, as to factual matters relating to the Transferor
or
the Servicer, on an Officer's Certificate of the Transferor or Servicer,
respectively.
(viii) The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action or refrain from taking
any action under this Agreement, or any related documents referred to herein,
nor shall any provision of this Agreement, or any such related document be
deemed to impose a duty on the Trust Collateral Agent to take action, if the
Trust Collateral Agent shall have been advised by counsel that such action
is
contrary to (i) the terms of this Agreement, (ii) any such related document
or
(iii) applicable law.
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SECTION
10.4. Trust
Collateral Agent and Back-up Servicer Not Liable for Notes or
Receivables.
The
recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, the
Transferor or the Servicer, as the case may be, and neither the Trust Collateral
Agent nor the Back-up Servicer assumes any responsibility for the correctness
thereof. Neither the Trust Collateral Agent nor the Back-up Servicer shall
make
any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or
of
the Notes, or of any Receivable or related document. Neither the Trust
Collateral Agent nor the Back-up Servicer shall at any time have any
responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and
enforceability of any security interest in any Financed Vehicle or any
Receivable, or the perfection and priority of such a security interest or the
maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to
the
efficacy of the Issuer or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed
to Noteholders under this Agreement, including, without limitation: the
existence, condition, location, and ownership of any Financed Vehicle; the
existence and enforceability of any physical damage insurance thereon; except
as
required by Section 3.4, the existence, contents and completeness of any
Receivable or any Receivable Files or any computer or other record thereof;
the
validity of the assignment of any Receivable to the Issuer or of any intervening
assignment; except as required by Section 3.4, the performance or enforcement
of
any Receivable; the compliance by the Transferor or the Servicer with any
warranty or representation made under this Agreement or in any related document
and the accuracy of any such warranty or representation prior to the Trust
Collateral Agent's or the Back-up Servicer's receipt of written notice or other
actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of any noncompliance therewith or
any
breach thereof; any investment of monies by or at the direction of the Servicer
or the Note Insurer or any loss resulting therefrom (it being understood that
the Trust Collateral Agent and the Back-up Servicer shall each remain
responsible for any Trust Assets that it may hold); the acts or omissions of
the
Issuer, the Transferor, the Servicer, or any Obligor; any action of the Servicer
taken in the name of the Trust Collateral Agent; or any action by the Trust
Collateral Agent taken at the instruction of the Servicer; provided,
however,
that the
foregoing shall not relieve either the Trust Collateral Agent or the Back-up
Servicer of its obligation to perform its duties under this Agreement. Except
with respect to a claim based on the failure of the Trust Collateral Agent
or
the Back-up Servicer to perform its duties under this Agreement or based on
the
Trust Collateral Agent's or the Back-up Servicer's negligence or willful
misconduct, no recourse shall be had for any claim based on any provision of
this Agreement, the Notes, or any Receivable or assignment thereof against
the
Trust Collateral Agent or the Back-up Servicer in their respective individual
capacities, neither the Trust Collateral Agent nor the Back-up Servicer shall
have any personal obligation, liability, or duty whatsoever to any Noteholder
or
any other Person with respect to any such claim, and any such claim shall be
asserted solely against the Issuer or any indemnitor who shall furnish indemnity
as provided in this Agreement. Neither the Trust Collateral Agent nor the
Back-up Servicer shall be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer
of any of the Notes or of the proceeds of such Notes, or for the use or
application of any funds paid to the Servicer in respect of the Receivables.
The
Issuer hereby certifies to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Back-up Servicer
that the Rating Agencies rating the Notes are Standard & Poor's and Moody's
and that their addresses are as set forth in Section 13.5. The Trust Collateral
Agent and the Back-up Servicer may rely on the accuracy of such certification
until it receives from the Issuer an Officer's Certificate superseding such
certification. All references above to the Back-up Servicer shall be deemed
to
refer to the Back-up Servicer only so long as it is acting in such capacity
hereunder.
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SECTION
10.5. Trust
Collateral Agent and Back-up Servicer May Own Notes.
The
Trust Collateral Agent and the Back-up Servicer in their respective individual
or any other capacities may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may deal
with the Transferor and the Servicer in banking transactions with the same
rights as it would have if it were not Trust Collateral Agent or Back-up
Servicer, as applicable.
SECTION
10.6. Indemnity
of Trust Collateral Agent and Back-up Servicer.
The
Servicer shall indemnify the Trust Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer and
each officer, director and employee of the Trust Collateral Agent and the
Back-up Servicer for, and hold each such Person harmless against, any loss,
liability, or expense incurred without willful misfeasance, negligence, or
bad
faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties under this Agreement. The provisions
of this Section 10.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or any
resignation or removal of LBAC as Servicer.
SECTION
10.7. Eligibility
Requirements for Trust Collateral Agent.
The
Trust Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall at all times be organized
and
doing business under the laws of the United States thereof; authorized under
such laws 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 satisfactory to the Note Insurer; and having a
rating, both with respect to long-term and short-term unsecured obligations,
of
not less than investment grade by each Rating Agency. 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 10.7, 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
Trust Collateral Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 10.7, the Trust Collateral Agent shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
10.8.
SECTION
10.8. Resignation
or Removal of Trust Collateral Agent.
(a)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby
created by giving 30 days' prior written notice thereof to the Servicer. To
the
extent that the Trust Collateral Agent resigns hereunder, the Indenture Trustee
shall also resign under the Indenture and the Collateral Agent shall resign
under the Spread Account Agreement. Upon receiving such notice of resignation,
with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer (or (i) if a Note Insurer
Default shall have occurred or is continuing, the Class A Noteholders evidencing
not less than 25% of the Class A Note Balance or, if no Class A Notes are
outstanding, the Class C Certificateholder, or (ii) if no Class A Notes are
outstanding and the Policy Expiration Date has occurred, the Class C
Certificateholder) the Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor Trust
Collateral Agent by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trust Collateral Agent and one
copy to the successor Trust Collateral Agent. If no successor Trust Collateral
Agent shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days
after the giving of such notice of resignation, the Note Insurer (or (i) if
a
Note Insurer Default shall have occurred or is continuing, the Class A
Noteholders evidencing not less than 25% of the Class A Note Balance or, if
no
Class A Notes are outstanding, the Class C Certificateholder, or (ii) if no
Class A Notes are outstanding and the Policy Expiration Date has occurred,
the
Class C Certificateholder) may appoint a successor Trust Collateral Agent by
written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Trust Collateral Agent and one copy to the successor
Trust Collateral Agent. If no successor Trust Collateral Agent shall have been
so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after the giving
of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Trust Collateral Agent may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trust
Collateral Agent. The Trust Collateral Agent may be removed at any time by
written demand of the Note Insurer delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent
and
the Servicer.
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(b)
If
at any
time (i) the Trust Collateral Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.7 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Servicer, (ii) the Trust Collateral Agent shall be
legally unable to act, (iii) the Trust Collateral Agent and the Indenture
Trustee shall be the same Person and the Indenture Trustee shall have resigned
or been removed pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Indenture, or (iv) the Trust
Collateral Agent shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver,
conservator or liquidator of the Trust Collateral Agent or of any of its
property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control
of the Trust Collateral Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose
of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Note Insurer shall (so
long as no Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing), or
the
Servicer may (if a Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing)
remove the Trust Collateral Agent. If the Note Insurer or the Servicer shall
remove the Trust Collateral Agent under the authority of the immediately
preceding sentence, the Servicer or the Note Insurer, as the case may be, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trust Collateral Agent by written instrument,
in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trust
Collateral Agent so removed and one copy to the successor Trust Collateral
Agent, and pay all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Trust Collateral
Agent, provided that any successor Trust Collateral Agent appointed by the
Servicer shall be acceptable to the Note Insurer.
(c)
Any
resignation or removal of the Trust Collateral Agent and appointment of a
successor Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to any of the provisions of this
Section 10.8 shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by
the
successor Trust Collateral Agent, pursuant to Section 10.9 and payment of all
fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Trust Collateral Agent. The Servicer
shall provide written notice of such resignation or removal of the Trust
Collateral Agent to each of the Rating Agencies and the Transferor.
(d)
If
the
Trust Collateral Agent and the Back-up Servicer shall be the same Person and
the
rights and obligations of the Back-up Servicer shall have been terminated
pursuant to this Section 10.8, then the Note Insurer (or, if a Note Insurer
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Majorityholders) shall have
the option, by 60 days' prior notice in writing to the Servicer and the Trust
Collateral Agent, to remove the Trust Collateral Agent, and the Note Insurer
shall not have any liability to the Trust Collateral Agent, LBAC, the
Transferor, the Servicer, the Issuer, any Noteholder or the Class C
Certificateholder in connection with such removal.
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SECTION
10.9. Successor
Trust Collateral Agent.
Any
successor Trust Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Section 10.8 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Transferor, the Servicer, the Note
Insurer and to its predecessor Trust Collateral Agent an instrument accepting
such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the predecessor Trust Collateral Agent shall become effective and such
successor Trust Collateral Agent, 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 Trust Collateral Agent. The predecessor Trust Collateral Agent shall upon
payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Trust Collateral
Agent
all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and
the
Servicer, the Note Insurer and the predecessor Trust Collateral Agent 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
Trust Collateral Agent all such rights, powers, duties, and
obligations.
No
successor Trust Collateral Agent shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 10.9 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trust
Collateral Agent shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.7.
Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to
this
Section 10.9, the Servicer shall mail notice of the successor of such Trust
Collateral Agent under this Agreement to all Holders of Notes at their addresses
as shown in the Note Register, the Class C Certificateholder, the Transferor,
and to the Rating Agencies. If the Servicer shall fail to mail such notice
within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trust
Collateral Agent, the successor Trust Collateral Agent shall cause such notice
to be mailed at the expense of the Servicer.
SECTION
10.10. Merger
or
Consolidation of Trust Collateral Agent.
Any
corporation into which the Trust Collateral Agent 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 Trust Collateral Agent shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trust Collateral Agent shall be the successor
of
the Trust Collateral Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be
eligible pursuant to Section 10.7, 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.
SECTION
10.11. Co-Trustee;
Separate Trustee.
(a)
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 Issuer
or
any Financed Vehicle may at the time be located, the Servicer, the Note Insurer
(provided a Note Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing)
and
the Trust Collateral Agent acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute
and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more persons approved by the
Trust
Collateral Agent to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Trust Collateral Agent,
or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Issuer,
and
to vest in such Person, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders,
such title to the Issuer, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section 10.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights,
and
trusts as the Servicer, the Note Insurer and the Trust Collateral Agent may
consider necessary or desirable. If the Servicer and the Note Insurer shall
not
have joined in such appointment within fifteen (15) days after the receipt
by it
of a request so to do, or in the case an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Trust Collateral Agent alone 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 Trust Collateral
Agent pursuant to Section 10.7, except that the co-trustee or its parent shall
comply with the rating requirements set forth therein, and no notice of a
successor Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 10.9 and no notice to
Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall
be
required pursuant to Section 10.9.
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(b)
Each
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) All
rights, powers, duties, and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trust
Collateral Agent shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the
Trust
Collateral Agent 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 Trust Collateral Agent 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 (whether as Trust Collateral Agent under this Agreement
or, in its capacity as Back-up Servicer, as successor to the Servicer under
this
Agreement), the Trust Collateral Agent 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 Issuer 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 Trust
Collateral Agent;
(ii) No
trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act
or
omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(iii) Provided
no Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Note Insurer
may, and, in the event a Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, then, the Servicer and the Trust Collateral Agent acting jointly
may, at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or
co-trustee.
(c)
Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Trust Collateral Agent shall
be
deemed to have been given to each of the other 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 X. 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 Trust
Collateral Agent 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 Trust Collateral Agent. Each such instrument shall be filed
with the Trust Collateral Agent and a copy thereof given to the
Servicer.
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(d)
Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Trust Collateral
Agent, 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
Trust Collateral Agent, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment
of a new or successor Trust Collateral Agent.
SECTION
10.12. Representations
and Warranties of Trust Collateral Agent. The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall make the following representations and warranties with
respect to itself on which the Transferor, the Servicer, the Originator, the
Issuer, the Note Insurer, Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder shall
rely:
(i) The
Trust
Collateral Agent is a national banking association, duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing under the laws of the United States and has
the
corporate power, authority and legal right to hold the Legal Files.
(ii) The
Trust
Collateral Agent has full corporate power authority and legal right to execute,
deliver, and perform this Agreement and shall have taken all necessary action
to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this
Agreement.
(iii) This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Trust Collateral Agent
and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust Collateral Agent,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to (x) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and (y) general principals of equity.
SECTION
10.13. Rights
of Note Insurer to Direct Trust Collateral Agent.
Subject
to clause (iii) of Section 10.3, unless a Note Insurer Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Note Insurer, after giving written notice to
the
Trust Collateral Agent, shall have the right to direct in writing the time,
method and place at or by which the Trust Collateral Agent conducts any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trust Collateral Agent, or exercises
any such trust or power conferred upon the Trust Collateral Agent; provided,
however,
that
subject to Section 10.1, the Trust Collateral Agent shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction of the Note Insurer if the Trust Collateral
Agent, being advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may
not
lawfully be taken, or if the Trust Collateral Agent in good faith shall, by
a
Responsible Officer of the Trust Collateral Agent, determine that the
proceedings so directed would be in violation of any Basic Document or involve
it in personal liability against which it has not been provided indemnity in
form and substance satisfactory to it or be unduly prejudicial to the rights
of
Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder; provided,
that
nothing in this Agreement shall impair the right of the Trust Collateral Agent
to take any action deemed proper by the Trust Collateral Agent and which is
not
inconsistent with such direction of the Note Insurer.
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ARTICLE
XI
TERMINATION
SECTION
11.1. Termination.
(a)
The
respective obligations and responsibilities of LBAC, the Transferor, the Issuer,
the Servicer, the Custodian and the Trust Collateral Agent created hereby shall
terminate upon the payment to Noteholders and each Certificateholder of all
amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to this Agreement, the Indenture
and the Trust Agreement, satisfaction of all Reimbursement Obligations, and
the
expiration of any preference period related thereto and the disposition of
all
property held as part of the Trust Assets; provided,
however,
in any
case there shall be delivered to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Note Insurer
an Opinion of Counsel that all applicable preference periods under federal,
state and local bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws have expired with
respect to the payments pursuant to this Section 11.1. The Servicer shall
promptly notify the Trust Collateral Agent, the Transferor, the Issuer, each
Rating Agency and the Note Insurer of any prospective termination pursuant
to
this Section 11.1.
(b)
Upon
any
sale of the assets of the Issuer pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Trust Agreement,
the Servicer shall instruct the Trust Collateral Agent in writing to deposit
the
proceeds from such sale after all payments and reserves therefrom (including
the
expenses of such sale) have been made (the "Insolvency Proceeds") in the
Collection Account.
(c)
Written
notice of any termination of the Issuer shall be given by the Servicer to the
Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Back-up
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies as
soon as practicable after the Servicer has received notice thereof.
(d)
Following
the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full of
the
principal of and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders will succeed
to
the rights of the Noteholders hereunder.
ARTICLE
XII
ADMINISTRATIVE
DUTIES OF THE SERVICER
SECTION
12.1. Administrative
Duties.
(a)
Duties
with Respect to the Indenture.
The
Servicer shall take all necessary action that is the duty of the Issuer to
take
pursuant to the Indenture, pursuant to Sections 2.9 (with respect to the notice
provisions contained therein), 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 3.10, 3.17, 3.19, 6.8,
7.1, 7.3, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 11.1 and 11.14 of the Indenture (in each case,
excluding any duty to make payments to the Noteholders, the Class C
Certificateholder and the Note Insurer). In addition, the Servicer shall consult
with the Owner Trustee as the Servicer deems appropriate regarding the duties
of
the Issuer under the Indenture. The Servicer shall monitor the performance
of
the Issuer and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply
with the Issuer's duties under the Indenture. The Servicer shall prepare for
execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate
Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates
and
opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Indenture.
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(b)
Duties
with Respect to the Issuer.
(i) In
addition to the duties of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement or any of
the
Basic Documents, the Servicer shall perform such calculations and shall prepare
for execution by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation
by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer
or
the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to this Agreement or
any
of the Basic Documents or under state and federal tax and securities laws,
including, without limitation the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, and at the request
of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty
of
the Issuer to take pursuant to this Agreement. In accordance with the directions
of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, the Servicer shall administer, perform
or
supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Trust
Assets (including the Basic Documents) as are not covered by any of the
foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the Issuer or the Owner
Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the Servicer.
(ii) In
carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this
Agreement, the Servicer may enter into transactions with or otherwise deal
with
any of its Affiliates; provided,
however,
that the
terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with any
directions received from the Issuer and shall be, in the Servicer's opinion,
no
less favorable to the Issuer in any material respect.
(c)
Non-Ministerial
Matters.
With
respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer are
non-ministerial, the Servicer shall not take any action pursuant to this Article
XII unless within a reasonable time before the taking of such action, the
Servicer shall have notified the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer and the Trust
Collateral Agent of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee and, with respect
to items (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below, the Trust Collateral Agent shall
not
have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose
of
the preceding sentence, "non-ministerial matters" shall include:
(i) the
amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(ii) the
initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of any
action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer (other than in
connection with the collection of the Receivables);
(iii) the
amendment, change or modification of this Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents;
(iv) the
appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Note Paying Agents and
successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment of
Successor Servicers or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar,
Paying Agent or Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
(v) the
removal of the Trust Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee.
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(d)
Exceptions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except as expressly
provided herein or in the other Basic Documents, the Servicer, in its capacity
hereunder, shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (1) make any payments
to
the Noteholders or the Class C Certificateholder under the Basic Documents,
(2)
sell the Pledged Property pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Indenture, (3) take
any
other action that the Issuer directs the Servicer not to take on its behalf
or
(4) in connection with its duties hereunder assume any indemnification
obligation of any other Person.
SECTION
12.2. Records.
The
Servicer shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to
services performed under this Agreement, which books of account and records
shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer at any time during normal
business hours.
SECTION
12.3. Additional
Information to be Furnished to the Issuer.
The
Servicer shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Trust Assets as the Issuer shall reasonably
request.
SECTION
12.4. No
Additional Compensation.
The
Servicing Fee payable to the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.6(c)(i) shall be
the
only amount payable to the Servicer for its services hereunder.
ARTICLE
XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SECTION
13.1. Amendment.
(a)
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Issuer, the Transferor, the
Originator, the Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer
and
the Custodian and, (i) unless a Note Insurer Default has occurred and is
continuing or the Policy Expiration Date has occurred, with the prior written
consent of the Note Insurer and, (ii) if a Note Insurer Default has occurred
and
is continuing or the Policy Expiration Date has occurred with the consent of
the
Majorityholders, which consent given pursuant to this Section or pursuant to
any
other provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all Holders
and on all future Holders of Notes and of any Notes issued upon the transfer
thereof or in exchange thereof or in lieu thereof whether or not notation of
such consent is made upon the Notes, 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 Holders of Notes
or
the Class C Certificate; provided,
however,
that, in
the case of either clause (i) or (ii) above, no such amendment shall (a)
increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
timing of, or change the allocation or priority of, collections of payments
on
Receivables or payments that shall be required to be made on any Note or any
Certificate or change the applicable Note Rate, the Class C Certificate Rate
or
the Class C Supplemental Interest Rate without the consent of each Noteholder
and Certificateholder affected thereby, (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage
of
the Note Balance required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent
of the Holders of all Notes or the Class C Certificate then outstanding or
eliminate the right of the Noteholder or the Certificateholder to consent to
any
change described in clause (a) affecting the Noteholder or the Certificateholder
without the consent of the Noteholder or the Certificateholder, as applicable;
or (c) result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the then current rating of the
Notes by either of the Rating Agencies without the consent of all the
Noteholders; provided,
further
that in
the case of clause (ii) above, this Agreement may be amended from time to time
by the Issuer, the Transferor, the Originator, the Servicer, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer and the Custodian, with the prior written
consent of the Note Insurer (unless a Note Insurer Default has occurred and
is
continuing or the Policy Expiration Date has occurred) for any of the following
purposes:
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(x) to
correct or amplify the description of any property at any time conveyed to
the
Issuer hereunder or under any Transfer Agreement, or better to assure, convey
and confirm unto the property conveyed pursuant hereto or pursuant to any
Transfer Agreement;
(y) to
add to
the covenants of the Transferor, the Originator or the Servicer, for the benefit
of the Holders of the Notes, the Class C Certificateholder and the Note Insurer;
or
(z) to
cure
any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any Transfer
Agreement which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any
Transfer Agreement or to make any other provisions with respect to matters
or
questions arising under this Agreement or under any Transfer Agreement;
provided
that
such action pursuant to this subclause (z) shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders of the Notes, as evidenced by
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to such
amendment
(b)
This
Agreement shall not be amended or modified without the prior written consent
of
the Class C Certificateholder (to the extent the Class C Certificate has not
been paid in full) if the result of such amendment or modification is (a) to
reduce or change the priority of payments payable to the Class C
Certificateholder; (b) to accelerate or postpone the scheduled date of payment
payable to the Class C Certificateholder; or (c) to modify any of the Basic
Documents which would have the effect of any of the foregoing; or (d) to
amend
any
part of Article II or Sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.12 or 5.14 hereof, unless,
with
respect to this clause (d), the Class C Certificateholder has received an
opinion of counsel that such amendment will not have a material adverse affect
on the Class C Certificateholder.
(c)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall furnish prior notice of any such proposed amendment
to
each Rating Agency and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or
consent, the Trust Collateral Agent shall furnish a copy of such amendment
and/or consent, if applicable, to each Noteholder, each of the Rating Agencies
and the Lock-Box Processor.
(d)
Prior
to
the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Trust Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement
and
the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 13.2(i)(1). The Trust Collateral
Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which
affects the Trust Collateral Agent's own rights, duties or immunities under
this
Agreement or otherwise.
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SECTION
13.2. Protection
of Title.
(a)
Each
of
the Transferor, as to itself, and the Servicer, as to itself, shall file such
financing statements and cause to be filed such continuation statements, all
in
such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve,
maintain, and protect the interest of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders, the Class C Certificateholder, the Trust Collateral Agent and
the
Note Insurer in its interest in the Receivables and the other Trust Assets
and
in the proceeds thereof. Each of the Transferor, as to itself, and the Servicer,
as to itself, shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Owner Trustee and the Note Insurer file-stamped copies of, or filing
receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available
following such filing.
(b)
Neither
the Transferor nor the Servicer shall change its name, identity or corporate
structure in any manner that would, could, or might make any financing statement
or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously
misleading within the meaning of § 9-507(c) of the UCC, unless it shall have
given the Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer and the
other party at least thirty days' prior written notice thereof, shall have
promptly filed appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing
statements or continuation statements and shall have delivered an Opinion of
Counsel (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all amendments to
all
previously filed financing statements and continuation statements have been
filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the
Trust
Collateral Agent in the Receivables and the other Trust Assets, and reciting
the
details of such filings or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
no
such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such
interest.
(c)
Each
of
the Transferor and the Servicer shall have an obligation to give the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer and the other party at
least thirty days' prior written notice of any relocation of its principal
executive office or change in its state of incorporation if, as a result of
such
relocation or change, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the
filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation
statement or of any new financing statement, shall promptly file any such
amendment and shall deliver an Opinion of Counsel (A) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all amendments to all previously filed financing
statements and continuation statements have been filed that are necessary fully
to preserve and protect the interest of the Trust Collateral Agent in the
Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or (B) stating that,
in
the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve
and
protect such interest. The Servicer shall at all times maintain each office
from
which it shall service Receivables, and its principal executive office, within
the United States of America.
(d)
The
Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately
and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time
the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and
payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments
or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from
time
to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such
Receivable.
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(e)
The
Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time
of
conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables to the Issuer, the Servicer's
master computer records (including any back-up archives) that refer to a
Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of Long Beach Acceptance Auto
Receivables Trust 2007-A in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned
by
the Issuer. Indication of the Issuer's ownership of a Receivable shall be
deleted from or modified on the Servicer's computer systems when, and only
when,
such Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
(f)
If
at any
time the Transferor or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security
interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive receivables to
any
prospective purchaser, lender, or other transferee, the Servicer shall give
to
such prospective purchaser, lender, or other transferee computer tapes, records,
or printouts (including any restored from back-up archives) that, if they shall
refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that
such Receivable has been conveyed to and is owned by the Issuer.
(g)
The
Servicer shall, upon reasonable notice, permit the Transferor, the Trust
Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Note Insurer
and its agents at any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit,
and
make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer's records regarding any
Receivable.
(h)
Upon
request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Transferor, the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Back-up Servicer, the Owner Trustee or to the Note Insurer, within
five Business Days, a list of all Receivables (by contract number and name
of
Obligor) then held as part of the Issuer, together with a reconciliation of
such
list to the Schedule of Receivables and to each of the Servicer's Certificates
furnished before such request indicating removal of Receivables from the
Issuer.
(i)
The
Servicer shall deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee and
the
Note Insurer:
(1)
promptly
after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment hereto
and after the execution and delivery of each amendment to any financing
statement, an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of
such
counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been filed
that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Trust
Collateral Agent in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings
or
referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given or (B)
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary
to preserve and protect such interest; and
(2)
within
90
days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the first calendar
year beginning more than three months after the Initial Cutoff Date, an Opinion
of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period either (A) stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation
statements have been filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect
the
interest of the Trust Collateral Agent in the Receivables, and reciting the
details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which
such
details are given or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such
action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
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Each
Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (i) (1) or (i) (2) above shall specify
any action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the
following year to preserve and protect such interest.
(j)
For
the
purpose of facilitating the execution of this Agreement and for other purposes,
this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts,
each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which
counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION
13.3. Limitation
on Rights of Noteholders and the Class C Certificateholder.
(a)
The
death
or incapacity of any Noteholder or Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Issuer, nor entitle such Noteholder's or such
Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a partition or
winding up of the Issuer, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties to this Agreement or any of them.
(b)
No
Noteholder shall have any right to vote (except as specifically provided herein
including in Section 13.1) or in any manner otherwise control the operation
and
management of the Issuer, or the obligations of the parties to this Agreement,
nor shall anything in this Agreement set forth, or contained in the terms of
the
Notes be construed so as to constitute the Noteholders from time to time as
partners or members of an association; nor shall any Noteholder or the Class
C
Certificateholder be under any liability to any third person by reason of any
action taken pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
(c)
So
long
as no Note Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, whenever Noteholder action, consent or approval
is
required under this Agreement, such action, consent or approval shall be deemed
to have been taken or given on behalf of, and shall be binding upon, all
Noteholders if the Note Insurer agrees to take such action or give such consent
or approval.
(d)
If
a Note
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no Noteholder shall
have
any right by virtue or by availing itself of any provisions of this Agreement
to
institute any suit, action, or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under
or
with respect to this Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given
to the Trust Collateral Agent a written notice of default and of the continuance
thereof, and unless also the Class A Noteholders evidencing not less than 25%
of
the Class A Note Balance and the Class C Certificateholder shall have made
written request upon the Trust Collateral Agent to institute such action, suit
or proceeding in its own name as Trustee under this Agreement and shall have
offered to the Trust Collateral Agent such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein
or
thereby and the Trust Collateral Agent, for 30 days after its receipt of such
notice, request, and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding and during such 30-day period
no
request or waiver inconsistent with such written request has been given to
the
Trust Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section or Section 8.4; no one or more
Holders of Notes or the Class C Certificateholder shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions
of this Agreement to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of the Holders
of
any other of the Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or
preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right, under this
Agreement except in the manner provided in this Agreement and for the equal,
ratable, and common benefit of all Noteholders. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section 13.3, each Noteholder, the Class
C
Certificateholder and the Trust Collateral Agent shall be entitled to such
relief as can be given either at law or in equity. Nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed as giving the Noteholders any direct right to make a claim
on
the Policy.
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SECTION
13.4. Governing
Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL
MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT
OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES (EXCEPT WITH REGARD TO THE UCC).
SECTION
13.5. Notices.
(a)
All
demands, notices, instructions, directions and communications upon or to the
Issuer, the Transferor, the Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Note
Insurer, Standard & Poor's or Moody's under this Agreement shall be in
writing, and delivered (i) personally, (ii) by certified mail, return receipt
requested, (iii) by Federal Express or similar overnight courier service, (iv)
by telecopy (with telephone confirmation) or (v) with respect to Standard &
Poor’s only, by electronic delivery, and shall be deemed to have been duly given
upon receipt (a) in the case of the Issuer, in care of the Owner Trustee at
the
following address: 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration (Telecopy: (000) 000-0000), (b) in
the
case of the Transferor, at the following address: Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000 (Telecopy: (000) 000-0000), Attention: General
Counsel, or at such other address as shall be designated by the Transferor
in a
written notice to the Trust Collateral Agent, (c) in the case of the Servicer
or
the Custodian, at the following address: Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxx 00000 (Telecopy: (000) 000-0000), Attention: General Counsel, (d) in
the
case of the Trust Collateral Agent, at the applicable Corporate Trust Office
(Telecopy: (000) 000-0000), (e) in the case of Standard & Poor's, with
respect to all information available in electronic format, via electronic
delivery to Xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx and, with respect to any information
not
available in electronic format, at the following address: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance
Department, (f) in the case of Moody's, at the following address: 00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: ABS Monitoring Department, and
(g)
in the case of the Note Insurer, at the following address: at 00 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Transaction Oversight, Re: Long
Beach Acceptance Auto Receivables Trust 2007-A. Any notice required or permitted
to be mailed to a Noteholder or the Class C Certificateholder shall be given
by
Federal Express or similar overnight courier service, postage prepaid, at the
address of such Holder as shown in the Note Register or the Certificate
Register, as applicable. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in
this
Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or
not
the Noteholder or the Class C Certificateholder shall receive such
notice.
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(b)
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall give prompt written notice to each of the Transferor,
the
Rating Agencies and each Noteholder of (i) any amendments to the Insurance
Agreement or the Policy (upon receipt of written notice of any such amendments
from LBAC or the Servicer), (ii) any change in the identity of the Note Paying
Agent and (iii) any failure to make payment under the Policy.
SECTION
13.6. 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 Notes or the Class C Certificate or the rights of the
Holders thereof.
SECTION
13.7. Assignment
to Indenture Trustee.
The
Transferor hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment
and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer of
all
right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Receivables and/or
the assignment of any or all of the Issuer's rights and obligations hereunder
to
the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION
13.8. Limitation
of Liability of Owner Trustee, Back-up Servicer and Trust Collateral
Agent.
(a)
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been countersigned
by Wilmington Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely in its
capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no event shall Wilmington Trust
Company in its individual capacity or, except as expressly provided in the
Trust
Agreement, as Owner Trustee, have any liability for the representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder
or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements of the Issuer delivered
pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets
of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its
duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or
obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to,
and
entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of the Trust
Agreement.
(b)
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed
and
delivered by Xxxxx Fargo, not in its individual capacity but solely as Back-up
Servicer and Trust Collateral Agent and in no event shall Xxxxx Fargo have
any
liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices
or
agreements of the Issuer delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse
shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
SECTION
13.9. Independence
of the Servicer.
For all
purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be an independent contractor
and
shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer, the Trust Collateral
Agent, the Back-up Servicer or the Owner Trustee with respect to the manner
in
which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless
expressly authorized by this Agreement, the Servicer shall have no authority
to
act for or represent the Issuer or the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not
otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee.
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SECTION
13.10. No
Joint Venture.
Nothing
contained in this Agreement (i) shall constitute the Servicer and either of
the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee as members of any partnership, joint venture,
association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii)
shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii)
shall
be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority
to
incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.
SECTION
13.11. Nonpetition
Covenant.
None of
the Transferor, the Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Custodian, the
Back-up Servicer or LBAC shall, prior to the date which is one year and one
day
after the termination of this Agreement with respect to the Issuer or the
Transferor, petition or otherwise invoke the process of any court or government
authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer
or the Transferor under any Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or the Transferor or any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of
the affairs of the Issuer or the Transferor.
SECTION
13.12. Third
Party Beneficiaries.
Except
as otherwise specifically provided herein with respect to Noteholders and the
Certificateholders, the parties to this Agreement hereby manifest their intent
that no third party other than the Note Insurer and the Owner Trustee with
respect to the indemnification provisions set forth herein, shall be deemed
a
third party beneficiary of this Agreement, and specifically that the Obligors
are not third party beneficiaries of this Agreement. The Note Insurer and its
successors and assigns shall be a third-party beneficiary to the provisions
of
this Agreement, and shall be entitled to rely upon and directly enforce such
provisions of this Agreement so long as no Note Insurer Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. Except as expressly stated otherwise herein or
in
the Basic Documents, any right of the Note Insurer to direct, appoint, consent
to, approve of or take any action under this Agreement, shall be a right
exercised by the Note Insurer in its sole and absolute discretion. The Note
Insurer may disclaim any of its rights and powers under this Agreement (but
not
its duties and obligations under the Policy) upon delivery of a written notice
to the Trust Collateral Agent.
SECTION
13.13. Consent
to Jurisdiction.
(a)
TO
THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND ANY COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED
IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF,
IN
ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT AGAINST IT AND TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTION OR FOR RECOGNITION OR
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD OR DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR IN SUCH
FEDERAL COURT. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH
ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
TO
THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE AND
AGREE NOT TO ASSERT BY WAY OF MOTION, AS A DEFENSE OR OTHERWISE IN ANY SUCH
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO
THE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS, THAT THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT
IN
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, THAT THE VENUE OF THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS
IMPROPER OR THAT THE RELATED DOCUMENTS OR THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF MAY NOT
BE
LITIGATED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS.
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(b)
To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto shall not seek and hereby
waive the right to any review of the judgment of any such court by any court
of
any other nation or jurisdiction which may be called upon to grant an
enforcement of such judgment.
(c)
Each
of
LBAC and the Transferor hereby agree that until such time at the Notes and
the
Reimbursement Obligations have been paid in full and the Policy has expired
in
accordance with its terms, each of LBAC and the Transferor shall have appointed,
with prior written notice to the Note Insurer, an agent registered with the
Secretary of State of the State of New York, with an office in the County of
New
York in the State of New York, as its true and lawful attorney and duly
authorized agent for acceptance of service of legal process (which as of the
date hereof is National Registered Agents, Inc., whose address is 000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 10007). Each of LBAC and the Transferor agrees that
service of such process upon such Person shall constitute personal service
of
such process upon it.
SECTION
13.14. Headings.
The
headings of articles and sections and the table of contents contained in this
Agreement are provided for convenience only. They form no part of this Agreement
and shall not affect its construction or interpretation. Unless otherwise
indicated, all references to articles and sections in this Agreement refer
to
the corresponding articles and sections of this Agreement.
SECTION
13.15. Trial
by Jury Waived.
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT
TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
OUT
OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTION. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT
OR ATTORNEY OF ANY PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT
IT
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER
AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THE TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THIS
WAIVER.
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SECTION
13.16. Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties with respect
to
the subject matter hereof, and this Agreement supersedes and replaces any
agreement or understanding that may have existed between the parties prior
to
the date hereof in respect of such subject matter.
SECTION
13.17. Effect
of Policy Expiration Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, all references to
any
right of the Note Insurer to direct, appoint, consent to, accept, approve of,
take or omit to take any action under this Agreement or any other Basic Document
shall be inapplicable at all times after the Policy Expiration Date, and (i)
if
such reference provides for another party or parties to take or omit to take
any
such action following a Note Insurer Default, such party or parties shall also
be entitled to take or omit to take such action following the Policy Expiration
Date and (ii) if such reference does not provide for another party or parties
to
take or omit to take any such action following a Note Insurer Default, then
the
Indenture Trustee acting at the written direction of the Majorityholders shall
have the right to take or omit to take any such action following the Policy
Expiration Date. In addition, any other provision of this Agreement or any
other
Basic Document which is operative based in whole or in part on whether a Note
Insurer Default has or has not occurred shall, at all times on or after the
Policy Expiration Date, be deemed to refer to whether or not the Policy
Expiration Date has occurred.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer, the Transferor, the Originator, the Servicer,
the
Trust Collateral Agent, the Back-up Servicer and the Custodian have caused
this
Sale and Servicing Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers
as
of the day and year first above written.
LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE
RECEIVABLES
CORP.,
as Transferor
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
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LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP.,
as
Originator, Servicer and Custodian
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as
Back-up Servicer and Trust Collateral Agent
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A, as Issuer | ||
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By: |
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title:
Financial Services Officer
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ANNEX
A
DEFINED
TERMS
Annex
A
EXHIBIT
A-1
Issuer's
Certificate
pursuant
to Section 3.4
of
the
Sale and Servicing
Agreement
Reference
is made to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of
March
1, 2007, among Long Beach Acceptance Receivables Corp., Long Beach Acceptance
Corp., as originator, as servicer and as custodian, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as trust collateral agent and back-up servicer and Long Beach
Acceptance Auto Receivables Trust 2007-A, as issuer (the "Issuer"). The Issuer
does hereby sell, transfer, assign, and otherwise convey to LBAC, without
recourse, representation, or warranty, all of the Issuer's right, title, and
interest in and to all of the Receivables (as defined in the Agreement)
identified in the attached Servicer's Certificate as "Purchased Receivables,"
which are to be repurchased by LBAC pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Agreement,
and all security and documents relating thereto.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of ________________,
___.
_________________________________________________________________
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
Issuer's
Certificate
pursuant
to Section 4.7
of
the
Sale and Servicing
Agreement
Reference
is made to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of
March
1, 2007, among Long Beach Acceptance Receivables Corp., Long Beach Acceptance
Corp., as originator, as servicer and as custodian, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as trust collateral agent and back-up servicer and Long Beach
Acceptance Auto Receivables Trust 2007-A, as issuer (the "Issuer"). The Issuer
does hereby sell, transfer, assign, and otherwise convey to the Servicer,
without recourse, representation, or warranty, all of the Issuer's right, title,
and interest in and to all of the Receivables (as defined in the Agreement)
identified in the attached Servicer's Certificate as "Purchased Receivables,"
which are to be purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.7 of the
Agreement, and all security and documents relating thereto.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of ________________,
____.
_________________________________________________________________
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
SERVICER'S
CERTIFICATE
LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A
5.335%
ASSET-BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-1
5.150%
ASSET-BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-2
4.972%
ASSET-BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-3
5.025%
ASSET-BACKED NOTES, CLASS X-0
X-0-0
EXHIBIT
B-2
Form
of
Loan Master File Layout
B-2-1
EXHIBIT
C
Intentionally
Omitted
C-1
EXHIBIT
D
PAYMENT DEFERMENT POLICY
A.
Loss Mitigation Program
This
program, which involves temporary payment modifications, is intended to assist
Obligors who are experiencing temporary financial hardships that would otherwise
lead to voluntary surrenders of their vehicles and resulting losses to LBAC.
In
order to be eligible for this program, an Obligor must first have indicated
an
intent to surrender his or her vehicle. LBAC will determine individual Obligor
eligibility for and the viability of this program as an effective loss
mitigation option on a case-by-case basis. Any arrangement between an Obligor
and LBAC for a temporary payment modification under this program must be
approved by LBAC’s President or an Executive Vice President.
·
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LBAC
may agree to a temporary payment modification, provided that the
modified
payment amount may not be less than 60% of the contractual payment
amount.
The contractual interest rate of the Receivable must remain unchanged.
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·
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The
total number of payments modified may not exceed 9 over the entire
term of
the Receivable.
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·
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The
terms of any payment modification must be set forth in a written
modification agreement between the Obligor and LBAC, and the agreement
must be included in the Legal File for the
Receivable.
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·
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The
modification agreement must specify that contractual arrearages resulting
from the payment modification will be satisfied by the Obligor either
by
making a balloon payment due on the maturity date of the Receivable
or by
making additional payments following the maturity date, resulting
in a
term extension, provided that any term extension may not exceed 6
months
beyond the current maturity date of the
Receivable.
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·
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Prior
to allowing any payment modification under this program, LBAC must
conduct
a financial analysis of each candidate to determine whether there
is a
reasonable probability that the Obligor will satisfy the terms and
conditions of the arrangement and that the Receivable will be viable
at
the expiration of the payment modification
period.
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·
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No
deferments or due date adjustments may be granted during the modification
period.
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·
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Payment
modification arrangements which do not meet the above criteria may
be
agreed to on an exception basis by LBAC’s President or an Executive Vice
President.
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·
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As
of March 1, 2007, and the first day of each calendar month thereafter,
the
aggregate number of Receivables the terms of which are currently
modified
under this program may not exceed one - half of one percent (0.5%)
of the
number of Receivables transferred as of the Closing Date.
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D-1
B.
General Payment Deferment Policy
In
addition to its Loss Mitigation Program, LBAC may defer certain payments under
the following conditions and circumstances.
·
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LBAC
may grant a payment deferment provided that the deferment period
does not
exceed 1 month (2 months if 12 or more payments have been made and
if the
deferment is granted in writing by the President, an Executive Vice
President or a Regional Manager).
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Not
more than 1 deferment event (which may consist of a 2 month deferment
according to the exceptions included in the policy) may be granted
during
any 12-month period.
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The
aggregate of all deferment periods during the term of a Receivable
may not
exceed the lesser of 8 months or 50% of the weighted average life
of the
original term of the Receivable (including deferments granted both
before
and after the related Cutoff Date).
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At
least 6 payments must be made before a deferment may be
granted.
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·
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A
request for a deferment must be made in
writing.
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The
deferment must bring the account current, so that after the deferment
is
processed no payment is then due.
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·
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Except
as otherwise set forth in this policy, deferments must be granted
in
writing by the Collection Manager or someone of equal or higher
rank.
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·
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Deferments
which do not meet the above criteria may be granted in writing on
an
exception basis (e.g., when required by law) by the President or
an
Executive Vice President.
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As
of July 1, 2007, and the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter,
the aggregate number of Receivables the terms of which have been
extended
during the preceding calendar quarter shall not exceed 4% of the
number of
Receivables at the beginning of the preceding calendar
quarter.
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·
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No
deferment may extend the date for final payment of a Receivable beyond
the
last day of the record Collection Period preceding the Class A-4
Final
Scheduled Payment Date.
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D-2
DUE
DATE CHANGE POLICY
In
addition to its Payment Deferment Policy, LBAC may grant due date changes under
the following conditions and circumstances.
·
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LBAC
may grant a due date change, provided
that the new due date is within 20 days of the current due
date.
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Not
more than 2 due date changes may be granted over the term of a
Receivable.
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·
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If
2 due date changes are granted, the total number of days by which
the
maturity date is extended may not exceed
20.
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·
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A
request for a due date change must be made in
writing.
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·
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The
account must be current at the time the request is
granted.
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·
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Due
date changes must be granted in writing by the Assistant Collection
Manager or someone of equal or higher
rank.
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No
due date change may be granted if the aggregate of all deferment
periods
and the requested due date change would exceed the lesser of 8 months
or
50% of the original term of the
Receivable.
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D-3
EXHIBIT
E
Documentation
Checklist
CUSTOMER:__________________________________________________________________________________
ACCOUNT
NUMBER:___________________________________________________________________________
This
funding package contains the following initialed items:
1.
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Installment
contract with proper authentications and Dealer
endorsements
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1.
_________________
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2.
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Copy
of authenticated credit application
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2.
_________________
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3.
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References
as described in the Program Guidelines
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3.
_________________
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4.
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Proof
of income as described in the Program Guidelines
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4.
_________________
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5.
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Title
information (application and copy of existing title, receipt of
registration, or title copy already received) with lien notation
thereon,
or Dealer Title Guaranty
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5.
_________________
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6.
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Invoice
or copy of computer screen printout showing NADA value, NADA book
page,
Xxxxxx printout or Xxxxxx Blue Book page
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6.
_________________
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7.
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In
the case of a used Financed Vehicle, odometer statement (if not
on title
info)
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7.
_________________
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8.
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Agreement
to provide insurance and verification paper or other documentation
allowable under the definition of “Legal Files.”
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8.
_________________
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9.
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Service
contract or warranty papers
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10.
________________
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10.
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Life,
accident, health and GAP insurance policy copies, as
applicable
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11.
________________
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11.
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Authenticated
purchase order from dealer to customer
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12.
________________
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E-1
EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF
TRANSFER AGREEMENT
TRANSFER
NO. __________ OF SUBSEQUENT RECEIVABLES, dated as of ___________, 200_, among
LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Issuer"), LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE RECEIVABLES CORP., a Delaware corporation
(the "Transferor"), LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation ("LBAC"
or the "Originator"), LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE RECEIVABLES CORP. WAREHOUSE I
("LBARC-WI") and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association (the "Trust Collateral Agent), as back-up servicer and trust
collateral agent pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement referred to
below.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
LBAC, the Transferor, the Issuer and the Trust Collateral Agent are parties
to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2007 (the "Sale and
Servicing Agreement");
WHEREAS,
LBAC, LBARC-WI and the Transferor are parties to the Purchase Agreement, dated
as of March 1, 2007 (the "Purchase Agreement");
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Subsequent Assignment, LBAC and
LBARC-WI desire to convey certain Subsequent Receivables to the Transferor
and
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement the Transferor
desires to convey such Subsequent Receivables to the Issuer; and
WHEREAS,
the Issuer is willing to accept such conveyance subject to the terms and
conditions hereof.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Transferor, the Trust Collateral Agent, LBARC-WI
and
LBAC hereby agree as follows:
Section
1. Defined
Terms.
Capitalized
terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Agreement"
means this Transfer Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements
hereto.
"Subsequent
Cutoff Date" means, with respect to each Subsequent Receivable conveyed hereby,
the later of (i) the date of origination of such Subsequent Receivable or (ii)
the close of business of the last day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the Subsequent Transfer Date, which date is
_______________.
"Subsequent
Receivables" means the Receivables identified on the supplement to the Schedule
of Receivables attached as Schedule A hereto.
"Subsequent
Receivables Purchase Price" means $__________.
F-1
"Subsequent
Spread Account Deposit" means $__________.
"Subsequent
Transfer Date" means, with respect to the Subsequent Receivables conveyed
hereby, _________________.
"Subsequent
Transferred Property" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a) of
the
Purchase Agreement.
Section
2. Schedule
of Subsequent Receivables.
Annexed
hereto as Schedule A is a supplement to the Schedule of Receivables listing
the
Subsequent Receivables to be conveyed by the Transferor to the Issuer pursuant
to this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement on the Subsequent
Transfer Date.
Section
3. Conveyance
of Subsequent Receivables.
Subject
to the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof, in consideration of the payment
of the Subsequent Receivables Purchase Price to or upon the written order of
the
Transferor, the Transferor does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey to the Issuer, in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders
and
the Note Insurer, without recourse, all right, title and interest of the
Transferor in and to:
(1) the
Subsequent Receivables listed in Schedule A hereto, all monies received on
such
Subsequent Receivables after the Subsequent Cutoff Date and, with respect to
any
Subsequent Receivables which are Precomputed Receivables, the related Payahead
Amount, and all Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries received with respect to
such Subsequent Receivables;
(2) the
security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by the related Obligors
pursuant to the Subsequent Receivables and any other interest of the Transferor
in such Financed Vehicles, including, without limitation, the certificates
of
title and any other evidence of ownership with respect to such Financed
Vehicles;
(3) any
proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life and credit accident
and
health insurance policies or certificates or the VSI Policy, if any, relating
to
the related Financed Vehicles or the related Obligors, including any rebates
and
premiums;
(4) property
(including the right to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that secures a
Subsequent Receivable and that has been acquired by or on behalf of the Trust
pursuant to the liquidation of such Subsequent Receivable;
(5) this
Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, a direct
right to cause LBAC to purchase Subsequent Receivables from the Trust upon
the
occurrence of a breach of any of the representations and warranties contained
in
Section 4 of this Agreement or the failure of LBAC to timely comply with its
obligations pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Purchase Agreement;
(6) refunds
for the costs of extended service contracts with respect to the related Financed
Vehicles, refunds of unearned premiums with respect to credit life and credit
accident and health insurance policies or certificates covering a related
Obligor or a related Financed Vehicle or his or her obligations with respect
to
a related Financed Vehicle and any recourse to Dealers for any of the
foregoing;
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(7) the
Legal
Files and the Receivable Files related to each Subsequent Receivable and any
and
all other documents that LBAC keeps on file in accordance with its customary
procedures relating to the Subsequent Receivables, the related Obligors or
the
related Financed Vehicles;
(8) all
amounts and property from time to time held in or credited to the Lock-Box
Account, to the extent such amounts and property relate to the Subsequent
Receivables;
(9) any
proceeds from recourse against the Dealers (other than any Chargeback
Obligations), including, without limitation, any Dealer Title Guaranties with
respect to the Subsequent Receivables, with respect to the sale of the
Subsequent Receivables; and
(10) the
proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
The
Transferor represents and warrants that the Subsequent Receivables and other
Transferred Property are being transferred with the intention of removing them
from the Transferor's estate pursuant to Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code,
as
the same may be amended from time to time.
Section
4. Representations
and Warranties of the Originator.
The
Originator makes the following representations and warranties as to the
Subsequent Receivables and the other Transferred Property relating thereto
on
which the Transferor relies in accepting the Subsequent Receivables and the
other Transferred Property relating thereto and on which the Note Insurer will
rely in issuing the Policy. Such representations and warranties speak as of
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the sale, transfer,
and assignment of the Subsequent Receivables and the other Transferred Property
relating thereto to the Transferor and the subsequent assignment and transfer
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement:
(1) Origination
Date.
Each
Subsequent Receivable has an Origination Date on or after
__________________.
(2) Principal
Balance/Number of Contracts.
As of
the Subsequent Cutoff Date, the total aggregate Principal Balance of the
Subsequent Receivables was $_______________. The Subsequent Receivables are
evidenced by _______ retail installment sale contracts.
(3) Maturity
of Subsequent Receivables.
Each
Subsequent Receivable has an original term to maturity of not less than [__]
months and not more than [__] months; the weighted average original term to
maturity of the Subsequent Receivables is [___] months as of the Subsequent
Cutoff Date; the remaining term to maturity of each Subsequent Receivable was
__
months or less as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date; the weighted average remaining
term to maturity of the Subsequent Receivables was [___] months as of the
Subsequent Cutoff Date.
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(4) Characteristics
of Subsequent Receivables.
(A)
Each Subsequent Receivable (1) has been originated in the United States of
America by a Dealer for the retail sale of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary
course of such Dealer's business, such Dealer had all necessary licenses and
permits to originate such Subsequent Receivables in the State where such Dealer
was located, has been fully and properly executed by the parties thereto and
has
been purchased by LBAC from such Dealer under an existing Dealer Agreement
with
LBAC, in connection with the sale of Financed Vehicles by the Dealers, and
was
validly assigned by such Dealer to LBAC in accordance with its terms,
(2) has created a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority security
interest in favor of LBAC in the Financed Vehicle, which security interest
is
assignable and has been validly assigned by LBAC to the Transferor (or, in
the
case of the LBARC-WI Receivables, by LBAC to LBARC-WI and subsequently by
LBARC-WI to the Transferor), which in turn has been validly pledged by the
Transferor to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, which
in
turn has been validly assigned by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to the Indenture, (3) contains customary and enforceable provisions such
that the rights and remedies of the holder or assignee thereof shall be adequate
for realization against the collateral of the benefits of the security,
(4) provides for level monthly payments that fully amortize the Amount
Financed over the original term (except for the first or last payment, which
may
be minimally different from the level payment) and yield interest at the Annual
Percentage Rate, (5) has an Annual Percentage Rate of not less than ____%,
(6) in the case of a Subsequent Receivable that is a Precomputed
Receivable, in the event that such Subsequent Receivable is prepaid, provides
for a prepayment that fully pays the Principal Balance and includes, unless
prohibited by applicable law, a full month's interest, in the month of
prepayment, at the Annual Percentage Rate, (7) is a Precomputed Receivable
or a
Simple Interest Receivable, and (8) was originated by a Dealer to an Obligor
and
was sold by the Dealer to LBAC without any fraud or misrepresentation on the
part of such Dealer or on the part of the Obligor; and (B) approximately [
]% of
the aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent Receivables, constituting
[ ]%
of the number of contracts, as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date, represents
financing of used automobiles, vans, sport utility vehicles or light duty
trucks; the remainder of the Subsequent Receivables represent financing of
new
automobiles, vans, sport utility vehicles or light duty trucks; approximately
[
]% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent Receivables as of the
Subsequent Cutoff Date were originated under the LBAC Premium program;
approximately [ ]% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent
Receivables as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date were originated under the LBAC
Elite program; approximately [ ] of the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Subsequent Receivables as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date were originated under
the LBAC Superior program; approximately [ ]% of the aggregate Principal Balance
of the Subsequent Receivables as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date were originated
under the LBAC Preferred program; approximately [ ]% of the aggregate Principal
Balance of the Subsequent Receivables as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date were
originated under the LBAC Classic program; no Subsequent Receivable shall have
a
payment that is more than 29 days overdue (calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months) as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date; [ ]% of the
Subsequent Receivables are Precomputed Receivables and [ ]% of the Subsequent
Receivables are Simple Interest Receivables; each Subsequent Receivable shall
have a final scheduled payment due no later than _____________, 200__; and
each
Subsequent Receivable was originated on or before the Subsequent Cutoff
Date.
(5) Scheduled
Payments.
Each
Subsequent Receivable had an original Principal Balance of not less than $______
nor more than $__________, has an outstanding Principal Balance as of the
Subsequent Cutoff Date of not less than $_______ and not more than $__________
and has a first Scheduled Payment due, in the case of Precomputed Receivables,
or a scheduled due date, in the case of Simple Interest Receivables, on or
prior
to ____________, ____.
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(6) No
Bankruptcies.
No
Obligor was bankrupt at the time of origination of the related Subsequent
Receivable and no Obligor on any Subsequent Receivable as of the Subsequent
Cutoff Date was noted in the related Receivable File as having filed for
bankruptcy since origination of the Subsequent Receivable and neither
discharged, dismissed nor reaffirmed.
(7) Origination
of Subsequent Receivables.
Based
on the location of the Dealers and the Principal Balances as of the Subsequent
Cutoff Date, approximately [ ]% of the Subsequent Receivables were originated
in
California and the remaining [ ]% of the Subsequent Receivables were originated
in other States.
(8) Lockbox.
Prior
to the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Transferor will notify each Obligor to
make
payments with respect to its respective Subsequent Receivable after the
Subsequent Cutoff Date directly to the Lockbox, and will provide each Obligor
with a monthly statement in order to enable such Obligor to make payments
directly to the Lockbox.
(9) Location
of Legal Files; One Original.
A
complete Legal File with respect to each Subsequent Receivable is in the
possession of the Custodian at the location listed in the Custodial Agreement.
There is only one original executed copy of each Subsequent Receivable. The
Custodian has stamped each Subsequent Receivable to state that "This contract
has been sold or pledged to "Secured Party" identified on the attached allonge
(deemed a part hereof). Do not accept delivery of this contract in violation
of
the rights of the "Secured Party. " The Custodian has attached an allonge to
each Subsequent Receivable specifying the contract to which it relates by date,
name of seller and name of customer and indicating that such contract is subject
to a security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee. The foregoing stamp,
together with the allonge, is effective under the provisions of the UCC to
give
notice to third party purchasers, including "bona fide purchasers for value"
that the Indenture Trustee has a security interest in such Subsequent Receivable
and such third party's attempt to claim an interest in such Subsequent
Receivable would violate the Indenture Trustee’s rights therein.
(10) Schedule
of Subsequent Receivables; Selection Procedures.
The
information with respect to the Subsequent Receivables set forth in the Schedule
A to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the
close
of business on the Subsequent Cutoff Date and the Subsequent Transfer Date,
and
no selection procedures adverse to the Trust, the Noteholders or to the Note
Insurer have been utilized in selecting the Subsequent Receivables. The computer
tape or other listing regarding the Subsequent Receivables made available to
the
Transferor and its assigns is true and correct as of the Subsequent Cutoff
Date
and the Subsequent Transfer Date in all respects. By the Subsequent Transfer
Date, LBAC will have caused the portions of LBAC's servicing records relating
to
the Subsequent Receivables to be clearly and unambiguously marked to show that
the Subsequent Receivables constitute part of the Trust Assets and are owned
by
the Trust in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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(11) Compliance
with Law.
Each
Subsequent Receivable, the sale of the Financed Vehicle and the sale of any
physical damage, credit life and credit accident and health insurance and any
extended service contracts complied at the time the related Subsequent
Receivable was originated or made and at the execution of this Agreement
complies in all material respects with all requirements of applicable Federal,
State and local laws, and regulations thereunder including, without limitation,
usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity
Act,
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the
Federal Trade Commission Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Warranty Act, the Federal
Reserve Board's Regulations B and Z (including amendments to the Federal
Reserve's Official Staff Commentary to Regulation Z effective October 1, 1998
concerning negative equity loans), the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the
California Automobile Sales Finance Act, and state adaptations of the National
Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, and all other applicable
consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure
laws.
(12) Binding
Obligation.
Each
Subsequent Receivable represents the genuine, legal, valid and binding payment
obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in
accordance with its terms, except only as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and all parties to each Subsequent Receivable had full legal
capacity to execute and deliver such Subsequent Receivable and all other
documents related thereto and to grant the security interest purported to be
granted thereby.
(13) No
Government, Corporate or Fleet Obligor.
None of
the Subsequent Receivables is due from the United States of America or any
State
or from any agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States of
America or any State. All of the Subsequent Receivables are due from Obligors
who are natural persons or, if any Obligor is not a natural person, (a) such
entity is an obligor with respect to five or fewer Financed Vehicles and (b)
the
related Subsequent Receivable or Subsequent Receivables have the benefit of
the
personal guaranty of a natural person or persons. No Subsequent Receivable
has
been included in a "fleet" sale (i.e., a sale to any single Obligor of more
than
five Financed Vehicles).
(14) Security
Interest in Financed Vehicle.
Immediately prior to the sale, assignment, and transfer thereof, each Subsequent
Receivable shall be secured by a validly perfected first priority security
interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of LBAC as secured party, and such
security interest is prior to all other liens upon and security interests in
such Financed Vehicle which now exist or may hereafter arise or be created
(except, as to priority, for any lien for taxes, labor or materials affecting
such Financed Vehicle arising subsequent to the Subsequent Transfer Date),
and
either (i) all necessary and appropriate actions have been taken that would
result in the valid perfection of a first priority security interest in the
Financed Vehicle in favor of LBAC as secured party, and the Lien Certificate
for
each Financed Vehicle shows, or if a new or replacement Lien Certificate is
being applied for such new or replacement Lien Certificate will be received
within 150 days of the Subsequent Transfer Date and will show LBAC named as
the
original secured party under any such Subsequent Receivable and the holder
of a
first priority security interest in such Financed Vehicle, or (ii) a Dealer
Title Guaranty has been obtained with respect to such Financed Vehicle. With
respect to each Subsequent Receivable for which the Lien Certificate has not
yet
been submitted to, or returned from, the Registrar of Titles, LBAC has received
either (i) written evidence from the related Dealer that such Lien Certificate
showing LBAC as the first lienholder has been applied for or (ii) a Dealer
Title
Guaranty with respect to such Financed Vehicle. Immediately after the sale,
transfer and assignment thereof to the Trust, each Subsequent Receivable will
be
secured by an enforceable first priority security interest in the Financed
Vehicle in favor of the Trust as secured party, which security interest is
prior
to all other liens upon and security interests in such Financed Vehicle which
now exist or may hereafter arise or be created (except, as to priority, for
the
lien of the Indenture and for any lien for taxes, labor or materials affecting
such Financed Vehicle arising subsequent to the Subsequent Transfer
Date).
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(15) Subsequent
Receivables in Force.
No
Subsequent Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor has
any
Financed Vehicle been released from the lien granted by the related Subsequent
Receivable in whole or in part. No provisions of any Subsequent Receivable
have
been waived, altered, amended or modified in any respect since its origination,
except by instruments or documents identified in the related Legal File on
the
Subsequent Transfer Date.
(16) No
Waiver.
No
provision of a Subsequent Receivable has been waived.
(17) No
Amendments.
No
Subsequent Receivable has been amended except to the extent reflected in the
related Legal File on the Subsequent Transfer Date.
(18) Monthly
Dealer Participation Fee Receivables.
[None
of the Subsequent Receivables are of Monthly Dealer Participation Fee
Receivables].
(19) No
Defenses.
As of
the Subsequent Transfer Date, no right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim
or
defense exists or has been asserted or threatened with respect to any Subsequent
Receivable. The operation of the terms of any Subsequent Receivable or the
exercise of any right thereunder will not render such Subsequent Receivable
unenforceable in whole or in part or subject to any such right of rescission,
setoff, counterclaim or defense.
(20) No
Liens.
As of
the Subsequent Transfer Date, there are no liens or claims existing or which
have been filed for work, labor, storage, materials or taxes relating to a
Financed Vehicle that shall be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with,
the
security interest in the Financed Vehicle granted by the Subsequent
Receivable.
(21) No
Default; Repossession.
Except
for payment delinquencies continuing for a period of not more than twenty-nine
days (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months), as
of
the Subsequent Cutoff Date, no default, breach, violation or event permitting
acceleration under the terms of any Subsequent Receivable has occurred and
not
been cured; and no continuing condition that with notice or the lapse of time
would constitute a default, breach, violation, or event permitting acceleration
under the terms of any Subsequent Receivable has arisen; and LBAC shall not
waive and has not waived any of the foregoing; and no Financed Vehicle shall
have been repossessed as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date.
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(22) Insurance;
Other.
(A)
Each Obligor has obtained insurance covering the Financed Vehicle as of the
execution of the Subsequent Receivable insuring against loss and damage due
to
fire, theft, transportation, collision and other risks generally covered
by
comprehensive and collision coverage which is in an amount at least equal
to the
lesser of (x) its maximum insurable value or (y) the principal amount due
from
the Obligor under the related Subsequent Receivable and names LBAC and its
successors and assigns as loss payee and each Subsequent Receivable requires
the
Obligor to obtain and maintain such insurance naming LBAC and its successors
and
assigns as an additional insured, (B) each Subsequent Receivable that finances
the cost of premiums for credit life and credit accident or health insurance
is
covered by an insurance policy and certificate of insurance naming LBAC as
policyholder (creditor) under each such insurance policy and certificate
of
insurance and (C) as to each Subsequent Receivable that finances the cost
of an
extended service contract, the respective Financed Vehicle which secures
the
Subsequent Receivable is covered by an extended service contract.
(23) Title.
It is
the intention of each Seller that the transfer and assignment of the Subsequent
Receivables contemplated in the Purchase Agreement constitute a sale of the
Subsequent Receivables from such Seller to the Transferor and that the
beneficial interest in and title to such Subsequent Receivables not be part
of
the debtor's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by
or
against LBAC or LBARC-WI, as applicable, under any bankruptcy law. No Subsequent
Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned, or pledged by LBAC or LBARC-WI,
as applicable, to any Person other than the Transferor or by the Transferor
to
any Person other than the Trust except with respect to any such pledge that
has
been released on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date. Immediately prior
to
the transfer and assignment of the Subsequent Receivables contemplated in the
Purchase Agreement, LBAC or LBARC-WI, as applicable, had good and marketable
title to each Subsequent Receivable, and was the sole owner thereof, free and
clear of all Liens, claims, encumbrances, security interests, and rights of
others and, immediately upon the transfer thereof, the Transferor shall have
good and marketable title to each such Subsequent Receivable, and will be the
sole owner thereof, free and clear of all Liens, encumbrances, security
interests, and rights of others other than the Lien of the Indenture, and each
such transfer has been perfected under the UCC. Immediately prior to the
transfer and assignment by the Transferor to the Trust contemplated by this
Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Transferor shall have good
and marketable title to each Subsequent Receivable, and shall be the sole owner
thereof, free and clear of all Liens, claims, encumbrances, security interests,
and rights of others other than the Lien of the Indenture and, immediately
upon
the transfer thereof pursuant to this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Trust shall have good and marketable title to each such
Subsequent Receivable, and will be the sole owner thereof, free and clear of
all
Liens, encumbrances, security interests and rights of others other than the
Lien
of the Indenture, and each such transfer has been perfected under the UCC.
Immediately prior to the pledge by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee
contemplated by the Indenture, the Issuer shall have good and marketable title
to each Subsequent Receivable, and shall be the sole owner thereof, free and
clear of all Liens, claims, encumbrances, security interests, and rights of
others and such pledge has been perfected under the UCC. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, no Dealer has any right, title or interest in
respect of any Subsequent Receivable. None of the Transferor, LBAC or LBARC-WI
has taken any action to convey any right to any Person that would result in
such
Person having a right to payments received under any insurance policies related
to the Subsequent Receivables or the Financed Vehicles or the related Dealer
Agreements or to payments due under such Subsequent Receivables.
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(24) Lawful
Assignment.
No
Subsequent Receivable has been originated in, or is subject to the laws of,
any
jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer, and assignment of such Subsequent
Receivable under the Purchase Agreement, this Agreement or the other Basic
Documents shall be unlawful, void, voidable or shall render such Receivable
unenforceable in any respect or subject to rescission. Neither Seller has
entered into any agreement with any account debtor that prohibits, restricts
or
conditions the assignment of any portion of the Subsequent
Receivables.
(25) All
Filings Made.
All
filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) necessary in any
jurisdiction to give the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security
interest in the Subsequent Receivables and the proceeds thereof and the other
Transferred Property (other than the Financed Vehicles) have been
made.
(26) Chattel
Paper.
Each
Subsequent Receivable (A) constitutes "tangible chattel paper" under the UCC
and
(B) shall be maintained in its original "tangible" form, unless the Note Insurer
has consented in writing to such chattel paper being maintained in another
form
or medium.
(27) Valid
and Binding Obligation of Obligor.
Each
Subsequent Receivable is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Obligor
thereunder and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except only as
such
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and all parties to such contract
had full legal capacity to execute and deliver such contract and all other
documents related thereto and to grant the security interest purported to be
granted thereby.
(28) Tax
Liens.
As of
the Subsequent Transfer Date, there is no lien or claims existing or which
have
been filed against the related Financed Vehicle for delinquent
taxes.
(29) Title
Documents.
(A) If
a Subsequent Receivable was originated in a State in which notation of security
interest on the title document of the related Financed Vehicle is required
or
permitted to perfect such security interest, the title document for such
Subsequent Receivable shows, or if a new or replacement title document is being
applied for with respect to such Financed Vehicle, the title document will
be
received within 150 days following the Subsequent Transfer Date and will show,
LBAC named as the secured party under the related Subsequent Receivable as
the
holder of a first priority security interest in such Financed Vehicle and (B)
if
the Subsequent Receivable was originated in a State in which the filing of
a
financing statement under the UCC is required to perfect a security interest
in
motor vehicles, such filings or recordings have been duly made and show LBAC
or
LBARC-WI, as applicable, named as the secured party under the related Subsequent
Receivable, and in either case, the Issuer has the same rights as such secured
party has or would have (if such secured party were still the owner of the
Subsequent Receivable) against all parties claiming an interest in such Financed
Vehicle. With respect to each Subsequent Receivable for which the relevant
Dealer is temporarily unable to furnish either an original Lien Certificate
or
satisfactory evidence that the appropriate lien has been recorded on the related
certificate of title or documentation has been submitted to the appropriate
state motor vehicle authority to record such lien on such certificate of title,
LBAC has received the related Dealer Title Guaranty.
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(30) Casualty.
As of
the Subsequent Cutoff Date, no Financed Vehicle related to a Subsequent
Receivable has suffered a Casualty.
(31) Obligation
to Dealers or Others.
The
Transferor and its assignees will assume no obligation to Dealers or other
originators or holders of the Subsequent Receivables (including, but not limited
to under dealer reserves) as a result of its purchase of the Subsequent
Receivables.
(32) Full
Amount Financed Advanced.
The
full Amount Financed of each Subsequent Receivable has been advanced to or
on
behalf of each Obligor, and there are no requirements for future advances
thereunder. The Obligor with respect to the Subsequent Receivable does not
have
any option under the Subsequent Receivable to borrow from any person additional
funds secured by the Financed Vehicle.
(33) No
Impairment.
Neither
of the Sellers nor the Transferor has done anything to convey any right to
any
Person that would result in such Person having a right to payments due under
the
Subsequent Receivables or otherwise to impair the rights of the Issuer, the
Noteholders, the Certificateholder or the Note Insurer in any Subsequent
Receivable or the proceeds thereof.
(34) Subsequent
Receivables Not Assumable.
No
Subsequent Receivable is assumable by another Person in a manner which would
release the Obligor thereof from such Obligor's obligations to the Transferor,
LBAC or LBARC-WI with respect to such Subsequent Receivable.
(35) Servicing.
The
servicing of each Subsequent Receivable and the collection practices relating
thereto have been lawful and in accordance with the standards set forth in
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement; other than LBAC and any Back-up Servicer
arrangement that has been entered into, no other person has the right to service
any Subsequent Receivable.
(36) Illinois
Subsequent Receivables.
(a)
Neither Seller owns a substantial interest in the business of a Dealer within
the meaning of Illinois Sales Finance Agency Act Rules and Regulations, Section
160.230(l) and (b) with respect to each Subsequent Receivable originated in
the
State of Illinois, (i) the printed or typed portion of the related Form of
Subsequent Receivable complies with the requirements of 815 ILCS 375/3(b) and
(ii) neither Seller has, and for so long as such Subsequent Receivable is
outstanding shall, place or cause to be placed on the related Financed Vehicle
any collateral protection insurance in violation of 815 ILCS
180/10.
(37) California
Subsequent Receivables.
Each
Subsequent Receivable originated in the State of California has been, and at
all
times during the term of the Sale and Servicing Agreement will be, serviced
by
the Servicer in compliance with Cal. Civil Code § 2981, et seq. Each Subsequent
Receivable originated in the State of California dated on or after July 1,
2006
will be originated in compliance with the California Car Buyer's Xxxx of Rights
(2005 Cal. Stat. Chp. 128).
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(38) No
Negative Amortization.
The
Payment Deferment and Due Date Change Policies, as set forth on Exhibit D to
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, will not result in the negative amortization
of
any Subsequent Receivables modified in accordance with such Payment Deferment
and Due Date Change Policies.
Section
5. Conditions
Precedent.
The
obligation of the Issuer to acquire the Subsequent Receivables hereunder is
subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, of
the
following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
(i)
Each of the representations and warranties made by LBAC in Section 3.2 of the
Purchase Agreement and Section 4 of this Agreement and (ii) each of the
representations and warranties made by the Transferor in Section 3.1 of the
Sale
and Servicing Agreement and Section 3.1 of the Purchase Agreement, shall be
true
and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Subsequent Transfer
Date.
(b) Sale
and Servicing Agreement Conditions.
Each of
the conditions set forth in Section 2.2(b) to the Sale and Servicing Agreement
shall have been satisfied.
(c) Purchase
Agreement Conditions.
LBAC
shall have complied with the requirements of Section 4.1 of the Purchase
Agreement and shall have delivered all documents required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Purchase Agreement.
(d) Security
Interest Perfection.
In
connection with the conveyance contemplated by this Agreement, the Transferor
agrees to record and file, at its own expense, a financing statement with
respect to the Subsequent Receivables now existing and hereafter created for
the
sale of chattel paper (as defined in the UCC as in effect in the State of New
Jersey) meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such manner as
is
sufficient to perfect the sale and assignment of such Subsequent Receivables
to
the Issuer, and the proceeds thereof (and any continuation statements as are
required by applicable state law), and to deliver a file-stamped copy of each
such financing statement (or continuation statement) or other evidence of such
filings (which may, for purposes of this Section, consist of telephone
confirmation of such filing with the file stamped copy of each such filing
to be
provided to the Trust Collateral Agent in due course), as soon as is practicable
after the Transferor's receipt thereof.
In
connection with such conveyance, the Transferor further agrees, at its own
expense, on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date (i) to annotate and
indicate in its computer files that the Subsequent Receivables have been
transferred to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
this
Agreement and (ii) to deliver to the Trust Collateral Agent a computer file
printed or microfiche list containing a true and complete list of all such
Subsequent Receivables, identified by account number and by the Principal
Balance of each Subsequent Receivable as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date.
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(e) Additional
Information.
The
Transferor shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trust
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer such
information as was reasonably requested by the Issuer on behalf of the
Noteholders or the Note Insurer to satisfy itself as to (i) the accuracy of
the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement and
Section 7.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the satisfaction of
the
conditions set forth in this Section.
(f) Deposits
to Accounts.
On or
prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Transferor shall deposit or cause
to
be deposited:
(1)
the
Subsequent Spread Account Deposit into the Spread Account; and
(2)
$__________, which represents all monies received pursuant to clause (1) of
Section 3 hereof (other than Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries), into the
Collection Account.
Section
6. Ratification
of Agreement.
As
supplemented by this Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement is in all
respects ratified and confirmed and the Sale and Servicing Agreement as so
supplemented by this Agreement shall be read, taken and construed as one and
the
same instrument.
Section
7. Third
Party Beneficiaries.
Except
as
otherwise specifically provided herein with respect to Noteholders, the parties
to this Agreement hereby manifest their intent that no third party other than
the Note Insurer shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of this Agreement,
and specifically that the Obligors are not third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement. The Note Insurer and its successors and assigns shall be a
third-party beneficiary to the provisions of this Agreement, and shall be
entitled to rely upon and directly enforce the provisions of this Agreement
so
long as no Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Except
as
expressly stated otherwise herein or in the Basic Documents, any right of the
Note Insurer to direct, appoint, consent to, approve of, or take any action
under this Agreement, shall be a right exercised by the Note Insurer in its
sole
and absolute discretion. The Note Insurer may disclaim any of its rights and
powers under this Agreement (but not its duties and obligations under the
Policy) upon delivery of a written notice to the Trust Collateral
Agent.
Section
8. Governing
Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES (EXCEPT WITH REGARD TO THE UCC).
Section
9. Amendments.
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed
and delivered by the Issuer, LBAC, LBARC-WI, the Transferor and the Trust
Collateral Agent with the prior written consent of the Note
Insurer.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer, LBAC, LBARC-WI, the Transferor and the Trust
Collateral Agent have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered
by
their respective duly authorized officers as of the day and the year first
above
written.
LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2007-A, as Issuer | ||
By:
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely
as
Owner Trustee
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LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE CORP.
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Title:
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LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE RECEIVABLES
CORP. WAREHOUSE I
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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LONG
BEACH ACCEPTANCE RECEIVABLES CORP.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity
but
solely as
Trust Collateral Agent.
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[Signature
Page to the Sale and Servicing Agreement]
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SCHEDULE
A
SCHEDULE
OF RECEIVABLES
Schedule
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SCHEDULE
B
Location
of Receivable Files
Xxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Location
of Legal Files
Xxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Schedule
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SCHEDULE C
Delivery
Requirements
The
Trust
Collateral Agent shall have sole control over each such investment and the
income thereon, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such
investment, if any shall, except for clearing corporation securities, be
delivered directly to the Trust Collateral Agent or its agent, together with
each document of transfer, if any, necessary to transfer title to such
investment to the Trust Collateral Agent in a manner that complies with this
Agreement and the requirements of the definition of Eligible
Investments.
Schedule
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